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 Acts 17 and verses 1 down to verse 15.

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 When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollina, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

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 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the scriptures, explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead.

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 This, Jesus, I am proclaiming to you is the Christ, he said.

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 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few prominent women.

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 But the Jews were jealous, so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city.

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 They rushed to Jason's house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.

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 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting,

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 These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here.

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 And Jason has welcomed them into his house.

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 They are defying Caesar decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.

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 When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil.

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 They put Jason and the others on bail and let them go.

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 As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea.

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 On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.

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 The Vibraans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians.

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 They received a message with great eagerness and examined the scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

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 Many of the Jews believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.

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 When the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, they went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up.

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 The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea.

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 The men who escorted Paul brought them to Athens and then left some instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

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 Amen.

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 It's funny, two people can, or a few people can listen to the same piece of music or read the same poem or the same piece of artwork and have completely different perspectives on it.

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 Last week I was in class and I thought I would share with a class a new song I'd heard.

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 It was a wonderful song. I would listen to it all week, so I stuck it on before class started.

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 A few of the guys in class tried to smile and pretend it was okay, but I could see they weren't that bothered at all.

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 Same for music, same for poetry.

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 One person can read a poem and see such beautiful verses,

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 and the other person think it's just some pointless rhyming words that have no real meaning.

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 So much of what we see and experience in life can be subjective,

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 can be down to our own personal tastes, our culture, our upbringing, and a thousand other influences.

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 But when it comes, as we see this evening, down to the gospel, there is no place for us to be subjective.

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 There's no place for us to say, well, that's true for you, but it's not quite true for me.

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 Or that makes sense to you perhaps, but not for me.

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 Or that's what you believe, or that's your truth.

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 We'll see as we go on through these verses that there's no room for that kind of thinking when it comes to the gospel.

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 The gospel requires a simple response.

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 The gospel requires us to respond to it.

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 There's no place for sitting on the fence.

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 So last week we left with Paul and Silas coming out of prison.

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 They went to the house of Lydia.

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 Then they encouraged the brothers and sisters there.

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 And now we join them in chapter 17, arriving in Thessalonica.

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 They've traveled roughly about 30 miles southwest.

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 And then another 25, 30 miles directly south on one of the Roman highways.

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 And here they are arriving in Thessalonica.

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 Now when we read perhaps verse 1, we might be asking, why do they pass through?

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 Why do they just skip these other two cities we have mentioned?

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 It's a question there's quite a bit of debate about.

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 Of course we have no solid answer.

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 Some say that perhaps there was no synagogue in these towns, so they moved through them.

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 But whatever the reason is, it seems they were making a beeline, a straight way to Thessalonica.

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 Thessalonica.

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 This town had around roughly 220,000 people in it or in the area.

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 It was a capital of the area.

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 It was a provincial capital.

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 A great trading city we know from other sources.

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 A great place of wealth.

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 A great place of fame.

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 A great place where you could come and see culture and trade and make your fortune or lose your fortune.

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 In this section from verses 1 down to verse 15, we have these, perhaps we could say, case studies of what happens when the gospel is shared in a place.

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 As we'll see, when the gospel is shared, it always has an effect.

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 Even as we sit here this evening and listen to this account in Acts, as we hear the gospel this evening, it is having an effect on every single one of us.

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 Perhaps there are some this evening who as of yet don't believe.

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 Well, as you hear the gospel just now, perhaps this is the evening.

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 This is the night when you come to understand and come to see and come to know Jesus as your Savior.

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 Perhaps you're here just now as a Christian.

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 As we hear the gospel this evening, we grow in our love and grow in our praise for our God and for our Savior.

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 Sometimes, as folks listen to the gospel, they turn even further away from God.

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 Either way, the gospel always has an effect.

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 And as we look at what takes place in Thessalonica and later in Berea, I want us to have three very simple, very loose questions in mind.

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 What did they say?

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 What did they do?

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 And then what happened?

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 As for a short time, as we look at what took place in these two towns, let's think about what happened then.

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 Let's think about how the experience of Paul and his companions in these towns, how that still speaks to us, even here in Becliffe.

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 A few thousand years away, a few thousand miles removed.

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 So first of all, Paul and Silas in Thessalonica, then verses 1, excuse me, verses 1 down to verse 9.

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 So first of all, what did they do?

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 What are we told about this impressive city?

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 Does scripture tell us about its wealth?

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 Does scripture tell us about its great trade routes?

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 About its great mixed cultures and religions?

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 About its fame?

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 About its size?

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 Scripture jumps past all these things.

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 What does it tell us?

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 It tells us there's a Jewish synagogue there.

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 It tells us that Paul and Silas and the companions, they're not there for the sights and the sounds of this place.

