WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.460 I'm going to look to the Book of Acts tonight and to continue thinking about this message that Paul preached. 00:00:09.460 --> 00:00:21.900 ! The first sermon of the Apostle Paul during his ministry in the first of his three great missionary journeys that are recorded in the Book of Acts. 00:00:21.899 --> 00:00:30.199 I mentioned this morning that he was in the company of Barnabas who came from the island of Crete. 00:00:30.539 --> 00:00:37.519 And when they visited that island together at the beginning of this missionary journey sent out from Antioch in Syria, 00:00:38.179 --> 00:00:42.340 I suppose the leading apostle was Barnabas. 00:00:43.099 --> 00:00:50.840 But after leaving the island and going to the mainland of Asia Minor and going to Pisidian Antioch, 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:57.880 they came to see Paul becoming the main spokesman of the mission. 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:10.640 He became the more gifted of the two and the more used by the Lord to spread the message that would one day win the whole world. 00:01:12.060 --> 00:01:16.939 The first missionary journey covers Acts chapter 13 and 14. 00:01:16.939 --> 00:01:20.739 The narrative begins in Antioch in Syria. 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:26.140 It ends in Antioch in Syria with a report back to the sending church. 00:01:26.259 --> 00:01:37.120 And all of that took around about a year and a half, under two years of traveling around 18 to 24 months. 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:43.000 And they visited the islands of the Mediterranean and they visited cities like Perga, 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:50.480 this city where this sermon was in Antioch, in Pisidia, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:53.439 The message was one of hope. 00:01:53.600 --> 00:01:55.560 It was full of the resurrection. 00:01:55.560 --> 00:02:03.700 Just to stand back from this particular chapter, this particular passage that we're going to look at tonight, 00:02:04.420 --> 00:02:08.560 just to remind you of what Acts is in the Word of God. 00:02:09.219 --> 00:02:16.140 John Piper has helpfully commented that Acts is fairly unique in the Scriptures. 00:02:16.139 --> 00:02:25.459 It's a book that's in the canon of Scripture to help prevent the church from coasting to a standstill. 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:30.159 It's really easy for that to happen to the Christian church, 00:02:30.259 --> 00:02:39.139 especially if things are going quite well or if there are decent numbers or there's plenty money around or something like that. 00:02:39.139 --> 00:02:44.119 We can simply think maintenance is all that we need. 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:49.799 We'll just keep going, keep the wheels turning, but to complete Piper's quote, 00:02:49.899 --> 00:02:54.779 to prevent the church from coasting to a standstill and entering a maintenance mode 00:02:54.779 --> 00:02:59.979 with all the inner wheels turning, working, but going nowhere. 00:03:01.079 --> 00:03:05.119 There have been many moments in the history of the global church 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:16.700 where a particular local expression of the Christian faith starts to coast, to plateau and to decline 00:03:16.700 --> 00:03:20.259 or comes under the judgment of the Lord. 00:03:21.099 --> 00:03:27.580 And I'm pretty convinced that the book of Acts contains the answer to avoid that danger. 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:33.300 This book is saturated in prayer and in the fear of the Lord 00:03:33.300 --> 00:03:38.600 and it is driven by the heartbeat of a missionary concern. 00:03:39.300 --> 00:03:43.400 Wanting to see outsiders becoming insiders, 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:48.080 wanting to see people who are far away being brought near. 00:03:48.760 --> 00:03:53.160 If we lose that prayerful concern and that missionary concern, 00:03:53.160 --> 00:03:56.800 we're not really walking in the footsteps of the apostles. 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:02.060 We're not really living like a book of Acts kind of church. 00:04:02.060 --> 00:04:06.199 And yet the book of Acts is there in the New Testament to say, 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:12.180 this is what life looks like between the first and second comings of Jesus. 00:04:12.819 --> 00:04:23.340 We want to see witness from Jerusalem in ever expanding circles of effect, 00:04:23.699 --> 00:04:25.220 like ripples in a pond. 00:04:25.860 --> 00:04:31.579 You throw a stone in a pond and the ripples travel to the other side of the pond. 00:04:31.579 --> 00:04:34.579 If you stand by a loch or something like that, 00:04:34.659 --> 00:04:35.899 you've probably all done this. 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:39.759 You've thrown a stone and you see the little wave that it creates. 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:44.099 Well, the death and the resurrection of Jesus 00:04:44.099 --> 00:04:49.479 are a moment at the center of the history of the universe, 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:51.699 sending out ripples. 00:04:51.699 --> 00:04:56.439 And depending on how we hear that story and respond to it, 00:04:56.439 --> 00:05:08.279 we will either be drawing nearer or drawing further away from life and hope and peace with God. 00:05:09.419 --> 00:05:18.039 The church was born in Pisidian Antioch over the course of eight days of ministry. 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:23.040 Two Sabbaths, two Jewish Sabbaths. 00:05:23.620 --> 00:05:27.580 Paul and Barnabas witnessing to a little group there. 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:33.340 And on the eighth day, they were thrown out and they had to flee. 00:05:33.339 --> 00:05:41.799 But eight days was long enough to establish a living church that continued in that place 00:05:41.799 --> 00:05:48.079 and that continued to glorify God for years and years and years to come. 00:05:48.799 --> 00:05:55.500 This book of Acts is full of fuel for our prayers and wisdom. 00:05:55.500 --> 00:06:02.100 If we want strategies, if we want an idea of who we should be and what we should be doing, 00:06:02.420 --> 00:06:06.399 we don't need to look any further. 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:12.620 Title for my message tonight is the gospel goes viral. 00:06:12.860 --> 00:06:15.959 It spreads like a contagion. 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:22.100 You see these things sometimes in the news or on social media or something like that, 00:06:22.100 --> 00:06:27.840 that a story will be ignored for a long time and then suddenly everyone's talking about it. 00:06:28.780 --> 00:06:37.140 It's mentioned, it's discussed, it's gossiped, it spreads all around the world. 00:06:37.140 --> 00:06:46.240 And Jesus and his death and resurrection becomes the talking point in Pisidian Antioch. 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:50.340 The church is born and the church grows. 00:06:50.500 --> 00:06:58.360 Two things about how this message came and about how it was reacted to tonight. 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:04.259 The first thing is that there is good news for those who break God's law. 00:07:05.259 --> 00:07:09.519 The gospel, by definition, is good news. 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:17.259 And the gospel is to be shared with those who are in the wrong before Almighty God. 00:07:18.139 --> 00:07:20.839 The gospel is for sinners. 00:07:21.799 --> 00:07:29.639 The gospel exposes the fact that we are sinners in need of Christ, in need of grace. 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:36.959 The reason I broke the reading this morning at verse 37 and took it up again tonight at verse 38 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:42.759 is that Paul seems here to be moving to application mode. 00:07:43.379 --> 00:07:49.199 He gives us his teaching, his doctrine, in his sermon, lots of Old Testament quotation 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:54.399 in the verses recorded between 13 and 37. 00:07:54.399 --> 00:08:03.699 But from verse 38 onwards, he's really bringing the plane down to land with his listeners in that synagogue. 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:06.299 He's giving them the application. 00:08:06.539 --> 00:08:07.299 So what? 00:08:07.339 --> 00:08:12.279 What should you do with this message of Jesus who's been raised? 00:08:12.839 --> 00:08:14.539 And so he says in verse 38, 00:08:15.019 --> 00:08:17.179 Let it be known to you therefore. 00:08:17.699 --> 00:08:19.319 I want you to take this on board. 00:08:19.459 --> 00:08:22.799 I want you to know this, understand it and act upon it, brothers. 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:28.400 That through this man, through Jesus, what do you get through Jesus? 00:08:28.819 --> 00:08:30.759 What is the good news of Jesus? 00:08:31.699 --> 00:08:37.779 It is that forgiveness is preached, is offered. 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:43.879 Forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you and by him. 00:08:44.060 --> 00:08:51.399 Everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses. 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:54.139 He was speaking to Jews. 00:08:54.139 --> 00:09:00.079 He was speaking to people who were scrupulous in their Sabbath observance. 00:09:00.219 --> 00:09:01.299 They went to the synagogue. 00:09:01.939 --> 00:09:07.039 They did the things that Jewish people were supposed to do according to the law of Moses. 00:09:07.339 --> 00:09:10.359 They would be circumcising their little boys. 00:09:10.859 --> 00:09:17.240 They would be thinking about how they paid into the costs of the temple back in Jerusalem. 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:26.080 They would be thinking about the year and how at different stages in the year they obeyed the requirements of the law. 00:09:26.820 --> 00:09:31.759 Their home life, even their kitchen, would be governed by the law of Moses. 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:37.960 And Paul says that's fine as far as it goes. 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:41.460 But it does not free you from sin. 00:09:42.620 --> 00:09:50.259 The law of Moses actually teaches you how bad your problem of sin is. 00:09:51.040 --> 00:09:54.120 The moral law applies to all human beings. 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:55.320 The Ten Commandments. 00:09:55.680 --> 00:09:56.600 It applies to me. 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:57.620 It applies to you. 00:09:57.940 --> 00:10:01.960 It doesn't matter in what era of world history we live. 00:10:02.420 --> 00:10:05.960 It doesn't matter if we live in the Old Covenant or the New Covenant. 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:08.420 It doesn't matter if we're young or old. 00:10:08.740 --> 00:10:15.220 The same Ten Commandments are binding on me, binding on my heart, binding on you. 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:26.660 And no amount of temple visiting or synagogue visiting or attempts at keeping the law can fix you. 00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:34.620 Because every one of those Ten Commandments has been broken by every human being who ever lived except one. 00:10:34.620 --> 00:10:38.019 Only Jesus kept this law. 00:10:38.980 --> 00:10:41.940 Only Jesus pleased God at all times. 00:10:41.940 --> 00:10:50.899 And this problem that we have sinned and we have offended against God, we're in a deep hole and we are digging it even more deeply. 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:53.039 We cannot climb out of the hole. 00:10:53.899 --> 00:10:57.919 Jesus is the good news of forgiveness. 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:07.079 I want to put it to you that if you have religion without a living faith in Jesus, 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:16.559 you are trying to solve a guilt and shame and sin problem with something that will let you down. 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:20.319 Religion isn't going to cut it. 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:28.100 Even versions that are Christianized of religion are just so much self-help. 00:11:28.940 --> 00:11:36.960 I was talking to a lad not so many days ago who grew up as a Jehovah's Witness. 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:46.400 And in his early 20s he has turned his back on all of that and he has embraced Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:52.480 And as far as I can see, a true and growing Christian disciple. 