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 I love radical stories of change and transformation.

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 Whether it's people changing their lives or rebuilding a house

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 or someone taking an old rusty tool and fixing it up.

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 TV shows that have these things are always really popular.

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 I don't necessarily like the drama of them,

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 but I love the before and after shots.

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 One thing is central to these TV shows.

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 They take something that was not fit for purpose

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 and they change it so it is fit for purpose.

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 The dad who can't run and play with his kids,

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 he goes on Biggest Loser and he drops all this weight

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 and now he can play with the kids.

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 The house that's falling apart, it's derelict,

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 it's due to be destroyed,

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 but then the team comes in and they transform it,

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 they rebuild it,

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 and then the family can move in and it's now fit for purpose.

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 I wonder if it's possible that we don't think that real and radical change

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 can happen in our lives.

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 Is it possible that we doubt the impact of God on our lives?

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 Maybe if I went on a Christian TV show,

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 then God could do something.

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 Maybe if I had 10 weeks on The Biggest Christian,

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 I was going to say Loser, but that doesn't sound right,

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 just The Biggest Christian TV show,

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 maybe then God could do something in my life.

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 But do we actually expect God to bring any real change

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 or to do anything in our lives?

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 It's incredibly hard in this season

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 because it just feels like we're treading water.

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 I want to see change in my heart.

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 I want to see change in the way I relate to people.

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 I want to love people more than myself.

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 I want to sin less.

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 I want to bring more glory to God.

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 But all of this seems really hard at the moment.

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 Today, we're going to see the best transformation story.

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 We're going to see a radical story of change

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 and how it is on offer for all of us.

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 A change that has a purpose that makes us fit for purpose.

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 We've been going through the book of Acts in this season,

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 and we've seen that the gospel is for all people.

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 It's also been wonderful to be celebrating and praying

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 for what our missionaries are doing overseas,

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 and it was good to see what the clean sauces are doing.

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 Even though they are struggling, seeing radical change.

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 In the book of Acts, in what we're up to,

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 we've seen that Paul has moved across different regions.

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 He has preached.

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 He has trained and taught leaders.

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 He has planted churches.

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 And now, God is calling him to go back to Jerusalem,

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 back to his home,

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 and we're going to see how God has radically transformed Paul

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 and called him, how he has made Paul fit for purpose.

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 And the challenge for us today will be to see if God has made any change in our lives.

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 Has God changed our lives, and how is he changing us

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 so that we are fit for purpose of responding to his call to love other people?

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 So there'll be two points today.

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 Firstly, radical change.

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 Secondly, radical call as we go through Acts 22.

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 But let's pray before we jump in.

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 Heavenly Father, we thank you for your word to us here from Acts 22.

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 Lord, help us to listen well to your word.

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 Change us that we would be like you,

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 and let us respond to your call to love people like you love us.

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 Amen.

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 In Acts 22, Paul has come back to the city of Jerusalem,

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 and he has accidentally caused an uproar.

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 Jews from across Asia, which we saw in chapter 19,

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 had all heard the gospel.

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 They see Paul going into the temple and assume, wrongly,

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 that he is taking a Gentile with him.

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 They get angry.

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 You don't take Gentiles into the temple.

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 The temple was only for Jews, only for those who were ceremonially clean.

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 And so they assume Paul is doing this terrible thing,

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 taking a Gentile in, and they get angry.

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 They want to rip him apart.

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 And so the people riot.

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 Paul is grabbed by Roman soldiers just before he is killed,

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 and he talks to this unruly crowd.

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 He speaks to them, those who are intent on shedding his blood,

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 and he gives a defense, and he preaches.

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 And this is our first point today.

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 He preaches of the change in his life, the radical change.

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 Now, Paul is very mindful of the crowd here.

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 He speaks to them so that they can hear him.

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 He speaks to them in Aramaic.

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 He explains how much he is like them before he gets to the change.

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 So please, have Acts 22, verse 1 open,

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 so we can be looking at God's word together.

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 From verse 1,

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 Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense.

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 When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic,

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 they became very quiet.

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 Then Paul said,

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 I am a Jew born in Tarsus of Cilicia,

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 but brought up in this city.

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 I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors.

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 I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.

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 I persecuted the followers of this way to their death,

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 arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,

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 as the high priest and all the council can themselves testify.

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 Now there are three key parts to how Paul is describing himself.

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 He describes his ethnic identity,

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 his education and his job or his mission.