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 They're not there to adventure and explore.

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 They're there on a mission.

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 They're with one purpose in mind.

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 They are going to share the gospel in this place.

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 They're going to share the good news that the Savior, the Messiah, that he has come to those who are still waiting, desperately waiting for his return.

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 It's important for us in verse 2 to note that this was Paul's custom.

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 As he went to these towns, as he visited these places, it was his custom to go to the synagogue, to a place where the Jews were gathered, and to share the gospel.

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 This is not just some one-off thing he decided to do.

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 This is what he did.

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 He went to where he knew the people would be, and he shared the gospel with them.

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 So what does he do in the synagogue?

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 Does Paul use his own years of reasoning?

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 Does Paul use his own experience in debate and discussion?

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 Does he engage in three weeks of philosophical, theological debate with these men?

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 Then, what does Paul do?

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 Well, we see in verse 3, verse 2, well, verse 2, verse 3, he reasons with them from the scriptures.

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 Quite simply, he opens, or he turns to the scriptures of a scroll, as it were, and he reasons with them.

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 So what does Paul say?

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 We have that in verses 3 down to verse 4.

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 Verses 3 and verse 4 helpfully summarize what Paul discussed these three weeks in the synagogue.

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 He both explains and he proves what the Messiah had to endure.

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 What the Messiah had to do.

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 And then he makes this incredible fact, this incredible statement we have quoted here,

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 that Paul told them.

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 This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.

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 He is the Messiah.

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 The one you're waiting for.

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 He has come.

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 He has called Jesus.

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 Let me tell you all about him.

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 The one who has come to save his people.

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 Don't wait any longer.

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 He has come.

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 And his name is Jesus.

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 Paul, of course, was an apostle.

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 Paul had many years of learning.

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 But he knew the word of God was, of course, far, far superior to anything else he could offer these people.

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 Well, Scripture, God's word, is the basis of Paul's argument as he discusses with the Thessalonian Jews.

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 Now, of course, Paul does, even as we'll see God willing next week, he brings in sometimes cultural references.

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 He brings in poetry even when he's in Athens.

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 But the basis and the main thrust of this argument is always Scripture.

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 Always from God's word.

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 And the reality is, if the gospel is not shared with the word of God at its core,

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 then it's being shared without power.

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 Also good for us to note that Paul was here for three weeks in this synagogue.

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 Three weeks he shared with these people the good news.

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 Sometimes it's so distressing for us as we share the gospel with friends and family.

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 As we share it and we share it and nothing happens.

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 As we keep sharing the gospel and we're saying, why do you not believe this wonderful message?

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 It's good for us to remember that even if there's no immediate outside recognition of the gospel,

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 when the gospel is shared, like we said, seeds are always planted.

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 Paul spends three weeks here sharing the gospel.

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 It takes time sometimes, but we strive to do it nonetheless.

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 So what did he do?

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 He shared the gospel.

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 He went to the synagogue and he used God's word.

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 What did he say?

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 Well, he describes who the Messiah was, what had to happen to him.

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 Then he tells them who the Messiah was.

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 He tells them all about Jesus.

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 So what was the effect of all this?

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 We have that in verses four, roughly down to verse nine.

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 But first of all, we see in verse four, if you look down with me,

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 in verse four, we see first of all a positive response.

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 We see that it was not completely in vain at all that, in fact, people were listening to the gospel.

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 People were listening to the message that Paul shared.

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 They considered what he said and they had believed the message.

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 In fact, it tells us that a large number believed.

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 A large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few prominent women.

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 Very often the gospel, at least in Greek culture, was dismissed as something for the poor folks.

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 Something for the peasants, perhaps, but not for us.

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 These peasants, these poor folks who believe whatever you tell them to,

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 this gospel is for them.

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 But here we see who believes.

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 Prominent people.

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 Prominent women.

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 Well-respected people.

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 Here we see these new believers were devout.

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 They were well-respected men.

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 Well-respected women.

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 The gospel, of course, makes no distinction.

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 The gospel makes no distinction between poor or rich.

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 It doesn't matter our social or cultural background.

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 It doesn't matter how much money we have in the bank right now.

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 It doesn't matter what kind of family we come from.

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 The gospel is for all who will hear.

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 My friend, when we share the gospel, we're not just throwing out our words to the wind,

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 hoping something will stick occasionally.

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 When we share the gospel, whether in individual situations,

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 whether we share it to our family, to our friends,

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 whether we share it perhaps in the workplace,

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 whenever the gospel is shared, we're doing something that is incredible.

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 We're sharing a message that is powerful beyond what we can ever truly understand.

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 It's the very living words of God.

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 The very living words of our sovereign God.

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 Just because we are so frail.

