WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.099 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 00:00:12.380 --> 00:00:18.879 Peace be with you. They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, 00:00:19.100 --> 00:00:26.440 Why are you troubled? And why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:33.960 It is I myself. Touch me and see. A ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see I have. 00:00:34.939 --> 00:00:41.900 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. And while they still did not believe it, 00:00:41.980 --> 00:00:48.700 because of joy and amazement, he asked them, Do you have anything here to eat? They gave him a piece 00:00:48.700 --> 00:00:54.880 of broiled fish, and he took it and ate it in their presence. He said to them, 00:00:54.880 --> 00:01:01.280 This is what I told you while I was still with you. Everything must be fulfilled that it is written 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:08.420 about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms. Then he opened their minds so they could 00:01:08.420 --> 00:01:16.020 understand the scriptures. He told them, This is what is written. The Messiah will suffer and rise 00:01:16.020 --> 00:01:22.460 from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name 00:01:22.459 --> 00:01:30.659 to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. I am going to send you 00:01:30.659 --> 00:01:36.619 what my father has promised, but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high. 00:01:37.759 --> 00:01:43.919 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:51.840 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. Then they worshipped him and returned 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:57.219 to Jerusalem with great joy, and they stayed continually at the temple, praising God. 00:02:11.219 --> 00:02:12.139 Let's pray. 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:43.899 Let's pray. 00:02:43.900 --> 00:02:54.379 And open their minds so they could understand and grasp and know and experience you and 00:02:54.379 --> 00:03:04.020 what you have called them to do. So we trust that you are here now by the presence of your Holy Spirit. 00:03:04.020 --> 00:03:13.060 Father, we ask that you would open our minds so that we can know you better, 00:03:14.500 --> 00:03:19.400 so that we might fulfill all that you have called us to do. 00:03:21.700 --> 00:03:23.680 Father, we need your help. 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:29.020 Give it to us generously, we ask. Amen. 00:03:29.020 --> 00:03:37.980 What kind of world do you long for? 00:03:39.500 --> 00:03:42.620 What kind of world do you long for? 00:03:42.620 --> 00:03:44.099 This past week, we have a good time. 00:03:44.099 --> 00:03:48.759 This past week, we remembered the signing of the Good Friday Peace Agreement. 00:03:49.659 --> 00:03:55.659 Twenty years ago, leaders on our island and other politicians signed an agreement. 00:03:55.659 --> 00:04:01.960 The purpose was to bring peace to the divided community of Northern Ireland. 00:04:03.259 --> 00:04:13.379 It was rather tragic then that on this week, the two main parties remain divided, angry, untrusting. 00:04:14.379 --> 00:04:17.740 Two communities still apart. 00:04:17.740 --> 00:04:20.639 Bombs and bullets may have stopped. 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:25.079 But true peace, it is not. 00:04:26.860 --> 00:04:32.780 We all long for peace, a world where everything is put right and restored. 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:38.340 Well, as we think about this, listen to what the risen Jesus says to us. 00:04:38.379 --> 00:04:39.540 Look at verse 36. 00:04:39.540 --> 00:04:45.620 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 00:04:46.840 --> 00:04:49.600 Peace be with you. 00:04:50.400 --> 00:04:52.379 Now, this is more than just a greeting. 00:04:53.060 --> 00:04:56.360 This is a reminder of all that Jesus came to do. 00:04:57.020 --> 00:05:03.420 Peace in the Bible is much more than just the absence of trouble or hostility. 00:05:03.420 --> 00:05:13.920 Peace means absolute wholeness, full, harmonious, joyful, flourishing life. 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:17.160 As one writer put it, you can follow on the screen. 00:05:17.640 --> 00:05:27.800 He says, peace is the webbing together of God, humans and all creation in justice, fulfillment and delight. 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:32.780 In other words, it's the way things ought to be. 00:05:33.420 --> 00:05:40.980 Remember how the angels celebrated the coming of the Lord Jesus. 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:53.780 They sang, glory to God in the highest heaven and on earth, peace to those on whom his favor rests. 00:05:53.779 --> 00:06:04.139 Or if you know your Hebrew, that word shalom, this togetherness, this full, harmonious, joyful, flourishing life. 00:06:05.039 --> 00:06:16.319 Jesus has come to bring peace, reconciliation between God and man, the restoration of all creation, the putting right of all things. 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:24.399 And of course, the way that this is achieved is through the death and resurrection of Jesus. 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:35.959 So here we have the risen Jesus now announcing to his disciples and to us, peace be with you. 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:42.199 Now this isn't just peace for us to experience. 00:06:43.019 --> 00:06:45.299 This is peace for us to announce. 00:06:45.299 --> 00:06:55.179 Because the mission of the church is to announce and proclaim this glorious news of peace to the nations. 00:06:55.180 --> 00:07:09.300 Verse 47, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached, will be announced, will be proclaimed in his name to all the nations. 00:07:11.960 --> 00:07:17.120 Well, how do we know that this peace that is on offer is true? 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:22.699 How do we know that this offer of peace is real? 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:29.540 Well, like the disciples, I think we might need a bit of convincing. 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:34.079 First, back from the dead. 00:07:34.780 --> 00:07:36.720 Let's go to verse 36 again. 00:07:37.340 --> 00:07:40.439 While they were still talking about this. 00:07:40.540 --> 00:07:42.139 So let's remember what's happened. 00:07:42.300 --> 00:07:43.459 It's Sunday evening. 00:07:44.220 --> 00:07:46.740 All the disciples have met up together. 00:07:46.740 --> 00:07:52.480 The last they saw of Jesus was three days ago, bloodied and dead on a cross. 00:07:53.280 --> 00:07:56.900 Now there's this rumor circulating that his tomb is empty. 00:07:57.860 --> 00:08:03.639 And some of them, two of them at least, the two that walked with Jesus on the Emmaus Road, 00:08:03.960 --> 00:08:05.980 are saying that they've seen Jesus. 00:08:06.139 --> 00:08:06.720 He's alive. 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:12.579 And while they were talking about these events, verse 36, 00:08:12.579 --> 00:08:16.159 Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 00:08:16.159 --> 00:08:17.599 peace be with you. 00:08:18.099 --> 00:08:22.879 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:26.259 This was the last thing they ever expected. 