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 So the song, Speak O Lord, is a big encouragement to me.

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 Alex and I have a long history with that song.

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 He sang it many years ago when he was like a freshman in college up here at our college Bible study.

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 That's actually a modern hymn.

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 That wasn't written hundreds of years ago.

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 That was written in the early 2000s.

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 I commend Keith and Christy Getty to you.

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 They're modern-day hymn writers.

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 They're from Ireland.

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 They're from northern Ireland, actually, County Armagh.

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 So they write some really good songs.

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 So dive into those, look them up.

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 They also wrote the music to End Christ Alone.

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 They're really well-known, so good gospel songs.

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 Okay.

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 We have made it to the end of Acts.

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 How many people were here at the start of Acts five years ago?

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 Oh, wow, okay.

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 So a few of you.

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 So some of you college students are kind of coming in at the end of the movie.

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 So go back and read.

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 Go back and read Acts and enjoy the whole story.

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 But Paul has finally made it to Rome.

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 All right?

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 He finally made it.

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 That's kind of where we're looking today.

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 The gospel has gone out from Jerusalem and into the nations around the Mediterranean.

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 And finally, it kind of brings us to the close of Acts and just kind of stops right there.

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 So we're just going to read the text.

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 Acts 28.

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 And we're just going to start in verse 11.

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 Just kind of rewind a little bit.

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 After three months, we set sail on a ship that had wintered in the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the twin guys as the figurehead.

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 Putting in at Cerro Cruz, we stayed there for three days.

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 And from there, we made a circuit and arrived at Ridium, which is the bottom tip of the Italian peninsula.

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 And after one day, a south wind sprang up.

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 And on the second day, we came to Petioloi.

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 There we found brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days.

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 And so we came to Rome.

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 And the brothers there, when they heard about us, came as far as the forum of Appius and three taverns to meet us.

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 On seeing them, Paul thanked God and took courage.

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 And when he came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

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 After three days, he called together the local leaders of the Jews.

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 And when they had gathered, he said to them,

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 Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the custom of our fathers,

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 yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

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 When they had examined me, they wished to set me at liberty,

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 because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.

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 But because the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar,

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 though I had no charge to bring against my nation.

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 For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you,

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 since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am wearing this chain.

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 And they said to him,

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 We have received no letters from Judea about you,

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 and none of the brothers coming here have reported or spoken any evil about you.

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 But we desire to hear from you what your views are.

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 For with regard to this,

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 know that everywhere it is spoken against.

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 When the appointed day had come,

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 they came to him at his lodging in great numbers.

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 From morning till evening he expounded to them,

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 testifying to the kingdom of God,

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 and trying to convince them about Jesus,

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 both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.

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 And some were convinced by what he said,

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 but others disbelieved.

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 And disagreeing among themselves,

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 as they departed after Paul had made one statement.

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 The Holy Spirit was right.

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 And saying to your fathers,

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 to the prophet Isaiah,

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 Go to this people and say,

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 You will indeed hear,

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 but never understand.

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 You will indeed see,

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 but never perceive.

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 For this people's heart has grown dull,

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 and with their eyes they can barely hear,

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 and their eyes they have closed,

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 lest they should see with their eyes,

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 and hear with their ears,

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 and understand with their heart,

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 and turn that I would heal them.

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 Therefore let it be known to you

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 that this salvation of God

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 has been sent to the Gentiles.

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 They will listen.

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 He lived there two whole years

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 at his own expense,

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 and welcomed all who came to him,

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 proclaiming the kingdom of God,

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 and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ

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 with all boldness and without hindrance.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, we thank you that

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 we have such a rich heritage

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 in our faith in Christ,

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 that we have many,

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 a multitude,

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 a great host that has

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 gone before us

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 and have

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 carried their crosses,

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 who have made disciples,

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 who have preached the gospel,

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 who have planted the church

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 in dark areas.

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 And God, I pray that today

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 you would

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 encourage us

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 as those who

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 are also a part of your church

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 to live lives

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 worthy of the gospel

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 and to surrender all

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 to Christ.

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 I just ask that

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So we're going to

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 do a little bit of introduction

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 and then we're going to

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 go kind of unpack things

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 a little bit

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 by way of questions

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 kind of about the text.

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 But first of all,

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 I think it's amazing

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 that when you look

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 in these,

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 the first few verses here

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 in 11 through 16,

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 you see that amazingly

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 Paul, Luke,

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 and the traveling party,

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 they were met by believers

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 three times

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 along the way to Rome.

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 And I think

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 that would be

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 an overwhelmingly

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 encouraging thing to do.

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 Just imagine

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 the pressure

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 and anticipation

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 and intensity

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 that Paul must have felt

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 just going

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 to Rome.

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 And then

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 to have people

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 coming out

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 all along the way

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 to greet them

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 who are already

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 in the faith,

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 brothers and sisters

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 that are already

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 there.

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 They met him

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 at Peteloi,

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 which was

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 130 miles

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 like south.

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 Then they met him

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 at the Forum of Appius.

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 Then at Three Taverns,

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 which was about

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 12 miles away.

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 And so,

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 I have some visual aids

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 for you today.

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 Again,

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 I won't bore you

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 with too much,

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 but you can go ahead

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 and put the first one up.

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 But again,

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 that's the Roman Empire,

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 but if you look at it,

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 it's amazing

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 that God

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 kind of launched

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 the gospel out

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 through the Roman world

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 because

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 the ancient world

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 had never been able

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 to be traveled

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 as well

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 as when Rome

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 built all these roads.

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 It went everywhere

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 all over.

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 We had access

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 to Europe,

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 to Asia,

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 and to Africa

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 from the Roman Empire.

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 And the gospel

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 was just shooting out

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 all over the place.

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 And it was amazing

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 that like in God's providence,

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 that's what he saw

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 fit to do

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 and so if you look

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 at just Italy,

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 I had to practice

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 saying Petilloi.

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 It didn't look

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 how he said that,

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 but it's a little bit

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 southeast of Rome there.

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 So that's the journey

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 that he traveled.

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 He eventually

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 would have run

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 into the Via Appia,

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 which is the main road,

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 one of the major roads

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 going into Rome.

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 You can go to the next slide.

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 It's really a picture

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 of like the Roman roads.

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 That's the Via Appia.

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 That would have been

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 the road that he would

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 have entered

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 into Rome by,

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 a very well-known

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 road through antiquity.

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 But I imagine

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 that it really

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 blessed his heart.

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 It said that

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 he saw them

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 and his heart

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 was encouraged

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 when he saw

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 the believers

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 coming to him

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 all along the road

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 and probably just

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 strengthened him

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 to go and face

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 whatever awaited him

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 in Rome.

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 So he probably

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 traveled five days

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 or so on the Via Appia

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 to Rome.

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 And it had been

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 a crazy, rough,

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 and often despairing

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 journey to get there.

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 But God had promised him,

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 if you remember,

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 in chapter 23,

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 he said,

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 the following night

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 the Lord stood by Paul

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 and said,

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 take courage,

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 for as you have testified

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 to the facts

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 about me in Jerusalem,

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 so you must also

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 testify about me

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 in Rome.

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 So he knew that

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 God had promised

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 he would make it there.

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 But if you study

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 the journey

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 that Nathan so well

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 taught us,

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 what happened

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 along that journey,

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 very difficult

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 to imagine.

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 But he finally

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 made it.

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 And three years

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 prior,

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 in Corinth,

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 that's where Paul

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 wrote the Epistle

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 of the Romans.

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 So he knew

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 there was a

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 flourishing church

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 in Rome.

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 I want you to

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 turn there with me,

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 just to Romans

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 chapter 1.

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 So he wrote this

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 while in Corinth.

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 And though he had

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 not personally

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 visited Rome yet,

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 he was blessed

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 to hear about

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 how the church

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 had been growing

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 there.

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 So it was a dream

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 come true

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 for Paul to make

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 it to Rome.

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 He was so thankful

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 to be there.

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 And just listen

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 to these words,

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 like his longing

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 for them,

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 his desire

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 to come and see

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 them.

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 We'll just start

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 reading chapter 1.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 This is him writing.

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 Listen to what he says

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 three years prior.

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 to all those in Rome

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 who are loved

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 by God

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 and called

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 to be saints.

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 Grace to you

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 and peace

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 from God our Father

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 and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 First,

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 I thank my God

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 through Jesus Christ

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 for all of you

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 because your faith

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 is proclaimed

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 in all the world.

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 For God

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 is my witness

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 whom I serve

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 with my spirit

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 in the gospel

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 of his Son.

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 That without ceasing,

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 I mention you

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 always in my prayers

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 asking that somehow

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 by God's will

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 I may now

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 at least succeed

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 in coming to you.

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 For I long

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 to see you

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 that I may impart

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 to you

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 some spiritual gift

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 to strengthen you.

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 That is,

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 that we may be

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 mutually encouraged

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 by each other's faith,

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 both yours

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 and mine.

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 I do not want you

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 to be unaware,

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 brothers,

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 that I have often

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 intended to come

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 to you,

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 but thus far

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 have been prevented

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 in order

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 that I might reap

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 some harvest

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 among you

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 as well

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 as amongst

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 the rest

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 of the Gentiles.

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 I am under

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 obligation

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 both to Greeks

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 and to barbarians,

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 both to the wise

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 and to the foolish,

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 so I am eager

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 to preach the gospel

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 to you also

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 who are in Rome.

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 So Paul had

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 this great yearning,

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 this great longing

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 to go and be

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 with the believers

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 in Rome.

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 And I love how

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 you can hear

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 the longing,

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 the humility even

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 of like,

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 I am coming

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 to be mutually

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 encouraged

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 by your faith.

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 Not like I am coming

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 to lord over you

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 and tell you

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 I am an apostle

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 and just direct you

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 in many different ways,

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 but he was like,

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 I am blessed

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 to see that the gospel

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 has gone way beyond

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 where I thought

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 I would have carried it.

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 So,

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 we are going to

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 go through this

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 just in the form

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 of some questions.

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 All right,

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 so question number one,

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 what happened

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 while Paul was in Rome?

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 What happened

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 while Paul was in Rome?

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 Well,

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 as was his way,

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 he typically sought out

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 the Jewish communities

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 that were already

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 in cities.

