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 Wow, just what you prayed there at the end, that we are filled with joy when we respond

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! As we were worshipping, I was reminded of one of my favourite books. It's called The Boy,

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! The Mole, The Fox, The Horse. If you've heard me talk about it, Queenie's nodding because

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 it's her favourite book. You've bought 10, 20 copies over the years, at least, I'm sure.

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 It's just these bite-sized quotes. I'm not a very intellectual person, so I need to read

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 cartoon pictures with short sentences, and there's one page that says this, one of the

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 greatest freedoms we have is how we react to things. And as we were singing, I was like,

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 God, you're so good. I was like, why do you have us sing that song to you, God? Where's

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 that coming from? Are you kind of self-centred and narcissistic, and you want us to focus on

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 how good you... And then I realised, wow, when we do that, when we respond to his goodness,

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 we are just filled with joy. I don't know what you've been going through, and I've been

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 at a conference this week, a little bit under the weather, but being filled with joy because

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 I've had friends and colleagues from all around the world, from young life, and that verse,

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 Hebrews 12, keeps popping up, that song keeps popping up, so turn your eyes to Jesus, and

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 why? Why does he say look at him and not at anything else? Because he says when you look

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 at anything else, when you worship anything else, when you focus on anything else, those

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 things all have the power to consume you, to corrupt you, but if you look at me, I am

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 the only one who can complete you. And that's what he's saying, and when we focus on him,

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 I think that's why we gather here, right? That's the first one, that we would know him

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 and that we would enjoy him, that there would be joy in what we're doing here, and then we

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 respond out of that joy. And that's really what it's all about, and it's just so great

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 to see all these faces that I am growing and growing to love, that we get to do live

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 together. Or just a slight update, I see Hank and Agnes here, so it reminds me to remember.

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 We have completed signing the agreement on the fifth floor, so that's done. We have got

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 contractors in giving us quotes, and we've chosen one, so that's done. So now we are putting

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 in a kind of application to the building to let us start working, and so hopefully in a

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 month or two or three, we will be able to worship downstairs, which will be great. We'll have

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 a bit more space than this, and the kids will be able to be released from those rooms of chaos

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 as well. So that's just a little update. My prayer is that we'll have a wonderful Christmas

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 service down there at the very latest. That's what I'm hoping. But just know that it is

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 happening, things are happening behind the scenes. There are lots of WhatsApp groups and lots of

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 chats that are talking about this. So I just thank you for bearing with us as we pile on top

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 of each other. But we pile on top of each other, we gather because we're responding to the gospel.

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 And I hope that's why we're here. Those gathering statements, we just keep reminding ourselves

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 of that. And then I say, let's gather, but then let's scatter. Because we don't want this

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 place to be too comfortable. We don't want those couches to be too comfortable, because

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 if you end up staying on that couch, then the good news doesn't get to be spread to other

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 people. And so we've been going through the book of Acts, and we've been just seeing time

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 after time from Acts 6, when they chose some deacons to help distribute food. And then one

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 of them gets killed, but his face is just glowing just before he gets killed. Stephen, why?

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 Because his eyes are on Jesus. And then in Acts 8, you see Philip just go from Samaria and

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 then go to meet the Ethiopian, and he is just filled with joy and bringing joy to the city

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 of Samaria. Acts 9, Paul responds and sees the glowing light of Jesus and is blinded, but

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 then is completely converted. Acts 10, Peter is praying. Cornelius is praying. And then Jesus

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 encounters them, and they are converted. The story just continues. Acts 11, they get to

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 Antioch, and you see Gentiles, people who weren't Jews, not the originally chosen group, not the

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 OGs, but the OGs turned the gospel down. So now it goes to the Gentiles, and now phase 3

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 kicks in where we are going towards the ends of the earth. And of course, last week, Gabe

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 preached so wonderfully well for us on Acts 12, where you saw Herod respond poorly to the

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 good news. He responded with pride, and it didn't end well. And yet you see Peter just

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 humbly just walking through door after door after door. And now we reach Acts 13, where

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 actually the church itself is really starting to grow. And before we read the word of God

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 here, I want to ask you a question. How are you responding? What is your response to the

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 gospel right now? How have you been responding? Maybe you've been a Christian for, I don't know,

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 Hank, how long have you been a Christian for?

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 45 years. Wow. And so whether you've been a Christian for 45 years, or whether you are not

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 yet a Christian, is how are you responding to this good news? First of all, in your own heart, and then

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 to the mission of actually keeping this news as news, because it only stays news when you keep passing

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 it on. Otherwise, it just becomes stale, and it just becomes within you. How are you responding to

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 the good news? We see here something is really interesting that happens is Paul, Barnabas,

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 Peter, Cornelius, they keep responding, and they keep acting, putting it into action. You might sit

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 here and go, well, okay, I kind of want to. I have kind of become a Christian, a bit of a lukewarm one,

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 to be honest, because I'm so distracted and so busy with my life here in this city. But I am trying to

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 respond to him. But James, what you're saying, I'm okay with the gathering. You're actually already

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 quite lucky that I'm gathering here at church today, because I used to be able, I used to be

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 doing it online during COVID, and that was much easier. But now I'm actually here, so I'm responding

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 in some way. But the scattering part, where you're saying that I have to go and share with Jesus,

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 share people about Jesus, oh, that's hard. And I would say, if you feel insecure about that,

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 I'm going to challenge you and encourage you at the same time. I'm going to pat you on the back and

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 then slap you at the same time and say, actually, that insecurity that you have is actually pride.

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 Because actually, pride and insecurity are the same thing, in my eyes. It's just a continuum. It's

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 just a loop. Think of the most, and I've said this before, think of the most proud person that you know,

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 the one who feels as though they have to tell you everything about everything they've done,

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 where they studied, everyone they know. At their heart, what are they? Insecure. Because they're

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 trying to show you that they belong, that they want you to see them. And someone who's insecure,

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 or if you say, well, I can't do that. I can't come up and open up the Bible and talk. I just don't know

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 enough. Well, actually, I would say, well, actually, you're prideful too. But because who said anything about

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 that you're the one who's doing it? Have we learned anything from the book of Acts? Not the acts of the

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 apostles, but the act of the Holy Spirit through the apostles. All of this is the Holy Spirit. And you will see

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 this again and again. And it always seems like, wait, this is getting a bit tedious. The Word of God.

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 Why do you keep reminding us that it's the Holy Spirit that's doing this stuff? It's because,

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 well, I don't know about you, but for me, I always forget. I always think it's me that's doing it.

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 But I don't think that's what Peter felt. I don't think that's what Paul felt. I think they were

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 just like, what is God doing? What is the Holy Spirit doing? I would love to just follow and just

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 go along with him. And you see it here in the chapter 13. And actually, the mission starts,

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 actually, I've got a, I just wanted to briefly introduce you to, I've got a group of friends here,

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 all from Young Life in different parts, from Latin America, from Africa, and from Europe.

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 There's been a global leaders conference where all the leaders of Young Life get together

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 to talk about, well, just how to continue to share the good news and share the mission.

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 And we've been talking a lot about how to do that, how to strategize, how to plan. Of course,

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 the other evening, we had a mentor of mine come and speak to us and kind of blew all that out the

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 window. Because the whole goal is to keep your eyes on Jesus. And it's fascinating. You see it

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 aligned here that the strategy and the mission of the kingdom of God moving starts with a church

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 service. And I want to challenge you here today. You may have just showed up because it's what you do.

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 It's part of your muscle memory now. But what if God showed up today and spoke to you

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 and said, I want you to do something? One, would you hear it? And two, would you respond to it?

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 My prayer is that now, not all of us are going to get that. Not everyone gets it here.

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 But can we be prepared? Can we be prepared for the living God who's right here now,

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 probably sitting next to me here to speak to us and for us to respond? On that note,

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 I'm going to invite us to stand for the word of the Lord. And I'm going to ask, actually,

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 ask my friend Kathy from Canada to come and read it to us. Acts chapter 13, verse 1 to 12.

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 All right. Hello. Okay. Acts 13.

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 Now, now they were in the church at Antioch, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon, who was

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 called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manan, a lifelong friend of Herod, the Tetrarch, and Saul. While they

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 were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, set apart for me, Barnabas and Saul,

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 for the work to which I have called them. Then, after fasting and praying, they laid their hands

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 on them and sent them off. So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia,

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 and from there they sailed to Cyprus. When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God

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 in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had John to assist them. When they had gone through the whole

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 island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.

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 He was with the procouncil, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul

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 and sought to hear the word of God. But Elimus, the magician, for that is the meaning of his name,

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 opposed them, seeking to turn the procouncil away from the faith. But Saul, who was also called Paul,

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 filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him and said, You son of the devil, you enemy of all

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 righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths

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 of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to

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 see the sun for a time. Immediately, mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking

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 people to lead him by the hand. Then the procouncil believed when he saw what had occurred, for he was

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 astonished at the teaching of the Lord. The word of God. Praise be to God. Thank you, Kathy. Please take a seat.

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 Holy Spirit, we pray, as you were there at that time in that church service, we know that you are here.

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 And you've called us to be set apart. Lord, we are ready. Would you speak? Your servants are listening.

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 We seek to respond to you in any and every way that you call us.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 So, the church starts to grow in Antioch, the city that's so connected. And actually, it's beautiful just

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 to have friends come and, I know we have Young Life, we have Bible Project friends coming here, and

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 it would have felt a little bit like this. A group of people gathering in one place, and then visitors

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 coming in as well. And actually, you see here later in this chapter, that actually, then they were,

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 Paul and Barnabas would visit different churches, and then they would be asked to speak. Now, whether

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 they were received well or not is what we're going to find out, but that is how it would have felt.

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 And so, they're in this church service, and it starts out, and I'm just going to go through verse by verse.

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 And so, if you have your Bibles,

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 remember, only paper Bibles.

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 Mrs. Brown, do you have your paper Bible with you?

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 You don't. Every time you...

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 Never mind. We'll leave it there.

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 52 verses.

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 So, I'm going to have 52 points this morning,

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 but we're just going to go through each one.

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 First, now there were a church in the Antioch,

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 prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon,

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 who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene,

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 Manine of a lifelong friend of Herod,

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 the Tetrarch, and Saul.

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 Talking about different people in the church, I was like, why are you writing

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 this list, Luke? I think he's telling us again

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 that, hey, this church was eclectic.

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 It was a mixed bag of people

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 from all over, of different kinds

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 of races and cultures.

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 And you hear this time and time again,

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 and later in Acts 16, you'll see the birth

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 of the Church of Philippi, and again, a random

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 collection of people. There's a prison officer,

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 there's a slave girl, there's a businesswoman, and they're

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 all sat together in the same room.

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 This is really interesting to me, because

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 how often do we go looking for churches

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 to find the people who look

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 like us, sound like us,

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 and basically think like us?

