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 This morning we will be back in the book of Acts.

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 And if you're using one of the Bibles around you, you can find that on page 857.

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 And I'd encourage you to follow along.

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 It's been about four months since we were last together in the book of Acts.

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 And so before we come to chapter 4 this morning, I'd like to take a few minutes and remind us where Luke has brought us.

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 One of the most important things to remember about Acts is that Acts is ultimately a book about Jesus.

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 Luke begins by reminding Theophilus that in his first book, what we call the Gospel of Luke,

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 he wrote about all that Jesus began to do and teach.

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 You see, the Gospel records what Jesus began to do and teach during his earthly ministry until the day when he was taken up.

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 Acts records what the risen and exalted Jesus continues to do and teach from heaven by his Spirit through the witnesses he's chosen and commissioned.

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 And that's what we've watched unfold in these opening chapters.

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 In Acts 1, the risen Jesus commissions his witnesses.

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 You remember Jesus had been crucified, but he's alive.

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 And he spent 40 days with his disciples, giving them many proofs that he had risen from the dead and teaching them about the kingdom of God.

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 And before ascending to the Father, he gave them both a promise and a mission.

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 In Acts 1, 8, we see Jesus said,

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 You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.

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 So there to be his witnesses testifying to who Jesus is, what he's done, and the salvation that's found in him.

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 Now, they'll do that, not in their own power, but in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 Then we see in Acts 2 that the exalted Jesus empowers his witnesses.

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 And on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit comes upon his people.

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 And as Peter stands before the crowds in Jerusalem, he points them to Jesus, telling them,

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 Jesus was crucified.

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 God raised him from the dead.

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 He's been exalted to the right hand of the Father.

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 He is both Lord and Christ.

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 And from this place of exaltation, Jesus has poured out the Holy Spirit.

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 So Pentecost is not merely a story about what happened to the disciples.

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 It's evidence that Jesus Christ is alive, that he's exalted, that he's reigning and carrying forward his work.

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 Then, as you may remember, Peter calls the people to repent and to turn to Christ.

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 And about 3,000 receive the word, are baptized, and are added to the church.

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 And suddenly, there was a substantial growing community in Jerusalem devoted to the apostles' teaching and a fellowship,

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 to the breaking of bread and to the prayers.

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 And we see them worshiping together, caring for one another, bearing witness together.

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 Their lives being marked with gladness and generosity and worship and fellowship.

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 And Luke closes the chapter by telling us,

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 The Lord added to their number, day by day, those who were being saved.

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 Jesus is forming a people.

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 He's building his church.

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 Then in Acts 3, we see the reigning Jesus working through his witnesses.

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 Peter and John meet a man at the temple who had been lame from birth.

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 And you remember, he asks them for money, but Peter says,

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 I have no silver and gold, but what I do have, I give to you.

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 In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.

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 And immediately, the man who had never walked is strengthened, and he gets up,

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 and he enters the temple walking and leaping and praising God.

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 And everyone recognizes him.

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 A crowd begins forming and staring at Peter and John,

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 but Peter immediately redirects their attention, saying,

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 This is not our power.

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 This power belongs to Jesus.

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 The same Jesus they had rejected.

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 The same Jesus they delivered over to be killed.

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 The same Jesus whom God had raised from the dead.

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 The risen Christ is still at work.

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 So, Peter preaches Christ again and calls the people to repent,

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 to turn back to Jesus so that their sins may be blotted out.

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 So, by the time we reach Acts 4, there's a clear pattern developing.

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 Jesus is alive.

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 Jesus is reigning.

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 Jesus has poured out his spirit.

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 Jesus is empowering his witnesses.

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 Jesus is bringing people to faith and repentance.

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 Jesus is building his church.

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 And as a result, Jesus is making his name known throughout all of Jerusalem.

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 And now, those witnesses, commissioned in chapter 1,

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 and empowered by his spirit in chapter 2,

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 and bearing witness to the power of his name in chapter 3,

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 are about to face their first official opposition.

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 The controversy will ultimately come down to one question.

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 What are they going to do with the name of Jesus?

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 Now, as the passage unfolds, Luke will show us that the name these people oppose

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 is the name the Spirit empowers us to proclaim.

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 The name that God has vindicated through the resurrection

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 and the only name by which anyone can be saved.

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 And by the end, the question will no longer merely be

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 what these leaders will do with Jesus.

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 The question will be what each of us will do with him.

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 So, starting in Acts 4.1, let's consider the first point.

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 Opposition to the name.

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 Opposition to the name.

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 Now, notice how chapter 4 begins,

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 because the chapter division doesn't mark the end of the scene.

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 It says,

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 You see, Peter and John are still speaking when the temple authorities arrive.

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 The miracle of the lame man's healing has drawn a huge crowd of people,

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 and there's ample room in the temple courts

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 for a crowd numbering in the thousands.

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 So, of course, the temple officials notice something's going on

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 and go to investigate what's happening.

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 As the temple authorities listen to Peter and John,

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 we see in verse 2 that they're greatly annoyed

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 because the apostles were teaching the people

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 and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

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 The authorities are greatly annoyed,

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 or maybe more clearly put,

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 they're unable to endure it one moment longer.

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 You see, the apostles' teaching,

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 it challenges the religious leaders' authority

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 and their doctrine.

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 Peter and John are publicly teaching

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 the people in the temple without any authorization.

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 And not only that,

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 they're teaching that Jesus has been resurrected,

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 which is contrary to what the Sadducees believed and taught.

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 We also see that it directly challenges their rejection of Jesus.

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 By declaring that Jesus of Nazareth has risen from the dead,

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 they're declaring God's vindication

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 of the one these very leaders had condemned.

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 So, the miracle drew the crowd,

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 but it's the message that draws the opposition.

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 And as a result, in verse 3,

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 we see,

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 they arrested them.

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 They arrested them and put them in custody

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 until the next day,

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 for it was already evening.

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 Now, do you feel the opposition growing?

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 Even in these first three verses,

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 the authorities come upon them,

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 confront them,

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 then the authorities are so disturbed,

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 they can't endure it a moment longer,

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 so they physically seize them,

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 and they imprison them to stop their witness.

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 This is the first imprisonment in Acts,

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 and it begins the pattern

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 that Jesus has already warned his disciples to expect

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 when he said to them,

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 they will lay their hands on you and persecute you.

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 So, we see the opposition that was once directed at Jesus

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 is now directed at the continuing work of the risen Christ

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 through his witnesses.

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 But,

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 but their attempt to silence the gospel

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 is already too late.

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 Look at verse 4.

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 It says,

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 But many of those who had heard the word believed,

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 and the number of men came to about 5,000.

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 So,

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 the authorities can interrupt the sermon.