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 And how often is it true that when we try and share the gospel,

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 we realize that what we've been doing,

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 that our wording of it, that the way we said it,

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 that was so silly, why did I say that?

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 Why did I do that?

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 Why did I word like that?

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 And we can be despairing at times

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 of just how awful we are as servants to God.

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 But reality is, the power of the gospel, of course, doesn't come from us.

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 Paul's not sharing the gospel here under his own authority.

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 He's sharing the gospel pure and simple.

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 We could say, well, we only have a snapshot here of what happened in Thessalonica.

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 How can we be sure that the message that Paul shared

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 had any real lasting effect in this place?

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 Are we not perhaps presuming a bit too much here?

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 Well, of course, we're not.

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 We have the wonderful evidence, the gospel,

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 the wonderful truth that was shared to these people.

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 The effect it had, it was lasting.

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 The incredible effect it had, it lasted.

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 So much so that we know that this small gathering of believers

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 became a vibrant church, a living church,

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 a hardworking church, even in the midst of a tough, tough situation.

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 These people were serving, living in a town that had no care for the gospel,

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 in an area that hated the gospel,

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 as we see from previous and coming chapters.

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 These people were living in a land that had no time for gospel message.

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 But yet we know that these small gatherings,

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 this small gathering of Christians, of new Christians,

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 that God sustained them.

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 And that they became a church.

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 They became a gathering of God's people,

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 living and sharing the gospel.

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 And we know that because Paul, of course, wrote two letters to them,

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 1 and 2 Thessalonians.

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 And in the opening statement of his first letter to this new church,

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 Paul says,

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 1 Thessalonians verses 2 down to 3,

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 We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers.

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 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith,

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 your labor prompted by love,

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 and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 This small gathering of new Christians.

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 They were showing their faith.

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 They were working hard from love.

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 And they were enduring.

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 Showing endurance inspired by their faith in their Lord Jesus.

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 An incredible description of this congregation of people.

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 Of this small church in this troubled town.

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 It's a description we should all be striving for as Christians,

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 and even as a church here.

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 That we would be working and laboring out of love.

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 We'd be enduring because of our inspiration of who we're enduring for.

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 And that we would work all we do based on faith.

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 We have a picture in these letters of a vibrant church.

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 A living, working, serving church.

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 All because the gospel was shared with them in that synagogue.

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 Of course, as always, when the gospel is shared,

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 the response is not always positive.

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 We see that, of course, yes, a good crowd had believed.

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 But, of course, what then happens?

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 Well, those who didn't believe and those who didn't agree to the gospel,

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 they didn't just voice their opinions, then move on.

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 Well, instead, they form a mob.

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 They form a riot.

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 They gather up these, in verse 5,

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 bad characters from the market.

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 A mob is formed.

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 And they go, of course, and they drag out Jason.

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 He's guilty of association.

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:49.980
 What caused this anger?

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 Well, we see again in verse 5.

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.100
 Jealousy.

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:57.419
 The Jewish authority, they were jealous.

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:59.879
 They were losing control, perhaps.

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:02.079
 Losing control over people.

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 They lost prominent people.

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 They lost good people.

00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:08.259
 They lost these prominent women.

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 And now, Paul's still preaching this gospel.

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 And they're watching their world change.

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 And they cannot handle that.

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:23.500
 So they form this angry crowd.

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:28.079
 And, of course, they accuse Paul and Silas and Jason,

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:31.259
 all the Christians, with this wonderful accusation.

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:35.440
 Accusation, the second half of verse 6 and verse 7.

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 They say,

00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:40.640
 These men who have caused trouble all over the world

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 have now come here.

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 And Jason has welcomed them into his house.

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 They are all defying Caesar decrees,

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:53.220
 saying that there is another king,

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:57.000
 one called Jesus.

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 Some translations have this as these men

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 who have turned the world upside down.

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 It's the same difference in the end.

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 The same sense comes through.

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:09.140
 These men, they're ruining things.

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 They're really spoiling how we do things here.

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:15.880
 This is not how this city works.

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:17.460
 This is not how we work.

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 They have caused trouble.

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:23.740
 Their message is causing problems for us.

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 You can almost hear the distress in their voices.

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:31.200
 These men have come to our city,

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 and look what they've done.

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 They've come and shared this message.

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 And these people, they believe them,

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 and they've left us.

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 And if we let this carry on anymore,

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:44.980
 what will happen?

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 They've come and they've dared declare

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 there is another king.

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:56.940
 Of course, this is the cornerstone

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:59.519
 of all our sin,

00:23:59.600 --> 00:24:01.920
 of all our rebellion against God.

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 We make ourselves kings.

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:11.759
 We make ourselves the pinnacle of all things.

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 And the gospel comes in,

00:24:15.320 --> 00:24:17.800
 and it shows us that we are not.