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 And then we're looking for small groups that I

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 need to find people who I vibe well with,

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 who are in the same stage in life

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 as I, who are single like me,

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 who are married like me, who are married for

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 five years like me, who are married for

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 25 years like me, who have children who are

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 newborn like me, who have children who are just

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 about to enter the teenage years like me,

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 who have adult children like me, and you

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 wonder, oh, I don't

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 know if I saw that

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 in the early church. And I'm not

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 here saying, hey, actually,

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 those complaints are invalid, because I think

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 there is something about doing life with a

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 group of people who truly understand

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 where you're coming from. I get that.

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 But there's also this beautiful chance where

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 you're talking to someone who is from a

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 different place, different

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 country. My friend Power here

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 serves in Africa and is the lead

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 for Zimbabwe, and he's going to be developing

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 Young Life in Nairobi and in Cape Town,

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 and I'm like,

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 God, him and I

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 don't look alike,

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 don't think the same

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 way. And if I'm honest, it's

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 harder talking to him than talking

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 to my brother, who grew up in the same house

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 as me. But he's so much better

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 and smarter and better looking than my

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 brother. There's something there that really

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 blesses me.

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 There's something

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 beautiful about being with different people, and so

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 there's that balance, and I get it.

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 But if you're sat here looking around

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 at this church and going, there's no one who

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 is like me here,

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 I'll say then, perfect, you're in the right

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 place. You are representing you.

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 The church of God is a mosaic of different

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 kinds of people, not just one

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 copy and paste across the whole land.

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 I think that's why Luke is showing that

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 to us here. And verse 2, while they were

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 worshipping the Lord and fasting,

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 the Holy Spirit said, set apart for me

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 Barnabas and Paul for the work

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 to which I have called them.

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 I would love that. I would love that for me,

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 and I would love that for you.

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 Well, when we're worshipping and praying,

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 suddenly God says,

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 all right,

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 Josh Shum and Josh Piano,

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 set them apart.

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 They're going to head

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 to Latin America to serve.

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 That'd be so clear.

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 But yet,

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 that's often not what happens.

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 What happens afterwards, they hear that,

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 and then after fasting and praying,

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 they lay their hands on them and set them

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 off. This tells me one thing.

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 The mission of God is not ours.

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 We did not invent the mission of God.

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 David Platt says this,

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 missioning, just being missionaries

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 or just pursuing and growing the mission

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 is not our idea.

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 It's not because we're doing it

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 out of the goodness of our own hearts.

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 This is God's idea.

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 And we're just simply just

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 going along for the ride.

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 You know, and for those of us,

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 maybe not for the average person

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 who's working in an office

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 and just trying to figure out

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 how to involve Jesus in your life.

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 For those of us who have given

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 our lives up to trying to follow,

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 we're trying to think,

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 well, what's the strategy?

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 How do we do this?

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 For a few years,

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 I was strapped in fear of the verse,

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 without vision,

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 people perish.

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 And so I kept thinking,

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 what's my vision?

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 What's my strategy

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 to go and spread the gospel?

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 Until I found out that passage

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 in Proverbs 29

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 isn't talking about my own vision

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 and my own strategy.

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 It's without prophetic vision,

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 people lack restraint.

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 Without a visual on God,

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 without seeing God himself,

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 you won't know where to go.

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 You will lack focus,

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 is what it's actually saying.

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 The first kickoff

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 of missions committee meeting here

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 was through prayer and fasting.

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 That was it.

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 Francis Chan says this,

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 we've made the great commission

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 about our strategies,

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 but the early church knew

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 it was the spirit's work.

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 They just obeyed.

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 Tozer says the spirit himself

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 is the very strategy of God.

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 That's it.

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 Do we as a group

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 come together enough

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 to worship and pray

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 and fast and go,

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 God, where do you want to send us?

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 And it will all be

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 to different places.

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 Paul and Barnabas get sent here.

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 Josh and Danny get sent there.

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 And that's the beauty of it.

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 As followers of Christ,

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 we're following.

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 Yet so often we think,

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 okay, as leaders,

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 we have to make up

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 where we're going.

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 We have to decide,

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 no, no, no.

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 If you look at the leaders here,

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 they were simply following.

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 And so they go.

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 Well, actually,

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 after that,

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 they hear that

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 and they continue

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 to then fast and pray

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 and then they lay

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 their hands on them

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 and then they are sent off.

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 Verse two says,

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 the Holy Spirit says.

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 In verse four,

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 so being sent out by who?

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 Not by the church.

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 By the Holy Spirit.

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 Again, so it's,

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 can I,

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 have I said that enough?

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 Did I say that today?

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 It's all about the Holy Spirit.

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 It's all about God.

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 It's all about going,

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 God, where do you want to send me

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 and will you come with me?

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 And so they go,

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 verse four,

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 and they actually,

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 they start their missionary journey.

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 Something else here.

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 Acts nine,

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 which was only three,

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 four chapters ago,

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 that's when Saul was converted.

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 We think,

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 sometimes we look at this,

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 we read this,

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 all the highlights of it

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 and we think immediately

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 he then went to

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 his first missionary journey.

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 He spent about 10 years.

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 He went home

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 and he was just

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 mulling over the scriptures.

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 He was mulling over his encounter

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 for 10 years

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 before it was time

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 to go on this first missionary trip.

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 Sometimes we're just in a rush.

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 Sometimes we want to

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 out of our eagerness,

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 out of our passion for God

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 and yet here

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 we see Paul wakes 10 years

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 before God sends him out.

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 And so he goes

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 and they go on this little journey.

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 They go on this little road trip

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 and they go to Cyprus first

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 and then

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 what I'm going to focus on today

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 is actually

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 as they share the gospel,

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 there are different reactions

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 to the gospel

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 and I think they are

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 the different reactions

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 that we will see today also.

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 Actually, just as a show of hands,

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 who's ever attempted

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 to share the gospel

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 with someone

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 who is not a Christian?

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 Can you just put your hand?

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 Amazing.

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 I was so afraid

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 that there'd be

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 five people

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 and they'd be all in this corner.

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 Can we just see that again

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 and then just look around?

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 If you've ever tried

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 to share the gospel,

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 that is so

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 harmony.

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 That is it.

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 If you haven't put your hand up,

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 don't worry.

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 You will put your hand up

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 at some point

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 because as long as you're open,

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 God will use you.

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 But I want to warn you today,

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 when you do do that

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 or those of us

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 who have done that,

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 we often receive

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 with different responses.

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 Pastor Gabe,

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 when you've shared the gospel,

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 what responses have you had?

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 Sometimes people

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 say, like, I don't believe.

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 Yeah.

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 It's like, okay,

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 that's good that you believe this.

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 That's good for you.

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 But, you know,

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 I'm happy living my life.

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 Yeah.

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 It's a cool story, bro.

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 Someone, yeah,

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 but it's for you,

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 but it's not for me.

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 I don't believe.

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 And then,

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 or just,

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 I just don't care.

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 Shigala,

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 what about you?

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 When you share the gospel,

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 what reactions have you received?

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 So,

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 there she goes,

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 Shigala,

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 talking about that Jesus again.

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 Wouldn't it be amazing

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 if Shigala made it

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 into the Bible

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 and the one line

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 of descriptor for her

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 was she just kept

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 talking about Jesus.

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 Wouldn't that be cool?

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 Wouldn't that be cool

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 of all of us?

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 Caleb,

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 what about you?

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 Indifference.

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 Indifference.

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 I think that's probably

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 the biggest one.

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 And I actually think

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 that might be

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 the most dangerous one.

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 When they're kind of like,

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 hmm,

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 okay.

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 And we move on.

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 And then we're,

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 because sometimes I find

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 I get,

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 I do better,

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 I mean,

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 I've told you before

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 when I argue with my wife,

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 I get smarter and smarter

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 and wittier and wittier

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 when the fight gets

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 more and more heated.

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 Sometimes I find

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 when I get more resistance,

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 I know what to say more,

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 or at least

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 I know what not to say more.

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 But when it's indifference,

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 when there's nothing

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 to bounce off,

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 it's kind of like,

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 hmm.

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 Well,

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 we see here

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 that actually there are

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 lots of different kinds

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 of responses.

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 The first one is a guy

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 called Bar-Jesus.

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 Ironically,

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 that means the son of Jesus,

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 but Luke does tell us

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 another name,

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 which is Elimas,

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 which means magician.

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 So they go to Cyprus

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 and they start sharing

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 the gospel there

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 in the synagogue.

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 Again,

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 Paul and Barnabas

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 at this point,

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 their strategy,

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 Holy Spirit sends them,

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 but where do they go

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 when they turn up to a new town?

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 What do you do?

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 Well,

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 first of all,

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 I'll find where the best place

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 to have noodles is.

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 Once I've found out

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 where the noodles are,

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 I'll have noodles,

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 and then for them,

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 they will then head

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 to the synagogue.

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 That is the first place

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 they go.

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 Why?

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 Because the gospel,

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 the message will come

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 through the Jews.

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 And so,

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 okay,

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 I'm going to go

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 and speak to whoever

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 will listen in the synagogue

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 because that's what they do.

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 They get there

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 and they see two guys.

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 They see two people.

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 The first guy

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 that Luke talks about here

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 is the false prophet Bar-Jesus,

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 also known as Elimas,

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 and the other

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 is the proconsul,

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 the governor of Cyprus,

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 basically,

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 Sergius Paulus.

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 I'll talk about Bar-Jesus first.

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 His name is Elimas,

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 the magician.

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 Often in those days

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 for powerful people,

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 they would surround themselves

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 with, well,

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 yes men,

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 and they would also

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 surround themselves

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 with sorcerers.

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 Magicians.

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 Why?

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 To tell them the future.

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 Hey, tell me,

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 mirror, mirror on the wall.

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 Tell me how I will continue

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 to be the most powerful

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 of them all.

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 And so these magicians

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 would stay around them

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 and whisper into their ears

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 and say,

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 Bar-Jesus,

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 one of these people.

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 And so you can imagine

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 he was very hostile

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 to Paul and Barnabas.

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 He was like,

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 do not come near my territory.

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 This is how I make a living,

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 talking to this governor,

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 trying to strike fear

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 into him

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:56.200
 so he can remain in power

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.680
 so that I can remain in power.

00:22:58.720 --> 00:23:00.000
 And so I can live a life

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:01.359
 of money and wealth

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.379
 and fame.

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.980
 And so Elimas goes to them

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:06.420
 and actually what he does,

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.740
 he does something in verse 8

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.799
 and he opposes them,

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:10.059
 seeking to turn the proconsul

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:11.640
 away from the faith.

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:14.140
 So he's trying to completely

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:15.240
 sow deceit

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:16.520
 into this conversation

00:23:16.520 --> 00:23:17.020
 right here.

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.120
 But on the other hand,

00:23:18.300 --> 00:23:19.100
 there is the governor,

00:23:19.300 --> 00:23:20.040
 Sergius Paulus,

00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:21.240
 who, again,

00:23:21.300 --> 00:23:22.180
 I would love to be described

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.520
 as this,

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.480
 a man of intelligence,

00:23:24.040 --> 00:23:25.520
 who summoned Barnabas

00:23:25.520 --> 00:23:25.960
 and Saul

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.860
 and sought to hear

00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:27.440
 the word of God.

