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 Heavenly Father, we confess, we confess this faith that your word is true.

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 That your word is able to make us wise on salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.

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 So that's what we see this morning.

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 We want to be made wise on salvation.

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 We want to behold Jesus in all of his glory.

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 To speak to us.

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 Move among us by the power of Holy Spirit.

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 That we might see the face of Jesus.

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 We might hear his voice.

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 Your word is true.

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 In Jesus' name we say.

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 Amen.

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 Acts chapter 21.

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 When the seven days were all created, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him.

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 Paul.

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 Crying out.

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 Men of Israel.

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 Help.

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 This is the man who was teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place.

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 Moreover, he even brought Greeks into his temple.

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 And as he filed this holy place, they had previously seen children.

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 He issued with him the city.

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 And he supposed that Paul had brought Greeks into his temple.

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 Then all the city was stirred up and the people ran together.

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 They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple.

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 And at once the gates were shut.

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 And as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the tribune of the cult that all Jerusalem was in the tribune.

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 He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down from them.

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 And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

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 Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains.

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 He inquired who he was and what he had done.

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 Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another.

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 And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

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 And when he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd.

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 For the mob of the people followed cried out, away with him.

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 As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune,

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 May I say something to you?

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 And he said, Do you know Greek?

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 Are you not Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the assassins out into the wilderness?

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 Paul replied, I am a Jew from Tarsus in Solis, a citizen of no obscure city.

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 I beg you, permit me to speak to you.

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 And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hands to the people.

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 And when there was a Greek hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying,

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 Brothers and fathers, hear the defense that I now make before you.

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 And when they heard that he was addressed to them in the Hebrew language, they became even more part.

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 And he said,

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 I am a Jew born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel,

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 according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers.

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 Being zealous for God, as all of you are this day,

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 I persecuted this way to the dead, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,

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 as the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness.

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 From them I received letters to the brothers, and I journeyed toward Damascus to take those also who are there

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 and bring them in Jerusalem to be punished.

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 As I was on my way and too near to Damascus, about noon, a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me.

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 And I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me,

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 Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?

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 And I answered,

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 Who are you?

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 And he said to me,

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 I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuted.

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 Now those who were with me saw the light,

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 but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

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 And I said,

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 What shall I do?

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 And the Lord said to me,

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 Rise and go into Damascus,

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 and there you will be told all that is appointed for you to do.

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 And since I could not see because of the brightness of that light,

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 I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

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 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law,

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 well spoken of by all the truth who lived there,

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 came to me,

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 and standing by me said to me,

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 Brother Saul, receive your sight.

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 And at that very hour I received my sight and saw him.

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 And he said,

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 The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will,

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 to see the righteous one,

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 and to hear a voice from his mouth.

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 For you will be a witness for him to everyone of what you have seen and heard.

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 And now,

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 why do you wait?

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 Rise and be baptized,

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 and wash away your sins,

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 calling on his name.

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 When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple,

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 I fell into a trance and saw him saying to me,

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 Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly,

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 because they will not accept your testimony about me.

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 And I said,

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 Lord,

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 they themselves know that in one synagogue,

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 after another,

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 I imprisoned them Jesus to believe in you.

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 And when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed,

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 I myself was standing by and approving,

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 and watching over the garments of those who killed him.

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 And he said to me,

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 Go,

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 for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 People who oppose Christ in the gospel

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 have a tendency to frame Christians

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 with the phrase,

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 Against this.

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 Christians are against that.

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 Against this.

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 And they try to define believers in those terms.

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 And that's exactly what the Jews here do to Paul.

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 Here is a man who is against the people,

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 against the law,

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 against the temple.

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 But this is here is a good example for us

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 of how we identify,

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 how we witness to people

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 in that kind of hostile context environment.

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 Paul definitely kind of

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 shifts away from their accusations,

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 and then he keeps the focus on Jesus.

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 He tells about who Jesus is,

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 that he is your risen Lord.

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 And he keeps saying to them,

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 But Jesus met me.

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 Jesus said this to me.

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 Jesus sent me to proclaim him to the Gentiles.

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 And that's why I'm doing the thing that I'm doing.

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 And so this is a good passage for us to learn

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 about how Jesus changes really everything

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 and how we can bear witness to him faithfully.

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 The main point of this passage is that God appoints his people

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 to see the light and hear the voice of the Lord Jesus

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 so that they might be washed of their sins

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 and sent out as witnesses.

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 And we're going to first see how Jesus changed the Jewish religion,

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 and then we're going to see how Jesus changed Paul

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 and how he changed us.

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 If you were with us last week,

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 you saw that Paul arrived in Jerusalem,

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 and he was warned that the Jewish believers,

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 the Jewish Christians in Jerusalem

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 had been hearing a rumor about Paul,

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 a slander about him,

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 that he is against the Jewish law,

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 that he counsels the Jews to not follow the Jewish law.

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 And that was a false rumor

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 because even though Paul did teach

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 that you no longer need to become a Jew

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 and observe all the Jewish law

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 and how to be saved,

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 but that he had no problem with Jews themselves

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 following their incestful customs

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 as long as he had it clear in their mind

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 that salvation is through Jesus alone,

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 by faith in Jesus alone.

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 And so in order to dispel the rumors,

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 Paul went into the temple

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 with four Jewish men under his wings

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 to go through kind of the Nazarite vow

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 and the men who were under the Nazarite vow

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 and to go through the ritual purification process

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 with them for such a reason.

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 And this was to show them

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 that he is in fact not against the law.

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 But before Paul can even complete

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 the seven days of purification,

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 he says that some Jews from Asia

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 spotted Paul inside the temple

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 and then began to disturb the crowd

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 and to seize them.

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 And they say in verse 28,

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 the man of Israel,

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 no, this is the man

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 who is teaching everyone everywhere

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 against the people

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 and against the law

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 and against the surplates.

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 Moreover, he brought Greeks into the temple

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 and had defiled his holy place.

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 So they claim that Paul is against three things,

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 the Jewish people,

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 the Mosaic law,

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 and this place,

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 which is the breakfast of the temple.

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 And there is a sliver of truth,

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 a moniker of truth

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 in these false accusations

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 that make them believe them.

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 So I'm going to address

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 all three of them in turn.

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 First,

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 Paul was never against

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 the Jewish people.

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 Paul answers this charge

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 in chapter 22, verse 3,

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 when he says,

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 I am a Jew,

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 born in Tarsus and Cilicia,

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 but brought up in this city.

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 Paul was himself a Jew.

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 How can he be against his own people?

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 In fact, in Romans 9, 3,

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 he says that he could wish

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 that he himself were cursed

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 and cut off from Christ

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 if that meant that his people,

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 the Jewish people,

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 could be saved.

