WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.000 Hallelujah! 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:08.000 And thank you for tuning into this message by David Entry at Caris Church. 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.000 ! As we journey in this season of great awakening, 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:13.000 may God pour fresh life into you through His Word 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:16.000 and align you more deeply with His purpose. 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:18.000 Acts chapter 26, 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.000 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:24.000 Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:30.000 Then Paul stretched forth the hand and answered for himself. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:34.000 I think myself happy, King Agrippa, 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:40.000 because I shall answer for myself this day before thee, 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:45.000 touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews, 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:51.000 especially because I know thee to be an expert in all customs and questions 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:53.000 which are among the Jews. 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:56.000 Wherefore, I beseech thee to hear me patiently. 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.000 My manner of life from my youth, 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:03.000 which was at the first amongst my own nation at Jerusalem, 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:05.000 know all the Jews, 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:07.000 which knew me from the beginning, 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:13.000 if they would testify that after the most strictest sect of our religion, 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:14.000 I lived a Pharisee. 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:22.000 And now I stand and I'm judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers, 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.000 unto which promise our twelve tribes instantly serving God, 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.000 dearer night hope to come. 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:36.000 For which hope's sake, King Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews? 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:42.000 Why should it be taught a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead? 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:49.000 I verily taught with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth, 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.000 which things I also did in Jerusalem. 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:55.000 And many of the saints did I shut up in prison, 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:58.000 having received authority from the chief priests. 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:02.000 And when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:07.000 And I punished them oft in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:17.000 And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:24.000 Whereupon, as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from their chief priests, 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:35.000 at midday, O King Agrippa, I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:41.000 And when we were all falling to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me saying, 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:47.000 In the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:50.000 It is hard for thee to kick against the priests. 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:52.000 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:55.000 And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecuted. 00:02:55.000 --> 00:03:01.000 But rise and stand on thy feet, for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:08.000 to make thee a minister and a witness, both of the things which thou hast seen, 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:11.000 and of the things in the which I will appear unto you, 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:18.000 delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles unto whom now I send thee, 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:22.000 to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light, 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:33.000 and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:41.000 Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision, 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:48.000 but she'll face unto them of Damascus and Jerusalem and throughout all the coast of Judea, 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:56.000 and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and do works meet for repentance. 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:04.000 For these causes, the Jews caught me in the temple and went about to kill me. 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:09.000 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continued unto this day, 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:20.000 witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those things that the prophets and Moses did say should come, 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:33.000 that Christ should suffer and that should be the faith that should rise from the dead and should show light unto the people and to the Gentiles. 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:39.000 And as he thus speak for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:45.000 Paul, thou art beside yourself much learning that makes thee mad. 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:54.000 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus, but I speak forth words of truth and soberness. 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:59.000 For the king knoweth of these things before whom I also speak freely. 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:06.000 For I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him, for these things were not done in a corner. 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:12.000 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know thou believest. 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:18.000 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, almost thou persuaded me to be a Christian. 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:25.000 Paul said, I would to God that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:32.000 were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bones. 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:39.000 And when he had thus spoken, the king arose, and the governor and bernice, and they thus sat with them. 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:44.000 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:48.000 This man does nothing worthy of death or of bones. 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:56.000 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty if he had not appealed unto Caesar. 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:59.000 Here ends the reading of God's word. 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.000 Amen. Isn't it all sweet? 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:05.000 Even just the reading alone is so amazing. 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:15.000 But as we already know, King Agrippa shows up in Caesarea to come and greet or welcome the new governor, 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:21.000 who has been posted to that region, which was the normal custom for diplomats to do. 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:27.000 And so when he went and in their discussions, the governor said to him, 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:32.000 There's a case I'm dealing with, and I'm supposed to send a prisoner to Caesar. 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:39.000 But it's unreasonable for me to send a prisoner to Caesar without stating his offense. 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:44.000 But to be honest, after sitting in judgment and hearing the case, this man is innocent. 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:47.000 So I don't know what to write. I don't have anything to write. 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:52.000 And yet I have to send him because he has appealed to Caesar. 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:58.000 So since you are familiar with the Jewish custom and everything, I'm new in this territory. 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:01.000 I would love for you to hear him help me. 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:05.000 King said, Oh, don't worry. I'll gladly do that. 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.000 Bring him down when we are ready. 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:11.000 And I'll listen to him and I'll tell you his offense, what he should write. 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:18.000 So they bring Paul on the day where the king and Venice come appear in pomp and pageantry. 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:21.000 And they came and sat in session. 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:22.000 And Paul was invited. 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:26.000 And the king said to Paul, Paul, you are free to speak for yourself. 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:30.000 Paul was thinking, Really? 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:31.000 Really? 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.000 Because I'm called for this. 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:34.000 And that's why I'm here. 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:37.000 I'm actually supposed to be going to Rome. 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:43.000 But I had to pass through Jerusalem because I care about the kind of state of the church and the doctrine. 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:44.000 That's why I went through Jerusalem. 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:46.000 But I'm actually going through Rome. 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:49.000 But since you brought yourself, let me address all of you. 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:55.000 And then so he told them that my custom from when I was a child, the people knew I lived amongst them. 00:07:55.000 --> 00:08:00.000 And he went on to say something very provocative and very true and strong. 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:04.000 He said, Amongst my people, I live according to the strictest sect. 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:05.000 We are so strict. 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.000 That's my lifestyle. 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:09.000 We don't bend corners. 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:12.000 We do justice to the law of God. 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:14.000 And we don't compromise. 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.000 And it's not like I backslided. 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:19.000 I lived it to its logical conclusion. 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:30.000 So when it comes to this new move called Nazarene sect of Christianity, I actually took it upon myself. 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:37.000 Because of my convictions of my religion, I took it upon myself to harass them, persecute them. 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:44.000 You know, then I noticed there are stuff here, he said, which didn't appear in the narratives of Acts. 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:47.000 He said that I also did this in Jerusalem. 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:49.000 Look at verse 9. 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:50.000 Verse 9. 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:56.000 Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus. 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:00.000 As an extension of my religious practices. 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:02.000 I'm a strict Pharisee. 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:04.000 And I won't bend corners. 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:06.000 I don't care who suffers and who doesn't. 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:08.000 I care how I please God. 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:12.000 So I took it upon myself to do many things contrary. 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:15.000 But you know, it was never said the things he did. 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:18.000 The many things we don't know what they are. 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.000 Contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:24.000 Then he said, this I also did in Jerusalem. 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:28.000 What we saw in Jerusalem that he oversaw the execution of Stephen. 