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 On page 934, Acts 25.

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 Alright, let me read this for us, starting with verse 27.

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 When two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Portius Festus,

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 and desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

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 Now three days after Festus had arrived on the province,

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 he went up to Jerusalem, to hold Caesarea.

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 And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews

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 laid out their peace against Paul and the Jews,

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 asking as a favor against Paul and he summoned him to Jerusalem,

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 because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.

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 Festus replied that Paul was being come to Caesarea,

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 and he himself intended to go there shortly.

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 So, said he, let the men of authority among you go down with him.

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 If there is anything wrong about the man,

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 let them break charges against him.

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 After he stayed among them not more than eight or ten days,

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 he went down to Caesarea.

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 And the next day he took his seat at the tribunal

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 and ordered Paul to be brought.

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 When he had arrived, the Jews were come down,

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 and Jerusalem stood around him,

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 bringing many serious charges against him

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 that they could not prove.

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 Paul argued in his offense,

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 neither against all the Jews,

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 nor against the temple, nor against Caesar,

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 have I committed any offense.

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 But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor,

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 said to Paul,

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 Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem?

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 Can there be tried on these charges before me?

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 But Paul said,

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 I am standing before Caesar's tribunal,

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 for I ought to be tried.

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 To the Jews, I have done no wrong,

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 as you yourself know very well.

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 If then I am wrong,

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 you are going to have committed anything

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 for which I deserve to die.

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 I do not seek to escape death.

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 But if there is nothing but their charges against me,

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 no one can give me up to them.

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 I have to as a Caesar.

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 Then Festus came and conferred with his counsel,

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 answered,

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 To Caesar, you have a meal.

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 To Caesar, you shall go.

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 Now in some days in the past,

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 Agrippa the king and her niece

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 arrived at Caesarea and greeted Festus.

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 And as they stayed there many days,

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 Festus laid a false case before the king,

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 saying,

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 There is a man left prisoner by feelings,

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 and when I was at Jerusalem,

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 the chief priests and the elders of the Jews

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 laid out their case against him,

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 asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

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 I answered them that it was not the custom

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 of the Romans to give up anyone

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 before the accused met the accusers face to face

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 and had opportunity to make his defense

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 concerning the charge of it against him.

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 So when they came together here,

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 I made no delay,

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 but on the next day,

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 I took my seat to the tribunal

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 and ordered the man to be brought.

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 When the accusers stood up,

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 they brought no charge in his case

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 of such evils as I supposed.

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 Rather, they had certain points of dispute

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 with him about their own religion

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 and about a certain Jesus,

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 who was dead,

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 but who all asserted to be alive.

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 Being at a false side of investigating

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 these questions,

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 I asked whether he wanted to go to Jerusalem

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 and we tried there regarding him.

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 The colonel had appealed to be kept in custody

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 for the decision of the emperor.

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 I ordered him to be held

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 until I could save him to see him.

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 Then a crampus said to Festus,

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 I would look at the man myself.

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 Tomorrow's the end of the year.

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 Well, here we are.

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 We're nearing the end of the book of Acts.

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 And as Luke draws his account

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 from the early church to a close,

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 he's presenting us with the account

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 of Paul's trials and defense.

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 Five times, we find here,

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 Paul will be brought before various authorities.

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 And each time, he will offer a speech.

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 And here in chapter 25,

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 this is the fourth of these defenses.

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 Next week, we'll get to the climax

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 of Paul and chapter 26.

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 But for now, you know,

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 it's worth asking, isn't it,

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 why is Luke spending so much time

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 recounting this part of Paul's life?

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 Maybe you're wondering the same thing.

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 I mean, for the last four weeks,

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 if you've been following our sermon series,

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 Paul has been in prison,

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 defending himself against baseless charges.

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 I mean, for a whole month here at Trinity,

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 it's like the record has been skipping.

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 Each week, Paul in prison, in defense.

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 And you know what?

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 We have two more chapters to go.

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 Why is Luke spending so much time

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 on this part of the story?

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 Well, on the one hand,

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 he's building a case for Paul's innocence,

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 isn't he?

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 That's pretty obvious.

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 And in doing so, Luke is showing

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 that not just Paul,

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 but the church itself is innocent

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 of any accusations that are being thrown against it

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 as being perhaps bad for the state

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 or bad for society.

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 But you know, more than that,

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 we need to remember that Luke is writing

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 his two-volume work,

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 what we call the Gospel of Luke

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 and the Acts of the Apostles.

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 He's writing this two-volume work

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 to his young friend, Theophilus.

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 And he's writing so that Theophilus

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 and other Christians like him

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 might have certainty concerning the things

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 they've been taught.

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 That's what Luke says in the beginning

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 of this whole work of the chapter 1.

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 In other words,

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 this is a work of discipleship.

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 That is what he's writing.

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 And so there are important things

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 that we're meant to see in these chapters

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 so that our grasp of the faith

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 might grow deeper and more secure.

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 And I think one of the things

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 that we see dealt with here

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 in chapter 25 along these lines

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 is the issue of injustice.

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 After all, is it the injustice

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 of the world

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 and the injustice that we sometimes

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 face in our own lives

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 one of the things

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 that can shake our faith?

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 When things aren't right,

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 we can often wonder

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 whether there's any substance

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 to what we believe.

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 So let's take a look

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 at how this theme unfolds

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 in chapter 25

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 so that we might

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 grow in our certainty

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 concerning the things

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 we're being taught.

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 And I think as we open up

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 this chapter,

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 the first thing that we see

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 is this.

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 Don't let injustice

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 shake your faith.

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 Don't let injustice

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 shake your faith.

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 But chapter 25 opens.

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 Did you catch that?

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 Paul has been in prison

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 for two years.

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 And for no other reason

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 than the fact that Felix

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 was waiting for a bribe.

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 Paul is the evicta

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 of injustice.

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 There's no real case

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 against him

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 if you can follow it along.

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 The authorities of Jerusalem

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 are trying to condemn him

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 for flouting the law,

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 defiling the temple,

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 causing civil unrest,

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 but they can't prove

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 any of these charges.

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 They don't have a single witness

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 to bring before Felix

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 or Festus here in 25.

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 And Felix knows

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 that none of these charges

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 are true back in 24,

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 but he leaves Paul

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 in prison anyway,

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 hoping to get some money

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 out of all of his friends.

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 And that goes on

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 for two years,

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 and Felix finally

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 is replaced by Festus.

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 You know, historically,

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 we know that Festus

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 wasn't very much liked

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 by the Jews,

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 so they ended up

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 petitioning Rome

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 to have him removed.

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 They sent a delegation

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 to the capital,

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 made their case,

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 and Felix was fired,

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 so Festus gets the job.

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 Not exactly the kind of shoes

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 you want to be following him.