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 Paul loved the Jewish people.

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 And not only that,

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 he says he was brought up

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 in this city,

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 Jerusalem,

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 the Jewish capital.

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 And later,

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 addresses God

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 as God of our fathers.

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 When Ananias addresses God,

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 he acknowledged that

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 God,

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 the fathers of,

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 the God of the Jews

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 is also the God of all.

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 In chapter 22, verse 14.

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 And even during

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 his missionary journey,

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 Paul made it a habit

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 in each city he visited

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 to first visit

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 the Jewish synagogue

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 and preach to the Jews there.

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 And then only after

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 the Jews rejected

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 his message,

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 he turned to go

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 to the Gentiles

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 in that city

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 to preach the gospel

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 to them.

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 However,

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 even though Paul

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 was not against

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 the Jewish people,

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 he did teach

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 that Jews,

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 like Gentiles,

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 are sinners

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 who need to be saved

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 by Jesus.

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 He also taught

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 that Jesus

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 broke down

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 the divide and all

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 the hostility

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 between Jews

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 and Gentiles

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 and made them

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 one in him.

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 That's why Paul

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 writes in Galatians

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 chapter 3,

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 verse 28,

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 there is neither

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 Jew nor Greek.

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 There is neither

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 slain nor free.

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 There is no male

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 and female

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 for you are all

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 one in Christ Jesus.

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 Salvation is

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 from the Jews

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 since Jesus,

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 our Savior,

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 was Jewish,

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 he is the Jewish

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 Messiah.

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 But salvation

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 is not only

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 for the Jews,

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 it is for all

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 people who repent

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 of their sins

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 and put their

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 faith in him.

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 Gentiles can be

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 saved as Gentiles

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 without becoming

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 Jewish.

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 It's no longer

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 those who are

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 descended from

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 Abraham, Isaac,

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 and Jacob

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 who are God's

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 people,

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 but those who

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 are united

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 with Jesus

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 like faith.

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 Only a few of us

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 have any Jewish

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 background,

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 so this is great

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 news for us

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 that we too

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 who are formerly

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 not God's

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 people,

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 who are not

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 part of the

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 covenant of God,

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 we now can be

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 his people.

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 And this teaching,

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 if misrepresented,

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 can be portrayed

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 to be against

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 the Jewish people

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 and that's what

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 these Jews

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 are accusing

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 of.

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 You're against

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 the Jewish people.

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 Secondly,

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 Paul is not

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 also not against

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 the Mosaic law.

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 As long as

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 the Jews understood

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 that it's not

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 keeping the Mosaic

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 law that saved

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 them,

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 but Jesus

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 who by his

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 life, death,

00:12:26.680 --> 00:12:27.340
 and resurrection

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 that saved them,

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 Paul is fine

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 with Jews

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 observing the

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 Mosaic law

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 and continuing

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 the Jewish

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 customs handed

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 down to them

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 by their

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 poor fathers.

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 In fact,

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 Paul's Jewish

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 upbringing and

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 training in

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 Jewish law

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 were impeccable.

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 Paul says

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 later in

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 chapter 22,

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 verse 3,

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 in his defense

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 that he was

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 educated at

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 the feet of

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 Gamaliel

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 according to

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 the strict

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 manner of the

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 law of our

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 fathers,

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 being zealous

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 for God

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 as all of you

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 are this day.

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 earlier in

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 chapter 21,

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 verse 20,

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 the elders of

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 the Jerusalem

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 church described

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 the Jewish

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 believers there

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 as being

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 zealous for

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 the law,

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 and Paul here

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 used the same

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 word to describe

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 his own

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 upbringing.

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 I too was

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 raised that

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 way.

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 I was zealous

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 for the law.

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 Gamaliel was

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 a notable

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 Jewish rabbi

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 who served

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 as the

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 president of

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 the Sanhedrin,

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 the Jewish

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 ruling council,

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 and he

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 was a

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 grandson,

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 Gamaliel was

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 a grandson

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 of an even

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 more famous

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 rabbi named

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 Hillel,

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 and Paul

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 was trained

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 in the

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 Jewish law

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 by Gamaliel.

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 In other

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 words,

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 Paul had

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 a Jewish

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 Ivy League

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 education.

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 He belonged

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 to the

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 strictest

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 sect of

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 the Jewish

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 teaching.

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 So Paul

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 was not

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 against the

00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:45.980
 Mosaic law,

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 and he

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 takes care

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 to emphasize

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 that even

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 Ananias,

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 the man

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 who restored

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 his sight

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 and told

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 him about

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 Jesus,

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 was a

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 devout

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 man

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 according

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 to the

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 law.

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 However,

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 even though

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 Paul wasn't

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 against the

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 law,

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 he did

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 teach that

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 Jesus

00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:02.300
 fulfilled

00:14:02.300 --> 00:14:02.980
 and

00:14:02.980 --> 00:14:03.680
 completed

00:14:03.680 --> 00:14:04.139
 the law.

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 So he

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 says in

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 Romans 10

00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:06.820
 verse 4,

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 Christ is

00:14:08.060 --> 00:14:09.159
 the end.

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 He's the

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 end of the

00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:12.740
 law for

00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.139
 righteousness

00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:13.940
 for those

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 who believe.

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 Paul taught

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 in Romans

00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:17.639
 3,

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 21-24,

00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:19.180
 but now

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 the righteousness

00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:20.680
 of God

00:14:20.680 --> 00:14:21.159
 has been

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 manifested

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 apart from

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 the law,

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 although the

00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:24.519
 law and the

00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:25.019
 prophets bear

00:14:25.019 --> 00:14:25.620
 witness to

00:14:25.620 --> 00:14:25.860
 it,

00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:26.879
 the righteousness

00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:27.500
 of God

00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:28.220
 through faith

00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:28.740
 in Jesus

00:14:28.740 --> 00:14:29.300
 Christ for

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 all who

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 believe.

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 For there

00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:31.259
 is no

00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:31.940
 distinction,

00:14:32.180 --> 00:14:32.500
 for all

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 have sinned

00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:33.460
 and fall

00:14:33.460 --> 00:14:33.940
 short of

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 the glory

00:14:34.300 --> 00:14:34.740
 of God

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 and are

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 justified

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 by his

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 grace as

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 a gift

00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:38.480
 through the

00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:38.860
 redemption

00:14:38.860 --> 00:14:39.600
 that is in

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 Christ Jesus.

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 That means

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 that we

00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:43.600
 can't be

00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:44.159
 declared

00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:44.700
 righteous

00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:45.940
 before God

00:14:45.940 --> 00:14:46.700
 by observing

00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:47.140
 the law.

