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 Acts chapter 18.

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 I'm not massively into surprises.

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! I'm not most surprises anyway.

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!

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 You know those texts that you get?

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 Can we get together for a chat sometime?

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 How do you feel when you get them?

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 Let me tell you as your minister.

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 Oh, they're leaving.

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 Or they're unhappy or something like that.

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 I'm someone who knows.

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 Who likes to know what to expect.

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 I think surprises are overrated.

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 One of the reasons I love the Bible

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 is because the Bible is very interested

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 in letting you and I know what to expect.

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 And both now and in the future.

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 I love that the Bible tells us

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 what God is aiming to do

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 in my life every day by His Spirit.

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 I love that the Bible tells me

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 what is it going to be like

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 to persevere with Jesus Christ

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 for the years ahead.

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 I love that the Bible tells me

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 what it's going to cost me

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 and what it will reward me.

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 I love that the Bible tells me

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 some of the things that will happen

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 when I die.

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 It tells you what it will be like

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 to be with Jesus in His heavenly kingdom.

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 And reading the Bible

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 eliminates lots of surprises.

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 And that's one of the reasons

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 that I want you to love Acts chapter 18.

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 Because it shows you and I

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 what we should expect.

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 The shape of our expectations

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 in the area of telling people

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 about the Lord Jesus

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 of gospel ministry.

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 That is, God wants you and I

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 to know what it's going to be like

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 when we share the good news

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 of the Lord Jesus with others.

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 And one of the things God

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 uses the book of Acts in

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 is that He shows what happened

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 to the first Christians,

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 those first century Christians.

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 He shows us the pattern,

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 the emerging pattern

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 of what life should be like

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 so that we will have

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 our expectations shaped.

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 And what we see in Acts

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 is affirmed by the rest

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 of the New Testament

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 that we can expect

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 certain things to happen

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 as they happened back then.

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 And so I want to look at Acts 18

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 because we see the shape

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 of gospel ministry

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 as clearly there

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 as anywhere.

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 That's it.

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 Go for it.

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 And there's four key elements.

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 All right?

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 And the point is this.

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 What happened 2,000 years ago

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 will shape our expectations today.

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 What will happen this week

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 when you tell people

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 about the Lord Jesus?

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 If we were to talk

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 about the Lord Jesus

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 with our nearest and dearest

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 and our friends and neighbours,

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 what will happen?

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 Well, four things.

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 All right?

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 Firstly, let's pay attention

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 to the nature

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 of the apostolic work,

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 of the work of the apostles.

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 Paul is regarded as an apostle

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 and some of his friends

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 and colleagues in Acts 18,

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 they're not apostles,

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 technically,

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 but they are helping Paul

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 with his mission.

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 And so let's pay attention

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 to the apostolic work,

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 the apostolic mission,

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 this work of sharing Jesus.

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 And one of the pictures

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 that you find in Acts 18,

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 I don't know whether you picked it up

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 in the reading,

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 is wonderful collaboration

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 in the work of sharing Christ.

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 You see,

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 Paul's relationship

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 with the husband and wife,

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 Priscilla and Aquila,

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 who he meets

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 for the very first time

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 in this chapter,

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 but they become

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 lifelong companions

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 in gospel work.

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 Then there's Apollos,

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 who we meet

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 for the very first time

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 in this chapter,

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 but he came to be regarded

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 as a really important contributor

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 to the work of the gospel.

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 It's wonderful

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 to read about

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 that collaboration.

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 Paul was not

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 a one-man band.

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 But what about

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 the work that they do?

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 What do they consider

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 their responsibilities to be?

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 Just follow with me

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 for a moment if you can.

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 And let me point to you all,

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 point out all the main verbs

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 used in this chapter.

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 What is a verb?

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 What is a verb?

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 A doing word.

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 That's right, isn't it?

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 It's an action.

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 Listen to the verbs.

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 I want you to see

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 the interesting thing.

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 So verse 4,

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 can you see it?

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 Paul reasoned

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 with the people

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 in the synagogue

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 as he tried to

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 persuade them

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 that the gospel is true.

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 Verse 5,

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 testifying

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 that Jesus is the Messiah.

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 Verse 11,

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 Paul has spent

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 a year and a half

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 teaching

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 God's word

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 in Corinth.

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 When Paul gets to Ephesus,

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 verse 19,

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 what does he do?

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 He reasons

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 with people in the synagogue,

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 just like he had

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 in Corinth,

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 verse 4.

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 Verse 23,

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 we read about him

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 travelling around

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 strengthening disciples

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 in various places,

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 no doubt by the things

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 that he said.

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 And he taught.

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 that are the verbs

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 that describe

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 Paul's ministry

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 in this chapter.

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 What about Apollos?

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 Verse 25,

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 we find him

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 joining in on the act.

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 It says he was

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 speaking fervently,

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 teaching

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 about Jesus.

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 Verse 26,

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 he speaks

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 boldly

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 in the synagogue.

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 When he gets to

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 Achaia,

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 in verse 28,

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 he is vigorously

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 refuting

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 his opponents.

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 Now,

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 just one little

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 side note.

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 Look at verse 24.

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 Apollos is described,

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 isn't it,

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 as someone who has

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 a thorough knowledge

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 of the Bible.

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 Quite literally,

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 Apollos was somebody

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 strong

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 in the Scriptures.

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 I think that's an

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 amazing thing

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 to say about someone,

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 isn't it?

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 Imagine somebody

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 described you,

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 what are they like?

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 They say,

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 well, actually,

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 they're really,

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 they're strong

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 in the Scriptures.

