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 Well, good morning.

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 Something happened 2,000 years ago.

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 Something major.

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 A pivotal event in history that was and is the biggest game-changer of all time.

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 Have you ever dropped a pebble in a steel pond

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 and watched those concentric circles go out?

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 On the outskirts of Jerusalem,

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 something took place that rippled all the way out to Sydney, Australia,

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 and has actually rippled throughout the entire world,

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 permeating the 21st century.

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 That event?

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 Jesus' physical resurrection from the dead.

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 This was a miraculous event

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 that completely defies the laws of nature,

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 common knowledge, reasonable thinking,

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 and goes against every lived experience and human understanding.

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 It's the linchpin that holds the Christian message together.

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 No resurrection.

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 Jesus was just another teacher or prophet

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 who said and apparently did some amazing things.

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 But he's dead now.

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 No message of hope without the resurrection.

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 When you actually see someone destroyed,

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 nailed to a cross,

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 breathe their last breath,

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 embalmed and laid in a tomb,

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 and then three days later,

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 you see them in a locked room,

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 wind up eating fish with them by a lake,

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 and hang out with them for 40 days,

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 so there's no doubt.

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 There's no more speculating or guessing.

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 We don't reincarnate or cease to exist.

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 We physically resurrect

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 into a body that hasn't had its memory wiped,

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 that is recognisable,

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 a body that cannot be destroyed,

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 and that will last forever.

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 Imagine seeing someone rise from the dead.

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 It's jaw-dropping stuff.

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 You're going to spend the rest of your life

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 telling people about it,

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 encouraging them,

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 and warning them to be ready.

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 That all around us that we see,

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 this isn't all there is.

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 There is more to come.

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 You wouldn't just feel obliged to tell people.

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 There'd be a sense of urgency,

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 as we don't know when Jesus will return,

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 and we don't know when our time will be up.

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 If we really love and care about anyone at all,

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 then we'd be telling them about what we know for certain.

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 What happens next?

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 We resurrect.

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 The resurrection turned weak-willed people

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 who would cow down at the slightest hint of persecution

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 into bold proclaimers of the gospel,

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 ready to lay down their lives

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 as they knew what would come back.

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 that they would come back.

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 And they didn't definitely make this story up

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 and perpetuate some lie.

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 Why would they die for a lie?

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 You know the saying,

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 YOLO, you only live once.

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 It's just not true.

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 We live forever,

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 and the gospel is good news

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 that if we repent of our sin

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 and trust in Jesus,

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 we escape God's good and right judgment.

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 Do we realize that we deserve condemnation

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 and the second death?

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 By God's gracious gift,

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 eternity awaits the faithful in the new creation,

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 a forever kingdom

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 which is completely upside down

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 to the way in which the world currently lives.

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 What I've just said

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 is the truth.

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 This is not blind faith.

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 We're invited to enter the Christian faith

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 with eyes wide open.

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 We can use reason and logic

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 and examine the historically compelling evidence.

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 Yet for some in our current age

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 and ever since the resurrection took place,

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 this message is considered utter madness.

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 What happens when the message is shared?

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 Some people want to know more.

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 Some rejoice and embrace it.

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 And others seek to persecute,

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 ridicule,

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 and even attempt to completely silence

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 and stamp out the message.

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 Last week,

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 we began our summer series

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 from the Sermon on the Mount

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 when Jesus makes a pronouncement

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 about the kingdom of God.

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 Jesus invites us

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 to be part of his long-awaited kingdom

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 and instructs his followers

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 about the nature of the kingdom life,

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 detailing characteristics

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 that are upside down

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 to the world in which we live.

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 The Beatitudes,

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 the beautiful attitudes,

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 contrast Jesus' values

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 and the values of the world.

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 Jesus' values,

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 poor in spirit,

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 the world values,

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 self-confident.

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 Those who mourn,

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 self-indulge,

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 seek pleasure.

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 Those who are meek,

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 those who are self-important

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 and arrogant.

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 Those who hunger and thirst

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 for righteousness,

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 those who are self-reliant

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 and proud.

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 Those who are merciful,

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 those who are self-righteous

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 and unforgiving.

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 Those who are pure in heart,

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 those who are self-directed,

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 libertines.

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 Those who are self-governing,

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 those who are peacemakers,

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 those who are self-governing

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 and hostile.

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 Those who are persecuted

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 because of righteousness,

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 those who self-promote

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 and are popular

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 and seek to conform.

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 Now, while we just had the passage

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 read to us about salt and light,

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 being salt and light

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 is one of the reasons

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 we are persecuted.

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 So I'm actually going to be

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 emphasising the persecuted part today

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 and pick up on salt and light

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 next week.

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 We notice that the world's values

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 place at the centre

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 the self

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 and life revolves around

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 the self.

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 In contrast,

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 God's way is completely upside down

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 and we replace self

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 with Christ.

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 And we want to desire

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 what he values

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 and that is at the centre

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 of our lives.

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 We must not conclude

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 that the Beatitudes

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 are burdensome,

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 ethical demands,

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 which Jesus is calling

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 his listeners

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 to meritorious attempt

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 at earning salvation

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 by living out

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 these characteristics.

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 Jesus' Beatitudes

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 and statements

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 are of grace,

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 not law.

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 These blessings

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 aren't just for the future,

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 they can be found

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 in the present.

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 Today we're actually

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 going to focus on

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 blessed are those

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 who are persecuted

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 because of righteousness.

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 As I mentioned last week,

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 this is counterintuitive

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 and sounds masochistic.

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 What it does not mean

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 is this.