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 We have

00:14:48.520 --> 00:14:49.260
 all sinned

00:14:49.260 --> 00:14:49.700
 and fallen

00:14:49.700 --> 00:14:50.400
 short of

00:14:50.400 --> 00:14:50.800
 God's

00:14:50.800 --> 00:14:51.180
 standards.

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 By our

00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:54.840
 own moral

00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:55.460
 living or

00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:56.300
 good deeds,

00:14:56.880 --> 00:14:57.320
 no one

00:14:57.320 --> 00:14:58.000
 can make

00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:58.680
 the cut.

00:14:59.540 --> 00:14:59.940
 No one

00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:00.680
 can save

00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:01.440
 themselves.

00:15:02.380 --> 00:15:03.380
 Our only hope

00:15:03.380 --> 00:15:04.780
 of having

00:15:04.780 --> 00:15:05.220
 right standing

00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:05.680
 with God

00:15:05.680 --> 00:15:06.140
 is to put

00:15:06.140 --> 00:15:06.540
 our faith

00:15:06.540 --> 00:15:07.060
 in Jesus

00:15:07.060 --> 00:15:08.580
 who died

00:15:08.580 --> 00:15:08.980
 to make

00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:09.440
 atonement

00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:09.840
 for our

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 sins so

00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:10.520
 that we

00:15:10.520 --> 00:15:10.880
 might be

00:15:10.880 --> 00:15:11.240
 forgiven.

00:15:12.340 --> 00:15:13.200
 Jesus is

00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:13.460
 the one

00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:14.120
 who fulfills

00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:14.560
 all

00:15:14.560 --> 00:15:15.500
 righteousness.

00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:17.139
 So even

00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:17.480
 though

00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:18.480
 Mosaic law

00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:18.960
 more

00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:19.659
 written to

00:15:19.659 --> 00:15:19.899
 Jesus,

00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:20.679
 it pointed

00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:21.360
 to Jesus

00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:23.440
 and so

00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:24.539
 Paul didn't

00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:25.399
 oppose or

00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:25.980
 he wasn't

00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:26.560
 against the

00:15:26.560 --> 00:15:27.200
 Mosaic law

00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:27.820
 because Paul

00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:28.379
 taught that

00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:28.720
 the law

00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:29.419
 was fulfilled

00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:30.179
 by Jesus.

00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:31.679
 In

00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:32.600
 observance of the

00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:32.700
 law,

00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:32.940
 it's not

00:15:32.940 --> 00:15:33.379
 what saved

00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:33.639
 them.

00:15:34.820 --> 00:15:35.240
 He's being

00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:35.779
 portrayed by

00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.179
 the Jews

00:15:36.179 --> 00:15:36.720
 as being

00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:37.340
 against the

00:15:37.340 --> 00:15:37.600
 law.

00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:39.440
 Third,

00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.220
 Paul was also

00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:40.799
 not against

00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:41.279
 the temple.

00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:42.720
 the Jews

00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:43.360
 had seen

00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:43.919
 Paul with

00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:44.459
 Trothimus,

00:15:44.579 --> 00:15:45.019
 a Gentile

00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.419
 believer

00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:46.639
 from Ephesus

00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:48.120
 and he

00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.699
 was with

00:15:48.699 --> 00:15:49.120
 him in

00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:50.159
 the city

00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:50.600
 of Jerusalem

00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.039
 and so

00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:52.139
 they assumed

00:15:52.139 --> 00:15:53.000
 wrongly that

00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:53.459
 Paul had

00:15:53.459 --> 00:15:53.959
 taken him

00:15:53.959 --> 00:15:54.299
 into the

00:15:54.299 --> 00:15:54.639
 temple,

00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:56.039
 thereby

00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:56.579
 defiled

00:15:56.579 --> 00:15:56.959
 the temple

00:15:56.959 --> 00:15:57.720
 which Paul

00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:58.299
 in fact

00:15:58.299 --> 00:15:58.659
 had never

00:15:58.659 --> 00:15:59.000
 done.

00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:01.120
 Archaeologists

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:01.939
 have discovered

00:16:01.939 --> 00:16:03.559
 the temple

00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:04.559
 warning inscription

00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:05.120
 that used

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:06.120
 to hang

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:06.939
 right outside

00:16:06.939 --> 00:16:07.500
 the sanctuary

00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:08.079
 of the Jewish

00:16:08.079 --> 00:16:08.600
 temple in

00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:08.839
 Jerusalem

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.840
 and it

00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:10.320
 says this

00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:10.780
 in Greek

00:16:10.780 --> 00:16:11.220
 quote,

00:16:11.680 --> 00:16:12.460
 no stranger

00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:12.840
 is to

00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.180
 enter

00:16:13.180 --> 00:16:13.519
 within

00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:14.040
 the

00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:14.720
 Belgrade

00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:15.280
 out

00:16:15.280 --> 00:16:15.580
 round

00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:15.759
 the

00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.060
 temple

00:16:16.060 --> 00:16:16.399
 and

00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:16.600
 in

00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:16.940
 closure

00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:18.040
 whoever

00:16:18.040 --> 00:16:18.879
 is caught

00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.200
 will be

00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:19.600
 himself

00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:20.259
 responsible

00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:20.740
 for his

00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:21.259
 ensuing

00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:21.700
 death.

00:16:22.800 --> 00:16:23.220
 So that's

00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:23.580
 how important

00:16:23.580 --> 00:16:24.220
 to enter

00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:24.700
 the temple

00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:25.080
 as a

00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:25.500
 Gentile

00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:26.100
 to areas

00:16:26.100 --> 00:16:26.500
 we are not

00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:26.920
 supposed to

00:16:26.920 --> 00:16:27.160
 enter.

00:16:28.060 --> 00:16:29.180
 But Paul

00:16:29.180 --> 00:16:29.720
 didn't do

00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:29.800
 that.

00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.080
 He didn't

00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:30.420
 take

00:16:30.420 --> 00:16:31.019
 Trothimus

00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:31.540
 inside the

00:16:31.540 --> 00:16:31.720
 temple.

00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:31.960
 In

00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:32.160
 fact,

00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:32.700
 Paul was

00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:32.920
 just

00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:33.220
 reading

00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:33.920
 four Jewish

00:16:33.920 --> 00:16:34.259
 men

00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:34.800
 through

00:16:34.800 --> 00:16:35.060
 their

00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:35.720
 purification

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.120
 rites

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.639
 inside the

00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:36.960
 temple

00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:37.740
 to show

00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.120
 that he

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:38.440
 actually

00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:39.000
 observes

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.940
 these

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 Jewish

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 customs.

