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 Now, what's your busiest day of the week?

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 You probably think that mine is Sunday.

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 It's the only day minister to work, isn't it?

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 But it's not actually.

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 The busiest day of my week

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 is the same day as the busiest day of your week.

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 And it's tomorrow.

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 Because tomorrow is always going to be the day, isn't it?

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 When you get all those things done

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 that you never got round to doing today.

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 And of course we know, don't we,

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 that tomorrow never comes.

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 I'll get down to it one of these days, we say.

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 But one of these days becomes none of these days.

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 And it actually never happens.

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 And that is what Felix did with the gospel.

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 Can you just look at verse 25?

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 25 are the little numbers on page 934.

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 And the apostle Paul, as he reasoned

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 about righteousness and self-control

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 and the coming judgment,

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 Felix was alarmed and said,

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 go away to the present.

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 To the present.

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 When I get an opportunity, I will summon you.

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 That's what Felix said.

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 The fancy word for it is procrastination.

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 I like that word.

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 I like the sound of it, don't you?

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 To procrastinate.

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 To put off to tomorrow

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 what ought to be done today.

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 You're a terrible procrastinator

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 you can say to someone tomorrow.

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 And that's what lots of people do

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 when it comes to the Lord Jesus.

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 It's not that they reject it outright.

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 They're not against him, they'd say.

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 It's just they've never got around

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 to do anything about it.

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 They just keep putting it off.

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 Of course, not everybody's got the same advantage

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 as Felix did.

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 Felix had the apostle Paul,

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 who's probably the greatest preacher

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 that Christianity has ever had.

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 And he had the apostle Paul

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 as his private chaplain for two whole years.

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 He had the gospel explained to him

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 by the best gospel preacher

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 who's ever lived.

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 And if he didn't understand it,

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 well all he had to do

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 was press the replay button, didn't he?

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 Which he did frequently.

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 Look at verse 26.

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 At the same time,

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 well it says at the end of the verse,

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 isn't it,

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 so he sent for him often

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 and conversed with him.

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 He says tomorrow.

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 Many are.

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 Tomorrow.

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 Well I've got a more convenient time

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 but there is never

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 a more convenient time

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 than right now.

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 And so tonight,

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 I want to challenge you.

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 I want to challenge you,

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 whatever your relationship is

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 to the gospel of the Lord Jesus,

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 to right now give full attention

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 to what is happening.

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 Because you are under the sound

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 of the word.

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 And God is speaking to us

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 through his word.

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 Somebody has said

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 that the past is history,

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 the future is mystery,

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 the present is a gift.

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 And that is why we call it the present,

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 which is a bit corny, isn't it?

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 I quite like it to have got past it.

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 So let's make the most.

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 Let's make the most of this present moment.

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 It is God's gift to us.

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 And if you're not sure

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 where you stand in relationship

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 to the Lord Jesus,

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 seize the moment.

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 Carpe diem, is that right?

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 Seize the day.

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 Make this the night

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 when you sort it out.

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 So all I want to do

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 is I want to consider

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 three things about Felix,

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 all beginning with M.

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 The man he was,

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 the mistake he made,

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 the message he missed.

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 The man he was.

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 Let me introduce you

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 to this man Felix.

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 He named himself.

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 He chose his own name

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 according to Acts

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 from Biblical Literature.

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 He was a slave

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 who gained his freedom.

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 And he took a new name,

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 Felix,

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 which means in Latin,

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 happy.

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 But I don't think

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 he's a very happy man at all

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 when you read about him.

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 It's often the case,

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 isn't it,

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 that those who appear

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 most happy on the outside

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 are often inwardly sad.

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 Some of the greatest comics

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 that there have ever been

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 are often the saddest of people.

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 It's a strange phenomenon,

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 isn't it?

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 So who is this man?

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 What kind of man was Felix?

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 Felix,

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 secular history,

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 knows him as Felix,

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 the procurator,

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 the governor,

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 the governor of Samaria

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 and probably Judea.

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 He was Pilate's successor.

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 The procurator of Palestine,

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 the man in charge,

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 as far as the Romans

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 were concerned.

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 So he knew all about Jesus.

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 From a job like that,

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 you couldn't possibly know

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 about Jesus.

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 Look at verse 22,

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 it says,

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 isn't it,

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 but Felix having a rather

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 accurate knowledge

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 of the way.

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 Do you notice that?

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 That's the description

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 of Christians in those days.

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 They were known as the way.

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 He'd been properly breathed

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 when he took over

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 as the governor of Palestine.

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 There was no way

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 that he could not have known

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 about the way

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 because by this time

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 in mystery,

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 there's probably

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 tens,

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 twenty,

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 thirty thousand people

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 who would become Christians.

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 That's what they think

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 by Acts chapter 6.

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 So he would have known

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 about Christians.

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 He would have access

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 to the official records

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 of the crucifixion

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 and the empty tomb.

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 And Paul says

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 to his immediate successor,

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 Festus,

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 in chapter 26,

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 these things were not

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 done in a corner.

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 It's all on the public record.

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 It's all in the newspapers.

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 It's all in the public domain.

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 And as procurator of Palestine,

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 Felix was responsible

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 for public order.

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 But he didn't do

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 a very good job

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 at the verses 1-3

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 of Paul's trial

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 before Felix

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 in chapter 24.

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 The Jews arrived,

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 don't they,

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 in record time

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 with their lawyer,

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 Tertullus.

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 And he sounds like a lawyer,

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 doesn't he?

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 Look at verse 1.

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 After five days,

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 the high priest

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 and the house

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 came down with some elders

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 and it spoke from one

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 Tertullus.

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 They laid before the governor

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 that case against Paul.

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 And they say this.

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 When he'd been summoned,

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 Tertullus began to accuse him,

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 saying,

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 since though,

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 through you,

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 we enjoy much peace

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 and since by your foresight

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 and most excellent Felix,

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 reforms are being made

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 for this nation

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 in every way

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 and everywhere.

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 We accept this

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 with all gratitude.

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 But to detain you

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 no further,

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 I beg you in your kindness

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 to hear us briefly.

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 Now that is what is called

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 flannel,

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 isn't it?

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 Isn't that what it's called?

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 It's lawyer's talk.

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 There's a lawyer,

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 and obviously it's the front

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 and the back side.

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 But that's what you paid him for,

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 isn't it?

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 It's the blatant rewriting

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 of history.

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 It's enough to make any Jew

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 choke on his cornflakes

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 because the reality

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 was very different.

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 Josephus,

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 the Jewish historian,

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 tells us that Felix

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 was the worst ruler

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 that Judea ever had.

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 Tacitus,

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 the Roman historian,

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 writes to him

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 as a master of cruelty

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 and lust

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 to exercise the powers

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 of a king

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 with the mind of a slave.

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 In other words,

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 there was nothing noble

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 about him.

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 There was nothing

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 about this man,

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 Felix,

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 that commanded respect

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 or loyalty.

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 He was mean,

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 he was corrupt,

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 he was cruel.

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 So mean and so corrupt

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 that eventually

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 his superiors,

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 very soon after,

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 summoned Felix to Rome.

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 And Felix kept his life

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 but lost his job.

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 Nero sacked him.

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 Fancy being sacked

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 by Emperor Nero

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 for being cruel.

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 He was summoned

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 by Nero

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 for his crimes

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 against humanity

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 when the guy

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 was, well,

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 that is the kind

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 of man he was.

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 There's a saying,

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 isn't there,

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 power corrupts

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 and absolute power

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 corrupts absolutely

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 and Felix demonstrates

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 that here.

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 You see in the way

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 he deals with Paul

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 in verse 19.

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 They ought to be here

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 before you

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 to make an accusation.

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 Should they have

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 anything against me?

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 But there are no witnesses

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 in this court case.

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 So the case

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 should have been

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 thrown out

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 straight away.

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 Roman law

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 took it very seriously.

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 If your original

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 accusers didn't

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 turn up in court,

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 if the original

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 accusers were absent,

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 it should be thrown out

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 and that was the case

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 here.

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 The Jews

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 turned up with their

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 lawyer,

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 who's obviously

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 a very good lawyer

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 judging by those

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 opening remarks,

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 to try and get the

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 judge on his side,

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 but there's no case

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 to answer.

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 There are no witnesses

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 and the original

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 accusers are not

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 in court.