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 Firstly, his ethnic identity.

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 He says that while he was born outside of Jerusalem,

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 he is a child of this city.

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 This is where he grew up.

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 He is central to this town.

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 He knows this city.

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 He is a Jerusalemite,

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 just like the rest of the people here.

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 He's saying,

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 I'm just like you all.

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 He speaks of his education.

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 He was trained by Gamaliel.

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 He was the most prominent of the teachers of the law.

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 Paul took the law seriously.

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 He had the best education.

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 It's like saying that he studied law at Harvard University.

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 Paul had the very best education that could be offered at Jerusalem.

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 And not only was he of the city,

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 not only was he educated,

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 but he was zealous.

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 He was passionate.

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 He was passionate about the law,

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 so much so that he persecuted Christians,

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 persecuted the people of Jesus, the way.

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 That was his mission.

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 That was the job that he set out to do.

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 He had his work approved by the elders.

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 His job in his eyes was to get rid of Christianity.

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 If Paul stopped speaking here,

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 you know what?

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 This crowd probably would have applauded him.

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 Oh, yes, very well said.

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 This boy, he's one of ours.

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 Yes, isn't he great?

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 He's just like us.

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 We're very proud of him.

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 But Paul no longer found his identity in his former life.

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 It wasn't his ethnic identity,

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 his education or his work that shaped who he was.

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 Something had changed.

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 Something powerful and radical must have grabbed him by the neck

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 and given him a good shake.

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 Something massive must have happened to change him so drastically.

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 Paul identifies with this crowd firstly

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 so that he can show how great the change is.

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 How did Paul's life change?

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 How did his life get turned upside down?

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 He met Jesus.

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 Have a look with me.

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 Verse 6.

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 Now, this isn't just a vision or a prophecy.

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 Jesus actually appears to him.

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 His companions could see the light,

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 but they couldn't understand the voice of Jesus.

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 This is just like the rest of the crowd

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 that Paul is preaching to at this point.

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 They could hear what he was saying,

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 but they couldn't understand it.

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 Jesus interrupts Paul's life,

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 interrupts his mission.

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 He was the perfect Jewish man,

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 the ideal son.

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 He had the best education.

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 He had the ethnicity like everybody else.

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 He was on a passionate path,

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 but Jesus steps into his way

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 because he was going down the wrong path.

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 Jesus says,

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 I am the one you were persecuting.

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 And so Jesus sends him on to Damascus

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 to find out what Jesus was going to send him to do.

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 And there he meets Ananias,

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 who gives him a message from the Lord.

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 Verse 14,

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 Then he said,

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 that's Ananias,

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 the God of our ancestors

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 has chosen you to know his will

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 and to see the righteous one,

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 to hear words from his mouth.

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 You will be his witnesses

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 to all people of what you have seen and heard.

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 And now,

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 what are you waiting for?

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 Get up,

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 be baptized,

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 and wash your sins away,

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 calling on his name.

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 Ananias makes it very clear.

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 Paul has seen the righteous one,

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 God himself,

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 the same God he worshipped,

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 has actually interrupted his life

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 to bring change,

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 to call him to something new,

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 to call him to be his witness,

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 just like the apostles,

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 to all that he had seen and heard.

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 And at that,

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 he's baptized.

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 He sets aside his former identity,

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 Jewish,

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 well-educated,

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 passionate to persecute Christians,

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 and he takes on the identity

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 of a Christ follower.

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 But can you imagine how Paul would have felt

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 on the way to Ananias?

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 He was there,

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 partially responsible for Stephen's death.

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 He was on his way to arrest and kill more Christians.

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 And he meets Jesus,

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 who points out that Paul is in the wrong.

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 Can you imagine the depth of shame

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 and guilt he would have felt?

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 Everything that I was passionate about,

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 everything I thought I knew,

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 it was all wrong.

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 But Jesus sends him to Ananias,

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 who preaches God's good news.

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 The gospel is for you,

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 even this enemy.

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 Your sins are forgiven.

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 They are washed away

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 because of Jesus' death and resurrection.

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 In Paul's baptism,

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 he sets aside his former way of life.

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 As he went to arrest Christians,

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 Paul was arrested by Jesus.

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 And his life would be forever changed.

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 There's a quick note here,

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 that Paul's name actually doesn't change.

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 The name Paul and Saul are the same name.

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 They're just different languages saying the same name.

