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 It doesn't hit till later.

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 We can make our way home safely.

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 And this is my first time actually being with you guys

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 since you've been here in this new location.

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 And so far, and I anticipate for the entire time,

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 Peg and I are just so ecstatic and enjoying our time

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 and getting to meet you guys

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 and really in it all to see the grace of God at work.

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 That's the thing that's amazing.

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 And maybe in some ways I offer a vantage point

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 that no one else quite has,

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 just haven't been part of this and working with the team

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 and watching God work in our church,

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 watching God work here in East Cambridge

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 and our sister churches

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 and watching God really put together this church

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 and watching the grace of God at work.

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 So I'm really excited to be here.

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 And I'm excited actually to speak from Acts 11 as well

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 related to the grace of God,

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 because that's what we see, that's what we heard

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 as we listen to Acts 11 read.

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 It talked about the grace of God at work

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 and forming a church,

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 and a church that in many ways is a model church for us.

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 God's given us his word,

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 given us the book of Acts for many different purposes,

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 but one is to paint a picture for us

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 of what the church looks like

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 or what the church ought to look like.

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 So that's what we'll be doing this morning.

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 It's just learning from this model church in Antioch.

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 Let me ask as I start out,

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 how many people here grew up going to church?

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 Just raise your hand.

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 Did you grow up going to church?

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 Wow, a lot of you guys.

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 That's excellent.

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 And how many here have been part of a church

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 at some point, I know it wouldn't be this church,

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 but like for five or ten years?

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 That's a lot of us.

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 Okay, great.

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 Now I'm sure for you guys

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 that those experiences growing up

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 and being part of a church

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 have influenced you,

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 have influenced you significantly,

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 and perhaps in all sorts of ways.

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 For Peg and for me,

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 our first church,

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 well, we grew up in Roman Catholic churches

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 and there's good things there

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 that certainly influenced us,

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 but our first church,

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 having come to faith,

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 was a church in the inner city.

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 It's still there, actually,

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 in Jamaica Plain.

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 At the time,

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 it was called Rock Hill Alliance Church.

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 It's called River of Life Church now.

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 And that was our first church

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 as a young couple.

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 And it's had a huge influence on our lives.

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 We still refer to it often,

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 our experience in that church

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 and the things that went on.

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 We got to see the Lord at work in many ways.

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 And kind of our picture and paradigm

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 of church life in many ways

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 was influenced by our time there.

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 I can just remember

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 just the relationships that were there,

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 the love that was there,

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 the friendship that was there.

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 And it wasn't just love and friendship.

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 You know, it was also this corporate experience

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 of God at work.

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 We were watching God work among us

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 and there were all sorts of things happening.

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 We saw people come to Christ.

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 We saw people coming out

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 of all sorts of backgrounds.

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 We saw God healing

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 and moving in believers' lives

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 in powerful ways,

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 breakthroughs happening.

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 We saw a lot of crazy stuff.

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 It was because we were in the inner city.

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 There's just a brokenness around us,

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 the brokenness in us as well.

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 And there were just all sorts of things.

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 And we just watched the Lord at work.

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 And I think for us,

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 that has influenced how we look at church.

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 And at this point in time even,

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 this is now 20, 30 years ago,

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 more than 30 years ago.

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 I'm getting old.

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 And it still influences us

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 in our sense,

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 in our anticipation,

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 in eagerness to see God work

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 amidst His people

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 and through His people

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 because of that experience.

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 Model churches,

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 this is our churches

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 that we were a part of,

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 even if it were negative in some ways.

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 Our experience in churches

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 really instructs us

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 and teaches us.

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 And thank God that,

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 I would assume for many of us,

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 we've had many positive experiences

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 that have shaped how we understand

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 the Christian life.

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 Well, I think God wants it to be that way.

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 He wants us to be influenced

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 and wants us to look back

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 and say,

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 wow, I learned this

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 and it was fantastic.

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 But even more importantly,

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 God has given us,

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 in His Word,

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 a model church.

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 And that's really what the church

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 in Antioch is.

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 It's a model church.

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 And I just want to draw some lessons

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 from this church this morning,

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 pointing out some of the things

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 that we can observe in the passage,

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 and then applying them.

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 Applying them here for us.

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 Actually, I need to,

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 sorry,

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 I need a clock to keep myself honest.

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 And this is my clock.

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 I'm going to put my Bible down.

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 So we're just going to go through.

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 Let me tell you a little bit

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 about the church in Antioch

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 that will help you understand

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 and kind of better absorb

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 what we can learn from Antioch.

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 That passage in Acts 11

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 is of the church in Antioch.

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 The time frame around

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 when that was happening

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 was about 45 AD.

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 This is about 15 years

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 after the church had started.

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 So the church,

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 I mean the whole church

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 started in Jerusalem

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 the day of Pentecost.

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 So it's about 15 years later.

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 And the church is growing.

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 The church in Jerusalem is growing.

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 There's things happening.

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 But they're still trying

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 to figure out.

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 They're still trying to figure out

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 kind of what they're supposed

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 to be doing.

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 They know in some ways

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 but they're still figuring out.

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 And particularly related

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 to their mission.

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 And the particular items

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 of confusion or concern

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 were how do we do this thing

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 with people that aren't Jewish?

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 How do we do this thing?

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 How do we relate to the temple

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 and the Mosaic Law

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 and the truths

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 that we've learned from Jesus?

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 So they're wrestling through that.

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 And that's what you see happening

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 in the early parts

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 of the book of Acts.

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 And as that's going on,

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 God is at work.

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 And God is doing things

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 actually in them

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 and through them

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 that they didn't necessarily expect.

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 There was a persecution.

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 Stephen, who was a Greek-speaking Jew,

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 was bold

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 and he proclaimed the gospel.

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 He was kind of ahead of his time

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 in understanding the implications

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 of Christ's coming

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 and fulfilling the Old Testament,

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 the implications on the temple

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 and the law.

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 And he said some things

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 that were true about that

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 and even spoke prophetically

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 to the leaders in Jerusalem.

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 And as a result,

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 he was stoned.

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 He was put to death.

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 And then a persecution

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 broke out in the church.

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 And what happened

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 was the Greek-speaking Jews

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 who were living in Jerusalem

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 who had stayed

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 because they were part of the church

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 and they were watching God work,

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 they were scattered.

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 And they started going

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 throughout the Roman Empire,

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 really, at that point.

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 And we read about

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 how some went

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 only speaking to Jews

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 as they went.

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 They only would speak to Jews.

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 But there were these

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 Greek-speaking Jews,

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 Christians,

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 who went with the gospel

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 and started speaking to Greeks,

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 just regular old Greeks,

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 not Jewish Greek people,

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 but Greek Greek people.

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 And the word of God

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 started to have an effect

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 among those people.

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 And so that happened

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 in Antioch.

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 That was the place

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 it started to happen.

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 This exciting new development

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 that really had an influence

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 in the church.

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 What goes on

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 in the storyline

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 in the book of Acts

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 and in church history

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 is the center of Christian life

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 shifts around this point

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 from Jerusalem to Antioch.

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 And Antioch has,

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 just the grace of God

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 gets poured out on Antioch.

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 And we read about it.

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 And as a result,

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 Antioch grows

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 and is a vibrant church

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 and actually has an influence

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 on the church

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 that goes on for centuries

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 as a result.

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 So that's some

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 of the background here.

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 And that's why

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 this is a model church

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 to learn from.

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 This is why it's worthwhile

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 examining and looking

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 because of what God

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 was doing through Antioch

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 and what he did

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 in leading the church.

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 So we're just going to

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 make some observations.

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 First observation

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 I want to make

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 is just to note

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 how this church grew.

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 How it got started

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 and how it grew.

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 Did you see

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 as the passage was read

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 and as you looked

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 in your Bibles,

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 did you see

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 how it got started?

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 Did you see

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 what was going on?

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 Did they

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 kind of come up

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 with a church service

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 that offered something

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 for everybody in Antioch

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 and kind of invite people in?

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 You know,

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 you can find something

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 for everybody here.

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 Is that what happened?