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 And later

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 he mentions

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 in chapter

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 22

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 verse 17

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 that even

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 after his

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 conversion

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 he went

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 to the

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 temple

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 to pray

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 to God

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 and there

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 he saw

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 the vision

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 of Jesus

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 telling him

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 to go

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 and preach

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 the gospel

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 to the

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 Gentiles.

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 So Paul

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 was decidedly

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 not against

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 the temple.

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 However,

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 Paul knew

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 that Jesus

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 taught in

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 John 2

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 that his

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 body is

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 the ultimate

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 temple of

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 God,

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 the new

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 temple of

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 God.

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 He knew

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 that Jesus

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 taught in

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 John 4

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 that true

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 worshippers

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 would no

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 longer

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 worship in

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 the temple

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 in Jerusalem

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 but that

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 they would

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 worship God

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 everywhere

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 where the

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 people of

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 God are

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 gathered

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 in spirit

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 and in

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 truth.

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 So following

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 Jesus'

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 teaching,

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 Paul did

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 teach that

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 sacrifices in

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 the temple

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 are no longer

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 necessary

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 because Jesus

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 has offered

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 up his

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 body once

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 and for

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 all as

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 the ultimate

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 sacrifice

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 for sin.

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 This is why

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 we as

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 Christians don't

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 need to

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 make

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 pilgrimages

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 to the

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 western

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 wall in

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 Jerusalem

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 or make

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 animal

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 sacrifices

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 because Jesus

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 is the new

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 temple of

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 God.

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 Because Jesus

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 is the ultimate

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 sacrifice of

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 God.

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 So wherever

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 the people of

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 God are

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 gathered in

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 his name,

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 like here,

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 we can

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 worship him

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 truly.

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 And because

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 of this

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 teaching,

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 even though

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 Paul was not

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 against the

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 temple,

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 he was

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 represented as

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 being against

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 the temple.

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 So these

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 three charges

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.539
 that the

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 Jews brought

00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:07.660
 against Paul

00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.579
 reveal how

00:18:08.579 --> 00:18:09.059
 the Jews

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 were grappling

00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.279
 with the

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 profound changes

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 that Jesus

00:18:12.360 --> 00:18:13.039
 brought about

00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:13.519
 in their

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 faith.

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:16.319
 Jesus changed

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 the Jewish

00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.180
 religion forever,

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 not by abolishing

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 it or opposing

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 it, but by

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 fulfilling it.

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 It's what he

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 called the

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 righteous one

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 in chapter 22

00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:26.680
 verse 4.

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 Jesus is the

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 one who lives

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 righteously,

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 who fulfills

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 all the

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 righteous

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.720
 requirements

00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.039
 of the

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 law.

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 But many

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.099
 of the

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:36.299
 Jews

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.859
 misunderstood

00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:37.399
 Jesus,

00:18:37.619 --> 00:18:38.019
 and because

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.399
 of that,

00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:39.160
 they misunderstood

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 Paul.

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 And after

00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:41.700
 the Jews

00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:42.200
 from Asia

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.619
 stirred up

00:18:42.619 --> 00:18:43.079
 the crowd,

00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:44.539
 the total

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.539
 chaos and

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.240
 confusion

00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:47.200
 ensued.

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 There's a lot

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 of running

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 around and

00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.319
 a lot of

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.660
 shouting,

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 and it says

00:18:51.139 --> 00:18:51.519
 in chapter

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 21,

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 verses 30

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 to 31,

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 the people

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 seized

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 Paul and

00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.460
 dragged him

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:55.799
 out of the

00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:56.079
 temple.

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 And as they

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 were seeking

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 to kill him,

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 word came to

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 the tribune of

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 the cohort that

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 all the

00:19:01.260 --> 00:19:01.780
 Christian ones

00:19:01.780 --> 00:19:02.520
 had confused.

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 They dragged

00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:05.640
 Paul out of

00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:06.100
 the inner

00:19:06.100 --> 00:19:06.580
 part of the

00:19:06.580 --> 00:19:07.380
 temple because

00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:08.260
 they were not

00:19:08.260 --> 00:19:09.040
 allowed to stone

00:19:09.040 --> 00:19:09.720
 anybody in the

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.200
 inner part of

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 the temple because

00:19:10.760 --> 00:19:11.200
 that would be

00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:11.540
 fire.

00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:12.740
 So they had to

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.200
 take him out

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.740
 to the outer

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:15.160
 part, and

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:15.960
 the mob tries

00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:16.500
 to kill him

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:16.740
 there.

00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:21.380
 This is an

00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:21.880
 attempt of

00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:22.200
 winching.

00:19:22.360 --> 00:19:22.820
 It's not an

00:19:22.820 --> 00:19:23.900
 official execution

00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:24.820
 because the

00:19:24.820 --> 00:19:25.480
 Jewish people did

00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.080
 not have the

00:19:26.080 --> 00:19:26.720
 right under the

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.740
 Roman Empire to

00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.360
 meet out

00:19:28.360 --> 00:19:28.740
 capital

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.180
 punishment.

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:30.620
 So this is

00:19:30.620 --> 00:19:31.000
 they're just

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:32.240
 going against

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:32.759
 the law and

00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.080
 they're trying

00:19:33.080 --> 00:19:33.519
 to kill

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:35.560
 Paul out of

00:19:35.560 --> 00:19:36.039
 their zeal

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.380
 for the

00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:36.660
 law.

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.519
 And when the

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.440
 Roman Tribune

00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:41.279
 intervenes, he

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:41.960
 asks the

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.820
 crowd what

00:19:42.820 --> 00:19:43.320
 Paul had

00:19:43.320 --> 00:19:43.980
 done, who

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.539
 he is, what

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:44.980
 he had done.

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 But he says

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:46.880
 that in verse

00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.840
 34, some in

00:19:47.840 --> 00:19:48.360
 the crowd were

00:19:48.360 --> 00:19:49.039
 shouting one

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.700
 thing, some

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.720
 another, and

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.200
 as he could

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:52.420
 not learn the

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:53.060
 facts because

00:19:53.060 --> 00:19:53.320
 of the

00:19:53.320 --> 00:19:53.759
 uproar, he

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.420
 ordered him to

00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:54.740
 be brought

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.120
 into the

00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:55.480
 palace.

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.160
 And as

00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:57.880
 they're escorting

00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.380
 Paul to the

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:58.820
 barracks, he

00:19:58.820 --> 00:19:59.420
 says that he

00:19:59.420 --> 00:19:59.800
 had to be

00:19:59.800 --> 00:20:00.920
 carried by the

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.600
 soldiers because

00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:02.220
 of the violence

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.480
 of the

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:02.740
 process.

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.380
 It's quite a

00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:04.280
 volatile situation.

00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:06.700
 Paul could

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.160
 bear or be

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.420
 killed.

