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 I was telling Kevin and a couple of folks that I chatted with earlier,

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 this feels like a really good church.

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 I'm not just saying that because I want to be polite.

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 I'm here and I want to say nice things.

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 But when I was looking at faces earlier,

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 and we were looking at certain texts,

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 I could see some of your faces were lit up

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 as those texts were being explained.

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 And that is always a wonderful sign

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 that people are responding to the Word of God.

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 And just observing you guys praying together,

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 that was a beautiful sign, really.

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 I can really tell that the Holy Spirit is at work here.

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 So if you're expecting the Holy Spirit to be only at work

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 when you see very spectacular signs,

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 that often would be the wrong expectation.

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 He is at work in your hearts, changing life.

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 And one of the sheer signs of a church that is filled by the Holy Spirit

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 is a church that loves each other.

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 It's a church that loves each other.

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 By this, they will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.

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 It's the Word of Jesus.

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 And I have just been, what's the word?

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 Flawed by the hospitality here.

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 Every person that I experience is so warm, so welcoming, so loving.

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 And looking at how you guys interact with each other,

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 the Spirit of God is at work in this place.

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 So Watermark Church, please don't take this for granted at all.

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 This is the grace of God given to you.

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 Let's continue to guard this and build this.

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 I'm going to continue from the first topic by talking about missions.

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 Missions and purpose.

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 The Holy Spirit doesn't just come so that we enjoy a life of comfort and convenience

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 for the rest of our time on earth,

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 but we experience a life that is purposeful,

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 energized by Him, sent by Him to be a blessing in this world.

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 So earlier, I mentioned about fire.

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 Fire coming upon every person.

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 Do you remember that account where Moses experienced a burning bush?

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 The holiness of God.

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 A fire that cannot be quenched.

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 And what was the burning bush about?

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 The presence of God.

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 Moses was told that this is holy ground.

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 As he stepped into the presence of God.

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 And now in the book of Acts,

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 every believer, you and I,

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 we are burning bushes.

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 Do you know what that means?

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 Let's pause for a while.

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 Just to indulge in the awe,

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 the profound truth of what it means.

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 It means that the way the world comes to know who God is,

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 is through an experience with you and I.

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 You God's people.

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 We are sent out into the world,

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 filled by His Spirit,

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 to testify,

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 to proclaim,

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 that we belong to Jesus,

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 and Jesus is good.

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 So,

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 as we go along,

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 in the book of Acts,

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 let's turn back to Acts chapter 2,

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 and read with me,

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 from verse 5 onward.

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 Are we there?

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 Acts chapter 2,

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 verse 5.

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 I'll try to keep this to half an hour,

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 so that you don't end up,

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 have to wait for your lunch for too long.

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 Verse 5.

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 Let me read for us,

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 from verse 5 onward.

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 Wow.

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 So those tongues

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 were language that could be understood.

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 And they were amazed and astonished,

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 saying,

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 Are not all these who are speaking Galilean?

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 And how is it that we hear each of us

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 in its own native language?

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 Pathians and Midas and Elamites

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 and residents of Mesopotamia,

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 Judea, Cappadocia,

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 Pontus and Asia,

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 Pergia,

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 Pamphylia,

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 Egypt,

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 and the parts of Libya

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 belonging to Cyrene,

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 and visitors from Rome,

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 both Jews and proselytes,

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 Cretans and Arabians.

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 We hear them telling in our own tongues

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 the mighty works of God.

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 And all were amazed and perplexed.

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 They were perplexed.

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 They were saying to one another,

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 What does this mean?

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 But others mocking said,

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 They were filled with new wines.

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 So here is Peter,

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 Peter coming into the stage

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 to explain this.

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 Peter standing with the eleven,

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 he lifted up his voice

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 and addressed them,

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 Men of Judea and all who do in Jerusalem,

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 let this be known to you

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 and give ear to my words.

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 For these people are not drunk,

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 as you suppose,

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 since it is only the third hour of the day.

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 But this is what was uttered

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 through the prophet Job.

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 Verse 17,

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 In the last days it shall be,

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 God declares,

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 I will pour out my spirit on all flesh.

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 And your sons and your daughters

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 shall prophesy.

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 Your young men shall see visions.

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 Your old men shall dream dreams.

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 Even on my male servants

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 and female servants,

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 in those days I will pour out my spirit

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 and they shall prophesy.

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 And I will show wonders

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 in the heavens above

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 and signs on earth below.

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 Blood, fire, vapor of smoke.

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 The sun shall be turned into darkness

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 and moon to blood

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 before the day of the Lord comes,

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 the great and magnificent day.

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 And it shall come to pass

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 that everyone who calls

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 upon the name of the Lord

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 shall be saved.

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 Now what does this mean?

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 Do you see some Old Testament reference here?

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 They are not that obvious.

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 The obvious one would be

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 the book of Job.

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 This is a fulfillment

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 of the prophet Job,

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 declaring that the spirit

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 will be poured out on all men.

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 Every person will now be filled

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 The contrast is this.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 we see God's presence dwelling.

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 Often in the place,

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 we see that in the ark,

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 we see that in the temple,

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 we see that in specific men.

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 And now,

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 the fulfillment of the promise of God

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 in the Old Testament

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 is that it shall now be poured

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 upon all flesh.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 coming upon all of us.

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 Now,

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 in Pentecost,

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 what was unique

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 is they were uttering

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 in different tongues,

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 in languages

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 that could be understood.

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 And each man

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 were giving praise

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 and glory to God

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 in their own language.

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 And everyone could understand.

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 Let me just,

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 I know that there are many ways

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 that we can look at this text, right?

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 Does that mean that

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 the feeling of the Holy Spirit

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 will lead to us

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 breaking out in tongues

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 and languages?

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 It's 1 Corinthians 12-14

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 that talks about tongues

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 and prophecy,

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 language of angels,

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 and how,

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 when the church gathered,

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 Paul encouraged us

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 to prophesy

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 so that it can build up,

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 edify the church.

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 And there's a place

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 for tongues

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 in 1 Corinthians 12-14

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 which was implied there

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 and in fact written there

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 quite clearly.

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 in this text,

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 in Acts chapter 2,

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 there are reasons,

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 there are levels of clarity.

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 Again,

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 it just describes to us

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 what happened.

