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 Romans 1, verses 14-17.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, we thank you for the opportunity to come together to study your word.

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 And I pray, Father, that in our frailty, you will find us faithful.

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 Pray, Father, that both the preaching and the hearing of your word this morning will honor you.

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 And that the end result of that will be the proclamation of your good news to the world.

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 And we pray this in Christ's name. Amen.

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 So last week we talked about the obligation to gospel ministry that Paul had.

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 It's a little early. You can take that down.

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 We talked about the obligation to gospel ministry that Paul had to the church.

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 And we saw that through beginning in verse 8 and coming down through the end of 15.

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 So we're kind of overlapping a little bit this morning to speak of Paul's obligation to gospel ministry.

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 But this morning we're going to talk about his obligation to gospel ministry to the world.

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 So to those who did not know Christ.

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 And he kind of gives us some different people groups in our text here.

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 We see the Greeks and the barbarians.

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 I told you last week that those were the wise and the foolish of the world.

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 The Greeks were very educated.

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 The barbarians to the Greeks spoke in nonsensical language.

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 That's where they got that name.

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 They would make fun of them and say they sounded like they were just saying bar, bar, bar, bar.

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 So they became known as the barbarians.

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 And also to the Jews who the gospel was first brought to and presented to.

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 And so Paul essentially kind of restates Jesus' second stating of the Great Commission in Acts 1.8 when he says to the disciples,

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 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,

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 and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.

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 And what Christ was saying to them was that the Spirit of God is going to come and it's going to work in you,

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 and you're going to be a disciple.

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 You're going to be a carrier of the message of the good news of Jesus Christ to your city, to your region,

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 those of other ethnicities.

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 That's who the Sumerians were.

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 And to the rest of the world.

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 So where do we find ourselves today in the world?

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 I'll give you a little current statistics.

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 In America, we have approximately 314 million people, only 28.9% of which claim to be evangelical Christians.

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 And I would argue that to be a Christian at all, you must be an evangelical Christian.

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 And I would also argue that many of those are probably nominal Christians at best.

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 So 30% from a very, very positive estimate of what may actually be Christian in America today.

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 In the world, almost 7 billion people that exist.

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 60% are unreached.

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 And what that means is that there's less than 2% of the population of that nation, that people group,

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 that know Christ at all.

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 So 60% of the peoples are unreached.

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 Very conservative estimates.

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 That makes it 4 billion people who are unreached for the gospel of Christ.

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 4 billion out of the 7 billion people.

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 Very conservative.

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 So we find ourselves in a situation, as carriers of the gospel,

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 of this message that's been given to us to take to the world.

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 We've got a huge job ahead of us, don't we?

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 We're failing pitifully at carrying the gospel to the nations.

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 4 billion people, conservatively, who have never even heard the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And they are storing up for themselves the wrath of God against them.

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 They are already found guilty, condemned where they stand,

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 because of their disknowledge of God, because of their breaking of the law.

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 There's no excuse for them.

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 Because they haven't heard, there's no excuse.

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 They've carried the curse of Adam in their flesh,

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 and they will be damned to hell,

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 unless they hear the gospel and place their faith in that message.

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 So I believe that God is at work.

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 He is all-powerful.

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 He is sovereign.

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 He will redeem His church.

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 So we have this great task before us,

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 this 4 billion people out there.

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 And I believe that God is active and involved in reaching them.

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 But He uses His church to do so.

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 He uses us to accomplish that.

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 And He does that because He loves us.

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 Because God is a great treasure,

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 and He wants to include us in what He's doing.

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 He wants us to experience and to know Him more

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 by being involved in His mission to the world.

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 So the gospel must go.

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 People must hear it.

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 And God's going to carry us to do that.

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 Romans chapter 10, verse 14, Paul writes,

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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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 So we're called to be ministers of the gospel to the world.

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 I kind of thought of this analogy this week,

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 and I actually wasn't planning on using it.

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 But as I typically do,

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 because I figure it'll embarrass myself,

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 I can use it anyway.

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 We're intended to be a tool in the hand of God

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 in accomplishing His work.

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 And I have a leaf rake

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 that I didn't use very faithfully this year.

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 But that leaf rake was fashioned

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 for the purpose of raking leaves.

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 And it sits in my shed.

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 And when I go to get my rake leaf,

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 it doesn't give me any resistance at all, does it?

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 I just pick up my rake leaf,

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 and off I go with my rake leaf.

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 If I am that rake leaf,

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 if it's me,

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 fashioned to do this certain work,

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 I don't tend to just be picked up

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 and carried out to do the work.

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 I tend to grab on to the shovel

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 and the other stuff

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 and the wall of the shed,

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 desperately clinging

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 to the comfort of the shed.

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 We're tools.

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 We're meant to be used.

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 God has made us for a purpose.

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 And if my rake had any soul at all,

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 it would be the happiest raking leaves.

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 That's where we find ourselves.

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 God has created us

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 for a very intent purpose.

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 And if we're about that work,

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 we'll be full of joy in doing it.

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 Now Paul writes in verse 16 and 17

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 kind of the theme

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 of the book of Romans.

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 And we talked about this

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 a couple of weeks ago,

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 but it's certainly worth repeating

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 as we think about these

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 four billion people

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 who the wrath of God

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 is being stored up for.

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 They have no hope

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 except for Christ.

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 And Paul was writing this

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 from a coming out of one worldview

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 where he thought he was doing

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 everything he could possibly do

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 to please God.

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 He was a Pharisee,

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 the most upright of people,

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 the most zealous pursuer of God

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 in his zeal for the law.

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 He thought he had it all figured out.

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 And it all gets flipped upside down

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 when he meets Christ.

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 And Christ says to him,

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 you fool,

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 you cannot fulfill the law.

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 It's impossible for you to do so.

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 Place your faith in me

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 and live in righteousness

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 and walk in faith.

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 He flips it completely over here.

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 And here's what he writes for us.

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 Verse 16,

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 For I am not ashamed of the gospel,

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 for it is the power of God

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 for salvation to everyone who believes,

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 to the Jew first

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 and also to the Greek.

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 For in it the righteousness of God

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 is revealed from faith for faith.

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 As it is written,

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 the righteous shall live by faith.

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 It is the power of God,

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 not the law,

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 no good works you think you're doing,

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 not the church you belong to,

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 not the way you attend.

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 Your perfect attendance record

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 means nothing for your salvation.

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 The gospel itself

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 is the power of God

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 for salvation.

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 Matthew 28.

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 Oh, excuse me,

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 I've got to back up.

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 So then,

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 we ought to preach no other message.

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 Those of us who are recipients of this grace,

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 we ought to preach no other message

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 to the world

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 than the gospel of Christ.

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 Not our traditions

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 and those things,

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 but the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 because it is the power of God

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 for salvation

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 and He will accomplish His work.

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 It's also the gospel

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 that gives us the righteousness of God

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 and it's revealed from faith

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 for faith.

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 That's kind of a confusing phrase

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 and it simply just means,

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 all Paul's trying to say to us,

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 is that the gospel

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 that we place our faith in

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 brings us the righteousness of God.

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 It's not our own doing.

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 The gospel itself,

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 Christ's imputed righteousness to us

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 brings us righteousness

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 and continues that work.

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 So it's for faith,

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 from faith,

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 for faith.

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 Okay?

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 So from faith,

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 for faith.

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 That both our salvation,

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 our righteousness,

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 begins in Christ

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 and it ends in Christ.

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 Right?

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 And that's what He's saying to us.

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 Right?

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 So Matthew 28,

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 18-20,

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 it's known as the Great Commission.

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 Jesus came and said to them,

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 All authority in heaven and on earth

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 has been given to Me.

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 Go therefore

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 and make disciples of all nations.

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 Not simply converts,

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 but disciples

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 of all nations.

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 Alright?

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 He said that earlier

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 up in verse 5,

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 didn't He?

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 To bring about the obedience

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 of the faith.

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 Baptizing them

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 in the name of the Father

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 and the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit.

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 Verse 20,

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 Teaching them to observe all

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 that I have commanded you.

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 And behold,

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 I am with you always

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 to the end of the age.

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 Matthew 24, 14,

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 Jesus said,

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 And this gospel of the kingdom

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 will be proclaimed

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 throughout the whole world

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 as a testimony

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 to all nations.

