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 Well, good morning, everyone. It's great to be with you in church here this morning and to connect with you online as well.

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 If you've not met me before, my name's Steve Jeffrey. I'm the senior pastor here at St Paul's,

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 and it's my joy to be able to connect us into the next stage of the book of Acts, which we're journeying through at the moment.

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 Very few, I think, would argue about the quality of community has declined in society in recent years.

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 In fact, not just recent years, over quite a number of years.

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 In fact, one of the biggest social issues in our community here in Chatswood is, in fact, social isolation,

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 as it is for many people in large cities around the world.

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 There is, if you like, a superficiality to our personal relationships.

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 But it's not new.

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 In 1955, in his book, The Sane Society, Eric Fromm, who was a social psychologist, wrote this.

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 There is not much love to be found in the world of our day.

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 There is rather a superficial friendliness concealing a distance, an indifference, and a subtle distrust.

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 The radical psychologist R.D. Lang wrote in his 1967 book, The Politics of Experience,

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 we are born into a world where social isolation awaits us.

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 Before we can even ask such optimistic questions as what is a personal relationship,

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 we have to ask if personal relationships are even possible in this present situation.

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 So how do we react when we hear phrases like that?

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 When we hear things like superficial friendliness and social isolation and emotional isolation, words like that.

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 These are real issues in our society, in our community.

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 And in fact, it may be for you personally right now,

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 whether maybe even you sitting at home right now, all alone, watching, engaging with this.

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 I think it's an issue which we've become more aware of.

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 I'm certainly hearing statements and phrases like feeling disconnected in this COVID-19 season.

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 We live in a sick society that desperately needs to discover this idea of community and connectedness and relationship.

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 There is a sign of hope for us.

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 The opening chapters of Acts points us to such a community.

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 It's a special community.

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 It's called many things, but most frequently in the New Testament, it's called the church.

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 So we're going to journey today to see what it is.

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 What is this church?

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 So if you've got the St. Paul's app, you can open up and you'll see an outline.

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 I've got four things.

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 It was going to be five, but I've narrowed it down to four because the fifth thing was addressed last week.

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 So four things in Acts chapter 4 verse 32 through to chapter 6 verse 7.

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 So if you haven't got the St. Paul's app, at the very least, you can open up a Bible and follow along with me on this one.

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 There's four things about this new community.

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 It's a saved community.

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 It's an organic and gracious community.

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 It's a disciplined community.

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 And it's an organized community.

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 They're the four things.

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 So first of all, and foundationally and fundamentally, this new community is a saved community.

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 In Acts chapter 2, we saw it a couple of weeks ago.

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 It's the day of Pentecost.

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 The apostle Peter gives his first and his greatest sermon, an experience that most preachers don't ever have.

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 His first and his greatest sermon.

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 And he gets to the application of this sermon in verse 36 of Acts 2.

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 So have a look at that.

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 Skip back a couple of chapters for me.

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 It says,

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 Therefore, this is his application.

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 Therefore, let all of Israel be assured of this.

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 God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.

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 And there's a multitude that are gathered there listening to this sermon from across the Roman Empire,

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 all different cultures and languages.

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 And it says they were convicted.

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 They came under deep conviction.

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 Conviction both of their own sin and of the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

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 And so they said, Peter, what are we going to do now?

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 What happens now?

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 And Peter called the gathering to repent and to be baptized.

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 And what Luke concludes, he concludes a description of that day by adding in verse 40 of chapter 2,

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 with many other words, he, that's Peter, warned them.

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 And he pleaded with them, save yourselves from this corrupt generation.

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 And those who accepted his message were baptized and about 3,000 were added to their number that day.

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 Notice what Peter does is he warns them.

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 He pleads with them to be saved.

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 That's the essential thing that they need to do is to be saved.

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 And he declares in another sermon he gives, which is also pretty good, in chapter 4, verse 12,

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 Peter says,

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 So what Peter's talking about there in Acts 4, and the same experience in Acts 2,

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 is that what he's talking about is not some kind of optional spiritual experience,

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 but about a radical moral rescue,

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 which all of humanity must experience,

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 lest they perish under the judgment of their creator God.

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 That's what he's talking about.

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 Jesus Christ is the resurrected, death-defeating, sin-crushing,

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 relationship with our creator-restoring, Lord of the universe.

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 He sits enthroned as king,

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 never to be challenged.

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 No greater authority,

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 and therefore no other alternative,

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 no other rescue plan.

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 And what Peter says here is,

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 in Acts 2 and in Acts 4,

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 you neglect Jesus at your peril.

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 He's saying there is a must about Jesus.

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 Not a maybe,

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 it's a must.

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 Jesus Christ is the most important thing

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 that has happened in the history of the world.

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 And what you saw in Acts 2,

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 if you sort of tuned in a little bit to the language of what Peter uses,

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 is that Peter divides the world into two groups.

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 Only two.

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 He says,

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 save yourself from something.

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 Save yourself from a particular community.

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 This corrupt generation.

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 You are part of a group,

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 a community.

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 And he says,

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 save yourself from that community

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 that lives as if the God of this universe doesn't matter.

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 As if Jesus isn't King and Lord of the universe.

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 As if he isn't the Messiah.

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 Save yourself from that community

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 and join a new community.

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 A new society.

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 A new group.

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 Saved by the death and resurrection of Jesus.

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 And what Peter declares,

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 and as the New Testament declares,

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 in fact,

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 what the whole Bible declares,

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 what Christianity declares,

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 is there's only two groups of people.

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 You're either in one corrupt group that rejects God

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 or you're in the group that has been saved by Jesus Christ.

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 On either community.

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 And so for the early Christians in Acts,

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 being saved by Jesus

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 was a matter of leaving a community under judgment

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 to finding refuge and joy

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 and hope and life and forgiveness

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 and new salvation

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 in the community of those who have been saved by Jesus Christ.

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 Christians are bound together

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 as a new people

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 because of our common salvation.

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 There is no such thing

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 as isolated,

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 go it alone,

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 choose my journey,

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 my commitment levels,

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 Christianity.

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 I do not get an option.

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 It is not up to me

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 to choose what I think level of commitment

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 I will give and won't give.

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 Those are the defining things

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 of the corrupt generation,

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 not the new community

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 under the Lordship of Jesus.

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 And Christians are bound together

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 as a new people

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 because of a common salvation.

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 They have a new common salvation

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 and that common salvation

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 trumps everything

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 because there's not much else

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 that they necessarily have in common.

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 But it's enough.

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 Chapter 4, verse 32,

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 all the believers

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 were one in heart and mind.

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 They were made up of believers.

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 This new community

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 is made up of believers

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 who differed in opinions

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 on a whole range of different things.

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 Who to vote for?

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 Not that they did it back in those days,

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 but who to vote for?

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 Food, clothing, language, customs,

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 all kinds of different personal opinions.

