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 Good morning, church family. My name's Bec, if I haven't met you yet.

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 We're going to continue reading from Romans chapter 10, starting at verse 14.

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 The previous verse says,

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 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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 So that's where we're picking up from in the very next verse, verse 14.

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 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed?

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 And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?

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 And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

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 And how are they to preach unless they are sent?

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 As it is written,

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 How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news.

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 But they have not all obeyed the gospel.

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 For Isaiah says,

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 Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?

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 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

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 But I ask,

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 Have they not heard?

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 Indeed they have.

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 For their voice has gone out to all the earth,

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 and their words to the ends of the world.

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 But I ask,

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 Did Israel not understand?

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 First Moses says,

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 I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation.

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 With a foolish nation, I will make you angry.

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 Then Isaiah is so bold as to say,

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 I have been found by those who did not seek me.

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 I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.

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 But of Israel, he says,

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 All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Good morning, everyone.

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 If you're visiting today,

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 My name is David.

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 I'm one of the pastors here.

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 A warm welcome to you.

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 We're in Romans 10.

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 If you want to get your Bibles open to there,

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 and I'm just going to pray before we sit under God's word.

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 Father, we ask for your spirit to illuminate our minds

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 so that we understand your word.

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 And we pray for your mercy,

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 that your word would penetrate each one of our hearts,

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 that we might see the Lord Jesus as he is,

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 that we might be rejoicing in the salvation we have in him.

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 A fresh, Lord, maybe for the first time,

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 we pray that you'd be in this room now speaking by your word.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 There was a public atheist, Alex O'Connor.

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 I don't know if you've come across his material.

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 He shares his personal experience

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 to what he sees as one of the biggest problems of Christianity,

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 the problem of divine hiddenness.

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 If there is an all-loving God who desires a relationship with us,

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 then why is God so hidden?

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 Alex says this,

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 If there is a God, then simply why is he hidden from so many of us

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 so much of the time?

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 I've looked in poetry, I've looked in the Psalms,

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 in Job, in Ecclesiastes,

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 I've looked in Dostoevsky,

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 I don't think I said that right,

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 I read C.S. Lewis,

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 I listened to worship music,

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 I prayed,

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 I studied the gospel,

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 I even got an actual degree in theology at a university,

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 and nothing, nothing.

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 Not once, not nearly, not ever,

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 not even briefly have I experienced anything

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 that it speaks to the existence of a God in the universe.

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 I don't want to quickly minimise this problem.

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 You can almost hear his heart in this.

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 I don't think apologetic arguments,

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 like the fine-tuning of the physics in this universe that we're even here,

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 like that is astonishing,

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 but I don't think multiplying those kind of arguments solves this problem.

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 We should take this problem seriously,

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 because we believe from Genesis and the whole Bible

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 that we were created for face-to-face communion with God.

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 So where does the problem for Alex O'Connor

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 and many others seeking God lie?

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 What's going on?

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 Where's the problem?

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 Let's consider that question

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 as we look at the problem for Israel in Paul's day,

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 in our passage today.

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 Where does the problem lie?

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 Just to get our bearings again,

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 chapters 9 to 11 is answering the problem that,

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 in Paul's day,

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 so many Israelites,

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 despite all their privileges,

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 having all the Old Testament knowledge,

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 they're outside the kingdom.

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 They're not saved.

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 Throughout these chapters,

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 the contrast is always there.

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 They're outside,

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 but Gentiles are flocking in.

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 They're in.

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 What?

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 What's going on?

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 Chapter 9 is focusing,

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 saying God's word has not failed.

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 It's always been the case since Ishmael and Isaac

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 that it's not the physical descendants of Abraham,

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 it's those born of promise,

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 God's sovereign mercy choosing.

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 Now, that's looking from heaven's angle,

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 but he flips the coin

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 and looks from human responsibility angle as well.

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 It's always 100% God's sovereign mercy

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 and 100% human responsibility.

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 We saw last week,

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 Israel are responsible

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 because they're trying to be right with God

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 by what they do.

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 They're not listening to the whole Old Testament

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 that pointed forward to Christ.

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 They've got so much passion,

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 so much zeal,

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 but they don't have knowledge

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 because all the Old Testament

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 was pointing to Jesus.

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 It's always been by faith.

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 It was always pointing to Jesus.

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 It was always pointing to the nations coming in.

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 The law, prophets and writings

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 clearly said this.

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 God has brought salvation

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 right up to Israel's heart and mouth,

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 but they have not submitted

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 to God's righteousness,

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 his way of being right with him,

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 which is by faith in his son.

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 Now, in our passage this morning,

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 Paul is, I think,

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 zooming in on the problem a bit deeper.

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 Is the problem in that

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 they haven't heard the gospel?

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 Have they not heard this wonderful message?

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 So we're going to see

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 three things this morning.

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 We're going to look at three things.

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 The vital links

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 chain,

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 you need these links

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 in order to be saved

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 in verses 14 and 15.

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 He then identifies

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 where in those links

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 is the problem

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 and then we're going to see

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 how do we get that missing ingredient.

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 I'm changing language there.

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 How do we get that vital link

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 that's missing?

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 So that's where we're headed.

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 So verses 14 and 15.

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 How then will they call on him,

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 call on Jesus,

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 in whom they have not believed?

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 And how are they to believe in him

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 of whom they have never heard?

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 And how are they to hear

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 without someone preaching?

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 And how are they to preach

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 unless they are sent?

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 Nowhere else in all the scripture,

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 I think,

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 lays it out so clearly

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 what someone needs

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 from God

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 to that person

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 to be saved.

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 Here's what you need.

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 It's a beautiful passage.

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 Where does the fault lie

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 with Israel not being saved?

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 Now he doesn't mention Israel

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 until verse 19.

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 The immediate context is

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 the gospel's going everywhere,

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 everyone.

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 So I think these links

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 are for everyone.

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 Young and old,

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 whatever passed,

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 anyone who calls on Jesus

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 to be saved from sin

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 and judgment.

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 You can hear different words,

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 that calling,

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 but there is a calling

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 because it expresses

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 the belief in the heart.

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 Save me.

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 Forgive me.

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 Rescue me.

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 Take charge of my life.

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 There is a calling.

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 You can't just be born

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 into the kingdom.

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 You've got to call.

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 In fact,

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 I think Christians

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 never stop calling.

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 We're saved

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 from that moment of calling,

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 but we're constantly calling.

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 Jesus,

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 please help me today.

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 Please rescue me from this.

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 A Christian is just calling.

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 But you can't call

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 if you don't believe in him.

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 Believe is not less

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 than theological understanding,

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 but it is more.

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 It's committing yourself

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 to the person of Jesus.

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 But you can't give yourself

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 to Jesus

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 unless you've heard of him.

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 The wording here of hearing,

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 it could even mean

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 when you hear about Jesus,

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 you're hearing Jesus

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 speak to you.

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 When you hear the message,

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 you're hearing Jesus.

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 I know my voice

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 is ordinary today,

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 but through God's word,

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 you're hearing Jesus.

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 But you can't hear Jesus

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 without someone preaching,

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 without someone telling

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 over the back fence

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 in Grace Kids right now.

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 Why Jesus tonight?

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 But someone can't preach

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 unless they're sent.

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 So where's the problem?

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 There's the vital links.

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 Where is the problem?

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 Verse 15b picks up

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 the first vital link.

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 Has God sent preachers?

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 And he quotes Isaiah 52,

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 how beautiful are the feet

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 of those who preach

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 the good news.

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 Now the context there

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 is God is sending.

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 This,

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 what Isaiah talked about,

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 the good news,

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 this is it.

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 He's sending.

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 It's here.

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 The context there is,

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 it's God himself speaking.

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 The context there is,

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 Jerusalem is singing

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 for the salvation.

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 But the context is also,

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 all the ends of the earth

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 shall see the salvation

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 of our God.

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 Now what's,

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 what follows after Isaiah 52?

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 Isaiah 53,

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 yes.

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 And it's one of the most

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 clearest,

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 beautiful,

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 prophetic

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 pictures

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 of what Jesus

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 was going to do.

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 His suffering

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 to deal with sin

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 and his resurrection

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 and triumph

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 making many righteous

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 and the victory.

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 Has God sent people

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 to declare

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 this good news?

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 Absolutely,

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 Paul said.

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 He sent the apostles.

