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 If you've got a Bible, turn to Acts chapter 4.

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 And it would really help you to have a Bible in front of you.

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 And so do run and grab one from the door.

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 Or look at it on your phone, if you're able to not be distracted.

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 And the end of Acts chapter 4, I'm going to go right the way through from the end of Acts 4 to the whole of chapter 5.

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 A little while ago, I came across a website that gave kids funny answers to school tests or exams.

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 There was one geography test that said, can you name six animals which live specifically in the Arctic?

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 One kid answered, two polar bears and four seals.

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 There was a history exam that ended, what ended in 1896?

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 And one wise guy responded, 1895.

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 Another history question, where was the American Declaration of Independence?

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 And it's signed.

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 One kid answered at the bottom.

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 And so I'm not sure what this subject was.

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 But here's the question, it went something like this.

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 Some atoms share electrons and become more stable.

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 Can you describe a situation where people can share something and everyone benefits?

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 And the answer came back, communism.

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 Communism is an ideology.

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 Some of you here will have experienced it.

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 Some of you might even be drawn to it.

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 Others of you detest it.

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 And interestingly, sometimes people go to Acts 4 and it's been described as a kind of Christian communism.

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 People are sharing their possessions with one another.

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 People are making sure all the needy are looked after.

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 And I can understand why people might think that about Acts chapter 4.

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 But personally, I think there's some big problems with that.

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 Luke's explanation of what's going on is that the church are under the influence of a great power and great grace.

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 And it starts, doesn't it, with that wonderful expression in chapter 4 and verse 32.

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 Where it says, now the full number of those who believed were one heart and soul.

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 And no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own.

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 But they had everything in common.

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 It's a wonderful description.

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 In that church, there was such unity amongst the Christians in those churches.

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 That they could possess one mind and one heart.

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 A common heart and a common mind.

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 Their desires and their thoughts in the church were this remarkable unity.

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 And their unity, we're told, is fed and shaped by the teaching of the apostles.

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 And that's the first of two things that is described as great in verse 33.

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 Now this sermon is really clear in my mind.

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 But there's about three different structures going on.

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 So you can take your pick.

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 Hopefully it'll be clear in your mind by the end too.

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 If it's not, you can complain.

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 Two things Luke describes.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 Two things that are great.

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 He says that with great power, the apostles were giving testimony to the Lord Jesus.

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 The resurrection of the Lord Jesus.

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 And so point one really is, there's a church here that's filled with great grace and great power.

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 The apostles are teaching that the new believers, and they're teaching them and they're continuing to preach this message to anyone else in the world who will listen.

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 And the focus of the New Testament church was the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 That was where the early church found their great power.

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 But there's a second thing, isn't there?

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 There's great power.

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 But Luke describes in that verse, there's great grace was upon them all.

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 Great undeserved kindness was upon them all.

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 Great grace accompanying great power.

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 And that grace, that grace, that great undeserved generosity meant that there was no needy person among them.

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 God's grace provoked them into a radical generosity.

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 Unlike communism, the early church still believed in private ownership.

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 That's clear from chapter 5 and verse 4.

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 But nevertheless, they adopted a really sacrificial attitude.

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 Verse 32, no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.

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 Verse 34, there was not a needy person among them.

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 For as many were owners of lands or houses, sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold,

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 and laid it at the apostles' feet.

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 And it was distributed to each as any had need.

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 That echoes what we've seen already in chapter 2 of Acts.

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 And it really is an incredible commitment to each other that is being described here.

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 And if that unsettles you a little bit, let me tell you, I think that's a good thing.

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 Here's what one writer said about these verses.

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 He said,

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 Here's a surprise.

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 That was written 550 years ago by a man called John Calvin.

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 And if that was true then, how much more is that true today?

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 This radical generosity is counter-cultural.

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 These early Christians saw their possessions to be genuinely at the disposal of others,

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 according to their needs.

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 So much so that they were willing to sell what was theirs in order to provide for others.

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 Now, when was the last time any of us did that?

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 It seems that most of us, who are trusting the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 are willing to be generous with our liquid assets.

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 That's the money in our bank or what's in our wallet.

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 But I suspect that it rarely occurs to us to liquidate some of the things that we own

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 in order to be generous to others in need.

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 And I suspect we should be very provoked and challenged by what we read.

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 Luke follows this up by pointing to the example of one particular man,

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 a man named Barnabas, that was his nickname.

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 One writer I read called Barnabas the poster boy of a Jewish convert.

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 He may have been one of the people that was converted on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2.

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 And here he is just a short little while selling a field he owned

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 and bringing the money to the feet of the apostles.

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 And I think the symbolism there is he's bringing it to the church and saying,

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 use this where the needs are greatest.

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 And his action becomes a kind of benchmark to which other believers will aspire.

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 People like a married couple called Ananias and Sapphira.

