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 Well, good morning. It's an exciting morning. We're going to have a baptism at the end of the service.

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! That's something to look forward to. I want to begin this morning by asking you a question.

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 If you wanted to believe in God, what sign would you want to see him do to convince him to believe?

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 To convince you to believe. Woody Allen famously in The New Yorker said,

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 if only God would give me some clear sign like making a large deposit in my name and a Swiss bank account.

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 But seriously, maybe you would want to see the end of food scarcity in the world.

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 Maybe you would want to see a celestial fireworks show of shooting stars.

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 Maybe you'd want to hear God speak to you with an audible voice.

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 Or maybe you would want him to heal a broken relationship or a broken leg.

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 It's not hard to imagine what might be a significant and meaningful sign for us.

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 But this question brings us to our passage this morning.

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 Here at Trinity, we preach through books of the Bible and we're preaching through the book of Acts.

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 And we are in chapter 3 of the book of Acts this morning.

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 If you want to turn there, it's either page 857 or 868, depending on the printing of your Bible.

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 So you should be able to find it there.

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 And what we see is the book of Acts is about what God does after the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 How he is at work through his people building his church in the world.

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 And specifically this morning, we're going to see God do a great sign and wonder.

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 And to meditate on what we ought to learn from this this morning.

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 So let me pray as we look at God's word together and ask God's help.

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 Lord, we thank you this morning for your word.

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 We thank you that in it you have revealed yourself to us.

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 Lord, that we are not left grasping or wondering or hoping that we might know you.

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 But you have made yourself known.

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 And Lord, in your word, we pray that you would help us this morning to see you more clearly.

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 To know you.

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 Lord, may our minds be awakened to know the truths of who you are.

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 May our hearts be set aflame to love you as we ought to.

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 Lord, I pray for your help that you would help me to speak as I ought with clarity.

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 And Lord, in dependence upon you that we might together sit under and be blessed by your word this morning.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 In this story, chapter 3 of the book of Acts, we're going to see that God does a great work to show us three things.

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 He's going to show us a great sign.

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 He's going to show us a great name.

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 And He's going to show us a great Savior.

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 So instead of reading through the whole thing, we're going to read it through in chunks.

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 So let's begin by looking at a great sign.

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 Starting in verse 1, we'll read 1 through 10 together.

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 Acts chapter 3.

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 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

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 And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the beautiful gate,

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 to ask alms of those entering the temple.

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 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.

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 And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, look at us.

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 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.

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 But Peter said, I have no silver or gold, but what I do have, I give to you.

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 In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.

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 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

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 And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

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 And all the people saw him walking and praising God, and recognized him as the one who sat at the beautiful gate of the temple asking for alms.

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 And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

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 These verse 10 verses are a story of a great sign that God did.

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 Peter and John were on their way up to the temple.

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 This is where they would go.

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 In the very beginning of Christianity, they would go to the temple,

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 because this is where God's people historically had gathered.

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 And these followers of Jesus were going there to continue that practice.

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 And they run across a man who is in very obvious need.

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 The text is clear.

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 He was lame from birth.

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 This had been his whole life, being carried into public places where he could ask for help,

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 for food or for money or whatever it is.

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 And he asked them.

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 You know, you can imagine, because we see this in New Haven sometimes,

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 people sitting on the streets asking for help.

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 You can imagine how the streams would pass him by.

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 No one would pay attention.

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 Peter and John heard him, and they focused their attention on him.

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 And he asked for the help that he thought he would get.

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 He wasn't even asking for healing.

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 He was just asking for a bite to eat or a dollar to get some food.

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 Right?

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 And Peter and John say, we don't have a lot of money either.

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 We don't have anything to give you.

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 But what we do have, we will give to you.

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 In the name of Jesus, rise and walk.

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 And God, in that moment, worked.

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 That man was healed instantly and fully.

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 Peter and John grabbed him and pulled him up.

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 And a man who had never walked suddenly had ankles and feet that were strengthened

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 so that he could not only walk, but he could leap with joy

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 and go into the temple for the first time on his own power to worship God.

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 What an amazing thing.

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 And it was so amazing that it wasn't just he who saw this or Peter and John,

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 but all the crowd, the people around were amazed and full of wonder.

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 Isn't that the guy who never walked?

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 And now suddenly here he is walking and praising God.

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 God's supernatural intervention is a great sign.

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 God's supernatural intervention is a great sign.