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 They can seize the preachers.

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 They can put them under guard.

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 But by the time they do so,

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 the word has already gone out,

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 and it's bearing fruit.

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 Many have heard.

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 Many have believed.

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 And the number of believers now has grown to about 5,000 men.

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 So,

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 the authorities could restrain Christ's witnesses,

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 but they could not restrain Christ's work.

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 That's a theme we'll see throughout Acts.

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 You see,

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 human authorities can make Christian witness truly costly,

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 but they can never stop the risen Christ from building his church.

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 That reminds us,

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 the advance of the gospel

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 does not ultimately depend upon favorable circumstances.

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 It doesn't depend on cultural approval

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 or in powerful people

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 giving Christians permission or a platform to speak.

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 Christ is alive,

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 and no amount of opposition

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 can place his mission of building the church in danger.

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 It comes down to the question for us

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 as whether we believe that enough

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 to remain faithful,

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 especially when his name becomes costly to us.

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 Now,

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 another important point to notice from verse 4,

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 God ordinarily brings people to faith

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 through hearing the gospel.

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 Now,

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 the miracle,

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 as powerful as it was,

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 could draw attention to Christ,

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 but it could not explain Christ.

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 Peter had to speak about Jesus,

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 who he was,

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 what he's done,

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 so Luke says,

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 many of those who heard the word believed,

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 and that's how God ordinarily works,

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 bringing people to faith

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 as they hear the good news

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 of who Jesus is

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 and what he's done.

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 Paul asked the appropriate question

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 in Romans 10

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 when he says,

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 how are they to believe in him

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 of whom they've never heard?

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 So,

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 as much as our lives

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 should commend the gospel,

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 as much as our good deeds

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 should point people to Christ,

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 Christian witness cannot stop there.

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 We must actually tell people about Jesus.

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 Now,

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 that also helps us understand

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 why the opposition is growing in Acts 4.

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 It's not simply the sight of a healed man

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 that so deeply disturbs the authorities.

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 It's what Peter and John are saying

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 about that healing.

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 They're proclaiming that Jesus is risen

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 and reigning.

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 And so,

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 the opposition continues to escalate

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 and that's what we see

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 in verses 5 through 7.

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 It says,

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 on the next day,

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 their rulers and elders and scribes

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 gathered together in Jerusalem

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 with Annas the high priest

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 and Caiaphas and John and Alexander

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 and all who were of the high priestly family.

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 And when they had set them in the midst,

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 they inquired,

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 by what power

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 or by what name did you do this?

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 So,

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 the opposition has escalated

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 from an impromptu arrest in the temple

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 to an actual formal trial

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 by the key religious authorities of Israel.

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 And the group presented here

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 is probably best understood

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 as the Sanhedrin,

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 which was Jerusalem's supreme governing council.

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 And I think the description Luke gives us

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 of this trial is important

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 because it echoes very closely

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 the trial that Jesus had

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 only weeks before.

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 You remember,

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 Annas had interrogated Jesus.

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 Caiaphas had presided over the council

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 during the events leading

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 to Jesus' condemnation

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 and crucifixion.

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 And now,

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 Peter and John stand

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 before essentially

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 the same leadership circle

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 that had interrogated

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 and condemned Jesus

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 and put him to death.

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 So,

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 having set Peter and John

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 in their midst,

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 the leaders ask,

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 by what power,

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 by what name,

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 did you do this?

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 I think Luke is intentionally

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 trying to highlight

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 another parallel

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 between Jesus

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 and his witnesses.

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 You see,

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 in the Gospel of Luke,

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 chapter 20,

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 verses 1 and 2,

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 Jesus faced a similar question.

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 It says,

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 one day,

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 as Jesus was teaching

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 the people in the temple

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 and preaching the Gospel,

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 the chief priests

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 and the scribes

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 with the elders

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 came up

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 and said to him,

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 tell us by what authority

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 you do these things

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 or who it is

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 that gave you this authority.

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 So,

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 we see Jesus teaches

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 in the temple

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 and the religious leaders

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 challenge his authority

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 and now,

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 Jesus' witnesses

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 teach in the temple

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 and the religious leaders

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 challenge their authority.

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 The truth of the matter is,

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 it's very likely

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 the leaders already know

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 the answer to their question.

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 but,

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 in demanding

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 that Peter

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 say to publicly,

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 providentially,

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 they give him

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 exactly the opportunity

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 he needs

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 as he's empowered

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 for the name.

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 Empowered

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 for the name.

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 Continuing with

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 verses 8 and 9,

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 it says,

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 then Peter,

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 filled with the Holy Spirit,

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 said to them,

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 rulers of the people

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 and elders,

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 if we're being examined

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 today,

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 concerning a good deed

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 done to a crippled man,

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 by what means

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 this man has been healed?

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 Now,

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 this scene

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 provides an especially

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 powerful contrast

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 with Luke chapter 22.

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 Again,

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 remember,

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 only weeks earlier,

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 during Jesus' arrest

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 and trial,

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 Peter

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 is cowering

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 outside in the courtyard.

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 And when confronted

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 by a mere servant girl,

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 his fear led him

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 to deny

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 that he even knew

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 who Jesus was.

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 But now,

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 after Jesus' resurrection,

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 after his ascension,

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 after pouring out

00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.960
 the Holy Spirit,

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 we see Peter brought

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 inside

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 before the very authorities

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 who condemned

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 Jesus

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 and put him

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 to death.

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 Yet,

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 this time,

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 instead of being

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 controlled by fear

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 and denying Christ,

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 he's filled

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 and empowered

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 Now,

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 if you don't stop

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 to think about this,

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 it's very easy

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 to overlook

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 this moment

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 as one of Acts'

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 most dramatic

00:17:42.139 --> 00:17:43.119
 demonstrations

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:45.099
 of what being filled

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 actually looks like.

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 You see,

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 the man who only weeks ago

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 feared association

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 with Jesus

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 before this very group

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 of leaders

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 is now

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 about to proclaim

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 Jesus to them

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 boldly.

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 And it's after

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 they've actually

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 crucified Christ.

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 You see,

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 Peter has no doubt

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 about what these men

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 might do to him.

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 So,

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 I think it's worth

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 us noting

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 that throughout

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 the book of Luke

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 and Acts,

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 the filling

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 of the Spirit

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 characteristically

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 gives God's people

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 words to speak.

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 And Acts,

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 specifically,

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 that Spirit-given speech

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 repeatedly becomes

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 a bold witness

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 to Christ.

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 So,

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 we see Spirit-filling

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 results in

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 proclamation.

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 Right?

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 At Pentecost,

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 they were filled

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 and began to speak.

