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 Hi, my name is George Sinclair. I'm the lead pastor of Church of the Messiah. It is wonderful

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 that you would like to check out some of the sermons done by Church of the Messiah,

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 either by myself or some of the others. Listen, just a couple of things. First of all,

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 would you pray for us that we will open God's Word well to His glory and for the good of people

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 like yourself? The second thing is, if you aren't connected to a church and if you are a Christian,

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 we really, I would really like to encourage you to find a good local church where they believe the

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 Bible, they preach the gospel, and if you have some trouble finding that, send us an email. We will do

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 what we can to help connect you with a good local church wherever you are. And if you're a non-Christian

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 checking us out, we're really, really, really glad you're doing that. Don't hesitate to send us

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 questions. It helps me actually to know, as I'm preaching, how to deal with the types of things

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 that you're really struggling with. So God bless.

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 Father, we ask that your Holy Spirit would bring this part of your Word to us. Bring it deep into

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 our hearts. And Father, in the context of the gospel, bring this, your Word, into our hearts,

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 so that your Word will rule in our hearts, that it'll form our hearts, and that we will live lives,

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 Father, that are free, and that bring you glory. And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son,

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 and our Savior. Amen. Please be seated. I don't have a lot of people that I know that are Jewish,

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 or at least that might have more people that I know that are Jewish. I just don't know that they're

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 Jewish, just as lots of people might know Christians and not realize that they're a Christian.

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 But for those that I do know are Jewish, as I've bumped into them over the last few days,

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 I've made a point of going up to them and asking how they're doing. I ask them how their family and

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 friends are doing, if their family and friends are safe. And then I tell them if there's anything I

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 or my church can do to help you, just to let me know, or let your rabbi know if you have a rabbi,

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 and we'd be glad to do what we could to help you at this time. And they've all been very

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 appreciative. One person that I talked to this week, she's an older woman, and she uses a walker,

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 and she's a real character. And she shared, she said, I really appreciate that. I know you're a

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 Christian, and I really appreciate that you would say that to me. And then she said, you know,

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 many of my friends, I guess around her own age, were very frightened. And then she burst into this

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 big smile, and she said, but I just feel like I have to tell everybody I meet that I'm Jewish.

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 And I just sort of completely defy those types of fears. And she's a real character.

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 You know, in the providence of God, as you know, it's very rare that I would sort of switch my sermon

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 to talk about something which is quite contemporary. And I'm not doing that this week. But in the

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 providence of God, the text that we're going to look at today is actually very relevant to what's

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 going on right now in the world and in Canada. Because, in fact, what I can tell you is if you

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 had brought a Jewish friend to church today, I only had Josiah read the first 10 verses. We're

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 going to look at the first, all 26 verses in chapter 3. And if they had been sitting beside

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 you, your Jewish friend, when they come to certain verses, you would have felt your Jewish friend stiffen.

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 And you would have felt them, you would just feel that all of a sudden, they went from just sort of

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 being relaxed to being very tense. Because in fact, in this text of scripture that we're going to use,

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 are one of the main texts that people who call themselves Christians throughout the centuries

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 when they wanted to kill Jewish people, have used as a justification to kill Jewish people.

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 It's in the text that we're going to look at today. And so when they hear, if we had a Jewish

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 friend with us and they, that you hear these things, they would, you, they would just noticeably get very,

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 very tense. And given that in Canada, we have people yelling, from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,

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 which is very unambiguously a call for the death of Jewish people.

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 And the erasing of the Jewish nation.

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 It is exactly that.

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 So it's very telling. It's very providential that we will look at a text that seems to support what some

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 Christians, or who call themselves Christians, have done throughout the centuries when they've

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 initiated a violent, murderous tax on Jewish people.

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 So let's walk towards this. And we're going to look at Acts chapter 3. And actually, Acts chapter 3 and 4 are really,

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 in a sense, one story in four parts. And today, we're just going to look at chapter 3, the first two parts.

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 And then next week, we'll look at the rest of the story, parts 3 and 4. And it's actually very,

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 very ironic, or I didn't say it's ironic. It's actually very telling that this text that has been used by

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 Christians to justify murderous actions towards Jewish people actually begins with a remarkable healing.

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 But I'm just going to say something here. Any person who calls themselves a Christian,

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 who hates Jewish people, doesn't know the Bible.

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 They are completely,

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 I'm not exaggerating,

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 they are completely and utterly

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 ignorant of the Bible.

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 But unfortunately, that has happened

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 much in the past. Anyway, let's look at it.

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 So here, chapter 3,

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 what's happened, we're reading an ancient history,

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 eyewitness history of Jesus,

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 I mean, sorry, not Jesus, an ancient eyewitness

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 history, written by an eyewitness

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 and based on eyewitness

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 testimony of sort of the first 30-ish

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 years of the Jesus movement.

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 It begins in Jerusalem, it will end

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 in Rome. And so it is

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 really, literally, a Jesus movement

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 that starts to encircle

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 the empire and ends

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 right in the very center of the empire.

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 And

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 Jesus has died

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 and risen from the dead, and

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 50 days later, the Holy Spirit falls.

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 We Christians now

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 call it the day of Pentecost.

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 And then, right after that

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 happens, Peter preaches the first

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 Christian sermon, and then we get

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 a bit of a summary of the early church.

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 And now we have this next story.

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 And we don't know exactly how late it is,

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 they don't give enough specific time markers,

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 but probably within a couple of days

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 or a couple of weeks, this next story

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 happens, and here's how it goes.

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 Now, Peter and John, that's two

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 of the apostles, were going up to the temple

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 at the hour of prayer, the ninth

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 hour, which sort of is three-ish.

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 So at three-ish,

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 they went up to the temple to pray.

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 And a man

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 lame from birth was being

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 carried,

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 sorry, I have to move my notes.

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 A man

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 lame from birth was being carried,

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 whom they laid daily at the gate

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 of the temple, that is called

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 the Beautiful Gate, to ask

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 alms of those entering the

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 temple. And asking for alms, I mean,

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 he was asking for money, he was a beggar.

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 Now, just pause here for a second.

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 This is a very important

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 and very contemporary

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 little image, this picture that we're getting.

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 In the original language,

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 it actually says something

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 very poetic.

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 Like, I don't know actually why they don't

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 just translate it more poetic.

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 And it says at the beginning

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 that he was lame from birth.

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 It actually says,

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 lame from his mother's womb.

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 Which is actually quite beautiful.

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 Lame from his mother's womb.

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 And the other thing about this story

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 is that in many ways,

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 this is a story that couldn't happen

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 in very many places

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 other than Jerusalem.

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 And that's because

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 the custom of the ancient world

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 was that if they had seen a baby

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 come out of the womb

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 and be born,

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 and there's obviously something

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 massively deformed

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 about his ankle and his feet.

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 And they would look at it

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 and they would know

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 that there's just something

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 massively deformed

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 about his feet and his ankle.

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 He's never going to be able to walk.

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 In the pagan world,

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 they would have taken that baby

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 and they would have taken him

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 to a wilderness area

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 and left him there to die.

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 But what we call our Old Testament

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 and our Jewish friends

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 call it the Tanakh

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 forbids that.

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 And so the Jewish parents

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 would have kept the baby

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 and loved the baby.

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 And of course,

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 it would have been

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 a great strain on them.

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 He would not be able to work.

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 So he goes to his regular place

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 to beg.

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 For those of us

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 who are downtown a fair bit

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 and have regular patterns,

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 one of the things

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 you'll often notice

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 is that there's regulars.

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 Like, you know,

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 like you go to that certain spot

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 and you know that

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 there's going to be

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 the same one or two

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 or three different people

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 who beg at that corner

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 all the time.

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 They're regulars.

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 I make it a point

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 of trying to befriend

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 the regulars,

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 at least give them

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 the dignity of treating them

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 like a human being.

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 And occasionally

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 buying them coffee

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 or maybe a piece of pizza

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 or something like that.

