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 Take out your Bibles and turn to Acts chapter 22.

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 So now that you know, I've been preaching longer than Nathan.

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! I've been doing this a long time, and I'm really, really good at it.

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 No pressure to hit a home run this morning, right?

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 So just adjust your expectations accordingly.

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 We have no professionals here.

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 We are only just trying to be faithful.

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 And just join me in a word of prayer.

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 Father, we do come before you this morning to worship you through singing,

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 through listening, and being obedient to your Word.

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 And I pray that you would give us eyes to see, ears to hear,

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 hearts to obey, and minds to comprehend.

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 And during this time, just work by your Holy Spirit through your Word.

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 And may it have its desired effect on us today.

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 In Christ's name, amen.

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 So in preparation for this, I don't know how long we've been going through Acts,

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 but it's been a very long time, and it's been awesome.

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 But as you, if you're teaching or preaching through Acts,

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 what you're going to pick up on quickly is there are many repetitive themes and topics

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 just to go back over and back over and back over.

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 And, you know, things like, themes like persecution,

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 preaching the Holy Spirit, persecution,

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 or be like Paul or be like Peter, persecution.

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 There's a lot of that just in Acts.

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 So I commend a good book to you today.

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 A book appeared in a book called Gospel Worship by Jeremiah Burroughs.

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 And in that, he basically talks about just how the church comes together to worship Christ.

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 And a lot of it is directed towards listening to the Word of God

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 and listening and being attentive to the Word of God.

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 And a lot of the warnings they issue are things like,

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 don't shut your mind off and don't close your heart out

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 if you hear something that you've already heard before.

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 They issue very strong warnings against that.

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 And some of the things that he mentions,

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 what could God be doing if you're being drawn to the same themes and topics every single week?

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 Well, a lot of the times it's to examine your heart

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 to see if you actually do believe those things.

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 Or if you just merely have an academic knowledge of those things,

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 but you're not being obedient and living out those things in your life.

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 God has many reasons to draw you back to the same themes and topics.

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 And so if we're not careful,

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 I really believe it can be like the Athenians that we studied earlier in Acts 17.21,

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 where it just says that they spent their time doing nothing except telling or hearing something new.

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 Don't be like that.

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 Ask God to soften your heart.

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 And of course, I've prayed and I've worked this week to be able to think of some fresh things to say,

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 but not all that fresh if you're around here often.

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 And we need to examine our lives and examine our hearts.

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 The worst damage we can do is just become a bunch of intellects

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 that don't really have a heartfelt desire for the things that we claim to believe.

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 And that only enables us to be prideful and go around and to argue with other people when we're not.

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 When really the effect should be humility towards God, gratitude, love, and then mission,

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 following that, the right respect to God's Word.

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 So listen with fresh ears today and examine your lives.

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 So I'm going to rewind a little bit because this is all one continuous story.

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 But today, let's kind of jump back up in chapter 22 to verse 22.

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 And we'll start there.

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 But just to kind of fill you in,

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 Paul is in Jerusalem now.

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 And he was warned that by God that if he went there,

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 he would be severely persecuted.

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 And he went out of a desire for his kinsmen to know the gospel.

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 So he's been in Jerusalem.

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 And they found out he was there, some people who opposed him,

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 and they basically attacked him and mobbed him in the temple.

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 And all of a sudden, like Rome's concerned, right?

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 Many times this has happened before.

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 Rome hadn't done anything.

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 But they send soldiers to kind of break up the hysteria.

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 And they pull Paul aside, the Roman tribune.

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 And Paul asked, can I address the crowd?

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 Will you allow me just to like talk to them and explain who I am and what I'm about?

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 And he's like, sure, give it a go.

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 And he did.

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 And then finally, you see, they did not respond well.

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 They were angry.

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 They were furious.

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 And so then the tribune kind of pulls him back again.

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 And they're kind of back to the drawing board.

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 And he goes, okay, well, who is this guy?

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 Because the mob just seems to think he's an outlaw.

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 So a typical, you know, protocol was to flog someone until they told you what the real deal was.

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 Great idea, right?

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 So that's kind of where I'll pick up.

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 This is his next thing.

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 This is something Nathan taught over, so I'm not going to get into this.

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 But just for the sake of the narrative, we're going to read all the way through verse 22.

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 Excuse me, not 22.

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 Back up a little bit.

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 I've been studying both of these together, so they just run together in my head.

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 Sorry.

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 So, you know, the real scripture doesn't have all the breaks and stuff.

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 That's just how we organize it, which is okay.

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 But verse 22 to verse 11 in chapter 23.

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 Up to this word, they listened to him.

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 Then they raised their voices and said,

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 Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live.

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 And as they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and fleeing dust into the air,

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 the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging.

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 To find out why they were shouting against him like this.

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 But when they had stretched him out for the whips, I can just imagine this.

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 Paul's like, before you do that, you should know that, this is what he says,

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 Paul said to the centurion, he was standing by him,

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 Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?

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 Rhetorical question.

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 When the centurion heard this, he messed his pants.

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 So he went to the tribune and said to him,

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 What are you about to do?

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 For this man is a Roman citizen.

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 So the tribune came and said to him,

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 Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?

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 And he said, Yes.

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 The tribune answered,

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 I bought this citizenship for a large sum.

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 But Paul said,

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 But I am a citizen by birth.

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 So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately.

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 No kidding.

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 And the tribune also was afraid,

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 for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.

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 So he could get in big trouble for this, basically.

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 Serious trouble.

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 So moving into verse 30, it says,

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 On the next day, desiring to know the real reason while he was being accused by the Jews,

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 he unbound him and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet.

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 And he brought Paul down and set him before them.

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 And looking intently at the council, Paul said,

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 Brothers, I have lived my life before God and all good conscience up to this day.

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 And the high priest, Annias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

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 Then Paul said to him,

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 God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall.

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 Are you sitting to judge me according to the law?

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 And yet contrary to the law, you order me to be struck?

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 Those who stood by said,

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 Would you revile God's high priest?

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 And Paul said,

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 I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest.

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 For it is written,

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 You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.

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 Now, when Paul perceived that one part were the Sadducees and the other the Pharisees,

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 he cried out in the council,

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 Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees.

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 It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.

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 And when he had said this,

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 A dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees,

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 And the assembly was divided.

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 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit.

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 But the Pharisees acknowledged them all.

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 Then a great clamor arose,

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 And some of those scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply.

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 We find nothing wrong in this man.

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 What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?

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 And when the dissension became violent,

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 The tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them,

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 Commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force,

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 And to bring him into the barracks.

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 The following night, the Lord stood by him and said,

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 Take courage,

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 For as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem,

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 So you must testify also in Rome.

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 So where do we find ourselves today?

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 So we're going to just sort of bust the narrative up into three little points,

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 And then get into some application at the end of this.

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 But simply put,

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 You see in verses 22, 30,

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 Through 23, 1 through 6,

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 Point number one,

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 Paul examined before the council.

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 Paul's examined before the council.

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 So thus far,

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 The Roman tribune,

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 Whose name we actually know,

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 Because in chapter 23,

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 Verse 26,

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 It names him as Claudius Laius.

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 So very Roman name.

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 And I'm not going to nerd out on you about Roman history.

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 Maybe a little bit next week,

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 So prepare yourself.

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 But this guy was definitely a lower ranking tribune.

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 He wasn't really high up in the social status.

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 There was no legion stationed in Judea at this time.

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 The closest one was probably up in Syria.

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 But this man was,

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 In fact,

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 Control of all the soldiers in Judea.

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 So powerful though he was,

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 He wasn't extremely powerful.

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 So he recognizes that he cannot figure out who Paul is.

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 Like,

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 First of all,

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 The mob,

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 He's not going to find out from the mob,

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 Because they just want to kill him.

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 And then he thought,

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 I'll just let Paul talk to them.

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 And then that didn't work.

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 And then he thought he'd get them flogged,

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 And that didn't turn out so good.

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 And now he's like,

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 Okay,

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 Maybe if I just get the really sophisticated,

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 Civilized,

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 Jewish religious leaders together,

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 They can figure out what's going on here.

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 And that failed.

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 So now he's just sort of,

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 Again,

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 Just back to the drawing board.

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 And he's,

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 That's where we kind of pick up.

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 He's examined before the council.

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 So,

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 Their immediate reaction is,

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 It says,

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 Paul looked intently at the council.

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 He gazed at them with great confidence.

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 Can you picture yourself being in front of something like this?

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 Like,

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 Just barely struggling to get your words out,

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 And really nervous,

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 Trying to hold firm,

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 Praying the whole time you're standing there,

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 Like,

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 God help me,

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 God help me.

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 Oddly enough,

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 Paul looks at them with confidence,

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 And this is just what he says,

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 Right?

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 He's like,

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 Look,

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 I've lived my life,

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 Up to this day,

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 In good conscience before the Lord.

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 He's basically saying in the original language,

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 I've been a great citizen.

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 I've been a good citizen.

