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 We have been this summer in the third book of the Psalter.

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 Now we return to our series in Acts.

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 Now the last time we were in Acts was, I think in the spring.

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 It's been some time. We wrapped up in Acts chapter 10.

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 We're going to continue on in Acts chapter 11.

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 Going forward, we'll have a number of these for you.

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 If you remember them, or maybe you still have them at home,

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 these are the Acts Scripture Journals.

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 They're our gift to you. We'll have a big stack of them at the back.

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 But really, they're just simple ways to follow along.

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 Chapter and verse on the left, lines on the right.

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 So I'll be following along with this.

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 And next week, I encourage you to follow along as well.

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 Brotherly love is a mark of Christianity.

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 It has been from the very beginning.

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 It is, in fact, the very thing that has always marked God's people,

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 the community of God's people.

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 It's brotherly love, brotherly affection.

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 Care for one another.

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 We read in the summary of the law,

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 to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

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 The second commandment, like it, to love your neighbor as yourself.

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 It is the hallmark of both testaments.

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 So to be a member in the Church of Christ is to belong to a family

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 where God is our Father, Christ is our big brother,

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 and then we have siblings, so to speak, in the faith with one another.

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 This is what it means to be a child of God,

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 all of which, of course, we are animated by the Holy Spirit.

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 Three gods, or three persons, one God.

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 Consider some of these verses.

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 I read already Leviticus 19, 18.

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 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your people,

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 but you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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 I am the Lord.

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 John 13, 34-35.

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 This is from Christ himself.

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 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another,

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 just as I have loved you.

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 You also are to love one another.

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 By this all people will know that you are my disciples,

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 if you have love for one another.

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 And then the Apostle Paul in Romans chapter 12 says this in verse 9.

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 Let love be genuine.

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 Abhor what is evil.

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 Hold fast to what is good.

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 Love one another with brotherly affection.

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 Outdo one another in showing honor.

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 This is the thing that knits us together more than hobbies,

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 more than certain affinities we may have.

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 It unites us more than our socioeconomic status,

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 even our ethnicity and culture.

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 By the way, it's fantastic to find connections through all of those things.

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 But to be a part of God's family is to be marked by the love of God

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 and the love of each other, regardless of those things.

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 As we go back into Acts chapter 11,

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 we will return to Cornelius' house.

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 In fact, we'll return to the story of Cornelius.

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 And if you remember back, I think it was in February or March,

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 when we were last in Acts chapter 10.

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 But if not, a bit of a reminder.

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 The Apostle Peter is in Joppa.

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 He is in some kind of dream state.

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 And he sees this sheet that is descending.

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 And upon it are all sorts of unclean animals.

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 And this voice from heaven says,

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 rise up, kill and eat.

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 Peter, the good, pious, law-keeping Jewish man says,

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 not a chance.

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 I've never touched any of this my whole life.

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 The vision happens three times.

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 And then he realizes this isn't so much about food,

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 but this is about unbelievers,

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 Gentiles, non-Jewish people.

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 And then the story goes,

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 messengers, as he woke up,

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 messengers met him.

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 And he went with them north some miles

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 to Cornelius' house.

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 Cornelius being a non-Jewish God-fearer

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 who comes to faith, him and his household.

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 And now Peter is back in Jerusalem.

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 And he is giving this report to the church.

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 And the church, you'd think,

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 are fist-pumping, they're excited.

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 But we see something quite different.

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 Brotherly affection needs to mark the church.

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 And it sounds great until you realize

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 how dang hard it is,

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 how difficult it is to love one another

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 in the way that Christ commands.

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 In fact, we are hardwired in many respects

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 to not show brotherly affection,

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 or at least not brotherly affection far and wide,

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 but very, like I said,

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 in those hobby groups or the affinity groups,

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 or with people of just our ethnicity,

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 or people of just our culture,

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 or people of just our means.

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 It doesn't come easy.

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 We are people that do not build bridges of connection.

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 We like to fortify our lives around the walls

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 where people can't really get in.

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 It's safety.

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 But to love like our big brother Christ

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 means to sacrifice like him.

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 Therefore, brotherly affection,

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 it requires the following.

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 It requires a sacrifice of status.

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 It requires a sacrifice of time,

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 and finally, a sacrifice of resources.

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 We could spend a few weeks in chapter 11.

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 There is a lot to glean from,

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 but in putting this together,

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 this theme of brotherly affection

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 and the obstacles to that came out.

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 So that's what we're going to jump into this morning.

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 So if you have a Bible,

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 follow with me,

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 chapter 11 of Acts,

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 starting in verse 1.

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 We'll read shortly.

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 But before we get into that,

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 we'll look into the sacrifice of status.

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 So what does it mean,

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 what do I mean when I say

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 the sacrifice of status

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 needs to be

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 a hallmark of brotherly affection?

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 The Jewish people,

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 they somehow endured,

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 if you know your Old Testament,

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 if you know your biblical history,

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 somehow endured through countless,

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 it seems,

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 falling away from God,

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 being given over to their enemies,

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 exiled,

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 being foreigners in a foreign land,

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 having huge,

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 huge portions of the population

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 killed or carted off.

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 And what ends up happening

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 by the time Jesus comes about

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 is that the Jewish people

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 have become

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 really cagey around Gentiles.

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 Israel,

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 at the time,

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 is ruled by Rome.

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 Before that,

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 they had some autonomy.

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 Before that,

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 they were,

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 they had the might of Greece

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 upon them.

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 They don't like foreign powers.

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 They're not big fans of Gentiles.

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 They're cagey,

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 to say the least.

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 And what ends up happening through that

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 is that

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 being God's people

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 becomes synonymous

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 with being a Jew.

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 This is in the first century.

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 This isn't what the Bible

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 is talking about.

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 So,

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 what ends up happening

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 is that

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 if you want to be

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 a worshiper

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 of the one true God,

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 you have to

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 convert

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 to become a Jew.

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 It's not the case

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 in the Old Testament.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 there's

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 many instances

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 where

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 people outside

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 of the people of Israel

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 come

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 to worship

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 the God

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 of Abraham,

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 Isaac,

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 and Jacob

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 through faith.

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 It was always God's plan.

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 In fact,

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 the whole purpose

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 of having this chosen people

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 is to be a light

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 to the nations

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 so that they see

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 that there is one true God

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 so that they may come in.

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 If you,

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 if you remember

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 the prophecy of Isaiah,

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 Isaiah 56,

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 Jesus quotes it

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 that

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 that the temple of God,

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 the house of God,

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 is supposed to be

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 a house of prayer

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 for all nations.

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 Interestingly,

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 Gentile

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 is the word

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 for nations.

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 Not so in the first century.

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 So what ends up happening

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 is

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 Jesus dies,

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 he rises again,

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 he meets with the disciples,

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 he is with them

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 for weeks,

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 and before he ascends,

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 he says to them,

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 listen,

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 you're going to be my witnesses

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 to Judea,

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 to Jerusalem,

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 Judea,

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 Samaria,

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 and what does he say

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 at the end?

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 To the ends of the earth.

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 They hear him.

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 They have their marching orders,

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 except that they are,

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 they are people of their time.

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 They are first century Jews.

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 First century Jews

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 are cagey around Gentiles.

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 So,

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 we have a whole family

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 of Gentiles

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 that comes to faith.

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 And Peter is excited.

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 He has had visions,

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 he has seen the Holy Spirit

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 fall upon them,

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 and now he is going to

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 report back to the church.

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 And now we'll jump in

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 to verse 1

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 of Acts chapter 11.

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 Now the apostles

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 and the brothers

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 who were throughout Judea

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 heard that the Gentiles,

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 that is Cornelius

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 and his family,

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 also had received

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 the word of God.

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 So when Peter

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 went up to Jerusalem,

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 the circumcision party,

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 that is just to say

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 that Jewish Christians,

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 the circumcision party,

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 criticized him,

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 criticized him,

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 saying,

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 you went to uncircumcised men

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 and ate with them.

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 You went to people

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 that were unclean

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 to the Gentiles.

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 I'll pause there quickly.

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 Like I said before,

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 it is not a bad thing

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 to find affinity

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 with people

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 that share the same culture

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 and language

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 and ethnicity

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 and likes

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 and hobbies,

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 even people

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 that have the same

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 kind of work situation

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 as you.

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 It's not a bad thing.

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 But it certainly

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 is a problem

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 when it's at the exclusion

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 of connecting

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 and loving

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 and being with people

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 that are different than you.

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 The exclusion of others

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 on purpose

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 is a problem

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 to keep people

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 at arm's length

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 who we do not aspire

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 to be like

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 or people who

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 we fear

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 would hamper

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 our ambitions.

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 It's a problem.

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 Like I said,

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 we're fantastic

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 at building

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 fortifications

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 around us

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 rather than bridges

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 towards others.

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 But just in case

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 we decide

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 that reverting

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 such a bad posture

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 of our heart

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 is easily done,

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 let's just pause

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 for a second

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 and take in

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 how the leaders

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 of the Church

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 of Christ reacted

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 when people came

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 to faith.