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 Was that what

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 formed this church

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 and got this dynamic church

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 growing?

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 Did they have

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 like a really cool

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 children's program

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 that attracted

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 all the young families

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 in Antioch to come?

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 Is that what went on?

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 Did they have

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 this amazing Sunday service

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 that was entertaining

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 and inviting

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 and as a result

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 everyone just decided

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 I've got to check

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 this place out.

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 How did this church

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 get started?

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 What went on?

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 What grew this church?

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 It was the proclamation

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 of Christ.

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 It says in the passage

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 there were some of them

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 on coming to Antioch

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 spoke to the Hellenists also

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 that would be the Greeks

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 preaching the Lord Jesus

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 and the hand of the Lord

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 was with them.

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 So they went

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 and they proclaimed Christ

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 as they went.

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 They preached Christ.

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 They proclaimed the truth

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Christ crucified and risen.

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 Christ as the God man.

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 God in the flesh

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 who had come to rescue us

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 and bring His kingdom.

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 Christ who had come

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 to create new creations

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 to make people's lives

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 new and different in Him

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 through the good news of Christ.

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 Christ, Jesus.

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 They proclaimed Christ

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 and the entailments of Christ.

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 They proclaimed the good news

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 what we call the gospel.

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 That's what was going on

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 in this church.

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 That's what God had started.

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 That's what grew this church.

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 The proclamation

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Verse 20.

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 It says that a great number

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 believed and turned to the Lord.

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 A great number of people

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 through the proclamation of Christ.

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 That's how the church

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 got started.

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 That's how it grew.

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 They told their friends

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 and their neighbors

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 about Jesus.

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 And God blessed that.

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 The preaching of the word.

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 And that's what started

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 and grew this dynamic church.

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 That's important to get.

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 That's important to note here

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 and that's important

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 to understand its implications.

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 It wasn't just actually

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 their initial proclamation either.

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 This was a church

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 that built itself up

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 in the word of God.

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 In the truth of the gospel

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 at the core

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 with the word of God.

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 So it says that

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 for a whole year

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 Barnabas goes and he gets Saul.

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 He recruits Saul.

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 Brings him to this church.

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 Barnabas is actually

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 a wonderful figure in scripture.

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 An encouraging leader.

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 A developer of younger leaders

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 it looks like.

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 And so he was always thinking

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 how can I develop a new leader?

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 He knew about Saul already.

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 Saul was a Greek speaking Jew

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 and he probably thought

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 this is perfect.

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 This guy's been waiting

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 in the wings for a while.

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 I'm going to go get him.

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 And he brings him to Antioch.

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 And they teach the church.

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 It says for a whole year

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 they met with the church

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 and taught a great many people.

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 So the church

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 not only got started

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 by the word of God

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 but it grew by the word of God.

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 the health of this model church

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 was grounded

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 in one thing above any other.

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 The spirit anointed preaching

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 sharing and teaching

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 of God's word

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 with Christ at the center.

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 That's

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 that's its strategy.

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 That's the key

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 to growth

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 for this model church.

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 Guys I say that

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 and you might be thinking

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 well duh

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 I mean

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 we know that.

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 But you know what

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 it's so easy to drift

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 from this simple

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 and straightforward truth

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 we see here at Acts.

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 It's so easy to drift

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 into other techniques

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 to grow a church.

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 It's so easy

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 to depend

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 on something else

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 rather than the word of God.

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 Now just to add

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 an important qualifier here

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 don't hear what I'm not saying.

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 This doesn't mean

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 that you

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 can just forget about

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 worrying about anything else.

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 Right?

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 Just preach Christ.

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 So you can show up here

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 on a Sunday morning

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 you know

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 don't comb your hair.

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 Don't iron your clothes.

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 You know

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 don't brush your teeth.

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 Don't set up the chair.

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 Don't try to have

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 an organized meeting.

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 Don't say anything

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 to your neighbors.

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 Don't be involved

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 in the community.

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 Don't do any of those things.

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 Just preach Jesus.

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 No I'm not saying that.

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 All those things

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 actually should follow

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 in line

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 with a heart

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 shaped by the gospel.

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 We should seek

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 to bless others

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 with all those other things.

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 But we can't depend

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 on those other things.

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 The tendency

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 is to drift

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 into depending

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 on how polished

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 your Sunday service is.

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 or how excellent

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 your program is.

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 Or how

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 you know

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 how in tune

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 you are

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 with the community

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 and the culture

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 which you should be

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 but to depend on that

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 as your means of growth.

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 That's not what we see

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 in Antioch.

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 It's the word

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 of God.

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 It's Christ

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 crucified

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 and risen.

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 That's growing

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 this church.

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 And guys

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 here at Trinity Cambridge

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 that's what

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 God is going to use

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 to grow you.

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 That's what God

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 has been using.

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 That's what God

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 will use to grow you.

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 That the word of God

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 the gospel at the core

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 that's your fuel.

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 That's what's going to

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 power you.

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 That's what's going to

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 bring life

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 to this church.

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 And that's what's going to

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 empower this church

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 to bring life

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 to others.

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 The gospel

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 the good news

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 Christ

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 and him crucified.

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 It's like the reactor

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 fuel for an aircraft carrier.

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 An aircraft carrier

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 runs on

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 actually nuclear fuel

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 and the gospels

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 like reactor fuel

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 for the aircraft carrier.

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 There's a lot that goes on

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 in an aircraft carrier

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 though.

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 There's a lot of aspects

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 to life on an aircraft carrier.

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 There's the planes

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 taking off.

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 There's planes

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 that escort planes.

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 There's maintenance facilities.

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 There's mess halls

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 and quarters.

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 There's all sorts of life

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 going on in an aircraft carrier.

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 But without the fuel

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 it's dead in the water.

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 And all those other

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 accessories

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 actually become burdens

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 without the fuel

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 to drive the aircraft carrier.

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 That's what the gospel is.

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 The gospel

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 is your fuel.

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 It empowers you

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 as a church.

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 It drives you.

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 And all those other things

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 are empowered

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 and directed

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 because of that.

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 So everything you do

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 is fueled

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 by the word of God

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 and by the gospel

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 at the core of that.

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 That's so important

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 to get.

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 So important

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 to remember.

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 I know you guys

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 are committed

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 to these things.

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 To keeping Christ

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 at the center of your church.

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 I see it in worship here.

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 I know from what I hear

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 about the church

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 this is what you guys

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 are committed to

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 and I want to celebrate that.

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 I believe God

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 is pleased

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 with how you are

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 doing things.

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 And I just want

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 to encourage you

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 in this.

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 I want to encourage you

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 to be steadfast

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 in this.

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 To not be distracted.

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 To not start putting

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 some other things

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 above the preaching

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 of the word.

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 To keep this

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 as the fuel

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 for the life

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 of the church here.

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 To continue

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 to do what you're doing.

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 When you meet together

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 come together

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 to hear God's word.

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 To sing God's word.

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 To celebrate

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 the truths of God's word.

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 As you go out

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 to reach out

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 to others.

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 Be fueled by

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 the love of God

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 you understand

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 and know

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 through the word.

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 Be fueled by that

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 as you do

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 the things you do

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 like game nights

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 and ultimate frisbee

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 and all the different

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 things you guys do

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 in reaching out

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 to others.

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 It's wonderful

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 to hear about

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 and it's wonderful

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 to hear about

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 how God is using

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 you guys in relationships

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 and I know

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 those relationships

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 are driven

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 in your love

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 for people

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 because of the gospel.

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 It's wonderful

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 to hear about

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 things like baptisms.

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 You guys have had

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 baptisms already

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 adding members

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 and I know

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 that that's

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 because the word

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 of God

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 is fueling you guys

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 and driving

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 you guys.

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 I know that

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 he's sustaining you

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 in your life together.

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 Your love for one another

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 through the word.

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 That there's a quality

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 among you guys

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 of care

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 and love

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 through the word.

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 I just want to encourage you

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 to keep on

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 looking to the word.