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 But I found it very,

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 very interesting

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 that this seems to

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 in some ways

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 paint a contrast

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 to another incident

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 in the Old Testament.

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 In the book of

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 Genesis,

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 chapter 11,

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 there was a verse

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 that says,

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 the Lord came down.

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 Genesis 11,

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 verse 5.

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 And when that verse

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 talked about

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 the Lord came down,

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 it was not a good thing.

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 It was not in a good way.

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 Let me share with you

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 the context.

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 The Lord came down

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 to see the city

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 and the tower

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 which the children

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 of man had built.

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 That's the famous story

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 of the Tower of Babel.

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 The Lord came down.

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 The transcendent

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 supreme God

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 of the universe

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 descended

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 to take a look.

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 And there's some kind

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 of a condescension

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 in the language.

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 It's almost like,

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 wow,

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 these folks,

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 they were trying to build

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 a tower to reach me.

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 Let me come down

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 to look at how tiny it is

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 because I actually

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 have to come down

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 in order to see it.

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 They think they can build

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 this tower to reach me.

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 I had to come down

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 to take a look at that.

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 The Lord came down.

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 It was a form of

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 mocking in some ways,

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 saying that there's

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 no way men

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 can reach God

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 by their own efforts.

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 So let's contrast that

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 to Acts chapter 2.

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 This time,

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 when the Lord

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 came down,

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 it is good news.

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 Holy God

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 who made a way

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 so that sinful men

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 can now reach Him.

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 Not by their own efforts,

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 but by what He has done

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 for them

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 through Jesus Christ.

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 And now,

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 as a sign of that,

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 the Spirit being poured out

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 upon every believer.

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 Now,

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 often we look at Acts chapter 2

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 and we get distracted

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 by the signs

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 of the tongues,

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 right?

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 But again,

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 recall

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 Genesis 11,

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 that building

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 of the tower

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 when God came down

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 and He exercised

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 some form of judgment

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 upon them

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 by scattering them

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 through

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 the different languages,

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 confusing the languages,

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 dividing them.

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 Friends,

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 this is a form of grace.

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 What do I mean by that?

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 Remember in the book

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 of Genesis,

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 in I think

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 chapter 6 or 7,

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 you have God

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 having to destroy

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 the earth

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 because the earth

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 was filled with

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 pride and evil

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 and wickedness

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 that the Lord

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 almost pressed

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 a reset button,

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 a great flood

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 and only Noah

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 and his household

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 were saved.

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 And now,

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 just five or six chapters

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 after that,

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 we see that humanity

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 once again

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 fall back into sin

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 and evil

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 and pride.

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 And when God

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 dispelled men,

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 it is actually saying

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 that I'm going to

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 control that evil.

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 I'm going to control

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 those evil

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 by scattering them

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 so that they cannot

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 do further

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 atrocities

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 and commit further

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 sins

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 against me.

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 So in Genesis 11,

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 the Lord came down

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 to judge

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 and to scatter.

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 In Acts chapter 2,

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 he comes to restore

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 and to unite.

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 Now there are many ways

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 that the Lord

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 could have done this, right?

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 He could have come

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 among the people

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 and unite them

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 back to one language.

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 But no,

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 something far more

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 beautiful is happening here.

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 In the book of Revelations,

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 you have almost like

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 a picture of

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 Watermark Church.

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 Different nations,

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 different tribes,

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 different people group,

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 gathering.

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 I think right now

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 we have the English language

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 that unites us.

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 We all understand each other

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 because of that one language

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 that we are using.

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 But I so look forward

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 to the day

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 that will come

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 when we will hear

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 the multitudes singing

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 in different languages,

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 different tongues.

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 I often enjoy

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 attending Mandarin services

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 and singing Mandarin

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 worship songs.

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 For some reasons,

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 because I speak two languages,

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 English and Mandarin,

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 there's something

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 about the power of language

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 where it brings out

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 certain things

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 more beautifully, right?

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 So if you have,

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 if you speak more

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 than one language,

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 I assume most of you are,

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 and worshipping God

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 and reading about Him

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 in your other language

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 often brings about

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 different kind of emotions

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 and understanding.

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 That's something beautiful.

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 That is something

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 that God has gifted us.

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 and we see here

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 in this text,

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 in Acts chapter 2,

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 there is a picture

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 that points us forward

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 that when God

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 redeemed and saved the world,

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 it is not just

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 to reunite us

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 back to what it was,

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 but to point us

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 in a new direction

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 so that everything

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 that is broken

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 will not just be restored,

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 but be turned

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 into something

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 far more beautiful.

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 Far more beautiful.

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 Can you imagine?

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 Can you see

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 this picture,

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 this image here?

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 huge sin

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 and transgression.

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 Genesis 11.

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 Acts chapter 2.

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 Redemption and restoration.

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 And the outcome,

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 the angle of that

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 redemption and restoration

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 is something

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 far more beautiful

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 than the original picture.

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 Friends,

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 that is the gospel.

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 That is the good news

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Let me just

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 pause for a moment

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 to say this.

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 One implication

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 of understanding

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 God's redemption power

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 through the good news

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 of Jesus coming

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 dwelling among us

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 is that your scars

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 will be turned

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 into glory.

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 I can probably guess

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 just now

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 when some of you

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 are gathered

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 to pray,

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 gathered as you

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 long for

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 God's intervention

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 in your life,

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 God's presence

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 in your life,

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 as you long

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 for restoration,

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 healing,

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 breaking of bondages,

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 there is a sense

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 of pain, right?

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 I noticed

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 some of you,

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 you had a very

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 serious expression.

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 A couple of you,

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 you were tearing up

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 as you were praying.

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 I don't mean

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 to use this phrase

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 in a loose way

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 when I say

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 your scars

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 will be turned

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 into glory,

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 just as some kind

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 of Bible plaster

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 over your wounds.

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 That's not the intention.

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 But I just want

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 to remind you

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 that you have

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 a wounded Savior.

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 Notice that

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 when Jesus

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 appeared before

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 his disciples,

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 this is the Lord God

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 that we are talking

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 about, right?

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 He could have

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 restored his

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 nail pierced wounds,

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 but that was not

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 the case.

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 That was his way

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 of identifying himself

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 as the Lord

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 who went to the cross

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 for his people,

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 that they could

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 verify and see

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 that his hands

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 were scarred.

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 And you know

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 how that's going

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 to be turned

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 into glory?

