WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:19.800 I would invite you to turn back with me to the portion of scripture we read earlier on, so this is Acts chapter 3 and we will be looking at the second part of that Peter's speech is his sermon from verse 11, Acts chapter 3. 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:38.500 I was reading recently an interview with a footballer, an interview where this footballer spoke of the practical jokes that were played on him by his teammates and his fellow professionals. 00:00:38.500 --> 00:00:56.400 So these guys, his fellow players, they didn't like the fact that this player in question, that he was, as they saw, a bit of an intellectual, which I think for footballers basically meant that he used to occasionally read a book or two. 00:00:56.960 --> 00:00:58.439 But they didn't like this. 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:15.019 So on one occasion, what they did, without his knowledge, was they took a pair of scissors and they cut out, what a terrible thing to do, they cut out the very last paragraph of this long novel that this guy had been reading. 00:01:15.019 --> 00:01:20.699 And in this interview, I was reading, the player spoke of his dismay. 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:36.340 Imagine reading this novel for week after week after week and then in his words he said, he was now unable to properly grasp the story because of the absence of a few crucial words. 00:01:37.699 --> 00:01:41.359 Now, a great practical joke, I'm sure you would agree. 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:51.200 But I think the player's words there can equally be said of this week that we've got in front of us, the book of Acts. 00:01:52.719 --> 00:02:04.480 Because when we consider Acts, if we fail to just have a few key words in our minds, then we're also going to fail to grasp much about what is really happening in this book. 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:15.379 Because you see, in chapter 1, right at the beginning of Acts, in Acts chapter 1 and verse 8, the author, Luke, what he does is he really sets out his skull. 00:02:15.920 --> 00:02:22.920 So there, in chapter 1 and verse 8, what he does is he tells us what's to come in the rest of the book. 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:36.060 So he tells us that Acts is going to show us the disciples being Jesus witnesses, first in Jerusalem, then to all Judea and Samaria, and then to the ends of the earth. 00:02:36.139 --> 00:02:40.599 That is how the book of Acts is going to be structured. 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:53.299 And that means, of course, that what we've got before us this evening, in this first part of the book of Acts, is an account of the advance of the gospel, not in Judea and Samaria, exactly. 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:58.259 It's not an account of the advance of the gospel to the ends of the earth. 00:02:58.259 --> 00:02:59.259 What we've got in front of the earth. 00:02:59.259 --> 00:03:05.120 What we've got in front of us is an account of the advance of the gospel in the city of Jerusalem. 00:03:07.079 --> 00:03:14.699 Something that we'll see tonight is crucial to any proper understanding of Acts chapter 3. 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:28.239 So with the theme for tonight, in our minds, the theme that is all about Jesus, that is all about Jesus, let's consider our first of three points. 00:03:28.259 --> 00:03:34.159 And let's consider that the speaker here was all about Jesus. 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:36.319 The speaker was all about Jesus. 00:03:38.359 --> 00:03:45.120 Now, we know, having just read it, what the background is here, don't we? 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:50.519 Peter has just healed this crippled beggar. 00:03:50.520 --> 00:04:04.300 So this man, who was suffering from a congenitive, debilitating disease, he has been healed to the extent, you see it, that he's now followed Peter and John into the temple courteous. 00:04:04.820 --> 00:04:06.480 And you see how he's managed to do that? 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:12.040 He is now walking, and he is jumping, and he is praising God. 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:16.139 And then this miracle seems to draw a crowd, doesn't it? 00:04:17.259 --> 00:04:18.079 Let's think about that. 00:04:18.180 --> 00:04:30.039 These people, who were familiar with this cripple, so people who would have walked past this cripple thousands of times on their way into the temple courteous. 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:37.800 They see the guy, now we're in the distance, and he's walking, and he's jumping, and so, they run towards him. 00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:41.660 And they're desolate to find out what's going on, what's happened. 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:44.560 Forget this, this is the important thing. 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:47.420 clearly their attention 00:04:47.420 --> 00:04:49.800 is actually specifically 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:50.639 on Peter 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:52.220 and John 00:04:52.220 --> 00:04:53.740 isn't it? 00:04:54.139 --> 00:04:56.579 It isn't so much on that guy but on Peter 00:04:56.579 --> 00:04:59.220 look what Peter has to say to this large guy 00:04:59.220 --> 00:04:59.879 of Christus here 00:04:59.879 --> 00:05:03.459 he says why do you stare at us 00:05:03.459 --> 00:05:05.160 as if by 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:07.220 our own power or piety we have made 00:05:07.220 --> 00:05:08.079 this man walk 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:09.800 you see 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:13.220 the attention is on 00:05:13.220 --> 00:05:14.100 Peter 00:05:14.100 --> 00:05:15.140 and John 00:05:15.140 --> 00:05:18.980 and what I would dearly love for you to see 00:05:18.980 --> 00:05:20.840 and appreciate this evening 00:05:20.840 --> 00:05:23.080 is how Peter 00:05:23.080 --> 00:05:25.160 redirects 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:26.820 that attention group 00:05:26.820 --> 00:05:29.120 because surely think about it 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:31.020 see at that moment in the temple 00:05:31.020 --> 00:05:33.080 warrior Peter's the man 00:05:33.080 --> 00:05:34.300 isn't he? 00:05:34.300 --> 00:05:36.480 I mean every eye 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:37.800 is on Peter 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:39.939 he's got this crowd that's before him on 00:05:39.939 --> 00:05:41.200 tender looks 00:05:41.200 --> 00:05:43.860 but he doesn't observe 00:05:43.860 --> 00:05:46.180 bask in the glory of the healing 00:05:46.180 --> 00:05:46.660 does he? 