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 On September 11, 2001, the world as we know it in the West changed.

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 When those two towers came down in New York,

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 the secular West started talking about religion as a source of evil.

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 Plenty of people started to echo the mantra of the new atheist movement,

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 that is, religion poisons everything.

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 And it wasn't just extremist Muslims in their sights.

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 Christianity, too, has become more and more isolated over the decades

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 because, in fact, of decades, if not centuries of abuse of power,

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 which has led to many, many vulnerable lives being damaged.

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 And our society is rightly angered by such abuse.

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 Fifteen years later, in Christianity,

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 and church leaders, once highly regarded in our society,

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 are no longer trusted or regarded.

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 The church has an institution is seen as a drain on society.

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 It's an institution which is connected to the dark ages with many dark secrets.

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 And Christians themselves find it harder and harder to talk about God or sex or politics.

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 The pressure is to keep your beliefs, whatever they are, private, silent for you back in the home.

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 And yet, into this pluralistic, post-Christian space,

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 we have the commands of Jesus.

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 The great commission that he gave his disciples,

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 gave it to us in Matthew 28.

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 Sam just read out to us,

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 And it's passages like that stand behind our vision statement that we are desperate,

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 Sorry, we united in our desperation for the world around us to encounter Jesus

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 and our desire to represent the diversity of Chatswood.

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 Sam has said it already.

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 It's Vision Sunday today.

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 It's our final day on this new vision statement for now.

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 We'll hear a lot more about it in the coming weeks and months and years.

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 But my focus today is the same as last week.

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 And it's on that part of the vision statement which says,

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 We are desperate for the world around us to encounter Jesus.

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 Why does the world around us need to encounter Jesus?

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 And it's because of the extraordinary claim that we looked at last week in 2 Corinthians 5.

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 We are convinced that one died for all,

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 and therefore all died, and he died for all.

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 Jesus' death, his resurrection, universal significance,

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 it crosses all generations, all cultures, all peoples.

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 And Jesus claimed it himself in John 14, 6,

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 I am the way and the truth and the life,

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 and no one comes to the Father except through me.

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 And here again, we see it again in Acts 4, 12,

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 when referring to Jesus as salvation is found in no one else,

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 for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which they must be saved.

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 That's why we have this vision statement.

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 Peter is before a court, is in front of the Jewish leaders of his day.

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 He isn't just saying that these Jewish leaders that he's speaking to need to acknowledge their Messiah,

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 their Savior.

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 He says there is no other name under heaven given to people by which they must be saved.

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 There is no other alternative.

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 There's no other name.

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 There's no other Savior.

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 There's no other religion.

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 There's no other truth.

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 That is an exclusive claim.

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 And exclusive claims are a very, very real problem in a pluralistic society.

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 And so we have a problem.

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 For some elements in our society, our vision statement is dangerous.

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 And is the reason, they would say, that there is so much abuse and division in our history.

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 And so with this vision before us, let's see what we can learn from the earliest church.

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 It should be noted that church was in fact born into a pluralistic society.

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 There were lots of different cultures and gods.

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 And even though that was the case right from the very beginning of Christianity,

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 they made universal claims.

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 Claims to absolute truth.

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 And not surprisingly, it got Jesus persecuted, crucified,

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 and the first Christian leaders and many Christians since persecuted.

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 So let's first of all have a look at the problem with truth claims.

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 In Acts 4, the religious heavies are responding to a sermon that's preached in Acts 3.

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 And in that sermon, Peter has said a bunch of things.

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 For instance, in verse 21, he says that Jesus has gone to heaven,

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 but will return to restore all things, everything.

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 And he's going to make everything right.

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 No suffering, no death, no evil, no sorrows.

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 And in verse 25, he says that through Jesus Christ,

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 the whole world, all peoples will be blessed.

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 And so when he says in chapter 4, verse 12,

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 that salvation is found in no other name than Jesus,

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 it is pretty much a summary of what he's just preached in Acts 3.

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 Peter is proclaiming that Jesus is the Messiah for the whole world.

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 He is the universal saviour.

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 And this pretty much annoyed everyone.

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 This is not what the Jews were expecting.

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 You see, for most, they were hoping that there would be a man,

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 a Messiah who would be a great leader,

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 who would do something about the Roman oppression.

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 Come in and beat up the Romans for them.

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 They believed in a private Messiah.

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 They believed in a Messiah for the Jews.

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 And as you go through the book of Acts,

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 you notice the Christians also got in trouble with the Romans.

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 You see, the Roman world was officially pluralistic.

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 The Romans let everyone worship their own gods,

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 whatever your god might be.

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 And there was gods in every town and village and household.

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 So long as you also worship the emperor.

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 And so everyone in the Roman Empire was commanded and requested and required

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 to say,

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 Kaiser Kurios,

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 Caesar is Lord.

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 And the implication being is that if you're free to worship whatever gods you want,

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 but you must also say Caesar is Lord.

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 And the implication therefore is,

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 well, you can't make an exclusive claim

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 because you're worshipping two gods.

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 Your god cannot be supreme over all gods.

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 And Christians couldn't do that.

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 All they could say is,

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 Jesus is Lord.

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 And it brought them in tremendous conflict with the Romans.

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 And in Acts 19,

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 there is this riot in Ephesus

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 when the preaching of the Christian gospel

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 was undermining the temple cult.

