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 So, if you would like a pen, somebody's passing them around, and the sheets, sorry, could

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 you pass those?

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 If anybody would like to take notes, there's other sheets there being passed around as

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 well.

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 And we have two readings this morning.

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 The first one is from Isaiah, chapter 52, and the second reading will be from Romans.

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 We're going through a series at the minute from Romans, chapter 9 to 11.

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 So, if you want to take notes, there's a sheet.

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 You can either use the back of the news program or the notes that are being passed around.

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 And Chris and Joy are going to come and read for us this morning.

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 So, whenever you're right, thank you.

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 The first reading is from Isaiah, chapter 52, starting at verse 4, and that's on page 739

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 of the Red Church Bible.

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 That's Isaiah 52, beginning at verse 4.

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 For this is what the Sovereign Lord says.

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 At first, my people went down to Egypt to live.

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 Lately, Assyria has oppressed them.

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 And now what do I have here, declares the Lord?

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 For my people have been taken away for nothing, and those who rule them mock, declares the Lord.

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 And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed.

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 Therefore, my people will know my name.

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 Therefore, in that day, they will know that it is I who foretold it.

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 Yes, it is I.

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 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news,

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 who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings,

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 who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion,

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 Your God reigns.

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 Listen, your watchmen lift up their voices.

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 Together they shout for joy.

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 When the Lord returns to Zion,

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 they will see it with their own eyes.

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 Burst into songs of joy together,

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 you ruins of Jerusalem.

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 For the Lord has comforted his people.

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 He has redeemed Jerusalem.

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 The Lord will lay bare his holy arm

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 in the sight of all the nations.

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 And all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

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 The second reading is from Romans,

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 chapter 10,

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 verse 13.

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 It's page 1137.

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 Romans 10, 13.

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 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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 How then can they call on the one they have not believed in?

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 And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?

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 And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?

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 And how can they preach unless they are sent?

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 As it is written,

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 how beautiful on the feet of those who bring good news.

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 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news.

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 For Isaiah says,

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 Lord, who has believed our message?

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 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message.

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 And the message is heard through the word of Christ.

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 But I ask,

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 did they not hear?

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 Of course they did.

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 Their voice has gone out into all the earth.

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 Their words to the ends of the world.

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 Again I ask,

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 did Israel not understand?

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 First Moses says,

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 I will make you envious by those who are not a nation.

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 I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.

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 And Isaiah boldly says,

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 I was found by those who did not seek me.

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 I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.

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 But concerning Israel,

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 he says,

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 all day long,

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 I've held up my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.

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 Thanks, Chris.

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 And thank you, Joy.

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 Please keep your Bibles open

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 at that section

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 in Romans chapter 10,

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 looking at verses 13 to 21.

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 If you've missed any of the talks,

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 you can hear them online.

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 And also,

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 if you look in our new sheet,

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 there are resources

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 that you can look up

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 under gotherefore.com

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 related to the talks as well.

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 I spoke to somebody this morning

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 who told me

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 they've just read the little black book

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 on predestination

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 and they said it was excellent.

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 So,

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 if you want to know who that is,

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 it was Stephen

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 and you can go and find out

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 why he thought it was good.

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 So,

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 yeah.

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 And I didn't even pay him to say that,

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 by the way.

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 Let's pray

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 and ask for God's help.

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 Father,

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 thank you that you

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 have

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 spoken

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 your good news

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 to us

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 through your son,

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 the Lord Jesus.

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 And we thank you

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 that it has been recorded for us

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 and written down for us

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 in your word.

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 We pray that we would

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 better understand

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 what that message is,

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 but also

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 our response

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 to it

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 and our calling

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 to make that message

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 known

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 in every nation

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 and to every people.

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 We pray that what we think

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 and look through

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 this morning

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 would impact us

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 in such a way

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 that lives

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 and people

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 will be changed.

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 and that people

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 will come to know you

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 as a result.

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 So,

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 please help us

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 this morning,

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 we pray.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well,

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 as a kid in primary school,

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 I remember being

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 terribly upset

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 and disappointed

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 because I didn't get

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 invited

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 to a birthday party.

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 Out of all my friends,

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 it seemed I was the only one

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 who didn't get to go.

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 Maybe they weren't

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 my friends after all.

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 My kids don't think

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 I've got any friends

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 anyways,

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 but I do.

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 But the point is this,

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 being excluded

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 can be a terrible

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 experience

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 because we all

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 want to be

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 invited

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 to the party.

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 Well,

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 the good news is

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 we have all

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 been given

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 the ultimate

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 invitation

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 and no one

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 is

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 excluded.

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 Look at verse 12

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 of Romans 10.

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 For there is

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 no difference

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 between Jew

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 and Gentile.

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 He says,

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 it doesn't matter

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 what your background is,

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 whether you are

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 a religious person

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 or an irreligious person,

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 whether you go to church

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 or you don't go to church.

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 The same Lord

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 is Lord of all

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 and he richly

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 blesses

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 all

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 who call on him

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 for everyone

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 who calls on the name

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 of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 God in his grace

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 has written

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 an open invitation

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 to all people

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 to receive his salvation.

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 There's no discrimination

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 based on gender,

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 race,

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 or religion.

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 God has no favorites.

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 He generously invites

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 all people

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 everywhere

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 in every nation

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 to know

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 and to come

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 and experience

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 his gift

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 of salvation.

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 And salvation

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 is something

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 that we all

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 desire.

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 Whoever we are,

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 we all long

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 to be saved

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 from things like

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 disease

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 and death,

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 sickness

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 and suffering.

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 suffering.

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 We long

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 to be rescued

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 from oppression

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 and injustice.

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 We want a world

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 where there's no more

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 war or violence.

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 But as the Bible

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 makes clear

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 and indeed

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 the book of Romans

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 makes very clear,

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 these are the results

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 and the consequences

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 of our rebellion

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 and our disobedience

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 against God.

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 This is where

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 the source

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 of the problem lies.

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 The cause

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 of all the mess

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 in our world

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 and in our lives,

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 the Bible tells us,

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 is sin.

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 It's summarised

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 for us very well

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 if you just want

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 to have a quick look

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 back to Romans

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 chapter 6

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 verse 23.

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 Romans 6

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 verse 23.

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 It's just a short

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 summary

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 where it says this,

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 For the wages

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 of sin

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 is death.

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 Romans 6

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 verse 23.