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 We see in the

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 book of Revelations

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 when the tribes,

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 the nations,

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 the people from

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 different tongues

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 gathered to worship

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 him.

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 If you go to

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 the book of Revelations,

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 this is the way

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 they describe Jesus,

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 the Lamb that was

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 slain.

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 They were looking

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 at him

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 and they knew

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 from how he looked

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 like that this

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 was the Lamb

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 that was slain

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 for us.

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 And therefore,

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 he is worthy

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 of all praise

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 and glory.

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 Now what it means

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 for you and I

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 is that if you are

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 part of this

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 redemptive story,

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 restoration will

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 come not in a

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 way that simply

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 return you

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 to what you

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 have lost.

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 But because of

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 what you have

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 lost,

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 because of the

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 scars and losses

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 in this world,

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 what you will

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 receive will be

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 far more glorious.

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 Now this is

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 another topic

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 that we can go

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 into,

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 but I really

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 want to honor

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 our time and

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 not dwell here

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 for too long.

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 Acts chapter 2

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 gives us a picture

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 of the multitudes,

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 of what is to

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 come.

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 And then we

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 have verse 22.

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 Let me continue

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 reading.

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 This is what

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 Peter said.

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 Man of Israel,

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 hear these

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 words.

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 Verse 22.

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 a man attested

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 to you by God

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 with mighty works

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 and wonders

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 and signs that

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 God did through

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 him in your midst.

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 You yourself know

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 this Jesus

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 deliver up according

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 to the definite

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 plan and foreknowledge

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 of God.

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 You crucified

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 and killed

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 by the hands

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 of lawless men.

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 And God raised

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 him up,

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 losing the

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 pain of death

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 because it was

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 not possible

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 for him to be

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 helped by it.

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 So,

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 Peter,

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 filled by the

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 Holy Spirit

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 in the context

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 where the Spirit

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 was being poured

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 out upon every

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 flesh,

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 notice that this

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 is his message.

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 Jesus crucified.

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 Jesus

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 raising from

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 the grave.

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 Jesus,

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 Jesus,

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 Jesus.

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 And if you

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 were there

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 as one of those

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 receiving this

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 message of

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 so-called good

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 news,

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 it really isn't

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 that pleasant

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 to receive that,

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 to be honest.

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 Because look at

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 the language here.

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 You crucified

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 and killed

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 him.

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 He is

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 revealing

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 that when God

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 came down

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 this time,

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 instead of

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 honoring him,

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 instead of

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 worshiping him,

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 we nailed him

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 on the cross.

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 Now,

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 I don't know

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 how much you

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 want to cover

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 that in your

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 workshop later

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 on reform and

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 charismatic,

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 because this

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 verse,

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 if you just

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 came on

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 verse 23,

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 according to

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 the definite

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 plan and

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 form knowledge

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 of God,

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 and the next

00:16:55.819 --> 00:16:56.139
 time you

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 crucify and

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 kill him.

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 So the

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 question is

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 who killed

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 Jesus?

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 According to

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 the plan of

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 God,

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 definite plan,

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 you know,

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 and the

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 form knowledge

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 of God.

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 God actually

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 planned for this

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 to happen,

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 but look at

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 the responsibility.

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 He fell on

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 you.

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 You

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 crucified him.

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 Okay,

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 we are not

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 going to take

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 five minutes

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 to resolve

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 this,

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 and I don't

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 think the

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 workshop is

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 going to

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 resolve this

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 for you.

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 What it

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 means that

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 God is

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 completely

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 sovereign,

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 understanding

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 him and

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 appreciating

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 reformed

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 theology,

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 and then

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 that active

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 participation,

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 that active

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 yearning,

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 that active

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 walking in

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 the spirit

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 of what the

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 charismatic

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 churches are

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 really good

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 and strong

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 at.

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 And I

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 think it's

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 not either

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 or.

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 The book

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 of Acts

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 shows us

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 it's both

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 trusting in

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 the sovereign

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 plan of

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 God and

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 knowing that

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 the spirit

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 of God

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 dwell and

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 abide in

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 us and

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 us pursuing

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 him.

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 So the

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 spirit power,

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 as is revealed,

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 point us to

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 the word of

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 God.

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 And as the

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 word of God

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 is preached,

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 the spirit

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 exercises his

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 power,

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 demonstrate his

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 power to the

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 conviction of

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 hearts.

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 A few verses

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 later on,

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 they were cut

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 to the flesh.

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 The spirit

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 convicted their

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 heart.

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 And more

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 than 3,000

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 souls were

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 added to

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 the kingdom

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 that day.

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 And it

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 became a

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 faith community.

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 Now let me

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 just pause

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 here.

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 You don't

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 have to go

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 back to

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 John 14,

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 but I'm

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 just going

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 to read

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 out a few

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 more verses

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 from John

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 14 and

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 tell us

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 his implication.

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 I started

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 at John

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 14.

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 I'm going

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 to read

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 selected

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 verses from

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 John 14,

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 15,

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 and 16.

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 John 14,

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 verse 26.

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 The helper,

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 the Holy

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 Spirit,

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 whom the

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 Father will

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 send in

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 my name,

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 he will

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 teach you

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 all things

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 and bring

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 to remembrance

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 all that I've

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 said to you.

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 So the

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 Spirit's role

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 is to take

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 whatever that

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 you know

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 and have it

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 to remember

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 and apply.

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 Friends,

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 why do we

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 need that?

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 Because you and I,

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 we are forgetful.

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 You're forgetful this

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 morning that you are

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 loved by God,

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 that He speak,

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 that your sins

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 are forgiven.

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 I pray,

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 I hope,

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 that by now

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 you're reminded

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 of that

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 and you will

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 continue to

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 forget and

00:18:58.859 --> 00:18:59.079
 you need

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 reminder.

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 That's why

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 we need

00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:00.519
 one another.

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 But the

00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:02.599
 Spirit is

00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:02.959
 the one

00:19:02.959 --> 00:19:03.299
 that helps

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 us to

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 do that.

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 John 15,

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 26.

00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:05.959
 When the

00:19:05.959 --> 00:19:06.899
 Spirit comes,

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:07.799
 whom I

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.379
 send to you

00:19:08.379 --> 00:19:08.699
 from the

00:19:08.699 --> 00:19:08.899
 Father,

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.419
 the Spirit

00:19:09.419 --> 00:19:09.980
 of truth

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.639
 who proceeds

00:19:10.639 --> 00:19:11.179
 from the

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 Father,

00:19:11.719 --> 00:19:12.119
 He will

00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:13.299
 bear witness

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 about me.