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 And so Felix

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 should have thrown

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 the case out of court

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 and set Paul free.

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 And not only that,

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 Paul has been handed

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 over to the Romans

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 on trumped up charges.

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 He's an innocent man.

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 There's three S's,

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 lots of alliteration

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 tonight.

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 Sedition,

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 sectarianism,

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 sacrilege.

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 Three words

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 we hardly use.

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 Sedition,

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 sectarianism,

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 sacrilege.

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 Don't worry if you

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 don't understand them.

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 Basically,

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 they say Paul's

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 a troublemaker.

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 He's a rim leader.

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 He's a desecrator

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 of temples.

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 These are the sort

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 of charges that were

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 brought against Paul.

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 Now I'm not going

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 to go into it.

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 You can read

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 Luke's transcript

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 of the court case

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 if you want

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 in these chapters.

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 And Felix knows

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 that.

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 But instead of

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 acquitting Paul,

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 he adjourns the

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 case indefinitely.

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 So look at verse 22

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 he puts Paul on

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 remand.

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 It's just on page

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 934.

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 Felix having a rather

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 accurate knowledge

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 of the way he put

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 them on.

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 Saying when Lysias,

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 the tribune,

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 comes down,

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 I will decide your

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 case.

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 But as far as we know,

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 Lysias never arrives.

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 And as far as we know,

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 Felix never sends him.

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 And so for two whole

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 years,

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 two whole years,

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 an innocent man is

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 kept under arrest

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 without trial.

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 So that is Felix,

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 the man in charge

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 of law and order,

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 the procurator.

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 Now let's move on

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 to Felix,

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 the procrastinator.

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 Felix,

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 the procrastinator,

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 his mistake.

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 We've seen the man,

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 let's see the mistake.

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 And again,

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 it's a mistake many

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 people make.

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 Let me quote to you

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 Pink Floyd,

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 the song Time.

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 Ticking away,

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 the moments that make

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 up a dull day.

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 Fritter and waste the

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 hours in an offhand

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 way.

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 Kicking around on a

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 piece of ground in

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 your hometown,

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 waiting for someone

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 or something to show

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 you the way.

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 Tired of lying in the

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 sunshine,

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 staying home to watch

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 the rain.

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 You are young and life

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 is long and there is

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 time to kill today.

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 And then one day

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 you'll find ten years

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 have got behind you.

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 No one told you

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 when to run,

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 you missed the

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 starting gun.

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 So you run and you

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 run to catch up with

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 the sun but it's

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 sinking.

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 Racing around to come

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 up behind you again.

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 The sun is the same

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 in a relative way

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 but you're older,

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 shorter of breath

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 and one day closer

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 to death.

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 Every year is getting

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 shorter,

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 never seem to find

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 the time.

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 Plans that either

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 come to naught or

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 half a page of

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 scribbled lines.

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 Hanging on in quiet

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 desperation is the

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 English way.

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 The time is gone,

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 the song is over.

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 Thought I had

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 something more to say.

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 Now that's the

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 mistake Felix made.

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 Waiting for someone

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 to show you the way.

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 And somebody did

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 come and show

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 Felix the way.

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 In verse 14,

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 Paul manages to get

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 his testimony in

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 in the midst of the

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 trial and it's

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 interesting.

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 He says in verse 14,

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 if you can see it on

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 page 933,

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 but this I confess to

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 you, that according

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 to the way which

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 they call a sect.

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 See what he's saying?

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 He's saying,

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 they call us a sect

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 but I follow the

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 God of the Jews.

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 As a Christian,

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 I haven't exchanged

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 one God for another

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 Felix.

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 I believe the same

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 God that they

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 believe and I follow

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 the God of the Jews

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 as a follower of the

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 way as a Christian.

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 The way is an

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 interesting term because

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 it comes up again and

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 again in this chapter.

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 I've thought about it

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 this week.

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 What a weird thing to

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 call people, the way.

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 But what's the question

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 that comes up in your

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 mind, that springs to

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 your mind when you

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 think of the way?

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 It's this, where are

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 you going?

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 Which way are you

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 going?

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 It's a title, isn't it,

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 that begs a question,

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 the way.

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 And Jesus, of course,

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 in John's Gospel, if

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 you know anything about

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 the Bible, he said,

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 I am the way, the

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 truth and the life.

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 There's no way to the

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 Father except through me.

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 Jesus is the way.

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 Chinese have got a

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 proverb, haven't they?

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 The journey of a

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 thousand miles begins

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 with one step.

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 And so if you want to

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 come to know God, if

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 you want to come to

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 know the God of the

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 Jews, if you want to

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 come to know the God

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 of the Bible, if you

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 want to come to know

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 God as your Father,

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 then Jesus is the way

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 and that's the first

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 step you must take.

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 And Felix was well

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 acquainted with that,

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 wasn't he?

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 That's fine too.

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 Lots of people reject

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 Christianity without

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 knowing anything about

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 it, but Felix knew

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 a lot about it.

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 He was well

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 acquainted.

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 He knew a lot

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 about it.

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 With the way he'd

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 researched it.

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 He'd be briefed on

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 it.

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 He'd have Paul

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 explained to him the

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 way of salvation.

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 He knew the

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 gospel.

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 In other words, he

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 endured the starting

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 gun, but he didn't

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 run.

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 He knew the way, but

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 he didn't start on

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 it.

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 And instead he

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 stalled, he

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 prevaricated, he

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 procrastinated.

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 Look at verses

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 24 and 25.

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 This is out of

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 court now, isn't it?

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 Verse 24, he's out

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 of court.

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 He's back.

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 And Felix has

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 put him on

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 remand.

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 After some days,

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 Felix came with

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 his wife, Drusilla,

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 who was Jewish, and

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 he sang for Paul and

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 she'd have to speak

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 about faith in

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 Christ Jesus.

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 He's been shown the

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 way of salvation.

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 Faith in Christ

00:12:41.779 --> 00:12:44.000
 Jesus is the way.

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 He was being urged to

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 run for his life, and

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 again and again it

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 was explained to him

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 this way of salvation,

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 but he never set out.

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 Look at verse 25.

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 And as he reasoned

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 about righteousness

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 and self-control and

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 the coming judgment,

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 Felix was alarmed and

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 said, go away for the

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 present.

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 When I get an

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 opportunity, I'll

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 summon you.

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 Now that word is

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 very, very strong.

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 Very, very strong in

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 verse 25.

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 Do you see that

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 Felix was alarmed?

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 He was afraid.

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 He was trembling in

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 his boots.

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 He was quaking.

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 He heard Paul preach

00:13:18.539 --> 00:13:19.580
 about faith in Jesus

00:13:19.580 --> 00:13:20.439
 and he trembled.

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 Felix trembled, but he

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 didn't turn from his

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 sin.

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 He trembled, but he

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 didn't trust in Jesus

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 as the way to go on

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 his Savior.

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 He was convicted, but

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 not converted.

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 He knows the way, but

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 he never sets out on

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 it.

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 Instead, he

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 procrastinates.

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 He prevaricates.

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 Do you see what he

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 says?

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 That's enough for now.

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 Don't call me.

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 I'll call you Paul.

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 When it's convenient,

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 I'll send for you

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 again.

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 So instead of

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 listening to the

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 voice of his

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 conscience, which was

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 screaming at him,

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 he stifles it.

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 And again and

00:13:53.460 --> 00:13:54.080
 again for two

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 whole years until

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 it's silenced

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 altogether.

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 Why would

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 anyone do that?

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 For two whole

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 years, he hears

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 this message until

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 it's silenced in

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 his conscience.

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 Now why would

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 anyone do that?

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 And there are

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 three reasons hinted

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 at in the passage,

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 and they are

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 interesting because

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 we'll all be

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 familiar with him.

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 Because the three

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 things that are

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 stopping Felix from

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 going on the way,

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 from exercising faith

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 in Jesus Christ,

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 are the things that

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 will damn him and

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 stifle his conscience.

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 And the three

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 things that Paul

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 warns about are

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 actually the same

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 three things Paul

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 warns leaders about

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 in 1 Timothy

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 chapter 3.

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 Three temptations

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 for leaders in

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 God's church,

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 yeah, but three

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 temptations also for

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 leaders in society.

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 What are they?

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 Money, sex and

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 power.

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 So let me show

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 you that.