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 And as soon as Festus

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 arrives around 59 AD,

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 the authorities in Jerusalem

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 were making their move

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 against Paul once more,

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 again plotting

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 to kill him in an ambush,

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 just like they tried

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 back in chapter 23.

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 Of course, again,

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 there's a deep irony here,

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 isn't there,

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 that the ones who are

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 so zealous for the purity

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 of the law

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 are actually more than willing

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 to break the law

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 in order to get rid of Paul.

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 They're happy for the ends

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 to justify the means.

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 And isn't that so often

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 the reality of the unjust world

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 that we live in?

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 But you know, at first,

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 Festus seems like a breath

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 of fresh air, doesn't he?

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 He refuses their request

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 to have Paul transferred

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 to Jerusalem,

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 and as soon as he gets back

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 to Caesarea,

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 he opens Paul's case

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 and brings him in

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 for the hearing.

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 It seems that with Festus,

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 someone is finally

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 going to do the right thing

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 for Paul.

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 But how quickly

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 things change.

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 In verse 9,

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 Festus wares.

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 He sees an opportunity

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 to do the Jews' effect

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 for him.

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 He tries to send Paul

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 back to Jerusalem.

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 And it seems like the doors

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 of injustice are again

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 closing in around Paul.

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 Two years he's been waiting

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 for his just acquittal,

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 and now we think

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 from back to the Romans.

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 The world is an unjust place.

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 Of course, we know that.

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 You know,

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 read a newspaper,

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 watch the news,

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 live your life,

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 and you see injustice

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 all the time.

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 And yet, isn't Luke

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 taking all those

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 special pains here

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 to show us how Paul

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 is personally

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 undergoing injustice

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 in these chapters?

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 It's almost as if

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 to tell us

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 that we shouldn't be

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 shocked or surprised

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 if the same thing

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 happens to us.

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 The world's an unjust place,

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 Theophilus.

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 Don't be spiritually rocked

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 or emotionally devastated

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 or paralyzed to respond

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 if some of that injustice

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 hits you personally.

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 In fact, you can expect it

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 at some point or another.

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 Christians live in the world.

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 And if the world's an unjust place,

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 then it's something

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 we don't experience injustice.

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 And maybe all this seems obvious.

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 And it is.

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 But I wonder, friend,

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 have you ever questioned

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 your belief in Christ

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 when you've seen injustice

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 in the world

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 or experienced it

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 in your own life?

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 Has it ever rocked

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 your certainty

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 leaving a strain of doubt

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 rippling in its wake?

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 Well, Luke here

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 is trying to give us

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 a more robust

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 and realistic picture

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 of discipleship

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 and what it means

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 to really follow Jesus.

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 Creation groans

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 under the weight

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 of injustice

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 and believers

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 will often join

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 in that group.

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 Now, is that a cause

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 to abandon belief in God?

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 Certainly not.

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 After all,

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 the very cry

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 of your heart

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 for things to be made right,

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 the very cry

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 of your heart

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 for justice,

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 your very deep sense

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 that things are not

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 the way they're supposed to be,

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 all of that inner groaning

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 is a sign

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 that you're made

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 in the image

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 of the living God.

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 All of that

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 is a sign

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 that you're more

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 than just

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 a different matter

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 and time

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 and chance.

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 all that's a sign

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 to God's reality.

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 After all,

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 if life were just atoms

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 colliding into atoms,

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 what sense would we have

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 that things should

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 be different after all?

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 The strong would eat

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 the weak

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 and that's not

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 things would just be.

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 We might not like it,

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 but we couldn't say

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 it's unjust.

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 We couldn't say

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 it's not right.

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 But friends,

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 don't you see

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 that injustice

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 awaits in us?

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 a deep echo

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 of something

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 that many of us

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 have almost forgotten.

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 We see the injustice

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 of the world

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 and our heart

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 cries out for something

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 to be made right.

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 It's a deep echo

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 of something

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 that we've almost forgotten.

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 That this world

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 is God's.

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 And God is a God

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 of peace

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 and justice.

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 And as humans

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 made in His image,

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 we want the world

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 to be put right

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 with anger.

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 Like watchmen

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 long for the morning

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 of the Psalms

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 that said.

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 Like watchmen

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 long for the morning

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 we long for God's

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 kingdom to come

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 in place.

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 So Luke's reminding us

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 that the world

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 is an unjust place.

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 Not a reason

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 to abandon faith in God

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 but a reminder

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 that we will often

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 grow under its weight

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 so don't let

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 injustice surprise

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 and appreciate your faith.

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 The second point

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 we see here

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 is this

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 that in this

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 unjust world

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 we are to pursue

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 justice

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 with integrity.

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 Notice how Paul

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 in verse 8

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 responds to the charges.

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 It's quite simple

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 and straightforward

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 isn't it?

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 Neither against

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 the law of the Jews

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 nor against the temple

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 nor against Caesar

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 have I committed

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 any offense.

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 be calmly

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 clearly

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 and with integrity

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 declares what's right

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 and what's true.

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 You know this is not

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 the fourth time

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 as we've said

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 that he's had to

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 defend himself.

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 This is the second time

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 he's done it

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 before this very

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 same tribunal

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 in Caesarea

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 but isn't it amazing

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 that again

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 with the same

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 sort of

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 composure

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 and integrity

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 he lays out

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 his case.

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 And notice

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 he's not just

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 out to sort of

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 win an argument

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 and to save his skin.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 I mean it's not

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 if I'm a wrongdoer

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 if I've done

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 something that

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 deserves death

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 then I'm willing

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 to accept that sentence.

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 He's perfectly

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 willing to be

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 justly tried

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 in sentence.

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 He cares about

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 justice.

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 Paul cares about

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 what's right

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 but

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 he's also

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 willing to pursue

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 what's right

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 through the means

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 available.

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 And so he

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 appeals to Caesar.

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 Seeing that

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 Thessalonians

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 is not going

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 to judge

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 his case

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 with integrity

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 he uses

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 the means

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 available to him

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 as a running

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 citizen

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 to try

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 to get a fair

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 shame

00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:14.040
 to try

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 to get a fair

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 trial.

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 Send him to

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 Caesar

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 he says

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 send him

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 to him.

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 And notice

00:14:21.540 --> 00:14:21.980
 what Paul

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 isn't doing

00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:23.519
 here

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 as he appeals

00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:26.600
 to Caesar

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 on the one

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 hand

00:14:28.920 --> 00:14:29.279
 he's not

00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:29.759
 simply

00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:30.740
 resigning

00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:31.360
 himself

00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:32.019
 to the

00:14:32.019 --> 00:14:32.379
 injustice

00:14:32.379 --> 00:14:33.080
 around him.

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 That could

00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:35.000
 have been

00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:35.639
 easy to do

00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:36.740
 he could

00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:37.180
 have said

00:14:37.180 --> 00:14:38.580
 this must

00:14:38.580 --> 00:14:39.080
 just be

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 my fate

00:14:39.680 --> 00:14:41.580
 and given

00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:41.899
 up

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 and gone

00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:43.120
 to Jerusalem.