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 For the wages

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 of sin

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 is death,

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 death,

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 but the gift

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 of God

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 is eternal

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 life

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 in Christ

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 Jesus

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 our Lord.

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 So the salvation

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 that God

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 has come to give,

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 the salvation

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 that he comes

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 to offer,

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 deals

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 with the root

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 of the problem.

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 He doesn't just

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 deal with surface

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 issues,

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 he gets right down

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 into the nitty-gritty

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 of our own hearts

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 to deal with the sin

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 that is there

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 and instead

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 to offer

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 new and eternal

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 life through

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 Jesus.

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 Now that is

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 good news,

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 that is great

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 news,

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 but,

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 go back to

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 chapter 10

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 verse 14.

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 It is good

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 news that

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 there is this

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 offer of salvation,

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 but,

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 verse 14,

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 how then

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 can they call

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 on the one

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 they have not

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 believed in?

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 In other words,

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 how are your

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 friends and

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 your family

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 ever going to

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 know about

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 this gift of

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 salvation?

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 What about

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 those who live

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 in other nations

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 and in other

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 parts of the

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 world?

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 How are they

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 ever going to

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 hear about

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 this invitation

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 of new

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 and eternal

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 life?

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 Well,

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 first,

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 everyone

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 must hear

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 the gospel.

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 everyone

00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:00.560
 must hear

00:11:00.560 --> 00:11:01.020
 the gospel

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 and there's

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 three reasons

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 why.

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 Reason number

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 one,

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 to believe

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 I must

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 hear.

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 Let's read

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 verse 14

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 again.

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 How then

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 can they

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 call on

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 the one

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 they have

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 not

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 believed

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 in?

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 And how

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 can they

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 believe

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 in the

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 one of

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 whom

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 they have

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 never

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 heard?

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 You see,

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 the only

00:11:20.660 --> 00:11:21.540
 right response

00:11:21.540 --> 00:11:22.000
 to this

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 invitation

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 is

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 belief

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 or

00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:26.020
 faith

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 in

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 look back

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 at verse

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 11.

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 As the

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 scripture

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 says,

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 anyone

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 who

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 trusts

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 in him,

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 anyone

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 who

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 trusts

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 in

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 Jesus

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 will

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 never

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 be

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 put

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 to

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 shame.

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 The

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 same

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 theme

00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:42.019
 is

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 repeated

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 in

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 verse

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 13.

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 Everyone

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 who

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 calls

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 on the

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 name

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 of

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 the

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 Lord,

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 everyone

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 who

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 cries

00:11:49.620 --> 00:11:49.879
 out

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 in

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 faith

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 will

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 be

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 saved.

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 But

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 the

00:11:55.139 --> 00:11:55.559
 question

00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:55.899
 being

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 asked

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 in

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 verse

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 14

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 is,

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 how

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 can

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 people

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 call

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 out

00:11:59.100 --> 00:11:59.259
 in

00:11:59.259 --> 00:11:59.759
 faith

00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:00.199
 to

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 Jesus?

00:12:00.819 --> 00:12:01.059
 How

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 can

00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:01.620
 people

00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:02.120
 cry

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 out

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 to

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 God

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 if

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 they've

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 never

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 even

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 heard

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 of

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 Jesus?

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 It's

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 like

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 you or

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 I

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 getting

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 an

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 invite

00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:10.919
 to

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 a

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 party

00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:12.019
 and

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 at

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 the

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 bottom

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 of

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 it

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 you

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 get

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 the

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 usual

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 RSVP

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 except

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 for

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 there's

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 got

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 no

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 name

00:12:18.299 --> 00:12:18.819
 and

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 there's

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 got

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 no

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 contact

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 of

00:12:20.460 --> 00:12:20.779
 whom

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 you

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 must

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 respond

00:12:21.699 --> 00:12:22.039
 to.

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 The

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 invitation

00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:24.679
 is

00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:25.439
 useless

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 unless you

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 know

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 who

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 you have

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 to respond

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 to.

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 You've

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 got to

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 know

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 who it's

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 from

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 and who

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 you are

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 responding

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 to.

00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:38.540
 You see,

00:12:38.660 --> 00:12:39.140
 faith in

00:12:39.140 --> 00:12:40.100
 Jesus is

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 the only

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 way we

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 can come

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 to experience

00:12:42.760 --> 00:12:43.540
 his gift

00:12:43.540 --> 00:12:44.200
 of salvation.

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 So people

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 must hear

00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:48.040
 about who

00:12:48.040 --> 00:12:48.900
 Jesus is

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 and what

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 he has

00:12:50.260 --> 00:12:50.560
 done.

00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:52.699
 so to

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 believe

00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:53.459
 I must

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 hear.

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 Second,

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 to hear

00:12:55.779 --> 00:12:56.459
 someone

00:12:56.459 --> 00:12:58.000
 must

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 preach.

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 Look at

00:12:59.739 --> 00:13:00.119
 the last

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 part of

00:13:00.599 --> 00:13:01.379
 verse 14.

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 And how

00:13:03.299 --> 00:13:03.739
 can they

00:13:03.739 --> 00:13:04.219
 hear

00:13:04.219 --> 00:13:05.339
 without

00:13:05.339 --> 00:13:05.879
 somebody

00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:06.419
 preaching

00:13:06.419 --> 00:13:06.899
 to them?

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 How is

00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:09.279
 anybody

00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:09.639
 going to

00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:09.879
 know

00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:10.119
 unless

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 somebody

00:13:10.479 --> 00:13:10.859
 actually

00:13:10.859 --> 00:13:11.479
 tells

00:13:11.479 --> 00:13:11.779
 them?

00:13:13.199 --> 00:13:13.699
 You may

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 have heard

00:13:14.119 --> 00:13:14.619
 of this

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 phrase

00:13:15.199 --> 00:13:15.839
 before.

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 Preach

00:13:17.579 --> 00:13:18.139
 the gospel

00:13:18.139 --> 00:13:18.619
 at all

00:13:18.619 --> 00:13:19.259
 times

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 and if

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 necessary

00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:22.480
 use

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 words.

00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:24.679
 Now I

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 know what

00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:25.439
 people are

00:13:25.439 --> 00:13:25.720
 trying to

00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:26.659
 say when

00:13:26.659 --> 00:13:27.120
 they say

00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:27.600
 that.