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 Probably many of those seeing this would have thought about the passage

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 that Christina read earlier from Isaiah 61,

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 talking about when the coming of the Messiah

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 and the new season of God's blessing would come.

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 It would come with someone who would bring a renewal and a restored world.

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 The words that were read earlier from Isaiah was what Jesus read in Luke chapter 4

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 when he began his ministry.

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 He said, in me, these scriptures are fulfilled.

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 I have come to do these things that the lame will be healed,

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 that the blind will see, that the captives will be set free.

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 This picture of restoration, that the Messiah would come and bring that.

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 All right, I have to admit, I watch videos on YouTube every once in a while.

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 And if you've ever seen SB mowing videos, okay,

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 it's this guy who does landscaping.

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 But what he does is he goes to places for free

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 when he sees a completely overgrown yard that's just a complete mess.

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 And he goes and knocks on the door and said,

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 can I restore your yard for you?

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 And he then goes and he cleans the sidewalk.

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 He discovers sidewalks that you can't even see

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 because they've been buried under dirt.

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 He cuts down grass that's like three feet high.

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 And this complete jungle of a mess,

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 at the end of the video,

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 is restored to this beautiful thing.

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 Friends, this is just a taste of what Jesus has come to do.

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 And the apostles get to be a part of it.

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 We see this restoring work in Jesus' ministry

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 as he healed the sick and he gave sight to the blind,

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 as he even raised people from the dead.

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 We see it in the apostles' ministry.

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 It's already been mentioned in chapter 2, verses 43,

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 that they did many signs and wonders.

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 And we'll see it continuing.

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 Paul will continue to do it in the book of Acts.

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 So here's the question that we wrestle with, don't we?

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 Should we expect God to be doing these things today?

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 All right.

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 This is going to be a bit of an aside.

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 All right?

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 Here we go.

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 First of all, the question is, can God do this?

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 Of course he can.

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 The God of the universe who made everything,

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 if he wants to do something supernatural,

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 of course he can do this.

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 God is not bound.

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 He is not unable.

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 Right?

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 Does God still do this?

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 That's the second question.

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 Well, yes, I think we have to say he does do this.

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 Right?

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 Because we see that people have been healed

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 and are being healed.

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 Now, okay, here's another rabbit trail.

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 Healing is an amazing thing, though,

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 under God's sovereignty.

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 Right?

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 Because how does God heal?

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 Every time our white blood cells fight off an infection,

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 God is healing us.

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 Every time a broken bone heals,

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 God is healing us.

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 Every time medicine fights back cancer

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 and puts us in remission,

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 God is healing us.

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 And sometimes God steps in,

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 and beyond any what we would consider normal

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 or natural means of ways that we've seen God

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 create a world that heals,

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 he intervenes like he did in this man's life.

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 And he made strong ankles and feet

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 where there had never been.

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 And God does this.

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 And I know, as I look out among you,

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 some of you have experienced this.

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 You've seen babies in utero

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 knit together when they weren't together.

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 You've seen chronic disease

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 lay waste to your life

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 and then be restored.

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 You've seen cancers go into remission

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 unexpectedly and gloriously.

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 God does still heal.

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 And he does it supernaturally some of the time.

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 So now we come back to the question I asked.

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 Should we expect God to work

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 in these particular supernatural sign-like ways?

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 Now this is a big conversation in the church.

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 Some people would say that these signs were given

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 particularly to the apostles

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 as they were beginning the work of the ministry of the church,

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 as they were preaching God's word

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 and establishing the church.

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 One of the reasons they argue this

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 is you see that there's lots of this

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 at the beginning of the book of Acts,

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 but as you go along it,

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 they seem to fade in relationship

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 to other works of God

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 among his people of evangelism and discipleship,

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 of sanctification and salvation, right?

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 So some people have thought,

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 no, that was just for the apostles.

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 Other people have thought,

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 well, God does continue to do this,

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 but particularly in places

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 where the gospel is just starting out,

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 where there's a particular need or desire

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 for authentication of the message

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 that's being verbally proclaimed,

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 just like it was here in Acts,

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 but also we see this in other parts of the world,

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 in new places, right?

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 So this is another argument

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 that some people in the church have put forth,

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 that it does happen,

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 but really we should expect it

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 where the gospel is taking new ground,

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 where it's reaching new cultures

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 and new peoples

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 and new places

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 where the church is not yet established.