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 To enjoy and celebrate

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 what he's doing

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 his grace at work

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 in your midst

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 but to look to his word

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 filling your minds

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 and hearts

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 look to the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ

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 to shape you

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 to animate your hands

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 and feet

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 to fill your minds

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 and your lips

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 to use you

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 to touch

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 the lives

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 of people

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 who don't yet

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 know Christ

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 and to tell them

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 the good news.

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 That's what's going to

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 be what makes

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 a difference

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 in their lives

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 when they hear

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 about Jesus.

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 That's how God

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 does it.

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 That's how God

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 did it in Antioch.

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 That's how God

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 continues to do it.

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 It's through hearing

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 the word of God

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 and I trust

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 that God's going

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 to give you

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 new believers.

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 He's going to give you

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 new life

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 as you build

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 relationships

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 and as you share

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 the gospel.

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 That's the power

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 of God

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 for salvation

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 the gospel.

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 And so what do you do?

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 You share the gospel

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 and then they come

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 to know the Lord

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 and then what do you do then?

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 You share the gospel.

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 You share the word.

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 You build them

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 into the word.

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 You build the word

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 into them

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 so that they grow

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 and grow in Christ

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 and grow together

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 with you as a church.

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 Colossians 3.16

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 says let the word

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 of Christ dwell

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 in you richly

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 teaching

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 and admonishing

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 one another

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 in all wisdom

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 singing psalms

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 and hymns

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 and spiritual songs

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 with thankfulness

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 in your hearts to God.

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 Trinity Church

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 Trinity Cambridge Church

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 look to the Lord

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 and his words.

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 Let the word of Christ

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 dwell in you richly

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 as a church.

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 Don't look to other

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 strategies for your growth.

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 Have a great Sunday

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 worship service

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 but make sure

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 the word

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 is most prominent

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 in your service.

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 Sponsor great

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 community events

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 but make sure

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 they are about

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 living out the word

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 and looking for

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 open doors

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 for the word.

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 Run excellent programs

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 but don't rely

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 on excellence

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 to reach people.

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 But the power

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 of God

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 through his word

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 build your church

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 on the word of God.

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 A healthy church

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 is built

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 on the word of God.

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 That's how Antioch

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 built.

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 Next observation

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 Antioch

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 reached

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 diverse people.

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 They reached

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 diverse people.

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 This church

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 was comprised

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 of very diverse people

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 and it got started

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 because people

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 crossed cultural barriers.

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 Not easy to do that.

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 But the gospel

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 has a way

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 of propelling us

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 in that doesn't it?

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 When we know

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 that God has crossed

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 an amazing barrier

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 to come and rescue us.

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 That he came

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 and lived among us

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 and bore our sins.

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 The God man Jesus

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 bore my sins,

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 our sins.

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 To pay for our sins

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 so they could be

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 completely forgiven

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 and we could be

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 reconciled and made

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 one with him,

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 invited into the

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 eternal love

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 of the Trinity.

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 When we recognize

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 that and see

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 that truth

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 we realize

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 what great lengths

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 he's come

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 to reach to us

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 and that empowers us

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 doesn't it?

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 It compels us

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 to go and to

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 step out

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 and cross cultural

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 barriers

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 to reach others.

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 And that's what

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 was going on

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 in Antioch.

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 the Greek-speaking

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 Jewish believers

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 didn't just stick

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 to their own kind.

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 They could have.

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 But the gospel

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 compelled them

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 to cross

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 and to speak

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 to those

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 that were Greek,

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 that were Greek

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 Gentiles,

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 not Jewish people.

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 And others.

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 And God did something

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 in bringing people

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 to himself

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 in this melting pot

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 of a city,

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 by the way.

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 Antioch was full

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 of people

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 from all different

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 backgrounds.

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 It really was

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 a crossroads.

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 one of the major

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 cities of the Roman Empire.

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 And so we read

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 in Acts 13,

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 actually,

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 about the team

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 that gets formed

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 and the team itself.

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 This is the leadership

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 team for this church

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 in Antioch.

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 And it says this,

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 Now they were in

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 the church in Antioch,

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 prophets and teachers,

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 and then list them.

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 Barnabas,

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 Simeon,

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 who was called Niger,

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 Lucius of Cyrene,

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 Menaen,

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 a lifelong friend

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 of Herod the Tetrarch,

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 and Saul.

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 So you have Barnabas,

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 he's a Greek-speaking Jew.

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 He would have been

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 culturally Greek

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 in some ways,

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 but he's still Jewish.

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 He's from Cyprus.

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 There's Simeon,

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 called Niger.

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 So Simeon was probably

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 a dark-skinned man,

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 perhaps from Africa.

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 You have Lucius

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 from Cyrene,

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 that is in North Africa.

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 And then you have Menaen,

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 a childhood friend

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 of Herod.

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 So this guy is

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 from the household

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 of Herod.

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 I mean,

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 what a crew!

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 And then there's Saul

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 as well,

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 all together

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 in this leadership team.

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 What a diverse

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 leadership team.

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 But it really is

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 a picture of this church,

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 isn't it?

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 The picture of the

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.900
 church in Antioch.

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 They're reaching

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 all sorts of people.

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 They've understood

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 the implications

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 of the gospel,

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 that the gospel

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 and the commission

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 our Lord has given us

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 calls us to go

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 to all peoples,

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 to reach people,

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 to reach out,

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 to cross cultural barriers.

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 And so God did

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 something beautiful

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 here in this church.

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 church.

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 There's a lesson for us.

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 And this lesson

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 is different

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 than what you might hear.

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 Some of the

00:20:48.560 --> 00:20:49.700
 conventional thinking

00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:51.200
 in church growth

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 and in church planting

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 is don't do

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 what we see here

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 because it just

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 makes it hard.

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 Don't do it.

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 Just go to your own kind.

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 And there's counsel

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 even saying

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 the lead pastor,

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 like you should expect

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 that's the sort of people

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 you should be reaching.

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 Reach people

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 like the lead pastor.

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 I'm so glad

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 that our church

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 is not full of people

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 like me.

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 I wouldn't want that.

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 We don't want

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 to follow that wisdom

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 but there's that trend

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:15.539
 that conventional wisdom

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 that says,

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 well, reach out

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 to your own kind.

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 It's easiest.

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 It's easiest to do

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 church life then.

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 You don't have to cross

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 any of the barriers

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 and so there are churches

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 actually that are doing that.

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 They are purposefully

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 targeting only

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 a narrow segment.

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 But oh,

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 how contradictory

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.900
 that is to the word of God

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 and the purposes of God.

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 God loves to show

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 the power

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 of the gospel

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 in a vivid,

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 glorious way

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 by uniting diverse people

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 and bringing them

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 into close unity

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 around the cross.

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 Doing that in such a way

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 that the world looks

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 and says there's something

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 going on there

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 that's really different

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 because the world

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 doesn't have a formula

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.899
 to make that work well.

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 They're trying different ones

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 and none of them

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 are going to work.

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 But there is a formula

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 in the gospel.

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 God has reconciled us

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.859
 to himself

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 and in reconciling us

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 to himself

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 we are reconciled

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 to one another.

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 We are brought near

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 to one another.

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 No matter who we might be.

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 No matter what background

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 we might have.

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 No matter what ethnicity

00:22:13.939 --> 00:22:14.939
 we might have.

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 No matter what

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:18.099
 socioeconomic background

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:19.059
 we might have.

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 We are brought near

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 in Christ.

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 We are brought together.

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 And it's glorious,

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 isn't it?

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 Just think in art.

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 How do you paint

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:31.779
 a glorious picture?

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:34.180
 Do you take a canvas

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 that's white

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 and then a white paintbrush

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:39.759
 and draw a snowman

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.359
 and a blizzard?

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.339
 Just all white?

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:44.099
 No one wants to see

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:45.039
 a painting like that, right?

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:46.539
 What makes a painting beautiful?

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.799
 Diversity.

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.460
 Different colors,

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.680
 different textures

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:52.180
 on a canvas,

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:52.980
 together.

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:54.299
 This diversity

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:55.940
 put together

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:57.000
 and united

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.360
 along some theme, right?

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.200
 Some picture

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.980
 or some concept.

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:02.140
 There's a theme.