00:08:26.459 --> 00:08:28.659 Jesus was dead and buried. 00:08:28.980 --> 00:08:29.719 That's it. 00:08:29.819 --> 00:08:30.740 It's all over. 00:08:30.860 --> 00:08:35.419 It's time to move on and try and make sense of this life and this world. 00:08:35.419 --> 00:08:41.819 But for Jesus, this was just the beginning. 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:51.259 The world needed to know that they could now experience peace, forgiveness of sins and the promise of a brand new future. 00:08:51.259 --> 00:08:58.039 And the disciples, like us, need convincing that this offer of peace is true. 00:08:58.980 --> 00:09:02.639 You see, if we're going to announce that Jesus is alive, 00:09:03.500 --> 00:09:05.960 and that this offer of peace is real, 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:11.539 then we need to be absolutely sure that Jesus is back from the dead. 00:09:11.539 --> 00:09:16.879 If Jesus is dead and he is not alive, everything collapses. 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:21.159 We have nothing to say, nothing to share. 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:25.299 We are hopeless, more to be pitied than anybody else. 00:09:27.199 --> 00:09:28.839 Verse 38, he said to them, 00:09:29.299 --> 00:09:31.360 why are you troubled? 00:09:32.860 --> 00:09:36.980 And why do doubts rise in your minds? 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:40.379 We have to be certain. 00:09:40.379 --> 00:09:44.700 We have to be sure that Jesus is alive. 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:47.379 He gives us three convincing proofs. 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:49.379 First, touch. 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:50.980 Look at verse 39. 00:09:51.340 --> 00:09:53.860 He says, look at my hands and my feet. 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:55.980 It is I myself. 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:59.860 Touch me and see. 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:03.580 A ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see I have. 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:08.799 Now, some people who doubt the resurrection today will say, 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:13.599 well, what they actually saw was a ghost or it was a spirit. 00:10:13.719 --> 00:10:15.459 It was kind of like a vision. 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:21.039 But Jesus wants us to know that he is physically alive. 00:10:21.719 --> 00:10:22.299 Verse 40. 00:10:22.359 --> 00:10:27.219 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 00:10:27.220 --> 00:10:31.440 You could imagine the disciples, picture the scene, 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:40.040 prodding, actually poking Jesus and touching him and feeling him. 00:10:40.220 --> 00:10:42.420 Well, it looks like Jesus. 00:10:43.379 --> 00:10:45.440 It sounds like Jesus. 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:47.860 It feels like a real body. 00:10:47.860 --> 00:10:51.039 But they are not convinced. 00:10:52.620 --> 00:10:54.159 Second piece of evidence. 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:55.440 Look at verse 41. 00:10:56.320 --> 00:11:00.720 While they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:02.899 they wanted to believe it. 00:11:03.740 --> 00:11:05.560 But it was too good to be true. 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:07.080 This can't be happening. 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:09.659 How could this Jesus be risen for the dead? 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:11.139 It can't be true. 00:11:11.139 --> 00:11:15.860 So Jesus asked them, verse 41, 00:11:16.439 --> 00:11:18.419 do you have anything here to eat? 00:11:19.199 --> 00:11:24.779 They gave him a piece of broiled fish and he took it and ate it in their presence. 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:27.819 I mean, ghosts don't eat. 00:11:28.059 --> 00:11:29.840 Spirits don't need food. 00:11:30.259 --> 00:11:32.220 Jesus is inviting us to say, 00:11:32.220 --> 00:11:37.059 look, but also see, as he eats the food, 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:40.639 that he is a physical, risen body. 00:11:41.139 --> 00:11:44.919 Still not convinced? 00:11:46.379 --> 00:11:47.840 Third piece of evidence. 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:49.639 Listen, verse 44. 00:11:50.059 --> 00:11:51.039 He said to them, 00:11:52.439 --> 00:11:56.240 this is what I told you while I was still with you. 00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:59.759 Can't you remember the things that I talked to you about? 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:03.360 We know from Luke that at least on three occasions, 00:12:04.059 --> 00:12:05.919 Jesus had said to his disciples, 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:07.860 I'm going to be mocked. 00:12:07.939 --> 00:12:09.419 I'm going to be flogged. 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:10.439 I'm going to be beaten. 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:11.880 I'm going to be killed. 00:12:12.040 --> 00:12:13.700 And on the third day, rise again. 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:15.680 Remember what I said to you. 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:19.600 In fact, rest of verse 44, 00:12:19.940 --> 00:12:24.840 everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the law of Moses, 00:12:25.180 --> 00:12:26.880 the prophets and the Psalms. 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:30.020 Of course, the law of Moses, the prophets and the Psalms 00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:34.100 was a way of talking about the whole of the Old Testament scriptures. 00:12:35.299 --> 00:12:37.360 And Jesus is inviting us. 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:38.980 He says, read it. 00:12:39.460 --> 00:12:48.399 Look into the Old Testament and you will see that my death and my resurrection was foretold hundreds of years before it even happened. 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:53.419 Well, you're saying, where does it say that? 00:12:53.779 --> 00:12:55.639 Well, let me give you one example. 00:12:56.059 --> 00:12:57.819 Have a look at Isaiah 53. 00:12:58.620 --> 00:13:00.840 Go back to Isaiah 53. 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:24.240 A well-known passage of scripture which talks about 700 years before Jesus comes. 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:28.519 It talks about mostly about his death. 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:34.120 But I think there's also here something of his resurrection. 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:37.659 Isaiah 53 verse 5. 00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:48.799 But he, speaking of Jesus, who was to come, was pierced for our transgressions. 00:13:49.439 --> 00:13:53.519 He was crushed for our iniquities. 