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 The Spirit

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.299
 bear witness

00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:18.740
 about whom?

00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:20.539
 Jesus.

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 Jesus.

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.200
 The Spirit

00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:22.740
 make much

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.700
 of Jesus.

00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:26.059
 John 16,

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 verse 13 to 15.

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 When the

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.200
 Spirit of truth

00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:28.519
 comes,

00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:28.980
 He will

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.440
 guide you

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:30.440
 into all

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:31.000
 the truth,

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:31.460
 all the

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:31.619
 truth,

00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:31.940
 the full

00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:32.160
 truth,

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:32.539
 for He

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:32.940
 will not

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.359
 speak

00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:33.720
 on His

00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:33.859
 own

00:19:33.859 --> 00:19:34.319
 authority,

00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:35.799
 or whenever

00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:36.480
 He hears,

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.180
 He will

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:37.379
 speak,

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:37.700
 and He

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.519
 will declare

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.099
 to you

00:19:39.099 --> 00:19:40.079
 the things

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.400
 that are

00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:40.759
 to come.

00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.019
 He will

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.799
 glorify me,

00:19:41.879 --> 00:19:42.279
 me referring

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.779
 to Jesus.

00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:43.379
 Wow.

00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:44.359
 When the

00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:44.639
 auditions,

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.059
 the Spirit

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.819
 will glorify

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:46.500
 me,

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:46.920
 Jesus

00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:47.960
 declaring that.

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.799
 They are

00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.099
 equal.

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.339
 For He

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:50.619
 will take

00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:51.019
 what is

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.720
 mine and

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.400
 declare it

00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.019
 to you.

00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:53.740
 All that

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.619
 the Father

00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:55.180
 has is

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:55.500
 mine,

00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.240
 and therefore,

00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:57.119
 I say that

00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:57.359
 He will

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:57.680
 take what

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.299
 is mine

00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:59.039
 and declare

00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.980
 it to you.

00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:00.379
 Whatever

00:20:00.379 --> 00:20:00.839
 the Father

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.920
 has belongs

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.480
 to Jesus,

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.299
 and the

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.400
 Spirit will

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:05.460
 take what

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:05.920
 is Jesus

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.819
 and declare

00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.879
 it to us.

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.180
 Now,

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.480
 I'm just

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.200
 building a

00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:11.680
 case for

00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.539
 us to

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:12.859
 see,

00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:14.259
 very simply,

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:15.259
 that the

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.619
 Spirit

00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:16.940
 serves to

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.400
 magnify,

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.339
 to point

00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:19.220
 to Jesus.

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.299
 And you

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.859
 and I,

00:20:21.439 --> 00:20:21.959
 going back

00:20:21.959 --> 00:20:22.480
 to the

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:22.879
 image in

00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:23.459
 Acts 2,

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.639
 little burning

00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:24.980
 bushes,

00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:25.459
 right?

00:20:26.199 --> 00:20:26.679
 The fire

00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:26.899
 of the

00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.399
 Holy Spirit

00:20:27.399 --> 00:20:28.259
 now rests

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:29.099
 upon all

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.439
 of us.

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.379
 You are

00:20:30.379 --> 00:20:31.619
 filled by

00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:32.099
 the Spirit

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:34.319
 as God's

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:34.579
 holy

00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:34.899
 temple.

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.179
 And our

00:20:36.179 --> 00:20:37.119
 role is

00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:37.599
 to go out

00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:37.959
 into the

00:20:37.959 --> 00:20:38.579
 world to

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.139
 keep pointing

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.579
 to Jesus,

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:40.980
 to keep

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.619
 proclaiming to

00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:42.019
 the world

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:43.119
 about the

00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:43.740
 redemptive,

00:20:44.459 --> 00:20:44.939
 powerful,

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:45.599
 wonderful,

00:20:45.879 --> 00:20:46.599
 marvelous story

00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.919
 of Jesus

00:20:47.919 --> 00:20:48.299
 Christ.

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:49.899
 Now,

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:51.039
 what it

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.359
 means is

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:52.639
 that a

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:53.139
 Spirit-filled

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:54.819
 church will

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.219
 never get

00:20:55.219 --> 00:20:55.500
 bought of

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:55.779
 Jesus.

00:20:59.379 --> 00:21:00.199
 We must

00:21:00.199 --> 00:21:00.579
 never get

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:00.859
 bought of

00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:01.139
 Jesus.

00:21:02.219 --> 00:21:03.240
 The cross,

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.579
 the good

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.459
 news of

00:21:05.459 --> 00:21:05.919
 who Christ

00:21:05.919 --> 00:21:06.259
 is,

00:21:06.899 --> 00:21:07.539
 it is always

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:07.899
 real,

00:21:08.459 --> 00:21:08.959
 it is always

00:21:08.959 --> 00:21:09.419
 relevant,

00:21:09.699 --> 00:21:10.079
 it always

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.439
 speaks,

00:21:10.919 --> 00:21:11.319
 it always

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:11.759
 ministers

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:13.159
 to us.

00:21:13.879 --> 00:21:14.500
 Whenever I

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.759
 hear any

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.019
 kind of

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.559
 notions that

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:16.940
 we have

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.399
 to go

00:21:17.399 --> 00:21:18.019
 beyond

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.579
 Jesus,

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.659
 to go

00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:19.839
 into

00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:20.159
 something

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:20.579
 greater,

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.059
 I often

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.339
 feel a

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:21.559
 little bit

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.059
 discouraged

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:23.599
 in comments

00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:23.960
 like that,

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 because what

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 can be

00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:28.339
 greater than

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:28.659
 the most

00:21:28.659 --> 00:21:29.299
 precious gift

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:30.279
 of Jesus

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.759
 himself?

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:32.059
 The Spirit

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:33.220
 points to

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:34.339
 Christ.

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.099
 Friends,

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:36.799
 do you have

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.079
 the Holy

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.500
 Spirit in

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:37.639
 you?