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 I would hope

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 all of us

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 who are believers

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 in the Lord Jesus,

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 we would aspire

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 to be like Apollos

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 in this.

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 If you're a young person,

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 if you're somebody

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 who's a teenager

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 and people endlessly

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 ask you,

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 what do you want to do?

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 What do you want to be?

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 What are your plans

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 for A-levels

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 and then university?

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 What do you think

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 after university?

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 What's your ambition

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 for your life ahead?

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 Let me give you

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 an ambition

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 which is more precious

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 than many of the other things

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 that people go on about.

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 It would be

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 of infinite value

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 to you children

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 and to you young people

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 if you were able to say,

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 what I want to be

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 is strong in the Scriptures.

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 What a great ambition.

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 Now back to the apostolic work.

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 We've talked about the verbs

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 that Paul used

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 to describe his own work.

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 We've talked about Apollos

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 but look at Priscilla

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 and Aquila

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 who we hear about

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 in verse 26.

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 They hear

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 apostles teaching ministry

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 and they discover

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 that Apollos only knew

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 about the baptism

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 of John the Baptist.

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 So they get him

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 round for lunch,

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 they get him

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 together with him

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 and they tell him

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 everything else

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 that he needed to know.

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 Presumably things like

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 the day of Pentecost

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 and the baptism

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 And the verb

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 that is used

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 of them

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 in verse 26

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 is they explained.

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 They explained

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 to Apollos

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 and they made sure

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 that he had

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 a full understanding.

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 Now can you see

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 the pattern

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 that's emerging

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 from Acts 18?

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 almost all the verbs

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 that he used

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 to describe Paul

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 and his companions

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 are verbs

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 of speaking.

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 The heart

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 of apostolic ministry,

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 the shape

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 of New Testament

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 ministry

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 is that people

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 open their mouths

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 to make Jesus known.

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 speaking,

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 teaching,

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 testifying,

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 refuting,

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 explaining,

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 strengthening.

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 And so is it

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 any wonder

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 when Jesus

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 turns up on the scene

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 in a vision

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 we read about here

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 in verse 9,

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 one night,

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 what's the main

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 exhortation

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 of verse 9?

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 What's the big message

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 for Paul?

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 Keep on speaking.

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 And Jesus

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 is the one

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 they speak about.

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 And what Paul

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 and his companions

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 are seeking

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 to convince people of

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 is that Jesus

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 is the king,

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 Jesus is the messiah.

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 If you want to know

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 the content

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 of their message,

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 Acts 18 underlines

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 again in verse 5

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 and then in verse 28,

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 what is the apostolic

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 message?

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 It is convincing people

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 that Jesus

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 is the messiah,

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 Jesus is the king.

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 And you and I

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 today who have

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 bowed to Jesus'

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 kingship,

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 continue to exercise

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 this ministry.

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 Jesus is Lord.

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 And so our message

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 is this really,

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 isn't it?

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 Jesus is Lord

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 and what are you

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 going to do about it?

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 And if you're somebody

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 who's maybe here

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 and we're really

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 thrilled that you're here

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 but you haven't

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 bowed your knee

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 and confessed

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 with your mouth

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 that Jesus Christ

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 is king,

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 what are you going

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 to do with him?

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 The second thing

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 in Acts 18

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 it shows us

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 about the shape

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 of gospel ministry

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 is that speaking

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 about Jesus

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 will produce

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 some opposing

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 reactions,

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 opposing responses.

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 And that certainly

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 happens in this chapter

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 just like we've seen

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 it happen all the way

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 through Acts.

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 In verse 5

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 we learned

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 what we Paul

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 is preaching

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 to the Jews

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 in Corinth

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 very kind of

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 devotedly

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 and then in verse 6

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 we see how they reacted

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 and it says

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 they opposed Paul

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 and literally

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 they became abusive.

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 He shook out

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 his clothes

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 he says to them

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 your blood be

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 on your own heads

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 I'm innocent

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 from now on

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 I'll go to the Gentiles.

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 As a Jew himself

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 it was Paul's habit

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 to go first

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 to his own people

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 in the synagogue

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 wherever he went

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 to a new city.

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 And the same

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 is true here

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 but they respond

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 abusively to him.

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 And so Paul

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 has got no qualms

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 from turning away

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 from the Jewish ministry

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 at this point

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 in order

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 to take the good news

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 to the Gentiles

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 the rest of the world.

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 And verse 7

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 tells us that

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 he went next door

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 and he starts

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 sharing with a man

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 who had a very Roman

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 named

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 Titus

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 Justice.

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 And there's a strong

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 reaction against Paul.

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 Verse 12 and 13

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 says when

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 Galio was

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 proconsul

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 of Achaia

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 the Jews

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 made a united

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 attack on Paul

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 and they brought him

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 before the tribunal

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 they dragged him

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 into court

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 saying this man

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 is persuading people

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 to worship God

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 contrary to the law.

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 And Galio

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 is a wise owl

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 you can see

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 this is a frivolous

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 lawsuit

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 as far as

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 the Roman law

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 is concerned.

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 So he chucks

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 him out of court.

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 But once again

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 can you see

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 the determination

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 of people

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 to stop

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 the apostolic

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 work

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 even through

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 the courts.

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 And I think

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 that's a pattern

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 that continues

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 right to this day

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 but of course

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 wonderfully

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 the opposite

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 is true too.

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 And here's

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 the third thing

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 Acts points out

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 to us

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 the shape

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 of gospel ministry

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 it provokes

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 an opposing

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 response

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 but can you also

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 see it leads

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 to a welcoming

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 response too.