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 I don't desire to disturb the peace,

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 Here in Jerusalem.

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 I'm a law-abiding,

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 Good,

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 Everyday citizen.

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 And I can say that,

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 With a clear conscience before God.

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 So,

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 I continue listening,

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 For a second.

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 And then,

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 The high priest,

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 Ananias,

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 He orders them,

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 To be struck.

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 Alright?

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 So this isn't like a little,

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 Like,

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 Like,

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 Sissy slap.

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 It's used of like a severe blow,

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 Or beating.

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 The same words used for how Jesus was beaten,

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 Before the authorities.

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 So,

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 I mean like,

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 Just smash,

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 Like,

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 Knocks him down,

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 Almost.

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 Kind of hit.

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 So,

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 Paul's like,

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 Man,

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 What did I say?

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 So,

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 He kind of gets back up.

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 After that,

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 And,

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 Basically just gives him this response,

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 You know,

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 God is going to strike you dead,

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 You,

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 Whitewashed wall.

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 So,

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 We may be like,

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 Ooh,

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 In our time,

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 But,

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 He could not have said something more offensive,

00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:02.519
 To the high priest.

00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:04.340
 Could not have.

00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:05.960
 And,

00:14:06.319 --> 00:14:07.439
 This was a very,

00:14:07.579 --> 00:14:07.960
 Very,

00:14:08.179 --> 00:14:09.620
 Wicked high priest.

00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:11.059
 Josephus,

00:14:11.059 --> 00:14:11.960
 Writes about him,

00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:12.819
 Outside of the Bible,

00:14:12.939 --> 00:14:14.199
 And says he was one of the most corrupted,

00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:16.040
 Licentious,

00:14:16.140 --> 00:14:16.740
 High priest,

00:14:16.800 --> 00:14:17.060
 Ever,

00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:18.160
 In Israel's history.

00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.620
 He was very,

00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:20.640
 Very pro-Roman,

00:14:21.560 --> 00:14:23.220
 And carried out Roman policies,

00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:24.160
 Without hesitation.

00:14:25.280 --> 00:14:25.680
 And then,

00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:26.420
 Later on,

00:14:26.580 --> 00:14:27.800
 In the Jewish revolt,

00:14:28.660 --> 00:14:29.420
 47,

00:14:30.340 --> 00:14:31.320
 A.D. or so,

00:14:31.980 --> 00:14:32.600
 To 59,

00:14:33.300 --> 00:14:34.520
 He was killed by,

00:14:34.680 --> 00:14:35.180
 The Jews,

00:14:35.280 --> 00:14:35.840
 They hated him.

00:14:36.040 --> 00:14:36.259
 So,

00:14:36.780 --> 00:14:37.460
 They attacked him,

00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:37.980
 And killed him,

00:14:37.980 --> 00:14:38.360
 And then,

00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.980
 The Roman onslaught,

00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:41.879
 Came after that,

00:14:41.920 --> 00:14:43.000
 Where the temple was destroyed,

00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:43.299
 And,

00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:44.740
 And all of that,

00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:45.100
 But he,

00:14:45.220 --> 00:14:46.340
 He whacked him,

00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:46.980
 Pretty hard,

00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:48.399
 And knocked him down,

00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.080
 And Paul basically,

00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:49.820
 Stands back up,

00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:50.039
 And says,

00:14:50.100 --> 00:14:51.019
 You whitewashed,

00:14:51.580 --> 00:14:52.100
 Wall.

00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:53.759
 So,

00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:55.059
 For a self-righteous,

00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:56.080
 Arrogant,

00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:56.860
 Religious leader,

00:14:56.940 --> 00:14:58.019
 This could not be a more,

00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:00.779
 Serious,

00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:01.120
 You know,

00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:01.620
 Cut down,

00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.440
 Talking trash,

00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:03.220
 Kind of language.

00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:05.000
 He used this metaphor,

00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:06.019
 Of a whitewashed,

00:15:06.700 --> 00:15:07.080
 Wall,

00:15:07.179 --> 00:15:07.980
 For hypocrisy,

00:15:08.059 --> 00:15:08.659
 The same way,

00:15:08.659 --> 00:15:09.519
 Jesus used it,

00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:10.500
 Of the Pharisees,

00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:12.159
 That you look great,

00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:12.939
 And you look clean,

00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:13.659
 And bright,

00:15:13.719 --> 00:15:14.439
 On the outside,

00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:14.819
 But like,

00:15:14.860 --> 00:15:15.299
 Inwardly,

00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:16.139
 You are dead.

00:15:16.839 --> 00:15:18.159
 That's what Paul is saying,

00:15:18.199 --> 00:15:19.759
 You're a hypocrite,

00:15:20.719 --> 00:15:22.139
 You are inwardly dead,

00:15:22.219 --> 00:15:22.860
 And corrupt.

00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:24.120
 So,

00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:26.399
 One who claims to know God,

00:15:26.439 --> 00:15:27.159
 And honor him,

00:15:27.699 --> 00:15:29.639
 Is a true love for God,

00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:31.259
 And seeks God's glory,

00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:33.059
 That's not how it is,

00:15:33.079 --> 00:15:34.199
 On the inside of us,

00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:34.699
 At all.

00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:35.899
 And so,

00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:37.199
 He calls them out on that,

00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:39.140
 God is going to strike you dead,

00:15:39.180 --> 00:15:40.220
 Which is pretty prophetic,

00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:41.200
 Because he was killed,

00:15:41.280 --> 00:15:41.460
 Right?

00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:42.420
 A few years later,

00:15:43.060 --> 00:15:44.080
 After all of this.

00:15:45.180 --> 00:15:45.560
 And,

00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:47.140
 Then he kind of,

00:15:47.920 --> 00:15:49.120
 Goes for the slam dunk,

00:15:49.160 --> 00:15:50.820
 On that rhetorical question,

00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:51.920
 Are you sitting,

00:15:52.040 --> 00:15:53.700
 To judge me according to the law,

00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:56.160
 And yet contrary to the law,

00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:57.540
 You order me to be struck?

00:15:58.180 --> 00:15:58.860
 So basically,

00:15:59.000 --> 00:15:59.140
 Like,

00:15:59.180 --> 00:15:59.980
 How dare you,

00:16:00.280 --> 00:16:01.980
 Seek to judge me according to the law,

00:16:02.040 --> 00:16:02.740
 That you yourself,

00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:03.400
 Just broke.

00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:04.980
 And,

00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:06.560
 You can see the,

00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:08.660
 The entourage around him,

00:16:08.700 --> 00:16:08.820
 Going,

00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:10.879
 How dare you,

00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:12.520
 Speak against God's high priest,

00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:13.000
 This way.

00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:14.920
 And Paul,

00:16:15.820 --> 00:16:16.620
 It's kind of funny,

00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:16.900
 But,

00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.700
 He's like,

00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:19.020
 Whoops,

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.460
 Like,

00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:20.500
 I had no idea,

00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:21.379
 This was the high priest.

00:16:22.040 --> 00:16:22.360
 So,

00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:24.000
 There's probably,

00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:24.900
 Four explanations,

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.820
 I think two of them,

00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:26.200
 Are more,

00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.320
 Reasonable,

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.100
 But,

00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:29.200
 Some,

00:16:29.340 --> 00:16:30.140
 Some people say,

00:16:30.140 --> 00:16:30.580
 That,

00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:33.280
 This is due to,

00:16:33.280 --> 00:16:34.660
 Paul's poor eyesight,

00:16:35.180 --> 00:16:35.740
 Supposedly,

00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:36.340
 He just didn't know,

00:16:36.420 --> 00:16:37.100
 The high priest,

00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:39.020
 Maybe,

00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:39.940
 Um,

00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:41.900
 Another explanation is,

00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:43.220
 He had been gone from Jerusalem,

00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:44.020
 So long,

00:16:44.520 --> 00:16:45.520
 That he had no idea,

00:16:45.640 --> 00:16:47.000
 This was the new high priest,

00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:49.120
 And then,

00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:49.600
 Thirdly,

00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:51.460
 He could have just been like,

00:16:51.540 --> 00:16:52.300
 So angry,

00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:53.040
 So furious,

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:53.580
 He just like,

00:16:53.640 --> 00:16:54.200
 Blacked out,

00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:54.660
 And forgot,

00:16:55.160 --> 00:16:55.820
 Who he was,

00:16:55.920 --> 00:16:56.480
 For a second,

00:16:57.420 --> 00:16:57.940
 And then,

00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:58.320
 Fourthly,

00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:59.520
 Which is probably my favorite,

00:16:59.700 --> 00:16:59.860
 But,

00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:01.040
 Probably not the case,

00:17:01.780 --> 00:17:02.000
 Uh,

00:17:02.300 --> 00:17:04.039
 He was being sarcastic,

00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.100
 Like,

00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:05.599
 Oh,

00:17:06.419 --> 00:17:07.539
 You're the high priest,

00:17:07.659 --> 00:17:07.959
 Really?