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:30.000 We didn't see much contrary things. 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:33.000 And then he caused havoc to the church and everybody scattered. 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:38.000 But to the, as to the details of the things this gentleman did. 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:39.000 We don't know. 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:44.000 He, in his submission and in his own testimony. 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:46.000 And as a witness at court. 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:50.000 He said, I did many things in Jerusalem. 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:51.000 I did in Jerusalem. 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:54.000 And many of the saints, I shut them up in prison. 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.000 We didn't hear about that. 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.000 He shut them up. 00:09:58.000 --> 00:09:59.000 Many. 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:00.000 He said, no one. 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:04.000 There are a lot of Christians who were put in prison by Paul. 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:06.000 This guy was very powerful. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:08.000 I shut them in prison. 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:11.000 And then he received authority from the chief priests. 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:13.000 To do all these things. 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.000 So he had the liberty to cause havoc. 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:17.000 Ransom the church. 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:19.000 He will spy on the people when they are meeting. 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:21.000 He will go and stand behind their doors. 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:23.000 Or their meeting place. 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:25.000 And you will hear, Lord Jesus. 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:27.000 Ah, they are here. 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:31.000 Because that's how he used to identify the believers. 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.000 When they gather, there's one thing. 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:34.000 If they don't do anything. 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:35.000 One thing they will all do. 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:37.000 They called on the name of the Lord. 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:39.000 Lord Jesus. 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:40.000 Lord Jesus. 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:42.000 That's why when he got born again. 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:44.000 He himself, when he met Jesus. 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:45.000 In Acts chapter 9. 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:48.000 He said, Ananias said about him. 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:51.000 That he has authority to go around. 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:54.000 To bind all those who call on your name. 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:56.000 So he looks for people who are calling on his name. 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:59.000 And so when Ananias appeared to him. 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:00.000 In Acts chapter 22. 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:01.000 I think verse 16. 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:03.000 He said, what are you waiting for? 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:05.000 Now you are one of us. 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:07.000 Be baptized. 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:08.000 Get up and be baptized. 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:09.000 Call him. 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.000 Put you on it. 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:12.000 Chapter 22. 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:13.000 Is it verse 16. 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:14.000 He says that. 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:15.000 Now, why are you waiting? 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:17.000 Arise and be baptized. 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:19.000 Wash away your sins. 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:22.000 Now join us. 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:23.000 Let's do it. 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:26.000 So he was looking for people who were calling on his name. 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:29.000 And he would be arresting them and beating them. 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:32.000 And so he received authority from the chief priests. 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:35.000 And then when they were put to death. 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:36.000 Not only Stephen. 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:39.000 They imprisoned many. 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:40.000 And executed many. 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:45.000 That's why he shouldn't have been a Christian. 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:49.000 Thunder from God should have struck him. 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:50.000 Yeah. 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:53.000 He wasn't qualified to be a Christian. 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:55.000 He wasn't qualified. 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:58.000 He fought too many Christians and they lost their lives. 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:00.000 And now he rather is preaching and living. 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:08.000 That's why kind of the Jews were feeding into something that a charge that was against Paul by virtue of his history. 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:09.000 He wasn't fit to live. 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:10.000 He wasn't fit to live. 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:14.000 The things that you spoke against. 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:15.000 Now you are advocating. 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:17.000 You kill people for it. 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:19.000 You must also die for it then. 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:21.000 He wasn't fit to live. 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:24.000 But in first Timothy chapter one. 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.000 Verse 15. 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:26.000 Verse 13. 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:27.000 14. 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:28.000 15. 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:29.000 Actually you can choose to tap from verse 12. 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:30.000 Whilst he was doing that. 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:32.000 Look at how God saw him in the verse 12. 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:34.000 Now he said I thank Jesus my Lord. 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:37.000 Who enabled me because he counted me faithful. 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:40.000 Putting me in the ministry. 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:44.000 When he was doing that God said this guy is faithful. 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:47.000 Faithful to who? 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:49.000 To any cause he lives for. 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:54.000 Because it's required of a steward. 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:56.000 To be found faithful. 00:12:56.000 --> 00:13:00.000 In Christianity it's not what you do that gives you your rating. 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:03.000 It's your faithfulness that gives you your rating. 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:04.000 Well done. 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:08.000 Faithful. 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:10.000 So it's not the largeness. 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:14.000 The scoreboard of God is not determined by the number of books a person has written. 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:17.000 The number of crowd a person has preached to. 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:24.000 How many billboards or posters his picture is on. 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:26.000 How many views he has on YouTube. 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:28.000 That is not determined. 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:30.000 God's scoreboard is not determined by those things. 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:35.000 God's scoreboard is determined by how faithful you have been to that he gave you. 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:38.000 He who is faithful to that which is least. 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:49.000 So faithfulness in the least can make you more qualified to receive more from God than someone who has much and is still not faithful to the much. 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:55.000 So someone's 10% let's say he's given 10,000 units to work with. 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:59.000 And he's been faithful 5% of the 10,000. 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:01.000 I know you are thinking what that would be. 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:03.000 What would that be? 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:04.000 500. 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:05.000 Right? 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:07.000 Or it's not 500? 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:09.000 It's not 500? 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:10.000 5% of 10,000. 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:11.000 5% of 10,000. 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:12.000 Minister, you don't know. 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:13.000 Okay. 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:14.000 It's 5%. 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:15.000 Okay. 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:20.000 So 5% of what he has done, he's been given. 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:21.000 He's faithful 5%. 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:23.000 That means his accomplishment will be what? 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:26.000 500 out of 10,000. 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:29.000 And somebody has been given 200. 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:30.000 Okay. 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.000 Or 500 to work with. 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:35.000 Let's say he's a 200 to work with. 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:39.000 And he's, that person is 80% faithful. 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:42.000 80% faithful. 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:44.000 Which gives you 160. 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:46.000 Am I right? 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:49.000 So he's 160 units versus 500. 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:53.000 In human terms, the 500 has done more. 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:57.000 But before God, the 160 has done more. 00:14:57.000 --> 00:15:02.000 Because God measures, God's measuring standard is faithfulness. 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:06.000 So he counted me faithful, putting me in the ministry. 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:07.000 Verse 13. 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:12.000 And he said, although I was formerly, keyword, formerly. 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:17.000 I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, an insolent man. 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:20.000 I think the King James uses an injurious person. 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:23.000 One of the translations. 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:24.000 An injurious. 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:25.000 He's causing injury. 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:27.000 When he meets you, you'll be injured. 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:31.000 You know there are people like that in church. 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:35.000 When they befriend you, your concentration and your faithfulness will be injured. 