00:13:27.899 --> 00:13:28.139
 Preach

00:13:28.139 --> 00:13:28.580
 the gospel

00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:28.960
 at all

00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:29.460
 times and

00:13:29.460 --> 00:13:29.600
 if

00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:30.019
 necessary

00:13:30.019 --> 00:13:30.419
 use

00:13:30.419 --> 00:13:30.879
 words.

00:13:31.439 --> 00:13:31.879
 Well I

00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:32.299
 think it's

00:13:32.299 --> 00:13:32.580
 a little

00:13:32.580 --> 00:13:33.460
 bit unhelpful

00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:34.740
 because it

00:13:34.740 --> 00:13:35.379
 suggests that

00:13:35.379 --> 00:13:35.700
 you can

00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:36.340
 tell the

00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:36.960
 story of

00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:37.319
 Jesus

00:13:37.319 --> 00:13:38.080
 without

00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:38.819
 speaking,

00:13:39.179 --> 00:13:39.399
 without

00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:40.039
 words.

00:13:40.779 --> 00:13:41.299
 It's the

00:13:41.299 --> 00:13:41.700
 same as

00:13:41.700 --> 00:13:42.879
 saying feed

00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:43.480
 the hungry

00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:44.439
 and if

00:13:44.439 --> 00:13:45.100
 necessary

00:13:45.100 --> 00:13:46.460
 use food.

00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:48.179
 Well of

00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:48.639
 course you

00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:49.000
 need to

00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:49.539
 use food

00:13:49.539 --> 00:13:49.940
 to feed

00:13:49.940 --> 00:13:50.419
 the hungry

00:13:50.419 --> 00:13:51.240
 and of

00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:51.759
 course you

00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:52.100
 need to

00:13:52.100 --> 00:13:53.039
 use words

00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:53.720
 to be

00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:54.120
 able to

00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:54.960
 tell the

00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:55.679
 gospel story.

00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:56.220
 People aren't

00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:56.419
 going to

00:13:56.419 --> 00:13:56.740
 know the

00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:57.379
 story simply

00:13:57.379 --> 00:13:57.820
 by just

00:13:57.820 --> 00:13:58.399
 looking at

00:13:58.399 --> 00:13:58.960
 your life.

00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:00.200
 It needs

00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:00.480
 to be

00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:01.200
 communicated

00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:02.419
 through words,

00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:02.879
 through a

00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:03.220
 message,

00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:04.220
 just as we're

00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:04.919
 speaking and

00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:05.759
 talking now.

00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:07.000
 The gospel

00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:07.840
 is a word,

00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.600
 it is a

00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:09.000
 message.

00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:10.179
 God spoke

00:14:10.179 --> 00:14:10.740
 to us

00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:11.220
 clearly.

00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:11.960
 It's a

00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:12.480
 word about

00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:13.080
 forgiveness

00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:13.860
 and hope,

00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:14.980
 of transformation,

00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:16.159
 of change,

00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:17.120
 of new and

00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:17.899
 eternal life

00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:18.379
 in him.

00:14:18.379 --> 00:14:19.100
 And those

00:14:19.100 --> 00:14:19.439
 who've

00:14:19.439 --> 00:14:20.399
 heard that

00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:21.559
 message must

00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:22.159
 tell that

00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:23.340
 same story

00:14:23.340 --> 00:14:24.939
 of salvation

00:14:24.939 --> 00:14:26.399
 to those

00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:26.939
 who haven't

00:14:26.939 --> 00:14:27.879
 yet heard

00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:29.299
 that message.

00:14:29.939 --> 00:14:30.720
 So to

00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:31.139
 hear,

00:14:31.580 --> 00:14:32.320
 someone

00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:34.039
 must tell

00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:34.299
 them.

00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:36.740
 And reason

00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:37.419
 number three,

00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:38.259
 to preach,

00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:40.059
 people must

00:14:40.059 --> 00:14:41.059
 be sent.

00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:42.179
 Look at

00:14:42.179 --> 00:14:42.940
 verse 15.

00:14:42.940 --> 00:14:45.580
 And how

00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:46.000
 can they

00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:47.120
 preach unless

00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:47.560
 they are

00:14:47.560 --> 00:14:48.020
 sent?

00:14:49.300 --> 00:14:49.640
 You see,

00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:50.220
 that tells

00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:50.680
 us something

00:14:50.680 --> 00:14:51.400
 about us.

00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.320
 We're people

00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:52.840
 who love

00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:53.480
 our comforts.

00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:54.300
 I love

00:14:54.300 --> 00:14:55.520
 my comforts.

00:14:56.140 --> 00:14:56.760
 And I'm

00:14:56.760 --> 00:14:57.140
 never going

00:14:57.140 --> 00:14:57.520
 to go

00:14:57.520 --> 00:14:58.120
 anywhere or

00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:58.960
 do anything

00:14:58.960 --> 00:14:59.740
 that's going

00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.160
 to cause

00:15:00.160 --> 00:15:00.920
 me trouble

00:15:00.920 --> 00:15:01.880
 unless I

00:15:01.880 --> 00:15:02.520
 was actually

00:15:02.520 --> 00:15:03.440
 sent.

00:15:05.020 --> 00:15:05.380
 This

00:15:05.380 --> 00:15:06.140
 morning I

00:15:06.140 --> 00:15:06.840
 read in an

00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:07.400
 email of

00:15:07.400 --> 00:15:08.160
 two people

00:15:08.160 --> 00:15:08.960
 who've just

00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:09.860
 been recently

00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:11.440
 arrested in

00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:12.279
 North Korea.

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 A man

00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:14.259
 aged 75

00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:15.379
 from Australia

00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:16.240
 has been

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 arrested because

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 he was bringing

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 the good news

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 of Jesus

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 to people

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 in that

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 country.

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 Now you

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 would never

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 do that

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 knowing what

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 that country

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 is like

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 unless you've

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 been sent.

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 And the

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 point is

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 we have

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 been sent.

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 The risen

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 Christ who

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 died and

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 who rose

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 again has

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 sent his

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 people into

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 every community

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 and into

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 every nation

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 with the

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 good news.

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 And if we

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 weren't sent

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 we wouldn't

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 go but he

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 has sent

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 us.

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 Indeed

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 that's a

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 big part of

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 what the

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 letter of

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 Romans is

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 about.

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 If you go

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 back to

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 chapter 1

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 verse 1.