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 It is much like how a person moving to Australia

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 from another country will pick a name in English

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 that sounds similar to their name.

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 Or if I'm introducing myself in Chinese,

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 I would say my name is Jan Wuxi.

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 It is the same thing.

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 Whilst everything in Paul's life is radically changed,

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 his name is actually not one of them.

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 But his life is changed by meeting Jesus.

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 God took Paul from being his enemy

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 and has saved him.

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 He's dealt with his sin and shame

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 and brought him into his family.

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 Paul has put aside his ethnic identity,

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 his education and his work,

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 all because Jesus offers something better.

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 His new identity is better.

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 My testimony is the same as Paul's.

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 I was his enemy until Jesus stepped into my path

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 and said, come and follow me.

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 If you're following Jesus,

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 your story is the same as Paul's.

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 Sure, Paul is one of the most influential

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 Christian leaders of all time,

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 but our stories are actually the same.

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 Our stories are just as amazing and awesome as Paul's.

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 That God would forgive.

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 That he would deal with our pain and our shame.

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 Sure, we may not go from being a radical terrorist

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 to a missionary leader,

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 but the heart of the change is still the same.

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 God takes us from enemy to family,

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 from shamed to saved,

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 from forsaken to forgiven.

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 If you don't know Jesus yet,

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 you might be feeling in the same position

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 that Paul may have before he met Ananias,

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 feeling the weight of sin.

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 Hearing about the love of Jesus might be hard

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 because maybe you feel like you are not worth God dying for you.

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 Not good enough.

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 Stuffed up too many times.

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 I've made too many mistakes.

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 I've hurt too many people.

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 My heart is too rotten for God to even love me.

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 The wonderful reminder of this part of the Bible

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 is that God would love even someone like Paul,

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 a radical terrorist who was his enemy.

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 And he would bring in someone far worse than us.

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 The gospel is for all people,

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 even us who are like Paul,

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 to be part of God's family.

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 God radically changed Paul's life,

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 brought him into his family.

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 And now Paul has been given a new identity.

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 He's now a Christian.

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 He's been given a new education.

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 He has seen Jesus and heard from him.

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 And now God gives him a new job.

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 This is our second point today, radical call.

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 Paul is given a radical call.

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 Be on mission.

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 Go and be a witness to all people.

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 On Paul's first visit back to Jerusalem,

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 Paul raised doubts about his fitness to do this.

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 Chapter 22, verse 19, have a look.

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 Lord, I replied,

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 these people know that I went from one synagogue to another

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 to imprison and beat those who believe in you.

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 God, you have got the wrong guy.

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 It's not gonna work.

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 How can I do this?

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 They know who I am.

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 But God confirms his mission.

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 Verse 21.

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 Go.

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 I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

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 And that's what Paul did.

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 God sent him far away.

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 And Paul spread the gospel,

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 preached for years and saw the gospel spread all across Asia

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 as we saw in chapter 19.

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 Paul obeyed God's call,

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 even when it was difficult,

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 even when he wasn't sure about it,

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 because his life had been captured by Jesus

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 and changed to follow him.

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 In Paul's speech to this rioting crowd,

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 he appealed to them.

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 He identified with them.

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 I am just like you.

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 I speak your language.

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 I'm zealous for the Lord,

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 just like you are.

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 Spoke of his own hatred for Christians

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 before he met Jesus.

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 But his language started to change.

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 He met Jesus, the righteous one.

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 God himself commissioned him

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 and sent him out to the rest of the world.

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 All of this,

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 the crowd listened to,

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 it says,

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 right up until this last point.

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 Now,

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 they get violently aggressive again.

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 They've turned back into that mob,

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 trying to rip Paul apart.

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 What's so offensive about what he said?

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 Well,

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 Paul is saying that

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 God not only wanted the Jews,

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 but God also wanted to bring

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 all of the Gentiles

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 in to God's family.

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 The Gentiles were the enemies of the Jews.

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 They were unclean.

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 They couldn't get into the temple.

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 They were the bad guys

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 who were in control.

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 Paul,

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 and the Jews

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 couldn't stomach this.

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 They reviled.

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 They hated the Gentiles.

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 And anyone like the tax collectors

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 who worked with them,

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 the Gentiles would ruin the temple.

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 They were their harsh overlords.

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 And Paul is saying

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 that the Holy God

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 wants to bring them in.