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 And then the end will come.

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 So this gospel message

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 is going to be preached

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 to all nations.

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 And then the end will come.

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 That's the mission

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 that He has set us about.

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 It's fulfilling

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 that Great Commission work.

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 In a commentary

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 on Matthew 24, 14,

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 and that phrase

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 all nations,

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 George Eldon Ladd

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 wrote this,

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 God alone knows

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 the definition

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 of terms.

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 I cannot precisely define

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 who all the nations are,

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 but I do not need

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 to know.

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 I know only one thing.

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 Christ is not yet returned.

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 Therefore,

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 the task is not yet done.

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 When it is done,

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 Christ will come.

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 Our responsibility

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 is not to insist

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 on defining terms.

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 Our responsibility

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 is to complete

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 the task.

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 So long as Christ

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 does not return,

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 our work is undone.

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 Let us get busy

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 and complete our mission.

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 So if we're to do that,

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 I think we can learn

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 three things

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 from Paul's life

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 in order to do so.

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 And I think that there's

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 some pretty deep

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 indictments on us here.

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 Three things.

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 We need to be obligated

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 to share the gospel,

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 which is going to mean

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 a life of self-sacrifice.

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 We need to be eager

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 and we need to be unashamed.

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 We need to be obligated,

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 eager,

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 and unashamed.

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 Obligated.

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 We find that in verse 14.

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 Self-sacrificial.

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 We talked last week

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 about this obligation

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 that Paul felt

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 and that it wasn't

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 an obligation to God

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 because therefore,

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 grace would have ceased

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 to be grace.

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 The free gift given to him

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 would have been

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 based on works,

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 not on the grace of God.

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 It's an obligation

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 to his identity.

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 Obligation to who he is

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 in Christ.

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 This is my paraphrase

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 of Romans chapter 8,

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 9, and 10,

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 and then verse 12.

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 Anyone who does not

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 have the spirit of Christ

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 does not belong to him.

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 But if Christ is in you,

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 we are debtors

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 to the spirit of Christ

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 within us.

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 We are debtors.

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 That's who we're obligated to,

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 to our own identity,

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 to the fact that

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 we are children of God.

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 We ought to share

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 the gospel, right,

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 with each other

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 and with the world.

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 So it means

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 we must be self-sacrificial.

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 We need to die

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 to ourselves,

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 to our flesh,

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 and we need to live

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 to the spirit

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 within us.

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 Luke chapter 9,

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 verse 23 and 24.

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 Christ says,

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 if anyone would come

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 after me,

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 let him deny himself

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 and take up his cross

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 daily

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 and follow me.

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 Let him deny himself

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 the pleasures

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 of this world,

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 those things

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 that our flesh

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 longs for

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 and take up our cross.

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 What does that mean?

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 That we die.

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 We literally die

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 to ourselves

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 every day

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 if we're going

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 to follow Christ.

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 Verse 24.

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 For whoever

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 will save his life

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 will lose it,

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 but whoever

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 loses his life

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 for my sake

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 will save it.

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 Luke chapter 14,

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 verse 27.

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 Whoever does not

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 bear his own cross

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 and come after me

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 cannot be

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 my disciple.

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 It's pretty huge,

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 isn't it?

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 Whoever does not

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 bear his own cross

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 and come after me

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 cannot be

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 my disciple.

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 So do you die

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 daily

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 to yourself,

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 the pleasures

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 of your flesh,

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 the lusts

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 for this world?

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 We need to lay

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 aside our comfort

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 and our vanity.

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 All of us

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 care too much

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 about how we look

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 and how comfortable

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 we are.

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 I try hard

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 to look

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 like I don't care.

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 we need to die

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 to our

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 self-promotion,

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 our ambition.

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 That's what the word

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 ambition means.

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 It means

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 self-promotion.

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 And we need to

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 begin promoting

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 Christ.

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 Ambition,

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 good,

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 but let's

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 redefine the term.

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 Let's make it

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 about promoting

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 Christ

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 and his kingdom.

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 we as Americans

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 are far

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 too comfortable.

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 I wonder

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 what would happen

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 to this room

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 if suddenly

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 Christianity

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 was declared

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 illegal

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 and it was

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 an offense

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 punishable

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 by imprisonment

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 and death.

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 How many of us

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 would still sit

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 in this room?

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 There are people

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 all over the world

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 this morning

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 meeting in underground

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 secret locations

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 for hours.

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 We get mad

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 if the service

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 goes past

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 an hour and a half.

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 You have

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 comfy padded chairs

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 they sit on

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 dirt floors

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 for hours

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 because they're

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 so hungry

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 to know

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 their Savior.

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 We're shackled

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 by our comfort.

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 I want to be

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 the type of Christian

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 that everything

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 could be taken

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 away from me

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 and I would still

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 follow Christ.

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 I'll give you

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 an example of Paul.

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 I want you to

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 turn here.

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 2 Corinthians

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 chapter 11

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 I believe most

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 of you will be

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 familiar with this

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 passage but it

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 certainly bears

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 repeating.

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 2 Corinthians

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 chapter 11

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 verses 24

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 through 27

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 Paul recounts

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 his suffering.

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 He says,

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 five times I

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 received at the

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 hands of the

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 Jews the

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 forty lashes

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 less one.

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 Three times I

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 was beaten

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 with rods.

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 Once I was

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 stoned.

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 Three times I

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 was shipwrecked.

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 A night and a

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 day I was

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 adrift at sea

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 on frequent

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 journeys and

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 dangers from

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 rivers,

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 dangers from

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 robbers,

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 dangers from

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 my own people,

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 dangers from

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 Gentiles,

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 dangers in the

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 city,

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 dangers in the

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 wilderness,

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 danger at sea,

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 danger from

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 false brothers,

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 in toil and

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.220
 hardship through

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 many a

00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:38.420
 sleepless night,

00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:39.420
 in hunger and

00:16:39.420 --> 00:16:39.899
 thirst,

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 often without

00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:41.419
 food,

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:43.259
 in cold and

00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:43.799
 exposure.

00:16:44.539 --> 00:16:45.159
 This was the

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 life that Paul

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 was called into.

00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:50.519
 This was the

00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:51.139
 guy that in

00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:51.980
 Philippians 1.21

00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.399
 says,

00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:53.539
 for to me to

00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:54.360
 live is Christ

00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:56.079
 and to die is

00:16:56.079 --> 00:16:56.419
 gain.

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 This is the

00:16:58.679 --> 00:16:59.840
 man who found

00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:01.059
 his joy in the

00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:01.759
 supremacy of

00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.919
 Christ greater

00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:03.579
 than the

00:17:03.579 --> 00:17:04.259
 circumstances of

00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:04.619
 the world.

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 This is not

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 us.

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 This sounds like

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:10.159
 a horrible

00:17:10.159 --> 00:17:10.939
 camping trip

00:17:10.939 --> 00:17:11.299
 to me.

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 Number two,

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 we can learn

00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:19.259
 from Paul,

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 we need to

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.199
 be eager.

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 We'll see that

00:17:22.179 --> 00:17:23.000
 in verse 15.

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 We need to be

00:17:23.919 --> 00:17:24.219
 eager.

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 How is it that

00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:26.399
 you're eager to

00:17:26.399 --> 00:17:26.759
 share the

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.119
 gospel?

00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.339
 I believe that

00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:29.039
 if you value

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.519
 Christ as

00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:30.919
 supreme,

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.939
 if you treasure

00:17:31.939 --> 00:17:33.359
 him above all

00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:33.740
 else,

00:17:33.959 --> 00:17:34.639
 you will be

00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.399
 eager,

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 you will be

00:17:35.899 --> 00:17:37.219
 desirous to

00:17:37.219 --> 00:17:37.839
 talk about what

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 you love and

00:17:38.939 --> 00:17:39.759
 to experience

00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.720
 more of him

00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.579
 in sharing

00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:42.039
 your faith.

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 He is active.

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 He is at

00:17:44.919 --> 00:17:45.240
 work.

00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:46.019
 His spirit is

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.779
 moving throughout

00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.220
 this world.

00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:48.159
 The gospel is

00:17:48.159 --> 00:17:48.639
 advancing.

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.379
 We've been

00:17:49.379 --> 00:17:50.099
 invited to

00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:51.500
 join him in

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:51.859
 that.