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:21.639
 The gospel comes in like it did in this town,

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:24.399
 and it shows us there is another king,

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 and that king is certainly not you or me.

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 Kind of echoed roughly in the words of Psalm 2,

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 where it says,

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:39.399
 discussing contrasting earth

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:43.080
 and humanity to Jesus and his eternal rule.

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 The kings of the earth set themselves,

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.960
 and the rulers take counsel together

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 against the Lord,

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 and against his anointed,

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:51.920
 saying,

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:54.380
 let us break their bonds in pieces,

00:24:54.780 --> 00:24:57.480
 and cast away their cords from us.

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 We want to be free.

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 We don't want another king over us.

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 Just like these folks in 5th Leonica.

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:07.339
 They couldn't bear the fact

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.339
 there is another king.

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:10.420
 This message Paul was sharing,

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:12.639
 it did not make sense.

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.559
 They didn't want to hear it.

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:18.000
 In many ways,

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:19.319
 they're just repeating, of course,

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:23.059
 the words of John 9, verse 15.

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 The crowd at the trial of Jesus.

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.920
 Pilate says to them,

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:31.980
 what did Pilate say?

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:34.380
 Here is your king.

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:36.440
 And the crowd answers,

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.680
 away with him.

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:39.060
 Away with him.

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.279
 Crucify him.

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.640
 Shall I crucify your king?

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.259
 Pilate asks.

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 We have no king but Caesar.

00:25:47.360 --> 00:25:48.039
 They replied.

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.880
 If we're honest,

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:53.660
 then we're speaking very honestly.

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:55.900
 If we're being true to ourselves,

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.820
 in many ways,

00:25:56.820 --> 00:25:59.820
 is this not how we view ourselves?

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:01.539
 I review the gospel.

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:05.600
 I do not want anyone else

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.360
 ruling over me.

00:26:07.560 --> 00:26:09.720
 I will not have Jesus

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:11.940
 as my king.

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.300
 Get rid of him.

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.259
 Take him away.

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.620
 Crucify him.

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:18.080
 I want nothing to do with this man.

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:22.100
 Of course, the reality is,

00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:23.660
 whatever we say,

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:25.039
 whatever we think,

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:26.779
 he is still king.

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.980
 He is still,

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.899
 right now,

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.440
 reigning

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:33.319
 as

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:34.839
 king.

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:38.759
 And we either serve him this evening

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:40.200
 as his servant,

00:26:40.659 --> 00:26:42.159
 or we fight against him

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:43.379
 as his enemy,

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.180
 as a fight

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.680
 we will never

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.639
 win.

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:50.220
 just like what happened here.

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.600
 The accusation,

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:53.120
 it was not wrong.

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.380
 The gospel

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:56.500
 was changing things.

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.200
 The gospel

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:59.400
 was turning this place

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.220
 upside down.

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.120
 And the gospel

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:03.480
 will change your life.

00:27:04.340 --> 00:27:05.440
 It's not so much

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.860
 turning it upside down,

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.180
 but it's turning it

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.000
 the way it's supposed

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.000
 to actually be.

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:12.339
 The gospel

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.099
 comes and it

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:14.400
 rearranges our lives.

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.380
 It rearranges

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.200
 who we are

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:17.240
 to what we're

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.680
 made

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.779
 to be.

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.700
 Let this be

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.519
 the world's

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.160
 accusation

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.819
 against us.

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.859
 The accusation

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.660
 we made here

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.480
 against

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.920
 these guys

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.599
 in Thessalonica.

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.920
 Against Paul

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.700
 and Silas

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.900
 and the companions.

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.660
 These men.

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:36.220
 They've turned

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.000
 the world upside down.

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.519
 These Christians.

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:40.279
 these Christians.

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.920
 They come

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.660
 and they mess

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.400
 things up.

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.920
 These Christians

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:45.119
 come and they say

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:46.400
 there is

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.279
 another way.

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.879
 These Christians,

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:50.059
 their message,

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.119
 it changes

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:52.160
 people's lives.

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.400
 It changes

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.639
 and it challenges

00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.619
 our views

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.879
 on wealth,

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.720
 on reality,

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:00.079
 on sexuality,

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.759
 whatever else

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.240
 the issues

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.559
 of the day

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.559
 are for us today.

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.700
 If people

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.200
 are going to

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.960
 talk about us,

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:09.140
 let it only

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:10.539
 be that the

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.220
 gospel we

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.720
 share

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:13.620
 is changing

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.680
 lives.

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.579
 So they

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.240
 leave this

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.579
 place.

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.240
 They leave

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.299
 Thessalonica

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.279
 both having

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.620
 seen

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:22.279
 incredible fruit

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.120
 but also

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:24.079
 seeing opposition

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:25.279
 to the gospel.