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 It's most notable

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 I think

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 verse 8

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 let me read

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 that to you

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 again.

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 Do you remember

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 the Jews

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 had gone

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 Peter had gone

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 to the

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 Paul had gone

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 to the synagogue

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 to speak to the Jews

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 what had the Jews

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 done?

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 They kicked him

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 out of the synagogue.

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 Verse 8

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 Crispus

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 the ruler

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 of the synagogue

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 believed in the Lord

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 together with

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 his entire

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 household

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 and many

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 of the Corinthians

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 hearing Paul

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 believed or

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 baptized

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 even though

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 Paul had

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 turned his

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 back on the Jews

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 who'd opposed him

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 verse 6

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 it isn't the

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 whole story

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 because the

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 synagogue leader

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 becomes a

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 Christian

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 and his

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 household.

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 I can

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 imagine

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 that

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 Paul

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 this

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 cat

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 Crispus

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 would have

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 been in this

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 category of

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 people

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 that Paul

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 would have

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 been forgiven

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 for thinking

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 they'll never

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 become a

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 Christian

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 that

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 they'll never

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 become a

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 Christian

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 they're so

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 unlikely to

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 turn to

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 Jesus Christ

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 the very

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 leader of

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 the synagogue

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 where Paul

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 is kicked

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 out of

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 as if he

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 would ever

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 become a

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 Christian

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 but here

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 he is

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 listening to

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 God's

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 word as

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 one who

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 believed

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 he and all

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 his household

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 we used

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 to do

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 some of us

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 men

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 we'd meet

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 with people

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 from the

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 mosque

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 and the

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 imam at

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 the mosque

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 for meetings

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 about better

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 understanding

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 one of us

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 would speak

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 on a topic

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 and the

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 imam would

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 speak and

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 we'd have a

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 bit of a

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 discussion

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 they weren't

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 particularly

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 profitable

00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:18.500
 but the

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 one person

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 who I

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 thought would

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 not be

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 converted

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 is the

00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:21.260
 imam

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 and yet

00:13:23.420 --> 00:13:23.840
 here we

00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:24.100
 see

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 in a

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 similar

00:13:24.920 --> 00:13:25.640
 context

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 they're

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 so angry

00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:27.960
 these Jews

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 and yet

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 the ruler

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 of the

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 synagogue

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 is converted

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 verse 8

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 tells us

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 there were

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 many others

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 that believed

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 with him

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 also

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 I think

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 you see

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 the same

00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:38.860
 response

00:13:38.860 --> 00:13:39.379
 in Apollos'