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 The start of Romans,

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 chapter 1,

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 verse 5,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 our Lord,

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 through whom we have

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 received grace

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 and apostleship

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 to bring the obedience

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 of faith

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 for the sake of his name

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 among the nations.

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 He's writing

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 to a church

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 in Rome

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 about 20,

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 25 years

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 after Jesus

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 and there's

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 an established church

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 in the heart

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 of the known world.

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 Has he sent?

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 Yes,

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 he's sent.

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 The apostles,

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 the church

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 is living proof.

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 We here today

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 are living proof.

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 He is sent.

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 Now I'm guessing

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 the focus

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 on beautiful feet

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 isn't that

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 Paul got a pedicure.

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 The focus on,

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 I think the focus

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 on feet

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 is they've travelled.

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 God has sent.

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 They've travelled.

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 They've crossed borders.

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 Any difference

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 in the world,

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 you have to go

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 across differences

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 to get the message

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 across.

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 Whether geographic

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 or social differences

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 amongst us,

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 they've travelled.

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 God indeed

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 has sent

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 his word.

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 Now I think

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 something is implied

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 here.

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 If God is sending

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 anyone,

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 if God's the one

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 sending anyone

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 who says

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 salvation is in

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 Jesus,

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 he is Lord,

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 just by faith,

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 not by what you do,

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 however you express

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 that,

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 whatever words you use,

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 you have the authority

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 of God.

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 We're going to do it

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 humbly,

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 don't get me wrong,

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 but I think we've also

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 got to know

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 the confidence

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 we can have.

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 God is sending.

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 Some ask the question,

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 what about

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 the person

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 in tribal Africa

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 who has never heard?

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 Some want to say

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 God is inclusive,

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 that he's very inclusive,

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 the gospel is to all people,

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 but inclusive in the sense

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 that,

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 well,

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 they may not have heard

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 about Jesus,

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 but as long as they're just

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 depending on God's mercy,

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 they will be saved

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 by Jesus,

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 even though they've never

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 heard about him.

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 But I don't know

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 how you square that

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 with this,

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 I just don't know

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 how that fits

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 with this passage.

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 Now,

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 God doesn't

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 condemn someone

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 for not hearing

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 about Jesus.

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 Romans 1 says,

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 all creation,

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 everyone knows

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 there is a God

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 and everyone

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 suppresses that truth

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 and everyone

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 exchanges God

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 for created things.

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 Or your conscience,

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 we've all got a conscience,

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 no one lives up

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 to their conscience.

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 So whatever we know

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 about God,

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 that's the reason

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 we need to be saved.

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 That's,

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 we haven't responded

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 to what we've heard.

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 You think about

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 Cornelius in Acts 10.

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 If there is anyone

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 who should be in,

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 just,

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 he's never heard

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 about Jesus,

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 he's fearing

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 the Jewish God,

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 he's so morally upright,

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 he should be in.

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 But what does God do?

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 He sends Peter.

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 And in hearing

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 the gospel,

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 he believes

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 and he's saved.

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 There was a man

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 named Joseph.

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 He shared his story

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 as part of

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 the Billy Graham

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 Crusades.

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 I don't know

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 if you've heard

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 this before.

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 Not that he was

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 saved at the

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 Crusades,

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 but he shared

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 how he was saved

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 at the Crusades.

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 He's from the

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 Maasai people

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 in Kenya

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 and northern

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 Tanzania

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 and just

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 on an African

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 road,

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 someone shared

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 the gospel

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 with him

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 and he believed

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 right away.

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 It's kind of like

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 the Ethiopian

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 eunuch

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 kind of story.

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 And he was so

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 delighted that

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 he went to

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 his own village

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 and Joseph

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 began going

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 door to door

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 telling people

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 about the cross

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 of Jesus

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 and he expected

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 their faces

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 to just light

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 up.

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 But to his

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 amazement,

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 the men grabbed

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 him,

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 held him down

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 while the women

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 got some sort

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 of barbed wire

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 and just beat

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 him.

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 And they dragged

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 him out of the

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 village and

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 somehow he

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 survived that

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 and he thought,

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 I must have

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 got something

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 wrong.

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 I must have

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 said it wrong.

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 And so he

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 rehearsed it

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 again and

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 must be by the

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 spirit's power.

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 He went back

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 and he said

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 it again.

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 He died for

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 you so that

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 you might find

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 forgiveness and

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 come to know

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 the living God.

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 And the men

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 grabbed him and

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 the women beat

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 him again and

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 they dragged him

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 out again and

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 somehow he

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 survived again.

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 Now, I don't

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 know why, I

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 think I would

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 have given up

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 by then, he

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 went back.

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 And before he

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 could even open

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 his mouth, the

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.699
 men grabbed him

00:17:49.699 --> 00:17:50.000
 again.

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 And the

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 women beat

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 him again.

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 And this

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 time he woke

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 up in his

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 bed and the

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 women are

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 trying to

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 nurse him

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 back to

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 life and

00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:00.679
 the whole

00:18:00.679 --> 00:18:01.379
 village comes

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 to Christ.

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 God

00:18:07.179 --> 00:18:08.219
 sends, he's

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 still sending.

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 Don't expect a

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 positive response

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.439
 necessarily.

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 Has he sent?

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 Yes, and he's

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 still sending.

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 Well, have

00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.400
 they heard?

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 Let's go to the

00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:24.980
 next vital link.

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 Have they

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 heard?

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 We're going to

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 come back to

00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:28.180
 verses 16 and

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 17 because I

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 think that's the

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 climax of the

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 point.

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 So we're going to

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 come back.

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 So verse 18.

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 But I ask, have

00:18:36.360 --> 00:18:37.140
 they not heard?

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 Indeed they

00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:39.940
 have, for their

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 voice has gone

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 out to all the

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 earth and their

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 words to the

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 ends of the

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 world.

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 Now this is

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:48.160
 quoting Psalm

00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:49.960
 19, which the

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:50.640
 verse is actually

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 about the

00:18:51.080 --> 00:18:53.259
 heavens declaring

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:54.299
 the glory of

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 God, which

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 theologically,

00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:59.100
 that's God's

00:18:59.100 --> 00:19:00.380
 general revelation

00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:01.340
 to everyone.

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 You can know

00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.559
 something about

00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:04.940
 God just by

00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:05.460
 looking at the

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.279
 stars, seeing

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.720
 the sun.

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.380
 Now you

00:19:09.380 --> 00:19:10.279
 can't be saying

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:11.420
 that by nature,

00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.740
 looking at nature,

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.680
 you can understand

00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:14.820
 Christ because

00:19:14.820 --> 00:19:15.500
 again, that

00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:16.060
 doesn't square

00:19:16.060 --> 00:19:16.400
 with this

00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:16.820
 passage.

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 How does this

00:19:20.340 --> 00:19:20.820
 quote then

00:19:20.820 --> 00:19:21.460
 answer, has

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.360
 Israel heard?

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 I don't think

00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:25.759
 he's just

00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.500
 grabbing hold

00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:27.240
 of these words

00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:28.620
 to exaggerate

00:19:28.620 --> 00:19:29.060
 the point.

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 I think some

00:19:30.100 --> 00:19:30.680
 people see

00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.360
 Paul as

00:19:31.360 --> 00:19:33.200
 exaggerating a

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.340
 bit.

00:19:37.080 --> 00:19:38.019
 The close

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:39.100
 context here,

00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:39.680
 and I think

00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:40.920
 throughout

00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:42.900
 Romans 10,

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.539
 is that the

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.420
 Gentiles, the

00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:45.960
 world is

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.620
 coming in.

00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:50.240
 Israel can't

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.700
 say they

00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:51.320
 haven't heard.

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 I think he's

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:53.539
 picking up the

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.200
 context of

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.720
 Psalm 19.

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 The first bit

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.060
 of Psalm 19

00:19:56.060 --> 00:19:56.720
 is general

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.799
 revelation, but

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.960
 the next part,

00:19:59.060 --> 00:19:59.580
 if you know it,

00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.220
 is about the

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:00.580
 law.

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.240
 God has

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:03.420
 spoken to

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:04.700
 Israel, a

00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.060
 very

00:20:05.060 --> 00:20:06.560
 understandable

00:20:06.560 --> 00:20:07.240
 word.

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:16.599
 God is

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.559
 speaking again,

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.079
 his gospel.