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.259
 If you

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:39.899
 have two

00:21:39.899 --> 00:21:40.700
 monks that

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.079
 we will

00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.359
 see,

00:21:42.159 --> 00:21:42.659
 even from

00:21:42.659 --> 00:21:43.700
 the text

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.019
 that we

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.059
 have been

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.379
 going through

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:44.779
 so far,

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.859
 a high

00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:46.279
 view of

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.660
 Jesus,

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:47.960
 deep

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.399
 appreciation

00:21:48.399 --> 00:21:48.680
 of

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:48.879
 him,

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:49.619
 we keep

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:49.920
 going

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.740
 back to

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.980
 him again

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.539
 and again.

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:53.740
 It means

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.099
 we belong

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.660
 to Jesus

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:55.639
 forever.

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:55.899
 Now,

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.319
 Acts chapter

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:57.119
 2 is the

00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:57.319
 biggest

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 miracle,

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.740
 because God

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.480
 pours his

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:02.160
 Spirit upon

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:02.480
 us.

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:04.220
 Because you

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.700
 and I,

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:05.740
 unworthy of

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.139
 who God

00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:06.440
 is,

00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:07.240
 now is

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.559
 able to

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.160
 receive the

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.440
 Spirit.

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:09.339
 And the

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.819
 agenda of

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.039
 the Holy

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.420
 Spirit is

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.000
 to keep

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.899
 reminding us

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.840
 of that.

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.580
 And because

00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:14.040
 of Jesus,

00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:14.680
 we belong

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.060
 to God

00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:15.600
 and we

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:15.800
 are now

00:22:15.800 --> 00:22:15.980
 developed

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.240
 by him.

00:22:16.280 --> 00:22:16.480
 I know

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:16.620
 I'm

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:16.820
 repeating

00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:17.160
 myself

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.500
 a lot

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:17.800
 here,

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:18.860
 but repetition

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:19.400
 is part

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.580
 of

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:20.160
 communication.

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.280
 I'm just

00:22:21.280 --> 00:22:21.540
 repeating

00:22:21.540 --> 00:22:22.000
 to you

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.600
 the same

00:22:22.600 --> 00:22:23.080
 things in

00:22:23.080 --> 00:22:23.660
 different ways

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.120
 so that

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.600
 it gets

00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:25.120
 true.

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.720
 The Spirit

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.340
 dwells in

00:22:27.340 --> 00:22:28.300
 you because

00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:28.580
 of what

00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:29.019
 Christ has

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.420
 done for

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.560
 you and

00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:30.900
 the Spirit

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.500
 will compel

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.780
 you to

00:22:31.780 --> 00:22:32.160
 keep talking

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.640
 about Jesus.

00:22:32.860 --> 00:22:33.120
 I never

00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:33.540
 get bored.

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:33.980
 I'm tired

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.320
 of that.

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.019
 We can

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.420
 never get

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.840
 bored and

00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:36.240
 tired of

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.420
 that.

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.340
 Now,

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.400
 one thing

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.840
 to say is,

00:22:39.060 --> 00:22:39.320
 I don't

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.599
 know how

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:39.859
 common

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.240
 it is

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.980
 in Hong

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.099
 Kong,

00:22:41.179 --> 00:22:41.439
 but in

00:22:41.439 --> 00:22:41.700
 Singapore,

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.039
 where I

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.399
 come from,

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:42.939
 many Christians

00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:43.259
 use a

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.740
 language that

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:43.960
 needs to

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.200
 be a

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.559
 balance

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:44.859
 between

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.419
 the Word

00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:46.319
 and the

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.579
 Spirit.

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.299
 I really

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.639
 find that

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:47.980
 to be an

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.619
 unhelpful

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.399
 false

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:50.539
 dichotomy.

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.039
 We really

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.379
 don't see

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:51.759
 the Bible

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.919
 talking about

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.099
 that.

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.439
 Because I

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:54.679
 mentioned

00:22:54.679 --> 00:22:54.960
 that we

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.500
 are a

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:55.700
 church

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.179
 that is

00:22:56.179 --> 00:22:56.919
 big on

00:22:56.919 --> 00:22:57.599
 doctrines

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.379
 and theology

00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:59.159
 and gospel

00:22:59.159 --> 00:22:59.759
 centeredness,

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 sometimes I

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.379
 get folks

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:03.819
 giving

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.359
 suggestions

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:04.679
 like,

00:23:04.939 --> 00:23:05.240
 can we

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.700
 maybe

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:08.099
 move on

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.519
 from that

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:08.819
 a little

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.059
 bit?

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.619
 Because keep

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.000
 going back

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.539
 to doctrine

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:11.179
 and theology

00:23:11.179 --> 00:23:11.919
 is really

00:23:11.919 --> 00:23:12.639
 dry.

00:23:13.179 --> 00:23:14.220
 It's dry

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.019
 and it

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:16.039
 gets boring

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.679
 if we just

00:23:16.679 --> 00:23:17.279
 keep going

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.879
 to the Word

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.399
 and keep

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:19.000
 teaching and

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.539
 making clear

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.379
 about theology

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:21.240
 and so on.

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.460
 And I

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:23.960
 just want to

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:25.000
 present a

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.579
 thought experiment

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:25.879
 here.

00:23:26.399 --> 00:23:27.359
 If you have

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.779
 this idea

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.679
 that there

00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:29.019
 shouldn't be

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.440
 too much

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:29.700
 Word,

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.339
 we need to

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.859
 have more

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.319
 spirit and

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.639
 we need to

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:31.879
 have that

00:23:31.879 --> 00:23:32.319
 balance,

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.519
 try going

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.379
 without the

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:35.940
 Word for

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.339
 a season.

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.399
 Don't read

00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:37.799
 your Bible,

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:39.000
 drop that

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.259
 from the

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.259
 radar and

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.799
 try going

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.319
 without

00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:41.879
 reading the

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.960
 Word for

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.419
 a season.

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.779
 And you

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.480
 realize that

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.339
 the dryness,

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.940
 the sense

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.339
 of not

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:48.700
 walking

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:50.159
 closely with

00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:50.460
 God,

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.740
 it's not a

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.119
 problem of

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.619
 having too

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.059
 much Word

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.359
 in your

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.579
 life,

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:53.839
 really.

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.839
 It's actually

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.139
 an issue

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:55.720
 of sin.