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 2 Timothy

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 is 25 and 26,

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 and we get the

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 reason he was

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 stalling.

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 As he reasoned

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 about righteousness

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 and self-control

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 and becoming

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 judgment,

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 Felix was alarmed

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 and said,

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 go away for the

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 present.

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 When I get an

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 activity, I will

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 summon you.

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 At the same

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 time, he hoped

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 that money would

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 be given him

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 by Paul.

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 So he sent

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 him off to

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 and conversed

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 with him.

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 Now again,

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 if you were

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 listening when

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 Rachel read,

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 you'll notice

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 that Paul let

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 something slip

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 in verse 17.

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 Do you see that?

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 Just a look at

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 the page.

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 Now after several

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 years, I came to

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 bring arms to

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 my nation and

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 to present

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 offerings.

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 Now if this

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 was a Disney

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 cartoon, you

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 would hear the

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 cash register

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 tingle at that

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 and Felix's

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 eyes would roll

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 around and

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 there would be

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 dollar signs

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 wouldn't there

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 on Felix's

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 eyes.

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 How many have

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 stifled their

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 consciences and

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 ruined their

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 souls for the

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 love of money?

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 And what can

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 money buy?

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 It's not

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 convenient right

00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:43.200
 now to be a

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 Christian.

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 I know if I

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 become a

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 Christian, it's

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 going to cramp

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 my style.

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 There would

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 be decisions

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 that I've

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 got to make

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 that I just

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 don't want

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 to make.

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 How many

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 have stifled

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 their conscience

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 for the love

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 of money?

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 And the

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 apostle says

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 it's the love

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 of money.

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 Money is a

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 neutral thing.

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 It's a

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 neutral thing,

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 but we just

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 can't help

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 loving the

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 stuff, can

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 we?

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 It's the

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 love of money

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 that is the

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 root of all

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 evil and you

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 don't have to

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 have money

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 to love it.

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 Think of all

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 the people who

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 are in hell

00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:07.879
 tonight because

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 of the love

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 of money.

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 Think of

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 Judas.

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 Judas Iscariot.

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 He betrayed

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 the Lord Jesus

00:16:15.060 --> 00:16:15.960
 for 30 pieces

00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:16.440
 of silver.

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 It's hardly

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 anything.

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 What motivated

00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:18.860
 him to betray

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 Jesus?

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 Well the Bible

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 says very

00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:21.759
 clearly that

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 Judas was a

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 greedy man.

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 He was the

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 treasurer of the

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 twelve and he

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 liked to put his

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 hand in the

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 till and he

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 used to spend

00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:30.080
 what was put in

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 the treasurer's

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 account for

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 himself.

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 And 30 pieces

00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:33.800
 of silver is not

00:16:33.800 --> 00:16:34.300
 very much to

00:16:34.300 --> 00:16:35.060
 damn yourself with

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 for eternity.

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 It's not a lot

00:16:37.680 --> 00:16:38.100
 of money you've

00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:38.500
 got to hell

00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:38.900
 with.

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.360
 But Judas

00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:40.660
 did.

00:16:40.659 --> 00:16:42.779
 30 pieces of

00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:43.259
 silver and he

00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:43.620
 sold his

00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:43.899
 soul.

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 The New Testament

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 talks about a

00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:46.600
 man called

00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:46.959
 Demas.

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 Demas was one

00:16:48.839 --> 00:16:49.279
 of Paul's

00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:49.719
 colleagues.

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 He was a

00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:51.079
 church worker.

00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:52.059
 He travelled

00:16:52.059 --> 00:16:52.600
 with Paul.

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 Can you imagine

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 how exciting

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:54.019
 that was?

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 And in 2

00:16:54.719 --> 00:16:55.379
 Timothy Paul

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 says Demas

00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:56.939
 has forsaken

00:16:56.939 --> 00:16:57.799
 me having

00:16:57.799 --> 00:16:58.500
 loved this

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 present age.

00:16:59.659 --> 00:16:59.919
 Loved the

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 world.

00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.219
 And Demas

00:17:02.219 --> 00:17:03.579
 has forsaken.

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:04.759
 He's gone

00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:05.299
 back into it.

00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:05.779
 He's gone

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.259
 back into

00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:06.839
 making money.

00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:08.279
 He's been

00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:09.039
 blinded by

00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.659
 Satan into

00:17:09.659 --> 00:17:10.819
 thinking this

00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:11.359
 world is the

00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:11.940
 only world that

00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:12.399
 matters.

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 And the only

00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:14.839
 thing that

00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:15.460
 matters in this

00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:15.940
 world is to be

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.420
 comfortable and

00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:16.859
 well off.

00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.579
 And so he's

00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.420
 forsaken me.

00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:19.240
 He's abandoned

00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:19.759
 the gospel.

00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.460
 Think of the

00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:21.139
 rich young ruler

00:17:21.139 --> 00:17:21.720
 in Luke chapter

00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.099
 18.

00:17:24.379 --> 00:17:25.079
 You cannot

00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:25.799
 help but love

00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:26.259
 the man in

00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:26.759
 Luke 18.

00:17:27.159 --> 00:17:27.899
 He's earnest.

00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.680
 He comes running

00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.159
 to Jesus.

00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:29.700
 It's not a

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:31.139
 philosophy class

00:17:31.139 --> 00:17:31.539
 at Oxford

00:17:31.539 --> 00:17:32.139
 University.

00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:33.319
 It's not a

00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.599
 cool, detached,

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.960
 theoretical discussion.

00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:37.119
 He's a man who's

00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:37.779
 concerned about

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.299
 his soul.

00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:38.899
 And he

00:17:38.899 --> 00:17:40.119
 falls at

00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:40.899
 Jesus' feet.

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:41.619
 And he says,

00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.399
 what must I do

00:17:42.399 --> 00:17:43.099
 to inherit a

00:17:43.099 --> 00:17:43.419
 eternal life?

00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:44.099
 How can I get

00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:44.819
 to know God?

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:45.899
 How can I get

00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.399
 into heaven?

00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:46.879
 And Jesus

00:17:46.879 --> 00:17:47.460
 says, well,

00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:48.960
 what you have

00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:49.399
 give to the

00:17:49.399 --> 00:17:49.619
 poor.

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.659
 That's not the

00:17:51.659 --> 00:17:52.500
 11th commandment.

00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:53.379
 Jesus is simply

00:17:53.379 --> 00:17:54.079
 dealing with this

00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:54.879
 man's need.

00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:56.899
 It's not that

00:17:56.899 --> 00:17:57.539
 he's rich that's

00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:58.000
 the problem.

00:17:58.259 --> 00:17:58.740
 It's not that

00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.480
 he's got money

00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:00.279
 that's the problem,

00:18:00.379 --> 00:18:00.919
 but that money

00:18:00.919 --> 00:18:01.720
 has got him.

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.000
 And Jesus

00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.359
 says, you're

00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:04.519
 going to have

00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:04.960
 to deal with

00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:05.180
 that.

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:06.960
 With that

00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:07.539
 idolatry in

00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:07.899
 life, you

00:18:07.899 --> 00:18:08.420
 can't be

00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:08.980
 saved otherwise.

00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:09.519
 And we're

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:09.899
 told that the

00:18:09.899 --> 00:18:10.639
 man goes away

00:18:10.639 --> 00:18:11.139
 sad and

00:18:11.139 --> 00:18:11.879
 Jesus lets

00:18:11.879 --> 00:18:12.440
 him go.

00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.139
 Reason number

00:18:15.139 --> 00:18:15.619
 one, and it

00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:16.599
 may be that

00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:17.319
 this is one of

00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:17.879
 the reasons in

00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:18.920
 your life why

00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:19.299
 you're not

00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:19.960
 taking Jesus

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.559
 seriously in

00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:20.879
 your life.

00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.299
 It's the love

00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:21.680
 of money.

00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:23.500
 Reason number

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.099
 two is right

00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:24.639
 by his side

00:18:24.639 --> 00:18:25.259
 and her name

00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:25.819
 is Drusilla.

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.879
 It says in

00:18:27.879 --> 00:18:28.639
 verse 24 that

00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:29.059
 she was his

00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.819
 wife, but in

00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:31.180
 fact, she was

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:31.700
 somebody else's

00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:32.000
 wife.

00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:34.200
 Felix had

00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:34.799
 had three

00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:35.420
 wives.

