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 Good morning, Christchurch.

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 My name is Lawrence Liu, and I am a member of the North Berkeley Community Group.

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 Today's reading is from the Book of Acts, Chapter 2, Verses 1-14, and Verses 22-39, as printed in the liturgy.

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 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

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 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

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 Suddenly, a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven,

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 and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

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 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

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 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

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 Now they were staying in Jerusalem, God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

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 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment,

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 because each one heard their own language being spoken.

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 Utterly amazed, they asked,

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 Aren't all these who are speaking Galileans?

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 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language?

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 Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,

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 Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia,

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 Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene,

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 visitors from Rome, both Jews and converts to Judaism,

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 Cretans and Arabs.

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 We hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues.

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 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another,

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 What does this mean?

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 Some, however, made fun of them and said,

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 They have had too much wine.

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 Then Peter stood up with the eleven,

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 raised his voice, and addressed the crowd.

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 Fellow Israelites, listen to this.

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 Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God

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 to you by miracles, wonders, and signs,

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 which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.

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 This man was handed over to you

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 by God's deliberate plan and foreknowledge,

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 and you, with the help of wicked men,

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 put him to death by nailing him to the cross.

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 But God raised him from the dead,

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 freeing him from the agony of death,

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 because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.

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 David said about him,

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 I saw the Lord always before me.

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 Because he is at my right hand,

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 I will not be shaken.

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 Therefore, my heart is glad,

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 and my tongue rejoices.

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 My body also will rest in hope,

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 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead.

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 You will not let your Holy One see decay.

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 You have made known to me the paths of life.

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 You will fill me with joy in your presence.

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 Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently

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 that the patriarch David died and was buried,

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 and his tomb is here to this day.

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 But he was a prophet,

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 and knew that God had promised him on oath

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 that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.

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 Seeing what was to come,

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 he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah,

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 that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead,

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 nor did his body see decay.

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 God has raised this Jesus to life,

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 and we are all witnesses of it.

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 Exalted to the right hand of God,

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 he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit,

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 and has poured out what you now see and hear.

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 For David did not ascend to heaven,

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 and yet he said,

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 The Lord said to my Lord,

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 Sit at my right hand,

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 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.

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 Therefore, let all Israel be assured of this.

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 God has made this Jesus,

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 whom you crucified,

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 both Lord and Messiah.

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 When the people heard this,

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 they were cut to the heart,

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 and said to Peter and the other apostles,

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 Brothers, what shall we do?

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 Peter replied,

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 Repent, and be baptized,

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 every one of you,

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 in the name of Jesus Christ,

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 for the forgiveness of your sins,

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 and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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 The promise is for you,

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 and your children,

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 and for all who are far off,

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 for all whom the Lord our God will call.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Good morning, Christ Church.

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 It is good to be here,

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 and it's good to give thanks to God

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 for the great time we had

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 at our Soul Care retreat yesterday

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 that was so life-giving.

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 And I also give thanks for a wonderful spring break

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 with our family.

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 The week before last,

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 we had a time of rest together

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 down in Scotts Valley near Santa Cruz,

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 which is where we're going to have

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 our all-church retreat on August 27 to 29.

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 So mark your calendars if you haven't already.

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 I'm just so grateful to work for a church

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 that values rest,

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 particularly the rest of your pastors.

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 I don't know if you know

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 just how demanding and exhausting

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 working one day a week can be.

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 You're probably familiar

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 with the old definition of the pastor,

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 six days invisible,

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 one day incomprehensible.

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 But I shouldn't arm you with this kind of stuff.

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 I have jokes about your professions as well,

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 so be warned.

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 I don't know how you feel about church jokes

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 or desert island jokes,

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 but I have one that sort of brings those together.

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 There was a guy,

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 and he was deserted on an island

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 for many years,

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 and a ship came by

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 and discovered him, found him.

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 They went on to the island,

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 and they were amazed to see

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 all the things that he had built

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 for his own survival.

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 And they saw in particular

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 these three structures

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 that he had made out of bamboo and leaves.

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 And they said,

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 you know,

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 what's this first structure over here?

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 And he said,

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 oh, well, that's my home.

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 And they said,

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 well, what about this second structure here?

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 What is that?

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 And they said,

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 well, that's my church.

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 And then they said,

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 well, how about this third structure over here?

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 And a pained look came over his face,

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 and said,

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 well, that's where I used to go to church.