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 Verses 1 to 3.

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 They said,

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 what on earth

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 are you doing

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 associating with them?

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 You see,

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 to overcome

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 the tribalism,

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 to overcome

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 the prejudice,

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 to overcome

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 that those people

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 are ick,

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 it's not just

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 a behavior modification.

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 It's not just

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 a,

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 I'm going to take

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 some classes

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 and maybe work

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 through some

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 of my own prejudice

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 all fine.

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 Not saying it's bad.

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 Not saying it's bad

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 at all.

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 Fine things.

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 But you see,

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 that assumes

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 that the behavior

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 is only skin deep.

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 It's only just

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 beneath the surface

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 when the reality

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 is,

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 is that this

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 prejudice

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 runs really

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 all the way

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 to the core

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 of who we are.

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 Again,

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 remember,

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 the Church

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 has got

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 explicit

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 marching orders

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 from Jesus.

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 And not only that,

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 these are some

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 of the disciples

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 that walked with Him

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 so that

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 they would

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 remember

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 the parable

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 of the Good Samaritan.

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 They would

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 remember about

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 the Syrophoenician woman.

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 They would remember

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 instances where

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 non-Jewish people

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 came to faith

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 and how Jesus

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 welcomed them

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 into the kingdom

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 as a foretaste

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 of what was to come.

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 And yet,

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 they still

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 had this

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 very,

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 very

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 raw reaction,

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 this ungodly

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 reaction.

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 So how does

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 God respond?

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 How does He

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 respond

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 to their

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 heart?

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 They want to

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 maintain their

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 status as the

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 unclean,

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 circumcised

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 people of God

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 not connected

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 to those Gentiles.

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 How does God

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 deal with

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 this problem?

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 And simply put,

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 it's with kindness

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 and mercy

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 and love.

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 God

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 provides

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 not a chastisement

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 but proof

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 to the Jewish

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 Christian leadership

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 in Jerusalem

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 that the church,

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 it's not

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 something that

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 they can

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 take or leave

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 with Gentiles

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 coming in

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 but it is

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 a non-optional

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 reality

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 and in fact

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 it will be

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 something that

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 will mark

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 the church.

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 Every tribe,

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 language,

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 and tongue

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 will bow

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 a knee to

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 Christ.

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 In his

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 commentary

00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:21.799
 on Acts,

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 John Stott,

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 who was

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 an Anglican

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 in England,

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 a fantastic

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 commentator,

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 he described

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 four instances

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 of God's

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 merciful

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 provision

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 of proof

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 that

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 the Gentile

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 conversion

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 was legitimate.

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 Verses 4 to 10,

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 I'm just going to

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 totally just

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 take it for

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 myself here.

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 Verses 4 to 10,

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 he talks about,

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 John Stott is,

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 he talks about

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 the divine vision

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 of the sheep

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 given three times

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 as proof

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 to Peter.

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 Again,

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 not once,

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 three times,

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 thick skulls,

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 right?

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 It takes,

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 it takes,

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 you know,

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 maybe that's a

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 hallucination

00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:03.539
 the first time,

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 the second time,

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 man,

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 I must have been

00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:05.679
 dreaming,

00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:06.500
 the third time,

00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:07.779
 it seeps in.

00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:08.679
 Three times

00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:09.200
 he was given

00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:10.759
 this vision

00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:11.960
 in this dream-like

00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:12.480
 state

00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:13.039
 where God

00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:13.899
 spelled it out

00:14:13.899 --> 00:14:14.259
 to him.

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 Let no man

00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:17.720
 call unclean

00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:18.259
 what God

00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:19.379
 has,

00:14:20.460 --> 00:14:21.360
 is what God,

00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:22.220
 or what is it?

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 Let nobody

00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:23.580
 call unclean

00:14:23.580 --> 00:14:23.920
 what God

00:14:23.920 --> 00:14:24.480
 calls holy.

00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:25.279
 He's talking

00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:25.960
 about his people.

00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:27.279
 The second thing,

00:14:27.820 --> 00:14:29.000
 verses 11 to 12,

00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:30.480
 the divine command

00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:31.580
 to follow the messengers

00:14:31.580 --> 00:14:32.340
 who arrived

00:14:32.340 --> 00:14:34.200
 at the very moment

00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:34.960
 the vision

00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:36.340
 sunk in

00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:36.840
 with Peter.

00:14:36.940 --> 00:14:37.420
 The timing

00:14:37.420 --> 00:14:38.060
 was impeccable.

00:14:38.980 --> 00:14:39.500
 Again,

00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:41.180
 if you have time

00:14:41.180 --> 00:14:41.660
 afterwards

00:14:41.660 --> 00:14:42.200
 or remember

00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:43.740
 back in March

00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:44.100
 or whenever

00:14:44.100 --> 00:14:45.600
 we were reading

00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:45.920
 through it

00:14:45.920 --> 00:14:46.519
 in Acts 10,

00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:48.480
 Peter wakes up

00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.000
 from the vision

00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:50.019
 and this group

00:14:50.019 --> 00:14:50.500
 of people

00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:51.160
 have made

00:14:51.160 --> 00:14:52.259
 the hours

00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:53.019
 and hours

00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.700
 and hours

00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:54.519
 long journey

00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:55.279
 arriving at

00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:55.960
 the same time.

00:14:57.040 --> 00:14:57.779
 No coincidence.

00:14:58.620 --> 00:14:59.180
 Impeccable

00:14:59.180 --> 00:15:00.360
 divine timing.

00:15:01.580 --> 00:15:02.220
 The third,

00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:03.899
 verses 13 to 14,

00:15:04.560 --> 00:15:05.600
 the divine message

00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:06.379
 that Cornelius

00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:07.720
 received from the angel

00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:09.920
 was preparing him

00:15:09.920 --> 00:15:10.460
 to hear

00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:11.940
 the message

00:15:11.940 --> 00:15:12.720
 of salvation.

00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:13.360
 It's not just

00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:13.800
 that Peter

00:15:13.800 --> 00:15:14.500
 had a vision.

00:15:14.680 --> 00:15:15.620
 He went up

00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:16.940
 to Cornelius' house

00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:17.720
 proclaimed

00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:18.820
 what was happening

00:15:18.820 --> 00:15:19.840
 and Cornelius

00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:20.540
 considered it

00:15:20.540 --> 00:15:21.160
 fantastic

00:15:21.160 --> 00:15:22.460
 but no,

00:15:22.660 --> 00:15:23.500
 God was already

00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:24.060
 at work.

00:15:24.160 --> 00:15:24.760
 This is a part

00:15:24.760 --> 00:15:25.940
 of the story.

00:15:26.740 --> 00:15:27.340
 And then finally,

00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:28.640
 verses 15 and 16,

00:15:28.760 --> 00:15:29.540
 the divine action

00:15:29.540 --> 00:15:30.380
 of God himself

00:15:30.380 --> 00:15:31.540
 that confirmed

00:15:31.540 --> 00:15:32.520
 the entire thing

00:15:32.520 --> 00:15:33.780
 as Peter

00:15:33.780 --> 00:15:35.180
 was proclaiming

00:15:35.180 --> 00:15:35.780
 the gospel,

00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:37.040
 the Holy Spirit

00:15:37.040 --> 00:15:39.000
 fell upon Cornelius

00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:40.160
 and his whole household

00:15:40.160 --> 00:15:42.260
 and then all of a sudden

00:15:42.260 --> 00:15:42.940
 we see

00:15:42.940 --> 00:15:44.440
 with the Gentiles

00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:45.340
 what happened

00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:45.980
 with the Jews

00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.920
 in Acts chapter 2.

00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:48.620
 The exact same way.

00:15:49.940 --> 00:15:51.080
 The section even says

00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:51.960
 that

00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:54.040
 verse 17

00:15:54.040 --> 00:15:54.820
 and onward

00:15:54.820 --> 00:15:55.480
 it says this.

00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.460
 This is Peter

00:16:00.460 --> 00:16:00.920
 talking

00:16:00.920 --> 00:16:02.100
 at the end

00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:02.900
 of his recounting

00:16:02.900 --> 00:16:03.260
 of everything

00:16:03.260 --> 00:16:03.780
 that happened.

00:16:03.880 --> 00:16:04.520
 If then God

00:16:04.520 --> 00:16:05.780
 gave the same gift

00:16:05.780 --> 00:16:06.620
 to them

00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.500
 that is Cornelius

00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:08.160
 the Gentiles

00:16:08.160 --> 00:16:09.240
 as he gave to us

00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:10.320
 when we believed

00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:11.440
 in the Lord Jesus Christ

00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:12.940
 who was I

00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:14.180
 that I could stand

00:16:14.180 --> 00:16:15.360
 in God's way?