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 Here,

00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:43.660
 we see Peter

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 filled with the Spirit.

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 He's about to speak.

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 In a couple of weeks,

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 we'll see after

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 the church prays,

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 they're all filled

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 and continue to speak

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 the Word of God

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 with boldness.

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 Now,

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:57.339
 on your listening guide,

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 you can find

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:59.960
 a more extensive list

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 of passages

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:02.339
 from both Luke

00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:03.339
 and Acts

00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:04.579
 showing

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:06.460
 that Spirit-filling

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 repeatedly

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:09.960
 empowers God's people

00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:11.019
 to speak

00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:12.220
 God's truth,

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 often bearing witness

00:19:14.360 --> 00:19:15.019
 to Christ

00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:15.820
 and the salvation

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 that God has accomplished

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 through Him.

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 I think this means

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 we should not treat

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 this being filled

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 with the Spirit

00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:27.000
 primarily as an inward

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:29.019
 or emotional experience.

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 And especially

00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:31.880
 in this context,

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 we can see

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 that the visible result

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 is faithful,

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.620
 courageous,

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 Christ-centered speech.

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 I think it's also easy

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 to overlook

00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.399
 the second part

00:19:44.399 --> 00:19:45.539
 of verse 8

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 where Peter says,

00:19:47.659 --> 00:19:49.059
 rulers of the people

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 and elders.

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 Because we see

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:54.939
 Peter speaks courageously,

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:56.759
 but he does not speak

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.879
 contemptuously.

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 He recognizes

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 their position,

00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:04.159
 but we see

00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:06.159
 that his boldness

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:07.580
 is not rudeness.

00:20:08.860 --> 00:20:09.740
 He respects

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.460
 their office

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.740
 while refusing

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.560
 to compromise

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 the truth.

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 And I think

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 that's very useful

00:20:16.580 --> 00:20:17.740
 for us

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:19.000
 as Christian witnesses

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 living in such

00:20:20.580 --> 00:20:21.220
 a harsh

00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:22.640
 and confrontational

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.259
 time.

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 We should seek

00:20:25.300 --> 00:20:26.860
 to show respect

00:20:26.860 --> 00:20:27.820
 without fear,

00:20:28.540 --> 00:20:29.759
 to have submission

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:31.340
 without silence,

00:20:32.060 --> 00:20:33.220
 and to have courage

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 but without contempt.

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 I think it's also

00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:40.140
 easy to imagine

00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:41.120
 that boldness

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:41.880
 belongs

00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:42.680
 to a certain

00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:44.440
 kind of personality,

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:46.460
 but Peter's life

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.420
 tells us

00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:48.019
 otherwise.

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.400
 You see,

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.180
 Christian courage

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:51.860
 is not

00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:52.680
 a natural

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.519
 fearlessness.

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:56.140
 It's what happens

00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:57.480
 when the Spirit

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:59.000
 makes the reality

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.819
 of Christ

00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:01.339
 greater to us

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.359
 than the people

00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:03.039
 we fear.

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.379
 That's exactly

00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:07.139
 what we see

00:21:07.139 --> 00:21:08.000
 here in Peter.

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.839
 Then continuing

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.720
 in verse 9,

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:13.220
 Peter respectfully

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:14.079
 exposes

00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:15.379
 the strangeness

00:21:15.379 --> 00:21:16.240
 of the situation.

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.819
 Are they really

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.919
 being put on trial

00:21:18.919 --> 00:21:20.619
 because of a good deed

00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:21.679
 done for a man

00:21:21.679 --> 00:21:22.379
 who's been unable

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.059
 to walk?

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:25.899
 But even in that,

00:21:26.199 --> 00:21:27.199
 Peter uses

00:21:27.199 --> 00:21:28.279
 the healing

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.279
 to create

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.959
 a bridge

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.980
 to the gospel.

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.720
 The word

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.880
 translated healed

00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:34.960
 in verse 9

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.880
 comes from

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.700
 the Greek word

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.340
 sozo,

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.559
 meaning to save

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:39.860
 or to rescue.

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.279
 And we're going

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.980
 to see that Luke

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:43.039
 uses that same

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.880
 word family

00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:45.420
 again in verse 12

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:46.740
 when Peter declares

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:48.200
 we must be saved.

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:50.039
 So we can see

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.700
 Peter moving

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.480
 from the lesser

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.019
 rescue

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.819
 to the greater

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.240
 one.

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.880
 The Jesus

00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.600
 who rescues

00:21:55.600 --> 00:21:56.340
 this man

00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:57.319
 from physical

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:58.240
 helplessness

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.660
 is the only

00:21:59.660 --> 00:22:00.400
 one who

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:00.980
 can rescue

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.460
 us from

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.079
 our deeper

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:03.140
 spiritual

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:04.480
 helplessness.

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.339
 So if this

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:07.839
 man's been

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.279
 rescued,

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.059
 then the

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.620
 council's

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.319
 question is

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.799
 the right

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.339
 one.

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:12.140
 Who

00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:13.059
 rescued

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.579
 him?

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.240
 And Peter's

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.680
 answer

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:17.880
 is unmistakable.

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.680
 Jesus did.

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.380
 That brings us

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:21.680
 to the

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.799
 proclamation

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:24.259
 of the

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.639
 name.

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.440
 The

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.000
 proclamation

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.759
 of the

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.059
 name.

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:27.899
 Continuing

00:22:27.899 --> 00:22:28.440
 in verse

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.019
 10,

00:22:29.659 --> 00:22:30.299
 Peter says,

00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:31.579
 let it be

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:31.960
 known to

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.619
 all of you

00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:33.279
 and to

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.720
 all the

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.139
 people of

00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.539
 Israel

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.099
 that by

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.680
 the name

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.279
 of Jesus

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:37.059
 Christ of

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.740
 Nazareth,

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.680
 whom you

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.359
 crucified,

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.619
 whom God

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.339
 raised from

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.680
 the dead,

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.460
 by him

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.480
 this man

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.500
 is standing

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.659
 before you

00:22:45.659 --> 00:22:46.379
 well.

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:47.759
 This

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.500
 Jesus is

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.139
 the stone

00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:49.500
 that was

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.359
 rejected by

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:50.680
 you,

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.359
 the builders,

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:52.500
 which has

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.479
 become the

00:22:53.479 --> 00:22:54.379
 cornerstone.

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.439
 So the

00:22:56.439 --> 00:22:56.959
 council had

00:22:56.959 --> 00:22:57.259
 asked,

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:57.819
 by what

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.279
 power,

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:58.799
 by what

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.359
 name did

00:22:59.359 --> 00:22:59.659
 you do

00:22:59.659 --> 00:22:59.919
 this?