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 And on the

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 other hand

00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:47.379
 Paul wasn't

00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.159
 kicking and

00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:48.860
 screaming and

00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:49.240
 raging

00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:50.060
 demanding his

00:14:50.060 --> 00:14:50.500
 rights

00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:51.480
 he wasn't

00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:52.299
 disrespecting

00:14:52.299 --> 00:14:52.620
 all the

00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:53.019
 authorities

00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.519
 around him

00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:53.779
 Jewish

00:14:53.779 --> 00:14:54.340
 or Roman

00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:55.139
 he wasn't

00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.460
 seeking

00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:55.919
 any way

00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:56.379
 possible

00:14:56.379 --> 00:14:56.679
 to get

00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:57.000
 out from

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 under

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 this

00:14:57.440 --> 00:14:58.059
 kangaroo

00:14:58.059 --> 00:14:58.379
 court

00:14:58.379 --> 00:14:58.679
 I mean

00:14:58.679 --> 00:14:59.360
 after all

00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:00.259
 why not

00:15:00.259 --> 00:15:01.559
 escape for

00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:01.840
 jail

00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:02.179
 if you're

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 being

00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:02.620
 adjusted

00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:02.879
 to help

00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:03.159
 or not

00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:03.559
 break out

00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:03.840
 why not

00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.139
 escape

00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:04.559
 at night

00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:05.620
 why not

00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:06.039
 pay the

00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:06.379
 bribe

00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:06.659
 if you're

00:15:06.659 --> 00:15:06.779
 there

00:15:06.779 --> 00:15:06.940
 under

00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:07.220
 false

00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:07.899
 accusations

00:15:07.899 --> 00:15:08.779
 don't the

00:15:08.779 --> 00:15:09.000
 ends

00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:09.480
 justify

00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:09.699
 the

00:15:09.699 --> 00:15:10.059
 means

00:15:10.059 --> 00:15:11.799
 hasn't

00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:12.259
 all sense

00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:12.679
 of justice

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 utterly

00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:13.980
 collapsed

00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:14.740
 in this

00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.699
 bond

00:15:15.699 --> 00:15:16.079
 group

00:15:16.079 --> 00:15:17.179
 of law

00:15:17.179 --> 00:15:20.799
 but no

00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:23.459
 Paul wasn't

00:15:23.459 --> 00:15:24.220
 falling off

00:15:24.220 --> 00:15:25.120
 either side

00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.379
 of it

00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:26.699
 he wasn't

00:15:26.699 --> 00:15:27.220
 getting up

00:15:27.220 --> 00:15:28.579
 and he

00:15:28.579 --> 00:15:28.860
 wasn't

00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:29.399
 angerfully

00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:30.079
 using any

00:15:30.079 --> 00:15:30.399
 means

00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:31.059
 possible

00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:33.259
 instead he

00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:33.919
 was pursuing

00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:34.960
 justice

00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:36.659
 with integrity

00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:40.899
 now most

00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:41.360
 of us tend

00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:41.740
 to tip

00:15:41.740 --> 00:15:42.299
 one way

00:15:42.299 --> 00:15:42.539
 or the

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 other

00:15:42.740 --> 00:15:43.179
 don't we

00:15:43.179 --> 00:15:45.659
 some of

00:15:45.659 --> 00:15:46.179
 us avoid

00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:46.719
 conflict

00:15:46.719 --> 00:15:47.339
 like the

00:15:47.339 --> 00:15:47.679
 plague

00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:49.240
 I confess

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 I often

00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.059
 fall into

00:15:50.059 --> 00:15:50.679
 that category

00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:54.159
 we passively

00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:54.819
 accept our

00:15:54.819 --> 00:15:55.139
 faith

00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:55.980
 never speaking

00:15:55.980 --> 00:15:56.319
 up

00:15:56.319 --> 00:15:57.500
 never standing

00:15:57.500 --> 00:15:57.939
 up

00:15:57.939 --> 00:15:59.179
 maybe we

00:15:59.179 --> 00:15:59.459
 even kind

00:15:59.459 --> 00:15:59.799
 of dress

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 it up

00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:00.799
 in theological

00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:01.360
 language

00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:02.120
 this must

00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:02.740
 be the

00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:03.079
 Lord's

00:16:03.079 --> 00:16:03.319
 will

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 we say

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 but that's

00:16:07.040 --> 00:16:07.300
 not the

00:16:07.300 --> 00:16:07.620
 example

00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:08.000
 we see

00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:08.360
 here

00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:08.720
 is it

00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:10.000
 Paul

00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:10.440
 believes

00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:10.920
 in God's

00:16:10.920 --> 00:16:11.240
 sovereignty

00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:11.759
 oh yes

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.540
 but he

00:16:12.540 --> 00:16:12.879
 still

00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.420
 acts

00:16:13.420 --> 00:16:14.240
 and pursues

00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:14.680
 what's

00:16:14.680 --> 00:16:15.040
 right

00:16:15.040 --> 00:16:18.620
 but if

00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:18.860
 some of

00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:19.220
 us avoid

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.660
 conflict

00:16:19.660 --> 00:16:20.040
 some of

00:16:20.040 --> 00:16:20.280
 us

00:16:20.280 --> 00:16:20.860
 are

00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:21.340
 fighters

00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:23.019
 and we'll

00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:23.540
 do whatever

00:16:23.540 --> 00:16:24.100
 it takes

00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:24.700
 to stand

00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:25.160
 up for

00:16:25.160 --> 00:16:25.540
 what we

00:16:25.540 --> 00:16:25.920
 think are

00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:26.360
 our

00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.320
 rights

00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:27.800
 even if

00:16:27.800 --> 00:16:28.259
 it means

00:16:28.259 --> 00:16:29.019
 playing the

00:16:29.019 --> 00:16:29.340
 game

00:16:29.340 --> 00:16:29.700
 and bending

00:16:29.700 --> 00:16:30.220
 the truth

00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:30.900
 and fighting

00:16:30.900 --> 00:16:31.220
 fire

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 fire

00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:34.580
 and yet

00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:35.080
 the example

00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:35.480
 of Paul

00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:35.940
 here shows

00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:36.200
 us a

00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:38.639
 calmness

00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:40.240
 confidence

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.639
 a courage

00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:44.200
 to pursue

00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:44.879
 justice

00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.560
 with integrity

00:16:45.560 --> 00:16:50.060
 but you

00:16:50.060 --> 00:16:50.399
 know this

00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:52.080
 way that

00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:52.480
 Luke is

00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:52.700
 sort of

00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:53.360
 showing us

00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:53.639
 in the

00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:53.940
 apostle

00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:54.340
 Paul

00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:56.460
 pursuing

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:57.080
 justice

00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:57.519
 doing the

00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:58.080
 right thing

00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.500
 doing it

00:16:58.500 --> 00:16:59.019
 with integrity

00:16:59.019 --> 00:17:01.019
 it's hard

00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:01.799
 isn't it

00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:04.200
 I don't

00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:04.480
 know about

00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:05.079
 you but

00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:06.539
 I often

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.079
 feel more

00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:08.000
 like Festus

00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:09.099
 in this

00:17:09.099 --> 00:17:09.559
 story

00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.799
 than Paul

00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:13.619
 Festus

00:17:13.619 --> 00:17:14.139
 starts out

00:17:14.139 --> 00:17:14.619
 with really

00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:15.519
 good intentions

00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:16.639
 not willing

00:17:16.639 --> 00:17:17.400
 to be swayed

00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:19.139
 but when

00:17:19.139 --> 00:17:19.619
 the pressure

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.400
 comes

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:21.920
 when faced

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.740