00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:28.920
 This guy was smart

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:30.640
 and this guy was hungry

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:32.380
 and this guy was powerful.

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.860
 So he hears about Paul

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.200
 and Barnabas,

00:23:34.280 --> 00:23:34.900
 hey, can you come

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.780
 and tell me about this

00:23:35.780 --> 00:23:36.560
 because I've heard

00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:37.100
 that some things

00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:37.780
 are happening here.

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:39.039
 Would you tell me

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:40.440
 what you are talking about?

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.139
 The magician next to him

00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:42.660
 goes, don't.

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.420
 Don't listen to them.

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.559
 It's false.

00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:47.259
 This tells me one thing.

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:48.119
 When we go and share

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.539
 the gospel,

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.920
 we will have opposition.

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.339
 You will.

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.779
 Every time you try

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.339
 and stand up,

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.559
 Ephesians 6,

00:23:56.899 --> 00:23:58.039
 talking about the spiritual

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:59.079
 warfare that happens,

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.220
 what's the thing

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.980
 that is that just stand,

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:02.500
 just remain firm

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.359
 and stand

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.480
 and the wind will blow

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.119
 and the resistance

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.799
 will come.

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:07.000
 So let's not be surprised

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.579
 when that comes

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.919
 in my earliest.

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:10.059
 So when Christine and I,

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:10.919
 we first decided

00:24:10.919 --> 00:24:11.659
 we're going to quit our jobs

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.399
 and go into ministry.

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.579
 In that moment,

00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:14.359
 in those first few months,

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.039
 we just kept getting

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:16.159
 wave after wave of attack

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:17.199
 of different kinds of things.

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:18.980
 And on one hand,

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.980
 you know what, God,

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.599
 I don't, I don't,

00:24:20.919 --> 00:24:21.519
 I actually don't know

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.139
 if this is worth it.

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.779
 I think it might actually,

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.000
 maybe I'll just go back.

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:26.399
 Maybe I'll just lie back down again.

00:24:26.439 --> 00:24:27.199
 It's like if you're standing

00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:27.839
 in a typhoon,

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:29.279
 maybe it's easy just to lie down

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.559
 and just let it go over you.

00:24:31.699 --> 00:24:32.559
 And then Ephesians 6

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.059
 just tells you,

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.579
 stand,

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.139
 stand

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:36.939
 and stand.

00:24:38.199 --> 00:24:39.299
 We will get opposition.

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.139
 This has happened

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:42.039
 multiple times here,

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:43.199
 especially when I invite friends

00:24:43.199 --> 00:24:44.179
 and who,

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.159
 who come and share

00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:45.679
 the word with me

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.199
 and that week

00:24:46.199 --> 00:24:47.159
 is just a terrible week.

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.159
 Why?

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:48.859
 Nothing,

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:50.259
 nothing special,

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:50.919
 but other than just

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:52.319
 to distract,

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.480
 discourage,

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.799
 divide.

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.019
 Be prepared.

00:24:57.179 --> 00:24:58.039
 So I hope you are ready

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.679
 for this as you put,

00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:00.000
 if you put up your hand

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.059
 or you will put up your hand

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.799
 or you pray that one day

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.639
 you'll be able to put up your hand

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.399
 that you will have shared

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:03.740
 the gospel.

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.720
 Just be prepared.

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.940
 That isn't always easy.

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.420
 In fact,

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.559
 you will have opposition.

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:09.059
 Even like here,

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:10.299
 you see that happening.

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.039
 And of course,

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.680
 it's not even Paul.

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:13.460
 Jesus himself says,

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.120
 blessed are you

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:15.660
 when others persecute you

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.660
 and utter all kinds of evil

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.200
 against you.

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:20.099
 So I don't want to,

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:21.160
 I don't want to oversell it

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:22.299
 in a way that's false as well

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:23.420
 because it is good

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.880
 and it's just beautiful

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.700
 when you see people

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.720
 responding to the good news

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.079
 of Jesus.

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.140
 But there is,

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:28.720
 there is,

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.900
 it often gets harder

00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.640
 before it gets better.

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:32.640
 And we see that here.

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.340
 But,

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.780
 whilst there are people

00:25:34.780 --> 00:25:35.420
 who are opposing,

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:36.340
 there are also people

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:37.820
 who are genuinely hungry.

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.680
 This intelligent,

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.560
 powerful man,

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.920
 hungry for God.

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:45.820
 Can we just appreciate

00:25:45.820 --> 00:25:47.500
 Sergius Paul is here?

00:25:47.780 --> 00:25:49.120
 He didn't have to do this.

00:25:50.060 --> 00:25:51.360
 He's already got all the power.

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.920
 He's the governor.

00:25:52.020 --> 00:25:52.440
 He's,

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.320
 he's in charge

00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:54.240
 of this whole island.

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.960
 He doesn't need

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:56.160
 to seek a higher power.

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.300
 Especially,

00:25:57.600 --> 00:25:58.540
 what it would do

00:25:58.540 --> 00:25:59.540
 to him

00:25:59.540 --> 00:26:00.500
 in front of his colleagues.

00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:02.480
 In front of the empire.

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.360
 And yet,

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.080
 here he is saying,

00:26:05.300 --> 00:26:06.020
 you know what,

00:26:06.040 --> 00:26:06.960
 I just want to know the truth.

00:26:07.020 --> 00:26:08.120
 And it continues to reaffirm

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.500
 that message

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.100
 that even though

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.740
 you have everything

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.620
 that you think you want,

00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.520
 you get to the end

00:26:11.520 --> 00:26:12.060
 and you realize,

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.460
 oh actually,

00:26:12.540 --> 00:26:13.400
 there's still something more.

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.500
 And I think Sergius Paul

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:16.200
 is exactly in that space.

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.480
 I have everything I need,

00:26:17.520 --> 00:26:18.320
 yet I still don't have

00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:19.220
 the one thing that I need.

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.300
 And so there will be people

00:26:21.300 --> 00:26:22.320
 who are hungry.

00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:23.660
 There will be people

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.720
 who are asking questions.

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.480
 There will be people

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.280
 who are watching us.

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:29.579
 Because how else

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.879
 did he hear about them?

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.879
 Be prepared

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:35.059
 for all kinds

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:36.000
 of responses.

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.960
 Whether those

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.799
 who are opposing you

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:39.000
 or those who are

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:40.139
 actually hungry

00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:41.500
 and wanting to ask you.

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:42.160
 And then the most

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.039
 crazy thing happens,

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.599
 verse 9.

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:45.899
 Saul looks at Elimas

00:26:45.899 --> 00:26:46.779
 and says this,

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.919
 You son of the devil,

00:26:49.199 --> 00:26:50.500
 you enemy of all righteousness,

00:26:50.719 --> 00:26:51.419
 full of all deceit

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:51.959
 and villainy,

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:53.059
 will you not stop

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.659
 making crooked

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.299
 the straight path

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.699
 of the Lord?

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.439
 And now behold,

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.119
 the hand of the Lord

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.639
 is upon you

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:57.799
 and you will be blind

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.779
 and unable to see

00:26:58.779 --> 00:27:00.579
 the sun for a time.

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.199
 And immediately,

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:02.919
 mist and darkness

00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:03.559
 fell upon him

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.319
 and he went about

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.859
 seeking people

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.839
 to lead him by the hand.

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.039
 Isn't it ironic

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:11.059
 that only a few chapters later,

00:27:12.459 --> 00:27:12.740
 Saul,

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:14.160
 who was blinding himself

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:16.079
 as a sign

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.680
 and a symptom

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.400
 of his own

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.299
 spiritual blindness

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.519
 is now dishing it out?

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.740
 I like to think

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.599
 that actually Saul,

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.019
 and he says

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.819
 it's only for a time.

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:28.059
 I'm almost like,

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:29.579
 I hope Saul's praying

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.299
 for this guy going,

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.299
 Hey, you don't know now.

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.740
 Once you know,

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.319
 you're going to know.

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.620
 But don't worry,

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.140
 you're going to be blind

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.620
 for a few days

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:36.140
 just like me.

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.940
 We don't actually hear

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.599
 what happens to Elimas

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:39.279
 after this.

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.359
 But in that,

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.000
 can you just see

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:42.160
 the just radical transformation

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:43.380
 when someone meets Jesus?

00:27:44.540 --> 00:27:45.759
 The courage that it takes now,

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:47.220
 hey, he's calling it out.

00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:48.140
 So this is something else

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.779
 that we have to do.

00:27:49.040 --> 00:27:50.180
 When we are sharing

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:51.160
 the gospel with people,

00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:53.040
 this is my own personal experience,

00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:54.160
 when I'm trying to share

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:55.300
 the gospel with Trevor,

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:57.000
 there'll actually always be

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:58.040
 voices on either side.

00:27:58.039 --> 00:28:01.920
 It's our job to discern

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:03.079
 what the Spirit wants us to do

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.700
 in that moment

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.159
 because actually

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:05.119
 everyone here needs Jesus.

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:06.319
 Everyone here needs

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.059
 to hear the gospel.

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.079
 But sometimes

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.759
 there will be truths

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.339
 that will come out

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:11.259
 that are just so piercing

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.599
 and so destructive

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:13.339
 to the good news

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:14.000
 that we actually

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.599
 have to call out.

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.399
 Do we have the courage

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:17.019
 to do that?

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.339
 And honestly,

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.119
 this, of course,

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.039
 I'm not saying

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:21.099
 anyone should go out now

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:22.359
 and find someone

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:22.839
 and call them

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.480
 the son of the devil.

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.700
 That's not what I'm saying.

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:28.440
 But how could this look?

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.460
 This could look like

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.319
 when you're in the office

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:32.700
 and someone's asking Kenneth,

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.640
 hey, Kenneth,

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.080
 like,

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:36.220
 bankers aren't usually kind

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.860
 and you didn't used to be kind,

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:39.620
 but now you're a little bit kind.

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.000
 Why are you kind?

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.720
 And then Kenneth will go,

00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:42.980
 well,

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.340
 I still want to make

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:45.180
 as much money as I can

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:46.380
 and have my business go well,

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.220
 but actually,

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:47.740
 ultimately,

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:49.740
 I trust that God is in control.

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:51.019
 And ultimately,

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:52.220
 it's not about money.

00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:53.920
 Someone on the side

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.500
 will then say,

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:56.039
 that's a load of rubbish.

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.059
 Money is the only thing

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.900
 that makes the world go around.

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.480
 And then,

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.319
 do we have the courage

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.940
 in that moment to go,

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.160
 actually,

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.720
 that's not true.

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:06.579
 Actually,

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.259
 I don't believe that.

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:07.960
 Respectfully,

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.299
 humbly.

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.279
 I don't believe that

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:11.059
 because I see people

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.700
 who have all the money

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.099
 in the world,

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.799
 they are just,

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.720
 their lives are just

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.380
 completely broken.

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.779
 They're not happy.

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.460
 They're not satisfied.

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.579
 And I believe that

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.180
 the love of money

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.039
 is the root of all evil.

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:26.500
 Are we willing to stand up

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.440
 and say it in the most,

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:27.859
 I mean,

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.139
 Jesus,

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.659
 John 1,

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.740
 filled with grace and truth.