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.599
 Peter's

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.099
 answer is

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.500
 direct,

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.079
 by the

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.659
 name of

00:23:02.659 --> 00:23:03.119
 Jesus

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:04.279
 Christ of

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:05.139
 Nazareth.

00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.719
 And that's

00:23:06.719 --> 00:23:07.240
 important.

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.299
 By saying

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.459
 Jesus of

00:23:09.459 --> 00:23:10.279
 Nazareth,

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.319
 Peter leaves

00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:12.359
 no ambiguity

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:13.139
 about whom

00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:13.819
 he means.

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:14.740
 He's

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.159
 speaking

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:16.119
 about the

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:16.459
 same

00:23:16.459 --> 00:23:16.899
 Jesus

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.599
 these

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.059
 leaders

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.319
 had

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.819
 recently

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.479
 rejected

00:23:19.479 --> 00:23:20.159
 and

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:20.699
 condemned.

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:23.019
 I think

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.539
 it's also

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.359
 important for

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:24.699
 us to

00:23:24.699 --> 00:23:25.279
 remember

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:26.439
 that we

00:23:26.439 --> 00:23:27.000
 should hear

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.740
 Christ

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.819
 as a

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.219
 title.

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.839
 It's not

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.179
 Jesus'

00:23:31.479 --> 00:23:32.259
 last name.

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.759
 It's the

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:33.979
 Greek

00:23:33.979 --> 00:23:34.519
 equivalent

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.199
 of the

00:23:35.199 --> 00:23:35.559
 Hebrew

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.199
 word

00:23:36.199 --> 00:23:36.839
 Messiah.

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.579
 And both

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:38.959
 of those

00:23:38.959 --> 00:23:39.459
 mean the

00:23:39.459 --> 00:23:40.059
 anointed

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.819
 one.

00:23:41.459 --> 00:23:41.659
 You see,

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.459
 Peter is

00:23:42.459 --> 00:23:43.059
 identifying

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:44.339
 Jesus as

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:44.979
 God's

00:23:44.979 --> 00:23:45.859
 promised

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.619
 king.

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:47.919
 The one

00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:48.500
 through whom

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.099
 God is

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:50.079
 fulfilling his

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.799
 promises of

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.759
 salvation and

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.200
 kingdom.

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:53.539
 So,

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.240
 in other

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.440
 words,

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:54.940
 Peter is

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.740
 saying this

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.279
 man was

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.799
 healed by

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.399
 Jesus,

00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.700
 the Messiah

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.480
 from

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.200
 Nazareth.

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.220
 Now,

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.379
 that declaration

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:03.919
 would have

00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.879
 been explosive

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:05.639
 in front of

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.299
 this council.

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.079
 You see,

00:24:07.159 --> 00:24:07.839
 these leaders

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.919
 had rejected

00:24:08.919 --> 00:24:09.519
 Jesus,

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.779
 but Peter

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.440
 now publicly

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.500
 declares that

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.319
 the man they

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.700
 rejected is

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:16.379
 indeed God's

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.899
 Messiah.

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.339
 Then,

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:18.619
 Peter,

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.339
 drawing the

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.019
 contrast even

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.799
 more sharply

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.659
 says,

00:24:21.919 --> 00:24:22.559
 whom you

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.259
 crucified,

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:25.139
 whom God

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:26.079
 raised from

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.699
 the dead.

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:27.839
 You see,

00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:29.579
 these elders,

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.579
 these rulers

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:32.579
 had placed

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.119
 their verdict

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.839
 on Jesus

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:35.740
 of crucifixion

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.220
 and death.

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.579
 But God

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.740
 had overturned

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.480
 that verdict

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.419
 in the

00:24:40.419 --> 00:24:40.939
 resurrection.

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:42.519
 They had

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.339
 rejected him,

00:24:43.439 --> 00:24:44.079
 but God

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:45.240
 vindicated him

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.919
 as his

00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.500
 chosen

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.299
 Messiah.

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.220
 And not

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.859
 only that,

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.599
 but the

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.559
 very evidence

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.960
 of Christ's

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.039
 living power

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:55.380
 is standing

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:56.900
 directly in

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.400
 front of

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:57.599
 them.

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.900
 This man

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.220
 had been

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.740
 unable to

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.319
 walk from

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.700
 birth,

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.299
 and now

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.079
 he's standing

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.880
 before the

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.339
 council

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:04.240
 completely

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.839
 well.

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.180
 The healed

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.819
 man is

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:08.460
 living evidence

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.200
 that the

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.960
 Jesus they

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.619
 crucified

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.960
 is alive.

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.720
 He's

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.339
 reigning.

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.240
 He's still

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.960
 at work.

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.640
 The council

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:16.960
 had asked

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.380
 by what

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.120
 power or

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:18.859
 what name,

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:20.460
 and Peter's

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:20.920
 answer is

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.680
 unmistakable.

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.640
 The risen

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.640
 Jesus did

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.099
 this.

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.900
 And then

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.599
 Peter goes

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.019
 on to

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.559
 interpret

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.000
 what's

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.400
 happened

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:28.900
 through

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.380
 scripture.

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.599
 He points

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.180
 back to

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.819
 Psalm 118

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:34.559
 verse 22

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.359
 when he

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:35.599
 says,

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.359
 the stone

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:36.700
 that the

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.000
 builders

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.660
 rejected

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.859
 has become

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.500
 the corner

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.259
 stone.

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.740
 Now Luke

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.680
 has actually

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.700
 already shown

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:46.099
 us Jesus

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:47.680
 applying this

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.740
 very passage

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:50.380
 to Israel's

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:51.220
 religious leaders.

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.720
 You might

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.359
 remember in

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:53.920
 the parable

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.279
 of the

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.120
 tenants in

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:56.079
 Luke 20,

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.200
 the tenants

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.019
 reject and

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:59.339
 mistreat the

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:00.200
 owner's servants.

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.620
 And then

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.480
 when the owner

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.019
 sends his

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.880
 beloved son,

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.579
 they kill him

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:04.960
 too.

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:07.039
 Jesus warns

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.680
 that the

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.380
 owner will

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.680
 judge those

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.500
 tenants and

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.000
 give the

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.740
 vineyard to

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.319
 others.

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.380
 And when

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:13.920
 the people

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:15.019
 respond,

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.339
 surely not.

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.380
 Jesus quotes

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:18.079
 this very

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.859
 verse saying

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.200
 that the

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.140
 stone the

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:22.299
 builders rejected

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.519
 has become

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.079
 the corner

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.620
 stone.

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.099
 You see,

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.839
 Jesus had

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.859
 already identified

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.599
 the pattern.