00:18:36.080 --> 00:18:36.400
 Two of

00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:36.620
 them were

00:18:36.620 --> 00:18:36.840
 called

00:18:36.840 --> 00:18:37.299
 Drusilla,

00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:37.920
 which I

00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:38.120
 would have

00:18:38.120 --> 00:18:38.319
 thought would

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:38.720
 be very

00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.279
 confusing.

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.759
 But apparently

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.180
 he'd taken

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.580
 this woman.

00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:43.240
 She belonged

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:43.559
 to someone

00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:43.799
 else.

00:18:43.860 --> 00:18:44.299
 He fancied

00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:44.620
 her, so

00:18:44.620 --> 00:18:44.920
 he took

00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.080
 her.

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:46.920
 And it's

00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:47.279
 a sort of

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:47.700
 smash and

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.460
 grab mentality,

00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:48.880
 isn't it,

00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:50.900
 that sadly we

00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:51.580
 know only too

00:18:51.580 --> 00:18:51.860
 well.

00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:54.779
 You know, it

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.140
 destroys

00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:55.840
 relationships.

00:18:57.680 --> 00:18:58.140
 And it

00:18:58.140 --> 00:18:58.759
 destroys families

00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.160
 and children.

00:18:59.299 --> 00:18:59.660
 Never mind

00:18:59.660 --> 00:19:00.440
 what self-control

00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:00.880
 and judgment

00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:01.019
 is.

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.480
 Just go

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 for it.

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 Don't

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 worry.

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 Don't let

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 a preacher

00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.259
 spoil your

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 fun.

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 Don't let

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 a Christian

00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:05.619
 upbringing,

00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:06.240
 cramp your

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.500
 style.

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 Fly away

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.000
 Peter, fly

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.619
 away Paul,

00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:09.420
 come again

00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:10.099
 another day.

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 It's not

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.180
 convenient right

00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:11.579
 now.

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 And of

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 course, it's

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 not.

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 It's never

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 convenient, is

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 it?

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 If you're

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 involved in

00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:18.519
 that kind

00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:18.900
 of lifestyle,

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 it never

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 will be.

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 Felix was

00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:21.200
 not prepared

00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:21.639
 to change

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 his lifestyle.

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 There were

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 things I

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.079
 just don't

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 want to

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 let go,

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 he would

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 say.

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 It's what

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 the Bible

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 calls the

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 pleasure of

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 sin.

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 And we've

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 got to be

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 honest,

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 and we are

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 going to be

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 honest as a

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.259
 Christian preacher

00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:33.640
 and say there

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 is pleasure

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.519
 in sin.

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 Living to

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 please

00:19:36.600 --> 00:19:37.120
 yourself.

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 Living

00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:40.079
 independently of

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.360
 God, there

00:19:40.360 --> 00:19:40.940
 is pleasure in

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 that, but the

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.880
 Bible says it

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 is for a

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 season.

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 And the

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.860
 devil says to

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 you tonight,

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 he says go

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 for it, eat,

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 drink and be

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 merry.

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 For tomorrow

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 you die.

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 Live for now,

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 eat, drink and

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 watch telly.

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 Live for the

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 moment, you

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 deserve it.

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 That's what

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 every advert

00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.259
 says.

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 You deserve

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 it, you're

00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.879
 worth it.

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 Spoil yourself,

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 there's pleasure

00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:04.980
 in sin, but

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.240
 there's only

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.779
 for a season.

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 Do you

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:06.720
 know what the

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.480
 psalmist says?

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 The Bible

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.759
 says there is

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.640
 pleasure at

00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:11.220
 God's right

00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:11.940
 hand forever

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.359
 more.

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:14.640
 And what

00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.099
 is at God's

00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:15.519
 right hand?

00:20:17.140 --> 00:20:17.859
 Jesus is at

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.299
 God's right

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.599
 hand.

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 But Felix

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 prefers

00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:22.119
 through

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.420
 the letter

00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:22.759
 Jesus.

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 Reason number

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 three is in

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.700
 verse 27,

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 and it's the

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.460
 most damning

00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:27.740
 of all.

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 He keeps

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.579
 chanting for

00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:28.980
 Paul for

00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:29.319
 putting him

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:29.519
 off.

00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.480
 Do you

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.519
 see that

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.099
 verse 27?

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.880
 So the

00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.380
 tribune came

00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:36.740
 and said to

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:36.980
 him, tell

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.480
 me, are

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:37.759
 you a

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:37.920
 Roman

00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.279
 citizen?

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 And he

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.220
 said, yes.

00:20:39.620 --> 00:20:39.960
 The tribune

00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.440
 said, I

00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:41.160
 bought the

00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:41.940
 citizenship for

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 a large sum.

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.460
 Sorry, I'm

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:44.859
 in the wrong

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.120
 chapter.

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.539
 I thought that

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:45.960
 wasn't there.

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:48.880
 Verse 27.

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 Good grief,

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:49.720
 what's

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:49.880
 happened?

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 Right.

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.180
 Verse 27.

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 When two

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.259
 years had

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:52.960
 elapsed, Felix

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.660
 was succeeded

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.620
 by Porcius

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.279
 Festus.

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 That is

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.320
 probably the

00:20:57.320 --> 00:20:58.140
 best name

00:20:58.140 --> 00:20:58.400
 in the

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:58.640
 whole of

00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:58.940
 the Bible

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.140
 system.

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 Can you

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:01.160
 imagine what

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.420
 he was

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:01.779
 called in

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.100
 the school

00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:02.519
 playground?

00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:04.440
 Porcius

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:04.960
 Festus.

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:07.200
 When two

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.560
 years had

00:21:07.560 --> 00:21:08.220
 elapsed, Felix

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.860
 was succeeded

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.519
 by Porcius

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.320
 Festus, and

00:21:10.320 --> 00:21:10.960
 desiring to

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.200
 give him a

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:11.539
 favor to

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:11.880
 the Jews,

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.660
 Felix left

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:12.920
 him in

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.200
 prison.

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:16.220
 Because he

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.580
 wanted to

00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:16.960
 grant a

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.319
 favor to

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:17.680
 the Jews,

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.019
 he left

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.279
 him in

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:18.539
 prison.

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.380
 He showed

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:19.779
 the case.

00:21:19.840 --> 00:21:20.080
 Why?

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:20.500
 Because of

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:20.900
 his career.

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.279
 He wanted

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.640
 to protect

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.080
 himself.

00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.019
 And he

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.299
 wanted to

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.680
 desperately

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.140
 cling to

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.340
 power.

00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:26.559
 And he

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:26.900
 must have

00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:27.279
 known which

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.539
 way the

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:27.860
 wind was

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.160
 blowing.

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:28.740
 You cannot

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.059
 read

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.600
 second history

00:21:29.600 --> 00:21:29.860
 and not

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:30.880
 think it

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.180
 was not

00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:31.440
 going to be

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.220
 very long

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.700
 that after

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.000
 this there

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.220
 was going

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.480
 to be a

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:33.840
 massive

00:21:33.840 --> 00:21:34.740
 civil war and

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.160
 the Romans

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.519
 have got to

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.400
 clamp down and

00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:36.880
 Felix is

00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:38.039
 largely responsible

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:39.140
 for civil

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:39.759
 unrest in

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.059
 Palestine.

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.580
 He must

00:21:40.580 --> 00:21:40.960
 have known

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.400
 which way the

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:41.720
 wind was

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:41.940
 blowing.

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:44.100
 And he's

00:21:44.100 --> 00:21:44.720
 desperate to

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.180
 cling on to

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.580
 his job,

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.420
 desperate to

00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:46.960
 find favor

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.279
 with the

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.720
 Jews so

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.000
 he wouldn't

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.299
 get in

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:48.660
 trouble with

00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.500
 the superiors.

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.400
 Isn't that

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:51.759
 ironic?

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.700
 Here he is,

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.299
 he's willing to

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:56.000
 shrug off the

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.480
 claims of

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:58.259
 almighty God

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.840
 but he's

00:21:58.840 --> 00:21:59.200
 desperately

00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.779
 bowing and

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.240
 scraping the

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.539
 man.

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.200
 He's a

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.720
 man pleaser

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.160
 and not a

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.819
 God fearer.

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.299
 And is that

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.680
 you?

00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:06.660
 Is that me?