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 But so this fellow,

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 who's nameless,

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 has been not ever able

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 to walk

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 and he's a regular

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 at the temple.

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 It's going to become

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 more and more clear.

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 And by the way,

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 we're going to discover

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 in the second half

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 of the story

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 in chapter four

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 that he's over 40.

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 So he's been lame

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 for a long time.

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 He's over 40.

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 So verse three,

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 what happens?

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 So Peter and John

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 about to go

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 into the temple,

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 sorry,

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 seeing Peter and John

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 about to go

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 into the temple,

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 the beggar

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 asked to receive

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 some money.

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 And Peter directed

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 his gaze at the man

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 as did John

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 and he said,

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 look at us.

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 Now this guy,

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 he's probably all

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 getting hopeful.

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 Like maybe this is going

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 to be like a lot of money.

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 Look at us.

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 And so the beggar

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 fixed his attention

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 on them,

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 verse five,

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 expecting to receive

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 something from them.

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 But Peter said,

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 I have no silver and gold.

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 And his heart would have,

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 oh,

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 I have no silver or gold.

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 I'm not going to get

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 a lot of money.

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 But Peter continues,

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 but what I do have,

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 I give to you.

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 In the name of Jesus Christ

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 of Nazareth,

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 rise up and walk.

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 And Peter takes the man

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 by the right hand

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 and starts to help him up.

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 And immediately

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 the man's feet

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 and ankles

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 were made strong.

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 And leaping up,

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 he stood

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 and began to walk

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 and entered the temple

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 with them,

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 walking and leaping

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 and praising God.

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 Now,

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 actually,

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 we'll keep going

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 for the next few verses.

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 And all the people

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 saw him walking

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 and praising God

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 and recognized him

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 as the one who sat

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 at the beautiful gate

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 of the temple

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 asking for alms.

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 And they were all filled

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 with wonder and amazement

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 at what had happened

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 to the man.

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 Now,

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 it's not a surprise

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 that many people,

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 not only in our modern world,

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 but especially over the last

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 150 or 180 years,

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 one of the reasons

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 they would say

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 that what I'm reading

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 isn't an ancient eyewitness history

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 is they would say

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 it can't be an ancient eyewitness history

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 because we know

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 that things like this

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 don't happen,

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 that science and medicine

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 have proven

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 that things like this

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 don't happen.

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 And so,

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 therefore,

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 what you're seeing

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 is a little bit of like

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 Aesop's fables

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 or stories about

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 the great pumpkin

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 or Santa Claus

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 or the Easter bunny.

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 It's some type of a metaphor

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 or a nice story

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 to try to inspire

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 some types of thoughts

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 amongst you.

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 Now,

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 I just want to

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 mention it very briefly

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 and I'm going to probably,

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 you've heard me talk about this

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 more in some of my earlier sermons

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 and I'll probably come back to it

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 in a later sermon,

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 but just a couple of things

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 about this.

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 The first thing is

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 everything about this book

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 shows that they're trying,

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 that they believe

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 they're writing history.

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 There's nothing in it,

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 there's nothing

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 in the original language,

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 everything about it,

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 all of the historical tie-ins

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 that you'll see.

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 Like,

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 as we go through

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 the book of Acts,

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 scholars will be able to say,

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 we know that this happened

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 in the year 49,

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 we know that this happened

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 in the year 51

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 because the book

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 has so many constant references

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 to things known

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 in the ancient world

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 and so it's,

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 and there's been other studies

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 to show that even things

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 like the titles

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 that they get

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 for the Roman officials

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 and the use of names,

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 that everything about it

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 points that this was

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 an historical book written,

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 they're claiming

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 that this actually happened.

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 I mean,

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 that's the bottom line.

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 They're not claiming

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 that this is metaphor

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 or poetry

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 or just a fable.

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 They're claiming

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 this actually all really happened.

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 And the second thing is,

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 and this is where

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 I don't have time

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 to go into it,

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 but in fact,

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 science and medicine

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 by its very nature

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 can't disprove

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 that this happened.

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 Science can say

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 that there's no science,

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 they can't come up

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 with a scientific reason

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 for it happening,

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 but as it's going

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 to be very obvious,

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 Peter's not claiming

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 that there's a scientific

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 reason for it happening.

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 He's claiming

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 it's a miracle.

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 And science,

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 by its very nature,

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 can never disprove

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 miracles.

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 In fact,

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 the only thing

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 that science and medicine

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 can do

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 is increase the wow.

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 So now,

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 you know,

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 probably the only thing

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 they could see

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 because of the clothes

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 he would have been wearing

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 is his ankles

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 and his feet.

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 But the wow is

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 that we now know

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 that if you'd lifted him up,

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 that you would have seen

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 from his buttocks down

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 that he had next to no muscle

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 and we would know

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 that because he's never

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 been able to walk,

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 he had next to no bone density

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 and his tendons

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 and his ligaments

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 would have been

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 basically atrophied

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 and he would have

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 no muscle memory

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 or knowledge

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 about how to walk.

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 So we would look at that

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 and say,

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 that's a wow.

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 Like,

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 God didn't just sort of

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 fix his ankles

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 and his feet.

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 He built muscle

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 and tendon

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 and ligament

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 and bone

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 and muscle memory

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 and all of that

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 so that he could go

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 from doing this.

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 Like,

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 that just increases

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 the wow.

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 I'm not saying

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 it proves that

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 the miracle happened,

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 but I'm just saying

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 that's what the very claim

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 of the book is

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 that it happened.

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 And by the way,

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 all of this

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 is very downstream.

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 One of the reasons

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 I believe in miracles

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 is because I believe

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 the historical evidence

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 is very good

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 that Jesus really

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 rose from the dead.

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 And if Jesus really

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 rose from the dead,

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 then there's miracles.

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 Like,

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 that's not impossible

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 to believe

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 that God would do miracles.

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 And then the third thing

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 is that actually

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 what the skeptic

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 doesn't understand

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 is on one level

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 he is correct.

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 There is a profound

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 metaphor here

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 that's going to be

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 developed throughout

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 the epistles

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 and throughout

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 the book of Acts.

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 And the profound metaphor

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 is that one of the ways

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 to understand

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 what salvation is,

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 when Jesus saves you,

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 when he makes you

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 right with God,

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 one of the ways

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 to understand that

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 is this shows you

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 that it's a healing.

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 Salvation is to be

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 healed by God.

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 He heals

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 your relationship

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 with himself.

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 Part of the reason,

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 not part of the reason,

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 the reason we die

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 is that because our soul

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 has been in rebellion

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 against God,

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 then our soul,

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 in a sense,

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 is not properly

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 attached to our body

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 and our body

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 withers and then dies

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 and our soul

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 and our bodies

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 go their separate ways

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 and the body dies.

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 And so what salvation is

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 is a profound healing

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 of who you are,

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 a healing that goes on

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 into eternity.

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 So there is, in fact,

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 a very profound metaphor there,

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 but there's no metaphor

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 unless it happened.

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 I can't say to you,

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 give your life to Christ

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 and you will begin

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 to experience

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 a profound healing

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 that goes into

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 all of eternity

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 if Jesus didn't actually

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 rise from the dead

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 and if miracles

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 like this don't happen,

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 then there's no metaphor

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 whatsoever.

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 There's just foolishness.

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 But you might say,

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 well, okay, George,

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 that's all very,

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 very interesting,

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 but I don't see anything

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 about this which is

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 anti-Semitic.

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 Well, that comes next

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 because what's going

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 to happen next

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 is Peter explains

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 what's just happened

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 and its significance.

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 So let's look at

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 how he explains it.

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 It begins at verse 11.

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 Well, the man clung

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 to Peter and John

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 and all the people

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 utterly astounded

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 ran together to them

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 in the portico

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 called Solomon's

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 and when Peter saw it,

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 he sees it,

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 there's a crowd,

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 he addressed the people.

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 Now, note what he does.