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 Some people would argue,

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 yes, this does continue,

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 and they would point to things

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 like 1 Corinthians 12,

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 which lists healing as one of the gifts

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 in the body of Christ,

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 or James 5, where it says,

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 if any of you are sick,

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 call the elders

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 and pray that you may be healed.

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 So there's a breadth of understanding about this.

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 So how do we navigate this?

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 How do we navigate this?

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 Here's what I want to go to.

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 I want to say this pastorally.

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 We should neither deny nor elevate

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 these signs of healing in our church, right?

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 Some of you have experienced them,

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 and it's so wonderful.

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 You just want everyone to experience the same thing.

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 But listen, as I look out here,

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 I also know that some of you have walked,

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 sorry, have walked the hard road

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 of sickness that leads to death.

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 Some of you even now

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 are experiencing chronic disease,

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 and God hasn't healed that.

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 Some of you have experienced deep loss

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 as you've seen this happen.

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 And so we need to hold these things together

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 as we do this.

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 Neither elevate nor deny.

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 Why do I say this?

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 Well, I have three reasons, right?

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 First, it's because in the weight of the Christian life

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 and in the scriptures,

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 it's not these supernatural signs

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 that are the key to spiritual growth,

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 life, or maturity.

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 It's knowing Christ.

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 It's growing in Godliness.

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 It's transformed character.

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 It's all sorts of other things

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 that have to do with God convicting us of sin

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 and changing our hearts

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 so that we love Him more than sin,

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 and these sorts of things.

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 This is what we see as the normal Christian life.

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 Right?

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 So that's the first reason.

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 The second reason is that the sign of healing,

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 the wonderful, is temporary

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 because the man who was healed in the temple

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 still died.

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 Right?

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 And this is the one thing

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 that we've never been able to see

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 God transform.

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 All of us, our bodies will decay and die

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 until the final resurrection.

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 Right?

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 And so we recognize that even something

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 as wonderful and as miraculous

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 as this healing for this man

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 was temporary.

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 And the third reason is

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 because I believe that this passage itself

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 says that as great as this healing was,

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 it was pointing to something greater.

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 If you want to look for someone

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 who has great perspective on healing,

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 I recommend Johnny Erickson Tada.

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 If you have not read her books,

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 she has a book called When God Weeps.

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 She has another book called

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 A Place of Healing.

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 She became a quadriplegic

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 through a diving accident

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 when she was a teenager

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 and then wrote particularly

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 A Place of Healing.

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 Forty years later,

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 she was experiencing both debilitating

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 chronic pain,

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 which is odd for a quadriplegic,

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 but there it was.

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 And she ended up getting cancer

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 in the middle of it.

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 God has preserved her

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 through all these things.

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 This is what she writes

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 about how she prays.

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 Yes, I pray that my pain

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 might be removed,

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 that it might cease,

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 but more so,

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 I pray for the strength to bear it,

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 for the grace to benefit from it,

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 and the devotion to offer it up to God

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 as a sacrifice of praise.

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 For all the concentration

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 I can muster in prayer,

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 I must not dissipate it

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 in seeking physical blessings only.

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 Rather,

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 I must spend a good portion of it

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 seeking spiritual growth

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 and praying for Christ's kingdom

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 to go forth

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 into this dark world.

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 For such prayers are a way

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 for me to know God

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 and to know Him deeper,

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 higher,

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 richer,

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 wider,

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 and fuller,

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 more fuller

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 than if I comfortably

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 cruise through life

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 in my wheelchair.

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 So yes, pray.

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 Pray for God's healing

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 because He does work.

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 But neither elevate it

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 nor deny it

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 in your heart

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 because

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 when God does this,

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 it is

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 meant to give us

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 a foretaste.

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 It is a sign

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 of something else.

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 Right?

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 You know what signs are.

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 You know,

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 when you're driving to New Haven,

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 there are those green signs

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 that point you to

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 if you want to go to the courthouse,

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 you go this way.

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 If you want to go to Yale University,

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 go that way.

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 If you want to go to the art museum,

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 go that way.

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 A sign points to a destination

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 and Peter has a destination

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 in mind

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 as he begins then

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 to respond to what he's seeing

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 in the next section of our passage.

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 So let's look at it briefly.

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 We're now in

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 verses 11 through 16

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 of Acts chapter 3.

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 Let's read it together.