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.799
 I would have never have guessed that,

00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:10.179
 By the way,

00:17:10.219 --> 00:17:11.099
 You just broke the law,

00:17:11.219 --> 00:17:12.119
 Whacked me in the face,

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.519
 So,

00:17:12.699 --> 00:17:14.119
 That's kind of like,

00:17:14.179 --> 00:17:14.500
 What I,

00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:16.339
 I think would have been funny,

00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:18.539
 Because Paul did have some sarcasm,

00:17:18.659 --> 00:17:18.839
 Like,

00:17:18.899 --> 00:17:19.579
 Believe it or not,

00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:21.299
 Throughout Acts,

00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:21.799
 So,

00:17:22.699 --> 00:17:22.899
 But,

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.899
 But I love how,

00:17:24.699 --> 00:17:25.699
 It's probably a combination,

00:17:25.699 --> 00:17:26.379
 Of the second,

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:27.279
 And third explanations,

00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:27.679
 But,

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.980
 I love how he kind of,

00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:29.679
 Brought himself,

00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:30.859
 Back onto the authority,

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.460
 Of the Bible,

00:17:31.879 --> 00:17:32.659
 Of the scripture,

00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.439
 Right after that,

00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:34.619
 And he's like,

00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.019
 Look guys,

00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:35.819
 I know the verse,

00:17:35.919 --> 00:17:36.220
 I got it,

00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:36.519
 I got it,

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:37.099
 You know,

00:17:37.199 --> 00:17:37.899
 Exodus 22,

00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:38.339
 28,

00:17:38.439 --> 00:17:39.599
 Don't speak evil,

00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:40.279
 Of your rulers,

00:17:40.439 --> 00:17:40.779
 And they're like,

00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.000
 Oh,

00:17:41.179 --> 00:17:42.559
 Chapter and verse,

00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:43.839
 So,

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:45.059
 He backs off,

00:17:45.859 --> 00:17:46.919
 And he keeps his passions,

00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.480
 In check,

00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.759
 So,

00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:50.759
 Then he goes on,

00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.480
 And he sort of like,

00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:52.500
 Discerns his audience,

00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:53.019
 He's like,

00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:54.819
 Well he probably can see again,

00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:56.279
 Right after being whacked so hard,

00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:56.620
 He's like,

00:17:57.380 --> 00:17:58.200
 These are the Pharisees,

00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:00.120
 And these are the Sadducees,

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:02.140
 I'm a Pharisee,

00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:03.599
 I was brought up,

00:18:03.860 --> 00:18:04.599
 I can relate,

00:18:05.120 --> 00:18:05.799
 To this group,

00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:06.680
 Very very well,

00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:08.740
 And he basically said,

00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:09.319
 Look guys,

00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:11.920
 I'm on trial here,

00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:13.839
 Because of the resurrection,

00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.559
 Basically is sort of,

00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:16.319
 What he says,

00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:17.579
 And,

00:18:18.679 --> 00:18:20.439
 Perhaps unintentional,

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:21.259
 But maybe not,

00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.720
 He kind of like,

00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:24.379
 Opened up a serious can of worms,

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:25.439
 And just passed it to him,

00:18:25.939 --> 00:18:26.859
 And,

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:29.099
 It took the attention off of him,

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.599
 Completely,

00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.200
 I don't think he,

00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:31.419
 I don't think he meant that though,

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.859
 But he just kind of went,

00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:34.259
 Resurrection,

00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:34.960
 And then,

00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:35.700
 Boom,

00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:37.839
 Between the two sides,

00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.259
 So,

00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:40.039
 The second point,

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:43.639
 Is the council's response to Paul,

00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:46.380
 See that in verses 7 through 10,

00:18:47.420 --> 00:18:47.759
 But,

00:18:48.040 --> 00:18:48.860
 Just as,

00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:50.860
 With our Lord's teachings,

00:18:51.840 --> 00:18:53.280
 Paul causes great dissension,

00:18:54.360 --> 00:18:54.700
 And this,

00:18:54.780 --> 00:18:55.300
 This picture,

00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:56.259
 This is a picture,

00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:57.220
 This word,

00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:57.840
 Dissension,

00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.380
 Of two sides,

00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:00.920
 Standing up against one another,

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:01.580
 So,

00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:02.020
 Just picture,

00:19:03.020 --> 00:19:03.320
 You know,

00:19:03.540 --> 00:19:04.060
 Congress,

00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:04.580
 Or the Senate,

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.180
 Or parliament,

00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:06.240
 Standing up and just yelling,

00:19:06.840 --> 00:19:07.520
 Back and forth,

00:19:07.600 --> 00:19:08.160
 At each other,

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:10.080
 That's what goes on here,

00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:12.400
 Because the Pharisees,

00:19:13.320 --> 00:19:14.600
 Unlike the Sadducees,

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.480
 Did believe,

00:19:16.100 --> 00:19:16.800
 In spirits,

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.440
 Angels,

00:19:18.060 --> 00:19:19.060
 And they did believe,

00:19:19.060 --> 00:19:20.160
 In the future resurrection,

00:19:20.320 --> 00:19:20.860
 Of the dead,

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:23.140
 Except they didn't,

00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:24.480
 Accept Jesus' claim,

00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:26.019
 To the resurrection,

00:19:27.300 --> 00:19:27.779
 So,

00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:29.500
 They probably really didn't believe it,

00:19:30.580 --> 00:19:30.920
 But,

00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:31.340
 Nonetheless,

00:19:32.320 --> 00:19:33.640
 Consistent with their convictions,

00:19:33.840 --> 00:19:34.620
 The Pharisees,

00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:35.660
 Sit up,

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.019
 And they,

00:19:36.540 --> 00:19:38.140
 Kind of started defending Paul,

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.800
 But I don't think they would have,

00:19:39.860 --> 00:19:40.580
 If they had heard the rest,

00:19:40.600 --> 00:19:41.560
 Of what Paul had to say,

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.340
 But they,

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.500
 They were already,

00:19:43.560 --> 00:19:45.060
 At the throats of the Sadducees,

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:46.740
 And they got really,

00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.060
 Really,

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:48.500
 Violent,

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.920
 A mob,

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.320
 Again,

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.740
 Of the religious leaders,

00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:52.720
 So,

00:19:52.840 --> 00:19:53.340
 Claudius,

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:54.140
 The centurion,

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.279
 He,

00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:55.720
 He said,

00:19:55.820 --> 00:19:56.560
 He was afraid,

00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:58.220
 That Paul would be torn to pieces,

00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:00.019
 Picture like animals,

00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:01.700
 Just ripping something to shreds,

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.300
 That's like what,

00:20:02.560 --> 00:20:03.600
 He thought was going to happen,

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:03.940
 So,

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:05.440
 I've got to get my,

00:20:05.560 --> 00:20:06.540
 Fellow Roman citizen,

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.220
 Out of here,

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:07.779
 Quick,

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:09.379
 And it says that they,

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.879
 They had to take him out by force,

00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:12.000
 So,

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.379
 You know,

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:14.079
 Just picture that,

00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:15.299
 They had to rip him away,

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.059
 And then like,

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.799
 Take him out,

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:20.099
 Like Paul's got some,

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:20.920
 You know,

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:22.000
 High level security,

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:23.799
 And takes him back,

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:23.799


00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:23.799


00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.559
 To the barracks,

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:26.319
 And once again,

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:26.880
 Like,

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.599
 Proverbs 29,

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.299
 10,

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:31.079
 Bloodthirsty men,

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.519
 Hate,

00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:33.539
 One who is blameless,

00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:35.200
 And seek the life,

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:35.980
 Of the upright,

00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.519
 So they,

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.680
 Smoothly,

00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:39.900
 Get him out of there,

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.319
 They take him back,

00:20:41.380 --> 00:20:42.000
 To the barracks,

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.500
 Kind of,

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.019
 Get him,

00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:44.299
 You know,

00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:44.900
 Calm down,

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.240
 Whatever,

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:46.440
 So,

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.920
 This goes into our third,

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.920
 Point,

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.980
 Which is,

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.900
 God's,

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.660
 Sovereign,

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.440
 Encouragement,

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.059
 To Paul,

00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:58.859
 Verse 11,

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.240
 Where it says,

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:01.920
 Verse 11,

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.860
 The following night,

00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.120
 The Lord,

00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:06.519
 Stood by him,

00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:07.039
 And said,

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.860
 Take courage,

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.800
 For you have testified,

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.340
 To the facts,

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.620
 About me in Jerusalem,

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:15.480
 So you must testify also,

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.740
 In Rome,

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.560
 So,

00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:19.840
 No doubt,

00:21:21.120 --> 00:21:21.860
 You guys,

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:23.140
 I'm going to talk about this a lot more,

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.480
 But look,

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.560
 Paul was a man,

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:25.539
 He was a man,

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.980
 A man,

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:29.100
 A sinful man,

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.980
 He was broken,

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:32.640
 He had all the issues,