00:16:16.400 --> 00:16:17.100
 Verse 18

00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:18.020
 When they

00:16:18.020 --> 00:16:18.820
 that is the church

00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:19.780
 in Jerusalem

00:16:19.780 --> 00:16:20.360
 the leadership

00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:21.600
 when they heard

00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.300
 these things

00:16:22.300 --> 00:16:23.680
 they fell silent

00:16:23.680 --> 00:16:25.260
 and they glorified God

00:16:25.260 --> 00:16:25.580
 saying

00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:26.820
 then to the Gentiles

00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:27.760
 also God

00:16:27.760 --> 00:16:28.760
 has granted repentance

00:16:28.760 --> 00:16:29.420
 that leads

00:16:29.420 --> 00:16:30.600
 to life.

00:16:37.140 --> 00:16:38.180
 The Gentiles

00:16:38.180 --> 00:16:38.860
 came to faith.

00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:40.260
 No more

00:16:40.260 --> 00:16:41.280
 Jewish supremacy

00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:41.980
 or at least

00:16:41.980 --> 00:16:43.480
 Jewish caginess

00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:44.679
 towards the Gentiles.

00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:47.600
 And legitimate

00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:48.860
 repercussions

00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:49.339
 of this

00:16:49.339 --> 00:16:50.480
 almost certainly

00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:51.740
 if they were

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.600
 to embrace

00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.379
 this is the

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.360
 Jewish church

00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:55.279
 to embrace

00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:56.720
 the Gentiles

00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:57.519
 that would put them

00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:58.079
 at odds

00:16:58.079 --> 00:16:58.860
 with their own people.

00:17:00.459 --> 00:17:01.339
 They had to

00:17:01.339 --> 00:17:02.000
 suspend

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.959
 their desire

00:17:02.959 --> 00:17:04.920
 to maintain

00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:06.039
 their status

00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:07.240
 within their community

00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:08.619
 in order to show

00:17:08.619 --> 00:17:09.500
 brotherly love

00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:10.099
 and affection

00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:10.899
 and to welcome

00:17:10.899 --> 00:17:12.939
 in these Gentiles

00:17:12.939 --> 00:17:14.139
 into the one

00:17:14.139 --> 00:17:14.879
 true church

00:17:14.879 --> 00:17:15.339
 of God.

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.839
 So brotherly affection

00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:19.779
 does not put status

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.399
 above love.

00:17:21.399 --> 00:17:22.779
 It must include

00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.439
 the breakdown

00:17:23.439 --> 00:17:24.039
 of prejudice

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.879
 and suspicion

00:17:24.879 --> 00:17:25.980
 based on ethnicity

00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:27.240
 and language

00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:28.079
 and background

00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:28.919
 and all sorts

00:17:28.919 --> 00:17:29.240
 of other

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.139
 socioeconomic

00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:31.699
 things

00:17:31.699 --> 00:17:31.980
 and

00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:33.720
 everything

00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.720
 that will

00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.319
 divide

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 it needs

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 to be

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 shelved.

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 It recognizes

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 that all flesh

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 needs redemption

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 and therefore

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 all earthly status.

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 However good

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 is only temporary

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 and not eternal.