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:58.579 The punishment that brought us peace was upon him. 00:13:59.459 --> 00:14:01.659 And by his wounds we are healed. 00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:06.019 So it's talking about his death, his sufferings on the cross. 00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:08.199 Well, what about his resurrection? 00:14:08.439 --> 00:14:09.860 Well, look down at verse 11. 00:14:12.819 --> 00:14:23.819 After he has suffered, after this Christ has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied. 00:14:25.439 --> 00:14:31.139 Or your notes might actually have another slightly different translation at the bottom of your page. 00:14:31.139 --> 00:14:36.179 You might see a little note and it says, he will see the fruit of his suffering. 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:41.939 The results of his death on the cross will be those who trust him and love him. 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:52.740 And it's saying here in verse 11 that after he has suffered, he will see the fruits, the results of his death. 00:14:52.740 --> 00:14:54.820 In other words, he will rise. 00:14:54.820 --> 00:14:55.700 He will see. 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:56.919 He will know. 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:02.759 So Jesus is saying to them, look, touch me. 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.399 See. 00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:05.899 Listen. 00:15:08.019 --> 00:15:12.080 I am sending you out with a message of peace. 00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:13.759 And it's true. 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:17.179 Jesus is back from the dead. 00:15:17.179 --> 00:15:26.179 And the risen Jesus is calling people like you and me to announce the wonderful news that we can be forgiven, reconciled. 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:31.580 And that we can be part of a restored, renewed creation. 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:35.960 The resurrection is true. 00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:40.519 So second, first back from the dead. 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:43.179 Second, sent out on mission. 00:15:43.179 --> 00:15:50.539 It is the risen Jesus with all power and all authority who now sends his people out. 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:53.439 What is our message as we go? 00:15:54.179 --> 00:15:55.579 Well, look at verse 45. 00:15:56.879 --> 00:16:00.739 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures. 00:16:01.699 --> 00:16:04.939 And he told them, this is what is written. 00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:10.379 Like in places like Isaiah 53. 00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:16.820 The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day. 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:19.279 Now let me make it very clear. 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:20.820 It may be obvious to you. 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:23.240 But this is essential. 00:16:23.419 --> 00:16:25.720 Do you see what it says there in verse 46? 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:28.899 This is what is written. 00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:33.220 The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead. 00:16:33.540 --> 00:16:42.560 Those are the two foundation stones of what we declare, what we teach and what we preach. 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:44.960 You can talk about lots of other things. 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:53.540 But if we're not talking about the death and resurrection of Jesus, we are not fulfilling our mission. 00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:55.420 It is primary. 00:16:55.700 --> 00:16:58.800 It is essential that this is what we talk about. 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:02.060 So let's have a look at these two a little bit closer. 00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:08.960 First, Christ's death is the answer to our broken relationships. 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:12.879 Christ's death is the answer to our broken relationships. 00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:15.679 We're told in verse 46, this is what is written. 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:18.099 The Messiah will suffer. 00:17:18.619 --> 00:17:19.519 Yes, he has. 00:17:19.679 --> 00:17:20.819 He has died. 00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:23.339 And we must proclaim that news. 00:17:23.879 --> 00:17:29.879 When Christ suffered and died on the cross, it was to deal with the problem of our sin. 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:34.540 Because of my sin, I'm under the judgment of God. 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:38.920 Without Jesus' death, I can't know peace. 00:17:39.140 --> 00:17:41.380 I can't be reconciled to God. 00:17:41.600 --> 00:17:44.000 I can't have access to God. 00:17:44.080 --> 00:17:46.340 I can't know Him and enjoy Him. 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.900 He remains distant from me. 00:17:51.280 --> 00:17:53.080 He's blocked from me. 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:54.660 There's a barrier there. 00:17:54.660 --> 00:18:04.220 But God in love, through the person of Jesus Christ, has come to take the blame for all the wrong things I have done. 00:18:04.600 --> 00:18:07.000 God dies for me in Christ. 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:08.320 He's punished for me. 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:10.540 He takes the judgment I deserve. 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:14.940 God does all of this so that we could know Him. 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:17.080 Be reconciled to Him. 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.220 Love Him. 00:18:18.340 --> 00:18:19.180 Enjoy Him. 00:18:19.580 --> 00:18:20.840 Know His presence. 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:23.779 And experience His peace. 00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:26.559 That we never face condemnation. 00:18:26.899 --> 00:18:28.480 He never pushes us away. 00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:30.439 He never keeps us outside. 00:18:30.899 --> 00:18:32.459 But He draws us in. 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:36.439 To know Him personally and intimately. 00:18:36.899 --> 00:18:39.359 God, the Creator of the universe. 00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:40.799 Our Father. 00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:43.519 Peace with Him. 00:18:46.199 --> 00:18:50.539 One writer, John Stott, put it like this. 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:57.399 God in Christ is treated as we deserve to be treated. 00:18:58.459 --> 00:19:03.659 So that we are treated as Christ deserves to be treated. 00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:07.839 We are now treasured as God's children. 