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 They were, however, united

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 in one fundamental,

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 most important thing

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 that rose above every other difference

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 and that is that Jesus

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 is Lord of all

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 and he's the Messiah who saved us.

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 We make him the main thing.

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 We are bound together

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 because of our common salvation.

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 1982, British Airways Boeing 747-200

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 was flying at a very high altitude.

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 You know, your cruising altitude

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 over Indonesia

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 flying to New Zealand,

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 I think from memory.

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 And what the crew could not see

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 as they were flying the plane

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 was this cloud of volcanic ash

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 right in their flight path.

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 Mount Galganan in Indonesia

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 had erupted just days before

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 and there's this huge cloud

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 of volcanic ash

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 which back in those days

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 were not picked up on radar

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 and then when the plane

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 flew through the volcanic ash,

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 what it did was,

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 was in a couple of minutes

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 clogged up all four of its engines

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 and shut them down.

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 So this 747 became a,

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 what is technically a glider now

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 and it was gliding in the air.

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 You can imagine the silence of this

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 for 16 minutes.

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 16 minutes,

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 no, under no power whatsoever

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 and descending at a kilometre per minute.

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 Or something like that.

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 Every certain minutes.

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 Fast anyway.

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 Most people sitting on that plane

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 in that moment

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 were convinced they were going to die.

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 They grabbed bits of paper

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 and pens as they could

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 and scrawled notes

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 to family members

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 in the hope that in the wreckage

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 those notes would be found.

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 Amazingly,

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 because of a fluke thing

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 that the captain did in that moment

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 in deciding to descend faster,

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 which is against all logic,

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 actually the descent going faster

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 unclogged the engines

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 which allowed him to restart the motor.

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 It is now,

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 you can look it up,

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 it is now in the Guinness Book of Records

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 as the longest unpowered flight

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 by an aircraft

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 not designed to fly unpowered.

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 Now,

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 if you are sitting on that plane

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 in that moment

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 when after 16 minutes of silence

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 all of a sudden,

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 boom,

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 the engines kick in,

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 the excitement,

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 you start gaining altitude

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 and eventually you land safely.

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 You have a new lease on life.

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 Everything changes in that moment.

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 And so what did the passengers

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 on this plane do?

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 They formed a club.

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 It's known as the Galganan Gliding Club.

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 The Galganan Gliding Club.

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 They get together annually

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 on the date of the flight

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 and they celebrate life together.

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 That's what they do.

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 That's their whole existence,

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 to celebrate a new lease on life.

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 To be saved by Jesus

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 is to be a member

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 of his saved community.

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 Church is not what you attend.

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 Church is what you belong to.

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 Church is who you are.

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 You now have been redefined.

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 Saved into the new community

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 of the saved.

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 Secondly,

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 we see that this new community

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 that has been graciously saved

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 by the Lord Jesus Christ

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 becomes an organically

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 gracious community

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 under the power

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 Verse 32 again.

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 No one,

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 this is this new community,

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 no one claimed

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 that any of their possessions

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 was their own.

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 But they shared everything

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 that they had.

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 Then down in verse 34,

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 there was no needy persons

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 among them

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 for from time to time

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 those who owned land

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 or houses sold them,

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 bought the money

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 from the sales

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 and put it at the apostles' feet.

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 And it was distributed

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 to anyone

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 who had need.

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 Joseph,

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 a Levi from Cyprus,

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 whom the apostles

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 called Barnabas,

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 which means son of encouragement,

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 sold a field

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 that he owned

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 and bought the money

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 and put it

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 at the apostles' feet.

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 This is not

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 an early form of communism.

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 That's not what's going on here.

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 Did you notice

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 the high degree

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 of voluntary commitment

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 that these believers

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 displayed towards each other?

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 Voluntary commitment.

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 Private ownership

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 was recognised,

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 but no one pressed

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 their rights

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 to private ownership.

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 This is spontaneous.

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 It is extraordinary generosity.

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 It's organic.

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 It's not structured,

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 not planned.

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 There's no

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 sell your property campaign

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 going on here.

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 There's no campaign

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 by the apostles.

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 Their sharing

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 was selfless,

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 it was sacrificial

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 and it was voluntary.

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 There's no law

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 imposing these standards.

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 This is simply

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 a desire

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 that has grown

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 in them

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 because of the work

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 in their life

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 and God's radical generosity

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 to them

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 in the Lord Jesus.

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 This is a church

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 that has

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 a social conscience.

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 It didn't appear

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 to be a strategy

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 for growth.

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 It was simply

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 an organic,

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 spontaneous expression

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 of the love

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 had poured

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 into their hearts.

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 And what's more,

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 crucially,

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 there is no evidence

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 that the early church

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 confused this ministry,

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 this ministry

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 of meeting people's needs

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 with the evangelistic task

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 in which Jesus

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 had given them

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 to proclaim

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 the good news

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 to all peoples

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 to the ends of the earth.

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 No confusion.

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 Verse 33,

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 right in the middle

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 of all this,

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 with great power,

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 the apostles

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 continued to testify

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 to the resurrection

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 of the Lord Jesus.

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 Resurrection truth

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 is the key

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 to this new community.

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 The historical bodily

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 resurrection of Jesus

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 means that everything

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 that Jesus declared

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 about his identity

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 as God

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 and all of his saving plans

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 are for humanity

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 and his lordship

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 over all the universe

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 are right.

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 They're right.

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 He's vindicated.

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 And this early church

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 didn't substitute

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 social action

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 with proclaiming

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 that truth.

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 Nor did they

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 merge social action

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 with proclaiming

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 that truth.

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 they preached

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 the love

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 of God

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 in Jesus Christ

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 in the context

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 of a community

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 that had demonstrated

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 the love practically.

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 They'd been captivated

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 by the gospel

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 and it overflowed

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 in their life together.

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 Thirdly,

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 this new community

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 is a disciplined community.

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 Up until now,

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 the picture

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 that we have

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 of the church

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 is love

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 and spontaneity

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 and organic life.

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 This is

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 really attractive

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 for those

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 who prefer church

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 to be free

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 from regulations

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 and budgets

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 and structures

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 and organisation

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 and strategic plans

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 and just to be

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 free

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 to come and go

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 as we please

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 and just spontaneous

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 to where

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 the spirit

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 might lead us.

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 Some love

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 the language

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 of organism

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 as a church

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 and particularly

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 push back

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 against

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 it's not

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 an organisation

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 it's an organism

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 as if those

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 two things

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 are the polar

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 opposites.

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 It's true

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 the church

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 is an organism

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 it is a living

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 thing.

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 It's certainly

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 not a machine

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 and it's not

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 a company

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 it's not a business

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 but while

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 Christ's body

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 like our

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 human body

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 is not

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 a machine

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 that does

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 not mean

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 that there's

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 no order

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 or control.

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 We all

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 have what

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 they call

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 a central

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 nervous system.

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 Central

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 nervous system.