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.359
 The leaders

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.120
 would reject

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:30.839
 the son,

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.279
 but their

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.620
 rejection would

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.740
 not overturn

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.859
 God's purpose

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:36.440
 for him.

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.019
 And now

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.900
 Peter stands

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.779
 before those

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.660
 very leaders

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.339
 and tells

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.279
 them directly,

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.339
 you are

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.079
 the builders

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:45.500
 and Jesus

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.220
 is the

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.319
 stone you

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:47.819
 rejected.

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.399
 Now,

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.399
 Peter's

00:26:50.399 --> 00:26:51.139
 wording is

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:52.460
 also especially

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.079
 pointed.

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.440
 He doesn't

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.259
 merely say

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.319
 they overlooked

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.200
 Jesus or

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:58.019
 they found

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.319
 him unsuitable.

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.660
 The word he

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.440
 uses carries

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.160
 the sense

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.819
 of despising

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.319
 him,

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.539
 treating him

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.099
 as if he

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.899
 were worthless.

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.299
 You see,

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:08.779
 these men

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.619
 had examined

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.019
 Jesus.

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.720
 They had

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.259
 listened to

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.799
 his claims.

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.279
 They'd

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.660
 witnessed

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.420
 his works

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.559
 and after

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.380
 evaluating

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.039
 him,

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.180
 they rejected

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.600
 him.

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.759
 They treated

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.200
 him as

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.620
 worthless.

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.400
 They cast

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.259
 it away

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.200
 like nothing.

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.720
 But the

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.640
 stone the

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.579
 builders deemed

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.160
 worthless,

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.019
 God made

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.940
 the very

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:31.200
 cornerstone.

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:32.200
 God made

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.700
 him.

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:32.860
 And if

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.400
 God has

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.059
 vindicated

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.779
 Jesus in

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.440
 this way,

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.059
 Peter's

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.660
 conclusion

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.420
 really is

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.180
 unavoidable.

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.319
 There's

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:41.340
 salvation in

00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:42.019
 no other

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.480
 name.

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:44.080
 Salvation

00:27:44.080 --> 00:27:45.480
 in no other

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.900
 name.

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:48.059
 Verse 12,

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.819
 Peter says,

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.019
 and there is

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.920
 salvation in

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.660
 no one

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.200
 else.

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.200
 For there

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.819
 is no other

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.360
 name under

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.080
 heaven given

00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:55.819
 among men

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:57.000
 by which we

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.720
 must be

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.259
 saved.

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.480
 Now,

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.640
 there's four

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.180
 things we

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.480
 need to

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.099
 consider in

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.879
 this final

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:04.339
 crucial statement

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.379
 that Peter

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:05.859
 makes.

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.259
 First,

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.240
 what does

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.839
 salvation

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.619
 mean?

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.720
 What does

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.299
 salvation

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.879
 mean?

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.640
 And the

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:13.460
 concept of

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.019
 salvation has

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.519
 already been

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.319
 well developed

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:16.019
 in Acts.

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.319
 We've seen

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.220
 it includes

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.859
 the forgiveness

00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:19.740
 of sins,

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.879
 deliverance

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.559
 from judgment,

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.680
 the gift of

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.019
 the Holy

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.599
 Spirit,

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.099
 and restoration

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:26.000
 to God

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.980
 through his

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.539
 Messiah.

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.379
 So,

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.539
 by verse 12,

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.619
 Peter's clearly

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:32.579
 moved beyond

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.160
 the physical

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.559
 healing of

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.259
 one lame

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.720
 man.

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.920
 He's speaking

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:38.019
 about our

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:39.839
 deepest need.

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.319
 Our need to

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.920
 be rescued

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.599
 from our

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.059
 sin,

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.440
 from our

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.220
 selfishness,

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:45.660
 from our

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.059
 pride,

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.519
 from our

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.019
 rebellion,

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.319
 and our

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.839
 need to be

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.539
 rescued from

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.220
 the judgment

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.839
 and wrath

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.160
 that we

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:52.279
 deserve because

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.759
 of it,

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.440
 but also

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.279
 our need to

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.379
 be restored

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:56.900
 to an

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.359
 intimate

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:58.180
 relation

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.880
 with God

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:01.039
 through his

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.539
 Messiah.

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.100
 Second,

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.880
 we need to

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.259
 see the

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.640
 universal need

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.560
 for salvation.

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.220
 The universal

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:12.019
 need for

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.620
 salvation.

00:29:14.060 --> 00:29:14.420
 When Peter

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:15.080
 says there's

00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:15.660
 no other

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.200
 name under

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.299
 heaven given

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.900
 among men

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.680
 by which we

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:20.160
 must be

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:21.039
 saved,

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.920
 he's

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.580
 communicating

00:29:22.580 --> 00:29:23.720
 a universal

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.220
 need.

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.220
 Everyone,

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.960
 everywhere,

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.640
 needs to

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.440
 be saved.

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.720
 No one

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.579
 is exempt.

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.240
 I think it's

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.920
 also important

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.440
 for us to

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.519
 notice that

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.380
 Peter says

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:38.259
 we.

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.500
 He doesn't

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.019
 say because

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.660
 these religious

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.579
 leaders crucified

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.500
 Jesus or

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.279
 because they

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.299
 rejected God's

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.380
 precious cornerstone,

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.799
 they must be

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.339
 saved.

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.640
 He says

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:51.440
 we must

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:53.160
 be saved.

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:55.100
 Peter doesn't

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:55.720
 place himself

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:57.019
 outside of

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.400
 the need

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:58.259
 he's declaring

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.660
 because there's

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.640
 one human

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.300
 need and

00:30:01.300 --> 00:30:02.220
 there's one

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.340
 savior to

00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:03.820
 meet that

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.200
 need.

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:06.019
 So Peter

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.779
 stands here

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.360
 before the

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:07.920
 Sanhedrin,

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:08.900
 not merely

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.700
 condemning

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.460
 their rejection

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.519
 of Christ,

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:13.519
 but as a

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.820
 man who

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:16.320
 himself has

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:16.960
 denied

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:19.120
 Christ and

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.759
 received

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.600
 mercy.

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.899
 received

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.579
 mercy from

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.179
 the same

00:30:23.179 --> 00:30:24.339
 savior that

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.779
 they desperately

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.779
 need.

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:29.939
 Third,

00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:31.240
 we need to

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:32.599
 delight in

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.179
 God's

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:33.819
 gracious

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.559
 provision

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.740
 of salvation.

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.539
 God's

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.039
 gracious

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.699
 provision

00:30:38.699 --> 00:30:39.779
 of salvation.