00:17:52.679 --> 00:17:53.199
 We ought to

00:17:53.199 --> 00:17:53.859
 want that.

00:17:53.959 --> 00:17:54.199
 We ought to

00:17:54.199 --> 00:17:55.379
 be eager to

00:17:55.379 --> 00:17:56.099
 be involved,

00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:57.699
 to experience

00:17:57.699 --> 00:17:58.619
 him deeper and

00:17:58.619 --> 00:17:59.240
 to know him

00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:00.319
 more in his

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 work.

00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.359
 Turn to

00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:03.699
 Philippians

00:18:03.699 --> 00:18:04.359
 chapter 3.

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 We're going

00:18:09.399 --> 00:18:09.740
 to start in

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.240
 verse 7.

00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:10.779
 Paul has

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:13.939
 just completed

00:18:13.939 --> 00:18:14.779
 giving his

00:18:14.779 --> 00:18:16.119
 religious pedigree.

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 He's

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:18.259
 compadding the

00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:18.839
 Judaizers,

00:18:18.959 --> 00:18:19.259
 those who

00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:19.699
 would have

00:18:19.699 --> 00:18:20.559
 the Philippians

00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:21.479
 be circumcised.

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 He's saying,

00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:22.679
 hey,

00:18:22.719 --> 00:18:22.899
 listen,

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 if it

00:18:23.419 --> 00:18:23.799
 matters,

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 if outward

00:18:24.379 --> 00:18:24.899
 appearance,

00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.500
 if outward

00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.659
 stuff matters

00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:27.039
 at all,

00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:27.439
 if it's not

00:18:27.439 --> 00:18:27.939
 about a

00:18:27.939 --> 00:18:28.859
 change in

00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:29.099
 heart

00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:29.719
 regeneration,

00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:30.759
 the statement

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.279
 that we read

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.059
 this morning,

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 then I was

00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.139
 the best.

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.559
 I had it

00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.240
 all sorted

00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:36.599
 out.

00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:37.960
 He's just

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.539
 finished saying

00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:38.879
 that.

00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.500
 And then

00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:40.019
 verse 7,

00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:41.279
 he says,

00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:41.660
 but whatever

00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:42.700
 gain I had,

00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.660
 I counted

00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:44.460
 as loss

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.480
 for the sake

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.019
 of Christ.

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 Whatever

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 gain I had,

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 I counted

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 it as loss

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 for the sake

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 of Christ.

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 Indeed,

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 I count

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 everything

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 as loss

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 because of

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 the surpassing

00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:57.920
 worth of

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 knowing Christ

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 Jesus my

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 Lord.

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 Pause

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 there.

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 everything,

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 I count

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 it all

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 as loss

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 because of

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 the surpassing

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 greatness

00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:06.940
 of knowing

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 Christ Jesus

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.539
 my Lord.

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 For his

00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:10.480
 sake,

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 I have

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 suffered the

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 loss of

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 all things

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 and count

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 them as

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 rubbish

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.519
 in order

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 that I

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 may gain

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 Christ.

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 I count

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 them as

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 rubbish

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 in order

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 that I

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 may gain

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 Christ.

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 This

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 word in

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 Greek

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 is a

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 foul

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 word.

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 It

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 means

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 excrement,

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 human

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 excrement.

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 Not

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 wadded up

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 paper

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 rubbish.

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 vile.

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 And what

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 he does

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 to us

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 here,

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 understand

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 what he's

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 saying,

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 that if

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 you don't

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 have the

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 same mind

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 as him,

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 if you

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 value the

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 things of

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 this world

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 more than

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 Christ,

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 if you

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 do that,

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 what you're

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 doing is

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 you're playing

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 with your

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 own

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 excrement.

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 What he's

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 saying,

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 you love

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 it.

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 You want

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 to live

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 in it.

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 That's the

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 indictment on

00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:53.719
 us there.

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 We love

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 the things of

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 this world

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:57.100
 more than

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 Christ

00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.720
 to plan

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 with our

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 excrement.

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 You're

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 welcome,

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 parents.

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 I'm trying

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 to use

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 big words

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 for you.

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 All right.

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 Verse

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 9.

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 In order

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 that I may

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 gain Christ,

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 verse 9,

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 and be

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 found in

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 him,

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 not having

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 a righteousness

00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.220
 of my own

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 that comes

00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:15.860
 from the

00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.019
 law,

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 but that

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 which comes

00:20:17.100 --> 00:20:17.460
 through

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:17.900
 faith in

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.200
 Christ,

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 the

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:18.779
 righteousness

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.080
 from

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 God

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.080
 that

00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:20.640
 depends

00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.380
 on

00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:21.759
 faith,

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 that I

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 may know

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 him and

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 the power

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 of his

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 resurrection

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 and may

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 share in

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 his

00:20:25.679 --> 00:20:26.200
 sufferings,

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 becoming

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.619
 like him

00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:28.679
 in his

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 death,

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 that by

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.240
 any means

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:30.799
 possible I

00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:31.159
 may attain

00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:31.679
 the resurrection

00:20:31.679 --> 00:20:32.079
 from the

00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:32.319
 dead,

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 not that I

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 have already

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:36.099
 obtained this

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.519
 or am

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:36.839
 already

00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.319
 perfect,

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.240
 but I

00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:39.119
 press on

00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:39.619
 to make

00:20:39.619 --> 00:20:39.839
 it my

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 own,

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.559
 because

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.019
 Christ

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.419
 Jesus

00:20:41.419 --> 00:20:42.579
 has made

00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:43.039
 me his

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.259
 own.

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.500
 I press

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.799
 on to

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.940
 make my

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.539
 perfection,

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.720
 my

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.139
 perfection

00:20:50.139 --> 00:20:50.559
 which will

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.039
 come through

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.539
 suffering,

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:52.519
 see what

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:52.839
 he's saying

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.059
 there,

00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:54.139
 and I

00:20:54.139 --> 00:20:54.700
 may share

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.039
 in his

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.460
 suffering,

00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:55.960
 becoming

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.700
 like him

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.220
 in his

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.599
 death,

00:20:58.099 --> 00:20:58.700
 I press

00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:58.899
 on,

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 I am

00:20:59.220 --> 00:21:00.180
 eager to

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:01.639
 arrive at

00:21:01.639 --> 00:21:01.839
 it,

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.879
 because Christ

00:21:02.879 --> 00:21:03.460
 Jesus has

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:03.940
 made me

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.680
 his own.

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.099
 Verse 13,

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.440
 brothers,

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.619
 I do not

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:08.299
 consider that I

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:08.720
 have made it

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.099
 my own,

00:21:09.159 --> 00:21:09.579
 but one

00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:10.259
 thing I do,

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.700
 forgetting what

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.500
 lies behind

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:14.299
 all those

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.799
 things,

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.339
 all those

00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:15.779
 things he's

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.220
 counted as

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.559
 loss,

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.899
 and straining

00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.740
 forward to

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.180
 what lies

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.559
 ahead,

00:21:19.879 --> 00:21:20.720
 I press on

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.099
 toward the

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.720
 goal for the

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.359
 prize of the

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:22.960
 upward call of

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:24.019
 God in

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.600
 Christ Jesus,

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.000
 and what's

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.420
 the prize?

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.500
 It's Christ

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.920
 himself,

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.539
 Christ himself,

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.759
 so we

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.120
 ought to be

00:21:30.120 --> 00:21:31.519
 eager to

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:31.860
 share our

00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:33.160
 faith with

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.519
 the world.

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.120
 I'll give

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.720
 you another

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:37.299
 Pauline

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:37.779
 example,

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.660
 Acts 9,

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.079
 20,

00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:40.120
 after his

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:42.840
 conversion in

00:21:42.840 --> 00:21:43.460
 Damascus,

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.420
 verse 9,

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:44.900
 20 says,

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.600
 and immediately

00:21:45.600 --> 00:21:46.860
 he proclaimed

00:21:46.860 --> 00:21:47.460
 Jesus in the

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:47.880
 sin of God,

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.259
 saying,

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:50.600
 he is the

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.179
 son of God.