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 The very first thing

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 he does is very important

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 and it fits with as well

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 that there's a claim

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 of a miracle.

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 He says,

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 Men of Israel,

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 why do you wonder at this

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 or why do you stare at us

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 as though by our own power

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 or piety

00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:57.299
 we have made him walk?

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 So very clearly,

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 right up front,

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 he says,

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 listen,

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 it has nothing to do

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 with how holy we are,

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 it has nothing to do

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 with anything we've done.

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 We haven't discussed,

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 it's not like they've gone

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 back in a time machine,

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 you know,

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 from up in the future

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 and they have some ray

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 that can heal.

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 No, no,

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 it has nothing to do with us.

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 That's the very first thing

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 they claim.

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 Well, what does?

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 Well, here's how he begins

00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:17.519
 to explain

00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.500
 the meaning

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 and the significance

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 of what's just happened.

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 Verse 13,

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 the God of Abraham,

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 the God of Isaac,

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 and the God of Jacob,

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 the God of our fathers,

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 glorified his servant,

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 Jesus,

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 uh-oh,

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 whom you

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 delivered over

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 and denied

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 in the presence

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 of Pilate

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 when Pilate

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 had decided

00:18:40.719 --> 00:18:41.459
 to release him.

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 But you

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 denied

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 the holy

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 and righteous one

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 and asked

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 for a murder

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 to be granted

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 to you

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 and you

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 killed

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 the author

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 of life

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 whom God

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 raised

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 from the dead.

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 To this

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 we are

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 witnesses.

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 And your Jewish

00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:06.200
 friend

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 stiffens.

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 The cry

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 of people

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 claiming to be

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 Christians

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 who wanted

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 to murder Jews

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 throughout the centuries

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 is said,

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 you killed

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 Jesus.

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 You killed

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:21.799
 Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 And maybe

00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:25.220
 if your Jewish

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 friend is with you

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 this morning

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:28.339
 and they're

00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:29.039
 shocked

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 at what I just

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 read

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 and they'd be

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 even more shocked

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 and said,

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 good grief,

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 they get it

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 from the Bible.

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 Like they can't

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 just say this is

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 some other type

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:41.399
 of cultural thing

00:19:41.399 --> 00:19:42.000
 that's come up

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 or some later

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 church teaching.

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 Like they get it

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 right from the Bible.

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 It's written in the Bible.

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 You killed.

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 You killed

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 Jesus.

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 From the river

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 to the sea

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 Palestine

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 will be free.

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 You killed

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 Jesus.

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 Now

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 let's

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 also be clear

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 it's actually

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 very hard

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 for us

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 in our

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 cultural moment

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 to understand

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 what's going on

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 in the text.

