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 Open up God's Word to Acts. Acts chapter 12. Picking up on our study. So, as a lot of you are aware, I'm going to be married in a couple of weeks.

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 But in all seriousness, I'm feeling like the weight that a lot of you have experienced who are married.

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 And just preparing yourself, not just for the event, but for actual marriage.

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 And preparing yourself spiritually above all.

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 Feeling just the weight of this is a big deal and I have to come to God to work on me and to prepare me as best as I can be.

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 And I reached out to a friend of mine recently, Zach Watson, who lives in Dawsonville now.

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 But a guy who invested into me a lot of my early Christian life.

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 God's really given this guy just a talent and a gift to understand the Word and to teach the Word.

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 Just a man who loves Jesus.

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 And one of his, when he went to seminary, he exempted his first Greek course by translating the book of James.

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 Yeah, he's that kind of guy.

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 I hate people like that.

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 I feel like I, but, but I reached out to him just to say, hey.

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 And he just encouraged me like, man, as you're preparing to get married, like let that elevate your thoughts towards the heavenly marriage and the return of Christ.

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 And as you will be purifying yourself for our heavenly bridegroom one day.

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 For the marriage supper of the Lamb.

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 And allow that to like even be the driving force behind, like while you're preparing now.

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 And just really, really challenged me.

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 And to think about Christ returning and the end coming, there's some things that do have to happen first.

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 And one of those is that the gospel should be preached to all nations and then the end will come.

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 And with that in mind, I just want you to be aware that the end will not come easily.

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 That there are many people, many leaders, many nations who hate Christ, who hate the gospel.

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 And many obstacles that we as the church are going to have to wade through with our own blood, with our own sweat.

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 That many will die to bring the gospel to the nations.

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 And with that in mind, I want us just to keep that in our minds as we're reading today and as we're looking at Acts.

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 And just to throw some other stuff out there, like while you're listening, like look for yourself in the story.

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 Like that's a tip for listening to God's word.

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 Not just kind of waiting for the preacher to give you the application and you can kind of check out until then.

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 The application is going to come from text.

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 And you need to be able to pay attention and ask God and His Spirit to open your eyes.

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 And as if God was addressing you personally from His word, because He is.

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 And every time that you hear the word, you're accountable for what you hear.

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 So if you're just here to gain knowledge, then you need to ask God to change your heart,

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 because we're held to the standard of which we've attained in God's word.

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 So let's just read our text and then we'll dive into it.

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 It would be really awesome for me to turn there myself so I can do that.

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 All right.

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 All right.

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 Our text today is just going to be Acts 12.

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 We're going to start in verse 18 and go down through chapter 13 into verse 3.

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 Chapters and verses are not inspired by God.

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 Just the text is.

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 So we are going to just continue reading down a little bit.

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 But starting in verse 18, it said,

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 Now when the day came, there was no little disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

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 And after Herod searched for him and did not find him,

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 he examined the sentries in order that they should be put to death.

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 Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.

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 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon.

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 And they came to him with one accord.

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 And having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain,

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 they asked for peace because their country depended on the king's country for food.

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 And on an appointed day, Herod put on his royal robes,

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 took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them.

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 And the people were shouting, the voice of a God and not a man.

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 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down,

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 because he did not give God the glory.

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 And he was eaten by worms, and he breathed his last.

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 But the word of God increased and multiplied.

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 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had completed their service,

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 bringing with them John, whose other name was Mark.

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 Now there was in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers,

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 Barnabas, Simon, who was called Niger,

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 Lucius of Cyrene,

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 Manon, a lifelong friend of Herod the Tetrarch,

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 and Saul.

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 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting,

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 the Holy Spirit said,

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 Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

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 Then after fasting and praying,

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 they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

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 Let's join me in a word of prayer.

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 Father, I just ask that during this time,

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 your people would worship through the hearing of your word,

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 that you would have the desired effect on them,

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 and that it would carry them from this place to obedience,

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 to sacrifice,

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 and to laying down our lives for others for the sake of Christ.

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 And I pray that you would help me to communicate with clarity

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 and to not fear man,

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 but to only fear you.

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 God, we just offer at this time,

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 I pray it would be pleasing to you.

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 In Christ's name, amen.

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 So last week,

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 Daniel preached in the,

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 starting in the earlier part of chapter 12,

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 and this was basically the acts of Herod Agrippa.

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 There are several Herods in the New Testament.

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 This one is more or less the third main Herod,

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 Herod Agrippa.

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 And so he kind of went on a rampage,

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 and he sought to stop the advancement of the gospel in his territory.

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 Herod Agrippa was in some hot water with the Roman authorities.

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 He owed a lot of debt,

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 and he had just some chaos going on in his realm

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 that he had been given charge of.

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 And basically, he had to get his stuff together,

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 or he was going to feel the wrath of Caesar.

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 And in some ways,

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 he thought that the new sect of Christianity

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 was causing a lot of this problem

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 and causing threat to the stability of the region.

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 So, with that in mind,

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 I just want you to,

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 again, as we look through this,

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 just think about how

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 it just feels like

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 the whole world

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 is against us as believers.

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 Here in the West,

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 we've enjoyed a season of peace

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 where there hasn't been

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 that much hostility

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 as you might find

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 in some other parts of the world.

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 But I feel,

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 just as many of you might,

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 just if you've been looking at

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 our nation now,

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 and even just the crazy political situation,

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 that,

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 I mean,

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 things are,

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 you should just know,

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 like the Bible says,

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 things are not going to go our way.

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 They're not.

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 Our hope is not in America

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 or in our government.

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 Though we pray for them,

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 and at any moment,

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 God could,

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 if He wants to,

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 bring revival.

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 But we also just know

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 that it's just not going to go our way.

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 We know that it's going to get harder.

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 We know that it's going to be

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 increased secularization

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 and increased hostility to the truth.

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 And when that happens,

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 we've got to have enough fiber in our faith

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 and trust in our Lord

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 to press through that regardless

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 of like what comes.

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 And I feel like many of us

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 are just going to blow over

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 when this happens

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 because we've become so used to

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 comfort and ease in the West

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 and our Christianity

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 really isn't what's exhibited

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 in the Word of God

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 a lot of the time.

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 So we have to prepare ourselves

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 and I want this text

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 to be a means of that,

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 a means of encouragement to you.

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 And we're just going to do it

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 with just asking two questions

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 just about the text

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 and then applying that.

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 So again,

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 listen for yourself throughout this,

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 but what are,

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 the first one,

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 number one,

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 what are Herod's evil desires?

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 What are Herod's evil desires?

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 Like what are his intentions

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 in this,

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 in these chapters here?

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 Because they are pretty evident.

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 And you can see,

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 you can see this,

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 but I want you to jump back

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 just briefly to the beginning

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 of chapter 12

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 and look at verses 1 through 5.

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 Just the beginning of chapter 12.

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 This is what Daniel preached on last week.

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 It says,

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 about that time,

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 Herod the king laid violent hands

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 on some who belonged to the church.

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 He killed James,

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 the brother of John,

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 with the sword.

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 And when he saw

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 that it pleased the Jews,

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 he proceeded to arrest Peter also.

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 This was during the days

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 of unleavened bread.

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 And when he had seized him,

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 he put him in prison,

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 delivering him over

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 to four squads of soldiers

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 to guard him,

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 intending after the Passover

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 to bring him out to the people.

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 So Peter was kept in prison,

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 but earnest prayer for him

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 was made to God

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 by the church.

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 Alright, so in this,

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 you can see very clearly

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 Herod's evil desires.

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 One, just sort of very plain,

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 was that Herod desired

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 to contain or even eliminate

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 the expansion of the gospel.

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 He didn't want it going any further.

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 He said,

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 this has got to stop.

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 So he had never been a fan of Jesus,

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 never been a fan of believers.

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 And it says that he laid

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 violent hands on them.

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 It means like to render

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 an evil effect,

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 to inflict evil harm on someone.

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 This was his desire.

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 This will be the desire

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 of anyone that is hostile

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 towards the gospel

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 coming to their nations.

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 And then it says that they,

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 he not only did that,

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 but he kind of singled out

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 the leaders of the church.

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 He killed James,

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 the brother of John,

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 with the sword.

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 Kind of implying,

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 like under the law,

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 someone who preached

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 blasphemy was to be beheaded.

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 So more or less,

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 that's what his charge was,

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 but that's how he died.

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 And then on the other hand,

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 he arrested Peter

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 and threw Peter in prison,

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 more or less kind of saying

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 that I'm going to keep you

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 for something special.

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 You're going to be

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 the prized bird in my cage.

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 I'm going to bring out

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 for a special occasion

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 to humiliate you

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 and then show you

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 who's really the boss.

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 So he kind of held Peter

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 over to the side

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 as a prized captive

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 or a trophy of his power.

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 And Jesus had said to James

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 earlier in the gospel of Mark,

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 this cup that I drink,

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 you also will drink.

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 This idea that very soon,

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 like you will be charged

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 for the same crimes

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 which I'm being charged for,

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 and you're going to die.

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 And Jesus had told them,

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 remember the word

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 that I've said to you.

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 A servant is not greater

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 than his master.

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 If they persecute me,

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 they will persecute you.

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 If it's happening to our Lord,

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 then it's going to happen to us.

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 If we really are following him.

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 And Herod would be the first,

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 in a way,

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 of many kings,

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 emperors,

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 presidents,

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 chancellors,

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 who would seek to halt

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 the stop of the gospel

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 by trying to kill

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 the followers of Christ.

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 It's going to happen.

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 It's going to happen.

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 So,

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 but even underneath this,

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 underneath this,

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 this desire

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 to eliminate

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 or contain the church,

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 look at our text.

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 Very scary.

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 Verse 3 says,

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 when he saw

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 that it pleased

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 the Jews.

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 So,

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 underneath all of this

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 was a very sinister desire,

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 and that was

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 he wanted

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 the praise of men.

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 He wanted,

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 really,

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 which is fueled by

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 pride,

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 right?

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 He wanted the approval,

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 the praise of men.

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 It says,

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 when he saw

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 that it pleased the Jews.

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 So,

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 the ultimate source

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 of all these atrocious acts

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 is Herod's pride

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 underneath it all.

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 So,

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 I want you to

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 follow me here.

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 We're going to kind of

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 single out some things,

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 but let's just simply,

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 for the sake of

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 just understanding,

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 let's just define

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 pride

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 as an excessive

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 desire

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 for others

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 to see us

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 as impressive

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 or admirable.

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 An excessive

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 desire for others

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 to see us

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 as impressive

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 or admirable.

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 And so,

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 he wanted

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 the applause

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 of his subjects,

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 and he also

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 wanted the approval

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 of Rome

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 to,

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 you know,

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 that he's bringing

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 stability to his region.