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.360
 But it's diversity

00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:04.240
 with a central theme.

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:05.180
 That's what beauty is.

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:06.259
 That's what makes art

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.120
 beautiful.

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:09.480
 And that's how God

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:11.160
 makes things beautiful.

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.420
 That's how he makes

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:13.500
 his church beautiful.

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:15.259
 He takes diversity.

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.400
 He takes diverse

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.160
 ethnicity

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.980
 and backgrounds

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.339
 and histories

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.299
 and stories

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.220
 and brings them

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.940
 all together

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.980
 in the power

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:24.279
 of the gospel.

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.399
 Brings them all together

00:23:25.399 --> 00:23:26.359
 on a canvas.

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.359
 The central theme

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.180
 of Christ

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 at the center

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.519
 of our lives.

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 Rescuing us

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.339
 and leading us

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:33.720
 in his new kingdom ways.

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.599
 That's the picture

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.259
 of beauty.

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 And it's wonderful

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 to be here with you guys

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.419
 and watch

00:23:40.419 --> 00:23:41.339
 what God's doing.

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.419
 Bringing diverse folks

00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:43.359
 here together.

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:45.259
 There are folks

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:46.359
 in this room

00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:47.039
 from diverse

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:48.079
 ethnic backgrounds.

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 And I trust

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 there'll be

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:50.460
 even more and more.

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 It's glorious.

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.799
 It's worth

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 the effort.

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.759
 Yes, it takes effort.

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:56.320
 It's easiest

00:23:56.320 --> 00:23:57.039
 just to relate

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.480
 to people

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.420
 who are just like you.

00:23:59.560 --> 00:24:00.360
 There's culture

00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:02.420
 and ethnic backgrounds

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.480
 that we have

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.200
 distinct ones

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.840
 and it's easiest

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.539
 to stay

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.220
 with the people

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.700
 that you're most like.

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.360
 It takes work.

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.019
 It takes the power

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.380
 of the gospel.

00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:11.400
 It forces us

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.500
 to run to the gospel

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.240
 is what it does.

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.720
 It makes us uncomfortable

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:17.240
 because we're going

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.840
 to be misunderstood

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.619
 and we're going

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.699
 to misunderstand others.

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.159
 We're going to have

00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:20.959
 to ask for forgiveness.

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.699
 We're going to have

00:24:21.699 --> 00:24:22.459
 to admit that maybe

00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:24.279
 my culture isn't superior

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.740
 in every way

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.619
 like I thought it was.

00:24:26.419 --> 00:24:27.199
 Maybe there's aspects

00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:28.759
 that I can learn from

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.859
 from other cultures

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.699
 and other peoples.

00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:31.879
 And maybe together

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.899
 with Christ at the center

00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:34.000
 we'll all grow in wisdom

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:35.439
 and we'll all grow in unity.

00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:36.339
 And together

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.579
 we will bring glory

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:39.019
 to him.

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.539
 Guys,

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.179
 you might know this

00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:42.599
 but you know

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.619
 there are 62

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.619
 different languages

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.699
 spoken in the homes

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:47.100
 of Cambridge public school students.

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:49.340
 62 different languages.

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.799
 I'll say them really quickly

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:54.519
 starting with the most common

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.200
 to the least common.

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.000
 English,

00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:56.799
 Spanish,

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.779
 Creole,

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.700
 America,

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.440
 Bengali,

00:24:59.680 --> 00:24:59.980
 Arabic,

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.580
 Mandarin,

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.080
 Portuguese,

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:01.680
 Korean,

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.279
 Somali,

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.740
 French,

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.360
 Gujarati,

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:03.740
 Hebrew,

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.180
 German,

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.180
 Tigrinya,

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.880
 Nepali,

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.460
 Japanese,

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:06.920
 Tigre,

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.299
 Urdu,

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.759
 Italian,

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.480
 Cape Verdean,

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:08.799
 Hindi,

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.279
 Norwegian,

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:09.920
 Russian,

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.319
 Tibetan,

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:10.740
 Turkish,

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.279
 Swahili,

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:11.660
 Dutch,

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.120
 Pashto,

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.480
 Vietnamese,

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.120
 Albanian,

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.460
 Danish,

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.000
 Greek,

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.400
 Polish,

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:15.279
 Serbo-Croatian,

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.859
 Bulgarian,

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.639
 Cantonese,

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.039
 Swedish,

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.559
 Armenian,

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.259
 Zonka,

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.660
 Tibetan,

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.299
 Farsi,

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.899
 Punjabi,

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.599
 Tamil,

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.440
 Catalan,

00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:22.299
 Chichua,

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.720
 Finnish,

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.299
 Hungarian,

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:25.039
 Kiriwandu,

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.099
 Macedonian,

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.559
 Romanian,

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.259
 Slovene,

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:27.779
 Tagalog,

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.279
 Telugu,

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.740
 Thai,

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.279
 Tongan,

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.099
 and Tui.

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:33.779
 62 different languages

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:35.460
 spoken by Cambridge

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:37.779
 public school students

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.519
 in their home

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:40.559
 and God has put you guys

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.200
 right here

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:42.779
 in the middle of all that.

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:43.680
 Why?

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:44.299
 Well,

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:44.920
 for many reasons,

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:48.120
 but one is to watch the gospel work

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:50.920
 in 62 different cultures

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:52.799
 and ethnicities and more

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:55.360
 and watch it draw people together

00:25:55.360 --> 00:25:57.440
 to be united around Christ,

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:59.380
 to love each other deeply from the heart,

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:01.500
 to love Christ supremely

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:03.259
 and to glorify him.

00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:04.440
 And I anticipate,

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.820
 and I'm sure it's your prayer,

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:06.860
 and if not,

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.820
 would you make it your prayer?

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:08.700
 God,

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.660
 would you make our church

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.420
 that diverse

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:13.539
 and unified around Christ?

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:15.059
 Would you make us

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.039
 that canvas

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:17.200
 full of all those colors

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.840
 and textures

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:19.980
 that paints a beautiful picture

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.299
 of the power of the gospel

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:23.559
 and the glory of God?

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.779
 That's what went on in Antioch.

00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:26.600
 This was a church

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:28.580
 that reached diverse people.

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:31.140
 Next observation is

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:32.420
 Antioch lived out the message.

00:26:33.300 --> 00:26:34.300
 It wasn't just a message

00:26:34.300 --> 00:26:35.759
 they said

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:37.220
 and then didn't do.

00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:37.840
 It was a message

00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.560
 they lived out.

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.620
 It had gripped their hearts.

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.519
 It had changed

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.900
 who they are.

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.920
 And so it says,

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.500
 in Antioch,

00:26:43.560 --> 00:26:44.420
 the disciples were first

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.240
 called Christians.

00:26:47.820 --> 00:26:48.720
 A little phrase,

00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.880
 but it has a lot of meaning.

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.660
 They were first called

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.480
 Christians there.

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.960
 What a fantastic credit

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:55.019
 to the believers in Antioch

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:57.039
 to be called little Christ,

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.300
 followers of Christ.

00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.840
 And probably at first

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.700
 it was to tease them.

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:01.900
 You know,

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:04.380
 that's what we do sometimes.

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.259
 If someone's a follower

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.720
 of something,

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:07.080
 we add an ite on

00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:07.700
 the end of it,

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.000
 you know.

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.660
 You're a what ite?

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.039
 Something.

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.440
 A Luddite

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.380
 or something like that,

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.640
 you know.

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:14.200
 You follow Mr. Ludd,

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.800
 whoever that was.

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.100
 So we do that.

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:17.360
 That's what's going on here.

00:27:17.820 --> 00:27:18.820
 They are being called

00:27:18.820 --> 00:27:19.480
 Christians probably

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.320
 to tease them.

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.180
 But it's because

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.420
 they were known

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.600
 for being followers

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.220
 of Christ.

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:25.840
 It was unmistakable

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.940
 that these people

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:28.160
 were followers of Christ.

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.980
 There was something

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.640
 about them

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:31.380
 that made it obvious

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.400
 to their neighbors

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.120
 and friends.

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:35.880
 You're a follower

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.280
 of Christ,

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:36.600
 aren't you?