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 Chapter 1

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 verse 1.

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 Here we've

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 got two

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 bookends.

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 The very

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 first verse

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 and the

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 very last

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 verse.

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 So read

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 this.

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 Chapter 1

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 verse 1.

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 Paul, a

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 servant of

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 Christ Jesus

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 called to

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 be an

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 apostle and

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 set apart

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 for the

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 gospel of

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 God.

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 That's his

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 very beginning,

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 his introduction.

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 I've been

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 set apart

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 for the

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 gospel.

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 I've been

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 sent with

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 the gospel.

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 To do

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 what?

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 Well go to

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 the very

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 end of the

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 book, to

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 the very

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 last two

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 verses.

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 chapter 16

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 verse 26.

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 He's been

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 set apart

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 for the

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 gospel and

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 here's the

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 reason.

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 Look at the

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 end of

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 verse 26.

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 So that

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 all nations,

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 all people,

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 might believe

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 and obey

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 him.

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 Might believe

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 and obey

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 Jesus.

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 To the

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 only wise

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 God be

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 glory forever

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 through Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Amen.

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 This is the

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 whole purpose.

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 It's a great

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 big theme

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 of this

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 letter.

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 It's a call

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 for the

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 local church,

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 people like

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 you and me,

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 to be on a

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 global mission.

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 We are meant

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 to see that

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 the story of

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 salvation has

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 to be made

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 known in

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 every nation.

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 That is God's

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 desire.

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 Do you

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 remember the

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 vision,

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 the picture

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 we read

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 this morning

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 at the

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 very beginning

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 in Revelation?

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 People from

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 every tribe,

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 tongue and

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 nation gathered

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 together.

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 That's the

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 end of the

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 story and

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 that's how

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 we're going

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 to get

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 there.

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 By

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 proclaiming

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 the good

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 news to

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 every nation,

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 to every

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 people,

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 in every

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 language.

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 Now to

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 do this

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 is a

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 most

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 beautiful

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 thing.

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 If you

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 want to

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 do a

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 beautiful

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 thing,

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 then look

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 at verse

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 15 of

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 Romans

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 chapter 10.

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 How then

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 can they

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 preach unless

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 they are

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 sent?

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 As it

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 is written,

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 how beautiful

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 are the

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 feet of

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 those who

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 bring good

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 news.

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 It's a

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 beautiful thing

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 to do.

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 That comes

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 from a

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 quote in

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 Isaiah

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 chapter 52.

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 Let's

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 turn to

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 that.

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 It's on

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 page 739

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 of your

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 Bible.

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 Page

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 739,

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 Isaiah

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 52.

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 Whenever you

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 get a

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 quote like

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 that in

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 the New

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 Testament,

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 it's

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 wanting us

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 to go

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 back and

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 see what's

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 being said.

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 We can

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 read the

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 whole

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 context.

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 Chris

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 read to

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 us from

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 it earlier.

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 We pick

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 it up in

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 chapter 52

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 verse 7.

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 The image

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 here is of

00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:55.000
 a messenger.

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 and he's

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 running to

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 a city

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 to tell

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 them,

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 a city

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 that's been

00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.359
 held in

00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:02.900
 captivity

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.579
 and in

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 slavery,

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 that he's

00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:06.000
 got some

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.759
 good news,

00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.200
 that a

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.740
 battle has

00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.480
 taken place

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:08.819
 and a

00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.519
 victory has

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.380
 come and

00:19:10.380 --> 00:19:10.960
 the enemy

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.480
 has been

00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:12.180
 defeated and

00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:12.599
 the people

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 are now

00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:13.480
 free.

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 So read

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.460
 Isaiah

00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.400
 52 verse

00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:16.819
 7.

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 How beautiful

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.359
 on the

00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:20.319
 mountains are

00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:20.900
 the feet of

00:19:20.900 --> 00:19:21.319
 those who

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:21.819
 bring good

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.160
 news.

00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:22.920
 Here's the

00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:23.859
 messenger running

00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.599
 towards the

00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:24.959
 city.

00:19:26.379 --> 00:19:27.179
 He's come

00:19:27.179 --> 00:19:28.379
 to proclaim

00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:29.379
 peace,

00:19:29.659 --> 00:19:30.399
 who brings

00:19:30.399 --> 00:19:31.579
 good tidings,

00:19:31.939 --> 00:19:32.959
 who proclaims

00:19:32.959 --> 00:19:33.719
 salvation,

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.799
 who says

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.659
 to Zion,

00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.639
 your God

00:19:36.639 --> 00:19:37.199
 reigns,

00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:37.939
 he's won

00:19:37.939 --> 00:19:38.500
 the victory,

00:19:38.659 --> 00:19:39.059
 he's won

00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:39.599
 the battle,

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 he rules.

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:42.379
 Verse 9.

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 Burst into

00:19:43.639 --> 00:19:44.339
 songs of

00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:45.219
 joy together,

00:19:45.399 --> 00:19:46.139
 you ruins

00:19:46.139 --> 00:19:47.219
 of Jerusalem,

00:19:47.679 --> 00:19:48.259
 for the

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:48.839
 Lord has

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.539
 comforted

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.159
 his people,

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.179
 he has

00:19:51.179 --> 00:19:51.839
 redeemed

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.839
 Jerusalem.

00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:54.459
 And the

00:19:54.459 --> 00:19:55.019
 salvation

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.479
 that he

00:19:55.479 --> 00:19:56.019
 has won,

00:19:56.459 --> 00:19:56.839
 look at

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.439
 verse 10,

00:19:58.139 --> 00:19:58.579
 is not

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.000
 just for

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.719
 one people,

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 the Lord

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.059
 will lay

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.779
 bare his

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.699
 holy arm

00:20:03.699 --> 00:20:04.179
 in the

00:20:04.179 --> 00:20:04.740
 sight of

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:06.139
 all the

00:20:06.139 --> 00:20:06.579
 nations,

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.979
 and all

00:20:07.979 --> 00:20:08.879
 the ends

00:20:08.879 --> 00:20:09.199
 of the

00:20:09.199 --> 00:20:10.019
 earth will

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.500
 see the

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.039
 salvation

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:12.059
 of our

00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:12.559
 God.

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.240
 Go back

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.799
 to Romans

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.399
 10.