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 But, you know,

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 church and our relationship to the church

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 can be tricky business, right?

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 And some of us are unchurched.

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 We've never been in a church building.

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 We're gathering for the first time

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 with Christians we don't know.

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 Christchurch is their first church experience,

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 and we're just honored to have you here.

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 Others of you might call yourself de-churched,

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 meaning you had a church experience.

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 It kind of went from good to bad to ugly.

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 You were disappointed by a leader,

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 maybe hurt by a lack of love,

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 maybe just burned out by over-serving.

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 Now, some people have just felt invisible

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 or unknown in their church,

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 and so over time they just drift away.

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 Maybe you're surprised to find yourself

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 back in a church.

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 Many of us, though,

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 consider ourselves churched.

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 But even that's kind of weird right now, right?

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 We've been on a screen for a year.

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 We're pretty disconnected.

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 We've had to merge these two congregations

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 from Berkeley to Oakland.

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 Our staff has been reduced

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 from 17 people down to 5.5 people.

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 Many of us have had friends

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 from Christchurch move away.

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 Maybe your circle of friends here is intact,

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 but you have an ambiguous relationship

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 to the rest of the congregation,

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 to the leadership of the church.

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 Maybe you're just flat-out low

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 on motivation right now

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 for re-engaging with your church post-COVID.

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 Some of us are churched,

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 and so we've moved to the area

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 trying to figure out

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 what is this particular church all about.

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 I think all of us read about the church in the news,

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 and we want that bumper sticker that says,

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 Lord Jesus, save us from your followers, right?

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 But we have this wide-ranging diversity

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 of experiences of the church,

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 and so it seems fitting for us

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 to ask the question, what is the church?

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 What are the essentials?

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 What are the non-negotiables of the church?

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 What's the identity and the mission of the church?

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 What are your gifts, and what's your role?

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 What's your part to play in building up the church?

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 And so we're looking at this book of the Bible

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 called the Acts of the Apostles.

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 It could also be called the Acts of the Holy Spirit,

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 the Acts of Jesus through the Holy Spirit in his church.

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 But this is the second volume to Luke's gospel

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 that we've been looking at for quite a while now.

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 And this is the continuation of the story of Jesus

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 in the life of the new community

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 that he's launched into the world,

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 and it gives us an opportunity to see all the ways

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 that God is calling us to reopen our church,

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 to reclaim the identity of our church,

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 to reweave the community of our church,

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 to relaunch the mission of our church.

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 And so hear this message from Acts chapter 2,

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 which is just super simple yet deep.

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 And that is this,

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 that spirit-filled Christians share good news

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 about Jesus Christ.

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 That's the message of Acts chapter 2,

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 spirit-filled Christians share good news

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 about Jesus Christ,

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 and particularly about the historical Jesus

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 and the contemporary Christ,

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 which we'll get to in a minute.

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 But let me start with this,

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 that spirit-filled Christians share good news.

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 And that's where our story opens up in verse 1.

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 When the day of Pentecost came,

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 they were all together in one place,

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 120 disciples.

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 They'd spent 40 days with the resurrected Jesus,

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 and now they're praying in this upper room,

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 doing what Jesus said,

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 which was to wait to be clothed with power from on high.

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 And that moment has now arrived in verse 2.

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 It says that suddenly a sound

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 like the blowing of a violent wind

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 came from heaven and filled the whole house

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 where they are sitting,

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 like the sound of a Category 5 hurricane force wind.

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 And then in verse 3,

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 they saw what seemed to be tongues of fire

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 that separated and came to rest on each one of them.

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 The sense of flames of fire might remind them

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 that John the Baptist said,

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 one is coming who's going to baptize you

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 with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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 And it's the sound of the wind,

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 the sense of fire that are signs

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 that the Holy Spirit is this wild, untamable power.

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 And what's being unleashed on these people right now

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 are the uncreated energies of God himself.

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 And when that power of the Holy Spirit comes on people,

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 what happens?

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 That Spirit that ordered the chaos into a creation,

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 that Spirit that took the dead body of Jesus

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 and raised him to a life incorruptible,

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 what happens when that Spirit comes on a community

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 of 120 disciples?

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 Well, we read in verse 4 that

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 all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit

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 and they began to speak.

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 They were filled with the Holy Spirit

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 and they began to speak in other tongues

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 as the Spirit enabled them.