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 This is the first century.

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 Nothing much has changed.

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 When Christians come along and say today

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 that Jesus is the only way to be saved,

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 Christianity is the one true religion,

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 it is seen as incredibly exclusive,

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 narrow-minded,

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 arrogant,

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 and even dangerous.

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 And so what are we to do with that

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 in Chatswood?

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 Where our neighbours are Buddhists,

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 Hindus,

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 Muslims,

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 atheists,

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 and now Scientologists.

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 Do we just have to get with the times

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 and adapt so that people don't get offended?

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 Why not just make love the unifying principle?

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 Let's go back to the 1960s

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 and just peace man everywhere.

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 Why not just make love?

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 Because that is in fact

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 the popular unifying principle nowadays.

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 Not truth,

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 just love,

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 whatever that means.

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 Is the way to live in peace

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 with all the diversity

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 simply to affirm

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 that all religions and ideas

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 are equally valid?

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 I think not.

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 Christianity was born

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 into a pluralistic society.

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 The claims of Christianity

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 looked every bit as narrow and dangerous

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 in the first century

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 as it does in the 21st century.

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 And yet,

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 lots of people still believed

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 then as they do now.

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 So let's just take a moment.

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 I just want to pause here for a moment.

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 When I say pause,

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 it's going to be kind of a long pause.

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 And to address the problems

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 that I have

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 with the problem of exclusive claims.

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 I want to address the problems

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 that our society has

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 with the problem of exclusive claims.

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 The assumption seems to be

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 that the only way

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 to be truly inclusive

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 is to say that all religions

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 are equally valid.

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 The assumption is

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 that religion can be privately

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 and subjectively helpful

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 behind my closed doors,

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 in my home.

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 But there is not one right way

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 to think about God

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 and spiritual reality.

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 Now that is seen as inclusive

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 and therefore appropriate.

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 So first of all,

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 there's the historical problem.

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 There is pressure to do

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 what the first Christians

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 were pressured to do

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 under the Roman Empire

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 for the first three centuries.

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 And that is,

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 you can believe in Jesus

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 so long as you don't say

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 that Jesus is the best

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 or the most superior

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 or the only way to find God

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 and nothing much has changed

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 in 20 centuries of history.

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 The problem with that

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 is that the Jesus

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 we believe in historically

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 is the Jesus who says,

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 I am the way,

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 I am the truth,

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 I am the life

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 and no one comes to the Father

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 except through me.

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 That's the only Jesus

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 we've got in history.

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 No other religious leader

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 ever said it.

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 No other religious leader

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 ever claimed

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 to even work

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 on the level of Jesus.

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 There is no way

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 to believe in Jesus

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 if he is just the same

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 as all the others.

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 Buddha never said

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 anything like that.

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 Confucius never said

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 anything like that.

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 Muhammad never said

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 anything like that.

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 And the dude

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 who's in charge

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 of the Scientology

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 who's dead now,

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 whatever his name was,

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 never said anything like that.

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 No one ever said

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 anything like that.

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 And maybe Jesus is right

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 or maybe he's wrong

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 but he's not the same

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 as everyone else.

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 Either he is not

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 the Son of God

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 in which case

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 he is inferior

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 to everyone else

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 because they at least

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 have the common sense

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 and humility

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 not to make

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 megalomaniacal claims

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 about themselves

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 or he is the Son of God

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 and he is the only way

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 and all other claims

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 should therefore

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 be tested against him.

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 If he is true

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 he is the one way.

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 If he is not true

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 then he is no way.

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 He's not just a way.

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 That's the historical.

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 Christianity claims

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 that if you look

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 at the evidence

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 of the resurrection

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 the brilliance of his teaching

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 the brilliance of his character

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 then he is superior

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 by implication.

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 Secondly,

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 there's the logical problem.

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 How can all religions

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 actually be equally valued?

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 The statement

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 can only be true

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 if number one

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 there is no God

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 or number two

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 if there is a God

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 but that God

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 was so disconnected

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 so impersonal

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 that this God

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 did not care

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 what you believed

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 or what you did.

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 The God of Aristotle

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 for instance.

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 Greek

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 philosophy.

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 thirdly

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 I actually think

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 I have a problem

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 because I think

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 it's a hypocritical problem.

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 I think it's hypocritical

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 to say

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 to a Christian

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 you shouldn't have

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 that view of God

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 all religions are valid

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 there isn't one God.

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 What is happening

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 at that point

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 is pressure

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 for me

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 to abandon

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 my view of God

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 and accept

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 another person's

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 view of God.

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 It's a claim

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 in itself

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 which is exclusive.

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 It's saying

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 I'm right

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 you're wrong

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 my take on spirituality

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 and God

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 is superior

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 to your take

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 on spirituality

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 and God

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 so dump yours

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 and believe mine.

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 So they're making

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 exclusive claims

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 as well

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 at least I'm

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 admitting it.

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 If it is

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 narrow and wrong

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 to say

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 that there is

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 one true religion

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 it is narrow and wrong

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 to say

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 that there is

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 only one way

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 to think about religion.

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 Everybody is making

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 exclusive claims

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 to say that

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 no one should make

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 a universal truth

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 exclusive claim

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 is in fact

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 a universal claim

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 in itself.