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.340
 For as long

00:22:09.340 --> 00:22:09.819
 as you care

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.380
 more for what

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.059
 people think

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:12.100
 than what God

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.480
 says,

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.299
 you're never

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:13.920
 going to

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:15.319
 move from

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.640
 where you

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:15.960
 are.

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:17.980
 For as long

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.420
 as you care

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.920
 more for what

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.460
 people think

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:19.940
 than what God

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.319
 thinks you're

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.579
 lost.

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.099
 It's not

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:21.660
 convenient now

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:21.920
 Paul.

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.160
 It doesn't

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.980
 quite fit in

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.240
 with my

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.620
 lifestyle,

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.000
 with my

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.360
 career,

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:26.339
 my promotion

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:26.740
 plan.

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.480
 He's not the

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.079
 first and he

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.460
 won't be the

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:28.779
 last.

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.059
 And you

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.519
 can't help

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:29.779
 thinking

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.339
 those who

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.620
 know the

00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:31.120
 story of

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.500
 Pharaoh.

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.099
 The man

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.420
 who faced

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.059
 Moses and

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.380
 he wouldn't

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:36.319
 let God's

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.700
 people go.

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.059
 And ten

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:38.099
 times God

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.640
 sends these

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.099
 plays and

00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.539
 comes into

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:39.980
 Pharaoh's

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.319
 life in a

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:40.880
 really dramatic

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:42.180
 way and it

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:43.040
 says Pharaoh

00:22:43.040 --> 00:22:43.680
 hardened his

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.180
 heart and

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.580
 he hardened

00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:45.440
 his heart and

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:45.780
 he hardened

00:22:45.780 --> 00:22:46.580
 his heart and

00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:47.340
 he stifled his

00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:48.000
 conscience and

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.700
 he stifled his

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.600
 conscience and

00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:50.340
 he stifled his

00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:50.920
 conscience and

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.820
 until in the

00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:52.340
 end God

00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:52.860
 hardened his

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:54.640
 heart and

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:54.960
 gave him

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.200
 over.

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.500
 Think of

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:56.800
 Pontius

00:22:56.800 --> 00:22:57.200
 Pilate,

00:22:58.800 --> 00:22:59.220
 Felix's

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.740
 predecessor.

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:01.260
 Do you

00:23:01.260 --> 00:23:01.440
 remember what

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.780
 he did?

00:23:02.280 --> 00:23:02.620
 In front of

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.000
 the crowd he

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.520
 got a bowl and

00:23:03.520 --> 00:23:03.820
 he washed

00:23:03.820 --> 00:23:04.280
 his hands

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.859
 because he

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.099
 thought he

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.440
 could wash

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:05.839
 his hands

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.099
 of the

00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.680
 whole affair

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.539
 of Jesus.

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.539
 He thought

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.019
 he could wash

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.460
 his hands

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:09.960
 of Jesus

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:11.119
 and every

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:12.299
 Sunday there

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.720
 are people

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.460
 who confess

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:13.899
 what you

00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:14.660
 have confessed

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:16.160
 he suffered

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.399
 under

00:23:16.399 --> 00:23:16.720
 Pontius

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.160
 Pilate.

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:20.639
 Reminding

00:23:20.639 --> 00:23:21.240
 themselves that

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.839
 Jesus Christ

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.559
 suffered under

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:22.940
 Pontius

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.299
 Pilate.

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:23.879
 You cannot

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.440
 wash your

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:24.899
 hands of

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:25.180
 Jesus.

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.319
 Listen to

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.059
 Charles Darwin.

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.519
 Charles Darwin

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.099
 wrote to a

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.779
 friend called

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.200
 J.D.

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.759
 Hooker in

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.819
 1868.

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:34.159
 And Hooker

00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:34.639
 had been to

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.200
 see and

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.480
 been to

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.919
 listen to

00:23:35.919 --> 00:23:36.319
 Hamlet's

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.159
 Messiah and

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:37.819
 Darwin wrote

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.159
 this.

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:38.839
 He said

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.439
 I'm glad

00:23:39.439 --> 00:23:39.779
 you are

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:39.980
 at the

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.359
 Messiah.

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.179
 I should

00:23:41.179 --> 00:23:41.639
 like to

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.079
 hear it

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:43.139
 again but

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:43.700
 I dare

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.299
 say I

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.859
 should find

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.579
 my soul

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.579
 too dried

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.059
 up to

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.879
 appreciate it

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.399
 as in

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:48.939
 olden

00:23:48.939 --> 00:23:49.500
 days.

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.819
 For it

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.179
 is a

00:23:52.179 --> 00:23:52.720
 horrid

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:54.159
 bore that

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.700
 I am a

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.039
 withered

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.779
 leaf for

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.200
 everything

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.700
 except

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.480
 science.

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:57.960
 Charles

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.359
 Darwin

00:23:58.359 --> 00:24:00.119
 looking back

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.500
 at earlier

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.960
 days when

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.319
 his heart

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:01.839
 was softer

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.139
 and his

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:02.519
 conscience

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.200
 was active

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.960
 realising

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.359
 that those

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:04.680
 days are

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:04.900
 probably

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.299
 gone.

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:05.559
 I've

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:05.740
 hardened

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:05.920
 my

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.259
 heart.

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.599
 It's

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.099
 such a

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.639
 horrid

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.420
 bore that

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.940
 I am a

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.259
 withered

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.720
 leaf for

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.019
 everything

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.440
 except

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.779
 science.

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.000
 He's

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.359
 sold his

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:13.879
 soul for

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.579
 science.

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.039
 We've

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.259
 looked at

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.619
 the man

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.759
 and I

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.059
 hope we've

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.240
 learnt

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.639
 something about

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.079
 the mistake

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.319
 that he

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.440
 made.

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.579
 He

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:21.980
 postpones.

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.339
 He puts

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.660
 off to

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:22.980
 tomorrow

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.259
 what he

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.480
 ought to

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.720
 have done

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.259
 that day

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.920
 and he

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.559
 fails to

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.859
 understand

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.500
 this that

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.139
 to not

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:30.259
 decide is

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.619
 in fact

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:31.200
 to decide.

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.420
 Have you

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:31.759
 got that?

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:33.640
 to not

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.319
 decide about

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.579
 the Lord

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.059
 Jesus is

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.779
 in fact

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.519
 to decide

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.640
 when it

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:37.940
 comes to

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.279
 the gospel.

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:38.740
 Hardening

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.160
 his heart,

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.599
 resisting

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.220
 his conscience,

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.299
 putting off

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.859
 to tomorrow

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.339
 what needs

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.720
 to be done

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:42.940
 today.

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.180
 And that

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.720
 is such a

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.379
 dangerous game

00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:44.759
 to play.

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:46.519
 and if

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:46.640
 your

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:46.819
 plan

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.119
 it's a

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.319
 pretty

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:15.680
 hellish

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.000
 place

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.200
 this

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.420
 earth

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:17.059
 and so

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.359
 it is

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:17.799
 sometimes

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.240
 isn't it?

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.119
 It's

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.579
 easy for

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:19.859
 me

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.440
 who's

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.720
 lived a

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:20.879
 pretty

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.379
 charmed

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:21.799
 life

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.379
 in a

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.599
 decent

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.099
 country

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:24.619
 not to

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.039
 appreciate

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.519
 that for

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:25.879
 some

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.240
 people

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.720
 life is

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.220
 a real

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.640
 hell.

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:27.640


00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.200
!

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.500
 But even

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:29.759
 in the

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:29.940
 most

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.500
 hellish

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.259
 spots on

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.580
 earth,

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:31.920
 even

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.380
 tonight,

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.600
 in the

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:32.780
 most

00:25:32.780 --> 00:25:33.200
 hellish

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.700
 spots on

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:33.800
 earth,

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.140
 there is

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.600
 always

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:35.060
 some

00:25:35.060 --> 00:25:37.220
 extenuating

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:38.000
 circumstances,

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.380
 isn't there?

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.320
 There's always

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:40.080
 someone trying to

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:40.800
 improve something.

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.060
 There's always a

00:25:42.060 --> 00:25:42.800
 red cross,

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.280
 isn't there?

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:43.820
 Or

00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.160
 medicine

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.460
 sans

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:44.800
 frontier,

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.320
 there's an

00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:45.860
 emergency,

00:25:46.040 --> 00:25:46.440
 a relief

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.180
 organisation that

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.720
 will come and

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.360
 try and make

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:48.940
 the situation

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.300
 matter.