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 ministry

00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:41.100
 Apollos is

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 already a

00:13:41.539 --> 00:13:41.759
 Christian

00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:43.459
 he comes

00:13:43.459 --> 00:13:43.899
 to Ephesus

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 and he

00:13:44.419 --> 00:13:45.139
 welcomes

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 the correction

00:13:46.959 --> 00:13:48.220
 of both

00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:48.699
 Priscilla

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 and Aquila

00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:51.220
 they want

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 to help

00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:51.720
 him to

00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:52.139
 learn more

00:13:52.139 --> 00:13:53.199
 and he's

00:13:53.199 --> 00:13:53.679
 humble enough

00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:54.179
 to receive

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 it

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 so can

00:13:56.459 --> 00:13:56.720
 you see

00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:57.579
 chapter 18

00:13:57.579 --> 00:13:58.179
 is reminding

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 us what

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 we see

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 repeatedly

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 in the

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 book of

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 Acts

00:14:00.599 --> 00:14:01.259
 that the

00:14:01.259 --> 00:14:01.759
 gospel of

00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:01.959
 Jesus

00:14:01.959 --> 00:14:03.019
 always divides

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 people

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 there are

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 those who

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 are hostile

00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:07.539
 to its

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 message and

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 messengers

00:14:08.699 --> 00:14:09.620
 and there

00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:09.899
 are those

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 who receive

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 and accept

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 it

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 and there

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 are other

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 kinds of

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 responses

00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:14.339
 as well

00:14:14.339 --> 00:14:16.620
 but the

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 accumulative

00:14:17.199 --> 00:14:17.939
 effect of us

00:14:17.939 --> 00:14:18.579
 working through

00:14:18.579 --> 00:14:19.319
 Acts on me

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 has been

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 that we should

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 always expect

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 these two

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 things

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 some opposing

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 some

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 welcoming

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 so the

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 fourth

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 thing

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 that

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 chapter 18

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 of Acts

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 tells us

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 about the

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 shape of

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 gospel ministry

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 is alongside

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 the apostolic

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 work

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 and threaded

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 through the

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 different

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 responses of

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 rejecting

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 and accepting

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 there's a

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 divine work

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 as well

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 and so

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 God is

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 working here

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 and I want

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 you to

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 see the

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 dimensions

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 so look

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 at verse 9

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 again

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 because in

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 verse 9

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 we see that

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 God is at

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 work there

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 to encourage

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 the people

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 who are

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 doing the

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 apostolic

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 work

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 he appears

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 to Paul

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 in a vision

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 and he urges

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 him do not

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 be afraid

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 keep on

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 speaking

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 as a result

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 Paul stays

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 in Corinth

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 for about a

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 year and a

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 half

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 that's quite

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 a long

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 time for

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 him

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 but it's

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 very important

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 for you and

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 I to see

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 what Jesus

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 goes on to

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 say in

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 verse 10

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 in this

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 vision

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 let me read

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 it to you

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 I'll read

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 from verse 9

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 the Lord

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 said to

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 Paul

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 one night

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 in a

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 vision

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 do not

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 be afraid

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 go on

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 speaking

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 do not

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 be silent

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 for I

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 am with

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 you

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 and no

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 one

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 will attack

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 you

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 or harm

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 you

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 for I

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 have many

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 in this

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 city

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 who are

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 my people

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 so first

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 of all

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 there's a

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 promise of

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 protection

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 there isn't

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 there

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 and of

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 course that

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 isn't a

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 promise that

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 God makes

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 to everyone

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 we know

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 don't we

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 we pray

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 for Christians

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 who are

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 suffering

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 terribly

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 all over

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 the world

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 because of

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 their faithfulness

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 to Jesus

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 Paul went

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 to other

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 cities and

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 he was

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 attacked and

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 he was harmed

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 and he was

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 beaten up

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 we've seen

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 that so it

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 seems that

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 here there's a

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 special arrangement

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 God made in order

00:16:06.299 --> 00:16:07.179
 to prolong Paul's

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 ministry

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 in order to

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 prolong it

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 but can you see

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 the other part of

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 the encouragement

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 that Jesus gives

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 in verse 10

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 he tells

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 him that

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 he has

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 many people

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 in this

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 city

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 that's an

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 interesting

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 phrase

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 isn't it

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 I don't

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 think that

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 Jesus is

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 talking about

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 people who've

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 already become

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 Christians

00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:32.560
 no I think

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 what he's doing

00:16:33.060 --> 00:16:33.620
 there is he's

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 encouraging Paul

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 to keep speaking

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 the gospel

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 because Jesus

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 has more

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 people in

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 Corinth

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 who are

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 going to

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 respond

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 positively

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 to the gospel

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 he's speaking

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 about that

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 group of

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 people that

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 the Bible

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 elsewhere calls

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 the elect

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 the chosen

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 those who

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 are chosen

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 by God

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 to respond

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 to the gospel

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 with faith

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 so do you

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 remember

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 Jesus said

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 in John 10

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 and I have

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 other sheep

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 that are not

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 of this fold

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:03.980
 and I must

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 bring them in

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 also

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 and they

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 will

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 listen to

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 my voice

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 so there

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 will be

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 one flock

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 one shepherd

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 and I think

00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:15.600
 here in act 6

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 Jesus is

00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:16.880
 reminding Paul

00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:17.519
 that behind

00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:19.500
 every conversion

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 is divine

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 election

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 Jesus the

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 good shepherd

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 has his

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 sheep

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 those who

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 will

00:17:27.580 --> 00:17:28.539
 welcome the

00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:28.920
 gospel

00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:29.840
 when Paul

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 shares it

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.200
 those whom

00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:31.779
 God has

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 chosen and

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:33.039
 called

00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:33.840
 so the

00:17:33.840 --> 00:17:34.700
 divine work

00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:35.220
 here

00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:36.100
 is the

00:17:36.100 --> 00:17:36.519
 setting

00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.060
 of side

00:17:37.060 --> 00:17:37.500
 of people

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.340
 for faith

00:17:38.340 --> 00:17:39.640
 for salvation

00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:40.360
 and so

00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:40.879
 Paul

00:17:40.879 --> 00:17:41.659
 is encouraged

00:17:41.659 --> 00:17:42.299
 keep sharing

00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:42.740
 the gospel

00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:43.679
 keep telling

00:17:43.679 --> 00:17:44.139
 others

00:17:44.139 --> 00:17:46.899
 because

00:17:46.899 --> 00:17:48.139
 there are

00:17:48.139 --> 00:17:48.799
 those in

00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:49.159
 Corinth

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:49.759
 whom God

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.379
 has chosen

00:17:50.379 --> 00:17:50.939
 to be saved

00:17:50.939 --> 00:17:51.339
 who have not

00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:51.939
 yet responded

00:17:51.939 --> 00:17:54.579
 it's an amazing

00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.419
 encouragement to say