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:31.319
 Can we do the same

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:33.079
 is all we're really

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.159
 looking for here.

00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:35.559
 So Paul confronts him

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.680
 and the guy gets blind,

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:36.980
 again,

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.519
 just a symptom

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.519
 of his spiritual blindness

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.099
 here.

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:40.180
 But we see here

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:41.200
 that actually the gospel

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.940
 is for everyone,

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.920
 even the Gentiles

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:44.139
 and even the elite.

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.940
 Even the elite.

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.299
 Actually,

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:47.879
 in Hong Kong,

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.500
 we have something

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.720
 which is we are surrounded,

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.059
 of course,

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.019
 by capitalism and money

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:52.460
 and you see all these

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:54.000
 people of influence.

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:55.099
 And sometimes you think,

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.259
 well,

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:56.639
 how about we go

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:58.460
 to the people of influence?

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.700
 Maybe they will change the world

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.700
 and sometimes I'm resistant

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.240
 to that because,

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:01.440
 well,

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.359
 Jesus didn't choose

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:03.119
 the people of influence,

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.919
 he just chose anyone.

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.339
 But it doesn't mean

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.359
 the people of influence

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:06.899
 are excluded

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:07.720
 from the gospel either.

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.059
 In fact,

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.899
 they have their role

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.619
 to play.

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.059
 The Ethiopian,

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:14.519
 the CFO of Ethiopia

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:16.559
 was converted by Philip,

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.819
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.980
 he probably goes back

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.460
 to Ethiopia

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.639
 and continues to spread

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.039
 the gospel

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.700
 in the chambers

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.119
 of the queen.

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.299
 We all have our role

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.619
 to play

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:26.159
 whether we are elite

00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:26.859
 or not.

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:27.839
 And you see,

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.740
 when he's preaching,

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.019
 he's really preaching

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.599
 about one thing,

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.399
 Jesus.

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.700
 So they finish one place,

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.079
 oh,

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.700
 the proconsul,

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.339
 the governor,

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.639
 looks at the magician

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:36.919
 and goes,

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.559
 oh my goodness,

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.059
 he's blind.

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:40.059
 And there's two things.

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.379
 One,

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.220
 he's astonished

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.839
 by that power.

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.639
 He's like,

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.519
 did you just,

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:45.939
 how did you just do that?

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.619
 There's something here

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:48.399
 that I don't understand.

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.859
 And second,

00:30:48.959 --> 00:30:49.439
 he's astonished

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:49.959
 by the teaching.

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.399
 What would have been

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:50.819
 the teaching?

00:30:51.159 --> 00:30:51.899
 The teaching would have been

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:52.719
 just only one thing,

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.039
 Jesus,

00:30:53.979 --> 00:30:55.539
 about who Jesus is.

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.199
 And you see a glimpse

00:30:56.199 --> 00:30:57.159
 of that as we move on

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:58.259
 into the next passage.

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.259
 So after that,

00:30:59.379 --> 00:31:00.299
 they then move on

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.119
 to Perga.

00:31:01.419 --> 00:31:02.199
 Perga from there

00:31:02.199 --> 00:31:02.799
 in Pamphylia.

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.639
 And then they go,

00:31:03.719 --> 00:31:04.479
 what do they do again?

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.939
 They go into the synagogue again.

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.599
 This is just,

00:31:07.459 --> 00:31:08.319
 that's what they do now.

00:31:08.459 --> 00:31:09.319
 This is the basically

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.619
 laying down

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:12.459
 the strategy for them,

00:31:12.459 --> 00:31:13.219
 which is to go

00:31:13.219 --> 00:31:14.119
 and speak to the Jews.

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.139
 And so they go

00:31:15.139 --> 00:31:15.919
 into the synagogue.

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.759
 They're noticed

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.480
 by the people

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.039
 in the synagogue.

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.940
 And then the people

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.339
 in the synagogue,

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.619
 hey,

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.619
 would you like to come up

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.599
 and share a little bit?

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.200
 And then Paul goes,

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.339
 well,

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.079
 I don't mind if I do.

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.799
 Because actually,

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.200
 I've been waiting

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.079
 10 years for this.

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.480
 I've been studying

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.400
 my whole life,

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.400
 the scriptures.

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.859
 And I was blind

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.440
 the whole time

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:34.279
 until 10 years ago.

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.420
 And now I want to show you.

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:36.539
 So he jumps into a sermon

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.240
 and you'll probably

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.039
 be mildly relieved

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.640
 that I'm not going to go

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:39.140
 through the sermon

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.359
 verse by verse.

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:42.459
 But what he does

00:31:42.459 --> 00:31:43.039
 in this sermon,

00:31:43.919 --> 00:31:44.759
 he splits it

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.379
 into three parts.

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.299
 He does a Tim Keller

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.979
 three-point sermon.

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.979
 And the first point,

00:31:48.219 --> 00:31:48.579
 he says,

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.399
 actually,

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.439
 I need you to remind you

00:31:50.439 --> 00:31:51.419
 about God's faithfulness

00:31:51.419 --> 00:31:52.199
 to Israel,

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.819
 the covenant

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.359
 that he had

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.259
 for you guys.

00:31:55.719 --> 00:31:56.459
 And he mentions

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:57.119
 some key people.

00:31:57.219 --> 00:31:57.399
 Of course,

00:31:57.419 --> 00:31:57.879
 he talks about

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.879
 the wilderness here.

00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:00.319
 We're in verse 18 now.

00:32:00.699 --> 00:32:01.459
 And for about 40 years,

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.219
 he put up with them

00:32:02.219 --> 00:32:02.859
 in the wilderness.

00:32:03.219 --> 00:32:03.819
 And after destroying

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.399
 seven nations

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:05.059
 in the land of Canaan,

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:05.879
 he gave them the land

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.419
 as an inheritance.

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.420
 All this took

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.660
 about 450 years.

00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:10.779
 I'm an impatient person,

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.800
 so this speaks

00:32:11.800 --> 00:32:12.700
 to me all the time.

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.640
 I respond to Jesus

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:17.420
 and I want results

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:18.240
 and I want fruit

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:19.580
 immediately.

00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:21.160
 And yet,

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:23.240
 Saul meets Jesus,

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:25.240
 goes home for 10 years

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.200
 to study,

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.980
 finally goes on his journey

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:29.980
 and then things happen

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.800
 and he preaches the sermon

00:32:30.800 --> 00:32:31.420
 and he reminds them,

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.539
 hey,

00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:31.900
 the Israelites

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.420
 were out there

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.620
 for 450 years

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:35.019
 before they got

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.880
 what God promised.

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.680
 40 years

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:39.039
 of just wandering around.

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.420
 And he goes through

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:43.200
 and he reminds them

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.400
 of this

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.279
 and he talks about Samuel,

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.400
 he talks about David,

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.500
 the son of Jesse

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:48.420
 after God's own heart

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.420
 and then he talks

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.180
 about John the Baptist

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:51.060
 and what he's doing,

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:52.400
 he's simply reminding them

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:53.300
 of Israel's history

00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:54.220
 and then he's saying,

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:54.600
 actually,

00:32:55.560 --> 00:32:56.500
 you know this history

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.320
 as well as I do

00:32:57.320 --> 00:32:58.500
 but the one part

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.920
 you don't know

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.400
 is that actually

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.320
 Christ is the hinge

00:33:00.320 --> 00:33:00.800
 of the history.

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.200
 Christ is that moment

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.039
 where things turn.

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:04.160
 God had a covenant

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.640
 with you guys

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:05.360
 and you kept messing up

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:06.459
 over and over and over again

00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:07.259
 and you had no way

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.939
 of saving yourself

00:33:07.939 --> 00:33:09.359
 and then one finally

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.819
 who came

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.679
 who had clean hands

00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:11.299
 and a pure heart

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:12.039
 and he comes

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.899
 and he ascends the hill

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:14.039
 and he dies for us

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:15.559
 and sacrifices for us

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.879
 so that now we through him

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:18.179
 have access to the Father

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:19.419
 because of his spirit.

00:33:20.679 --> 00:33:21.179
 And so that's what

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:21.679
 he's trying to,

00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.579
 so he says,

00:33:22.699 --> 00:33:23.599
 I know what you know,

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:24.259
 Moses,

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:25.039
 Abraham,

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.519
 David,

00:33:26.679 --> 00:33:26.939
 Samuel,

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.899
 I know all this stuff,

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:29.139
 I know you do too

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:29.959
 but you're missing

00:33:29.959 --> 00:33:30.699
 the final piece

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.460
 that makes it all

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.160
 work together.

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.080
 Jesus,

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.799
 I met him,

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:35.059
 I met him 10 years ago,

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.059
 I was trying to kill

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.620
 his people

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.680
 but then I realized

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.380
 when I met him

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:38.940
 that I was actually

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:40.120
 trying to persecute him

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:41.380
 because he told me so

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:42.559
 and then I changed my life

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.420
 completely around

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.620
 and please don't call me

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:45.080
 Saul anymore,

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:46.440
 call me Paul

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.600
 because that's my mission now

00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:48.600
 to the rest of the world

00:33:48.600 --> 00:33:49.660
 because I'm going to be

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.660
 sharing the gospel

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.759
 to the ends of the earth

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:53.400
 just like Jesus told me so,

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.400
 I need to tell you

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:55.279
 about Jesus

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.580
 is what his sermon

00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:57.940
 was about.

00:33:57.940 --> 00:34:01.559
 He gives this

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.259
 lightning tour

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:03.320
 of the history

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:04.340
 of the Bible

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:07.059
 and points it all

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:08.019
 to Jesus

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:10.420
 and when he talks

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.860
 about Jesus

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.579
 and this is actually

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.300
 you and I can learn

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.659
 from this,

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.559
 he then goes into

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.880
 the Bible.

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:15.480
 He goes into the Bible

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.420
 and he actually brings up

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.460
 three different passages

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.780
 from the Old Testament.

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.159
 Remember,

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:20.179
 Paul did not have

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.760
 the New Testament,

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.780
 he wrote a lot

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.380
 of the New Testament

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:23.179
 but he didn't have it

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.559
 himself,

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.460
 right?

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.220
 So he would have

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:26.159
 just had the Old Testament

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.900
 that he's been studying

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.740
 for the whole of his life

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.759
 and he picks out

00:34:28.759 --> 00:34:29.719
 some key passages

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.639
 that he wants to highlight

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.139
 to people

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:32.059
 and I want to quickly

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:33.139
 show you those things

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.539
 because it will make sense

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.579
 and we will then

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.419
 be able to apply it.

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.059
 So the first thing

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.659
 he does when he talks

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.099
 about Jesus,

00:34:38.359 --> 00:34:39.479
 he brings up Psalm 2

00:34:39.479 --> 00:34:42.339
 which is in Acts 13

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:43.719
 verse 32, 33.

00:34:44.339 --> 00:34:45.039
 You are my son,

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:46.519
 today I have begotten you.

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.299
 So the first thing

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:47.799
 he talks about

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:48.539
 is the identity

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.459
 and the divinity

00:34:49.459 --> 00:34:50.000
 of Jesus.