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 Now just before we move into chapter 5,

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 I want us to pause and to take a mental picture of this church.

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 The church that Luke describes here is a church living under a powerful influence.

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 There is powerful preaching and there is divine favour.

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 Luke calls it great power and great grace.

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 And who wouldn't want to be part of a church like this?

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 A church where people come together and they hear God's word powerfully preached

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 and a church where people care for one another deeply

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 and people are generous towards one another and dependent on God's word.

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 It's a church full of grace and full of power.

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 Who would not want to join a church like that?

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 But then things come and stuck.

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 And it seems to me there's a bit of a parallel here.

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 You've got a parallel of the idyllic situation at the start of the Bible.

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 The idyllic experience of Adam and Eve in a beautiful garden of Eden.

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 And it's spoiled by the sin of a married couple.

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 And so you come to Acts chapter 5

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 and the idyllic experience of the early church is spoiled

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 by the sin of a married couple.

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 And so as we move from chapter 5,

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 we move from a church that is filled with grace and power

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 to a church that's filled with fear.

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 And in place of those united hearts, do you remember that?

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 We see divided hearts.

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 We find that hearts have been corrupted.

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 So look at chapter 5 verse 3.

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 Do you remember?

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 4.32, one heart.

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 5 verse 3, Peter says,

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 Ananias, why has the devil, Satan, filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit?

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 If you've been here through the series in Acts,

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 we are learning that there are threats to the Christian church.

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 And the threats do not just come from outside,

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 from persecution and pressure,

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 but they come from inside, from the sin of church members.

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 And as the one-heartedness of chapter 4

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 is undermined by the corruption of hearts in chapter 5,

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 so too is the one-mindedness undermined.

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 And the sin of Ananias and Sapphira

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 shatters a really wonderful unity.

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 Their sin is not primarily greed.

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 Okay?

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 It's deceit.

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 It's hypocrisy.

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 And it seems to me that Ananias and Sapphira,

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 they wanted the reputation of the poster boy Barnabas.

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 And they saw Barnabas and his generosity

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 and how people were so thankful for what he'd done and who he was,

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 and they wanted his reputation without the sacrifice.

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 They were consumed by envy.

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 They wanted to be thought of as more generous than they actually were.

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 The issue wasn't that they wanted to keep some money for themselves.

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 No, that was fine.

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 That's not the issue.

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 But the issue is that they pretended that they were giving it all.

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 Peter says there in verse 4,

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 while it remained unsold,

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 didn't it remain your own?

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 And after it was sold,

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 wasn't it at your disposal?

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 Why is it that you've contrived this deed in your heart?

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 You've not lied to man,

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 but to God.

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 They wanted to be seen,

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 to be like Barnabas.

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 But in the end,

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 they proved to be very,

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 very different.

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 And this really is,

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 isn't it,

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 a provocative challenge to us and our money,

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 and to me and my money.

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 Because the sin of Ananias and Sapphira

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 leaves us asking a pretty uncomfortable question of ourselves.

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 Is it possible that we would like the kudos

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 that comes with generosity

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 without the inconvenience of it?

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 Do we want to be seen to be generous

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 without really making any sacrifices?

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 And that is very close to home, isn't it?

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 And I wonder if we,

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 if I,

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 am ever guilty of a similar hypocrisy.

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 Well, we know what happens next.

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 In the previous paragraph,

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 we saw the power

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 of the apostles influencing the church.

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 And here we see the church

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 captured by the power of God.

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 And the judgment

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 that Ananias and Sapphira fell under

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 is swift and complete

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 and utterly unforgettable.

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 Did you notice,

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 at the start of the story,

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 they brought their money

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 to lay at the feet of the apostles?

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 That's verse 2.

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 They bring their money

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 and they lay it at the feet of the apostles,

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 but in chapter 10,

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 but in verse 10,

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 they are stone cold dead

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 at the feet of the apostles.

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 And again,

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 it reminds us of another story,

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 doesn't it,

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 in the Old Testament,

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 the story of Achan,

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 which is told in Joshua chapter 7.

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 Because Achan too,

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 he sinned, didn't he?

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 And he sinned against the people of God,

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 the community to which he belonged,

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 and he tried to hide it

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 and he was struck down dead.

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 And it seems significant

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 that the founding moments

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 of the Old Testament community

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 of God's people,

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 you have the sin of Achan,

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 and then the founding moment

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 of the New Testament community

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 of God's people,

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 you have Ananias and Sapphira.

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 And it's as if God is acting

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 to show that sin,

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 our rebellion,

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 and our deceit

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 has no place

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 in his church.

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 God acts devastatingly

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 and nothing if not memorably.

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 There can be no mistake

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 that here,

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 this act is the power of God

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 rather than the power of the apostles.

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 Some people see this chapter

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 as a kind of pattern

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 for church discipline.

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 I think that misreads it.