00:17:55.419 --> 00:17:56.179
 Paul you're not

00:17:56.179 --> 00:17:56.759
 on a fool's

00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.000
 errand

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:58.899
 it's not up

00:17:58.899 --> 00:17:59.579
 to you

00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:00.899
 there are

00:18:00.899 --> 00:18:01.299
 those whom

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:01.819
 God has

00:18:01.819 --> 00:18:02.119
 chosen

00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:02.799
 you go

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.219
 and preach

00:18:03.219 --> 00:18:03.639
 the gospel

00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:04.079
 and there

00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:04.519
 will be

00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:04.740
 people

00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.479
 that respond

00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:09.839
 there's one

00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.299
 other reminder

00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:10.660
 of God's

00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:10.980
 sovereignty

00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:11.240
 in the

00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:11.640
 apostolic

00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:11.900
 work

00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:12.220
 it's in

00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.940
 verse 27

00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:13.400
 and I'm

00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:13.640
 just going

00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:13.900
 to read

00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:14.079
 it to

00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:14.160
 you

00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:14.400
 can you

00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:14.880
 hear it

00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:15.460
 it's at

00:18:15.460 --> 00:18:15.900
 the end

00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:17.880
 Apollos

00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:18.279
 it's a really

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.700
 simple thing

00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:19.019
 when he

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.400
 arrived

00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:19.819
 what did

00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:20.200
 he do

00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:22.740
 he greatly

00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.360
 helped

00:18:23.360 --> 00:18:25.700
 those who

00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.799
 through grace

00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:27.620
 had believed

00:18:27.619 --> 00:18:31.579
 let me

00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:32.079
 just spend

00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.379
 a little bit

00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:32.559
 of time

00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:32.779
 on that

00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:32.959
 verse

00:18:32.959 --> 00:18:33.139
 for a

00:18:33.139 --> 00:18:33.339
 moment

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:35.679
 Apollos

00:18:35.679 --> 00:18:36.279
 greatly

00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:36.819
 helped

00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:38.199
 those

00:18:38.199 --> 00:18:38.479
 who

00:18:38.479 --> 00:18:38.879
 through

00:18:38.879 --> 00:18:39.279
 grace

00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:39.479
 had

00:18:39.479 --> 00:18:39.859
 believed

00:18:39.859 --> 00:18:43.239
 how

00:18:43.239 --> 00:18:43.479
 did

00:18:43.479 --> 00:18:43.639
 the

00:18:43.639 --> 00:18:44.079
 people

00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:45.959
 in

00:18:45.959 --> 00:18:46.439
 Achaia

00:18:46.439 --> 00:18:47.399
 come to

00:18:47.399 --> 00:18:47.619
 believe

00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:48.000
 the gospel

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.359
 from that

00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:48.599
 verse

00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:48.839
 can you

00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:49.119
 see it

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:52.219
 so there

00:18:52.219 --> 00:18:52.479
 are two

00:18:52.479 --> 00:18:52.779
 answers

00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.099
 on that

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:53.979
 the first

00:18:53.979 --> 00:18:54.279
 answer

00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:54.699
 is this

00:18:54.699 --> 00:18:55.459
 Apollos

00:18:55.459 --> 00:18:55.779
 helped

00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.000
 them

00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:58.640
 how did

00:18:58.640 --> 00:18:58.940
 Apollos

00:18:58.940 --> 00:18:59.200
 help

00:18:59.200 --> 00:18:59.420
 them

00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:01.460
 well

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:01.920
 presumably

00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:02.480
 he did

00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:02.759
 so by

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.180
 speaking

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.660
 the gospel

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.220
 of Jesus

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:05.940
 refuting

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.420
 false

00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:06.779
 ideas

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.240
 reasoning

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:07.640
 with them

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.539
 persuading

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:08.859
 them to

00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:09.279
 trust in

00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:09.559
 Jesus

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:10.480
 how did

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:10.740
 the people

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.099
 in Achaia

00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:11.339
 become

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:11.859
 Christians

00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:13.500
 Apollos

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:13.680
 helped

00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:13.900
 them

00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:15.259
 what's

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.539
 the second

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:15.839
 reason

00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:17.880
 they

00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:18.480
 believed

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 the gospel

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 because of

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 God's

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 grace

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 God's

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 grace

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 do you

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 see that

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 there

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 it

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 says

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 doesn't

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 it

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 by

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 grace

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 they

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 had

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 believed

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 and the

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 same

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 could be

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 said

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 for

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 anyone

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 who's

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 believed

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 the

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 gospel

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 how did

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 Paul

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 Levy

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 first

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 come to

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 believe

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 the gospel

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 there's

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 two

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 answers

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 to that

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 the

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 first

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 answer

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 is that

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 people

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 like

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 Alan

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 and

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 Mary

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 people

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 like

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 Hugh

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 and

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 Brian

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 helped

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 me

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 my

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 parents

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 Alan

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 and

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 Mary

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 taught

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 and

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 modeled

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 the

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 gospel

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 to

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 me

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 Hugh

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 and

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 Brian

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 taught

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 me

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 in

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 Sunday

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 school

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 and

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 prayed

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 for me

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 that

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 I

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 would

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 learn

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 about

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 God

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 and

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 so

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 that's

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 the

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 first

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 answer

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 it

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 was

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 people

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 like

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 Alan

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 and

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 Mary

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 and

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 Hugh

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 and

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 Brian

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 but

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 there's

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 a second

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 answer

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 isn't

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 it

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 the

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 grace

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 of

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 God

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 is

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 the

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 second

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 answer

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 God

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 made

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 sure

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 I

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 heard

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 the

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 gospel

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 God

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 opened

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 my

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 mind

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 so

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 I

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 could

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 see

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 the

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 truth

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 of

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 it

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 God

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 granted

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 me

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 strength

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 to

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 turn

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 away

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 from

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 my

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 sins

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 and

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 stop

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 living

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 for

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 myself

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 God

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 helped

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 me

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 to

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 trust

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 in

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 him

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 and

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 he

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 did

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 all

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 of

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 that

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 though

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 I

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 don't

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 deserve

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 any

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 of

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 it

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 and

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 if

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 you

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 are

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 a

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 Christian

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 here

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 this

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 morning

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 if

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 you

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 are

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 somebody

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 who's

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 trusted

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 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 your