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 There's

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 a significant

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 part of what's

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 going on

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 in our culture

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 right now

00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:20.980
 that in fact

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 would make it

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 obvious

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 that the right

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 way to read

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 this text

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 is that when

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 I spoke to

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 the elderly woman

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 this week

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 who is Jewish

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 that rather

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 than comforting

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 her

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 and telling

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 her of my

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 support

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 and my willingness

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 to help her

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 in any way

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 I could

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 there's

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 a basic

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 way of

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 understanding

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 moral world

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 and relations

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 between peoples

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 today

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 which would

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 say that

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 in fact

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 the obvious

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 thing

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 for me

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 to say

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 to her

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 is not

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 I'll help

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 you and

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 support

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 you

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 but you

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 killed

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 Jesus

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 what do

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 I mean

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 see one

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 of the

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 things

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 is in

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 this

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 the way

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 it's been

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 used by

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 anti-Semites

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 throughout the

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 years

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 is that

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 literally

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 when I

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 meet that

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 elderly

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 Jewish

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 woman

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 or I

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 meet

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 another

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 one of

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 my

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 Jewish

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 friends

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 that

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 it really

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 is as if

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 they killed

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 Jesus

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 I mean

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 even though

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 they've

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 lived

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 2,000

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 years

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 after

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 there's

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 no possible

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 way

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 they could

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 be

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 responsible

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.139
 for

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 killing

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 Jesus

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 but

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 they're

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 Jewish

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 and

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 that's

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 part of

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 what it

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 means to

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 be

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 Jewish

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 that

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 they

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 have

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 that

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 stain

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:27.539
 upon

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 them

00:21:27.879 --> 00:21:28.119
 that

00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:28.559
 can

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 never

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.200
 in a

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:29.460
 sense

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:29.779
 be

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.519
 removed

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.139
 you

00:21:31.139 --> 00:21:31.339
 you see

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 we live

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.220
 in a

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.619
 cultural

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 moment

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.859
 and whether

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 it's

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.579
 the

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.160
 bureaucracy

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:36.460
 the

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:36.879
 courts

00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:38.000
 public

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:39.039
 schools

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:41.799
 universities

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.259
 the

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.639
 media

00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:44.420
 we live

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:44.839
 in an

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.220
 age

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:45.480
 which

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 increasingly

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.700
 thinks

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 in terms

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 of

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 group

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 responsibilities

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 some

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 of

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 you

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:00.740
 here

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:00.920
 have

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.379
 immigrated

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:01.559
 to

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 the

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.039
 country

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.200
 in

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.299
 the

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.720
 last

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.819
 very

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 short

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.420
 period

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:04.599
 of

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:04.940
 time

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:06.019
 but

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.180
 if

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 you

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.399
 are

00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:06.879
 white

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.579
 it's

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:07.680
 as

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:07.859
 if

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.059
 you

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.200
 are

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.779
 responsible

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.299
 for

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:09.500
 what

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.859
 happened

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.019
 to

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.139
 the

00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:10.339
 native

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:10.859
 people

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:12.299
 200

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.799
 years

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.139
 ago

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:18.920
 and it

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.240
 goes on

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:19.560
 with other

00:22:19.560 --> 00:22:19.860
 people

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.300
 groups

00:22:20.300 --> 00:22:22.000
 that's

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.200
 the way

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.400
 we're

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:22.640
 taught

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:22.840
 to

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.160
 think

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:24.960
 that's

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.180
 the way

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:25.400
 we're

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:25.620
 taught

00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:25.820
 to

00:22:25.820 --> 00:22:26.280
 understand

00:22:26.280 --> 00:22:26.580
 moral

00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:27.120
 issues

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:28.740
 it's

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.200
 directly

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.900
 analogous

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.140
 to

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:31.020
 anti-Semitism

00:22:31.020 --> 00:22:35.480
 I mean

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.540
 the

00:22:36.540 --> 00:22:37.100
 motivation

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:37.880
 behind it

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.520
 is to

00:22:38.520 --> 00:22:38.800
 seek

00:22:38.800 --> 00:22:39.320
 justice

00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:39.620
 and all

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:39.940
 of that

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.540
 and I'm

00:22:40.540 --> 00:22:41.140
 not denying

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.520
 that there's

00:22:41.520 --> 00:22:42.040
 often very

00:22:42.040 --> 00:22:42.259
 good

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.759
 motivations

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.319
 for thinking

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.640
 in those

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.160
 categories

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:45.279
 but

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.839
 increasingly

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.200
 in our

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.559
 culture

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:46.920
 that's

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.200
 how we're

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.400
 taught

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:47.619
 to

00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:47.940
 think

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.460
 and so

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:48.740
 if

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:48.960
 you've

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.099
 been

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.379
 taught

00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:49.619
 to

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:49.940
 think

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.480
 in terms

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.299
 of

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.940
 racial

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.799
 categories

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.599
 and

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.180
 other

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.640
 types

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:54.839
 of

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.379
 categories

00:22:55.379 --> 00:22:55.759
 whether

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.099
 it be

00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:56.660
 categories

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.160
 connected

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.420
 to

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:57.819
 gender

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.119
 or

00:22:58.119 --> 00:22:58.839
 sexuality

00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.400
 or

00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.819
 religion

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.500
 or

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.279
 ableism

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.460
 or

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.680
 anything

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:02.920
 like

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.079
 that

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.220
 if

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.400
 you're

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:03.619
 taught

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:03.799
 to

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:03.960
 think

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.099
 in

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.559
 categories

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:04.759
 and

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:04.879
 you

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.039
 see

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.299
 a

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.799
 thing

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.039
 like

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.240
 that

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.400
 then

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.559
 all

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:06.799
 of a

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:06.960
 sudden

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.819
 it

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.240
 makes

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.700
 sense

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:08.879
 that

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.099
 that's

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:09.259
 how

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.779
 Christians

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.019
 would

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.279
 maybe

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.879
 understand

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.099
 the

00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:11.480
 issue

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.740
 and

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:12.879
 it

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.119
 gets

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:13.299
 all

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:13.879
 complicated

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:14.259
 because

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.579
 the

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:14.799
 whole

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.079
 thing

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.279
 ends

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.420
 up

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:15.599
 getting

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:15.839
 very

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.500
 complicated

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:16.859
 with

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.099
 who's

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.259
 up

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.359
 and

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:17.559
 who's

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:17.899
 down

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.139
 and

00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:19.240
 how

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.460
 you

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.099
 parse

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.299
 it

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.440
 and

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:20.920
 how

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.359
 you

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:22.359
 manage

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:22.660
 it

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:22.879
 but

00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:27.440
 in

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:27.700
 some

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:27.920
 ways

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.500
 increasingly

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:28.799
 in our

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.099
 culture

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:29.399
 it makes

00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:29.660
 it the

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:29.980
 natural

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.339
 way

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.940
 to

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.099
 read

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.359
 this

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:31.920
 text

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:36.000
 part

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.200
 of the

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.579
 problem

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:36.799
 with

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:36.940
 this

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.139
 way

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.299
 of

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:37.720
 thinking

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:39.860
 is

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 that

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 there's

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 no

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 hope

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 there's

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 no

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 hope

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 the

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 more

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 we

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 think

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 in

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 categories

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 so

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 that

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 it

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 would

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 be

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 just

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 as

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 if

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 I

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 was

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 to

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 say

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 to

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 every

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 English

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 person

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 that

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 I

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 met

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 that

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 you're

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 directly

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 responsible