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:59.300 And he talked about what it was like to be a boy in that particular sect. 00:12:00.139 --> 00:12:05.840 That they would do the mission things that they were told they had to do. 00:12:06.659 --> 00:12:09.840 To be on side with God. 00:12:10.019 --> 00:12:12.300 To be on side with the Kingdom Hall. 00:12:13.259 --> 00:12:18.200 They would have to visit people or give out literature or approach doors. 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:21.780 But they would do it as slowly as possible. 00:12:23.620 --> 00:12:28.040 It was usually a Saturday morning that he was involved in that as a boy. 00:12:28.220 --> 00:12:29.960 As slowly as possible. 00:12:30.580 --> 00:12:35.480 Not like Paul wanting the whole city to hear of Jesus. 00:12:36.140 --> 00:12:41.120 Not like someone with the joy of salvation that wants everyone to know. 00:12:41.980 --> 00:12:45.879 But getting off with as little as possible. 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:48.340 Because it's a drudge. 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:49.820 It's a trial. 00:12:50.100 --> 00:12:51.539 It's not a joy. 00:12:51.659 --> 00:12:52.480 It's not a pleasure. 00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:55.700 It's just ticking a box. 00:12:57.039 --> 00:13:01.080 My religion requires me to do this so I'll try and do it. 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:03.659 But my heart isn't in it. 00:13:04.779 --> 00:13:09.039 And I suspect if we talk to religious people. 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:12.339 Whether they follow non-Christian paths. 00:13:12.339 --> 00:13:17.360 Or versions of Christianity that don't have Christ and the cross at the center. 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:19.379 It's just a burden. 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:22.279 We're trying to carry something. 00:13:23.659 --> 00:13:29.399 Paul quotes the book of Habakkuk to his listeners in the synagogue. 00:13:29.959 --> 00:13:30.939 And he warns them. 00:13:31.899 --> 00:13:34.480 He talks about freedom from these burdens. 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:41.460 Freedom from the law of Moses that they couldn't keep by themselves through Christ and his resurrection. 00:13:41.920 --> 00:13:42.860 But in verse 40. 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:46.279 Beware therefore lest what is said and the prophet should come about. 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:47.860 Look you scoffers. 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:52.240 Be astounded and perish for I am doing a work in your days. 00:13:52.659 --> 00:13:56.240 A work that you will not believe even if one tells it to you. 00:13:56.240 --> 00:14:01.620 Now the background to that was that Habakkuk had a message of invasion. 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:05.519 Of the Babylonians coming to judge the nation. 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:08.700 Because they were just going through the motions. 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:10.680 They were just religious. 00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:16.120 There was violence and there was destruction and strife and conflict. 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:19.560 They weren't really repenting of these real sins. 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:24.500 They weren't addressing the root problem of the human heart. 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:28.240 And so Habakkuk says in Habakkuk 1.4 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:33.759 Therefore the law is paralyzed and justice never prevails. 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:35.879 That's why you scoff. 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:37.360 That's why you don't believe. 00:14:37.620 --> 00:14:39.899 Even though someone explains it to you. 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:41.340 You won't believe it. 00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:45.840 Because you don't deal with the root of your sin problem. 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:51.399 Well here's good news for a world with a sin problem. 00:14:51.399 --> 00:15:00.199 Here's good news for a world that cannot climb its way up to God by itself. 00:15:01.199 --> 00:15:02.559 God has come down. 00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:07.799 God has come into the pit and the miry clay where we are. 00:15:08.620 --> 00:15:10.799 God has come down in Jesus Christ. 00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:14.439 And God has come under the load that we cannot carry. 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:18.880 And God has saved us through the cross and through the resurrection. 00:15:19.660 --> 00:15:25.440 And all that we need to do is repent and believe and put our trust in Jesus. 00:15:25.920 --> 00:15:32.020 Now those who opposed Paul and Barnabas in the synagogue at Pisidian Antioch. 00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:35.780 They shook the dust off their feet when they left that city. 00:15:36.400 --> 00:15:40.840 They were rejecting Jesus and his death and resurrection. 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:43.700 And that meant they were condemning themselves. 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:51.460 And just as Jesus told his church to do in Matthew 10 and Mark 6 and Luke 9 and Luke 10. 00:15:52.160 --> 00:15:56.320 Jesus said if they won't receive my peace and my word. 00:15:57.040 --> 00:15:59.720 Shake the dust off your feet and go to the next town. 00:16:00.139 --> 00:16:01.340 And go to the next town. 00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:02.980 And go to the next town. 00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:07.220 So that folk have the opportunity to hear the good news. 00:16:07.220 --> 00:16:10.860 There is a way for lawbreakers to be saved. 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:13.660 But it's not through human effort. 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:16.399 It's not through human religion. 00:16:17.040 --> 00:16:18.560 It's through faith. 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:22.080 That's all very well, isn't it? 00:16:22.180 --> 00:16:26.879 But I suspect the easy thing to do is to just nod and say, 00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:29.019 Yeah, I've heard that since I was a child. 00:16:29.180 --> 00:16:30.639 I think that's right. 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:33.860 And not ask the question, 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:44.740 Am I doing this very thing that Jesus warned his compatriots in Israel about? 00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:47.899 That Paul was warning the people in the synagogue about? 00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.819 Am I doing this? 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:50.899 Are you doing this? 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:51.819 That we think, 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:59.139 My problem with sin and my problem with the things that I don't get quite right, 00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:00.500 It's quite a small problem. 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:04.500 It's one I'm going to somehow muddle through and fix. 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:11.859 I don't really need God to come down and dramatically save me. 00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:15.900 I don't need the Son of God to take my load. 00:17:17.339 --> 00:17:19.279 I'm better than a lot of other people. 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:24.339 If there's a piece of your heart that thinks like that, 00:17:25.139 --> 00:17:32.440 Talk to God about it and admit that that is a grievous deception and a foolish sin. 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:38.019 To minimize your need, to minimize your sin, to minimize your guilt. 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.279 And maybe to say, 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:43.720 I don't need the medicine that maybe some other people need. 00:17:44.700 --> 00:17:46.460 We all need the medicine. 00:17:46.460 --> 00:17:49.039 We all need the gospel. 00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:51.440 We all need Christ. 00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:57.680 What Paul says in the synagogue on the second Sabbath when he was there, 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:01.360 Is that he's going to turn to the Gentiles. 00:18:01.860 --> 00:18:04.380 He's going to turn to the non-Jews. 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:11.420 Because so many of the Jews are hardening their hearts against the message of the prophets. 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:13.600 And the message of Jesus. 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:15.920 And the message of the apostles. 00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.819 Not everybody. 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:21.180 But some hardened their hearts. 00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:25.200 Be so careful that you don't go home tonight saying, 00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:30.579 I can listen to this gospel next week, next month, next year. 00:18:31.340 --> 00:18:32.900 It's not important tonight. 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.980 It is important tonight. 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:41.599 If you have unconfessed, unforgiving sin in your life, 00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:44.960 It separates you from God and eternal life. 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:50.860 And I would not want to leave this building, let alone fall asleep at home tonight, 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:53.799 Without crying out to God, 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:56.279 Deal with my sin. 00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:59.279 Give me eternal life. 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:01.539 Be merciful to me. 00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:05.160 So there is good news for those who break God's law. 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:10.480 And that's what the verses 38 to 41 are all about. 00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:15.440 Don't be like those who are mentioned in the prophet Habakkuk's book, 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:18.160 Who will not believe, 00:19:18.820 --> 00:19:21.160 Even if one tells it to you. 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:23.180 But the second thing tonight, 00:19:23.600 --> 00:19:26.100 As well as the good news for those who break God's law, 00:19:26.100 --> 00:19:30.900 Is the right response to God's gospel. 00:19:31.380 --> 00:19:37.000 Verse 42 to the end of the chapter shows us those who responded correctly, 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:40.420 And those who did not respond correctly. 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:41.900 Verse 42, 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.759 As they went out, 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:45.900 Went out of the synagogue on the first of the two Sabbaths, 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:49.920 The people begged them that these things might be told them the next Sabbath. 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:53.180 But they didn't wait till the next Sabbath. 00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:55.220 Verse 43, 00:19:56.079 --> 00:20:01.640 They haven't really left the vicinity of the gathering in the events in verse 43. 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:04.440 After the meeting of the synagogue broke up, 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:10.100 Many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas. 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:12.299 Isn't that interesting? 00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:15.180 They heard the gospel, 00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:18.279 And some of them became convinced, 00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:22.120 There's something here that's real and necessary and true, 00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:24.160 And I want to find out more about it. 00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:27.779 Maybe that's where you are in your life before God tonight. 