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 Fourthly

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 if truth

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 is culturally

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 relevant

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 and person specific

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 that everyone

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 needs to decide

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 what is wrong

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 and wrong

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 right and wrong

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 for themselves

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 that there is

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 no moral absolutes

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 that religion

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 is okay

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 in private beliefs

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 but in fact

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 should be kept

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 out of the public sphere

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 and it's wrong

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 to persuade others

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 to change their views

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 then it leads

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 to being helpless

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 in the face

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 of injustice.

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 If there is

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 no absolute

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 truth

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 and morality

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 is relative

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 then you can

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 never say

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 to another

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 individual

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 to another

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 company

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 to another

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 country

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 that they are

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 in fact

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 being immoral

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 and just.

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 You might have

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 moral feelings

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 but without God

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 there are no

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 moral obligations.

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 Moral feelings

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 is when I say

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 I feel

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 that that's wrong.

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 Moral obligation

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 is

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 you got to

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 stop doing that

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 because it is wrong.

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 you can't do

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 anything therefore

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 about greed

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 you can't do

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 anything about

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 materialism

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 you can't do

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 anything about

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 genocide

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 you can't do

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 anything about

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 slavery

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 you can't do

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 anything about

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 injustice

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 you can't do

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 anything about

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 refugees.

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 If people

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 finally come to

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 realise that

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 then the real

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 question

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 is how

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 is it

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 possible

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 for us to

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 live together

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 in peace?

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 how can

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 we have

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 a pluralistic

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 society

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 and a world

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 in which

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 people

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 deeply

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 differ

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 in their

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 beliefs

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 and able

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 to live

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 together

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 and respect

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 each other

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 and work

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 together

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 and be

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 civil

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 and the

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 way to

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 get to

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 that point

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 is not

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 for some

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 small minority

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 in the world

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 generally

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 in our

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 current culture

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 the elitist

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 secular

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 atheists

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 who are

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 permeating

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 everything

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 in our

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 culture

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 saying

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 the rest

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 of you

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 believe

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 what we

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 believe

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 you see

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 our society

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 has rightly

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 rejected

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 the Christianity

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 that uses

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 its universal

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 values and

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 truth claims

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 to oppress

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 people

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 I believe

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 they have

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 rightly

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 rejected

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 that

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 that's

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 where we

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 sit right

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 now

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 the world

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 does not

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 need

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 any more

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 exclusive

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 truth claims

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 as a leverage

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 to oppress

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 people

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 what this

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 world needs

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 is absolute

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 truth and

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 values

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 that do

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 not turn

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 believers

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 into oppressors

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 what we need

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 is non-oppressive

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 universal truth

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 the believers

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 of Jesus

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 claim to

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 universal truth

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 we need

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 for that

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 truth

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 truth to

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 turn us

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 to turn

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 us believers

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 into agents

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 of justice

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 and service

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 we need to be

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 people who

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 don't look

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 down on

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 others

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 or feel

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 superior to

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 others

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 or ridicule

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 and rubbish

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 others

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 we don't

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 people who

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 don't oppress

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 others

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 people who

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 don't coerce

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 others

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 but people who

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 love and

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 serve others

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 and I believe

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 that's the

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 solution

00:17:01.920 --> 00:17:03.560
 to this

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 universal truth

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 claim

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 the Christian

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 gospel that

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 proclaims

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:07.920
 Jesus is

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 savior and

00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.500
 lord is

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 exactly what

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 this world

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 needs

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 and a hint

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 of that

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 solution

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 to the

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 problem is

00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:15.519
 in Acts 4

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 take a look

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 at verses

00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:17.100
 8 to 13

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 with me

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 then Peter

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 filled with

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 the Holy

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 Spirit

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 said to

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 them

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 rulers

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 and elders

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 of the

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 people

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 if we

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 are being

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 called

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 to account

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 today

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 for an

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 act of

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 kindness

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 shown to

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 a man

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 who was

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 lame

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 and being

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 asked

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 how

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 he was

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 healed

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 then know

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 this

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 you and

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 all the

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 people of

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 Israel

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 it is

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 by the

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 name

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 of

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 Nazareth

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 whom

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 you

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 crucified

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 but whom

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 God

00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:43.199
 raised

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 from the

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 dead

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 that this

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 man

00:17:44.399 --> 00:17:44.819
 stands

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 before

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 you

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 healed

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 Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 stone