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 The Holy Spirit's dancing over these disciples

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 like flames of fire

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 and that enables us,

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 enables them to find their tongue,

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 to open their mouth,

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 to speak words,

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 to utter rational, intelligent, articulate,

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 meaningful information

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 that everybody can understand

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 and finds relevant to their lives.

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 This is so important

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 because many of us expect

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 that the Holy Spirit,

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 when he comes on our lives,

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 is going to turn the whole thing

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 into this marvel, superhero,

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 pyrotechnical action film.

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 But what actually happens

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 when the Holy Spirit comes

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 is a ministry of speaking.

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 When the Holy Spirit comes,

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 there's a ministry of words.

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 When the Holy Spirit comes,

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 guess what?

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 There's a long sermon with Scripture.

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 I know, that's not very exciting.

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 But what are they talking about?

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 In verse 11, it says,

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 we hear them declaring

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 the wonderful works of God

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 in our own tongues.

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 Some of you are reading a book

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 called The Wonderful Works of God.

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 We hear them declaring

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 the intervening actions,

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 the saving deeds of God

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 who's come to his beloved yet broken

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 and ruined and fallen creation

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 to make it into a new creation.

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 You see, when the Holy Spirit comes,

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 evangelism happens.

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 And what I want to convince you of this morning

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 is that everybody is an evangelist.

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 Everyone you meet in the Bay Area

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 is evangelizing good news

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 to try to win converts.

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 This is particularly true

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 in our consumer culture

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 where we're just shamelessly

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 yet subtly evangelized all the time.

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 You read a magazine,

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 you browse the internet,

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 you watch TV,

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 you drive down the freeway.

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 And we get these messages that say,

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 you cannot have joy without this.

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 You cannot have a good life without that.

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 This is from Guy Kawasaki,

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 who was the former chief evangelist

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 of Apple Computer,

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 the father of evangelism marketing.

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 He says,

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 the starting point of evangelism

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 is having a great thing to evangelize,

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 a cause that seizes the moral high ground.

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 It is a product or service

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 that improves the lives of people,

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 ends bad things,

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 or perpetuates good things.

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 You ever found a product or service like that?

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 Did you ever think,

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 this will change the world,

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 this will make your life better.

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 And did you ever share that with somebody else?

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 You're an evangelist.

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 I was walking out of sports space

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 the other day,

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 an activist said,

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 hey, you got five minutes

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 to save the environment.

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 That was an evangelist.

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 You say to your friends and family,

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 hey, have you read this?

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 Have you seen that?

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 Have you eaten here?

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 Have you traveled there?

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 Whether your good news is Burning Man,

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 the keto diet,

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 Peloton,

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 Gwyneth Paltrow Goop,

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 whatever the wellness industry experiences

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 are promising you

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 to make you strong and pure and beautiful,

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 that's all evangelism.

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 And what is it for you?

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 What are you so excited about

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 you had to share?

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 One of you recently said,

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 you got to get on Ting Mobile.

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 You've got to buy Olukai sandals.

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 It'll change your life.

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 You need to read this Matthew Walker book

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 on why we sleep.

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 You should do this life hack

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 on cutting back on your email.

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 I remember reading a few years back

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 this article in The New Yorker

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 called Sacred Grounds,

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 The New Coffee Evangelist.

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 And it said,

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 in 1966,

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 a second generation coffee roaster

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 from Holland,

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 Alfred Peet,

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 opened Peet's Coffee and Tea,

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 Incorporated in North Berkeley,

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 just one block down that way,

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 which might have been

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 the first evangelical cafe in America,

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 aiming not just to serve its customers,

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 but also to enlighten them.

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 Pete, who died in 2007,

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 viewed typical American coffee

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 as not merely bad,

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 but wrong,

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 overbrewed and under-roasted.

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 Guided by his edicts,

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 locals could learn to drink

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 a richer, more alkaline form of coffee.

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 Among his fans

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 were three young men in Seattle

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 who bought Peet's Beans

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 for the coffee shop

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 they opened there in 1971

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 called Starbucks.

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 The tradition of coffee evangelism,

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 epitomized by Alfred Peet,

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 can seem in its clumsier expressions,

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 capricious or even pernicious,

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 a small cabal

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 of self-appointed experts

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 telling everyone else

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 that they are doing it wrong.

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 But fifth-generation coffee farmer

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 ate a battle,

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 resists snobbery,

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 as any good evangelist must.