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 And this was

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 his desire

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 very clearly

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 in our text.

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 And he sought

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 desperately

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 the praise of men.

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 That's why he kept

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 Peter on the sideline

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 because later on

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 he wanted to bring him

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 out to show

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 in front of all

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 the people

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 that he was

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 the man.

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 So,

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 don't get this wrong.

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 Like,

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 here his actions

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 are an overflow

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 of the evil heart

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 that he had,

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 not the other way around.

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 Alright,

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 that's what our Lord

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 said,

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 like,

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 out of the hearts

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 of men

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 come all kinds

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 of evil.

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 And he even

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 names,

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 like,

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 pride

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 among those things.

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 So,

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 we're not really

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 defined by that.

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 What's in here

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 is what comes out.

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 It's just

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 how it is.

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 That's our nature.

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 It's an overflow

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 of our heart.

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 And notice

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 that,

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 unlike Saul,

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 who earlier in Acts

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 was persecuting

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 the church

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 for religious zeal,

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 he was doing it

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 for just his own

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 pride and vanity.

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 So,

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 even unlike Saul

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 who had become Paul.

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 If you look

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 over to verse 20

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 in our text,

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 you see that

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 he has some

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 of the people

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 that are dependent

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 on him

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 coming and groveling

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 before him,

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 begging,

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 you know,

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 to get back

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 in his good graces

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 from Tyre and Sidon

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 because they

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 were dependent

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 on his food

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 supply.

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 And just,

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 you know,

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 come and beg,

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 come and grovel.

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 Let me show you

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 who's really

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 in control.

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 Let me show you

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 that you're going

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 to die

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 if I don't feed you.

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 And so,

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 that's what they're doing.

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 They sent these delegates

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 or whoever

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 to come to Herod

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 and to plead

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 with him

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 to like not cut off

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 their food supply.

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 these are like

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 little coastal cities

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 in Syria.

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 And so,

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 he'll do whatever

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 it takes

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 to feed that ego.

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 He'll do it

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 through killing believers.

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 He'll do it

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 through giving speeches.

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 And he'll do it

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 through,

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 you know,

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 showing that

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 I'm the one

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 who feeds you.

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 This is the hand

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 who feeds you.

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 So,

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 he has a desire

00:16:36.860 --> 00:16:37.480
 for power.

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 But then we go on

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 and we see

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 in verses 21

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 and 22,

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 that he just,

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 you know,

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 bit off the whole thing

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 and began to like

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 array himself

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 and pump.

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 And it's,

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 whatever it takes,

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 he's going to do it.

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 And he delivered

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 a speech

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 or an oration.

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 So,

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 back in this time,

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 just in ancient times

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 in general,

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 in Greco-Roman society,

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 like,

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 people who came to give

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 who were great orators,

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 they would,

00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:08.180
 it was a source

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 of entertainment.

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 Like if,

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 you know,

00:17:10.579 --> 00:17:11.099
 you could invite

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 somebody up here

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 and they could,

00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:15.279
 use very smooth speech

00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:16.380
 and persuade you

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 and control you,

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 you would get applause

00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:20.039
 for that.

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 And so,

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 whether he was good at it,

00:17:22.380 --> 00:17:22.859
 who knows,

00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:24.000
 but that's what he did.

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 And he delivered

00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:26.559
 this speech

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 and we see very clearly

00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:29.019
 in our text

00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:29.480
 that all the people

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 just cried out,

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 you know,

00:17:31.380 --> 00:17:32.079
 bravo,

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 like you are amazing,

00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:35.180
 you are the man.

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 And then they said,

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:38.599
 the voice of a god

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 and not a man.

00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:41.039
 Right?

00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:44.500
 Very scary words.

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 And so,

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 I want you to contrast,

00:17:48.639 --> 00:17:49.500
 contrast,

00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:51.019
 earlier in Acts

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.579
 when Peter

00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:53.419
 encounters Cornelius

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 and he,

00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:54.159
 like,

00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:55.559
 Cornelius falls to the ground

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.339
 to worship Peter

00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:57.500
 and Peter says,

00:17:57.859 --> 00:17:59.000
 get up,

00:17:59.199 --> 00:17:59.740
 stand up,

00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.679
 I'm a man

00:18:00.679 --> 00:18:01.419
 just like you,

00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:02.299
 I'm not a god.

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:04.240
 In contrast,

00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:05.659
 later on with Paul

00:18:05.659 --> 00:18:07.599
 when people try to

00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:08.519
 identify him

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.619
 as the god of Hermes

00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:10.779
 and he again

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.579
 pushes that off

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 and says,

00:18:11.879 --> 00:18:12.399
 I'm a man,

00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:12.599
 like,

00:18:12.639 --> 00:18:13.299
 get away from me.

00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:14.299
 Do not call me

00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:15.980
 anything supernatural.

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.220
 So,

00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:17.839
 the difference

00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:19.079
 is Herod is like

00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:20.639
 craving this,

00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:21.299
 loves it.

00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:21.720
 Yes,

00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.740
 call me a god.

00:18:23.639 --> 00:18:23.960
 Right?

00:18:24.879 --> 00:18:25.319
 And,

00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.839
 people who

00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:28.200
 crave the praise

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.720
 of man,

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:31.019
 Christ is always

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.720
 going to be

00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.980
 a thorn in their side

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:34.140
 because,

00:18:35.100 --> 00:18:35.680
 he said,

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.880
 how can you believe

00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:38.759
 you who receive glory

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.620
 from one another

00:18:39.620 --> 00:18:40.559
 and do not seek

00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:41.700
 the glory that comes

00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:42.900
 from the only God?

00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:43.259
 Like,

00:18:43.600 --> 00:18:44.860
 how can you just receive

00:18:44.860 --> 00:18:45.960
 the praise of man

00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:47.319
 and not,

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:47.680
 like,

00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.680
 that's why you won't

00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.279
 come to me

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:51.100
 because you love

00:18:51.100 --> 00:18:52.160
 the praise of others

00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:54.100
 and you reject

00:18:54.100 --> 00:18:55.299
 the praise of man.

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:56.799
 If you have

00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:58.279
 real faith in Christ,

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.880
 your desire will be

00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:00.980
 to exalt him,

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.620
 to take attention

00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:02.479
 off of yourself

00:19:02.479 --> 00:19:04.039
 and put it on him.

00:19:05.419 --> 00:19:06.459
 A long time ago,

00:19:07.459 --> 00:19:09.879
 maybe in the 70s,

00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:11.199
 doesn't matter,

00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:11.839
 but,

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:12.739
 if you go down

00:19:12.739 --> 00:19:13.319
 to my study,

00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:14.000
 you'll see a picture

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.639
 of a guy that has

00:19:14.639 --> 00:19:15.459
 like a nice,

00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:15.759
 like,

00:19:15.879 --> 00:19:17.179
 fro and a beard

00:19:17.179 --> 00:19:17.779
 and,

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:19.819
 his name was Keith Green.

00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:20.500
 He was one of my,

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.740
 definitely one of my heroes.

00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:23.859
 We sang one of his songs

00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.519
 a while back,

00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:26.460
 There Is a Redeemer,

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.000
 I think the name,

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.079
 and,

00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:29.339
 but he was

00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:31.680
 a man just radically

00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:32.899
 changed by Christ

00:19:32.899 --> 00:19:33.539
 back in the,

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:35.319
 the hippie movement,

00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:36.599
 the Jesus freak movement,

00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:37.319
 and,

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:39.199
 he immediately just like

00:19:39.199 --> 00:19:40.079
 turned into like

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.599
 the,

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:42.059
 one of the most like

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:44.079
 on fire evangelists

00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:44.480
 I've ever,

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.359
 ever seen.

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:47.419
 But he was a musician.

00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:48.399
 He played the piano

00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:49.539
 and he was a songwriter

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:51.759
 and he was the,

00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.419
 one of the first

00:19:52.419 --> 00:19:53.279
 Christian musicians

00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:54.079
 to kind of come out

00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:54.500
 and say,

00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:56.000
 I don't want to charge

00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.980
 people for my music

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:58.960
 because if,

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.960
 I don't want to like,

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:01.019
 I don't want money

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.839
 to be a barrier

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.799
 to ministry

00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:04.079
 and to the gospel.

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:04.839
 And,

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.519
 I go on and on about him,

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.079
 but anyways,

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.900
 my uncle,

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:10.359
 Scott,

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.839
 he actually heard

00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:12.720
 Keith Green play

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.640
 like back in the day

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 and I was like,

00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.279
 really?

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 So he told me a story,

00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:16.140
 he said,

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.400
 yeah,

00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:16.779
 like,

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:19.099
 Keith came out

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.839
 on the stage

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 and people were just like

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 going crazy,

00:20:23.660 --> 00:20:24.480
 like applauding him,

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 and like shouting his name

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 and he just like sat down

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:29.519
 at the piano,

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 his head low

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 and like everyone's out here

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:34.079
 just cheering

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 and Scott said that

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 when everyone finished,

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:38.059
 he like grabbed

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.779
 a little microphone

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.339
 and pulled it down

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 and he says,

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:41.740
 God despises

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.900
 the praise of man.

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 Like,

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:50.819
 let your,

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:52.500
 the Christian music

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.220
 that you listen to

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:54.380
 kind of be judged by that.

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:56.240
 It's just turning to a circus

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:57.180
 in a lot of ways,

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.700
 but like,

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:59.940
 don't crave the praise

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.480
 of man

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 at all.

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.640
 He would like go ballistic

00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:04.160
 on people.

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 That wasn't the only occasion

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:05.400
 who,

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.880
 who like gave him great,

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.440
 you know,

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:09.099
 praise and stuff.

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 But,

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:11.200
 so very clearly

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:13.299
 in our text,

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 we see

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 that

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:16.960
 two evil desires

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.559
 that are kind of

00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:18.299
 pushing Herod

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.059
 to do these things

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.680
 that he has

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:21.759
 coming from his evil heart.

00:21:22.340 --> 00:21:23.620
 He wants to contain

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.840
 or eliminate the gospel

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 and the spreading of it

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 and he really just wants

00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:28.700
 to fuel his own pride,

00:21:29.320 --> 00:21:30.120
 his own vanity

00:21:30.120 --> 00:21:31.100
 and he wants to seek

00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:32.220
 the praise of men

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 above the,

00:21:35.100 --> 00:21:36.840
 above praising God himself.

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 So,

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:38.659
 kind of like

00:21:38.659 --> 00:21:39.659
 the height of this,

00:21:40.419 --> 00:21:41.419
 the height of this,

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:41.659
 he,

00:21:41.699 --> 00:21:41.939
 uh,

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:43.000
 raised himself

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:44.959
 in God-like pomp,

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:46.079
 puts on his royal

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:47.439
 robes

00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:49.220
 and he thinks

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 that he is the man.