00:23:56.919 --> 00:23:57.279
 It's actually

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.720
 an issue

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.460
 of us

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.359
 constantly

00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:00.139
 straying

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:00.740
 away from

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.299
 God because

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.940
 our hearts

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.759
 gravitate away

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.220
 from Him.

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.779
 And the

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.119
 thing that

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:06.039
 is surest

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.740
 and clearest

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.319
 that speaks

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.779
 to us all

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.200
 the time is

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.579
 the Word of

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:08.819
 God.

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:09.799
 And when we

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.299
 go to His

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.619
 Word,

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.519
 the Spirit

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.980
 of God

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.619
 uses the

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.539
 Word to

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.119
 convict us

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.879
 and point us

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.140
 back to

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:17.440
 Him again

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.259
 and again.

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.079
 I'm going to

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.440
 close with

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.660
 this.

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.859
 In your

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.240
 witnessing,

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.420
 the Spirit

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.779
 is going to

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.519
 move powerfully

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:24.779
 through

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.500
 Watermark Church

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.980
 by helping us

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.599
 to move

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:28.859
 in the

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.259
 supernatural.

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:31.000
 Kevin is

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.200
 like,

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.480
 wow,

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:31.960
 what am I?

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:33.920
 Supernatural.

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.259
 No,

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.579
 I'm completely

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.299
 serious here.

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:37.220
 You should

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.099
 expect the

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.559
 supernatural

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.240
 in our

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.680
 midst as

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.059
 the Holy

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.379
 Spirit

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:41.579
 work in

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:41.799
 us.

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.660
 Let me

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.480
 explain what

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:43.900
 I mean by

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.119
 that,

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.460
 just so that

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.740
 we can

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.140
 build up

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:47.599
 some context

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.000
 instead of

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:49.420
 just applying

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.539
 that without

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.940
 clarity of

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.599
 what I mean

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.879
 to the Word.

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:56.319
 I'll use

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:58.059
 this testimony

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.839
 of someone

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.539
 that I've

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.039
 been pastoring

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.779
 for the

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.259
 past few

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.839
 years as

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.659
 an example

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.059
 and also

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.699
 many other

00:25:03.699 --> 00:25:05.000
 folks back

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.399
 in Singapore

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:05.699
 that I

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.039
 walk with.

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.439
 I wish I

00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:06.779
 can use

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.599
 some examples

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:07.879
 here.

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.259
 Normally,

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.539
 when I

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.099
 preach at

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.799
 Redemption

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.439
 Hill Church,

00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.399
 I would

00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:13.259
 mention

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.319
 things that

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.720
 the Spirit

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.059
 of God

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.480
 is doing

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:15.799
 in the

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.139
 life of

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.259
 the

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.599
 members.

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.259
 Anonymously,

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:17.679
 of course,

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.559
 especially if

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:18.819
 it's something

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.039
 that's

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.339
 uncomfortable

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:19.679
 for them

00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:20.079
 to share

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.919
 and just

00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.619
 highlight and

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.119
 encourage the

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.480
 church that

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.839
 God is

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.279
 with us

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.699
 and doing

00:25:23.699 --> 00:25:24.159
 His work.

00:25:24.459 --> 00:25:24.659
 And over

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:24.959
 the years,

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.519
 I've had

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.179
 the privilege

00:25:26.179 --> 00:25:26.759
 working with

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.379
 many folks in

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.379
 how God

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:30.319
 has been

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:31.019
 working in

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.419
 their life.

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:34.039
 Just before

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.519
 the lockdown,

00:25:34.699 --> 00:25:35.240
 that was early

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.659
 2020,

00:25:35.959 --> 00:25:36.399
 I had the

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:37.139
 privilege of

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:38.679
 marrying a

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:38.980
 couple in

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.419
 my church.

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.439
 And that

00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:41.819
 was during

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.199
 the time

00:25:42.199 --> 00:25:42.879
 that she

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:44.079
 was diagnosed

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.559
 with stage

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.199
 4 cancer.

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:46.899
 Stage 4

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.199
 cancer.

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:47.619
 That was

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:48.379
 very serious.

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.519
 So in

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.199
 their marriage

00:25:50.199 --> 00:25:50.799
 preparation,

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.980
 in the build-up

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.500
 towards the

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.019
 wedding,

00:25:53.919 --> 00:25:54.339
 there was

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:54.779
 always a

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.099
 lingering

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.619
 thoughts of

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.419
 how long

00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:57.220
 she would

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.439
 live.

00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:00.119
 And it

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.539
 was the

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.439
 most moving

00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:02.899
 wedding ever

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.599
 because when

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.139
 he came to

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.659
 the part of

00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:05.299
 in sickness

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:06.720
 and in health

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.519
 and pledging

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.199
 his love

00:26:08.199 --> 00:26:09.000
 to her,

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.179
 all eyes

00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:10.699
 were wet

00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:12.019
 at the

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.240
 point of

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.439
 time.

00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:12.939
 That was

00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:13.679
 just before

00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:14.539
 the lockdown,

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.319
 early 2020,

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:16.399
 when the

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:17.079
 wedding happened.

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:19.779
 And I

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.319
 remember

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:22.159
 experiencing

00:26:22.159 --> 00:26:22.539
 at that

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:22.839
 point of

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.079
 time,

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.099
 seeing up

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.439
 front in

00:26:24.439 --> 00:26:24.740
 front of

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.019
 me,

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.159
 how is it

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:27.579
 possible to

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:27.859
 have a

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.159
 couple

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:28.939
 who is

00:26:28.939 --> 00:26:29.159
 going

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:29.419
 through

00:26:29.419 --> 00:26:29.919
 such

00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.859
 trials

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.839
 and

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.279
 difficulty

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.199
 and

00:26:33.199 --> 00:26:33.359
 they

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.500
 were

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.079
 constantly

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.480
 praising

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.799
 God.

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:36.139
 They were

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:36.579
 constantly

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.119
 making much

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.460
 of him.

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.359
 When they

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.659
 were making

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.079
 the covenant

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.699
 before us

00:26:39.699 --> 00:26:40.039
 and before

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.439
 God,

00:26:40.939 --> 00:26:41.379
 their focus

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:41.899
 is we

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.159
 want to

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.779
 glorify God.