00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:22.059
 I think he's

00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.620
 using it as a

00:20:22.620 --> 00:20:22.900
 picture.

00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.380
 God is

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:25.079
 committed to

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.720
 his glory.

00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.720
 You can see

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.400
 that in general

00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:27.940
 revelation.

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 He wants

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:29.120
 everyone to

00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:29.460
 know his

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:29.839
 glory.

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 His light

00:20:32.620 --> 00:20:33.120
 from the

00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:34.120
 sun reaches

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 every nook

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.980
 and cranny

00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.740
 on the

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.059
 earth.

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:37.980
 Everyone can

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.420
 see it.

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.279
 In the same

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:40.640
 way, he is

00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:40.940
 going to

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.720
 speak to

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.380
 the whole

00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:44.480
 world about

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.000
 Jesus.

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.779
 The light of

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.700
 Jesus will

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.880
 reach every

00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.559
 nook and

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:51.740
 cranny over

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.319
 the face of

00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:52.740
 the world.

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:52.740


00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.740
 going to

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:58.000
 I think

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.539
 this light

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.859
 dawned

00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:00.660
 immediately

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:00.980
 at

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.559
 Pentecost.

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.579
 You've

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:02.920
 got the

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.819
 diaspora of

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.220
 the Jewish

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.880
 people coming

00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:05.539
 from all

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:05.960
 over the

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.680
 known world

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.559
 and

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.700
 immediately

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:10.319
 they're

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:11.000
 hearing the

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.299
 word of

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:11.640
 God in

00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:11.960
 their own

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:13.759
 language and

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.539
 many come

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:14.940
 to faith.

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.539
 Immediately

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.079
 the light

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.359
 just

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:19.319
 spreads.

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:19.539
 spreads.

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:23.240
 That's the

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.519
 book of

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:23.980
 Acts, isn't

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.099
 it?

00:21:25.139 --> 00:21:25.659
 The word

00:21:25.659 --> 00:21:26.019
 of God

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.659
 will not

00:21:26.659 --> 00:21:27.139
 stop.

00:21:27.439 --> 00:21:27.980
 Whatever

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:29.419
 tries to

00:21:29.419 --> 00:21:29.819
 stop it,

00:21:30.179 --> 00:21:31.240
 the light

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.879
 is spreading.

00:21:32.159 --> 00:21:32.519
 You can't

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:32.980
 stop it.

00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:38.819
 Has

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:40.039
 Israel not

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:40.399
 heard?

00:21:40.919 --> 00:21:41.559
 Just think

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:42.200
 of Paul's

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.579
 missionary

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:43.259
 experience,

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:44.000
 his first

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.259
 hand

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:44.720
 experience.

00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:45.299
 He went

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:45.639
 to the

00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:46.220
 synagogues

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.779
 first.

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:50.740
 They

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.139
 heard

00:21:51.139 --> 00:21:51.639
 everywhere

00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:52.099
 he went

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:53.940
 and they

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.220
 even

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.759
 accused

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.180
 Paul

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:55.539
 of

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.920
 having

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.379
 heard

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:57.940
 in

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.220
 Acts

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:58.700
 24

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.000
 verse

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.319
 5.

00:21:59.559 --> 00:21:59.839
 They

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.319
 charge

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:00.740
 Paul

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.399
 before

00:22:01.399 --> 00:22:01.599
 the

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:01.859
 Roman

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.220
 governor

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.720
 Felix.

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:02.920
 They

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.119
 say,

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:03.740
 we have

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.039
 found

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.299
 this

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.579
 man

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:04.899
 Paul

00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:05.139
 a

00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:05.639
 plague,

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:06.759
 one

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:06.980
 who

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.480
 stirs

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:07.660
 up

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.180
 riots

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.440
 among

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:08.960
 all

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.160
 the

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.440
 Jews

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:09.759
 throughout

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:09.960
 the

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.299
 world.

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.399
 They're

00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:12.940
 testifying

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.240
 against

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.579
 themselves.

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.680
 This

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:15.920
 guy's

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.039
 a

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.440
 plague.

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.379
 All

00:22:17.379 --> 00:22:17.559
 the

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:17.940
 Jews

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.319
 have

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.279
 heard

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.639
 about

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:20.619
 his

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.039
 message.

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.879
 Have

00:22:24.879 --> 00:22:25.039
 they

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.359
 heard?

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.160
 God's

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:27.399
 light

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:27.579
 has

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:27.839
 reached

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.039
 them.

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.059
 It's

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.359
 reached

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:29.559
 them.

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.859
 It's

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.279
 spreading

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:35.039
 as far

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.420
 as the

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.759
 sun

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.539
 spreads

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:36.859
 on the

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.119
 face

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.339
 of the

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:37.619
 earth.

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:40.720
 Now

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:40.920
 verse

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.519
 19 and

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.799
 20,

00:22:41.899 --> 00:22:42.299
 he seems

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.720
 to dig

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:42.980
 in.

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:43.720
 They've

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.180
 heard,

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.639
 but was

00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:44.980
 that a

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.559
 superficial

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.440
 understanding?

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.140
 Do they

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.620
 really

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.400
 understand?

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.080
 Did they

00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:50.519
 really

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.500
 understand

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:51.980
 the message

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.299
 they were

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:52.559
 hearing?

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:53.840
 Is that

00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.019
 the

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.299
 problem?

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.400
 It's

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:58.640
 like

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.620
 thinking you

00:22:59.620 --> 00:22:59.960
 hear

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.500
 Abba's

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:00.900
 song

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.440
 Dancing

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.840
 Queen

00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.299
 correctly

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.660
 as you

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:02.920
 sing

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.240
 along.

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.080
 See

00:23:04.080 --> 00:23:04.559
 that

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.140
 girl,

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.380
 watch

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:06.700
 her

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.360
 scream,

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:08.100
 kicking

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.420
 the

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.940
 dancing

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.539
 queen.

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:12.460
 Just

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.680
 if you

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:12.819
 don't

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:12.980
 know,

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.200
 that's

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.399
 not

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:13.559
 the

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:13.920
 lyrics.

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:14.659
 You're

00:23:14.659 --> 00:23:14.879
 not

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.220
 hearing

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.399
 it

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:15.619
 right.

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.180
 There's

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.539
 no one

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:16.799
 kicking

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.220
 anyone.

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.299
 Was it

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.960
 a superficial

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:21.019
 hearing?

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.539
 Do they

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.019
 really

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.680
 understand?

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:26.700
 Well,

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:26.920
 if we

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.200
 quickly

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.620
 survey

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.100
 Acts,

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.360
 Stephen,

00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:29.680
 the

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.240
 first

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.640
 martyr

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:30.860
 in

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.080
 chapter

00:23:31.080 --> 00:23:31.460
 7,

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:31.840
 he

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.380
 declares

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:32.799
 his

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.299
 vision

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.039
 after

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.380
 his

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:35.299
 speech.

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.019
 He

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.299
 sees

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.680
 Jesus

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.060
 at the

00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:37.460
 right

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.880
 hand

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.039
 of

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.380
 God

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:38.600
 in

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:38.880
 heaven.

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:39.539
 Now,

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:39.759
 that's

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:39.980
 pretty

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.400
 clear

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:40.620
 to

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.580
 Jewish

00:23:41.580 --> 00:23:41.960
 ears.

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.120
 And

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.240
 they

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.660
 cried

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.000
 out and

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.340
 they rushed

00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:45.600
 at him,

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.180
 they dragged

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.519
 him out and

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.160
 they stoned

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.299
 him.

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.560
 They

00:23:47.560 --> 00:23:47.980
 heard it

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.120
 all

00:23:48.120 --> 00:23:48.320
 right.

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:49.820
 They

00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:50.160
 understood.

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:53.060
 And

00:23:53.060 --> 00:23:53.240
 there's

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.820
 rage.

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.040
 Paul

00:23:57.040 --> 00:23:57.259
 is

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.740
 converted

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.060
 and he

00:23:58.060 --> 00:23:58.360
 starts

00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:58.840
 preaching

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.060
 in

00:23:59.060 --> 00:23:59.680
 Damascus,

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.440
 the very

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:00.920
 town he

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.380
 went to

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.380
 put people

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:02.800
 in prison,

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.000
 and the

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.620
 Jews plot

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.080
 to kill

00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:05.300
 him.