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 It does not mean

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 we're to carry around

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 a persecution complex,

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 woe is me,

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 or deliberately

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 seek out suffering,

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 living a miserable,

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 self-inflicted

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 Job existence.

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 Jesus is not talking

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 about persecution

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 that can result

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 from our own sin.

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 We reap what we sow

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 and as a result

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 may suffer

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 as we justly receive

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 consequences

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 for our own foolish actions.

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 And Jesus is not

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 talking about

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 blessed are those

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 who are persecuted

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 because they're objectionable

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 or because they rave on

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 like wild-eyed fanatics

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 or because they pursue

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 some religio-political cause.

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 The blessing is restricted

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 to those who suffer

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 persecution

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 because of righteousness.

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 Those who experience

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 suffering,

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 they're mocked,

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 they're ridiculed,

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 falsely accused,

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 brought down

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 because they're determined

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 to love

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 and live like Jesus.

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 sharing the gospel

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 of forgiveness

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 and the hope

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 of resurrection

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 and their suffering

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 for it.

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 Jesus goes on

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 to teach

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 that this is the way

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 it was

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 right back.

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 He says,

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 in the same way

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 they persecuted

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 the prophets

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 who were before you.

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 So I'm going to share

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 some stories

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 this morning

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 that outline

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 how this has played out

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 through biblical history

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 and flowed out

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 into our modern era

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 beginning with the prophets

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 Jesus spoke of.

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 Now remember,

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 a prophet

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 is a messenger of God.

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 Prophets brought

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 God's message

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 in word

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 and righteous living

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 and sometimes

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 they had to live out

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 a parable

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 like Hosea.

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 There were warnings

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 to turn back to God

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 to repent

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 and live obedient lives.

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 Prophets were calling

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 people to live

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 compassionate lives

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 and to seek justice

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 and prophets

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 also reminded people

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 of God's promises

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 that one day

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 in the future

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 there'll be a new hope

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 a messianic age

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 and a messiah's coming.

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 So trust God

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 he's got it covered.

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 Prophets

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 were not popular.

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 Usually

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 whatever the king

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 believed

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 filtered down

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 to the people.

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 So if the leadership

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 was disobedient

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 to God's commands

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 if they were immoral

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 and idolatrous

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 then the people

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 followed that example

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 and followed

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 the leader's lead.

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 The prophets

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 frustrated the kings

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 the priesthood

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 and the common people.

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 No one likes

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 their disobedience

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 highlighted

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 and so when you're

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 salt and light

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 in the world

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 that tends to highlight

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 disobedience around you

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 and again I'm going to

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 talk about that

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 more next week.

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 So just like

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 in today's society

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 if you proclaim

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 God's word

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 it's not well received.

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 Because they spoke up

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 and lived lives

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 worthy of their calling

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 desiring praise

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 from God

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 not from man

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 here's how some

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 ended up

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 persecuted

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 because of righteousness

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 and their demise

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 often came at the hands

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 of the religious

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 and their own people.

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 Tradition records

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 Isaiah

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 was thawed in two

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 under the evil king

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 Manasseh of Judah.

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 Jeremiah

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 was stoned to death

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 by his own people

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 for calling out

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 idolatry.

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 Ezekiel

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 was killed

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 in Babylonia

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 by what was recorded

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 as the leader

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 of the Israelite exiles

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 for confronting them

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 about their idolatry.

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 Micah

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 was killed

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 by Joram

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 King Ahab's son.

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 Amos

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 was tortured

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 severely

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 by Amaziah

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 the priest

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 of Bethel

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 and later

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 mortally wounded

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 by a club

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 by Amaziah's son.

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 Habakkuk

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 was stoned

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 to death

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 in Jerusalem.

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 Blessed are those

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 who are persecuted

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 because of righteousness

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 rejoice

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 and be glad

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 because great

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 is your reward

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 in heaven

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 at the resurrection.

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 In John's gospel

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 Jesus declared

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 to his followers

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 if the world

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 hates you

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 keep in mind

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 that it hated

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 me first.

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 If you belong

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 to the world

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 it would love you

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 as its own.

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 As it is

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 you do not belong

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 to the world

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 but I have chosen

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 you out of the world.

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 that is why

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 the world

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 hates you.

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 Remember

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 what I told you

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 if they persecuted

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 me

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 they will

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 persecute

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 you

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 also.

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 Two thousand

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 years ago

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 something happened

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 having given up

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 at the cross

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 the followers

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 of Jesus

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 had a new

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 spring in their

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 step

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 resurrection

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 hope

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 and Jesus

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 ascension

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 and at

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 Pentecost

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 emboldened

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 by the power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 the first thing

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 Peter does

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 he shares

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 the good news

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 with everyone

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 and like the

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 droplet in the

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 pond

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 the message

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 spreads

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 like wildfire

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 and we're

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 speaking about

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 it now

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 on the 9th

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 of January

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 2022

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 here in

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 Sydney.

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 Luke records

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 in the book

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 of Acts

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 events that

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 followed

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 as the apostles

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 shared the good

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 news of Jesus.