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 Our bodies

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 are not

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 random

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 collections

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 of limbs

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 each doing

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 their own

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 thing

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 randomly.

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 The church

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 is not

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 modelled

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 on the

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 precise

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 movements

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 of a

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 computerised

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 robot

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 nor

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 on the

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 haphazard

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 antics

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 of a

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 mentally

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 deranged

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 monkey.

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 Organisation

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 and discipline

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 are no

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 substitute

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 for life

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 but they

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 are

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 indispensable

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 an

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 indispensable

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 condition

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 for effective

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 living.

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 A healthy

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 church

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 is an

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 organised

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 disciplined

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 organism

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 and

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 ironically

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 it was

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 the

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 organic

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:09.799
 spontaneous

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:11.400
 welfare

00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.019
 of the

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 early

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 church

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 that

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 highlighted

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 the

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 importance

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 of its

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 discipline

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 and its

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 organisation.

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 Have a look

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 chapter 5

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 verse 1

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 Now a

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 man named

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 Ananias

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 together

00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:23.799
 with his

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 wife

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 Sapphira

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 also

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 sold

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 a piece

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:26.920
 of

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 property.

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 With

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 his

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 wife's

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 full

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 knowledge

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 he

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 kept

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 back

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 part

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 of

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 the

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 money

00:19:33.399 --> 00:19:33.639
 for

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 himself

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 but

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 bought

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 the

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 rest

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 at

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 the

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 apostles

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 feet.

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 So

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:41.559
 this

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.180
 incident

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:43.599
 brought

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 the

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 issue

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:44.759
 of

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.480
 discipline

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:46.079
 to a

00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:46.339
 head

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.680
 for the

00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:46.899
 early

00:19:46.899 --> 00:19:47.339
 church.

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 How the

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 church

00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:49.959
 dealt

00:19:49.959 --> 00:19:50.199
 with

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 this

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 moment

00:19:51.199 --> 00:19:51.439
 of

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 corruption

00:19:51.959 --> 00:19:52.679
 and

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 sin

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 was

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 vital

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 for

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 its

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 long-term

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 effectiveness

00:19:55.899 --> 00:19:56.459
 as a

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 new

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 community.

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 There is

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 a need

00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:58.559
 for

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 discipline

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 and

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 for

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 standards

00:19:59.959 --> 00:20:00.220
 in

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 God's

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 new

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 community

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 unless

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.079
 it

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 would

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 degenerate

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 into

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 something

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 which is

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 no

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 different

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.000
 from

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 the

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 corrupt

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.079
 community

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.519
 from

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 which

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 it

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 has

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 been

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 saved.