00:24:06.080 --> 00:24:06.240
 He

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.460
 has to

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:06.960
 be lowered

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.279
 in a

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.740
 basket

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.759
 at

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.040
 night

00:24:09.040 --> 00:24:09.320
 time

00:24:09.320 --> 00:24:09.480
 out

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.620
 the

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:09.980
 wall.

00:24:11.620 --> 00:24:12.140
 There's

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.740
 rage.

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.400
 We

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.860
 see this

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.240
 pattern

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.019
 again and

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.580
 again in

00:24:19.580 --> 00:24:19.980
 Acts.

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.540
 they

00:24:21.540 --> 00:24:21.900
 hear

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.300
 Paul's

00:24:22.300 --> 00:24:22.660
 preaching,

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:23.800
 they

00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:24.100
 either

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.740
 exile

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.060
 him

00:24:25.060 --> 00:24:26.580
 or

00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:26.720
 they

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:26.920
 try

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.040
 and

00:24:27.040 --> 00:24:27.240
 kill

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.440
 him.

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.200
 They

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.480
 are

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.060
 jealous

00:24:33.060 --> 00:24:34.019
 for the

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.580
 law of

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:34.920
 Moses

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.300
 and the

00:24:35.300 --> 00:24:35.620
 temple

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.019
 and they

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.560
 hear the

00:24:36.560 --> 00:24:37.000
 message.

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.519
 Jesus

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.800
 is now

00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:39.019
 the

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.580
 center

00:24:39.580 --> 00:24:40.660
 of

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.120
 God's

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.560
 salvation

00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:42.220
 plan,

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.500
 fulfilling

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:43.940
 the law

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.340
 and temple.

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:44.860
 They

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:46.500
 understand

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:46.880
 it

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.040
 all

00:24:47.040 --> 00:24:47.259
 right.

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.100
 They

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:48.340
 hear

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:48.500
 the

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:48.880
 lyrics,

00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:49.180
 they

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.380
 just

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:49.720
 hate

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.279
 God's

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.680
 tune.

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.279
 They

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.380
 understand

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.680
 the

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.019
 lyrics.

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.019
 They

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.240
 see

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.059
 Gentiles

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:59.180
 automatically

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.720
 become

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.380
 sons and

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:00.819
 daughters of

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.120
 the living

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:01.779
 God simply

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.440
 by faith

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.960
 and there's

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.700
 a rage.

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.819
 Their

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.259
 jealous

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.640
 anger

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.420
 shows that

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:08.559
 they

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.019
 understand.

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:09.799
 They

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.240
 get it.

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 They

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:12.539
 get it.

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 God's

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:13.539
 love

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:13.539


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 to

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:15.960
 God.

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.240
 He's

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.559
 quoting

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.139
 Moses

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.500
 and

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.000
 Isaiah.

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.599
 Moses

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 is the

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 first

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.159
 in line

00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:20.659
 saying

00:25:20.659 --> 00:25:22.399
 the

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.639
 Old

00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.019
 Testament

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.940
 was

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.299
 pointing

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.720
 forward

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:24.940
 to

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.200
 this

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 time.

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 The

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 nations

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 are

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 going

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 to

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 flock

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.559
 in

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 and

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:28.859
 Israel

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.159
 are

00:25:29.159 --> 00:25:29.299
 going

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 to

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 be

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 angry.

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.720
 They've

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.079
 heard

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.460
 since

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.119
 Moses.

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:39.579
 they

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.239
 understand.

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.259
 Coming

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.679
 back to

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.019
 Alex

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.500
 O'Connor

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.819
 who I

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.359
 started

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.659
 with,

00:25:48.719 --> 00:25:49.179
 has he

00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:49.559
 truly

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.179
 understood

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:50.619
 the

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:50.959
 gospel?

00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.059
 I

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.839
 don't

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.019
 know

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.179
 the

00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:53.459
 man.

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.779
 God

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.939
 ultimately

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:57.379
 knows.

00:25:57.979 --> 00:25:58.319
 My

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.699
 first

00:25:58.699 --> 00:25:59.139
 encounter

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.379
 with

00:25:59.379 --> 00:25:59.679
 Alex

00:25:59.679 --> 00:26:00.039
 was

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:01.399
 in

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:02.219
 a

00:26:02.219 --> 00:26:02.639
 podcast

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:03.019
 interview

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.259
 with

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.559
 Jordan

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.979
 Peterson.

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:05.220
 He

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.599
 was

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.299
 pressing

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.819
 Jordan

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.240
 Peterson,

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.000
 do you

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.380
 believe

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.539
 in

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:08.920
 Christianity?

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.420
 Jordan

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.700
 Peterson

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.140
 talks

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.440
 about

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.039
 Christianity

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.680
 non-stop

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:14.200
 but he's

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.839
 reluctant to

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.420
 commit to

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:15.680
 say,

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.019
 yes,

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.380
 I'm a

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:16.740
 Christian.

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.420
 Alex

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.660
 was

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.079
 pressing

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.500
 him and

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.680
 he came

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:20.960
 up with

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.220
 this

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.720
 test

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.500
 for

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:22.799
 Jordan

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.180
 going,

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.140
 do you

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.599
 believe

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.019
 this?

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:25.360
 Yes

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:25.860
 or no?

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.279
 He

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.460
 said,

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.500
 if I

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.680
 went

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.079
 back in

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.380
 time

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:29.720
 with a

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.279
 Panasonic

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.680
 video

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.059
 camera

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.539
 and put

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:31.839
 that

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.259
 camera

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.400
 in front

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.660
 of the

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.000
 tomb

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.200
 of

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.620
 Joseph

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:34.880
 of

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.540
 Arimathea,

00:26:36.060 --> 00:26:36.480
 would

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.700
 the

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.000
 little

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.480
 LCD

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.019
 screen

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.340
 show

00:26:38.340 --> 00:26:38.540
 a

00:26:38.540 --> 00:26:38.840
 man

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.220
 walk

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.480
 out

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:39.580
 of

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:39.800
 that

00:26:39.800 --> 00:26:40.200
 tomb?

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.040
 I

00:26:42.040 --> 00:26:42.259
 couldn't

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.560
 come up

00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:42.759
 with a

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:42.900
 better

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.220
 question.

00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:43.480
 That's

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.820
 a great

00:26:43.820 --> 00:26:44.180
 question.

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.380
 Does

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:47.660
 Alex

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.400
 understand

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.980
 who

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.300
 Jesus

00:26:49.300 --> 00:26:49.519
 is

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.800
 claiming

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.200
 to be

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.360
 and

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.540
 what

00:26:50.540 --> 00:26:50.700
 he's

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:50.920
 done?

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.019
 God

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.800
 is

00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:51.800


00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:51.800


00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:51.800


00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:51.860
 a

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:01.539
 We

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.860
 as a

00:27:01.860 --> 00:27:02.259
 church,

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:02.900
 as we've

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.039
 got

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.600
 opportunity

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.160
 to share

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.640
 who Jesus

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.019
 is,

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.000
 how he's

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.380
 impacted

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.080
 our lives,

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.920
 can I

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.759
 encourage us

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.200
 by all

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.480
 means,

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.240
 please,

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:10.700
 let's go

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.240
 the extra

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.759
 mile to

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.160
 make sure

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.519
 people

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.019
 actually

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.820
 understand

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.220
 what we're

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.519
 saying.

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.360
 Let's

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.559
 use

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.139
 language

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.639
 people

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:19.039
 comprehend.

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.439
 Let's

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:23.639
 address

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.039
 any

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.559
 stumbling

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.039
 blocks,

00:27:26.219 --> 00:27:26.459
 any

00:27:26.459 --> 00:27:27.059
 questions,

00:27:27.199 --> 00:27:27.359
 any

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:27.839
 doubts.

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.419
 Let's

00:27:28.419 --> 00:27:28.839
 take them

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.339
 seriously.

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.659
 Let's

00:27:29.659 --> 00:27:30.240
 be patient.

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.599
 Let's

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.399
 use

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.079
 rational

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.719
 arguments

00:27:32.719 --> 00:27:33.179
 to go

00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:34.019
 belief in

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.339
 Jesus is

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.659
 not only

00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:35.119
 possible,

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.419
 it's

00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:35.879
 wonderful.