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 It's not the church leaders

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 exercising discipline,

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 it is God exercising discipline.

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 Peter makes it really clear,

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 doesn't he?

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 He says,

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 you two,

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 you've sinned against God.

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 Notice the way he speaks

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 about the Holy Spirit

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 and God interchangeably.

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 Where do you see that God,

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 where do you see

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 that the Holy Spirit is God?

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 Verse three says,

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 you've lied to the Holy Spirit.

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 Verse four says,

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 you've lied to God.

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 Verse nine says,

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 you've conspired to test the Lord.

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 And just as God is the one

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 who has been sinned against,

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 so he is the one that responds.

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 It's not the church leaders

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 that decide that Ananias

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 and Sapphira should die.

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 It's not the church leaders

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 or members

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 who carry out this discipline.

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 God does.

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 And that's why the people

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 respond by fearing God.

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 And God

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 let's be clear about that.

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 This wasn't a kind of posture

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 that people adopted

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 after they carefully

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 reviewed the evidence

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 and they came to

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 a considered point of view.

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 No, they see Ananias

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 and Sapphira drop dead

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 and they are gripped with fear.

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 Great fear.

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 They're scared.

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 They recognize who God is

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 in all his terrifying holiness

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 and power

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 and they're afraid.

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 Chapter 4 tells us

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 the church knew great power

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 and great grace.

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 But here you see something else

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 that the church experiences

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 that Luke calls great.

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 Verse 5.

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 When Ananias heard these words

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 he fell down and breathed his last

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 and great fear

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 came upon all who heard it.

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 Verse 11.

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 Great fear

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 came upon the whole church

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 and all who heard of these things.

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 This is the first time

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 that the word church

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 appears in Luke's writings.

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 He wrote a gospel

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 and he wrote Acts

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 and this is the first time

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 the word church

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 appears in his writing.

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 Luke says,

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 this is church everyone.

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 This is the place

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 where sin is taken

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 very, very seriously.

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 This is more than just

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 a service

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 with some singing.

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 More than

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 warm hearted fellowship

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 and a cup of tea.

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 Life and death

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 is at stake here.

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 He is saying

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 that the church

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 is a place

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 where God is.

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 And God sees

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 even the secrets

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 of your heart

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 and mine.

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 And the God

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 who sees everything

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 is the God

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 who is determined

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 not to let us stay

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 as we are.

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 But who will break us

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 and remake us

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 until we're like his son.

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 And if that doesn't

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 terrify us

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 we're not listening.

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 Welcome to church.

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 Welcome to church.

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 Luke says.

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 What happened

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 at your church

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 last Sunday

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 where actually

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 two people died?

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 Welcome to church.

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 and again

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 the question now is

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 who would want

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 to be part

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 of a church

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 like this?

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 Do you remember

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 Through the Keyhole

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 with Lloyd Grossman?

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 It's kind of

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 over 45s

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 isn't it?

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 And he'd go around

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 different celebrities' houses

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 and he would ask

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 who lives in a house

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 like this?

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 I can't do his accent.

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 The question would be

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 who would want

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 to live in a house

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 like this?

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 Who would want

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 to be part

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 of a church

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 like this?

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 It's not safe

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 is it?

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 To be part

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 of a church

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 like this.

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 Much will be

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 expected of you.

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 You will need

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 to change

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 like I do.

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 There's no secrets

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 from God.

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 Who would want

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 to be part

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 of a church

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 like this?

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 It's certainly

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 uncomfortable

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 isn't it?

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 Even dangerous.

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 Thankfully

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 God doesn't seem

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 to be in the business

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 of disciplining

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 people so drastically

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 these days

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 that God's holiness

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 is no less exacting

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 than it was

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 then

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 and yet God

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 has given us

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 eyes to see

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 isn't it?

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 That there's

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 no better place

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 for us to be.

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 This part

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 of Acts 5

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 reminds you

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 and I

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 if we're part

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 of this church

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 very soberly

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 of what we've

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 signed up for.

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 chapter 5

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 verse 12

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 the focus

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 shifts from

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 the church

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 to the wider

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 mission of

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 Jesus

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 that the believers

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 are involved in.

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 The second half

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 will be briefer.

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 The focus

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 shifts from

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 what's being

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 laid at the

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 apostles feet

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 to what is

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 in the apostles

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 hands.