 with a hard

00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:23.299
 but clear

00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:24.000
 decision to

00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:24.259
 do the

00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:24.879
 right thing

00:17:24.879 --> 00:17:26.519
 when the

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:26.759
 pressure

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.339
 comes

00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:29.720
 he caves

00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:32.680
 look again

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:33.000
 at verse

00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.380
 9

00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:35.140
 he knows

00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:35.500
 the case

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.039
 against Paul

00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:36.339
 is not

00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:36.660
 a leg

00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:37.140
 to stand

00:17:37.140 --> 00:17:37.460
 on

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:39.059
 and yet

00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:39.400
 he also

00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:40.019
 sees that

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.240
 it would

00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:40.720
 be

00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:42.240
 advantageous

00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:42.720
 to keep

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.220
 the Jerusalem

00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:43.460
 of the

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:43.819
 four days

00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:44.259
 happy

00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:45.980
 why not

00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:46.299
 do them

00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:46.660
 a favor

00:17:46.660 --> 00:17:46.980
 and get

00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:47.279
 started

00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:47.539
 on the

00:17:47.539 --> 00:17:47.960
 right foot

00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:48.460
 he thinks

00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:49.799
 have they

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.220
 made life

00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:50.620
 hard

00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:51.500
 for his

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:51.839
 predecessor

00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:52.500
 Felix

00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.559
 have they

00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:53.920
 got him

00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:54.380
 fired

00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:55.579
 why not

00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:55.980
 do their

00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:56.559
 good side

00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:59.759
 Felix

00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:00.000
 knows

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.139
 the

00:18:00.139 --> 00:18:00.319
 right

00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:00.519
 thing

00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:02.339
 and he

00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:02.599
 waves

00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:04.940
 instead of

00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:05.259
 pursuing

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:05.659
 justice

00:18:05.659 --> 00:18:05.839
 with

00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:06.200
 integrity

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:06.819
 he gives

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.119
 in

00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:07.319
 the

00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:07.700
 pressure

00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:09.079
 and fear

00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:12.899
 haven't you

00:18:12.899 --> 00:18:13.279
 been there

00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:15.899
 I know

00:18:15.899 --> 00:18:16.139
 I have

00:18:16.139 --> 00:18:16.419
 enough

00:18:16.419 --> 00:18:20.079
 and look

00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:20.299
 at the

00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:20.700
 trouble

00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:21.559
 it creates

00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:24.240
 Festus

00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:24.720
 drives

00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:24.879
 his

00:18:24.879 --> 00:18:25.019
 end

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.379
 all back

00:18:25.379 --> 00:18:25.879
 to Jerusalem

00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:26.620
 tries to

00:18:26.620 --> 00:18:26.880
 win some

00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:27.100
 favor

00:18:27.100 --> 00:18:27.360
 with the

00:18:27.360 --> 00:18:27.600
 local

00:18:27.600 --> 00:18:28.180
 authorities

00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:29.100
 and Paul

00:18:29.100 --> 00:18:29.640
 appeals to

00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:29.960
 Caesar

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:32.460
 and suddenly

00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:33.780
 Festus

00:18:33.780 --> 00:18:34.120
 is in

00:18:34.120 --> 00:18:34.460
 trouble

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:36.660
 because

00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:38.600
 as part

00:18:38.600 --> 00:18:38.820
 of this

00:18:38.820 --> 00:18:39.120
 appeal

00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:39.540
 Festus

00:18:39.540 --> 00:18:39.880
 has to

00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:40.180
 send a

00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.600
 report

00:18:40.600 --> 00:18:41.780
 to the

00:18:41.780 --> 00:18:42.160
 capital

00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:42.680
 as to

00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.180
 why

00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:43.760
 this

00:18:43.760 --> 00:18:44.020
 case

00:18:44.020 --> 00:18:44.180
 is

00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:44.440
 coming

00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:44.740
 to the

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.060
 emperor

00:18:45.060 --> 00:18:47.660
 and what's

00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:47.940
 Festus

00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:48.320
 going to

00:18:48.320 --> 00:18:48.680
 say

00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:50.400
 ah

00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:50.880
 well

00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:52.060
 I wanted

00:18:52.060 --> 00:18:52.340
 to do

00:18:52.340 --> 00:18:52.720
 the Jewish

00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:53.080
 council

00:18:53.080 --> 00:18:53.320
 a bit

00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:53.500
 of a

00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:53.740
 favor

00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.340
 because

00:18:54.340 --> 00:18:55.180
 you know

00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.759
 you know

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.779
 how difficult

00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:57.220
 they can

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.539
 be

00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:58.759
 and Paul

00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:58.960
 wouldn't

00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.360
 go along

00:18:59.360 --> 00:18:59.640
 with it

00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:00.000
 so he

00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.200
 killed

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:00.539
 to you

00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:01.259
 so well

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:01.580
 here he

00:19:01.580 --> 00:19:01.820
 is

00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:02.400
 your problem

00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:02.700
 now

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:06.000
 not exactly

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.460
 like I've had a

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:07.160
 legal breach

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.920
 that's going to

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.539
 make Festus

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:08.880
 a little

00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:09.340
 problem

00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:13.060
 clearly that's

00:19:13.060 --> 00:19:13.440
 not going to

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:13.660
 work

00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:15.039
 so Festus

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:15.920
 starts covering

00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:16.480
 these tracks

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.279
 almost immediately

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:18.340
 look at verse

00:19:18.340 --> 00:19:18.660
 20

00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:19.820
 he says

00:19:19.820 --> 00:19:21.160
 well I was at a

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:21.500
 loss

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.160
 I'm investigating

00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:22.660
 these things

00:19:22.660 --> 00:19:24.360
 that's why

00:19:24.360 --> 00:19:24.620
 I wanted

00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:24.900
 to send

00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:25.259
 Paul back

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.420
 to the

00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:25.620
 first

00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:27.600
 really

00:19:27.600 --> 00:19:28.120
 Festus

00:19:28.120 --> 00:19:30.340
 we know

00:19:30.340 --> 00:19:30.600
 that was

00:19:30.600 --> 00:19:30.940
 the real

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.259
 reason

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:34.300
 we wanted

00:19:34.300 --> 00:19:34.600
 to do

00:19:34.600 --> 00:19:34.980
 the Jews

00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.460
 a favor

00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:37.519
 friends

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:37.820
 haven't you

00:19:37.820 --> 00:19:38.259
 been there

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:39.200
 you cave

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.759
 under pressure

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.200
 you don't

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.640
 do the right

00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:40.860
 thing

00:19:40.860 --> 00:19:41.360
 and suddenly

00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:42.360
 the consequences

00:19:42.360 --> 00:19:43.840
 start unfolding

00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:44.680
 and you have

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.019
 to start

00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:45.960
 weaving the story