00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:30.500 Well, they weren't happy to just say, 00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:32.240 Well, we'll see what happens. 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:34.559 We'll see if we feel like coming along next week. 00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:36.640 They followed Paul and Barnabas. 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:38.519 They wanted to know. 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:42.400 Because it was a big deal to know God, 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:43.980 To know peace with God. 00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.960 It was a big deal. 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:47.819 And so they spoke with Paul and Barnabas, 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:51.940 And they urged them to continue in the grace of God. 00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:55.940 To continue in the way of peace with God through the cross. 00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.640 Verse 44, 00:20:57.640 --> 00:21:05.080 So what has happened in Pisidian Antioch? 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:11.000 The whole city wasn't in the Jewish synagogue on the first Sabbath. 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:16.020 Something has happened in that city 00:21:16.020 --> 00:21:20.640 Between one Friday and the next Friday. 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:24.360 The Sabbath was Friday night, Saturday morning. 00:21:26.300 --> 00:21:30.500 What happened between the synagogue service breaking up 00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:33.280 On the first Sabbath, 00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:37.040 And then the following week, seven days later. 00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:39.060 What happened to bring the whole city out? 00:21:40.860 --> 00:21:42.120 People were talking. 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:47.500 The news of Jesus as the God who became a man, 00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:51.339 The God who as a man suffered and tasted death, 00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:54.399 The God who took shame onto himself, 00:21:54.659 --> 00:21:57.079 And suffered and died on the tree, 00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:58.239 On the cross, 00:21:59.059 --> 00:22:02.559 That was being talked about in Pisidian Antioch all week. 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:08.859 And the whole city came out to the synagogue 00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:11.519 To hear what was going on. 00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:17.259 That's why I say the good news of the gospel went viral. 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:19.940 People were talking about it. 00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:24.480 I can remember seasons in my own life 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:27.720 Where this seemed to be happening 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:30.159 And people were talking about the gospel 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:32.000 And who's being converted 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.840 And who's coming to church 00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:35.840 And who's reading the Bible 00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:37.000 And who's praying 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:39.160 And who's coming to Bible studies 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:40.100 And prayer meetings. 00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:44.300 And sometimes that tide comes in 00:22:44.300 --> 00:22:45.800 And sometimes it goes out a bit 00:22:45.800 --> 00:22:46.960 And then it comes in again. 00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:49.680 But are you looking for that? 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:51.019 Are you praying for that? 00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:55.080 Are you expecting that God can do again 00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:59.279 What he has done many times before? 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:03.759 Alistair Begg at a conference a while ago 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:06.580 I heard him say the following words 00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:08.740 Talking about the local church 00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:10.220 And how important it is 00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:12.279 In God's work in the world. 00:23:13.040 --> 00:23:14.040 Alistair Begg said 00:23:14.040 --> 00:23:17.240 The authentic local church 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:20.480 Contains the DNA 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:24.279 Of a remade world. 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:27.019 I like that. 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:30.759 Where you get a few people 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:36.160 There might only be 20, 30, 50, 80, 100 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:37.480 There might be hundreds 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.700 There might be thousands 00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:41.680 But if it's a real gospel church 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:43.720 That gathers around the word 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:45.139 Gathers around prayer 00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:47.299 Gathers around the sacraments 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:49.619 There's something going on there 00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:52.940 That has got the seeds of a new creation in it. 00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:56.220 It's got the DNA of a remade world. 00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:57.940 It's got the power 00:23:57.940 --> 00:24:02.079 To make a dead place come alive. 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:07.579 I once came across a photograph 00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:10.059 Taken in Chile 00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:12.960 In the Atacama Desert 00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:17.299 Which is the driest desert on earth. 00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:21.920 Some polar regions can be classed as deserts 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:23.820 But outside of the poles 00:24:23.820 --> 00:24:26.279 The Atacama in Chile 00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:29.000 It's got mountains on one side 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:31.759 That stops clouds bearing rain 00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:34.680 It's got the Pacific Ocean on the other side 00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:38.000 That takes the wind away from the land 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:41.860 So that there's no chance of rain falling on the ground. 00:24:42.340 --> 00:24:45.100 Very different from our dear Hebrides. 00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:48.559 It doesn't rain a lot in the Atacama Desert 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:51.779 It's the driest place on earth. 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.019 And yet 00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:57.459 In the 1970s 00:24:57.459 --> 00:25:00.279 It rained heavily there. 00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:04.399 And the thing that happened in that desert 00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:06.319 That surprised people 00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:08.959 And caused thousands of people 00:25:08.959 --> 00:25:10.099 To travel there 00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:11.359 With their cameras 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:13.199 And take photos of the place 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:16.720 Was that that dry wilderness 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:19.440 That had had no recorded rain 00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:22.440 For maybe 300 years 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:25.160 When the rain came 00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:27.880 It turned pink 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:29.620 And purple 00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:32.420 With a bloom of flowers 00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:34.460 A floral bloom 00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:36.059 The seed was there 00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:39.620 And the life was in the seed 00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:44.059 Wherever God's word goes 00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:45.699 Wherever God's gospel goes 00:25:45.699 --> 00:25:47.939 It has the DNA 00:25:47.939 --> 00:25:49.859 Of the new creation 00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:51.919 Of the age that is to come 00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:53.139 Within it. 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.779 And that means 00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.779 If you are praying 00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:57.339 For your children 00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:59.859 For your spouse 00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:02.379 For your Sunday school group 00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.379 That you look after 00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:04.779 For your youth fellowship 00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:07.899 The seed has the life 00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:09.460 Of the kingdom in it 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.759 And you are praying 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:12.339 That God would water it 00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.859 And cause it to come alive 00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:16.079 A super bloom 00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:19.019 When dormant seeds 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:21.119 Burst into life 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:25.440 That is glorious and wonderful 00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:29.119 When the word comes in power 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.799 Now there is resistance 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:32.319 In verse 45 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:34.419 When the Jews saw the crowds 00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:35.679 They were filled with jealousy 00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:38.439 Pure envy 00:26:38.439 --> 00:26:40.179 Don't like to see 00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:41.879 The success 00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:44.719 Of the Christian missionaries 00:26:44.719 --> 00:26:47.039 And so they began to contradict 00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:48.479 What was spoken by Paul 00:26:48.479 --> 00:26:49.359 Reviling him 00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:51.039 And Paul and Barnabas 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:52.299 Don't shut up 00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:53.619 They speak with boldness 00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.599 It is necessary 00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.479 That the word of God 00:26:55.479 --> 00:26:56.759 Be spoken first to you 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.480 Since you thrust it aside 00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.619 Judge for yourselves 00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:01.059 Since you judge yourselves 