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 While he clung to Peter and John,

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 all the people ran together

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 to them

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 in the portico

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 called Solomon's,

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 astounded.

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 And when Peter saw it,

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 he addressed the people.

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 Men of Israel,

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 why do you wonder at this?

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 Or why do you stare at us

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 as though by our own power

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 or piety

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 we've made him walk?

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 The God of Abraham,

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 the God of Isaac,

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 and the God of Jacob,

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 the God of our forefathers,

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 glorified his servant Jesus,

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 whom you delivered over

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 and denied in the presence

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 of Pilate

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 when he had decided

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 to release him.

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 But you denied

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 the holy and righteous one

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 and asked for a murderer

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 to be granted to you.

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 And you killed

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 the author of life

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 whom God raised

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 from the dead.

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 To this

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 we are witnesses.

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 And his name,

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 by faith in his name,

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 has this man

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 strong,

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 has made this man strong

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 whom you see

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 and know.

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 And the faith

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 that is through Jesus

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 has given the man

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 this perfect health

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 in the presence

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 of you all.

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 Peter sees the amazement

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 of the crowd.

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 They're wondering,

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 how could this happen?

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 And he wants to clarify.

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 The first thing he says

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 is,

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 this is not about us.

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 This is not about me

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 and whether I healed you

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 or not.

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 Right?

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 He says,

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 it's not my,

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 I have no intrinsic

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 ability to do this.

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 But instead,

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 he says,

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 it is the God

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 of Abraham

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 and Isaac

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 and Jacob

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 who

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 did what?

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 Glorified

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 this man,

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 Jesus,

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 by raising him

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 from the dead.

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 And he goes to the end,

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 he says,

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 and it is in the name

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 of Jesus

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 that this man

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 has been healed.

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 Right?

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 Now,

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 what is a name?

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 Right?

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 We think about a name,

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 it's just like

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 what you put on your,

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 you know,

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 name tag

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 or something like that.

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 But in the Bible,

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 the name has more significance.

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 A name signifies

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 someone's power

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 and authority.

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 Kind of like

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 in the old days

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 in the movies

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 where they say,

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 open up in the name

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 of the king.

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 Right?

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 They have authority

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 and power

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 to open that door.

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 They're asking the person

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 to open it nicely,

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 but if they won't,

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 they'll break it down

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 because they have

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 the authority

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 to do that.

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 Right?

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 Right?

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 And in verses 13 through 15,

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 Peter's unpacking

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 the richness

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 of what Jesus' name

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 signifies.

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 Right?

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 He is the one

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 who has been glorified

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 by the God of Israel

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 by raising him

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 from the dead.

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 And he sets this

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 in contrast.

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 You denied him.

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 You didn't ask for him

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 but asked for a murder instead.

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 You killed him

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 who is the author

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 of life,

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 who by the resurrection

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 of the dead

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 is able to give life

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 to people

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 and you killed him.

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 But God raised him up

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 and God is the one

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 who made him

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 this glorious savior,

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 this wonderful name

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 by which we may be healed.

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 And so Peter's first thing

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 that he wants to tell

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 these people

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 about this healing

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 is not about the healing.

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.779
 It's not about

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 how to get there.

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 It's not how to get more.

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 It's about Jesus

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 and it's about

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 the name of Jesus,

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 the exalted,

00:20:53.320 --> 00:20:54.240
 resurrected one

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 whom God affirmed.

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 That he is not merely

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 a healer of sickness

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 or a defeater of evil

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 but more centrally

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 he is a defeater

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 of sin and death

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 and a king who brings

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.860
 an eternal kingdom

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:10.100
 of life

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 that we get to taste now

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 maybe in healing,

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 more certainly in joy,

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 and hope.

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 So this is what Peter says

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:23.440
 to us in verses 11 through 16

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 is what is this healing about?

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 It's about Jesus

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 and the name of Jesus

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 and then he expands

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 on this understanding

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 even more so, right?

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 So when we get to verse 17

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 we're going to read this.

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 We're going to see this expansion

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 where it's not only a great name

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 but a great savior.

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 So let's read this section together.

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 Verses 17 and following.

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 And now brothers,

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 I know that you acted

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.440
 in ignorance

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.860
 as did your rulers

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:55.240
 but what God foretold

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:57.259
 by the mouth of all the prophets

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:59.579
 that his Christ would suffer

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:01.100
 he thus fulfilled.