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 You see,

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 it is a

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.899
 beautiful thing

00:20:17.899 --> 00:20:18.699
 to tell the

00:20:18.699 --> 00:20:19.479
 story of

00:20:19.479 --> 00:20:19.879
 Jesus,

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:21.639
 to bring the

00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:22.219
 good news

00:20:22.219 --> 00:20:23.059
 of a victory,

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.759
 that is

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.220
 essentially

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:24.700
 what we are

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.099
 saying,

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:26.059
 that Jesus

00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:26.619
 through his

00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:27.000
 death on

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.539
 the cross

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.799
 has come

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:29.539
 to deal

00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:30.339
 with sin

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:30.679
 and the

00:20:30.679 --> 00:20:31.419
 consequences

00:20:31.419 --> 00:20:31.980
 of sin.

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:32.559
 He has

00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:33.159
 defeated

00:20:33.159 --> 00:20:34.440
 our greatest

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.019
 enemy,

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.919
 death itself,

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.700
 by rising

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.259
 again from

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:37.720
 the grave,

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.359
 and in

00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:38.859
 its place

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.579
 he offers

00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:40.679
 eternal life

00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.159
 in his

00:20:41.159 --> 00:20:41.639
 kingdom

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 forever,

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 where there is

00:20:42.899 --> 00:20:43.359
 no more

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 war,

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.460
 no more

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 suffering,

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.659
 no more

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 evil,

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:46.839
 no more

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.460
 death.

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 death.

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 That is

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 the most

00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:51.100
 beautiful

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 thing you

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:52.779
 could do

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.840
 for anyone,

00:20:54.840 --> 00:20:55.480
 is to

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.160
 share this

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:57.940
 story with

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.600
 other people.

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 And as a

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.440
 church,

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.220
 we seek to

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:04.299
 be beautiful

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:04.819
 feet.

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 That's why

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.340
 we're supporting

00:21:07.340 --> 00:21:08.220
 the Kinsale

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:09.180
 Church Planting

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.840
 Project.

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.720
 People going,

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:13.039
 people going to

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 live,

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 people bringing

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.039
 the good

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.819
 news of

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.480
 Jesus to

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:16.980
 those who

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 don't know.

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 That's why

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 we're going to

00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:20.779
 partner with

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 a small

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.920
 church in

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 Kosovo this

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.140
 summer,

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:25.140
 partnering with

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:26.200
 other Christians

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:27.700
 who are seeking

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.619
 to tell the

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.440
 story of

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.319
 Jesus with

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 those who

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 have not yet

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 heard.

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 That's why

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 as a church

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.640
 we're looking

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 to appoint

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 and train

00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:38.220
 up others

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 who will go

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 and teach

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:39.940
 the good

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.480
 news in

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 other parts

00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.539
 of this

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 community

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 and country.

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 that's why

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 we have

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.320
 polo,

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 that's why

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 we have

00:21:47.760 --> 00:21:48.400
 the rock,

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 all different

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 means to

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 let people

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 know that

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 everyone who

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:53.660
 calls on the

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.180
 name of the

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.860
 Lord will

00:21:54.860 --> 00:21:55.580
 be saved.

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 That's why

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.120
 we exist,

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:57.940
 that's why

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.500
 the church

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.080
 is here.

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 And it

00:22:00.560 --> 00:22:01.200
 happens not

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 just in

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 organized ways,

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 but it

00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:04.100
 happens as

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 you go to

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:06.180
 college and

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.520
 you meet

00:22:06.520 --> 00:22:06.880
 with your

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.840
 fellow students

00:22:07.840 --> 00:22:08.460
 and you're

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.120
 chatting with

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:09.300
 them.

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 It happens

00:22:10.260 --> 00:22:10.720
 when you're

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.360
 in work and

00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:11.760
 you're meeting

00:22:11.760 --> 00:22:12.160
 with your

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.920
 colleagues over

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.480
 lunch.

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 It happens

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 if you're

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 parents with

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 your children

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 as you pray

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 with them

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.120
 and as you

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.600
 read with

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:18.840
 them and

00:22:18.840 --> 00:22:19.060
 as you

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 talk to

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 them.

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 It takes

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.080
 place when

00:22:22.080 --> 00:22:22.560
 you go out

00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:22.880
 with your

00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:23.300
 friends

00:22:23.300 --> 00:22:24.259
 socializing.

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 It's the

00:22:26.300 --> 00:22:27.080
 most beautiful

00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:27.759
 thing to

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:29.180
 do, to

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.880
 tell the

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:31.100
 simple story

00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:32.320
 of Jesus.

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.480
 That's why

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.320
 we exist.

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.400
 That's why

00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:37.120
 we're here.

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.019
 This is where

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:39.100
 the story is

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:39.860
 all heading

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.600
 towards.

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:43.119
 everyone

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:44.359
 must hear

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:44.959
 the gospel,

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:50.159
 but not

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.599
 all who

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:51.059
 hear the

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:52.939
 gospel will

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:53.539
 believe.

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.259
 Look at

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:56.099
 verse 16

00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:58.199
 of Romans

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 10.

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 But not

00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:01.980
 all the

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.619
 Israelites

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.619
 accepted the

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.279
 good news.

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:06.160
 for Isaiah

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.539
 says,

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.819
 Lord, who

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.660
 has believed

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.420
 our message?

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:10.960
 That little

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.599
 quote there

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.420
 comes straight

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:13.059
 after the

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.839
 announcement of

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 the victory

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.980
 we just read

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.440
 about in

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.879
 Isaiah.

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 The good

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.200
 news of

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:18.119
 liberation and

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.839
 redemption has

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.399
 been told,

00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:20.319
 but you know

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:20.579
 what?

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 They didn't

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:21.799
 want to hear

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:21.940
 it.

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.399
 They didn't

00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:22.759
 want to

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.379
 accept it.

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:23.920
 They were

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.660
 basically saying

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.079
 we don't

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.539
 want a

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.240
 saving king.

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 We'll be

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.480
 our own

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.879
 king and

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.180
 live our

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.740
 own way and

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.019
 do our

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.519
 own thing.

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.160
 We can

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.839
 do life on

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.180
 our own,

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.779
 thanks very

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.200
 much.

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:34.299
 And in

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.799
 the same

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.180
 way,

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.720
 many who

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.360
 hear about

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.740
 Jesus,

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.480
 they just

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.059
 simply don't

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.640
 want him.

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.000
 We don't

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.600
 need him.