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.640
 So then we see

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.319
 of course Jason

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.559
 and the believers

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.460
 there having

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.079
 to

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:31.120
 their own

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.500
 bail

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.299
 and they

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:33.039
 pay the bond

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:34.819
 so Paul

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.659
 and Silas

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:37.200
 can leave.

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:37.720
 They're sent

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.440
 away of course

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.119
 then in verse

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.539
 10

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:41.039
 down

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.659
 to Berea.

00:28:43.659 --> 00:28:44.539
 They travel

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.460
 50 miles

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.159
 south of

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:46.700
 Thessalonica

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.480
 and they arrive

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.839
 in Berea.

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.519
 It's just in the

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.099
 foothills

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:51.420
 of Olympian

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.119
 mountains.

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.799
 Very briefly,

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.500
 very, very

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.220
 briefly in fact

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.119
 we see

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:57.899
 because it's

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:59.139
 a repeat

00:28:59.139 --> 00:28:59.659
 pattern

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.420
 of what

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:00.740
 happened

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.380
 in Thessalonica.

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.880
 First of all

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.100
 of course

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.680
 they go to

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.060
 the synagogue

00:29:04.060 --> 00:29:05.400
 and they

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:05.820
 share

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.940
 the message

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.840
 there.

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.980
 But what's

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.840
 different in Berea?

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:13.040
 We find

00:29:13.040 --> 00:29:13.560
 out that

00:29:13.560 --> 00:29:14.300
 these Bereans

00:29:14.300 --> 00:29:15.279
 in verse

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.740
 11

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.660
 scripture

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.460
 calls them

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.400
 noble

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.120
 in character.

00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:20.220
 Their character

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.700
 was more

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:22.880
 noble than

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.480
 those

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:25.400
 in Thessalonica.

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.600
 So why

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.120
 were they

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.580
 more noble?

00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:29.420
 Are they

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:29.800
 more noble

00:29:29.800 --> 00:29:30.259
 because they

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.640
 listened

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.060
 better?

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:31.860
 Are they

00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:32.420
 more noble

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.560
 because they

00:29:33.560 --> 00:29:34.840
 were nicer

00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:36.019
 to Paul

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.779
 and Silas?

00:29:38.060 --> 00:29:38.680
 Well of course

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.200
 we know that's

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.539
 not true.

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:39.940
 The word

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.740
 tells us

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.560
 they were

00:29:41.560 --> 00:29:42.300
 more noble

00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:42.880
 firstly

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.580
 because they

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:44.140
 received the

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.580
 gospel

00:29:44.580 --> 00:29:45.900
 with eagerness

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:47.360
 but then

00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:47.980
 because they

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.400
 took the

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.440
 time to

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.960
 examine

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:51.180
 the scriptures

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:52.240
 to test

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.620
 what they

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:53.140
 heard

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:54.180
 against the

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.880
 reality of

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.560
 God's word.

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.779
 Testing to

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.200
 see if what

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.259
 Paul is

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.680
 saying

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.480
 is it

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.759
 really

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.299
 true?

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.240
 And they

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.519
 say well

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.000
 Paul was

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.680
 an apostle

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:05.060
 that's seen

00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:05.740
 Jesus, been

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.519
 commissioned by

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.519
 Jesus, had

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.160
 done great

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.740
 things.

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.380
 Why do they

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:11.420
 dare question

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.180
 what he said

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.580
 to them?

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.539
 How could they

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.380
 not believe his

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.799
 word?

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:17.140
 Surely they

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.600
 were more

00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:18.120
 than enough.

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:19.899
 God

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:23.699
 said to

00:30:23.699 --> 00:30:24.119
 you.

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:25.119
 I stand

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:26.500
 before you

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.839
 just now.

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:28.799
 I am a

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.339
 boy from

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.859
 Hebrides.

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.139
 I was

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:31.319
 going to be

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.779
 preached in

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.219
 this building

00:30:32.219 --> 00:30:32.579
 very much

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.159
 aware of it.

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:33.639
 Very often

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:35.000
 my professors

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:36.279
 are listening

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.859
 into my

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.599
 sermons and

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.479
 if you ask

00:30:38.479 --> 00:30:38.779
 them after

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.319
 the service

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.739
 I'm sure

00:30:39.739 --> 00:30:40.039
 they could

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.579
 tell you

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.719
 just how

00:30:41.719 --> 00:30:42.339
 many and

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.819
 where my

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.419
 faults and

00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:44.239
 failings are

00:30:44.239 --> 00:30:44.739
 in terms of

00:30:44.739 --> 00:30:45.259
 knowledge and

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.859
 understanding.