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 Like,

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 this is,

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 this is it,

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.459
 right?

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.720
 And you see

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.399
 that God

00:21:54.399 --> 00:21:56.379
 has his own plans

00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:56.939
 for Herod

00:21:56.939 --> 00:21:58.399
 and his schemes.

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 So,

00:21:59.740 --> 00:21:59.940
 listen,

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.680
 lives that are driven

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:03.160
 by pride

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:04.100
 and by vanity

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:05.140
 and by the approval

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:05.840
 of others

00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:07.700
 is in opposition

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.320
 to God.

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:09.680
 Okay?

00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.600
 It just is.

00:22:11.780 --> 00:22:12.300
 So,

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:15.180
 Herod is talking

00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:16.560
 some serious trash

00:22:16.560 --> 00:22:18.680
 to his Creator.

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.300
 So,

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.820
 what does God do?

00:22:22.320 --> 00:22:23.759
 What is God's response?

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 This goes to our

00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:26.500
 second question.

00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:29.460
 How does God

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.980
 thwart

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:32.560
 Herod's evil desires?

00:22:33.820 --> 00:22:35.360
 Or how does he dismantle?

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.000
 Or how does he,

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.280
 uh,

00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:36.940
 you know,

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.820
 um,

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.440
 tear apart

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.680
 Herod's evil desires?

00:22:40.860 --> 00:22:41.680
 And we see this,

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.680
 um,

00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:44.040
 first,

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 and we're going to,

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.360
 like,

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.300
 correspond to all these

00:22:46.300 --> 00:22:46.860
 little things

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.800
 that I just mentioned.

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.200
 But if you,

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:50.320
 I just want you to stop

00:22:50.320 --> 00:22:51.080
 and just think about this

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:52.080
 before we do it.

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.240
 Um,

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.519
 I want to encourage you

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.080
 that

00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:57.900
 in this,

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.480
 this day

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:58.680
 when,

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:58.860
 like,

00:22:58.860 --> 00:22:59.960
 everything seems to be

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:01.280
 going horribly wrong

00:23:01.280 --> 00:23:02.840
 in the church,

00:23:03.040 --> 00:23:03.500
 um,

00:23:04.040 --> 00:23:05.019
 not just here,

00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:05.720
 but worldwide,

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.120
 when,

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:07.280
 when so much is,

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.740
 at least here in the West,

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.300
 you see people

00:23:09.300 --> 00:23:10.680
 sacrificing the truth

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:12.440
 for the praise of man

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.440
 to gather crowds

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.200
 to be cool.

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.540
 And over,

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.180
 and abroad,

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.580
 you see,

00:23:16.800 --> 00:23:16.840
 like,

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:18.040
 death and persecution.

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:20.000
 So much is,

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.640
 is happening.

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.720
 But I just want to

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:23.100
 encourage you

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:25.040
 that God

00:23:25.040 --> 00:23:26.540
 still reigns.

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:30.360
 I want to assure you

00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:32.120
 that God

00:23:32.120 --> 00:23:33.480
 is not subject

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:36.180
 to man's sinful desires

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:37.440
 and man's sinful schemes.

00:23:38.280 --> 00:23:39.140
 He is not.

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.940
 He holds

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:42.100
 the life breath

00:23:42.100 --> 00:23:43.120
 of every living thing

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.700
 in His hand.

00:23:43.780 --> 00:23:44.960
 He is not threatened

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:46.080
 by any of this.

00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:48.199
 So Herod proudly

00:23:48.199 --> 00:23:48.659
 sought

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:50.199
 all this stuff

00:23:50.199 --> 00:23:51.099
 by plotting

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:52.079
 and by cunning

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:53.859
 to have this place

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.319
 of honor,

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.579
 right?

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:57.019
 And it's,

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:58.299
 it's scary

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.859
 because if you're

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.399
 really careful,

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.139
 you can see

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:01.659
 this sort of stuff

00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:02.559
 in our own lives,

00:24:02.679 --> 00:24:03.220
 right?

00:24:03.939 --> 00:24:04.480
 But,

00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:05.539
 what I want to

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:07.419
 encourage you with

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:08.980
 is that

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:12.299
 wicked men

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.139
 do not

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:14.480
 thwart God's plan.

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.240
 He thwarts

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.019
 their plan.

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:18.159
 It says in Psalm

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:19.220
 146

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.639
 that He thwarts

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.319
 the way

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:22.019
 of the wicked.

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.220
 They fall

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.399
 into their own traps.

00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:27.240
 Job wrote,

00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:29.039
 He frustrates

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.720
 the devices

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.639
 of the crafty

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:32.539
 so that their hands

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.899
 achieve no success.

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.759
 He catches the wise

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.980
 in their own craftiness

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:38.299
 and the schemes

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:38.980
 of the wily

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.519
 are brought

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.699
 to a quick end.

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:43.099
 Be encouraged

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.759
 by that.

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.579
 And if Herod

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:47.439
 had just read

00:24:47.439 --> 00:24:48.199
 the scripture

00:24:48.199 --> 00:24:48.859
 that he had

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.619
 at his disposal,

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.039
 he could have read

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:52.379
 the words of Solomon,

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:53.919
 and he could have

00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:54.379
 seen this,

00:24:54.439 --> 00:24:55.720
 the Lord tears down

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.339
 the house

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.980
 of the proud.

00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:00.019
 Pride goes

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:01.019
 before destruction

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:02.679
 and a haughty

00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:03.919
 spirit before the fall.

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:05.660
 why is God

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.320
 opposed

00:25:06.320 --> 00:25:07.480
 to people

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.160
 who are proud?

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.120
 There's a lot

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.380
 of ways

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:11.000
 to answer that,

00:25:11.060 --> 00:25:11.420
 but if I had

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.100
 just one stat

00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:12.759
 that I would say

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:14.240
 because we have

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.100
 nothing to be proud

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:15.460
 about,

00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:17.000
 we have nothing

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.960
 in and of ourselves

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:19.200
 to which we can brag

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.980
 or boast about.

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.099
 any good

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.799
 that is in me

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.420
 or in you

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.240
 or anyone else

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.099
 has only come

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.779
 by the grace

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.200
 of God.

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.420
 And so how can

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:26.960
 you boast

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.599
 about something

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.440
 that you were

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.779
 given

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:30.519
 by somebody else?

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.740
 It's a,

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:33.980
 for sinful,

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.559
 broken,

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.339
 corrupt man

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.880
 to say

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.360
 that like,

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.140
 I am worthy

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.819
 of praise

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:39.500
 when he received

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.360
 everything he did

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:41.559
 from God himself,

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:42.700
 it's,

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:45.039
 it's blasphemous.

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.759
 Only God,

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.839
 because God

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.419
 is perfect,

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.299
 God is pure,

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.319
 God is holy,

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:52.459
 only he is worthy

00:25:52.459 --> 00:25:53.079
 of that kind

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.519
 of praise,

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.439
 so it's not wrong

00:25:54.439 --> 00:25:55.279
 for him to ask

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.679
 for it.

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.419
 A long time ago,

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.099
 Jonathan Edwards

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.519
 said,

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.379
 it is right

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:01.359
 for us to give

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:03.059
 glory to someone

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:04.699
 in proportion

00:26:04.699 --> 00:26:05.959
 to that person's

00:26:05.959 --> 00:26:06.419
 excellence.

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.500
 True?

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:10.399
 God has infinite

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:11.279
 excellence though,

00:26:11.699 --> 00:26:12.599
 so he is worthy

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:14.000
 of infinite glory.

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.699
 And only then,

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:15.959
 right,

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:17.000
 only then can we

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.819
 actually be

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.579
 made right with

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:18.779
 God,

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.179
 if we lay

00:26:19.179 --> 00:26:19.879
 our pride

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.859
 aside.

00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:22.500
 We have nothing

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.059
 to be proud

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:24.439
 about at all.

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:26.059
 The wicked,

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.960
 the pride,

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.079
 the vanity

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.700
 of Herod

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.879
 puts him

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.859
 on a collision

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:32.220
 course with

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.579
 God.

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.240
 Alright?

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:34.700
 Puts him

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.279
 on a collision

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.579
 course with

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:36.919
 God.

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.159
 So,

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:39.460
 as we talk

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.079
 about this,

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.439
 I want you

00:26:40.439 --> 00:26:41.019
 to just see

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.799
 three things

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:43.500
 that God

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.000
 does

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:45.659
 just to

00:26:45.659 --> 00:26:46.539
 dismantle

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.539
 or thwart

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:47.940
 Herod's

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.339
 plans.

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:49.940
 So,

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.480
 first,

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.759
 if you

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.200
 remember,

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.700
 he was

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.139
 persecuting

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.480
 the church

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.720
 and he

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.159
 arrested

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.599
 Peter.

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:58.019
 I want you

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.460
 to look at

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.119
 verse 18

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.579
 or 19.

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:08.119
 it says,

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.939
 And when

00:27:08.939 --> 00:27:09.219
 the day

00:27:09.219 --> 00:27:09.619
 came,

00:27:09.719 --> 00:27:09.959
 there was

00:27:09.959 --> 00:27:10.299
 no little

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.779
 disturbance

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.219
 among the

00:27:11.219 --> 00:27:11.619
 soldiers

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.139
 over what

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.500
 had become

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:12.879
 of Peter.

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:13.959
 And after

00:27:13.959 --> 00:27:14.559
 Herod searched

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:14.939
 for him

00:27:14.939 --> 00:27:15.359
 and did not

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:15.839
 find him,

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.339
 he examined

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:16.919
 the sentries

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.319
 in order

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:17.659
 that they

00:27:17.659 --> 00:27:17.919
 should be

00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:18.479
 put to

00:27:18.479 --> 00:27:18.839
 death.

00:27:19.659 --> 00:27:19.899
 And then

00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.139
 he went

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.479
 down to

00:27:20.479 --> 00:27:21.139
 Judea and

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:21.539
 Caesarea

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.179
 and spent

00:27:22.179 --> 00:27:22.759
 time there.

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:22.799
 Peter.

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.859
 So,

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.519
 what's

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.200
 happened is,

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.920
 like God,

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.779
 with no

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.259
 problem at

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.579
 all,

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.299
 releases

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:30.420
 Peter from

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.779
 prison.

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.099
 That's what

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.640
 Daniel preached

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:32.099
 on last

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.359
 night.

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.779
 Go back

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.859
 and listen

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.220
 to that

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.579
 or go back

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:34.900
 and read

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.400
 this chapter.

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.920
 But God

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:38.640
 just miraculously

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:40.259
 just set

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.879
 Peter free.

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.099
 The angel of

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.379
 the Lord

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:43.359
 came and

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.319
 set him

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.599
 free.

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.539
 They like

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.099
 slipped past

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.720
 the guards.