00:21:51.879 --> 00:21:52.459
 So this

00:21:52.459 --> 00:21:52.879
 Jew of

00:21:52.879 --> 00:21:53.199
 Jews,

00:21:54.219 --> 00:21:54.939
 the man,

00:21:55.219 --> 00:21:55.679
 the great

00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:56.319
 Pharisee,

00:21:56.659 --> 00:21:57.339
 who was

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:57.779
 going to

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.539
 Damascus to

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.719
 drag the

00:21:59.719 --> 00:22:00.419
 Christians out,

00:22:00.939 --> 00:22:01.579
 to take

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.139
 them back,

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.319
 to have

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.519
 them imprisoned

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.879
 and stoned

00:22:05.879 --> 00:22:06.799
 like Stephen,

00:22:07.679 --> 00:22:08.079
 went to the

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.459
 very same

00:22:08.459 --> 00:22:08.939
 places he

00:22:08.939 --> 00:22:09.219
 was headed

00:22:09.219 --> 00:22:09.419
 to,

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:09.719
 to those

00:22:09.719 --> 00:22:10.399
 synagogues,

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.359
 and proclaimed

00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:12.939
 he is the

00:22:12.939 --> 00:22:13.879
 son of

00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:14.219
 God.

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.599
 Number

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:18.819
 three,

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:21.579
 we should

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.319
 be unashamed

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:23.099
 when we see

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:23.419
 this in

00:22:23.419 --> 00:22:24.019
 verse 16.

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.220
 We need

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.919
 to be bold

00:22:25.919 --> 00:22:26.559
 and courageous.

00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:29.839
 Isaiah

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.500
 chapter 6,

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:31.019
 verse 8.

00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:32.980
 Isaiah

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.259
 is just

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.819
 seeing this

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.799
 vision of

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.079
 heaven.

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.480
 And he

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.859
 records,

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.439
 I heard the

00:22:38.439 --> 00:22:38.859
 voice of the

00:22:38.859 --> 00:22:39.339
 Lord saying,

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.099
 whom shall I

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.500
 send and

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.000
 who will go

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.419
 for us?

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.759
 Then I

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.220
 said,

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:42.960
 and you

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.159
 got to

00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:43.720
 notice the

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.299
 punctuation

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.779
 in this,

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.839
 here am I,

00:22:46.679 --> 00:22:47.319
 send me.

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:49.339
 here am I,

00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:51.079
 send me.

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:51.419
 He was

00:22:51.419 --> 00:22:51.939
 bold.

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.399
 God

00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:54.539
 said,

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.139
 there is a

00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:55.899
 great message

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.359
 I have to

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.700
 carry to

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.220
 my people.

00:22:58.159 --> 00:22:58.559
 Who

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:58.819
 will go

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.279
 for me?

00:23:01.419 --> 00:23:01.819
 Isaiah

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.419
 was bold.

00:23:02.659 --> 00:23:02.859
 Here

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:03.319
 am I,

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.039
 send me.

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.099
 We need

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.319
 to be

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.700
 courageous

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.240
 as well.

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.319
 Psalm 40,

00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:10.939
 verse 9

00:23:10.939 --> 00:23:11.319
 and 10,

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.659
 David wrote,

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.319
 I have told

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:13.759
 the glad

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.159
 news of

00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:14.679
 deliverance

00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:15.039
 in the

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.359
 great

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.019
 congregation.

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.920
 Behold,

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.779
 I have

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.299
 not restrained

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.779
 my lips,

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.139
 as you

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.420
 know,

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:19.920
 O Lord.

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.720
 I have

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.180
 not hidden

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.359
 your

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.799
 deliverance

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.200
 within my

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.460
 heart.

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:22.759
 I have

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.400
 spoken of

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:23.519
 your

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.139
 faithfulness

00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:24.460
 and your

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:24.859
 salvation.

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.799
 I have

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.359
 not concealed

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:27.059
 your steadfast

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.980
 love and

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.720
 your faithfulness

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.359
 from the

00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:29.700
 great

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.400
 congregation.

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:31.960
 So we

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.319
 have this

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.819
 great news

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.079
 and we

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.359
 tend to

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:33.660
 keep it

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.259
 all hidden,

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:34.619
 like it's

00:23:34.619 --> 00:23:34.779
 a little

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.400
 secret for

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.839
 us.

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.039
 We need

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.220
 to be

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.680
 courageous

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.259
 in sharing

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.539
 it.

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.599
 I'm going

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:40.859
 to use a

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.139
 term I

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:41.900
 don't love.

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.480
 I need

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:42.599
 to get

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.059
 out of our

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.440
 comfort

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.079
 zone.

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:45.759
 I learned

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.139
 this this

00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:46.379
 week.

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:46.779
 Did you

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.019
 know that

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.319
 if you have

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.759
 a goose

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.119
 and you

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.579
 put it on

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:48.960
 a concrete

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.179
 and you

00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:49.539
 draw a

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.179
 white circle

00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:50.699
 around it

00:23:50.699 --> 00:23:51.220
 with chalk

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.639
 and it

00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:52.099
 won't cross

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.559
 the circle?

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:53.839
 Did you

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.199
 know that?

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.259
 It's

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.619
 phenomenal.

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.480
 Maybe that's

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:57.720
 not the

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:57.939
 truth.

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.039
 But it's

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.960
 actually afraid

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.960
 of crossing

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.399
 over that

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:01.699
 line.

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:02.399
 So if you

00:24:02.399 --> 00:24:02.799
 draw it in

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.139
 a circle,

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:03.939
 it won't

00:24:03.939 --> 00:24:04.599
 cross over

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.279
 that line.

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.559
 I can't

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:05.859
 wait to go

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.059
 to the

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.679
 park and

00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:07.339
 test this

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.539
 out.

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:11.159
 If some

00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:11.700
 goose proves

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.180
 me wrong,

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.720
 it's still

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.119
 a good

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.720
 analogy.

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.019
 Supposedly,

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:16.379
 a goose

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:17.059
 will not

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.700
 cross this

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.000
 line,

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.879
 will not

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.339
 go outside

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.559
 of this

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:19.859
 because it's

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:21.460
 afraid of

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.700
 going outside

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.019
 of it.

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.500
 There is

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.200
 no doubt,

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.579
 there is

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.359
 no doubt

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.779
 that you

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.099
 will find

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.819
 ridicule in

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.240
 this world

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.700
 if you

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.019
 share your

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.240
 faith.

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.379
 None

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:32.659
 whatsoever.

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.099
 It will

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.420
 happen.

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:33.940
 You will

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.579
 be persecuted

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.039
 for your

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.200
 faith.

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:35.759
 And that

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:35.960
 doesn't

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.379
 necessarily

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:36.759
 mean you're

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:36.859
 going to

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.399
 be beaten

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.519
 or shot

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.200
 or imprisoned

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.780
 here in

00:24:39.780 --> 00:24:40.120
 America.

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.380
 It may

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:42.840
 mean that

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.360
 in other

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.820
 places.

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.740
 But you'll

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.019
 be made

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.600
 fun of.

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.240
 The

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.720
 gospel is

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.680
 foolishness

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:49.140
 to those

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.340
 who are

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:49.700
 perishing.

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:50.720
 It doesn't

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.100
 make any

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.460
 sense to

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:51.700
 them at

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.060
 all.

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.540
 But we

00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:53.800
 ought to

00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:54.340
 continue to

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:54.640
 share our

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.000
 faith in

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.280
 the hope

00:24:55.280 --> 00:24:55.500
 that we

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.960
 find the

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.980
 one that

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.240
 will place

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.740
 their faith

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.800
 in Christ.

00:25:00.280 --> 00:25:00.820
 We have

00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:01.100
 a hundred

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.560
 sheep and

00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:02.100
 one wanders

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.400
 away.

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.820
 Let's go

00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:03.700
 get him.

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.500
 The rest of the

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:06.880
 sheep probably

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.220
 think we're

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.680
 foolish for

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.240
 doing so.

00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:09.660
 Go find

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.800
 that one.

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.880
 It will

00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:13.320
 happen.

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:14.540
 Why should

00:25:14.540 --> 00:25:14.940
 we care?

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:18.040
 We care too

00:25:18.040 --> 00:25:18.440
 much about

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.020
 being cool

00:25:19.020 --> 00:25:19.480
 and fitting

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.780
 in.

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.640
 Since we

00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:22.020
 all live in

00:25:22.020 --> 00:25:22.460
 the southeast,

00:25:23.080 --> 00:25:23.700
 we don't want

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.320
 to be associated

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:24.820
 with all the

00:25:24.820 --> 00:25:25.500
 dorky Christians.