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:47.519
 I could show

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.179
 you my test

00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:48.799
 results and

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.659
 pass marks and

00:30:49.659 --> 00:30:50.199
 you'd see very

00:30:50.199 --> 00:30:52.000
 quickly that I

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:53.659
 don't quite

00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:56.059
 measure up in

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:57.039
 terms of many

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:58.439
 areas of

00:30:58.439 --> 00:30:59.219
 understanding or

00:30:59.219 --> 00:30:59.859
 intelligence.

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.339
 So perhaps

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:02.559
 it would be

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.079
 fair enough to

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.779
 question my

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.099
 knowledge,

00:31:04.219 --> 00:31:04.659
 question my

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.219
 understanding.

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.279
 But Paul,

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:08.019
 the apostle

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:09.500
 Paul, if he

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.199
 was here would

00:31:10.199 --> 00:31:11.919
 you dare question

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:12.899
 his message?

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:15.079
 Well the brains

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.699
 had no

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.240
 issue doing

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.539
 so.

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.080
 They tested

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.960
 all his

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.000
 words against

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.480
 scripture and

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.019
 that's the

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:23.200
 wonder of

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.900
 the word of

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.180
 God.

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.920
 All other

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.559
 things will

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:26.940
 fail.

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.400
 My words

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.860
 will fail.

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.840
 Every person

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.400
 who stands

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:31.360
 here, their

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:32.319
 words are

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.100
 very much

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.559
 fallible.

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.360
 But scripture

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:37.080
 has no fault

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:38.120
 and it will

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:39.019
 never cease

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:40.259
 to be true.

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:41.940
 That's what

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.580
 separates

00:31:42.580 --> 00:31:43.340
 Christianity

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:45.080
 from so many

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.899
 other religions

00:31:45.899 --> 00:31:47.859
 and cults.

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.220
 They tell you

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.899
 don't dig

00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:50.960
 around, don't

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.699
 search it out,

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:53.019
 just believe us,

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.599
 listen to us,

00:31:53.679 --> 00:31:54.299
 it's fine,

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.919
 don't research

00:31:55.919 --> 00:31:56.740
 whatever you do.

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.319
 But we know

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.460
 that the

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.199
 Bible is true

00:32:00.199 --> 00:32:00.599
 and because the

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.240
 Bible is true,

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.279
 we can say,

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.279
 look into it,

00:32:03.659 --> 00:32:04.399
 dig into it,

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.480
 search it,

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:07.000
 and you'll only

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.960
 find more and

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:09.259
 more how true

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:10.139
 it actually is.

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.419
 When I was a

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:11.940
 kid, I got a

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.900
 big lump of

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:14.560
 fool's gold.

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.580
 I was going to

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:16.140
 look up the

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.740
 actual name of

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.100
 it, but I

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:17.560
 forgot to do

00:32:17.560 --> 00:32:17.720
 that.

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.340
 Fool's gold,

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.400
 I'm sure you

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.700
 all have seen

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.120
 it, it's a

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:21.039
 lump of rock

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.840
 that looks like

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:22.240
 gold.

00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:24.279
 And many a

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.840
 miner and

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.600
 prospector over

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.480
 the years has

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:28.200
 lost fortunes

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:29.039
 assuming it was

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.740
 gold and digging

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.279
 it out and

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.120
 realizing afterwards

00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:32.779
 it's just a

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.519
 nice gold,

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.320
 shiny rock.

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.640
 When you place

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.300
 fool's gold

00:32:37.300 --> 00:32:38.200
 beside actual

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.980
 gold, it takes

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.580
 all of two

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.220
 seconds to

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.919
 realize what's

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:43.000
 real and

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:44.399
 what is

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:45.319
 not.

00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:47.960
 When you put

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.480
 the word of

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.659
 God, the

00:32:49.659 --> 00:32:50.460
 truth of God,

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.199
 the reality of

00:32:51.199 --> 00:32:52.500
 the gospel up

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.480
 against any

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.159
 other reality,

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.619
 any other

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.759
 truth, they

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.720
 will begin to

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.480
 fall and

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.359
 falter so

00:32:58.359 --> 00:32:58.859
 quickly.

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:02.139
 The Brains

00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:03.059
 recognize that.

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.299
 They put

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:05.199
 Paul's words

00:33:05.199 --> 00:33:05.919
 to the test.

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.699
 They use

00:33:07.699 --> 00:33:08.460
 scripture as

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.980
 their ultimate

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:10.500
 source of

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.259
 authority.

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.779
 Let that be

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.279
 true for every

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.839
 one of us here

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:15.299
 this evening.

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.519
 Let our

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.480
 ultimate source

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.880
 of truth come

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.900
 from God's

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.220
 word.