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 Verse 12

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 talks about

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 what was being

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 done by the

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 hands of

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 the apostles

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 and once again

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 the focus

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 there is on

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 these signs

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 and wonders

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 they're performing

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 there are some

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 incredible things

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 that they're doing

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 and when you've

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 realised

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 when you

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 have read them

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 you notice how

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 powerful the

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 apostles seem

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 to people

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 that people are

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 even leaving

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 their sick

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 friends and

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 relatives on

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 the side of

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 the street

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 where the

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 shadow of

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 the apostle

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 Peter might

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 fall on them

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 it was attractive

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 many sick

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 people many

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 demon possessed

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 people were

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 brought to them

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 and Luke says

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 they were healed

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 it's this

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 unique stage

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 of redemptive

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 history

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 and as we

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 saw in

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 Luke chapter

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 2

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 Acts chapter

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 2

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 this is the

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 power of

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 Jesus now

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 being channeled

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 through his

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 apostles

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 there are no

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 apostles around

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 today

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 no one

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 who's seen

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 the life

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 and ministry

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 and resurrection

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus

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 but what we're

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 drawn to is

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 the ministry

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 of these

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 apostles

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 in their

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 teaching

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 and their

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 acts

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 mixes with

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 very

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 well

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 there are

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 very mixed

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 reactions to

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 it

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 some really

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 don't want to

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 associate with

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 them

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 so verse 12

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 and now many

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 signs and wonders

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 were regularly

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 done among the

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 people by the

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 hands of the

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 apostles

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 and they were

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 all together

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 in Solomon's

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 portico

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 and then it

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 says none

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 of the rest

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 joined them

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 but the people

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 held them in

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 high esteem

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 but by contrast

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 there are others

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 who are hearing

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 the message

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 about Jesus

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 and surrendering

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 their lives

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.660
 in verse 14

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 more than ever

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 believers were

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.220
 added to the

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 Lord and

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 multitudes of

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 both men

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 and women

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 it seems

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 that there's

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 people in

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 Jerusalem

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 that are

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 publicly

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 terrified

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.720
 to join

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 the church

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 meetings

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 happening

00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:18.420
 in the

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 colonnade

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 of Solomon's

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 portico

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 but they're

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 willing to

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.559
 receive the

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.059
 ministry of

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 the apostles

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 when they

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 travel about

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 and as they

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 did many

00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:28.039
 of them

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 were saved

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 but of

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 course

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 some

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 people

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 are not

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 remotely

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 interested

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 in being

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 saved

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 and chief

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 among

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 those who

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 are not

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 queuing up

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:40.920
 for the

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 apostles

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.920
 ministry

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.700
 are the

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 Jewish

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.240
 leaders

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.600
 and verse

00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:44.079
 17

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:44.900
 describes the

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 ongoing

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.759
 conflict

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:48.380
 and in the

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 first place

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.940
 Luke tells

00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:50.660
 us that their

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.500
 jealousy leads

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.200
 to hostility

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 Luke actually

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 names what's

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:54.779
 in their

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 hearts

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 verse 17

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 the high

00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:58.220
 priest rose

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 up and all

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 who were with

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 him

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 that's the

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 party of

00:21:00.179 --> 00:21:00.759
 Sadducees

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.719
 filled with

00:21:01.719 --> 00:21:02.279
 jealousy

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.939
 envy

00:21:02.939 --> 00:21:03.899
 and they

00:21:03.899 --> 00:21:04.459
 arrested the

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 apostles and

00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.219
 put them in

00:21:05.219 --> 00:21:05.740
 public prison

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:09.859
 and now we're

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.399
 not talking about

00:21:10.399 --> 00:21:11.039
 any longer how

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.679
 the mission of

00:21:11.679 --> 00:21:12.399
 Jesus proceeds

00:21:12.399 --> 00:21:12.839
 when it's in

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.279
 the apostles

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.699
 hands

00:21:13.699 --> 00:21:15.019
 but how the

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:16.039
 mission proceeds

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:17.179
 when the

00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:17.859
 Jewish leaders

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.500
 are trying to

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.039
 direct its

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 course

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 and they do

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 so don't

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 they by

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:23.159
 laying their

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 hands on

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 God's