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:41.000 So you realize that since you befriended them, you are injured. 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:42.000 You are injured. 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:44.000 Your commitment has been injured. 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:49.000 Your dedication has been vandalized. 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:55.000 Sometimes a pastor, they are telling people, when I realize, ah, this guy has befriended this one. 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:58.000 Hmm, funeral service must start. 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:07.000 Because, Bible said of that halalot, nobody goes past a house and lives a life. 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:17.000 Sometimes, as a serious Christian, check your resume. 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:18.000 Check your history. 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:25.000 How many people have befriended you and they have downgraded their commitment or they backslided? 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:31.000 There are some people in churches who almost every key people who backslided became their friend before. 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:37.000 Almost every person who leaves their church was their friend, but they are still there. 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:39.000 Just think, just think. 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:45.000 Since that lady befriended you, you've injured their work. 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:53.000 Sometimes I realize that a person can even be a pastor, but it can be injurious to the work of God in a local church. 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:55.000 Injurious. 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:58.000 Am I not speaking the truth? 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:09.000 Some of you check, you used to be on fire until you started having phone conversations with this person. 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:12.000 Or Osi Masi. 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:17.000 It's a, it's Greek. 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:22.000 It's Greek and Latin combined. 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:23.000 Yeah. 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:26.000 Paul said I was an injurious person. 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.000 I was an injurious person. 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:31.000 But I obtained mercy. 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:37.000 Because I did it not intentionally. 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:44.000 What shows that you're not intentional on doing it is when you are corrected, you hear. 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:48.000 You hear and you abort mission. 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:50.000 You change course. 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:54.000 But you hear, you keep hearing, keep hearing, and you are not changing course. 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:56.000 You are not doing it ignorantly. 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:59.000 You are doing it judasfully. 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:01.000 It's a word. 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:02.000 It's a word. 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:03.000 It's a word. 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:06.000 That's a better word. 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:07.000 Judash. 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:08.000 Hallelujah. 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:13.000 So let's get back to the text. 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:14.000 I persecuted our son in Jesus. 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:16.000 Look at the next verse. 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:18.000 That is even more serious. 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:25.000 It says that, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ was exceedingly abandoned with faith and love which was in Christ Jesus. 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:33.000 Now in the verse 15, it said, this is a faithful saying, worthy of all acceptance, that Christ came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:37.000 That's a statement of humility, of whom I am chief. 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:40.000 So Paul was causing so much havoc. 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:42.000 This was his testimony. 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:46.000 He spoke about his testimony about four times in different parts of scripture. 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:48.000 So he said, I did all that. 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.000 Let's go back to the foundational text. 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:54.000 Verse 11 said, I punish them often in every synagogue. 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:58.000 We didn't hear these details in every synagogue. 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:01.000 I punish them often and compel them to blaspheme. 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:02.000 Wow. 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:05.000 I actually made some say things they knew they shouldn't say. 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:07.000 That's an injurious person. 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:09.000 I compelled them to blaspheme. 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:11.000 I said, Jesus is no more Lord. 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:14.000 I said, all this church thing is fake, it's fake, it's fake. 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:17.000 But deep in their heart, they knew the opposite was true. 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:25.000 But they were forced because of their alliance, because of their association, to now also go toward this line. 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:28.000 Paul said, I compelled them to blaspheme. 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:33.000 And being exceedingly mad against them. 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:36.000 That's how far the guy, nothing would satisfy the guy. 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:40.000 I persecuted them even to strange cities. 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:44.000 I don't even know the cities, but I would go there because I heard Christians are there. 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:51.000 People I don't know are doing negative stream YouTube comments. 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:52.000 I don't even know them. 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:57.000 I don't know whether they are thieves, they are demon possessed, they are satanists. 00:19:57.000 --> 00:20:01.000 But the fact that they are speaking against this part, let me even go and listen. 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:02.000 I'm interested. 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:06.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:08.000 I think this is making sense. 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:11.000 I just, you are operating with strange cities. 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:18.000 This one, Paul, before Christ. 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:20.000 But some people, this one is Eddie, after Christ. 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:24.000 It's to strange cities. 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:25.000 The next verse. 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:32.000 Whereupon, as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests. 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:34.000 Not only one person. 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:36.000 Priests, the chief, all of them. 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:37.000 I had their backing. 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:39.000 I was going to the city. 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:44.000 At midday oak in Agrippa, I saw in the way, what? 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:45.000 The light. 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:46.000 I can't hear, what? 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:47.000 The light. 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.000 The light. 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:49.000 The light. 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:50.000 My goodness. 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:51.000 I saw a light. 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:52.000 This is not natural light. 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:53.000 From heaven. 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:55.000 Remember the way the church was born? 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:57.000 A sun came from heaven. 00:20:57.000 --> 00:21:00.000 Paul was converted by a light coming from heaven. 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:02.000 I saw a light from heaven. 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:04.000 Above the brightness midday. 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.000 Noonday. 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:07.000 The sun is brightest at noonday. 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:11.000 It's above the brightness of the sun. 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:12.000 Noonday went blind. 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:14.000 His eyes never fully. 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:15.000 It looks like. 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:16.000 Yes. 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:18.000 Above the brightness of the sun. 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:20.000 Shining around about. 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:23.000 And interest is like the spotlight. 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:25.000 It was just around me. 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:28.000 This light was just the people who are going with me. 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:29.000 Yeah. 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:31.000 Anytime you join somebody. 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:34.000 When a blessing is coming, you will be partaker. 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:36.000 If judgment is coming, you will be partaker. 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:38.000 If curses are coming, you will be partaker. 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:40.000 You don't have to do what they did. 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:42.000 But once you are part of their team. 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:48.000 Paul said, those who are journey with me, the light was around all of us. 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:49.000 Wow. 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:52.000 And when we were all falling, so it wasn't only him. 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:56.000 We were all falling to the earth. 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:59.000 I heard a voice speaking to me saying, in the Hebrew. 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:00.000 It was very specific. 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:01.000 Hebrew. 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:02.000 Serious. 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:03.000 Shaul. 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.000 Shaul. 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.000 In the Hebrew tongue. 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:06.000 Why do you persecute me? 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:07.000 And I said, who are you? 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:10.000 He said, I'm Jesus who you are persecuting. 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:14.000 And then the story continues in verse 16. 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:17.000 He said, this is where his commission started. 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:19.000 Rise up and stand on your feet. 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:23.000 For I have appeared unto thee for this purpose. 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:27.000 You are in church for this purpose. 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:35.000 Who knows if I have come into the kingdom for such a time as this. 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:36.000 You are in church. 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:39.000 You are in Christ for this purpose. 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:40.000 Not your purpose. 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:42.000 God's purpose. 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:48.000 And the rest of your Christian life, you should be asking, God, let me know the purpose for which you saved me. 