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 firstly

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 people were

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 added to the

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 number daily

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 thousands

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 God's kingdom

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 was advancing

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 there were people

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 embracing the

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 message

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 and wanted to

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 know more

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 Jews and

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 Gentiles were

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 hearing the

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 message of

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 hope and

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 turning to

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 Jesus

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 but not

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 everyone felt

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 the same

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 way

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 it's not long

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 before there is

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 an attempt to

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 shut down the

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 message

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 in Acts 5

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 for sharing

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 the gospel

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 the religious

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 leaders

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 imprison

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 apostles

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 and put

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 them in

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 jail

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 but during

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 the night

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 an angel

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 comes and

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 they're

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 released

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 when the

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 religious

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 leaders get

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 the news

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 of this

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 this is

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 what they

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 decide

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 they called

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 the apostles

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 in and had

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 them flogged

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 then they

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 ordered them

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 not to speak

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 in the name

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 of Jesus

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 and then

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 let them

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 go

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 the apostles

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 left the

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 Sanhedrin

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 strangely

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 rejoicing

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 because they'd

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 be counted

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 worthy of

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 suffering

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 disgrace

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 for the

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 name of

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 Jesus

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 later

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 Stephen is

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 stoned

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 to death

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 he's

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 seized

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 and we read

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 in Acts

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 chapter 8

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 verse 1

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 on that

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 day a

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 great

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 persecution

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 broke out

00:13:31.659 --> 00:13:32.439
 against the

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 church

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 encouragingly

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 the last

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 words Stephen

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 spoke

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 almost emulate

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 Jesus'

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 last words

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 Lord

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 do not

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 hold this

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 sin against

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 them

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 and we

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 remember

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 last week

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 blessed

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 are the

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 merciful

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 for they

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 will be

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 shown

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 mercy

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 well how

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 did the

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 apostles

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 meet their

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 end

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 John died

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 of old

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 age

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 but everyone

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 else

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 well

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 Peter

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 Philip

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 and Bartholomew

00:14:02.379 --> 00:14:03.039
 were crucified

00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:04.000
 upside down

00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:05.279
 Andrew

00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:06.000
 Thaddeus

00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:06.620
 Jude

00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:07.360
 and Simon

00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:08.179
 were crucified

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 Matthias

00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:10.279
 and James

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 son of

00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:11.100
 Alphaeus

00:14:11.100 --> 00:14:11.600
 were stoned

00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:12.019
 to death

00:14:12.019 --> 00:14:12.819
 like Stephen

00:14:12.819 --> 00:14:14.360
 James

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 son of

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 Zebedee

00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:16.259
 was beheaded

00:14:16.259 --> 00:14:16.940
 or stabbed

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 by a sword

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 Matthew

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 and Thomas

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 were speared

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 Luke

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 was hanged

00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:22.460
 on an

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 olive tree

00:14:23.060 --> 00:14:24.280
 Mark

00:14:24.280 --> 00:14:24.759
 was dragged

00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:25.320
 to death

00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:26.420
 Paul

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 was beheaded

00:14:27.040 --> 00:14:28.220
 James

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 Jesus'