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 you

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 builders

00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:50.299
 rejected

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 which

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 has

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 become

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 the

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 cornerstone

00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:54.180
 salvation

00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:54.740
 is found

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 in no one

00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:55.519
 else

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 for there

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 is no

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 other name

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 under

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 heaven

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 given to

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 mankind

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 by which

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 we must

00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:00.640
 be saved

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 when they

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 saw the

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 courage of

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 Peter and

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 John

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 and realized

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 that these

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 were unschooled

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 ordinary

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 men

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 they were

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 astonished

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 and they

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 took note

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 that these

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 men

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 had been

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 with

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 Jesus

00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:18.720
 note

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 firstly

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 that Jesus

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 saves us

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 through

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 rejection

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 verse 11

00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.539
 the stone

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 you build

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 is rejected

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.380
 which has

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 become

00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:25.319
 the

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 cornerstone

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 he saved

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 us not

00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:28.120
 through power

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 but through

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 service

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 through

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 rejection

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 not by

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 accumulating

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:31.559
 power

00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:31.860
 but in

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 fact by

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 giving up

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 power

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 surrendering

00:18:34.120 --> 00:18:34.519
 himself

00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:34.819
 dying

00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:35.039
 on the

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 cross

00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:35.559
 for our

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 sins

00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:36.240
 so that

00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:36.620
 God's

00:18:36.620 --> 00:18:37.039
 love

00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.759
 would come

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 flooding

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 into

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 our

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 lives

00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:41.620
 he saved

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 us through

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.440
 grace

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:43.100
 through love

00:18:43.100 --> 00:18:43.819
 through service

00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.640
 the only way

00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:45.180
 to become a

00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:45.900
 Christian is

00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:46.460
 in fact to

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 give up

00:18:46.820 --> 00:18:47.840
 all notions

00:18:47.840 --> 00:18:49.660
 all notions

00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:51.200
 of superiority

00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:53.740
 all notions

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 that we are

00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:54.600
 better than

00:18:54.600 --> 00:18:55.140
 other people

00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:55.660
 salvation

00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:56.820
 only comes

00:18:56.820 --> 00:18:57.660
 to people

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.220
 who admit

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:58.700
 that they are

00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:58.980
 sinners

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.519
 and they

00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:00.320
 need grace

00:19:00.320 --> 00:19:01.200
 and it is

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:01.880
 this work of

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.560
 salvation in

00:19:02.560 --> 00:19:02.900
 Peter and

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.580
 John's life

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 that's behind

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 verse 13

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 when they saw

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 the courage of

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 Peter and

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:10.320
 John and

00:19:10.320 --> 00:19:10.920
 realized that

00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:11.240
 they were

00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:12.839
 unschooled

00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:14.160
 ordinary

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:14.799
 men

00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:16.099
 they were

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 astonished

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.339
 and they

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:18.339
 took note

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:18.839
 that these

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 men had

00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:19.779
 been with

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 Jesus

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:21.599
 let me tell

00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:22.019
 you why

00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.359
 these

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:23.799
 religious leaders

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.880
 were astonished

00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:26.380
 by Peter and

00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:26.660
 John

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:28.859
 outside of

00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:29.240
 Jesus

00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:30.680
 as it was

00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.059
 in the first

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 century

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:31.740
 so it is

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.339
 in the 21st

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 century

00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:33.299
 outside of

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.640
 Jesus

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:34.680
 our identity

00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:35.480
 is based

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:36.019
 on relative

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.599
 status

00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:37.659
 we are

00:19:37.659 --> 00:19:37.980
 normally

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.619
 proud

00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:39.779
 we are

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.579
 not normally

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.519
 proud of

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.279
 being smart

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:43.240
 we just

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:43.719
 generally get

00:19:43.719 --> 00:19:44.099
 proud of

00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:44.619
 being smarter

00:19:44.619 --> 00:19:45.059
 than someone

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.519
 else around

00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:45.799
 us

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 that's

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 generally

00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:46.779
 it's

00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.119
 relative

00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:47.719
 status

00:19:47.719 --> 00:19:48.879
 that's

00:19:48.879 --> 00:19:49.099
 generally

00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:49.480
 how we

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:49.839
 work

00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:51.339
 everyone

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:51.859
 gets an

00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.359
 identity

00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:52.740
 through

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.299
 salvation

00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:54.139
 by works

00:19:54.139 --> 00:19:55.279
 we don't

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:56.199
 usually use

00:19:56.199 --> 00:19:56.559
 the word

00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:57.139
 salvation

00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:58.199
 it's more

00:19:58.199 --> 00:19:58.919
 self-esteem

00:19:58.919 --> 00:19:59.539
 through works

00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:00.459
 or self-worth

00:20:00.459 --> 00:20:01.299
 through works

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:02.679
 in a

00:20:02.679 --> 00:20:03.039
 traditional

00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.579
 society

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.359
 such as

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:05.419
 mostly

00:20:05.419 --> 00:20:06.119
 eastern