00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:02.339 Unworthy of eternal life 00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:03.700 We are turning to the Gentiles 00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:06.539 This is fulfilling prophecy actually 00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:08.319 This is the role of the Messiah 00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.779 And the role of the witnesses 00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.680 Of the Messiah 00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.960 I have made you a light 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.960 For the Gentiles 00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:14.319 That you may bring salvation 00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:15.619 To the ends of the earth 00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:17.599 And the Gentiles rejoiced 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:19.180 And the word of the Lord 00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.140 Was blessed to them 00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:21.640 And many believed 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.740 And the word of the Lord 00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:24.180 Spread through the region 00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.119 Verse 49 00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:27.679 And despite the opposition 00:27:27.679 --> 00:27:30.739 They are filled with joy 00:27:30.739 --> 00:27:33.339 And with the Holy Spirit 00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:35.359 There is a bloom 00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:37.719 There are flowers 00:27:37.719 --> 00:27:39.579 There is life 00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:41.439 The word of God was honoured 00:27:41.439 --> 00:27:43.759 The word of God was shared 00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:45.699 And God's sovereignty 00:27:45.699 --> 00:27:47.619 Is at work in all of this 00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:49.719 And a little bit of persecution 00:27:49.719 --> 00:27:52.479 Didn't halt the power of the word 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:54.039 A bit of hassle 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:58.000 Didn't halt the power of the word 00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:00.360 What about the islands? 00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.579 What about Stornoway? 00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:03.059 What about our schools? 00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.400 What about our community? 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.720 What about people 00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:09.160 With deep, deep hatred 00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:11.039 Towards the things of Christ? 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:12.259 They may be being burnt 00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:14.759 They may be had a bad experience 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:17.200 They may be being let down badly 00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:19.080 By a Christian 00:28:19.080 --> 00:28:20.819 Or by a church 00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:22.460 And they don't want to touch 00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.420 This Christianity 00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:26.960 With a long, long, long barge pole 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:29.140 While prayer 00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:30.140 And love 00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:31.880 And gentleness 00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:33.319 And the word 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:35.240 Can get through 00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:37.720 Because the seed 00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:39.539 Has life in it 00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.940 The word 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:42.740 Has life in it 00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:44.079 I want to finish 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:46.000 By giving you three signs 00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:49.220 Of a healthy response 00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:51.019 To the gospel 00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:53.400 I think this will be true 00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:54.940 At all times 00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:56.420 And in all places 00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:58.579 That where God is working 00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:01.079 These three signs 00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:03.500 Will mark God working 00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:05.559 And God's word getting through 00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:07.500 And these three signs 00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:10.200 Are a hunger for the words 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:13.700 And an active witness 00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:16.319 And an overcoming 00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:18.380 Of opposition 00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:20.640 Through grace 00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:22.720 Hunger for the word 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:24.080 Active witness 00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:25.860 Overcoming 00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:27.440 Opposition 00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:29.779 There is hunger 00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:31.279 All through this chapter 00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.539 And indeed all through 00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:34.180 Many parts of the book of Acts 00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:35.960 There is hunger for the word 00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:37.319 Paul's sermon 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:38.480 Quotes Psalm 2 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.460 Psalm 16 00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:41.019 Isaiah 55 00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.380 Isaiah 49 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:44.079 Habakkuk chapter 1 00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:45.700 It's full of the word 00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:48.019 Paul is a word of God 00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.559 Man 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:50.259 And God's grace 00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:51.340 Is falling 00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:52.960 On the word 00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:55.539 If you find it hard to pray 00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.700 Read through 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.740 A psalm 00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:59.660 And ask God to help you 00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:01.160 To turn that psalm 00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:03.440 Into your stumbling 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.700 Halting prayers 00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.960 It's the word 00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:07.500 That will disciple you 00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:09.380 And will help you 00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:11.279 To grow spiritually 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.579 And to be fruitful 00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.980 Spiritually 00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:15.099 I've hidden your word 00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:16.099 In my heart 00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:17.619 That I might not 00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.799 Sin against you 00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:20.440 A few chapters on 00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.559 In chapter 17 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:23.019 We read about 00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:24.160 The Bereans 00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:25.880 The people there 00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:27.099 In chapter 17 00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.920 Verse 11 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:29.779 Received the message 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.519 In Berea 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.859 With great eagerness 00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:33.759 And examined the scriptures 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.579 Every day 00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:36.639 To see if what Paul said 00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:37.419 Was true 00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:39.439 Many of them believed 00:30:39.439 --> 00:30:40.899 They searched the scriptures 00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:43.419 If you're not sure 00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:44.939 If you've got questions 00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:46.939 Search the scriptures 00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:48.620 It's a sign 00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:50.080 Of a healthy response 00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:50.960 To the gospel 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:52.440 That we read 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.720 And that we 00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:55.340 Carefully read 00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:56.960 The word of God 00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:58.240 The second sign 00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.980 Is active witness 00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.440 Again 00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.180 This passage 00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.980 Is full of it 00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:03.240 Verse 44 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.640 The next Sabbath 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.660 Almost the whole city 00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.460 Gathered to hear 00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.400 The word of the Lord 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:08.720 Verse 49 00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.740 The word of the Lord 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.620 Was spreading 00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:12.120 Throughout the whole 00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:13.140 Region 00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:15.900 I mentioned this morning 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:17.140 That a team 00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:18.160 Of three missionaries 00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.940 Had been reduced 00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.500 To a team 00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.740 Of two missionaries 00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:23.220 That did not stop 00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:24.340 The word spreading 00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:25.740 Mark 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.400 John Mark 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:27.100 Had left 00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:28.660 But the blessing 00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.259 Of God 