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 It would be as if Joe Biden,

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 the President of the United States,

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 got up and said

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 that he was going to welcome

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 all members of the Taliban

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 into the US.

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 People would riot.

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 They were the hated enemies.

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 And it's no wonder

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 the Jews get angry at this point.

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 Because Jesus is doing something radical.

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 If he can bring in

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 an enemy like Paul

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 into God's family,

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 he is going to bring in

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 all of those

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 who are far away from God.

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 That is the mission

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 that God sent Paul to,

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 to bring people

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 into God's family.

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 And God has so radically

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 changed Paul

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 that he would follow his call

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 even to go back to Jerusalem,

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 to preach this,

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 even if he would end up

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 in chains.

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 In chapter 21,

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 whilst Paul was still

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 heading to Jerusalem,

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 Christians,

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 through the Spirit,

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 knew what was going

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 to happen to Paul,

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 knew that he would be bound

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 and arrested,

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 and they tried to stop him.

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 But Paul's response

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 is really awesome.

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 In chapter 21,

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 verse 13,

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 Paul says,

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 I am not only ready

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 to be bound,

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 but also to die

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 in Jerusalem

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 for the name

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 of the Lord Jesus.

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 Paul has gone

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 from someone

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 who was ready

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 and willing to kill

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 people who follow Jesus,

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 and now he is ready

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 to die for Jesus.

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 Paul knew his call

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 to follow God

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 and to be a witness,

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 and he was going

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 to do that.

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 Paul had all

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 that he had in life

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 interrupted.

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 Jesus turned him around

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 and called him

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 to follow him,

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 and Paul follows him,

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 even if for the rest

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 of his life

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 he is going to be bound

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 and in chains.

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 When we meet Jesus,

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 like Paul did face to face,

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 or when we meet Jesus

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 in the pages

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 of the Bible

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 as we do,

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 he totally changes

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 our lives.

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 but he also calls us

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 to be on his team.

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 We are also

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 to be witnesses

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 to what we have seen.

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 We are to be witnesses

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 to who Jesus is

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 in the Bible.

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 God doesn't just save us

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 and then go,

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 great,

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 now you're part of the team,

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 you go sit

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 and warm the bench

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 for the rest of your life.

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 He sends us out

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 to be part of his team,

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 to be on his mission.

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 Paul didn't think

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 it was going to work,

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 there was too much baggage

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 to who he was,

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 but that didn't matter.

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 God used him

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 and he wants us

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 to be on his mission too.

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 We are all called

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 to be on God's mission.

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 He has taken us

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 from being his enemy

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 to being his emissary,

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 from sinner

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 to sharer

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 of the gospel.

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 Now it's lockdown,

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 I hear you saying.

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 How is God going

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 to use me

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 to be his witness?

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 I'm not legally allowed

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 to really go out

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 of my house.

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 I can't go to work,

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 I can't see people.

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 It's really hard

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 to share the gospel

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 over a team meeting

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 at Zoom

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 because there's no chit-chat.

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 How am I supposed

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 to witness?

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 I can't go out

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 like Paul did.

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 That's fine,

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 I'm not going to tell you

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 to break the law,

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 trust me,

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 I'm definitely not going

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 to tell you

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 to break the law.

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 But how are we going

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 to follow God's call,

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 not only to follow him

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 but also to witness

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 to other people

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 in this season?

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 Well there's four things

00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:19.680
 that we can do.

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 We can pray,

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.319
 we can give,

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 we can look out

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 for our neighbours

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 and look out

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 for our family.

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 First of all,

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.559
 pray.

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.019
 Be praying.

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 God is the one

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.599
 who saves lives.

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 God is not in lockdown.

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:37.460
 There is no border closure

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.240
 that can stop

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 the gospel spreading.

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 Get the mission booklet

00:21:41.560 --> 00:21:45.040
 in the links below,

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.200
 open that up,

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:47.820
 be praying for our missionaries,

00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.840
 be praying for our

00:21:48.840 --> 00:21:49.420
 cleansosers

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.420
 that we heard about today,

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.440
 be praying for

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.600
 Sam and Sally Lowe

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 in the Gold Coast

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 who we're raising money for,

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:56.220
 be praying for

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:58.060
 the Nepali theological students

00:21:58.060 --> 00:21:59.180
 who are training

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 to be pastors.

00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:02.240
 Pray that God

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.259
 would use them

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.620
 to impact those nations.