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 She thinks that coffee salvation

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 should be available

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 to anyone who seeks it.

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 We're all evangelizing good news.

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 We're all trying to win converts.

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 But the good news

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 that the Holy Spirit brings

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 is better than computers

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 and is better than coffee.

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 And what we read about

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 in verse 37

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 is when the people

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 heard this good news,

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 they were cut to the heart.

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 They say, ouch,

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 that doesn't sound like good news.

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 But actually,

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 we've now penetrated

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 beyond the superficial.

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 We've now gotten beneath the surface

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 down to the real stuff,

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 down to the heart,

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 down to what matters the most.

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 The Holy Spirit brings an evangel.

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 He brings the good news

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 that speaks to our deepest problem,

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 our deepest need,

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 that none of these other good newses

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 can even touch

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 or even get close

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 to satisfying.

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 So what I want you to see

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 is that spirit-filled Christians,

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 they share good news.

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 And when they share good news,

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 that news is about Jesus Christ.

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 That news is about

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 the historical Jesus

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 and the contemporary Christ.

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 First, let me say something

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 about the historical Jesus.

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 We notice in this story

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 that it's not just the leaders

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 who are speaking the good news.

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 It's all the whole community

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 of 120 disciples.

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 The Holy Spirit gifts everybody

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 the ability to speak the good news.

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 But then eventually,

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 one person steps to the microphone.

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 And we read in verse 14,

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 Peter stood up with the 11,

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 raised his voice,

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 and addressed the crowd.

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 And this, remember,

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 is the guy who failed Jesus the most.

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 Right?

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 And if I'm Jesus,

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 I'm like,

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 hey pal,

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 you're off the team.

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 And Jesus is like,

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 no, you're the captain.

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 You're now the spokesman.

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 Jesus loves to empower

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 the worst failures among us.

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 And Peter just becomes,

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 as we'll see,

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 he becomes this man on fire.

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 And so,

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 he gives this little preamble

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 and he says,

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 okay, first of all,

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 we're not drunk.

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 We're just under the influence

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 But then when he finishes

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 the preamble

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 and he begins

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 the first Christian sermon

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 ever preached on Pentecost,

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 what does Peter say?

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 He says in verse 22,

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 people of Israel,

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 listen to this,

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 Every good sermon is about that.

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 Every good sermon is about

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 the person and work of Jesus

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 because Christianity begins

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 and ends with the word

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 and the name Jesus.

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 And Peter then carefully unpacks

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 the history of Jesus in stages.

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 First, he talks about

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 the life of Jesus.

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 And he says in verse 22,

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 Jesus of Nazareth

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 was a man accredited by God

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 to you by miracles,

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 wonders, and signs,

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 which God did among you

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 through him

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 as you yourselves know.

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 Jesus is a real,

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 genuine,

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 flesh and blood human being.

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 Peter affirms Jesus' divinity,

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 but never at the expense

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 of his humanity.

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 And this is the thing

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 that baffles the mind.

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 How is it that this Jesus

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 can be the God-man?

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 How can he be man and God

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 at the same time?

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 But Peter says,

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 I don't know,

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 but he is.

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 And when he came,

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 he did wonderful things.

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 He fed the hungry,

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 he healed the sick,

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 he raised the dead,

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 he cast out evil,

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 he forgave sins.

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 And when he did that,

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 he was making people whole

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 in body and soul.

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 He was putting the world right,

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 bringing heaven down to earth

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 as signs that the reign

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 and the rule of the kingdom of God

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 is here in and through

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 this man, Jesus.

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 And Peter not only talks about

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 the life of Jesus,

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 but he talks about

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 the death of Jesus.

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 And he says in verse 23,

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 this man was handed over to you

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 by God's deliberate plan

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 and foreknowledge,

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 and you,

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 with the help of wicked men,

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 put him to death

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 by nailing him to the cross.

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 In other words,

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 Jesus' crucifixion

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 is equally attributed

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 to the wickedness

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 of human beings

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 and to the eternal purpose

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 of God.

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 Meaning that his cross

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 was not an accident.

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 His cross

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 came out of a covenant commitment

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 between the Father, Son,

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 and Holy Spirit

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 to say,

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 we are sending Jesus.

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 And Jesus is going to stand

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 in their place

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 and bear their sins

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 and take their curse

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 and die their death.