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 So the Apostle Paul

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 when he's actually

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 addressing

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 the Apostle Peter's

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 relapse

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 into this thinking

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 if you

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 will see

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 farther down

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 and eventually

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 if we get into

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 Galatians

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 we'll see this

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 that Peter

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 who is this

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 championing

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 of Cornelius

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 and the Gentiles

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 coming into faith

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 he relapses

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 into this idea

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 of

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 they're unclean

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 I'm clean

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 and Paul

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 addressing it

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 in Galatians

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 chapter 3

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 says this

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 for as many

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 as you

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 were baptized

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 into Christ

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 have put on

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 Christ

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 there is

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 neither

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 Jew

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 or Greek

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 there is

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 neither

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 slave

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 or free

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 there is

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 neither

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 male

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 or female

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 for you

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 are all

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 one

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 in Christ

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 Jesus

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 and if

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 you are

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 Christ

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 then you

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 are

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 Abraham's

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 offspring

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 heirs

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 according

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 to the

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 promise

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 which

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 isn't

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 to say

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 that

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 there are

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 no

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 distinctions

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 amongst

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 us

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 is that

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 the

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 distinctions

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 do not

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 serve

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 any purpose

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 anymore

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 in terms

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 of

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 your

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 worth

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 image

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 bearers

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 saved

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 by

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 Christ

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 baptized

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 into

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 him

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 putting

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 him

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 on

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 therefore

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 it is

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 Christ

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 who

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 defines

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 us

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 from

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 here

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 on

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 out

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 but

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 that

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 can't

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 happen

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 we can't

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 show that

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 kind of

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 brotherly

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 love

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 and affection

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 to one

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 another

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 if we

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 are trying

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 to maintain

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 some kind

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 of status

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 as the

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 Lord

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 provided

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 divine

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 proof

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 for the

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 legitimacy

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 of Gentile

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 inclusion

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 the church

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 was now

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 positioned

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 and willing

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 to show

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 brotherly

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 affection

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 not just

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 to Cornelius

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 and his

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 household

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 but to

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 any

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 Gentile

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 that would

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 come to

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 faith

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 and that's

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 exactly what we

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 see in the

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 next section

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 this is the

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 section that

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 Margaret read

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 Acts 11

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 19 to

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 26

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 and this

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 leads us into

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 the second

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 portion

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 so we

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 looked at the

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 sacrifice of

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 status but

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 now the

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 sacrifice of

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 time

00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:41.159
 Acts chapter

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 8 again

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 if you want

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 to kind

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 of go

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 back

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 and read

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 it

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 Stephen is

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 the first

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 martyr and

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 a part of

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 his martyrdom

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 part of that

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 martyrdom story

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 was that the

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 church

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 they fled

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 a bit of a

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 side note

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 but it

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 would seem

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 that it's

00:19:58.159 --> 00:19:59.019
 totally okay

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 at times

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 to not

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 stand and

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.559
 be martyred

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 but there

00:20:05.419 --> 00:20:06.220
 is a place

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:06.939
 for fleeing

00:20:06.939 --> 00:20:07.460
 martyrdom

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 in this

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 case it

00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:11.140
 led to

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.980
 the

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 proclamation

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.000
 of the

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 gospel

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.799
 well well

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.299
 well well

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 well past

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 the boundaries

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.799
 of Judea

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 and Samaria

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 we'll

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 read in

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 actually I'll

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 skip over

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 that part

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 but basically

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 the gospel

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 then goes

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.140
 because the

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 people scatter

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 the gospel

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:28.299
 also scatters

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:29.259
 to Lebanon

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:30.079
 what is

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 modern day

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 Lebanon

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 that's

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 Phoenicia

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 Cyprus

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 and to

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 Antioch

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 Antioch being

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 the third

00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:36.019
 largest city

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.680
 in the Roman

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 Empire

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:38.079
 at the

00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.359
 time

00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:38.899
 the capital

00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.899
 of the

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 Syrian

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.619
 state

00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:43.019
 so the

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 church

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:44.899
 now knowing

00:20:44.899 --> 00:20:45.420
 that God's

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.740
 will for

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:48.279
 his church

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:49.019
 is to include

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.799
 the Gentiles

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:51.240
 hear of

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.799
 what has been

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.440
 happening in

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:53.039
 Antioch

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:55.200
 and what

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.680
 they do

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.180
 is fantastic

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:58.220
 for they

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.920
 send their

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 best and

00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:00.240
 brightest

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:02.519
 to nurture

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 and to

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.500
 fan and to

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.139
 flame that

00:21:04.139 --> 00:21:05.099
 faith

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:05.480
 if you

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 look with

00:21:05.959 --> 00:21:06.139
 me

00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:06.639
 verses

00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:07.359
 21

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:07.659
 to

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 24

00:21:08.219 --> 00:21:09.480
 we

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:09.699
 read

00:21:09.699 --> 00:21:09.879
 about

00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:10.399
 Barnabas

00:21:10.399 --> 00:21:10.699
 and the

00:21:10.699 --> 00:21:11.099
 hand of

00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:11.399
 the Lord

00:21:11.399 --> 00:21:11.799
 was with

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 them

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.859
 and the

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 great number

00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:13.859
 who believed

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.319
 turned to

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.740
 the Lord

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:16.039
 the report

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.299
 of this

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:16.659
 came to

00:21:16.659 --> 00:21:17.159
 the ears

00:21:17.159 --> 00:21:17.539
 of the

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:17.819
 church

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.240
 in Jerusalem

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.559
 remember

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.240
 the same

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.859
 ears

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:20.719
 that heard

00:21:20.719 --> 00:21:20.859
 about

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.519
 Cornelius

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:23.159
 and called

00:21:23.159 --> 00:21:23.419
 him

00:21:23.419 --> 00:21:24.059
 unclean

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:26.079
 and they

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:27.460
 sent Barnabas

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.279
 to Antioch

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.220
 when he

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.679
 came and

00:21:29.679 --> 00:21:29.960
 saw the

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.339
 grace

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:30.659
 that is

00:21:30.659 --> 00:21:31.119
 Barnabas

00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:31.440
 when he

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:31.779
 came to

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.159
 Antioch

00:21:32.159 --> 00:21:32.399
 and saw

00:21:32.399 --> 00:21:32.859
 the grace

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.259
 of God

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:33.539
 he was

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:33.899
 glad

00:21:33.899 --> 00:21:34.679
 and he

00:21:34.679 --> 00:21:35.139
 exhorted

00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:35.619
 them all

00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.379
 to remain

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.319
 faithful to

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:37.700
 the Lord

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.659
 with steadfast

00:21:38.659 --> 00:21:39.159
 purpose

00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:40.480
 for he was a

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:40.879
 good man

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.299
 full of the

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:41.940
 Holy Spirit

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:43.019
 and of

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.259
 faith

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.519
 and a

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.039
 great many

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.659
 people were

00:21:44.659 --> 00:21:45.019
 added

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:46.019
 to the

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.319
 Lord

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:48.399
 Barnabas

00:21:48.399 --> 00:21:48.940
 the son

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.500
 of encouragement

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.279
 goes to

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.980
 Antioch

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:53.880
 not to

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.519
 heap

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.299
 upon

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:56.039
 this young

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.500
 church

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.339
 demands

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:58.500
 but to

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.039
 encourage

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.380
 them to

00:21:59.380 --> 00:21:59.599
 remain

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.160
 faithful

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:00.519
 to the

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:00.920
 message

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.900
 and call

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.480
 of the

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:02.799
 gospel

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.519
 another

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.920
 side

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.200
 note

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:05.480
 this

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.339
 and other

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:06.920
 instances

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:10.299
 would suggest

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.680
 that

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:12.740
 the biblical

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.279
 model

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.799
 of the

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 church

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:15.000
 of church

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.380
 governance

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:16.039
 is not

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.860
 highly

00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.640
 independent

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.799
 local

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.259
 churches

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.740
 but that

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.420
 there is

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:20.680
 one

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:20.980
 church

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.519
 connected

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.220
 to

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.480
 different

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:22.779
 bodies

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.259
 our

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.740
 expression

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.360
 is

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 with

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:25.640
 a

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:25.900
 bishop

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.259
 that

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.460
 is

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:26.640
 an

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.299
 overseer

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.580
 over

00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:27.840
 a

00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:28.060