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:21.700
 Help each one

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.360
 of us be as

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:23.779
 honorable and

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.579
 noble as

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.559
 these Brains

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.200
 that we would

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.059
 see God's

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:28.339
 word as the

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:29.360
 ultimate source

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:30.319
 of all our

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:31.059
 reality, of

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.640
 all our

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:32.500
 truth.

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:36.400
 So what is

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:37.240
 the effect in

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.680
 Berea?

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.539
 Well, initially

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.240
 we have the

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.640
 same glorious

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.259
 result.

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.380
 Look with me

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.839
 please to

00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:44.900
 verse 12.

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.799
 We see many

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.400
 of the Jews

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:47.900
 believed as

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.940
 did also again

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:50.059
 a number of

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.799
 prominent Greek

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.319
 women and

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:52.599
 many Greek

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:53.319
 men.

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.579
 A wonderful

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:55.960
 result.

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.599
 More people

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.440
 believe in the

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.019
 gospel, more

00:33:59.019 --> 00:34:00.359
 people calling

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:01.220
 Jesus their

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.680
 savior.

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.400
 Again, a

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.359
 new church is

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:05.120
 being formed in

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.859
 as early

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.500
 stages as

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.419
 growing here.

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:08.920
 Then of

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.440
 course we

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.119
 also see

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:11.440
 again opposition

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.199
 pops up.

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.859
 Not satisfied

00:34:13.859 --> 00:34:14.839
 with having

00:34:14.839 --> 00:34:15.299
 them kicked

00:34:15.299 --> 00:34:15.759
 out of their

00:34:15.759 --> 00:34:16.420
 own town,

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.980
 these guys

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.779
 from Thessalonica.

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.219
 They've traveled

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:21.000
 down, they've

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.859
 made the effort

00:34:21.859 --> 00:34:23.139
 to come down

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.859
 and to find

00:34:23.859 --> 00:34:24.819
 Paul and

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.819
 to find Silas

00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:26.400
 and to

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.799
 start, to

00:34:27.799 --> 00:34:28.299
 attempt to

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:29.339
 start another

00:34:29.339 --> 00:34:29.819
 riot.

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:33.420
 don't be

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.360
 surprised for

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.080
 a second

00:34:35.080 --> 00:34:36.700
 when you

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:37.740
 face opposition

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.120
 for your

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:38.420
 faith.

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.559
 When you

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.500
 face opposition

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.260
 to the

00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:41.880
 great gospel

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.220
 you are

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:42.500
 sharing,

00:34:42.580 --> 00:34:42.820
 when you

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.300
 see the

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.800
 church

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.640
 locally,

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.360
 the church

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.640
 in our

00:34:45.640 --> 00:34:46.019
 nation

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:47.019
 facing

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.539
 opposition,

00:34:48.640 --> 00:34:49.640
 when God

00:34:49.640 --> 00:34:49.960
 willing,

00:34:50.080 --> 00:34:50.260
 if we're

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.880
 granted more

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.340
 years,

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:53.280
 when we

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:53.880
 see more

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.200
 opposition

00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:54.600
 growing,

00:34:55.120 --> 00:34:55.519
 don't be

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:55.960
 surprised.

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:56.880
 It's

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.500
 nothing new

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:57.840
 for the

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.219
 church,

00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:00.139
 nothing new.

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.500
 In fact,

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:01.880
 we know

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.420
 that Jesus

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.019
 promised it

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.519
 would happen

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.380
 in Matthew

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.619
 5 and

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.300
 verse 11.

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.760
 So we

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.559
 see happening

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.500
 again and

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:10.300
 again in Acts

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:10.780
 again and

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.199
 again in the

00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:11.940
 early church,

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.840
 so we know

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.460
 to be happening

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.219
 right now

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.840
 across the

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.179
 world,

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.199
 the gospel

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:17.460
 faces so

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:18.420
 much

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:19.360
 opposition.

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.500
 And if we

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.159
 were relying

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.739
 on ourselves,

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.260
 if we were

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:23.820
 relying on

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.699
 our hopes,

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.519
 and if we're

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.079
 just hoping

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.460
 it was all

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.880
 true,

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:28.140
 then how

00:35:28.140 --> 00:35:28.960
 sad a

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.440
 situation

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.880
 would we

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.140
 have.

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:31.119
 As we

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.559
 see the

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:31.980
 gospel

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.579
 attacked,

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.400
 as we

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.760
 see the

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.240
 gospel

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:35.039
 under

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.660
 pressure,

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.680
 we'd have

00:35:36.680 --> 00:35:37.500
 no hope

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.280
 whatsoever

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.599
 that it

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.240
 would survive.