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.800
 and backtracking

00:19:46.800 --> 00:19:48.000
 and covering up

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.680
 and Festus

00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.380
 is in a bigger

00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:50.060
 pickle now

00:19:50.060 --> 00:19:50.560
 than he was

00:19:50.560 --> 00:19:50.920
 at Paul's

00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.160
 hearing

00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:52.240
 he was afraid

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:52.540
 of touching

00:19:52.540 --> 00:19:52.900
 the anger

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.380
 of the authorities

00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:53.940
 of Jerusalem

00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:55.180
 now he's

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:56.420
 about to face

00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:56.920
 the wrath

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:57.759
 of Rome

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.180
 itself

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.640
 unless he

00:19:58.640 --> 00:19:59.019
 didn't come

00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.380
 up with

00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:00.040
 a story

00:20:00.040 --> 00:20:06.320
 now what

00:20:06.320 --> 00:20:06.700
 made these

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.080
 men so

00:20:07.080 --> 00:20:07.560
 different

00:20:07.560 --> 00:20:09.759
 Paul

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.640
 and Festus

00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:13.340
 what gave

00:20:13.340 --> 00:20:13.880
 Paul such

00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.740
 courage

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:16.740
 while Festus

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.240
 caved

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:20.120
 it wasn't

00:20:20.120 --> 00:20:20.519
 wealth

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.779
 that's not

00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.160
 what Paul

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.319
 had

00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:22.879
 going for

00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:24.599
 Festus

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:24.779
 was

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.420
 aristocrat

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:25.720
 Paul

00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:26.039
 was a

00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:26.319
 poor

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:26.639
 tent

00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:26.859
 baby

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.339
 missionary

00:20:27.339 --> 00:20:29.839
 was it

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.400
 status

00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:31.200
 or power

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.720
 that gave

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.119
 Paul the

00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:32.740
 upper hand

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.900
 Festus

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.539
 was a

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:34.819
 Roman

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.160
 leader

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.619
 one of the

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.059
 highest

00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:37.000
 seeds of

00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.619
 the empire

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.940
 Paul was a

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:40.400
 traveling

00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:40.879
 rapper

00:20:40.879 --> 00:20:44.160
 what was it

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.960
 what made

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.599
 Paul

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.699
 able to

00:20:46.699 --> 00:20:47.199
 pursue

00:20:47.199 --> 00:20:48.299
 justice

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:49.039
 with integrity

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.819
 while Festus

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.919
 wavered

00:20:50.919 --> 00:20:51.679
 and caved

00:20:51.679 --> 00:20:51.879
 out

00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:52.179
 fear

00:20:52.179 --> 00:20:52.399
 and

00:20:52.399 --> 00:20:57.859
 is this

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.599
 a problem

00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:01.480
 that in an

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.379
 unjust world

00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:03.299
 where more like

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:04.179
 Festus

00:21:04.179 --> 00:21:04.639
 and Paul

00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:05.199
 you and I

00:21:05.199 --> 00:21:06.519
 are good

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.179
 intentions

00:21:07.179 --> 00:21:08.059
 often give

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.459
 way

00:21:08.459 --> 00:21:09.740
 under pressure

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.740
 and very

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.500
 little seems

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:11.859
 to have

00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:17.439
 there is

00:21:17.439 --> 00:21:17.579
 a

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:19.759
 there is

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:21.679
 one last

00:21:21.679 --> 00:21:22.079
 point

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:23.019
 that Luke

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.399
 wants us

00:21:23.399 --> 00:21:23.779
 to see

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:25.339
 and the

00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:26.099
 last point

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:26.500
 here in

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.219
 chapter 25

00:21:27.219 --> 00:21:27.779
 is this

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:29.000
 that in

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:30.379
 this unjust

00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:31.039
 world

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:32.379
 God

00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:33.539
 is

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.199
 accomplished

00:21:34.199 --> 00:21:35.819
 his just

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:37.039
 purpose

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.759
 and plan

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:40.159
 that's the

00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:40.500
 difference

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.279
 between Paul

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.039
 and Festus

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:43.059
 one had

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.399
 come to

00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:44.019
 see this

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.539
 truth

00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.619
 with blazing

00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:46.440
 clarity

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:46.859
 and the

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.440
 other had

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:47.779
 thought

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:50.299
 Festus was

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.879
 probably a

00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:51.460
 good Roman

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:51.920
 and as a

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.399
 good Roman

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:52.960
 you appeased

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.460
 the gods

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.139
 and you did

00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:54.639
 your best

00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.839
 Roman civic

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.220
 life was

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.180
 very pragmatic

00:21:57.180 --> 00:22:00.019
 ah but the

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.519
 God of the

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:00.839
 Bible

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:02.859
 was a

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.099
 different

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.460
 sort of

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:03.660
 God

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:04.160
 altogether

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:05.859
 the God

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.399
 that called

00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:06.700
 him

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.980
 was the

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.480
 sovereign

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.619
 creator

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.559
 of all

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.019
 things

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.359
 who was

00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:11.900
 able to

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.240
 use

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.740
 even

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.359
 injustice

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.839
 to bring

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.079
 about

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.319
 his

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.740
 purposes

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:17.680
 think of

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:18.019
 God's

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.460
 history

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:18.839
 with his

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.139
 people

00:22:19.139 --> 00:22:22.539
 when Joseph

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.019
 was sold

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.339
 by his

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:23.579
 brothers

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.220
 into slavery

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:26.359
 God was

00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:26.539
 there

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:28.440
 to put

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:28.920
 Joseph in

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.299
 Egypt

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:30.180
 and then

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.759
 into power

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:32.099
 and the

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.500
 rest of

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:32.839
 his team

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:35.160
 when Daniel

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.480
 was sent

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.119
 into exile

00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:36.460
 by the

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.019
 Babylonians

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.200
 and he

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.700
 was thrown

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.099
 into a

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.599
 lion's

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:38.940
 den

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:40.279
 there

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.660
 God

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:40.860
 was

00:22:40.860 --> 00:22:41.259
 working

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.120
 to

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.600
 exalt

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:42.940
 Daniel

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.299
 put him

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.660
 in a

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.080
 position

00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:44.279
 of

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.680
 authority

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:44.920
 and

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.519
 broadcast

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.160
 throughout

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.519
 the

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:46.779
 Persian

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.220
 empire

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.080
 as a result

00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:48.400
 of that

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:48.660
 event

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.400
 the greatness

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.660
 of Daniel's

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:50.960
 God

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.680
 God

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:54.220
 for think of

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.620
 when Esther

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:55.500
 was taken

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:55.960
 from her

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.460
 family

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.519