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.240
 But imagine

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.759
 living in a

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.060
 world where

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:51.340
 there's none

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:51.680
 of that.

00:25:53.540 --> 00:25:53.860
 Where you're

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.560
 cut off forever

00:25:54.560 --> 00:25:55.220
 from every

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.120
 source of

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.300
 good.

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:56.680
 There's no

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:56.920
 goodness

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.340
 anymore.

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:57.920
 There are no

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.259
 friendships

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.759
 anymore.

00:25:59.060 --> 00:25:59.460
 And friendship

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.019
 is a good

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.380
 thing that

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:00.759
 comes from

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.100
 God.

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.440
 There are no

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:02.920
 friends in

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.180
 hell.

00:26:05.300 --> 00:26:05.779
 Let's learn

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.040
 from the

00:26:06.040 --> 00:26:06.340
 mistake

00:26:06.340 --> 00:26:06.960
 Felix made.

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.540
 Let me

00:26:08.540 --> 00:26:08.860
 share with you

00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:10.100
 finally the

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.779
 message that he

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.380
 missed in

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.140
 verses 24 and

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.620
 25.

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.580
 Paul here

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.279
 gives us three

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.920
 reasons why

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.380
 Felix should

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.740
 have believed

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.180
 in Jesus.

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.040
 Every time

00:26:20.040 --> 00:26:20.600
 Felix sent

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:20.880
 for him it

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.300
 was the same

00:26:21.300 --> 00:26:21.680
 message.

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.240
 Imagine that

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.800
 for two years

00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:23.120
 the same

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.640
 sermon every

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.100
 second year.

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.500
 And it's

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.880
 about faith

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.240
 in Jesus

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.620
 Christ.

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.100
 And you

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.360
 have it

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:28.680
 there in

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.380
 verse 25.

00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:30.980
 I feel like

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.279
 it's the

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.740
 fleshing out

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:31.920
 of that.

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.420
 There are

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.060
 the reasons

00:26:33.060 --> 00:26:33.880
 that Paul

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.700
 marshalled

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.700
 to persuade

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.340
 Felix to

00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:36.960
 go down the

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.320
 way of

00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:37.580
 believing

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:37.920
 in Jesus

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.160
 Christ.

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.560
 He

00:26:38.560 --> 00:26:38.960
 reasoned

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.140
 with him

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:39.340
 about

00:26:39.340 --> 00:26:39.779
 righteousness

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:42.040
 and about

00:26:42.040 --> 00:26:42.700
 self-control

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:45.200
 and coming

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.539
 judgment.

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.420
 Now I

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:48.660
 don't know

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:48.900
 if that

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.539
 echoes

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.819
 in you.

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.019
 If you're

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.279
 a Christian

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.559
 you know

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:50.980
 your Bible

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.319
 at all.

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.700
 That's what

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.019
 we're told

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.259
 is the

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.720
 ministry of

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:53.980
 the Holy

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.299
 Spirit.

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:54.900
 That's what

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.140
 the Holy

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.640
 Spirit does.

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.819
 So in

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.140
 John's

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.660
 Gospel when

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:58.920
 the Holy

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.500
 Spirit comes

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.080
 he will

00:27:00.080 --> 00:27:00.980
 convict of

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.640
 righteousness

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.299
 self-control

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.740
 and judgment

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.299
 to come.

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.539
 That's the

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.140
 Holy Spirit's

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.400
 ministry.

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:05.980
 And so Paul

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.380
 is preaching

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.960
 to this man

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.400
 and the power

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.779
 of the Holy

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.200
 Spirit and

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.640
 he's reasoning

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.000
 with him.

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.160
 And he's

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.600
 pleading with

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:10.880
 him about

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.559
 rightness.

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.620
 And self-control

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.160
 and judgment

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.460
 to come.

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.120
 Now how

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.779
 brave is that

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.200
 of Paul?

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.559
 How much

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.380
 Felix needed to

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:19.720
 hear that

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.340
 message and

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.880
 Drusilla for

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.340
 that matter?

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:22.819
 And they

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.380
 needed to be

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:24.360
 told right

00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:25.019
 from wrong

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.539
 didn't they?

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:26.840
 And they

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.259
 needed to be

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:28.480
 reminded that

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.279
 it is God's

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.980
 world and that

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.700
 it is God

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.259
 who determines

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.880
 what is right

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.259
 and what is

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.539
 wrong.

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:32.900
 That's not

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.420
 your choice

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:33.720
 Felix.

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.860
 It's not my

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:36.480
 choice and not

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.100
 yours and it's

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:37.500
 certainly your

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.420
 public opinions.

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.220
 And the way

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.160
 you are living

00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:41.900
 Felix and

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.460
 Drusilla is

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.200
 not right in

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.600
 God's sight.

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.200
 Actually it is

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.660
 wrong.

00:27:46.040 --> 00:27:46.380
 And they

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:46.759
 need to be

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.320
 challenged on

00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:47.920
 self-control.

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.759
 And you may

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.660
 be the great

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.340
 governor of

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:51.860
 Palestine,

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.519
 Felix, but

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.080
 actually you

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.540
 can't govern

00:27:53.540 --> 00:27:54.000
 yourself.

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.840
 And you

00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.420
 might even be

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.720
 able to

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.400
 acknowledge what

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:57.740
 you're doing

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.160
 is wrong, but

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.519
 you can't

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:58.900
 stop it,

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.440
 Felix, can

00:27:59.440 --> 00:27:59.620
 you?

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.320
 And you

00:28:01.320 --> 00:28:01.600
 might be

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.000
 able to see

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.320
 what is

00:28:02.320 --> 00:28:02.960
 right, but

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.360
 you can't

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.740
 do the right

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.180
 thing because

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.620
 you're not in

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:05.019
 control of

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.400
 yourself.

00:28:05.540 --> 00:28:06.060
 Neither are you

00:28:06.060 --> 00:28:07.180
 or I.

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.380
 And that

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.680
 is the

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.080
 desperate

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:09.519
 thing about

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:09.820
 the human

00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:10.240
 condition,

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:10.680
 isn't it?

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.380
 It's not

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:11.779
 just that we

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.680
 make mistakes,

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.620
 like making

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.220
 mistakes in

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.440
 an exam,

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.220
 we fail the

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.720
 exam so we

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:17.980
 take the

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.539
 research six

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.120
 months later.

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:19.980
 We are

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.539
 controlled.

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.259
 We can't

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.980
 control ourselves.

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.580
 We are

00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:23.180
 controlled by

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.560
 sin.

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.700
 And sin is

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.200
 a power in

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.740
 our lives that

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.820
 destroys us.

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.900
 And this proud

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.539
 couple need to

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.360
 be told that and

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:30.759
 they need to be

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.519
 reminded of it.

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.840
 And they need to

00:28:32.840 --> 00:28:33.360
 be told the

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:33.920
 judgment to come.

00:28:34.060 --> 00:28:34.720
 Now you've got to

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.360
 give credit to

00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:35.660
 Paul.

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:37.000
 You might hate

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.480
 Christianity,

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.019
 you might hate

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.820
 the apostle Paul,

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:40.140
 but Paul told

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.080
 his judge,

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.019
 you will be

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.400
 judged.

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.040
 Isn't that

00:28:44.040 --> 00:28:44.320
 something?

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.620
 I had an

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:45.860
 Oscar

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:46.460
 story of

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:46.759
 saying that

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.200
 this week.

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.500
 He told this

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.820
 proud,

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.560
 arrogant man

00:28:51.560 --> 00:28:51.779
 who would

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.120
 be playing

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.500
 God with

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.000
 other people's

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.340
 lives that

00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:53.800
 one day,

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.560
 very soon,

00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:55.279
 you will have

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.580
 to face

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.240
 God himself.

00:28:58.300 --> 00:28:58.840
 And the

00:28:58.840 --> 00:28:59.220
 truth is,

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.600
 tonight,

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.300
 as much as

00:29:00.300 --> 00:29:00.720
 you may not

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.220
 like it,

00:29:01.300 --> 00:29:01.620
 so will

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:01.980
 you and

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.220
 I.

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.680
 And there's

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.060
 no escape

00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:05.440
 from that.