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:48.460 I mean he doesn't just 00:05:48.460 --> 00:05:49.520 pause for a minute 00:05:49.520 --> 00:05:52.480 and enjoy the line right there 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:53.000 does he? 00:05:53.740 --> 00:05:54.639 you know not a bit of it 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:54.840 look 00:05:54.840 --> 00:05:55.500 immediately 00:05:55.500 --> 00:05:57.960 without even a second thought 00:05:57.960 --> 00:05:59.379 look he moves the focus 00:05:59.379 --> 00:06:00.480 away from him 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:03.900 and he moves it straight to Jesus Christ 00:06:03.899 --> 00:06:05.079 look at this 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:05.060 look at what he says 00:06:05.060 --> 00:06:07.479 why do you stare at us? 00:06:08.779 --> 00:06:09.519 the God 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:10.859 of Abraham 00:06:10.859 --> 00:06:12.739 has raised his servant 00:06:12.739 --> 00:06:13.000 Jesus 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:14.019 so he directs 00:06:14.019 --> 00:06:14.919 or redirects 00:06:14.919 --> 00:06:15.719 he diverts 00:06:15.719 --> 00:06:17.899 he deflects the crowd's attention 00:06:17.899 --> 00:06:19.399 and he deflects it to 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:20.779 Jesus Christ 00:06:20.779 --> 00:06:24.359 and note 00:06:24.359 --> 00:06:25.279 as well 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:26.539 that he doesn't do that 00:06:26.539 --> 00:06:28.839 just to explain 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:29.379 what's happened 00:06:29.379 --> 00:06:30.079 in this miracle 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:31.359 with the crippled bear 00:06:31.359 --> 00:06:31.819 right 00:06:31.819 --> 00:06:33.699 he doesn't sort of 00:06:33.699 --> 00:06:34.859 just deflect attention 00:06:34.859 --> 00:06:35.939 to show that it was 00:06:35.939 --> 00:06:36.699 Jesus power 00:06:36.699 --> 00:06:39.619 rather than 00:06:39.619 --> 00:06:40.500 his own 00:06:40.500 --> 00:06:42.639 that's healed this man 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:43.239 I mean yeah 00:06:43.239 --> 00:06:43.659 okay 00:06:43.659 --> 00:06:46.099 he is going to do that 00:06:46.099 --> 00:06:47.179 and he'll tell them that 00:06:47.180 --> 00:06:49.579 but before he does that 00:06:49.579 --> 00:06:50.199 what does he do? 00:06:52.040 --> 00:06:53.199 he seizes 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:54.300 this moment 00:06:54.300 --> 00:06:55.360 of attention 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:56.100 doesn't he? 00:06:56.620 --> 00:06:57.579 and he presents 00:06:57.579 --> 00:06:58.420 to this crowd 00:06:58.420 --> 00:06:59.139 that's before him 00:06:59.139 --> 00:06:59.660 in the temple 00:06:59.660 --> 00:07:01.780 some of the key events 00:07:01.780 --> 00:07:02.920 of Jesus 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:05.460 before he speaks 00:07:05.460 --> 00:07:06.600 about this miracle 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:07.340 with the crippled 00:07:07.340 --> 00:07:08.759 he speaks about 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:10.220 Jesus' betrayal 00:07:10.220 --> 00:07:11.040 and he speaks about 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:11.860 Jesus' day 00:07:11.860 --> 00:07:12.860 and he speaks about 00:07:12.860 --> 00:07:14.040 Jesus' resurrection 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:15.280 so what we've got 00:07:15.280 --> 00:07:15.780 is Peter 00:07:15.780 --> 00:07:16.720 redirect 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:18.080 redirecting 00:07:18.080 --> 00:07:18.640 attention 00:07:18.640 --> 00:07:19.920 from himself 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:22.460 to the glory 00:07:22.460 --> 00:07:23.800 of the risen 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:24.960 Christ 00:07:24.960 --> 00:07:27.820 now folks 00:07:27.820 --> 00:07:30.020 please hear this 00:07:30.020 --> 00:07:32.980 we currently 00:07:32.980 --> 00:07:34.300 live in a culture 00:07:34.300 --> 00:07:35.300 that really 00:07:35.300 --> 00:07:35.940 exists 00:07:35.940 --> 00:07:37.380 in antithesis 00:07:37.380 --> 00:07:39.340 to the attitude 00:07:39.340 --> 00:07:39.900 that Peter 00:07:39.900 --> 00:07:41.100 displays here 00:07:41.100 --> 00:07:41.980 don't we? 00:07:43.220 --> 00:07:43.700 I mean 00:07:43.700 --> 00:07:44.440 Peter here 00:07:44.440 --> 00:07:45.540 lives to deflect 00:07:45.540 --> 00:07:46.120 attention 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:47.379 away from himself 00:07:47.379 --> 00:07:49.459 where our culture 00:07:49.459 --> 00:07:51.000 is absolutely 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:52.240 obsessed 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:53.399 with drawing 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:54.000 attention 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:54.860 to the 00:07:54.860 --> 00:07:56.079 individual 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:58.079 we in the 21st century 00:07:58.079 --> 00:07:58.860 we live in a 00:07:58.860 --> 00:08:00.120 self-free society 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:00.600 don't we? 