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 for

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 the

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 killing

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 of

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 my

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 ancestors

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 in

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 Ireland

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 during

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 the

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 potato

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 famine

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 if

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 an

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 Australian

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 we

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 have

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 an

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 Australian

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 in

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 our

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 congregation

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 he

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 was

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 to

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 meet

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 an

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 English

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 person

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 he

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 could

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 say

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 you're

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 directly

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 responsible

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.440
 for

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 sending

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 my

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 forebearers

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 to

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 Australia

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 well

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 there's

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 nowhere

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 to go

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.039
 with

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.319
 that

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 there's

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 only

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.319
 unending

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 recrimination

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 and guilt

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 and this

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 is not

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 what the

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 Bible

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.500
 is saying

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 here

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 by the

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 way

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 actually

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 what you

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 see

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 here

00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:36.579
 is the

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 ground

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 work

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 and the

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 framework

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 for

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 moral

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 clarity

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 and

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 hope

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 profound

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.019
 hope

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 when I

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 said

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.119
 earlier

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 that

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 anybody

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 who

00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:45.039
 is

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.779
 anti-Semitic

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 is

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 ignorant

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.639
 of the

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:47.039
 Bible

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 you'll

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.500
 see in

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 a moment

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 why

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 because

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 if they

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 were just

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 to read

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 not only

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 the mere

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 fact that

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 this is

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 explaining

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 the

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 healing

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 should

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 make

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 them

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 wonder

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 whether

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 this

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 is in

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 fact

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 the

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 right

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 way

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 to

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 read

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 the

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 text

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 and

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 the

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 next

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 few

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 verses

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 will

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 definitely

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 bring

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 it

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:00.279
 in

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 but

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 here's

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 the

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 thing

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.500
 about

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 the

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 text

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.500
 what

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 Peter

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:02.960
 is

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 doing

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.440
 here

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:03.579
 is

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 actually

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 a

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.440
 moment

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 of

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 very

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 courageous

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 moral

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 clarity

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 the

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 part

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 which

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 we're

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 going to

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 look at

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 next

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 week

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:09.919
 is

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 that

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.419
 after

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 this

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 speech

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.359
 Peter

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 is

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 arrested

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 for

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 what

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 he

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 says

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 he's

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 arrested

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.359
 for

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:15.519
 what

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.659
 he

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.000
 says

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 because

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 and

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.559
 what

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 if you

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 go back

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 and you

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 read

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 the rest

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 of the

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 book

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:21.519
 of

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 Acts

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 and

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:22.700
 if

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 you

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.079
 read

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 the

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.500
 other

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.000
 epistles

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 all

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 of

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 which

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 take

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 place

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:25.839
 after

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 the

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 book

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.320
 of

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 Acts

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 what

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.360
 you'll

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:27.560
 see

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:27.759
 is

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:27.900
 they

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.279
 never

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 say

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 this

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.320
 again

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 why

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 do

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 they

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.380
 never

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:31.640
 say

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:31.759
 it

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.140
 again

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 because

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.240
 the

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.620
 Bible

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.100
 teaches

00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:34.440
 that

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.640
 you

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:34.800
 are

00:25:34.800 --> 00:25:35.400
 responsible

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.840
 for

00:25:35.840 --> 00:25:36.060
 your

00:25:36.060 --> 00:25:36.400
 own

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:36.700
 moral

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.100
 actions

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.380
 there's

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 some

00:25:37.580 --> 00:25:38.180
 nuances

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.560
 here

00:25:38.560 --> 00:25:39.120
 obviously

00:25:39.120 --> 00:25:39.480
 which

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 if I

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 was

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.180
 doing

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.380
 a

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:40.620
 sermon

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:40.960
 just

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 on

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.279
 that

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.400
 I

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:41.540
 would

00:25:41.540 --> 00:25:41.800
 talk

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 a

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 little

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 bit

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.400
 about

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 some

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 of

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 the

00:25:42.800 --> 00:25:43.200
 nuances

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.759
 but

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.440
 fundamentally

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.720
 the

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.000
 Bible

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.300
 has

00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:45.480
 the

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.860
 message

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.400
 that

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:47.180
 Josiah

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.440
 is

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.040
 responsible

00:25:48.040 --> 00:25:48.380
 for

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:49.120
 Josiah's

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:49.460
 sins

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.880
 he

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.060
 is

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.640
 great

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.420
 grandfathers

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.420
 Josiah

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:58.720
 is

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.320
 responsible

00:25:59.320 --> 00:25:59.640
 for

00:25:59.640 --> 00:25:59.759
 his

00:25:59.759 --> 00:25:59.940
 own

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.140
 sin

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.540
 George

00:26:00.540 --> 00:26:00.779
 is

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.320
 responsible

00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:01.640
 for

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:01.800
 his

00:26:01.800 --> 00:26:01.980
 own

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.200
 sin

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.540
 Diane

00:26:02.540 --> 00:26:02.980
 is

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.519
 responsible

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.120
 for

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.300
 her

00:26:04.300 --> 00:26:04.560
 own

00:26:04.560 --> 00:26:04.940
 sin

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.460
 and

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:05.620
 she

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:05.779
 is

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.060
 not

00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:06.700
 responsible

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.000
 for

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.200
 the

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.620
 sins

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:08.200
 of

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.580
 her

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.220
 forebears

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.480
 she's

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:09.640
 just

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:09.880
 not

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.480
 responsible

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.860
 for

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.019
 them

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.360
 that's

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:11.500
 the

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.840
 biblical

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.460
 message

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.279
 and so

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.700
 Peter

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.060
 says

00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.259
 this

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.519
 why

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.700
 does

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:14.940
 Peter

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.180
 say

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.460
 this

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.960
 because

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.259
 he's

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.640
 literally

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.220
 standing

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.660
 in front

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:17.820
 of

00:26:17.820 --> 00:26:18.180
 people

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.420
 who

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.920
 actually

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.300
 did

00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:19.540
 do

00:26:19.540 --> 00:26:19.960
 this

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:22.400
 and

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.560
 that

00:26:22.560 --> 00:26:22.840
 takes

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.140
 great

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.720
 courage

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.680
 you're

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.120
 a tiny

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.400
 little

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 we all

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.100
 know

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.440
 how much

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.799
 courage

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.240
 it takes

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.680
 if you're

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.019
 you know

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.440
 you go

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.819
 to you

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:28.920
 know

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.160
 those

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.920
 you go

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.500
 to workplace

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:30.980
 things

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.600
 to express

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.000
 views

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.279
 and all

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.660
 that type

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:32.839
 of thing

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.100
 and share

00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:33.299
 and you

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.460
 know

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.740
 that if

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:33.860
 you're

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.220
 the one

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.579
 person

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.120
 who disagrees

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.559
 with everybody

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:35.980
 in the room

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.400
 you can't

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:36.700
 say what

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.200
 you actually

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.620
 think

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:39.000
 it takes

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.380
 a very

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:39.720
 weird

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.160
 type of

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.460
 person

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.839
 who can

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.000
 do

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.319
 that

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:44.420
 somebody

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.700
 who's

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.200
 sort of

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.660
 socially

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.220
 awkward

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.339
 who can

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.940
 actually be

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.339
 the one

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.759
 person

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.279
 in the room

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.100
 to say

00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:51.059
 against what

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.420