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.319
 He's like,

00:34:51.359 --> 00:34:51.819
 this isn't just

00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:52.539
 a nice guy.

00:34:53.879 --> 00:34:54.519
 Keller said this,

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.579
 you cannot just say

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:56.219
 that Jesus is

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:57.000
 an interesting guy.

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.500
 You can't stop there.

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.719
 He's either Lord of all

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.559
 or he's not at all.

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.619
 C.S. Lewis says

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.940
 he's either liar,

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:03.679
 lunatic,

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.320
 or Lord.

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.739
 You cannot just stop

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:07.059
 at the nice guy place.

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:09.239
 You cannot even just stop

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:10.679
 at him being a good prophet

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.679
 with good teachings.

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:14.179
 Paul cuts straight in

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.739
 and talks about

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:15.880
 who Jesus is

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.340
 and he says,

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.559
 he quotes Psalm 2,

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.559
 you are my son,

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.880
 today I have begotten you.

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.719
 He jumps straight

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.199
 into the fact

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:22.079
 that Jesus here

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:23.880
 is the son of God.

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:27.380
 His divine nature.

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:28.819
 It needed to be this

00:35:28.819 --> 00:35:29.699
 in order for him

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:30.639
 to save the sins of many

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.719
 because he was the only one

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:32.259
 who was sinless.

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.239
 He's the only one

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:34.599
 who is the son of God

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:36.279
 sacrificed for all of us.

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:37.420
 So he jumps into Psalm 2

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.400
 to talk about that

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.920
 and then he jumps into

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.599
 Psalm 16

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.219
 where he says,

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:42.319
 I will give you the holy

00:35:42.319 --> 00:35:44.579
 and sure blessings of David.

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:46.559
 You will not let your holy ones

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.119
 see corruption.

00:35:47.259 --> 00:35:48.539
 That's verse 35.

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:50.440
 So he talks about

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:51.639
 the identity of Jesus

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.420
 and then he talks about

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.440
 the sovereignty of God.

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.559
 He's saying actually,

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:56.079
 you crucified

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.579
 and you know,

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:58.059
 Peter preached this

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:59.400
 in the early books

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:00.000
 of Acts as well.

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.539
 He said,

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.820
 Jesus who came

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:03.099
 and then you put him

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.539
 on the cross.

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.980
 You killed him.

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:08.940
 But God is in control.

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.079
 God is sovereign

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:11.519
 and does not let

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.279
 his holy ones

00:36:12.279 --> 00:36:12.860
 see corruption.

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.539
 So these people

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.599
 would have heard Psalm 2,

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.699
 heard Psalm 16

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:15.940
 and go,

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.239
 oh,

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:18.899
 I grew up in Sunday school

00:36:18.899 --> 00:36:19.919
 memorizing that passage

00:36:19.919 --> 00:36:20.719
 and I didn't really know

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:21.419
 who that was about.

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:23.059
 So you're saying

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:24.359
 Psalm 2 and Psalm 16

00:36:24.359 --> 00:36:25.639
 are actually about Jesus.

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:30.379
 And then he carries on.

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:34.159
 He does another quote

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.739
 and then he goes into

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:36.799
 Isaiah 49 verse 6

00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:39.219
 which is our verse 47

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:39.739
 in Acts.

00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:41.179
 I have made you a light

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.859
 for the Gentiles

00:36:41.859 --> 00:36:43.379
 that you may bring salvation

00:36:43.379 --> 00:36:44.199
 to the ends of us.

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.419
 He talks about

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:46.500
 the identity of Jesus.

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.480
 Then he talks about

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:48.400
 the sovereignty of God

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.240
 using Psalm 16

00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:50.180
 and then he goes

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:51.180
 into Isaiah and says,

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:51.500
 actually,

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.159
 he's talking to you

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:53.200
 about the mission of Jesus.

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.360
 Isaiah 49,

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.659
 what's that whole passage about?

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:57.440
 It's about the servant

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:57.900
 of the Lord

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.960
 bringing restoration

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.659
 to Israel.

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:01.079
 And so they would have

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.460
 read that,

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.220
 they would have memorized

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:02.659
 that and go,

00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:02.920
 well,

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.740
 who is the servant

00:37:03.740 --> 00:37:04.099
 of the Lord?

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:05.700
 Who's going to restore Israel?

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.619
 We're in a pretty bad

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:07.139
 place right now.

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.519
 Who is it?

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.360
 And then Paul's saying,

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:09.139
 it's Jesus.

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.519
 He will do this.

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.820
 I have made you a light

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.460
 for the Gentiles

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:14.519
 that you may bring salvation

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.740
 to the ends of the earth.

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.500
 That would have,

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.019
 I guess,

00:37:17.220 --> 00:37:18.420
 have been a little bit confusing

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:19.460
 for a Jew at that time

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:19.599
 because,

00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:19.900
 well,

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.559
 I thought salvation

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.199
 was just for us.

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.720
 I thought we were

00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:22.380
 the chosen people.

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.199
 Oh no,

00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:24.079
 it's going to be through you

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.940
 that the whole world

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.639
 is going to be saved.

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.500
 But you couldn't do it.

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.740
 Only the one who knew

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:30.659
 no sin could do it

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.880
 so that we would become

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.780
 the righteousness of God

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:34.079
 and Jesus is the one

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.679
 who can do that.

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:36.320
 Jesus is the one

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.699
 who is doing that.

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.840
 And it's fascinating here

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:40.059
 as he preaches that,

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:41.659
 he gets two responses.

00:37:42.299 --> 00:37:42.460
 Okay?

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.859
 There's a first group,

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:44.940
 verse 42.

00:37:45.299 --> 00:37:45.500
 See,

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.119
 I'm actually going through

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.559
 quite quickly.

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:48.539
 As they went out,

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.279
 the people begged

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:50.099
 that these things

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.839
 might be told them

00:37:50.839 --> 00:37:51.420
 the next Sabbath.

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.739
 They have a church service.

00:37:53.839 --> 00:37:54.879
 Imagine you guys all do this.

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.460
 You never do this,

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.599
 which is completely fine,

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:56.960
 by the way.

00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:58.000
 But you guys,

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.399
 James,

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.239
 that was such a good sermon.

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:03.019
 I beg you

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:04.759
 that you keep talking

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.839
 about this next Sunday.

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.200
 Please.

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.680
 Feel free to do that.

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:12.260
 I'll be around here.

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.120
 James,

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.500
 please.

00:38:15.620 --> 00:38:16.740
 Come and continue

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:17.579
 to preach the good news

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:18.240
 of Jesus to us.

00:38:19.120 --> 00:38:20.120
 That's how they responded.

00:38:20.200 --> 00:38:20.740
 Isn't that cool?

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.800
 And so that's what

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:23.240
 they were saying.

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:23.680
 They would come,

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:23.960
 please.

00:38:24.180 --> 00:38:24.460
 And actually,

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.120
 what's really funny

00:38:25.120 --> 00:38:26.220
 is the next week,

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:26.880
 verse 44,

00:38:27.100 --> 00:38:27.800
 so next weekend,

00:38:28.620 --> 00:38:29.519
 almost the whole city

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:30.140
 gathered to hear

00:38:30.140 --> 00:38:30.820
 the word of the Lord.

00:38:31.720 --> 00:38:32.340
 Imagine that.

00:38:32.680 --> 00:38:33.660
 Imagine the fire hazard

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:34.219
 that would be,

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:36.339
 waiting for the four lifts

00:38:36.339 --> 00:38:37.099
 to bring us up here.

00:38:37.819 --> 00:38:38.559
 But how does that

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.059
 even happen?

00:38:39.339 --> 00:38:40.239
 It happens because

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:42.259
 Joseph leaves this service

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:42.699
 and goes,

00:38:43.319 --> 00:38:44.219
 I've got to go

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:45.059
 and tell people about this

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.679
 so they would come

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:46.119
 next Sunday.

00:38:48.379 --> 00:38:49.119
 It's Kelvin going

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:49.799
 to the hospital going,

00:38:49.899 --> 00:38:49.960
 okay,

00:38:50.339 --> 00:38:51.659
 what I just heard

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:52.199
 on Sunday

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:54.159
 was so life-changing,

00:38:54.359 --> 00:38:54.940
 I have to go

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.559
 and tell my colleagues.

00:38:58.839 --> 00:38:59.899
 It reminds me again,

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:00.500
 Acts 11,

00:39:00.839 --> 00:39:01.319
 Antioch.

00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:02.719
 It's not really

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:03.980
 the main pastor

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:05.339
 that does the sharing.

00:39:05.959 --> 00:39:06.919
 Barnabas was there

00:39:06.919 --> 00:39:07.759
 just to encourage.

00:39:07.899 --> 00:39:08.480
 It was happening

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:09.059
 without him,

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:09.799
 without Paul.

00:39:10.819 --> 00:39:11.379
 He's just there

00:39:11.379 --> 00:39:12.199
 just to encourage them.

00:39:12.359 --> 00:39:12.779
 Keep doing,

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:14.219
 stay true to the Lord

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.899
 is what he says.

00:39:15.319 --> 00:39:15.959
 Keep going

00:39:15.959 --> 00:39:17.799
 because the church grows

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.639
 not because of me

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.599
 but it's because of you.

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:24.079
 And so we go.

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:25.219
 And so they go.

00:39:25.299 --> 00:39:26.359
 So they were so hyped

00:39:26.359 --> 00:39:27.559
 about last Sunday's

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:28.059
 church service

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:28.739
 that they leave

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:29.199
 and they tell

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:29.719
 all their friends

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:31.019
 and then next week

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:32.539
 everyone comes back.

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:33.759
 And he shares it again

00:39:33.759 --> 00:39:34.779
 but this time

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:37.119
 there are people

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.639
 who are jealous.

00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:38.819
 Where is it?

00:39:38.899 --> 00:39:40.859
 Verse 45.

00:39:41.779 --> 00:39:42.279
 But when the Jews

00:39:42.279 --> 00:39:42.939
 saw the crowds

00:39:42.939 --> 00:39:44.099
 so everyone

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.679
 in the whole city

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.139
 of course not

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:46.099
 every single person

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.959
 but a big, big crowd

00:39:46.959 --> 00:39:47.619
 when the Jews

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:48.059
 saw the crowds

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.559
 they were filled

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:49.039
 with jealousy

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:50.199
 and began to contradict

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:51.059
 what Paul was saying

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.919
 and reviling him.

00:39:52.879 --> 00:39:53.779
 And then Paul responds

00:39:53.779 --> 00:39:54.359
 it was necessary

00:39:54.359 --> 00:39:54.959
 that the word of God

00:39:54.959 --> 00:39:55.959
 be spoken first to you

00:39:55.959 --> 00:39:57.139
 since you thrusted aside

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:57.879
 and judge yourselves

00:39:57.879 --> 00:39:59.039
 unworthy of eternal life.

00:39:59.339 --> 00:40:00.139
 Behold we are turning

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.759
 to the Gentiles.