00:14:28.680 --> 00:14:28.860
 brother

00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:29.379
 was thrown

00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:29.960
 off a wall

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 and then

00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:30.879
 clubbed to

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 death

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 most of

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 these

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 at the

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 hands

00:14:35.040 --> 00:14:35.540
 of God's

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 people

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 the religious

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 remember

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 they gave

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 up at the

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 cross

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 they gave

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 up

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 but something

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 happened

00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:46.379
 and they're

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 emboldened

00:14:46.900 --> 00:14:47.280
 by the

00:14:47.280 --> 00:14:47.759
 resurrection

00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:49.379
 they spoke

00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:50.000
 boldly

00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:51.420
 until

00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:51.759
 Emperor

00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:52.500
 Constantine

00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:53.600
 large scale

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 persecution

00:14:54.420 --> 00:14:55.020
 followed

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 often at the

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 hands now

00:14:58.420 --> 00:14:58.900
 of the

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 Gentiles

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 the Roman

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 authorities

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 one such

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 example

00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:03.480
 around

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 155

00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:04.679
 AD

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 the

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 pastor

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 Polycarp

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 was martyred

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 he was

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 taken to

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 the Roman

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 governor

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 and refused

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 to bow

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 down

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 and honour

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 Caesar

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 as divine

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 Polycarp

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 was burnt

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 at the

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 stake

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 and he

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 prayed

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 Lord

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 God

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 Father

00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:20.120
 of our

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 blessed

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 Saviour

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 I thank

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 thee that

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 I've been

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 deemed

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 worthy

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 to receive

00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:24.419
 the crown

00:15:24.419 --> 00:15:25.159
 of martyrdom

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 and that

00:15:25.899 --> 00:15:27.319
 I may

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 die for

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 thee

00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:28.399
 and thy

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 cause

00:15:28.980 --> 00:15:30.639
 in the

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 days

00:15:30.920 --> 00:15:31.340
 leading up

00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:31.680
 to their

00:15:31.680 --> 00:15:32.120
 martyrdom

00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:33.259
 in 1555

00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:34.519
 the church

00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:35.120
 reformers

00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:35.379
 Bishop

00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:35.700
 Latimer

00:15:35.700 --> 00:15:36.139
 and Bishop

00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:36.500
 Ridley

00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:37.220
 were given

00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:37.680
 a chance

00:15:37.680 --> 00:15:38.259
 to recant

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 their

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 evangelical

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 faith

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 and convert

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 to

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 Catholicism

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 they refused

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 and were

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 burnt at the

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 stake

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 where Bishop

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 Latimer

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 famously

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 said to

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 Bishop

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 Ridley

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 while tied

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 to the

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 post

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 be of

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 good

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 comfort

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 we

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 shall

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 this

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 day

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 light

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 such

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 a

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 candle

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 for

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 God's

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 grace

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 in

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 England

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 as I

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 trust

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 shall

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 never

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 be

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 put

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 out

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 sadly

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 just as

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 the first

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 Jewish

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 believers

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 in

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 Christ

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 were

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 martyred

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 for

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 their

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 belief

00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:06.779
 by

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 the

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 religious

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 Christian

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 sectarianism

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 has seen

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 religious

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 persecution

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 in

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 Queen

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 Mary's

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 reign

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 alone

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 280

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 Protestants

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 were

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 persecuted

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 and killed

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 so let's

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 now fast

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 forward

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 to the

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 20th

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 century

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 there's

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 been

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 more

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 persecution

00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:25.399
 in

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 the

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 last

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 hundred

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 years

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 than

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 all

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 the

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 previous

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 centuries

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 combined

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 Richard

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 Wurmbrand

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 the author

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 of 24

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 books

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 minister

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 of the

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 gospel

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 and

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 CEO

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 of

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 Jesus

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 mission

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 to

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 the

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 communist

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 world

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 until

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 his

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 death

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 in

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 2001

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 of

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 natural

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 causes

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 collated

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 and

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 recorded

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 numerous

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 stories

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 of the

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 persecution

00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:45.039
 of

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 Christians

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 for

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 being

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 a

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 follower

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 of

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 Jesus

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 himself

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 he

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 was

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 imprisoned

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 for

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 14

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 years

00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.320
 tortured

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 in

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 communist

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 Romania

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 between

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 1948

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 and

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 1964

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 he

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 recalls

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 one

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 story

00:16:58.280 --> 00:16:58.800
 from

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 his

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 book

00:16:59.180 --> 00:16:59.379
 in

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 the

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 face

00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.160
 of

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 surrender

00:17:00.660 --> 00:17:02.040
 Bishop

00:17:02.040 --> 00:17:02.560
 Victor

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 Belich

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 a

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 Ukrainian

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 Christian

00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.580
 spent

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 24

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 years

00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.180
 in

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 communist

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 jails

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 if

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 he

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 wanted

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:09.860
 to

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 get

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.340
 out

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 all

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 he

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 had

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 to

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 do

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 was

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 recant

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 and

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 say

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 I

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 turn

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 my

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 back

00:17:15.600 --> 00:17:15.779
 on

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 Jesus

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 I

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 don't

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 believe

00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:17.360
 this

00:17:17.360 --> 00:17:17.820
 anymore

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 and

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 turn

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 away

00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:19.620
 from

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 God

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 the

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 first

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 20

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 years

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 20

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 years

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 so

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 who's

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 here in

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 the audience

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 not 20

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 yet

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 so

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 all your

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 life so

00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:29.039
 far

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 and then

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:30.700
 add

00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:30.920
 some

00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:31.240