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 It was a way that,

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 you know,

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 these people had

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 knowledge of the scriptures,

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 they had the knowledge

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 about the Messiah.

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 It was an easy

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 first step

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 when he came

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 to a new city

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 or town.

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 But Paul,

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 being unable

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 to actually go

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 to the synagogues,

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 like he invited them

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 to come

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 to his lodgings.

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 So,

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 Paul was under

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 house arrest,

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 which in Roman law

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 wasn't that severe.

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 He had a lot

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 of freedom,

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 so don't,

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 you know,

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 in this section,

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 don't picture him

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 sitting in a coal dungeon

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 in chains.

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 He uses chains

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 just to kind of say

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 that I'm kind of bound,

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 like I'm under arrest,

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 but he had a lot

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 of freedom.

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 So he invited

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 the Jews

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 to come

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 and hear him.

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 They got their leaders

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 and then

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 they came

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 and as we see,

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 typically,

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 he reasoned with them,

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 he expounded

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 the scripture

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 from the law

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 and from the prophets

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 and then I'm sure

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 he even told them

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 his story

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 about how Christ

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 met him on the road

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 and saved him

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 and how he was

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 a persecutor

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 of the church,

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 but now he had

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 been commissioned

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 to preach the gospel

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 to the Gentiles

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 and to the Jews.

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 And, you know,

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 as usual,

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 right,

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 most disbelieved

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 and said,

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 you're crazy,

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 get out of here,

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 but in this case

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 it said that some

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 believed and others

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 disbelieved.

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 And in his sadness,

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 right,

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 his sadness

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 at their rejection,

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 he remembered

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 Isaiah's prophecy

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 written 700 years prior

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 that foretold

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 that many of Israel's

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 descendants

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 would not believe

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 in the Messiah.

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 And that's why

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 he remembered Isaiah.

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 And that was what

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 he said

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 when they were

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 leaving.

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 When was the last

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 time that you taught

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 or explained

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 the gospel

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 to someone

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 from an entire

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 day,

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 pleading with them,

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 going into the

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 scriptures,

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 pleading them

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 to see Christ

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 for an entire day?

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 That's what he did.

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 Then when it was

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 finished,

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 Paul basically,

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 as usual,

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 again,

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 he turned his

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 undivided attention

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 to the Gentiles.

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 right?

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 So,

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 we know that

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 he's in Rome

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 for trial.

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 We know that

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 he's awaiting trial,

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 hopefully,

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 by the emperor.

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 But there was

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 apparently a very

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 long delay

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 in Paul's trial.

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 He was coming

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 to trial,

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 but it says that

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 he probably waited

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 about two years

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 at least,

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 and he had not

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 appeared before

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 the court.

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 that could be

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 due to a lot

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 of facts.

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 One was,

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 there were so

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 many cases

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 stacked up

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 that he would

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 have to have

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 the emperor

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 himself override

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 it to get it

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 near the top

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 at the time.

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 And to be honest,

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 like,

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 Rome had some

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 bigger issues

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 going on,

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 and in his

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 mind,

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 the emperor's

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 mind,

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 it might not

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 have been that

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 big of a deal,

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 so he wasn't

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 that concerned

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 about getting

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 Paul to the

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 front of the

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 line.

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 So,

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 what the heck,

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 right?

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 He's in Rome

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 to go to

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 court before

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 the emperor,

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 so why is

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 he waiting so

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 long?

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 It seems like

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 wasted time,

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 right?

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 Nope.

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 Praise God

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 and God's

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 providence

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 and God's

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 sovereignty.

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 During Paul's

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 time under

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 house arrest,

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 this is when

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 God inspired

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 him to write

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 many of the

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 letters that we

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 hold dear today

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 that have

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 blessed believers

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 throughout the

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 centuries.

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 during this

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 time in

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 church history

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 while Paul

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 was under

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 house arrest,

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 these two

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 years,

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 this is when

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 he wrote

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 Ephesians,

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 Philippians,

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 Colossians,

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 and Philemon,

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 ancient writings

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 that have

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 survived and

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 have been

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 passed down

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 to us and

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 that you

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 hold before

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 you today.

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 He wrote

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 that while

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 he was

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 there.

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 So,

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 he also

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 wasted no

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 time.

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 He preached

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 the gospel.

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 He preached

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 the gospel.

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 You see

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 that?

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 Go back to

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 Acts,

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 by the way,

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 if you're

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 not there.

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 But go back

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 to Acts 28.

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 But in

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 verse 30,

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 he says,

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 he lived

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 there two

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 whole years

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 at his

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 own expense.

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 All right?

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 So he had

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 some comfortable

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 lodgings for

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 the most part.

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 And he welcomed

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 all who came

00:16:26.020 --> 00:16:26.480
 to him,

00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:27.980
 proclaiming the

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 kingdom of

00:16:28.420 --> 00:16:29.000
 God and

00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.700
 teaching them

00:16:29.700 --> 00:16:30.200
 about the

00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:30.759
 Lord Jesus

00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:32.160
 Christ with

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 all boldness

00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.259
 and without

00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:33.720
 hindrance.

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 I always

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 thought it'd

00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:36.200
 be interesting

00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:36.680
 to wonder,

00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.040
 like,

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 I'd love to

00:16:37.420 --> 00:16:38.940
 interview that

00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:39.700
 soldier that

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 was, like,

00:16:40.140 --> 00:16:41.020
 around him all

00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:41.460
 the time,

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.240
 just to say,

00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:42.799
 what was that

00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:43.079
 like,

00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:43.579
 to be, like,

00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:45.179
 right by Paul

00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:45.899
 all the time,

00:16:45.939 --> 00:16:46.299
 and you had to

00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:46.620
 guard his

00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.179
 every step.

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:49.179
 Might have

00:16:49.179 --> 00:16:49.519
 become a

00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:49.759
 brother,

00:16:49.860 --> 00:16:50.299
 who knows?

00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:52.079
 But the law

00:16:52.079 --> 00:16:52.919
 allowed Paul

00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:54.179
 to provide his

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 own quarters

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 as a Roman

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 citizen,

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 and he had

00:16:57.699 --> 00:16:59.399
 seen a lot

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 of freedom

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 during this

00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:00.699
 time.

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 So it's safe

00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:02.939
 to assume

00:17:02.939 --> 00:17:03.939
 that under

00:17:03.939 --> 00:17:04.480
 guard, he

00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:04.720
 could have

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.160
 walked the

00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:05.599
 streets of

00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:05.920
 Rome,

00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:06.980
 he could have

00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:07.480
 gone to the

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:07.880
 parks,

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.279
 he could

00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:08.620
 have gone

00:17:08.620 --> 00:17:09.220
 to a lot

00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:09.579
 of the

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 public places

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.240
 and the

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:11.579
 forum,

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 and he

00:17:13.120 --> 00:17:13.339
 would have

00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:13.720
 had a lot

00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.059
 of freedom

00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:14.620
 just to go

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 and come

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.240
 and go

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 as he

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 pleased.

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 So for

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 two years,

00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:19.120
 roughly 60

00:17:19.120 --> 00:17:20.120
 AD to 62,

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 that's when

00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:22.539
 he was

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:23.039
 believed to

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 have been

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 there.

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 So don't

00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:27.839
 ever, if

00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:28.259
 you feel like

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 you're stuck

00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.360
 in a place,

00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:30.120
 and you

00:17:30.120 --> 00:17:30.559
 think, if I

00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:30.880
 could just

00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:31.500
 bust out of

00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:32.180
 the situation,

00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:32.720
 I think that

00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:33.360
 God could use

00:17:33.360 --> 00:17:34.000
 me so much

00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:35.120
 more than

00:17:35.120 --> 00:17:35.559
 just if I

00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:36.019
 was stuck

00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.339
 here,

00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:37.500
 right?

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 I've felt

00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:40.259
 that way

00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:41.599
 before, over

00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:43.259
 many years

00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:44.220
 of very long

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:45.299
 hospitalizations

00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:45.859
 where I

00:17:45.859 --> 00:17:46.339
 wanted to

00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:46.779
 be here,

00:17:46.879 --> 00:17:47.179
 I wanted

00:17:47.179 --> 00:17:47.759
 to be

00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:48.899
 ministering

00:17:48.899 --> 00:17:49.519
 to people

00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:51.439
 here, but

00:17:51.439 --> 00:17:52.019
 I tried to

00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.899
 remember that

00:17:52.899 --> 00:17:53.379
 that's where

00:17:53.379 --> 00:17:54.279
 God had me,

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 and I tried

00:17:55.959 --> 00:17:56.419
 to be a

00:17:56.419 --> 00:17:56.980
 light to

00:17:56.980 --> 00:17:58.159
 doctors,

00:17:58.659 --> 00:17:58.939
 nurses,

00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:00.099
 visitors that

00:18:00.099 --> 00:18:00.539
 came to

00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:01.159
 see me.

00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.339
 I was even

00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:02.679
 trying to

00:18:02.679 --> 00:18:03.199
 share Christ

00:18:03.199 --> 00:18:04.480
 in the OR

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.039
 one time,

00:18:05.099 --> 00:18:05.579
 and he cut

00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:06.039
 me off and

00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.319
 put me in

00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:06.799
 sleep right

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:06.960
 when I

00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:07.220
 was getting

00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:07.679
 to the

00:18:07.679 --> 00:18:08.639
 juice of

00:18:08.639 --> 00:18:08.759
 it.

00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.259
 So I

00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:11.460
 had to

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:11.839
 go back

00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:12.079
 and hunt

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.279
 him a

00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:12.460
 blade,

00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:12.599
 like,

00:18:12.639 --> 00:18:12.859
 hey man,

00:18:12.899 --> 00:18:13.139
 you cut

00:18:13.139 --> 00:18:13.599
 me off.

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 But John

00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.519
 Calvin wrote

00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:20.500
 of that text

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:20.859
 where it

00:18:20.859 --> 00:18:21.419
 basically says

00:18:21.419 --> 00:18:21.720
 that Paul

00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:22.119
 lived at

00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.500
 his own

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:22.980
 expense,

00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:23.240
 and he

00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:23.439
 preached

00:18:23.439 --> 00:18:23.960
 the gospel.