00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:41.199
 Notice

00:30:41.199 --> 00:30:41.980
 that Peter

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.319
 not only

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:44.159
 shows us

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.619
 we all

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.039
 desperately

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.459
 need to

00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:46.139
 be saved,

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.659
 but that

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.179
 God has

00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:48.879
 not left

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:50.020
 us without

00:30:50.020 --> 00:30:51.040
 a savior.

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.780
 The phrase

00:30:53.780 --> 00:30:54.860
 given among

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.760
 men is

00:30:55.760 --> 00:30:56.720
 beautiful.

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.900
 It's a

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.540
 humbling

00:30:58.540 --> 00:31:01.020
 phrase because

00:31:01.020 --> 00:31:01.520
 Peter's

00:31:01.520 --> 00:31:02.460
 wording reminds

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.840
 us that

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:03.900
 salvation is

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.660
 not something

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.500
 that humanity

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.720
 has accomplished.

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:09.180
 God has

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.620
 given the

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:10.960
 savior.

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:14.640
 And praise

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.060
 the Lord,

00:31:15.300 --> 00:31:15.920
 the savior

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.600
 God has

00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:17.800
 given remains

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.919
 his sufficient

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.859
 and enduring

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:21.259
 provision for

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.079
 salvation.

00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:23.240
 So,

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:24.139
 so Peter's

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:25.200
 not saying

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:26.139
 we

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.759
 Christians

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.960
 have chosen

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:29.139
 Jesus as

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:29.960
 our preferred

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.599
 religious

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.279
 path.

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.180
 He's

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:34.279
 saying God

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.960
 has

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.619
 acted.

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.059
 God

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.700
 sent

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.319
 his

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.960
 Messiah.

00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:40.019
 God

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:41.180
 raised him

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:42.039
 from the

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.399
 dead.

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.099
 God

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.500
 made the

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.079
 rejected

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.700
 stone,

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.119
 the

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:46.079
 cornerstone.

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:47.339
 God has

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:48.599
 given this

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.679
 name by

00:31:49.679 --> 00:31:50.659
 which we

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:52.059
 must be

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.139
 saved.

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.480
 Now,

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:57.399
 just stop

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:57.839
 for a

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.059
 minute.

00:31:59.539 --> 00:31:59.799
 Just

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.460
 consider

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.839
 the immense

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.879
 grace and

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:04.079
 mercy that's

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.779
 captured in

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.599
 this truth.

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.099
 You see,

00:32:08.199 --> 00:32:08.859
 from birth,

00:32:09.199 --> 00:32:10.240
 apart from

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.720
 grace,

00:32:10.919 --> 00:32:11.659
 our hearts

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:12.399
 are turned

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:13.460
 against God.

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.500
 God,

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.660
 we reject

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.460
 his rule,

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:18.420
 we despise

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.480
 his glory,

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.579
 and yet,

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.420
 at great

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:25.180
 personal cost,

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.519
 our glorious

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:28.220
 God provided

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:29.559
 the Savior

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:31.140
 that we all

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.900
 desperately

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.620
 need.

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.360
 Now,

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.519
 that naturally

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.319
 leads to the

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.500
 final consideration,

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.619
 salvation,

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:42.259
 the exclusivity

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:44.039
 of salvation

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:45.319
 in Jesus,

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:47.660
 the exclusivity

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:49.559
 of salvation

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.700
 in Jesus.

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.880
 The verse

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:55.039
 begins literally

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:56.279
 something like

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.799
 this,

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.319
 and in

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:59.579
 no other

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.700
 is there

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.559
 salvation.

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:05.079
 Then Peter

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.960
 reinforces

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:07.039
 and explains

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.599
 that same

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.380
 truth a second

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.960
 time when he

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.160
 says,

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:10.040
 there's no

00:33:10.040 --> 00:33:10.700
 other name

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.460
 under heaven.

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.040
 So,

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.259
 so this

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.700
 verse

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.820
 doesn't say

00:33:15.820 --> 00:33:16.220
 what our

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.080
 billboards

00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:17.779
 and bumper

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.560
 stickers so

00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:19.420
 often say.

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.980
 Jesus saves.

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.840
 Nor does

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.420
 it even say,

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:24.400
 Jesus is the

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:25.140
 best way

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:26.220
 to salvation.

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.220
 It says,

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.040
 salvation

00:33:29.040 --> 00:33:30.680
 does not

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.440
 exist

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.580
 in anyone

00:33:32.580 --> 00:33:33.320
 else.

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.340
 And

00:33:35.340 --> 00:33:36.100
 lest there

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.660
 be any

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.320
 ambiguity

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:38.700
 that there's

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:40.200
 no other

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.079
 name

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:42.159
 under heaven

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:42.980
 that's been

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.379
 given.

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.079
 You see,

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.639
 Peter leaves

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.899
 no possible

00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.720
 alternative.

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.419
 Salvation

00:33:50.419 --> 00:33:51.879
 in the name

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.599
 of Jesus

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:54.819
 means salvation

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:56.799
 in Jesus

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:58.119
 himself.

00:33:59.539 --> 00:33:59.980
 Peter's

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.939
 not presenting

00:34:00.939 --> 00:34:01.740
 a formula

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.960
 or a prayer

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.679
 to be prayed

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.820
 or an act

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.640
 to be done.

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.200
 He's

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.980
 proclaiming

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.920
 a person,

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.200
 Jesus,

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.860
 the Messiah

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:12.659
 from Nazareth.

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.760
 So,

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.700
 so this

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.180
 morning,

00:34:17.180 --> 00:34:18.340
 the question

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.220
 remains for

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:19.960
 each of us,

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.659
 what will I

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.720
 do with

00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.380
 the name

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.659
 Jesus,

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.220
 the Messiah

00:34:26.220 --> 00:34:27.139
 from Nazareth?

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.539
 You see,

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.339
 the religious

00:34:29.339 --> 00:34:30.059
 leaders did

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.599
 not lack

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.359
 information

00:34:31.359 --> 00:34:32.239
 about Jesus.

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.539
 They'd heard

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.199
 his teaching.

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.199
 They knew

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.719
 about his

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.139
 works.

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.799
 They'd

00:34:36.799 --> 00:34:37.299
 examined

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:38.279
 his claims.

00:34:39.339 --> 00:34:39.739
 But

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:41.559
 after examining

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.079
 him,

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.799
 they rejected

00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:44.139
 him.

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.839
 They treated

00:34:45.839 --> 00:34:46.839
 as worthless

00:34:46.839 --> 00:34:47.819
 the Savior

00:34:47.819 --> 00:34:48.400
 God had

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.739
 given.

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:51.119
 And it's

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.759
 very easy

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.299
 for us

00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:52.739
 to do

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.239
 the same

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:53.679
 thing.