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.579
 That you and I have,

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:35.519
 Don't make him to be a superhero,

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.279
 I,

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:37.620
 I,

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:39.019
 Really am convinced,

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:40.079
 You can see it throughout,

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.420
 Read his letters,

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.180
 Especially,

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:42.900
 Second Timothy,

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.860
 How down,

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:45.420
 Cast he is,

00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:47.319
 So,

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.480
 He needs,

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.039
 Encouragement,

00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:49.519
 And after this,

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:49.799
 He's like,

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.079
 Man,

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.799
 This Jerusalem thing,

00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.079
 Is,

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.900
 Is killing me,

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.319
 My heart's broken,

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.700
 For my own people here,

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.339
 And then,

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:57.900
 He needs,

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.059
 The Lord,

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.360
 So this is,

00:22:00.360 --> 00:22:00.880
 Definitely,

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.440
 Christ,

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.500
 Saying to him,

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:05.079
 Take courage,

00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:06.140
 It's the same words,

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.200
 Same language used,

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:08.680
 That Jesus used to his disciples,

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:10.660
 In John 16,

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.079
 33,

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.880
 Where he said,

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:13.380
 I have told you these things,

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.700
 That in me,

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.779
 You may have peace,

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.900
 In this world,

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.920
 You will have trouble,

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.700
 But take heart,

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.839
 I have overcome the world,

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.759
 It's the same phrase,

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:22.920
 Take heart,

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.779
 Be of good cheer,

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.740
 Be confident in me,

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.319
 So he's like,

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:29.259
 You're going to go to Rome,

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:31.500
 And so Paul,

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.619
 Can honestly say,

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.339
 I'm going to,

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.319
 It doesn't feel like it,

00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:36.440
 But I'm going to live,

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.359
 At least long enough,

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:38.099
 To make it to,

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:40.299
 The imperial city,

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:41.359
 On the Tiber river,

00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:43.479
 I'm going to make it there,

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.919
 And that,

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.659
 That strengthened,

00:22:46.659 --> 00:22:46.959
 Paul,

00:22:47.459 --> 00:22:48.539
 So,

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:50.079
 That's just a walk through,

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:52.719
 Some explaining of our text,

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:55.039
 So what do we apply here,

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:57.079
 And I,

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.700
 I think,

00:22:58.259 --> 00:23:00.399
 Here are three things,

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.220
 Three truths,

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:03.460
 In regard to mission,

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.559
 And evangelism,

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:06.139
 Sharing Christ,

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:07.159
 With the world around us,

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:08.279
 That we can learn from,

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.759
 Our text,

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.859
 Alright,

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:14.639
 These are phrases,

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.720
 So I'll read them twice,

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.420
 Number one,

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:19.840
 God delights,

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:21.920
 In using the weak,

00:23:22.840 --> 00:23:23.480
 Foolish,

00:23:23.800 --> 00:23:25.120
 And ordinary,

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:25.980
 To accomplish,

00:23:26.300 --> 00:23:27.380
 His saving purpose,

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.180
 In the world,

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:30.519
 God delights,

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.539
 In using the weak,

00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:32.840
 Foolish,

00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:33.700
 And ordinary,

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.720
 To accomplish,

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.900
 His saving purpose,

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.360
 In the world,

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:40.380
 Look guys,

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.960
 Many of you,

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:44.259
 Many of you,

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:46.080
 If you're really honest,

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.579
 With yourself,

00:23:46.699 --> 00:23:48.220
 You don't truly believe,

00:23:49.159 --> 00:23:49.859
 That you,

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:52.980
 Can impact the world,

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.559
 For Christ,

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.599
 In a significant way,

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:56.179
 Every day,

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.980
 You just kind of go about,

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.460
 Your normal,

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.460
 Drudge,

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.299
 You don't,

00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:00.500
 Really believe,

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.960
 That if you yield,

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.619
 To the father,

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.579
 He can use you,

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.819
 For impact,

00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:06.179
 In your,

00:24:06.699 --> 00:24:07.259
 Community,

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:09.059
 In your own home,

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.659
 And in the world,

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.000
 We,

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:13.419
 And even in the back,

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:13.960
 Of your mind,

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.740
 You may say,

00:24:15.639 --> 00:24:16.039
 Even though,

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.559
 You know,

00:24:16.679 --> 00:24:17.099
 That if you had,

00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:17.960
 A theology test,

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.460
 You would pass,

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.019
 This question,

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.500
 Because you know,

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.079
 The right answer,

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.240
 But your life,

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.960
 May reveal,

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:22.779
 Otherwise,

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.460
 That it's really,

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.839
 For,

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:27.199
 For the professional,

00:24:27.439 --> 00:24:27.679
 Elites,

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.539
 It's for the pastors,

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.460
 The missionaries,

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:31.079
 The church staff,

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:33.460
 Etc.,

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:35.240
 And your life,

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:36.240
 May be a picture,

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:36.659
 Of that,

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:37.919
 But I mean,

00:24:37.939 --> 00:24:38.939
 If I could just yell it,

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.399
 No,

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.659
 It's not,

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:43.759
 Even throughout,

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:45.019
 Our study of Acts,

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.720
 We're often tempted,

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.500
 To look at Peter,

00:24:48.580 --> 00:24:48.980
 And Paul,

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:50.680
 And they,

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.140
 Who were,

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.480
 Right?

00:24:51.560 --> 00:24:52.940
 Examples of faithfulness,

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:54.120
 And obedience to God,

00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:56.420
 And fall into the temptation,

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.019
 Of saying like,

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.900
 Well that was Paul,

00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:00.720
 That was the apostle Paul,

00:25:01.040 --> 00:25:01.420
 Or that was,

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.200
 That was Peter,

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:03.960
 And,

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.440
 The message,

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:05.740
 I mean,

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.640
 You've already checked out,

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.059
 I get it,

00:25:07.080 --> 00:25:07.460
 I get it,

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.059
 Be like Paul,

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.440
 Or,

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.360
 He's our example,

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.779
 I get it,

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.640
 He's the perfect Christian,

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.360
 Be like Paul,

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.039
 Be like Peter,

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:14.180
 Don't do that,

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:15.920
 Stop,

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:18.640
 You guys need to understand,

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:20.080
 That Paul was a weak man,

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.240
 He was often proud,

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:23.259
 And often pathetic,

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.400
 Alright?

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.000
 But nonetheless,

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.440
 God chose him,

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.940
 To be,

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.400
 His,

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.440
 Witness,

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.059
 To,

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.960
 The Gentiles,

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.200
 Right?

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.000
 And God,

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.580
 Everything good in Paul,

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.340
 Was empowered by,

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.180
 The risen Lord,

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.620
 Everything.

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.259
 Let me just read,

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.799
 Our run over,

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.340
 Just three,

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.019
 Three instances,

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.279
 Paul tries so hard,

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:46.319
 To communicate this,

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.580
 To us,

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.200
 He tries,

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.080
 In 1st Timothy,

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.480
 He's like,

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:52.220
 I am the foremost sinner,

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:53.120
 I am the chief,

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.600
 Top,

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.220
 Wicked sinner,

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:58.059
 And during the Reformation times,

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.740
 In the English Reformation,

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.279
 I remember,

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.240
 Even the story of,

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.480
 Thomas Blimey,

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.779
 Who,

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.460
 Who was under the teaching,

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:04.839
 That,

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:06.420
 Paul was perfect,

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.620
 It was,

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.480
 It was Jesus,

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.259
 The Virgin Mary,

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.000
 And then Paul,

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.720
 Right under that,

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:11.980
 Right?

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:12.740
 And,

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.839
 He got a copy of,

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:16.220
 1st Timothy,

00:26:16.959 --> 00:26:18.059
 In the original language,

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:19.000
 And he was reading it,

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.079
 In secret,

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.379
 On the Cambridge campus,

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.379
 In the 1500's,

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.839
 And he read,

00:26:24.919 --> 00:26:25.899
 Where Paul called himself,

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.079
 The chief of sinners,

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:29.119
 And it made him weep,

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.000
 Like,

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.359
 Really?

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.539
 This man,

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.240
 Needs Jesus?

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:35.039
 And convicted him,

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:35.839
 Of his own sin,

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:38.319
 Paul later on,

00:26:38.459 --> 00:26:38.839
 In 1st,

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:40.539
 Corinthians 15,

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.480
 9 through 10,

00:26:43.699 --> 00:26:44.179
 He said,

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.220
 He was the least,

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.019
 Of the apostles,

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.659
 Unworthy,

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.199
 To be called,

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.899
 An apostle,

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.740
 Because he persecuted,

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.359
 The church,

00:26:53.179 --> 00:26:54.059
 But,

00:26:54.179 --> 00:26:55.359
 By the grace of God,

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:55.819
 Only,

00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.879
 He was what he was,

00:26:57.439 --> 00:26:57.720
 Okay?