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.840
 And given

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:10.500
 such a violent

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.160
 reaction from

00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:11.840
 the crowd, the

00:20:11.840 --> 00:20:12.480
 Roman Tribune

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.300
 assumes that

00:20:13.300 --> 00:20:13.860
 Paul is some

00:20:13.860 --> 00:20:14.700
 kind of violent,

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.920
 dangerous revolutionary

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.880
 and he asks

00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:17.600
 Paul in verse

00:20:17.600 --> 00:20:18.860
 38, are you

00:20:18.860 --> 00:20:19.740
 not the Egyptian

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.600
 men who recently

00:20:20.600 --> 00:20:21.240
 stirred up a

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:22.040
 revolt and led

00:20:22.040 --> 00:20:23.080
 the 4,000 men

00:20:23.080 --> 00:20:23.600
 of the assassin

00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:24.180
 down into the

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.480
 wilderness?

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:27.920
 So this, the

00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:28.539
 existence of

00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:29.279
 this Egyptian

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:30.299
 pretender, the

00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:31.920
 false Egyptian

00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:33.720
 Messiah is

00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.519
 recorded also

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.539
 independently by a

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.240
 Jewish Roman

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.099
 historian named

00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:37.779
 Persephone from

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.539
 the first century.

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.360
 And he records

00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:41.559
 that this man from

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.400
 Egypt who was a

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:43.559
 Jew claimed to

00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:44.180
 be the Messiah.

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.380
 He deceived

00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:46.120
 thousands of

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:46.779
 Jews and led

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.299
 the knowledge of

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:48.220
 wilderness and

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:49.519
 then to the

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:52.819
 Mount of Olives.

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:57.119
 Jerusalem to

00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:57.700
 take over,

00:20:58.179 --> 00:20:58.859
 reclaim Jerusalem

00:20:58.859 --> 00:20:59.419
 from the Romans.

00:21:00.139 --> 00:21:00.619
 But then the

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.359
 Romans promptly

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:01.960
 crushed him,

00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:02.819
 captured 200

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.579
 of his followers,

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.599
 killed 400 of

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:05.079
 his followers,

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.339
 and that was

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:06.779
 the end of

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.019
 that.

00:21:07.399 --> 00:21:08.599
 But this man,

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.939
 the pretender

00:21:09.939 --> 00:21:10.700
 himself, did

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.919
 escape the

00:21:11.919 --> 00:21:12.460
 Roman grip.

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.139
 And so this

00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:17.619
 tribune thinks

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:19.019
 that he's found,

00:21:19.139 --> 00:21:20.179
 he's caught this

00:21:20.179 --> 00:21:20.899
 man that had

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:21.339
 escaped.

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:22.399
 He thinks he

00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:23.079
 has a great

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:24.480
 fine in his

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.199
 hand and he's

00:21:25.199 --> 00:21:25.599
 going to get

00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.159
 some kind of

00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:26.659
 reward for

00:21:26.659 --> 00:21:27.059
 taking him

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.259
 in.

00:21:28.139 --> 00:21:29.199
 But Paul speaks

00:21:29.199 --> 00:21:29.699
 to him in

00:21:29.699 --> 00:21:30.299
 Greek which

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.859
 shows that he's

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.480
 not an Egyptian

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:33.819
 and shows that

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.639
 Tobin was very

00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:35.159
 confused.

00:21:37.399 --> 00:21:38.019
 Paul was not

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.480
 a political

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.240
 revolutionary

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:41.059
 but he was

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.679
 turning the world

00:21:41.679 --> 00:21:42.379
 upside down

00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:43.159
 simply by

00:21:43.159 --> 00:21:44.679
 teaching the

00:21:44.679 --> 00:21:45.119
 good news of

00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.759
 Jesus Christ.

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 And in this

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.759
 volatile situation,

00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:52.379
 even while

00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:53.659
 narrowly escaping

00:21:53.659 --> 00:21:54.480
 his own

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.359
 death from

00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:56.159
 the mentioned

00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:58.679
 mob, Paul

00:21:58.679 --> 00:21:59.279
 asked the

00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.720
 tribune for

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 the permission

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.919
 to address

00:22:00.919 --> 00:22:02.139
 the Jewish

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:03.419
 people so

00:22:03.419 --> 00:22:04.039
 that he might

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.939
 bear witness to

00:22:04.939 --> 00:22:05.619
 Jesus and

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:06.379
 tell them about

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:06.919
 how he changed

00:22:06.919 --> 00:22:07.419
 his life.

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.859
 That brings me to

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.500
 my second point

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:10.899
 beginning in

00:22:10.899 --> 00:22:11.519
 chapter 22,

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.279
 how Jesus

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:13.220
 changed Paul

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.619
 and how he

00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:14.399
 changed us.

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.899
 The Roman

00:22:15.899 --> 00:22:16.399
 tribune,

00:22:16.679 --> 00:22:17.599
 hoping that Paul

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.619
 will clarify what

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.659
 is going on,

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.399
 gives him

00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:20.899
 permission to

00:22:20.899 --> 00:22:22.000
 speak and

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.879
 Paul addresses

00:22:22.879 --> 00:22:23.539
 his own

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.119
 people in

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:24.479
 the Hebrew

00:22:24.479 --> 00:22:24.959
 language,

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.359
 the Hebrew

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:25.879
 dialect,

00:22:26.199 --> 00:22:26.539
 likely,

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.179
 the most

00:22:27.179 --> 00:22:27.439
 likely

00:22:27.439 --> 00:22:28.000
 Aramae,

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.479
 which was

00:22:28.479 --> 00:22:28.859
 the Jews

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.399
 at the time

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 spoke.

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 And as

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.219
 people hear

00:22:32.219 --> 00:22:33.019
 him speaking

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.500
 in their own

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.779
 language,

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.519
 they quiet down

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 and they start

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 to listen.

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 And this is

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.539
 what he tells

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:38.799
 them in

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 verse 45,

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 he tells

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.759
 them that he

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.379
 was formally

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:42.119
 persecuted,

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.359
 he formally

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:44.500
 persecuted this

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.219
 way to the

00:22:45.219 --> 00:22:45.500
 dead,

00:22:45.979 --> 00:22:46.599
 binding and

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.259
 delivering to

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.839
 prison both

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.519
 men and

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 women.

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:51.059
 Paul is

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.440
 trying to

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.940
 convince the

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.680
 Jews that

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.720
 he's not

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:55.660
 some Romanized

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.900
 Jew who

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 is foreign

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.599
 and who is

00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.500
 against and

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.240
 doesn't care

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.879
 anything about

00:23:01.879 --> 00:23:02.480
 Israel and

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.839
 about the

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.279
 law and the

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.599
 temple,

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.680
 but he was

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.299
 once a

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.720
 zealous

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.519
 proponent of

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.940
 the law,

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.900
 was trained

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.599
 in the law,

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.019
 and he was

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.460
 a fierce

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.160
 opponent of

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.559
 Christians.