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:02.579 we live in a 00:08:02.579 --> 00:08:03.480 culture 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:04.920 where everything 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:05.860 everything 00:08:05.860 --> 00:08:06.720 is about 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just say 00:08:52.800 --> 00:08:54.240 look at me 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:55.580 look how much 00:08:55.580 --> 00:08:56.460 money I've got 00:08:56.460 --> 00:08:57.240 look how many 00:08:57.240 --> 00:08:58.480 cars I've got 00:08:58.480 --> 00:08:59.040 look how many 00:08:59.040 --> 00:08:59.700 girls 00:08:59.700 --> 00:09:01.220 I can get 00:09:01.220 --> 00:09:02.920 we are perhaps 00:09:02.920 --> 00:09:03.660 more than 00:09:03.660 --> 00:09:04.680 any other time 00:09:04.680 --> 00:09:05.280 in history 00:09:05.280 --> 00:09:06.920 firmly immersed 00:09:06.920 --> 00:09:07.759 in this 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:08.540 look at me 00:09:08.540 --> 00:09:08.960 culture 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:09.800 a self-free 00:09:09.800 --> 00:09:10.480 society 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:12.740 and so please 00:09:12.740 --> 00:09:13.280 friends 00:09:13.280 --> 00:09:14.080 I urge you 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:14.320 tonight 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:14.840 just to look 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:15.280 at 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00:11:02.219 and he has 00:11:02.219 --> 00:11:02.839 used that 00:11:02.839 --> 00:11:03.519 to speak 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:03.939 about 00:11:03.939 --> 00:11:04.959 what 00:11:04.959 --> 00:11:05.439 to speak 00:11:05.439 --> 00:11:05.619 about 00:11:05.619 --> 00:11:06.279 God's 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:06.739 action 00:11:06.739 --> 00:11:07.879 in Jesus 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:08.359 Christ 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:10.399 but there's 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:10.779 something we 00:11:10.779 --> 00:11:11.019 need to 00:11:11.019 --> 00:11:11.460 notice about 00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:12.060 the manner 00:11:12.060 --> 00:11:12.680 in which 00:11:12.680 --> 00:11:13.639 he does 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:14.120 this 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:14.600 and there's 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:15.019 something we 00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:15.440 talked about 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:15.800 right at the 00:11:15.800 --> 00:11:16.399 beginning of 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:17.039 the sermon 00:11:17.039 --> 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00:11:43.420 addresses the 00:11:43.420 --> 00:11:43.860 crowd 00:11:43.860 --> 00:11:45.700 what does he 00:11:45.700 --> 00:11:45.920 say 00:11:45.920 --> 00:11:46.360 he calls 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:47.100 them men 00:11:47.100 --> 00:11:48.279 of Israel 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.220 then 00:11:50.220 --> 00:11:51.680 observe 00:11:51.680 --> 00:11:52.320 how he 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:52.960 speaks about 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:53.659 God 00:11:53.659 --> 00:11:54.220 what does he 00:11:54.220 --> 00:11:55.039 call God 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:55.460 what does he 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:56.200 speak about 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:56.399 God 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:56.639 he says 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:57.980 the God 00:11:57.980 --> 00:11:58.720 of Abram 00:11:58.720 --> 00:11:59.860 the God 00:11:59.860 --> 00:12:00.240 of Isaac 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:00.539 the God 00:12:00.539 --> 00:12:00.820 of Jacob 00:12:00.820 --> 00:12:01.200 the God 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:01.740 of our 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:02.539 fathers 00:12:02.539 --> 00:12:04.440 then observe 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:04.940 especially 00:12:04.940 --> 00:12:05.840 how Peter 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:06.480 speaks about 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:07.000 Jesus 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:08.039 what does 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:08.460 he say 00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:08.740 God 00:12:08.740 --> 00:12:09.440 has done 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:09.759 here 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:10.139 think about 00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:10.480 this 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:11.919 he says 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:12.320 that God 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:13.559 has glorified 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:14.080 his 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:17.279 servant 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:18.519 Jesus 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:19.559 now 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:22.820 that might 00:12:22.820 --> 00:12:23.299 not mean 00:12:23.299 --> 00:12:24.139 all that much 00:12:24.139 --> 00:12:24.620 to us 00:12:24.620 --> 00:12:25.299 in here 00:12:25.299 --> 00:12:28.019 but it 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00:14:50.759 to these 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:51.139 people 00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.679 why? 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:54.099 because Peter 00:14:54.099 --> 00:14:54.519 could see 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:54.839 that by 00:14:54.839 --> 00:14:55.120 this 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:55.419 crowd 00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:55.959 not 00:14:55.959 --> 00:14:56.839 recognising 00:14:56.839 --> 00:14:57.299 Jesus 00:14:57.299 --> 00:14:57.539 of 00:14:57.539 --> 00:14:58.039 Nazareth 00:14:58.039 --> 00:14:58.439 as the 00:14:58.439 --> 00:14:58.679 one 00:14:58.679 --> 00:14:59.299 Old Testament 00:14:59.299 --> 00:15:00.000 spoke of 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:00.179 him 00:15:00.179 --> 00:15:02.399 that they 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:03.259 were rejecting 00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:04.859 and renouncing 00:15:04.859 --> 00:15:06.219 their own 00:15:06.219 --> 00:15:07.339 longed for 00:15:07.339 --> 00:15:08.139 Messiah 00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:10.139 I mean this 