00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:07.199
 societies

00:20:07.199 --> 00:20:08.659
 your

00:20:08.659 --> 00:20:09.939
 identity

00:20:09.939 --> 00:20:10.659
 is attached

00:20:10.659 --> 00:20:11.199
 to

00:20:11.199 --> 00:20:12.379
 roles

00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:12.639
 that have

00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.179
 been assigned

00:20:13.179 --> 00:20:13.579
 to you

00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:14.179
 your worth

00:20:14.179 --> 00:20:14.699
 is attached

00:20:14.699 --> 00:20:15.039
 to the

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.299
 roles

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:15.459
 that have

00:20:15.459 --> 00:20:15.859
 been assigned

00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:16.119
 to you

00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:16.279
 so

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.039
 you feel

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.519
 good about

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:17.899
 yourself

00:20:17.899 --> 00:20:18.239
 because

00:20:18.239 --> 00:20:18.779
 you are

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.479
 a good

00:20:19.479 --> 00:20:19.919
 father

00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:20.299
 or a

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.439
 good

00:20:20.439 --> 00:20:20.739
 mother

00:20:20.739 --> 00:20:21.099
 or a

00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:21.239
 good

00:20:21.239 --> 00:20:21.559
 husband

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:21.839
 or a

00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:21.959
 good

00:20:21.959 --> 00:20:22.339
 wife

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:23.039
 or a

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.199
 good

00:20:23.199 --> 00:20:23.519
 son

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:23.759
 or a

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:23.919
 good

00:20:23.919 --> 00:20:24.279
 daughter

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:25.239
 in an

00:20:25.239 --> 00:20:25.899
 individualistic

00:20:25.899 --> 00:20:26.339
 society

00:20:26.339 --> 00:20:26.679
 like

00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:27.699
 western

00:20:27.699 --> 00:20:28.479
 societies

00:20:28.479 --> 00:20:29.359
 we get

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:29.979
 our identity

00:20:29.979 --> 00:20:30.319
 through

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:31.039
 accomplishments

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:32.819
 I am

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.299
 smarter

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.859
 than you

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.039
 I've

00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:34.219
 got a

00:20:34.219 --> 00:20:34.719
 better car

00:20:34.719 --> 00:20:35.259
 than you

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:35.759
 I am

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.059
 richer

00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:36.440
 than you

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:36.599
 I'm

00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:36.759
 better

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.059
 looking

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:37.359
 than you

00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:37.500
 I'm

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:37.700
 more

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.079
 talented

00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.559
 than you

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.519
 it's

00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:39.680
 all

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.079
 relative

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:43.779
 but it's

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.220
 always

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.660
 relative

00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.440
 so that

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:45.680
 there are

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.099
 always

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.420
 people

00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:46.700
 that we

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:46.879
 feel

00:20:46.879 --> 00:20:47.359
 superior

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:47.740
 to

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.819
 and

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:48.980
 there will

00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:49.099
 be

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.359
 people

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:49.640
 that we

00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:49.779
 will

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:49.960
 feel

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.379
 inferior

00:20:50.379 --> 00:20:50.740
 to

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.779
 and

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:51.920
 the

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.299
 religious

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:52.819
 leaders

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.059
 were

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.500
 shocked

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:53.839
 when they

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.279
 talked to

00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.460
 Peter

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:54.900
 and John

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.279
 they were

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:55.740
 ordinary

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.119
 it's

00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:56.640
 emphasized

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.559
 they were

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.099
 ordinary

00:20:58.099 --> 00:20:58.980
 unschooled

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.220
 men

00:20:59.220 --> 00:21:00.400
 and in

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:00.619
 a

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.420
 patriarchal

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:02.019
 society

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.819
 ordinary

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.259
 men

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:03.720
 didn't

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:03.920
 have

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:04.140
 the

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.759
 pedigree

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.420
 or the

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:05.839
 schooling

00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:06.759
 and like

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.420
 these guys

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:08.079
 and they

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.379
 would have

00:21:08.379 --> 00:21:09.400
 been ashamed

00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:10.420
 and quiet

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.839
 in the

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.480
 presence of

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.019
 these leaders

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:13.960
 they would

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.200
 have had

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:14.680
 their heads

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.119
 bowed and

00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:15.480
 they wouldn't

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.000
 have spoken

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.160
 them

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:18.940
 and these

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.319
 leaders

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:20.359
 are astonished

00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:22.099
 that these

00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:22.900
 two men

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.519
 have a

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.420
 brand new

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.200
 system of

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.640
 identity

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:28.619
 they aren't

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.119
 ashamed

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:30.460
 and they're

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:31.079
 not afraid

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:33.279
 of anyone

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.559
 above them

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:36.299
 but they're

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.920
 also not

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.599
 feel superior

00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:38.119
 to anyone

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:38.759
 below them

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:40.460
 it wasn't

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.059
 below them

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:42.000
 for an act

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.519
 of kindness

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.420
 to the

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:43.680
 crippled

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:43.940
 man

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:47.519
 what a

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.059
 transformation

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.820
 these

00:21:48.820 --> 00:21:49.519
 religious

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:49.920
 leaders

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.460
 witness

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.779
 this is the

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.160
 Peter who

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.960
 boldly speaks

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.220
 here

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.700
 he's the

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:53.880
 same

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.180
 Peter

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.460
 who

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:56.559
 went

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:58.160
 all

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.920
 jelly

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.420
 mead

00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:01.160
 in front

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.759
 of a

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.779
 servant

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.019
 girl

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.220
 of the

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.380
 high

00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:03.759
 priest

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:06.559
 and yet

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:06.900
 here is

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.320
 Peter

00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:08.460
 this is the

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:08.820
 Peter who

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.299
 denied

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:09.680
 Jesus

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.059
 and here's

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.299
 the Peter

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.460
 who's

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.100
 proclaiming

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:12.000
 the exclusive