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.820
 death,

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.160
 there is

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.640
 no escape.

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.000
 It's no

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.480
 good as many

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.080
 people say,

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.039
 or think,

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.360
 well,

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.720
 when I'm

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:10.860
 dead,

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.279
 I'm dead.

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.059
 No,

00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.340
 you're not.

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:13.559
 Look at

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.180
 verse 15.

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:15.740
 If you look at

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.600
 verse 15,

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.500
 Paul says

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:18.720
 there's going

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:18.960
 to be a

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.460
 resurrection,

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.539
 there's going

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:21.799
 to be a

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.900
 resurrection of

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.559
 the righteous,

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.100
 the just,

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.720
 and the unjust.

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.600
 That's what

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.100
 Christians and

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:27.360
 Jews are

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:27.720
 in common.

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.900
 You say,

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.259
 we both

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.740
 believe the

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.140
 same thing,

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.519
 there'll be a

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.100
 resurrection of

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.600
 the righteous and

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:34.840
 the wicked,

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.259
 and that is

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.899
 why faith in

00:29:35.899 --> 00:29:36.439
 Jesus Christ

00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:37.059
 is so important

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.500
 tonight.

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.359
 Because there

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.859
 is no other

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.259
 way that you

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.639
 can be right

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.119
 with God.

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.240
 Jesus is the

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.799
 only way that

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.079
 you can be

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.379
 right with

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:44.699
 God.

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:45.899
 And that is

00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:46.279
 the message

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.639
 that this

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.220
 man missed.

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.699
 Jesus comes

00:29:49.699 --> 00:29:50.079
 to you this

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.839
 evening in the

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.699
 gospel that I'm

00:29:51.699 --> 00:29:52.179
 trying to preach

00:29:52.179 --> 00:29:52.679
 to you and he's

00:29:52.679 --> 00:29:53.279
 saying to you,

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.639
 take my

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.019
 righteousness.

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.419
 Jesus is the

00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:57.799
 only one who

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.459
 got it right.

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.379
 And he comes

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.039
 to you and he

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.619
 says to you,

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.099
 you can take

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:03.319
 my rightness

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.699
 and I'll

00:30:03.699 --> 00:30:04.139
 take your

00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:04.859
 wrongness.

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.659
 The

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.079
 Apostle Peter

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.879
 said he died

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.599
 the just for

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.219
 the unjust,

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:10.939
 he died the

00:30:10.939 --> 00:30:11.419
 right for the

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:11.639
 wrong,

00:30:12.439 --> 00:30:13.779
 the innocent for

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.199
 the guilty,

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.019
 take my

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.639
 rightness and

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.179
 I'll take your

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:16.719
 wrongness.

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.339
 And it's too

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.919
 good to be true

00:30:18.919 --> 00:30:19.279
 isn't it?

00:30:21.479 --> 00:30:22.399
 There is now no

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:23.199
 condemnation for

00:30:23.199 --> 00:30:23.719
 those who are in

00:30:23.719 --> 00:30:24.039
 Christ's

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.419
 lives.

00:30:24.919 --> 00:30:25.399
 Romans 8.

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:27.920
 Whoever believes

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.240
 in him,

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:28.900
 John says,

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.560
 in his gospel,

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.240
 whoever believes

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.560
 in him,

00:30:30.800 --> 00:30:31.960
 Jesus Christ is

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.540
 not condemned

00:30:32.540 --> 00:30:33.180
 and has eternal

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.460
 life.

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.100
 Whoever does

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.780
 not believe is

00:30:34.780 --> 00:30:35.500
 condemned already.

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.259
 So people say,

00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:38.800
 well let's just

00:30:38.800 --> 00:30:39.640
 wait and find out

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.080
 when it's too

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.740
 late when judgment

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.320
 day comes,

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:41.620
 isn't it?

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.060
 And it will be

00:30:42.060 --> 00:30:42.600
 too late then.

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.740
 And you need to

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.519
 find out now,

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:45.880
 tonight,

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.500
 what's the verdict

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.019
 going to be?

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.320
 And the amazing

00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:50.360
 good news of

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.080
 Christianity in the

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:52.240
 gospel is that if

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.780
 you believe in

00:30:52.780 --> 00:30:53.300
 Jesus Christ,

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.220
 you can hear and

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.960
 now know what

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.500
 the verdict is

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.960
 going to be on

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.480
 your life on

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.860
 the day of

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.100
 judgment.

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.579
 And so you

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:57.920
 don't have to

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.160
 fear.

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.960
 Not guilty.

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:02.440
 What a weight

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.960
 to be lifted

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.360
 off your

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:03.740
 shoulders.

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.759
 You can live

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.319
 the rest of

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:06.100
 your life knowing

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.799
 that on judgment

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.019
 day, God is

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.620
 going to say

00:31:08.620 --> 00:31:09.279
 about you,

00:31:10.100 --> 00:31:11.220
 not guilty.

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.680
 Isn't that

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:13.960
 wonderful?

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.420
 That is the

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:14.700
 gospel.

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.340
 Don't you see

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:16.140
 how urgent it

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.400
 is?

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.240
 And it's

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.579
 something that

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:18.940
 we need to

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.600
 decide right

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:20.079
 here, right

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.460
 now.

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.740
 There's a story

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.240
 about Satan.

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.500
 I'm not sure

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.100
 if it's from

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.559
 the scripted

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.019
 letters or

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.240
 not.

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.840
 It's a famous

00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:28.079
 story.

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.860
 The story is

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.440
 Satan gets

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.100
 together some

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:30.539
 of his top

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:32.079
 demons and

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.360
 they have a

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:32.640
 bit of a

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.620
 brainstorm about

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:34.140
 how they can

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.620
 do a better

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:35.860
 job of destroying

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.660
 the human race.

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.860
 And so they

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.220
 have this little

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.840
 get together,

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.460
 I think there

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.940
 were four of

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.120
 them, and

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.420
 they have this

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.079
 brainstorming

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.600
 session, and

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.200
 the question is

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.620
 how can we

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.200
 capture more

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.860
 people for

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.140
 hell?

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.500
 One of the

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.059
 demons says,

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.500
 well let's

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.960
 tell them that

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.440
 there's no

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.940
 God.

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.600
 Satan says,

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.160
 well that's

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.440
 not going to

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.600
 do.

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.000
 Everyone knows

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.259
 that there's

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.500
 a God,

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.080
 everyone knows

00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:53.460
 that, they

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.160
 just suppress

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.779
 their truth,

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.660
 they deny it,

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.160
 they push it

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.460
 down.

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.380
 It's no good

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.720
 telling them

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.120
 that there is

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:58.539
 no God,

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.140
 because deep

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.779
 down inside

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.080
 they won't

00:32:00.080 --> 00:32:00.640
 believe it.

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.580
 Well clearly

00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:02.920
 the second

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.340
 demon says,

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:03.720
 well why don't

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.080
 we tell them

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.440
 that there's

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.920
 no heaven?

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.700
 Satan says,

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.259
 well everyone

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.779
 wants to go to

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.100
 heaven, don't

00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:08.279
 they?

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.200
 Haven't you

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.720
 noticed that?

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.660
 That's true,

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:10.900
 isn't it?

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.340
 Every food

00:32:11.340 --> 00:32:11.779
 I take,

00:32:11.820 --> 00:32:12.320
 everybody wants

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:12.580
 to go to

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:12.779
 heaven.

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.660
 Everyone goes

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:15.860
 to heaven,

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.320
 people want to

00:32:16.320 --> 00:32:16.680
 believe.

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:18.860
 Well the

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.460
 third demon says,

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.000
 well let's

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.279
 tell them

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.640
 there's no

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:20.940
 hell.

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.900
 Well that

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.220
 won't work

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.440
 either,

00:32:23.560 --> 00:32:24.600
 because everyone

00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:24.980
 has got a

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.259
 conscience,

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.700
 and even

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.080
 though they

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.519
 try and

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.120
 stifle it,

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:27.980
 they know

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.259
 that they're

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.380
 going to

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:28.799
 be judged,

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.480
 people know

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.779
 that there's

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.320
 a right and

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:30.700
 a wrong,

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.140
 isn't it?

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.940
 The first

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.620
 word it seems

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:33.960
 to me that

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.620
 kids speak in

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.000
 the playground

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.480
 is that's

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:36.039
 not fair.