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 In

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 verse 4

00:20:11.679 --> 00:20:12.859
 Peter

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 points out

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 that

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 Ananias

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 and

00:20:14.919 --> 00:20:15.339
 Sapphira

00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:15.539
 were

00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:15.759
 under

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 no

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 obligation

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.000
 whatsoever

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.380
 to sell

00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:17.599
 their

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:17.980
 field

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.660
 nor

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 were

00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:18.980
 they

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.420
 required

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:19.619
 to

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 donate

00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.440
 all

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 the

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 proceeds

00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:21.319
 of

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 the

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 field

00:20:21.619 --> 00:20:22.059
 to

00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.559
 the

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:22.980
 church

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 which

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 leads

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 me

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 to

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 believe

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 that

00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:26.359
 their

00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:26.839
 motive

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.380
 in

00:20:27.380 --> 00:20:27.619
 this

00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:28.059
 behaviour

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.539
 is

00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:28.859
 not

00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:29.380
 greed

00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:31.099
 they're

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 not

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.440
 driven

00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:31.660
 by

00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.019
 greed

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.339
 here

00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:33.539
 they're

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:33.680
 not

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.000
 forced

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.140
 to

00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:34.279
 do

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 this

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:36.740
 it's

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.059
 most

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:37.539
 likely

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.279
 that

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:38.420
 they

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:38.559
 were

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.079
 motivated

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.420
 by

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:40.019
 jealousy

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:41.099
 or

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.279
 the

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.700
 coveting

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:41.920
 of

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 reputation

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:45.319
 the

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:45.740
 coveting

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:45.960
 of

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.559
 reputation

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:48.019
 being

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.679
 seen

00:20:48.679 --> 00:20:52.019
 by

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.500
 others

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.799
 and

00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.200
 praised

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 by

00:20:53.419 --> 00:20:53.879
 others

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 so it's

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 quite

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 possible

00:20:57.179 --> 00:20:57.359
 it's

00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:57.940
 narcissistic

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 behaviour

00:20:58.359 --> 00:21:01.000
 at the end

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.440
 of chapter

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:01.919
 four

00:21:01.919 --> 00:21:03.559
 we see

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 Barnabas

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 did the

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.059
 same

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.539
 thing

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.799
 that he

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.659
 sold

00:21:07.659 --> 00:21:08.000
 the property

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.319
 gave it

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.539
 all to

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 the

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:08.919
 apostles

00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:09.419
 and he

00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:09.779
 received

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.240
 a whole lot

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.659
 of praise

00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:11.099
 for it

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 I can

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 imagine

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:14.659
 he's

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 been

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 held

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 up

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.480
 people

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:16.699
 look

00:21:16.699 --> 00:21:16.859
 to

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 him

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 he's

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 a

00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.119
 model

00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:18.679
 disciple

00:21:18.679 --> 00:21:20.459
 fantastic

00:21:20.459 --> 00:21:21.099
 work

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.459
 people

00:21:21.459 --> 00:21:21.559
 are

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.039
 encouraged

00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:22.439
 to give

00:21:22.439 --> 00:21:22.679
 a new

00:21:22.679 --> 00:21:22.939
 name

00:21:22.939 --> 00:21:23.259
 the son

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.359
 of

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 encouragement

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:25.839
 and I

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 would

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.639
 suggest

00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:26.919
 that

00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:27.419
 Ananias

00:21:27.419 --> 00:21:27.879
 and Sapphira

00:21:27.879 --> 00:21:28.679
 wanted the

00:21:28.679 --> 00:21:29.379
 reputation

00:21:29.379 --> 00:21:29.659
 that

00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:30.039
 Barnabas

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.339
 had

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:31.939
 they

00:21:31.939 --> 00:21:32.599
 loved

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:32.799
 the

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.179
 applause

00:21:33.179 --> 00:21:33.439
 that he

00:21:33.439 --> 00:21:34.000
 received

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.959
 they

00:21:34.959 --> 00:21:35.199
 wanted to

00:21:35.199 --> 00:21:35.299
 be

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:35.539
 known

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:35.740
 as

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.559
 philanthropists

00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:36.959
 too

00:21:36.959 --> 00:21:38.500
 they

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:38.740
 wanted to

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.179
 be ranked

00:21:39.179 --> 00:21:39.399
 with

00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:39.799
 Barnabas

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.079
 in the

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.719
 esteem

00:21:40.719 --> 00:21:40.979
 of the

00:21:40.979 --> 00:21:41.219
 Christian

00:21:41.219 --> 00:21:41.740
 community

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:44.200
 but they

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:44.700
 wanted both

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.079
 the money

00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:46.160
 and the

00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:46.700
 esteem

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.599
 and so

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.140
 they hatched

00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:48.700
 a plot

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.920
 a deception

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:51.279
 in an attempt

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.859
 to fool

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.400
 the church

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:53.099
 and God

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:54.279
 but they

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.819
 were wrong

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:56.799
 verse 4

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.640
 this is

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:58.859
 Peter

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.519
 what made

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.160
 you think

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:01.279
 of doing

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:02.519
 such a

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:02.759
 thing

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:05.140
 you have

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:05.839
 not lied

00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:06.420
 just to

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.160
 human beings

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.640
 but to

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:07.960
 God

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.420
 himself

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:09.859
 when

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.500
 Ananias

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.059
 heard this

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.539
 he fell

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:11.980
 down

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.879
 dead

00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:14.759
 immediately

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:17.639
 just like

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:18.200
 his wife

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:22.220
 now the

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.839
 savageness

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.359
 of this

00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:23.960
 judgment

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:25.200
 shocks many

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.599
 Christians

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.000
 today

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:28.379
 it also

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:28.980
 shocked the

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.720
 early community

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.559
 it says

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.599
 great fear

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.519
 seized them

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.980
 not just the

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.480
 Christians in the

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.740
 community

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.200
 but the

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.559
 surrounding

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:35.920
 community

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.119
 who were

00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:36.399
 not there

00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:36.740
 Christians

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.079
 looking at

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.319
 the Christian

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.519
 community

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.799
 great fear

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:40.079
 seized them

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.920
 as well

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.900
 and yet

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.460
 it did

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.140
 not hinder

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:44.279
 the progress

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.220
 of the

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.539
 gospel

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:48.220
 it's

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.660
 possible

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.360
 that Luke

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:49.740
 had in

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.519
 mind here

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.759
 the similar

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.340
 incident

00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:53.160
 in the

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.580
 book of

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:54.019
 Joshua

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.600
 in the

00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.180
 Old Testament

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:57.279
 we read

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.800
 in Joshua

00:22:57.800 --> 00:22:58.560
 chapter 7

00:22:58.560 --> 00:23:00.820
 that of

00:23:00.820 --> 00:23:01.200
 Achan

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.460
 who stole

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.360
 some

00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:03.740
 treasure

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.539
 from Jericho

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.360
 which was

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:05.960
 supposed to be

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.259
 dedicated

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.980
 to God

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:09.279
 he steals

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.460
 it

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.059
 hides it

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.379
 under

00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:10.819
 his

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.460
 tent

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.299
 and as

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.900
 a result

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.440
 the

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.039
 Israelite

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.559
 community

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.440
 was suffering

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.940
 defeat

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.259
 after

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.619
 defeat

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:16.900
 after

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.359
 defeat

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:18.000
 in battle

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:20.039
 and Joshua

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.680
 goes to

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:20.940
 God

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.220
 in the

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.559
 ark of

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:21.700
 the

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.019
 covenant

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.379
 and

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:23.079
 prays to

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.319
 God

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.720
 what are

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.400
 you doing

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:25.519
 the glory

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:25.819
 of your

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.420
 name

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.059
 is going

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.319
 to be

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.680
 hindered

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.019
 here

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.420
 the more

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.759
 that we

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.339
 suffer

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.819
 defeat

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.200
 people are

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.440
 going to

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.039
 laugh at

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.200
 us

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.440
 and they're

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.619
 going to

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.039
 laugh at

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.400
 you

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.180
 the advance

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.600
 of your

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.380
 kingdom

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:35.759
 is going

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:35.980
 to be

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.280
 hindered

00:23:36.280 --> 00:23:36.620
 here

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:38.340
 and God

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:38.920
 be true

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.200
 to your

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.540
 name

00:23:39.540 --> 00:23:40.040
 resolve

00:23:40.040 --> 00:23:40.259
 the

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.759
 problem

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.200
 and

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.940
 there's

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.300
 Joshua

00:23:42.300 --> 00:23:43.019
 get up

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.340
 it's not

00:23:43.340 --> 00:23:43.840
 my problem

00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:44.440
 it's yours

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:46.440
 there's sin

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:46.680
 in the

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.100
 community

00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:47.640
 I haven't

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:48.200
 broken my

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.580
 promises

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:49.259
 you guys

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.640
 have broken

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.100
 yours

00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:50.820
 there's sin

00:23:50.820 --> 00:23:51.259
 in your

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.740
 community

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.600
 and this

00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:53.180
 is right

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.540
 at the

00:23:53.540 --> 00:23:54.200
 very beginning

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.140
 as the

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:55.620
 people of

00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:55.920
 God

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.580
 cross over

00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:57.019
 the Jordan

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.340
 river

00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:58.220
 and start

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.620
 as the

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:58.840
 new

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.200
 community

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.700
 people

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.540
 in

00:24:00.540 --> 00:24:01.920
 their new

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.240
 home

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:04.640
 very

00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:04.900
 similar

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.480
 situation

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.120
 here in

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:07.140
 the book

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:08.000
 of Acts

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.460
 as this

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.740
 new

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.240
 community

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.039
 begins

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:11.140
 as the

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.299
 new

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.680
 community

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.039
 of

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.319
 God's

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.599
 people

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:16.559
 what

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:16.920
 happened

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.420
 in

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.099
 Joshua

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:18.519
 7

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:18.819
 is

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:18.960
 the

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.380
 deception

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.019
 is

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.620
 discovered

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.759
 Achan

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.380
 and his

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:22.900
 family

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.220
 are

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.859
 executed

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:25.339
 for their

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:25.680
 crime

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.000
 against

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.440
 God

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:26.920
 and all

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.079
 their

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.500
 possessions

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:27.940
 burnt

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.420
 and their

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:28.759
 name

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.059
 wiped

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.359
 out

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:31.220
 their

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.539
 name's

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:31.759
 wiped

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.039
 out

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:34.319
 and the

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.019
 point of

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.579
 Joshua

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.059
 7

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.440
 and the

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.659
 point

00:24:36.659 --> 00:24:36.899
 of

00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:37.240
 Acts

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.680
 5

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.119
 here

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:40.559
 is that

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:40.819
 we are

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.359
 a disciplined

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.980
 community

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.539
 to fulfill

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.159
 the purpose

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:44.700
 that God

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.220
 has for

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.480
 his

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.879
 saved

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.420
 community

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.579
 they must

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.500
 maintain

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:50.079
 a much

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.559
 higher

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.159
 standard

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.960
 of conduct

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.339
 than is

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.960
 tolerated

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.299
 in the

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.480
 world

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:53.759
 around

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.119
 us

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:55.980
 and so

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.480
 it is

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.359
 a dreadful

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:57.740
 thing

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:59.000
 when the

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.279
 church

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.779
 has

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.200
 as an

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.779
 institution

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.139
 the

00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:01.639
 stain

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:01.879
 that

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.000
 it

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 has

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 they

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 have

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 wandered

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 far

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 away

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 from

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 being

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 the

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.579
 community

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:06.980
 of

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 God's

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 people

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.299
 and

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 under

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 the

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 lordship

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.180
 of

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 Jesus

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:11.799
 God's

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.160
 people

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.799
 must

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 be

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 different

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:13.859
 their

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 moral

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 standards

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 must

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 be

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 maintained

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.680
 we have

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:17.859
 been

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 saved

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 from

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 one

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.139
 corrupt

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.759
 generation

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.119
 being

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.440
 made

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.700
 in the

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:20.920
 image

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.019
 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 and