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.859
 They went

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:49.000
 out the door

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.500
 and into the

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.759
 city.

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.379
 And Herod

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.819
 was so

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.339
 angry that

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:52.680
 he just

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.879
 like ordered

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.579
 all the guards

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:54.940
 to be put

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.379
 to death.

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:56.960
 Word can't

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.539
 get out of

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:57.759
 this,

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.279
 so you

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.700
 have to

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.019
 die.

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.420
 Again,

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.039
 defeat his

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:01.420
 own ego

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.200
 and pride.

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.500
 So,

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:05.579
 I want you

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:06.000
 to hear this

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.200
 too,

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.460
 though,

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:06.940
 just a

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.140
 little

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:08.220
 connection.

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.660
 Why didn't

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:09.980
 God do

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.359
 that for

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:10.779
 James?

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.079
 Why did

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.819
 James die

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:14.240
 and not

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.519
 Peter?

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.619
 I don't

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.000
 have the

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.440
 answer to

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.720
 that.

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.019
 But I

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.500
 can tell

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.740
 you that

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.220
 by this

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.559
 act,

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.819
 James

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.220
 dying

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.779
 does not

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.539
 mean that

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.180
 God couldn't

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.839
 deliver him

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.720
 and chose

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.220
 not to.

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.160
 Some

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.920
 people bear

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.519
 witness to

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.000
 the gospel

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.839
 through death

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.960
 and others

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.480
 bear witness

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.099
 to the gospel

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.799
 through life.

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:36.059
 And so,

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.700
 God dismantled

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.319
 this and

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.920
 took away

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.579
 his prized

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.180
 prisoner from

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.579
 right under

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.079
 his nose.

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.779
 It's

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.160
 awesome.

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.339
 So,

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.099
 to God,

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.740
 like Herod's

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.240
 schemes are

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.720
 laughable.

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.779
 Psalm 1

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.180
 says that

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.480
 he who

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:49.860
 sits in

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.220
 the heavens

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.000
 laughs at

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.480
 the schemes

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.980
 of men.

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:52.940
 So,

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.299
 the score

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.920
 so far

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.420
 is God

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.740
 won,

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.079
 Herod's

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.400
 zero.

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.500
 Look down

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.240
 to verse

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.880
 21 and

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.319
 23.

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:00.839
 We see

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.420
 that he,

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.319
 at the

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.900
 apex of

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.440
 all this,

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.460
 he kind

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.960
 of raised

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.680
 himself with

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.059
 all the

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.920
 prompt and

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.380
 gives the

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.099
 speech.

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.980
 It's the

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.500
 moment he's

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.059
 worked for,

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.579
 and just

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.019
 when all

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.519
 eyes are

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.019
 on him,

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.279
 just when

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.759
 all eyes

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.099
 are on

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.380
 him,

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:16.240
 that's

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.600
 when God

00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.120
 shows to

00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.600
 reveal to

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:18.880
 Herod that

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.600
 he is not,

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.020
 there is only

00:29:20.020 --> 00:29:20.720
 one God,

00:29:20.760 --> 00:29:21.060
 and he is

00:29:21.060 --> 00:29:21.540
 not it.

00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:23.120
 Ends his

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.540
 life.

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:24.740
 So,

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.360
 the score is

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:26.020
 now game

00:29:26.020 --> 00:29:26.280
 over,

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.920
 God wins.

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.440
 So,

00:29:27.760 --> 00:29:28.180
 the other

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.540
 way is that

00:29:29.540 --> 00:29:29.940
 he thwarts

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.560
 this plan is

00:29:30.560 --> 00:29:30.840
 he just

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:31.600
 kills Herod,

00:29:32.520 --> 00:29:33.000
 takes his

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.400
 life,

00:29:34.540 --> 00:29:35.220
 takes his

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.500
 life.

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:36.020
 His angel,

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.500
 the Lord,

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.120
 struck him

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:37.360
 down.

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.660
 I like the

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.120
 old language,

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:38.880
 the Lord

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.620
 smote him,

00:29:39.760 --> 00:29:40.100
 I like that,

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.960
 the smote.

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:43.980
 So,

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.759
 amazingly

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.279
 enough,

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:46.039
 I'll spare

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.240
 you,

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:47.600
 but just

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:47.920
 so you

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.299
 know,

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:50.299
 the ancient

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.779
 Jewish

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.600
 historian in

00:29:51.600 --> 00:29:51.940
 the first

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:53.940
 century A.D.,

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.500
 Josephus

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.180
 Flevius,

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.980
 he wrote an

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.400
 account of

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.720
 this,

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.059
 and it's

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.519
 pretty much

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.960
 what Luke

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.319
 says.

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.240
 Luke gives

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.460
 you the

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.100
 short version,

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.759
 Josephus

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.400
 elaborates a

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:03.740
 little bit,

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.039
 and makes

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.559
 it very

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.059
 dramatic.

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.340
 It says

00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:06.620
 that right

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.259
 after Herod

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.720
 made this

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.059
 speech,

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:08.500
 that he saw

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.840
 like an

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.759
 owl fly in,

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.759
 and he

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.420
 just like saw

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.559
 it,

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:11.819
 and like

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.140
 to a lot

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.599
 of cultures,

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.140
 owls are

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.740
 bad omens,

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.740
 and the

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.099
 people were

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.680
 praising him,

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.160
 saying he's

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.680
 a god,

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:18.099
 and he

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.920
 just falls

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.539
 and he dies

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.039
 with something

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.539
 going on in

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.940
 his stomach,

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.019
 you know,

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.660
 the worms,

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.220
 eaten by

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.720
 worms,

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.700
 very dramatic,

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:28.359
 and so,

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.960
 we see at

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.799
 this point that

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.839
 God has said

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.299
 to Herod,

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.920
 enough,

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.259
 like I've

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.779
 allowed you

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.559
 to live and

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.039
 blaspheme

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.640
 my name,

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.299
 enough,

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.379
 and some

00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:39.839
 of these

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:42.119
 people standing

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:42.799
 by would

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.119
 have clearly

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:43.539
 seen that

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.079
 their praise

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.579
 was wrong,

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.559
 right?

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.240
 So,

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.179
 why death,

00:30:48.459 --> 00:30:48.659
 right?

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.699
 Why is death,

00:30:50.459 --> 00:30:50.899
 what is the

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:51.759
 theology behind

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.220
 death,

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.759
 okay?

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:54.099
 There is a

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.799
 theology behind

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.139
 death.

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.980
 Death was a

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.500
 part of the

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.799
 judgment of

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.279
 God on

00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:00.459
 people who

00:31:00.459 --> 00:31:01.099
 have rebelled

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.699
 against him,

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.319
 who have

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.959
 sinned against

00:31:03.959 --> 00:31:04.199
 him,

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.539
 who said,

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.059
 you are not

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.500
 worthy,

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.599
 so we're

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.000
 going to live

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.419
 the way that

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:08.119
 we want to,

00:31:08.179 --> 00:31:08.699
 and all of us

00:31:08.699 --> 00:31:09.000
 have done

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.299
 that.

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.740
 All of us

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.019
 have done

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.299
 that.

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:12.919
 So,

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.240
 I want you

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.459
 to hear

00:31:13.459 --> 00:31:13.699
 this,

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:13.959
 though.

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:15.399
 This is

00:31:15.399 --> 00:31:16.099
 Don Carson.

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.299
 He said,

00:31:19.199 --> 00:31:19.639
 the modern

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:21.299
 mood is

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.819
 to live as

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.299
 if death

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.939
 was not

00:31:22.939 --> 00:31:23.519
 waiting for

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:23.899
 us in the

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:24.179
 end.

00:31:24.939 --> 00:31:25.240
 We just

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.599
 kind of go

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.000
 on about

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.319
 like it's

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.579
 not going

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.000
 to happen,

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.779
 hoping it

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.279
 won't happen,

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.619
 but then he

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:30.899
 says,

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.339
 but why

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.799
 death?

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.000
 And listen

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.419
 to this,

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.119
 death is

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.659
 God's

00:31:35.659 --> 00:31:37.019
 limit on

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.559
 creatures

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.539
 whose

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.259
 sin is

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.879
 they want

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.299
 to be

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.720
 gods.

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.819
 Death

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.519
 is God's

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.119
 limit on

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.519
 creatures

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.159
 whose sin

00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:45.599
 is they

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.139
 want to

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:46.700
 be gods.

00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:47.940
 So,

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.440
 it's God's

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.059
 ultimate way

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.480
 of saying

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.859
 like,

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.119
 do you

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.539
 think you're

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.039
 like me?

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:52.919
 Well,

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.359
 let me show

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:53.619
 you how

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.079
 you're not.

00:31:54.179 --> 00:31:54.440
 You're going

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:55.059
 to die

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.679
 because I

00:31:55.679 --> 00:31:55.960
 am the

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.259
 only

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.879
 immortal,

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.940
 invisible

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:59.179
 God

00:31:59.179 --> 00:31:59.980
 who was

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.419
 and is

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:01.299
 to come.

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.279
 Death

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.779
 shows us

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.079
 that.

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.279
 And he

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.519
 says,

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:05.919
 the soul

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:06.539
 who sins

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.460
 will die.

00:32:08.699 --> 00:32:09.379
 And because

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.720
 of sin,

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.099
 we all

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.460
 will die.

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.119
 Because of

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.439
 Christ,

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.720
 though,

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:12.659
 we can

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:13.359
 have life

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:14.779
 and life

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.319
 eternal

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.059
 in him,

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.139
 but we

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:17.579
 still will

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:18.099
 face a

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.379
 judgment

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:18.879
 because of

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.139
 sin.

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.099
 So,

00:32:20.179 --> 00:32:20.500
 the moral

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.740
 of the

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.179
 story is,

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.379
 if you

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:21.939
 stand against

00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:22.460
 God and

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:23.019
 his purposes,

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:23.419
 you're going

00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:24.019
 to go down.

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.699
 There's no

00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:25.899
 way to

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.819
 stop what

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.119
 he has

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.519
 planned.

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:28.899
 That is

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.220
 the moral

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.500
 of this

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.859
 story.

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.460
 If we

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.159
 oppose God,

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.500
 you will

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.859
 lose.

00:32:31.939 --> 00:32:32.119
 And not

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.539
 just lose a

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:32.919
 little bit,

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.759
 lose massively.

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:35.419
 for eternity.

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:36.980
 So,

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:39.539
 he frees

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:39.980
 Peter.

00:32:40.919 --> 00:32:42.099
 He kills

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.439
 Herod.

00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:43.699
 And then,

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.199
 what's the

00:32:44.199 --> 00:32:44.659
 third thing

00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:44.980
 that God

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.339
 does?

00:32:45.939 --> 00:32:46.779
 He spreads

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.339
 the gospel.