00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:56.039
 We can

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.639
 know facts

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.759
 about Jesus

00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:59.059
 without

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.900
 bowing

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.559
 to him

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.159
 as Lord.

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.839
 We can

00:35:02.839 --> 00:35:03.299
 admire

00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:04.079
 parts of

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.879
 his teaching

00:35:04.879 --> 00:35:06.400
 while rejecting

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.779
 his authority.

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.619
 We can

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.299
 attempt

00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:11.179
 to add

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.779
 Jesus

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.819
 alongside

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:13.400
 the other

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:14.039
 things that

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.579
 rule our

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.159
 lives,

00:35:15.339 --> 00:35:16.539
 our comfort,

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.539
 our reputation,

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.839
 our desires,

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.519
 our possessions,

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:22.179
 our relationships,

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.099
 or our

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.819
 ambitions,

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.179
 trying to

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:25.839
 just add

00:35:25.839 --> 00:35:26.539
 him to

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.000
 the midst

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.340
 of it

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.619
 all,

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.219
 but without

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.920
 receiving

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:31.079
 him as

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.940
 our only

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.980
 Lord and

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.360
 Savior.

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.679
 But Jesus

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.279
 will not

00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:37.159
 remain one

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:38.480
 option among

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.920
 many.

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.159
 You see,

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:42.019
 the one the

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.960
 leaders rejected

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:44.579
 is the one

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.279
 God raised

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:45.940
 from the dead.

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.960
 The one

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.980
 they condemned

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:49.360
 is the one

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:50.659
 God vindicated.

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.500
 The stone

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.360
 they discarded,

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:54.120
 God made

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:55.019
 the corner

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.780
 stone.

00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:56.940
 And the

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.579
 name that

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.380
 they attempted

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.420
 to silence

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.420
 became the

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:01.340
 only name

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.140
 given under

00:36:02.140 --> 00:36:02.840
 heaven among

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:04.059
 men by

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.860
 which we

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.880
 must be

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.700
 saved.

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.019
 Now,

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.420
 the word

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:10.400
 we is

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.960
 important

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.640
 because it

00:36:11.640 --> 00:36:12.120
 includes

00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:12.800
 everyone

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.620
 in this

00:36:13.620 --> 00:36:13.880
 room.

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.740
 We need

00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.340
 to be

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:17.860
 rescued.

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.880
 We need

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.140
 to be

00:36:19.140 --> 00:36:19.700
 rescued from

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:20.179
 more than

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.839
 difficult

00:36:20.839 --> 00:36:21.799
 circumstances

00:36:21.799 --> 00:36:22.919
 or emotional

00:36:22.919 --> 00:36:23.759
 challenges

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.939
 or financial

00:36:24.939 --> 00:36:25.759
 difficulties

00:36:25.759 --> 00:36:26.480
 or physical

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.219
 ailments

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:27.859
 or problems

00:36:27.859 --> 00:36:28.199
 in our

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:29.000
 relationship

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.859
 or whatever

00:36:29.859 --> 00:36:30.299
 you would

00:36:30.299 --> 00:36:30.819
 fill in the

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:31.259
 blank.

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.019
 We need

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.299
 to be

00:36:32.299 --> 00:36:32.719
 rescued

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.439
 from our

00:36:33.439 --> 00:36:34.000
 sin,

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.779
 our rebellion

00:36:35.779 --> 00:36:36.819
 against a

00:36:36.819 --> 00:36:37.859
 holy God

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:38.799
 and the

00:36:38.799 --> 00:36:39.359
 judgment

00:36:39.359 --> 00:36:40.199
 that we

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.859
 deserve

00:36:40.859 --> 00:36:41.739
 because of

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.019
 it.

00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:43.919
 And no

00:36:43.919 --> 00:36:44.319
 matter what

00:36:44.319 --> 00:36:44.759
 we do,

00:36:44.919 --> 00:36:46.159
 we cannot

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:47.059
 accomplish

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:48.439
 that rescue

00:36:48.439 --> 00:36:49.639
 ourselves.

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:52.199
 But God

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:52.539
 has not

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.339
 left us

00:36:53.339 --> 00:36:53.960
 without

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.699
 hope.

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:56.639
 In mercy,

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:57.399
 he's given

00:36:57.399 --> 00:36:58.339
 the Savior

00:36:58.339 --> 00:36:59.179
 we need.

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.079
 Jesus

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:01.119
 Christ

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:02.019
 died

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:03.059
 for sinners.

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.619
 God

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.739
 raised him

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:06.799
 from the

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.299
 dead.

00:37:08.839 --> 00:37:09.839
 He lives,

00:37:10.339 --> 00:37:11.359
 he reigns,

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.480
 and he

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.339
 will save

00:37:13.339 --> 00:37:14.319
 everyone

00:37:14.319 --> 00:37:15.259
 who turns

00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:16.039
 from sin

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:17.079
 and trusts

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.839
 in him.

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.699
 So this

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.119
 morning,

00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:21.859
 do not

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:22.299
 merely

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:23.239
 examine

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:24.079
 Jesus

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:25.219
 and then

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:26.079
 walk away.

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:28.139
 Don't

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:28.519
 try to

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:28.960
 place him

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.359
 alongside

00:37:29.359 --> 00:37:30.059
 the other

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:31.000
 gods that

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.839
 compete for

00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:32.559
 your heart.

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:35.659
 I challenge

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:35.819
 you,

00:37:35.879 --> 00:37:36.559
 turn from

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.259
 your sin

00:37:37.259 --> 00:37:38.179
 and trust

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.759
 yourself

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:39.679
 completely

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.279
 to Jesus

00:37:40.279 --> 00:37:40.839
 Christ.

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:41.699
 He's the

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.539
 only Savior

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.099
 God has

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.419
 given.

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:44.420
 God has

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.019
 given.

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.079
 Now,

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:47.240
 if you're

00:37:47.240 --> 00:37:47.740
 here this

00:37:47.740 --> 00:37:48.139
 morning,

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.320
 if you

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.700
 already

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.360
 belong to

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:50.880
 Christ,

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.760
 I challenge

00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:52.940
 you,

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.440
 remember

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:54.380
 what this

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:55.039
 passage

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:56.059
 teaches us

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.780
 about

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:57.300
 bearing

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:58.180
 his name.

00:37:59.700 --> 00:38:00.559
 Opposition

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.460
 cannot

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:02.280
 stop

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:03.099
 his work.