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 so

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 therefore

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 personal

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 and corporate

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 holiness

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 absolutely

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 matters

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.340
 to

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 every

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 local

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.740
 church

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:34.040
 and so

00:25:34.040 --> 00:25:34.240
 at the

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.560
 beginning

00:25:34.560 --> 00:25:35.380
 of this

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:35.600
 new

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:36.019
 community

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.640
 as it

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.060
 was

00:25:37.060 --> 00:25:37.620
 in

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:37.880
 Joshua

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 7

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.740
 and now

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:38.980
 in

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.259
 Acts

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.720
 5

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:42.060
 an

00:25:42.060 --> 00:25:42.440
 example

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:42.640
 is

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:42.980
 made

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:46.320
 of

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:46.620
 God's

00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:47.100
 priorities

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.700
 God

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 will not

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:48.820
 have

00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:49.400
 the purity

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.940
 of his

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.500
 church

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:52.019
 adulterated

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.980
 by

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:54.019
 hypocrisy

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:58.500
 now

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.160
 sometimes

00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:00.039
 there are

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.759
 anxiety

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.220
 prone

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.859
 Christians

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:03.879
 who

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:04.519
 accuse

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:04.960
 themselves

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.259
 of

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.019
 hypocrisy

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:07.059
 unnecessarily

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:11.059
 that is

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.220
 I think

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.839
 it is

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.639
 natural

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:14.099
 for when

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.460
 the spirit

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:14.799
 of God

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.400
 is working

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.879
 in your

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.279
 life

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.740
 that you

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.160
 become

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.559
 aware

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:17.920
 of the

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.359
 sinfulness

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.680
 that's

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.059
 in your

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.500
 life

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:21.240
 and

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.920
 when we

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:23.000
 become aware

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.299
 of our

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.779
 sinfulness

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.440
 and become

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:24.920
 acutely

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.180
 aware

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.460
 of our

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.839
 sinfulness

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:27.099
 is that

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.940
 we can

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.799
 question our

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.420
 place amongst

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:29.799
 God's

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.119
 people

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:30.519
 do we

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:30.899
 belong

00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:31.180
 here

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.460
 am I

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.099
 a hypocrite

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:32.920
 because I've

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.420
 identified

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.920
 sin

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.839
 hypocrisy

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.480
 is different

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.819
 hypocrisy

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.339
 is a

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.980
 deliberate

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:39.500
 pretense

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.519
 it's

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.119
 deliberately

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:42.039
 pretending

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:43.259
 to be

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.819
 something

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.680
 that you

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.579
 are not

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:48.759
 you see

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.339
 what makes

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.059
 this incident

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.559
 in Acts

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:50.920
 5

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.779
 so serious

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.740
 is the

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.599
 deceit

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:55.299
 that made

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.980
 this crime

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:57.399
 so horrendous

00:26:57.399 --> 00:27:00.159
 open deceit

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:00.959
 attempt to

00:27:00.959 --> 00:27:01.559
 fool God

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:01.919
 and to

00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:02.639
 fool others

00:27:02.639 --> 00:27:03.919
 in the

00:27:03.919 --> 00:27:04.459
 church there

00:27:04.459 --> 00:27:04.779
 is no

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.519
 expectation

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.500
 of perfection

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.939
 the church

00:27:07.939 --> 00:27:08.859
 is a hospital

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.419
 for sinners

00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:10.119
 it's not a

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.639
 shop window

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.099
 for ready

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.359
 made

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.359
 angels

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.959
 the one

00:27:13.959 --> 00:27:14.759
 thing the

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.459
 church does

00:27:15.459 --> 00:27:16.019
 have a right

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.619
 though to

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.500
 is to

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.339
 expect that

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:19.159
 every member

00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:19.959
 be honest

00:27:19.959 --> 00:27:20.939
 about where

00:27:20.939 --> 00:27:21.599
 they are

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.000
 in their

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.579
 relationship

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.379
 with God

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.359
 that's what

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:24.659
 we should

00:27:24.659 --> 00:27:25.119
 expect

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:27.859
 it is

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.539
 those who

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.119
 cloak

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.879
 their sin

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:30.919
 under the

00:27:30.919 --> 00:27:31.619
 mask of

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:32.099
 moral

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:33.219
 respectability

00:27:33.219 --> 00:27:34.139
 that the

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.500
 church

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.219
 must

00:27:35.219 --> 00:27:35.759
 discipline

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:37.599
 and keep

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:37.959
 a watch

00:27:37.959 --> 00:27:38.639
 out over

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.139
 each other

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:39.480
 for

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.960
 the church

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.480
 must

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.039
 discipline

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:45.339
 now I'm

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.799
 glad that we

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.240
 have a core

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.819
 value that

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.519
 addresses this

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.819
 issue

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.480
 specifically

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:50.279
 but as a

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.900
 value it's

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.240
 got to be

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.740
 practiced

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:53.059
 it's got to

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.559
 shape the

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.180
 culture for

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.680
 us here at

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.120
 St Paul's

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.660
 it's got to

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:55.940
 be written

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.480
 not just on

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.900
 our walls

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.339
 but in our

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:57.940
 hearts as

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.220
 well

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.960
 it's called

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.339
 humble

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:00.039
 authenticity

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:02.180
 because we

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.579
 are a

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:02.859
 saved

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.339
 community

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.659
 at the

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:04.139
 very least

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:04.440
 what that

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.839
 should tell

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.519
 us is that

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:05.899
 we needed

00:28:05.899 --> 00:28:06.619
 saving from

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.180
 something

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:10.240
 that should

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.740
 humble us

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.240
 to know

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:12.440
 that this

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.059
 plan of

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:13.339
 God's

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:13.819
 salvation

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.519
 is so

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:14.899
 grand

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.420
 because our

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:15.899
 problem is

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.500
 so deep

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:18.159
 we can't

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:18.440
 fix it

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.879
 ourselves

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.319
 that nothing

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:19.779
 less than the

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.460
 creator God

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.139
 had to jump

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:21.700
 in and solve

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:21.859
 it

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.659
 that should

00:28:22.659 --> 00:28:23.220
 break your

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.680
 heart

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:28.720
 humble

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.240
 authenticity

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.799
 says that

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.080
 as a

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:30.299
 church

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.560
 we are

00:28:30.560 --> 00:28:30.840
 committed

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:31.060
 to

00:28:31.060 --> 00:28:31.700
 communicating

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.340
 in large

00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:33.140
 and small

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.500
 group

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.900
 settings

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:34.380
 with

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.900
 honesty

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.759
 authenticity

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.960
 and transparency

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.920
 and being

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.420
 vulnerable

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.080
 with our

00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:40.039
 imperfections

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.840
 that encourage