00:40:01.200 --> 00:40:02.720
 So Paul comes back

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:03.200
 next weekend

00:40:03.200 --> 00:40:03.700
 okay alright

00:40:03.700 --> 00:40:04.220
 I'm going to keep

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:04.820
 preaching the message

00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:05.620
 and the next week

00:40:05.620 --> 00:40:06.000
 they come

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.620
 there's people

00:40:06.620 --> 00:40:07.240
 who still love it

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:07.900
 and then there's people

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:08.540
 who are really

00:40:08.540 --> 00:40:09.960
 really despising it

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.940
 and really really jealous.

00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:12.240
 And at that point

00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:12.860
 does Paul go

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:13.440
 oh man

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:14.140
 people don't like

00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:14.640
 my preaching.

00:40:15.660 --> 00:40:16.680
 People aren't laughing

00:40:16.680 --> 00:40:17.320
 at my jokes.

00:40:18.680 --> 00:40:19.800
 I hope they still

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:20.420
 come back next week.

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:20.700
 No no no

00:40:20.700 --> 00:40:21.380
 he doesn't say any of that.

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:21.720
 He's saying

00:40:21.720 --> 00:40:22.980
 alright

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:25.140
 I've done what I have to do

00:40:25.140 --> 00:40:26.380
 which is to preach

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:27.740
 the gospel to you guys first.

00:40:28.220 --> 00:40:29.080
 If you don't receive it

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:30.659
 I will follow the next instruction

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:31.239
 which is go

00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:32.360
 to the Gentiles.

00:40:33.299 --> 00:40:34.299
 Go to the next

00:40:34.299 --> 00:40:35.679
 group of people.

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:37.440
 And so he does that

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:38.500
 and whilst that is

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:39.559
 the Gentiles

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:40.639
 verse 48

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.400
 it's like yes

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:43.099
 finally us.

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.239
 These Jews

00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:45.460
 they're so snobby.

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:47.759
 They think it's all about them.

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.480
 We get to hear

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.519
 this is for us.

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:51.259
 The salvation

00:40:51.259 --> 00:40:52.440
 is to the ends

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:53.139
 of the earth.

00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:54.259
 That includes us.

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:56.360
 And so they're rejoicing

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:57.019
 verse 48

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.820
 and when the Gentiles

00:40:57.820 --> 00:40:58.239
 heard this

00:40:58.239 --> 00:40:59.320
 they began rejoicing

00:40:59.320 --> 00:41:00.019
 and glorifying

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.860
 the word of the Lord.

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:02.699
 And as many as were

00:41:02.699 --> 00:41:03.840
 appointed to eternal life

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:04.860
 they believed.

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:06.360
 They heard the good news

00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:06.619
 and I thought

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:08.139
 this is the best news

00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:08.739
 that we have heard.

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.780
 We've always been

00:41:09.780 --> 00:41:10.340
 on the outside

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:11.340
 and now we realize

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:12.340
 that we are on the inside.

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:14.099
 And we thank God

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.639
 because someone

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:15.500
 who was on the inside

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:16.559
 came out to get us

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.300
 and let us

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:18.159
 take his place.

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:21.420
 We rejoice.

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:23.860
 And so they are

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.579
 super happy

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.719
 and the word of the Lord

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:26.259
 was spreading

00:41:26.259 --> 00:41:27.199
 throughout the whole region.

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:28.019
 Again not because

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.679
 Paul and Barnabas

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:29.679
 were running big events

00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:30.519
 but because the people

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:31.139
 were transformed

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:32.339
 and would leave the gathering

00:41:32.339 --> 00:41:33.199
 and then they would

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:33.759
 start sharing

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:34.459
 with all the places

00:41:34.459 --> 00:41:34.919
 that we were in.

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:35.759
 That's how the word

00:41:35.759 --> 00:41:36.379
 of the Lord spread.

00:41:36.819 --> 00:41:37.419
 But the Jews

00:41:37.419 --> 00:41:38.199
 but the Jews

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:38.759
 verse 50

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:39.619
 we keep seeing this

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:41.159
 incited the devout women

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:42.000
 and of high standing

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:43.019
 and the leading men

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.439
 of the city

00:41:43.439 --> 00:41:44.480
 and stirred up persecution

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:45.739
 against Paul and Barnabas.

00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:48.219
 Earlier in the chapter

00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:48.739
 we see

00:41:48.739 --> 00:41:50.119
 a Roman officer

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:50.619
 of power

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:51.939
 who was hungry

00:41:51.939 --> 00:41:52.579
 and intelligent

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:54.000
 hungry for God

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:55.099
 being converted.

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:57.519
 and the good

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:58.139
 that that can come

00:41:58.139 --> 00:41:58.679
 when people

00:41:58.679 --> 00:41:59.199
 of influence

00:41:59.199 --> 00:41:59.819
 in the city

00:41:59.819 --> 00:42:01.659
 who are choosing

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:02.539
 to follow Christ

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.559
 and I know plenty

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:04.119
 of these people

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:06.519
 I'm so inspired

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:06.860
 by them

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:07.480
 and they can bring

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:08.000
 about change

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.799
 because God's placed

00:42:08.799 --> 00:42:09.679
 them in certain places

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:10.339
 that they can really

00:42:10.339 --> 00:42:11.159
 have influence.

00:42:13.339 --> 00:42:14.139
 Speak to the people

00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:14.579
 of the city

00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:15.380
 who will listen

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:16.440
 and yet

00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:17.179
 it can also be

00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:17.659
 the other way.

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.299
 You see the Jews

00:42:19.299 --> 00:42:20.880
 also find powerful people

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:22.839
 to stir up persecution.

00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:26.100
 it ends up

00:42:26.100 --> 00:42:26.539
 even though

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.519
 the whole city

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:28.680
 came to their church service

00:42:28.680 --> 00:42:29.360
 they ended up being

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:30.460
 driven out of the city.

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:33.480
 And so you see

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:34.700
 there will be indifference.

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.860
 There will be people

00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:37.579
 who are just a little bit

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:38.180
 apathetic.

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:40.340
 There may be real resistance.

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:43.100
 But I want to see

00:42:43.100 --> 00:42:44.240
 I want us to see

00:42:44.240 --> 00:42:44.960
 as I finish here

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:46.100
 how do

00:42:46.100 --> 00:42:47.480
 Paul and Barnabas

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:48.360
 respond.

00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:50.240
 One of the greatest

00:42:50.240 --> 00:42:50.860
 freedoms

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:51.960
 we have

00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:53.079
 is how we react

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:53.920
 to things

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:55.019
 and how we react

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:55.620
 to things

00:42:55.620 --> 00:42:57.059
 tells us a lot

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.880
 about what's going

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.740
 on inside.

00:42:59.380 --> 00:43:00.400
 So imagine them

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:02.079
 great Sunday service

00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:02.559
 one week

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:03.519
 everyone begs them

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:03.920
 to come back

00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:04.380
 they come back

00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:04.940
 the next week

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:06.079
 it's packed

00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:07.140
 they preach

00:43:07.140 --> 00:43:08.900
 a group of people

00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:09.780
 super happy

00:43:09.780 --> 00:43:11.000
 a group of people

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.920
 super unhappy

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:13.079
 drive them out

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:13.599
 of the city

00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:14.660
 what would their

00:43:14.660 --> 00:43:15.380
 response be

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:16.320
 verse 51

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:17.340
 wow and just like that

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:18.099
 I finished the whole chapter

00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:18.900
 but they shook

00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:19.839
 off from the dust

00:43:19.839 --> 00:43:20.460
 from their feet

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:20.960
 against them

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.980
 and went to Iconium

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:23.299
 and the disciples

00:43:23.299 --> 00:43:24.299
 were filled with joy

00:43:24.299 --> 00:43:25.440
 and with the Holy Spirit

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:27.039
 what?

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:29.019
 They got driven out

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.559
 of the church

00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:30.179
 and of the city

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:33.119
 and they were filled

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:33.679
 with joy

00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:36.179
 because they were filled

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:37.460
 with the Holy Spirit

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:38.259
 you can see

00:43:38.259 --> 00:43:39.679
 that Paul and Barnabas

00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:41.139
 did not idolize

00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:42.699
 the approval

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.239
 of men

00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:45.519
 that was not

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:46.219
 their concern

00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:47.599
 they weren't

00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:47.619
 they weren't

00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:48.259
 even really

00:43:48.259 --> 00:43:48.839
 that concerned

00:43:48.839 --> 00:43:49.439
 about how many

00:43:49.439 --> 00:43:50.059
 people would

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.819
 believe and be

00:43:50.819 --> 00:43:51.480
 converted to the

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:51.879
 kingdom of God

00:43:51.879 --> 00:43:52.359
 they were just

00:43:52.359 --> 00:43:53.199
 doing their job

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:54.279
 receiving the

00:43:54.279 --> 00:43:55.259
 marching orders

00:43:55.259 --> 00:43:56.039
 from the Holy Spirit

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.799
 and just simply

00:43:56.799 --> 00:43:58.079
 responding to him

00:43:58.079 --> 00:43:59.159
 and the outcome

00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:00.079
 doesn't really matter

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:00.759
 to them

00:44:00.759 --> 00:44:02.319
 of course

00:44:02.319 --> 00:44:03.000
 there's another part

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:03.500
 which is when we

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:04.039
 share the gospel

00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:04.559
 with people

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:06.000
 we hope that actually

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.559
 we have this

00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:07.399
 compassion for them

00:44:07.399 --> 00:44:08.119
 we have this love

00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:08.419
 for them

00:44:08.419 --> 00:44:08.939
 that our hearts

00:44:08.939 --> 00:44:09.599
 break for them

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:10.219
 because they're not

00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:11.119
 in the place

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:11.699
 where they are ready

00:44:11.699 --> 00:44:12.919
 to hear the good news

00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:13.159
 yet

00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:15.680
 but yet we also

00:44:15.680 --> 00:44:16.260
 have to surrender

00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:16.920
 and go well that's

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:18.840
 actually not my job

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:20.980
 my job is simply

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:21.559
 just to go out

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:22.260
 and share the gospel

00:44:22.260 --> 00:44:24.159
 with whoever will hear

00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:25.340
 and whoever refuses

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:25.740
 to hear

00:44:25.740 --> 00:44:26.380
 and then God

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:27.180
 will do his work

00:44:27.180 --> 00:44:28.680
 or not

00:44:28.680 --> 00:44:30.099
 at that time

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:31.780
 or at a later date

00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:35.680
 I can't imagine

00:44:35.680 --> 00:44:36.720
 being thrown out

00:44:36.720 --> 00:44:37.099
 of a city

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:37.619
 and yet being

00:44:37.619 --> 00:44:38.180
 filled with joy

00:44:38.180 --> 00:44:40.480
 yet they had

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:41.200
 that freedom

00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:42.239
 to react

00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:43.239
 in such a way

00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:44.339
 and that freedom

00:44:44.339 --> 00:44:45.299
 comes from only

00:44:45.299 --> 00:44:46.299
 one place

00:44:46.299 --> 00:44:47.699
 Jesus

00:44:47.699 --> 00:44:49.559
 verse 38

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:50.159
 let it be known

00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:50.699
 to you therefore

00:44:50.699 --> 00:44:51.059
 brothers

00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:52.159
 that through this man