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.420
 Everybody's

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.799
 got a sense

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.400
 of justice.

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.320
 Okay,

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.660
 says the

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.120
 fourth demon,

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.840
 why don't

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.279
 I go and

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.660
 tell them

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:44.120
 there's no

00:32:44.120 --> 00:32:44.420
 hurry.

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:47.039
 brilliant,

00:32:47.300 --> 00:32:47.940
 says Satan.

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.240
 No hurry,

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.860
 no worries

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.100
 mate,

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.820
 she'll be

00:32:53.820 --> 00:32:54.140
 all right.

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.279
 Billy Graham,

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.820
 an American

00:32:58.820 --> 00:32:59.740
 evangelist,

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.300
 he came to

00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:00.779
 London many

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.279
 times in the

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.720
 last 50

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.039
 years,

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.300
 probably preached

00:33:03.300 --> 00:33:04.160
 to more

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.580
 people in the

00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:05.100
 world than

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:05.759
 anyone else

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.080
 has in

00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:06.360
 history,

00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:07.100
 and he

00:33:07.100 --> 00:33:07.360
 came to

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:07.660
 London in

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.500
 the 1970s

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.680
 and he

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.039
 was interviewed

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.600
 on the BBC.

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.080
 On the

00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:11.500
 interviewer,

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.039
 who was very

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.660
 sceptical of

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.060
 this man's

00:33:13.060 --> 00:33:13.600
 Christian faith,

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:13.980
 asked him

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.400
 this question

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.100
 how many

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.620
 converts

00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.580
 are you

00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:17.220
 expecting in

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.140
 this message,

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:18.759
 Dr Graham?

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.800
 And expecting

00:33:20.800 --> 00:33:21.500
 Billy to

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.040
 say the

00:33:22.040 --> 00:33:22.840
 figures hundreds

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.560
 or thousands

00:33:23.560 --> 00:33:24.880
 or hundreds

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.400
 of thousands,

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.240
 or expecting

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.960
 to maybe even

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.500
 for Billy to

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.960
 be a bit more

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.880
 spiritual and

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.620
 pious to say

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.120
 well we'll

00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:30.620
 have to leave

00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:30.980
 it up to

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.340
 God.

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.060
 But what

00:33:33.060 --> 00:33:33.580
 big Billy

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.100
 said was

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.440
 this,

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.820
 just one,

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.860
 just one,

00:33:39.040 --> 00:33:39.759
 if we can

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.440
 make one

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.200
 real

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.860
 convert,

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.320
 it would

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:43.560
 have been

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.480
 worth coming

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.019
 across the

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.339
 Atlantic.

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.480
 In fact

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:47.859
 he said

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.139
 if I

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.579
 can just

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.359
 win you

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:50.019
 to Jesus

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.559
 Christ,

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.599
 it would

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:51.980
 be worth

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.220
 coming.

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.139
 And of

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.440
 course the

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.839
 interviewer

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.259
 immediately

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.779
 changed the

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.059
 subject,

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:58.079
 which is

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.440
 what people

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:58.700
 do.

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:00.799
 And it's

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.220
 what Felix

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.619
 is doing,

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.419
 and it's

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:03.700
 what you

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.000
 will do

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.259
 as soon

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.480
 as I

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:04.839
 finish.

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.019
 You'll

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.299
 go on to

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.859
 other things,

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.679
 you'll go

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:09.980
 home to

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.259
 supper,

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.560
 supper,

00:34:10.680 --> 00:34:10.780
 you'll

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.120
 watch the

00:34:11.120 --> 00:34:11.400
 telly,

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.560
 you'll

00:34:11.560 --> 00:34:11.780
 forget.

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.380
 There is

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:16.120
 no time

00:34:16.120 --> 00:34:16.500
 like the

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.600
 present to

00:34:17.600 --> 00:34:18.000
 sort these

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.460
 things out.

00:34:20.020 --> 00:34:20.520
 And if

00:34:20.520 --> 00:34:20.820
 you're not

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.160
 sure of

00:34:21.160 --> 00:34:21.460
 where you

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.000
 stand in

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.840
 relationship to

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.120
 Jesus,

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.720
 now is the

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.060
 time to

00:34:24.060 --> 00:34:24.640
 sort it out

00:34:24.640 --> 00:34:25.180
 before you

00:34:25.180 --> 00:34:25.560
 leave.

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.400
 Between you

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:27.660
 and the

00:34:27.660 --> 00:34:27.860
 Lord,

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.680
 now is the

00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:29.080
 time.

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:32.600
 The

00:34:32.600 --> 00:34:33.280
 problem with

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:34.040
 Felix is if

00:34:34.040 --> 00:34:34.520
 he'd put his

00:34:34.520 --> 00:34:35.300
 faith in

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.720
 Jesus,

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.220
 he would

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.440
 have been

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:38.940
 safe.

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:40.660
 But he

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:40.860
 didn't,

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.340
 he put his

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.540
 faith somewhere

00:34:42.540 --> 00:34:42.820
 else.

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.120
 Do you know

00:34:43.120 --> 00:34:43.460
 where he put

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.120
 his faith in?

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.980
 He put his

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.380
 faith in

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.740
 tomorrow.

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.080
 What a silly

00:34:49.080 --> 00:34:49.500
 thing to do

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.320
 because tomorrow

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.740
 never comes.

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.140
 Tomorrow

00:34:53.140 --> 00:34:54.000
 never comes.

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.520
 But Jesus

00:34:56.520 --> 00:34:57.080
 Christ is

00:34:57.080 --> 00:34:57.280
 coming,

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:57.640
 you can be

00:34:57.640 --> 00:34:58.180
 sure of that.

00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:00.800
 This man

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.200
 that God

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:01.640
 raised from

00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:01.900
 the dead

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.260
 is coming

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:02.560
 again,

00:35:02.660 --> 00:35:02.920
 the judge

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.080
 of the

00:35:03.080 --> 00:35:03.400
 living and

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:03.700
 the dead.

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.080
 So let

00:35:04.080 --> 00:35:04.400
 me plead

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:04.660
 with you

00:35:04.660 --> 00:35:05.040
 tonight,

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.400
 let me

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.980
 plead with

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.480
 you tonight,

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:10.000
 do not

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.340
 make the

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:10.960
 mistake of

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.360
 Felix.

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.780
 Do not

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.619
 keep putting

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.460
 off till

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.559
 tomorrow what

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.219
 needs to be

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:18.079
 done today.

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:21.159
 Augustine,

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:21.699
 the famous

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.519
 saint,

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:22.860
 has said

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.139
 this,

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:23.639
 God has

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.019
 promised

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.500
 forgiveness

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.960
 to your

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.400
 repentance,

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.340
 but he

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.679
 hasn't

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:28.039
 promised

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.699
 tomorrow for

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:28.860
 your

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.739
 procrastination.

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.320
 So tonight,

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.739
 if you will

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.099
 come to

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.380
 God,

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.659
 and you

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.019
 will say

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.440
 sorry,

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:40.539
 and you

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.019
 will ask

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.420
 him to

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.260
 forgive you,

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:44.019
 and you

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.360
 say to

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.619
 him,

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.760
 I realise

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.000
 I've

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.400
 messed up,

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.679
 and there

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.179
 is lots

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.500
 and lots

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.900
 of mess

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.200
 to sort

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:49.300
 out,

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:49.639
 but I

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.900
 believe in

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.179
 the Lord

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.420
 Jesus

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.780
 Christ,

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.099
 he has

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.599
 died for

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:53.099
 my sin,

00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:53.599
 he paid

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:54.099
 the punishment

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.559
 for my

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:54.740
 sin,

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.240
 please,

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.000
 God

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.579
 forgive me,

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.519
 he will

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.019
 forgive you.

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.780
 But he

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:01.980
 hasn't

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.280
 promised

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:02.780
 tomorrow for

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:02.900
 your

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.559
 procrastination,

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.059
 today is

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.320
 all you've

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:04.599
 got.

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.200
 Today,

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.539
 why

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.800
 there is

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.059
 still

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.539
 cause

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.880
 today,

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.340
 says the

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:08.679
 psalmist,

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.699
 harden not

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:11.159
 your heart.

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:12.800
 Let's bow

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.179
 ahead to

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.279
 him.

00:36:13.279 --> 00:36:13.619
 Thank you.