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.539
 Even if

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.039
 this marriage

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.439
 lasts for

00:26:44.439 --> 00:26:45.119
 three months,

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.299
 let's use

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.019
 three months

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:48.319
 to make much

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.699
 of God

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:49.740
 through this

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.079
 precious

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.480
 covenant

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.799
 that he

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.159
 has given

00:26:51.159 --> 00:26:51.599
 to us

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:51.980
 in the

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.359
 picture of

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:52.740
 marriage.

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:53.859
 One

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.119
 man,

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.399
 one

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:54.720
 woman

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.720
 committing

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.440
 themselves

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.799
 to each

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.059
 other.

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.600
 That's a

00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:57.920
 picture of

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.240
 Christ and

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.579
 the church.

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.559
 I thought

00:26:59.559 --> 00:26:59.819
 that was

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.319
 pretty

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.759
 supernatural.

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.180
 I was

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.740
 praying and

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.460
 knowing very

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.940
 clearly this

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.620
 cannot be

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:05.940
 natural.

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.819
 This cannot

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.440
 be assumed.

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.039
 This cannot

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.380
 be taken

00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:08.799
 for granted.

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.400
 The Holy

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.740
 Spirit

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.380
 accomplished

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:11.140
 something

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.620
 supernatural

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.259
 in their

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.539
 life.

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.380
 At the

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:13.860
 same time,

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:15.019
 we as

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.339
 a church

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.860
 were praying

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.259
 for them.

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.240
 The way

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.440
 I was

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.779
 praying for

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.079
 them is

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.259
 this,

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.839
 that God,

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:21.220
 disease and

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.819
 sickness,

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:22.880
 they are

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.140
 part of

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.500
 the fall.

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.000
 God,

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.200
 you are

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.360
 not

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.600
 pleased

00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:25.740
 with

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:25.920
 that.

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.480
 Every

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:27.980
 time

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.900
 someone

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.779
 is

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.100
 sick,

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.759
 every

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.079
 time

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.559
 someone

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.279
 enters

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.440
 the

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.759
 grave,

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.559
 it's a

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.920
 reminder

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.360
 for us

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:34.740
 that this

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.160
 word is

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.640
 separated

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.120
 from God.

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:36.960
 It's a

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.259
 reminder

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.819
 for us

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.100
 that this

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:38.460
 word is

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:38.839
 broken

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:40.100
 and

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.400
 fallen

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.880
 away

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.240
 from

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.480
 God.

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.039
 This

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.279
 is not

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.480
 something

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.779
 that God

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:43.920
 is

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.140
 pleased.

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.339
 In

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.500
 fact,

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.059
 he sent

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.500
 Jesus

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.720
 to

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.019
 address

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.240
 that,

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.200
 to

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.460
 redeem

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:48.700
 that,

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.640
 to

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:49.940
 restore

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.220
 that.

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.400
 So God

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.640
 is not

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:51.819
 pleased

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:51.960
 with

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.140
 that.

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:52.839
 I

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.059
 remember

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.640
 when we

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:53.940
 were praying

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.279
 for her,

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:54.820
 often my

00:27:54.820 --> 00:27:55.279
 language of

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.620
 prayer is

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:55.900
 I am

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.279
 full of

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.740
 faith in

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.380
 asking God

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.180
 to heal

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.420
 her.

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.279
 Even

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.559
 though the

00:27:59.559 --> 00:27:59.880
 doctor

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:01.240
 is not

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.740
 giving

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:03.259
 very hopeful

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.960
 signs,

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.000
 we are

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.380
 trusting

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:06.700
 God,

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.460
 that he

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:07.860
 alone

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.820
 has

00:28:08.820 --> 00:28:09.900
 the power

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.880
 to heal

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.080
 her.

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.160
 And

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.460
 every time

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:12.840
 I pray

00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:13.320
 for her,

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.460
 I remember

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.460
 I'm often

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.039
 asking God

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.740
 for this

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.299
 appetizer.

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.600
 What do I

00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:17.840
 mean by

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.019
 that?

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:18.400
 So this

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:18.779
 is my

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.140
 theology.

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.580
 I'm

00:28:19.580 --> 00:28:20.039
 just going

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.360
 to review

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.580
 a little

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:20.779
 bit of

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:20.980
 what I

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.180
 believe

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.380
 about

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:21.799
 signs and

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.039
 wonders

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.259
 and

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.640
 healings.

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.500
 I

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:23.880
 believe

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.200
 that

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.759
 in the

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:24.920
 end,

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.160
 all of

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.280
 us

00:28:25.280 --> 00:28:25.360
 will

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:25.480
 be

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:25.660
 healed.

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:26.840
 We

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:26.980
 will

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.120
 be

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.340
 healed.

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.340
 Every

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:28.780
 affliction,

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.460
 every

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.000
 brokenness,

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.340
 every

00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:30.680
 scars,

00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:30.980
 every

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.280
 wounds,

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:31.600
 every

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:31.920
 illness,

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.140
 we will

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.259
 be

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.700
 finally

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.080
 healed.

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:33.880
 The

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.280
 day

00:28:34.280 --> 00:28:34.900
 when we

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.000
 are

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.420
 glorified

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.780
 fully

00:28:35.780 --> 00:28:36.160
 in the

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.400
 presence

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:36.820
 of God.

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.560
 In the

00:28:37.560 --> 00:28:38.140
 here and

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.440
 now,

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:40.420
 even if

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.140
 you experience

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.560
 a miracle

00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:42.259
 like Lazarus,

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:42.620
 you know what

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:42.860
 happened to

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.360
 Lazarus after

00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:43.540
 that?

00:28:44.060 --> 00:28:44.520
 He went

00:28:44.520 --> 00:28:44.740
 back to

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.100
 the grave,

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.400
 right?

00:28:45.800 --> 00:28:46.240
 He was

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.680
 resurrected

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.280
 from the

00:28:47.280 --> 00:28:47.640
 tomb and

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:47.900
 he went

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.340
 back into

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.799
 the grave.

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.799
 So even

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.299
 that those

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.819
 signs and

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.220
 wonders,

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.179
 divine

00:28:52.179 --> 00:28:52.659
 healings,

00:28:52.959 --> 00:28:53.319
 resurrection,

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.619
 at the

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:54.899
 end of

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.259
 the day,

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:56.259
 we still

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.639
 have to

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:56.919
 go to

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.299
 the grave

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.799
 of physical

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.619
 death in

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.000
 order to

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.559
 experience

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.220
 the true

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.000
 resurrection,

00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:01.480
 which is

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.939
 the good

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.599
 news that

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:02.740
 we're

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.759
 declaring to

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.099
 the world,

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.959
 applying to

00:29:04.959 --> 00:29:05.659
 ourselves and

00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.639
 declaring to

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.000
 the world.