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.240
 You are one of those

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.759
 Christians.

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.420
 And maybe at first

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.259
 it was intended

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.879
 to be derogatory,

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.500
 but it became

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.839
 standard description

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.859
 for a follower of Christ.

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.480
 To this day,

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.059
 actually, right?

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.619
 When we say

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.059
 we're a follower,

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.500
 what do we say?

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.839
 We say we're a Christian.

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.619
 It started here in Antioch

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:53.039
 because of the quality

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.859
 of their walk,

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.839
 the quality of their life

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.240
 together,

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:56.460
 was distinct enough

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.099
 that the culture

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.579
 recognized something

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:59.259
 was going on

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.879
 and they were called

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.319
 Christians.

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:04.240
 There's another example

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.200
 in the passage as well.

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.680
 Agabus

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:07.820
 makes a trip

00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:08.620
 to Antioch.

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.860
 He's a New Testament

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.880
 prophet from Jerusalem

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:13.320
 and he prophesied

00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:13.759
 that there would be

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.440
 a great famine

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.420
 throughout the Roman world.

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.779
 And the church in Antioch

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.740
 responded to that.

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.500
 How did they respond?

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.100
 What did they do

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.420
 when they heard

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.100
 that there was a famine?

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.759
 Wow.

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.860
 We're in trouble.

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.460
 We better

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:26.720
 fill up our

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:28.180
 cellars with food

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.920
 and get ready

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.500
 for this thing

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.500
 and circle the wagons,

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.160
 Antioch,

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:31.860
 right,

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.740
 so we can survive

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.259
 this thing

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.500
 and who cares

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.119
 about the rest.

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.559
 We just need

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:36.200
 to get by on our own.

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.859
 No, what do they do?

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:39.400
 They determined

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:40.380
 to send a gift

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.839
 to the church

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.420
 in Jerusalem.

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:43.480
 Their hearts

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.539
 are generous,

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.819
 gracious hearts

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:47.640
 affected by the gospel,

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:49.200
 affected by the Lord.

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.339
 And so they're outward.

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:53.920
 And so they give away

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:55.319
 things

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:57.259
 with an approaching famine.

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.559
 That's crazy.

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.420
 But that's what

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.960
 Jesus looks like, right?

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.680
 That's what his people

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.200
 look like.

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.779
 And that's what

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.660
 this church looked like.

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.539
 They determined

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.039
 that they would

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:07.019
 send a gift

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:08.420
 to relieve the brothers

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.160
 living in Jerusalem

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.700
 because they knew

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:11.139
 that it was especially

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:11.920
 hard for them.

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:13.139
 It was an impoverished

00:29:13.139 --> 00:29:14.700
 part of the Roman Empire.

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.359
 And these were

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.879
 their brothers.

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.599
 And so they determined

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.460
 to send a gift

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.559
 down to them.

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.619
 They were gracious.

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:23.059
 They were generous.

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.700
 Their hearts

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:28.039
 were full of faith

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.539
 in God,

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:29.619
 the faithful supplier

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.420
 and compassion

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.139
 for others.

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.339
 That's what

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:33.099
 characterized them.

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.339
 And they were

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.159
 living out the message.

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.539
 Again,

00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.359
 the gospel

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:37.159
 propels us in this.

00:29:37.699 --> 00:29:38.399
 We know the love

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:38.879
 of God

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:40.399
 through Christ.

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.259
 And we know

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.779
 the compassion

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.599
 he's had for us.

00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:43.740
 So it empowers us

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.259
 and compels us

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.039
 to do the same.

00:29:45.219 --> 00:29:45.859
 To love God

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.459
 and to love others.

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.459
 To care about others.

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.859
 To give ourselves

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.939
 and our resources

00:29:49.939 --> 00:29:50.379
 away

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:51.480
 for others.

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.939
 And you guys

00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:53.659
 are doing that here

00:29:53.659 --> 00:29:55.299
 at Trinity Cambridge.

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.399
 Cambridge.

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.799
 It actually

00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:00.039
 looks kind of crazy

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.519
 to be doing

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.960
 what you guys

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.960
 are doing here.

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.039
 You guys

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.639
 have decided

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:05.000
 to start a church

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:06.980
 in probably

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.639
 one of the most

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:08.619
 expensive cities

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.759
 in the whole country.

00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:11.500
 I actually

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.039
 looked it up.

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.899
 Boston is like

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.519
 number three.

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.319
 And I know

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:15.879
 Cambridge is more

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:16.740
 expensive than Boston.

00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:17.799
 So you guys

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.259
 might be like

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.680
 number one

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.240
 or number two.

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:21.039
 That's crazy.

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:22.399
 Why did you do that?

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:27.180
 Because there's

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.620
 people here

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:28.280
 who need to know

00:30:28.280 --> 00:30:28.800
 about Jesus.

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.820
 And there are

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.300
 believers here

00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:32.420
 who need a good church

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:33.400
 to grow with

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:34.460
 and to serve with.

00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:37.900
 You know

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.720
 with the culture

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.759
 going the way

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.320
 it's going

00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:41.300
 and going away

00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:42.140
 from Christendom

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.580
 or from a

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.259
 Christian influenced

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.700
 culture

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.560
 it would have

00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:45.340
 made more sense

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:45.920
 just to have

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.880
 found a good church

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.620
 just to stay

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.840
 at King of Grace.

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:50.660
 Circle the wagons.

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.800
 Just try to survive

00:30:51.800 --> 00:30:52.320
 the storm

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.299
 of cultural

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.779
 decline.

00:30:53.939 --> 00:30:54.039
 Right?

00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:55.279
 That makes sense.

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.519
 But when we

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.480
 understand the gospel

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.220
 when we're gripped

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:00.139
 by the love of God

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:02.200
 when we love people

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:06.259
 we don't care

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.819
 a whole lot

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.879
 about our own safety.

00:31:08.939 --> 00:31:09.839
 We don't care

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.539
 about our comfort

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.099
 as much.

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.659
 And we're willing

00:31:12.659 --> 00:31:13.539
 to go to places

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.759
 that are costly.

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.839
 Costly in different ways.

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.659
 Financially

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.200
 or just

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:20.059
 moving from a home

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.559
 you've known

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.139
 or a church

00:31:21.139 --> 00:31:21.559
 you've known.

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:24.200
 We're compelled

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.980
 by the gospel.

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:25.559
 We're affected

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.359
 just like the people

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:26.819
 in Antioch

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.399
 and you guys

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:28.299
 are doing that here

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:29.099
 and it's wonderful.

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:31.220
 It's wonderful

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:32.599
 to watch

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.319
 what's happening

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:34.500
 watching you guys

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.259
 sacrifice

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.019
 and serving

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.659
 and giving

00:31:36.659 --> 00:31:38.819
 and trusting God

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.519
 and laboring

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:42.740
 and loving each other.

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.839
 You guys live

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.279
 the message

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:45.039
 among yourselves

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.559
 as well

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.399
 so there's no

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:47.460
 inconsistency here.

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:47.679
 Right?

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:49.080
 There's an integrity.

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:51.680
 I can say that for you.

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.400
 You might feel awkward

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.180
 patting yourselves

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.680
 on the back

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.560
 but there's an integrity

00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:54.920
 here.

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:57.100
 So what started

00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:57.880
 you guys

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.440
 on this mission

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.519
 has sustained you.

00:31:59.600 --> 00:32:00.400
 There's a quality

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.160
 of love

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:02.080
 for one another

00:32:02.080 --> 00:32:02.620
 and a love

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.240
 for the community.

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.960
 So when you guys

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.840
 reach out to the community

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:06.019
 and you just hang out

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.299
 with them

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.100
 and you play

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.840
 ultimate frisbee

00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:08.360
 or invite them

00:32:08.360 --> 00:32:08.799
 to games

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:10.759
 it's not bait and switch.

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.340
 You're just being

00:32:11.340 --> 00:32:11.900
 yourselves

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:13.440
 because you

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.539
 have been

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.660
 compelled by the love

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:15.940
 of God.