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:18.939 Just as God and just as the Father and the Son, right from the very beginning, from eternity past, have enjoyed that unique relationship. 00:19:18.939 --> 00:19:24.419 So now, because of the peace we enjoy, we become part of that. 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:28.399 Treated as the Lord Jesus. 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:29.019 Treasured as the Lord Jesus. 00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.860 Treasured as the Lord Jesus. 00:19:29.860 --> 00:19:31.019 Treasured and loved. 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:37.900 The broken relationship that exists has now been mended and restored. 00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:42.960 This is the message that we have to tell. 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:50.900 And the other part of that is that Christ's resurrection is the answer to our broken world. 00:19:51.579 --> 00:20:00.000 If we go back to the end of verse 46, it's not just that the Messiah will suffer, but that He will rise from the dead. 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:01.799 And He has risen. 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:07.539 When Christ died, He was buried, but He didn't stay dead. 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:09.279 He defeated death. 00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:11.359 He destroyed the grave. 00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:19.579 Without the resurrection of Jesus, I can never know and experience true peace. 00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:25.180 I can never experience a restored world where everything is put right. 00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:34.120 But now, because He has broken and destroyed death, I can now have that peace. 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:42.039 Not just today, peace with God, but to look forward to that fulfillment of a restored world. 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.500 Everything put right. 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:54.840 If Christ got through death, and your trust is in Him, that means He will get you through death. 00:20:55.640 --> 00:21:00.840 Because Christ has a future in the new creation, ruling and reigning. 00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:08.000 That means you and I have a future in the new creation, ruling and reigning with Him. 00:21:09.060 --> 00:21:12.000 A world where everything is put right. 00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:13.100 No more sickness. 00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:14.440 No more death. 00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:17.340 No more threats of war. 00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:20.340 No more breakdown in relationships. 00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:21.000 No more threats of the broken world. 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:22.959 No more threats of the broken world. 00:21:22.959 --> 00:21:24.240 The broken world. 00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:27.359 Everything as it should be put right. 00:21:29.459 --> 00:21:31.099 Here's a great little quote. 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:34.539 Another writer put it like this. 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:44.139 If the resurrection of Jesus Christ is the place where what we long for and what is real wonderfully collide. 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:50.480 If you were to conduct a little survey amongst your friends or people and ask yourself the question, 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:52.379 what kind of world do we want? 00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:54.940 Well, everybody wants a world of peace. 00:21:55.680 --> 00:22:00.059 Everybody wants a place where there's prosperity and plenty. 00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:07.799 A place where we can be with our loved ones where there will be no more death and no more suffering where everything is put right. 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:12.059 These are the dreams of every heart and soul. 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:14.379 And they wonderfully collide. 00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:18.679 They come together in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:21.980 It all begins to make sense. 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:33.660 You see, true peace, full, harmonious, joyful, flourishing life is achieved through the death and through the resurrection of Jesus. 00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:38.539 Remember the verse we started out with together in Colossians? 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:40.640 Just have a look at that again. 00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:42.600 Jump forward to Colossians. 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:44.380 Keep your finger in Luke 24. 00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:49.800 Colossians chapter 1. 00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:56.860 Verse 19. 00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:06.840 Here we have a wonderful summary of the mission of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:09.140 Colossians chapter 1, verse 19. 00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:21.420 For God, the creator, the ruler, the one who's from before all time, God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in Christ. 00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:23.740 All of God in Christ. 00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:30.900 And through Christ to reconcile to himself all things. 00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:33.340 All things. 00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:36.840 Whether things on this earth or things in heaven. 00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:38.780 Everything that has been broken. 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:41.420 Everything that has been shattered and disordered. 00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:43.519 That through Christ. 00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:47.340 Things in heaven or things on earth. 00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:52.600 By making peace through his blood shed on the cross. 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:56.379 Back to Luke 24. 00:23:57.219 --> 00:24:00.259 This is what Christ has come to do. 00:24:00.679 --> 00:24:03.199 This is where reality takes place. 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:05.759 And this is the message we declare. 00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:09.079 We must talk about Christ and his death. 00:24:09.439 --> 00:24:12.199 We must talk about Christ and his resurrection. 00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:16.360 And if we're to experience this peace. 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:19.779 Then we must call people, verse 47. 