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 Repent therefore

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.759
 and turn again

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.559
 that your sins

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 may be blotted out

00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:07.579
 that times of refreshing

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 may come

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 from the presence of the Lord

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 and that he may send

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 the Christ appointed for you,

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 Jesus

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:16.839
 whom heaven must receive

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.779
 until the time

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 for restoring

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 all the things

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 about which God spoke

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 by the mouth

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:23.440
 of his holy prophets

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.180
 long ago.

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 Moses said

00:22:25.860 --> 00:22:26.839
 the Lord God

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 will raise up for you

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:29.039
 a prophet like me

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 from your brothers.

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 You shall listen to him

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 in whatever he tells you

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.839
 and it shall be

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.980
 that every soul

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:36.019
 who does not listen

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.740
 to that prophet

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.720
 shall be destroyed

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.660
 from the people.

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 And all the prophets

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 who have spoken

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:42.079
 from Samuel

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 and those who came after him

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 also proclaim these days

00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:46.500
 you are the sons

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.340
 of the prophets

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 and the covenants

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:49.080
 that God made

00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:50.279
 with your fathers

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:51.779
 saying to Abraham

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:53.519
 in your offspring

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:55.580
 shall all the families

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 of the earth be blessed.

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:59.279
 God having raised up

00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.900
 his servant

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:01.720
 sent him to you first

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.820
 to bless you

00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:03.900
 by turning in

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:05.120
 every one of you

00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:07.700
 from your wickedness.

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:12.200
 So in this last section

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:15.580
 after doing the healing

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:16.660
 and then claiming

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.779
 that this is fundamentally

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.539
 about Jesus

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:20.400
 he now confronts the people

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 and remember

00:23:20.840 --> 00:23:21.500
 he's preaching

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:23.160
 to a primarily Jewish audience.

00:23:23.580 --> 00:23:24.400
 He's in the temple

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:25.259
 preaching to people

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:28.039
 who were almost certainly

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:29.740
 almost all Jewish people.

00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:30.180
 Right?

00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.920
 And he's saying to them

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:33.519
 this Jesus

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:35.059
 is not only the name

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:36.240
 he didn't spring out

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.120
 out of nowhere

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:39.259
 in history

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.099
 but instead

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:41.079
 he is the fulfillment

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 of everything

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.960
 that you have known

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.879
 as Jewish people

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:45.099
 about what God

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:45.960
 is doing in the world.

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:47.379
 He is the fulfillment

00:23:47.379 --> 00:23:48.460
 to believe in him

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.920
 and trust in him

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 because he is the fulfillment.

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 And then he unpacks

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:54.680
 this incredible picture.

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:55.579
 Right?

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.460
 This passage

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.779
 is actually really weird.

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.180
 You're like

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:59.180
 where is he going?

00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.099
 He's all over

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.759
 the Old Testament.

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 He's mentioning

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.819
 Samuel and Moses

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:04.720
 and Abraham

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:06.240
 and all the prophets.

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 He's saying

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.779
 where is he going?

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.700
 Right?

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:11.000
 Well what he's saying

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.539
 is Jesus is the fulfillment

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.319
 and he paints

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.399
 really briefly

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:15.160
 but beautifully

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.079
 this Old Testament

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:17.539
 tapestry

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.940
 of God's

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 redemptive promises.

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 And so I want to

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.720
 lead you through that

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.420
 really briefly

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.039
 this morning

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 as we close

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 as we look at this.

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 Right?

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 One of the things he does

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.879
 you see in verse 13

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 and then again

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.319
 in verse 26

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 what does he call Jesus?

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 He calls him

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 my servant.

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 Now if you were

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.879
 a first century Jew

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 that would ring bells

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 to think of

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 the prophet Isaiah

00:24:41.340 --> 00:24:43.040
 who talks about

00:24:43.040 --> 00:24:44.520
 the suffering servant

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 in chapters 42

00:24:45.540 --> 00:24:46.460
 through 55

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 and in the central

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:49.140
 most clear passage

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 about who

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 who this suffering servant

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 is and what he would do

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:54.580
 we see in Isaiah

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 53, 46

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 we'll put it up

00:24:56.840 --> 00:24:57.280
 on the screen

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 so you can see it together

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 he says this

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 about the suffering servant

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 surely he has borne

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.339
 our griefs

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:04.679
 and carried our sorrows

00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:06.259
 yet we esteemed him