 on

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 he

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 spent in

00:17:33.140 --> 00:17:33.440
 prison

00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:33.779
 in a

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 small

00:17:34.100 --> 00:17:34.559
 cell

00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:35.480
 where he

00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:35.740
 had to

00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.000
 walk

00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:36.460
 around

00:17:36.460 --> 00:17:37.500
 like an

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 animal

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.059
 in a

00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.380
 circus

00:17:38.380 --> 00:17:39.039
 and he

00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:39.299
 couldn't

00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:39.700
 stop

00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:40.160
 walking

00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:41.240
 if he

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:41.600
 did

00:17:41.600 --> 00:17:42.180
 they would

00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:42.700
 throw

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.059
 cold

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:43.299
 water

00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:43.740
 on him

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.140
 and

00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:44.480
 beat

00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:44.779
 him

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.920
 if he

00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:46.160
 broke

00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:46.539
 down

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.319
 he would

00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:47.600
 get a

00:17:47.600 --> 00:17:47.819
 straw

00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:48.240
 mattress

00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:48.779
 and he'd

00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:49.079
 only get

00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:49.740
 seven hours

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.179
 sleep

00:17:50.179 --> 00:17:51.159
 a night

00:17:51.159 --> 00:17:53.460
 so for

00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:54.159
 17 hours

00:17:54.159 --> 00:17:54.559
 a day

00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.079
 he was

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.339
 wandering

00:17:55.339 --> 00:17:55.559
 around

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:55.740
 this

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.019
 small

00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:56.319
 cell

00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:56.879
 surveyed

00:17:56.879 --> 00:17:57.059
 by

00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:57.639
 jailers

00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:58.019
 no

00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.460
 contact

00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:58.720
 from

00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.240
 family

00:17:59.240 --> 00:17:59.839
 no

00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:00.240
 contact

00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:00.539
 from

00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:01.119
 friends

00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:01.960
 after

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.220
 this

00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:02.519
 strict

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.019
 regime

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.259
 he was

00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:03.460
 actually

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.199
 sent

00:18:04.199 --> 00:18:04.339
 for

00:18:04.339 --> 00:18:04.579
 another

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:04.939
 four

00:18:04.939 --> 00:18:05.379
 years

00:18:05.379 --> 00:18:05.679
 to

00:18:05.679 --> 00:18:06.000
 northern

00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:06.799
 Siberia

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.619
 where the

00:18:07.619 --> 00:18:07.819
 snow

00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:08.079
 never

00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:08.559
 melts

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.579
 Richard

00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:10.079
 Wurmbrand

00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:10.599
 met him

00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:11.500
 and asked

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:11.659
 him

00:18:11.659 --> 00:18:12.019
 how could

00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:12.519
 you bear

00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:12.779
 this

00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.460
 persecution

00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.579
 after years

00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:15.059
 in solitary

00:18:15.059 --> 00:18:15.740
 confinement

00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.519
 and a

00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:17.059
 starvation

00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:17.539
 diet

00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:19.079
 he replied

00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:19.579
 singing a

00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:19.859
 song

00:18:19.859 --> 00:18:20.119
 that he

00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:20.559
 composed

00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:21.200
 himself

00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:21.859
 and

00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:22.099
 Richard

00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:22.799
 Wurmbrand

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.079
 actually

00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:23.539
 records

00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:23.740
 that

00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.579
 his face

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:25.099
 lit up

00:18:25.099 --> 00:18:26.319
 when he

00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:26.980
 sang it

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:28.099
 like

00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:28.779
 Stephen's

00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.039
 face

00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:29.379
 that lit

00:18:29.379 --> 00:18:29.539
 up

00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:29.819
 before

00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:30.099
 he

00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:30.899
 passed

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:32.019
 and

00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:32.180
 this

00:18:32.180 --> 00:18:32.280
 is

00:18:32.280 --> 00:18:32.400
 the

00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:32.680
 song

00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:33.100
 I

00:18:33.100 --> 00:18:33.920
 don't

00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.080
 know

00:18:34.080 --> 00:18:34.220
 the

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.800
 tune

00:18:34.800 --> 00:18:35.920
 he

00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:36.180
 said

00:18:36.180 --> 00:18:36.340
 with

00:18:36.340 --> 00:18:36.500
 the

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:36.960
 flames

00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:37.259
 of

00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.660
 love's

00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:38.120
 fire

00:18:38.120 --> 00:18:38.360
 that

00:18:38.360 --> 00:18:38.660
 Jesus

00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:39.040
 kindled

00:18:39.040 --> 00:18:39.180
 in

00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:39.360
 my

00:18:39.360 --> 00:18:39.820
 heart

00:18:39.820 --> 00:18:40.640
 I

00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:41.120
 caused

00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:41.320
 the

00:18:41.320 --> 00:18:41.600
 ice

00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:41.759
 of

00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.380
 Siberia

00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:42.580
 to

00:18:42.580 --> 00:18:42.920
 melt

00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:44.360
 hallelujah

00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:45.780
 wow

00:18:45.780 --> 00:18:46.060
 I don't

00:18:46.060 --> 00:18:46.220
 know

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:46.560
 if we

00:18:46.560 --> 00:18:46.720
 could

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.240
 stand

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:47.420
 that

00:18:47.420 --> 00:18:47.840
 ourselves

00:18:47.840 --> 00:18:48.200
 or put

00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:48.320
 up

00:18:48.320 --> 00:18:48.460
 with

00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:48.680
 it

00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:50.120
 the

00:18:50.120 --> 00:18:50.720
 organization

00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.040
 open

00:18:51.040 --> 00:18:51.380
 doors

00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:51.840
 which you

00:18:51.840 --> 00:18:52.180
 should

00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:52.400
 know

00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:52.580
 of

00:18:52.580 --> 00:18:52.860
 or hope

00:18:52.860 --> 00:18:52.960
 you

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.080
 know

00:18:53.080 --> 00:18:53.360
 of

00:18:53.360 --> 00:18:53.720
 seek

00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:53.920
 to

00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:54.300
 strengthen

00:18:54.300 --> 00:18:54.680
 and equip

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 Christians

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 around

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 the

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 world

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 who are

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 facing

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 persecution

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 and

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 discrimination

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 because

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 of

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 their

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 faith

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 in

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 they

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 have

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 countless

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 stories

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 one

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 of

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 which

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 includes

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 the

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 story

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 of

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 a

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 Ugandan

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 girl

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 Susan

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 who was

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 just

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 14

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 years

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 old

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 when

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 her

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 strict

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 Islamic

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 family

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 found

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 out

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 that

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 she

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 had

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 become

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 a

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 Christian

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 her

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 father

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 locked

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 her

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 in

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 a

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 room

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 and

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 told

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 her

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 to

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 sit

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 on

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 a

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 mat

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 until

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 she

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 was

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 willing

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 to

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 deny

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 Jesus

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 she

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 remained

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 there

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 three

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 months

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 before

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 she

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 was

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 rescued

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 she

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 refused

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 to

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 deny

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 Jesus

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 according

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 to the

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 International

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 Society

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 of

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 Human

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 Rights

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 now

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 this

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 is

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 a

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 non

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 religious

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 organisation

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 80%

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 of all

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 acts

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 of

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 religious

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 discrimination

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 in the

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 world

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 today

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 are

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 directed

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 at

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 Christians

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 approximately

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 340

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 million

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 Christians

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 in the

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 top

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 50

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 countries

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 of the

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 world

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 watch

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 list

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 experience

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 high

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 levels

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 of

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 persecution

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 the

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 Bible

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 is

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 banned

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 in

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 over

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 a

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 quarter

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 of

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 the

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 world's

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 countries

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 one

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 Christian

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 is

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 killed

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 every

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 five

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 minutes

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 now