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.720
 You love one another

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.500
 and you love people

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.000
 and you're just

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.540
 inviting them

00:32:18.540 --> 00:32:20.460
 to be a part

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:22.040
 to at least observe it

00:32:22.040 --> 00:32:23.560
 and then Lord willing

00:32:23.560 --> 00:32:24.940
 to join in

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:26.340
 and experience it.

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:28.400
 I know this goes on

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.840
 in your midst

00:32:28.840 --> 00:32:29.620
 and I'm sure

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.600
 there's lots of stories

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.440
 caring for each other.

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.840
 Just this week

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:34.160
 you guys probably know

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.779
 Sean and Hannah

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:36.259
 got in a very serious accident.

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:37.980
 I found out

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.680
 during the week.

00:32:39.060 --> 00:32:39.860
 I was actually texting

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.540
 Sean about some

00:32:40.540 --> 00:32:41.759
 this I think this time

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:43.100
 and he let me know

00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:43.600
 like wow

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:44.460
 forget about

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.259
 what you need to do.

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.240
 I'm glad you guys

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.500
 are okay.

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.160
 So they're okay.

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.480
 A highway accident

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:50.539
 just miraculous

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:52.140
 that you guys

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.559
 weren't hurt

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.119
 so thank God

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.519
 for that.

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.839
 But then your care

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.720
 hearing about the care

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.980
 for them in that.

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:59.000
 Someone drove down

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.799
 to pick them up

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:01.259
 somewhere down

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.660
 in Connecticut

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.779
 wherever you guys were

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.680
 Sturbridge

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.039
 Omas

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.339
 okay

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:05.039
 almost Connecticut

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:06.839
 to pick them up

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.819
 to bring them back here

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.700
 and then just the care

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.079
 and the care

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:10.140
 I know in other situations

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.799
 making meals

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.400
 for each other

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.259
 loving each other

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.640
 walking through sorrow

00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:14.640
 and trial together

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:16.540
 there's a sincerity

00:33:16.540 --> 00:33:17.100
 there's a love

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.880
 there's a living out

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.440
 of the message

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.360
 that's going on here

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:21.640
 and it's glorious

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:24.759
 and it's like Antioch

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:26.640
 and I just want

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.220
 to say that

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:28.380
 to encourage you guys

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:30.460
 to encourage you in it

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.720
 to keep up the good work

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.740
 to keep walking

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.340
 in these things

00:33:33.340 --> 00:33:34.759
 to keep living

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:36.240
 like Antioch

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.840
 more and more.

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:40.000
 A couple more observations

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.519
 real quickly

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.259
 and then we'll finish.

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.079
 Antioch developed

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:44.220
 and sent their very best.

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.740
 Part of the storyline here

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:47.419
 is that they developed leaders

00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:48.539
 they developed leaders

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.639
 and they deployed leaders.

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.859
 They developed

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:52.019
 some really great leaders

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:53.959
 real diverse leaders

00:33:53.959 --> 00:33:54.639
 but good leaders

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:55.659
 this is a healthy church

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.439
 full of good leaders

00:33:56.439 --> 00:33:57.619
 it's got Barnabas

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:58.139
 and Saul

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.939
 in the church

00:33:58.939 --> 00:34:01.019
 and again

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.839
 it would have made sense

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.500
 just to kind of

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.220
 circle the wagons

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.799
 let's just kind of

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.419
 keep on building up

00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:05.019
 our leaders here

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:06.119
 make a really strong leadership

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:06.659
 but no

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:08.259
 they send out

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:09.019
 their very best

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:10.219
 the Spirit of God

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:11.279
 actually speaks to them

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:12.039
 and says do it

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.880
 you better do it

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.779
 when he speaks that way

00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:15.139
 but they send out

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.599
 their best

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.719
 they deploy leaders

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:19.380
 it says in Acts 13

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.880
 while they were

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.500
 worshiping the Lord

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.980
 and fasting

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.759
 the Holy Spirit said

00:34:21.759 --> 00:34:22.480
 set apart for me

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.279
 Barnabas and Saul

00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:23.779
 for the work

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:25.059
 to which I have called them

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.839
 then after fasting

00:34:25.839 --> 00:34:26.219
 and praying

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:27.039
 they laid their hands

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.339
 on them

00:34:27.339 --> 00:34:28.539
 and sent them off

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:30.199
 so being sent out

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:31.079
 by the Holy Spirit

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.619
 they went down

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.319
 to Seleucia

00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:33.159
 and from there

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.179
 they sailed to Cyprus

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:35.619
 and then they went

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.440
 with their team

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.159
 Barnabas and Saul

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.699
 John Mark

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:38.359
 probably others

00:34:38.359 --> 00:34:39.219
 on the team

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:40.679
 they went

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.859
 throughout the Roman Empire

00:34:41.859 --> 00:34:42.719
 and planted churches

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:44.440
 and changed the world

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.940
 as a result

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:51.619
 this is a church

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:53.079
 that developed leaders

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:55.659
 for the health

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.400
 of their own church

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:57.900
 but also to deploy them

00:34:57.900 --> 00:35:00.420
 there's a lesson here

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.019
 in Antioch

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.760
 and I know this is

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:02.679
 in your heart

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:04.500
 to be a church

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.440
 that develops leaders

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.300
 and it's just great

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:07.559
 to hear so early on

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.700
 in your church life

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:09.079
 actually

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.920
 it's amazing

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:12.539
 it's amazing

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.480
 and it's unusual

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:15.280
 that God is

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:16.380
 raising up leaders

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.719
 here

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.300
 you guys have

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:18.380
 three small groups

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.000
 and leaders

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.780
 for your small groups

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.840
 at this early stage

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.340
 fantastic

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:22.500
 I know that

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.659
 there's a leadership team

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.659
 and future elders

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.460
 being raised up

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.079
 I know there's

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:27.219
 a number of deacons

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:29.860
 male and female deacons

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.679
 being raised up

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:31.960
 to lead things here

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.639
 that's great

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.900
 for the stage

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.800
 of your church life

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.740
 to have that happening

00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:37.019
 is wonderful

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:38.860
 and so keep on

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.400
 doing that

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:40.519
 keep on celebrating

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.199
 the grace of God

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.800
 keep on being

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:43.019
 a church that does that

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.820
 I would trust

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.340
 that God would

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:45.179
 use you guys

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:46.699
 as a leader

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.679
 factory

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:49.759
 but not just

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.519
 for your own good

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:54.360
 but to send out

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.099
 your very best

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:56.519
 when the time comes

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:58.559
 to send out

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.139
 your very best

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.880
 when the time comes

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.239
 I would

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:02.000
 trust that God

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.239
 would

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:03.340
 even in the next

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:04.000
 five years

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:06.519
 send out a church

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.000
 plant through

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.880
 Trinity Cambridge

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:09.699
 maybe your first step

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.259
 is just something

00:36:10.259 --> 00:36:10.639
 nearby

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.519
 somewhere in

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:13.420
 Boston itself

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:14.019
 Boston

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.820
 another part of

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.219
 Cambridge

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:16.259
 around here

00:36:16.259 --> 00:36:16.699
 somewhere

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:18.659
 so that would be

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:19.800
 maybe your first one

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:21.900
 and if you just

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.619
 dream with me a little

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.820
 bit if I can do that

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:25.079
 with you

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:26.820
 maybe your second

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.239
 one

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:30.059
 is to some place

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:31.480
 where there is no

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:32.860
 church at all

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:34.759
 some place in the

00:36:34.759 --> 00:36:35.639
 world that's

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:35.980
 under

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.519
 under

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.619
 unreached

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.639
 and unengaged

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.779
 there's 3,000

00:36:39.779 --> 00:36:40.359
 people groups

00:36:40.359 --> 00:36:40.940
 out there

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:42.599
 that are

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.400
 not only

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.639
 unreached

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:44.960
 but they're

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.659
 unengaged

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.339
 so they're

00:36:46.339 --> 00:36:47.299
 another category

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:48.139
 and what I mean

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.619
 by unengaged

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.039
 there's no

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:50.179
 church there

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:51.839
 there's unreached

00:36:51.839 --> 00:36:52.599
 people that are

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.219
 not effectively

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.579
 reached

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.119
 but that have

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.819
 believers working

00:36:54.819 --> 00:36:55.019
 there

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.420
 but there are

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.659
 3,000 groups

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:58.859
 3,000 different

00:36:58.859 --> 00:36:59.980
 ethnic groups

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.559
 in the world

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.799
 unreached

00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:02.739
 and unengaged

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:04.299
 and there are

00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:04.900
 great cities

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.500
 throughout the world

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.179
 that have hardly

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:07.279
 any Christian witness