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 story

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 is

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 the

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 same

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 as

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 mine

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 how

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 did

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 you

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 come

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 to

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 believe

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 the

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 gospel

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 there's

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 two

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 answers

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 one

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 a

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 person

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 or

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 some

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 people

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 helped

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 you

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 and

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 secondly

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 the

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 grace

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 of

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 God

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 was

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 at

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 work

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 in

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 you

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 a

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 divine

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 work

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 you

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 might

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 not be

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 like

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 me

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 at

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 all

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 you

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 might

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 really

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 like

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 surprises

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 and

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 that

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 is

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 fine

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 the

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 Bible

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 thankfully

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 wasn't

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 written

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 for

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 people

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 with

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 personalities

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 like

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 mine

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 not

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 all

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 of

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 it

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 anyway

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 you

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 might

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 really

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 like

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 surprises

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 whether

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 you

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 like

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 to

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 have

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 really

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 clear

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 expectations

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 or

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 you're

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 happy

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 to

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 roll

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 with

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 whatever

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 life

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 throws

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 at

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 you

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 God

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 thinks

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 that

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 it

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 is

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 good

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 for

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 us

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 to

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 know

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 something

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 in

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 advance

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 so

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 whether

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 you

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 like

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 to

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 have

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 a

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 really

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 clear

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 expectation

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 or

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 whether

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 you're

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 happy

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 to

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 roll

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 with

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 whatever

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 life

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 throws

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 at

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 you

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 God

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 thinks

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 it

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.059
 is

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 good

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 for

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 you

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 to

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 know

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 some

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 things

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 in

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 advance

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!