00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.240 Had not left 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.920 And so Barnabas 00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.580 And Paul 00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:34.540 See blessing 00:31:34.540 --> 00:31:36.480 And their witness 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.200 And the witness 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.000 Of others 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:39.440 Makes the gospel 00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.860 Credible 00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:42.380 I know 00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.700 There is live stream 00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.780 And things like that 00:31:44.780 --> 00:31:45.980 And that sometimes 00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:47.260 We maybe think 00:31:47.260 --> 00:31:47.580 Well 00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:49.020 Do I really need 00:31:49.020 --> 00:31:50.020 To go out tonight 00:31:50.020 --> 00:31:51.980 Nobody will miss me 00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:53.120 And I can always 00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:54.700 Catch up with the service 00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:56.920 Or I can watch it live 00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:58.180 And that's true 00:31:58.180 --> 00:32:01.380 But if you walk 00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:02.280 Into a building 00:32:02.280 --> 00:32:03.140 And there are 00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:04.760 Hundreds of empty seats 00:32:04.760 --> 00:32:06.740 That could be filled 00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:09.960 It makes the word 00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:11.780 Less credible 00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:13.920 To any visitor 00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.680 Who comes in 00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.460 Off the street 00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:18.059 And I think 00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.759 This is something 00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.740 That has happened 00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.579 Across Europe 00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.299 In the last 00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:22.660 Centuries actually 00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:24.819 That many people 00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.660 Have concluded 00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.740 That Christianity 00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:28.240 Is irrelevant 00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:30.940 Because it doesn't 00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.579 Seem 00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:33.180 To affect 00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.819 People 00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:35.240 Doesn't seem 00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.099 To be precious 00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.779 To them 00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:39.420 Well the gatherings 00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:41.299 Of God's people 00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:42.899 Should be well 00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.639 Supported 00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:45.639 And the mission 00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:46.599 Of God's church 00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.619 Should be well 00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.579 Supported 00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.359 Prayerfully 00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:50.379 Financially 00:32:50.379 --> 00:32:51.399 And every other way 00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:53.099 To show 00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:54.639 That we really 00:32:54.639 --> 00:32:55.779 Do believe this 00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.539 And we do 00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.819 Love and serve 00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.579 This God 00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.619 And we want 00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.879 To be committed 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:03.520 And it may be 00:33:03.520 --> 00:33:04.400 That there's a cup 00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:05.460 Final on the TV 00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.400 It may be 00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:07.280 That we've had 00:33:07.280 --> 00:33:07.980 A hard week 00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.840 It may be 00:33:08.840 --> 00:33:09.840 That we have 00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.760 A lot of work 00:33:10.760 --> 00:33:11.160 To do 00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:12.440 In the next few days 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:13.960 But if God 00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.520 Is great 00:33:14.520 --> 00:33:15.340 In our thinking 00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:16.280 We will not 00:33:16.280 --> 00:33:17.400 Be minimizing 00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.020 ! 00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:18.920 Our desire 00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:20.059 To honor him 00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:21.539 In active 00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.920 Witness 00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:24.639 Romans 1 00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:25.680 Verse 16 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.980 For I am not 00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:28.160 Ashamed of the gospel 00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:29.400 I fear that 00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:30.759 Many Christians 00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:32.720 Seem to be ashamed 00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:35.299 I wonder how often 00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.319 I'm tongue tied 00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:37.559 And I'm ashamed 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:39.879 But that gospel 00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.940 Is God's power 00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.859 For salvation 00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:43.359 For Jew 00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.420 For Gentile 00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:46.299 So when I meet 00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.799 People 00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:48.180 And they ask me 00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.659 What I do 00:33:48.659 --> 00:33:49.279 For a living 00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:50.859 When I meet people 00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:52.180 And they ask me 00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.720 What I did 00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.500 At the weekend 00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.319 Or what I did 00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:55.359 At New Year 00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:56.139 Or at Christmas 00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:56.919 I want to give them 00:33:56.919 --> 00:33:57.539 An answer 00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:59.519 That glorifies God 00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:01.339 Not to sort of 00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:02.200 Show off 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.740 Or to 00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.940 Sort of 00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.819 You know 00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:06.099 Be a 00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:07.359 A kind of 00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.539 Pretend-y 00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.759 Holy person 00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:11.639 But to think 00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.679 How can I 00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:14.779 Answer this 00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:16.619 Casual question 00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.599 With a way 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.199 That says 00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:19.559 I had a great 00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.159 Weekend 00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:22.859 I spent time 00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.700 With a family 00:34:23.700 --> 00:34:25.280 We ate together 00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.780 And we got to 00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:28.180 Go and worship 00:34:28.180 --> 00:34:29.559 Jesus Christ 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.079 Together 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.880 And that's the 00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.800 Highlight of our 00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.140 Week 00:34:32.140 --> 00:34:34.800 So important 00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:35.480 To us 00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.880 As a family 00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:39.000 Hunger for the 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.420 Word 00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:41.099 An active 00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.800 Witness 00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:43.880 Matthew Henry 00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:45.559 Once said 00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:47.000 The spirit of 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.620 Christ 00:34:47.620 --> 00:34:49.340 Is the spirit 00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:50.500 Mission 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:52.800 Do you believe 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.220 That 00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:54.800 If we have 00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.539 The spirit 00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:57.300 We have 00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:57.980 The spirit 00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.960 To equip us 00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.360 To be 00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:00.260 Missionaries 00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:00.980 To be 00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:02.120 Witnesses 00:35:02.120 --> 00:35:03.340 A hunger for the 00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.600 Word 00:35:03.600 --> 00:35:04.100 An active 00:35:04.100 --> 00:35:04.600 Witness 00:35:04.600 --> 00:35:05.700 And then 00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:06.800 Overcoming 00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:08.059 Opposition 00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.800 And I guess 00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.760 That sometimes 00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.780 Just looks like 00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.400 You keep 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.019 Going 00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:13.579 Even when 00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.340 You're tired 00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:15.500 Or even 00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.000 