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 All of that judgment

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 and condemnation

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 that was heaping up on us

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 because we were breaking

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 the law of love,

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 because we owed so many debts

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 to the law of love.

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 Jesus said,

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 I'm going to take that

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 as my own.

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 And that's why he died.

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 Peter talks about

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 the life of Jesus,

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 the death of Jesus,

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 and then he talks about

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 the resurrection of Jesus

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 in verse 24.

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 But God raised him from the dead,

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 freeing him from the agony of death

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 because it was impossible for death

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 to keep its hold on him.

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 Good sermons

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 help us to feast

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 on the scriptures.

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 And so Peter takes us

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 to Psalm 16

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 and he says,

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 we should have seen this coming

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 all along.

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 That psalm says

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 that the body

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 of the Messiah

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 would be snatched

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 out of the sphere

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 of corruption and decay

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 to which dead bodies

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 are subject.

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 And that's what happened

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 to Jesus' corpse.

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 He's not over here

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 in his tomb

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 like King David

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 is over there

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 in his tomb.

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 What happened to Jesus

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 is that he was transformed

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 into a new glorified body,

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 the first bit

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 of the material universe

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 to be redeemed

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 and glorified.

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 In the resurrection,

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 God the Father

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 publicly declared

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 his son Jesus

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 to have accomplished

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 the salvation

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 that he came

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 in the world

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 to secure.

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 And so the resurrection

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 is not

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 the reversal

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 of a defeat.

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 It's the manifestation

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 of a victory

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 for me

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 and for you.

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 Peter's talking about

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 the life of Jesus,

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 the death of Jesus,

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 the resurrection of Jesus,

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 and then the exaltation

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 of Jesus.

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 He says in verse 30

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 that God

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 made an oath

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 to David

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 that he would place

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 one of his descendants

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 on his throne.

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 And then in verse 33

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 he says

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 that's why he exalted

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 Jesus to the right hand

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 of God.

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 And Peter takes us

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 to the Bible again,

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 Psalm 110.

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 And he says

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 that God

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 raised Jesus

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 from the place

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 of absolute cursiveness

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 to the highest place

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 of greatest honor

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 and authority

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 where he sits

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 on the throne

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 to rule over this world

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 as his rightful

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 Lord and King.

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 Peter having talked

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 about the life,

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 the death,

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 the resurrection,

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 the exaltation

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 of Jesus

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 now gets to the fifth stage

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 and he says

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 it's Jesus

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 who has poured out

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 Verse 33.

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 Jesus received

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 from the Father

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 the promised Holy Spirit

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 and has poured out

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 what you now see

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 and hear.

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 Three persons

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 of the Trinity

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 that saturate

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 every page

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 in the New Testament,

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 saturate every detail,

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 of each of our lives.

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 They're working together

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 to save us

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 and to bless us.

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 At each stage

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 you notice

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 that it's God the Father

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 who witnesses

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 to the life of Jesus,

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 who gave Jesus up

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 to die,

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 who raised Jesus

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 from the dead,

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 who exalted Jesus

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 on high,

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 who gave Jesus

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 the Holy Spirit

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 so that he could

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 pour the Holy Spirit

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 out and fill up

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 his empty disciples

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 with the power

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 and the dynamism

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 and the energy

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 of God himself

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 to bear witness

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 to this world.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 brings good news

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 brings a good news

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 that does not

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 abstractly affirm

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 that God is love

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 or even that God

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 loves us.

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 The Holy Spirit

00:24:05.840 --> 00:24:06.880
 brings a good news

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 that says

00:24:07.300 --> 00:24:08.120
 God the Father

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.960
 loved this world

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 so much

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.279
 that he gave

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 his son.

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 That's the gospel

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 that we have

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 and we are not free,

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.620
 we're not at liberty

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:18.079
 to preach any other

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:19.079
 gospel as a church.

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 We can't substitute

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:21.099
 the gospel

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:22.180
 of this ideology,

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 the gospel

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:24.400
 of that zeitgeist.

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 We can't even talk

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.059
 about the downstream

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:28.000
 implications

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.880
 of the gospel

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 culturally,

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.200
 psychologically,

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 socially,

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 economically,

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.480
 politically

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 as if that's the gospel

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 because this is the gospel.

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 Peter's talking about

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 the wonderful works

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.759
 of God the Father

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:42.359
 through Jesus

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:43.679
 by the Spirit.