00:15:10.139 --> 00:15:11.099 is not about 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00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.920 and then 00:16:45.920 --> 00:16:46.220 he has 00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.740 explained 00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.040 to us 00:16:47.040 --> 00:16:47.520 again 00:16:47.520 --> 00:16:47.800 the 00:16:47.800 --> 00:16:48.740 significance 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.759 of all 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:50.220 of that 00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:51.379 so I 00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:51.639 wonder 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:52.620 are you 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:53.160 finding some 00:16:53.160 --> 00:16:53.420 of the 00:16:53.420 --> 00:16:54.400 parts of the 00:16:54.400 --> 00:16:54.560 old 00:16:54.560 --> 00:16:54.900 testament 00:16:54.900 --> 00:16:55.200 really 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:55.759 difficult 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:56.639 I mean 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:56.860 are you 00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:57.620 finding them 00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:57.940 sometimes 00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:58.320 almost 00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:59.340 impenetrable 00:16:59.340 --> 00:17:00.540 I wonder 00:17:00.540 --> 00:17:00.960 tonight 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.180 do you 00:17:01.180 --> 00:17:01.500 see that 00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:01.780 this 00:17:01.780 --> 00:17:02.100 here 00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:02.379 what 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:02.680 Peter 00:17:02.680 --> 00:17:03.020 says 00:17:03.020 --> 00:17:03.340 to this 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:03.580 crowd 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:03.920 is the 00:17:03.920 --> 00:17:04.160 key 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:04.539 to it 00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:04.899 all 00:17:04.899 --> 00:17:05.920 that we 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.180 must 00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:06.839 read the 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.119 bible 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:08.019 read 00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.639 scripture 00:17:08.639 --> 00:17:09.319 and we 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:09.579 see 00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.119 Jesus 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:10.680 that we 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.180 read 00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:11.720 even those 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.359 really difficult 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:12.920 parts of the 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.420 old testament 00:17:13.420 --> 00:17:13.839 I mean 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.220 do you not 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.559 read them 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:15.240 in isolation 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:16.519 we read 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:16.879 them as 00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:17.659 they sit 00:17:17.659 --> 00:17:18.700 in God's 00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:19.559 perfect plan 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.059 of redemption 00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:21.059 that reaches 00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:21.859 its apex 00:17:21.859 --> 00:17:22.720 it reaches 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.480 its zenith 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:24.659 at the 00:17:24.659 --> 00:17:25.220 cross 00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.960 now do you 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.399 do that 00:17:26.399 --> 00:17:27.279 I wonder 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:28.599 is that how 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.019 you are 00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:29.500 using your 00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:29.779 bible 00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:31.740 when you 00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:31.980 go to 00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:32.379 Genesis 00:17:32.379 --> 00:17:34.139 you see 00:17:34.139 --> 00:17:34.519 that the 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:35.000 seed of 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:35.500 the woman 00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:37.099 points 00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:37.899 to Jesus 00:17:37.899 --> 00:17:39.139 you see 00:17:39.139 --> 00:17:39.980 that Ruth's 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:40.460 kinsman 00:17:40.460 --> 00:17:41.059 redeemer 00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:42.460 points 00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:43.279 to Jesus 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:44.359 you see 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:45.299 that Noah's 00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:46.099 ark of 00:17:46.099 --> 00:17:46.759 salvation 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:48.240 points 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:49.119 to Jesus 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:50.180 you see 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:51.079 that Noah's 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:52.039 fish of 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:52.839 deliverance 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:53.839 it points 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:54.700 to Jesus 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.920 that Jesus 