00:26:57.919 --> 00:26:58.480
 So stop,

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.159
 Don't look at Paul,

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.299
 Don't look at Paul,

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.799
 And in Romans 7,

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:06.119
 He mentions a lot of things,

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.879
 In Romans 7,

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.480
 But he says,

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.159
 I know,

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.759
 I know,

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.399
 I'm convinced,

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.379
 That nothing good,

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.460
 Dwells in me,

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.859
 That is my flesh,

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.539
 And later on,

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:18.259
 Wretched man that I am,

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.119
 Who would deliver me,

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:21.700
 From this body of death,

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.539
 Thanks be to God,

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.740
 Through Jesus Christ our Lord,

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.500
 So stop,

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:27.980
 You know,

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.919
 Placing these,

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.500
 Bible characters,

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:32.579
 People that we know,

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.319
 From church history,

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.559
 And even in our own church,

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:37.019
 As these invincible,

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:39.079
 Elected the elect,

00:27:39.639 --> 00:27:40.779
 Team that are going to go out,

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.519
 And play for us,

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.319
 And we're going to watch,

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.059
 This isn't,

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:44.720
 God's intention at all,

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.700
 He has always,

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.939
 Throughout the entire history,

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.839
 Of the scripture,

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.700
 And today,

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:54.299
 He delights in using the foolish,

00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:56.000
 Weak and ordinary things,

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:57.059
 To accomplish his will,

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.019
 Alright,

00:27:59.179 --> 00:27:59.399
 So,

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.819
 Turn to 1 Corinthians,

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:03.720
 We're going to look at,

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:05.299
 Several things,

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:06.160
 In 1 Corinthians,

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:08.500
 Just to kind of,

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.360
 Go off this point,

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:14.319
 But he delights,

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:15.539
 In using broken people,

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.339
 To accomplish,

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.680
 His mission,

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:23.100
 Not that he just likes to,

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:24.059
 He delights to,

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.960
 Like he loves it,

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.759
 He loves taking,

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.339
 The weak and broken,

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.059
 To accomplish,

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:29.019
 His saving purpose,

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.640
 In the world,

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:31.140
 So,

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.340
 Jump down to verse,

00:28:33.020 --> 00:28:34.900
 26 of chapter 1,

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.640
 In 1 Corinthians,

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.340
 Chapter 1,

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.120
 Verse 26,

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.940
 Very familiar,

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.259
 But,

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.680
 But eat these words,

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.280
 And,

00:28:42.280 --> 00:28:42.380
 And,

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:44.360
 Chew on them in your soul,

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:47.100
 This is Paul,

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:47.700
 He says,

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.940
 For consider your calling,

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.520
 Brothers,

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:52.440
 Not many of you,

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.240
 Were wise,

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:55.540
 According to worldly standards,

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.860
 Nor many were powerful,

00:28:57.859 --> 00:29:00.579
 Not many were of noble birth,

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:03.139
 But God chose,

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:05.219
 What is foolish in the world,

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.859
 The shame,

00:29:05.979 --> 00:29:06.559
 The wise,

00:29:07.199 --> 00:29:07.899
 God chose,

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.459
 What is weak in the world,

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.079
 The shame,

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:10.679
 The strong,

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.339
 God chose,

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:14.399
 What is low and despised in the world,

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:16.639
 Even the things that are not,

00:29:17.139 --> 00:29:17.979
 To bring to nothing,

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.279
 The things that are,

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.959
 And here's why,

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.319
 Why?

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.500
 So that,

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.539
 No human being,

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:25.500
 Might boast in the presence of God,

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:28.019
 And because of him,

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:29.279
 You are in Christ Jesus,

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:31.259
 Who became to us,

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:32.200
 Wisdom from God,

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:33.079
 Righteousness,

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.559
 And sanctification,

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.420
 And redemption,

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.900
 So that,

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.819
 As it is written,

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:39.259
 Let the one who boasts,

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.980
 Boast in the Lord,

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:43.720
 Just eat on those words,

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:43.980
 Like,

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:45.079
 Take them out of your soul,

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:48.259
 That's what we think,

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.400
 We need to get the wise people,

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.539
 The strong people,

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.380
 And then like the really,

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:53.759
 People who have really high social status,

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:55.039
 And they're going to make a huge impact,

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.539
 In the world,

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.480
 For Jesus,

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.519
 Just no,

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:02.000
 There's debate on this,

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:03.740
 I kind of personally believe this,

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.940
 And I can show you why later,

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.220
 But,

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.799
 I don't really think that Paul,

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:08.440
 Is all that great of like a public speaker,

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:08.940
 I don't,

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.720
 I'm not convinced,

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:12.140
 I think that he could sit down in a circle,

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.539
 And he could explain,

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.400
 And clarify,

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:16.220
 And debate you,

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:18.180
 But he wasn't like the most,

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.279
 Awesome,

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.119
 Eloquent guy,

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:22.519
 But God,

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:22.859
 Again,

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.359
 Delighted to use him,

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:26.039
 But this is the story of scripture,

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:28.319
 God used a man who stuttered,

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:29.559
 And he was a coward,

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:30.699
 Moses,

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.639
 To lead God's people,

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.979
 Out of Israel,

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.339
 He said,

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:35.679
 Who has made man's mouth,

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.000
 Right?

00:30:36.719 --> 00:30:37.679
 Who has made the deaf,

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.039
 The mute,

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.459
 The seeing,

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.979
 Or the blind?

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.579
 I did,

00:30:39.939 --> 00:30:40.959
 I can do this,

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.479
 Through you,

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.659
 He used a,

00:30:43.659 --> 00:30:45.359
 Young shepherd boy,

00:30:45.959 --> 00:30:46.519
 To become,

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:48.000
 The greatest king,

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.959
 In Israel's history,

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:51.680
 He used Amos,

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.579
 Who was another shepherd,

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.840
 From Toccoa,

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.380
 Not Toccoa,

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:54.680
 Georgia,

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.840
 To go and,

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.799
 Be the prophet,

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.680
 To the northern kingdom,

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.279
 Of Israel,

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:01.180
 He used a young,

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:02.440
 Peasant girl named Mary,

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:02.759
 To,

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:04.440
 Be the mother,

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.779
 Of the son of God,

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.980
 And he used,

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.380
 Humble,

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.220
 Poor fishermen,

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.340
 To carry his gospel,

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.900
 To the ends of the earth,

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.740
 Don't,

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.700
 Underestimate,

00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:16.480
 What God can do,

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.059
 In your life,

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:19.720
 This is number two,

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.879
 Number two,

00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:26.500
 Power to reach the lost,

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:28.359
 Is not ultimately,

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.460
 In our ability,

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.099
 To be relevant,

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.619
 Popular,

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.319
 Or professional,

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:36.659
 But in the gospel alone,

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:39.679
 Power to reach the lost,

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.299
 Is not ultimately,

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.220
 In our ability,

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.440
 To be relevant,

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.819
 Popular,

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.259
 Or professional,

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:48.720
 But in the gospel alone,

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.539
 Alright,

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:53.019
 So,

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.799
 You need to understand,

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.279
 That you're,

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:55.940
 You're thinking,

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.619
 About,

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.539
 Man's fallen state,

00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:00.059
 And you're thinking,

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.700
 About God,

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.799
 They're not separate categories,

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:05.240
 You need to understand,

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.759
 If your real understanding,

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.240
 Of those things,

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.980
 Will affect,

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.539
 How you,

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.640
 Share the gospel with people,

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:13.220
 They will affect,

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.920
 How you do evangelism,

00:32:15.560 --> 00:32:16.100
 Alright,

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:17.340
 They're not in a separate category,

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:19.020
 So,

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.940
 You need to understand,

00:32:20.060 --> 00:32:21.020
 That the lost state,

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.880
 Of sinful man,

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.400
 Is not,

00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:23.780
 A moral,

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:24.780
 Or not,

00:32:24.780 --> 00:32:25.500
 Not just a guy,

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.840
 Who needs just a moral teacher,

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.480
 To help him,

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.720
 Some therapy,

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.220
 Some,

00:32:29.800 --> 00:32:31.060
 Some Dr. Phil action,

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.220
 Like that's not what he needs,

00:32:32.280 --> 00:32:32.860
 Self help,

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:35.459
 He's not even a sick man,

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:36.759
 Okay,

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.579
 Like man's,

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:39.259
 Lost state is not even sick,

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:40.139
 Where he just needs a doctor,

00:32:40.219 --> 00:32:41.019
 To give him some medicine,

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:43.219
 Man's lost state,

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:44.099
 Is a dead,

00:32:44.219 --> 00:32:45.199
 Rotting corpse,

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.799
 Spiritually,

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.319
 Dead,

00:32:47.419 --> 00:32:48.139
 Rotting corpse,

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.899
 Says in Ephesians,

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.299
 Right,

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.740
 We were dead,

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.839
 In our trespasses,

00:32:52.939 --> 00:32:53.679
 In our sins,

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.659
 And,

00:32:55.919 --> 00:32:56.500
 For that,

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.740
 You need a miracle worker,