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.180
 messengers

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 and Luke

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.539
 tells us that

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.700
 that power

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.240
 leads to

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 humiliation

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 I love this

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 section

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:34.559
 because they

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 try to

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 prevent

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.460
 don't they

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.460
 the mission

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:37.960
 of Jesus

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.480
 proceeding

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:38.880
 that was

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.579
 their goal

00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:41.539
 but their

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.319
 power to

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:42.880
 throw people

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.380
 in jail

00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:44.599
 is utterly

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.400
 outstripped

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:46.019
 by the

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.480
 power of

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 Jesus

00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:48.259
 whose mission

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.660
 it is

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 so Luke

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 describes

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 doesn't he

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 that an

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 angel of the

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.399
 Lord comes

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 and opens

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 the door

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 of the

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 jail

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 during the

00:21:55.159 --> 00:21:55.359
 night

00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:55.659
 and he

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 tells the

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.399
 disciples

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:56.799
 go back

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 to the

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 temple

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 from where

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 you've

00:21:58.419 --> 00:21:58.519
 been

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 arrested

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 and start

00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:01.740
 preaching

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.179
 again

00:22:02.179 --> 00:22:04.019
 and that's

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 what they

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 do the

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 next morning

00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:05.240
 the Jewish

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.819
 Sanhedrin

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.740
 assembles

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:06.939
 for the

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 next day

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.679
 they call

00:22:07.679 --> 00:22:07.899
 for the

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 apostles

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:08.439
 to be

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 brought

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:08.779
 from

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 jail

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 one of

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 the

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:09.959
 guards

00:22:09.959 --> 00:22:10.299
 has to

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 sheepishly

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.240
 go and

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:11.579
 tell the

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:11.799
 leaders

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.240
 listen the

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 jail cell

00:22:12.699 --> 00:22:13.159
 is empty

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 we don't

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 know where

00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:14.059
 they are

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:15.539
 and no

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:15.979
 sooner have

00:22:15.979 --> 00:22:16.379
 they delivered

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.079
 that message

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:17.939
 than another

00:22:17.939 --> 00:22:18.599
 messenger comes

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:19.099
 and says

00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:19.859
 those guys

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.399
 who arrested

00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:20.959
 yesterday

00:22:20.959 --> 00:22:21.479
 they're

00:22:21.479 --> 00:22:21.799
 actually

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.719
 back in

00:22:22.719 --> 00:22:23.659
 the temple

00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.559
 and they're

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:24.839
 preaching

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.219
 it's a

00:22:25.219 --> 00:22:25.619
 comical

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.019
 scene

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:28.899
 God

00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:29.319
 gives

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:29.899
 these guys

00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:30.359
 just a

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.039
 tiny glimpse

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.299
 of his

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:31.799
 authority

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:33.539
 and strength

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:35.339
 and the

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.740
 leaders are

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.079
 utterly

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.799
 humiliated

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:39.339
 once more

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:39.779
 the apostles

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.319
 are brought

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:40.699
 from their

00:22:40.699 --> 00:22:41.079
 preaching

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.939
 to the

00:22:41.939 --> 00:22:42.399
 authorities

00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:45.299
 they don't

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.899
 use force

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:46.240
 this time

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.759
 verse 26

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.259
 because they're

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.719
 afraid of the

00:22:47.719 --> 00:22:47.959
 people

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:51.160
 and just

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.440
 notice

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.840
 when you

00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:52.579
 put the

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.559
 fear of

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:53.920
 people

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.660
 and the

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.140
 fear of

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.579
 God

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:55.980
 alongside

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.579
 each other

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:58.980
 it shines

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.400
 doesn't it

00:22:59.400 --> 00:22:59.819
 a light

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.120
 on the

00:23:00.120 --> 00:23:00.480
 weakness

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.000
 of these

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.279
 Jewish

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:01.680
 leaders

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:05.100
 the fear

00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:05.680
 of people

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.200
 leads to

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.920
 an ineffective

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.519
 command

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:09.860
 because Luke

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.340
 tells us

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:10.759
 next just

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.640
 how ineffective

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.400
 their instruction

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:12.740
 the day

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.160
 before had

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.500
 been

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:16.759
 despite what

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.100
 had happened

00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.539
 overnight

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.319
 they continued

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.779
 to act

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.339
 as if

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.279
 they were

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.659
 in complete

00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.139
 control of

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:21.359
 what was

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.680
 going on

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.099
 so look at

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.659
 verse 28

00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:23.839
 the Jewish

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.500
 leaders say

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.579
 we strictly

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.480
 charged you

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.259
 not to

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.579
 teach in

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:27.940
 his name

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.819
 we told

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.119
 you

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:31.420
 notice

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.500
 they can't

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.019
 even begin

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.359
 to bring

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:33.779
 themselves

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.460
 to name

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:34.779
 the name

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.259
 of Jesus

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:41.200
 and then

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.559
 there's this

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.000
 beautiful

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.740
 captivating

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.079
 turn of

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.440
 phrase

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:45.299
 it says

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.480
 this

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:45.700
 this

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:45.700


00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:45.839
 is

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.259
 what

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.500
 these

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.839
 apostles

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.079
 have

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.319
 done

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.620
 is

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.299
 filled

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.019
 Jerusalem

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.360
 with

00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:49.539
 this

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:49.900
 teaching

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:52.460
 over the

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.599
 day

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:52.860
 when that

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.079
 would be

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.319
 said

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.460
 of

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.700