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.720
 Look at

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.399
 verse 24.

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.220
 The very

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.740
 thing that

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.240
 Herod was

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.779
 hoping wouldn't

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.099
 happen,

00:32:51.199 --> 00:32:51.519
 he's like,

00:32:51.699 --> 00:32:53.159
 just get

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.419
 out of my

00:32:53.419 --> 00:32:53.679
 way.

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.199
 This is

00:32:54.199 --> 00:32:54.419
 going to

00:32:54.419 --> 00:32:54.720
 happen.

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.199
 But the

00:32:56.199 --> 00:32:56.539
 word of

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.720
 God

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.399
 increased

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:57.819
 and

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.299
 multiplied.

00:32:59.659 --> 00:32:59.960
 So,

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.199
 again,

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:03.580
 God made

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.059
 the fame

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.480
 and glory

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.019
 of Christ

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.460
 spread,

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.420
 not the

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.779
 fame and

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.420
 glory of

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.740
 Herod

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.120
 spread.

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.120
 So,

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.259
 salvation

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.000
 is going

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.360
 to come

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.620
 to the

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.019
 nations.

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.360
 And like

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:13.920
 Jesus said,

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.140
 it's going

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.460
 to start

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.580
 here in

00:33:15.580 --> 00:33:16.039
 Judea,

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.360
 and it's

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:16.519
 going to

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.019
 spread out.

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.299
 It's just

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.519
 going to

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.039
 go out.

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.600
 And to

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:20.080
 all the

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:20.500
 nations

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.360
 are reached.

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.519
 And the

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.180
 whole number

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.440
 of the

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.840
 church

00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:25.160
 is brought

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.480
 in.

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.620
 It's going

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.080
 to happen.

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.799
 So,

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.200
 don't stand

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.559
 in God's

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:28.759
 way.

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.299
 Get behind

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.480
 Him.

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:29.660
 And if

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:29.960
 this is

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.299
 God's

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.700
 purpose,

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.759
 you have

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.259
 nothing to

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.460
 lose.

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:32.660
 Like,

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:32.819
 throw

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.180
 yourself

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.720
 into that

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.279
 recklessly

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.680
 even.

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.559
 Who cares

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.880
 what it

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.319
 costs you?

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.380
 This is

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:38.700
 God's

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.039
 purpose.

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.640
 And we

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:41.019
 go on

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.339
 and see

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:41.599
 this,

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.160
 in this,

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.920
 just without

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.839
 getting in

00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:44.099
 it too

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.420
 much,

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.759
 we see

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.380
 the church

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.920
 that had

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.279
 started

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:47.059
 in Antioch,

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.339
 and we

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:48.900
 see that,

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.400
 you know,

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.380
 who is

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.120
 Paul and

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.960
 Barnabas and

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.400
 some others

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.860
 kind of all

00:33:52.860 --> 00:33:53.500
 coming together

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.920
 there.

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.980
 But a

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.640
 really interesting

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.079
 one that

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:56.860
 stands out

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:58.480
 is that,

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.360
 you see,

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:01.039
 verses this,

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.839
 it's verse

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:03.059
 one,

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.640
 you see

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:04.839
 Manan,

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.420
 a lifelong

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.099
 friend of

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.420
 Herod,

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.579
 the Tetrarch.

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.440
 So this

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.960
 guy who

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.280
 was a

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.760
 leader of

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.059
 the church

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.840
 of Antioch

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:13.380
 grew up

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:14.860
 with the

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.619
 same Herod

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.760
 who killed

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:17.139
 John the

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.440
 Baptist,

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.039
 the same

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.559
 Herod who

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:18.920
 stood at

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.300
 the trial

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.800
 of Jesus,

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.079
 the same

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.559
 guy he

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.039
 grew up

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.240
 with,

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.460
 and now

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.880
 he is a

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.380
 leader of

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.880
 the church

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.559
 in Antioch,

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.599
 so just

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.119
 go figure.

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.400
 And so

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:28.859
 they began

00:34:28.859 --> 00:34:30.019
 to commission

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.559
 and send

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.159
 out Paul

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.839
 and Barnabas

00:34:31.839 --> 00:34:32.359
 to go on

00:34:32.359 --> 00:34:32.779
 what we

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.339
 might call

00:34:33.339 --> 00:34:34.380
 Paul's

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:34.779
 first

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.219
 missionary

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.719
 journey,

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:36.880
 and he

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.179
 begins

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.619
 taking the

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.279
 gospel out

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:38.579
 to the

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.239
 Gentiles.

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:41.019
 Most of

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.359
 us are

00:34:41.359 --> 00:34:41.880
 Gentiles,

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.259
 this is where

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.739
 it started,

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.299
 just kind of

00:34:43.299 --> 00:34:43.880
 going out.

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:45.900
 So God

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.559
 exploded

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.659
 the cause

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.199
 of Christ

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.759
 because of

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.400
 this little

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.619
 incident,

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.359
 right,

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.659
 that was

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.400
 nothing for

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.779
 him to

00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:53.259
 overcome

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:54.560
 at all.

00:34:55.560 --> 00:34:56.040
 So,

00:34:56.720 --> 00:34:57.720
 in conclusion,

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.180
 I want us

00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:00.600
 just to

00:35:00.600 --> 00:35:01.900
 think about

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.220
 a couple

00:35:02.220 --> 00:35:02.760
 of things.

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:05.020
 One is,

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.500
 very clearly,

00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:06.920
 if you've

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.400
 been listening

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.900
 to the

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.300
 text,

00:35:09.160 --> 00:35:09.840
 that we

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.080
 need to

00:35:10.080 --> 00:35:10.780
 beware of

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.340
 pride in

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:11.720
 our own

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:12.180
 lives.

00:35:14.620 --> 00:35:15.100
 Don't

00:35:15.100 --> 00:35:15.460
 be too

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.940
 swept to

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.180
 Judge

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:16.560
 Herod.

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:18.400
 Pride is

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.680
 not a

00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:20.640
 small matter

00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:21.860
 to God

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.280
 at all.

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:26.000
 I'll just

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.880
 go back

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.100
 to the

00:35:27.100 --> 00:35:27.500
 definition.

00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:28.100
 Pride is

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:28.720
 an excessive

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:30.720
 desire for

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.220
 people to

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:31.840
 see us

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:33.300
 as admirable

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.720
 or

00:35:33.720 --> 00:35:35.500
 impressionable.

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.940
 So,

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:37.680
 I want you

00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:37.980
 to also

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.660
 know that

00:35:38.660 --> 00:35:39.600
 insecurity

00:35:39.600 --> 00:35:40.160
 that we

00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:40.720
 all have

00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:41.840
 is like

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.280
 connected

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:43.080
 to pride.

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.520
 Pride is

00:35:44.520 --> 00:35:44.980
 this hope

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.320
 that they

00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:45.660
 will see

00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:46.020
 us as

00:35:46.020 --> 00:35:46.400
 great

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.140
 and

00:35:47.140 --> 00:35:47.500
 admirable.

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.180
 Insecurity

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:49.340
 is that

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.980
 instead of

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.640
 them seeing

00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:50.980
 that,

00:35:51.080 --> 00:35:51.600
 they see

00:35:51.600 --> 00:35:52.460
 that we're

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.080
 not perfect,

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.440
 that they

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.840
 see our

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.719
 imperfections,

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:55.000
 that they

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.340
 see our

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:55.819
 flaws,

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:56.619
 that we

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.159
 can't live

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:58.239
 up to

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:58.719
 who God

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:59.039
 is.

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.480
 And we

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.340
 all have

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:01.900
 that problem.

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.719
 I don't

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.039
 care who

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.380
 you are.

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.900
 Some deal

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.179
 with it

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.659
 more than

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.039
 others,

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.259
 but we

00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:06.699
 all have

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:06.840
 it.

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.179
 So,

00:36:08.299 --> 00:36:08.559
 what is

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.039
 that one

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.519
 thing that

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.019
 you're afraid

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.819
 of that

00:36:10.819 --> 00:36:12.079
 you want

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.639
 people to

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.319
 see you

00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:13.639
 as?

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.880
 You want

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.360
 the praise

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.759
 of men.

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.279
 You crave

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:16.699
 the praise

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.159
 of man.

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.460
 What area

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.880
 is that in

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.340
 your life?

00:36:20.819 --> 00:36:21.559
 It's linked

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.900
 to pride.

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.039
 C.S.

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.559
 Lewis said,

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.460
 pride is a

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.000
 spiritual

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.900
 cancer.

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.360
 It eats

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.739
 the very

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:29.440
 possibility

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.059
 of love

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.820
 or contentment

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:31.299
 or even

00:36:31.299 --> 00:36:32.099
 common sense

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.480
 away.

00:36:33.799 --> 00:36:34.500
 Pride is

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.719
 a serious

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.159
 thing.

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:37.340
 So,

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:38.000
 what area

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:39.000
 do you

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.659
 really want

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.320
 others to

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:41.159
 recognize you

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:41.440
 for?

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:42.940
 What do you

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.619
 seek to

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.159
 portray?

00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:45.279
 Is it like

00:36:45.279 --> 00:36:45.840
 brains,

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.420
 knowledge,

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:46.920
 and how

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.779
 smart you

00:36:47.779 --> 00:36:48.039
 are?

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:49.860
 is it

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.239
 wealth,

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.940
 accumulation,

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.639
 and luxury?

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:52.900
 You want

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.539
 people to

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:53.880
 see how

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.440
 well off

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:54.779
 you are

00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.000
 and all

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.420
 the stuff

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.940
 you have?

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.820
 Is it

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:59.340
 for physical

00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.840
 attraction?

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.179
 Is it

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:02.099
 I want

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.420
 people to

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.779
 see me

00:37:02.779 --> 00:37:04.500
 as cute

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.360
 or sexy

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.099
 or attractive?

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:06.739
 This is

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:07.019
 what I'm

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.199
 going to

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.679
 invest my

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.219
 life into

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:09.880
 and I

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.559
 hope that

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.779
 they don't

00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:11.179
 really see

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:11.420
 that I'm

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.779
 not that

00:37:11.779 --> 00:37:12.039
 way.

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:13.259
 What is

00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:14.259
 it for

00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:14.579
 you?

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:15.900
 Is it

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.380
 athletic

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:16.960
 skill?

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.300
 Is it

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:17.720
 I want

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.120
 people to

00:37:18.120 --> 00:37:18.519
 praise me

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:18.940
 for my

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.420
 performance

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.160
 on a

00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:20.500
 field?

00:37:21.560 --> 00:37:22.120
 All those

00:37:22.120 --> 00:37:22.420
 things,

00:37:22.560 --> 00:37:22.800
 guys,

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:24.039
 like hear

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.480
 what James

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.800
 said,

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.780
 James 4,

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.240
 6,

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:27.160
 God opposes

00:37:27.160 --> 00:37:27.940
 the proud

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:29.140
 and gives

00:37:29.140 --> 00:37:30.780
 grace to

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.240
 the humble.