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:08.000
 so maybe your

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.780
 second plan

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.519
 from the leaders

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.340
 you raise up here

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:11.460
 would be to send

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.960
 them to one of

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.519
 those places

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:14.280
 to be like

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:14.920
 Antioch

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:17.680
 to watch God

00:37:17.680 --> 00:37:18.660
 do what he did

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:19.360
 in Antioch

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.080
 true Trinity

00:37:20.080 --> 00:37:20.920
 Cambridge

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:23.420
 finally

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:25.880
 Antioch was a

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.360
 church that

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:27.440
 experienced the

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.060
 grace of God

00:37:28.060 --> 00:37:28.620
 this is the most

00:37:28.620 --> 00:37:29.140
 important thing I

00:37:29.140 --> 00:37:29.560
 want to leave you

00:37:29.560 --> 00:37:29.840
 with

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:31.320
 they experienced

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:32.100
 the grace of

00:37:32.100 --> 00:37:32.500
 God

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:34.060
 all these other

00:37:34.060 --> 00:37:34.519
 things were

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.480
 happening ultimately

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.500
 because God

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.840
 chose to pour

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.599
 out his

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.980
 glorious

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:41.039
 divine favor

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:42.019
 his undeserved

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:43.159
 favor on

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.820
 this city

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:44.400
 and its people

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.800
 God is a God

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:47.000
 full of grace

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.539
 and mercy

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.500
 he's a gracious

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.300
 God who's at

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:49.760
 work

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:51.139
 and he loves

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.780
 to rescue

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.320
 undeserving

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:52.699
 sinners

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:53.860
 he loves to

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.280
 bring them

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:55.599
 near and bring

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.280
 them near to

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:56.619
 each other

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:57.199
 he loves to

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.639
 put them in

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:58.139
 a body

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:59.159
 and cause that

00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:00.079
 body to shine

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.559
 for the glory

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:00.960
 of Christ

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.679
 and to enjoy

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.719
 all the blessings

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.400
 of life in

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.820
 Christ

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.760
 God

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.500
 had been

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:05.880
 gracious

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.860
 it says

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.260
 here that

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.940
 Barnabas

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.340
 came and

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:09.000
 people heard

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.340
 the church

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.660
 in Jerusalem

00:38:09.660 --> 00:38:10.019
 heard about

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.240
 what was

00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:10.780
 going on

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.880
 and it says

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.240
 the hand

00:38:12.240 --> 00:38:12.619
 of the Lord

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:13.000
 was with

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.220
 them

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.920
 and then

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.340
 Barnabas

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:14.700
 was sent

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:14.920
 and it says

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.480
 when he came

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.740
 and saw

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:16.059
 the grace

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.420
 of God

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.920
 he was

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.460
 glad

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:19.880
 Barnabas

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.340
 came and

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.760
 he observed

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.220
 what was

00:38:21.220 --> 00:38:21.680
 going on

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:22.180
 the church

00:38:22.180 --> 00:38:22.460
 in Jerusalem

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.740
 was saying

00:38:22.740 --> 00:38:23.019
 what's

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.360
 happening

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:24.019
 we don't

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.280
 know how

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.619
 to handle

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:24.860
 this

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.260
 there are

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:25.700
 Greek

00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:25.960
 people

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.380
 coming to

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.800
 Christ

00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:27.400
 there's

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:27.780
 a church

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:28.340
 being formed

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:28.599
 there in

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:28.940
 Antioch

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.599
 what's up

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:29.960
 with that

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.460
 so they send

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.960
 Barnabas

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.559
 Barnabas

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.420
 he's at

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:36.980
 work here

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:38.019
 and he

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.840
 celebrates

00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:39.220
 that

00:38:39.220 --> 00:38:39.579
 and he

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.180
 serves

00:38:40.180 --> 00:38:40.599
 that

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.760
 what God

00:38:41.760 --> 00:38:42.119
 is doing

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.579
 through his

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:43.200
 grace

00:38:43.200 --> 00:38:45.300
 there's

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:45.760
 grace

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:46.400
 God's grace

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:46.780
 is being

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:47.320
 poured out

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:47.860
 his mercy

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.460
 and kindness

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:49.619
 and nearness

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:50.940
 have been

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.500
 poured out

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:51.880
 on this

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.360
 church

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:55.780
 and that's

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:55.940
 what

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:57.500
 makes all

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:57.840
 the difference

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.460
 in Antioch

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.480
 and guys

00:38:59.480 --> 00:38:59.800
 that's what

00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:00.180
 makes all

00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:00.579
 the difference

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:00.900
 here

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:01.800
 in Trinity

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:02.180
 Cambridge

00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:03.180
 ultimately

00:39:03.180 --> 00:39:04.619
 all the things

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:04.920
 that you're

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:05.320
 seeing that

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:05.640
 are good

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.059
 all the things

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.440
 that you're

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:07.179
 experiencing

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:07.619
 that are

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:07.799
 good

00:39:07.799 --> 00:39:08.119
 all the

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.259
 things

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:08.519
 that you're

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:09.039
 investing

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.319
 in

00:39:09.319 --> 00:39:09.819
 that are

00:39:09.819 --> 00:39:10.079
 good

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.480
 all

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:11.019
 are

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.599
 driven

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.139
 by the

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:12.839
 amazing

00:39:12.839 --> 00:39:13.359
 sovereign

00:39:13.359 --> 00:39:13.659
 grace

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.079
 of God

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.579
 God is

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.039
 at work

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:17.199
 you didn't

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.960
 bring God

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.679
 to East

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.059
 Cambridge

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:20.579
 God brought

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.079
 you to

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.299
 East

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:21.619
 Cambridge

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:23.480
 he was

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.739
 already

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:24.119
 here

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.719
 he was

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:24.900
 already

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.079
 here

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.299
 among

00:39:25.299 --> 00:39:25.659
 his

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:25.940
 people

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.159
 that

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.299
 were

00:39:26.299 --> 00:39:26.579
 living

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:26.879
 here

00:39:26.879 --> 00:39:27.259
 and

00:39:27.259 --> 00:39:27.619
 probably

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.159
 praying

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:28.359
 oh

00:39:28.359 --> 00:39:28.659
 God

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:28.879
 would

00:39:28.879 --> 00:39:29.079
 you

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.739
 reach

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.159
 East

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:30.480
 Cambridge

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:30.779
 more

00:39:30.779 --> 00:39:30.879
 and

00:39:30.879 --> 00:39:31.119
 more

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:32.319
 just

00:39:32.319 --> 00:39:32.559
 hearing

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:32.839
 from

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:35.760
 a couple

00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:36.220
 this morning

00:39:36.220 --> 00:39:36.760
 about that

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:37.360
 they're praying

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:38.180
 this is an

00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:38.559
 answer to

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:38.800
 prayer

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.079
 there are

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.320
 others

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:39.860
 praying

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.280
 God

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:40.460
 would

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:40.559
 you

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:40.740