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 and one

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 of

00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:03.299
 those

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 things

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.700
 that

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:03.839
 God

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.120
 wants

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:04.240
 you

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 to

00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:04.480
 know

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:04.660
 this

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:04.960
 morning

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:07.200
 is

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:07.360
 when

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 you

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:07.819
 speak

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.000
 the

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.339
 gospel

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:10.640
 that

00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:10.819
 you

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 will

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 know

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 what

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 is

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 coming

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 it's

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 important

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 isn't

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 it

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.539
 when

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 there

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 are

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 opposing

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.920
 responses

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.259
 that

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 you

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 know

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 what's

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 coming

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 already

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 it's

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 a

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 great

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 help

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 when

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 people

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 oppose

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 the

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 gospel

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:26.220
 that

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.379
 we

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 are

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 not

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 taken

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 by

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 surprise

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 and

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 God

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 is

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 not

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 taken

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 by

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 surprise

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 and

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 it

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 shouldn't

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 surprise

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 us

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 either

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 the

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 New

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 Testament

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:35.200
 tells

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 you

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 and

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 I

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:35.639
 that

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 persecution

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.399
 is

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 normal

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 and

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 people

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 being

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 hostile

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.039
 to

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 Christianity

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:40.899
 is

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 normal

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 and

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 people

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 speaking

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 out

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.200
 about

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.519
 Christian

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.299
 belief

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.559
 is

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 not

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 new

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 it

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 is

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 not

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 unique

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 in

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 our

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 moment

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 in

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 history

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 and

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.259
 we

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 should

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 expect

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.319
 it

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 and

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 in

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 fact

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 knowing

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 we

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 should

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 expect

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 it

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 should

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 be

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 a

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 great

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 help

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 to

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 us

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 it

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 means

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 that

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 when

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 persecution

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.460
 comes

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.599
 to

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:00.859
 this

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:01.359
 church

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.319
 and

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.399
 it

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:02.559
 comes

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 to

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 you

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 mustn't

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 think

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.599
 the

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:03.920
 wheels

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.079
 are

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.360
 falling

00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:04.720
 off

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:08.860
 having

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.220
 clear

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:10.079
 expectations

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.680
 assists

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 us

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 but

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.319
 I

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:13.519
 want to

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 stress

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.019
 this

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 this

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.440
 morning

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.319
 having

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 clear

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.380
 expectations

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:16.900
 can

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 grow

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 inside

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:17.920
 of us

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 what

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 we

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.460
 might

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:18.920
 call

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:20.059
 expectancy

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:23.019
 expectations

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.640
 are things

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:23.880
 that you

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.339
 possess

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:26.519
 expectancy

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 is something

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.319
 that you

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 feel

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 expectancy

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 is the

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 anticipation

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.220
 of

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 something

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 good

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.160
 happening

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:36.360
 and

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.660
 those

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.279
 who are

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.640
 expecting

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 babies

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.140
 you are

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 expectant

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:41.200
 those who

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.920
 are engaged

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.980
 you are

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 looking forward

00:23:43.820 --> 00:23:44.080
 in

00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:44.920
 expectancy

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:44.920


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 it's the

00:23:46.560 --> 00:23:46.980
 anticipation

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.420
 of something

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.740
 good

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.080
 happening

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:48.660
 and it

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.019
 seems to

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 me that

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.539
 the book

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.000
 of Acts

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.680
 has been

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.259
 designed

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 and has been

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 written

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 to prepare

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 us for

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 the hard

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 moments

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.560
 in speaking

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:56.080
 the gospel

00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:57.120
 but also

00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:58.039
 to stir

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.279
 up

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.019
 expectancy

00:23:59.019 --> 00:24:01.879
 because when

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.299
 the gospel

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:02.700
 is spoken

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.359
 people don't

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:03.940
 just respond

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.480
 with opposition

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:06.660
 some respond

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:06.940
 with a

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.279
 welcome

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:09.680
 and not

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.039
 only that

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.480
 but God

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.319
 is working

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:12.680
 in Acts

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:14.139
 to remind

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:14.559
 us that

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.359
 God's grace

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:15.920
 comes to

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.259
 people to

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.539
 help them

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:16.879
 believe

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:20.019
 and God

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.599
 has people

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:23.299
 God has

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.680
 people whom

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.119
 he's chosen

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.599
 and who

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:24.819
 he will

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.220
 call

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.779
 but who

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.160
 aren't yet

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.539
 believers

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:29.220
 God has

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.559
 people like

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:29.839
 that

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:32.240
 and so

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 let me ask

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:32.819
 you

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.139
 and those

00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.299
 of us

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.440
 who are

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:33.799
 regulars

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.000
 here

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.319
 let me

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.559
 ask

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:34.819
 you

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:35.920
 do you

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.119
 believe

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:36.339
 that

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:40.220
 do you

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.399
 really

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:40.639
 believe

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:40.879
 that

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:44.039
 and if

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.440
 so

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.200
 are you

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:46.720
 expecting

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.920
 to see

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.379
 God at

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:48.700
 work

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:52.740
 is your

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.000
 heart

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.399
 expected

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:53.720
 I have

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:53.980
 to admit

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.339
 that my

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.740
 heart is

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.200
 often

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.559
 something

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:55.779
 else

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.079
 sometimes

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.339
 my

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.519
 heart

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.639
 is

00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:57.099
 impatient

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:59.319
 sometimes

00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.759
 my heart

00:24:59.759 --> 00:24:59.900
 is

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:00.500
 pessimistic

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:02.680
 sometimes

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.039
 when I

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.400
 think about

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:03.779
 God's

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.160
 work in

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.500
 the world

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.779
 particularly

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.019
 in the

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.259
 UK

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:06.420
 I'm

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.259
 sceptical

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:09.660
 and it's

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.259
 very easy

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.639
 it seems

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.019
 to me

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:13.099
 to look

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.579
 all around

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:13.779
 at the

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.200
 opposition

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.500
 to the

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.799
 gospel

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:16.720
 and see

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.039
 that we're

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.559
 surrounded

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:19.220
 by not

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.539
 just

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.099
 hostility

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.359
 but

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.000
 widespread

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.720
 apathy

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.339
 the apathy

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.879
 is worse

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.139
 than the

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:23.619
 hostility

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:26.500
 and find

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:26.859
 it really

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.459
 disheartening

00:25:27.459 --> 00:25:30.159
 and if

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:30.259
 you're

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.479
 anything

00:25:30.479 --> 00:25:30.879
 like me

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.439
 you find

00:25:31.439 --> 00:25:32.019
 that it's

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.699
 very easy

00:25:32.699 --> 00:25:33.019
 to see

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.599
 your own

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.239
 failures

00:25:34.239 --> 00:25:34.839
 in sharing

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.359
 the gospel

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:38.019
 I seem

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.359
 to be a

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.699
 master

00:25:38.699 --> 00:25:39.240
 at missing

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.959
 opportunities

00:25:39.959 --> 00:25:42.199
 and I

00:25:42.199 --> 00:25:42.699
 don't pray

00:25:42.699 --> 00:25:43.399
 as earnestly

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:44.879
 for people

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.299
 as I wish

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.619
 I did

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:48.139
 and I

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:48.579
 sometimes