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.680
 I'm in there.

00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:29.120
 I'm summer

00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:30.000
 camp kids with

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.660
 their sandals

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:30.880
 and their

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.620
 white socks

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.959
 and their

00:25:32.959 --> 00:25:34.119
 testaments

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:35.319
 and all

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:36.179
 that stuff,

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:36.979
 all that

00:25:36.979 --> 00:25:37.619
 Christendom

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.419
 stuff.

00:25:39.459 --> 00:25:40.099
 I do not

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.399
 want to be

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:41.199
 associated with

00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:41.379
 it.

00:25:41.719 --> 00:25:41.919
 Right?

00:25:42.919 --> 00:25:43.399
 I don't want

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.799
 to hand out

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.399
 tracts because

00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:44.639
 I don't want

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:44.939
 to be a

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.639
 tract hander

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:45.839
 out.

00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:46.139
 I don't

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:46.579
 want to be

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.279
 that person.

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.879
 The gospel

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.399
 is contained

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:50.859
 in there.

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:51.579
 It's a good

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.259
 message.

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:52.899
 We ought to

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:53.479
 want to share

00:25:53.479 --> 00:25:53.819
 it.

00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:56.339
 And when I'm

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.919
 in moments

00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:57.279
 where I

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.819
 share my

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.319
 faith and

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.059
 I'm more

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.859
 concerned about

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.379
 how cool

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:00.979
 I am,

00:26:01.879 --> 00:26:02.259
 then the

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.879
 soul sitting

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:04.319
 across the

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.759
 table from

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.099
 me or

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.819
 serving me

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:08.539
 or shameful,

00:26:09.179 --> 00:26:09.699
 absolutely

00:26:09.699 --> 00:26:10.159
 shameful.

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.339
 I've got

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.979
 another example

00:26:12.979 --> 00:26:13.679
 of Paul in

00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:14.119
 Acts chapter

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.539
 14.

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.179
 I want you

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.399
 to read

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:15.679
 this one

00:26:15.679 --> 00:26:15.919
 with me.

00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:16.279
 Acts chapter

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.779
 14.

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.719
 It's a

00:26:22.719 --> 00:26:23.419
 story about

00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:24.019
 Paul being

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.879
 stoned at

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.219
 Lystra,

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.559
 which he

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.000
 referred to

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.919
 earlier in

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:29.539
 2 Corinthians.

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:32.019
 Acts 14

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.959
 verse 19

00:26:32.959 --> 00:26:33.539
 to 22.

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.139
 But Jews

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:35.559
 came from

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.359
 Antioch and

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:36.799
 Iconium,

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.859
 and having

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.539
 persuaded the

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.919
 crowds,

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.639
 they stoned

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.179
 Paul and

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:40.719
 dragged him

00:26:40.719 --> 00:26:41.000
 out of the

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.259
 city,

00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:42.279
 supposing that

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.579
 he was

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:42.939
 dead.

00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:44.559
 So they

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.399
 had stoned

00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:46.139
 him enough

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:47.279
 that he

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.619
 seemed like

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:47.879
 he was

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.219
 dead.

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.759
 Verse 20.

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.639
 But when

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.099
 the disciples

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.759
 gathered about

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:51.979
 him,

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.879
 he rose up

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.339
 and entered

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.779
 into the

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.039
 city.

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:54.959
 And on

00:26:54.959 --> 00:26:55.339
 the next

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.759
 day he

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.319
 went on

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.099
 with Barnabas

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:58.059
 to Derbe,

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:58.419
 I'm going to

00:26:58.419 --> 00:26:58.639
 guess,

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.640
 when they

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.120
 had preached

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:00.500
 the gospel

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.820
 to that

00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:01.160
 city and

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.220
 had made

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.900
 many disciples,

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.900
 they returned

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.680
 to Lystra and

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.440
 to Iconium and

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.000
 to Antioch,

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.840
 strengthening the

00:27:06.840 --> 00:27:07.200
 souls of the

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.520
 disciples,

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.360
 encouraging them

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:08.880
 to continue in

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.180
 the faith,

00:27:09.520 --> 00:27:10.040
 and saying that

00:27:10.040 --> 00:27:10.520
 through many

00:27:10.520 --> 00:27:11.420
 tribulations we

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.980
 must enter the

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.340
 kingdom of

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:12.580
 God.

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.100
 Now,

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.000
 let's go back

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.400
 to the story

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.740
 again.

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.640
 So he's in a

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.620
 town called

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.280
 Lystra,

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.480
 and Jews

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.220
 come from two

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.020
 other towns.

00:27:22.300 --> 00:27:22.860
 They come from

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.380
 Antioch and

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.780
 Iconium,

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.420
 and they come

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:24.780
 to Lystra,

00:27:25.020 --> 00:27:25.840
 and they convince

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.520
 everybody there

00:27:26.520 --> 00:27:27.300
 that they should

00:27:27.300 --> 00:27:27.759
 stone him.

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.599
 And they drag

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.160
 him outside the

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.379
 city,

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.839
 which is what

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.200
 they did with

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.599
 dead people.

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.259
 When the

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.859
 disciples came,

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.819
 he rises up,

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.180
 and what does

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.539
 he do?

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.200
 In verse 20,

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.579
 he goes back

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:37.160
 into the city.

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.319
 To the people

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.700
 who had just

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.180
 stoned him and

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.819
 dragged him out

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.079
 of the city,

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.259
 dead,

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.920
 he goes back

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.619
 into the city.

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.480
 And on the

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.980
 next day,

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.879
 he goes to

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.400
 another city,

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.059
 he goes to

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.559
 Derbe.

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.200
 When they

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.559
 preached the

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.259
 gospel there,

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.579
 and made

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.119
 many disciples,

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.539
 what does

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.980
 he do?

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.039
 Verse 21,

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:53.139
 he returns,

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.259
 and goes to

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.859
 the two cities

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.399
 where the Jews

00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:55.879
 had come from.

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.279
 He goes to

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.799
 Lystra and

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.279
 Iconium.

00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:00.200
 He went back

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:01.000
 into the

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.599
 lion's den,

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.259
 back to the

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.839
 place where

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.460
 people hated

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.879
 him and were

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.220
 trying to

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.599
 kill him.

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.139
 He went right

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.720
 back there

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:07.799
 because he

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.399
 was courageous,

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.940
 because he

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.779
 had a message

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.940
 that must be

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.559
 taken to

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.159
 these people.

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.779
 And he

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.480
 strengthened the

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.839
 souls of the

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.220
 disciples,

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.659
 saying that

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.240
 through many

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.879
 tribulations,

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.920
 we must enter

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.480
 the kingdom of

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.740
 God.

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:22.940
 Don't worry

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.220
 about me,

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.480
 guys.

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.660
 This is the

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.099
 life of a

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.400
 Christian.

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.200
 It's cool that

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.660
 they stoned me.

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.019
 It's not a

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.400
 problem at all.

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.079
 I expected it

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.460
 to happen,

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.599
 because the

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.120
 world is

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:33.220
 hostile towards

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.700
 Christianity.

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.099
 Okay,

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.660
 that's all I

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:35.960
 can go up

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.299
 there now.

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.519
 I wanted to

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.059
 show you this.

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:42.519
 This was a

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.940
 carving in

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:45.420
 stone of a

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.259
 tablet that was

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.880
 discovered in

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.140
 Rome.

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.579
 There's some

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.279
 debate about

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.799
 when it dates

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.039
 to.

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:51.019
 Most agree

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:52.500
 the third

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.920
 century.

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.119
 Kind of

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.440
 an interesting

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:55.759
 piece.

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.180
 I got this

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.500
 pen for

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.740
 Christmas.

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.079
 I never

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.480
 ever thought

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.680
 I would

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.039
 use it,

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.440
 but I got

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.680
 it out of

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:58.960
 the box

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.139
 and put

00:28:59.139 --> 00:28:59.579
 batteries in

00:28:59.579 --> 00:28:59.799
 it because

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.099
 it's got a

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.500
 pointer in

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:00.680
 it.

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.099
 So I just

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.440
 want to show

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.839
 you what this

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.720
 actually is,

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:06.159
 what it's

00:29:06.159 --> 00:29:06.539
 depicting.