00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:29.420 For repentance and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations. 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:35.600 We are calling people to turn from trying to get peace through their own efforts. 00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:38.120 And by our own ways. 00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:47.979 And to trust that in Jesus is the only way for reconciliation with God and a restoration of this broken world. 00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:56.500 People can experience this as they turn in repentance to God. 00:24:57.819 --> 00:25:01.879 This is the message that we must tell. 00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:04.039 That we must announce. 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:09.519 It is a message to the nations. 00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:12.720 Look at the end of verse 47. 00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:16.940 He says it begins at Jerusalem. 00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:21.139 So the risen Jesus is making it clear to his disciples. 00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:23.399 The ones who were doubting. 00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.720 The ones who were denying. 00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:27.659 The ones who had left him and walked away from him. 00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:32.519 Jesus takes these bunch of messed up broken people. 00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.240 He says it. 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.639 He says it. 00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.019 He says it. 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.680 He says it. 00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.180 He says it. 00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.299 He says it. 00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:37.400 I am now sending you. 00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:41.180 And I want you to start where you are. 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.960 In your home city in Jerusalem. 00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.299 Where you work. 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.980 Where you go fishing. 00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:49.920 When you're hanging out with your friends and talking with your family. 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:56.599 I want you to start there and tell people and talk to people about the peace that I've come to bring. 00:25:56.599 --> 00:26:02.219 This restoration and reconciliation that can be found in Christ. 00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:05.099 Tell them about my death and about my resurrection. 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:09.339 And as we read on into Acts. 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:13.240 As we were pointed to as we were singing earlier. 00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:19.379 They went from Jerusalem to Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth. 00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:22.539 And isn't that what we see in verse 47? 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:27.439 It'll be preached in his name to all nations. 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:31.180 And from that point on in Luke. 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:35.820 So the word began to travel to different parts and different places. 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:38.240 And it came to places like Ireland. 00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:44.820 And here we are today meeting as a bunch of people who trusted in the Lord Jesus. 00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:48.740 And it's reached us here on this island to this nation. 00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:56.039 But it's our responsibility to go and take that message to the nations. 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.839 To the peoples of this world. 00:26:58.259 --> 00:27:02.740 Of different places who have not yet heard the good news of Christ. 00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:07.380 Yes, the disciples were witnesses. 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.359 Verse 48. 00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:11.019 He says you are witnesses of these things. 00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:13.480 But as we hear this same message. 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:15.420 As we trust and believe. 00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:18.019 We are now witnesses. 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:21.059 Of the death and resurrection of Jesus. 00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:26.559 Let me introduce you to a family. 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:28.319 You haven't met them yet. 00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.240 But you will do. 00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:31.640 Their names are the Grindys. 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.680 They live in Liverpool. 00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.700 They're a young family. 00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.660 Two young children. 00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:39.720 And we as a church. 00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:42.319 Are seeking to support them. 00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:45.160 Because they are going to be going from Liverpool. 00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:47.660 To a place in Kosovo. 00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:51.720 To reach a town and a country. 00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:55.180 Where many people have not yet known Christ. 00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:59.060 They will be there to support and encourage the church. 00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.900 In their mission. 00:28:00.040 --> 00:28:00.820 In their outreach. 00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:05.300 To declare the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:08.279 And we as a church are going to gather around them. 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:09.119 Pray for them. 00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.419 Support them. 00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.460 Help them. 00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:14.839 Because this is what it means. 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:16.319 To be a Christian. 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:18.899 To be a follower of the Lord Jesus. 00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:22.599 But as we think about them. 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:24.700 Why don't we think about ourselves for a minute. 