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:06.599
 that not only

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.539
 South Africa

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.419
 would be impacted

00:22:08.419 --> 00:22:08.959
 by the work

00:22:08.959 --> 00:22:09.779
 of the cleansosers,

00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:10.879
 but all of Africa.

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.679
 Be praying for our

00:22:12.679 --> 00:22:13.239
 mission partners

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 in Germany

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 and in Japan.

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 Next week,

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 come to our prayer afternoon

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:20.779
 as we bring these

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.659
 partners

00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:23.299
 and our desire

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 for God

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:25.979
 to change

00:22:25.979 --> 00:22:26.979
 people's lives

00:22:26.979 --> 00:22:28.239
 to Him

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 in prayer.

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 Pray for your neighbours,

00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.799
 pray for your colleagues,

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 and pray,

00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:36.619
 God,

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:38.839
 what do you want of me?

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:41.299
 Where do you want me

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.899
 to be, Lord?

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.460
 Do you want me

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.279
 to stay here

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.480
 and be the best witness

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.279
 I can be

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 to my family,

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 to my friends,

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 to my colleagues?

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:53.019
 Or are you calling me

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.559
 to do something like Paul

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 to go on mission?

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.539
 God,

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.980
 where do you want me?

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.819
 Do you actually want me

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.599
 to uproot my life

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.480
 like Sam and Sally

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:04.399
 for the benefit

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:05.119
 of your kingdom?

00:23:06.679 --> 00:23:07.899
 We need to be willing

00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:09.259
 to not just

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:11.439
 tell our family,

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.559
 but do something radical

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.379
 like Paul did.

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.720
 Change his identity

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:17.439
 and make the priority

00:23:17.439 --> 00:23:18.059
 Christian

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:20.200
 to follow his call

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.859
 in our lives.

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:21.480
 Secondly,

00:23:22.439 --> 00:23:22.899
 give.

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.819
 Give to the mission account.

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 You can find the mission account

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:28.899
 details on our website.

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:32.519
 While it is difficult

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.899
 for us to do mission,

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:35.159
 it is not impossible.

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.259
 Right now,

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.399
 we can be supporting

00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:39.619
 the ongoing mission work

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.779
 of the Lowe's

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.519
 in the Gold Coast.

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:43.119
 We're seeking to raise

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:43.799
 20 grand.

00:23:43.899 --> 00:23:44.779
 We're seeking to do

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.639
 something radical

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:47.799
 to impact the Gold Coast.

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:49.339
 We're raising money

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.039
 to do that,

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.379
 and this is something

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:51.940
 wonderful.

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.819
 Last time I checked,

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 seven and a half grand

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:56.200
 from about 20

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.259
 different households.

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 This is wonderful.

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 Thank you, church.

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.980
 Thank you so much

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.639
 for your generosity.

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 But I know

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.819
 there are about

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.819
 50 households

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.759
 watching this stream

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.220
 right now.

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 Imagine

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:10.579
 if we all

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 did something radical.

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:14.200
 If we all gave

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.339
 out of what God

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.259
 has given us

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:17.659
 to continue

00:24:17.659 --> 00:24:19.019
 to support

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:20.339
 the work of ministry.

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:22.079
 Give to Sam

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.759
 and Sally.

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 The money we give

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 does make

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.339
 a difference

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:28.000
 to the people's lives

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.680
 in the Gold Coast

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:30.279
 and to our hearts

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:32.000
 to be growing

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 more generous

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 like a Heavenly Father.

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 So be praying.

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.759
 Be giving.

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 And thirdly,

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.700
 care for your neighbours.

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 Get to know

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 your neighbours.

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:44.559
 I have been living

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 in my house

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:46.619
 for three and a bit years.

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 I don't know

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:49.000
 my neighbours that well.

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 But in the last couple of weeks

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.859
 I had a chance

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.379
 to go and pick up

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 some medicine

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:53.200
 for a neighbour

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:54.299
 which was wonderful.

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 Got to go into the shops.

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 They were a bit

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 cautious about that.

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 And then after

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:59.160
 when I dropped it off

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 I had a half an hour

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.900
 conversation

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.900
 with one of my neighbours

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.779
 and got to talk

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.420
 about church

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.119
 and Jesus

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:05.480
 and all kinds

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.299
 of wonderful things.

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.700
 These opportunities

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.819
 don't come up too often.

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 Take this chance

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.480
 right now

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.480
 to get to know

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.619
 the people around you

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:15.059
 because people

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:16.339
 all around us

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.139
 are doing it tough.