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 I hope

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 I haven't

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 laboured

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 the point

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 too much

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 and I

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 can assure

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 you

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 this is

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 the

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 edited

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 PG

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 version

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 the

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 lesson

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 follow

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 Jesus

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 love

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 like

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 Jesus

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 live

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 like

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 Jesus

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 declare

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 this

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 message

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 and you

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 can expect

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 to face

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 persecution

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 in some

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 form

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 or another

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 these are

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 not my

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 words

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 these are

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 Jesus

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 words

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 paraphrased

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 Jesus

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 words

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 are

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 these

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 blessed

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 are

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 those

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 who

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 are

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 persecuted

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 because

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 of

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 righteousness

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 they

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 will

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 share

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 in the

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 suffering

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 of

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 prophets

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 who

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 went

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 before

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 them

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 Australia

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 as a

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 nation

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 is moving

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 further

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 from the

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 Christian

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 faith

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 don't

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 wish

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 it

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 but

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 expect

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 pressure

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 to ramp

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 up

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 the

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 Christian

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 journalist

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 Greg

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 Sheridan

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 who's

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 recently

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 written

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 a few

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 novels

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:47.940
 the

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 urgent

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 case

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.140
 for

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 Jesus

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 in

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 the

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 world

00:20:50.040 --> 00:20:51.019
 and

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 God

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 is

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 good

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 for

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 you

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 noted

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 recently

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 in

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 the

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 Australian

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 our

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 culture

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 is in

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 need

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 of

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 all

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 the

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 help

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 it

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 can

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 get

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 modern

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 liberalism

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 cut off

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 from the

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 sustenance

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 of its

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 Christian

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 roots

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 is running

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 mad

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 down

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 every

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 dead

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 end

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 diving

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 into

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 every

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 poison

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 creek

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 of

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 extremes

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 and if

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 not the

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 war of

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 all

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 against

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 all

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 an

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 increasing

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 intolerance

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 of almost

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 all

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 for

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 anybody

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 they

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 disagree

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 with

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 the

00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.240
 sermon

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:17.660
 on the

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 mount

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.560
 is

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 counter

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 cultural

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 it's

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 upside

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 down

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 it

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 holds

00:21:22.560 --> 00:21:22.759
 the

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 antidote

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 for

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:23.980
 how

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.120
 we

00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:24.259
 should

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.500
 live

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:24.640
 in

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:24.759
 the

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.080
 world

00:21:25.080 --> 00:21:25.720
 but

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:25.940
 people

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.160
 don't

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 want

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.400
 to

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:26.640
 hear

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 it

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 and

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 they're

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 actually

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 working

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 really

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 hard

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 to

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 silence

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 and

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 shut

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 down

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 the

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 gospel

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:32.940
 message

00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:34.799
 if

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 we

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 don't

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:35.539
 side

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:35.700
 with

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 the

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 secular

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 culture

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 expect

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 intolerance

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 character

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 assassination

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 to

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 be

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 cancelled

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 vilified

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 in

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 the

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 press

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.279
 or

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:45.819
 worse

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:47.279
 the

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.700
 atheist

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.279
 journalist

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.639
 peter

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 fit

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 simmons

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 regularly

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 targets

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 christians

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 and apart

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:53.039
 from ridiculing

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 the belief

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.579
 he labours

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.180
 the point

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 keep it

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 to yourself

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 the problem

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.480
 with that

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.519
 is there's

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.139
 no place

00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:01.839
 in christianity

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.339
 to hold a

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:02.720
 personal

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 private

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 quiet

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.299
 faith

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 we're not

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.319
 to keep

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.539
 it to

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 ourselves

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 jesus

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 commanded

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 go and

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 make

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 disciples

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 go

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 go

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 and make

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 disciples

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 that's

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 every

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 one

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 of

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 us

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 it's

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 easy

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 to

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 conform

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 to

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 go

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 with

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 the

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 status

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 quo

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 and

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 go

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 along

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 with

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 the

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 crowd

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 be

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 on

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 guard

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 so

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 that

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 we

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 don't

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 fall

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 away

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 jesus

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 warned

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 his

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 followers

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 later

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 in

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 matthew

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 chapter

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 7

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 watch

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 out

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 there'll

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 be

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 wolves

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 in

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 sheep's

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 clothing

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 jesus

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 went

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 on

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 to

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 teach

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 in

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 the

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 parable

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 of

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 the

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 sower

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 it's

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 very