When 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.099 It's not 00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.599 Easy 00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.639 Verse 45 00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.579 When the 00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.099 Jews saw 00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.659 The crowds 00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:20.960 They were 00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.480 Filled with 00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.000 Jealousy 00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.440 They began 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.119 To contradict 00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.599 What was 00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.199 Spoken by 00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.559 Paul 00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.559 Reviling 00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.840 Him 00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.639 Reviling 00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.039 Is a 00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.400 Strong 00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:27.960 Word 00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:29.639 My 00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.000 Colleague 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.719 Chris Davidson 00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.500 At 00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.179 Merkinj 00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:32.460 At the 00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.739 Church 00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.179 Plant 00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:34.400 In one 00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:34.639 Of the 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.139 Poorest 00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.679 Parts 00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:35.980 Of the 00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.539 Highlands 00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.320 In one 00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.539 Of the 00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:37.880 Most 00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.940 Economically 00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.920 Deprived 00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.860 Postcodes 00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.139 In 00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.760 Scotland 00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.739 Chris 00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.260 Says 00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:44.099 And I 00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.500 Think he's 00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.960 Right 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.760 If you 00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.079 Want to 00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.500 Be a 00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.039 Gospel 00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.699 Minister 00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.199 In 00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:49.079 Contemporary 00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.679 Scotland 00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:51.280 You need 00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:52.039 A heart 00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.559 That is 00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.019 Soft 00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.800 And gentle 00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.920 Like 00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.340 Jesus 00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:57.000 And you 00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.340 Need a 00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.880 Hide 00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.900 That is 00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.440 Tough 00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:01.220 Like a 00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:01.920 Rhinoceros 00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:04.420 It's not 00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.740 Going to 00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:05.619 Be easy 00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.920 It's not 00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.079 Going to 00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.480 Be easy 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:07.940 To be 00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.679 A deacon 00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.039 Or an 00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.400 Elder 00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.840 It's 00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.059 Going to 00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.380 Cost 00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.679 You 00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:12.500 But we 00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.119 Are called 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:14.159 As disciples 00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:14.740 To take 00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:15.079 Up the 00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.559 Cross 00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.759 It's not 00:36:16.759 --> 00:36:16.919 Going to 00:36:16.919 --> 00:36:17.539 Be easy 00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.500 If you 00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.959 Give up 00:36:18.959 --> 00:36:19.599 A career 00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.059 That's 00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.779 A good 00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:21.379 Career 00:36:21.379 --> 00:36:23.619 To take 00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.379 The wage 00:36:24.379 --> 00:36:25.019 Of a 00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.579 Church 00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.219 Worker 00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:27.939 And go 00:36:27.939 --> 00:36:28.579 And spread 00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.359 The news 00:36:29.359 --> 00:36:30.119 Of Jesus 00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:32.199 But it's 00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:32.859 Worth it 00:36:32.859 --> 00:36:34.719 Don't do 00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:35.019 It 00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:36.039 For earthly 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.799 Reward 00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.879 You overcome 00:36:37.879 --> 00:36:38.979 Difficulty 00:36:38.979 --> 00:36:39.619 Cost 00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.619 Opposition 00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.799 You keep 00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:42.299 Going 00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:44.179 Verse 50 00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:45.219 The Jews 00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.940 Incited the 00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.279 Devout 00:36:46.279 --> 00:36:46.739 Woman of 00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:46.980 High 00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.420 Standing 00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.699 And the 00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:47.920 Leading 00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.279 Men of 00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.719 The city 00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.480 And stirred 00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.679 Up 00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.400 Persecution 00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:52.559 Is that 00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.400 Really 00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.880 What's 00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.299 Stopping 00:36:54.299 --> 00:36:54.619 Us 00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:56.019 Are we 00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.259 Being 00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:57.179 Persecuted 00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:58.920 Not 00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.440 Much 00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:01.579 Maybe 00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.099 Sometimes 00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.500 People 00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:02.779 Have a 00:37:02.779 --> 00:37:02.900 We 00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.259 Laugh 00:37:03.259 --> 00:37:03.420 At 00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.579 Our 00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.319 Expense 00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:05.880 But we're 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.260 Not going 00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:06.440 To be 00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:06.900 Rounded 00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.220 Up 00:37:07.220 --> 00:37:08.000 And put 00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.519 In jail 00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:08.900 Are we 00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.400 But we 00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:09.900 Have brothers 00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.580 And sisters 00:37:10.580 --> 00:37:11.200 Who face 00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:11.620 That 00:37:11.620 --> 00:37:12.960 In Sudan 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:14.800 And where 00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.580 Islam is 00:37:15.580 --> 00:37:16.000 Sweeping 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.800 Through parts 00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:18.200 Of Africa 00:37:18.200 --> 00:37:19.480 And making 00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.580 It so hard 00:37:20.580 --> 00:37:21.140 To be a 00:37:21.140 --> 00:37:21.800 Christian 00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:24.720 In parts 00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:25.360 Of India 00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:26.140 In parts 00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:26.780 Of Asia 00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:28.160 Hinduism 00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:29.360 And buddhism 00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:29.960 Can be very 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.880 Militant 00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:33.240 Atheism 00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:34.039 Secular 00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.779 Can be 00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:35.159 Very 00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:36.079 Militant 00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:37.279 In your 00:37:37.279 --> 00:37:38.139 Workplace 00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:38.659 Maybe 00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.639 It's not 00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.199 Easy 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:40.880 To take 00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:41.920 A 00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:43.079 Respectful 00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.980 Gentle 00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.579 Christian 