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:25.319
 He said,

00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:26.700
 the apostle

00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.460
 shows us

00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:28.119
 an excellent

00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:29.099
 example of

00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:29.679
 constancy,

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.980
 and that he

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.700
 offered himself

00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:32.460
 so willingly

00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:33.519
 to all those

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.159
 who were

00:18:34.159 --> 00:18:34.859
 desirous to

00:18:34.859 --> 00:18:35.259
 hear him.

00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:36.779
 he remembered

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.920
 that he

00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:38.400
 was no

00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:39.140
 less the

00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:39.619
 servant of

00:18:39.619 --> 00:18:40.759
 Christ and

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.099
 a preacher

00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:41.420
 of the

00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:42.700
 gospel when

00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:43.160
 he was in

00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:43.879
 prison than

00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:44.259
 if he had

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:44.559
 been at

00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:44.879
 liberty.

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.319
 He thought

00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:47.059
 it was not

00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:47.599
 lawful for

00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:47.940
 him to

00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:48.319
 withdraw

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:49.700
 himself from

00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.400
 any which

00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:52.379
 were ready

00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:53.019
 to learn,

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.160
 lest he

00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:54.420
 shouldn't

00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:55.200
 neglect the

00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:56.160
 occasion which

00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:56.559
 was offered

00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:57.119
 to him by

00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:57.500
 God.

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.799
 And therefore

00:18:58.799 --> 00:18:59.259
 he did

00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:00.680
 more regarding

00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:01.119
 the holy

00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:01.619
 calling of

00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:02.160
 God than

00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:02.619
 in his own

00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:02.940
 life.

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:04.960
 So he

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:05.519
 made the

00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:05.880
 most of

00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:06.400
 that time

00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.380
 and he

00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:07.680
 knew that

00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:08.140
 God had

00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:08.539
 him there

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.259
 for that

00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:09.600
 reason.

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.320
 So as he

00:19:11.320 --> 00:19:12.240
 awaited trial,

00:19:12.860 --> 00:19:13.700
 he waited

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.059
 that two

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.680
 years at

00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:15.059
 least.

00:19:16.100 --> 00:19:16.799
 So when

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.420
 Paul's trial

00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:18.240
 did come,

00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:21.059
 we have to

00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:21.920
 rely basically

00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.519
 just on

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.360
 ancient writings

00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:24.779
 and church

00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.600
 tradition in a

00:19:25.600 --> 00:19:26.180
 lot of ways

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:26.920
 and just what

00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.340
 would have

00:19:27.340 --> 00:19:27.799
 happened to

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.240
 someone who

00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:28.580
 was under

00:19:28.580 --> 00:19:29.940
 trial during

00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.640
 this time in

00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:30.960
 the first

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:31.620
 century AD

00:19:31.620 --> 00:19:32.420
 in Rome.

00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:34.319
 Most likely

00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:34.720
 he would

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.440
 have been at

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.120
 the Basilica

00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:36.700
 of Julia,

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:37.660
 which is

00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:38.860
 the southeast

00:19:38.860 --> 00:19:39.539
 corner of

00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:39.900
 the Roman

00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:40.319
 Forum.

00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:41.740
 The Roman

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.160
 Forum,

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:42.960
 I think you

00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.120
 can go to

00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:43.360
 the next

00:19:43.360 --> 00:19:43.700
 slide.

00:19:44.600 --> 00:19:44.900
 What is he

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:45.259
 I think?

00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:45.539
 Yeah,

00:19:45.620 --> 00:19:46.900
 that's the

00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:47.500
 ruins of

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:47.920
 the ancient

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.319
 forum.

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.600
 That's like

00:19:49.600 --> 00:19:50.180
 the marketplace

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.840
 of Rome.

00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.259
 A lot of

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.559
 big,

00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.279
 big events

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:53.620
 happened there.

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.799
 You can go

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.200
 and walk

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:55.779
 there today.

00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.420
 And so

00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:58.240
 that's probably

00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.579
 where his

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.019
 trial took

00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.299
 place,

00:19:59.380 --> 00:19:59.900
 the Basilica

00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:00.380
 of Julia.

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.700
 And at

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.279
 this time,

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:02.840
 the emperor

00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:04.000
 who served

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.380
 as the

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:04.740
 judge,

00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.120
 he would

00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:06.880
 usually invite

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.480
 six of his

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.240
 close advisors

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.660
 to hear

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.400
 cases and

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:09.980
 to advise

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:11.480
 on the

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:11.819
 judgment

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.799
 and the

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.240
 outcome.

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:15.079
 But during

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:15.500
 the first

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:15.960
 century,

00:20:16.539 --> 00:20:17.000
 there's

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.519
 evidence,

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:17.920
 there's

00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.380
 writings,

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:20.259
 of if the

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.759
 emperor didn't

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.360
 hear a case,

00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:21.740
 he could be

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.600
 delegated to

00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:23.759
 the commander

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.720
 of the

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.140
 Praetorian

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:25.559
 Guard,

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.220
 which was

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:27.600
 obviously

00:20:27.600 --> 00:20:28.519
 gladiator.

00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:28.860
 They're the

00:20:28.860 --> 00:20:29.180
 guys that

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.640
 wear purple.

00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:31.680
 So that

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.040
 was like

00:20:32.040 --> 00:20:32.920
 the emperor's

00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.700
 household guard.

00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:34.800
 So they

00:20:34.800 --> 00:20:35.360
 could be

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:35.940
 heard by

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.720
 the commander.

00:20:37.540 --> 00:20:37.800
 There's

00:20:37.800 --> 00:20:38.340
 evidence of

00:20:38.340 --> 00:20:38.740
 that during

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.080
 the reign

00:20:39.080 --> 00:20:39.900
 of Tiberius.

00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:41.800
 And it

00:20:41.800 --> 00:20:42.080
 was,

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.160
 the emperor

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:44.060
 typically only

00:20:44.060 --> 00:20:44.520
 dealt with

00:20:44.520 --> 00:20:44.920
 very,

00:20:45.060 --> 00:20:45.920
 very important

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.480
 cases.

00:20:47.020 --> 00:20:47.840
 Cases that

00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:48.280
 had to do

00:20:48.280 --> 00:20:48.560
 with the

00:20:48.560 --> 00:20:49.259
 state or

00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:49.640
 just the

00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:50.280
 welfare of

00:20:50.280 --> 00:20:50.820
 the empire.

00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:54.240
 So probably

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:55.059
 Nero,

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:55.599
 who had

00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:55.859
 been the

00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:56.319
 emperor this

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.679
 time,

00:20:57.419 --> 00:20:57.879
 delegated

00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.500
 those cases

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.159
 and then he

00:20:59.159 --> 00:20:59.819
 would confirm

00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:00.919
 with sentences

00:21:00.919 --> 00:21:01.819
 afterwards the

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.539
 smaller cases.

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.539
 So it's very

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.639
 entirely possible

00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:06.819
 that Paul never

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.659
 appeared before

00:21:07.659 --> 00:21:08.139
 the emperor.

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:09.799
 What a showdown

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.279
 that had been

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.500
 though.

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:10.899
 I kind of

00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:11.599
 loved a scene

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.240
 like Paul

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:13.299
 sitting across

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:14.419
 looking up

00:21:14.419 --> 00:21:16.619
 at Nero

00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:17.200
 himself,

00:21:17.659 --> 00:21:18.859
 talking about

00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:20.319
 Christ and

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:20.959
 testifying,

00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:21.919
 but we

00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:22.459
 don't really

00:21:22.459 --> 00:21:22.859
 know.

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.539
 Church history

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.199
 doesn't say,

00:21:25.979 --> 00:21:26.299
 the scripture

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:27.039
 doesn't say,

00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:28.799
 but what we

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.479
 know at any

00:21:29.479 --> 00:21:30.839
 rate was

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.679
 Christianity as

00:21:31.679 --> 00:21:32.179
 a whole was

00:21:32.179 --> 00:21:33.059
 not seen as a

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.959
 major threat by

00:21:33.959 --> 00:21:34.539
 Rome yet.

00:21:35.479 --> 00:21:36.759
 And from

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.179
 what we know,

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.740
 they just saw

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.179
 it as like a

00:21:38.179 --> 00:21:38.939
 little sect,

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:39.939
 a split off

00:21:39.939 --> 00:21:41.159
 of Judaism,

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.019
 and they

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.459
 weren't that

00:21:42.459 --> 00:21:43.779
 concerned about

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.000
 it.

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.659
 So we are

00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:46.419
 pretty confident

00:21:46.419 --> 00:21:47.139
 there's a

00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:48.240
 growing popularity

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.799
 that Paul

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.579
 was released.

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:51.740
 He was

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.859
 released after

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.579
 that trial

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.140
 occurred.

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.579
 A lot of

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.319
 evidence points

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.700
 to this.

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.140
 Let me give you

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.779
 three reasons

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:59.460
 why Paul

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.480
 was probably

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.039
 released.

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.420
 First of all,

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:04.180
 the charges

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:04.620
 that were brought

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.259
 up against him,

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.940
 if you remember,

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:08.299
 were infractions

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.940
 of the Jewish

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:10.240
 law seen

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:10.920
 throughout Acts,

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.220
 right?

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.579
 And not seen

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.079
 as a very

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.779
 serious threat

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.220
 in the eyes

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.740
 of the Romans.

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.539
 If you remember,

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.460
 in Acts 26,

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.000
 King Agrippa

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.259
 said,

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.880
 this man

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:20.259
 probably would

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.539
 have been

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.340
 set free

00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:22.220
 if he had

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.680
 not appealed

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.120
 to Caesar.

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.319
 Just didn't

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.000
 find any real

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.500
 big fallout.

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:25.900
 Come on,

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.340
 you Jews,

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.100
 calm down.

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:27.720
 This is silly.

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.180
 He's not

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:29.360
 threatening us

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:29.720
 at all.

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.779
 So it wasn't

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.579
 seen as a

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.640
 big deal,

00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:34.559
 a major threat

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:34.860
 yet.

00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:38.240
 And the Jews

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.740
 even said,

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.400
 we've received

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.120
 no documents

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.720
 about you.

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.400
 We have not

00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:42.059
 even heard of

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.579
 you before

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.819
 he got to

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.079
 Rome.