 and put

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.200
 into the

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.640
 king's

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.180
 herald

00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:02.700
 even there

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.259
 God was

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.620
 worthy

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:05.960
 to make

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.200
 her the

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.519
 queen

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.660
 so that

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:07.840
 at the

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:08.620
 right time

00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.039
 she could

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.480
 advocate

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:09.940
 for her

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.279
 people

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.980
 and save

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.279
 them

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.779
 from

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.319
 destruction

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:14.740
 this was

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.319
 the God

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.319
 that Paul

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.620
 had

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:18.939
 this is

00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:19.500
 the God

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.159
 that Paul

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:20.939
 had now

00:23:20.939 --> 00:23:21.539
 come

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.619
 to know

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:27.179
 in a new

00:23:27.179 --> 00:23:27.479
 way

00:23:27.479 --> 00:23:29.559
 you see

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.039
 now Paul

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.359
 had come

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:30.719
 to know

00:23:30.719 --> 00:23:31.159
 what all

00:23:31.159 --> 00:23:31.879
 this history

00:23:31.879 --> 00:23:32.759
 was pointing

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.139
 toward

00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:35.500
 now he

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.979
 knew about

00:23:35.979 --> 00:23:36.439
 the one

00:23:36.439 --> 00:23:36.979
 who brought

00:23:36.979 --> 00:23:37.719
 Israel's

00:23:37.719 --> 00:23:38.439
 history to

00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:39.219
 its surprising

00:23:39.219 --> 00:23:39.939
 finale

00:23:39.939 --> 00:23:41.219
 now Paul

00:23:41.219 --> 00:23:41.939
 knew Jesus

00:23:41.939 --> 00:23:42.319
 God's

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.139
 very son

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:46.500
 and Jesus

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.860
 who was

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.320
 innocent

00:23:47.320 --> 00:23:48.100
 in every

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:48.980
 way

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:50.759
 was betrayed

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.840
 and was

00:23:51.840 --> 00:23:52.960
 unjustly

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.300
 condemned

00:23:53.300 --> 00:23:53.660
 by his

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.140
 own people

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:54.420
 and was

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:54.940
 crucified

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.759
 in a

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.360
 miscarried

00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:57.360
 pro-injustice

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:57.880
 class

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:59.920
 in and

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.400
 through that

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.759
 most severe

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.720
 and blatant

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.180
 act of

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.620
 injustice

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.280
 God

00:24:04.280 --> 00:24:05.420
 was working

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.340
 his just

00:24:06.340 --> 00:24:06.780
 delay

00:24:06.780 --> 00:24:09.759
 and at

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.420
 the cross

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.480
 God was

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.100
 carried

00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.840
 away

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.959
 our sin

00:24:13.959 --> 00:24:14.980
 and our

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.459
 death

00:24:15.459 --> 00:24:16.339
 and death

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.859
 Christ

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:20.099
 and God

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.639
 demonstrated

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.359
 that fact

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.480
 by raising

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.059
 Jesus from

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.419
 the dead

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:24.919
 overturning

00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.539
 the just

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:26.179
 unjust

00:24:26.179 --> 00:24:26.480
 verdict

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:26.759
 that had

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.299
 been cast

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.339
 and in

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.899
 overturning

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.419
 that verdict

00:24:29.419 --> 00:24:30.279
 breaking

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.179
 righteousness

00:24:31.179 --> 00:24:32.319
 and life

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.839
 and vindication

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:35.199
 to all

00:24:35.199 --> 00:24:35.599
 the world

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:38.079
 you see

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.720
 this God

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.079
 that Paul

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.399
 knew was

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:39.759
 the God

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.199
 who worked

00:24:40.199 --> 00:24:40.819
 out his

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.480
 just purpose

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.779
 in an

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.099
 unjust

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.459
 world

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.100
 and now

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:43.600
 Paul had

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.120
 to know

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.740
 this God

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.480
 or better

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.880
 put to be

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.100
 known

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.900
 by this

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.299
 God

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.600
 in Jesus

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.640
 the crucified

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.160
 and risen

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.480
 world

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:53.900
 in verse

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.519
 19

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.620
 Festus

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.440
 recounts

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.039
 a little

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.500
 more of

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:57.900
 what Paul

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.319
 had said

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.579
 in his

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.120
 defense

00:24:59.120 --> 00:25:00.980
 Festus

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.259
 is a bit

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.680
 confused

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.200
 he says

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:03.299
 it seemed

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.720
 to be all

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.079
 of us

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.340
 serving

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:04.840
 Jesus

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:06.039
 who was

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.400
 dead

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:08.240
 but

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.360
 he

00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:08.720
 called

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:08.980
 out

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:10.200
 to be

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.680
 alive

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:14.259
 why was

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.600
 calling

00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:15.160
 to pursue

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.660
 justice

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:15.860
 with

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.280
 integrity

00:25:16.280 --> 00:25:16.740
 and not

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:16.900
 give

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:17.080
 into

00:25:17.080 --> 00:25:17.460
 pressure

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.580
 or fear

00:25:18.580 --> 00:25:19.540
 and what

00:25:19.540 --> 00:25:19.960
 will allow

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.560
 us to

00:25:20.560 --> 00:25:21.160
 do the same

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:25.720
 because in the

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.160
 light of the

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:27.060
 resurrection of

00:25:27.060 --> 00:25:27.580
 Jesus our

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:28.240
 living king

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.900
 we can know

00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.400
 that no matter

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:32.480
 what happens

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.600
 God

00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:34.540
 is at work

00:25:34.540 --> 00:25:35.259
 to bring

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.720
 about his

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.460
 just kingdom

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.560
 even through

00:25:37.560 --> 00:25:38.380
 injustice

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.180
 and that means

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.860
 that the rulers

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.580
 of the nations

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:41.560
 are not beyond

00:25:41.560 --> 00:25:42.140
 the control

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.720
 of the Lord

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.280
 of the universe

00:25:43.280 --> 00:25:43.820
 you know as

00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.400
 Paul was in

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:44.840
 prison in

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.140
 Caesarea

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:45.720
 I wonder how

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.500
 often he

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.040
 remembered

00:25:47.040 --> 00:25:47.820
 the words of

00:25:47.820 --> 00:25:48.519
 Jesus that

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.200
 Ananias told

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.720
 him right after

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.240
 his conversion

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.180
 Jesus said to

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:52.280
 him Paul

00:25:52.280 --> 00:25:53.180
 you're a chosen

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.800
 instrument of

00:25:53.800 --> 00:25:54.540
 mine to

00:25:54.540 --> 00:25:55.400
 carry my name

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.519
 before Gentiles

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.640
 and kings

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.540
 and the children

00:25:58.540 --> 00:25:58.980
 of Israel

00:25:58.980 --> 00:26:00.080
 and I will

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.759
 show you how

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.339
 much he has

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.779
 suffered

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.619
 a saving

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.099
 right here

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:05.859
 you see

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.759
 Paul's suffering

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:08.639
 wasn't in vain

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:10.059
 it was for

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:11.399
 Jesus sake

00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:12.759
 he was testifying