 everybody

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.740
 else

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.220
 is saying

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.960
 you know

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.200
 God

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.660
 love them

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:54.880
 you know

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.299
 God

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.880
 raises up

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.380
 socially

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.779
 awkward

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.259
 people

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:58.200
 I used

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.440
 to have

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.680
 a guy

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:58.900
 in the

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.420
 congregation

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.700
 and if

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:00.880
 he's

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.140
 listening

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.480
 to this

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.960
 this is

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.380
 a positive

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:02.620
 thing

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:02.980
 about it

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.720
 he was

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.440
 that guy

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.339
 who could

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:05.740
 go to

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.319
 a secular

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.960
 university

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:08.100
 and speak

00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:08.600
 to like

00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:09.500
 a thousand

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.100
 people

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:11.620
 950

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:11.960
 of them

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.640
 all let's

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:12.779
 say

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.319
 completely

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.740
 and utterly

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.259
 in favor

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.700
 of these

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.259
 you know

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.819
 of abortion

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.259
 and all

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.480
 of that

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.819
 type of

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:16.960
 thing

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.299
 and he

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.600
 would be

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.000
 the guy

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.259
 who'd

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.620
 stand up

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:18.900
 and tell

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.019
 them

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.160
 they're

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.299
 all

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.700
 wrong

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:22.580
 he's

00:27:22.580 --> 00:27:22.960
 that type

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.400
 of odd

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:23.799
 guy

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.680
 now by

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.059
 the way

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:26.299
 he's an

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.519
 odd

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:26.900
 guy

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.620
 I discovered

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.220
 like you

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.539
 don't want

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:28.840
 him on

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.000
 your

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.380
 committee

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:30.400
 why

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.840
 because

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:32.000
 he just

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.660
 he doesn't

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.000
 pick up

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.819
 social cues

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.880
 but he

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.519
 was used

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.019
 powerfully

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.519
 by God

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.779
 right

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.700
 so this

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.160
 is Peter

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.700
 says that

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.140
 to them

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.680
 but you

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.080
 go on

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:40.279
 and you

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.539
 read the

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.779
 rest of

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.000
 the book

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.340
 of Acts

00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:41.680
 and when

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.039
 Peter's

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.480
 talking to

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:42.720
 Jewish

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.059
 people

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.680
 in you

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:43.779
 know

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.240
 Berea

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.500
 or

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.220
 Thessalonica

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.940
 or Corinth

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.279
 he doesn't

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.539
 say you

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:46.920
 killed the

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.100
 Jews

00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:47.640
 because they

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.160
 didn't

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:52.320
 he doesn't

00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:52.759
 say that

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.140
 to them

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:54.200
 you go

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.580
 back in

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:55.019
 the epistles

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.340
 and they

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:55.700
 talk about

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:55.860
 Jerusalem

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.100
 they don't

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.400
 say you

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:56.820
 killed

00:27:56.820 --> 00:27:57.180
 no they

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.340
 don't

00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:57.720
 because they

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:57.960
 didn't

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.600
 do it

00:27:58.600 --> 00:28:04.840
 and so

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.880
 you see

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.360
 here

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:08.140
 that

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:11.740
 in fact

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.320
 you begin

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:12.900
 to see

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:14.220
 how beautiful

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.940
 this text

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.500
 is and

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.940
 how much

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.460
 our culture

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.060
 needs it

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.579
 because we

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.259
 need moral

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.799
 clarity

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.940
 as human

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.299
 beings

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.220
 we fundamentally

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.940
 need moral

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.379
 clarity

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.819
 and if you

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.240
 think in

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.139
 group categories

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:24.839
 you will

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.500
 never come

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.960
 to moral

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.419
 clarity

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:26.759
 you will

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.619
 only be

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.159
 lost in

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.639
 a fog

00:28:28.639 --> 00:28:29.079
 of moral

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.759
 confusion

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.759
 and so

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:30.980
 here

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.460
 first of

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.659
 all we

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:32.059
 see that

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.759
 Peter has

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.399
 moral clarity

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:33.859
 has great

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.099
 courage

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.559
 he says

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:34.919
 this to

00:28:34.919 --> 00:28:35.059
 them

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.700
 but the

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.359
 next parts

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.919
 are even

00:28:36.919 --> 00:28:37.700
 more important

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.539
 because here's

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.919
 the thing

00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:39.700
 you can

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.460
 never have

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.319
 moral clarity

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:42.099
 without hope

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:43.720
 there can

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.279
 be no

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.480
 moral clarity

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.619
 without hope

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:48.859
 without hope

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.839
 of forgiveness

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:51.199
 of reconciliation

00:28:51.199 --> 00:28:51.919
 if you don't

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.399
 have that

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:52.679
 hope

00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:53.339
 you're never

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:53.579
 going to

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.019
 have moral

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.479
 clarity

00:28:54.479 --> 00:28:55.179
 you just

00:28:55.179 --> 00:28:55.459
 have

00:28:55.459 --> 00:28:56.099
 defending

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.939
 your position

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:59.019
 and pushing

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.379
 back

00:28:59.379 --> 00:28:59.639
 oh yeah

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.000
 you say

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.239
 I did

00:29:00.239 --> 00:29:00.379
 that

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:00.639
 well you

00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:01.179
 did this

00:29:01.179 --> 00:29:01.759
 that's

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.579
 what happens

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:04.059
 it doesn't

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.539
 create any

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.019
 type of

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.239
 peace

00:29:05.239 --> 00:29:05.959
 without hope

00:29:05.959 --> 00:29:06.719
 and that's

00:29:06.719 --> 00:29:06.979
 what the

00:29:06.979 --> 00:29:07.259
 rest of

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.599
 the text

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.099
 shows so

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.579
 beautifully

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.759
 begin with

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.500
 verse 16

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.839
 and his

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.259
 name

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.959
 by faith

00:29:13.959 --> 00:29:14.279
 in his

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.619
 name

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.179
 has made

00:29:15.179 --> 00:29:15.739
 this man

00:29:15.739 --> 00:29:16.219
 strong

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.680
 whom you

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.079
 see and

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.279
 know

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.660
 and the

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:17.920
 faith

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.220
 that is

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.420
 through

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:18.779
 Jesus

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.339
 has given

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:19.940
 this man

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.720
 the perfect

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.059
 health

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.600
 in the

00:29:21.600 --> 00:29:21.900
 presence

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.259
 of you

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.519
 all

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.000
 and as I

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.200
 said

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.620
 in a sense

00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:23.940
 health

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.279
 as we'll

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.519
 see

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.059
 if you go

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.579
 back and read

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.100
 the epistles

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:27.360
 and if you go

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:27.759
 back and read

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.440
 the gospels

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.400
 health is often

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:30.120
 an image that

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:30.759
 Jesus uses

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.480
 of salvation

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.819
 but here's

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.339
 where the hope

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:33.759
 comes in

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.500
 verse 17

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.120
 and following

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:36.279
 and now

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.759
 brothers

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.940
 I know

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.259
 that you

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.779
 acted in

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.400
 ignorance

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.019
 as did

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.740
 also your

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.140
 rulers

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:42.120
 now just

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.559
 pause

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.539
 the Bible

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.960
 here is

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.519
 making a

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.879
 biblical

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.539
 distinction

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.920
 it does

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.500
 acknowledge

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.720
 that sometimes

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.200
 you are

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.859
 ignorant of

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.220
 a wrong

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.680
 thing you've

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:50.960
 done

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.740
 and in a

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.139
 sense it

00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:53.000
 lessens the

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:54.339
 punishment

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:56.139
 but it

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:57.119
 never erases

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:58.139
 responsibility

00:29:58.139 --> 00:30:01.160
 it never

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.740
 erases

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.700
 responsibility

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:04.220
 so he

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.799
 acknowledges

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.200
 that they

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.639
 obviously

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.079
 didn't

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.440
 literally

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:06.879
 think

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.500
 I mean

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:07.859
 when they

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.500
 call him

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.859
 the holy

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.279
 and righteous

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:09.539
 one

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.879
 those are

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.180
 means

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.779
 they're saying

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:10.980
 he's

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.279
 God

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.819
 author of

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.000
 life

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.359
 that's

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.779
 God

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.259
 right

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.279
 and then

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.900
 verse 18

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.980
 we see

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.319
 this here

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.700
 but what

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.759
 God foretold

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.279
 by the mouth

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.740
 of all the

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.160
 prophets

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.539
 that as

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.039
 Christ would

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.380
 suffer

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.960
 he thus

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.460
 fulfilled

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.940
 he's partially

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.539
 saying you

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:23.920
 should have

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.460
 actually been

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.880
 aware of

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.180
 this

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.259
 because it's

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.859
 so clearly

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.359
 seen in

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.839
 the scriptures

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:29.539
 but here's

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.960
 the hope

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:32.799
 repent

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:35.220
 just pause

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.759
 here for a

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.039
 second

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:40.359
 before we

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:40.680
 go any

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.079
 further

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:44.099
 see in

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:44.579
 our day

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:44.980
 and age

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.579
 we'd say

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:47.079
 you've

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.639
 done that

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.000
 you're

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.539
 responsible