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:56.559 is the 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:57.399 everything 00:17:57.399 --> 00:17:58.819 and the 00:17:58.819 --> 00:17:59.379 every 00:17:59.380 --> 00:18:00.260 layer of 00:18:00.260 --> 00:18:00.720 scripture 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:02.300 and without 00:18:02.300 --> 00:18:02.760 him there 00:18:02.760 --> 00:18:03.460 is no 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.440 understanding 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:05.000 of the 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.380 riches 00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:06.540 and truths 00:18:06.540 --> 00:18:07.400 of the 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:07.820 word of 00:18:07.820 --> 00:18:08.180 God 00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:10.820 and then 00:18:10.820 --> 00:18:12.140 the second 00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:13.040 question 00:18:13.040 --> 00:18:15.900 is to 00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:16.400 those here 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:17.520 who are 00:18:17.520 --> 00:18:18.160 perhaps not 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:18.580 yet 00:18:18.580 --> 00:18:19.760 saved 00:18:19.760 --> 00:18:21.400 it's a 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:22.060 question to 00:18:22.060 --> 00:18:22.500 you tonight 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:22.860 if you're 00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:23.480 not a 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:23.840 Christian 00:18:23.840 --> 00:18:26.400 friend 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:26.800 with 00:18:26.800 --> 00:18:27.500 all 00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:29.140 respect 00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:30.080 do you 00:18:30.080 --> 00:18:30.560 see that 00:18:30.560 --> 00:18:31.580 you're 00:18:31.580 --> 00:18:31.900 making 00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:32.520 the same 00:18:32.520 --> 00:18:33.360 mistake 00:18:33.360 --> 00:18:34.620 as this 00:18:34.620 --> 00:18:35.580 Jewish 00:18:35.580 --> 00:18:36.400 crowd 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:38.300 because you 00:18:38.300 --> 00:18:38.580 see the 00:18:38.580 --> 00:18:38.820 old 00:18:38.820 --> 00:18:39.240 testament 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.820 came to 00:18:39.820 --> 00:18:40.140 them 00:18:40.140 --> 00:18:40.640 and it 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:40.980 spoke 00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.620 very very 00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:42.140 clearly 00:18:42.140 --> 00:18:42.940 that the 00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:43.520 messiah 00:18:43.520 --> 00:18:43.920 would 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:44.480 suffer 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:46.240 and they 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:46.700 rejected 00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.080 him 00:18:47.080 --> 00:18:49.160 but we're 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:49.440 told 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:49.920 look at the 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.300 end of the 00:18:50.300 --> 00:18:50.520 section 00:18:50.520 --> 00:18:50.980 we're told 00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.280 in verse 00:18:51.280 --> 00:18:52.060 26 that 00:18:52.060 --> 00:18:52.580 the gospel 00:18:52.580 --> 00:18:53.040 came 00:18:53.040 --> 00:18:54.200 first 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:55.440 to the 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:55.940 Jews 00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:57.759 but as we 00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.080 saw at the 00:18:58.080 --> 00:18:58.539 beginning of 00:18:58.539 --> 00:18:58.860 the sermon 00:18:58.860 --> 00:19:00.380 the gospel 00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:00.799 would go 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.220 out of 00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.600 Jerusalem 00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:02.440 and it 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:02.759 would go 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.660 to all 00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.200 the nations 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.720 of the 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.380 world 00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:06.900 and you 00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:07.160 see the 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.600 truth is 00:19:07.600 --> 00:19:08.160 that tonight 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:08.779 as you sit 00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.279 here in this 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:09.740 church 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:11.600 the gospel 00:19:11.600 --> 00:19:12.319 has come to 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:12.580 you 00:19:12.580 --> 00:19:13.380 look around 00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:13.620 you 00:19:13.620 --> 00:19:14.259 look at how 00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:15.100 many bibles 00:19:15.100 --> 00:19:15.740 are in this 00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.080 place 00:19:16.080 --> 00:19:17.539 you have 00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:18.539 the good 00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:18.940 news 00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.380 and it 00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:19.860 tells you 00:19:19.860 --> 00:19:20.660 very very 00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.259 clearly 00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:23.100 that Jesus 00:19:23.100 --> 00:19:23.880 is 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:25.160 the 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:25.700 Christ 00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:27.740 friends 