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.940
 But here

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.440
 we are in

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.860
 Edinburgh,

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.860
 thousands of

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.380
 miles away,

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.300
 thousands of

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:47.059
 years later

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.599
 from this

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.000
 place,

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:49.000
 and here

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.500
 we are

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.240
 worshipping

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:51.360
 Jesus.

00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:54.340
 He will

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:54.980
 keep this

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.360
 church.

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.960
 he

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.900
 protect

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.220
 his

00:35:58.220 --> 00:35:58.599
 people.

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.960
 Just as

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.460
 he did

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.440
 in these

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.940
 pages,

00:36:02.140 --> 00:36:02.519
 in these

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:02.900
 verses,

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.059
 nothing has

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:05.220
 changed for

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:06.140
 us today.

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.420
 Paul,

00:36:08.220 --> 00:36:08.800
 Silas,

00:36:09.200 --> 00:36:09.519
 and their

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.059
 companions,

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:11.019
 they shared

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.480
 the good

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.780
 news.

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.380
 They did

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.320
 so faithfully,

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.680
 and they did

00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:16.140
 so most

00:36:16.140 --> 00:36:16.740
 importantly,

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:17.740
 using

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:18.340
 scripture.

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.079
 They shared

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.400
 it in the

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.120
 midst of

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:23.119
 trials of

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.880
 tough,

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.980
 tough

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.759
 situations,

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.719
 but God

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:28.679
 blessed that

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.639
 to further

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:30.319
 his church.

00:36:30.799 --> 00:36:31.759
 God blessed

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.619
 that to

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.619
 grow his

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.019
 church.

00:36:34.759 --> 00:36:34.980
 What

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.460
 encouragement

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.400
 that should

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:36.940
 be for us

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.400
 this evening,

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:39.380
 we strive,

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.139
 we work,

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:40.679
 we share

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.219
 the gospel,

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:42.779
 we pray for

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:42.940
 it,

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.099
 we pray for

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.639
 our friends,

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.159
 we pray for

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:45.619
 our family

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.039
 members,

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:47.000
 we pray that

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.519
 they would

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.159
 come to know

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.619
 the gospel,

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.019
 we share

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.359
 the gospel

00:36:49.359 --> 00:36:49.719
 with them,

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.319
 we pray for

00:36:50.319 --> 00:36:50.480
 them,

00:36:50.899 --> 00:36:51.699
 and so on.

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.559
 But we rely

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.119
 on God,

00:36:54.879 --> 00:36:55.879
 on his word,

00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:56.940
 and he will

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.759
 use that

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:59.000
 for his

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.359
 glory.

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.460
 He will

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.739
 not be

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.159
 defeated.

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.879
 His purposes

00:37:02.879 --> 00:37:03.759
 and his plans

00:37:03.759 --> 00:37:04.719
 like we see

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.399
 in his verses,

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:08.019
 God is weaving

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:09.119
 all these things

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.639
 together.

00:37:10.399 --> 00:37:10.960
 The gospel

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.739
 was shared.

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.559
 Opposition

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.219
 came up,

00:37:13.339 --> 00:37:13.599
 yes,

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.839
 but the gospel

00:37:14.839 --> 00:37:15.399
 was shared.

00:37:15.839 --> 00:37:16.299
 Churches

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:16.920
 were started,

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.139
 new Christians

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:19.440
 believed.

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:23.059
 God's purposes,

00:37:23.339 --> 00:37:24.000
 God's plan

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.940
 will not be

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.259
 stopped.

00:37:26.859 --> 00:37:27.559
 That's our

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.159
 comfort here

00:37:28.159 --> 00:37:28.659
 this evening.

00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:30.759
 As we go

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:31.359
 on through

00:37:31.359 --> 00:37:32.039
 our lives,

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:33.299
 as we carry

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:34.739
 on serving

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:35.339
 and seeking

00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:36.119
 to serve God

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:37.059
 in various ways

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:38.519
 in our homes,

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:39.199
 in our places

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:39.819
 of work,

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:41.119
 in our city,

00:37:41.779 --> 00:37:43.059
 just as Paul

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.900
 and Silas

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:45.219
 based all

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.739
 they had

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.420
 on the word,

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:48.159
 that would

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:48.340
 be true

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.659
 for us

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:49.000
 also.

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:51.200
 And we do

00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:51.760
 pray and we

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:52.180
 do know

00:37:52.180 --> 00:37:52.780
 that God

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.440
 will bless

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:54.440
 his word

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:55.000
 wherever it

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.240
 should.

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:56.239
 and we......

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:56.959
 We'll...

00:37:56.959 --> 00:38:00.659
 says the

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:08.719
 And we...

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:10.219
 ask the

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.699
 picture

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.299
 of the

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:11.819
 сов

00:38:11.819 --> 00:38:12.359
 and then we

00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:13.219
 say it

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:13.599
 and we

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:13.879
 can be