 do

00:39:40.740 --> 00:39:41.140
 this

00:39:41.140 --> 00:39:41.660
 God

00:39:41.660 --> 00:39:41.820
 was

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:42.000
 already

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.320
 at work

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:42.539
 among

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:42.860
 people

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.360
 and preparing

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.079
 their hearts

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.740
 there's

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:45.160
 people out

00:39:45.160 --> 00:39:45.340
 there

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:45.660
 you don't

00:39:45.660 --> 00:39:45.920
 you have

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.420
 no idea

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.620
 what's

00:39:46.620 --> 00:39:46.880
 going on

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:47.019
 in their

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.260
 lives

00:39:47.260 --> 00:39:47.880
 but God's

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.260
 at work

00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:48.740
 and he's

00:39:48.740 --> 00:39:49.060
 preparing

00:39:49.060 --> 00:39:49.260
 them

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.480
 and they're

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.720
 going to

00:39:49.720 --> 00:39:50.120
 walk

00:39:50.120 --> 00:39:50.360
 in here

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:50.660
 one day

00:39:50.660 --> 00:39:51.020
 or you're

00:39:51.020 --> 00:39:51.180
 going to

00:39:51.180 --> 00:39:51.600
 walk into

00:39:51.600 --> 00:39:52.060
 their house

00:39:52.060 --> 00:39:52.400
 one day

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:52.680
 as a

00:39:52.680 --> 00:39:53.000
 friend

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:54.300
 and then

00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:54.460
 you're

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:54.560
 going to

00:39:54.560 --> 00:39:54.760
 watch

00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:55.060
 what God

00:39:55.060 --> 00:39:55.500
 does

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:57.040
 his grace

00:39:57.040 --> 00:39:57.380
 is at

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:57.620
 work

00:39:57.620 --> 00:39:58.040
 his grace

00:39:58.040 --> 00:39:58.820
 has been

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:59.220
 at work

00:39:59.220 --> 00:39:59.800
 so

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:01.040
 Trinity

00:40:01.040 --> 00:40:01.480
 Cambridge

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.620
 live in

00:40:02.620 --> 00:40:03.360
 that place

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:05.020
 of enjoying

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 and celebrating

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 and anticipating

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 his grace

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 take time

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 as you walk

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 along to be

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 like Barnabas

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 to look

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 around

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 and see

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 the grace

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 of God

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 at work

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 and to

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 celebrate

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 it

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 I really

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 enjoyed

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:19.759
 doing that

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 with you

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 and just

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:20.820
 watching

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:21.460
 I was

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 here

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.320
 helping

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 to move

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 in

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 I did

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 my little

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 part

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 to help

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 move in

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 the Woos

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 and the Millers

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 back in

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 summer of

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 2015

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 right

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 August

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 2015

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 and

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 it's just

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 a little

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.119
 crew

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:35.440
 that got

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 started

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 here

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 a little

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.420
 crew

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:38.380
 with a lot

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:38.820
 of faith

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 and a big

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:39.900
 God

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:40.860
 wondering

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:42.199
 oh Lord

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 you better

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 show up

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 and here

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 you are

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 here you

00:40:50.120 --> 00:40:50.360
 are in

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:51.080
 this wonderful

00:40:51.080 --> 00:40:51.760
 place to

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 meet

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.780
 wonderful

00:40:52.780 --> 00:40:53.500
 blessing

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.200
 to have

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 a place

00:40:54.560 --> 00:40:55.080
 like this

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 and anywhere

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 and to have

00:40:57.700 --> 00:40:58.160
 it in the city

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 and have it

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:59.060
 be affordable

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 I mean that's

00:40:59.700 --> 00:41:00.180
 just a miracle

00:41:00.180 --> 00:41:00.640
 story

00:41:00.640 --> 00:41:01.760
 and here you

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:02.040
 are

00:41:02.040 --> 00:41:04.140
 I know

00:41:04.140 --> 00:41:04.860
 very few

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.200
 of you

00:41:05.200 --> 00:41:06.519
 God has

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:06.980
 brought you

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.560
 guys here

00:41:07.560 --> 00:41:08.040
 together

00:41:08.040 --> 00:41:09.820
 and you're

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.620
 operating as a

00:41:10.620 --> 00:41:11.019
 church together

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.820
 that's grace

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:13.280
 that's his

00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:13.700
 grace at

00:41:13.700 --> 00:41:14.059
 work

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:15.940
 he is

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:16.640
 working here

00:41:16.640 --> 00:41:17.700
 he's been

00:41:17.700 --> 00:41:18.180
 working throughout

00:41:18.180 --> 00:41:18.800
 his church

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:20.059
 throughout time

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.720
 he worked in

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:21.240
 Antioch

00:41:21.240 --> 00:41:21.900
 he's working

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:22.200
 in you

00:41:22.200 --> 00:41:22.600
 it's the

00:41:22.600 --> 00:41:23.440
 grace of

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:23.880
 God

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.880
 that makes

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.120
 all the

00:41:25.120 --> 00:41:25.600
 difference

00:41:25.600 --> 00:41:27.460
 well these

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:27.680
 are just

00:41:27.680 --> 00:41:28.160
 some lessons

00:41:28.160 --> 00:41:28.500
 from the

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:28.840
 church in

00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:29.380
 Antioch

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:30.580
 things to

00:41:30.580 --> 00:41:31.000
 learn from

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.660
 things to

00:41:31.660 --> 00:41:32.559
 set the

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:33.039
 course of

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.860
 our lives

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:34.100
 and our

00:41:34.100 --> 00:41:34.660
 church life

00:41:34.660 --> 00:41:35.059
 on

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:37.039
 and ways

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.559
 to remember

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:38.680
 to celebrate

00:41:38.680 --> 00:41:39.960
 God's

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.580
 amazing grace

00:41:40.580 --> 00:41:41.320
 let's pray

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:43.039
 Lord thank

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.220
 you

00:41:43.220 --> 00:41:44.539
 thank you

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:44.780
 for the

00:41:44.780 --> 00:41:45.140
 church in

00:41:45.140 --> 00:41:45.500
 Antioch

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:45.880
 thank you

00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:46.220
 for this

00:41:46.220 --> 00:41:46.860
 model church

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.340
 the things

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:47.760
 to learn

00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:48.160
 thank you

00:41:48.160 --> 00:41:48.460
 for what

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:48.740
 you're doing

00:41:48.740 --> 00:41:49.080
 here in

00:41:49.080 --> 00:41:49.680
 this church

00:41:49.680 --> 00:41:50.400
 Trinity

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:50.800
 Cambridge

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:52.100
 we give

00:41:52.100 --> 00:41:52.640
 you praise

00:41:52.640 --> 00:41:53.019
 and we give

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.600
 you thanks

00:41:53.600 --> 00:41:54.080
 oh Lord

00:41:54.080 --> 00:41:54.720
 and we say

00:41:54.720 --> 00:41:55.480
 Lord we want

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:56.220
 more of you

00:41:56.220 --> 00:41:57.200
 and more of

00:41:57.200 --> 00:41:57.800
 your grace

00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:58.940
 bless this

00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.559
 body to be

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:00.320
 brought close

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:00.820
 together

00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:01.580
 through the

00:42:01.580 --> 00:42:02.039
 power of

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.600
 your word

00:42:02.600 --> 00:42:02.900
 Lord

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.360
 through you

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:03.820
 working

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.400
 bring them

00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:04.840
 together

00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:05.480
 and make

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:06.180
 them shine

00:42:06.180 --> 00:42:07.960
 add diverse

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.460
 people

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:09.280
 Lord we pray

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:10.360
 that there be

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:10.880
 even the next

00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:11.300
 year more

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:12.039
 of those 62

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:12.780
 language groups

00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:13.580
 represented here

00:42:13.580 --> 00:42:16.000
 and more and

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:16.519
 more brought in

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.039
 pour out your

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.480
 grace and then

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:18.240
 use them Lord

00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:21.060
 to reach this

00:42:21.060 --> 00:42:21.600
 area and to

00:42:21.600 --> 00:42:22.019
 reach beyond

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:22.600
 this area as

00:42:22.600 --> 00:42:22.780
 well

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:25.200
 you are a God

00:42:25.200 --> 00:42:26.140
 full of

00:42:26.140 --> 00:42:27.240
 glorious grace

00:42:27.240 --> 00:42:27.860
 and we thank you

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:28.519
 for all that you're

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:29.019
 doing and ask

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.580
 these things in

00:42:29.580 --> 00:42:30.120
 Christ's name

00:42:30.120 --> 00:42:31.019
 amen

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:34.440
 thank you

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:08.019
 going to

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:20.759
 you

00:43:20.759 --> 00:43:22.360
 so

00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:52.340
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