00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:29.420 do not 00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:30.420 keep on 00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:30.980 making 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.900 the same 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.400 mistake 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:33.000 as this 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.360 Jewish 00:19:33.360 --> 00:19:33.640 prayer 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:35.360 do not 00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:35.900 deny 00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:37.100 Jesus 00:19:37.100 --> 00:19:38.400 the one 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:38.680 that 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.519 all 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:40.140 scripture 00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:40.940 speaks 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.279 about 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:44.120 so the 00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:44.500 speaker 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:44.980 was all 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.200 about 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.660 Jesus 00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:46.779 and the 00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:48.259 scriptures 00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:48.960 are all 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.240 about 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.500 Jesus 00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.259 so thirdly 00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.579 let's 00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:51.039 conclude 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:52.819 let's 00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.740 consider 00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.400 that the 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:55.519 consummation 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:57.220 will all 00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.819 be about 00:19:57.819 --> 00:19:58.420 Jesus 00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:58.819 so the 00:19:58.819 --> 00:19:59.400 consummation 00:19:59.400 --> 00:19:59.920 the end 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.339 times 00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:01.099 will be 00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:02.059 all about 00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.500 Jesus 00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.359 and again 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:04.099 let's 00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:05.099 let's use 00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:05.660 our imagination 00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.460 and let's 00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.079 picture the 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.700 scene that 00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.119 we're reading 00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:08.619 about in 00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:09.140 Acts chapter 00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:09.440 3 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:11.500 okay so 00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:11.960 Peter 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:14.099 is at the 00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:14.740 side of the 00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.259 temple 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.180 in Solomon's 00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:16.759 portico 00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.960 right in the 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.620 side of the 00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:18.980 temple 00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:21.180 and he's 00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.660 spoken to 00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.220 this crowd 00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:23.759 and he's 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.380 not sugar 00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:24.980 coated it 00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.440 has he 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:26.220 I mean he's 00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:27.720 really underlined 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.259 for these 00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:28.980 people their 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:30.319 clear culpability 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:32.100 that God 00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:32.700 has promised 00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.400 a suffering 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.000 saviour 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.640 that that 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:35.299 suffering saviour 00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.819 has come 00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.740 and they 00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.759 have rejected 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.140 him 00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:40.880 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00:21:19.299 also tells 00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.960 them exactly 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.500 what that 00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.220 salvation 00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:22.200 will lead 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.600 to 00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:24.019 so what 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.259 does he 00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:25.220 