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.159
 for it

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.679
 that guilt

00:30:49.679 --> 00:30:50.119
 is with

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:50.740
 you forever

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.419
 you will

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:52.240
 always be

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.759
 tarnished

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.480
 and stained

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.039
 by it

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:56.879
 it will

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.659
 always be

00:30:57.659 --> 00:30:58.240
 with you

00:30:58.240 --> 00:31:01.039
 and if

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.439
 I'm the

00:31:01.439 --> 00:31:01.859
 person on

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.159
 the other

00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:02.480
 end of

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.740
 that

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:04.759
 because of

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.539
 my sexuality

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.399
 or my

00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:06.960
 age

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.659
 or my

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:09.220
 ethnicity

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.019
 like what

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:11.000
 can I do

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.440
 with that

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:14.140
 and if

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:15.400
 Peter

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:15.680
 are going

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:15.940
 to say

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.400
 repent

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:16.759
 you just

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.039
 need to

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.779
 spend the

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.220
 rest of

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.839
 your life

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:20.579
 feeling terrible

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.259
 about what's

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.619
 happened

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.559
 and accepting

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.319
 responsibility

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:24.220
 for it

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:25.579
 and making

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.640
 reparations

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.779
 about it

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:30.519
 and accepting

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.539
 when you get

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.359
 punished for the

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:33.019
 wrong things

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.900
 that were done

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.299
 by your

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.799
 forebears

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.400
 and that's

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:35.660
 how the

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.319
 modern world

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.099
 speaks

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:39.359
 but listen

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.719
 again

00:31:39.719 --> 00:31:40.099
 what he

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.759
 says here

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.740
 in verse

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.459
 19

00:31:42.459 --> 00:31:43.879
 repent

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:45.599
 and turn

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.099
 back

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:47.039
 that your

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.879
 sins

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:48.740
 may be

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.259
 blotted

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.500
 out

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:53.579
 in the

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.179
 ancient world

00:31:54.179 --> 00:31:54.639
 the ink

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:54.980
 that they

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.299
 used

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.740
 had no

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.319
 acid in

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.480
 it

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.980
 so it

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.159
 just

00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:57.500
 rested

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:57.819
 on the

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.099
 top

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.299
 of

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:59.539
 what they

00:31:59.539 --> 00:31:59.679
 were

00:31:59.679 --> 00:31:59.899
 writing

00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.119
 on

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:01.559
 and it

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.740
 meant

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:01.980
 that if

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.240
 you wanted

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.759
 to erase

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:02.899
 it

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.159
 you just

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.639
 needed a

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:03.959
 damp

00:32:03.959 --> 00:32:04.359
 cloth

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:04.839
 and it

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:04.939
 would

00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:05.379
 completely

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.899
 remove

00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.419
 what was

00:32:06.419 --> 00:32:06.639
 written

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:08.159
 and that

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.500
 that's

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:08.919
 the image

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.439
 all of the

00:32:09.439 --> 00:32:09.740
 things

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.119
 all the

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.599
 accusations

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.139
 against you

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.559
 all of the

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.879
 things that

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.199
 you've done

00:32:12.199 --> 00:32:12.519
 wrong

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.079
 the true

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.500
 ones

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:15.659
 repent

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.979
 verse 19

00:32:16.979 --> 00:32:17.619
 and turn

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.099
 back that

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.479
 your sins

00:32:18.479 --> 00:32:18.799
 may be

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.039
 blotted

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.299
 out

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.919
 and further

00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:22.079
 the times

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.819
 of refreshing

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.459
 may come

00:32:23.459 --> 00:32:23.839
 from the

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.399
 presence of

00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:24.799
 the Lord

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:26.000
 and then

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.559
 thirdly

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.019
 that he

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.699
 may send

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:28.619
 the Christ

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.279
 appointed

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.899
 for you

00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:30.479
 Jesus

00:32:30.479 --> 00:32:31.719
 whom heaven

00:32:31.719 --> 00:32:32.479
 must receive

00:32:32.479 --> 00:32:32.979
 until the

00:32:32.979 --> 00:32:33.459
 time for

00:32:33.459 --> 00:32:33.939
 restoring

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.700
 all things

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.519
 about which

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.220
 God spoke

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.740
 by the mouth

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:36.980
 of his

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.559
 holy prophets

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.100
 long ago

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:42.000
 these are

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.420
 the people

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.980
 who killed

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.539
 Jesus

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:47.960
 and Peter

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.279
 has been

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.820
 taught by

00:32:48.820 --> 00:32:49.340
 Jesus

00:32:49.340 --> 00:32:50.600
 and Peter

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:51.259
 knows something

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.700
 about the

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.059
 need for

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.539
 forgiveness

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:54.519
 because Peter

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.039
 knows that

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.539
 he denied

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.340
 Jesus too

00:32:56.340 --> 00:32:58.740
 and that he

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.279
 really should

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.559
 have known

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.279
 better because

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.000
 Jesus even

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.580
 warned him

00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:02.019
 he was going

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.700
 to do this

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.980
 and Peter

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.319
 in his

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:05.259
 pride denied

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.640
 that he

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.000
 was going

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.480
 to deny

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.940
 Jesus

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.600
 but Peter

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.039
 denied

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.440
 Jesus

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.000
 he knows

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.319
 something

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.799
 about what

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.279
 is needed

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:11.420
 and he

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:12.500
 knows that

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.019
 in shame

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.779
 and embarrassment

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:15.259
 and in lacking

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.960
 of courage

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.740
 he hid

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.779
 while Jesus

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.299
 was being

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.779
 crucified

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.360
 he went

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:20.019
 and hid

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.940
 when Jesus

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.440
 was being

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.900
 crucified

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.840
 he was not

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.200
 brave

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.600
 there is

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:24.019
 nothing

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.559
 noble

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.160
 about him

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.860
 he knows

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:26.559
 how desperately

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.220
 he needs

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.740
 forgiveness

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.859
 and he's

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:29.319
 speaking to

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.680
 the people

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.279
 who actually

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.940
 have killed

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.339
 Jesus

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:32.240
 and he's

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.700
 been taught

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.299
 by Jesus

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.980
 and he says

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.500
 you know

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.000
 what Jesus

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.620
 heart is

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.180
 for you

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:37.240
 like why

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.759
 did Jesus

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.359
 die

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:39.720
 not that

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.079
 you will

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.980
 feel crappy

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.819
 and guilty

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:43.000
 for the rest

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.700
 of your life

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.620
 and feel as if

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:45.140
 there is a

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:46.220
 stain and a

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:47.039
 shame on you

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.640
 that you can

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:49.039
 never get away

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.519
 from

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.599
 that you will

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.380
 suffer for

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:52.000
 for the rest

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.559
 of your life

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.019
 and no matter

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.880
 what you'd

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.220
 suffer

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:55.660
 you deserve

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.240
 to suffer

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.460
 that

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.940
 no he says

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.720
 repent

00:33:58.720 --> 00:34:00.559
 the things

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.019
 you've done

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.680
 wrong will

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.460
 be completely

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:03.059
 and utterly

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.900
 removed

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.420
 from your

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:04.880
 record

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:06.059
 God will

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:07.620
 send refreshment

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:08.920
 to you

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:10.099
 reference to

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.699
 the Holy Spirit

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.260
 what a wonderful

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:12.000
 way to understand

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.460
 the coming of

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.159
 the Holy Spirit

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:14.460
 a refreshment

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.079
 that comes to

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.300
 you

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:16.440
 and then

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.699
 Jesus himself

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.500
 will come

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.119
 to you

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:21.240
 he will be

00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:21.940
 with you

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:23.480
 he is

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.380
 for you

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:27.640
 you will

00:34:27.640 --> 00:34:28.440
 be in him

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.660
 he will

00:34:29.660 --> 00:34:30.420
 be in you

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.500
 he will

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.920
 walk

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.640
 with you

00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:36.240
 now I

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.860
 have hope

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:39.220
 now I

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.760
 have hope

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:42.000
 when I

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.539
 have hope

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.800
 I can begin

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.099
 to have

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.900
 moral clarity

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:48.519
 I mean

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.119
 moral clarity

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.539
 is always

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:49.960
 hard

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.519
 because we're

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.880
 selfish

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.000
 selfish

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:53.480
 and have

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.920
 envy

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.220
 and all

00:34:54.220 --> 00:34:54.860
 that stuff

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.200
 and I'm

00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:55.700
 not denying

00:34:55.700 --> 00:34:55.820
 it

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.300
 we can

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:56.519
 begin

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.840
 to have

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.220
 hope

00:34:57.220 --> 00:35:00.140
 we can

00:35:00.140 --> 00:35:00.440
 look at

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.980
 our lives

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.500
 and we

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.059
 can accept

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.519
 the wrong

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.920
 that we've

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.180
 done

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:04.579
 and maybe

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:04.960
 look at

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.300
 the wrong

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:05.539
 we've

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:05.700
 done

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:06.039
 and ask

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.400
 God to

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.599
 give us

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.940
 wisdom

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.400
 about the

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.579
 wrong

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:07.880
 we've

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.079
 done

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.300
 and

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:09.140
 there's

00:35:09.140 --> 00:35:09.559
 hope

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.519
 there's

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:10.760
 hope

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.320
 to look

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.260
 there's

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.460
 hope

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.940
 to grow

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:14.320
 there's

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:14.559
 hope

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.960
 to forgive

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.539
 there's

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:16.900
 hope

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.840
 to maybe

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.079
 be

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.980
 reconciled

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.300
 there's

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:19.920
 hope

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.280
 that even

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.619
 if we're

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:20.840
 not

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.599
 reconciled

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:21.820
 that we

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.119
 know that

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.519
 God has

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.079
 forgiven us

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.420
 and that we

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.800
 can move