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.879
 And just

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.220
 as the

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.599
 Jews are

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.160
 now trying

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.539
 to kill

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.079
 Paul,

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.220
 Paul once

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.839
 tried to

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.720
 kill Christians

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.299
 as well.

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.220
 In fact,

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.799
 Paul mentions

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.480
 in verse 20

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.180
 that when the

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.620
 blood of

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.140
 Stephen was

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.860
 being shed,

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.819
 he himself

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.460
 was standing

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.460
 by and approving

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.039
 and watching

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.480
 over the

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.980
 garments of

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.360
 those who

00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:27.839
 killed him.

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.920
 Stephen was

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.420
 the first

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:30.900
 Christian

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.240
 martyr,

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.220
 and we saw

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.519
 him get

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:32.920
 stoned to

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.559
 death by

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.160
 Jewish mob

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.519
 in Acts

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.259
 chapter 7.

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.299
 And when

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.880
 Stephen was

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.440
 being stoned,

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.140
 it was Paul

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.480
 who was

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.140
 providing the

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.579
 cold check

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.180
 service to

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.559
 people who

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:40.980
 were throwing

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.420
 the stone

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:42.200
 at Stephen.

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:45.420
 And interestingly

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:45.960
 enough,

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.779
 and ironically,

00:23:47.580 --> 00:23:47.920
 what the

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.720
 Jews charged

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.620
 Stephen of

00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:50.140
 in Acts

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:51.019
 6.13

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:52.460
 is exactly

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.900
 what the

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.580
 Jews charged

00:23:53.580 --> 00:23:54.240
 Paul of

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.580
 here.

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:55.960
 He is

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.559
 against

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.160
 this

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.940
 holy place

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.420
 and the

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.640
 law.

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.680
 This shows

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.180
 just how

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.620
 thoroughly

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.279
 Paul has

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.880
 been transformed

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.580
 by the

00:24:04.580 --> 00:24:04.940
 grace of

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.220
 God.

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.279
 The man

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.660
 who used

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.420
 to persecute

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.900
 the followers

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.279
 of Jesus

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:08.740
 is now

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.420
 being persecuted

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.620
 for following

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:11.000
 Jesus.

00:24:13.300 --> 00:24:13.960
 I hope

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.259
 this is a

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.740
 comfort to

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.060
 some of

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.180
 you.

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.380
 It's

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:15.860
 possible

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.960
 that some

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.279
 of you

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.320
 have strayed

00:24:18.320 --> 00:24:18.940
 far away

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.400
 from God.

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.860
 Maybe

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.380
 you have

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:25.060
 doubted

00:24:25.060 --> 00:24:26.900
 that you

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.220
 can ever

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.740
 become a

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.120
 follower of

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.320
 God.

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:31.000
 With all

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.340
 that I

00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:31.820
 have done,

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.600
 I could

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.680
 never be

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:33.980
 a follower

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.420
 of Jesus.

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.860
 Perhaps

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.279
 you have

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.960
 even mocked

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.440
 Christians

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.900
 have

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.500
 slandered

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.920
 the

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.200
 church

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.420
 in the

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.779
 past.

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.700
 But if

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.160
 Paul can

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.740
 be saved,

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.160
 you can

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:49.100
 still be

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.380
 saved.

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.340
 By his

00:24:51.340 --> 00:24:51.920
 own admission

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.660
 in 1 Timothy

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.340
 1.13,

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:54.279
 Paul was

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.700
 formerly a

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.500
 blasphemer,

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.460
 persecutor,

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.640
 and insolent

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.279
 opponent of

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.779
 the church.

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.860
 And yet

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.660
 now he

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.279
 was the

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.740
 apostle.

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.519
 He was an

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.120
 apostle of

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:04.360
 the church.

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.519
 No matter

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.019
 where you

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.420
 have been,

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:08.820
 and what

00:25:08.820 --> 00:25:09.140
 you have

00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:09.559
 done,

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.180
 you are

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.920
 not too

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:12.059
 far gone.

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.259
 And this

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.559
 passage teaches

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.100
 us that

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.500
 there is still

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.019
 time to

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.480
 repent and

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:17.840
 believe in

00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:18.100
 Jesus.

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.580
 In

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:21.539
 verses 6-16,

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.559
 Paul recounts

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:22.980
 how Jesus

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.559
 graciously

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.240
 appeared in

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.460
 him.

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.120
 He says,

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.679
 as I was

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:26.399
 on my way

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:26.739
 and drew

00:25:26.739 --> 00:25:27.139
 near to

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.679
 Damascus,

00:25:27.739 --> 00:25:28.399
 about noon,

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:28.939
 a great

00:25:28.939 --> 00:25:29.479
 light from

00:25:29.479 --> 00:25:30.159
 heaven suddenly

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:31.039
 shone around

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.319
 me.

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.059
 And I

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.619
 fell to the

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.079
 ground and

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.439
 heard a

00:25:33.439 --> 00:25:33.939
 voice say

00:25:33.939 --> 00:25:34.399
 to me,

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.219
 Saul,

00:25:35.439 --> 00:25:35.759
 Saul,

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.659
 why are you

00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:37.519
 persecuting me?

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.239
 And I

00:25:38.239 --> 00:25:38.619
 answered,

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.359
 who are you?

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.479
 And he

00:25:40.479 --> 00:25:41.039
 said to me,

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.959
 I am Jesus

00:25:41.959 --> 00:25:42.859
 of Nazareth,

00:25:42.939 --> 00:25:43.459
 whom you are

00:25:43.459 --> 00:25:44.099
 persecuting.

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.559
 Now those

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.000
 who were with

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.639
 me saw the

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.099
 light, but

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.419
 did not

00:25:47.419 --> 00:25:48.199
 understand the

00:25:48.199 --> 00:25:48.859
 voice of the

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.439
 one who was

00:25:49.439 --> 00:25:49.799
 speaking.

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:52.139
 This is the

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.759
 second time

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.220
 that Luke is

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.799
 now telling us

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.299
 the story of

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.000
 Paul's conversion.

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.180
 In the first

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:57.200
 account that

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.779
 Luke gave us

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.480
 in chapter 9,

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.059
 verse 7,

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.559
 he noted that

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.379
 the men who

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.899
 were traveling

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:02.599
 with Paul

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.519
 stood speechless.