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.399
 This is a

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:09.099
 cross with a

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.720
 human body

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.240
 with the head

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.180
 of a donkey

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:12.420
 on it,

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.059
 which was

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.940
 mocking

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:15.220
 Christ.

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:15.940
 And here you

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.599
 have a man

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.719
 raising his

00:29:17.719 --> 00:29:18.079
 hand.

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.339
 We would

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:20.240
 assume in

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.980
 worship,

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.139
 and his

00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:22.539
 name is

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.240
 Alexa

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.859
 Manos.

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.079
 The inscription

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.619
 here,

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:26.839
 Alexa

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.500
 Manos

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.740
 worships

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.379
 his God.

00:29:30.959 --> 00:29:31.339
 It says,

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.799
 Alexa

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.379
 Manos

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:34.419
 worships

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:34.899
 his God.

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.399
 It's a

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.559
 hero of

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:37.879
 mine,

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:38.619
 Alexa

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.099
 Manos.

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:41.699
 He was

00:29:41.699 --> 00:29:42.279
 ridiculed

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.619
 for his

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.240
 faith in

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.579
 the third

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.039
 century,

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.619
 depicted in

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:45.939
 his piece

00:29:45.939 --> 00:29:46.419
 of art,

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.859
 a sign of

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.419
 the culture

00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:49.179
 and the

00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:49.659
 times.

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.500
 We're not

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.699
 in a

00:29:50.699 --> 00:29:50.980
 different

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:53.099
 place now

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.559
 at all.

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.119
 Another

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.459
 one of my

00:29:55.459 --> 00:29:56.119
 Christian heroes

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.919
 is a man

00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:57.359
 named

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:58.439
 Polycarp.

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:58.839
 And I

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.319
 wish he

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.559
 had a

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.019
 better name

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.359
 because I

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:00.740
 would have

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.339
 named my

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.819
 next son

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:03.399
 Polycarp,

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.279
 but I'm

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.519
 not going

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.679
 to do

00:30:04.679 --> 00:30:04.939
 that to

00:30:04.939 --> 00:30:05.139
 him.

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:10.200
 I've

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.460
 read,

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:11.120
 most of

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.380
 you have

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:11.680
 probably

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:11.940
 heard me

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.259
 read this

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.520
 before,

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:12.980
 but I

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.380
 think it

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:14.040
 should be

00:30:14.040 --> 00:30:14.920
 read again.

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.140
 Polycarp

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.340
 was a

00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:17.820
 first century

00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.120
 Jew,

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:18.620
 and he

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.020
 was taken,

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.940
 excuse me,

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:20.340
 Christian,

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.680
 and he

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:21.980
 was taken

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:23.580
 before the

00:30:23.580 --> 00:30:24.100
 pro-council.

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.660
 He was

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:25.980
 going to be

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.460
 killed for

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.860
 his faith.

00:30:28.540 --> 00:30:29.020
 And the

00:30:29.020 --> 00:30:29.340
 pro-council

00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:30.080
 then urged

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.320
 him,

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.800
 saying,

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:31.780
 swear,

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.580
 and I

00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:33.000
 will release

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.280
 thee,

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.180
 reproach

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.640
 Christ.

00:30:36.060 --> 00:30:36.540
 Polycarp

00:30:36.540 --> 00:30:36.920
 answered,

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.259
 eighty and

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.860
 six years

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:39.160
 have I

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.660
 served him,

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.160
 and he

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:41.020
 never once

00:30:41.020 --> 00:30:41.740
 wronged me.

00:30:42.300 --> 00:30:42.920
 How then

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.280
 shall I

00:30:43.280 --> 00:30:43.940
 blaspheme

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.540
 my king

00:30:44.540 --> 00:30:45.240
 who hath

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.700
 saved me?

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.060
 The

00:30:47.060 --> 00:30:47.500
 pro-council

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.620
 again urged

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:48.820
 him,

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.520
 swear by

00:30:49.520 --> 00:30:50.000
 the fortune

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.520
 of Caesar.

00:30:51.560 --> 00:30:52.040
 Polycarp

00:30:52.040 --> 00:30:52.460
 replied,

00:30:53.020 --> 00:30:53.500
 since you

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.500
 still vainly

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.140
 strive to

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.460
 make me

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:55.880
 swear by

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.300
 the fortune

00:30:56.300 --> 00:30:56.780
 of Caesar

00:30:56.780 --> 00:30:57.660
 as you

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.320
 express it,

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.960
 affecting

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.500
 ignorance

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.080
 of my

00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:00.780
 real character,

00:31:01.300 --> 00:31:01.680
 hear me

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.140
 frankly

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.680
 declaring

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.420
 what I

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.680
 am.

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.720
 I

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.259
 am a

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.600
 Christian,

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.620
 and if

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.060
 you desire

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:07.539
 to learn

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.940
 the Christian

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.340
 doctrine,

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.920
 assign me

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.299
 a day,

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:09.799
 and you

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:09.960
 shall

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.240
 hear.

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.400
 It's

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:11.900
 response.

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.019
 Love it.

00:31:13.560 --> 00:31:14.120
 Hereupon the

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.539
 pro-council

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:14.920
 said,

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.700
 I have

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.440
 wild beasts,

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:16.660
 and I

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.259
 will expose

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.640
 you to

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.460
 them unless

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.060
 you repent.

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.420
 Call for

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.560
 them,

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:20.840
 replied

00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:21.440
 Polycarp,

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.519
 for repentance

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.420
 with us is a

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.200
 wicked thing if

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.759
 it is to be a

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.759
 change from

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.620
 the better to

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:27.080
 the worse,

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.080
 but a good

00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:28.640
 thing if it

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.000
 is to be a

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.420
 change from

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:30.620
 evil to

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:30.940
 good.

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.400
 I will

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:32.840
 tame thee

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.360
 with fire,

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.660
 said the

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.160
 pro-council,

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:34.940
 since you

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.620
 despise the

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.220
 wild beasts

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.980
 unless you

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.320
 repent.

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.660
 Then said

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.240
 Polycarp,

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:40.059
 you threaten

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.680
 me with fire

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.220
 which burns

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.700
 for an hour

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.240
 and is soon

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.860
 extinguished,

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.620
 but the

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.320
 fire of the

00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:45.059
 future judgment

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.360
 and of

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:46.140
 eternal punishment

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.720
 reserved for

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.320
 the ungodly

00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:47.900
 you are

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.660
 ignorant of.

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:49.880
 But why

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.120
 do you

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.500
 delay,

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.380
 do whatever

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.220
 you please?

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.000
 So there's a

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.279
 little more

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.680
 banter back

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.140
 and forth.

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.460
 They finally

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.940
 take him

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:59.840
 out into

00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:00.340
 the stadium

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:01.840
 and put

00:32:01.840 --> 00:32:02.480
 him on a

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.440
 burning pile

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:03.940
 of wood.

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:04.900
 When they

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.299
 would have

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:06.000
 fastened him

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.620
 to the stake,

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.220
 he said,

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.340
 leave me as

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.799
 I am,

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.740
 for he who

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:11.480
 giveth me

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.039
 strength to

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.580
 sustain the

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:13.400
 fire will

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:14.340
 enable me also

00:32:14.340 --> 00:32:14.900
 without your

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.460
 securing me

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.100
 with nails to

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:16.860
 remain without

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:18.039
 flinching in

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.480
 the pile.

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.180
 So he said,

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.700
 don't tie me

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:19.900
 up.

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.840
 God strengthens

00:32:20.840 --> 00:32:21.420
 me to

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.860
 withstand the

00:32:21.860 --> 00:32:22.100
 fire.

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.380
 I can stand

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:23.640
 here.

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.039
 Upon which

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.600
 they bound

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.240
 him without

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.840
 nailing him.

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.920
 So he said,

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.360
 thus,

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:29.880
 O Father,

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.480
 I bless thee

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.840
 that thou

00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:31.440
 hast counted

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:31.960
 me worthy

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.620
 to receive

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.240
 my portion

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.900
 among the

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.320
 number of

00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:34.820
 martyrs.