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.179
 forward

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.940
 with life

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:26.940
 it's going

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.460
 to tell you

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.019
 a little bit

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.460
 later on

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.820
 that another

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.760
 2,000 people

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.659
 become Christians

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.880
 because you

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.240
 see one of

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:32.659
 the deepest

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.240
 needs that

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:33.539
 a human

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.300
 being has

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:34.679
 is to

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.059
 know that

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.300
 they've

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.840
 been forgiven

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.820
 by their

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.300
 creator

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:38.280
 the true

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:39.159
 and living

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.960
 God

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:44.460
 and forgiveness

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:46.460
 is a type

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.639
 of deep

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.760
 healing

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:51.320
 forgiveness

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:52.740
 is a type

00:35:52.740 --> 00:35:53.840
 of deep

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:55.079
 healing

00:35:55.079 --> 00:36:00.539
 nobody

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:00.940
 could read

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.539
 this text

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:01.920
 and think

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.720
 it justifies

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:04.079
 hurting any

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.800
 Jewish person

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.059
 that we

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.260
 know

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:11.400
 invite you

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.880
 to stand

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:24.340
 I know

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.640
 that

00:36:24.640 --> 00:36:25.180
 Owen's

00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:25.380
 going to

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.700
 get up

00:36:25.700 --> 00:36:26.040
 and he's

00:36:26.040 --> 00:36:26.460
 going to

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.980
 lead us

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.260
 in some

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:28.060
 intercessions

00:36:28.060 --> 00:36:28.740
 I want

00:36:28.740 --> 00:36:28.960
 to do

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.600
 two prayers

00:36:29.600 --> 00:36:30.020
 for us

00:36:30.020 --> 00:36:30.340
 at this

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.700
 time

00:36:30.700 --> 00:36:35.080
 last week

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.579
 I prayed

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:36.139
 about the

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.739
 terrible

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:37.500
 situation

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:39.759
 in Israel

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:43.619
 in many

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.039
 ways

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:45.380
 in every

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:45.599
 way

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:45.920
 it's only

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.159
 gotten

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.719
 worse

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:48.279
 we've

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.480
 seen

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.699
 more

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:48.960
 and more

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.420
 people

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.980
 in our

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.460
 streets

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:50.840
 of our

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.099
 cities

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.440
 and our

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.980
 country

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:53.360
 urging

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:53.799
 the death

00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:54.739
 of our

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.099
 Jewish

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.699
 neighbors

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:57.960
 and the

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.179
 nation

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.719
 of Israel

00:36:58.719 --> 00:36:59.579
 and I

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:00.819
 prayed

00:37:00.819 --> 00:37:01.299
 about it

00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:01.759
 and I

00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:02.420
 prayed

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.719
 alright

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:04.619
 but it's

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.039
 hard to

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.380
 pray

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:05.819
 without

00:37:05.819 --> 00:37:06.239
 sounding

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:06.699
 like you

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.139
 have moral

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.880
 compromise

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.359
 or both

00:37:08.359 --> 00:37:08.659
 side

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:10.400
 and so

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.900
 I wrote

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.380
 a prayer

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:11.859
 because I

00:37:11.859 --> 00:37:12.139
 wanted to

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.559
 try to get

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.980
 it as

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:13.400
 close to

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:13.679
 right as

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.039
 I could

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.259
 and I'm

00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:14.599
 not saying

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:14.920
 this is

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.259
 perfect

00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:15.599
 it's not

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.039
 the scripture

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.420
 but I'm

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:16.579
 going to

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.219
 pray first

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:18.119
 about the

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.599
 situation

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.960
 that's going

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.359
 on in our

00:37:19.359 --> 00:37:19.739
 culture

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:21.259
 and then I'm

00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:21.420
 going to

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.940
 pray for us

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.259
 in light of

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.699
 this sermon

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:25.779
 and by the

00:37:25.779 --> 00:37:26.099
 way

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:29.940
 if you

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.440
 can ask

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:30.819
 me how

00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.619
 you can

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:31.920
 let me

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.099
 know

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.519
 it would be

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.000
 very funny

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.500
 if I said

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:34.000
 give me some

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.699
 feedback and

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.619
 I got really

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:36.440
 defensive after

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.880
 the sermon

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.219
 I just

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.780
 talked about

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:39.320
 how knowing

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:40.000
 you're repentant

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.760
 allows you to

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.199
 move towards

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.840
 moral clarity

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.639
 I would be

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.500
 very hypocritical

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.820
 of me

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:45.400
 but let me

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.760
 know how

00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:46.000
 it is

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.380
 and I

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:47.159
 might have

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.539
 it as part

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:47.760
 of our

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:48.139
 prayers of

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.480
 the people

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.900
 over the

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.780
 coming weeks

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:51.000
 so I'm

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.119
 going to

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.460
 pray this

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.139
 prayer first

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:52.960
 and then I'll

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:55.000
 pray more

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.500
 directly in

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:55.820
 light of the

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.039
 sermon

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:57.480
 let us pray

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:59.400
 almighty

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.900
 god

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:01.119
 we pray

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.500
 for the

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.000
 defeat

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.860
 and the

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.240
 end

00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:03.760
 of

00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:04.240
 hamas

00:38:04.240 --> 00:38:08.059
 please

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.500
 comfort

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.300
 and protect

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.860
 our

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.199
 jewish

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.679
 neighbors

00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:12.480
 grant

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.719
 our

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.159
 political

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:13.760
 leaders

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:14.740
 moral

00:38:14.740 --> 00:38:15.320
 clarity

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.840
 and

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:16.340
 courage

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:18.099
 please

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.599
 bring to

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.099
 repentance

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.940
 all in

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.099
 our

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.539
 community

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.440
 who are

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:21.980
 calling for

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.260
 the end

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:22.800
 of israel

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:23.639
 and the

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:23.840
 death

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.280
 of jewish

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.640
 people

00:38:24.640 --> 00:38:26.660
 we pray

00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:28.740
 for great

00:38:28.740 --> 00:38:29.160
 unity

00:38:29.160 --> 00:38:30.400
 and boldness

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:30.980
 for your

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.500
 church

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.360
 in israel

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:33.380
 especially

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:34.720
 for

00:38:34.720 --> 00:38:35.920
 palestinian

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.680
 and jewish

00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:37.340
 christians

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:38.360
 and we

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:38.780
 ask this

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:39.220
 in jesus

00:38:39.220 --> 00:38:39.600
 name

00:38:39.600 --> 00:38:40.900
 amen

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:42.820
 father

00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:44.660
 um

00:38:44.660 --> 00:38:46.920
 we

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.560
 we are

00:38:47.560 --> 00:38:48.180
 so grateful

00:38:48.180 --> 00:38:48.600
 for your

00:38:48.600 --> 00:38:49.019
 word

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.460
 for its

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.860
 wisdom

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.200
 and its

00:38:50.200 --> 00:38:50.660
 power

00:38:50.660 --> 00:38:52.200
 and we

00:38:52.200 --> 00:38:52.519
 are so

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:52.940
 grateful

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.340
 father

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:54.100
 for jesus

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:54.579
 that when

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:55.199
 he looks

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:55.579
 at us

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:55.920
 when you

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.259
 looked at

00:38:56.259 --> 00:38:56.440
 us

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:56.759
 you didn't

00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:57.099
 weigh our

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.440
 merits

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:58.000
 you pardon

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.179
 our

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:58.619
 offenses

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.179
 we give

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.679
 you thanks

00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.239
 and praise

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:00.579
 that when

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.099
 we accept

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.699
 christ as

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:02.239
 savior and

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:02.500
 lord

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.920
 that this

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.299
 is the

00:39:04.299 --> 00:39:04.819
 the first

00:39:04.819 --> 00:39:05.380
 step of

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:05.880
 a great

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.440
 and eternal

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:07.000
 healing

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.960
 that that

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.679
 jesus brings

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.179
 to us

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:10.299
 that our

00:39:10.299 --> 00:39:10.719
 sins are

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:11.420
 washed away

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:11.819
 that the

00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:12.319
 holy spirit

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:12.920
 comes to

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.380
 us to

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:14.099
 refresh us

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.420
 and that

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:14.739
 christ

00:39:14.739 --> 00:39:15.339
 himself

00:39:15.339 --> 00:39:16.420
 will walk

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:16.980
 with us

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:18.440
 we ask

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:18.739
 lord

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:19.739
 that you

00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:20.159
 help the

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.739
 gospel to

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.279
 become more

00:39:21.279 --> 00:39:21.559
 and more

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.039
 real to

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.519
 our hearts

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:22.860
 that we

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:23.339
 might know

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:23.640
 that we

00:39:23.640 --> 00:39:24.180
 are forgiven

00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:25.880
 and that

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.579
 your forgiveness

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.760
 is completely

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.320
 and utterly

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:29.200
 rock solid

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:29.680
 assured

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:31.519
 so that we

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:31.900
 might have

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.480
 the courage

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:33.620
 to look at

00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:34.000
 the things

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.500
 in our own

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.100
 life that we

00:39:35.100 --> 00:39:35.440
 have done

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:36.059
 that are wrong

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.780
 the things

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:37.260
 that we should

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:37.519
 have done

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:37.780
 that we

00:39:37.780 --> 00:39:38.140
 didn't

00:39:38.140 --> 00:39:39.160
 the things

00:39:39.160 --> 00:39:39.420
 that we

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:39.820
 did do

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.120
 that we

00:39:40.120 --> 00:39:40.460
 shouldn't

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:40.600
 have

00:39:40.600 --> 00:39:40.960
 that you

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.400
 would grant

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:41.900
 us father

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.539
 security

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.240
 in christ

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:44.460
 to look at

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:45.220
 it honestly

00:39:45.220 --> 00:39:46.460
 that we might

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.000
 amend our

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.460
 lives

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.160
 that we might

00:39:48.160 --> 00:39:48.820
 make amendment

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:49.420
 where we have

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:49.740
 to make

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:50.160
 amendment

00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:50.900
 where we might

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.480
 apologize

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:52.079
 where we have

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:52.720
 to apologize

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:54.019
 that we might

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.719
 call out for

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:55.359
 you to live

00:39:55.359 --> 00:39:55.819
 in a way

00:39:55.819 --> 00:39:57.319
 which honors

00:39:57.319 --> 00:39:58.419
 people and

00:39:58.419 --> 00:39:59.039
 brings glory

00:39:59.039 --> 00:40:00.059
 to you and

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.639
 is good for

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.539
 us and we

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:01.980
 ask these

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.500
 things in the

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.859
 name of

00:40:02.859 --> 00:40:03.439
 jesus your

00:40:03.439 --> 00:40:04.019
 son and our

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:05.599
 savior amen

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:24.519
 but ask them

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:26.899
 for

00:40:26.899 --> 00:40:28.439
 this

00:40:28.439 --> 00:40:29.339
 we

00:40:29.339 --> 00:40:30.699
 that we

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:31.039
 are

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:31.539
 uh

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:32.099
 we

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:32.199
 how

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.419
 can

00:40:32.419 --> 00:40:32.659
 help