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.600
 claims of

00:22:12.600 --> 00:22:12.900
 Jesus

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.640
 not just

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:15.100
 before the

00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:15.560
 high priest

00:22:15.560 --> 00:22:15.960
 servant

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.460
 but in

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.780
 fact the

00:22:16.780 --> 00:22:17.380
 high priest

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:17.680
 and all

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:18.420
 the rulers

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.100
 of Israel

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:21.580
 their self

00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:22.180
 esteem is not

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.759
 based on their

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.540
 accomplishments or

00:22:23.540 --> 00:22:24.060
 their works

00:22:24.060 --> 00:22:24.600
 it's based on

00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:25.100
 the grace of

00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:25.300
 God

00:22:25.300 --> 00:22:25.720
 that's what's

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.040
 happened to

00:22:26.040 --> 00:22:26.400
 Peter and

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:26.640
 John

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.460
 and that's

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:27.820
 what happens

00:22:27.820 --> 00:22:28.180
 to every

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.640
 Christian

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.600
 you can only

00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:30.020
 become a

00:22:30.020 --> 00:22:30.300
 Christian

00:22:30.300 --> 00:22:30.759
 if you

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.420
 admit that

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.400
 you in

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:32.980
 fact deserve

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.300
 hell

00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:36.900
 and only the

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.900
 costly sacrifice

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.560
 of Jesus

00:22:38.560 --> 00:22:39.440
 and his

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.200
 triumphant

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.800
 resurrection

00:22:40.800 --> 00:22:42.060
 has saved

00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:42.320
 you

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.379
 God's

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:43.839
 grace means

00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:44.279
 you cannot

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.059
 feel superior

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:46.079
 to anyone

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:48.059
 anyone

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:49.259
 is there

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.819
 anything

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.819
 more

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.700
 repugnant

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:54.399
 than to be

00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:55.039
 proud about

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.419
 the grace

00:22:55.419 --> 00:22:55.839
 of God

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:59.779
 anything

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:06.159
 the universal

00:23:06.159 --> 00:23:06.679
 truth of

00:23:06.679 --> 00:23:07.439
 Jesus is

00:23:07.439 --> 00:23:07.700
 that he

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.179
 died for

00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:08.779
 his enemies

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.279
 he said

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.919
 father forgive

00:23:09.919 --> 00:23:10.179
 them for

00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:10.419
 they do

00:23:10.419 --> 00:23:10.700
 not know

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.000
 what they're

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.259
 doing

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:13.180
 Christianity

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.980
 has the

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.559
 truth

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:16.440
 but it's

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:16.920
 a truth

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.319
 that's meant

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.819
 to turn

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.400
 us into

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:20.120
 non-oppressive

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:22.559
 grace-bearing

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:24.600
 merciful people

00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:27.940
 what this

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.680
 world needs

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.539
 is truth

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.200
 and people

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.759
 who have a

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.380
 new identity

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:32.019
 because of

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.680
 that truth

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.640
 which makes

00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:33.980
 them into

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:35.000
 humble servants

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.819
 to everyone

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.700
 around them

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:39.480
 Christians

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.980
 Christians

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:41.240
 have been

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.840
 oppressors

00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:42.120
 in the

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.700
 past

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:44.000
 can you

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.660
 find that

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.620
 anywhere in

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.080
 the Bible

00:23:46.080 --> 00:23:48.259
 that justifies

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.580
 that

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:50.480
 can you

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.460
 get that

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.140
 out of the

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.660
 person of

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:52.960
 Jesus

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.819
 at all

00:23:53.819 --> 00:24:00.019
 one of the

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.680
 most exclusive

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.400
 claims I've

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.080
 ever heard

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:04.139
 is the

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.839
 claim that

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.699
 good people

00:24:05.699 --> 00:24:06.399
 from all

00:24:06.399 --> 00:24:07.039
 faiths will

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.859
 eventually find

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.259
 God

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:10.079
 it's terribly

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.699
 exclusive

00:24:10.699 --> 00:24:12.779
 what about

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.299
 the bad

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.980
 people like

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.399
 me

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:16.299
 what happens

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.960
 to them

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:21.279
 see their

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.960
 claim is

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.500
 incredibly

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.079
 exclusive

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.519
 it's only

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:23.859
 the good

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.279
 people

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:27.240
 Christianity

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.720
 says it

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.220
 doesn't matter

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.819
 who you are

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.099
 or what

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.500
 you've done

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:29.919
 it doesn't

00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:30.199
 matter

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.840
 it doesn't

00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:31.180
 matter

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.980
 repent

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.940
 rest in

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.299
 Jesus

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.759
 and what

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:33.960
 he has

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.160
 done

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.580
 for you

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:35.200
 and God

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.000
 delights in

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.420
 you and he

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.900
 gives you a

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.580
 new identity

00:24:37.580 --> 00:24:38.600
 and the

00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:39.660
 Christian gospel

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.240
 is an

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.840
 exclusive

00:24:40.840 --> 00:24:41.519
 truth

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.460
 but it is

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.019
 the most

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.920
 inclusive

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:45.620
 truth

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.380
 there is

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.559
 in the

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:46.840
 world

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:50.400
 everyone's

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:50.640
 making

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.140
 exclusive

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:52.519
 claims

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:54.500
 but Christianity

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.340
 is the only

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:56.500
 the most

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.160
 inclusive

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.559
 of the

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:57.880
 exclusive

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.319
 truths

00:24:58.319 --> 00:25:02.279
 and it's

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.559
 what our

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:02.779
 world

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.159
 needs

00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:06.899
 let me

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.339
 just say

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:07.639
 about

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.220
 in terms of

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.539
 where we

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.139