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.279
 candor

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.640
 and not

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.220
 concealment

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:46.060
 that's the

00:28:46.060 --> 00:28:46.500
 community

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:46.920
 that we

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.580
 hold

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:48.259
 ourselves

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.060
 up to

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:54.299
 so lastly

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.659
 so we're a

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:56.259
 saved community

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.819
 an organic

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.259
 and gracious

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.679
 community

00:28:57.679 --> 00:28:58.159
 a disciplined

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:58.519
 community

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.919
 and lastly

00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.319
 we're an

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.960
 organised

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:01.000
 community

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.879
 hot on the

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.779
 heels of

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.759
 the first

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.319
 discipline

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.919
 place for

00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:05.419
 the church

00:29:05.419 --> 00:29:05.700
 is the

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.319
 first business

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.819
 meeting in

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.279
 Acts chapter

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.980
 6

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.460
 now this

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.000
 section in

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.639
 Acts 6

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:13.659
 begins with

00:29:13.659 --> 00:29:14.099
 a reference

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.799
 to growth

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.339
 in verse

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.740
 1

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.279
 it says

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.960
 now in

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.679
 these days

00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:18.220
 when the

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.700
 disciples were

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.160
 increasing

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.880
 and then if

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.299
 you jump

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.660
 right to

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:20.920
 the end

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.100
 of it

00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:21.440
 in verse

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:21.940
 7

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:23.080
 it says

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.460
 and the

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.860
 word of

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.100
 God

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.980
 increased

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.279
 and the

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.640
 number of

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.180
 the disciples

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:27.100
 multiplied

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:27.799
 greatly

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.460
 in Jerusalem

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.299
 and a

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.700
 great many

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:29.900
 of the

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.140
 priests

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.539
 were obedient

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:30.799
 to the

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.080
 faith

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:32.620
 so what

00:29:32.620 --> 00:29:33.740
 is sandwiched

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.019
 between

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.860
 those

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.779
 two

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.500
 statements

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.059
 where the

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.720
 growth of

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.200
 the church

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:39.299
 is documented

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.799
 and celebrated

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:42.039
 are two

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.539
 threats

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:44.080
 there's two

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.640
 threats

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:47.319
 two threats

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:47.580
 to the

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:48.240
 effectiveness

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.140
 of the

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.640
 church's

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.180
 mission

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:51.839
 and also

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.559
 how both

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.099
 those threats

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.740
 were overcome

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:55.460
 so the

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.160
 first threat

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.519
 is the

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.039
 more obvious

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.380
 one

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.579
 it's the

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.259
 conflict

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.160
 between the

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.799
 Greek speaking

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.180
 Jews

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.660
 and the

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.200
 Aramaic

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.559
 speaking

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.000
 Jews

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.839
 there's a

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.519
 major tension

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.000
 point for

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.299
 the early

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.740
 church

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.799
 the Greek

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.200
 speaking

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.559
 Jews

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:07.940
 weren't

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.299
 quite

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.220
 culturally

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.859
 at home

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.660
 with the

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.980
 the real

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.440
 Jews

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.039
 you know

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.319
 the

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.700
 the Aramaic

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.079
 speaking

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.420
 Jews

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.039
 the full

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.420
 blooded

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:16.740
 Jews

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:18.160
 there was

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.539
 a great

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.440
 rivalry

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.039
 even though

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.460
 they both

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.300
 sat in

00:30:21.300 --> 00:30:21.740
 the Jewish

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.100
 camp

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.420
 they were

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.820
 both

00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:23.240
 there's a

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.400
 great

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.240
 rivalry

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.680
 between

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.240
 these

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.920
 two

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:27.080
 cultures

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:27.400
 Jewish

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.960
 cultures

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:29.080
 they had

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:29.560
 their own

00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:30.180
 churches

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.560
 their own

00:30:30.560 --> 00:30:31.100
 synagogues

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.320
 that they

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:31.700
 met in

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.360
 they weren't

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.080
 connected

00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:33.600
 together

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:35.620
 when the

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.340
 gospel hits

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:36.580
 town

00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.279
 when Jesus

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.660
 and the

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:37.980
 good news

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.400
 of salvation

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:38.920
 him hits

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.320
 town

00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:40.460
 the church

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:40.920
 the new

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.360
 community

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:42.440
 is formed

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.640
 from both

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:43.980
 of those

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.480
 groups

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:46.180
 both

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.460
 those

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.720
 groups

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.080
 become

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.480
 one

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.580
 in the

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:48.799
 new

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.100
 church

00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:49.440
 the new

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:49.920
 community

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:52.340
 the early

00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:52.799
 church

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.340
 is a

00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:54.080
 multi-ethnic

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.799
 and economically

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.460
 diverse

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:55.940
 church

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:57.140
 and the

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.580
 tragedy

00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:58.080
 here in

00:30:58.080 --> 00:30:58.779
 Acts 6

00:30:58.779 --> 00:31:00.420
 is the

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.100
 cultural

00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:02.120
 rivalry

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:03.559
 the cultural

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.320
 rivalry

00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:05.360
 was

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:06.640
 perpetuated

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.200
 within the

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.380
 new

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:07.840
 community

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:09.120
 that Jesus

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.380
 had

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.960
 established

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:12.539
 and the

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.360
 apostles

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:13.980
 were on

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.220
 it

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.039
 they

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.380
 could

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:15.920
 rightly

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.500
 see

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.000
 that the

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.500
 corporate

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.059
 witness

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.640
 of the

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.180
 church

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.940
 and the

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.460
 spread

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.000
 of the

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.460
 word of

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:22.920
 God

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:24.559
 was at

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.200
 stake

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.559
 here

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:28.299
 if people

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.660
 weren't

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.319
 cared for

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:30.380
 and the

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:30.920
 murmuring

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.720
 continued

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.840
 then the

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.360
 church

00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:34.460
 would come

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.000
 into

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.779
 disrepute

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:37.819
 that's the

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.420
 first threat

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.900
 to the

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.500
 spread of

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.799
 the word

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.200
 of God

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:41.599
 the

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.019
 second

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.539
 threat