00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.179 Stand 00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.940 But do 00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.340 It 00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:47.699 Commit 00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.139 Yourself 00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.800 To God 00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.579 And do 00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:49.960 It 00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:51.679 I don't 00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.300 Think we 00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:53.039 Will face 00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:54.159 The risk 00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:55.019 Of stoning 00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:56.559 Paul faced 00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.079 That in 00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.400 Chapter 00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:58.099 14 00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:59.099 And verse 00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.779 19 00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:01.300 Because the 00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:02.099 Jews from 00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.980 Antioch 00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:04.000 Travelled 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:05.179 80 miles 00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.559 To the 00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.179 Next town 00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.480 That he 00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.940 Was in 00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.920 And stirred 00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.480 Up trouble 00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.239 Against him 00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:10.199 And tried 00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.679 To have him 00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:11.039 Killed 00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:12.780 That's a 00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.900 Different order 00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:15.039 Of difficulty 00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:16.119 But he 00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:17.239 Overcame it 00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:18.000 By grace 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.960 By faith 00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:21.539 Now what's 00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:22.019 The worst 00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.480 Thing 00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.940 That's going 00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.320 To happen 00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:24.980 To us 00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:26.599 If we 00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.360 Look to 00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:27.900 The Lord 00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:29.380 And desire 00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:30.240 To respond 00:38:30.240 --> 00:38:30.639 To the 00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:31.139 Gospel 00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:32.360 As a 00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:32.880 Christian 00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.960 Who wants 00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.440 To be a 00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:34.760 Witness 00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.440 To be a 00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.920 Sin 00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.220 What's 00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:36.240 What's 00:38:36.240 --> 00:38:36.740 The worst 00:38:36.740 --> 00:38:37.100 That will 00:38:37.100 --> 00:38:37.460 Happen 00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:37.980 To you 00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.700 If you 00:38:38.700 --> 00:38:39.400 Are ready 00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:40.220 To follow 00:38:40.220 --> 00:38:40.760 Jesus 00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.320 But you're 00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:41.740 Thinking 00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:42.200 Some of 00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:43.100 My friends 00:38:43.100 --> 00:38:44.140 Will tease 00:38:44.140 --> 00:38:44.480 Me 00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:46.640 Tease you 00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:48.920 Isn't it 00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.579 Worth it 00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:49.980 That the 00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.319 Son of 00:38:50.319 --> 00:38:50.659 God 00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:50.960 Hung 00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.319 Naked 00:38:51.319 --> 00:38:51.739 On a 00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:52.139 Tree 00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:53.679 And died 00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.659 For you 00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.719 Isn't it 00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.359 Worth it 00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:56.699 That you 00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.199 Might be 00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:57.839 Teased 00:38:57.839 --> 00:38:58.799 By someone 00:38:58.799 --> 00:39:00.519 Nail your 00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:00.900 Colors 00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:01.259 To the 00:39:01.259 --> 00:39:01.679 Mast 00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:02.159 Follow 00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.759 Jesus 00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:04.299 He's 00:39:04.299 --> 00:39:05.119 Worth it 00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:07.079 Overcome 00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:08.679 Opposition 00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:10.460 I'm just 00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.199 Amazed 00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.719 By this 00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.279 Chapter 00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:13.639 That there 00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:13.839 Were 00:39:13.839 --> 00:39:14.500 Eight 00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.559 Days 00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:17.679 That Paul 00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.440 And Barnabas 00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:19.159 Spent in 00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:19.860 That city 00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:21.719 But when 00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:22.299 They left 00:39:22.299 --> 00:39:22.579 It 00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:24.239 They left 00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:25.079 A church 00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:27.219 Free 00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:27.699 Church of 00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.079 Scotland 00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.539 Has been 00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:28.960 Around 00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.340 Since 00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:30.420 1843 00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:31.199 We're 00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:31.559 Heading 00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.059 For another 00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.460 Big 00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.259 Anniversary 00:39:33.259 --> 00:39:35.739 2043 00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:36.860 Will have 00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:36.980 Been 00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.420 Around 00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:38.000 For two 00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:38.880 Centuries 00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:42.480 I fear 00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:43.940 That we 00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.420 Are not 00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:45.079 As tough 00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.719 As Paul 00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:47.079 And his 00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.739 Companions 00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:48.079 Were 00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:49.199 That we 00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:49.639 Give up 00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:49.880 Too 00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.380 Quickly 00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:51.960 That we 00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.400 Quit 00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:52.779 Too 00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:53.420 Easily 00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:54.739 And so 00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:55.559 I encourage 00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:55.900 You to 00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:56.739 Find your 00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:57.500 Strength 00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:58.659 And find 00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:59.420 Your joy 00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:00.480 And find 00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.599 Your encouragement 00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:02.980 In the 00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.559 Gospel 00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:05.239 The good 00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:05.719 News 00:40:05.719 --> 00:40:06.880 For those 00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:07.279 Who break 00:40:07.279 --> 00:40:08.000 God's law 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:09.219 Come to 00:40:09.219 --> 00:40:09.779 The cross 00:40:09.779 --> 00:40:11.179 And the 00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.940 Good news 00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.619 That all 00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:13.239 Who come 00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:13.619 With the 00:40:13.619 --> 00:40:13.939 Right 00:40:13.939 --> 00:40:14.539 Response 00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:14.939 To the 00:40:14.939 --> 00:40:15.419 Gospel 00:40:15.419 --> 00:40:16.339 Will be 00:40:16.339 --> 00:40:17.219 Saved 00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:18.119 And will 00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:18.679 Then have 00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.399 News to 00:40:19.399 --> 00:40:20.079 Share 00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:22.019 There is 00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.799 Encouragement 00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:23.339 Here 00:40:23.339 --> 00:40:25.239 I wonder 00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:26.959 If Scotland 00:40:26.959 --> 00:40:28.159 Is a dry 00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:29.079 Spiritual 00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:30.199 Desert 00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:31.739 More arid 00:40:31.739 --> 