00:32:57.899 --> 00:32:58.699
 You need a miracle,

00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:59.379
 Not just,

00:32:59.699 --> 00:33:00.299
 Some stuff,

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.099
 On the outside,

00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:02.839
 You need the son of God,

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.500
 To call him,

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.319
 To come alive,

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:05.059
 From the dead,

00:33:05.719 --> 00:33:06.459
 So look,

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.779
 On in chapter 1,

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.919
 1 Corinthians,

00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:11.179
 Look at verse 18,

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:13.759
 Listen to what Paul says,

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:17.559
 The word of the cross,

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:18.159
 The gospel,

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:18.500
 Right,

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:20.000
 Is folly,

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.479
 To those who are perishing,

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.159
 But to us,

00:33:23.179 --> 00:33:24.039
 Who are being saved,

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:25.659
 It is the power of God,

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.740
 Jump down to,

00:33:28.459 --> 00:33:29.179
 Chapter 2,

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.419
 Look at verse 14,

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:33.240
 Listen to this,

00:33:33.320 --> 00:33:34.300
 The natural person,

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.200
 The unbeliever,

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.460
 Right,

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.759
 The one without God,

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.220
 The natural person,

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:39.440
 Does not accept,

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:41.300
 The things of the spirit of God,

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:43.220
 For they are folly to him,

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.200
 He is not able,

00:33:45.340 --> 00:33:46.240
 To understand them,

00:33:46.320 --> 00:33:47.480
 Because they are spiritually,

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.440
 Discerned,

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:50.560
 Is that not mind blowing,

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:53.639
 Only a miracle,

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:54.839
 Only God working,

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.639
 Through the gospel,

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:57.079
 Can bring man,

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:58.220
 From death to life,

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.679
 Only,

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.059
 Right,

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.079
 So,

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.379
 I am going to preface this,

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:02.759
 But not,

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:04.000
 Not go on at long,

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:05.339
 Because Nathan did a really good job,

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.700
 With this,

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.139
 A couple weeks ago,

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.619
 I think,

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.759
 But,

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.279
 There is,

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.900
 Don't hear me say,

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.880
 Don't try to relate,

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.599
 To the person,

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.340
 You are trying to love,

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:15.159
 And share Christ with,

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:16.719
 All right,

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:19.819
 Serve them in any way you can,

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.319
 Try to relate to them,

00:34:21.379 --> 00:34:22.639
 Try to speak in a language,

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:23.619
 They can understand,

00:34:24.899 --> 00:34:27.859
 Become all things to all men,

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.119
 Right,

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.739
 But at the same time,

00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.679
 You just need to understand,

00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.859
 That is not the power,

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.639
 To save someone,

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.799
 I have been as relevant,

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.859
 As relevant can be,

00:34:36.899 --> 00:34:37.379
 To some people,

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.579
 I have tried to share Christ with,

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:38.779
 And,

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.279
 They didn't believe,

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:42.339
 Told me to get lost,

00:34:43.339 --> 00:34:43.639
 Right,

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.639
 I am going to,

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.960
 Give you an example,

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:48.019
 Many years ago,

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.719
 We,

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.920
 I was at a camp,

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.599
 With a bunch of other,

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.400
 Baseball players,

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.679
 And,

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.440
 They had this,

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:57.440
 College player come in,

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.079
 Who was a Christian,

00:34:58.859 --> 00:34:59.480
 And he basically,

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.279
 Shared his testimony,

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.440
 And you would have thought,

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:02.659
 Like,

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:02.859
 Wow,

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.779
 This is a college guy,

00:35:03.839 --> 00:35:04.719
 They are going to look up to him,

00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:05.339
 They are going to think,

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.739
 Oh man,

00:35:05.799 --> 00:35:06.259
 This guy,

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:07.400
 I am,

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:08.659
 He knows Jesus,

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:08.879
 So,

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.659
 I want to know Jesus,

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.219
 No,

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:13.519
 Not really one person,

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.619
 There,

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.619
 Really came to faith,

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.500
 In the grand scheme,

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.300
 In that time,

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:18.119
 As far as I know,

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.400
 Never,

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:18.980
 But,

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.920
 We have this idea,

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.579
 That we have to,

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.579
 We have to relate,

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.400
 We have to be,

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.519
 Just like them,

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.400
 Or they won't hear us,

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.920
 And that's not true,

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:29.239
 It's that professional mentality,

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.860
 Let's get a,

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.539
 Professional,

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.639
 You know,

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:32.320
 Football player,

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:32.980
 To come talk,

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:34.119
 To the FCA,

00:35:34.259 --> 00:35:34.900
 And then everybody,

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.579
 Will believe,

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.480
 Because I want to be like,

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.980
 That guy,

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.739
 That's not it,

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.380
 Let's just use Paul,

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:40.900
 Like,

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.760
 Okay,

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.740
 Let's make a great example,

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:43.380
 Of Paul here,

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.420
 If you could pick,

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:45.220
 One guy,

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.980
 One guy,

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.559
 To go talk to,

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.340
 A bunch of hot,

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.860
 Zealous,

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.579
 Jewish people,

00:35:50.720 --> 00:35:51.320
 Who would you pick?

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.240
 Paul,

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.780
 They shut him down,

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.760
 Time and time again,

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.800
 He was as Jewish,

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.860
 As Jewish could be,

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.240
 He was like,

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:01.039
 I'm a Pharisee,

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.559
 I was a,

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.519
 I was taught,

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.579
 By the best teacher,

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.099
 Of the time,

00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:05.240
 I was taught by Gamaliel,

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.579
 He says,

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:06.900
 You know,

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.700
 In our text in Acts,

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:08.260
 He addressed him,

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:09.320
 In the Hebrew language,

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.619
 He spoke it,

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:12.000
 Perfectly,

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.180
 And what did they do,

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:14.660
 The first mention of the Gentiles,

00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:15.760
 They wanted to cut his head off,

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:18.119
 It's not in the power,

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:18.800
 To be relevant,

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:21.220
 It's not in the power,

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.860
 To be popular,

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.539
 Or professional,

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:25.019
 And this one I could harp on forever,

00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:25.340
 But,

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:27.460
 The church has got a bad disease,

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.559
 Of professionalism,

00:36:29.180 --> 00:36:30.639
 Professionalism doesn't save anybody,

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.680
 You know,

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:35.280
 It doesn't change anything,

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:37.099
 We're not called to be professionals,

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:39.760
 We're called just to be followers of Christ,

00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:41.480
 All right,

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.200
 So,

00:36:43.040 --> 00:36:43.420
 If you,

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.600
 The church,

00:36:45.520 --> 00:36:46.300
 In America,

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.980
 In a long way,

00:36:47.040 --> 00:36:47.200
 I mean,

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:48.680
 If you ever venture outside here,

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.740
 And go to some other places,

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.780
 There are definitely great,

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:52.940
 Awesome,

00:36:53.120 --> 00:36:54.540
 Gospel centered churches out there,

00:36:55.240 --> 00:36:57.140
 But you're also going to run into a ton of them,

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:58.200
 Even mainline,

00:36:59.200 --> 00:36:59.980
 In the west,

00:37:00.060 --> 00:37:00.340
 They're like,

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:01.160
 Look at us,

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:02.160
 They're trying to tell the world,

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:02.740
 Look at us,

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.520
 We're cool too,

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:05.120
 We are just like you,

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:06.759
 Jesus can help you,

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.440
 With your family,

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.299
 Your finances,

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:10.359
 Can help you earn good money,

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:12.460
 And make you live the comfortable American dream,

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.779
 Come hear our teaching,

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:16.299
 And some of them are well,

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.299
 Well intentioned,

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:19.219
 There's plenty of them that aren't,

00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:19.859
 But there are some,

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.859
 Let's just focus on them,

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:23.759
 Even some reformed churches are like this,

00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:25.659
 I've seen them,

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.819
 And they market,

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.480
 And they,

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:32.359
 They use all their entrepreneurial abilities,

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:33.200
 To get people,

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.400
 To believe the gospel,

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.400
 And it's failing,

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.059
 We think,

00:37:39.120 --> 00:37:40.300
 Jesus shows up,

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:42.260
 And he's not attractive enough,

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:43.860
 So we need to dress him in the best clothes,

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.380
 Put him in the best,

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.820
 Smelling cologne,

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.340
 Or whatever,

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:48.920
 And,

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.760
 We need to get him to change his script,

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:52.420
 Because his script could be offensive,

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.579
 To people,

00:37:54.620 --> 00:37:55.640
 And then we say,

00:37:55.740 --> 00:37:56.260
 Check him out,

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.800
 He's cool,

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:58.340
 And then we wonder why,

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.740
 There's so many false converts,

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.360
 In our midst,

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:02.240
 What we need to do,

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:03.299
 To strip all that away,

00:38:03.379 --> 00:38:04.500
 And just do all we can,

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.619
 To show them Jesus,

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:08.119
 He has the power to save,