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:54.000 Not just to go to heaven because if that was the case, as soon as you are saved, he zaps you into heaven. 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:55.000 No. 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:57.000 He saved you for a purpose. 00:22:57.000 --> 00:23:00.000 Tell somebody, saved for a purpose. 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:01.000 Saved for a purpose. 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:04.000 Tell another person, saved for a purpose. 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:11.000 He received commission from the chief priests, but heaven has a purpose for him. 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:15.000 It's invalidated the commission he has received. 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:19.000 The purpose of God trumps every certificate. 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:27.000 I know people who have studied to the highest level in their PhDs and they started and God called them. 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:29.000 I know people who are politicians. 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:34.000 It's not the best to leave preaching and become politician. 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:36.000 It's not the best, but sometimes maybe some people are called. 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:40.000 Because being a pastor and preaching is their highest goal. 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:42.000 It's the highest goal. 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:47.000 For me to stand as an MP or prime minister, I've demoted myself. 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:48.000 No. 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:54.000 There are people who are called medical doctors or who are qualified medical doctors. 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:55.000 Qualified whatever. 00:23:55.000 --> 00:24:02.000 And God has called them to abandon that cause entirely to be dedicated to the cause of God. 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:04.000 There are people who are top businessmen. 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:07.000 People who are like Count Zeng Zengdorf. 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.000 He was a prince. 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:11.000 He walked away from the throne and all that. 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:14.000 And sponsored missions and traveled himself. 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:17.000 The call of God. 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:18.000 Watch this. 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:23.000 Ministry is not a profession to choose. 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:25.000 It's a calling to answer. 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:29.000 Ministry is not a profession to choose. 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:31.000 It's a calling to answer. 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:34.000 So, he says that I answered the call. 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:37.000 And he said, I've appeared to you for this purpose. 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:40.000 To, what's the purpose there? 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:42.000 To make you, ah. 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:44.000 To make you a minister. 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:47.000 He said, if we call you a minister. 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.000 He said, seriously. 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:50.000 You're operating the level of Paul. 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:54.000 To make you a minister. 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:57.000 He said, I've appeared to you for this purpose. 00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:59.000 To make you a minister. 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:01.000 A minister and a witness. 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.000 This is interesting. 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:03.000 A minister. 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:05.000 And let's all say a minister. 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.000 A minister. 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:07.000 And a witness. 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:10.000 A minister is someone who is serving issue. 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:12.000 So, when you go to the restaurant. 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:13.000 The way you order your food. 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:14.000 When they bring you. 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.000 They are ministering to you. 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:17.000 But they are ministering chicken. 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:19.000 They are ministering according to the menu. 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:20.000 You understand that. 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.000 What you order. 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:22.000 So, that's all. 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:25.000 A minister is someone who serves with something. 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:27.000 You must have something to serve. 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:30.000 And when you are minister of Christ. 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:31.000 It's obvious. 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.000 Minister of what? 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.000 Christ. 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:34.000 What do you have to serve? 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:35.000 Christ. 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:37.000 You serve Christ. 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:40.000 Only one item on the menu. 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:41.000 Christ. 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:43.000 When we come to church. 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:46.000 I don't have to know a lot about football. 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:49.000 I don't have to know a lot about politics. 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.000 It's fine if I do. 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:51.000 It's good. 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:52.000 I mean, it's nice. 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.000 It's nice. 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:55.000 I don't have to know a lot about fashion. 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:56.000 About which loss. 00:25:56.000 --> 00:26:00.000 I don't have to know a lot even about music. 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.000 Okay. 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:04.000 But there's one thing if you're a minister you should know. 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:06.000 A lot about Christ. 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:07.000 Amen. 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:10.000 You must know a lot about Christ. 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.000 As a minister. 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:12.000 And when we say minister. 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:15.000 We are not only talking about ministers who have the title as minister. 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:17.000 But anyone who is born again. 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:20.000 And cares to serve your generation with Christ. 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:23.000 So, he said, I've appeared to make you a minister. 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:24.000 And not just a minister. 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.000 And a witness. 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:28.000 A witness. 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.000 A witness. 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:32.000 A witness is different from a testifier. 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:35.000 A testifier have to speak. 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:38.000 To say what he has seen. 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:40.000 A witness is not only speaking. 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:42.000 It's life. 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:44.000 It's life. 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:45.000 It's a testimony. 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.000 It's a testament. 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:48.000 A testament to a cause. 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:50.000 So, when he appeared before King Agrippa and them. 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:52.000 He wasn't preaching Jesus. 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:54.000 He was witnessing. 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:56.000 His life was a witness. 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:59.000 So, Jesus said, now that you have witnessed before me. 00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:00.000 Witnessed to me. 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.000 Before this. 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:03.000 Now you are moving on to somewhere else. 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:06.000 His living was his message. 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:09.000 So, he says, I've appeared to you. 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:11.000 To make you a minister and a witness. 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:13.000 Both of the things which you have seen. 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:15.000 And the things which I'm here to reveal to you. 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:16.000 The weekly. 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.000 The next. 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.000 And not just that. 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:19.000 So, you are going to be a witness. 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:23.000 And I, God, will deliver you from the Jewish people. 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:25.000 As well as from the Gentiles. 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:27.000 To whom I send you. 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:30.000 I'm sending you to people I have to deliver you from. 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.000 Because the people you are meant to help. 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:32.000 Who want to kill you. 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.000 That's the nature of ministry. 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:34.000 So, if you focus on people's behavior. 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:35.000 You will not fulfill your assignment. 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:36.000 Because the people who need you most. 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:37.000 Are the ones who are likely to want to kill you. 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.000 Why would they do that? 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:39.000 Because the next verse tells us. 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:40.000 To open their eyes. 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.000 Because it's not their fault. 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.000 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:42.000 And they are holding this machete. 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:43.000 They will think you are a stick. 00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:44.000 Or the timber. 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.000 To open their eyes. 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:46.000 In order to turn them. 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:48.000 The reason why you are opening their eyes. 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.000 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:49.000 To what? 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.000 To what? 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:51.000 Because the people who need you most. 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:52.000 Because the people who need you most. 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:53.000 Are the ones who are likely to want to kill you. 00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:54.000 Why would they do that? 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:55.000 Because the next verse tells us. 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:56.000 To open their eyes. 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.000 Because it's not their fault. 