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.819
 Secondly,

00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:47.519
 while under

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.279
 house arrest

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.740
 in Rome,

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.319
 Paul often

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.799
 writes in

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.319
 his letters

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:51.679
 that he's

00:22:51.679 --> 00:22:52.319
 pretty confident

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:52.599
 that he'll

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:53.240
 be released.

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.699
 Pretty confident.

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.220
 He says in

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.639
 Philemon

00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.679
 verse 22,

00:22:58.599 --> 00:22:59.799
 Philippians 1,

00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:01.139
 25-26,

00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:02.559
 and as an

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.039
 example,

00:23:04.419 --> 00:23:06.199
 he's writing

00:23:06.199 --> 00:23:06.519
 to the

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.919
 Philippian

00:23:06.919 --> 00:23:07.279
 church,

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:07.599
 and he's

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:07.779
 saying,

00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:08.220
 I'm going

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.639
 to send

00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:09.299
 Timothy to

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.599
 you,

00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:10.500
 and this

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:10.779
 is what he

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.159
 says,

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:12.380
 I hope

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:12.860
 therefore

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.380
 to send

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.500
 him as

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.100
 soon as

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:15.440
 I see

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.740
 how it

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.019
 will go

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.460
 with me.

00:23:17.040 --> 00:23:17.440
 And I

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.160
 do trust

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.519
 that the

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:20.040
 Lord will

00:23:20.040 --> 00:23:20.500
 send me

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:22.380
 to you,

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:22.660
 and I

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.200
 also will

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:24.740
 come back

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:26.080
 to Philippi,

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:26.519
 that is.

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.180
 So he was

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.740
 confident in

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.279
 his letters

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.720
 that he would

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.279
 be released,

00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:30.720
 that he would

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.800
 see brothers

00:23:31.800 --> 00:23:32.320
 and sisters

00:23:32.320 --> 00:23:32.660
 he was

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.480
 writing again.

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.420
 Thirdly,

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.800
 and lastly,

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.120
 there are

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.920
 several references

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.820
 indicating that

00:23:38.820 --> 00:23:39.420
 Paul had a

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:40.200
 fourth missionary

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.720
 journey.

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:42.100
 he referred

00:23:42.100 --> 00:23:43.860
 multiple times,

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.080
 particularly in

00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:45.840
 Romans 15,

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.259
 that he had

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.620
 really hoped

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.019
 to go to

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:48.480
 Spain via

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.300
 Rome.

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.200
 From Rome,

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.060
 go zip up

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:51.580
 to Spain.

00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:53.259
 And church

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.820
 history does

00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:54.080
 seem to

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.540
 indicate that

00:23:54.540 --> 00:23:55.240
 he was in

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.540
 Spain.

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:58.019
 So those

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.480
 are a lot

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.920
 of reasons

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.380
 why.

00:24:00.040 --> 00:24:00.300
 And when

00:24:00.300 --> 00:24:00.759
 he was

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.279
 released,

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.380
 that's when

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:02.660
 he wrote

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.320
 1 Timothy

00:24:03.320 --> 00:24:04.019
 and Titus

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:05.320
 during that

00:24:05.320 --> 00:24:06.220
 span of

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.500
 time.

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:09.480
 So he

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.160
 has trial,

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:10.880
 who knows?

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.519
 He was

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.960
 before the

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.440
 emperor or

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.740
 not,

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.920
 but he

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.720
 was released

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.400
 eventually,

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:17.200
 I believe.

00:24:18.540 --> 00:24:19.040
 So,

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:20.000
 second question.

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.500
 That was

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:21.800
 all like

00:24:21.800 --> 00:24:22.160
 what happened

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.580
 while Paul

00:24:22.580 --> 00:24:22.900
 was in

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.120
 Rome.

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.019
 Second

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.519
 question,

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.120
 what happened

00:24:26.120 --> 00:24:26.600
 when Paul

00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.420
 left Rome?

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:27.539
 Rome.

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.580
 A lot

00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:30.920
 happened when

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.400
 Paul left

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:31.660
 Rome.

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.580
 As we

00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:34.279
 just referenced,

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:34.980
 he probably

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.340
 went on a

00:24:35.340 --> 00:24:35.920
 fourth missionary

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.759
 journey and

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.640
 planted a

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.300
 very strong

00:24:38.300 --> 00:24:39.060
 church in

00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:39.980
 Spain and

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.519
 other places

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.080
 as he went

00:24:41.080 --> 00:24:41.539
 throughout the

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:41.960
 empire.

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:43.779
 So,

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.000
 that's one

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.259
 thing.

00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:45.800
 He wrote the

00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:46.240
 letters of

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.940
 1 Timothy and

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.380
 Titus.

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:48.759
 So,

00:24:49.560 --> 00:24:50.360
 giving you a

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:50.620
 little bit

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:52.220
 more background,

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:54.279
 I hope

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.660
 it's not

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.039
 boring.

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.500
 Some of you

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.000
 need to learn

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.700
 to enjoy some

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.120
 things like

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.660
 this to get

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.140
 into the

00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.839
 world of

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.220
 the Bible.

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.059
 But,

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.640
 go to the

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.259
 next slide.

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:07.039
 let's talk

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.379
 about the

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:07.940
 whack job

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:09.019
 a little

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.339
 bit.

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.440
 So,

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:12.960
 Nero

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.420
 reigned

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.140
 from 54

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.740
 AD to

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.299
 68

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.680
 AD.

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.539
 He was

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.299
 set up

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.099
 basically by

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.579
 his

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.940
 overbearing,

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.200
 conniving

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:23.319
 mother named

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.940
 Agrippina.

00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.359
 She was the

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.119
 second wife

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.400
 of the

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:26.680
 emperor

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.339
 Claudius.

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.640
 And,

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.079
 she had

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:30.879
 an agenda

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.539
 to basically

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.079
 somehow

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.480
 get her

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.980
 son on

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.119
 the

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.480
 throne

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.299
 and that

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.599
 she would

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:34.939
 kind of

00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:35.619
 rule in

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.039
 a way,

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.139
 share power

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:38.019
 equally with

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:39.399
 her son.

00:25:40.179 --> 00:25:40.500
 So,

00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:41.159
 she plotted

00:25:41.159 --> 00:25:42.039
 and then

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.819
 eventually,

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.259
 no surprise,

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:44.559
 right,

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.179
 the story of

00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:45.799
 Roman history

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:47.299
 poisoned

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.720
 Claudius,

00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:49.799
 her husband,

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.799
 and soon

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.519
 after had

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.319
 Nero marry

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.779
 Claudius'

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.359
 daughter,

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.480
 Octavia.

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.659
 So,

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.199
 he was in.

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.639
 He was the

00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:59.299
 next emperor.

00:25:59.559 --> 00:25:59.819
 That was

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.799
 around 54

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.199
 AD.

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.639
 So,

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.119
 his mother

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.779
 was definitely

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.500
 overbearing,

00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:05.919
 would not

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.240
 leave him

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.619
 alone,

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.659
 really got

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:07.899
 on his

00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:08.439
 bad side

00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:08.859
 eventually,

00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:10.480
 and he

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.039
 lost it.

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:11.939
 And,

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.319
 eventually,

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.579
 this psychopath

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:15.279
 commanded his

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.879
 own Praetorian

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.740
 guard to go

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.879
 and kill his

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.119
 mom.

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.720
 And,

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.399
 as the

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:20.939
 Praetorians

00:26:20.939 --> 00:26:21.439
 came into

00:26:21.439 --> 00:26:22.079
 her room,

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.559
 she kind

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:23.839
 of stood

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.199
 up really

00:26:24.199 --> 00:26:24.740
 boldly,

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.199
 looked at

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:25.539
 them and

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:25.839
 said,

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.579
 stab right

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:27.960
 here,

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.599
 because this

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:28.899
 is what

00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:29.500
 bore Nero.

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:31.359
 that's

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:31.779
 pretty

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.259
 dramatic.

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:33.819
 And,

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.160
 so,

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.759
 she died,

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.240
 and then,

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:35.920
 to kind

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.240
 of seal

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.740
 his power,

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.180
 he also

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.660
 killed his

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:37.920
 wife.

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.240
 He killed

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.700
 Octavia.

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.019
 He thought

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.440
 she was

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:39.960
 behind all

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.140
 that,

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.380
 too.

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:41.660
 So,

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:43.799
 very brutal

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.220
 from the

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.619
 get-go.

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.420
 It was said

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:46.920
 that he was

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.799
 haunted by

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.519
 his mother's

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:48.980
 ghost the

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.299
 rest of

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.720
 his life.

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.200
 He grew

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.839
 more and

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:53.440
 more freaked

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.839
 out,

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.339
 schizophrenic,

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.579
 as the

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.019
 years went

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.359
 on,

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.720
 just haunted

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.119
 by his

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.500
 mother's

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.759
 ghost

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.059
 throughout

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.220
 the

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.679
 palace,

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.539
 writers

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.919
 say.

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.439
 So,

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.079
 Nero,

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.500
 not a good

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.799
 guy,

00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.359
 not a

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:07.839
 friend of

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.319
 the church.

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.319
 He was

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:10.099
 not a

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.639
 general,

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.039
 he was

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.439
 not a

00:27:11.439 --> 00:27:12.359
 guy who

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.639
 would go

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.119
 out and

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.879
 fight battles

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.220
 and lead

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.579
 armies.

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.639
 He was

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:16.419
 really obsessed

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:17.919
 with drama,

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.839
 with theater,

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.639
 with music,

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.079
 and he

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.339
 loved to

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.720
 play the

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.059
 liar.

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.439
 He would

00:27:23.439 --> 00:27:23.879
 either

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:25.119
 excommunicate or

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:26.579
 kill you

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:26.839
 if you

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.439
 fell asleep

00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:27.759
 near one

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:27.959
 of his

00:27:27.959 --> 00:27:28.479
 performances.

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.519
 So,

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:33.419
 he got

00:27:33.419 --> 00:27:33.939
 his way

00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:34.500
 most all

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.059
 the time,

00:27:35.719 --> 00:27:36.199
 as did

00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:36.739
 most Roman

00:27:36.739 --> 00:27:37.239
 emperors.

00:27:37.979 --> 00:27:38.639
 He also

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.199
 had a

00:27:39.199 --> 00:27:40.239
 lust for

00:27:40.239 --> 00:27:41.379
 building

00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:42.519
 pleasure

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.000
 palaces.