00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:28.640 I often think about the children of this church. 00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:31.880 Those who are in Sunday school and creche. 00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.240 Little. 00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:37.340 Do you ever pray that as they hear. 00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:40.700 As they're being taught the good news about Jesus. 00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:43.259 If you're a parent of one of those children. 00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.920 Do you ever pray. 00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.200 Dare to pray. 00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:49.019 Lord send them. 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:51.460 Send my son. 00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:53.259 Send my daughter. 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:55.400 To a place. 00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:58.440 Where Christ is not yet known. 00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:01.720 Would you dare to pray that prayer. 00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:04.559 Would we dare to pray that. 00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:08.559 We could gather around someone in this church. 00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.339 And send them. 00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.859 To another part of the world. 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:16.639 It is our responsibility. 00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:18.059 If we are Christians. 00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:19.059 If we are believers. 00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:21.059 This is what we are called to do. 00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:23.639 Yes it starts right here. 00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.940 Where we are in our home. 00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:26.179 In our college. 00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.759 In work. 00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.579 With our neighbours. 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.879 With the people we meet. 00:29:30.179 --> 00:29:31.339 But we have this. 00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:33.079 Responsibility. 00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.059 This privilege. 00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:35.879 To go to the nations. 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.319 Join with me. 00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.419 Join together. 00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:42.500 When we meet in our home groups. 00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.940 To pray. 00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:46.379 That people will be sent. 00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:53.059 Frightened about praying that prayer. 00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:57.299 Scared that you could be the answer to that prayer. 00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.879 Well. 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.659 Look at this. 00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:03.879 We are equipped with God's power. 00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.220 Power. 00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:08.000 The risen Jesus sends us. 00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:11.019 But he gives us his power. 00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:12.440 Verse 49. 00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:14.039 He says to his disciples. 00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.779 I am going to send you. 00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:17.919 What my father has promised. 00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:20.259 The Holy Spirit. 00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.859 But stay in the city. 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:24.659 Until you have been clothed with power. 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.940 From on high. 00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.940 If you were going to go. 00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:30.120 If you were going to go climb a mountain. 00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:33.359 You would need the right kit. 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:33.879 Wouldn't you? 00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:37.679 If you were to go and climb Caron Tool today. 00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:39.879 In your flip flops. 00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.759 And your shorts. 00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.539 And a t-shirt. 00:30:42.239 --> 00:30:43.719 I wonder how you'd get on. 00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:46.519 We need the right kind of clothing. 00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:50.139 To be able to do these kind of tasks. 00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:51.820 And in the same way. 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:54.560 When it comes to God's peace mission. 00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:57.300 We need the right kind of clothing. 00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:59.000 Look at the end of verse 49. 00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:04.440 We need to be clothed with power from on high. 00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:09.340 The power is the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:12.960 That God the Father promised to his disciples. 00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:15.779 That they received when we read in Acts 2. 00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:18.320 And is given to all believers. 00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:20.120 To everyone who trusts in him. 00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:22.680 They are clothed with his power. 00:31:23.320 --> 00:31:24.059 The power. 00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:26.720 This is the kind of power we're thinking about. 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:30.460 The power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead. 00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:33.799 Is the same power that is in us. 00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:35.960 Romans 8. 00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:39.720 The Holy Spirit is a person. 00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:41.960 God living within us. 00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:45.160 But it's not just his presence with us as we go. 00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:49.680 It is his power that is with us. 00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:59.180 So how can we know and what can we expect this power to do in our lives as we go? 00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:01.559 Well two things. 