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:41.500
 You don't

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.279
 really believe

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.880
 in him.

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.740
 I can

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.200
 live without

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:44.620
 him.

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.620
 Verse 17

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.519
 Consequently,

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.420
 faith comes

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.019
 from hearing

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.779
 the message

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.580
 and the

00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:52.140
 message is

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:53.200
 heard through

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.860
 the word of

00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.299
 Christ.

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.160
 But I

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.620
 ask,

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.700
 did they

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.319
 not hear?

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.960
 Is the

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.660
 reason why

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.519
 people don't

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.360
 believe because

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.080
 they never

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.619
 heard?

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.099
 Well,

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.419
 look at the

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:04.799
 rest of

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.599
 verse 18.

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.960
 Of course

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.659
 they did.

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.659
 Of course

00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:09.339
 they heard.

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.439
 Their voice

00:24:10.439 --> 00:24:10.879
 has gone

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.480
 out into

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.179
 all the

00:24:12.179 --> 00:24:12.500
 earth.

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.559
 Their words

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.099
 to the

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.759
 ends of

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.240
 the world.

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.519
 They did

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:18.939
 hear the

00:24:18.939 --> 00:24:19.259
 message,

00:24:19.439 --> 00:24:19.720
 but they

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.439
 simply didn't

00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:21.099
 believe it.

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:22.899
 And the

00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:23.819
 sad reality

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.419
 is there

00:24:24.419 --> 00:24:24.960
 are those

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.460
 that you

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.379
 know and

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:26.819
 who I

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:28.319
 know who

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.839
 have heard

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.639
 the story

00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:30.319
 many,

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.319
 many times.

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.379
 But they

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:34.240
 still push

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.139
 Jesus away.

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.259
 Maybe you

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.619
 have a

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:39.539
 friend and

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.740
 you've

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.099
 gently

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:41.319
 explained the

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.759
 gospel.

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.139
 Graciously,

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.579
 you've

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.079
 talked to

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.299
 them,

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.460
 but yet

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.059
 they remain

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.819
 hard and

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.179
 cynical.

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.579
 Maybe

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:49.899
 there's

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.740
 somebody close

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.279
 within your

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.240
 family and

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.919
 you've prayed

00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:53.599
 with them for

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.519
 many years,

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.299
 but as yet

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.799
 there doesn't

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.379
 seem to be

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:58.300
 any response.

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.500
 And the

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.440
 experience of

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:04.760
 life is

00:25:04.760 --> 00:25:05.260
 so often

00:25:05.260 --> 00:25:05.840
 that those

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.500
 who hear

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:09.980
 it seem

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.660
 to reject

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.100
 it the

00:25:11.100 --> 00:25:11.480
 most.

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:14.540
 So what

00:25:14.540 --> 00:25:14.960
 are we to

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.280
 do?

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.380
 I don't

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.680
 kind of

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.680
 quite get

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.240
 it because

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.160
 we're telling

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.800
 us on one

00:25:19.800 --> 00:25:20.780
 side everybody

00:25:20.780 --> 00:25:21.660
 must hear

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.340
 the message,

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.440
 but now you're

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.000
 saying that

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.680
 those who do

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.360
 hear it don't

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:25.740
 want to

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.240
 believe it.

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:27.000
 So what's

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.439
 the point?

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:27.779
 It all

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.240
 seems a

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.639
 waste of

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:28.859
 time.

00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:29.399
 Why don't

00:25:29.399 --> 00:25:29.699
 we all

00:25:29.699 --> 00:25:30.079
 just go

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.359
 home?

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.500
 What's the

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.039
 reason for

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.319
 all of

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.639
 this?

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.179
 Well, we

00:25:36.179 --> 00:25:36.859
 must remember

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.299
 that we

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.699
 have a

00:25:37.699 --> 00:25:38.099
 gracious

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:40.019
 and a

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.479
 patient

00:25:40.479 --> 00:25:42.319
 God who

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.000
 does not

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.619
 give up

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.939
 on his

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.639
 people.

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.579
 We must

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.579
 patiently

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.559
 keep

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.439
 telling

00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:51.439
 the

00:25:51.439 --> 00:25:51.839
 gospel.

00:25:53.219 --> 00:25:54.059
 Because if

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.559
 we do,

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.299
 if we

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:57.079
 keep telling

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.699
 the gospel,

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.559
 or as it

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:58.959
 is in

00:25:58.959 --> 00:25:59.859
 chapter 10

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.459
 verse 1,

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.219
 he says,

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:01.819
 my heart

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.619
 desire my

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.240
 prayer.

00:26:04.179 --> 00:26:04.699
 The reason

00:26:04.699 --> 00:26:05.079
 we can

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.859
 keep on

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:07.139
 praying and

00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:08.159
 keep telling

00:26:08.159 --> 00:26:08.919
 the story

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:10.059
 of Jesus is

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.839
 these three

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.479
 things.

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.819
 First,

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:15.000
 God provokes

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.859
 some to

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.359
 jealousy.

00:26:17.919 --> 00:26:18.339
 Well,

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.699
 what's that

00:26:18.699 --> 00:26:18.959
 about?

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.159
 Well,

00:26:19.179 --> 00:26:19.419
 look at

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:20.199
 verse 19.

00:26:21.199 --> 00:26:21.740
 Again,

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.399
 I ask,

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.879
 did Israel

00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.759
 not understand?

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:26.459
 First,

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.339
 Moses says,

00:26:27.979 --> 00:26:28.399
 I will

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:28.939
 make you

00:26:28.939 --> 00:26:29.619
 envious

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.479
 by those

00:26:30.479 --> 00:26:31.059
 who are

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:32.039
 not a

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.399
 nation.

00:26:33.199 --> 00:26:33.779
 I will

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.240
 make you

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.979
 angry

00:26:34.979 --> 00:26:35.959
 by a

00:26:35.959 --> 00:26:36.279
 nation

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.719
 that has

00:26:36.719 --> 00:26:36.959
 no

00:26:36.959 --> 00:26:37.659
 understanding.

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.759
 What he's

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.279
 saying here

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.879
 is this,

00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:42.439
 that those

00:26:42.439 --> 00:26:43.139
 who hear

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:43.619
 the good

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.139
 news,

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.039
 but refuse

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.839
 to believe

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.279
 the good

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.740
 news,

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:49.039
 God's

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.500
 going to

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.319
 respond to

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.099
 them by

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.000
 taking it

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.639
 from them

00:26:52.639 --> 00:26:53.599
 and giving

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.299
 it to

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.699
 somebody

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.240
 else.