00:32:35.340 --> 00:32:36.019
 As soon as

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.420
 he had uttered

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.680
 the word

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:36.900
 Amen,

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.580
 the officers

00:32:37.580 --> 00:32:38.360
 lighted the

00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:38.620
 fire,

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.620
 the flame

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:40.299
 forming the

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.019
 appearance of

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.460
 an ark

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:41.940
 as the

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.460
 sail of a

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:43.080
 vessel filled

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.680
 with wind

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:45.019
 surrounded as

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.680
 with a wall

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.299
 the body

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.559
 of the

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:46.799
 martyr.

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:48.160
 Fire doesn't

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.580
 do that,

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:48.960
 right?

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.600
 It's like,

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:50.840
 made like a

00:32:50.840 --> 00:32:51.519
 force field

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.460
 around him.

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.620
 Around the

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.000
 body of the

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.340
 martyr which

00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:55.900
 was in the

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.200
 midst,

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.920
 not as

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.759
 burning flesh,

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.539
 but as

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.359
 gold and

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.299
 silver refining

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.839
 in the

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.220
 furnace.

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.759
 We received

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.579
 also in our

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.319
 nostrils such

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.940
 a fragrance

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.819
 as proceeds

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.079
 from

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.819
 frankincense

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.799
 or some

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.500
 other precious

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.000
 perfume.

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.500
 At length,

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:10.900
 the wicked

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.259
 people,

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:11.960
 observing that

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.500
 his body

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.220
 could not be

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.819
 consumed with

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.140
 fire,

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.180
 ordered the

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.839
 confectioner to

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.460
 approach and

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.079
 to plunge his

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:18.160
 sword into

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.599
 the body.

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.200
 So,

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.940
 they're all

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.359
 sitting around

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:21.960
 waiting for him

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.500
 to be consumed

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.180
 and he's not.

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:24.299
 He's glowing

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:25.720
 like gold

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.620
 being refined

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.320
 and there's a

00:33:27.320 --> 00:33:28.000
 sweet smell

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.779
 coming out of

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:28.940
 it.

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:29.680
 So,

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:32.180
 the confector

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.600
 comes,

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.360
 plunges the

00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:33.720
 sword into

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.120
 his side.

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.160
 Upon this,

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.480
 such a

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.960
 quantity of

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.580
 blood gushed

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:37.000
 out that the

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.220
 fire was

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:39.000
 extinguished.

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.580
 Polycarp,

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:42.200
 a great man

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.720
 who died

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:44.100
 for his

00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:44.480
 faith.

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.220
 For the

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.640
 gospel to

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.440
 advance to

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:48.860
 this four

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.460
 billion people,

00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:49.960
 it's got to

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.500
 go to dangerous

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.960
 places.

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.340
 It has to.

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.799
 There are

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.600
 people who

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:55.480
 are hostile

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.360
 toward the

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.720
 gospel.

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.860
 They will

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.200
 not just

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.860
 make fun

00:33:58.860 --> 00:33:59.400
 of us,

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.380
 but will

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:01.160
 kill us

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:02.120
 for the

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:02.460
 gospel.

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.580
 Some of

00:34:04.580 --> 00:34:05.680
 you may

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:05.920
 have a

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.299
 call to

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.519
 go to

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.000
 countries like

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.340
 that.

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:08.180
 And I

00:34:08.180 --> 00:34:08.440
 think we

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.659
 need to

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.300
 be willing,

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.320
 whatever our

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.680
 walk of

00:34:10.680 --> 00:34:11.340
 life is,

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.619
 to do so.

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.860
 My son's

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.579
 name is

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.139
 Cademan

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:17.180
 Danger

00:34:17.180 --> 00:34:17.940
 Rainer.

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:20.039
 He has

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.400
 the middle

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.039
 name Danger

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.940
 because I

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.740
 want him

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.079
 to be

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.779
 willing to

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.179
 be dangerous

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.439
 for the

00:34:24.439 --> 00:34:24.719
 gospel.

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.519
 And I

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.719
 want to

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.000
 be a

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.500
 dad who's

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:26.959
 willing to

00:34:26.959 --> 00:34:27.439
 let him

00:34:27.439 --> 00:34:28.219
 go and

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.879
 be dangerous

00:34:28.879 --> 00:34:30.259
 for the

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.559
 gospel.

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.739
 We need

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.559
 young people

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.139
 who are

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.500
 willing to

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.259
 rise up

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:37.000
 and to

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.619
 do this,

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:38.199
 to carry

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:39.059
 this message

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:40.559
 out to

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.019
 the world.

00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:44.000
 We're going

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.239
 to be

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:45.059
 obligated

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:46.659
 and eager

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:48.199
 and unashamed

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.460
 of the

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.859
 gospel of

00:34:48.859 --> 00:34:49.019
 Jesus

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.460
 Christ.

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.799
 Because it

00:34:51.799 --> 00:34:52.399
 is the

00:34:52.399 --> 00:34:52.980
 power of

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:54.379
 God for

00:34:54.379 --> 00:34:55.420
 salvation to

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.699
 those who

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.019
 will believe

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.319
 in it.

00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.559
 It's the

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.059
 power to

00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:00.460
 live righteous

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.319
 lives to the

00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:01.639
 end.

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.500
 I pray that

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.920
 God will be

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:07.039
 honored with

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.539
 the lives,

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.559
 both individually

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.239
 and corporately,

00:35:09.819 --> 00:35:10.279
 of Christ's

00:35:10.279 --> 00:35:10.879
 family church.

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:10.960
 church.

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.500
 I want to

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.160
 challenge you.

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.940
 I grew up

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.900
 with cheesy

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:17.780
 youth group

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:18.260
 challenges,

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.920
 but I think

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.860
 it's in

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.900
 order here.

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.660
 As many of

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:22.880
 you are going

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.280
 to go off

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.500
 for the

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:23.760
 summer,

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.880
 we'll have

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.380
 no idea

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:26.059
 where you'll

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.380
 be and

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:26.640
 what you'll

00:35:26.640 --> 00:35:27.039
 be doing.

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:28.880
 I want to

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.519
 challenge you

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.800
 to pray

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.480
 and look for

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.280
 opportunities to

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:32.680
 share your

00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:32.940
 faith.

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.660
 They are out

00:35:33.660 --> 00:35:33.940
 there.

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.320
 If you make

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:36.559
 yourself available

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.640
 to God,

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:38.619
 He will use

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.340
 you to spread

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.820
 the gospel.

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.700
 I promise.

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.780
 It's going

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.099
 to happen.

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.599
 Wake up in

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:42.940
 the morning,

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.460
 die to

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.920
 yourself,

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.380
 treasure Christ,

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:47.039
 and ask

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.940
 Him to

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.720
 move you

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.099
 to share

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.619
 your faith

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.360
 throughout

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.820
 your day.

00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:52.700
 So here's

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.039
 what I want

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.400
 to do over

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.660
 the next

00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:54.079
 couple of

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.360
 weeks.

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.260
 We're going

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.519
 to begin

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:56.220
 talking the

00:35:56.220 --> 00:35:56.579
 next two

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.019
 weeks about

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.460
 the wrath

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.980
 of God

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:59.200
 being poured

00:35:59.200 --> 00:35:59.680
 out on the

00:35:59.680 --> 00:36:00.260
 unrighteous.

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.599
 It ought to

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.400
 be a reminder

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.119
 to us to be

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.559
 sharing our

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:04.860
 faith.

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:05.700
 We have a

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.200
 message that

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:06.680
 will save

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:07.119
 people from

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.360
 that.

00:36:07.640 --> 00:36:08.059
 We ought

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.360
 to want to

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.800
 do so.

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.200
 So here's

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:10.519
 what I want

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:10.800
 you to do.

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.019
 Alex,

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.280
 if you can

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.539
 put that

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:11.800
 up there

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.120
 for me.

00:36:13.600 --> 00:36:14.320
 I want to

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:15.060
 encourage you

00:36:15.060 --> 00:36:15.940
 as I'm

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.380
 sharing my

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.620
 faith,

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.560
 and I want

00:36:17.560 --> 00:36:17.760
 you to

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.360
 encourage me

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.820
 as you're

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:19.519
 sharing your

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.880
 faith as we

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.300
 carry the

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:21.860
 gospel message.

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.220
 And here's

00:36:22.220 --> 00:36:22.580
 how I want

00:36:22.580 --> 00:36:23.000
 to do that.

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.080
 So Twitter

00:36:24.080 --> 00:36:24.460
 slide.