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:19.200
 people need

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.620
 Jesus

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:20.740
 right now.

00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:22.840
 More so

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:23.340
 almost than

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:23.960
 any other time

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.420
 in life

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.480
 where we are

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 anxious about

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.000
 the future,

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:28.240
 where we are

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.880
 considering

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:30.220
 death and disease

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.420
 when we can

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.440
 share with them

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.940
 the good news

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.420
 that Jesus

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.380
 is more powerful

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:34.860
 than them.

00:25:36.020 --> 00:25:36.400
 Lastly,

00:25:37.780 --> 00:25:38.640
 be on the lookout

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.300
 for your family.

00:25:40.300 --> 00:25:41.020
 Family members

00:25:41.020 --> 00:25:42.220
 are one of the

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:43.000
 hardest groups

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.759
 to convert.

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.759
 I'm aware

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.160
 of that

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.980
 but there are

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.160
 a number

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.539
 of things

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.039
 you can do.

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.779
 Share this

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.319
 YouTube link

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:48.700
 with them.

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.700
 You can say

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.500
 this is the

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.920
 church service

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.259
 that I was

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.619
 part of

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:51.980
 this morning

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.259
 I found

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.559
 this really

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.960
 encouraging

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.680
 why don't

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.059
 you watch

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.599
 it as well?

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.039
 Tell them

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.379
 hey look

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:56.759
 this is what

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:56.960
 I've been

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.220
 watching

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.980
 this is what

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.460
 I do

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.500
 I go and hide

00:25:59.500 --> 00:25:59.980
 away in my

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.259
 bedroom

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.579
 and watch

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:00.980
 church

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.879
 I just want

00:26:01.879 --> 00:26:02.140
 to share

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.460
 this with

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.920
 you because

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.500
 you're such

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.940
 an important

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.460
 part of my

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.740
 life

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.240
 watch this

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.640
 as well.

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:06.900
 Maybe

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.480
 you could do

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.960
 something a

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.279
 little bit

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.720
 scary

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.779
 if you're

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.440
 up for a

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.099
 radical challenge

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.599
 do something

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.019
 scary

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:13.139
 and ask

00:26:13.139 --> 00:26:14.259
 hey family

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.579
 member

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.059
 brother

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.539
 sister

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:15.959
 mum

00:26:15.959 --> 00:26:16.339
 dad

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:19.039
 what was

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.579
 I like

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.359
 before

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.279
 I became

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.859
 a Christian

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:23.399
 have you

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:24.019
 seen any

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.519
 change

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:24.980
 in my

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.359
 life?

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.019
 Don't know

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.319
 what they

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.219
 will respond

00:26:28.219 --> 00:26:28.500
 with

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:30.199
 have they

00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:30.839
 seen any

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.299
 change?

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.799
 You might

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.419
 be scared

00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:33.899
 at their

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.480
 response

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.139
 but this

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:35.480
 is a

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:35.819
 wonderful

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.459
 opportunity

00:26:36.459 --> 00:26:37.159
 to get

00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:37.619
 the people

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.359
 around you

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:39.059
 to reflect

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:40.099
 on what

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.699
 God is

00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:41.019
 doing

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.599
 in your

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.039
 life

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:43.099
 so that

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.379
 you can

00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:43.720
 share

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.400
 how great

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.920
 Jesus

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.599
 is.

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.319
 Pray

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.559
 give

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.519
 look out

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.799
 for your

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.139
 neighbours

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.779
 look out

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.079
 for your

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.420
 family

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.599
 there is

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:52.980
 much we

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.339
 can do

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.839
 to respond

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.339
 to God's

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.700
 call

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.319
 because

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.960
 he has

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.460
 changed

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.000
 the direction

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.359
 of our

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.720
 lives.