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.900
 Pride robs

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.860
 us from joy

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:36.240
 and contentment

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:36.920
 as believers

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.460
 because it

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:38.560
 takes our

00:37:38.560 --> 00:37:39.300
 gaze off of

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:40.720
 the one who

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.360
 gives us that

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:41.720
 joy and

00:37:41.720 --> 00:37:42.240
 contentment and

00:37:42.240 --> 00:37:42.840
 puts it on

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.160
 us.

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:43.660
 We can't

00:37:43.660 --> 00:37:44.620
 really produce

00:37:44.620 --> 00:37:45.240
 any of that

00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:45.620
 in and of

00:37:45.620 --> 00:37:46.100
 ourselves.

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:46.860
 We can't.

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:48.260
 It says

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:48.740
 that God

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.480
 regards the

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.039
 lowly,

00:37:50.180 --> 00:37:50.700
 the broken,

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.140
 those who

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:51.860
 recognize that

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.100
 they are

00:37:52.100 --> 00:37:52.780
 nothing apart

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.240
 from him,

00:37:53.680 --> 00:37:54.060
 that they

00:37:54.060 --> 00:37:54.700
 need him.

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:56.000
 They rightly

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.780
 acknowledge their

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:57.840
 spiritual condition

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.640
 before him.

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.640
 And it is

00:37:59.640 --> 00:38:00.280
 those who

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:01.220
 come to

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:01.800
 Christ and

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.039
 say,

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:03.600
 I am far

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:04.180
 from perfect.

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:04.860
 I am a

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.740
 sinful,

00:38:06.120 --> 00:38:06.840
 broken person

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:08.220
 and I need

00:38:08.220 --> 00:38:08.920
 you to be

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.760
 my deliverer.

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.600
 I want to

00:38:10.600 --> 00:38:11.460
 give you

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.060
 my life.

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:13.539
 Jesus said,

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:15.320
 everyone who

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.739
 exalts

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:17.019
 himself will

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.500
 be humbled,

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:18.699
 but the

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:18.980
 one who

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.259
 humbles

00:38:19.259 --> 00:38:20.019
 himself will

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.960
 be exalted.

00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:22.400
 So,

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:22.980
 where is

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.480
 that in

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.079
 your life?

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.599
 Attack it.

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.219
 Attack it

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:27.739
 with God's

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:28.019
 word,

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.480
 attack it

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:28.940
 with prayer,

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.539
 attack it

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.039
 with other

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.779
 believers around

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.099
 you.

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.340
 Like,

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.340
 pray that

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:34.500
 you be like

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.840
 John the

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.340
 Baptist where

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:35.619
 he said,

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.139
 I must

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.920
 decrease,

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:37.400
 but he

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:38.179
 must increase.

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:39.759
 that when

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:40.159
 they see

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.359
 you,

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:40.739
 they see

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.379
 Jesus and

00:38:41.379 --> 00:38:42.699
 not who

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.099
 you're trying

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:43.480
 to make

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:44.199
 yourself into.

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.079
 So,

00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:47.099
 that is

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.379
 one,

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:47.619
 and just

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:48.119
 beware of

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:48.500
 pride in

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:48.799
 our own

00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:49.119
 lives.

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.599
 It's there.

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:50.819
 So,

00:38:50.879 --> 00:38:51.119
 where do

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.619
 you struggle?

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:53.219
 It's not

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:53.679
 okay to

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:53.879
 God.

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.199
 It's not

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:54.699
 okay to

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:55.599
 justify some

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:55.839
 of these

00:38:55.839 --> 00:38:56.199
 things.

00:38:58.419 --> 00:38:59.379
 And I

00:38:59.379 --> 00:38:59.879
 also should

00:38:59.879 --> 00:39:00.279
 tell you

00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:00.779
 that your

00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:01.339
 pride is

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:01.919
 probably one

00:39:01.919 --> 00:39:02.079
 of the

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.539
 number one

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:03.000
 things in

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.440
 the way

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.960
 of you

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.839
 carrying the

00:39:04.839 --> 00:39:05.599
 gospel forward.

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:06.759
 You don't

00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:07.259
 want people to

00:39:07.259 --> 00:39:07.759
 see you as

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.099
 losers.

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.279
 You're

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:08.960
 uncool,

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.639
 unpopular.

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:12.099
 You want

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:13.559
 to be

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:13.980
 accepted.

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:14.460
 You want

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.719
 to be

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:15.019
 cool.

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.099
 So,

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:16.619
 pride even

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.059
 can stand

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.539
 the way

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.139
 of advancing

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:18.719
 the gospel.

00:39:19.879 --> 00:39:20.119
 So,

00:39:20.299 --> 00:39:20.699
 again,

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.179
 deal with

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:22.359
 it.

00:39:22.759 --> 00:39:22.919
 You know,

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:24.579
 it's there.

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:25.119
 We need

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:26.319
 God to

00:39:26.319 --> 00:39:26.879
 help us

00:39:26.879 --> 00:39:27.960
 attack it

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.679
 unashamedly.

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.079
 Being

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.899
 ashamed of

00:39:30.899 --> 00:39:31.419
 the gospel.

00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:32.919
 So,

00:39:33.799 --> 00:39:34.119
 what I

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.500
 want to

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.579
 last

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:35.839
 let us

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:36.719
 encourage you

00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:36.980
 with,

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.759
 I've got

00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:38.260
 my papers

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:38.580
 out of

00:39:38.580 --> 00:39:38.800
 order.

00:39:39.700 --> 00:39:39.920
 No

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.380
 big deal,

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:40.580
 they're

00:39:40.580 --> 00:39:40.860
 numbered.

00:39:42.060 --> 00:39:42.260
 So,

00:39:43.680 --> 00:39:44.020
 and the

00:39:44.020 --> 00:39:44.440
 other one

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:44.880
 is,

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.280
 in the

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:47.060
 twilight of

00:39:47.060 --> 00:39:47.460
 where

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:47.960
 believers

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.360
 seem to

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:48.680
 be kind

00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:49.100
 of losing

00:39:49.100 --> 00:39:50.380
 favor on

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:50.840
 a national

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:51.220
 level,

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:51.920
 even,

00:39:53.660 --> 00:39:54.020
 we need

00:39:54.020 --> 00:39:54.480
 to remember

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:54.880
 again,

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.120
 like,

00:39:55.180 --> 00:39:56.100
 take solace

00:39:56.100 --> 00:39:56.380
 in that

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:56.820
 God,

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:57.880
 this is

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.780
 nothing to

00:39:58.780 --> 00:39:59.060
 God.

00:39:59.580 --> 00:39:59.800
 Like,

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:00.280
 he is still

00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:00.780
 in control.

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.280
 It's not

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:02.060
 who's in

00:40:02.060 --> 00:40:02.760
 Washington or

00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:03.100
 who's in

00:40:03.100 --> 00:40:03.600
 some other

00:40:03.600 --> 00:40:04.620
 parts of the

00:40:04.620 --> 00:40:04.900
 world.

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.880
 he is

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.300
 still in

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:06.639
 sovereign

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.220
 control.

00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:08.740
 It's the

00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:09.260
 story of

00:40:09.260 --> 00:40:09.680
 humanity.

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:10.340
 Those who

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:11.500
 exalt themselves

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.099
 against God

00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:12.380
 will be

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:13.019
 brought low.

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:15.019
 Listen to

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.260
 this.

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.639
 This is

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:16.480
 Job 42,

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.220
 verse 2.

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:19.800
 Job said

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:20.059
 this,

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.619
 I know

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:21.000
 that you

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.440
 can do

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:22.280
 all things

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:23.599
 and no

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:24.260
 purpose of

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:24.900
 yours can

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.480
 be thwarted.

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.000
 So,

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:27.840
 throw yourself

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:28.420
 into that

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:28.740
 and take

00:40:28.740 --> 00:40:29.380
 comfort into

00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:29.780
 that.

00:40:29.780 --> 00:40:31.620
 because all

00:40:31.620 --> 00:40:31.980
 those who

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.400
 stand in

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:32.680
 the way

00:40:32.680 --> 00:40:33.140
 of God,

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.340
 according to

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:35.019
 His sovereignty

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.480
 and the

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:36.060
 dictates of

00:40:36.060 --> 00:40:36.620
 His will,

00:40:37.100 --> 00:40:37.720
 they're destined

00:40:37.720 --> 00:40:38.320
 to be brought

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:38.700
 down.

00:40:39.620 --> 00:40:40.180
 It's going

00:40:40.180 --> 00:40:40.660
 to happen.

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:42.080
 So,

00:40:42.220 --> 00:40:42.800
 be bold.

00:40:43.680 --> 00:40:44.360
 Be courageous

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.720
 with the

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:45.380
 gospel and

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:45.780
 go.

00:40:47.040 --> 00:40:47.540
 The people

00:40:47.540 --> 00:40:48.519
 who think

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:48.760
 that they

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.080
 are so

00:40:49.080 --> 00:40:49.820
 strong before

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:50.440
 God now,

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:52.260
 people who

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:52.980
 curse Him

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:54.060
 and mock

00:40:54.060 --> 00:40:54.400
 Him,

00:40:55.600 --> 00:40:56.200
 one day

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:56.500
 when they

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:57.100
 face Him,

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.080
 I heard

00:40:58.080 --> 00:40:58.680
 Paul Washer

00:40:58.680 --> 00:40:59.180
 say this,

00:40:59.200 --> 00:40:59.460
 and he gave

00:40:59.460 --> 00:40:59.920
 me goosebumps.

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:00.519
 He said,

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:01.579
 they'll be

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:02.099
 like a little

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:03.019
 wax figurine

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.460
 before the

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:03.740
 sun.

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.320
 They'll melt

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:04.599
 away.

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:05.260
 Their pride,

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:06.199
 their courage

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:07.179
 won't stand

00:41:07.179 --> 00:41:08.720
 before God.

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:10.199
 Take comfort

00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:10.639
 in that.

00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:12.500
 A long

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.119
 time ago,

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:14.000
 I should say

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.400
 just a few

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:14.940
 years ago,

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.740
 Matt Chandler,

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.940
 a brother in

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:18.220
 Christ,

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:18.639
 preacher of

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:18.900
 the word,

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.440
 he was in

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.240
 the city

00:41:20.240 --> 00:41:20.760
 of Rome

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:21.519
 meeting with

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.179
 some other

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:23.460
 pastors from

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:24.340
 27 different

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:24.780
 countries.