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 familiar

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 in

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 matthew

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 13

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 the

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 seed

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 falling

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 on

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 rocky

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 ground

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 refers

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 to

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 someone

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 who

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 hears

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 god

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 and

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 at

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 once

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 receives

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 it

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 with

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 joy

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 but

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 since

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 they

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 have

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 no

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 root

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 it

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 only

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 lasts

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 a

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 short

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 time

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 when

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 trouble

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 or

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 persecution

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 comes

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 because

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 of

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 the

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 word

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 they

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 quickly

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 fall

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 away

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 and

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 it's

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 because

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 the

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 seed

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 has

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 fallen

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 on

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 rocky

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 ground

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 sadly

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 Christians

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 and

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 religious

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 leaders

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.920
 are buckling

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 from

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 pressure

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 to

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 conform

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 in

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 society

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 to

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 no

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 longer

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 listen

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 to

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 god's

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 word

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 or

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 obey

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 god's

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 word

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 and

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 their

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 roots

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 are

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 exposed

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 as

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 rocky

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 ground

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 it's

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 even

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 seeping

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 into

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 our

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 Anglican

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 schools

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 throughout

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 Australia

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 our

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 schools

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 which

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 are

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 shaping

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 our

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 next

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 generation

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 there

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.500
 are

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 chaplains

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 who

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 don't

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 believe

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 in

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 the

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.339
 resurrection

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.359
 they

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:35.799
 openly

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.500
 endorse

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.140
 immorality

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:38.140
 they

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.440
 teach

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 pluralism

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 are

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 given

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 directives

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 to

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:41.720
 assume

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:41.879
 that

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 everyone

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 is

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 saved

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.859
 or

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:44.000
 to

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.259
 teach

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 people

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.319
 are

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.660
 mostly

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.059
 good

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:48.019
 and

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.400
 talk

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:48.559
 in

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:48.819
 general

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.279
 terms

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.640
 about

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.160
 god

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.680
 but

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:50.879
 don't

00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:51.099
 talk

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.379
 about

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:51.779
 Jesus

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:53.579
 an

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.019
 attempt

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.319
 to

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.480
 make

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:54.960
 Christianity

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.680
 attractional

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.460
 through

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.220
 moralistic

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.779
 theism

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.220
 which

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.379
 is

00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:58.920
 basically

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.980
 be a

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.079
 good

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.559
 person

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.339
 and

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.660
 god's

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:01.819
 kind

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:01.879
 of

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.019
 good

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.220
 for

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.480
 you

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:04.500
 popular

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.319
 Christianity

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:06.839
 is not

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.200
 biblical

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:09.000
 and

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.359
 biblical

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:10.000
 Christianity

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:11.200
 is not

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.639
 popular

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:13.579
 while

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.019
 we're all

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.519
 gifted in

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:14.819
 different

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.259
 ways

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.519
 we're

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:15.859
 one

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.299
 body

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.160
 with

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.460
 many

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.039
 parts

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:19.599
 if we

00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:20.019
 really

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.420
 care

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.720
 about

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.200
 people

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.340
 we

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:22.740
 can't

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:22.920
 keep

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.140
 this

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:23.400
 message

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:23.580
 of

00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:23.779
 hope

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:23.940
 to

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.480
 ourselves

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:26.220
 we

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.860
 share

00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:28.140
 because

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.480
 we

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:28.940
 care

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:31.240
 and

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.420
 we

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.000
 care

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.640
 enough

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.120
 to

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:34.360
 share

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:34.819
 Jesus

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:37.100
 whatever

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.720
 stage of

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:37.960
 life

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.160
 we're

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.400
 in

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:38.940
 whatever

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.200
 our

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.539
 gender

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.840
 our

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.200
 age

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.319
 our

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.920
 occupation

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.620
 the

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:41.940
 Sermon

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.200
 on the

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.420
 Mount

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:42.900
 calls

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.400
 the followers

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:43.900
 of Jesus

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.180
 to

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.720
 righteousness

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:46.080
 love

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.759
 and live

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.039
 like

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.420
 Jesus

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:48.720
 and openly

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.500
 declare this

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.980
 message

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.559
 both in

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.039
 word

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.700
 and

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.099
 deed

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:53.960
 how much

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.259
 do we

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:54.720
 value the

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.079
 name of

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.400
 Jesus

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:57.579
 and how

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.160
 willing are

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.460
 we to

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.039
 follow him

00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:01.319
 Jesus

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.980
 reminds us

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.339
 to count

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.900
 the cost

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:04.240
 if anyone

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.640
 would come

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.079
 after me

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.519
 they must

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:05.819
 deny

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.339
 themselves

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.299
 and take

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.599
 up their

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:07.860
 cross

00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:08.259
 and follow

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.599
 me

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.480
 for whoever

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.940
 wants to

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.380
 save their

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:10.799
 life will

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.259
 lose it

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:12.120
 but whoever

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:12.759
 loses their

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.440
 life for me

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.180
 and for the

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.539
 gospel

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.720
 will save

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.039
 it

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:17.879
 grace

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.200
 is a

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.440
 free

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:18.839
 gift

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.940
 but there

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.220
 is a

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.659
 cost

00:25:20.659 --> 00:25:23.859
 following

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.299
 Jesus

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.399
 if we

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:26.019
 are salt

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.519
 and light

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.799
 in the

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.159
 world

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:28.099
 this

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.799
 exposes

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.339
 darkness

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.579
 and people

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.099
 don't like

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.460