 number

00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:28.279
 of

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.700
 different

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.400
 churches

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.580
 but the

00:22:30.580 --> 00:22:31.019
 point is

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.600
 and it

00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:32.120
 works out

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.519
 in other

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.259
 polities

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.759
 as well

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:35.200
 but the

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.600
 point is

00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:35.920
 there's no

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.580
 individual

00:22:36.580 --> 00:22:37.039
 churches

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.560
 left on

00:22:37.560 --> 00:22:37.980
 their own

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.519
 to fend

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:38.660
 for

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.060
 themselves

00:22:39.060 --> 00:22:41.400
 in this

00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:41.860
 case the

00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.140
 church

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:42.600
 in

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.080
 Jerusalem

00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:43.660
 HQ

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.180
 hears

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.480
 about

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:44.680
 it

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:46.039
 they want

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.400
 to help

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:46.980
 and that's

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.519
 exactly what

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:47.759
 they do

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.120
 they send

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:49.019
 their best

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.560
 and their

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 brightest

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:51.220
 Barnabas

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.819
 to do

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.500
 just that

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.400
 and Barnabas

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.039
 doesn't show

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 up

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:55.059
 give them

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.680
 a manual

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.779
 say hey

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 listen

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:58.620
 10%

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 tithe

00:22:59.120 --> 00:22:59.480
 on the

00:22:59.480 --> 00:22:59.860
 first of

00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.380
 every month

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:00.720
 at this

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 bank account

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.700
 shekels

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.079
 please

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.759
 okay

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.920
 figure it

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.140
 out

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.839
 no no no

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.440
 he stays

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:06.779
 there for

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.079
 a full

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.380
 year

00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:08.539
 in fact

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.000
 it's even

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.380
 longer

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.839
 because he

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.200
 was there

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:10.500
 for a

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:10.860
 certain

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.220
 period of

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.400
 time

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:11.579
 he

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.440
 leaves

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.819
 because he

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.400
 sees that

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:14.680
 the need

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.039
 is actually

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.599
 greater than

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.779
 that he

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.160
 can meet

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.560
 himself

00:23:17.560 --> 00:23:17.940
 he gets

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.840
 Saul

00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:19.640
 who is

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:20.080
 also

00:23:20.080 --> 00:23:20.440
 the

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:20.740
 apostle

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.120
 Paul

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:22.380
 they travel

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.100
 to Antioch

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.560
 and they

00:23:23.560 --> 00:23:24.080
 stay there

00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:24.480
 for a

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:24.700
 year

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:27.019
 they teach

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:28.160
 they guide

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:29.600
 they encourage

00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:32.540
 the church

00:23:32.540 --> 00:23:32.920
 in

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.900
 Jerusalem

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.560
 is without

00:23:34.560 --> 00:23:34.980
 one of

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.360
 their chief

00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:35.960
 encouragers

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:37.740
 a pillar

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:40.100
 in the

00:23:40.100 --> 00:23:40.460
 church

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:43.220
 and it

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.580
 kind of

00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:44.440
 it helps

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:44.860
 us to see

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.180
 that if

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.660
 we are to

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.580
 show brotherly

00:23:46.580 --> 00:23:47.019
 love and

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.400
 affection

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:49.940
 it's going

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.320
 to cost

00:23:50.320 --> 00:23:50.840
 us time

00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:53.620
 it means

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:55.539
 saying no

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.240
 to things

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.160
 that we

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.720
 enjoy

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.900
 for the

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.240
 benefit

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.580
 and the

00:23:59.580 --> 00:23:59.900
 sake of

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.200
 others

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:03.500
 our status

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.019
 isn't just

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.320
 the only

00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:04.779
 thing that

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.480
 is sacrifice

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:05.940
 but our

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.340
 time

00:24:06.340 --> 00:24:07.380
 as well

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:08.580
 and as

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:08.820
 we get

00:24:08.820 --> 00:24:09.200
 older

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:10.519
 time is

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.140
 a precious

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.840
 and finite

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.440
 commodity

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:14.400
 I just

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:14.960
 browsed

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.320
 through this

00:24:15.320 --> 00:24:15.759
 article

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:17.120
 this week

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.680
 the BBC

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:20.140
 really long

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.539
 might be

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.220
 worth reading

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.559
 it but

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.600
 they asked

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.160
 the question

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:25.279
 why does

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.559
 time seem

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:26.820
 to go

00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.460
 slower

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.200
 for children

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:28.700
 and not

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.180
 adults

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.080
 there's like

00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:30.460
 a whole

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.100
 series of

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:31.440
 scientific

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.880
 studies

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.220
 that they

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.480
 do a

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:32.700
 survey

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.039
 on

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.880
 but as

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.120
 we get

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:34.360
 older

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:35.000
 we see

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.100
 that time

00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:36.660
 is finite

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.559
 and it

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.059
 zips by

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.700
 way too

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.120
 fast

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:40.559
 ten weeks

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:40.779
 of the

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:40.939
 summer

00:24:40.939 --> 00:24:41.299
 gone

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.199
 gone

00:24:42.199 --> 00:24:43.419
 this is

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:43.739
 September

00:24:43.739 --> 00:24:44.500
 9th

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:44.959
 September

00:24:44.959 --> 00:24:45.599
 8th

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.099
 it's

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.419
 gone

00:24:46.419 --> 00:24:47.239
 it's

00:24:47.239 --> 00:24:47.339
 going to

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.479
 be

00:24:47.479 --> 00:24:47.779
 Christmas

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.259
 around

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.500
 the

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.819
 corner

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:51.119
 time

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.459
 is

00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:52.000
 precious

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.500
 and yet

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.859
 we are

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.299
 called

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:55.259
 to sacrifice

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.079
 it for

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:57.019
 the love

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.819
 and benefit

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.299
 of those

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.959
 around us

00:24:58.959 --> 00:24:59.519
 what more

00:24:59.519 --> 00:24:59.959
 precious

00:24:59.959 --> 00:25:00.379
 thing

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:01.000
 can we

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.259
 offer

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.439
 than

00:25:01.439 --> 00:25:01.779
 time

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:03.879
 it's

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.239
 never a

00:25:04.239 --> 00:25:04.479
 waste

00:25:04.479 --> 00:25:04.959
 of time

00:25:04.959 --> 00:25:05.959
 to be

00:25:05.959 --> 00:25:06.099
 an

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.439
 instrument

00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:07.039
 of God

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.959
 to help

00:25:07.959 --> 00:25:08.339
 a brother

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.899
 or sister

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.380
 in need

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:11.240
 here

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:13.580
 Barnabas

00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:13.840
 he is

00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:14.280
 recognizing

00:25:14.280 --> 00:25:14.740
 the grace

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.120
 of God

00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:15.600
 at work

00:25:15.600 --> 00:25:15.960
 in the

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.300
 church

00:25:16.300 --> 00:25:16.620
 and that

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:16.940
 the Lord

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.519
 desires

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.460
 him to

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.080
 participate

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:20.340
 in that

00:25:20.340 --> 00:25:20.920
 encouragement

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.820
 I guess

00:25:21.820 --> 00:25:22.220
 the question

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.680
 for us

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:22.960
 is

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:24.240
 where we

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.820
 recognize

00:25:24.820 --> 00:25:25.200
 the grace

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.540
 of God

00:25:25.540 --> 00:25:25.880
 at work

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.160
 or at

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.340
 least

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:26.800
 God's

00:25:26.800 --> 00:25:27.200
 desire

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.740
 to use

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.100
 us

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.700
 as his

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.180
 chosen

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.660
 instrument

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.019
 in a

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.360
 specific

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.280
 situation

00:25:31.280 --> 00:25:32.740
 are we

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.120
 willing

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:34.220
 to say

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.480
 yes

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:34.900
 to it

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:37.259
 here's

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.820
 the tough

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.060
 bit

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:39.339
 the sacrifice

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:39.980
 gets even

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.379
 harder

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:40.899
 when

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:42.159
 you are

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.519
 giving

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.899
 of your

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.419
 time

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:44.099
 and it's

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.960
 not

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.559
 appreciated

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.099
 or

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:47.359
 when

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:49.259
 the gains

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.599
 that are

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:49.919
 made

00:25:49.919 --> 00:25:50.539
 are lost

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.359
 or at

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:51.619
 least they

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:51.980
 seem to

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.500
 be lost

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:54.139
 a progression

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:55.519
 in terms of

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.579
 people growing

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:57.059
 in the faith

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:58.339
 seldom is

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.359
 like this

00:25:59.359 --> 00:25:59.819
 it's more

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.519
 like this

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.799
 and sometimes

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.179
 it's like

00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:02.599
 way down

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:02.859
 here

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.500
 and sometimes

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:05.220
 it continues

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.380
 to go

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:07.640
 sky high

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:07.920
 and then

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.359
 goes down

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.700
 again

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.480
 but the

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.019
 point is

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.880
 if you're

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.460
 walking with

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:11.799
 somebody

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.180
 if you're

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.680
 helping them

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:12.880
 out

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.140
 there's

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.539
 times

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:13.799
 where you

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.180
 feel like

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.440
 you are

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:14.980
 wasting

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.720
 your time

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:17.319
 I'm tired

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.000
 of this

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:21.140
 Christine and

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.539
 I have

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.660
 very dear

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.180
 friends

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.880
 they're

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.400
 lifelong

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:24.920
 missionaries

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.500
 in France

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:27.259
 they've been

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.660
 there for

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.259
 some 40

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.579
 years

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.059
 they planted

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.779
 three churches

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:32.379
 and they're

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:32.980
 godly people

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.460
 I think the

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.079
 biggest church

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.559
 they've ever

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.059
 had is

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.839
 like 50

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.200
 people

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.079
 France is a

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.639
 tough place

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:39.480
 David

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:41.899
 he has

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.319
 gone through

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.779
 bouts of

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.259
 depression

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:44.099
 being on

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.399
 the mission

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:44.759
 field

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:46.160
 and he

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.539
 tells a

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.059
 story about

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.460
 how he

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.819
 was in a

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.799
 low spot

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:50.160
 ministry

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.960
 fruit of

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.200
 ministry

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.599
 was not

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.099
 happening

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:53.740
 people were

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.079
 coming to

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.680
 faith but

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.379
 then leaving

00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:55.920
 the church

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.720
 he was super

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.440
 discouraged

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:59.139
 and he says

00:26:59.139 --> 00:26:59.519
 to one of

00:26:59.519 --> 00:26:59.960
 his daughters

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.660
 he says

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.980
 I'm sick

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.539
 of wasting

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.160
 my life

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.599