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.059
 He loved

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.839
 luxurious

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.459
 building.

00:27:46.739 --> 00:27:47.059
 A lot

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:48.679
 of Roman

00:27:48.679 --> 00:27:49.099
 emperors

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.439
 tried to

00:27:49.439 --> 00:27:49.799
 make their

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.399
 mark by

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:50.779
 building

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.159
 something

00:27:51.159 --> 00:27:51.699
 amazing

00:27:51.699 --> 00:27:52.000
 throughout

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.599
 the empire.

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:53.559
 So,

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:53.979
 he was

00:27:53.979 --> 00:27:54.619
 pondering

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.039
 his

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.879
 city

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.299
 and

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.940
 Nero,

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:59.000
 he hated

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.220
 Rome

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.720
 itself.

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.559
 He was

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:01.659
 like,

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:01.960
 it's one

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.220
 of the

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.799
 dirtiest,

00:28:03.159 --> 00:28:03.680
 filthiest,

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.200
 gross

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.539
 cities

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:04.859
 ever.

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.539
 It smells,

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:06.700
 and so

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:06.980
 he would

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.619
 often talk

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.039
 about how

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.279
 much he

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.639
 just couldn't

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.279
 stand

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:10.339
 by just

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.740
 the city

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.139
 of Rome

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:11.619
 itself.

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.359
 So,

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.920
 during his

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.259
 time,

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:15.759
 during his

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.159
 reign,

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.619
 two revolts

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.859
 sprang up

00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:19.200
 throughout the

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.420
 empire,

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.099
 two huge

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.359
 ones,

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:20.720
 two of the

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.000
 biggest

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.460
 defeats

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:21.720
 in the

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:21.899
 Roman

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:22.319
 history

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:23.399
 by an

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:23.819
 uprising

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.700
 province.

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.639
 The one

00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.200
 was in

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.859
 Britannia,

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.439
 which was

00:28:27.439 --> 00:28:28.059
 Britain,

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:30.939
 Boudicca,

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.740
 the warrior

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.259
 queen,

00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:34.319
 fought against

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.220
 the Roman

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.879
 legions there

00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.319
 but eventually

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.819
 lost.

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.740
 And then,

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.159
 if you remember

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.619
 the last

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:38.879
 time,

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.539
 the Judean

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.359
 revolt started

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:40.639
 at the

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.259
 same time.

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:44.039
 And Nero

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.379
 had

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:45.240
 excommunicated

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.079
 one of the

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.919
 empire's best

00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:47.379
 generals,

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.159
 Vespasian,

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.100
 because he

00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:49.779
 fell asleep

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.980
 during one

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.180
 of his

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.740
 performances.

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.460
 Vespasian was

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:54.820
 the kind of

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:55.120
 guy who

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.279
 would rather

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.940
 watch a UFC

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.500
 match than

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.900
 go to an

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.140
 opera.

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:57.540
 So,

00:28:58.300 --> 00:28:59.100
 he was not

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.759
 into all

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.040
 that.

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.320
 So,

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:02.000
 he was

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.800
 excommunicated

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.700
 but he

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.019
 called him

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.500
 back to

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.220
 go quell

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.820
 the rebellion

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.680
 in Judea.

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:07.900
 And so,

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.400
 as the

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.100
 summer came

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:11.100
 in 64

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.640
 AD,

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.160
 in July,

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:14.900
 Nero,

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:17.060
 I forgot

00:29:17.060 --> 00:29:17.500
 to mention

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.800
 this,

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.279
 one of his

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.399
 favorite poems

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:20.960
 was the

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.480
 fall of

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.879
 Troy.

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.220
 So,

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.720
 think about

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.019
 that,

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.559
 a burning

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.319
 city that's

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:26.079
 being destroyed,

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.399
 right?

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.500
 That was

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.059
 one of his

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.659
 favorites.

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.399
 And,

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.819
 seemingly out

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.299
 of nowhere,

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.680
 not really,

00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:34.440
 there was a

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.299
 huge fire

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:36.359
 that started

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.859
 on a hot

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.480
 day in

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:37.879
 July,

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.779
 64 AD,

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.379
 in the city

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.839
 of Rome.

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.700
 And it

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.299
 burned for

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:42.039
 nine days

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.680
 and huge

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.279
 parts of

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.740
 the city

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:45.059
 were consumed,

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.960
 including the

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.720
 areas that

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:46.960
 were the

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.759
 most affluent.

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.279
 Right?

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.559
 And Nero

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.419
 was seen

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:53.859
 atop a tower

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.519
 watching the

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.819
 fire,

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:55.940
 playing the

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.339
 lyre,

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.680
 and reciting

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.259
 the fall of

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.539
 Troy.

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.419
 And,

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:02.879
 most scholars

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.339
 believe,

00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:03.960
 as to the people

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.599
 in this day,

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.919
 that he had

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.579
 started this

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.379
 fire himself

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:08.480
 to basically

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.919
 clean out

00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:10.460
 the nasty

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.859
 city,

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.359
 and he kind

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:11.639
 of wanted

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.279
 to wipe it

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.059
 clean.

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.480
 He wanted

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.000
 to build,

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.940
 eventually,

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.220
 he built

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:17.140
 this huge

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.920
 pleasure palace

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.339
 called the

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.779
 Domus

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.319
 Aurea.

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.480
 It was a

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:20.799
 place,

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.240
 like in the

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.599
 prominent

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.400
 place of

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:22.819
 the city,

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:24.000
 and it

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.480
 was all

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.200
 for himself.

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.440
 And it

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:26.940
 took years

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.460
 to build.

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:30.240
 And that

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.759
 was where

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.759
 a lot of

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.240
 the citizens

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.599
 were getting

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.359
 very upset.

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:33.960
 No one

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.640
 was safe

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.740
 under the

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.160
 reign of

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.420
 Nero.

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.319
 Not even

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.160
 Roman generals,

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.920
 like no one

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.420
 was safe.

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:41.340
 And so,

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:43.220
 as history

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.759
 goes,

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.400
 Nero had

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:45.820
 to have,

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.200
 he played

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.720
 the political

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.140
 game,

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.440
 he was like,

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:47.840
 I have to

00:30:47.840 --> 00:30:48.440
 have someone

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.620
 to blame

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:51.039
 for this

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.340
 fire,

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:51.779
 because they're

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.300
 all pointing

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:52.740
 the finger

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.220
 at me.

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.360
 So the

00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:57.259
 Roman historian

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.880
 Tacitus,

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.300
 who lived

00:30:58.300 --> 00:30:59.300
 under the

00:30:59.300 --> 00:30:59.640
 reigns of

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.300
 Tiberius

00:31:00.300 --> 00:31:01.080
 to Vespasian,

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.560
 he wrote,

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.460
 therefore,

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.300
 to scotch

00:31:05.300 --> 00:31:05.960
 the rumor,

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:06.900
 Nero

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.940
 substituted

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.880
 as culprits

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:10.000
 a class

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.380
 of men

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:10.880
 and women

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.900
 whom the

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:13.000
 crowd calls

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.580
 Christians.

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.680
 Vast

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.360
 numbers of

00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:16.760
 them were

00:31:16.760 --> 00:31:17.180
 convicted.

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.680
 Derision

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.260
 accompanied

00:31:19.260 --> 00:31:19.980
 their end.

00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:21.180
 They were

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.740
 torn to

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.320
 death by

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:22.820
 dogs.

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.360
 They were

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:24.880
 fastened

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.540
 on crosses.

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.840
 And when

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:27.720
 daylight failed,

00:31:27.820 --> 00:31:28.060
 they were

00:31:28.060 --> 00:31:28.700
 burned to

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.080
 serve as

00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:29.760
 lamps by

00:31:29.760 --> 00:31:30.900
 night in

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.480
 the emperor's

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.260
 garden parties.

00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:33.920
 Go to the

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.440
 next slide.

00:31:35.780 --> 00:31:36.560
 This is a

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:37.620
 famous painting

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.840
 of the

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.299
 emperor's

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:40.079
 garden parties

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.819
 as believers

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.500
 were being

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.859
 tied to

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.679
 crosses and

00:31:43.679 --> 00:31:44.240
 burned for

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.740
 entertainment.

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.699
 So before

00:31:48.699 --> 00:31:49.099
 this,

00:31:49.199 --> 00:31:49.539
 persecution

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.299
 had not

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.859
 existed

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:52.259
 formally

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.939
 throughout the

00:31:52.939 --> 00:31:53.339
 empire,

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:54.379
 but it

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:54.740
 started

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:56.179
 around this

00:31:56.179 --> 00:31:56.559
 time.

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.559
 Christians

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.079
 and Romans

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.519
 throughout the

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.899
 empire,

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:01.259
 rumors were

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.500
 spread about

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.099
 them that they

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.879
 sacrificed their

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.220
 children,

00:32:04.959 --> 00:32:05.339
 that they

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:06.939
 were cannibals,

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.079
 that they

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.919
 plotted rebellion

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.500
 against the

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:09.919
 empire.

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:10.839
 So they

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.240
 were burned

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.639
 out of their

00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.119
 homes,

00:32:12.959 --> 00:32:13.359
 imprisoned,

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:13.919
 beaten in

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:14.480
 the streets,

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.459
 often gang

00:32:16.459 --> 00:32:16.919
 raped in

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:17.619
 alleyways,

00:32:18.419 --> 00:32:19.159
 forced to

00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:20.419
 and put

00:32:20.419 --> 00:32:21.159
 pressured on

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:22.019
 to renounce

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.679
 Christ.

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.339
 Many put to

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:24.919
 death in the

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:25.240
 Circus

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.919
 Maximus,

00:32:26.699 --> 00:32:27.240
 which was the

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:28.439
 big charioteer

00:32:28.439 --> 00:32:29.859
 thing in

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.159
 Rome,

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:32.460
 torn to

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.019
 death by

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:34.240
 lions,

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.200
 wild dogs,

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:36.160
 his sport.