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:04.839
 They were

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.539
 hearing the

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.159
 voice but

00:26:06.159 --> 00:26:07.259
 seeing no

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.700
 one, which

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.159
 seems to

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.859
 contradict verse

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.819
 9, which

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.519
 says here that

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.579
 the man saw

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.659
 the light, but

00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:13.980
 did not

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:15.019
 understand the

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.720
 voice of the

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.200
 one who was

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.740
 speaking to.

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.639
 But this is

00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:19.000
 not a

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.500
 contradiction.

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.399
 Chapter 9

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:21.279
 tells Paul's

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.079
 conversion story

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.899
 from the

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.559
 perspective of

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.259
 Luke as

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.859
 a missionary.

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.399
 And chapter

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:27.579
 22 tells the

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.279
 story from

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.839
 Paul's

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.740
 perspective as

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.759
 it unfolded.

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.759
 And both

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.619
 accounts are

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.599
 actually highlighting

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.659
 the fact that

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:35.460
 the revelation

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.460
 of Jesus Christ

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:38.099
 to Paul was

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:39.319
 personal and

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.119
 private and was

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.700
 reserved for

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.419
 him alone.

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.180
 Paul's

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.919
 companions saw

00:26:45.919 --> 00:26:46.519
 the heavenly

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.919
 light, but

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.599
 they did not

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.279
 see the

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.899
 person of

00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:50.339
 Jesus.

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:53.000
 Paul's

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.539
 companions also

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.500
 heard a

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:57.379
 sound, but

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:57.960
 they did not

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:59.399
 hear the

00:26:59.399 --> 00:27:00.279
 voice of

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.619
 Jesus.

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.639
 They could

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.440
 not understand

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:02.700
 him.

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.019
 They didn't

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.879
 recognize him.

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:08.259
 Only Paul

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:10.440
 understood what

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.519
 he saw and

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.139
 what he heard.

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.240
 heard.

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.740
 So while this

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.460
 encounter with

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.180
 Jesus was very

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:19.880
 public, and

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.320
 the witnesses

00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:21.160
 can't corroborate

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.780
 what happened,

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.840
 the meeting with

00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:24.480
 Jesus was very

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.180
 personal and

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.540
 private.

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.680
 I think that's

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.200
 the wonderful

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:31.840
 truth, that

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.900
 God who created

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.820
 the hospitals by

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.420
 the word of his

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.340
 mouth is not

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:37.100
 too preoccupied,

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:38.959
 not too

00:27:38.959 --> 00:27:41.519
 important to

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.519
 attend individually

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.279
 to us and

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.919
 speak to us and

00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:45.699
 save us.

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.779
 This was the

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.539
 case where each

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.539
 of us came to

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.879
 know and

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.879
 believe in Jesus

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.379
 for the first

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.759
 time.

00:27:52.439 --> 00:27:53.099
 You may have

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.819
 heard a sermon

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.779
 delivered to a

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.379
 room full of

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:55.679
 people.

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.500
 You may have

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.099
 been reading a

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.619
 book that was

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.379
 written for

00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:00.419
 thousands of

00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:00.719
 people.

00:28:01.719 --> 00:28:02.439
 But in that

00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:03.879
 moment, when you

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.719
 encountered Jesus,

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.839
 Jesus spoke

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:07.059
 personally to

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:08.200
 you, and you

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.279
 came to see

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:10.240
 him and behold

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.100
 him in his

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:11.360
 room.

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:16.120
 This is because

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.960
 only those whom

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:18.140
 God has appointed

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:19.160
 for salvation

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.900
 can be saved.

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.220
 Jesus says to

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.819
 Paul in verse

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:24.059
 10, rise and

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.819
 go into the

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.440
 masochist, and

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.120
 there you will

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.880
 be told all

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.900
 that is appointed

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:29.180
 for you to

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.500
 do.

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.640
 Here the word

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.600
 appointed refers

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:32.579
 to Paul's divine

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.180
 assignment.

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:34.740
 Paul used to

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:36.019
 take letters

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.900
 from the

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.700
 Jewish ruling

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:39.299
 council, authorizing

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.180
 him to persecute

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.840
 Christians and

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.380
 to imprison

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.759
 them.

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.480
 But now he

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.400
 is following

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.039
 orders from

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.740
 another place.

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:47.640
 He takes

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.299
 orders on the

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.740
 Lord Jesus.

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.480
 He does what

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.060
 he's appointed

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:52.380
 to by him.

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.420
 Instead of

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.279
 prosecuting those

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.759
 who believe in

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.279
 Jesus, now

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.400
 Paul proclaims

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:58.940
 Jesus and

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.820
 calls people to

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.600
 believe in him.

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:03.179
 And then when

00:29:03.179 --> 00:29:03.859
 Paul obeys

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.500
 Jesus' voice

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.019
 he goes to

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.619
 Ananias.

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.639
 And then

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.599
 Ananias helps

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.439
 him to see,

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.399
 or lies again

00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:10.139
 to see, and

00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:10.919
 then talking

00:29:10.919 --> 00:29:11.480
 about Jesus.

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.419
 He says in

00:29:12.419 --> 00:29:13.119
 verses 14 to

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:14.740
 15, Ananias

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.240
 says to Paul,

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.980
 the God of our

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.899
 fathers appointed

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.819
 you to know

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:19.019
 his will, to

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.679
 see the

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:20.500
 righteous one, and

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.419
 to hear a voice

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:22.079
 from his mouth,

00:29:22.179 --> 00:29:23.059
 for you will be

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.939
 a witness for

00:29:23.939 --> 00:29:24.819
 him to everyone

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.740
 of what you

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.559
 have seen and

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:26.899
 heard.

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:28.400
 it's because

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:28.940
 God had

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:30.220
 appointed Paul

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:31.480
 to know his

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.540
 will, it's

00:29:32.540 --> 00:29:33.100
 because God

00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:33.759
 had appointed

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.960
 Paul to see

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.680
 Jesus, the

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.900
 righteous one, and

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.740
 to hear his

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.840
 voice, that Paul

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.540
 was able to

00:29:39.540 --> 00:29:40.440
 recognize Jesus

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.200
 and hear him

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:42.280
 and understand

00:29:42.280 --> 00:29:42.740
 what he was

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.060
 saying.

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.980
 Paul's blindness

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:47.259
 immediately after

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.580
 he became

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:47.940
 kind of a

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.600
 Jesus is a

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.480
 metaphor for a

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.940
 spiritual

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.440
 blindness.

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.540
 Paul could

00:29:52.540 --> 00:29:53.280
 not see the

00:29:53.280 --> 00:29:53.600
 truth.

00:29:53.780 --> 00:29:54.480
 Paul was blind

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.160
 to spiritual

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.860
 realities, and

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.519
 it is on the

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:56.980
 day of his

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.799
 conversion that

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.660
 he is able to

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.839
 see again, we

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.400
 see in fact

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.960
 his sight.