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 And he says

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 if you're not talking

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.779
 about Jesus,

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 you're not talking

00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:50.379
 about God.

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 And if you want

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.699
 to be talking

00:24:52.699 --> 00:24:53.279
 about God,

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 then you must be

00:24:54.199 --> 00:24:55.879
 talking about Jesus,

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:58.679
 the real historical man,

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.599
 Jesus.

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 You with me?

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:05.919
 Spirit-filled Christians

00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:07.159
 share good news

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:08.379
 about Jesus,

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:10.680
 the historical Jesus,

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.540
 but also about

00:25:11.540 --> 00:25:13.780
 the contemporary Christ.

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 And when we talk

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:17.020
 about the contemporary Christ,

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.680
 we're talking about

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.860
 the one who lived,

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.880
 died,

00:25:21.020 --> 00:25:21.520
 and rose,

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.820
 who's also the one

00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.540
 who lives,

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.500
 reigns,

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:26.520
 and saves today,

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 right now.

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 And this is what Peter's

00:25:29.560 --> 00:25:30.760
 getting at in verse 36.

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.200
 He says,

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:32.539
 therefore let all Israel

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.640
 be assured of this.

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.799
 God has made this Jesus

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:37.100
 whom you crucified,

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:39.299
 both Lord and Messiah.

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.759
 Exalted to that throne,

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:43.080
 that position of power

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:44.180
 and authority,

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:46.080
 Jesus is now saving sinners

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:47.120
 who cry out to him

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.700
 for mercy.

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:50.440
 And it's from that place,

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.279
 from that throne,

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.640
 that the contemporary Christ

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:54.120
 makes promises

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:55.420
 and demands,

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.819
 which is his right to do

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.620
 as the Savior,

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.539
 Lord,

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.859
 and Christ of this world.

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 And I just want to end

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.099
 by talking about

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.839
 those promises

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:04.019
 and those demands.

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.379
 The contemporary Christ

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.200
 makes promises

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:08.559
 that we can be forgiven

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:10.019
 and have the Holy Spirit.

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:12.279
 Meaning we can have

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.960
 what our hearts

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:14.119
 most desperately seek,

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.879
 the freedom of forgiveness

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:17.119
 and the power

00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:18.379
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.960
 It says in verse 38,

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.460
 the people,

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.720
 they're cut to the heart,

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.259
 they're asking,

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.779
 what should we do?

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.980
 And Peter says to them,

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.860
 repent and be baptized

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:30.000
 every one of you

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.860
 in the name of Jesus Christ

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.579
 for the forgiveness

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.400
 of your sins

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.480
 and you will receive

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:36.620
 the gift of the Holy Spirit.

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.799
 To be forgiven

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.940
 is the great need

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:41.180
 that each of us has

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.839
 that none of us

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.900
 can do for ourselves.

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.019
 We've all done,

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.140
 said,

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.059
 and thought things

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:48.880
 that we would be ashamed of,

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.099
 that we would be

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:51.140
 completely embarrassed

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:52.420
 for anybody to find out.

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:54.180
 It nags our conscience.

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.799
 We wonder,

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.359
 you know,

00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:57.319
 can I ever be released

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.859
 from that memory

00:26:58.859 --> 00:27:00.139
 and from that reality?

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.440
 And friends,

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:03.779
 Jesus died for those sins.

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:06.159
 Jesus died to free you

00:27:06.159 --> 00:27:06.960
 from your fear,

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:07.899
 guilt,

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.559
 and shame.

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.659
 He came and bore

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:11.720
 that condemnation

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:13.079
 that you and I deserve

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:14.119
 so that we could receive

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.659
 the forgiveness

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.279
 and the freedom

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:17.319
 that we simply don't deserve.

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:18.659
 And that's the first gift

00:27:18.659 --> 00:27:20.740
 of the contemporary Christ

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.619
 from His throne

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:23.240
 in heaven to us.

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:25.039
 But the second gift

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:26.240
 is the Holy Spirit

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:28.339
 coming to live within us.

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.200
 We're told that

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:31.339
 it's the Holy Spirit

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:32.120
 who comes

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:33.519
 and He cuts their hearts.

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.240
 Meaning that

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.299
 the Holy Spirit

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.859
 gives power to the Word.

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.859
 The Holy Spirit

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:40.299
 says amen to the sermon

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.620
 and all the people

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:43.160
 that their conscience

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:44.160
 is stirred up,

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.779
 their conscience

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.660
 is stricken.