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:27.679
 And as

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:27.880
 they were

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.400
 meeting there,

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:28.639
 it just

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:29.139
 dawned on

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:29.279
 Him,

00:41:29.319 --> 00:41:29.539
 that they

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:30.039
 were meeting

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.519
 like in

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:31.059
 the shadows

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:31.500
 of these

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:32.699
 ruins of

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:33.359
 the Coliseum

00:41:33.359 --> 00:41:33.639
 where they

00:41:33.639 --> 00:41:33.980
 used to

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.539
 feed our

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:35.000
 brothers and

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.579
 sisters to

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.679
 animals and

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:37.139
 kill us.

00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:37.599
 And now,

00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:38.059
 like that's

00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:38.779
 just ruins.

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:39.799
 It's as if

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:40.239
 God just

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:40.539
 said,

00:41:41.379 --> 00:41:42.239
 it's no big

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:42.480
 deal,

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:42.940
 nothing's going

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.500
 to stop my

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:43.859
 purpose,

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.219
 and the

00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:44.779
 gospel is

00:41:44.779 --> 00:41:45.139
 going to go

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:45.619
 forward

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:46.659
 regardless.

00:41:46.839 --> 00:41:47.299
 So if we

00:41:47.299 --> 00:41:47.599
 are with

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:47.960
 Christ,

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:48.219
 we are

00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:49.559
 going to

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:49.960
 not be

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.359
 defeated.

00:41:51.699 --> 00:41:52.319
 Stand with

00:41:52.319 --> 00:41:52.759
 Christ.

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.259
 Take

00:41:54.259 --> 00:41:54.960
 solace in

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:56.000
 the fact that

00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:56.779
 He rules over

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.460
 all things.

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.300
 And with

00:41:59.300 --> 00:42:01.440
 that, I

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:02.340
 want you to

00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:03.820
 just see

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.240
 God's

00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:05.540
 sovereignty as

00:42:05.540 --> 00:42:07.780
 fuel for

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:08.340
 going and

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:08.760
 taking the

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:09.420
 gospel forward

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:09.880
 and allowing

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.760
 no obstacle

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:12.200
 to stay on

00:42:12.200 --> 00:42:12.700
 your way.

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:15.019
 Nothing.

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:16.080
 We're pretty

00:42:16.080 --> 00:42:17.019
 pathetic sometimes.

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:18.220
 If you think

00:42:18.220 --> 00:42:19.420
 about the

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:20.180
 stuff that we

00:42:20.180 --> 00:42:21.620
 are afraid of

00:42:21.620 --> 00:42:22.200
 happening to

00:42:22.200 --> 00:42:23.360
 us on the

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:24.019
 college campus

00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:24.820
 or entering

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:25.619
 the workplace

00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:26.800
 with our

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:27.280
 families,

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:31.920
 I received

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:32.559
 Voice of the

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:34.539
 Martyrs magazine.

00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:37.039
 I encourage

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.420
 you to.

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:38.199
 It's a great

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:38.579
 ministry,

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:40.960
 very God

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:41.539
 exalting.

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:44.659
 But this

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:44.920
 is an

00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:45.400
 addition I

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:46.039
 got recently

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:46.460
 and this

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:46.880
 just made

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.380
 me tear up

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:47.679
 a couple

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.179
 of times

00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:48.679
 at least.

00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:49.920
 And I

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.280
 think,

00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:50.800
 and one

00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:51.480
 reason is

00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:53.920
 because it's

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.579
 so dear to

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:54.940
 us,

00:42:55.579 --> 00:42:56.199
 because I'm

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:56.740
 pretty sure

00:42:56.740 --> 00:42:57.179
 that a lot

00:42:57.179 --> 00:42:57.579
 of us who

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:59.340
 know Jay

00:42:59.340 --> 00:42:59.840
 and Carolyn

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:00.420
 Whetstone,

00:43:01.260 --> 00:43:01.619
 who have

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:03.539
 invested their

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:04.460
 lives much in

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:05.139
 Central Asia

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:05.559
 and the

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:06.059
 Middle East,

00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:07.659
 spent many

00:43:07.659 --> 00:43:08.199
 years in

00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:08.740
 Afghanistan

00:43:08.740 --> 00:43:10.900
 preaching the

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.460
 gospel of

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:11.860
 Christ,

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:13.559
 and it

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:14.300
 dawned on me

00:43:14.300 --> 00:43:14.579
 that I

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:15.019
 think this

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.320
 was a

00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:15.780
 family that

00:43:15.780 --> 00:43:16.260
 they knew.

00:43:18.659 --> 00:43:19.139
 And when

00:43:19.139 --> 00:43:19.559
 Jay came

00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:20.059
 back one

00:43:20.059 --> 00:43:20.280
 time,

00:43:20.320 --> 00:43:20.599
 we met

00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:20.960
 back in

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.280
 the corner

00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:21.500
 and we

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:22.119
 prayed for

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:22.539
 all the

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:22.960
 stuff that

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.420
 had happened.

00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:25.420
 But this

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:26.179
 is about a

00:43:26.179 --> 00:43:29.340
 family that

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:30.220
 came from

00:43:30.220 --> 00:43:30.940
 South Africa

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:33.619
 and the

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:34.559
 Garnowalds.

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:36.659
 It's

00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:37.260
 Warner,

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:38.780
 his wife,

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:39.720
 Haneli,

00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:40.360
 and their

00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:41.119
 two kids,

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:42.639
 Jean-Pierre

00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:43.840
 and Rhoda.

00:43:45.059 --> 00:43:45.980
 And he

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:46.500
 was a

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:46.740
 Dutch

00:43:46.740 --> 00:43:47.139
 Reform

00:43:47.139 --> 00:43:47.840
 pastor in

00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:48.420
 South Africa

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:48.800
 and just

00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:49.320
 really felt

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:49.679
 like,

00:43:50.159 --> 00:43:50.300
 man,

00:43:50.300 --> 00:43:50.660
 God's

00:43:50.660 --> 00:43:51.300
 cause has

00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:51.600
 got to

00:43:51.600 --> 00:43:51.900
 go to

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:52.039
 the

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:52.380
 nations

00:43:52.380 --> 00:43:52.800
 no matter

00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:53.240
 what.

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:54.200
 And they

00:43:54.200 --> 00:43:54.880
 weighed the

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:55.180
 cost.

00:43:55.260 --> 00:43:55.539
 They said

00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:55.900
 that we

00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:56.420
 could die

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:56.740
 going,

00:43:56.820 --> 00:43:57.160
 our kids

00:43:57.160 --> 00:43:57.660
 could die,

00:43:58.460 --> 00:43:59.260
 and they

00:43:59.260 --> 00:44:00.080
 decided to

00:44:00.080 --> 00:44:01.060
 go to

00:44:01.060 --> 00:44:01.560
 Afghanistan.

00:44:01.560 --> 00:44:02.000
 They took

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.740
 their kids

00:44:02.740 --> 00:44:03.240
 with them.

00:44:04.260 --> 00:44:06.060
 And not

00:44:06.060 --> 00:44:07.360
 long before

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:08.060
 these other

00:44:08.060 --> 00:44:08.760
 things happen,

00:44:09.700 --> 00:44:10.039
 Warner,

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:11.000
 the dad,

00:44:11.780 --> 00:44:12.480
 he spoke

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.760
 at a

00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:13.280
 conference,

00:44:14.200 --> 00:44:14.680
 and he

00:44:14.680 --> 00:44:15.300
 spoke on

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:16.380
 counting the

00:44:16.380 --> 00:44:17.019
 costs for

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:17.460
 Christ.

00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:18.679
 And the

00:44:18.679 --> 00:44:19.079
 last thing

00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:19.440
 he said

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:19.719
 was,

00:44:19.820 --> 00:44:20.159
 we only

00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:20.840
 die one

00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:21.239
 time.

00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:22.320
 It might

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:22.780
 as well

00:44:22.780 --> 00:44:23.320
 be for

00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:23.659
 Christ.

00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:25.340
 Make your

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:25.980
 life count,

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:27.039
 in other

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:27.400
 words.

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:28.940
 And so,

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:31.579
 in November

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:33.400
 2014,

00:44:34.980 --> 00:44:35.619
 in Kabul,

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:36.380
 Afghanistan,

00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:38.039
 Haneli,

00:44:38.179 --> 00:44:38.599
 the mom,

00:44:38.659 --> 00:44:39.059
 was out

00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:39.400
 kind of

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:39.800
 running some

00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:40.320
 errands.

00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:41.320
 their two

00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:41.840
 teenagers

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:43.460
 were back

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:43.800
 at the

00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:44.960
 facility in

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:45.240
 Kabul,

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:45.660
 where they

00:44:45.660 --> 00:44:46.059
 lived,

00:44:46.680 --> 00:44:46.960
 kind of

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:47.320
 taking a

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:47.720
 day off

00:44:47.720 --> 00:44:48.280
 from school.

00:44:49.240 --> 00:44:49.600
 And their

00:44:49.600 --> 00:44:50.059
 dad,

00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:50.740
 Warner,

00:44:50.820 --> 00:44:51.220
 was teaching

00:44:51.220 --> 00:44:51.760
 a class

00:44:51.760 --> 00:44:52.120
 in that

00:44:52.120 --> 00:44:52.580
 facility.

00:44:53.640 --> 00:44:54.740
 And around

00:44:54.740 --> 00:44:56.400
 three o'clock,

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:57.180
 there was

00:44:57.180 --> 00:44:58.940
 three Taliban

00:44:58.940 --> 00:45:01.620
 guys who

00:45:01.620 --> 00:45:02.620
 went over

00:45:02.620 --> 00:45:03.120
 the wall

00:45:03.120 --> 00:45:03.440
 and into

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:03.960
 the compound

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:05.539
 and started

00:45:05.539 --> 00:45:06.080
 shooting up

00:45:06.080 --> 00:45:06.640
 the place.

00:45:07.780 --> 00:45:09.340
 And I'm

00:45:09.340 --> 00:45:09.860
 pretty sure

00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:10.380
 this is what

00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:10.820
 Jay was

00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:11.440
 talking about

00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:11.680
 when he

00:45:11.680 --> 00:45:12.120
 was here.

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:15.340
 And that

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:15.900
 God just

00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:16.900
 preserved them

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.340
 in the midst

00:45:17.340 --> 00:45:17.780
 of that.

00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:20.460
 But they

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:20.880
 were told

00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:21.380
 before they

00:45:21.380 --> 00:45:21.559
 go,

00:45:21.660 --> 00:45:21.940
 you could

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:22.340
 die.