00:27:37.659 --> 00:27:38.379
 We need

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:38.479
 to

00:27:38.479 --> 00:27:38.979
 distinguish

00:27:38.979 --> 00:27:39.619
 between

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:41.179
 what people

00:27:41.179 --> 00:27:41.699
 think

00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:42.219
 we're

00:27:42.219 --> 00:27:42.539
 saying,

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:42.740
 you've

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:42.859
 got to

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.000
 be

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.359
 good

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.719
 to

00:27:43.719 --> 00:27:43.839
 go

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:43.979
 to

00:27:43.979 --> 00:27:44.219
 heaven,

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.179
 from

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:46.759
 faith.

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.060
 But in

00:27:51.060 --> 00:27:51.380
 the end,

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.539
 the

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.080
 responsibility

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:53.160
 lies with

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.860
 each person

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.740
 to respond

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.220
 to what

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.440
 they've

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.900
 clearly

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:57.680
 heard and

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.080
 understood.

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.779
 That's

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.360
 not our

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.900
 burden to

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.200
 carry.

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.620
 Let's

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:03.880
 go the

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.460
 extra mile

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.799
 to help

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.000
 people

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.580
 understand,

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.160
 but it's

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.860
 not our

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.440
 burden to

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:09.299
 carry how

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.900
 they respond.

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:15.519
 So where

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.140
 then is

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.340
 the

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.740
 fault

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:18.540
 in the

00:28:18.540 --> 00:28:18.880
 vital

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.340
 links to

00:28:19.340 --> 00:28:19.500
 be

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.880
 saved?

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:21.040
 Verse 21,

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.340
 the Lord's

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.720
 assessment

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.220
 through Isaiah

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:24.019
 is all

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.860
 day long

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.540
 I've held

00:28:25.540 --> 00:28:26.000
 out my

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.660
 hands.

00:28:27.060 --> 00:28:27.440
 It's a

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.040
 gesture of

00:28:28.040 --> 00:28:28.640
 welcome and

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.259
 embrace.

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.680
 All

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.480
 through Israel's

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.780
 history,

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.380
 I've held

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:33.880
 out my

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.500
 hands.

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.800
 Constant

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:38.540
 offer of

00:28:38.540 --> 00:28:39.040
 grace.

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.119
 grace,

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:39.980
 even to

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.440
 this day,

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:43.539
 to a

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.339
 disobedient

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.240
 and contrary

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:47.059
 defiant

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.680
 people.

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.700
 This is

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.500
 from Isaiah

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.099
 53,

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:53.799
 again,

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.299
 at the

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:56.440
 heart of

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:56.960
 who Jesus

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.399
 is.

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.539
 Isaiah

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:58.940
 said,

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.799
 some

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.420
 people just

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:03.599
 will not

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.960
 want to

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.259
 come,

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.480
 will not

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.960
 hear it.

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:11.119
 verse 16

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.460
 is the

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:11.700
 missing

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.019
 link.

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.079
 They

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.619
 have not

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:13.960
 all

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.799
 obeyed

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:14.960
 the

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.399
 gospel.

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.379
 For

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:16.799
 Isaiah

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.099
 says,

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.599
 Lord,

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.220
 who has

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.879
 believed

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.240
 what he

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.379
 has

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:19.639
 heard

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:19.859
 from

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.119
 us?

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.019
 That

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.740
 root word

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.079
 for

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.619
 obey

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:28.700
 is the

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:28.920
 same

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.539
 for hear.

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.659
 I think

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:30.819
 he's

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.319
 playing off

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.720
 the hear

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:31.920
 here.

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:33.840
 hear here.

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.440
 It's like

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.800
 a parent

00:29:36.800 --> 00:29:37.340
 talking to

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.840
 a child.

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.019
 You

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.340
 didn't

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:40.920
 listen to

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.200
 me.

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.400
 True

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.940
 listening

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:48.060
 is

00:29:48.060 --> 00:29:48.840
 obedience.

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.660
 So,

00:29:51.800 --> 00:29:51.900
 too,

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.340
 with God.

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.940
 The fault

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.440
 is not

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.519
 with ears.

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.519
 The fault

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.000
 is in the

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.539
 heart of

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.220
 not obeying

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.240
 what is

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.779
 clearly

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.300
 heard.

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:03.399
 the

00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:03.919
 announcement

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.339
 from

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.700
 heaven

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.700
 in the

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.000
 gospel

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.779
 is such

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:08.240
 wonderful

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.960
 news.

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.500
 Like,

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:11.740
 through

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.180
 the

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.639
 crucified

00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:13.079
 risen

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.480
 saviour,

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.700
 there's

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.180
 complete

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.700
 forgiveness.

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.980
 Complete

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.519
 forgiveness.

00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:18.720
 There's

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.500
 assurance

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.539
 you are

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.000
 declared

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.680
 right.

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.460
 That

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.879
 heavenly

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.859
 judgment,

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.240
 that

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.619
 courtroom,

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.139
 you

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:27.659
 are

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:30.000
 justified.

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.779
 You're

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.340
 right with

00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:31.560
 God.

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:31.779
 There's

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.300
 assurance.

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:32.860
 There's

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.720
 a legal

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.140
 name

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:34.700
 change.

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.140
 You

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.300
 have

00:30:35.300 --> 00:30:35.500
 the

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.880
 right

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.259
 to be

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.720
 called

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.279
 children

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.540
 of

00:30:37.540 --> 00:30:37.800
 God.

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.019
 You're

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.580
 adopted

00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:42.960
 simply

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.560
 by faith

00:30:43.560 --> 00:30:43.740
 in

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.019
 Jesus.

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.880
 There's

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.400
 divine

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.259
 connection

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.580
 and

00:30:46.580 --> 00:30:47.140
 communion

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.519
 and

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.080
 power.

00:30:48.300 --> 00:30:48.480
 There's

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.000
 resurrection

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.980
 power in

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.480
 your life

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.860
 now by

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.100
 his

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.580
 spirit

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:52.920
 dwelling

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.160
 in

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.400
 us.

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.759
 We

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.080
 have a

00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:55.420
 hope.

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.080
 We're

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:56.540
 born into

00:30:56.540 --> 00:30:56.880
 a living

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.340
 hope.

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.699
 His

00:30:57.699 --> 00:30:58.240
 resurrection

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.659
 is going

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:58.859
 to be

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.299
 ours.

00:30:59.659 --> 00:30:59.879
 We're

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:00.059
 looking

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.559
 forward to

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:00.699
 the

00:31:00.699 --> 00:31:01.059
 resurrection

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.459
 of the

00:31:01.459 --> 00:31:01.859
 universe

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.839
 and

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.079
 that's

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.599
 ours

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.519
 simply

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:04.779
 by

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.199
 faith.

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:05.819
 It's

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.199
 such a

00:31:06.199 --> 00:31:06.519
 wonderful

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.939
 message.

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.599
 You've

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:07.799
 got to

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.059
 scratch

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.179
 your

00:31:08.179 --> 00:31:08.319
 head

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.439
 and

00:31:08.439 --> 00:31:08.639
 wonder

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:08.939
 why

00:31:08.939 --> 00:31:09.240
 doesn't

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.059
 everyone

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.439
 just

00:31:10.439 --> 00:31:13.279
 what's

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.519
 going

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.740
 on?

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:13.980
 What's

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.139
 the

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.500
 barrier

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.879
 here?

00:31:19.699 --> 00:31:20.299
 You've

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.519
 got to

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.039
 confess

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.359
 at the

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:21.659
 heart

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:21.819
 of

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.159
 Christian

00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:22.500
 faith

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.720
 is

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.119
 Jesus

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.720
 is

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.899
 Lord.

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.959
 God

00:31:27.959 --> 00:31:28.339
 is

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:29.339
 the

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:29.699
 Lord.

00:31:29.699 --> 00:31:29.699


00:31:29.699 --> 00:31:30.220
 requires

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.659
 handing

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:30.959
 over

00:31:30.959 --> 00:31:31.220
 your

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.859
 allegiance

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:33.379
 to

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:33.619
 him.

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.019
 He's

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.399
 your

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:35.819
 Lord.

00:31:36.179 --> 00:31:36.459
 He's

00:31:36.459 --> 00:31:36.759
 the

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.240
 Lord.

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.939
 I

00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.079
 think

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.379
 we should

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:41.799
 expect

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.319
 Satan

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.240
 to rage

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.619
 against

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:43.919
 this.

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.259
 His

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.759
 lies

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:45.980
 will

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.459
 rage.