00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:08.879 His power will help us to open our mouths to speak. 00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:12.099 Look at Luke chapter 12. 00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:14.079 Just go back a few chapters. 00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:15.399 Luke chapter 12. 00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:17.139 Verse 11. 00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:21.000 Luke chapter 12. 00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.659 Verse 11. 00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:21.740 Verse 11. 00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:23.839 Verse 11. 00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:25.339 Verse 11. 00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:29.659 Verse 11. 00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:41.720 When Jesus speaking again to people. 00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:44.320 When you are brought before synagogues. 00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.480 Rulers. 00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.960 And authorities. 00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:51.620 Do not worry about how you will defend yourselves. 00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:53.180 Or what you will say. 00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:59.840 Because the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say. 00:33:02.840 --> 00:33:05.660 Being involved in God's mission will be hard. 00:33:05.820 --> 00:33:07.620 People won't want to listen. 00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:10.240 Some places will be hard. 00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:14.279 Countries exist where you are persecuted. 00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:17.240 And that can scare people off. 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:19.680 It can put fear into us. 00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:25.279 But the risen Jesus is saying I have given you the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:30.299 Who will teach you and at that moment will give you what you should say. 00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:34.119 He will put words in your mouth to speak. 00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:38.699 And in my experience. 00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:45.319 We know that power at work in us when we do begin to speak. 00:33:46.699 --> 00:33:49.439 It's not we just stand here and just kind of wait and go. 00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:52.199 And hope words come out. 00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:55.419 It's as we begin to talk. 00:33:55.919 --> 00:33:58.159 And I'm not saying I'm the greatest evangelist. 00:33:58.160 --> 00:34:02.019 I fear these kind of situations. 00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:04.420 But just very briefly. 00:34:04.560 --> 00:34:06.180 The other day when we were out canvassing. 00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:08.880 I was talking to the guy who I was with. 00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:10.760 And it just came up very naturally. 00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.420 And he just asked. 00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.599 Are you a religious person? 00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:16.019 And immediately I go. 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:16.220 Right. 00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:17.360 I know what I have to say. 00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.639 How am I going to say it? 00:34:18.720 --> 00:34:19.619 What's it going to be like? 00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:21.180 And I just started speaking. 00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:23.619 But I was just continually praying. 00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.000 Asking. 00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.099 Holy Spirit. 00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:28.139 Will you help me say the right thing? 00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:29.659 Give me the right words. 00:34:29.759 --> 00:34:30.839 The right conversation. 00:34:31.399 --> 00:34:32.480 And as we speak. 00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:34.420 He helps us to speak. 00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:37.239 He opens our mouths. 00:34:40.359 --> 00:34:41.500 Open mouths. 00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:43.460 Open minds. 00:34:44.299 --> 00:34:45.619 Go back to 24. 00:34:46.839 --> 00:34:48.199 Verse 45. 00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:56.879 Then he opens their minds. 00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:59.780 So they could understand the scriptures. 00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:01.880 I wondered if you noticed. 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:04.240 It was similar to what we saw last week. 00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:08.260 That here the disciples have seen the risen Jesus. 00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:10.140 They've touched him. 00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:12.019 They've eaten with him. 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:13.300 They've heard him speak. 00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:18.160 But still they don't grasp who Jesus is. 00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:21.880 They need God to open up their minds. 00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.880 It's the same thing. 00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:28.460 It's the same thing that God did for the two disciples as they walked along the road to Emmaus. 00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:30.019 Back in verse 31. 00:35:30.680 --> 00:35:34.599 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him. 00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:38.759 And that's what the Holy Spirit does. 00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:43.380 He opens people's minds to understand their need of Christ. 00:35:43.779 --> 00:35:50.360 He opens the minds of your friends so that they can see that Christ is who he says he is. 00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:53.039 That Jesus died for them. 00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:55.539 That Jesus defeated death for them. 00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:59.519 That in Jesus peace is to be found. 00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:07.460 I'm never going to convince anybody with my words. 00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:13.119 But as I begin to speak the words of Jesus. 