00:32:37.580 --> 00:32:38.040
 And one of

00:32:38.040 --> 00:32:38.519
 Nero's

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.060
 favorites,

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.360
 you can go

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:40.700
 to the next

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.080
 slide,

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.540
 if this

00:32:42.540 --> 00:32:43.080
 just doesn't

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.920
 look demonic,

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.700
 remember he

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.660
 likes drama,

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:47.220
 he likes

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.660
 theater,

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.540
 he likes

00:32:49.540 --> 00:32:50.519
 ancient history,

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.420
 so his

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:53.040
 favorite was

00:32:53.040 --> 00:32:53.580
 to get a

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:54.259
 reenactment

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.519
 of the

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.240
 Greek myth

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:57.740
 of Diorsi,

00:32:58.560 --> 00:32:59.120
 which was

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.759
 the queen of

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.440
 Thebes in

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.200
 Greek mythology,

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.599
 and she was

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.680
 supposedly executed

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.740
 by being tied

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:06.339
 to the horns

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.879
 of a wild

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.440
 bull and

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.000
 then crushed

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.460
 to death.

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.160
 And church

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.879
 historians,

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:11.779
 excuse me,

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.539
 Roman historians,

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.539
 ancient historians,

00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:14.920
 say that Nero

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.640
 took young,

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.579
 beautiful Christian

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.200
 girls who

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.819
 wouldn't renounce

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:19.160
 Christ and

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.720
 tied them to

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:22.079
 the bull to

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:23.140
 reenact that

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:24.200
 Greek myth,

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.900
 then smashed.

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:30.540
 so finally,

00:33:31.540 --> 00:33:32.960
 Paul does

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.560
 loop back

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:33.900
 around,

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.259
 he comes

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.860
 back to

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:35.140
 Rome,

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.460
 and when he

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.880
 comes back

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.420
 this time,

00:33:37.540 --> 00:33:38.040
 persecution

00:33:38.040 --> 00:33:38.640
 has started,

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:40.180
 people are

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:41.080
 being

00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:42.820
 tortured to

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.120
 death,

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.920
 he's,

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.480
 according to

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:45.900
 tradition,

00:33:46.060 --> 00:33:46.519
 in prison,

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.220
 and this time

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.700
 it was in a

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.019
 dark,

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.820
 cold dungeon

00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:49.920
 at the foot

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.500
 of the

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.140
 Capitol

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.860
 Lion Hill,

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.300
 a rough,

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:55.019
 dark dungeon.

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.579
 Hard to

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.119
 imagine him

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:58.119
 writing 2 Timothy

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:59.419
 in that

00:33:59.419 --> 00:34:00.039
 context.

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.639
 And

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.480
 eventually,

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:04.139
 as tradition

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.659
 goes,

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.519
 one church

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.039
 historian

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:08.199
 writes that

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.599
 Paul was

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.980
 beheaded

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.840
 eventually.

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.420
 And

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:13.440
 so after

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.179
 Nero

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:15.460
 built the

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.079
 Domicoria

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.940
 and persecution

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.579
 has started,

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.199
 finally,

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.860
 enough

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.360
 senators,

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.800
 generals,

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.400
 and affluent

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.980
 Romans that

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.639
 had enough,

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.760
 had enough.

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.320
 And they

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:27.280
 basically got

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:28.139
 persuaded the

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.900
 Praetorian Guard

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.460
 to kill him.

00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:31.280
 And while

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.679
 they were,

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.260
 while he was

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:32.900
 on run in

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.440
 his palace,

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:36.039
 as the guards

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.500
 were closing

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.139
 around him,

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.340
 he had a

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:39.179
 loyal slave

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:40.280
 help him

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.840
 ritually,

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.920
 kind of

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.619
 slit his own

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:42.960
 throat.

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.719
 And as I

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.559
 said before,

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.519
 his last words

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.460
 supposedly were,

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.940
 what an artist

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.980
 dies in me.

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:53.539
 and so

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.139
 after his

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.559
 death,

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.199
 after his

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:58.039
 journey to

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.500
 eternal

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:58.960
 punishment,

00:35:00.240 --> 00:35:01.320
 the empire

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.920
 erupted

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.659
 into civil

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.019
 war.

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.380
 So there

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.619
 was a

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.260
 huge civil

00:35:04.260 --> 00:35:05.519
 war in

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.820
 the Roman

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.280
 Empire,

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.320
 where the

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.980
 top generals

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:09.059
 were competing

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.699
 to see who

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.079
 would be the

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.800
 next emperor.

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.300
 And while

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:12.760
 all this was

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.519
 going on,

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.219
 the general

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.819
 Vespasian

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:15.179
 was still

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.819
 in Jerusalem,

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.159
 he kind

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.480
 of just

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.000
 waited it

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.299
 out.

00:35:19.759 --> 00:35:20.199
 And

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:21.679
 eventually

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.119
 there was

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.539
 so much

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.339
 chaos in

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:23.899
 the empire

00:35:23.899 --> 00:35:25.000
 that the

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.659
 Roman armies

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.319
 finally looked

00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:27.119
 to Vespasian

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.719
 to restore

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:29.219
 order and

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.959
 named him

00:35:29.959 --> 00:35:30.599
 the next

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:30.919
 emperor.

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.199
 You can go

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.500
 to the next

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:31.779
 slide.

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.199
 And

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:36.559
 he became

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.980
 the next

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.379
 emperor,

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.139
 and then

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:39.459
 he started

00:35:39.459 --> 00:35:40.339
 really bringing

00:35:40.339 --> 00:35:40.719
 order.

00:35:40.859 --> 00:35:41.219
 He was the

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:42.679
 first emperor

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.579
 not descended

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.460
 from Julius

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.500
 Caesar directly.

00:35:46.399 --> 00:35:47.299
 So he sent

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:48.119
 his son Titus

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:48.739
 back to finish

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.339
 the job in

00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:49.739
 Jerusalem,

00:35:50.259 --> 00:35:51.579
 and he

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.799
 besieged

00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:53.599
 Jerusalem and

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:53.980
 eventually

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.759
 destroyed it,

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.579
 burned the

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.279
 temple down

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:58.579
 by accident

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.259
 supposedly,

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.399
 and

00:36:01.399 --> 00:36:03.599
 Vespasian

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:05.099
 later on

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:06.139
 brought 10,000

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:07.119
 Jewish slaves

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.980
 back to Rome,

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.019
 and with

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.759
 money that he

00:36:09.759 --> 00:36:10.199
 had made

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.859
 from plunder

00:36:10.859 --> 00:36:11.319
 from the

00:36:11.319 --> 00:36:11.960
 Jewish temple

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.319
 and other

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:12.660
 places,

00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:13.160
 he built

00:36:13.160 --> 00:36:14.220
 the most

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:14.660
 well-known

00:36:14.660 --> 00:36:15.400
 icon of

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.680
 the Roman

00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:16.140
 Empire,

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.280
 the Colosseum.

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:18.740
 So that's

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:19.039
 why it was

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.420
 called the

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.820
 Flavian

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:21.180
 Amphitheater.

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.680
 So,

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.240
 a sad

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:24.800
 history that

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.059
 kind of

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.840
 followed after

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:27.120
 Paul left

00:36:27.120 --> 00:36:27.500
 Rome.

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.480
 Very sad,

00:36:29.600 --> 00:36:30.200
 very dark.

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.019
 So,

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:34.220
 but,

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:34.720
 we're not

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.059
 going to end

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.640
 on that note

00:36:35.640 --> 00:36:37.200
 because the

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.640
 church is

00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:38.280
 victorious

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:40.300
 regardless of

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:40.880
 all of this.

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:42.860
 which goes

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.260
 to our,

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:44.019
 you can take

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.420
 the slides

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:44.960
 off now,

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.440
 which goes

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.700
 to our

00:36:46.700 --> 00:36:47.400
 third question,

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.800
 where did

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.119
 the church

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:50.140
 expand after

00:36:50.140 --> 00:36:50.599
 Acts,

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.039
 right?

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.320
 It just

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:51.640
 kind of

00:36:51.640 --> 00:36:52.180
 stops.

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:53.519
 Well,

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:55.539
 the gospel

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:56.740
 really took

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:57.360
 a deep,

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.160
 deep foothold

00:36:58.160 --> 00:36:58.700
 in Europe,

00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:00.240
 a deep

00:37:00.240 --> 00:37:00.740
 foothold in

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:00.960
 Europe.

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.380
 It went

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:02.220
 all the way

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:03.000
 across to

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:04.180
 Britain

00:37:04.180 --> 00:37:05.160
 and

00:37:05.160 --> 00:37:06.539
 Hibernia,

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.280
 which was

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.680
 the ancient

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.099
 name for

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.500
 Ireland.

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:08.920
 It was

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.179
 brought

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:09.579
 there.

00:37:10.339 --> 00:37:10.819
 A lot

00:37:10.819 --> 00:37:11.000
 of the

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.239
 British

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:11.739
 Isles

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:13.319
 and Spain,

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.019
 France,

00:37:14.819 --> 00:37:15.119
 which would

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.339
 have been

00:37:15.339 --> 00:37:15.860
 Gaul at

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.259
 the time,

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:16.639
 like the

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.099
 church took

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.759
 really a

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.480
 stronghold

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:18.960
 in Europe.

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.599
 And it

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.219
 went into

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:22.079
 Africa as

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.360
 well,

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.679
 but didn't

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.119
 go really

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:23.900
 far south

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.559
 into Africa.

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:26.339
 It kind

00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:26.900
 of stopped

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.819
 in Asia as

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.380
 well because

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.639
 there was

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.880
 a Parthian

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:31.000
 empire there.

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:32.940
 and as

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.380
 we know,

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:33.980
 most of

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.659
 us know

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:36.639
 that most

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.139
 of our

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.739
 ancestors

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:39.039
 here came

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:40.800
 from Europe

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:42.760
 and from

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.260
 Europe the

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:43.820
 gospel was

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:44.300
 brought by

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.960
 missionaries

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.679
 and others

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:46.039
 to the

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.579
 new world

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:48.559
 and as

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:48.820
 that,

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.280
 I love

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:50.760
 the history

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.320
 of this,

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.880
 know that

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.219
 there was

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.519
 like a

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.199
 state level,

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:55.380
 a political

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:56.300
 level that

00:37:56.300 --> 00:37:57.099
 expansion to

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.400
 the new

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.780
 world was

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.119
 happening,

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.199
 but I want

00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.679
 you to dig

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:00.179
 way below

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.759
 the surface,

00:38:00.919 --> 00:38:01.079
 you know,

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.399
 if you ever

00:38:01.399 --> 00:38:01.659
 had the

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.019
 time,

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.980
 and just

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:03.480
 look at

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:04.139
 the believers

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.539
 who were

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.159
 coming over,

00:38:06.279 --> 00:38:06.799
 particularly

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.579
 the Puritans.