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:09.519
 Alone,

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.799
 And this is not something,

00:38:11.899 --> 00:38:12.479
 That's new,

00:38:13.479 --> 00:38:15.500
 Now you all know,

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:15.819
 My,

00:38:16.459 --> 00:38:17.339
 One of my,

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:19.179
 The men I look to,

00:38:19.259 --> 00:38:19.899
 For an example,

00:38:20.919 --> 00:38:21.659
 Not just,

00:38:21.899 --> 00:38:23.259
 He was definitely not perfect,

00:38:23.379 --> 00:38:23.679
 I can,

00:38:24.299 --> 00:38:25.299
 Tell you his flaws,

00:38:25.399 --> 00:38:26.000
 But overall,

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:27.379
 Had a life of yielded,

00:38:27.879 --> 00:38:29.379
 Humble obedience to God,

00:38:30.299 --> 00:38:30.619
 Was,

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.279
 Jim Elliot,

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:32.800
 And,

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.880
 And this is something he wrote,

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.460
 He was in Portland,

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:36.980
 And he was,

00:38:37.060 --> 00:38:38.240
 Trying to help,

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.920
 Some of the churches,

00:38:39.080 --> 00:38:39.860
 In the Portland area,

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.400
 Just going,

00:38:40.540 --> 00:38:40.820
 Teaching,

00:38:41.700 --> 00:38:42.019
 Sharing,

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:43.220
 And he's so depressed,

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:44.400
 By how lukewarm,

00:38:45.120 --> 00:38:46.640
 A lot of the believers there are,

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:48.259
 And he's like,

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:49.940
 They got a bunch of Bible knowledge,

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.379
 But they go,

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:51.139
 They leave here,

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:52.339
 And they go and live in the world,

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:54.159
 That's what I see,

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:57.139
 So he was just heartbroken over this,

00:38:57.739 --> 00:38:58.980
 And he was like,

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:01.500
 The power to save people,

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.639
 Is only in the gospel,

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:03.940
 Only in the gospel,

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:06.659
 And this is kind of what he wrote,

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:09.800
 Total ignorance of the truth,

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.960
 Is the general status,

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:12.400
 Of church goers hereabouts,

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:13.860
 Oh,

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:15.519
 That God would shake up,

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:16.780
 Some of these married couples,

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:19.340
 Around the Portland area,

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.820
 From their prim,

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.840
 Unconcerned,

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:23.059
 For souls and saints,

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:25.380
 Dabbling with building lots,

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.440
 Houses,

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:27.039
 Jobs,

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:27.619
 Babies,

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.340
 Silverware,

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:30.700
 While souls starve,

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:32.019
 For what they know,

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:35.200
 God shall not hold us guiltless either,

00:39:36.160 --> 00:39:37.559
 He shall suffer loss,

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:39.519
 1 Corinthians 3 15 says,

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.660
 It makes me boil,

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:42.440
 When I think,

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:42.980
 Here it is,

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.680
 When I think,

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:45.900
 Of the power we profess,

00:39:46.660 --> 00:39:47.920
 In the utter impotency,

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:48.760
 Of our action,

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.980
 Believers who know,

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:53.000
 One tenth as much as we do,

00:39:53.660 --> 00:39:55.500
 Are doing a hundred times more,

00:39:55.600 --> 00:39:56.059
 For God,

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.880
 With his blessing,

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.800
 And our criticism,

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.140
 Oh,

00:40:00.200 --> 00:40:01.240
 If I could write it,

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.440
 Preach it,

00:40:02.680 --> 00:40:03.300
 And paint it,

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:04.380
 And say it,

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:06.180
 If only God's power,

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:07.900
 Would become known among us,

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:09.099
 Ichabod.

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:11.599
 So,

00:40:12.160 --> 00:40:12.740
 That's it,

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:13.920
 We're so preoccupied,

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:15.079
 With so much other junk,

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.240
 That we forget,

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:17.480
 The power of the gospel,

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:19.039
 Is what saved us,

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:20.019
 And can save the world.

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.539
 So again,

00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:22.579
 Nothing wrong with being,

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:24.380
 Trying to relate to your audience,

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.420
 Alright,

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:27.000
 But our mistake,

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.480
 Is when we think,

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.400
 We must be,

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:30.159
 Or this won't work,

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:32.199
 In our attempt to,

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.940
 Be relevant,

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:35.340
 We often lose the gospel,

00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:37.119
 So just be careful,

00:40:37.240 --> 00:40:38.139
 And tread those waters,

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.219
 Carefully,

00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:40.559
 And remember,

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:41.719
 That Paul is as relevant,

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.320
 As he could be,

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:43.280
 But they rejected him,

00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:44.179
 Right?

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:45.619
 So,

00:40:46.219 --> 00:40:47.820
 The power of the gospel alone,

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:49.599
 Turn to Romans,

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.320
 Chapter one,

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:52.320
 We're going to look at one verse,

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:59.380
 Memorize this verse,

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:01.300
 Scripture memory,

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:06.840
 Romans 1,

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.840
 Verse 16,

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:11.380
 Paul says,

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:13.980
 For I am not ashamed,

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:14.940
 Of the gospel,

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:17.480
 For it is the power of God,

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.320
 For salvation,

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.220
 To everyone,

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:20.100
 Who believes,

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:21.800
 To the Jew first,

00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:23.620
 And also to the Greek,

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:25.559
 All right,

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:27.460
 So the power to save people,

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:29.119
 To bring salvation,

00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:30.539
 Does not reside,

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:32.420
 In just having simple,

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:34.099
 Relevant messages,

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:36.279
 Professional leadership,

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:38.159
 Cutting edge,

00:41:38.259 --> 00:41:39.460
 Business growth strategies,

00:41:40.339 --> 00:41:40.539
 Entrepreneurship,

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:42.699
 New marketing techniques,

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:44.419
 Extravagant buildings,

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:45.859
 Buildings and programs,

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.379
 Of every,

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:48.159
 For every single,

00:41:48.319 --> 00:41:48.819
 Age group,

00:41:48.919 --> 00:41:49.699
 And walk of life,

00:41:50.939 --> 00:41:52.139
 Fog machines,

00:41:52.319 --> 00:41:52.980
 Hip musicians,

00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:54.299
 Stage lights,

00:41:54.419 --> 00:41:55.480
 And cultural sensitivity,

00:41:56.339 --> 00:41:57.799
 They're not going to help,

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.579
 All right?

00:42:00.299 --> 00:42:01.559
 Not going to help,

00:42:02.359 --> 00:42:04.679
 The power to save dead sinners,

00:42:04.819 --> 00:42:06.159
 Lies only and only,

00:42:06.299 --> 00:42:07.259
 In the risen Son of God,

00:42:07.399 --> 00:42:07.639
 Period.

00:42:08.279 --> 00:42:08.799
 That's it.

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:10.199
 The end.

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:12.619
 So here's two questions for you,

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:14.239
 Do you recognize,

00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:15.319
 That lost,

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:17.239
 Depraved men and women,

00:42:18.199 --> 00:42:19.259
 Need an extraordinary,

00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:20.619
 Incredible power,

00:42:20.739 --> 00:42:21.719
 To save them from sin?

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:25.239
 Second question,

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:26.859
 Do you recognize,

00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:27.980
 That this power,

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:29.039
 To save,

00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:30.159
 Cannot be found,

00:42:30.359 --> 00:42:31.599
 Within the human spirit,

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.739
 Or the world,

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:34.399
 But only,

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.239
 In the divine,

00:42:35.419 --> 00:42:36.399
 Supernatural power,

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.919
 Found in God?

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:40.279
 If you can answer yes,

00:42:40.319 --> 00:42:41.119
 To those two questions,

00:42:41.259 --> 00:42:42.119
 Then you've experienced,

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:43.259
 The reality of the gospel,

00:42:43.259 --> 00:42:45.759
 I am not ashamed,

00:42:45.839 --> 00:42:46.219
 Of the gospel,

00:42:46.339 --> 00:42:47.719
 For it is the power of God,

00:42:48.279 --> 00:42:48.980
 For salvation,

00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:50.059
 To everyone who believes,

00:42:50.739 --> 00:42:51.699
 Our word power,

00:42:51.839 --> 00:42:52.599
 Here in our text,

00:42:53.279 --> 00:42:54.759
 Nothing crazy about it,

00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:56.480
 Dunamis,

00:42:57.420 --> 00:42:57.739
 Right?