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.180
 Now at

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.579
 this point

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.019
 I could

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.279
 tell you

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.740
 all kinds

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.500
 of stories

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.619
 and motivate

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:03.039
 you about

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.519
 the change

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.000
 in people's

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.259
 lives

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.519
 I could

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.180
 tell you

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.660
 about the

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.299
 African

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.940
 terrorist

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:08.079
 who became

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.700
 a missionary

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.339
 I could

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:09.579
 tell you

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.920
 about the

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.660
 devout

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.220
 Chinese

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.779
 atheist

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.360
 who

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:13.000
 became

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.900
 a pastor

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.279
 despite

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.620
 much

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.200
 persecution

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:16.300
 there are

00:27:16.300 --> 00:27:16.800
 so many

00:27:16.800 --> 00:27:17.220
 wonderful

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.680
 stories

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.300
 of amazing

00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:18.820
 conversions

00:27:18.820 --> 00:27:20.640
 but they

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.259
 can make

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.860
 us think

00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:22.960
 that God

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.720
 does

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.360
 amazing

00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:25.120
 things

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:26.860
 but not

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.340
 really for

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:27.779
 little old

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.040
 me

00:27:28.040 --> 00:27:30.580
 my story

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:31.680
 your story

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.380
 is just

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.200
 as amazing

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:34.100
 and radical

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:34.860
 as his

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:36.199
 God

00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:36.219
 God

00:27:36.219 --> 00:27:37.240
 through

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.500
 his

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.899
 love

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.519
 for us

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.419
 sent

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:39.659
 his

00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:39.939
 son

00:27:39.939 --> 00:27:40.219
 Jesus

00:27:40.219 --> 00:27:40.839
 to die

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.179
 on the

00:27:41.179 --> 00:27:41.419
 cross

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:42.139
 for me

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:43.439
 and for

00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:43.879
 you

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:45.659
 meeting

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:46.159
 him

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:47.579
 we would

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:47.759
 be

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.619
 radically

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.419
 changed

00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:50.319
 to no

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.539
 longer

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.219
 identify

00:27:51.219 --> 00:27:51.599
 with the

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:51.819
 former

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.119
 things

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.399
 of our

00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:52.759
 lives

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:52.979
 with

00:27:52.979 --> 00:27:53.719
 work

00:27:53.719 --> 00:27:53.859
 and

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.479
 education

00:27:54.479 --> 00:27:54.899
 and

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.359
 our

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.759
 chosen

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.199
 fields

00:27:56.199 --> 00:27:56.799
 but

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.439
 now

00:27:57.439 --> 00:27:58.740
 the most

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.139
 important

00:27:59.139 --> 00:27:59.379
 thing

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.619
 in our

00:27:59.619 --> 00:27:59.899
 lives

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.240
 is

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.979
 Christian

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:02.539
 because

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.480
 he has

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.120
 taken away

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.400
 our

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:04.720
 sin

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:07.099
 he's

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.500
 taking

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.920
 away

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.160
 my

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.539
 love

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.720
 for

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:08.920
 that

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.279
 sin

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:10.140
 and

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.420
 he is

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.940
 replacing

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.160
 it

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.420
 with

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.660
 a

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:11.880
 love

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.140
 for

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.400
 him

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.860
 and

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.039
 a

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.319
 love

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.519
 to

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:13.660
 be

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:13.880
 on

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.059
 his

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.400
 mission

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:16.360
 God

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:16.620
 in

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:16.839
 his

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.140
 love

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.400
 for

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:17.680
 you

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.120
 is

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.420
 making

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.720
 him

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.000
 more

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.279
 like

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.440
 you

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:19.720
 every

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.039
 day

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:21.200
 fit

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.599
 for

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:21.799
 the

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.259
 purpose

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.839
 of

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.319
 knowing

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.839
 him

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.360
 and

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:24.660
 loving

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.000
 other

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.380
 people

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:26.579
 let

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:26.700
 us

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:26.940
 pray

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.120
 that

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.299
 God

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.460
 would

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:27.599
 do

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:27.900
 that

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:29.059
 heavenly

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.500
 father

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.759
 I

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.099
 thank

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.279
 you

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.500
 for

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:31.700
 your

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.039
 love

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.299
 for

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 us

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 we

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 still

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 far

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 off

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 you

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 sent

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 your

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 son

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 to

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 die

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 for

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 us

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 heavenly

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 father

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 make

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 us

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 fit

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 to be

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 part

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 of

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 your

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 family

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 change

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 us

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 make

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 us

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 generous

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 make

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 us

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 love

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 other

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 people

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 like

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 you

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 love

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 us

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 and

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 heavenly

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 father

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 be

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 with

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 us

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 in

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 the

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 coming

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 weeks

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 as

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 we

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 seek

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 to

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 love

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 those

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 around

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 us

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 so

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 that

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 we

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 can

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 respond

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 to

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 your

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 radical

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 call

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 on

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 our

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 lives

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 ask

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 this

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 in

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 your

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 son's

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 name

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 amen