say is 00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.680 the only 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.080 way to 00:21:26.080 --> 00:21:26.480 be saved 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:26.960 do you 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.299 see it 00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:27.620 in verse 00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:28.100 19 00:21:28.100 --> 00:21:30.559 as clear 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.140 as day 00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:32.740 Peter 00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.200 announces 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.559 the only 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:33.840 way of 00:21:33.840 --> 00:21:34.240 salvation 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.840 he says 00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:35.660 what's the 00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:35.900 word 00:21:35.900 --> 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00:21:51.780 --> 00:21:53.640 but when 00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.080 he's done 00:21:54.080 --> 00:21:54.620 that 00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.860 he then 00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.360 speaks of 00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:57.200 what happens 00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:58.840 to those 00:21:58.840 --> 00:21:59.360 who are 00:21:59.360 --> 00:22:00.040 saved 00:22:00.040 --> 00:22:00.759 in Jesus 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.380 Christ 00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.980 now what 00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.240 does he 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:02.540 say 00:22:02.540 --> 00:22:02.920 I would 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.460 ask you 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:03.920 to soak 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.460 these in 00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:04.860 okay 00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:07.259 he says 00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.880 verse 19 00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.620 that repentance 00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.140 will lead 00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:09.759 to sin 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:11.460 being 00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:12.619 wiped 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00:22:34.299 stand in 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.799 the side 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:36.859 that salvation 00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.700 will involve 00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.400 a wonderful 00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:39.500 new lease 00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.279 of life 00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:41.279 in Jesus 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:43.180 but thirdly 00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.599 and we're 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:43.839 going to 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:44.339 end with 00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.980 this one 00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:48.000 Peter tells 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.420 the crowd 00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.519 that if they 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.079 turn from 00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.859 their denial 00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.640 of Jesus 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:53.859 that God 00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.579 will send 00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.740 his son 00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:57.259 again 00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.880 that repentance 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:00.099 in Christ 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00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.700 to restore 00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.720 all things 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:22.980 that not only 00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:24.519 are the speaker 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.340 and scriptures 00:23:25.340 --> 00:23:26.060 all about 00:23:26.060 --> 00:23:26.920 Jesus Christ 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:28.000 but the 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.759 consummation 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:28.980 the 00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.460 restoration 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.519 the future 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:32.019 is going 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.539 to all 00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.099 be about 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.559 Jesus 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.139 Christ 00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:38.180 that he 00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:39.639 will 00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:42.139 return 00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:45.039 that his 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.819 creation 00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:47.960 will be 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.859 made new 00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.420 by his 00:23:49.420 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00:24:11.799 will be sung 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:13.059 that his 00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:14.059 crowns 00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:15.200 of glory 