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.539
 We're going

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.800
 to use some

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.260
 technology.

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:26.600
 We're going

00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:26.940
 to redeem

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:29.180
 technology today.

00:36:31.180 --> 00:36:31.780
 Back there's a

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.180
 slide called

00:36:32.180 --> 00:36:32.440
 Twitter.

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.519
 There we go.

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:38.280
 If you don't

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:38.599
 know how to

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.000
 use Twitter,

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.460
 it's really

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.320
 simple to

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.519
 do.

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:40.920
 Go to

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.500
 twitter.com,

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.199
 trade an

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:42.500
 account.

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.659
 As simple

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:43.940
 as that.

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.219
 But here's

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:44.400
 what you've

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:44.659
 got to do

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:44.880
 next.

00:36:45.259 --> 00:36:45.539
 I want you

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.259
 to follow

00:36:46.259 --> 00:36:46.800
 Christ Family

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.139
 Church.

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.000
 It's

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.639
 Christ Fam

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.099
 Church.

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.300
 That's how

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:51.619
 you search

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:51.960
 for it.

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:52.659
 You click

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.639
 follow.

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.480
 And here's

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:57.059
 how you tweet.

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.099
 Very simple.

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:59.000
 I guess it's

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.420
 called a tweet.

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.980
 That's official

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.480
 language.

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:02.119
 You tweet

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.880
 at Christ Fam

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.980
 Church and

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.179
 then you

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.460
 share your

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.740
 story.

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:06.380
 You're limited

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:07.019
 to 140

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.519
 characters,

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:07.800
 which will

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.079
 be very

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.519
 interesting,

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.119
 since at

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.599
 Christ Fam

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:09.980
 Church is

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.119
 going to

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.420
 take up

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.719
 quite a

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:10.940
 few of

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.099
 them.

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.099
 But what

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:13.480
 I want you

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:13.860
 to do is

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:14.360
 just quickly

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.900
 say,

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:16.780
 met a guy

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.199
 at the gas

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.579
 station,

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.260
 shared my

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:18.579
 faith.

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.179
 Simply,

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:21.740
 just like

00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:22.019
 that.

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:22.880
 At

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.260
 Christ Fam

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:23.539
 Church.

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.059
 And what

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.519
 that does

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:24.780
 is it'll

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:25.179
 send that

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:25.619
 message to

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:25.960
 Christ Family

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.300
 Church,

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:26.920
 and then

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.159
 Chris,

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:27.559
 who manages

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.139
 that account,

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:29.099
 will retweet

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.320
 it.

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:29.780
 Yes,

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:30.019
 that is

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.320
 official.

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:30.920
 So that

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.119
 we can

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.519
 all see

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:31.719
 it.

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.360
 So if

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.480
 you're

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:32.940
 following

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.659
 Christ Family

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:33.980
 Church,

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:34.400
 that's

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.559
 going to

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:36.300
 pop up

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.500
 in your

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:36.840
 feed,

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.440
 and you'll

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.920
 be encouraged,

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.420
 I hope,

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.119
 to do so.

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.119
 We need

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.519
 to be doing

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.699
 it,

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.079
 and we need

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.280
 to be

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.840
 encouraging

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.260
 each other,

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:43.539
 we need

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.039
 to be

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.559
 spurring

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:44.920
 each other

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.920
 on to

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.760
 good works.

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:48.099
 We need

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.260
 to be

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:49.099
 about doing

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.320
 that,

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:49.519
 and I

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:49.880
 believe this

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.099
 is a

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:51.039
 way that

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.519
 we can

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:51.920
 accomplish

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.159
 that.

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.719
 So we'll

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:53.119
 remind you

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.579
 next week,

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:53.880
 I hope

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.079
 you don't

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.360
 forget

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:55.000
 this week,

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.059
 but set

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.360
 yourself

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:56.840
 about this

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.240
 work this

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.859
 afternoon,

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.179
 set

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.500
 yourself

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.359
 about this

00:37:59.359 --> 00:38:00.139
 work of

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.679
 sharing the

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.279
 gospel with

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:01.919
 the world.

00:38:04.399 --> 00:38:04.979
 Now to

00:38:04.979 --> 00:38:05.339
 wrap this

00:38:05.339 --> 00:38:05.839
 all up,

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:07.659
 remember

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:08.119
 Paul's

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:09.379
 obligation to

00:38:09.379 --> 00:38:10.019
 gospel ministry.

00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:10.579
 We talked

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:10.919
 about it

00:38:10.919 --> 00:38:11.459
 last week,

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.579
 we talked

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:12.919
 about it

00:38:12.919 --> 00:38:13.419
 this week,

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:13.939
 part one

00:38:13.939 --> 00:38:14.219
 and part

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:14.559
 two,

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:15.619
 Paul's

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.719
 obligation

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:17.179
 to gospel

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:17.559
 ministry.

00:38:19.259 --> 00:38:19.819
 It should

00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:20.479
 be present

00:38:20.479 --> 00:38:21.239
 all the

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.699
 time in

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:22.239
 our lives.

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:22.819
 It ought

00:38:22.819 --> 00:38:23.059
 to be

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.619
 what we

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.539
 are about.

00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:25.519
 We come

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.059
 together and

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.379
 we minister

00:38:26.379 --> 00:38:27.219
 to each

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:27.539
 other with

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:27.919
 the gospel

00:38:27.919 --> 00:38:28.959
 so that

00:38:28.959 --> 00:38:29.159
 we can

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.579
 go out

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:29.939
 and minister

00:38:29.939 --> 00:38:30.179
 to the

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:30.439
 world

00:38:30.439 --> 00:38:31.500
 with the

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.819
 gospel.

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:32.980
 So let's

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.439
 get busy

00:38:33.439 --> 00:38:34.980
 about that.

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.239
 I'm going

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:37.399
 to take

00:38:37.399 --> 00:38:37.759
 the Lord's

00:38:37.759 --> 00:38:37.980
 Supper.

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.839
 I think

00:38:40.839 --> 00:38:41.159
 that some

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.519
 repentance

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:42.239
 is in

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:42.519
 order,

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:44.319
 that Christ

00:38:44.319 --> 00:38:45.819
 didn't break

00:38:45.819 --> 00:38:46.279
 his body

00:38:46.279 --> 00:38:46.639
 and shed

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.079
 his blood

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:48.119
 for us to

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:48.519
 just be

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.439
 happy Christians

00:38:49.439 --> 00:38:49.879
 in our little

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:50.399
 happy Christian

00:38:50.399 --> 00:38:50.699
 world,

00:38:50.859 --> 00:38:51.079
 did he?

00:38:51.819 --> 00:38:52.179
 And if

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:52.739
 that's where

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:53.239
 you find

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:53.799
 yourself this

00:38:53.799 --> 00:38:54.079
 morning,

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.179
 I just pray

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.480
 that you'll

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:55.879
 repent,

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:57.220
 that you

00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:58.760
 will place

00:38:58.760 --> 00:38:59.180
 your faith

00:38:59.180 --> 00:38:59.539
 in him

00:38:59.539 --> 00:38:59.960
 again,

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.400
 that you

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:02.200
 will see

00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:02.460
 that his

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.960
 righteousness

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.500
 is your

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:03.920
 righteousness,

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:04.820
 and that

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.300
 you'll forget

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:05.800
 what lies

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:06.180
 behind,

00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:06.440
 and you'll

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:07.519
 strain toward

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:08.019
 what lies

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.880
 ahead.

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:09.840
 Take the

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:10.240
 elements

00:39:10.240 --> 00:39:10.800
 whenever you're

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:12.119
 ready to do

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.360
 so.

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:13.240
 But I just

00:39:13.240 --> 00:39:13.680
 ask that this

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:14.980
 be a serious

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:16.340
 time as

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:17.280
 Wes plays

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.660
 some music

00:39:17.660 --> 00:39:18.200
 for us,

00:39:18.200 --> 00:39:19.099
 and that you'll

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:20.500
 really reflect

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.579
 and see if

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:21.800
 you need to

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.260
 get anything

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:23.519
 sorted out.

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.260
 So let's

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:24.800
 pray together

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.380
 and we'll

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:26.019
 continue our

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.420
 worship with

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.519
 the

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.719
 Lord's

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:26.900
 Supper.

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.119
 Let's

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:57.099
 Thank you.