 for French

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.920
 people

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:07.240
 and then

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.720
 his daughter

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.220
 says something

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.720
 remarkable

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.279
 she goes

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.019
 dad you're

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.180
 going to

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.519
 waste your

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:10.859
 life on

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.200
 something

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.480
 it might

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.720
 as well

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.000
 be for

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.440
 the French

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:14.579
 but like

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.099
 not as a

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.359
 joke

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:15.940
 but like

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:17.000
 it kind

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.240
 of brings

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.700
 tears to

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.019
 your eyes

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.420
 because

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:22.759
 the economy

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.180
 of God

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.639
 is not

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.119
 like our

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.559
 economy

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:24.960
 right

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.639
 it's not

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.680
 in productivity

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.359
 minutes

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:29.279
 it's seeing

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.420
 the hand

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.119
 of God

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.220
 at work

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.059
 which we

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.519
 can't see

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.779
 in its

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.200
 totality

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.539
 but he

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:34.839
 can

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:36.539
 from the

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:36.819
 beginning

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.180
 to the

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.339
 end

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:37.619
 and he

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:37.980
 knows

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.180
 which

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.619
 direction

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:38.859
 it's

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.099
 going

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.299
 in

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.839
 and in

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.139
 the end

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.879
 he delights

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.599
 in us

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.200
 showing

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.660
 brotherly

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.099
 affection

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:44.500
 and love

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.160
 to those

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.339
 when we

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.700
 sacrifice

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.399
 our time

00:27:47.399 --> 00:27:47.839
 it's not

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.660
 a waste

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:53.180
 love for

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.639
 each other

00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:55.399
 animated by

00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:55.960
 our love

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:57.079
 for the

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.620
 Lord Jesus

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.039
 Christ

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.640
 and empowered

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.039
 by the

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.680
 Holy Spirit

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:01.620
 it has to

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:02.500
 fuel our

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.120
 service

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:04.240
 in the

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.620
 times

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:05.120
 especially

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:05.519
 when we

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.079
 give up

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.440
 our

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.279
 time

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.799
 because

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.920
 we will

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.279
 become

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.700
 hardened

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.519
 and cynical

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:14.640
 but I'm

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:15.039
 telling you

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.380
 that this

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:15.799
 brotherly

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.180
 affection

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.759
 this time

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.140
 spent

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.500
 is what

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.100
 the world

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:19.000
 is desperate

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.220
 for

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.600
 what we

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:20.160
 are desperate

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.500
 for

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:22.859
 if you

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.740
 poke around

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.220
 the internet

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.420
 for not

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:25.940
 very long

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.380
 you'll see

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:26.759
 there's this

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.200
 whole

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.339
 kind of

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.119
 like niche

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.680
 maybe not

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.079
 so niche

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.400
 anymore

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:30.819
 but this

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.200
 big

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.539
 kind of

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.200
 subsection

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.440
 of the

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.660
 internet

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.700
 of young

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.099
 men

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.819
 especially

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.380
 searching

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.000
 for meaning

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.440
 searching

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.160
 for connection

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.940
 searching

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.660
 for purpose

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:42.099
 and we

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.980
 are commanded

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.019
 not optional

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.400
 we are

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:44.819
 commanded

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.660
 to love

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:47.259
 in a

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.720
 brotherly

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.039
 way

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.740
 to give

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.759
 up of our

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.180
 status

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:51.240
 and of

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.660
 our time

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.420
 to waste

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.120
 our lives

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.820
 on people

00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:58.960
 we give

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.240
 up our

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.580
 status

00:28:59.580 --> 00:29:00.039
 we give

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.680
 up our

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.140
 time

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.640
 the last

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:01.799
 bit

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.120
 we give

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.420
 up our

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.860
 resources

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.320
 this is

00:29:03.320 --> 00:29:03.720
 the final

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.160
 section

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:05.740
 verses 27

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.160
 to 30

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.440
 let me

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.740
 read it

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:06.980
 here

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.960
 now in

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.700
 these days

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.160
 prophets

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.740
 came down

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:09.940
 from

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.299
 Jerusalem

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.519
 to

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.100
 Antioch

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:12.220
 and one

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.519
 of them

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.840
 named

00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:13.200
 Agabus

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.920
 stood up

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.860
 and foretold

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.200
 by the

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.480
 spirit

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:15.820
 that there

00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:16.060
 would be

00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:16.380
 a great

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.779
 famine

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.340
 over all

00:29:17.340 --> 00:29:17.700
 the world

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.080
 this took

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:18.480
 place in

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.820
 the days

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:18.960
 of

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.420
 Claudius

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.640
 so the

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:20.980
 disciples

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.440
 determined

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:21.920
 everyone

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.539
 according to

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.080
 his ability

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.980
 to send

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.580
 relief to

00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:25.019
 the brothers

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.680
 living in

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.120
 Judea

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:27.100
 and they

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:27.500
 did so

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.420
 sending it

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.640
 to the

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.100
 elders by

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:29.519
 the hand

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.140
 of Barnabas

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.620
 and Saul

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:34.100
 we're not

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.660
 going to do a deep

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.340
 dive into this

00:29:35.340 --> 00:29:35.660
 section

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.460
 we're not really

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.820
 even going to

00:29:36.820 --> 00:29:37.160
 talk about

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.680
 Agabus at

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.120
 all apart

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:38.400
 from me

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.779
 just saying

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.039
 we're not

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.200
 going to

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.480
 talk about

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.920
 Agabus at

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.240
 all

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.920
 but with

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:43.200
 time

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:45.039
 brotherly love

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.779
 requires our

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.360
 riches and

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:46.920
 our resources

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:48.519
 it's an

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.960
 improper

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.420
 thing

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.259
 to try

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.700
 to buy

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.180
 affection

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.539
 through

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:51.860
 gifts

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.160
 but

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.440
 authentic

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.039
 love

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:55.259
 will always

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.580
 cost

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:55.980
 something

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:58.200
 it will

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.820
 always cost

00:29:58.820 --> 00:29:59.240
 something

00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:00.480
 if you say

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.840
 you love

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.220
 somebody

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.580
 but you

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.100
 withhold

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:03.060
 generosity

00:30:03.060 --> 00:30:05.400
 it communicates

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.380
 that at

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:07.640
 best your

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.220
 love is

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.800
 very weak

00:30:08.800 --> 00:30:09.300
 and shallow

00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:09.840
 at worst

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.120
 you don't

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.500
 love

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:13.559
 when you

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.779
 love

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.099
 somebody

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.400
 you are

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.059
 generous

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.579
 or you

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.599
 attempt

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:17.380
 generosity

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:19.079
 it's the

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.599
 same with

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.759
 brotherly

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.119
 affection

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.599
 amongst

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.839
 each other

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:24.319
 so remember

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.319
 the widow's

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.880
 offering in

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:27.160
 Luke 21

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:28.839
 her affections

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.759
 are turned

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.279
 towards the

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.900
 Lord

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.619
 she loves

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:32.059
 God

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:33.000
 she gives

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.299
 to coins

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.960
 it's nothing

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:36.259
 but to Christ

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.880
 he says she

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.240
 has given

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.700
 much more

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.200
 than everybody

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.640
 else

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.920
 because our

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.780
 sacrificial

00:30:40.780 --> 00:30:41.460
 giving of

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.080
 our resources

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:42.620
 and riches

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:44.000
 according to

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.720
 our ability

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.220
 this is what

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.840
 it says here

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:46.320
 according to

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:47.000
 their ability

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:50.140
 it's instructive

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.580
 to where

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:51.759
 our allegiances

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.860
 and affections

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.259
 lie

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:55.480
 what's interesting

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.080
 is that Christ

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:56.620
 talks about

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.360
 money

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:58.380
 often

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:59.100
 it is something

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.600
 that seems

00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.259
 to be always

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.040
 on his lips

00:31:01.040 --> 00:31:01.660
 in his teaching

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.900
 and it's

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.280
 connected

00:31:03.280 --> 00:31:04.940
 to the

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.360
 things

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:06.000
 that we

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.800
 really love

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:09.879
 we invest

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.379
 in things

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:10.720
 we want

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:10.980
 to see

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.259
 grow

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:12.559
 and the

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:12.799
 things

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.200
 and people

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.559
 that bring

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:13.700
 us

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.079
 enjoyment

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.720
 we invest

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.079
 in those

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.279
 things

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.759
 it's

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.440
 no problem

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.740
 for us

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.159
 to spend

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:17.440
 money

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.960
 on things

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.819
 that we

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.919
 enjoy

00:31:19.919 --> 00:31:23.419
 the command

00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:23.799
 here

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:25.980
 is to

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.659
 spend

00:31:26.659 --> 00:31:27.119
 money

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.859
 on people

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.359
 because

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.359
 they are

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:30.000
 enjoyed

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.799
 by God

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:33.819
 to help

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.259
 and receive

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.639
 help

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.240
 in monetary

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.700
 ways

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.359
 are essential

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:36.659
 in the

00:31:36.659 --> 00:31:37.119
 exercise

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.579
 of brotherly

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:37.980
 love

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:39.339
 if you