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:09.019
 They wrote

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:10.000
 massive papers

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.440
 about how

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:11.000
 they saw

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:12.000
 the new

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.440
 world as

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.159
 an unreached,

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:13.719
 if you would,

00:38:13.799 --> 00:38:14.159
 area,

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.059
 and that they

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.779
 wanted to send

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.579
 their people

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.519
 over there to

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.879
 preach the

00:38:17.879 --> 00:38:18.500
 gospel to

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.019
 the natives.

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.539
 I've seen

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.579
 copies of

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.699
 the Bible

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:23.639
 translated into

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.679
 Algonquin and

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.199
 like other

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:26.379
 Native American

00:38:26.379 --> 00:38:27.059
 translations.

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.419
 They saw

00:38:28.419 --> 00:38:29.059
 that as a

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.559
 chance to

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.159
 expand the

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:30.659
 kingdom,

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:32.559
 guys like

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.379
 Jonathan Edwards

00:38:33.379 --> 00:38:33.899
 and David

00:38:33.899 --> 00:38:35.319
 Brainerd took

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:35.859
 the gospel

00:38:35.859 --> 00:38:36.379
 throughout the

00:38:36.379 --> 00:38:36.899
 new world.

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.419
 And as the

00:38:38.419 --> 00:38:38.940
 centuries went

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.460
 by, right,

00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:40.379
 we're a

00:38:40.379 --> 00:38:40.819
 product of

00:38:40.819 --> 00:38:41.039
 that.

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.659
 The church

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:42.399
 grew strong

00:38:42.399 --> 00:38:43.019
 in the

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.440
 new world,

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.019
 in America.

00:38:45.299 --> 00:38:46.879
 And as

00:38:46.879 --> 00:38:47.299
 time went

00:38:47.299 --> 00:38:47.679
 by,

00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:48.759
 centuries

00:38:48.759 --> 00:38:49.359
 went by,

00:38:50.379 --> 00:38:51.319
 Europe and

00:38:51.319 --> 00:38:52.279
 North America

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:53.019
 began sending

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.659
 missionaries

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:55.159
 to Asia,

00:38:55.399 --> 00:38:55.859
 to China,

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.460
 Japan,

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.639
 other Asian

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.219
 countries,

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:59.559
 and now

00:38:59.559 --> 00:38:59.879
 as we

00:38:59.879 --> 00:39:00.099
 know,

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.500
 it's making

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:00.839
 its way

00:39:00.839 --> 00:39:01.619
 back across

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.019
 the Middle

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.359
 East,

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:02.859
 right?

00:39:03.899 --> 00:39:05.699
 And that's

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.179
 a very

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.739
 fast,

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:08.919
 quick summary

00:39:08.919 --> 00:39:09.399
 of like where

00:39:09.399 --> 00:39:09.859
 the gospel

00:39:09.859 --> 00:39:10.480
 has gone.

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:11.819
 And of

00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:11.959
 course,

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.379
 I'm not

00:39:12.379 --> 00:39:13.019
 being very

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.500
 specific,

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.139
 but that's

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:15.199
 roughly what

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.779
 was happening.

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:17.420
 so the

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:18.100
 gospel was

00:39:18.100 --> 00:39:18.680
 working its

00:39:18.680 --> 00:39:19.220
 way back,

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.760
 and the

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:21.120
 end will

00:39:21.120 --> 00:39:21.660
 come when

00:39:21.660 --> 00:39:21.960
 all the

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.660
 nations are

00:39:22.660 --> 00:39:23.000
 reached.

00:39:26.160 --> 00:39:26.680
 Fourthly,

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.260
 this is the

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:28.260
 last question,

00:39:29.220 --> 00:39:29.680
 and we'll

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.260
 wrap it up.

00:39:32.620 --> 00:39:33.260
 This is

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:33.720
 personal.

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.200
 I want you

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:34.540
 to think

00:39:34.540 --> 00:39:35.140
 about this.

00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:36.740
 What are

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:37.500
 you doing

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:39.260
 to continue

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:40.820
 the rich

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.780
 legacy of

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:42.260
 the church?

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.700
 Acts was

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:45.239
 a whole

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:45.819
 history of

00:39:45.819 --> 00:39:46.199
 how the

00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:46.500
 church

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.019
 started,

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:48.500
 how Christ

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:49.259
 through the

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:49.919
 Holy Spirit

00:39:49.919 --> 00:39:51.659
 through the

00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:52.059
 apostles

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:52.659
 planted the

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:52.980
 church.

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.819
 So what

00:39:54.819 --> 00:39:55.199
 are you

00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:55.599
 doing?

00:39:56.359 --> 00:39:56.879
 Do you

00:39:56.879 --> 00:39:57.439
 realize

00:39:57.439 --> 00:39:59.239
 that if

00:39:59.239 --> 00:39:59.619
 you're in

00:39:59.619 --> 00:39:59.980
 Christ,

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.359
 you're a

00:40:00.359 --> 00:40:00.679
 part of

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.259
 a really,

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.099
 really rich

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:02.960
 history and

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:04.319
 family that

00:40:04.319 --> 00:40:05.179
 spans thousands

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:05.960
 of years,

00:40:06.859 --> 00:40:07.419
 made up of

00:40:07.419 --> 00:40:08.399
 ordinary men

00:40:08.399 --> 00:40:08.779
 and women

00:40:08.779 --> 00:40:09.819
 who don't

00:40:09.819 --> 00:40:10.419
 usually have

00:40:10.419 --> 00:40:10.919
 a lot to

00:40:10.919 --> 00:40:11.219
 offer,

00:40:11.939 --> 00:40:12.500
 and that God

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:13.419
 sees fit to

00:40:13.419 --> 00:40:14.159
 use to do

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.599
 something,

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:15.659
 for his

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:16.019
 kingdom?

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.179
 People who

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:18.719
 are willing to

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.339
 surrender their

00:40:19.339 --> 00:40:20.159
 lives all for

00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:20.699
 the cause of

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:21.059
 Christ,

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:22.239
 and many of

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:22.579
 them given

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:23.219
 their lives

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:24.980
 to have an

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.739
 eternal hope

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:26.779
 in the life

00:40:26.779 --> 00:40:27.239
 to come.

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.699
 The church is

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.199
 victorious.

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:29.779
 I mean,

00:40:29.819 --> 00:40:30.659
 it's going to

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:31.439
 be victorious.

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:32.819
 And whether

00:40:32.819 --> 00:40:33.359
 you want to

00:40:33.359 --> 00:40:33.879
 be a part of

00:40:33.879 --> 00:40:34.559
 that or not,

00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:36.439
 it's up to

00:40:36.439 --> 00:40:36.739
 you.

00:40:38.419 --> 00:40:39.059
 We have

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.799
 one life,

00:40:40.879 --> 00:40:41.739
 let's use

00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:42.179
 it well.

00:40:43.399 --> 00:40:43.980
 Let's not,

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.659
 if you

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:45.280
 also study

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:46.320
 just the

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.559
 way the

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:46.920
 history of

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.199
 the church

00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:47.679
 has gone,

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.820
 the places

00:40:48.820 --> 00:40:49.360
 where it

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:49.760
 seems that

00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:50.039
 the church

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.320
 has been

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:50.860
 the longest

00:40:50.860 --> 00:40:51.159
 are the

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:51.539
 places that

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:51.820
 are growing

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.619
 cold right

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:52.900
 now.

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:54.079
 Europe,

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.699
 North America,

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:59.539
 there's a

00:40:59.539 --> 00:40:59.839
 lot of

00:40:59.839 --> 00:41:00.519
 psalms and

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:02.000
 scriptures in

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.279
 the Old

00:41:02.279 --> 00:41:02.879
 Testament where

00:41:02.879 --> 00:41:03.299
 God is

00:41:03.299 --> 00:41:03.599
 saying,

00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:03.839
 like,

00:41:03.899 --> 00:41:04.019
 look,

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:04.379
 Israel,

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:04.799
 I have

00:41:04.799 --> 00:41:05.099
 blessed

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:06.119
 you and

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.619
 prospered

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:06.939
 you so

00:41:06.939 --> 00:41:07.219
 that you

00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:07.599
 would be

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:08.379
 my witness

00:41:08.379 --> 00:41:08.759
 to the

00:41:08.759 --> 00:41:09.179
 nations.

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:09.519
 That is

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:09.960
 the number

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.719
 one reason

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:11.099
 I have

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.500
 prospered

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.659
 you.

00:41:12.379 --> 00:41:12.639
 And if

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:12.759
 you're

00:41:12.759 --> 00:41:13.379
 failing to

00:41:13.379 --> 00:41:13.799
 do that,

00:41:13.859 --> 00:41:14.119
 I will

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:14.659
 judge you.

00:41:16.299 --> 00:41:16.799
 Not that

00:41:16.799 --> 00:41:17.439
 America is

00:41:17.439 --> 00:41:17.679
 a new

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.139
 Israel,

00:41:18.359 --> 00:41:18.879
 not that

00:41:18.879 --> 00:41:19.319
 at all,

00:41:19.759 --> 00:41:20.239
 but he

00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:20.719
 has given

00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:21.439
 us so much.

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.000
 Never in the

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.539
 history of the

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:23.279
 world has a

00:41:23.279 --> 00:41:24.000
 nation enjoyed

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.960
 so much junk

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:25.599
 as we have.

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:27.139
 And America

00:41:27.139 --> 00:41:27.559
 is just

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:27.980
 turning into

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:28.659
 nothing but

00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:30.280
 Disneyland in

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:30.639
 the kingdom

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:31.119
 of God.

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:33.659
 We have to

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:34.900
 reach the

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.320
 rest of the

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:35.840
 nations and

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:36.400
 Christ will

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:37.179
 do it with

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:37.639
 or without

00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:38.019
 us.

00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:40.760
 And so I

00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:41.340
 hope that you

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:41.920
 will be willing

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:43.360
 to weigh that.