 that

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.539
 and we're

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:32.680
 going to

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.159
 explore this

00:25:33.159 --> 00:25:33.399
 a bit

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:33.740
 more

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.799
 next week

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.059
 in more

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.519
 detail

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:37.539
 taking up

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.180
 your cross

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.879
 and following

00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:39.259
 Jesus

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.159
 means we

00:25:40.159 --> 00:25:40.379
 have to

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:40.839
 accept the

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.099
 whole

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.680
 Jesus

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.980
 not only

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.299
 what is

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.759
 pleasant

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.759
 but his

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.220
 crown of

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 thorns

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:47.899
 if you've

00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:48.199
 never

00:25:48.199 --> 00:25:49.079
 experienced

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.599
 some form

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.399
 of persecution

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:51.879
 and you're

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.839
 faithful

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:54.399
 I'm not

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:54.959
 wishing this

00:25:54.959 --> 00:25:55.379
 on you

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:56.059
 but it

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.619
 will happen

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.279
 sooner or

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.559
 later

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.939
 at the

00:25:58.939 --> 00:25:59.359
 moment in

00:25:59.359 --> 00:25:59.759
 Australia

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.179
 I think

00:26:00.179 --> 00:26:00.599
 it's low

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:00.939
 level

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:02.039
 maybe some

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.739
 name calling

00:26:02.739 --> 00:26:04.239
 possibly some

00:26:04.239 --> 00:26:04.739
 physical

00:26:04.739 --> 00:26:05.279
 hit out

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.299
 or maybe

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.539
 you're

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.079
 shunned

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:08.099
 it's not

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.699
 so bad

00:26:08.699 --> 00:26:10.139
 if you have

00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.619
 experienced

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.239
 persecution

00:26:11.239 --> 00:26:11.659
 and found

00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:11.959
 yourself

00:26:11.959 --> 00:26:12.500
 crying out

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.319
 why God

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:14.299
 remember

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.099
 Jesus

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:15.699
 has walked

00:26:15.699 --> 00:26:16.079
 in our

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.579
 shoes

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.859
 Jesus

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:18.319
 was left

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.839
 alone

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:20.039
 Jesus

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.000
 was ridiculed

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:22.179
 Jesus

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:22.959
 was beaten

00:26:22.959 --> 00:26:23.519
 down

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.419
 he was

00:26:24.419 --> 00:26:24.919
 broken

00:26:24.919 --> 00:26:25.579
 he was

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.119
 betrayed

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:27.299
 Jesus

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.099
 was falsely

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.799
 accused

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:30.679
 he was

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.000
 let down

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.500
 by close

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.059
 friends

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.119
 he was

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.539
 hurt

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:33.899
 and he

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.159
 shed

00:26:34.159 --> 00:26:34.719
 tears

00:26:34.719 --> 00:26:36.099
 when we

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.819
 cry out

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.539
 in anguish

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.519
 we have

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.119
 one who

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.779
 sympathizes

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.519
 with us

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:42.179
 Jesus

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:44.840
 like the

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.080
 early

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.600
 disciples

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.080
 who were

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.720
 rejoicing

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.140
 because they

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.360
 had been

00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:47.700
 counted

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.080
 worthy

00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:48.700
 of

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.600
 suffering

00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.220
 disgrace

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.680
 for the

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:50.840
 name

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:51.039
 of

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.360
 Jesus

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:52.700
 if we

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.060
 suffer

00:26:53.060 --> 00:26:53.420
 for the

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.600
 name

00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:53.779
 of

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.100
 Jesus

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:55.140
 it's a

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.360
 sign

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:55.640
 that we're

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:55.799
 doing

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.160
 something

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.700
 right

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.720
 if we

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.100
 share

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.519
 in their

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.340
 experience

00:26:59.340 --> 00:27:00.700
 rejoice

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:02.400
 God

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.740
 has a

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.039
 special

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.420
 blessing

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:04.220
 for those

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:05.400
 who have

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:05.580
 this

00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:05.980
 beautiful

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.580
 attitude

00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:08.759
 persecuted

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.220
 for

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.700
 righteousness

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:11.340
 heaven

00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:12.240
 is theirs

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.759
 I want to

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.100
 conclude

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.500
 with the

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:14.920
 words of

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.140
 Richard

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.660
 Wurmbrand

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.299
 who reminds

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.759
 us

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:18.240
 we can

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.759
 learn

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.160
 from

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.680
 Christians

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.380
 who have

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:20.920
 suffered

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:22.620
 Christians

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.200
 must be

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.740
 prepared to

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.600
 face adversity

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:25.759
 and personal

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.240
 trauma

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.960
 God can

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.720
 protect us

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.400
 and give us

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.140
 happy days

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:31.320
 but no

00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:31.900
 believer is

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.380
 exempt from

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.040
 tribulations

00:27:33.040 --> 00:27:34.340
 let us

00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:35.060
 expect them

00:27:35.060 --> 00:27:35.740
 with serenity

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.980
 our journey

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.440
 in life

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:37.980
 will not be

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.300
 easy

00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:39.360
 but with

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:39.759
 God's

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.000
 help

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.120
 we may

00:27:41.120 --> 00:27:41.640
 succeed

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.740
 let's

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.040
 pray

00:27:43.040 --> 00:27:46.940
 father in

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.200
 heaven

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.720
 we know

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.180
 that blessed

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.620
 are those

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:49.860
 who are

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.320
 persecuted

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:50.860
 because of

00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:51.280
 righteousness

00:27:51.280 --> 00:27:52.800
 for theirs

00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:53.060
 is the

00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:53.480
 kingdom of

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.740
 heaven

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:55.560
 help us

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:55.960
 to stand

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.180
 under

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.759
 temptation

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:58.020
 trial

00:27:58.020 --> 00:27:58.920
 suffering

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.140
 and

00:27:59.140 --> 00:27:59.700
 persecution

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:01.400
 Jesus

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.680
 said

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.039
 blessed

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.480
 are you

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.960
 when people

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.380
 insult

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.680
 you

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.519
 persecute

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:04.660
 you

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:05.220
 and falsely

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.600
 say all

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.019
 kinds of

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.259
 evil

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.860
 against you

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.440
 because of

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.660
 me

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:09.080
 help us

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:09.340
 to be

00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:09.860
 patient

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.840
 loving

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.480
 and forgiving

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.500
 and ready

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.880
 to speak

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.279
 the truth

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.799
 in love

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:15.759
 for the name

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.200
 of Jesus

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.680
 many have

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.059
 suffered

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:18.080
 we pray

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.380
 for our

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:18.779
 brothers and

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.059
 sisters

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.519
 globally

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:19.860
 who are

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.160
 facing

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.600
 extreme

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:21.180
 persecution

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.900
 right now

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:23.100
 comfort

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:23.580
 protect

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.140
 and deliver

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.559
 them from

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:24.860
 evil

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:26.340
 strengthen

00:28:26.340 --> 00:28:26.799
 us by

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.180
 your Holy

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.539
 Spirit

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:27.840
 to be

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.140
 prepared

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:28.539
 to go

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.039
 where Jesus

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.619
 has gone

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.759
 to be

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.019
 bold

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.440
 and take

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.720
 up our

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.000
 cross

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.420
 and follow

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:32.799
 him

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:34.460
 help us

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:34.960
 not to lose

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.319
 sight of

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.599
 the end

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:35.940
 goal

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:37.259
 when we

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.740
 do face

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.159
 hardships

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.759
 and suffer

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.799
 fill us

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.079
 with an

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:41.000
 inexpressible

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.399
 joy

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:42.619
 to rejoice

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:42.940
 and be

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.339
 glad

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.460
 knowing that

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:44.899
 great will

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.680
 be our

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.159
 reward in

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:46.440
 heaven

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.519
 in our

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:47.879
 Saviour

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.139
 Jesus

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:48.599
 name we

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:48.980
 pray

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:50.420
 Amen

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:52.400
 viele

00:28:52.400 --> 00:29:00.980
 to

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.640
 happen