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:57.019
 God is

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.420
 going to

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.539
 take the

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.200
 good news,

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.580
 as it

00:26:59.580 --> 00:26:59.819
 were,

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.120
 from those

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:02.740
 people and

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.299
 give it to

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.620
 another

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.120
 people.

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.779
 To make

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.120
 them,

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:07.720
 look at

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.600
 verse 19,

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.720
 I will

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.259
 make you

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.980
 envious,

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.700
 or I will

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.200
 make you

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:13.980
 jealous.

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.580
 The purpose

00:27:17.580 --> 00:27:18.559
 is that those

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.019
 who have

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:20.299
 rejected the

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.019
 good news

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:22.720
 will look

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.160
 and see

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:24.059
 the transformation

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.799
 that the

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.420
 gospel has

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.160
 brought to

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:27.100
 somebody else's

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:28.100
 life and

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.380
 they will

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:29.220
 see what

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.720
 the gospel

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.160
 has done

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.460
 in their

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.680
 life,

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.120
 how it's

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.779
 changed them

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.339
 and transformed

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.819
 them and

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.160
 they'll say,

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.200
 I want that

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.720
 back.

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:36.440
 I now see

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.120
 what it looks

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.680
 like and what

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.620
 it does and

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.559
 I want it.

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.400
 It's like

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:43.059
 giving a gift

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.519
 to one of

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:43.880
 your little

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:46.380
 children and

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.759
 you take that

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.360
 gift and you

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:49.000
 want your little

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.240
 child to enjoy

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.480
 it.

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.319
 You want

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.920
 them to see

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.740
 the pleasure

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.319
 that it can

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.900
 give them.

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.859
 And you

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.559
 bring it into

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:56.960
 them and you

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.799
 place it before

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.140
 them but

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.640
 instead of

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.339
 them receiving

00:27:59.339 --> 00:27:59.799
 and going,

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.799
 oh thank

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.099
 you,

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.799
 they throw a

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.559
 hissy fit and

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.220
 they throw it

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.759
 across the

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.000
 room.

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.319
 And what

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.640
 does the

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.200
 parent do?

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.539
 Well they

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.200
 take that

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:12.140
 gift and

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.620
 they go to

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.200
 the child

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.039
 next door and

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.640
 they present

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:15.220
 it to the

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.279
 child and

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.019
 with a beaming

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.720
 face that

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.299
 little child

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.920
 looks up and

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.900
 receives it and

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.660
 they open it

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.380
 with full of

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.340
 joy and they

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:23.240
 delight in the

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:25.120
 gift because

00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:26.259
 it's only then

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.400
 that your child

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.200
 will then see

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:29.240
 its true value

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.820
 and they'll say

00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:31.000
 I want that

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.460
 back.

00:28:33.300 --> 00:28:34.100
 And that's

00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:34.600
 what God

00:28:34.600 --> 00:28:35.160
 will do.

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.100
 For those who

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.620
 have heard,

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.700
 other people

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.759
 will hear it and

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.780
 they will see the

00:28:39.780 --> 00:28:40.780
 transformation and

00:28:40.780 --> 00:28:42.100
 say I want it

00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.560
 back.

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.980
 That's the way

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.780
 God works.

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:51.200
 God saves in

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.480
 surprising ways.

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.639
 Verse 20

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:55.799
 And Isaiah

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.839
 boldly says

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:58.359
 I was found

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:59.460
 by those who

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.240
 did not

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:01.099
 seek me.

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:03.399
 I was found

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:04.079
 by those who

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.779
 did not

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.440
 seek me.

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.859
 I revealed

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.599
 myself to

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.279
 those who

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.500
 did not

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.700
 ask for me.

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.680
 God in

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.299
 his grace

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.160
 will save

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.779
 those who

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.420
 we never

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.079
 ever thought

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.599
 possible.

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.619
 The most

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.879
 surprising of

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.460
 ways,

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.879
 people who

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.519
 never went

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.039
 to church,

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:24.839
 people who

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.519
 never had

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.079
 the privilege

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.839
 of a Christian

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.319
 family,

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.139
 people who

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.639
 just showed

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:29.319
 no interest

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.139
 whatsoever,

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.859
 will hear

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:34.519
 and they

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.159
 will believe.

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.299
 And you

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.839
 might have

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.539
 that friend

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.159
 or there

00:29:39.159 --> 00:29:39.539
 may be

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:39.939
 somebody

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.500
 within your

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.039
 family and

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.460
 you're just

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.019
 thinking right

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.279
 now,

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.539
 it's impossible

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.740
 for them

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.619
 to become a

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.119
 follower of

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.439
 Jesus.

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.159
 It's

00:29:47.159 --> 00:29:48.039
 impossible for

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.479
 them to

00:29:48.479 --> 00:29:48.799
 believe.

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.279
 They've

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.239
 always resisted

00:29:50.239 --> 00:29:50.339
 it.

00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:50.599
 They've

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.379
 always rejected

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.699
 it.

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.919
 But with

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.459
 God it's

00:29:53.459 --> 00:29:54.219
 never impossible

00:29:54.219 --> 00:29:55.759
 because I,

00:29:56.199 --> 00:29:56.719
 he says,

00:29:56.979 --> 00:29:57.799
 reveal myself

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.519
 to those

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.199
 who did

00:29:59.199 --> 00:30:00.559
 not ask

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.359
 for me.

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.399
 People who

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:03.159
 never searched

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:03.559
 or even

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.199
 asked.

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.059
 God can do

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:07.059
 amazing things.

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.379
 So be

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:09.279
 encouraged that

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:10.139
 God's grace

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:10.959
 is not

00:30:10.959 --> 00:30:11.699
 restricted.

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.619
 He can

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.399
 soften the

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.280
 most hardened

00:30:14.280 --> 00:30:14.940
 atheist.

00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:15.820
 He can

00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:16.440
 reach the

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.140
 most distant

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.880
 people group.

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.500
 He can

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.280
 change the

00:30:19.280 --> 00:30:19.740
 heart of

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.080
 the most

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:20.560
 brutal

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:21.820
 dictator and

00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:22.280
 he can

00:30:22.280 --> 00:30:23.420
 touch your

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.940
 closest loved

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.500
 ones.