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:03.180
 Every single

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:05.259
 one of us is

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:06.139
 also spiritually

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:07.500
 blind apart from

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.879
 God's special

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.700
 revelation to

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:09.920
 Jesus.

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.980
 Unless God

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:13.099
 shows us Jesus,

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.879
 we cannot see

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.079
 him.

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.180
 We cannot

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.980
 understand the

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.779
 spiritual reality.

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.779
 But when God

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.660
 appoints us to

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.339
 know his will,

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.379
 he enables us

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:22.799
 to see his

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.619
 face here in

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:23.920
 voice.

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.420
 Paul writes

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:25.960
 about this in

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.960
 2 Corinthians 4,

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.640
 3, 6,

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:30.480
 he says,

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.160
 even if our

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.840
 gospel is

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.460
 veiled, it

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.059
 is veiled to

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.640
 those who are

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.160
 perishing.

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.460
 In their

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.039
 case, the

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.500
 God of this

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.980
 world has

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.620
 blinded the

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.160
 minds of

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.019
 the unbelievers

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.720
 to keep

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.240
 them from

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.940
 seeing the

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.440
 light of the

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:42.079
 gospel of the

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.460
 glory of

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.240
 Christ, who

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.500
 is the

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.900
 image of

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.180
 God.

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:45.900
 For what

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.660
 we proclaim

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.059
 is not

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.740
 ourselves, but

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.480
 Jesus Christ

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.140
 as Lord,

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:50.299
 with ourselves

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.700
 as his

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.299
 servants for

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.059
 Jesus' sake.

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.539
 For God, who

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.079
 said, let

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.819
 light shine

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.259
 out of

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:56.339
 darkness, has

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:56.980
 shown in

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.700
 our hearts to

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.319
 give the

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.379
 light of the

00:30:59.379 --> 00:31:00.119
 knowledge of

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.879
 the glory of

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.720
 God in the

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.279
 faith of

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.980
 Jesus Christ.

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:05.359
 Do you hear

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:06.059
 the voice of

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.759
 Jesus calling

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.220
 on people?

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:10.579
 Do you see

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.960
 the light of

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.779
 Jesus shining

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:14.299
 into your own

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.579
 heart?

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:14.699
 God?

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:21.179
 If yes, then

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:21.699
 the only

00:31:21.699 --> 00:31:22.139
 appropriate

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:23.000
 response is

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.480
 found in

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.000
 Ananias

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.819
 invitation to

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.199
 Paul in

00:31:25.199 --> 00:31:25.879
 verse 16.

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.419
 And now,

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.619
 why do you

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.000
 wait?

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:31.000
 Rise and

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.000
 be baptized

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:33.559
 and wash

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.579
 away your

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:36.039
 sins, calling

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.559
 on you.

00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:39.419
 The Greek

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:40.319
 word for

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:41.399
 baptized literally

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:42.039
 means to

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.599
 reverse.

00:31:43.699 --> 00:31:44.539
 For Jews,

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.460
 immersion in

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.059
 water for

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:46.379
 the purpose

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:46.879
 of purification

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:48.539
 from ritual

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.000
 and purity

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.980
 was a

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.319
 habitual

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.740
 thing.

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.139
 They did

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:51.579
 it often.

00:31:52.939 --> 00:31:53.339
 They had

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:54.079
 public pools

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.619
 dedicated

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.099
 solely for

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.659
 that purpose.

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:56.759
 But for

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.319
 Christians,

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:59.359
 baptism is

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.379
 a one-time

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:01.079
 initial

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.699
 sacrament.

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.279
 Because we

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.799
 only need to

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.199
 be committed

00:32:04.199 --> 00:32:04.439
 to the

00:32:04.439 --> 00:32:05.500
 ones of

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.980
 our sins

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.500
 once and

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.000
 for all

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:09.079
 by the

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.419
 blood of

00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:09.679
 Jesus.

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:12.159
 For those

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.480
 who have

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.279
 repented and

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.659
 come to

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:14.019
 faith in

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.700
 Jesus Christ,

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:15.660
 baptism

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:17.180
 signifies the

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:18.139
 washing away

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:19.000
 of guilt

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.900
 and the

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.599
 purifying of

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:20.940
 our own

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.539
 conscience.

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.160
 If you're

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.420
 baptized,

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:23.940
 you can be

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.559
 assured that

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:24.839
 you have

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.460
 indeed been

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.059
 cleansed of

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.420
 your sins

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:26.720
 by the

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.019
 blood of

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.259
 Jesus.

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.680
 You have

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.240
 indeed been

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.700
 pure

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.200
 conscience

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:31.019
 before that.

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:32.980
 Christian

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.740
 baptism also

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.639
 represents the

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.279
 believer's

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.460
 union with

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.619
 Jesus through

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.019
 faith,

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.200
 through his

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.460
 witness,

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.900
 death,

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.599
 and resurrection.

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.439
 being

00:32:41.439 --> 00:32:42.519
 submerged under

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.079
 the water

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:44.439
 signifies the

00:32:44.439 --> 00:32:45.000
 Christian's

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.519
 death,

00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:46.779
 death to

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.119
 self.

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.579
 We are no

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.139
 longer living

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.740
 for ourselves,

00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:50.179
 I have

00:32:50.179 --> 00:32:50.759
 died to

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.179
 myself,

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.379
 I no

00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:52.919
 longer live

00:32:52.919 --> 00:32:53.579
 to promote

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.159
 myself,

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.740
 but I now

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.179
 live to

00:32:55.179 --> 00:32:55.500
 proclaim

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.059
 Christ.

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.179
 That's what

00:32:57.179 --> 00:32:57.719
 that death

00:32:57.719 --> 00:32:58.319
 signifies,

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.740
 we are

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.240
 submerged under

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.619
 the water.

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.699
 And then

00:33:00.699 --> 00:33:01.439
 when the

00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:01.699
 believer

00:33:01.699 --> 00:33:02.500
 emerges out

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:02.699
 of the

00:33:02.699 --> 00:33:02.879
 water,

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.619
 that signifies

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.399
 you like

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:05.159
 in Christ.

00:33:05.919 --> 00:33:06.859
 Christian now

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:08.500
 lives for

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.940
 Jesus.

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.119
 That's what

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:16.359
 all of us

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:17.119
 who follow

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.799
 Jesus now

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:19.359
 have done,

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.299
 baptized

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:20.799
 to follow

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.119
 Jesus.

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.480
 And this

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.980
 morning we

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.440
 have the

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.160
 privilege of

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:25.119
 baptizing

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:26.099
 two new

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:27.160
 followers of

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.380
 Jesus.