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:43.539
 Like,

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:43.920
 what am I

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:44.199
 doing?

00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:44.420
 Like,

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:44.960
 your life

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.340
 fits,

00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:46.220
 your life

00:41:46.220 --> 00:41:46.699
 is just a

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:47.099
 drop.

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.320
 All right?

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:48.900
 You're nothing

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.599
 by yourself.

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.179
 Nothing.

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.720
 And any life

00:41:51.720 --> 00:41:52.179
 that's spent

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:52.840
 focused on

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:53.519
 itself is a

00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:54.260
 miserable life.

00:41:55.780 --> 00:41:56.340
 Surrender it

00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:56.639
 all.

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.340
 Live in the

00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:59.000
 big picture

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.840
 of God's

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.280
 kingdom.

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:02.619
 And let's

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:03.000
 keep our

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.840
 eyes focused

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:05.280
 on eternity.

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.720
 In closing,

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.500
 I'll turn to

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:09.179
 2 Timothy

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:09.900
 real fast.

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.760
 2 Timothy

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:13.019
 chapter 4.

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.019


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 2 Timothy

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.940
 chapter 4

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.440
 and verse

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:27.880
 6.

00:42:28.759 --> 00:42:29.219
 Paul,

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:29.940
 no doubt,

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:31.460
 riding on

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:32.179
 death row

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:33.960
 in that dark

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:34.820
 prison cell

00:42:34.820 --> 00:42:35.460
 in Rome,

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:36.800
 awaiting his

00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:37.219
 death,

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:40.199
 and in a

00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:40.840
 lot of ways

00:42:40.840 --> 00:42:41.500
 in despair.

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.800
 a lot of

00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:43.420
 people had

00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:44.239
 deserted him,

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:44.920
 left him.

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:46.500
 He was,

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:47.019
 in a lot of

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.340
 ways,

00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:47.780
 he felt

00:42:47.780 --> 00:42:48.320
 alone.

00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:50.960
 And that's

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:51.360
 why he's

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:51.840
 riding to

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:52.159
 Timothy,

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:52.739
 a loyal

00:42:52.739 --> 00:42:54.159
 son of

00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:54.440
 his.

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:56.500
 And so I

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.159
 want you to

00:42:57.159 --> 00:42:57.820
 be able to

00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:58.239
 think about

00:42:58.239 --> 00:42:58.539
 this.

00:42:58.599 --> 00:42:58.679
 Like,

00:42:58.719 --> 00:42:58.920
 when you

00:42:58.920 --> 00:42:59.380
 close your

00:42:59.380 --> 00:42:59.760
 eyes,

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:00.820
 will you

00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:01.260
 be able,

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:01.579
 with a

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:02.360
 clear conscience,

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:03.360
 with confidence,

00:43:03.739 --> 00:43:04.880
 before God,

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.300
 to kind of

00:43:05.300 --> 00:43:05.920
 say this when

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:06.360
 you breathe

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:06.980
 your last?

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:09.639
 All right?

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:11.500
 Verse 6.

00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:13.039
 For I am

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:15.599
 already being

00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:16.460
 poured out as

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:16.860
 a drink

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:17.280
 offering.

00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:19.360
 The time of

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:20.059
 my departure

00:43:20.059 --> 00:43:20.940
 has come.

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:22.139
 I have

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:22.840
 fought the

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.400
 good fight.

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.579
 I have

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:25.119
 finished the

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:25.480
 race.

00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:26.199
 I have

00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:26.760
 kept the

00:43:26.760 --> 00:43:27.099
 faith.

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:29.039
 Henceforth

00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:29.699
 there is laid

00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:30.260
 up for me

00:43:30.260 --> 00:43:31.119
 the crown of

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.599
 righteousness,

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.860
 which the

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:33.300
 Lord,

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.059
 the righteous

00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:34.719
 judge,

00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:35.959
 will award

00:43:35.959 --> 00:43:36.419
 me on

00:43:36.419 --> 00:43:37.079
 that day,

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:38.719
 not only

00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:39.159
 to me,

00:43:39.419 --> 00:43:40.000
 but also

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.619
 to all

00:43:40.619 --> 00:43:41.480
 who have

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:42.279
 loved his

00:43:42.279 --> 00:43:42.679
 appearing.

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:45.679
 I pray

00:43:45.679 --> 00:43:46.219
 I'll be able

00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:46.739
 to say that.

00:43:46.859 --> 00:43:47.219
 I don't want

00:43:47.219 --> 00:43:47.379
 to,

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:48.500
 I've come

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:48.879
 close to

00:43:48.879 --> 00:43:49.359
 dying many

00:43:49.359 --> 00:43:49.759
 times,

00:43:49.819 --> 00:43:50.239
 and I

00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:50.959
 wanted to

00:43:50.959 --> 00:43:51.199
 be able

00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:51.579
 to say

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:52.179
 without any

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:52.939
 reluctance,

00:43:53.839 --> 00:43:55.219
 these words

00:43:55.219 --> 00:43:56.559
 with a

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:57.279
 clear conscience.

00:43:58.480 --> 00:43:58.799
 Look at

00:43:58.799 --> 00:43:59.000
 that,

00:43:59.019 --> 00:43:59.239
 look at

00:43:59.239 --> 00:43:59.719
 that phrase

00:43:59.719 --> 00:44:00.139
 in verse

00:44:00.139 --> 00:44:00.599
 6.

00:44:01.419 --> 00:44:01.859
 He says,

00:44:01.939 --> 00:44:02.619
 my departure

00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:03.579
 has come.

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:05.039
 Really cool

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.539
 phrase,

00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:06.840
 departure.

00:44:07.659 --> 00:44:08.460
 It's both a

00:44:08.460 --> 00:44:09.099
 military and

00:44:09.099 --> 00:44:09.619
 a nautical

00:44:09.619 --> 00:44:10.719
 term.

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:11.840
 As a

00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:12.759
 military expression

00:44:12.759 --> 00:44:13.699
 implies like a

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:14.299
 tent being

00:44:14.299 --> 00:44:15.119
 broken down,

00:44:15.799 --> 00:44:16.639
 taken down to

00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:17.179
 go and move

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:17.860
 on to another

00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:18.440
 location.

00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:20.400
 And as a

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:21.219
 nautical term,

00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:22.799
 it's used for

00:44:22.799 --> 00:44:23.400
 hoisting an

00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:24.059
 anchor and

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.500
 letting down

00:44:24.500 --> 00:44:25.159
 the sail to

00:44:25.159 --> 00:44:25.519
 catch the

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:25.900
 wind to

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:26.940
 go to

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:27.199
 another

00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:27.739
 location.

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.860
 It literally

00:44:29.860 --> 00:44:30.279
 could be

00:44:30.279 --> 00:44:30.900
 translated,

00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:31.799
 listen to

00:44:31.799 --> 00:44:32.119
 this,

00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:33.239
 loosing

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:33.900
 away

00:44:33.900 --> 00:44:34.420
 upward.

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.420
 The time

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:36.639
 of his

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:37.059
 departure

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:37.679
 has come.

00:44:37.859 --> 00:44:38.159
 Loosing

00:44:38.159 --> 00:44:38.659
 away

00:44:38.659 --> 00:44:39.099
 upward.

00:44:39.779 --> 00:44:39.980
 A

00:44:39.980 --> 00:44:40.319
 beautiful

00:44:40.319 --> 00:44:40.920
 idea,

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:41.659
 almost like

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:42.380
 a balloon

00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:43.179
 that can't

00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:43.599
 wait to

00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:43.980
 have its

00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:44.559
 cord cut

00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:44.759
 so it

00:44:44.759 --> 00:44:45.039
 can just

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:46.359
 fly up

00:44:46.359 --> 00:44:46.739
 into the

00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:47.019
 air.

00:44:47.900 --> 00:44:48.219
 An

00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:48.719
 image of

00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:49.319
 how eager

00:44:49.319 --> 00:44:50.159
 Paul was

00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:50.819
 to leave

00:44:50.819 --> 00:44:51.519
 and go,

00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:52.579
 to depart

00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:52.940
 and be

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:53.539
 with Christ

00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:53.839
 for that

00:44:53.839 --> 00:44:54.380
 was far

00:44:54.380 --> 00:44:54.759
 better.

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:57.159
 I hope

00:44:57.159 --> 00:44:58.380
 that we

00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:58.619
 will be

00:44:58.619 --> 00:44:58.920
 able to

00:44:58.920 --> 00:44:59.380
 say that.

00:44:59.460 --> 00:44:59.699
 We have

00:44:59.699 --> 00:45:00.400
 finished the

00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:00.739
 job.

00:45:00.859 --> 00:45:01.059
 We have

00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:01.400
 fought the

00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:01.900
 good fight.

00:45:02.739 --> 00:45:03.420
 kept the

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:03.739
 faith.

00:45:05.719 --> 00:45:06.119
 So,

00:45:06.279 --> 00:45:06.619
 the church

00:45:06.619 --> 00:45:07.039
 is moving

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:07.639
 on and

00:45:07.639 --> 00:45:07.920
 you're a

00:45:07.920 --> 00:45:08.179
 part of

00:45:08.179 --> 00:45:08.339
 it.

00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:13.059
 As we

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:13.940
 pray together,

00:45:14.759 --> 00:45:15.119
 I'm going to

00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:15.500
 give you a

00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:15.859
 little bit of

00:45:15.859 --> 00:45:16.159
 time to

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.779
 reflect on

00:45:16.779 --> 00:45:17.039
 all that

00:45:17.039 --> 00:45:17.279
 we've

00:45:17.279 --> 00:45:17.579
 learned

00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:17.900
 throughout

00:45:17.900 --> 00:45:18.199
 the book

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:18.699
 of Acts,

00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:20.159
 all that

00:45:20.159 --> 00:45:20.440
 God has

00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:20.759
 challenged

00:45:20.759 --> 00:45:21.319
 you with

00:45:21.319 --> 00:45:22.019
 both then

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:22.599
 and today.

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:26.079
 And I'll

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.599
 pray for us.

00:45:26.619 --> 00:45:26.880
 Let's pray

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.179
 together.

00:45:27.179 --> 00:45:26.880
 Let's pray

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.199
 together.