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.759
 God saves

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.920
 in the most

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.900
 surprising of

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.340
 ways.

00:30:33.340 --> 00:30:34.640
 And last,

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:37.040
 God will be

00:30:37.040 --> 00:30:37.620
 graciously

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.200
 patient.

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:39.880
 Look at

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.720
 verse 21.

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.820
 Concerning

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.340
 Israel,

00:30:43.520 --> 00:30:44.060
 he says,

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.920
 all day

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.540
 long I

00:30:46.540 --> 00:30:47.080
 have held

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.560
 out my

00:30:47.560 --> 00:30:48.140
 hands.

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.800
 All day

00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:51.300
 long I've

00:30:51.300 --> 00:30:51.700
 held out

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.400
 my hands

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.800
 to a

00:30:53.800 --> 00:30:54.720
 disobedient

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:56.360
 and obstinate

00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:56.860
 people.

00:30:58.520 --> 00:30:59.260
 You see,

00:30:59.340 --> 00:30:59.780
 you and I

00:30:59.780 --> 00:31:00.260
 might want

00:31:00.260 --> 00:31:00.780
 to give up

00:31:00.780 --> 00:31:01.300
 on people.

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.860
 Perhaps we

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.260
 have.

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.120
 We might

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.580
 think that

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:05.960
 all our

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.520
 prayers are

00:31:06.520 --> 00:31:06.980
 useless,

00:31:07.760 --> 00:31:08.580
 that talking

00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:09.140
 is a waste

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:09.700
 of time,

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:11.060
 the energy,

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.900
 the investment,

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.820
 the love we

00:31:12.820 --> 00:31:13.140
 give,

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:13.940
 and there

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.460
 doesn't seem

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:14.920
 to be a

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.560
 response,

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.020
 and we

00:31:17.020 --> 00:31:17.360
 just want

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.660
 to give

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.000
 up,

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.960
 but not

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.500
 with God.

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.720
 Look what

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.240
 it says in

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.000
 verse 21.

00:31:24.780 --> 00:31:26.020
 All day

00:31:26.020 --> 00:31:28.220
 long I

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.780
 have held

00:31:28.780 --> 00:31:29.240
 out my

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:31.000
 hands to

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.080
 a disobedient

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:33.420
 and obstinate

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.920
 people.

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:36.040
 People may

00:31:36.040 --> 00:31:36.780
 refuse me,

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.380
 he says,

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.720
 but I

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.460
 will never

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.220
 give up

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.840
 on them.

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.140
 I will

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:43.080
 forever hold

00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:43.560
 out my

00:31:43.560 --> 00:31:44.020
 hands,

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:45.200
 reaching out

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.500
 to them,

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.860
 longing that

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.220
 they will

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.760
 take my

00:31:47.760 --> 00:31:48.220
 hands.

00:31:49.780 --> 00:31:50.420
 And God

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.060
 has been so

00:31:51.060 --> 00:31:51.640
 graciously

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.480
 patient with

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.140
 you and

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.460
 me,

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.840
 and that

00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:55.480
 is why we

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.940
 must be

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.720
 patiently

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:58.820
 telling the

00:31:58.820 --> 00:31:59.560
 good news

00:31:59.560 --> 00:32:00.880
 to other

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.280
 people.

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.319
 people.

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:02.799
 This is

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.519
 the story.

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.700
 This is

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.200
 where it's

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.899
 all heading.

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.059
 One day

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.720
 people from

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.579
 every tribe

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:09.180
 and language

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.759
 and nation

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.399
 will be

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:10.700
 gathered

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.319
 together in

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.660
 the new

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.180
 heavens and

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.539
 the new

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.180
 earth where

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.359
 there will

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.700
 be no

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.339
 more suffering

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.720
 and no

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.440
 more pain.

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.139
 And we

00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:16.660
 are called

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.240
 today as

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.740
 a church

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.180
 and as a

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.920
 people to

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.319
 be on

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.879
 board that

00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.319
 mission.

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.680
 And it

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.379
 requires us

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:24.019
 to invest

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:25.039
 our lives,

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.660
 our resources,

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.759
 our finances,

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.859
 all that we

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:30.119
 have into

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:31.799
 this mission

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.379
 of God.

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.519
 We want to

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.039
 finish this

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:39.379
 morning by

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:39.819
 showing a

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.159
 video.

00:32:40.479 --> 00:32:40.879
 Rob, if you

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.239
 wouldn't mind

00:32:41.239 --> 00:32:41.859
 just flicking

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.399
 it on there

00:32:42.399 --> 00:32:43.019
 for us.

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.799
 And just

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:46.799
 watch and

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.659
 read the

00:32:47.659 --> 00:32:48.459
 text as it

00:32:48.459 --> 00:32:49.099
 comes up.

00:32:50.419 --> 00:32:51.179
 It's called

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:52.219
 Beautiful Feet.

00:32:53.959 --> 00:32:54.619
 And let

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.579
 through these

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.399
 images and

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:56.879
 through these

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:59.239
 words remind

00:32:59.239 --> 00:33:00.099
 ourselves again

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:01.439
 of the

00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:02.959
 calling that

00:33:02.959 --> 00:33:03.579
 we have.

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.619
 Thanks, Rob.

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:05.639
 Thanks, Rob.

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:05.659
 Thanks, Rob.

00:33:05.659 --> 00:33:08.379
 Thanks, Rob.

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:38.360
 Thank you.

00:33:38.380 --> 00:34:08.360
 Thank you.

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:38.360
 Thank you.

00:34:38.380 --> 00:35:08.360
 Thank you.

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:38.360
 Thank you.

00:35:38.380 --> 00:36:08.360
 Thank you.

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:38.360
 Thank you.

00:36:38.380 --> 00:37:08.360
 Thank you.

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:38.360
 Thank you.

00:37:38.380 --> 00:38:08.360
 Thank you.

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:38.360
 Thank you.

00:38:38.380 --> 00:39:08.360
 Thank you.

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:38.360
 Thank you.

00:39:38.380 --> 00:40:08.360
 Thank you.

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:38.360
 Thank you.

00:40:38.360 --> 00:41:08.340
 Thank you.

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:38.340
 Thank you.

00:41:38.340 --> 00:42:08.320
 Thank you.

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:38.300
 Thank you.

00:42:38.320 --> 00:43:08.300
 Thank you.