00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:00.000 They can't see. 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:02.000 And they are holding this machete. 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:04.000 They will think you are a stick. 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:05.000 Oh, the timber. 00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:08.000 To open their eyes. 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:10.519 their eyes in order to turn them. 00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:14.880 The reason why you are opening their eyes is to turn them from darkness to what? 00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.420 Light. 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.640 From darkness to? 00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.259 Light. 00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:23.640 At midday, I saw light from heaven. 00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:26.599 There's some light matter in this matter. 00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:34.920 He said, I'm sending you to open their eyes so that you would turn them from darkness. 00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:37.359 That means all humanity is in darkness. 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:41.019 Both Jews and Gentiles. 00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:45.079 Jews are in darkness as well as the Gentiles. 00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:50.339 So Saul, what you were doing against me, it was because you were in darkness. 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:56.980 But now I'm sending you to go and turn people to God or open their eyes so you can turn them 00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.160 from darkness to light. 00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.180 But that's not just that. 00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:04.140 The state of the unsaved is also from the power of Satan. 00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.340 Satan. 00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.700 Satan, gotcha. 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:08.240 If you are not born again. 00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.480 If you are not in Christ. 00:29:09.800 --> 00:29:10.200 Watch this. 00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.300 Not just that. 00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.880 From the power of Satan. 00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:15.800 Anybody who is not born again, you are under the power of Satan. 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:15.899 It doesn't matter. 00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:18.339 It doesn't matter your education. 00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:20.980 It doesn't matter your political stand. 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:23.279 It doesn't matter which football team you support. 00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:26.539 It doesn't matter how much money you have. 00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:28.659 You are actually under the... 00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:29.579 I'm telling you. 00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:33.059 That they may receive forgiveness of sins. 00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:34.899 That's the baseline of Christianity. 00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:39.059 The baseline of Christianity is that people receive forgiveness of sins. 00:29:39.659 --> 00:29:44.200 And an inheritance among those who are... 00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:47.779 As soon as you are sanctified by faith, you have an inheritance. 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:52.839 So when you become a Christian, two best things you have. 00:29:53.399 --> 00:29:55.480 Forgiveness of sins and an inheritance. 00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.399 What do you inherit? 00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:57.639 Sorry. 00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.659 Not money. 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.740 Sorry. 00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.659 Not material possession. 00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:05.980 Every Christian has inherited something. 00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:08.240 It's not like you are going to inherit later. 00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:10.060 You have inherited already. 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.480 Once you become a Christian. 00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:13.160 It's baseline Christianity. 00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:16.340 Baseline Christianity is forgiveness of sins. 00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:18.720 And an inheritance among the saints. 00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:20.160 So in Ephesians chapter 1. 00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:21.500 He said, I pray for you. 00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:24.600 That you will be given the spirit of wisdom, revelation, and understanding of him. 00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:26.700 That the eyes of your understanding be enlightened. 00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:29.500 That you may know what is the hope of his calling. 00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:31.300 And then the second thing you will know. 00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:35.519 What is the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. 00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:38.759 When you are born again, there is hope. 00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.460 It's called the blessed hope. 00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.740 The blessed hope. 00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.980 The blessed hope. 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.319 And not just hope. 00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:47.960 There is also an inheritance you have come into. 00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:49.819 And the third thing that you must know. 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.920 Baseline of Christianity. 00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.160 You've also. 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:55.079 The power of God is working towards you. 00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:57.340 So what's the inheritance? 00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.500 God himself. 00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:01.220 God himself. 00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.660 God. 00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:03.860 Tell someone. 00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.980 God is my inheritance. 00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.599 God. 00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.480 God is my inheritance. 00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:09.460 So he says that. 00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:11.759 To receive forgiveness and inheritance. 00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.519 Then he says. 00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:15.440 This is what Jesus told him. 00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:16.839 When Jesus met him. 00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.940 So I've called you. 00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:20.039 I'm saving you for a purpose. 00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.019 One. 00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:23.339 That you'll be a minister. 00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.519 And a witness. 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.680 Of the things you have seen. 00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:27.460 And the things I'm here to reveal to you. 00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:30.840 And I'll deliver you from the people I'm going to send you to. 00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:32.299 To open their eyes. 00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:34.319 To turn them from darkness to light. 00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.519 From the power of Satan. 00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.640 To God. 00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:39.079 That they may receive forgiveness of sins. 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:41.460 And inheritance amongst the saints. 00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:43.840 Those who are sanctified by faith. 00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.960 That's why I've called you. 00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.180 Then he said. 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.180 Oh. 00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.759 Kenagrafer. 00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.900 I couldn't be disobedient. 00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:55.100 I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. 00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:57.000 It didn't say heavenly doctrine. 00:31:57.460 --> 00:32:02.100 He didn't say heavenly teachings. 00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.920 It's a vision. 00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:08.140 Paul wrote 14 epistles. 00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:10.019 In the New Testament. 00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:12.340 All those 14 epistles. 00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:16.559 Were chained out from this singular statement. 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:18.420 He received heavenly vision. 00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.960 He's seen things. 00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:21.880 And so the things he was sharing. 00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:23.299 Were given to him. 00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.319 In Galatians. 00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:24.940 He says that. 00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:26.160 The things that I'm teaching. 00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.200 No man taught me. 00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:29.240 I wasn't taught by man. 00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:31.840 But it was given to me by revelation. 00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:34.140 It was given to me. 00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.860 By revelation. 00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.759 The things that I teach. 00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:37.059 Was given to me. 00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:38.240 By revelation. 00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:41.240 Galatians chapter 1. 00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:41.759 Verse 11. 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:43.859 But I make known to you brethren. 00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:46.660 That the gospel which was preached by me. 00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.980 Is not according to man. 00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:52.039 For I neither received it from man. 00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:54.299 Nor was it taught me. 00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:56.379 I didn't go for school to be taught this thing. 00:32:57.140 --> 00:33:00.279 It came through the revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.279 Hallelujah. 00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.279 Hallelujah. 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.279 Hallelujah. 00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.680 Hallelujah. 00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:03.879 Hallelujah. 00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:04.079 Hallelujah. 00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.680 Hallelujah. 00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:04.779 Hallelujah. 00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:04.779 00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:04.779 00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.279 Hallelujah. 00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.779 Hallelujah. 00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:07.680 Jesus was revealed to me. 00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:10.740 And when Jesus was revealed to me. 00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:12.319 Deeper in details. 00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:16.139 I began to understand what this whole thing is about. 00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:19.200 So he says that I was not disobedient. 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.680 Oh King Agrippa. 