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.460
 to kings

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:15.199
 our passage ends

00:26:15.199 --> 00:26:15.679
 with Agrippa

00:26:15.679 --> 00:26:16.299
 the Jewish king

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.839
 at the time

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:18.159
 wanting to hear

00:26:18.159 --> 00:26:18.559
 Paul

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.919
 wanting to listen

00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:20.639
 to what he has

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.159
 to say

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.679
 and hear the

00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:22.359
 words of Jesus

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:23.179
 coming true

00:26:23.179 --> 00:26:24.759
 testifying to

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.139
 kings

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:26.199
 and again

00:26:26.199 --> 00:26:26.779
 I wonder how

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.439
 often the words

00:26:27.439 --> 00:26:28.059
 that Jesus spoke

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.519
 to Paul

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.179
 in prison

00:26:29.179 --> 00:26:29.699
 in Jerusalem

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.360
 just two years

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.720
 earlier

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.640
 was comforting

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.059
 to Paul

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.559
 during those

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.940
 years in

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.160
 Caesar

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:34.380
 take courage

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:34.720
 Jesus

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:36.799
 for as you

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.259
 have testified

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.799
 to the facts

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.180
 about me

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.620
 in Jerusalem

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.259
 so you

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.880
 must also

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.480
 testify

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.019
 in Rome

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.720
 you must

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.500
 testify

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.960
 in Rome

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.700
 no matter

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.620
 what happened

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.640
 Paul knew

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:45.900
 that the

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.440
 Lord was in

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:46.940
 control

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.559
 and that no

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.019
 matter what

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.319
 happened

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.759
 he was going

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.460
 to testify

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.420
 to the grace

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.980
 of God

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:52.080
 in Christ

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:56.419
 see if you

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:56.759
 and Paul

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.319
 appeals to

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.639
 Caesar

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.079
 in our

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.839
 chapter

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.199
 here

00:26:59.199 --> 00:27:00.759
 it's more

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.059
 than just

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.579
 a last

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.899
 ditch

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:02.319
 effort

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.679
 to try

00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:03.079
 to save

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.659
 his skin

00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:06.299
 it was

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.639
 Paul

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.500
 realizing

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.619
 that the

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.139
 words

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.779
 of Jesus

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.460
 were coming

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.419
 true

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:14.199
 this probably

00:27:14.199 --> 00:27:14.759
 wasn't how

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.319
 Paul originally

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.000
 thought he was

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.439
 going to get

00:27:16.439 --> 00:27:16.720
 there

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.639
 he probably

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.259
 wasn't thinking

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.639
 that his

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.639
 trip to Rome

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.480
 would be in

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.980
 chains

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.759
 but what Luke

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.319
 has been trying

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.000
 to show us

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.440
 through this

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.160
 whole section

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.759
 of Acts

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.299
 is that

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.779
 Paul's chains

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.319
 are the

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.440
 gospel's wings

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:30.680
 and the

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.160
 injustice

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.839
 that he suffered

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.579
 only served

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.180
 to advance

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.740
 the gospel

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:35.120
 and that gave

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.759
 Paul great

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.120
 reason

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:37.180
 not only

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:38.019
 to worship

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.720
 Jesus as

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.259
 the Lord of

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.480
 Lords

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.920
 but it gave

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.480
 him incredible

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.360
 courage

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:42.759
 not to cave

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.720
 but to waver

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.220
 in the face

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.740
 of injustice

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.460
 the Lord

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.700
 is my helper

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.640
 Psalm 118

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.240
 6 says

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:49.059
 what can

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.680
 man do to

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:49.940
 me

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.539
 who

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.659
 shall I

00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:51.980
 fear

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:56.079
 friends

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.539
 if Christ

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.119
 died

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.960
 and rose

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.399
 again

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:59.519
 for me

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.539
 for you

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:03.240
 if his

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.759
 resurrection

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.659
 proves that

00:28:04.659 --> 00:28:05.019
 he's going

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.599
 to work

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:06.680
 out his

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.539
 just life

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.460
 even through

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.940
 injustice

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.920
 what if

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.099
 we

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.319
 do

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:14.079
 you know

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.319
 if that

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.960
 truth goes

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.799
 deep for

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.180
 us

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:17.159
 just like

00:28:17.159 --> 00:28:17.460
 it did

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.960
 for Paul

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.700
 and we'll

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.140
 find that

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.500
 in the face

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.960
 of injustice

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.360
 we don't

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.660
 need to

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.079
 avoid

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:23.059
 conflict

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:24.059
 and give

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.360
 in to

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:24.860
 passivity

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:26.640
 we'll find

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.220
 that the gospel

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.000
 actually gives us

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.799
 the confidence

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:31.380
 to appeal

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.120
 as a

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.400
 God

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.420
 like Paul

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:35.140
 because we

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.799
 know that we

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.799
 stand with

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.259
 the king

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.720
 and the guy

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.200
 that was a

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.380
 king

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:39.319
 and his

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.140
 just plan

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.240
 cannot be

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.840
 overthrown

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:43.179
 isn't that

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:43.859
 the confidence

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.220
 that we

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.480
 need

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:47.480
 and at the

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.059
 same time

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.740
 we need not

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.720
 fight fire

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.339
 with fire

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.720
 and use

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.579
 unjust means

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.000
 to fight

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.399
 injustice

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:53.000
 the gospel

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.619
 gives us

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.679
 the courage

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:55.679
 to suffer

00:28:55.679 --> 00:28:58.859
 for the one

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.419
 who died

00:28:59.419 --> 00:28:59.939
 and rose

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.339
 again

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.859
 stands

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.859
 with us

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:04.899
 and his

00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.240
 kingdom

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.919
 will advance

00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:06.579
 even

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.819
 through

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.199
 suffering

00:29:08.199 --> 00:29:10.459
 there's the

00:29:10.459 --> 00:29:10.839
 courage

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.159
 that we

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.399
 need

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:14.580
 and here's

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:14.940
 why we can

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.300
 do the right

00:29:15.300 --> 00:29:15.700
 thing even

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.200
 under pressure

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.620
 even when

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.019
 it's hard

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.480
 because no