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.779 will be 00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.619 handed out 00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.839 that all 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.420 attention 00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.960 of every 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.940 single person 00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.599 will be fixed 00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.319 upon the one 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.659 who unlike 00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.240 us 00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.440 is actually 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.420 deserving 00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:28.099 of all 00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.859 the focus 00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.979 and of all 00:24:29.979 --> 00:24:30.599 the praise 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.740 and of all 00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.459 the glory 00:24:32.459 --> 00:24:34.019 that the 00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.719 consummation 00:24:34.719 --> 00:24:35.500 will all 00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.519 be about 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.219 him 00:24:37.219 --> 00:24:38.359 Jesus 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:39.179 Christ 00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:40.919 friends 00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:41.719 all of that 00:24:41.719 --> 00:24:42.759 is the 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.379 wondrous 00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:43.919 fruit 00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:45.379 of repentance 00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:46.879 in Christ 00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:48.719 now 00:24:48.719 --> 00:24:49.779 the obvious 00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.279 question 00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.959 I have to 00:24:50.959 --> 00:24:51.599 finish with 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:54.019 is have you 00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.599 turned from 00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.240 your sin 00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:57.099 have you 00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:58.400 really 00:24:58.400 --> 00:25:00.460 stopped denying 00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.160 the saviour 00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.859 can you see 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.299 this evening 00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.700 that 00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:04.680 your life 00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.299 your 00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:06.839 hopes 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:08.299 you know 00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.240 your future 00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:11.299 your affections 00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.740 above 00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:13.200 everything else 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.640 it must 00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.319 all 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.140 be 00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.779 about 00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.579 Jesus 00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.099 Christ 00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:19.000 do you see 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.379 that 00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.799 it must 00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.419 be 00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:22.519 do you know 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.740 what's 00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.199 beautiful 00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:24.919 that 00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.959 we learn 00:25:25.959 --> 00:25:26.459 in verse 00:25:26.459 --> 00:25:27.179 four of 00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:27.779 the next 00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.259 chapter 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.859 that many 00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.339 of those 00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:30.819 people 00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.740 before 00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:33.139 Peter 00:25:33.139 --> 00:25:34.740 they saw 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.219 it for the 00:25:35.219 --> 00:25:35.879 first time 00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.719 and we are 00:25:36.719 --> 00:25:37.139 told 00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:38.139 that they 00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:39.219 were saved 00:25:39.219 --> 00:25:40.539 I wonder 00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:40.919 tonight 00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.679 do you see 00:25:41.679 --> 00:25:41.919 it 00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.779 do you see 00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.219 that it's 00:25:43.219 --> 00:25:44.219 all about 00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.940 Jesus 00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:46.960 have you 00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:48.279 really 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.319 repented 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.299 of yourself 00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:52.759 let's pray 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.200 let's pray 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200 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