00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:24.400
 It says,

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:25.320
 our friends

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:25.539
 and our

00:45:25.539 --> 00:45:26.059
 family tried

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:26.360
 to keep

00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:26.780
 us away

00:45:26.780 --> 00:45:27.320
 from going

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:27.640
 to a

00:45:27.640 --> 00:45:28.280
 crazy place

00:45:28.280 --> 00:45:28.559
 like

00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:29.079
 Afghanistan

00:45:29.079 --> 00:45:31.340
 and to

00:45:31.340 --> 00:45:31.880
 stay like

00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:32.200
 in the

00:45:32.200 --> 00:45:32.980
 comforts of

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:33.780
 South

00:45:33.780 --> 00:45:34.160
 Africa.

00:45:35.300 --> 00:45:35.840
 And it

00:45:35.840 --> 00:45:36.380
 was just

00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:37.000
 clear that

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.360
 the Lord

00:45:37.360 --> 00:45:37.820
 wanted them

00:45:37.820 --> 00:45:38.300
 to be there.

00:45:38.380 --> 00:45:38.599
 So when

00:45:38.599 --> 00:45:38.980
 these guys

00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:39.340
 came into

00:45:39.340 --> 00:45:39.820
 the building,

00:45:39.860 --> 00:45:40.340
 they began

00:45:40.340 --> 00:45:41.519
 shooting up

00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:42.120
 things and

00:45:42.120 --> 00:45:42.559
 Haneli,

00:45:42.660 --> 00:45:43.000
 the mom,

00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:43.740
 was on

00:45:43.740 --> 00:45:44.019
 her way

00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:44.360
 home.

00:45:44.900 --> 00:45:45.200
 She heard

00:45:45.200 --> 00:45:45.780
 the shots

00:45:45.780 --> 00:45:46.960
 and saw

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.579
 the smoke

00:45:47.579 --> 00:45:48.940
 and all

00:45:48.940 --> 00:45:49.680
 the hysteria

00:45:49.680 --> 00:45:49.980
 going on

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:50.140
 in the

00:45:50.140 --> 00:45:50.539
 streets and

00:45:50.539 --> 00:45:50.860
 she kind

00:45:50.860 --> 00:45:51.200
 of sat

00:45:51.200 --> 00:45:52.460
 out outside

00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:53.260
 just in

00:45:53.260 --> 00:45:53.780
 tears and

00:45:53.780 --> 00:45:54.019
 she kept

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:54.680
 reading over

00:45:54.680 --> 00:45:55.140
 and over

00:45:55.140 --> 00:45:56.680
 Psalm 91.

00:45:58.380 --> 00:45:59.500
 And later

00:45:59.500 --> 00:46:01.039
 on, one

00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:01.240
 of the

00:46:01.240 --> 00:46:02.780
 teenagers who

00:46:02.780 --> 00:46:03.320
 escaped the

00:46:03.320 --> 00:46:05.400
 facility heard

00:46:05.400 --> 00:46:05.820
 one of the

00:46:05.820 --> 00:46:06.579
 terrorists say,

00:46:06.800 --> 00:46:07.120
 they're all

00:46:07.120 --> 00:46:07.440
 dead.

00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:08.039
 We got them

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 all.

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 They're all

00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:09.400
 dead.

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 And so

00:46:11.900 --> 00:46:17.920
 later on,

00:46:18.200 --> 00:46:19.059
 they found

00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:20.440
 the bodies

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:21.180
 of her

00:46:21.180 --> 00:46:21.800
 two kids

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 in the

00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:23.579
 top of

00:46:23.579 --> 00:46:23.940
 the apartment

00:46:23.940 --> 00:46:24.180
 who had

00:46:24.180 --> 00:46:24.640
 been killed,

00:46:24.740 --> 00:46:25.420
 both who had

00:46:25.420 --> 00:46:26.079
 great walks

00:46:26.079 --> 00:46:26.539
 with Jesus,

00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:27.300
 both who were

00:46:27.300 --> 00:46:28.400
 excited about

00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:28.860
 taking the

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:29.740
 gospel further

00:46:29.740 --> 00:46:30.240
 and further

00:46:30.240 --> 00:46:31.320
 to the

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 nations.

00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:32.260
 They both

00:46:32.260 --> 00:46:32.760
 were killed

00:46:32.760 --> 00:46:35.460
 and her

00:46:35.460 --> 00:46:35.940
 husband was

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:36.180
 killed.

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 Trying to

00:46:37.900 --> 00:46:38.360
 get others

00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:38.760
 out of the

00:46:38.760 --> 00:46:39.180
 facility,

00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:39.880
 he himself

00:46:39.880 --> 00:46:40.400
 was shot.

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 And this

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 is something

00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:46.000
 that she

00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:46.720
 said later

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 after all

00:46:47.180 --> 00:46:47.740
 this happened.

00:46:48.680 --> 00:46:49.240
 She says,

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 I don't

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 think that

00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:52.100
 we will

00:46:52.100 --> 00:46:53.160
 know 100%

00:46:53.160 --> 00:46:54.400
 what was

00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:55.020
 the impact

00:46:55.020 --> 00:46:55.420
 of what we

00:46:55.420 --> 00:46:55.840
 made in

00:46:55.840 --> 00:46:56.340
 Afghanistan

00:46:56.340 --> 00:46:56.940
 through the

00:46:56.940 --> 00:46:57.360
 years.

00:46:57.360 --> 00:46:58.720
 I think

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 that we

00:46:58.980 --> 00:46:59.320
 will know

00:46:59.320 --> 00:46:59.920
 one day

00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:02.019
 when we

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:02.280
 are in

00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:02.579
 front of

00:47:02.579 --> 00:47:03.000
 the Lord,

00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:04.200
 but I

00:47:04.200 --> 00:47:04.840
 believe with

00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:05.180
 all my

00:47:05.180 --> 00:47:05.880
 heart that

00:47:05.880 --> 00:47:06.240
 we made

00:47:06.240 --> 00:47:06.740
 an impact

00:47:06.740 --> 00:47:07.599
 on people's

00:47:07.599 --> 00:47:07.980
 lives.

00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:09.240
 I believe

00:47:09.240 --> 00:47:09.820
 also that

00:47:09.820 --> 00:47:10.620
 my family's

00:47:10.620 --> 00:47:12.120
 blood that

00:47:12.120 --> 00:47:12.720
 was shed

00:47:12.720 --> 00:47:13.300
 like the

00:47:13.300 --> 00:47:13.780
 seed for

00:47:13.780 --> 00:47:14.400
 the Afghan

00:47:14.400 --> 00:47:14.940
 church,

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 that there

00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:16.440
 will be

00:47:16.440 --> 00:47:17.780
 10,000 fold

00:47:17.780 --> 00:47:18.500
 harvest in

00:47:18.500 --> 00:47:18.920
 the end

00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:19.920
 because I

00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:20.659
 believe God

00:47:20.659 --> 00:47:21.079
 has the

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:21.840
 last move.

00:47:24.440 --> 00:47:25.019
 And she

00:47:25.019 --> 00:47:25.320
 said,

00:47:25.380 --> 00:47:25.780
 for me

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 on the

00:47:26.119 --> 00:47:26.480
 field,

00:47:27.260 --> 00:47:27.700
 it was a

00:47:27.700 --> 00:47:28.039
 life of

00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:28.920
 sacrifice and

00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:29.440
 difficulty,

00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:30.940
 but in

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.340
 the middle

00:47:31.340 --> 00:47:31.900
 of all

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:32.380
 of that,

00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:33.440
 the Lord

00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:34.099
 gave us

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:34.780
 the reward

00:47:34.780 --> 00:47:35.300
 of his

00:47:35.300 --> 00:47:35.840
 presence.

00:47:37.320 --> 00:47:37.940
 And he

00:47:37.940 --> 00:47:38.639
 himself was

00:47:38.639 --> 00:47:39.139
 with us.

00:47:41.220 --> 00:47:41.659
 Guys,

00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:42.360
 we have to

00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:44.619
 have more

00:47:44.619 --> 00:47:45.460
 confidence in

00:47:45.460 --> 00:47:45.940
 our God.

00:47:46.019 --> 00:47:46.400
 We have to

00:47:46.400 --> 00:47:47.000
 believe in

00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:47.500
 the power of

00:47:47.500 --> 00:47:47.920
 the gospel.

00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:50.059
 it's so

00:47:50.059 --> 00:47:50.680
 hard for us

00:47:50.680 --> 00:47:50.900
 here.

00:47:51.019 --> 00:47:51.380
 Like we're

00:47:51.380 --> 00:47:51.840
 tempted in

00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:52.180
 so many

00:47:52.180 --> 00:47:52.619
 ways just

00:47:52.619 --> 00:47:53.000
 to lay

00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:53.420
 down,

00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:54.639
 blend in,

00:47:55.320 --> 00:47:55.880
 not cause

00:47:55.880 --> 00:47:56.400
 a fuss,

00:47:57.340 --> 00:47:57.880
 and we're

00:47:57.880 --> 00:47:58.500
 told that by

00:47:58.500 --> 00:47:59.039
 our culture.

00:48:00.019 --> 00:48:00.519
 But we

00:48:00.519 --> 00:48:01.180
 have to

00:48:01.180 --> 00:48:01.740
 stand for

00:48:01.740 --> 00:48:02.220
 Christ and

00:48:02.220 --> 00:48:02.760
 we have to

00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:04.159
 proclaim the

00:48:04.159 --> 00:48:04.519
 gospel.

00:48:05.900 --> 00:48:06.619
 It's not,

00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:07.940
 it's no

00:48:07.940 --> 00:48:08.500
 different for

00:48:08.500 --> 00:48:08.900
 us here.

00:48:09.079 --> 00:48:09.619
 We need to

00:48:09.619 --> 00:48:10.340
 be faithful.

00:48:11.599 --> 00:48:12.119
 And so be

00:48:12.119 --> 00:48:12.800
 encouraged by

00:48:12.800 --> 00:48:13.420
 the fact that

00:48:13.420 --> 00:48:13.980
 like according

00:48:13.980 --> 00:48:14.599
 to God's

00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:15.019
 purposes,

00:48:15.300 --> 00:48:15.960
 none of this

00:48:15.960 --> 00:48:16.220
 will be

00:48:16.220 --> 00:48:16.579
 stopped.

00:48:17.220 --> 00:48:17.840
 He's going

00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:18.400
 to do it

00:48:18.400 --> 00:48:19.019
 with or

00:48:19.019 --> 00:48:19.599
 without you.

00:48:20.240 --> 00:48:20.460
 And the

00:48:20.460 --> 00:48:20.960
 gospel will

00:48:20.960 --> 00:48:21.200
 go to

00:48:21.200 --> 00:48:21.599
 all the

00:48:21.599 --> 00:48:22.039
 nations.

00:48:23.320 --> 00:48:24.039
 All the

00:48:24.039 --> 00:48:24.420
 nations.

00:48:25.619 --> 00:48:26.420
 So let's

00:48:26.420 --> 00:48:26.760
 just pray

00:48:26.760 --> 00:48:27.079
 together.

00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:27.500
 Let's

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