00:42:57.819 --> 00:42:58.739
 We get a lot of our words,

00:42:58.799 --> 00:42:59.579
 From that word,

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:00.920
 But what's really cool,

00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:01.980
 Is Paul uses this word,

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:03.099
 Earlier in Romans,

00:43:03.299 --> 00:43:04.719
 Or uses it later in Romans,

00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:06.400
 The same word,

00:43:07.319 --> 00:43:08.259
 He uses it,

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:10.380
 To describe the same power,

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:11.960
 That God raised Jesus from the dead,

00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:13.840
 And the same power,

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:15.599
 That created and upholds the universe,

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:17.460
 So,

00:43:17.799 --> 00:43:19.319
 According to the language,

00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:21.139
 This same power,

00:43:21.219 --> 00:43:21.900
 Puts the gospel,

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:22.900
 The gospel message,

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.440
 On par,

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:24.679
 With creation,

00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:26.519
 And upholding it,

00:43:26.779 --> 00:43:28.099
 And raising Jesus from the dead,

00:43:28.799 --> 00:43:30.500
 Very powerful gospel,

00:43:31.399 --> 00:43:32.619
 The son of God,

00:43:33.399 --> 00:43:34.239
 So,

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:35.299
 It's mind blowing,

00:43:35.379 --> 00:43:36.559
 When you think of how incredible,

00:43:36.699 --> 00:43:37.839
 Those acts of power are,

00:43:37.899 --> 00:43:39.519
 And the gospel is on equal footing,

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:41.019
 With both of them,

00:43:41.779 --> 00:43:42.699
 It has the power,

00:43:42.879 --> 00:43:44.179
 To save lost souls,

00:43:44.759 --> 00:43:46.099
 So get everything away,

00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:46.739
 All you can,

00:43:46.819 --> 00:43:47.859
 And just try to show people,

00:43:47.860 --> 00:43:48.240
 Of Jesus,

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:50.059
 Your job is not to save them,

00:43:50.120 --> 00:43:51.519
 Your job is to lead them to him,

00:43:51.620 --> 00:43:53.200
 And point them to him,

00:43:53.240 --> 00:43:54.780
 And allow him to do his work,

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:56.260
 Right?

00:43:57.700 --> 00:43:58.500
 Then rejoice,

00:43:58.640 --> 00:43:59.920
 If you know the saving power,

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:01.940
 Thirdly and lastly,

00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:04.700
 And I'll bring it in for a landing here,

00:44:04.760 --> 00:44:05.059
 In a second,

00:44:05.620 --> 00:44:06.660
 Thirdly and lastly,

00:44:08.620 --> 00:44:10.480
 The third point on evangelism mission,

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:12.920
 God will provide,

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 The means necessary,

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 For his people,

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:17.160
 To connect,

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 With lost people,

00:44:18.799 --> 00:44:20.539
 He desires to reveal himself to,

00:44:21.359 --> 00:44:22.859
 God will provide,

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:24.279
 The means necessary,

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 For his people,

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:26.960
 To connect,

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 With the lost people,

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:29.539
 He desires to reveal himself to,

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:30.859
 Alright?

00:44:32.379 --> 00:44:33.859
 Paul had been making plans,

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 To go to Rome,

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 You see that in chapter 19,

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 Verse 21,

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 Yet he still is in Jerusalem,

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 Being seriously held up,

00:44:41.359 --> 00:44:42.759
 As we see,

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 And yet,

00:44:44.579 --> 00:44:45.819
 We see God providing,

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.579
 His spiritual,

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 And definitely,

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 His physical protection,

00:44:49.899 --> 00:44:50.899
 In the midst of this,

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 There's going to be,

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 So many obstacles,

00:44:53.179 --> 00:44:54.299
 If you truly want,

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 To reach your friends,

00:44:55.339 --> 00:44:56.159
 And reach your family,

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 And the people that you work,

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 And live around,

00:44:58.899 --> 00:45:00.239
 There's going to be serious obstacles,

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 Everything from your health,

00:45:03.259 --> 00:45:04.299
 To I don't feel good,

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 To laziness,

00:45:06.279 --> 00:45:07.759
 To I've got other things to do,

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:10.399
 To I don't know how to relate to them,

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 I don't want to make an awkward situation,

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 Like there's going to be a thousand obstacles,

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 This isn't working,

00:45:17.879 --> 00:45:19.000
 Right?

00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:22.260
 I'm just kind of on a whim,

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:22.860
 I remember,

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:24.860
 Just over the years past,

00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:27.480
 Cody and I were trying to reach guys on the baseball team,

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 And we set up,

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 Probably three or four Bible studies in a row,

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 Where nobody showed up,

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:33.119
 We ordered pizza,

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 And everything,

00:45:33.820 --> 00:45:33.960
 Right?

00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:34.699
 Come get the pizza,

00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:36.219
 Gospel,

00:45:36.579 --> 00:45:36.780
 Right?

00:45:37.420 --> 00:45:37.800
 So,

00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:39.840
 And,

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 It was discouraging,

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 But I'm like,

00:45:42.599 --> 00:45:43.500
 We are not,

00:45:44.500 --> 00:45:46.719
 We have God on our side here,

00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:47.219
 Like,

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 They can be lazy,

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 And they can stay in their rooms,

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 And tell us they're going to show up,

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:51.880
 And then not show up,

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:52.920
 But,

00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:54.019
 We're going to keep praying,

00:45:54.199 --> 00:45:54.960
 And persevering,

00:45:54.980 --> 00:45:55.860
 Until they show up,

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 And I remember when they did,

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:59.219
 It was great,

00:45:59.420 --> 00:45:59.639
 And,

00:46:00.300 --> 00:46:02.000
 It's all due to the power of the gospel,

00:46:02.719 --> 00:46:03.800
 And over the years,

00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:05.940
 God has allowed us to see guys on the team,

00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:06.599
 Come to faith,

00:46:07.739 --> 00:46:08.940
 Through his work,

00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:10.000
 And the power of the gospel,

00:46:11.340 --> 00:46:11.739
 So,

00:46:11.739 --> 00:46:14.899
 Don't be tempted here,

00:46:14.979 --> 00:46:15.899
 To cheer Rome on,

00:46:15.959 --> 00:46:16.079
 Like,

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:16.739
 Go Romans,

00:46:17.379 --> 00:46:18.459
 When has imperial Rome,

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:19.679
 Ever been a friend of Jesus?

00:46:20.419 --> 00:46:21.639
 They're the ones who crucified him,

00:46:22.319 --> 00:46:22.919
 Later on,

00:46:22.959 --> 00:46:23.719
 They're going to be the ones,

00:46:23.819 --> 00:46:25.500
 Who imprison and kill Paul,

00:46:26.279 --> 00:46:26.579
 Right?

00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:28.399
 He used wicked men,

00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:29.619
 To save Paul,

00:46:29.699 --> 00:46:30.719
 From other wicked men,

00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:33.159
 God's going to accomplish his purpose,

00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:35.419
 He's going to accomplish his purpose,

00:46:36.399 --> 00:46:38.339
 He saw fit to do this,

00:46:39.359 --> 00:46:39.779
 And,

00:46:40.199 --> 00:46:40.979
 In verse 11,

00:46:41.079 --> 00:46:41.439
 We see,

00:46:41.739 --> 00:46:42.819
 Christ promising,

00:46:42.959 --> 00:46:43.639
 The risen Christ,

00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:45.419
 That he will testify in Rome,

00:46:45.859 --> 00:46:47.299
 All your needs will be met,

00:46:47.359 --> 00:46:48.439
 Whatever you think you lack,

00:46:48.519 --> 00:46:49.219
 He will provide,

00:46:49.819 --> 00:46:50.719
 He will provide,

00:46:51.599 --> 00:46:52.319
 Spiritually,

00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:52.959
 Physically,

00:46:53.219 --> 00:46:53.599
 Mentally,

00:46:53.679 --> 00:46:54.459
 He will provide,

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:55.399
 If you ask him,

00:46:55.939 --> 00:46:56.639
 To do so,

00:46:57.419 --> 00:46:58.659
 Paul said in Philippians 4,

00:46:58.719 --> 00:46:59.199
 19,

00:47:00.039 --> 00:47:01.439
 And my God will supply,

00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:02.759
 Every need of yours,

00:47:03.319 --> 00:47:04.719
 According to his riches,

00:47:05.219 --> 00:47:05.959
 In glory,

00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:07.039
 In Christ Jesus,

00:47:08.299 --> 00:47:08.859
 Right?

00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:10.660
 He has more than enough,

00:47:11.320 --> 00:47:13.039
 To fund his own mission projects,

00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:14.620
 Alright?

00:47:14.720 --> 00:47:15.280
 If he pays,

00:47:15.420 --> 00:47:15.660
 He's,

00:47:16.140 --> 00:47:17.480
 I always heard a long time ago,

00:47:17.720 --> 00:47:19.059
 God pays for what he orders,

00:47:19.140 --> 00:47:19.880
 If he orders you,

00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:21.019
 To go and do something,

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:21.780
 He's going to provide,

00:47:21.860 --> 00:47:22.660
 All you need to do it,

00:47:23.620 --> 00:47:24.120
 Ask him,

00:47:24.119 --> 00:47:25.440
 So,

00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:27.019
 With those things,

00:47:27.199 --> 00:47:27.659
 In mind,

00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:28.960
 Let's go to the Lord,

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 In prayer,

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