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.839
 to the

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.240
 church's

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.559
 mission

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.180
 is even

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.759
 bigger

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.680
 than that

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.059
 threat

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:48.900
 and

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.880
 it's not

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.680
 as obvious

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.839
 in the

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.220
 text

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.759
 the second

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.220
 threat

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.700
 is solving

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.759
 the first

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.259
 threat

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:58.319
 in the

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.079
 wrong way

00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:01.460
 that's the

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.019
 second threat

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:03.460
 and it

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.400
 seems to me

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:05.519
 that Luke

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.279
 thinks

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.960
 that the

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.799
 second threat

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.440
 is actually

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.960
 bigger than

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.460
 the first

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:09.799
 threat

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:11.900
 and I

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.660
 say that

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.559
 because the

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.180
 way that

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:15.100
 he links

00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:17.980
 verse 2

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.819
 the word

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.360
 of God

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.819
 and the

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.160
 word of

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.720
 God in

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.519
 verse 7

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:24.660
 in verse 2

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.600
 he quotes

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.340
 the apostles

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:27.420
 as saying

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:28.400
 that leaving

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.579
 the ministry

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.480
 of the word

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.220
 of God

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.079
 would be

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.960
 a mistake

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:35.480
 and in

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:36.220
 verse 7

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:37.420
 he reports

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.819
 in fact

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.200
 I would

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.539
 suggest

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.700
 he celebrates

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:41.860
 the impact

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.779
 of the

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.100
 apostles

00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:43.640
 not leaving

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:43.920
 the word

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.340
 of God

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:46.600
 the word

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.259
 of God

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.000
 spread

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:49.440
 the number

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.940
 of disciples

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.380
 in Jerusalem

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:51.160
 increased

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.819
 rapidly

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:53.140
 and a

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.660
 large number

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:53.960
 of priests

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.579
 became obedient

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:54.880
 to the

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.140
 faith

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.940
 his point

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.680
 is that

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.120
 the word

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.559
 of God

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.420
 kept spreading

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.220
 and bearing

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.700
 fruit

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.560
 because the

00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:00.920
 apostles

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.500
 did not

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.940
 make the

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.700
 strategic

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.360
 mistake

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:04.860
 of leaving

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.640
 their calling

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.900
 to fix

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.740
 a pressing

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.600
 pastoral

00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:09.019
 problem

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:12.460
 he is

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.240
 saying here

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.779
 that it is

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.480
 so right

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.519
 that the

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.920
 apostles

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.680
 focus

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.860
 stayed on

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.279
 the ministry

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.680
 of the word

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.180
 and prayer

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:20.460
 the major

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.120
 threat to

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.620
 the church's

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.080
 mission

00:33:22.080 --> 00:33:23.300
 is whatever

00:33:23.300 --> 00:33:24.279
 threatens

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:26.079
 the word

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.759
 of God

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.559
 spreading

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:30.359
 so what

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:30.720
 the apostles

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.200
 do is they

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.720
 delegate the

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.200
 ministry of

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.599
 meeting the

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:33.240
 needs to a

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:34.200
 group and

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.799
 they focus

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.519
 themselves on

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:35.960
 their primary

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.379
 calling

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:37.940
 now there is

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.480
 no hint

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.379
 in Acts

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:40.319
 at all

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:41.639
 there is no

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:42.680
 hint that

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.299
 the apostles

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:44.559
 the ministry

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.299
 of the food

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:46.139
 distribution was

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:46.779
 somehow below

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.099
 them

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:48.139
 not even a

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.660
 hint of that

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:50.759
 there is not

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.420
 even a hint

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:52.480
 that the apostles

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.240
 didn't love

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.899
 or care

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.420
 for the

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.740
 widows

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.380
 because they

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.940
 did not

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.460
 distribute

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.180
 the food

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.700
 personally

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.660
 not even

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.220
 the widows

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.820
 complained about

00:33:59.820 --> 00:34:00.240
 the apostles

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.860
 not distributing

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.180
 the food

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.600
 personally

00:34:01.600 --> 00:34:05.019
 in fact it

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.500
 seems that the

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.360
 widows and the

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:07.100
 whole church

00:34:07.100 --> 00:34:07.920
 were satisfied

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.940
 their care

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.660
 had been

00:34:09.660 --> 00:34:10.880
 offered under

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.380
 the leadership

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.920
 of the apostles

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.639
 even though it

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:12.940
 wasn't the

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.500
 apostles doing

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.019
 it personally

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:16.980
 so the

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.440
 quick issue

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.260
 here for us

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:20.579
 is entirely

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.340
 a question

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.000
 of calling

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:23.440
 this is a

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.260
 vital

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.099
 principle

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.599
 for us

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:25.880
 as a

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.239
 church

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:27.079
 God

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.619
 calls

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:29.059
 all of

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.500
 his

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.280
 saved

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:30.739
 new

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.400
 community

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:32.320
 to be

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.719
 people

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.280
 in the

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:33.659
 ministry

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:35.079
 all of

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.400
 us

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.760
 he calls

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.139
 different

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.500
 people

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.980
 to different

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.559
 ministries

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.920
 each

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.320
 calling

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.500
 and

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:39.820
 ministry

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.320
 is to

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.719
 work

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:41.239
 together

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:42.780
 to in

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.340
 order

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.980
 for in

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.280
 order

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.719
 that the

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.320
 word of

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.639
 God

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:45.880
 would

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.760
 increase

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.900
 and spread

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:49.240
 and the

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:49.480
 new

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.080
 community

00:34:50.080 --> 00:34:50.920
 grow

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:52.660
 that's

00:34:52.660 --> 00:34:52.940
 God's

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.300
 agenda

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:56.340
 and Luke

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:57.260
 celebrates the

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.760
 solution of

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.260
 the apostles

00:34:58.260 --> 00:35:00.060
 the two

00:35:00.060 --> 00:35:00.500
 threats are

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.980
 overcome

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:02.980
 both

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:04.300
 were utterly

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.960
 crucial

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:06.560
 either of

00:35:06.560 --> 00:35:07.100
 these threats

00:35:07.100 --> 00:35:07.660
 could have

00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:08.360
 undermined the

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:08.960
 church and

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.540
 ended its

00:35:09.540 --> 00:35:10.320
 amazing growth

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:11.700
 and the

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:12.440
 solution here

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.780