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.939
 If you

00:31:46.939 --> 00:31:47.259
 hand

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.699
 yourself

00:31:47.699 --> 00:31:48.039
 over

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.519
 completely

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.779
 to

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.099
 Jesus,

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.179
 you

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:50.459
 will

00:31:50.459 --> 00:31:50.679
 be

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:51.119
 miserable.

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:54.859
 you

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.039
 should

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.359
 expect

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:55.559
 the

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.919
 world

00:31:55.919 --> 00:31:56.199
 to

00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:56.659
 rage

00:31:56.659 --> 00:31:59.979
 because

00:31:59.979 --> 00:32:01.559
 we

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.739
 want

00:32:01.739 --> 00:32:01.859
 to

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.539
 keep

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.000
 control.

00:32:03.179 --> 00:32:03.239
 We

00:32:03.239 --> 00:32:03.399
 want

00:32:03.399 --> 00:32:03.559
 the

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.899
 kingdom

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:04.179
 or

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:04.339
 the

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.699
 blessings

00:32:04.699 --> 00:32:05.019
 without

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.259
 the

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.579
 king

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.619
 to

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:06.859
 tell

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:07.039
 us

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.179
 how

00:32:07.179 --> 00:32:07.299
 to

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.579
 live.

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.019
 You

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.139
 should

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:08.559
 expect

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:08.779
 your

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.319
 remaining

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.179
 sinfulness

00:32:10.179 --> 00:32:10.459
 to

00:32:10.459 --> 00:32:10.839
 rage.

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:11.539
 We

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.699
 want

00:32:11.699 --> 00:32:11.839
 to

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.099
 sit

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.259
 on

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.399
 the

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:12.699
 throne

00:32:12.699 --> 00:32:12.879
 of

00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:13.059
 our

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.599
 lives.

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:15.179
 Even

00:32:15.179 --> 00:32:15.359
 as

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.679
 Christians

00:32:15.679 --> 00:32:15.939
 it's

00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.359
 hard,

00:32:16.439 --> 00:32:16.599
 isn't

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:16.819
 it,

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.219
 to

00:32:17.219 --> 00:32:17.479
 hand

00:32:17.479 --> 00:32:17.679
 over

00:32:17.679 --> 00:32:18.079
 control

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.279
 to

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.579
 Jesus.

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:26.859
 God

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.019
 has

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.339
 brought

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:27.619
 the

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.059
 gospel

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.719
 light

00:32:28.719 --> 00:32:29.359
 right

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:29.659
 to

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.239
 Israel's

00:32:30.239 --> 00:32:31.019
 heart

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.279
 and

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.759
 mouth.

00:32:31.979 --> 00:32:32.079
 They

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.819
 understand

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:34.739
 the

00:32:34.739 --> 00:32:35.079
 fault

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.659
 lies

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:37.119
 in

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.359
 their

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.219
 disobedience

00:32:38.219 --> 00:32:38.459
 of

00:32:38.459 --> 00:32:39.059
 unbelief.

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.099
 They

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.899
 don't

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.439
 want

00:32:41.439 --> 00:32:42.539
 Jesus

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:42.879
 to be

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.199
 Lord.

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.319
 So

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.579
 how do

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:45.919
 we get

00:32:45.919 --> 00:32:46.119
 this

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.699
 vital link

00:32:46.699 --> 00:32:46.859
 of

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.119
 faith?

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.459
 Verse

00:32:47.459 --> 00:32:47.779
 17,

00:32:48.239 --> 00:32:48.539
 how do

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:48.879
 we get

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.099
 it?

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.399
 So

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:52.000
 faith

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.699
 comes

00:32:52.699 --> 00:32:53.079
 from

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.819
 hearing

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:55.719
 and

00:32:55.719 --> 00:32:56.339
 hearing

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.719
 through

00:32:56.719 --> 00:32:56.979
 the

00:32:56.979 --> 00:32:57.379
 word

00:32:57.379 --> 00:32:57.599
 of

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:58.199
 Christ.

00:32:59.719 --> 00:33:00.239
 The

00:33:00.239 --> 00:33:00.639
 kind of

00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:00.859
 hearing

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:01.179
 that can

00:33:01.179 --> 00:33:01.500
 lead to

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.739
 faith

00:33:01.739 --> 00:33:01.939
 can

00:33:01.939 --> 00:33:02.299
 only

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.699
 happen

00:33:02.699 --> 00:33:04.339
 with

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.559
 the

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.039
 word

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.599
 about

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.099
 Christ,

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.299
 the

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.579
 word

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:06.899
 of

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.379
 Christ.

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:08.699
 St.

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.159
 Francis

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:09.359
 of

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.819
 Assisi,

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:11.919
 hopefully I

00:33:11.919 --> 00:33:12.199
 said that

00:33:12.199 --> 00:33:12.399
 right,

00:33:12.959 --> 00:33:13.419
 preach

00:33:13.419 --> 00:33:14.439
 the

00:33:14.439 --> 00:33:14.759
 gospel

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.000
 at

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.179
 all

00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:15.699
 times,

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.139
 use

00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:16.639
 words

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:16.799
 if

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.359
 necessary.

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:17.879
 He

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:19.379
 preached

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:19.579
 the

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:19.839
 gospel

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.059
 at

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.239
 all

00:33:20.239 --> 00:33:20.559
 times,

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.879
 use

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.519
 words

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.700
 if

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.299
 necessary.

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.339
 Is

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:25.500
 that

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:25.899
 right?

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.919
 Here

00:33:28.919 --> 00:33:29.059
 at

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.359
 Grace,

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.799
 we

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.079
 actually

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.379
 like

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.559
 the

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:30.799
 term

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.500
 witness

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:33.419
 a

00:33:33.419 --> 00:33:33.579
 bit

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:33.799
 more

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:33.960
 than

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.619
 evangelism

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:34.940
 because

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.539
 we're

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.039
 witnessing

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.839
 all

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.019
 the

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.399
 time,

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.019
 our

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.339
 whole

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:39.799
 lives.

00:33:39.919 --> 00:33:40.139
 Just

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.299
 the

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.419
 other

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:40.759
 day I

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.059
 heard

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.679
 someone,

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:42.519
 an

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.879
 unbeliever,

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.139
 talk

00:33:43.139 --> 00:33:43.319
 about

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.480
 their

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.000
 boss,

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.440
 just

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.019
 seeing

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.480
 in

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:45.659
 their

00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:46.019
 boss

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.779
 their

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.539
 patience

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.259
 and

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.859
 peace.

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:50.339
 they

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.500
 could

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.879
 see

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.039
 a

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.519
 difference.

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:52.839
 There

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:52.939
 was

00:33:52.939 --> 00:33:53.059
 a

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.479
 witness.

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.479
 But what

00:33:57.479 --> 00:33:58.019
 creates

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.559
 faith and

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:58.759
 what

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.299
 nourishes

00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:00.139
 faith is

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:00.399
 the

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:01.019
 word

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:02.419
 about

00:34:02.419 --> 00:34:02.919
 Christ.

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.279
 It's

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.439
 not

00:34:03.439 --> 00:34:03.679
 some

00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:04.159
 general

00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:04.699
 notion

00:34:04.699 --> 00:34:04.919
 of

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.240
 God.

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.059
 Words

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.259
 are

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.719
 necessary.

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.179
 That's

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.880
 why we

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.639
 get together

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.119
 each week,

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.359
 isn't

00:34:10.359 --> 00:34:10.559
 it?

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:13.659
 we

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.079
 got to

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.279
 keep

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:14.440
 the

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.639
 word

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:14.779
 of

00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:14.960
 God

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.599
 central

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:15.799
 in

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.980
 this

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.440
 church.

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:17.920
 Like

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.420
 preaching,

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.840
 it can

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.019
 be

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.699
 doctrinally

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.179
 true,

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:20.980
 but

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.719
 sometimes

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.059
 it can

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.400
 miss

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.980
 Christ.

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.019
 Christ

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.259
 is

00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:24.579
 missing

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:24.840
 from

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.039
 the

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.400
 sermon.

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.159
 If

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.279
 you

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:26.539
 hear

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.739
 that

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:26.960
 from

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.259
 us,

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:27.840
 pull

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.039
 us

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.340
 up.