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.619
 remember

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.259
 last week's

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.819
 gospel reading

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.440
 it was a

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.639
 it was a

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.000
 story of the

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.500
 good Samaritan

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.940
 the parable

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.299
 of the good

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.779
 Samaritan

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:46.379
 famous the

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:46.919
 world over

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:47.259
 why

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.960
 because it's

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.440
 radical

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.159
 generosity

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:50.759
 not out of

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.279
 compulsion

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.839
 but because

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.259
 of love

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.779
 we see where

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.379
 the Samaritan's

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:54.779
 heart is

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.419
 in that story

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:56.980
 this is what

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.559
 brotherly love

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.019
 ought to look

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.339
 like

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:59.639
 so

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:02.179
 love one

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.519
 another

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.699
 give to one

00:32:03.699 --> 00:32:04.000
 another

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.819
 give of your

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.579
 time but also

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.179
 give of your

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:06.679
 resources

00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:08.379
 give to the

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:08.659
 church

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:09.079
 give to

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.459
 missions

00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:09.919
 give to

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.519
 mercy

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.059
 ministries

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.419
 give to

00:32:11.419 --> 00:32:11.740
 those

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.399
 who you

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:12.759
 know

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.119
 need

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.539
 aid

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.259
 give

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.799
 generously

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.599
 according

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.019
 to your

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.439
 ability

00:32:16.439 --> 00:32:18.720
 but also

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.319
 I would say

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.919
 be ready

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.720
 to receive

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:23.339
 it is

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.240
 it's far

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.639
 better to

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:24.980
 give

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:26.079
 than to

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.480
 receive

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.919
 but it's

00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:27.459
 also far

00:32:27.459 --> 00:32:28.199
 easier to

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.580
 give than

00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:29.160
 to receive

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.440
 or maybe

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:30.799
 not

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.480
 I think

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.960
 maybe for

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.680
 the majority

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.160
 of us

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.180
 because to

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.580
 receive

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:35.740
 feels like

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.180
 charity

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.559
 and I

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:36.759
 don't want

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:36.900
 to be

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.480
 the object

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.259
 of charity

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:42.920
 learn to

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.539
 receive as

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:43.900
 well

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:47.160
 another point

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:48.000
 and then we'll

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.480
 move on to

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.940
 the conclusion

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.319
 is just

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.640
 this

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.960
 who is

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.319
 giving

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:52.059
 this

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:54.360
 gift

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:55.220
 to

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:57.120
 of charity

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.700
 to the

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:57.920
 church

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.400
 in Jerusalem

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.140
 it's

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.440
 the church

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.600
 of Antioch

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.600
 what's

00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:02.160
 remarkable

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.480
 of about

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.200
 this little

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.660
 tiny

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.380
 you know

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.100
 four verses

00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:07.200
 is that

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:08.360
 the church

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:09.319
 in Antioch

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:11.319
 comes to

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.720
 faith

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.180
 and then

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.940
 their faith

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:14.819
 is proven

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.340
 true

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:16.180
 by their

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.900
 actions

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.740
 and love

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.519
 towards God

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.360
 and then

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:21.220
 by extension

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.140
 how they love

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:23.220
 one another

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.360
 that they

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:24.900
 love the

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.140
 church

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.759
 in Jerusalem

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.420
 and they

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:26.819
 send

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.519
 aid

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.279
 because

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.839
 there is

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.700
 an issue

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.079
 and a

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.500
 problem

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:34.000
 maybe the

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.339
 church in

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.539
 Jerusalem

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:34.860
 had to

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:35.240
 swallow the

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.519
 pride

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.059
 we should

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.319
 be the

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.559
 ones

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.839
 who are

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.460
 exporting

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.500
 goods and

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.880
 services

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.380
 and the

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:40.160
 gospel message

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.519
 out

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.339
 but they

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:41.779
 are also

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.380
 recipients

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:45.440
 we do

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.820
 not want

00:33:45.820 --> 00:33:46.040
 to be

00:33:46.040 --> 00:33:46.540
 in anyone's

00:33:46.540 --> 00:33:46.860
 pocket

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.380
 or feel

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.700
 as though

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:47.900
 we are

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.340
 the object

00:33:48.340 --> 00:33:49.020
 of someone's

00:33:49.020 --> 00:33:50.280
 charity

00:33:50.280 --> 00:33:51.000
 yet this

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.700
 is the

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:51.900
 way

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.400
 brotherly

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.840
 affection

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:53.920
 is

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.280
 we

00:33:54.280 --> 00:33:55.040
 give

00:33:55.040 --> 00:33:55.620
 of our

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.280
 resources

00:33:56.280 --> 00:33:56.840
 but we

00:33:56.840 --> 00:33:57.060
 also

00:33:57.060 --> 00:33:57.640
 receive

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.100
 of the

00:33:58.100 --> 00:33:58.260
 other

00:33:58.260 --> 00:33:58.680
 resources

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:58.940
 because

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.360
 everything

00:33:59.360 --> 00:33:59.740
 that we

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.160
 have

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:01.080
 ultimately

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:02.380
 is given

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:02.780
 to us

00:34:02.780 --> 00:34:03.300
 to steward

00:34:03.300 --> 00:34:03.860
 by God

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.780
 you have

00:34:04.780 --> 00:34:05.280
 a job

00:34:05.280 --> 00:34:05.960
 because

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.280
 God

00:34:06.280 --> 00:34:06.740
 gave you

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.880
 the mind

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:09.019
 to

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:10.000
 think

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.460
 and to

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.840
 formulate

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:12.140
 and to

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:13.199
 to

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.859
 in breath

00:34:13.859 --> 00:34:14.099
 in your

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.279
 lungs

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:14.639
 to wake

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:14.900
 up in

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.239
 the morning

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.900
 the strength

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:17.239
 to endure

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:17.719
 day in

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.199
 and day out

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.579
 in many

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:18.940
 ways

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.819
 you have

00:34:19.819 --> 00:34:20.139
 earned

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.460
 your

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.599
 paycheck

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.460
 but it

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.960
 is not

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.759
 from

00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:24.460
 just you

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:28.539
 as we

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.039
 wrap things

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.480
 up I want

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.119
 to bring

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.679
 two points

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:30.920
 to our

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.259
 attention

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:32.960
 the first

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.239
 one is

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.559
 the biggest

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:33.879
 one

00:34:33.879 --> 00:34:35.219
 in all

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.779
 the examples

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.379
 of brotherly

00:34:36.379 --> 00:34:36.739
 affection

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.199
 in Acts

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.819
 chapter 11

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.879
 that we

00:34:38.879 --> 00:34:39.400
 have seen

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:40.659
 all of

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:40.940
 them have

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.699
 the same

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.559
 principle

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.659
 and it

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.159
 is this

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:45.579
 that as

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:45.939
 we show

00:34:45.939 --> 00:34:46.399
 brotherly

00:34:46.399 --> 00:34:46.759
 affection

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:47.659
 we emulate

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:49.019
 an image

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:50.219
 and proclaim

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:51.319
 the risen

00:34:51.319 --> 00:34:51.799
 Lord Jesus

00:34:51.799 --> 00:34:52.219
 Christ

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.619
 what do I

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:52.859
 mean

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:54.819
 Christ laid

00:34:54.819 --> 00:34:55.679
 down all

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.199
 his heavenly

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.939
 status to

00:34:56.939 --> 00:34:57.639
 associate with

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:57.899
 us

00:34:57.899 --> 00:34:59.139
 he sacrificed

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:00.960
 the status

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:02.079
 of heaven

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:03.099
 he descended

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:04.639
 he condescended

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.399
 to us

00:35:05.399 --> 00:35:06.980
 perfect

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:08.279
 undefiled

00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:08.939
 clean

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.860
 the only

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.179
 one

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.539
 who is

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.139
 that

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.659
 and yet

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.599
 what does

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:12.980
 he do

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:14.420
 he sacrifices

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.599
 such status

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.099
 in heaven

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.700
 so that he

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:17.179
 will die

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.539
 for the

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.280
 unclean

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:21.200
 he dies

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:21.820
 for the

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.440
 defiled

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.280
 for the

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.679
 broken

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.519
 the sinful

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:26.179
 and in him

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.720
 we are granted

00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:27.179
 repentance

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.720
 that leads

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.200
 to life

00:35:28.200 --> 00:35:29.220
 and the

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:29.920
 Holy Spirit

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:31.260
 our comforter

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.720
 and guide

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.099
 is given

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.579
 to us

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.480
 this is

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.820
 because

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.659
 Christ

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.360
 sacrifices

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.900
 his status

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.720
 so as we

00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:37.300
 love

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:38.820
 in such

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.099
 a way

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:40.119
 we proclaim

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:41.200
 what Christ

00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:41.579
 has done

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.019
 also

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:43.260
 Christ

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:44.139
 gives up

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.660
 three years

00:35:44.660 --> 00:35:45.180
 of his earthly

00:35:45.180 --> 00:35:45.680
 ministry

00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:47.820
 only to hang

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.240
 on a Roman

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:48.920
 crucifix

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.500
 alone

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.840
 he wastes

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.559
 his time

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.180
 it would seem

00:35:52.180 --> 00:35:53.019
 on the

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.460
 disciples

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:55.240
 he wastes

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:55.619
 his life

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.039
 for the sake

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.400
 of others

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:56.760
 but it was

00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:57.440
 never a waste

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.980
 he redeemed

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.380
 us

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:01.000
 from the

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.360
 depths

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:01.860
 of our

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.240
 sin

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:03.139
 and brokenness

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.880
 but you know

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.320
 what he also

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:04.500
 does

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.220
 he redeems

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:05.639
 time

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.179
 itself

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:08.899
 history

00:36:08.899 --> 00:36:09.839
 no longer

00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.859
 is spiraling

00:36:10.859 --> 00:36:11.519
 into a death

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.039
 spiral

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:13.859
 but rather

00:36:13.859 --> 00:36:14.959
 history

00:36:14.959 --> 00:36:16.359
 finds its

00:36:16.359 --> 00:36:17.000
 culmination

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.719
 in the renewal

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.319
 and restoration

00:36:18.319 --> 00:36:19.119
 of all things

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.679
 for eternity

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:20.779
 that even

00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:21.359
 time is

00:36:21.359 --> 00:36:21.699
 restored

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:22.239
 in Christ

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:24.519
 when we

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:24.799
 give up

00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:25.339
 our time

00:36:25.339 --> 00:36:26.019
 we are not

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.819
 wasting it

00:36:26.819 --> 00:36:28.259
 if we do

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:28.739
 it in his

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:29.359
 name for the

00:36:29.359 --> 00:36:29.959
 sake of others

00:36:29.959 --> 00:36:31.019
 finally Christ

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.799
 becomes poor

00:36:31.799 --> 00:36:32.939
 giving up

00:36:32.939 --> 00:36:33.679
 of his

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.279
 resources

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:35.280
 so that

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.660
 in him

00:36:35.660 --> 00:36:36.040
 we may

00:36:36.040 --> 00:36:36.340
 become

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:36.660
 rich

00:36:36.660 --> 00:36:38.019
 he gives