 was the

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.240
 diversity

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:14.639
 of gifting

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:16.059
 diversity

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.859
 of calling

00:35:16.859 --> 00:35:17.839
 working

00:35:17.839 --> 00:35:18.619
 together to

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.359
 see the

00:35:19.359 --> 00:35:19.939
 influence of

00:35:19.939 --> 00:35:20.279
 the word of

00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:20.779
 God spread

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:23.799
 that's the

00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:24.039
 way we

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.819
 organise the

00:35:24.819 --> 00:35:25.159
 pursuit of

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:25.519
 our vision

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:25.859
 here at

00:35:25.859 --> 00:35:27.359
 St Paul's

00:35:27.359 --> 00:35:28.619
 pursuit of

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.059
 our vision

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.639
 our ministry

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.199
 is that we

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.859
 are staff

00:35:30.859 --> 00:35:31.219
 led

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:32.619
 we are parish

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.519
 council guided

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.420
 and we are

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.019
 church member

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.519
 enacted

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.219
 everyone

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:37.219
 involved

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:38.500
 in the

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.980
 community

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:40.199
 in order to

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.579
 see the

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:40.960
 word of

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.420
 God spread

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.059
 and increase

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:43.819
 that is

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.339
 you've heard me

00:35:44.339 --> 00:35:44.659
 say this

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.059
 before

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:46.099
 we are not

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.639
 the manly

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:47.019
 ferry

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:48.559
 where there's

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:48.920
 a few

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.380
 people

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:50.299
 on the

00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:50.559
 boat

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:52.000
 doing the

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.519
 key jobs

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.900
 to get us

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.219
 from point

00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:53.779
 A to B

00:35:53.779 --> 00:35:54.619
 and the

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.059
 rest of us

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.219
 are sitting

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.719
 there reading

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.699
 our phones

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.859
 scrolling through

00:35:57.859 --> 00:35:58.480
 the phones

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.400
 reading the

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:01.019
 taken photos

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:03.039
 we are not

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.460
 the manly

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.739
 ferry

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:05.199
 we are more

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:06.519
 akin to a

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.400
 yacht

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.420
 in the

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.880
 Hobart

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:10.739
 yacht race

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.239
 on boxing

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:11.599
 day

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.880
 everyone on

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.360
 board has a

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.900
 vital part to

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.079
 play

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.519
 there are no

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:14.900
 passengers

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.539
 if you are a

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:15.820
 passenger

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.340
 you manage to

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:16.800
 stay away

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.599
 you get

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:18.239
 tossed overboard

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:19.500
 we cannot

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.940
 cope with

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.460
 extra weight

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.739
 we're a

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.579
 racing yacht

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.239
 with everyone

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:24.019
 has a vital

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.480
 part to

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.820
 play

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:26.219
 all different

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:27.000
 but all

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.980
 crucial in

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.460
 order to

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.980
 achieve the

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.480
 goal of

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.239
 seeing God's

00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:30.860
 new

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.660
 community

00:36:31.660 --> 00:36:32.480
 grow

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.000
 the word

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.400
 of God

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:34.000
 increase

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.820
 and spread

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:37.579
 so let me

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:37.980
 just say

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.400
 if you're a

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.760
 Christian

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:40.599
 you have a

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.200
 crucial part

00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:41.700
 to play in

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:42.079
 God's

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:43.120
 eternal plan

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:43.559
 of his

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:43.800
 new

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.320
 community

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:46.519
 I've got to

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:46.900
 keep coming

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.360
 back to this

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:47.660
 again and

00:36:47.660 --> 00:36:47.900
 again and

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.039
 again

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.599
 your life

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.059
 is so much

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.460
 bigger than

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.099
 a good job

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.700
 an understanding

00:36:50.700 --> 00:36:51.200
 spouse

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:52.140
 non-delinquent

00:36:52.140 --> 00:36:52.579
 kids

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.260
 good friends

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.640
 and active

00:36:53.640 --> 00:36:54.360
 social life

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:55.740
 it is so much

00:36:55.740 --> 00:36:56.160
 bigger than

00:36:56.160 --> 00:36:56.820
 beautiful gardens

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:57.220
 and nice

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:57.559
 holidays

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.200
 and fashionable

00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:58.660
 clothes

00:36:58.660 --> 00:36:59.800
 you are part

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:00.380
 of something

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:01.079
 immense

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:02.160
 something that

00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:02.880
 began before

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.480
 you were born

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.059
 something that

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.660
 will continue

00:37:04.660 --> 00:37:05.380
 long after

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.000
 you die

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:07.200
 God is

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:07.980
 rescuing

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.559
 fallen

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.180
 scattered

00:37:09.180 --> 00:37:09.660
 sinful

00:37:09.660 --> 00:37:10.260
 humanity

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:11.140
 the corrupt

00:37:11.140 --> 00:37:11.680
 generation

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:12.300
 he's rescuing

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.640
 people from

00:37:12.640 --> 00:37:13.579
 one generation

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:15.160
 one community

00:37:15.160 --> 00:37:17.900
 into a new

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.400
 community

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.320
 of saved

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.860
 people that

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.559
 will be his

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.260
 community of

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:22.700
 people forever

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.619
 and he's shaping

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.280
 us into the

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.800
 image of his

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.480
 much loved son

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:26.039
 the Lord Jesus

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.539
 Christ

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.440
 for his

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:27.800
 glory

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:29.320
 he gathers

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.820
 you to

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.360
 himself

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.579
 to his

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:32.920
 new society

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.519
 his new

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.019
 community

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:35.659
 so that

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.460
 you might

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.880
 pursue

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:38.659
 his agenda

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.579
 for time

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.360
 and eternity

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:41.599
 let's pray

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:45.579
 father God

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:47.659
 we ask that

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:48.000
 you would

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.800
 please pour

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.159
 out your

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.840
 holy spirit

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.599
 now upon

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.039
 us your

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.400
 people

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:53.300
 to give

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:53.860
 us hearts

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.539
 to hear

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.280
 and to do

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:56.000
 your word

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:57.240
 and to meet

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:57.840
 each other's

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.200
 needs

00:37:58.200 --> 00:37:59.800
 would you

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.400
 also build

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:01.099
 this church

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:02.500
 and overcome

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.820
 the obstacles

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:05.099
 to the spread

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.680
 of the word

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:06.139
 of God

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.980
 the good news

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.579
 of salvation

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.119
 in Jesus

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.619
 Christ

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:10.720
 grant that

00:38:10.720 --> 00:38:11.099
 there would

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.539
 be such

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.920
 liberty

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.559
 and such

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.019
 freedom

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.559
 and such

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:14.360
 anointing

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.180
 and obedience

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:16.019
 and holiness

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:18.119
 that your

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:19.139
 word does

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:19.740
 not return

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:20.260
 void

00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:21.920
 but instead

00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:22.840
 spreads

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:24.140
 and you

00:38:24.140 --> 00:38:25.160
 are glorified

00:38:25.160 --> 00:38:26.720
 forever

00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:29.520
 in Jesus

00:38:29.520 --> 00:38:29.920
 name

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.600
 come now

00:38:30.600 --> 00:38:31.180
 and do

00:38:31.180 --> 00:38:31.820
 your work

00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:32.520
 amongst us

00:38:32.520 --> 00:38:33.200
 and continue

00:38:33.200 --> 00:38:33.660
 to do

00:38:33.660 --> 00:38:34.200
 your work

00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:35.300
 and shape

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.820
 us as your

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.600
 new community

00:38:36.600 --> 00:38:38.080
 amen