00:40:32.419 Than the 00:40:32.419 --> 00:40:33.219 Atacama 00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:35.059 I wonder 00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:36.159 If prayer 00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:37.359 And fasting 00:40:37.359 --> 00:40:38.239 Are needed 00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:40.599 So that the 00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.699 Rain begins 00:40:41.699 --> 00:40:43.480 And the 00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:44.000 Seed 00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:46.179 Comes alive 00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:47.559 Father 00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:47.559 00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.039 In heaven 00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.599 We bless 00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:48.940 You for 00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.619 Being together 00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.119 Under the 00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.779 Word today 00:40:50.779 --> 00:40:51.539 For being 00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.299 Together under 00:40:52.299 --> 00:40:52.739 The Word 00:40:52.739 --> 00:40:53.299 This evening 00:40:53.299 --> 00:40:54.259 And for 00:40:54.259 --> 00:40:55.019 The pictures 00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.659 That we 00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.299 Have of 00:40:56.299 --> 00:40:56.899 The growth 00:40:56.899 --> 00:40:57.279 Of the 00:40:57.279 --> 00:40:57.619 Early 00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:58.279 Church 00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:58.980 Despite 00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.980 Persecution 00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:01.099 There was 00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:01.799 Response 00:41:01.799 --> 00:41:01.859 ! 00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.359 There was 00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:02.960 Harvest 00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:04.299 Grant 00:41:04.299 --> 00:41:05.139 Harvest 00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:06.159 And response 00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:07.159 Tonight 00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:08.299 And in 00:41:08.299 --> 00:41:09.099 Our hearts 00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:09.759 And in 00:41:09.759 --> 00:41:10.399 This gathering 00:41:10.399 --> 00:41:11.359 And in 00:41:11.359 --> 00:41:11.799 The weeks 00:41:11.799 --> 00:41:12.179 And the 00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:12.599 Months 00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:12.839 And in 00:41:12.839 --> 00:41:13.299 The years 00:41:13.299 --> 00:41:13.859 To come 00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:15.160 Bless 00:41:15.160 --> 00:41:16.120 Your servant 00:41:16.120 --> 00:41:17.180 Callum 00:41:17.180 --> 00:41:17.599 Smith 00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:18.000 As he 00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.380 Ministers 00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:18.880 Here 00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.519 And all 00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:19.860 Who are 00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.340 Part of 00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:20.820 The team 00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:21.160 Here 00:41:21.160 --> 00:41:21.559 And all 00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:22.059 Who preach 00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.920 Here regularly 00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.559 In English 00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:24.220 And Gaelic 00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:25.480 Bless the 00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:26.280 Coming weekend 00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:26.840 And the 00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.680 Visit of 00:41:27.680 --> 00:41:28.680 Colin 00:41:28.680 --> 00:41:29.260 Macleod 00:41:29.260 --> 00:41:30.059 Next Sunday 00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:31.260 And bless 00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:31.860 The work 00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.180 And the 00:41:32.180 --> 00:41:32.720 Witness 00:41:32.720 --> 00:41:33.820 Of all 00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:34.559 Who serve 00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:34.840 You 00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:35.700 Across 00:41:35.700 --> 00:41:36.420 This land 00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:37.059 Of ours 00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:38.240 Bless every 00:41:38.240 --> 00:41:38.680 Gospel 00:41:38.680 --> 00:41:39.360 Church 00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:40.460 And grant 00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:40.940 That the 00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:41.519 Arid 00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:42.260 Days 00:41:42.260 --> 00:41:43.360 The dry 00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:43.980 Days 00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:45.340 The wilderness 00:41:45.340 --> 00:41:46.000 Desert 00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.599 Days 00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:47.500 Will be 00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:48.180 Replaced 00:41:48.180 --> 00:41:49.720 With super 00:41:49.720 --> 00:41:50.120 Bloom 00:41:50.120 --> 00:41:51.660 With life 00:41:51.660 --> 00:41:53.340 With glory 00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:55.000 With many 00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:55.720 Many 00:41:55.720 --> 00:41:56.579 Stories 00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:57.800 Of salvation 00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:59.220 Hear our 00:41:59.220 --> 00:41:59.820 Prayers 00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:01.000 Amen 00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:03.019 Shall we 00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.480 Close 00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:04.280 With the 00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:04.640 Lovely 00:42:04.640 --> 00:42:05.079 Words 00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:05.640 Of psalm 00:42:05.640 --> 00:42:06.059 84 00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.740 From the 00:42:06.740 --> 00:42:07.120 Scottish 00:42:07.120 --> 00:42:07.780 Psalter 00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:08.780 Psalm 00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:09.240 84 00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:10.720 We'll 00:42:10.720 --> 00:42:11.160 Sing 00:42:11.160 --> 00:42:12.220 From the 00:42:12.220 --> 00:42:12.640 Beginning 00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:13.079 Of the 00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.500 Psalm 00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:15.259 In the 00:42:15.259 --> 00:42:15.579 Scottish 00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:16.000 Psalter 00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:16.319 Psalm 00:42:16.319 --> 00:42:16.759 84 00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:17.339 How 00:42:17.339 --> 00:42:17.759 Lovely 00:42:17.759 --> 00:42:19.179 Is thy 00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:19.599 Dwelling 00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:20.159 Place 00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:20.859 O Lord 00:42:20.859 --> 00:42:21.539 Of hosts 00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:22.199 To me 00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:22.819 The 00:42:22.819 --> 00:42:23.539 Tabernacles 00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:24.059 Of thy 00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:24.480 Grace 00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:24.819 How 00:42:24.819 --> 00:42:25.440 Pleasant 00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:25.940 Lord 00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:26.599 They 00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:26.859 Be 00:42:26.859 --> 00:42:27.699 We'll 00:42:27.699 --> 00:42:27.940 Sing 00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.699 Verse 1 00:42:28.699 --> 00:42:29.500 And 2 00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:30.679 And then 00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:31.159 We'll go 00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:31.819 Down to 00:42:31.819 --> 00:42:32.519 Verse 8 00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:32.900 Lord 00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.259 God 00:42:33.259 --> 00:42:33.920 Of hosts 00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:34.359 My 00:42:34.359 --> 00:42:34.859 Prayer 00:42:34.859 --> 00:42:35.299 Here 00:42:35.300 --> 00:42:36.019 The 00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.380 First 00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:36.720 Two 00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:37.300 Verses 00:42:37.300 --> 00:42:37.780 And the 00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:38.280 Final 00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:39.060 Four 00:42:39.060 --> 00:42:40.300 Stanzas 00:42:40.300 --> 00:42:40.580 Of 00:42:40.580 --> 00:42:41.019 Psalm 00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.500 84 00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.519 To 00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:42.940 God's 00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:43.220 Glory 00:42:43.220 --> 00:42:43.460 The 00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:43.780 Tune 00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.400 Is 00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:44.600 The 00:42:44.600 --> 00:42:45.039 Homes 00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:45.460 Of 00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:46.019 Donegal 00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:48.420 Paul 00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:48.420 00:42:48.420 --> 00:43:02.920 How lovely is thy place, O Lord, of hosts to thee. 00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:13.920 The tavern outcomes of thy gifts have blessed longed me. 00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:25.420 My thirsty soul of timidly, yet face thy horns to see. 00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:36.920 My heavy heart and flesh I urge, O living not for thee. 00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:48.920 Lord God, of hosts my prayer here, O Jacob's gardener. 00:43:48.920 --> 00:44:00.820 He guard her shield, look on the face of thine and ironed deal. 00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:11.920 For in thy courts on me excels a thousand rather than. 00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:23.539 My thoughts I dwell like deep and warm, and dwell in tents of sin. 00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:35.079 What of the Lord's house sun and shield, give peace and glory there. 00:44:35.079 --> 00:44:46.259 And dwell with hope no good on end, and other need to live. 00:44:46.260 --> 00:44:57.600 O thou that art the Lord of hosts, and man is to thee blessed. 00:44:57.840 --> 00:45:09.000 With my assured confidence, on thee alone thou best. 00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:12.020 Receive God's blessing. 00:45:12.019 --> 00:45:21.860 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion and fellowship of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, be upon you, 00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:27.579 and on the whole Israel of God, today and forevermore. 00:45:28.179 --> 00:45:28.679 Amen. 00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:29.960 Go in peace. 00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:44.420 Thank you. 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.420 00:45:44.420 --> 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