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.059
 stricken

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 smitten by God

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 and afflicted

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 but he was pierced

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.219
 for our transgressions

00:25:12.219 --> 00:25:13.059
 he was crushed

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:14.139
 for our iniquities

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:15.299
 upon him

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.559
 was the chastisement

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.819
 that brought us peace

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:19.939
 and with his wounds

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 we are healed

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:23.519
 all we like sheep

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.299
 have gone astray

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.119
 we have turned

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:26.639
 everyone to our own way

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.840
 and the Lord

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:29.140
 has laid on him

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:30.440
 the iniquity

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:32.400
 of us all

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 friends

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 this is the centerpiece

00:25:36.300 --> 00:25:37.840
 of the fulfillment

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:39.680
 that Jesus came

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 and lived

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 a perfect life

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.960
 and then died

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.680
 on the cross

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 for sins

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 he was pierced

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.440
 he was crushed

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 he was killed

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 why?

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 for the forgiveness

00:25:50.540 --> 00:25:51.560
 of our sins

00:25:51.560 --> 00:25:52.300
 and you see how

00:25:52.300 --> 00:25:53.380
 Peter connected it

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:54.300
 he told them

00:25:54.300 --> 00:25:54.840
 to repent

00:25:54.840 --> 00:25:56.020
 so that their sins

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:57.019
 might be forgiven

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:58.200
 he's not talking

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.299
 about healing anymore

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.359
 he's not talking

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:01.359
 about their present

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.180
 day challenges

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.579
 as great as they may be

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.759
 he's talking about

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.420
 their sin

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.099
 and he's saying

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.900
 this Jesus

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.900
 is the fulfillment

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:09.359
 of this promise

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:10.400
 in the Old Testament

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:12.619
 that the healing

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.639
 that this Savior

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:14.339
 would bring

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.639
 yes it would

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:15.940
 may

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:17.259
 he may overflow

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.920
 with healing

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:19.259
 of a broken bone

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.980
 or of a disease

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.160
 but more so

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:22.099
 he's going to heal us

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.819
 from the sickness

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.759
 of death

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:25.180
 and sin

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:26.519
 through forgiveness

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:28.240
 dying on the cross

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.860
 for us

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:30.019
 being raised

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.580
 from the dead

00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:31.279
 so that he's able

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.100
 to give life

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:33.279
 to all who believe

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.560
 in him

00:26:34.560 --> 00:26:37.380
 and so this is

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.580
 where Peter starts

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:40.160
 as he's saying

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:41.060
 don't you see

00:26:41.060 --> 00:26:42.160
 Jesus is the fulfillment

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.900
 of this servant

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.519
 and he's saying

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.180
 and he's also

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.240
 the fulfillment

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.400
 of what Moses said

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.380
 that a prophet

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.340
 like him

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:49.560
 like Moses

00:26:49.560 --> 00:26:50.720
 would come after him

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.400
 who would be greater

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:51.779
 than him

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.000
 and what did Moses do?

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:55.480
 Moses led his people

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.460
 from slavery

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.140
 to Egypt

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.500
 into the joy

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.200
 and the freedom

00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:00.460
 of the promised land

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:02.619
 this was the exodus

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:03.779
 right

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.680
 from captivity

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.380
 to freedom

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:06.420
 and this is what

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.200
 Jesus does

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.579
 again

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.440
 not from

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.980
 socio-political oppression

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:11.839
 but from the oppression

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.579
 of sin

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.380
 and the captivity

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.019
 that sin

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:15.539
 captures our hearts

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.779
 Jesus comes

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:18.019
 as a greater Moses

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:19.319
 to set us free

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.640
 from these things

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:22.580
 and it's not just

00:27:22.580 --> 00:27:23.420
 setting us free

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.020
 for these things

00:27:24.020 --> 00:27:24.759
 but these things

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.480
 are the fulfillment

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:27.140
 going back even further

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:28.000
 in the Old Testament

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.140
 to Abraham

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.900
 where we see

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:31.060
 in verse 24

00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:31.860
 and 25

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:34.240
 all in your offspring

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.840
 all the families

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.700
 of the earth

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.560
 will be blessed

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:40.200
 and he's saying

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:41.100
 don't you see

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:42.180
 the blessing

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.780
 that you see

00:27:42.780 --> 00:27:43.600
 on this man

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.240
 who is now

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.320
 walking and leaping

00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:46.460
 and rejoicing

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.120
 in the temple

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:49.500
 this is just a foretaste