 Ealing

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:53.940
 and of

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.200
 London

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:56.440
 that it

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.940
 was filled

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.240
 with the

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.599
 teaching

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.220
 of the

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.539
 gospel

00:23:58.539 --> 00:24:00.579
 Peter and

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:00.799
 the others

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.140
 respond

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.740
 verse 29

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.480
 and they

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:02.720
 say we

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.220
 must obey

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.620
 God

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.120
 rather than

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.299
 human

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.720
 beings

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:06.099
 it's

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.519
 exactly the

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:06.799
 same thing

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.059
 they said

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.259
 a couple

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.460
 of weeks

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.599
 ago

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:07.839
 in chapter

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.460
 419

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:10.599
 do you

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:10.700
 remember

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.039
 what Peter

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.299
 and John

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.599
 replied

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:11.860
 they said

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.220
 whether it's

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.559
 right

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.180
 in the

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.480
 sight of

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.640
 God

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:13.960
 to listen

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.500
 to you

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.579
 rather than

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:15.740
 God

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:15.980
 well you

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.440
 must judge

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.960
 for we

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.339
 cannot

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.339
 but speak

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.600
 of what

00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:18.759
 we've

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:18.920
 seen

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.240
 and heard

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:21.640
 for the

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:21.960
 apostles

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.700
 the choices

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:22.960
 are no

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.279
 brainer

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.539
 obey

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:23.920
 God

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.460
 or obey

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.600
 the

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:24.799
 Jewish

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.200
 leaders

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.620
 but they

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:25.720
 don't

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:25.980
 stop

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.220
 that

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.420
 having

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:27.660
 said

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:27.779
 that

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:27.920
 they

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.519
 launch

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:28.900
 into

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.100
 this

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.740
 explanation

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.000
 of the

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.160
 good

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.460
 news

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.819
 that we'll

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.019
 see

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.339
 again

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.460
 and

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.660
 again

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:32.779
 the

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.100
 apostles

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:33.480
 never

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.259
 miss

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.680
 a beat

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.259
 to

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.519
 proclaim

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.700
 what

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:35.860
 God

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.000
 has

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.120
 done

00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:36.259
 they

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.440
 say

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.900
 verse

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.380
 30

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:37.519
 the

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:37.640
 God

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:37.860
 of our

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:52.539
 it's

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:52.920
 astonishing

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:55.680
 they

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.120
 continue

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.740
 to offer

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.120
 the

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.720
 crucifiers

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.279
 of Jesus

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.400
 the

00:24:59.400 --> 00:24:59.819
 possibility

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.039
 of

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.319
 complete

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.640
 forgiveness

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:03.660
 but they

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.480
 are also

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.860
 very clear

00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:06.799
 in calling

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.259
 on them

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.319
 to listen

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.039
 to God

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:11.220
 to listen

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.640
 to their

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.079
 testimony

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:13.500
 and to

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.619
 the

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:13.939
 testimony

00:25:13.939 --> 00:25:14.179
 of the

00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:14.319
 Holy

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.639
 Spirit

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:17.819
 and the

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.119
 apostles

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.939
 insist

00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:19.759
 on calling

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.179
 the Jewish

00:25:20.179 --> 00:25:20.539
 leaders

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.319
 to repent

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:22.299
 is more

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:22.599
 than most

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:22.819
 of them

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.199
 can bear

00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:25.500
 they hear

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.960
 the message

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.439
 you got it

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:26.699
 wrong

00:25:26.699 --> 00:25:26.899
 about

00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.319
 Jesus

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:29.679
 massively

00:25:29.679 --> 00:25:29.980
 wrong

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.179
 about

00:25:30.179 --> 00:25:30.439
 Jesus

00:25:30.439 --> 00:25:31.019
 and they

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.439
 respond

00:25:31.439 --> 00:25:32.099
 verse 33

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.439
 can you

00:25:32.439 --> 00:25:32.679
 see it

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.000
 when they

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.379
 hear this

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:33.720
 they are

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.179
 enraged

00:25:34.179 --> 00:25:34.439
 and want

00:25:34.439 --> 00:25:34.720
 to kill

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:34.919
 them

00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:37.439
 the chapter

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:38.019
 ends by

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.419
 telling us

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:38.720
 about this

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.819
 wise old

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.240
 Pharisee

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.439
 called

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 Gamaliel

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 who

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:42.960
 urges

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.340
 a more

00:25:43.340 --> 00:25:44.000
 cautious

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.460
 approach

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:46.220
 and his

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.579
 wisdom

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.000
 leads to

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.440
 restraint

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.100
 he sagely

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:48.720
 reminds them

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.299
 that religious

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.799
 leaders

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.220
 religious

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.620
 movements

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:51.079
 come and

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:51.319
 go

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:52.100
 they flare

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.420
 up all

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:52.740
 the time

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:52.940
 and then

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.360
 they burn

00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:53.680
 out as

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.019
 quickly as

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.240
 they got

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.559
 going

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:56.659
 and this

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:56.879
 could be

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.079
 one of

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.159
 them

00:25:57.159 --> 00:25:57.500
 so verse

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:57.879
 39

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.339
 and this

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:58.599
 is a

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:58.859
 very

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.500
 poignant

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.019
 moment

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:02.099
 verse 39

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.619
 he says

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:02.799
 this

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 he says

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 if it

00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:04.000
 is of

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.359
 God

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:05.859
 you will

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.480
 not be

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.799
 able

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.659