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.240
 matter what

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.180
 trouble may

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.780
 come as a

00:29:19.780 --> 00:29:20.280
 result

00:29:20.280 --> 00:29:22.019
 the risen

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.420
 Lord's

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.040
 working through

00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:25.160
 to advance

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.780
 his kingdom

00:29:25.780 --> 00:29:26.920
 in our lives

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:28.019
 and the world

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:30.380
 his kingdom

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:31.700
 of grace

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:33.560
 and of peace

00:29:33.560 --> 00:29:35.960
 and of the

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.259
 justice

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.980
 our hearts

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:38.340
 are so warm

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:45.079
 Lord Jesus

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.799
 we thank you

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:47.720
 that in your

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.139
 resurrection

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.559
 there is

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.279
 great courage

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.819
 and great

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.220
 confidence

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.819
 for us

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:52.699
 Lord we

00:29:52.699 --> 00:29:53.220
 confess this

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.639
 morning that

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.259
 we're often so

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.639
 fearful

00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:55.379
 and so weak

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:57.480
 God that so

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.899
 many of our

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:58.559
 response

00:29:58.559 --> 00:30:00.939
 fall so harsh

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:04.120
 and yet

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.480
 Father we

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:04.900
 thank you for

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.299
 your Holy

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.740
 Spirit

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.120
 that you

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.620
 poured out

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:06.940
 in the

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.279
 house

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.480
 through

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.940
 Jesus

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:09.640
 that helps

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.420
 us to see

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.120
 and to know

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:14.200
 that your

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.720
 kingdom is

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.180
 going for

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:16.360
 and that

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.779
 nothing

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:18.320
 is wrong

00:30:18.320 --> 00:30:21.860
 God grant us

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.279
 the courage

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.820
 that we need

00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:23.440
 and the confidence

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:23.960
 that we need

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.400
 in you

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:25.320
 Lord Jesus

00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:27.080
 so that we

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:27.759
 might be people

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.240
 of justice

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.379
 so that we

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:30.180
 might be people

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:32.379
 of righteousness

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:33.940
 and truth

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:36.059
 of mercy

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.819
 and compassion

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.299
 so that we

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:38.859
 might bind

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.319
 out of the

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.859
 hearts of the

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:40.160
 broken

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.619
 so that we

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.279
 might go to

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.799
 the needy

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.259
 and believe

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.920
 you to stand

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.279
 with them

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.700
 so that we

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.779
 might be able

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.379
 to face

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.900
 hope

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:47.379
 with calmness

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.099
 and composure

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.839
 and grace

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:51.599
 Lord knowing

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.119
 that the very

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.799
 people who

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:54.480
 often sit in

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.879
 the seat of

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.359
 judgment are

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:55.900
 really just

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.500
 like us

00:30:56.500 --> 00:31:02.519
 or may

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:02.900
 this be

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:05.880
 the long

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.299
 end of the

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.640
 life of

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:06.880
 my

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.259
 everything

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:10.519
 I pray

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.819
 this in

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.039
 Jesus

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:22.500
 friends let's

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.880
 stand

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.440
 as the

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.920
 music scene

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.400
 comes out

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:24.880
 and let's

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.960
 use this

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.620
 closing song

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:26.880
 as an

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.360
 opportunity

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:28.299
 to respond

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:29.380
 and worship

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:30.480
 to Christ

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.039
 our King

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:33.039
 and let's

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:36.379
 return

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:40.440
 and proclaim

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:45.279
 thank you

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:58.599
 Alleluia, sing to Jesus

00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:04.200
 Here's the scepter, here's the throne

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:10.379
 Alleluia, here's the china

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:16.380
 Here's the victory in me alone

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:22.760
 I will come to thee to Zion

00:32:22.760 --> 00:32:28.640
 Under thy almighty fire

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:34.380
 Jesus, our every nation

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:40.380
 That's redeeming us by his love

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:48.520
 Alleluia, God and so on

00:32:48.520 --> 00:32:54.480
 Are we glad in sorrow now?

00:32:54.480 --> 00:33:00.480
 Alleluia, keep his spirit

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:06.480
 Faithfully, the blessed sound

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:12.480
 All the doubts of sight receding

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:18.480
 When the Lord is the Lord

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:24.480
 Shout out our hearts, forget his confidence

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:30.480
 I am with you evermore

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:38.480
 Alleluia, let our better

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:44.480
 Through all earth, our fruit are saved

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:50.480
 Alleluia, keep the simple

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:56.480
 Will flee to you from day to day

00:33:56.480 --> 00:34:02.480
 Intercessor, friend of sinners

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:08.480
 First redeeming early on me

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:14.480
 Where the Santa, Father, the Lord

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:20.480
 We are the best of sin

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:28.480
 Alleluia, keep the simple

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:30.480
 You, the Lord

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:32.480
 You, the Lord, the Lord

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:34.480
 We are the best of sin

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:40.480
 Alleluia, Lord, O Mary

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:44.480
 Heard your force to heaven

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:46.480
 Your crown

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:50.480
 You, with the end of the world

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:52.480
 As an angel

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:54.480
 And broken

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:56.480
 Broken death

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:58.480
 I bring thy feet

00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:02.480
 I, O Spirit

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:04.480
 Be the song

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:08.480
 For the love

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:12.480
 In heavenly peace

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:18.480
 Amen, friends, well, that's the end of our service

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:20.480
 Feel free to stick around

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.480
 Fellowship up here

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.480
 Downstairs

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.480
 Don't forget

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.480
 The pick-up in the park

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.480
 Is happening

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:27.480
 In Worcester Square

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.480
 Right there, Worcester Square

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:30.480
 So, grab some lunch

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.480
 Take it over

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.480
 Have a good time

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.480
 Of just fellowshipping there

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.480
 Don't forget to come back tonight

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.480
 For our brief service

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.480
 We're working our way

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.480
 For the opening chapters

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:38.480
 Of the book

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.480
 Of Revelation

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:41.480
 And Greg's gonna pick up that tonight

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.480
 Let me end

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.480
 With a benediction

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:47.480
 From the book of the Decients

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:49.480
 A place where we've been landing

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.480
 Of the most these days

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:51.480
 At the end of our service

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.480
 Now to Him

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.480
 Who is able to do

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.480
 Far more above

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.480
 And all we ask

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.480
 With faith

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.480
 According to the power

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.480
 Of work and fitness

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.480
 To Him

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.480
 The glory of the church

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.480
 And in Christ Jesus

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.480
 Through all generations

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.480
 Forever and ever

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.480
 Amen

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.480
 Friends, go on, please

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:14.480
 quase

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:18.480
 Thank you

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:27.740
 An ata

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り

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 Thank you.