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.000
 frankly

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.819
 don't care

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.359
 about people

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:50.899
 being lost

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.219
 in the way

00:25:51.219 --> 00:25:51.459
 that I

00:25:51.459 --> 00:25:51.659
 should

00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:54.699
 I also

00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:55.039
 find it

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.679
 really easy

00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:56.240
 just to see

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.740
 how people

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.539
 happy people

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:57.979
 seem to be

00:25:57.979 --> 00:25:58.439
 living without

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:58.920
 Jesus

00:25:58.920 --> 00:26:01.759
 when I

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.000
 think about

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.400
 the neighbours

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.660
 that live

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:02.900
 on my

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.100
 street

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.340
 whom I

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:03.640
 know

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:05.220
 my friends

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.240
 who don't

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.480
 believe

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.080
 their lives

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:07.539
 in many

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:07.779
 cases

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.380
 don't appear

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.900
 on the

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.240
 surface

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.559
 to be

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:09.960
 all that

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.320
 broken

00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:12.700
 and I

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.039
 find it

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.559
 hard to

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:13.759
 believe

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.220
 that actually

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.720
 they need

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.059
 Jesus

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.620
 more than

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:15.900
 anything

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.360
 else

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:19.420
 and for

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:19.820
 me it's

00:26:19.820 --> 00:26:20.299
 easier

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.200
 to see

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.700
 all of

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:21.920
 those

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.340
 things

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:23.660
 so much

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.759
 that I'm

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.240
 prone to

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.700
 forget

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.259
 what God

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.820
 tells me

00:26:26.820 --> 00:26:27.180
 in his

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.580
 word

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:30.259
 I'm

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.619
 prone to

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.119
 seeing all

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.559
 those

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:31.859
 things

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.159
 that I've

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:32.319
 just

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.699
 described

00:26:32.699 --> 00:26:33.000
 more

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.359
 clearly

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.839
 than what

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.579
 the Bible

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.099
 teaches me

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.279
 about

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.559
 God's

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:35.899
 work

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:40.679
 and of

00:26:40.679 --> 00:26:40.819
 course

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.519
 the evidence

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.779
 that exists

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.139
 for what

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:43.619
 God tells

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.079
 me is

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.659
 all around

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:45.099
 us in

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.639
 the world

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:46.319
 people are

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.659
 becoming

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.179
 Christians

00:26:47.179 --> 00:26:50.240
 and people

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.019
 are welcoming

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.659
 the message

00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:52.199
 of Jesus

00:26:52.199 --> 00:26:55.099
 and God

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.639
 has not

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.259
 packed up

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 and gone

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 home

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 he is

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 still

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 graciously

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 at work

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 in our

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 world

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 in his

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 sovereign

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 purpose

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 choosing

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 people to

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 belong

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 to him

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 and he

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 has many

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.759
 people in

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 our city

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 too

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 presumably

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 he has

00:27:17.679 --> 00:27:18.279
 people in

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 Ealing

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 in Hanwell

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 in Greenfoot

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 in Northolt

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 presumably

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 he has

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.120
 people in

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 your school

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 and at

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 your

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 workplace

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 in your

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 family

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 amongst your

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 neighbours

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 and friends

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 he has

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:34.880
 people who

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 don't yet

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.120
 believe

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 but one

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 day

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 will

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 as it

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 were

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 they are

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 waiting for

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 someone to

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 come and

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 share the

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.100
 gospel with

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.319
 them

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:46.259
 and that

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.559
 is a

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.059
 tremendous

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.579
 encouragement

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:47.919
 isn't it

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 and I

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.559
 need to

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 keep

00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:49.539
 reminding

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.119
 myself

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.659
 of that

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:52.179
 that God

00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:52.720
 might grow

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.579
 expectancy

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.159
 in my

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:54.539
 heart

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:56.679
 and maybe

00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:56.980
 you need

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.220
 that as

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.460
 well

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:59.759
 that you

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 and I

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:00.859
 as the

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.439
 church here

00:28:01.439 --> 00:28:01.939
 in IPC

00:28:01.939 --> 00:28:02.159
 in Ealing

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:02.839
 we have a

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.299
 continuing

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.000
 part to

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 play in

00:28:04.419 --> 00:28:05.000
 the apostolic

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.279
 work

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:06.059
 we are not

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.519
 apostles

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:08.299
 of course

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.759
 but the

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.400
 apostolic

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.960
 gospel has

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.500
 been passed

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.059
 down to

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.460
 us

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:14.119
 and it

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.559
 hasn't

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.139
 changed

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:16.059
 and Jesus

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.039
 is still

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:18.420
 the Messiah

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.639
 he is still

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.319
 the king

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.940
 that they

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.799
 proclaimed now

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.900
 then that we

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.559
 proclaim now

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:25.420
 he is the

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:25.779
 king who

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.299
 died for his

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.579
 people

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:28.319
 the king who

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.980
 came back to

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.379
 life to

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:30.059
 rule forever

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:32.180
 and one day

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.700
 he will come

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.559
 back to judge

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:35.319
 and between

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.299
 now and

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:37.000
 that day

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.659
 the work

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:38.279
 of God

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.039
 the divine

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:40.159
 work continues

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:42.519
 and God

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.839
 continues to

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.539
 use people

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.879
 to help

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.500
 others

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:48.599
 see him

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.240
 and turn to

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.419
 him

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:51.919
 and he uses

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.680
 people like

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.440
 you and

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:53.759
 people like

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:53.980
 me

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:56.159
 and we

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:56.440
 ought to

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.139
 expect that

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.500
 he will

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:59.740
 we ought

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.799
 to expect

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.500
 him to do

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.159
 his work

00:29:02.159 --> 00:29:02.919
 around us

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:03.680
 in the people

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.480
 we know

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.740
 and we ought

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.480
 to repent

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.960
 of our

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.660
 pessimism

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:09.559
 and our

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:09.880
 doubt

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:12.000
 I need

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.180
 to

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:14.000
 and we

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.240
 ought to

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.680
 keep coming

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.279
 back to the

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.740
 pages of the

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.140
 Bible so

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.500
 that our

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.059
 hearts would

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.539
 be stirred

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.019
 again

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:20.579
 stirred to

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.240
 expectancy

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:23.240
 by his

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.940
 sovereign power

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.339
 and his

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.859
 irresistible

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.279
 grace

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.680
 verse 8

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.180
 christmas

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.220
 christmas

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.700
 christmas

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:32.860
 christmas

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.100
 to his

00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:33.500
 friends

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:35.660
 the ruler

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:35.940
 of the

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.220
 synagogue

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.840
 believed in

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.240
 the lord

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:39.380
 and together

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:39.700
 with his

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:39.980
 entire

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.460
 household

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:42.660
 and many

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:42.860
 of the

00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:43.240
 corinthians

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.960
 hearing paul

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.620
 believed

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:44.920
 and were

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.259
 baptized

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:47.620
 and the

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.039
 lord said

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.360
 to paul

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:48.700
 one night

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:48.860
 in a

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.060
 vision

00:29:49.060 --> 00:29:50.180
 do not

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:51.080
 be afraid

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:53.419
 but go

00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:53.980
 on speaking

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:56.279
 and do

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.599
 not be

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:56.960
 silent

00:29:56.960 --> 00:30:01.439
 why do

00:30:01.439 --> 00:30:01.599
 you need

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:01.779
 to be

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.159
 told

00:30:02.159 --> 00:30:04.000
 to go

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.500
 on speaking

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.839
 and do

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.119
 not be

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.399
 silent

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:06.679
 because

00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:06.960
 what's

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.079
 the

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.460
 temptation

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:09.139
 the

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.460
 temptation

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.099
 is to

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.319
 stop

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.679
 speaking

00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:11.819
 and to

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:11.939
 be

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:12.299
 silent

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:14.839
 jesus

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.079
 says

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.379
 for i

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.659
 am with

00:30:15.659 --> 00:30:15.879
 you

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:16.839
 and no

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:16.980
 one

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.099
 will

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.339
 attack

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.460
 you

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.559
 to

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:17.759
 harm

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:17.960
 you

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.819
 for

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:18.980
 i

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.180
 have

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.599
 many

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:19.899
 in

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.079
 this

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.399
 city

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:21.440
 who

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.519
 are

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.659
 my

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:21.940
 people

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:23.859
 let's

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.059
 pray