 to stop

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 them

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:09.940
 and you

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.379
 might even

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.859
 be found

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.299
 opposing

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 God

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:14.819
 I think

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.440
 that is

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.019
 the message

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.700
 of Acts

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.579
 in one

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 sentence

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:20.759
 if it

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.220
 is of

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.659
 God

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:23.680
 you will

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:23.940
 not be

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.140
 able to

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.340
 stop

00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:24.540
 them

00:26:24.540 --> 00:26:26.900
 so

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.120
 instead

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.300
 of

00:26:27.300 --> 00:26:27.500
 killing

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.759
 them

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.100
 the

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.680
 Sanhedrin

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:30.360
 has

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.519
 them

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.460
 flogged

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.000
 and tells

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.400
 them once

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:32.800
 again

00:26:32.800 --> 00:26:33.920
 stop

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.620
 talking

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:35.120
 about

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.740
 Jesus

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:38.880
 an

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.320
 instruction

00:26:39.320 --> 00:26:40.060
 that the

00:26:40.060 --> 00:26:40.340
 apostles

00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:40.779
 are not

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.080
 about to

00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:41.279
 heed

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:43.600
 and their

00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:43.960
 determination

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:45.480
 to keep

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.860
 on doing

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.259
 exactly

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.580
 what they've

00:26:46.580 --> 00:26:46.840
 been told

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.180
 not to

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.420
 do

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:48.080
 is the

00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:48.340
 note

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.820
 that

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.140
 Acts

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.460
 5

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:49.779
 strikes

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.080
 again

00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:50.420
 so verse

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.800
 41

00:26:50.800 --> 00:26:51.100
 then they

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.279
 left

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.420
 the

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.660
 presence

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:51.799
 of

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:51.899
 the

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.200
 council

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.680
 rejoicing

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.000
 that they

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.399
 were counted

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:55.220
 worthy to

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.500
 suffer

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.940
 dishonour

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.160
 for the

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.379
 name

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:57.220
 and every

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.599
 day

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.139
 in the

00:26:58.139 --> 00:26:58.420
 temple

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:58.660
 and from

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:58.859
 house

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.299
 to house

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.440
 they did

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:00.859
 not

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.539
 stop

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.579
 teaching

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.519
 and preaching

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:05.240
 that the

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.799
 Christ is

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.160
 Jesus

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:08.799
 and that's

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.180
 really

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:10.259
 the place

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.700
 to end

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.039
 for the

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.319
 chapter

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:13.119
 because

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.379
 that's

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:13.599
 what the

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:13.839
 chapter

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.119
 is all

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.379
 about

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.139
 it's

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:15.420
 about

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.279
 the

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.619
 importance

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:16.779
 of

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.200
 obedience

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:19.639
 and so

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:19.839
 this

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.119
 chapter

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.460
 bounces

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:20.720
 around

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.100
 our minds

00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:21.279
 this

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.500
 morning

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:21.759
 and it

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.100
 provokes

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.440
 us

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.240
 to

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.700
 freshly

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.220
 see

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.700
 why

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.059
 we

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.519
 must

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.920
 as a

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.220
 church

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.539
 obey

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:26.880
 God

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.180
 too

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:29.240
 the whole

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.500
 chapter

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.120
 drives us

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.559
 in that

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:30.900
 direction

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.559
 Ananias and

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:31.940
 Sapphira

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.400
 remind us

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.940
 shockingly

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.819
 we have to

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.380
 say of

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.559
 why

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:34.940
 obedience

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.420
 matters

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:37.420
 and the

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.740
 church of

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.240
 Jesus Christ

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.680
 is no

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.160
 place for

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.740
 disobedience

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:41.799
 and the

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.299
 second half

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.539
 of the

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:42.860
 chapter

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.920
 the

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.220
 apostle

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.880
 set us

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.279
 an

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.779
 example

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.920
 of the

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.360
 opposite

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:47.920
 obedience

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:49.440
 verse

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.880
 29

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.240
 they say

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.539
 we must

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:50.779
 obey

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.180
 God

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.580
 verse

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:52.039
 32

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.420
 they say

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:52.660
 God

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:52.860
 has

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.100
 given

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.300
 his

00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:53.480
 Holy

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.779
 Spirit

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:53.980
 do you

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.200
 notice

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.560
 to who

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:55.880
 to

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.080
 those

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:56.200
 who

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.440
 obey

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.700
 him

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:58.340
 and

00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:58.539
 verse

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.000
 42

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.240
 in

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.620
 direct

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.039
 opposition

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.360
 to the

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:00.620
 command

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:00.840
 of the

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.060
 Jewish

00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:01.440
 leaders

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.140
 the

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.500
 apostles

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.779
 do

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.000
 what

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.360
 Jesus

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.560
 has

00:28:03.560 --> 00:28:03.800
 asked

00:28:03.800 --> 00:28:03.920
 them

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.039
 to

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.240
 do

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.660
 they

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:05.060
 continue

00:28:05.060 --> 00:28:05.300
 to

00:28:05.300 --> 00:28:05.720
 proclaim

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:05.960
 the

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.300
 gospel

00:28:06.300 --> 00:28:08.980
 and as

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.100
 the

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:09.420
 apostles

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.860
 obeyed

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.080
 so

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:10.259
 must

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.460
!