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:53.679
 forgiveness of sins

00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:54.679
 is proclaimed to you

00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:55.319
 and by him

00:44:55.319 --> 00:44:55.859
 everyone

00:44:55.859 --> 00:44:56.980
 who believes

00:44:56.980 --> 00:44:58.179
 is freed

00:44:58.179 --> 00:44:59.339
 from everything

00:44:59.339 --> 00:45:00.019
 from which you

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:00.919
 could not be freed

00:45:00.919 --> 00:45:02.079
 by the law

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:03.159
 of Moses

00:45:03.159 --> 00:45:06.199
 that statement

00:45:06.199 --> 00:45:06.679
 would have been

00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:07.500
 super powerful

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:08.359
 for them to say

00:45:08.359 --> 00:45:09.219
 super powerful

00:45:09.219 --> 00:45:10.399
 Paul to say

00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:11.360
 because he

00:45:11.360 --> 00:45:12.240
 had received

00:45:12.240 --> 00:45:12.820
 the forgiveness

00:45:12.820 --> 00:45:13.440
 of sins

00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:14.760
 from Jesus

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:16.300
 he was freed

00:45:16.300 --> 00:45:19.360
 and so he

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:20.160
 could be free

00:45:20.160 --> 00:45:20.660
 to react

00:45:20.660 --> 00:45:21.559
 however he wanted

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:24.320
 whether it's

00:45:24.320 --> 00:45:24.900
 indifference

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:26.559
 whether it's

00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:28.160
 actual

00:45:28.160 --> 00:45:29.059
 persecution

00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:30.619
 it did not

00:45:30.619 --> 00:45:31.139
 really matter

00:45:31.139 --> 00:45:33.980
 we're going to

00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:34.460
 finish here

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:35.360
 and I'm going to

00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:35.800
 ask you

00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:37.539
 to join me

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:39.000
 together as we

00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:39.400
 worship

00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:41.060
 and as we pray

00:45:41.060 --> 00:45:43.140
 and actually

00:45:43.140 --> 00:45:44.160
 in the rest of

00:45:44.160 --> 00:45:44.440
 this week

00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:44.880
 if you are

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:45.500
 willing to

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:46.160
 commit with me

00:45:46.160 --> 00:45:46.880
 to fast

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:51.140
 okay God

00:45:51.140 --> 00:45:52.160
 where do you

00:45:52.160 --> 00:45:52.760
 want me to go

00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:54.580
 set apart for me

00:45:54.580 --> 00:45:55.940
 Paul and Barnabas

00:45:55.940 --> 00:45:58.680
 set apart for me

00:45:58.680 --> 00:45:59.920
 Caleb and Jackie

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:01.440
 set apart for me

00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:04.280
 Nathan and Kelly

00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:06.079
 set apart for me

00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:08.659
 these people

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:09.960
 to do my will

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:11.320
 and I will send

00:46:11.320 --> 00:46:11.659
 them out

00:46:11.659 --> 00:46:14.000
 wouldn't that be

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:14.240
 cool

00:46:14.240 --> 00:46:17.159
 maybe we can

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:17.820
 come back next

00:46:17.820 --> 00:46:18.119
 week

00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:20.280
 and I'll ask

00:46:20.280 --> 00:46:20.800
 who's managed

00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:21.240
 to share the

00:46:21.240 --> 00:46:21.519
 gospel

00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:23.320
 this week

00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:23.760
 and we all

00:46:23.760 --> 00:46:24.280
 get to put our

00:46:24.280 --> 00:46:24.679
 hands up

00:46:24.679 --> 00:46:26.800
 and be completely

00:46:26.800 --> 00:46:27.860
 freed from

00:46:27.860 --> 00:46:28.579
 however other

00:46:28.579 --> 00:46:29.360
 people respond

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:30.019
 to it

00:46:30.019 --> 00:46:32.260
 because the

00:46:32.260 --> 00:46:32.680
 only one that

00:46:32.680 --> 00:46:33.180
 matters is how

00:46:33.180 --> 00:46:33.720
 we respond

00:46:33.720 --> 00:46:35.220
 what's your

00:46:35.220 --> 00:46:35.880
 response today

00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:38.000
 one to the

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:38.260
 gospel

00:46:38.260 --> 00:46:39.460
 whether you've

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:39.880
 been a believer

00:46:39.880 --> 00:46:40.820
 for 45 years

00:46:40.820 --> 00:46:41.320
 or not

00:46:41.320 --> 00:46:46.640
 how do you

00:46:46.640 --> 00:46:47.200
 receive this

00:46:47.200 --> 00:46:47.660
 good news

00:46:47.660 --> 00:46:52.300
 let that seep

00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:53.079
 into your heart

00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:53.960
 when you realize

00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:54.680
 the words of

00:46:54.680 --> 00:46:55.440
 Ephesians 2

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:56.539
 that you were

00:46:56.539 --> 00:46:57.160
 once dead

00:46:57.160 --> 00:46:57.940
 in your sins

00:46:57.940 --> 00:46:58.620
 and trespasses

00:46:58.619 --> 00:46:59.279
 you were once

00:46:59.279 --> 00:46:59.639
 blind

00:46:59.639 --> 00:47:00.179
 you were once

00:47:00.179 --> 00:47:00.559
 lost

00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:01.639
 but now I

00:47:01.639 --> 00:47:03.339
 am made alive

00:47:03.339 --> 00:47:03.779
 together

00:47:03.779 --> 00:47:04.599
 because of

00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:06.159
 the people

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:06.639
 around us

00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:07.079
 and Christ

00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:07.420
 is the

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:07.960
 cornerstone

00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:09.219
 that's a

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:09.639
 message to

00:47:09.639 --> 00:47:09.880
 share

00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:11.079
 would you

00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:11.500
 allow that

00:47:11.500 --> 00:47:12.039
 message to

00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:12.420
 seep into

00:47:12.420 --> 00:47:12.859
 your heart

00:47:12.859 --> 00:47:16.319
 and then how

00:47:16.319 --> 00:47:16.940
 will you respond

00:47:16.940 --> 00:47:17.500
 if God tells

00:47:17.500 --> 00:47:17.920
 you to go

00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:20.440
 now God

00:47:20.440 --> 00:47:21.460
 does call

00:47:21.460 --> 00:47:22.219
 some people

00:47:22.219 --> 00:47:24.119
 to stay

00:47:24.119 --> 00:47:24.460
 home

00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:26.019
 to stay

00:47:26.019 --> 00:47:26.500
 in the city

00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:26.960
 that they were

00:47:26.960 --> 00:47:27.839
 born to do

00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:28.500
 things for

00:47:28.500 --> 00:47:28.960
 him there

00:47:28.960 --> 00:47:30.160
 actually

00:47:30.160 --> 00:47:30.700
 Barnabas

00:47:30.700 --> 00:47:31.360
 stayed in

00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:31.620
 the same

00:47:31.620 --> 00:47:31.960
 place

00:47:31.960 --> 00:47:32.600
 for the

00:47:32.600 --> 00:47:32.780
 longest

00:47:32.780 --> 00:47:32.980
 time

00:47:32.980 --> 00:47:33.100
 the

00:47:33.100 --> 00:47:33.440
 apostle

00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:33.800
 stayed

00:47:33.800 --> 00:47:33.960
 in

00:47:33.960 --> 00:47:34.420
 Jerusalem

00:47:34.420 --> 00:47:35.720
 whilst others

00:47:35.720 --> 00:47:36.200
 were scattered

00:47:36.200 --> 00:47:37.360
 so there

00:47:37.360 --> 00:47:38.980
 is a possibility

00:47:38.980 --> 00:47:39.780
 that you don't

00:47:39.780 --> 00:47:40.620
 have to move

00:47:40.620 --> 00:47:41.200
 to the other

00:47:41.200 --> 00:47:41.600
 side of the

00:47:41.600 --> 00:47:41.840
 world

00:47:41.840 --> 00:47:44.880
 but it's also

00:47:44.880 --> 00:47:45.600
 unlikely that

00:47:45.600 --> 00:47:46.059
 he's calling

00:47:46.059 --> 00:47:46.579
 you to stay

00:47:46.579 --> 00:47:46.880
 at home

00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:47.160
 on your

00:47:47.160 --> 00:47:47.460
 couch

00:47:47.460 --> 00:47:50.160
 that'll be

00:47:50.160 --> 00:47:50.400
 hard

00:47:50.400 --> 00:47:51.420
 Hudson Taylor

00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:51.860
 said that

00:47:51.860 --> 00:47:52.079
 right

00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:52.740
 he said

00:47:52.740 --> 00:47:53.340
 if you're

00:47:53.340 --> 00:47:53.680
 staying at

00:47:53.680 --> 00:47:53.880
 home on

00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:54.120
 your couch

00:47:54.120 --> 00:47:54.559
 you better

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:55.100
 be sure

00:47:55.099 --> 00:47:55.519
 that's

00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:55.639
 your

00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:55.960
 calling

00:47:55.960 --> 00:47:59.900
 if not

00:47:59.900 --> 00:48:00.099
 go

00:48:00.099 --> 00:48:01.339
 because more