 are in

00:25:09.139 --> 00:25:09.720
 our society

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.000
 our

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.419
 Christian

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:10.839
 mission

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.879
 has always

00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:12.759
 thrived

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:14.179
 by surging

00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:14.460
 in the

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:14.919
 margins

00:25:14.919 --> 00:25:16.659
 and under

00:25:16.659 --> 00:25:17.139
 the radar

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:19.859
 when we

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.799
 somehow get

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.460
 into positions

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.079
 of power

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:23.539
 the wheels

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.339
 fall off

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:25.059
 and that's

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.339
 what we're

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.019
 experiencing in

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.359
 the west

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:26.639
 at the

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:26.939
 moment

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:30.660
 it's

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.000
 pretty much

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.200
 the way

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.600
 it's always

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:32.059
 been since

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.360
 the third

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:32.759
 century

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:34.400
 in fact

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.600
 as

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:35.039
 Christianity

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.580
 spread

00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:35.799
 throughout

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.240
 the first

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.580
 three

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:37.120
 centuries

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:38.160
 as a

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.720
 persecuted

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.259
 minority

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.840
 people

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:42.080
 it

00:25:42.080 --> 00:25:42.880
 just

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.600
 exploded

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:45.740
 and the

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.180
 conversion

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.559
 of

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.460
 Constantine

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.680
 paved the

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.140
 way for

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:49.539
 it becoming

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.299
 the official

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.120
 state

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.640
 religion

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.440
 of the

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:52.720
 Roman

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.279
 Empire

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.640
 by the

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:53.840
 end of

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:54.200
 the fourth

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.720
 century

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:56.100
 only

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.600
 Christianity

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.059
 became the

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.339
 official

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:57.799
 religion

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:59.160
 and from

00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.920
 that moment

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.759
 the church

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.980
 lost its

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.900
 prophetic voice

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.380
 and its

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.120
 vibrancy

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:07.059
 many religions

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.839
 like Islam

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.400
 for example

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:08.900
 seem to

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.860
 thrive on the

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.240
 conquest

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.480
 and power

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.259
 Christianity

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:13.360
 grows best

00:26:13.360 --> 00:26:14.539
 through hardship

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:16.120
 through by being

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.680
 marginalized

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.420
 pushed to the

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.880
 edges

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:19.120
 and so I

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.799
 think where we

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.720
 exist right now

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.440
 in the west

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.539
 in this culture

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.140
 where we are

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.780
 right now

00:26:23.780 --> 00:26:24.360
 is an

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:25.180
 unprecedented

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.940
 opportunity

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:27.380
 for the

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.640
 Christian

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:27.980
 gospel

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:31.380
 the history

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:31.840
 of the church

00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:32.420
 tells me

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.160
 that even

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.700
 a culture

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.040
 that wants

00:26:34.040 --> 00:26:34.580
 to get rid

00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:35.160
 of Christianity

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:36.140
 isn't a

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.660
 hindrance to

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.040
 the church

00:26:37.040 --> 00:26:37.680
 being effective

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.259
 in representing

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.720
 Jesus

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.920
 the early

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.460
 Christians

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.220
 it just

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.660
 exploded

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.759
 40% a

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.360
 decade for

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.259
 nearly 300

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.140
 years was the

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:46.720
 growth rate

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:50.320
 and at a

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:51.680
 time when

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.600
 early Christians

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.359
 did not

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:54.179
 engage in

00:26:54.179 --> 00:26:54.480
 public

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.959
 preaching

00:26:54.959 --> 00:26:56.639
 because it

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:56.980
 was too

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.539
 dangerous

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:59.539
 there were

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.439
 practically no

00:27:00.439 --> 00:27:01.259
 evangelists

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:03.059
 no missionaries

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.939
 there was no

00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.959
 mission boards

00:27:04.959 --> 00:27:06.219
 there was no

00:27:06.219 --> 00:27:06.980
 organizations

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:08.339
 they didn't have

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.119
 evangelistic

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.919
 courses

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:10.299
 Christian

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.059
 explained

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:14.259
 after Nero's

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.839
 persecution

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.240
 in the mid

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.019
 first century

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:17.000
 church services

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.139
 in fact closed

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:18.859
 its doors to

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.179
 visitors

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.320
 churches

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:21.200
 you weren't

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.820
 welcome in

00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.240
 the church

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.720
 if you're a

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.000
 visitor

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:25.460
 deacons used

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.180
 to stand at

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.560
 the front

00:27:26.560 --> 00:27:27.259
 doors of the

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:28.100
 church gatherings

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:29.560
 not to hand

00:27:29.560 --> 00:27:30.320
 out bulletins

00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:30.660
 but as

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:31.519
 bouncers to

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.539
 keep people

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.960
 out

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:37.320
 just in case

00:27:37.320 --> 00:27:37.720
 you're an

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.180
 informer

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:41.180
 prominent people

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.640
 scorned

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.180
 Christianity

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.980
 Christians were

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.539
 discriminated

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.060
 against in

00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:44.700
 countless petty

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.860
 ways it was

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:47.140
 incredibly hard

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:48.040
 to be Christian

00:27:48.040 --> 00:27:48.560
 and yet the

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:50.200
 church exploded

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:52.560
 why?