00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:17.059 God by his spirit takes those words. 00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:19.659 And sends them with power. 00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:23.139 Into the lives of people's hearts. 00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:26.920 And God does what only God can do. 00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:31.199 Just as God created the world and brought life into existence. 00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:34.519 So God by his spirit brings life. 00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:37.119 Into the power of people. 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:39.039 If you are a Christian today. 00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:43.159 It is through the power of God's work in your life. 00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:46.599 And so we pray. 00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:49.500 God open minds. 00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:53.940 Those who are dull and dead and do not want to hear. 00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:55.460 Open minds. 00:36:56.819 --> 00:36:58.259 So that they can hear. 00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:04.259 So as we go about our day. 00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:06.280 As we begin. 00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:08.080 A new week. 00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:11.080 Luke 24 finishes. 00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.760 It's like the end. 00:37:13.180 --> 00:37:15.540 But it is only the beginning. 00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:20.599 As we continue on this great task. 00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:23.719 I'm going to invite us now to pray. 00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:25.239 Just where you are. 00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.579 In the silence. 00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.860 In the quietness. 00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:32.779 To pray that God would fill you with his spirit. 00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:34.759 Ask for his power. 00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:37.360 Ask for his power to do two things. 00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:39.120 To open your mouth. 00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.320 To open your mouth. 00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:42.140 And to open minds. 00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:45.640 So where you are right now. 00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:48.820 Let us pray. 00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:48.900 Pray. 00:37:48.900 --> 00:38:02.059 Just think of somebody who you will meet this week. 00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:08.900 Somebody who you've been talking with. 00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:15.660 Pray for the person you. 00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:17.780 Is just going to be a surprise. 00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:20.740 But yet it is God's intervention. 00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.780 God's plan. 00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:25.860 Pray. 00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:29.220 That God would open your mouth. 00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:31.860 And give you words. 00:38:32.240 --> 00:38:32.940 To speak. 00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:37.440 And pray that God by his power. 00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:40.639 Would open their minds. 00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.740 Open their eyes. 00:38:43.740 --> 00:38:45.019 To see Jesus. 00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.220 Jesus. 00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:25.500 Father. 00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:25.599 Father. 00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:28.659 Just as Christ. 00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.659 Ascended. 00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:31.579 To you in glory. 00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:34.239 So you gave the gift. 00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:36.059 Of your Holy Spirit. 00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:38.880 To ordinary. 00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:41.279 People like us. 00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:46.119 The power that raised Christ from the dead. 00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:47.099 Is the power. 00:39:47.819 --> 00:39:49.639 That is at work within us. 00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:53.639 So give us. 00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:56.099 The words to say. 00:39:59.219 --> 00:40:00.019 Open. 00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:01.019 Open. 00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:02.599 The minds and eyes. 00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:04.840 Of those who do not yet know you. 00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:08.659 So that they too will see. 00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:10.280 And follow. 00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.159 Jesus. 00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:12.820 And experience. 00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.559 Peace. 00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:16.599 In all its fullness. 00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:22.019 Thank you. 00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:23.079 Lord Jesus. 00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.179 Amen. 00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:30.559 We are going to sing together. 00:40:32.799 --> 00:40:35.019 If we want a hymn. 00:40:35.299 --> 00:40:35.799 A song. 00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:37.940 To encourage us. 00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.919 To focus. 00:40:39.379 --> 00:40:39.559 To focus. 00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:39.619 Bra conte demanding anything. 00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.139 Thank you. 00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:41.960 Let our minds? 00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:43.219 You really? 00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:43.859 To start and get you. 00:40:43.859 --> 00:40:45.219 As The heaven's Heaven. 00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:45.659 to focus. 00:40:45.659 --> 00:40:46.339 Thanks to you. 00:40:46.339 --> 00:40:46.500 To invest кон conspiracy. 00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:46.940 A time mercy on 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