00:48:01.339 --> 00:48:01.839
 often than

00:48:01.839 --> 00:48:02.679
 not as we

00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:03.039
 look through

00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:03.420
 this book

00:48:03.420 --> 00:48:03.880
 as we look

00:48:03.880 --> 00:48:04.259
 at to see

00:48:04.259 --> 00:48:04.960
 how we are

00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:05.579
 all recipients

00:48:05.579 --> 00:48:06.239
 of that good

00:48:06.239 --> 00:48:06.599
 news that

00:48:06.599 --> 00:48:07.299
 message that

00:48:07.299 --> 00:48:07.739
 was passed

00:48:07.739 --> 00:48:08.519
 it was because

00:48:08.519 --> 00:48:09.559
 people got

00:48:09.559 --> 00:48:09.920
 off their

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.779
 couch left

00:48:10.779 --> 00:48:11.319
 their homes

00:48:11.319 --> 00:48:12.000
 left their

00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:12.860
 cities left

00:48:12.860 --> 00:48:13.480
 their countries

00:48:13.480 --> 00:48:14.380
 for the

00:48:14.380 --> 00:48:14.739
 gospel

00:48:14.739 --> 00:48:20.119
 that word

00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:21.380
 go often

00:48:21.380 --> 00:48:21.940
 is a soft

00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:23.400
 one for

00:48:23.400 --> 00:48:23.719
 those who

00:48:23.719 --> 00:48:24.119
 really want

00:48:24.119 --> 00:48:24.419
 to hear

00:48:24.419 --> 00:48:26.599
 every now

00:48:26.599 --> 00:48:26.939
 and again

00:48:26.939 --> 00:48:27.339
 it'll be

00:48:27.339 --> 00:48:28.059
 loud and

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:28.519
 blinding

00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:29.339
 like it

00:48:29.339 --> 00:48:29.619
 was for

00:48:29.619 --> 00:48:29.799
 Paul

00:48:29.799 --> 00:48:31.079
 but most

00:48:31.079 --> 00:48:31.439
 of the

00:48:31.439 --> 00:48:31.879
 time it's

00:48:31.879 --> 00:48:32.139
 soft

00:48:32.139 --> 00:48:32.579
 would you

00:48:32.579 --> 00:48:33.179
 join me

00:48:33.179 --> 00:48:33.819
 as we

00:48:33.819 --> 00:48:34.179
 worship

00:48:34.179 --> 00:48:34.639
 to ask

00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:34.919
 God

00:48:34.919 --> 00:48:36.899
 where are

00:48:36.899 --> 00:48:37.239
 you calling

00:48:37.239 --> 00:48:37.519
 me

00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:38.000
 what are

00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:38.500
 you setting

00:48:38.500 --> 00:48:39.159
 me apart

00:48:39.159 --> 00:48:39.480
 for

00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:41.980
 what are

00:48:41.980 --> 00:48:42.399
 you setting

00:48:42.399 --> 00:48:43.000
 me apart

00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:43.259
 for

00:48:43.259 --> 00:48:44.500
 we're going

00:48:44.500 --> 00:48:44.719
 to spend

00:48:44.719 --> 00:48:44.959
 a few

00:48:44.959 --> 00:48:45.359
 moments

00:48:45.359 --> 00:48:46.199
 in quiet

00:48:46.199 --> 00:48:47.459
 to ask

00:48:47.459 --> 00:48:47.719
 the Holy

00:48:47.719 --> 00:48:48.179
 Spirit to

00:48:48.179 --> 00:48:48.299
 do

00:48:48.299 --> 00:48:48.539
 whatever

00:48:48.539 --> 00:48:48.959
 he wants

00:48:48.959 --> 00:48:49.319
 to do

00:48:49.319 --> 00:48:51.259
 then I'm

00:48:51.259 --> 00:48:51.419
 going to

00:48:51.419 --> 00:48:51.939
 invite Alex

00:48:51.939 --> 00:48:52.279
 to come

00:48:52.279 --> 00:48:52.739
 and feed

00:48:52.739 --> 00:48:53.099
 us in a

00:48:53.099 --> 00:48:53.279
 song

00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:53.620
 where we

00:48:53.620 --> 00:48:53.880
 can

00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:55.040
 worship

00:48:55.040 --> 00:48:55.700
 as a

00:48:55.700 --> 00:48:56.100
 response

00:48:56.100 --> 00:48:58.060
 and then I

00:48:58.060 --> 00:48:58.480
 pray that you

00:48:58.480 --> 00:48:58.880
 will leave

00:48:58.880 --> 00:48:59.300
 the door

00:48:59.300 --> 00:49:01.080
 responding to

00:49:01.080 --> 00:49:01.980
 him as

00:49:01.980 --> 00:49:02.260
 you go

00:49:02.260 --> 00:49:04.040
 let me

00:49:04.040 --> 00:49:04.320
 pray

00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:09.300
 reminded of

00:49:09.300 --> 00:49:09.640
 the words

00:49:09.640 --> 00:49:10.120
 that Dallas

00:49:10.120 --> 00:49:10.660
 Willard said

00:49:10.660 --> 00:49:12.040
 missions is

00:49:12.040 --> 00:49:12.680
 basically just

00:49:12.680 --> 00:49:13.200
 asking God

00:49:13.200 --> 00:49:13.540
 what are you

00:49:13.540 --> 00:49:13.940
 doing and

00:49:13.940 --> 00:49:14.180
 can I

00:49:14.180 --> 00:49:14.560
 join in

00:49:14.559 --> 00:49:32.259
 holy

00:49:32.259 --> 00:49:32.779
 spirit would

00:49:32.779 --> 00:49:33.099
 you set

00:49:33.099 --> 00:49:33.659
 apart all

00:49:33.659 --> 00:49:33.900
 of us

00:49:33.900 --> 00:49:34.619
 here for

00:49:34.619 --> 00:49:35.079
 your work

00:49:35.079 --> 00:49:41.920
 to go

00:49:41.920 --> 00:49:42.219
 into the

00:49:42.219 --> 00:49:42.460
 different

00:49:42.460 --> 00:49:43.019
 spheres of

00:49:43.019 --> 00:49:43.440
 this city

00:49:43.440 --> 00:49:44.279
 to do

00:49:44.279 --> 00:49:44.559
 whatever

00:49:44.559 --> 00:49:45.000
 it is

00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:45.239
 that you

00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:45.599
 ask us

00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:46.420
 to do

00:49:46.420 --> 00:49:54.880
 and give

00:49:54.880 --> 00:49:55.119
 us the

00:49:55.119 --> 00:49:55.539
 words to

00:49:55.539 --> 00:49:55.779
 say

00:49:55.779 --> 00:49:58.460
 we know

00:49:58.460 --> 00:49:58.779
 it's not

00:49:58.779 --> 00:49:59.079
 eloquent

00:49:59.079 --> 00:49:59.500
 words

00:49:59.500 --> 00:49:59.940
 we know

00:49:59.940 --> 00:50:00.239
 it's not

00:50:00.239 --> 00:50:00.599
 lofty

00:50:00.599 --> 00:50:01.019
 speech or

00:50:01.019 --> 00:50:01.279
 wisdom

00:50:01.280 --> 00:50:02.400
 it's just

00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:02.760
 the power

00:50:02.760 --> 00:50:03.000
 of the

00:50:03.000 --> 00:50:03.300
 cross

00:50:03.300 --> 00:50:14.840
 I'm convinced

00:50:14.840 --> 00:50:15.120
 there are

00:50:15.120 --> 00:50:15.500
 people in

00:50:15.500 --> 00:50:15.940
 this room

00:50:15.940 --> 00:50:17.100
 who you

00:50:17.100 --> 00:50:17.440
 have set

00:50:17.440 --> 00:50:18.060
 apart for

00:50:18.060 --> 00:50:18.540
 specific

00:50:18.540 --> 00:50:18.980
 missions

00:50:18.980 --> 00:50:30.039
 we wait

00:50:30.039 --> 00:50:30.440
 for you

00:50:30.440 --> 00:50:40.260
 but we'll

00:50:40.260 --> 00:50:41.219
 finish the

00:50:41.219 --> 00:50:41.480
 way we

00:50:41.480 --> 00:50:41.760
 started

00:50:41.760 --> 00:50:42.820
 responding to

00:50:42.820 --> 00:50:43.440
 the goodness

00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:43.780
 of God

00:50:43.780 --> 00:50:47.920
 and as we

00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:48.480
 declare how

00:50:48.480 --> 00:50:49.040
 good he is

00:50:49.040 --> 00:50:49.519
 may that be

00:50:49.519 --> 00:50:49.820
 the thing

00:50:49.820 --> 00:50:50.380
 that empowers

00:50:50.380 --> 00:50:50.519
 you

00:50:50.519 --> 00:50:51.040
 emboldens

00:50:51.040 --> 00:50:51.220
 you

00:50:51.220 --> 00:50:51.700
 encourages

00:50:51.700 --> 00:50:52.060
 you

00:50:52.060 --> 00:50:53.200
 to go

00:50:53.200 --> 00:50:53.440
 out

00:50:53.440 --> 00:50:53.940
 to share

00:50:53.940 --> 00:50:54.280
 the good

00:50:54.280 --> 00:50:54.540
 news

00:50:54.540 --> 00:50:55.160
 it's good

00:50:55.160 --> 00:50:55.540
 news

00:50:55.540 --> 00:50:57.480
 it's not

00:50:57.480 --> 00:50:58.140
 boring news

00:50:58.140 --> 00:50:58.580
 it's not

00:50:58.580 --> 00:50:59.300
 tedious news

00:50:59.300 --> 00:50:59.680
 it's not

00:50:59.680 --> 00:51:00.320
 tiring news

00:51:00.320 --> 00:51:00.680
 it's not

00:51:00.680 --> 00:51:01.360
 terrible news

00:51:01.360 --> 00:51:01.860
 it's good

00:51:01.860 --> 00:51:02.260
 news

00:51:02.260 --> 00:51:03.780
 because someone

00:51:03.780 --> 00:51:04.240
 put death

00:51:04.240 --> 00:51:04.660
 to death

00:51:04.660 --> 00:51:07.180
 someone paid

00:51:07.180 --> 00:51:07.519
 for our

00:51:07.519 --> 00:51:07.860
 debts

00:51:07.860 --> 00:51:09.300
 we're free

00:51:09.300 --> 00:51:13.640
 we're free

00:51:13.639 --> 00:51:15.460
 and it's

00:51:15.460 --> 00:51:15.819
 free

00:51:15.819 --> 00:51:18.739
 let's respond

00:51:18.739 --> 00:51:19.159
 to how good

00:51:19.159 --> 00:51:20.079
 he is

00:51:20.079 --> 00:51:30.039
 Lord thank you

00:51:30.039 --> 00:51:30.619
 thank you for

00:51:30.619 --> 00:51:31.099
 this time

00:51:31.099 --> 00:51:31.839
 we can gather

00:51:31.839 --> 00:51:32.759
 to remember

00:51:32.759 --> 00:51:33.519
 what you have

00:51:33.519 --> 00:51:33.799
 done

00:51:33.799 --> 00:51:35.539
 that we can

00:51:35.539 --> 00:51:36.239
 go anointed

00:51:36.239 --> 00:51:37.319
 filled with

00:51:37.319 --> 00:51:37.859
 your power

00:51:37.859 --> 00:51:38.559
 healed

00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:41.099
 thank you

00:51:41.099 --> 00:51:41.659
 that you're

00:51:41.659 --> 00:51:42.059
 a God

00:51:42.059 --> 00:51:43.379
 who responds

00:51:43.380 --> 00:51:43.900
 to faith

00:51:43.900 --> 00:51:44.559
 like a mustard

00:51:44.559 --> 00:51:44.860
 seed

00:51:44.860 --> 00:51:45.539
 and multiplies

00:51:45.539 --> 00:51:46.099
 it tenfold

00:51:46.099 --> 00:51:46.760
 thousandfold

00:51:46.760 --> 00:51:48.680
 let us

00:51:48.680 --> 00:51:49.280
 respond to

00:51:49.280 --> 00:51:49.760
 you in

00:51:49.760 --> 00:51:50.059
 faith

00:51:50.059 --> 00:51:50.820
 this week

00:51:50.820 --> 00:51:51.400
 with our

00:51:51.400 --> 00:51:51.720
 lives

00:51:51.720 --> 00:51:53.500
 trusting not

00:51:53.500 --> 00:51:53.980
 in ourselves

00:51:53.980 --> 00:51:54.519
 but in you

00:51:54.519 --> 00:51:56.740
 we thank you

00:51:56.740 --> 00:51:57.820
 and we pray

00:51:57.820 --> 00:51:58.180
 this in Jesus

00:51:58.180 --> 00:51:58.420
 name

00:51:58.420 --> 00:51:58.980
 amen

00:51:59.139 --> 00:51:59.139


00:51:59.139 --> 00:51:59.139