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:13.440
 and so

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.620
 they

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:13.940
 stick

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.100
 with

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:14.220
 the

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.440
 mission

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.620
 of

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.059
 Jesus

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:16.059
 opposition

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.340
 not

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.840
 withstanding

00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:19.279
 for two

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.900
 key reasons

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.900
 and let me

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.380
 finish here

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:23.680
 first of all

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.299
 because we

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.819
 belong

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:26.759
 to his

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.200
 church

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:29.620
 and we

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.079
 should obey

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.700
 him because

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.259
 he is the

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.819
 lord of our

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.259
 church

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:33.240
 it is not

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.700
 ours

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.079
 it is

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.500
 his

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:37.660
 it operates

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.100
 on his

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:38.460
 power

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.140
 it is formed

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.700
 and nurtured

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.240
 by his

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.620
 truth

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.240
 and when

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.640
 we sin

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:41.960
 against

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.220
 the

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.660
 church

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.180
 we sin

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.480
 against

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.839
 him

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:46.160
 and when

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.539
 we need

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.000
 it to be

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.400
 corrected

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:47.900
 or disciplined

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.519
 or transformed

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.240
 it is he

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.960
 who ultimately

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.900
 changes us

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:53.500
 and Acts 5

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.319
 reminds us

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.640
 that the

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.460
 early churches

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.019
 of Acts

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.640
 are just like

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.180
 churches today

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.720
 just like our

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.220
 little church

00:28:59.220 --> 00:29:06.160
 they are

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.599
 churches of

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.140
 Jesus Christ

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:09.680
 and we

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.200
 should obey

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.580
 him

00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:11.080
 because we

00:29:11.080 --> 00:29:11.480
 belong to

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.700
 his

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.039
 church

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:13.600
 the church

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:13.980
 that belongs

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.299
 to him

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:17.400
 and secondly

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:17.860
 Acts 5

00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.340
 reminds us

00:29:18.340 --> 00:29:18.740
 that it's

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.340
 not just

00:29:19.340 --> 00:29:19.740
 his church

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.100
 it's his

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:20.440
 mission

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:22.400
 and the

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:22.920
 mission wasn't

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.519
 ultimately in the

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:23.860
 hands of the

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.140
 apostles

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:25.080
 and it certainly

00:29:25.080 --> 00:29:25.519
 wasn't in the

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:25.880
 hands of the

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.340
 Jewish elders

00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:27.320
 and it's not

00:29:27.320 --> 00:29:28.000
 ultimately in

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.600
 our hands

00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:28.920
 either

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.519
 it's in

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:29.720
 Jesus'

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.120
 hands

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:33.439
 the work

00:29:33.439 --> 00:29:33.859
 of God

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.179
 in the

00:29:34.179 --> 00:29:34.579
 world

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.299
 is the

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.619
 work that

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.299
 he directs

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:36.519
 and he

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:36.899
 progresses

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:38.199
 and he

00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:38.579
 completes

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:40.059
 so we

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.639
 obey him

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.939
 because we

00:29:41.939 --> 00:29:42.399
 serve his

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:42.679
 mission

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 we do

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 what he

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 would have

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 us to

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 because our

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 life's work

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 is nothing

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 more and

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 nothing less

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 than his

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 work

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 and you

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 and I

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 live in a

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 world

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 don't we

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 where people

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 are regularly

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 telling the

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 church of

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 Jesus Christ

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 stop

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 talking

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 about

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 Jesus

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 and we

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 do well

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 don't we

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 to heed

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 the

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 apostles

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 persistent

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 example

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 of obedience

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 to God

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 and disobedience

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 to the

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 world

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 this is a

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 chapter that

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 reminds you

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 and I

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 that Jesus

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 is Lord

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 Jesus is

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 Lord of

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 the church

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 and he is

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 Lord of

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 the mission

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 and he

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 is the

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 one we

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 serve

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 and he

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 is the

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 one we

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 obey

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 and Peter

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 and the

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 other apostles

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 replied we

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 must obey

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 God

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 rather than

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 human beings

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 so day

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 after day

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 in the

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 temple courts

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 and from

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 house to

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 house they

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 never stopped

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 teaching

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 and proclaiming

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 the good

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 news

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 that Jesus

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 is the

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 Lord

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 do

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 not

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 stop

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 let's

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 pray

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