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.980
 And those who open themselves

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.200
 up to the Holy Spirit,

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.099
 He comes in

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:52.079
 and He regenerates us.

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:54.000
 He gives us new birth,

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:55.359
 new life.

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:57.259
 He starts to free us

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.079
 from our self-centeredness

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.559
 and to change us

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:01.099
 from the inside out

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:02.539
 to become more and more

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:04.240
 like Jesus.

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:07.079
 That's what the Holy Spirit does.

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.740
 And so the contemporary Christ

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.279
 promises you can have

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.439
 this freedom,

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.939
 you can have this power.

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:16.079
 But the contemporary Christ

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:17.079
 also makes demands

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.319
 and He says

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.299
 you must repent

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.700
 and believe.

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.440
 You must repent

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.079
 and believe.

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.480
 Peter said repent

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.299
 and be baptized

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.339
 every one of you

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.720
 in the name of Jesus Christ

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.460
 for the forgiveness

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:30.159
 of your sins.

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.460
 That word repent,

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:32.159
 metanoia,

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:33.960
 means to change your mind.

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.339
 Remember,

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.559
 He's speaking to

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.619
 this crowd

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:39.180
 who has condemned

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.259
 Christ to death

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.700
 and He says

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.680
 you must have

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:43.240
 a radical about turn

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.980
 in your attitude

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.779
 toward Jesus.

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.740
 You must embrace

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.220
 the one

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:47.940
 that you've repudiated.

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.799
 And repentance

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.980
 is always combined

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:52.120
 with faith

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:53.960
 which is implicit here

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:55.539
 that if we're going to,

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:57.440
 there's no possibility

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.200
 of turning

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:59.039
 from our sins

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.880
 without turning

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:01.319
 toward Christ.

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:03.460
 And that turning away

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.019
 negatively

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:05.559
 and turning toward positively,

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.579
 that's what we call

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.640
 conversion.

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.380
 And baptism

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:11.880
 beautifully symbolizes that.

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.720
 It's this outward,

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:13.680
 visible,

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.660
 public act

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:16.279
 that shows

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.480
 that we've been washed,

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.259
 we've been forgiven

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:19.019
 of our sins.

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:21.080
 We've had the Holy Spirit

00:29:21.080 --> 00:29:22.660
 poured out on us.

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 That we ourselves

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.279
 have died

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.940
 and risen to a new life

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.480
 with Christ.

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 That we have come

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 and we've humbly submitted

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 to the name

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 and the authority

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.220
 of that person

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.519
 who we once rejected.

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 And now we say

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.680
 you're my Lord.

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:38.480
 You're my identity.

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 You have my highest

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:42.000
 allegiance.

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 And so Christ Church,

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.779
 I wonder

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:47.400
 what the next step

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:49.039
 is for each of us today.

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.779
 For some of us,

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.759
 it may be to repent

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.380
 and believe

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:52.740
 for the first time.

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.819
 For some of us,

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.519
 we've done that

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 but we've never been baptized.

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:58.079
 It may be to come

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.720
 and be baptized.

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.960
 For many of us,

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.859
 you know,

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:03.000
 the Christian life

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.440
 is about repenting

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.000
 and believing

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:06.380
 your whole life long.

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.000
 And that's just what

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.599
 we need to do

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.400
 is come back.

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.759
 Come back to this

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.839
 baptized identity.

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:12.259
 Come back to this

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.899
 baptismal allegiance.

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:16.019
 To have Christ

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.579
 as our Lord

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 and to be fully conformed

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.500
 to that reality.

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.819
 Christ Church,

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.639
 our mission

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:25.179
 is to lead people

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:27.339
 into a deeper relationship

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.279
 with Christ

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.359
 and His church

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.179
 through community

00:30:30.179 --> 00:30:31.720
 and for the city.

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.619
 And that's the question

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.240
 for us

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.699
 in the coming weeks

00:30:34.699 --> 00:30:35.079
 and months

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:36.240
 is how do we share

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:38.059
 this good news

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:39.619
 with our city?

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 And I don't know

00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:42.299
 all the answers to that.

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:43.119
 I hope that comes

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:44.319
 as we explore this book.

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:45.099
 But what I know

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:46.739
 is that it starts

00:30:46.739 --> 00:30:48.539
 with these 120 Christians

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:50.539
 who gathered together

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:51.659
 in worship and prayer

00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:53.539
 because that's where

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.619
 the Holy Spirit came.