00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.619 How? 00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.019 No. 00:33:22.219 --> 00:33:22.419 After. 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:22.859 It just. 00:33:22.939 --> 00:33:23.699 It was reasoning. 00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.039 With all what. 00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:25.559 People know. 00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.539 This is not anything new. 00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:29.139 How would I be disobedient to this heavenly vision? 00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.639 I was not. 00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.979 But what did I do? 00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.719 I said. 00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:35.259 But I declare first to those at Damascus. 00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:36.419 That's where it happened. 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.699 And in Jerusalem. 00:33:38.199 --> 00:33:40.039 And throughout all the regions of Judea. 00:33:40.179 --> 00:33:41.439 And then to the Gentiles. 00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:43.059 That they should repent. 00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.399 Turn to God. 00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:47.000 And do works befitting repentance. 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:49.119 If you have repented. 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.000 Your works will show. 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:52.140 I thank God. 00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:54.119 He said he was preaching to both great as well. 00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.819 Look at the next verse. 00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.420 For this reason. 00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.599 For this reason. 00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.980 What can I do? 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.160 This reason. 00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.200 The Jews. 00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.160 Seize me. 00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:05.279 In the temple. 00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.740 And try to kill me. 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.720 Right away you realize. 00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.340 But that's nonsense. 00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.539 Why would they want to do that? 00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.820 Why would they want to do that? 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:14.659 Sometimes it's easy to criticize somebody from afar. 00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.800 Till you listen to them. 00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:18.179 You listen to them and realize that. 00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:19.559 But this guy is not wrong actually. 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.519 This guy is not wrong. 00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:25.300 Sometimes we judge others with our heads. 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:27.440 And judge ourselves with our hearts. 00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.940 Paul spoke. 00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:32.039 He definitely spoke. 00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.440 When he finished. 00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.199 He said. 00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.900 So they tried to kill me. 00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.420 But he said. 00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:38.699 Having obtained help from God. 00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:42.019 That Greek word translated help. 00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:43.340 Is alliance. 00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.719 It's like God became my ally. 00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.039 He said. 00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.800 Paul let's go. 00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:48.800 I'm doing this together with you. 00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:49.019 Yeah. 00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:52.539 That Greek word translated help there means alliance from God. 00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:55.760 Having obtained alliance from God. 00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:57.200 To this day. 00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:57.800 Happening. 00:34:58.180 --> 00:34:58.700 Yeah. 00:34:59.120 --> 00:34:59.340 Yeah. 00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.220 God becomes my ally. 00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.420 Yeah. 00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.240 That's my ally. 00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.480 Yeah. 00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.280 That's it. 00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:02.940 That's my ally. 00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:08.340 And so I stand here testifying to small and great like you. 00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:09.780 Testify. 00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:11.519 Because God is the one behind this whole thing. 00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:13.500 I would have died long time ago. 00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:15.239 But when they tried to kill me. 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.659 My ally stepped in. 00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.599 Hallelujah. 00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.820 Attesting. 00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.019 Nothing. 00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:26.900 Nothing beyond what the prophets. 00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:28.440 You would have thought you said. 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.539 What he said. 00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.539 I should say. 00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.759 He didn't say that. 00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.360 He said. 00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:36.199 What I'm saying is nothing different from what the prophets have been saying. 00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:40.199 That's why last week I said Christianity is not just 2,000 years old. 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:42.559 It is as long as Adam. 00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:45.039 Because it's one mission. 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.539 One God. 00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:47.399 One mission. 00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:50.179 He's been working progressively through the ages. 00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:51.939 So he said. 00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:55.519 What I'm saying is not different from Moses and the prophets said. 00:35:56.419 --> 00:35:58.559 Jesus himself said to them when he resurrected. 00:35:59.319 --> 00:36:00.599 In Luke chapter 24. 00:36:01.299 --> 00:36:02.179 Verse 26. 00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:03.480 And then verse 27. 00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.239 Look at verse 26. 00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:04.839 He said. 00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:07.279 Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to have entered. 00:36:07.399 --> 00:36:08.239 Look at verse 27. 00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:08.799 He said. 00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:11.019 And beginning of Moses and all the prophets. 00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.699 He expounded to them. 00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:14.679 The things in the scripture that are concerned him. 00:36:15.439 --> 00:36:15.719 So. 00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:17.179 It's not new. 00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:20.899 What Paul was talking about is not just based on the vision he had yesterday. 00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:24.899 It feeds into ancient days. 00:36:25.479 --> 00:36:26.219 What has been happening. 00:36:26.439 --> 00:36:27.259 Now look at how he put it. 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:27.659 He said. 00:36:27.919 --> 00:36:28.359 That's. 00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:30.399 Then he gave the details of what Moses was talking. 00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:31.419 Can you imagine? 00:36:31.879 --> 00:36:32.179 He said. 00:36:32.479 --> 00:36:33.359 He preached Moses. 00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.599 He says that. 00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:37.519 Moses and the prophets preached that Christ should suffer. 00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:40.559 That he will be the first to rise from the dead. 00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.380 I know. 00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:42.480 A theological question. 00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:44.360 But there were other people who rose from the dead. 00:36:44.680 --> 00:36:46.000 Those were resuscitations. 00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.340 Technically. 00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:49.380 It's resuscitation. 00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.500 Because they died again. 00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:52.660 Resurrection is he rose never to die again. 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:54.579 And he was the first from the dead. 00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.019 First. 00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:55.880 So. 00:36:56.140 --> 00:36:57.340 Moses spoke about it. 00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:59.180 The prophets spoke about it. 00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:01.659 That Christ should be the first to rise from the dead. 00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.899 After he suffered. 00:37:03.319 --> 00:37:04.099 And will proclaim. 00:37:04.839 --> 00:37:05.199 Life. 00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:07.039 Do you see that word again? 00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.000 Do you see that word? 00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:09.619 In the beginning was the word. 00:37:09.899 --> 00:37:11.139 And the word was with God. 00:37:11.379 --> 00:37:12.399 And the word was God. 00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:13.879 All things were made by him. 00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:15.919 Without him was nothing made that was made. 00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:17.819 In him was life. 00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:19.460 And the life was the. 00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.259 Verse four. 00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.500 Was the light of man. 00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:23.940 The light shines in darkness. 00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:24.799 And darkness. 00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:26.680 First John chapter one. 00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.360 Verse five. 00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:29.080 God is light. 00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:30.260 First John one five. 00:37:30.640 --> 00:37:32.920 This is the message which we have heard from him. 00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:34.120 And declare to you that. 00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.780 God is light. 00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.300 That. 00:37:36.580 --> 00:37:37.460 God is light. 00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.440 I can't hear you. 00:37:38.560 --> 00:37:39.519 God is light. 00:37:39.620 --> 00:37:40.460 One more time. 00:37:40.560 --> 00:37:41.539 God is light. 00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:42.980 In John chapter one. 00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:44.080 Verse nine. 00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:44.960 He says that. 00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:46.660 He is the true light. 00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:48.539 That lighteneth every man. 00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:50.440 Coming into the world. 00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:52.019 In John chapter three. 00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:53.060 Verse 19. 00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:54.599 Light has come. 00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:57.179 Light has come. 00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:58.460 Into the world. 