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.199
 Our

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.659
 songs,

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:33.920
 I

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.880
 got a

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.219
 musical

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.659
 friend,

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:36.239
 he

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:36.420
 was

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.699
 saying

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:36.960
 that

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.480
 his

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.920
 faith

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.119
 was

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.380
 just

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:38.739
 becoming

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.519
 malnourished

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:39.860
 because

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.039
 he

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.460
 realised

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.760
 all

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:40.980
 the

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.240
 songs

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.420
 are

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.760
 about

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.420
 my

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.920
 praise

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.099
 of

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.519
 God.

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.240
 There

00:34:45.240 --> 00:34:45.460
 was a

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.660
 wrong

00:34:45.660 --> 00:34:46.059
 emphasis.

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.140
 The

00:34:47.140 --> 00:34:47.400
 songs

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.660
 weren't

00:34:47.660 --> 00:34:47.860
 about

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.079
 what

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.500
 God

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:48.660
 has

00:34:48.660 --> 00:34:48.860
 done,

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.099
 what

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.539
 Jesus

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:49.820
 has

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:49.980
 done.

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.539
 That's

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:50.680
 what

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.099
 nourishes

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.599
 faith.

00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:53.140
 By

00:34:53.140 --> 00:34:53.300
 all

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.539
 means,

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.140
 some

00:34:54.140 --> 00:34:54.519
 songs

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.700
 that

00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:54.900
 go,

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.320
 I

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:55.680
 worship

00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:55.880
 you,

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.099
 Jesus,

00:34:56.180 --> 00:34:56.340
 they're

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.820
 appropriate,

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.140
 don't

00:34:57.140 --> 00:34:57.340
 get me

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.559
 wrong.

00:34:59.120 --> 00:34:59.320
 But

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.440
 we

00:34:59.440 --> 00:34:59.980
 need

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.180
 to

00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:00.680
 keep

00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:01.800
 it's

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.000
 the

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.440
 word

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:02.640
 of

00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:03.099
 Christ

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:05.140
 that

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:06.240
 creates

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:06.820
 faith and

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.280
 nourishes

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:07.620
 faith.

00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:07.860
 So

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.240
 St.

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:08.660
 Francis

00:35:08.660 --> 00:35:08.940
 is

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.480
 wrong.

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.679
 Be a

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.039
 witness

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:14.059
 all the

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.300
 time,

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:14.760
 but you

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.220
 need

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:15.840
 words.

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:18.320
 Can I

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:18.639
 ask at

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.039
 this point,

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.400
 what are

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.619
 people

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.099
 hearing

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.579
 from you?

00:35:20.700 --> 00:35:21.079
 Please

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.360
 may

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.720
 not be

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:21.860
 a

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.099
 hobby

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.480
 horse,

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.420
 some

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.179
 secondary

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.639
 hobby

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.079
 horse of

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.539
 Christianity.

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:26.460
 They

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.800
 don't need

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.119
 to hear

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.440
 that.

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:28.900
 They

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.159
 need to

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.300
 hear

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:30.039
 Christ

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:31.099
 first

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.280
 and

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.760
 foremost.

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:40.760
 fortunately,

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.080
 it

00:35:41.080 --> 00:35:41.420
 doesn't

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.660
 even

00:35:41.660 --> 00:35:41.940
 need

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.080
 to

00:35:42.080 --> 00:35:42.240
 be

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:42.360
 a

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.560
 well

00:35:42.560 --> 00:35:43.040
 crafted

00:35:43.040 --> 00:35:43.520
 word

00:35:43.520 --> 00:35:44.760
 to

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.120
 create

00:35:45.120 --> 00:35:45.500
 faith

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.840
 and I

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.060
 take

00:35:46.060 --> 00:35:46.300
 great

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.700
 comfort

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:48.320
 from

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:48.640
 this

00:35:48.640 --> 00:35:48.880
 in

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.140
 my

00:35:49.140 --> 00:35:49.540
 job.

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.480
 God's

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.860
 sovereign

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.360
 mercy

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.680
 can

00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:52.960
 use

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.260
 the

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:53.880
 dullest

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.800
 tool

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.200
 in

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.340
 the

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:55.620
 shed.

00:35:55.619 --> 00:36:01.639
 Charles

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.159
 Spurgeon,

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:02.599
 how he

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:02.779
 was

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:03.239
 converted

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:04.719
 I think

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:05.079
 illustrates

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.579
 this.

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.839
 The

00:36:06.839 --> 00:36:07.579
 prince of

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:08.119
 preachers,

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:08.559
 how he

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:08.759
 was

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.199
 converted,

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.460
 it was

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.239
 on a

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:11.599
 wintry

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.139
 Sunday,

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.219
 January

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.799
 6,

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.859
 1850.

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:16.460
 He was

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:16.719
 in a

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:17.099
 Methodist

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.980
 church and

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.960
 because of

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.460
 the snow,

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:19.980
 the preacher

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.299
 couldn't

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:20.859
 turn up so

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.359
 someone had

00:36:21.359 --> 00:36:21.659
 to get

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:23.679
 up and

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:23.920
 say

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.299
 something.

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.719
 There was

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.299
 about 15

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:27.679
 people

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.099
 present

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.159
 and

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:30.579
 this

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.179
 shoemaker

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:32.339
 or

00:36:32.339 --> 00:36:32.739
 tailor,

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.139
 he got

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.699
 up and

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:34.339
 read Isaiah

00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:34.819
 45,

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.339
 22,

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.059
 look unto

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.599
 me and

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.819
 be ye

00:36:37.819 --> 00:36:38.460
 saved,

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.179
 all the

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.480
 ends of

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.880
 the earth,

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.460
 for I

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.880
 am God,

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.319
 there is

00:36:42.319 --> 00:36:42.859
 no other.

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:44.719
 And

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:44.900
 then he

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.339
 said something

00:36:45.339 --> 00:36:45.679
 along the

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:45.859
 lines,

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.659
 now looking

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:48.319
 don't take

00:36:48.319 --> 00:36:49.199
 a deal

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:49.759
 of pain,

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.259
 it ain't

00:36:50.259 --> 00:36:50.799
 lifting your

00:36:50.799 --> 00:36:51.359
 foot or

00:36:51.359 --> 00:36:51.819
 your finger,

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.359
 it is just

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:52.699
 look.

00:36:54.259 --> 00:36:54.759
 A man

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:55.239
 needn't go

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:55.759
 to college

00:36:55.759 --> 00:36:56.559
 to learn

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:56.939
 how to

00:36:56.939 --> 00:36:57.199
 look.

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.419
 A child

00:36:59.419 --> 00:36:59.979
 can look,

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:01.939
 however

00:37:01.939 --> 00:37:02.559
 weak or

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:02.799
 however

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.399
 poor a

00:37:03.399 --> 00:37:03.899
 man may

00:37:03.899 --> 00:37:04.099
 be,

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:04.419
 he can

00:37:04.419 --> 00:37:04.719
 look,

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:05.859
 and if

00:37:05.859 --> 00:37:06.319
 he looks,

00:37:07.479 --> 00:37:08.179
 he shall

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.479
 live.

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:08.939
 And he

00:37:08.939 --> 00:37:10.639
 focuses on

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.339
 Spurgeon,

00:37:11.459 --> 00:37:11.819
 a young

00:37:11.819 --> 00:37:12.139
 man,

00:37:12.339 --> 00:37:12.619
 because he's

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.139
 15 at

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.539
 the time,

00:37:15.379 --> 00:37:15.859
 look to

00:37:15.859 --> 00:37:16.679
 Jesus Christ,

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.339
 look,

00:37:17.459 --> 00:37:17.619
 look,

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:17.939
 look.

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:20.319
 You have

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:20.759
 nothing to

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.219
 do but

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:21.579
 look.

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:21.639
 look.

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.039
 And

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.299
 Spurgeon

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:24.639
 says,

00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.079
 I did

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.380
 look.

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:26.659
 And that

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:26.920
 was the

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.159
 moment.

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.420
 Such a

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:30.819
 simple

00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.360
 word.

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:33.900
 Spurgeon

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.139
 says,

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:34.500
 I thought

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:34.779
 I could

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:35.460
 dance all

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:35.759
 the way

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:36.119
 home.

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:39.460
 I could

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.059
 understand

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.599
 what John

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:40.940
 Bunyan

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.840
 meant when

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.480
 he declared

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.099
 he wanted

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.659
 to tell the

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.779
 crows on

00:37:44.779 --> 00:37:45.360
 the ploughed

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:45.960
 land all

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.440
 about his

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:46.900
 conversion.