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.540
 us what

00:36:38.540 --> 00:36:38.800
 money

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.260
 cannot

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:39.680
 buy

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:40.160
 what

00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:40.640
 money

00:36:40.640 --> 00:36:41.160
 cannot

00:36:41.160 --> 00:36:41.700
 buy

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:43.340
 it does

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:43.980
 not matter

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.740
 how much

00:36:44.740 --> 00:36:45.700
 money you

00:36:45.700 --> 00:36:46.180
 give to

00:36:46.180 --> 00:36:46.680
 charity

00:36:46.680 --> 00:36:47.800
 if you

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.400
 think that

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.120
 that giving

00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:49.860
 is going to

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.240
 somehow

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:51.120
 absolve you

00:36:51.120 --> 00:36:51.500
 from your

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.920
 sin

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.900
 it is only

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.360
 Christ

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:53.740
 who can

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:54.100
 do such

00:36:54.100 --> 00:36:54.460
 a thing

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:56.660
 gives up

00:36:56.660 --> 00:36:56.900
 his

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:58.000
 self

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.640
 to us

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:59.779
 the

00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:00.219
 biggest

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:00.619
 charity

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:00.960
 case

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.319
 of all

00:37:01.319 --> 00:37:01.759
 so that

00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:02.059
 we

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.839
 can

00:37:02.839 --> 00:37:03.219
 have

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.779
 true

00:37:03.779 --> 00:37:04.199
 food

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:05.319
 true

00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:05.799
 drink

00:37:05.799 --> 00:37:07.739
 and so

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:07.960
 that we

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.259
 will never

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:08.739
 hunger and

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.299
 thirst again

00:37:09.299 --> 00:37:10.519
 and all

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.000
 of this

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:12.539
 again

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.859
 is animated

00:37:13.859 --> 00:37:14.980
 by love

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:16.079
 he is our

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.639
 older brother

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.440
 he has made us

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:18.039
 children of the

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.339
 father

00:37:18.339 --> 00:37:19.359
 and as we

00:37:19.359 --> 00:37:20.199
 love in such

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:20.799
 a brotherly

00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.500
 way we are

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.579
 proclaiming the

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:23.239
 gospel of

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.719
 Christ

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.440
 if we are

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:24.859
 doing it

00:37:24.859 --> 00:37:25.239
 in his

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:25.559
 name

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.820
 the second

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.219
 point is

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:27.559
 this

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:29.039
 and this

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.279
 is an

00:37:29.279 --> 00:37:29.579
 interesting

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:29.860
 bit

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:30.119
 and I

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.400
 wrestled

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.719
 with this

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:31.079
 because

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:32.759
 you know

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.039
 I didn't

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:33.320
 do a

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:33.559
 deep

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.219
 exposition

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:35.019
 of chapter

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.320
 11

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.940
 and that's

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.340
 what we've

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:36.820
 committed to

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.179
 in the

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.360
 church

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.599
 I mean

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:37.900
 we read

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.119
 through

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.579
 most of

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:38.739
 it

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:39.619
 and we

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:39.840
 touched

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.159
 on some

00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:40.440
 points

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.840
 but really

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.239
 it wasn't

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:41.619
 like an

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.179
 exposition

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:43.000
 of the

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.259
 text

00:37:43.259 --> 00:37:44.559
 but here's

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:44.860
 the thing

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:46.599
 the church

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.360
 has changed

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.039
 if you've

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.340
 been here

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.679
 for more

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:48.920
 than a

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.079
 year

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.519
 the church

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.099
 has changed

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.460
 not just

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.860
 because we're

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.139
 in a new

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.519
 building

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.739
 for the

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.480
 third time

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:55.539
 but because

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.139
 people have

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.840
 joined us

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:59.239
 and with

00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:00.099
 people joining

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.480
 us

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.800
 it's fantastic

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.380
 to see these

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:02.940
 new faces

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:04.579
 it provides

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:05.619
 us an

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:06.139
 opportunity

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:07.199
 to get to

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.679
 know people

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.199
 and to love

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.559
 people

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.340
 but it also

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:10.559
 runs the

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.360
 risk of us

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:12.440
 becoming

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:12.920
 cliquey

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.980
 or just to

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.759
 hang out

00:38:14.759 --> 00:38:15.300
 and connect

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:15.800
 with those

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.099
 that we're

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.400
 comfortable

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:16.719
 with

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:18.699
 but let us

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:19.360
 strive by

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:19.900
 God's strength

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.259
 to love

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:20.699
 one another

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:21.079
 with this

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:21.420
 kind of

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:22.300
 sacrificial

00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:23.739
 brotherly

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:24.079
 love

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:25.400
 that we

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:26.460
 are patient

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:27.759
 and grace

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.400
 filled

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.039
 in our

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:29.599
 dealings

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:29.940
 with one

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.259
 another

00:38:30.259 --> 00:38:31.920
 as we

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.340
 grow in

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:32.860
 our love

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.299
 for one

00:38:33.299 --> 00:38:33.619
 another

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:34.619
 we do

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:35.139
 so in

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:35.440
 the power

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:36.000
 of Christ

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.840
 and again

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.639
 we image

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.179
 Christ

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.980
 and proclaim

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.440
 him

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:41.699
 this is

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.420
 the better

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:42.619
 way

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.819
 but

00:38:43.819 --> 00:38:46.539
 it runs

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.980
 the risk

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.319
 of getting

00:38:47.319 --> 00:38:47.659
 hurt

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:50.139
 it runs

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.579
 the risk

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.219
 of putting

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:51.559
 yourself

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.119
 out there

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.839
 and being

00:38:52.839 --> 00:38:53.440
 vulnerable

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:55.599
 for it

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.019
 not to be

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.739
 reciprocated

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:57.380
 or for you

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:58.059
 to potentially

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.859
 get stomped

00:38:58.859 --> 00:38:59.179
 on

00:38:59.179 --> 00:39:00.079
 God forbid

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:01.079
 but this

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.380
 is the

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:01.659
 nature

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.019
 of what

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.259
 it is

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:02.759
 to extend

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.119
 yourself

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.420
 out in

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.599
 love

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:03.819
 but

00:39:03.819 --> 00:39:05.279
 it's

00:39:05.279 --> 00:39:05.739
 worth it

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:07.259
 I'll end

00:39:07.259 --> 00:39:07.679
 with this

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.239
 quote

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:09.239
 and hopefully

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:10.619
 it's inspiring

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:11.219
 and it spurs

00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:11.679
 us on

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:12.519
 it's from

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:12.880
 the four

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:13.139
 loves

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.759
 by C.S.

00:39:13.839 --> 00:39:14.019
 Lewis

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:15.400
 and he's

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:15.759
 talking about

00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:16.239
 the vulnerability

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:16.759
 of love

00:39:16.759 --> 00:39:17.019
 and this

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:17.219
 is what

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:17.619
 he says

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:19.239
 to love

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:19.799
 at all

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:20.239
 is to be

00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:20.619
 vulnerable

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:22.420
 love anything

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:22.719
 and your

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:23.139
 heart will

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.639
 be wrung

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:24.339
 and possibly

00:39:24.339 --> 00:39:24.799
 broken

00:39:24.799 --> 00:39:26.460
 if you want

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.699
 to make

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:27.099
 sure of

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.519
 keeping it

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:27.859
 intact

00:39:27.859 --> 00:39:28.880
 you must

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:29.259
 give it

00:39:29.259 --> 00:39:29.779
 to no one

00:39:29.779 --> 00:39:30.639
 not even

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.159
 an animal

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.839
 wrap it

00:39:31.839 --> 00:39:32.219
 carefully

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:32.799
 round with

00:39:32.799 --> 00:39:33.179
 hobbies

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.639
 and little

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.179
 luxuries

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.759
 avoid all

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:35.420
 entanglements

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:36.639
 lock it up

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:37.239
 safe in the

00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:38.039
 casket or

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.739
 coffin of

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:39.639
 your selfishness

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:41.359
 but in that

00:39:41.359 --> 00:39:42.179
 casket safe

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:42.480
 dark

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:43.139
 motionless

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.739
 airless

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:44.639
 it will

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.119
 change

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:46.219
 it will

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:46.539
 not be

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.900
 broken

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:48.279
 it will

00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:48.579
 become

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.279
 unbreakable

00:39:49.279 --> 00:39:50.819
 impenetrable

00:39:50.819 --> 00:39:51.839
 irredeemable

00:39:51.839 --> 00:39:53.299
 to love

00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:54.039
 is to be

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:54.559
 vulnerable

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:57.099
 friends as

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.639
 we grow

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:58.759
 in community

00:39:58.759 --> 00:39:59.579
 and love

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.779
 and seek

00:40:00.779 --> 00:40:01.119
 to show

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.539
 brotherly

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:02.000
 affection

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.339
 to one

00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:02.559
 another

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:02.859
 for the

00:40:02.859 --> 00:40:03.219
 glory of

00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:03.599
 Christ

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:05.059
 do so

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.480
 with his

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:05.960
 strength

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.819
 and take

00:40:06.819 --> 00:40:07.319
 a chance

00:40:07.319 --> 00:40:10.000
 and when

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.719
 we falter

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:11.519
 and fail

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.039
 because we

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.339
 will

00:40:12.339 --> 00:40:13.279
 we go

00:40:13.279 --> 00:40:13.679
 to the

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.019
 source

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.319
 of our

00:40:14.319 --> 00:40:14.839
 strength

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:15.559
 who is

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:15.940
 Christ

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:16.160
 our

00:40:16.160 --> 00:40:16.559
 redeemer

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.900
 brother

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.400
 and friend

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:19.180
 let us

00:40:19.180 --> 00:40:19.420
 pray

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:21.280
 father in

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:21.460
 heaven

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:21.900
 we thank

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.180
 you for

00:40:22.180 --> 00:40:22.539
 the sweet

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.039
 opportunity

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.820
 it is to

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:25.760
 to call

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:26.220
 you our

00:40:26.220 --> 00:40:26.559
 father

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.100
 because of

00:40:27.100 --> 00:40:27.579
 Christ our

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:27.860
 brother

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:28.440
 because of

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.860
 the power

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:29.100
 of the

00:40:29.100 --> 00:40:29.740
 Holy Spirit

00:40:29.740 --> 00:40:31.320
 lord what a

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:31.960
 privilege it

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:33.000
 is also to

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:34.519
 to call

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:35.480
 each other

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:36.160
 brothers and

00:40:36.160 --> 00:40:36.640
 sisters in

00:40:36.640 --> 00:40:37.039
 the faith

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.700
 and lord we

00:40:37.700 --> 00:40:38.340
 pray that

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:39.300
 that we

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 would be so

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 so brave

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 and bold

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 as to

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 love with

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 real

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 godly

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 christ

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 like

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 brotherly

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 affection

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 lord

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 protect us

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 from hurt

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 but lord

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 help us

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 to not

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 erect

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:55.980
 castles

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 around our

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:56.799
 hearts

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 or put our

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 hearts in

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 coffins

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 as c.s.

00:40:58.739 --> 00:40:59.219
 lewis says

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 lord let

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 this congregation

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 be marked

00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:02.899
 by love

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 so that we

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:04.679
 will proclaim

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 your goodness

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 to a

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 very

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:08.519
 love

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.619
 starved

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 city that we

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 live in

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 this city

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 of ottawa

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:13.059
 we pray

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.420
 this in

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:13.940
 christ's name

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.900
 amen

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:16.059
 amen