00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.139 But. 00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.880 That light has come to the world. 00:38:01.299 --> 00:38:02.420 And men love darkness. 00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:03.400 Rather than light. 00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.679 Why? 00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.860 Because there are deeds. 00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:06.259 Verse 20 and 21. 00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:07.579 There are deeds were evil. 00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:09.980 For everyone possessing evil is the light. 00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:11.579 And does not come to the light. 00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:13.880 Lest his deeds be exposed. 00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.980 But he who does the truth. 00:38:16.279 --> 00:38:16.779 Comes to. 00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:18.460 He said I am the light. 00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:20.199 I am the light. 00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:22.000 I've come into the world. 00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:23.360 As the light. 00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:25.219 The light of the world. 00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:27.380 In John chapter eight. 00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.559 Verse 12. 00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.460 He said that. 00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.960 Jesus spoke. 00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:31.780 He said I am the light. 00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.460 Of the world. 00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.760 He who follows me. 00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:35.440 Shall not walk in darkness. 00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.000 But. 00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:38.000 Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. 00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.840 My God. 00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.119 That's right. 00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:40.460 John chapter nine. 00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:41.639 Verse five. 00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:42.679 I love this. 00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.400 Oh. 00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.500 Let's go together. 00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:44.659 Yeah. 00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:47.139 I am the light of the world. 00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:48.900 I am the light of the world. 00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:50.000 One more time. 00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:51.780 I am the light of the world. 00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:53.140 I am the light of the world. 00:38:53.140 --> 00:38:54.560 Then Jesus told the Jews. 00:38:54.720 --> 00:38:55.740 In John chapter 12. 00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:57.400 Verse 35 and verse 36. 00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:59.100 As long as you have the light. 00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.760 Walk in it. 00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:00.660 Because very soon. 00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.460 He says that. 00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:02.500 Then Jesus said to them. 00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.920 A little longer. 00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:06.180 The light is with you. 00:39:06.620 --> 00:39:08.260 Walk while you have the light. 00:39:08.720 --> 00:39:10.420 Lest darkness overcome you. 00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.980 He who walks in darkness. 00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:13.080 Does not know. 00:39:13.620 --> 00:39:15.580 The next verse. 00:39:16.140 --> 00:39:17.180 While you are old. 00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:18.380 While you have the light. 00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:19.880 Believe in the light. 00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:21.420 That you may become. 00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.559 Ah ha ha ha ha ha. 00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:24.380 In James chapter one. 00:39:24.660 --> 00:39:25.360 Verse 17. 00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:26.360 All good. 00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:27.559 And perfect gift. 00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:28.860 Come from above. 00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:30.640 The father of. 00:39:30.640 --> 00:39:30.640 00:39:34.640 --> 00:39:36.380 How about first John chapter two. 00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:36.940 Verse eight. 00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.840 Again. 00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.860 A new commandment. 00:39:39.200 --> 00:39:39.960 I write to you. 00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.720 Which thing is true. 00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.360 In him. 00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:42.860 And you. 00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:43.980 Because the darkness. 00:39:44.220 --> 00:39:44.820 Is passing away. 00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:46.200 And the true light. 00:39:46.660 --> 00:39:47.180 Is already. 00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.539 The true light. 00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:49.759 Is already shining. 00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:51.199 The true light. 00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:52.440 Is already shining. 00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:54.219 I like this. 00:39:54.279 --> 00:39:55.380 God is not just light. 00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:57.420 But according to first Timothy. 00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:58.059 Chapter six. 00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:58.639 Verse 16. 00:39:59.119 --> 00:39:59.579 My God. 00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.259 That's too strong. 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:02.159 He lives in an. 00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:03.539 Unapproachable light. 00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:04.719 Ah ha ha. 00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:06.119 You can't come here. 00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:07.239 The sun. 00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:08.119 No human being is able. 00:40:08.259 --> 00:40:09.079 To go near the sun. 00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:11.219 God's own is wilder. 00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:13.219 He lives in an. 00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:14.420 Unapproachable light. 00:40:14.779 --> 00:40:15.659 Now this God. 00:40:15.739 --> 00:40:16.460 Who is light. 00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:18.220 We preach him. 00:40:18.780 --> 00:40:19.519 As light. 00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:20.920 The gospel. 00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:22.179 Is the gospel. 00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:23.599 Of light. 00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:25.619 Second Corinthians. 00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.780 Chapter four. 00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:28.240 Verse four. 00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:29.480 And verse six. 00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.579 It says that. 00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.860 In whose mind. 00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.360 The God. 00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:33.159 Of this world. 00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:33.900 Has blinded. 00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:35.079 Who do not believe. 00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:36.059 Lest the. 00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:38.679 Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. 00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.960 Lest the light. 00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.840 Of the gospel. 00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.840 Of the glory. 00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.300 Of Christ. 00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:43.579 Who is the image of God. 00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:45.059 Should shine upon them. 00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.460 Verse six. 00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:46.599 For it is God. 00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:47.420 Who commanded. 00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:49.860 Light to shine. 00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.880 Out of darkness. 00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:53.480 Who has shone in our hearts. 00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:54.840 Light. 00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:56.519 Now does it make sense. 00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:58.360 To turn them from darkness. 00:40:59.199 --> 00:41:00.119 Or cannot be for. 00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:01.059 At noonday. 00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:02.840 I saw a light. 00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:04.139 From heaven. 00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:05.220 Ah. 00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:08.559 As he preached this. 00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:10.000 Festus. 00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:10.840 Being Roman. 00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.780 Knowing Paul was a scholar. 00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:13.740 He screamed. 00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:14.680 Paul. 00:41:15.620 --> 00:41:16.140 Paul. 00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:18.400 You are beside yourself. 00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.780 You have learned too much. 00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.019 Now. 00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:22.080 You've gone past the limits. 00:41:23.160 --> 00:41:23.580 Paul said. 00:41:23.640 --> 00:41:24.460 I'm not mad. 00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:25.640 But I'm speaking words. 00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:26.300 Of truth. 00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:27.200 And soberness. 00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.760 The gospel. 00:41:29.160 --> 00:41:29.640 Is the word. 00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:30.180 Of truth. 00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:31.019 And soberness. 00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.780 Words of truth. 00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:33.440 And soberness. 00:41:33.660 --> 00:41:34.860 The church has got it. 00:41:35.680 --> 00:41:36.280 The world. 00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:36.840 I've not got it. 00:41:37.140 --> 00:41:37.780 University cities. 00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:38.380 I've not got it. 00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:39.940 It's the only church. 00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.640 That I've got. 00:41:40.740 --> 00:41:41.720 The words of truth. 00:41:41.980 --> 00:41:42.559 And soberness. 00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:44.039 If you don't do church. 00:41:44.160 --> 00:41:44.820 I can't guarantee. 00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.920 How your marriage will turn out. 00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:49.700 Because looking at your history. 00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:52.880 Looking at your father's behavior. 00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:56.360 A bigger maturistic version. 00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:57.940 Is about to show up in your life. 00:41:58.640 --> 00:41:59.740 Looking at your mother. 00:42:00.200 --> 00:42:01.720 Looking at your family history. 00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:02.700 And track record. 00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:04.419 I cannot guarantee. 00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:05.659 That your marriage. 00:42:05.939 --> 00:42:06.480 Will be peaceful. 00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.939 I cannot guarantee. 00:42:08.339 --> 00:42:08.859 That your health. 