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.619
 That's where

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:58.000
 the Holy Spirit spoke.

00:30:58.959 --> 00:30:59.379
 That's the,

00:30:59.479 --> 00:31:00.439
 it's the gathered

00:31:00.439 --> 00:31:01.819
 community of disciples

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:02.859
 where the Holy Spirit

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:04.899
 loves to most show up

00:31:04.899 --> 00:31:06.179
 and pour out His power

00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:07.299
 as a hot spot

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:08.960
 of what He wants

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:10.559
 to do in this world.

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.500
 And the Holy Spirit

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.539
 works best

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:14.240
 among people

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:16.019
 who are experiencing Jesus

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.940
 not as a mere

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.960
 historical figure,

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:19.039
 not as the furniture

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.759
 of their mind,

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.440
 not as somebody

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.480
 who lived and died

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.319
 a long time ago,

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:23.000
 but people

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.879
 who are experiencing

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:26.379
 Jesus as a contemporary

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:27.139
 person

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:28.680
 who's alive,

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.159
 who's accessible,

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:32.119
 who's breathing out

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:33.779
 His life into us,

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.440
 His joy,

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.399
 His peace,

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:36.880
 breathing into us

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:38.220
 all it is

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.980
 that we need

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.840
 from Him.

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:42.060
 It's when this church

00:31:42.060 --> 00:31:42.759
 gets together

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:44.040
 and the degree

00:31:44.040 --> 00:31:45.759
 to which they cherish

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.460
 this Jesus

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.780
 is the degree

00:31:47.780 --> 00:31:48.740
 to which they go out

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:50.120
 and they commend

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:51.040
 what they most cherish.

00:31:52.320 --> 00:31:53.780
 It's when this church

00:31:53.780 --> 00:31:54.820
 comes together

00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:55.259
 and says,

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.519
 Lord,

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:56.200
 would you open

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:57.460
 new doors of opportunity?

00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:58.480
 Lord,

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.160
 would you open

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.140
 our lips to share?

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.400
 Lord,

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.060
 would you open

00:32:01.060 --> 00:32:02.120
 the hearts of those

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:03.100
 who hear that,

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:03.900
 lo and behold,

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.960
 things are opened?

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:07.140
 It's when

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:08.960
 the Holy Spirit

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.700
 erupts

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:11.420
 into the life

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.120
 of God's people

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.860
 that they find

00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:13.640
 their tongues

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:16.660
 to go public

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:18.200
 with the truth

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:19.340
 of Jesus

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:19.800
 because that's

00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:20.620
 the first gift

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.460
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.800
 the gift of words,

00:32:24.820 --> 00:32:25.740
 the gift of speech,

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.300
 the gift of

00:32:27.300 --> 00:32:28.300
 not being able

00:32:28.300 --> 00:32:29.200
 to stop talking

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:31.180
 about the wonderful

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:32.180
 works of God

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:33.540
 in the person

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.440
 of Jesus Christ

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:36.099
 and by the power

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:37.519
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:38.220
 And that's my prayer

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.799
 for us,

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.779
 that we'd be

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.980
 spirit-filled Christians,

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:42.359
 a spirit-filled church

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:43.960
 that shares news

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:45.420
 not about this and that,

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.420
 but about one thing,

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.359
 the historical Jesus,

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.980
 the contemporary Christ.

00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:53.059
 In the name of the Father,

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.319
 Son,

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.000
 and Holy Spirit,

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.019
 amen.

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:08.619
 For the sake of God,

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.539
 the Holy Spirit is

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:09.980
 and for one thing,

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.879
 it was beautiful,

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.779
 and it was beautiful to eat.

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.859
 It was beautiful,

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.819
 it was beautiful,

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.599
 and I can't wait for you all

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:16.099
 for the sake of God and

00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:16.799
 that is,

00:33:16.899 --> 00:33:17.759
 Abigailender Messiahyer.

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.480
 Ha!

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.339
 He wrote down to me,

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.960
 the верс Truth,

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.720
 he wrote down to me,

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.460
 the philosophy of God,

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.779
 the purser high power

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.159
 and the painting of our血

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.259
 and the mind of the life

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:24.220
 of Him.

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:25.299
 He reached out God,

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:26.740
 so

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.240
 the리ist leg