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.420
 of the blessing

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.960
 this is a little taste

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.720
 of the blessing

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:54.599
 that comes more fully

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.680
 through the salvation

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.819
 of people

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.660
 both Jew

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.460
 and Gentile

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.640
 not just the offspring

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.299
 of Abraham

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:01.180
 genetically

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:02.099
 but the offspring

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.700
 of Abraham

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.779
 who are like him

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:05.359
 because they believe

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.079
 in Jesus

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:08.900
 this is the blessing

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:10.640
 that God has brought

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:13.119
 this is the amazing sign

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:14.440
 do you want to see

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.019
 a sign

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:16.220
 friends

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.460
 this is what the Bible

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.240
 tells us above

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.339
 everything else

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:21.199
 a sign of healing

00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:21.899
 or provision

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:23.220
 we praise God

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.759
 for it

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:25.000
 but Jesus

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.359
 is a greater sign

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:27.779
 and he has already

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.679
 lived and died

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:29.559
 and risen again

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.879
 we don't need to wonder

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.859
 what new thing

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.659
 he has to done

00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:34.039
 he has already done

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:35.319
 everything that is

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.559
 sufficient for us

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:38.379
 that we may know

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:38.980
 his

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:40.720
 the surpassing glory

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:42.259
 of this sign

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:44.759
 if all the healings

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.419
 and provisions

00:28:45.419 --> 00:28:46.639
 and protections

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.579
 that God does

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.500
 which he does do

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.160
 in this world

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:50.480
 if they are like

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:52.019
 the stars in the sky

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:53.720
 Jesus is the sun

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:57.039
 and his light

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:58.660
 it all fades

00:28:58.660 --> 00:29:00.380
 we are eclipsed

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.759
 by the glory

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:03.640
 of this Jesus

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:08.940
 and this is why

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:11.680
 Peter wants us

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:13.420
 in light of the healing

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:14.080
 of a man

00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:15.380
 who was lame

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:16.080
 from birth

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:18.280
 to respond

00:29:18.280 --> 00:29:19.380
 not by saying

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.800
 give me more of that

00:29:20.800 --> 00:29:22.259
 can I get more healing

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:24.040
 can I get more blessing

00:29:24.040 --> 00:29:25.860
 can I get material blessing

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:27.180
 can I get more stuff

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.560
 here's the thing

00:29:28.560 --> 00:29:29.440
 it's fine to ask

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:30.240
 for those things

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.960
 but it's

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:33.079
 better to ask

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.660
 for those things

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.420
 in the context

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.960
 of asking

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.640
 for the most

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.799
 important thing

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:38.220
 right

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.460
 that you may know

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.059
 Jesus

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:41.480
 and this is what

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.160
 Peter calls

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.180
 his first century

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.960
 audience to

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.640
 and what he calls

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.700
 us to today

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.019
 repent

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:48.380
 repent of being

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:49.539
 so focused on

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:51.339
 our physical comfort

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:52.519
 our current

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.279
 circumstances

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:54.099
 that we lose

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.700
 sight of the

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.359
 greatest

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:56.339
 sickness

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.120
 that we have

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.960
 which is our sin

00:29:57.960 --> 00:30:00.480
 repent of our

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.940
 thinking

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:02.140
 that if we had

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.900
 those material

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.340
 blessings

00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:03.920
 that we would

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.779
 finally be okay

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.440
 with God

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:08.120
 and turn

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:09.319
 to Jesus

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:11.539
 the Savior

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.440
 the blessing

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.319
 the sign

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.299
 that is greater

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:15.120
 than any other

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.600
 sign

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:16.799
 for us

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.880
 for our hope

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:19.259
 for our salvation

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.539
 for our good

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:22.279
 and for God's glory

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.059
 let's pray

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.559
 together

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:28.980
 Lord we thank you

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.139
 that you are a God

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:31.319
 who is able to do

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.119
 immeasurably more

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.779
 than we ask

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.559
 or even imagine

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:35.579
 Lord we pray

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 that you would

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 open our eyes

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 to see the glory

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 in your salvation

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 greater than

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 all other blessings

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 Lord we know

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 you are a loving

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 Father

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 and you are abundant

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 in your goodness

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 Lord may we

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 above all

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 know your goodness

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 in our salvation

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 we pray these things

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 in Jesus name

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 Amen

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