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.539
 The

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:06.059
 Spirit

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:07.180
 can give

00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:08.019
 fearful

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:09.200
 people

00:38:09.200 --> 00:38:10.200
 courage,

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.480
 courage,

00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:12.980
 and the

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.599
 message

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.619
 that we

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.179
 sometimes

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:15.899
 are so

00:38:15.899 --> 00:38:16.439
 tempted

00:38:16.439 --> 00:38:17.679
 to hide

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:18.839
 is the

00:38:18.839 --> 00:38:19.319
 very

00:38:19.319 --> 00:38:20.000
 message

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.579
 through

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:20.960
 which

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.399
 God

00:38:21.399 --> 00:38:22.159
 saves.

00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:24.139
 So let

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.759
 us speak

00:38:24.759 --> 00:38:26.000
 with respect

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.480
 but not

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:27.019
 fear,

00:38:27.319 --> 00:38:27.899
 and with

00:38:27.899 --> 00:38:28.419
 humility

00:38:28.419 --> 00:38:29.039
 but not

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:29.679
 shame,

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:31.079
 and with

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.859
 courage

00:38:31.859 --> 00:38:32.980
 but not

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.759
 contempt.

00:38:35.399 --> 00:38:35.779
 Let us

00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:36.839
 clearly

00:38:36.839 --> 00:38:37.719
 tell people

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:38.679
 who Jesus

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.379
 is,

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:40.660
 and what

00:38:40.660 --> 00:38:41.460
 God has

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:41.700
 done

00:38:41.700 --> 00:38:42.119
 through

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.640
 him,

00:38:42.860 --> 00:38:43.400
 and what

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:43.900
 God has

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.140
 done

00:38:44.140 --> 00:38:44.460
 through

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:44.840
 him

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.519
 for

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.519
 us.

00:38:47.220 --> 00:38:47.920
 Because

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.519
 there's

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.160
 salvation

00:38:49.160 --> 00:38:49.680
 in no

00:38:49.680 --> 00:38:50.220
 one else.

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.099
 There's

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:51.640
 no other

00:38:51.640 --> 00:38:52.180
 name under

00:38:52.180 --> 00:38:53.000
 heaven given

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.780
 among men

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:54.740
 by which

00:38:54.740 --> 00:38:55.320
 we must

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:56.180
 be saved.

00:38:57.660 --> 00:38:58.780
 If you

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.260
 don't know

00:38:59.260 --> 00:38:59.700
 whether you

00:38:59.700 --> 00:39:00.320
 have trusted

00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:01.940
 in Christ

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:03.340
 as Lord

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.940
 and Savior,

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:05.039
 please don't

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:06.260
 leave today

00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:07.240
 without speaking

00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:08.059
 to me or

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.840
 speaking to

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.840
 somebody around

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:10.300
 you,

00:39:10.720 --> 00:39:11.420
 we'd be

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:12.360
 honored to

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:12.980
 talk with

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.680
 you about

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:14.420
 the Savior

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:15.140
 God has

00:39:15.140 --> 00:39:15.500
 given.

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.480
 For there

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.559
 is salvation

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:20.180
 in no

00:39:20.180 --> 00:39:21.340
 one else.

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.760
 For there's

00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:23.920
 no other

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:24.960
 name under

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:26.200
 heaven that's

00:39:26.200 --> 00:39:26.760
 been given

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:27.600
 among men

00:39:27.600 --> 00:39:28.760
 by which

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:30.059
 we must

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:31.400
 be saved.

00:39:32.120 --> 00:39:32.860
 Let's

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.140
 pray.

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:38.719
 heavenly

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:38.980
 father,

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.239
 we

00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:43.400
 are

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:43.779
 humbled

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:44.299
 by your

00:39:44.299 --> 00:39:44.659
 goodness

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:45.099
 and your

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.480
 grace.

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:49.199
 Knowing

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:49.719
 that our

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.199
 hearts

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:51.779
 from birth

00:39:51.779 --> 00:39:53.879
 are at

00:39:53.879 --> 00:39:54.739
 enmity with

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:55.079
 you, we

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.940
 fight against

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.799
 you, we

00:39:56.799 --> 00:39:57.759
 rebel against

00:39:57.759 --> 00:39:58.119
 you, we

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:59.059
 despise your

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.839
 glory, and

00:39:59.839 --> 00:40:00.719
 yet you

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:01.199
 in your

00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:01.719
 infinite

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:02.500
 mercy have

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.319
 pursued us

00:40:03.319 --> 00:40:04.739
 in love, sending

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:06.579
 your son who

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.819
 willingly comes to

00:40:07.819 --> 00:40:08.779
 live the life we

00:40:08.779 --> 00:40:11.159
 could not live, and

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:12.839
 then taking our

00:40:12.839 --> 00:40:14.419
 sin on himself,

00:40:14.779 --> 00:40:16.259
 taking the wrath and

00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:17.259
 the punishment that

00:40:17.259 --> 00:40:20.559
 we deserve, giving

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:23.899
 us the privilege of

00:40:23.899 --> 00:40:25.559
 through faith becoming

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:27.460
 your children, of

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.639
 knowing the

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:30.099
 same love that

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.980
 you have for

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.619
 your son.

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:34.259
 Father, how

00:40:34.259 --> 00:40:36.019
 glorious are the

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.840
 truths of the

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:37.320
 gospel.

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.779
 Father, help us

00:40:40.779 --> 00:40:43.019
 not to forget.

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:44.259
 Help us to

00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:45.579
 daily remember

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:47.179
 your grace,

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:48.279
 your mercy.

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:49.820
 Help us not to

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:51.279
 become so content

00:40:51.279 --> 00:40:52.380
 with the gifts

00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:53.739
 that we forget

00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:54.860
 the one who's

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.480
 given them.

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:57.179
 And to give us

00:40:57.179 --> 00:40:58.340
 eyes to see

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:59.739
 those around us

00:40:59.739 --> 00:41:00.940
 who've not

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:02.019
 experienced the

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:03.119
 hope and the

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:04.400
 love that we

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:05.119
 have found in

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.460
 Jesus.

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:07.480
 Help us to be

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:07.860
 bold.

00:41:08.739 --> 00:41:09.420
 Help us to be

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:09.900
 courageous.

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.420
 And help us to

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:12.059
 be kind.

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:14.820
 Father, we ask

00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:15.679
 these things that

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:17.059
 your son would be

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:19.239
 glorified and that

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:20.159
 more and more

00:41:20.159 --> 00:41:20.960
 people would come

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:21.719
 to know him,

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:23.440
 love him, and

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:24.460
 worship him as

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:25.139
 he deserves.

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.199
 Father, we

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:27.980
 thank you again

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:28.679
 for your word.

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:30.219
 We thank you for

00:41:30.219 --> 00:41:30.799
 this day.

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:32.840
 We thank you for

00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:33.639
 your salvation

00:41:33.639 --> 00:41:34.079
 given.

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:36.259
 In Jesus' name,

00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:37.079
 amen.

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.239
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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