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.299
 He was

00:37:47.299 --> 00:37:48.099
 too full

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.719
 to hold.

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:49.759
 He felt

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.179
 he must

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:50.920
 tell somebody.

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.500
 God can

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:52.839
 use a

00:37:52.839 --> 00:37:53.679
 very simple

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.199
 word.

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:58.420
 We've got

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:59.199
 baptisms coming

00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.659
 up here.

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.420
 It's such a

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:00.739
 reminder.

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.519
 God's voice

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.119
 is still

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.980
 being heard.

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.599
 He's still

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.559
 bestowing all

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:10.139
 his spiritual

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:13.139
 riches on

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.860
 all who

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.559
 call on

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:14.779
 him.

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:17.540
 He's

00:38:17.540 --> 00:38:17.960
 still

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.380
 sending

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.900
 his voice

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.240
 to the

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.500
 ends of

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:19.960
 the earth.

00:38:20.660 --> 00:38:21.120
 Chapter

00:38:21.120 --> 00:38:21.540
 10, you

00:38:21.540 --> 00:38:22.060
 can't miss

00:38:22.060 --> 00:38:22.540
 the emphasis.

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:23.300
 Everyone.

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.840
 There's no

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.300
 distinction

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:25.940
 between Jew

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.340
 and Greek.

00:38:26.540 --> 00:38:26.900
 He's the

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.260
 Lord of

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.480
 all.

00:38:27.580 --> 00:38:28.100
 He's bestowing

00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:28.560
 his riches

00:38:28.560 --> 00:38:29.140
 on all

00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:29.580
 who call

00:38:29.580 --> 00:38:29.800
 on him.

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.340
 Everyone

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:31.380
 who calls

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.620
 on the

00:38:31.620 --> 00:38:31.880
 name of

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.180
 the Lord

00:38:32.180 --> 00:38:32.620
 will be

00:38:32.620 --> 00:38:33.120
 saved.

00:38:35.620 --> 00:38:36.080
 That

00:38:36.080 --> 00:38:36.720
 light of

00:38:36.720 --> 00:38:37.140
 the gospel,

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:38.880
 he's still

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.540
 spreading it.

00:38:41.180 --> 00:38:41.780
 It's like

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:42.500
 the sun in

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:42.920
 the heavens,

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:43.840
 the light of

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.220
 the gospel,

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.879
 is reaching

00:38:44.879 --> 00:38:45.599
 people sitting

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.239
 in darkness.

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.299
 He's going

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:48.699
 to reach

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.199
 every nook

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:49.579
 and cranny

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:49.919
 of the

00:38:49.919 --> 00:38:50.279
 globe.

00:38:54.319 --> 00:38:54.839
 That's

00:38:54.839 --> 00:38:55.219
 the heart

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:55.599
 of God.

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.619
 He's

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.139
 merciful,

00:38:58.299 --> 00:38:58.459
 he's

00:38:58.459 --> 00:38:59.079
 outreaching,

00:38:59.399 --> 00:38:59.759
 he's

00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.179
 generous.

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:04.099
 I don't

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:05.019
 care enough

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.819
 about how

00:39:05.819 --> 00:39:06.459
 lost people

00:39:06.459 --> 00:39:06.699
 are.

00:39:06.819 --> 00:39:07.299
 I don't.

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:09.059
 But God

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:09.439
 does.

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:11.279
 When you

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:11.819
 see the

00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:12.319
 heart of

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:12.599
 God,

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:13.159
 that's what

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:14.000
 fills our

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.420
 heart.

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.579
 Let the

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:18.960
 heart of

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.420
 God fill

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:19.859
 your heart

00:39:19.859 --> 00:39:20.359
 afresh.

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.279
 That we

00:39:25.279 --> 00:39:27.239
 might keep

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:27.819
 weeping

00:39:27.819 --> 00:39:30.639
 to those

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:30.980
 who don't

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.319
 know,

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.460
 and keep

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.359
 praying for

00:39:33.359 --> 00:39:34.039
 opportunities.

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.559
 Like,

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:37.799
 do you

00:39:37.799 --> 00:39:38.440
 pray before

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:38.980
 you go in

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:39.279
 for your

00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:39.699
 haircut?

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:39.699


00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:39.699


00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:40.920
 you go in

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.259
 for your

00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:41.699
 haircut?

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:43.659
 keep

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.199
 inviting.

00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:47.919
 Keep

00:39:47.919 --> 00:39:48.819
 reading the

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:49.779
 newsletters of

00:39:49.779 --> 00:39:50.579
 gospel workers.

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.399
 Invest

00:39:51.399 --> 00:39:52.639
 time.

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.439
 Let's keep

00:39:53.439 --> 00:39:55.099
 praying,

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:55.799
 holding the

00:39:55.799 --> 00:39:56.259
 ropes of

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:56.839
 prayer while

00:39:56.839 --> 00:39:58.679
 they're going

00:39:58.679 --> 00:40:00.099
 down into a

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.599
 place that

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:01.219
 hasn't heard.

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:05.739
 I hope we

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:06.279
 sense the

00:40:06.279 --> 00:40:07.460
 privilege of

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:09.219
 being God's

00:40:09.219 --> 00:40:10.019
 mission partners.

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:10.800
 It's his

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.179
 mission.

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:13.539
 He uses

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:14.099
 ordinary

00:40:14.099 --> 00:40:15.619
 us to be

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.000
 part of

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.199
 that.

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.759
 God's

00:40:17.759 --> 00:40:18.159
 voice is

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.699
 still being

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:19.079
 heard.

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.300
 And praise

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.739
 God for

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:21.980
 that.

00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:22.940
 Will you

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.380
 pray with me?

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:24.059
 God's

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:39.300
 Father, may

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:41.360
 none of

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:42.079
 us pat

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.920
 ourselves on

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.900
 the back for

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.960
 having responded

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:46.700
 to your

00:40:46.700 --> 00:40:47.119
 word.

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:48.760
 We praise

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.500
 your mercy

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:50.840
 alone to

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:52.380
 give us

00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:53.039
 eyes to

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.880
 see the

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.519
 Lord Jesus.

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:56.480
 Just as

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.100
 you said to

00:40:57.100 --> 00:40:57.660
 Peter when

00:40:57.660 --> 00:40:58.380
 he confessed

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.760
 to you,

00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:00.140
 that flesh

00:41:00.140 --> 00:41:00.559
 and blood

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:00.960
 did not

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.620
 reveal this,

00:41:01.740 --> 00:41:02.740
 but my

00:41:02.740 --> 00:41:03.400
 Father in

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:04.100
 heaven revealed

00:41:04.100 --> 00:41:04.539
 this to

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:04.780
 you.

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:06.500
 So we

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:07.079
 praise you

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.440
 for your

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:08.220
 mercy in

00:41:08.220 --> 00:41:08.860
 sending

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.480
 people into

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:10.160
 our lives

00:41:10.160 --> 00:41:10.700
 to share

00:41:10.700 --> 00:41:11.320
 your word.

00:41:12.160 --> 00:41:12.700
 We just

00:41:12.700 --> 00:41:13.500
 praise the

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:13.900
 God you

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.220
 are.

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.039
 You're not

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.320
 hidden.

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:16.059
 Your voice

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.660
 is heard in

00:41:16.660 --> 00:41:16.980
 all the

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:17.300
 earth.

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:20.140
 Father,

00:41:20.260 --> 00:41:20.840
 help us

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:22.220
 to sense

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:22.460
 that

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:24.019
 privilege of

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.620
 being used

00:41:24.620 --> 00:41:25.140
 by you.

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:26.940
 Give us

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.860
 confidence and

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.380
 humility.

00:41:28.620 --> 00:41:29.100
 Help us not

00:41:29.100 --> 00:41:29.840
 get distracted.

00:41:31.740 --> 00:41:32.340
 Father,

00:41:32.560 --> 00:41:33.580
 please be

00:41:33.580 --> 00:41:34.420
 using us to

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:36.260
 save more

00:41:36.260 --> 00:41:36.560
 and more

00:41:36.560 --> 00:41:37.280
 people, both

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:38.100
 locally and

00:41:38.100 --> 00:41:38.519
 globally.

00:41:39.100 --> 00:41:39.560
 In Jesus'

00:41:39.560 --> 00:41:40.300
 name, amen.