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.900
 because Christians

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.560
 were attractive

00:27:56.560 --> 00:27:59.960
 their concern

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:01.220
 for the weak

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.880
 for the poor

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:04.520
 the marginalized

00:28:04.520 --> 00:28:05.480
 their integrity

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.240
 in the face of

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.820
 persecution

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:07.580
 their financial

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:08.240
 generosity

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.360
 their sacrificial

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:09.860
 love

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.780
 even for their

00:28:10.780 --> 00:28:11.560
 enemies

00:28:11.560 --> 00:28:13.820
 and the high

00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:14.460
 quality of their

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.120
 common life

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:15.580
 together

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:17.199
 non-believers

00:28:17.199 --> 00:28:17.740
 were first of

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.319
 all attracted

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.639
 to the

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.059
 community

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.720
 and lives

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.279
 of Christians

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.839
 and therefore

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.699
 became open

00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:22.220
 to talking

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.419
 about the

00:28:23.419 --> 00:28:24.099
 truths

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:25.439
 the exclusive

00:28:25.439 --> 00:28:26.139
 truths of the

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.519
 gospel

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:30.339
 I'm very keen

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.960
 for us both

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.659
 corporately and

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:32.139
 individually

00:28:32.139 --> 00:28:34.159
 as a church

00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:34.919
 to be engaged

00:28:34.919 --> 00:28:35.919
 in acts of

00:28:35.919 --> 00:28:36.579
 justice and

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.319
 mercy both

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.679
 here in

00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:38.179
 Chatswood and

00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:38.779
 wherever God

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.740
 has placed us

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.659
 Monday to

00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:41.039
 Saturday

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.899
 to be non-

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.619
 oppressors

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.979
 to be servants

00:28:44.979 --> 00:28:45.599
 of others

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.919
 for instance

00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:48.579
 it is not

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.179
 well known

00:28:49.179 --> 00:28:50.539
 that Chatswood

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.500
 is home to

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.319
 more than a

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.639
 dozen legal

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.359
 and illegal

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.019
 brothels

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:57.299
 and there is

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.219
 currently no

00:28:58.219 --> 00:28:58.819
 ministry

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.799
 whatsoever

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:02.599
 into that

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.519
 space

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:05.599
 it's in our

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.339
 parish boundaries

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:08.899
 and so we as a

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.279
 church are going

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.199
 to seek to reach

00:29:10.199 --> 00:29:10.759
 those in the

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.339
 sex industry

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:12.000
 in Chatswood

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.019
 through acts

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.599
 of care

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:15.059
 acts of

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.619
 kindness

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:17.220
 our hope is

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.000
 that over time

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.500
 we'll be able

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.039
 to develop

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:20.539
 deeper trust

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:20.940
 with those

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.619
 affected by

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.279
 this industry

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.440
 and possibly

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.200
 build systems

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.880
 of referral

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:26.039
 and exiting

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.640
 options for

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.319
 those workers

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:29.059
 God has

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.519
 opened the

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.019
 door already

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.559
 for initial

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.099
 steps

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:32.259
 I've been

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.640
 taken

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.440
 a pilot

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.940
 team of

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.619
 five women

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.180
 yesterday

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.900
 attended a

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.220
 training

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.660
 ministry

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.859
 which I was

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.480
 very excited

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.799
 about

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:40.119
 and on

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.599
 Wednesday

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.019
 they went

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.579
 around to a

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:41.879
 number of

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.440
 these brothels

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.859
 stood out

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.180
 the front

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.519
 of those

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:43.900
 brothels

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.339
 and prayed

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.819
 for them

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:49.059
 the next

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.420
 steps are

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.599
 going to

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.000
 include a

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.279
 whole lot

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.759
 of prayer

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.619
 where God

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.099
 will take

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.599
 us and

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.940
 give clarity

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.279
 on what

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.619
 concrete

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.200
 things we

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.400
 need to

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:55.660
 put in

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.039
 place to

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.180
 build

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.619
 relationship

00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:56.819
 with

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.319
 brothels

00:29:57.319 --> 00:30:27.319


00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:57.319


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00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.480
 hope

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.059
 purpose

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.460
 meaning

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.759
 joy

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.399
 satisfaction

00:33:29.399 --> 00:33:29.859
 is found

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.159
 in no

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.279
 other

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.679
 name

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.599
 salvation

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.639
 is found

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.139
 in no

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:33.659
 one else

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:34.460
 for there

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.919
 is no

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:35.480
 other name

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.139
 under heaven

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.639
 given to

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.019
 man by

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.419
 which we

00:33:37.419 --> 00:33:37.779
 must be

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.179
 saved

00:33:38.179 --> 00:33:39.579
 and at

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:39.779
 St.

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.259
 Paul's

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.960
 we believe

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.819
 that exclusive

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.599
 truth claim

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:43.720
 and so we

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.679
 exist as a

00:33:44.679 --> 00:33:45.099
 church to

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:45.819
 know Jesus

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.740
 to treasure

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.379
 Jesus and

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:47.859
 to represent

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.480
 Jesus for

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.119
 God's glory

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.700
 and the joy

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:49.980
 of all

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.339
 people

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:51.659
 and because

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:52.279
 we believe

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.960
 that claim

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.500
 is true

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.000
 for all

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.480
 people

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.960
 may we

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.380
 have the

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:57.079
 confidence

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:58.240
 and the

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.640
 boldness

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.000
 of Peter

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.599
 and John

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:00.900
 and be

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.400
 united

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:02.120
 in our

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:02.819
 desperation

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.960
 for the

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.799
 world around

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.700
 us to

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.140
 encounter

00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:06.579
 Jesus

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.860
 and our

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:08.360
 desire to

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:08.960
 represent the

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.460
 diversity

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.400
 of Chatswood