00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.419 Will be secure. 00:42:09.779 --> 00:42:10.679 I cannot guarantee. 00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.519 That your children. 00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:12.019 Will do it. 00:42:12.259 --> 00:42:13.219 But there's only one thing. 00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:13.960 I can guarantee. 00:42:14.399 --> 00:42:15.199 That the gospel. 00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:16.960 Is the words of truth. 00:42:17.339 --> 00:42:18.299 And soberness. 00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:21.819 Doesn't matter. 00:42:21.899 --> 00:42:22.599 What happens to you. 00:42:22.859 --> 00:42:23.639 Don't run away. 00:42:23.759 --> 00:42:24.539 From church. 00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:26.460 Stay around. 00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:27.439 Words of truth. 00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:28.439 And soberness. 00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:31.639 It's comprehensive insurance. 00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:34.759 He said. 00:42:34.819 --> 00:42:35.119 First of all. 00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:35.679 I'm not mad. 00:42:36.259 --> 00:42:37.759 The king himself knows it. 00:42:38.379 --> 00:42:38.739 Because. 00:42:39.779 --> 00:42:40.519 He said. 00:42:41.319 --> 00:42:41.859 For the king. 00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:43.000 Before who I'm speaking freely. 00:42:43.259 --> 00:42:44.000 He knows this thing. 00:42:44.299 --> 00:42:45.199 For I'm convinced. 00:42:45.259 --> 00:42:46.119 That none of these things. 00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:46.919 Escape. 00:42:47.659 --> 00:42:48.319 His attention. 00:42:48.839 --> 00:42:49.239 Since. 00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:50.919 They were not done in corner. 00:42:51.399 --> 00:42:51.659 Listen. 00:42:52.439 --> 00:42:52.839 Nothing. 00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:53.399 Christianity. 00:42:53.399 --> 00:42:54.239 Is private. 00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:57.079 That revelation. 00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.980 That God gave you. 00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.539 To just you. 00:42:58.879 --> 00:42:59.539 Is demons. 00:42:59.539 --> 00:42:59.799 Demons. 00:42:59.919 --> 00:42:59.919 00:42:59.919 --> 00:42:59.919 00:42:59.919 --> 00:42:59.919 00:42:59.919 --> 00:42:59.919 00:43:02.699 --> 00:43:04.079 In a cave. 00:43:04.759 --> 00:43:05.239 No. 00:43:05.859 --> 00:43:06.179 No. 00:43:06.679 --> 00:43:07.199 No. 00:43:07.759 --> 00:43:08.939 I learned something. 00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:09.779 About two years ago. 00:43:09.839 --> 00:43:10.739 That really taught me. 00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:11.439 Something. 00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.819 A great man of God. 00:43:12.879 --> 00:43:13.399 Was teaching. 00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:14.119 He said. 00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:16.259 When lockdown came. 00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:17.960 It has forced. 00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:18.500 The church. 00:43:18.659 --> 00:43:19.279 To come out. 00:43:19.339 --> 00:43:19.859 Of the closet. 00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:22.739 Because the nature. 00:43:22.739 --> 00:43:24.379 Of Christian church service. 00:43:24.879 --> 00:43:25.359 Should be. 00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:26.059 In the open. 00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:29.480 So who skeptics. 00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:30.900 Adgnostics. 00:43:31.259 --> 00:43:32.460 Enemies can see us. 00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:33.820 And can scrutinize us. 00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:35.840 Because we don't have anything to hide. 00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:38.699 So online streaming. 00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:39.779 Is actually. 00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:40.960 Good. 00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:41.920 In the sense that. 00:43:42.340 --> 00:43:43.179 If you are preaching. 00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:43.940 Rubbish. 00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:45.659 It's easy for you to be. 00:43:45.799 --> 00:43:46.599 It is. 00:43:47.860 --> 00:43:49.139 None of these things. 00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:49.840 Were done in that. 00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:51.239 Why are you building. 00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:52.659 This relationship in darkness. 00:43:53.219 --> 00:43:54.299 In the corner. 00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:54.779 And you say. 00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.360 It's God. 00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:56.599 It's God. 00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:57.820 You have built. 00:43:58.059 --> 00:43:58.640 Some friendships. 00:43:58.960 --> 00:43:59.440 In church. 00:43:59.780 --> 00:44:00.960 But it's in darkness. 00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:01.840 It's in the corner. 00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:03.200 Privacy. 00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:04.200 Mode. 00:44:05.700 --> 00:44:06.460 Privacy mode. 00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:07.240 Activated. 00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:10.980 Incognito. 00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:13.120 Incognito. 00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:14.200 God. 00:44:14.340 --> 00:44:15.160 You don't have the blessing. 00:44:15.240 --> 00:44:15.780 Of God on it. 00:44:16.780 --> 00:44:17.620 None of these things. 00:44:17.680 --> 00:44:18.400 Were done in the corner. 00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:19.579 None of these things. 00:44:19.680 --> 00:44:20.519 When it comes to the church. 00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:21.500 Jesus is crucified. 00:44:21.680 --> 00:44:22.800 Everything is in the open. 00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:24.000 You can scrutinize it. 00:44:24.220 --> 00:44:24.640 That's why. 00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:25.940 The church is never afraid. 00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:26.819 For our book. 00:44:27.259 --> 00:44:28.359 To be scrutinized. 00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:29.460 Sit online. 00:44:29.659 --> 00:44:30.319 Sit on TV. 00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:31.059 Be anywhere. 00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:32.239 And challenge it. 00:44:32.339 --> 00:44:33.559 It can stand the test of time. 00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:34.920 How about the other books. 00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:35.579 We don't know. 00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:37.500 We don't know. 00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:39.920 None of these things. 00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:41.079 We have done in the corner. 00:44:41.460 --> 00:44:41.940 And then he said. 00:44:42.179 --> 00:44:43.400 The king himself knows it. 00:44:43.639 --> 00:44:44.920 Then he turned to Kinnadiba. 00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:45.819 Kinnadiba. 00:44:46.339 --> 00:44:47.420 Do you believe the prophets? 00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:48.940 I know you do. 00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:50.420 I know you do. 00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:51.659 I know you do. 00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:52.340 You can't run away. 00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:54.079 You can't run away from the truth. 00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:56.039 Of the facts I'm talking about. 00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:57.400 Then Kinnadiba said. 00:44:58.059 --> 00:44:58.820 With so little. 00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:00.340 You almost wanted to make me a Christian. 00:45:01.539 --> 00:45:01.860 Paul said. 00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:02.179 No, no. 00:45:02.240 --> 00:45:02.820 Not just you. 00:45:03.460 --> 00:45:05.700 But I want that everybody around you. 00:45:05.700 --> 00:45:07.300 Will become like me. 00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:09.099 Without the chains. 00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:10.099 Hallelujah. 00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:16.880 That everybody. 00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:18.079 That's my mission. 00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:20.019 That everybody will come to know Jesus. 00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:22.500 As we are knowing him. 00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:24.699 As we are knowing him. 00:45:25.319 --> 00:45:26.980 I was teaching somewhere some time ago. 00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:28.420 And I was saying that. 00:45:28.819 --> 00:45:31.319 God didn't necessarily call us. 00:45:31.460 --> 00:45:32.960 To bring people to Christ. 00:45:34.139 --> 00:45:36.559 Our mandate is not to bring people to Christ. 00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:37.980 Treatable. 00:45:38.460 --> 00:45:40.760 Our mandate is to bring Christ to people. 00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:44.380 Some will receive him. 00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:45.260 Some will not receive him. 00:45:45.719 --> 00:45:46.920 God will not reward you. 00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:48.420 For how many people you brought to Christ. 00:45:48.740 --> 00:45:49.300 He will reward you. 00:45:49.340 --> 00:45:51.099 For how many people you brought Christ to. 00:45:54.760 --> 00:45:56.360 You can preach to 100 people. 00:45:56.480 --> 00:45:58.460 And only one person will receive Christ. 00:45:58.780 --> 00:45:59.820 But God will reward you. 00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:02.079 And someone can preach to 10 people. 00:46:02.300 --> 00:46:03.860 And 9 of them will receive Christ. 00:46:03.860 --> 00:46:05.139 You have more reward. 00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:06.460 Than the one who received. 00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:07.320 And I. 00:46:07.980 --> 00:46:11.260 Words of truth and soberness. 00:46:12.300 --> 00:46:13.260 Can Agrippa do you believe? 00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:13.639 He said. 00:46:13.860 --> 00:46:14.960 You want to make me a Christian? 00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:17.659 And so when the guy was put pinned to the wall. 00:46:18.300 --> 00:46:18.639 The king. 00:46:19.240 --> 00:46:20.260 He ended the session. 00:46:20.740 --> 00:46:21.599 When the king rises. 00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:22.599 Session has ended. 00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:23.559 So he stood up. 00:46:23.619 --> 00:46:23.920 Got up. 00:46:24.260 --> 00:46:25.280 And everybody got up with him. 00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:26.079 And left. 00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:27.679 And they went to have this cause. 00:46:28.260 --> 00:46:29.579 This guy has done nothing wrong. 00:46:30.579 --> 00:46:31.139 Can Agrippa. 00:46:31.139 --> 00:46:32.619 I can hear him telling the first. 00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:32.639 First. 00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:33.839 Who first? 00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:36.440 No. 00:46:36.659 --> 00:46:37.460 They can't release him. 00:46:38.179 --> 00:46:39.679 Because he has appealed to Caesar. 00:46:40.379 --> 00:46:42.279 So now he has given first a problem. 00:46:43.139 --> 00:46:45.759 First a thought king could help him. 00:46:46.420 --> 00:46:47.119 But king said. 00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:48.079 Sorry me. 00:46:48.519 --> 00:46:50.259 This one is above my jurisdiction. 00:46:50.759 --> 00:46:52.879 You have to go and find out something you can write. 00:46:52.880 --> 00:46:54.720 Because this guy is very innocent. 00:46:56.800 --> 00:46:57.840 No charge. 00:47:00.059 --> 00:47:02.780 Words of truth and soberness. 00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:04.960 Did you receive something? 00:47:06.539 --> 00:47:07.140 Hallelujah. 00:47:08.980 --> 00:47:11.500 Thank you for listening to this message by David Entry. 00:47:12.019 --> 00:47:15.500 We trust you've been encouraged, strengthened and enlightened by the word. 00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:18.880 Stay connected by following David Entry on social media. 00:47:19.480 --> 00:47:20.940 Including Instagram and LinkedIn. 00:47:20.940 --> 00:47:25.519 You can also listen to more messages on all major streaming platforms. 00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:26.940 And the Karish Church app. 00:47:27.420 --> 00:47:30.039 Don't 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