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.839
 So each

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.220
 time I

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:08.599
 ask for

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.240
 divine

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.619
 power and

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.099
 healing and

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.980
 intervention and

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.759
 miraculous healing,

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.799
 I often ask

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.359
 God to show

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.839
 us that

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.439
 appetizer.

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.059
 We are

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.579
 going to

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.159
 enter into a

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.800
 great feast

00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:19.900
 in the book

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.560
 of revelations

00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:21.560
 where there

00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:21.920
 will be no

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.460
 more tears,

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.220
 no more

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.279
 sorrows in

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.920
 the here and

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.360
 now God,

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.560
 give me the

00:29:26.560 --> 00:29:27.100
 appetizer.

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.200
 It's like if

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.400
 you have

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:28.800
 attended a

00:29:28.800 --> 00:29:29.420
 Chinese banquet,

00:29:30.040 --> 00:29:30.279
 you know,

00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:30.580
 the iPhone

00:29:30.580 --> 00:29:31.100
 serves like

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:31.660
 those peanuts,

00:29:31.820 --> 00:29:31.940
 right?

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.160
 Braised peanuts

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.660
 or pickles,

00:29:34.040 --> 00:29:34.680
 it's not really

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.440
 enough to fill

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.800
 your tummy,

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.120
 right?

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.240
 But when you're

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.620
 famished,

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.040
 you're hungry,

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:38.340
 what do you

00:29:38.340 --> 00:29:38.500
 do?

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.180
 You eat them.

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.380
 It becomes

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:41.120
 really enjoyable.

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.080
 But what you're

00:29:42.080 --> 00:29:42.700
 waiting for is

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.380
 not those peanuts.

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.340
 If you attend a

00:29:44.340 --> 00:29:44.900
 banquet and those

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.600
 peanuts are the

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.060
 main dish,

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.580
 then you're

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:47.220
 missing a point

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.380
 there,

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:47.520
 right?

00:29:47.560 --> 00:29:47.920
 They are not

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.460
 the main deal.

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.260
 You don't go

00:29:49.260 --> 00:29:49.800
 there for those

00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:50.300
 peanuts.

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.420
 You eat them

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.500
 as appetizer in

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.620
 anticipation of

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.660
 a greater feast

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:55.240
 to come.

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.780
 I'm pleased to

00:29:56.780 --> 00:29:57.340
 announce that

00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:59.080
 for Vinolia and

00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.400
 Jun Yu,

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.900
 these are real

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.280
 persons,

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.580
 God has healed

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.360
 her miraculously.

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.660
 She has been

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.540
 healed and we

00:30:05.540 --> 00:30:06.620
 saw through

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.660
 this couple's

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.480
 testimonies that

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.360
 there are two

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:10.180
 supernatural things

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.540
 that happen.

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.800
 One is their

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:13.460
 heart and their

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.760
 faith.

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.820
 As we pray for

00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:16.680
 God, the Holy

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.040
 Spirit,

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:18.240
 to move in

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.820
 the supernatural

00:30:18.820 --> 00:30:19.700
 in their

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.640
 life through

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.200
 science and

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.540
 wonder.

00:30:22.300 --> 00:30:23.140
 One area that

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:24.900
 we mustn't

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.180
 take for

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.220
 granted is

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.620
 that their

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.360
 faith was

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:28.240
 strengthened as

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.780
 a result of

00:30:28.780 --> 00:30:29.220
 the trials

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.040
 instead of

00:30:30.040 --> 00:30:30.560
 falling away.

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.620
 Have you ever

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:31.980
 seen people

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.360
 going through

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.140
 real difficulties

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:34.080
 and instead

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:34.580
 of holding

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.260
 on to God,

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:35.720
 they begin to

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.180
 fall away?

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.060
 And there are

00:30:37.060 --> 00:30:37.440
 folks who go

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.900
 through similar

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.720
 things, maybe

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.220
 even worse

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.400
 things, and

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.020
 their faith

00:30:41.020 --> 00:30:41.500
 strengthened.

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:43.740
 that was a

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.200
 real miracle

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.500
 there.

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:47.900
 As if that

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.440
 is not

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.299
 enough, I

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.539
 think for

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.039
 this case,

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:50.759
 God has

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.420
 exceeded my

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.680
 expectation by

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.319
 granting us

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:54.019
 that appetizer,

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.539
 that healing

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:55.799
 that we're

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.319
 looking for.

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.079
 Two weeks

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.599
 ago when I

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.640
 saw her in

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.259
 church, I

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.559
 asked her

00:30:59.559 --> 00:30:59.839
 about how

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.220
 are you.

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.640
 She's been

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.099
 going through

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.859
 remissions for

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.660
 the past few

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.819
 years, looking

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.359
 really good,

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.220
 healthy,

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:06.960
 radiant.

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.200
 And he,

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.100
 the husband,

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.579
 joked that

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.240
 the last time

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.500
 when they

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.860
 went for

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.299
 the appointment

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.240
 maybe a

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.680
 couple of

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.100
 months back,

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.579
 the doctor

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.039
 was joking

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.319
 that he

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.620
 should look

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:14.819
 out for

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.140
 his health

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.460
 instead.

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.559
 Because he

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:16.960
 wasn't looking

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.340
 as good.

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.559
 He's tired

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.340
 from his job,

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:19.920
 very busy,

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.480
 and she's

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:20.920
 looking better

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.319
 than him.

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:23.079
 Now, obviously

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.460
 we do not

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.200
 know when it

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.600
 comes to

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:25.019
 stage 4

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.600
 cancer and

00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:26.079
 remissions,

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.759
 it could

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.100
 come back

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:27.559
 any time,

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.860
 but we are

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.600
 really seeing

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:30.420
 this as God's

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.660
 divine miracles.

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.720
 And through

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.860
 their life,

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.779
 so many folks

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.019
 have been

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.480
 encouraged.

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:35.920
 Can you

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.140
 imagine?

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:37.200
 So this is

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.480
 the power

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.660
 of the

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:37.820
 burning

00:31:37.820 --> 00:31:38.080
 bush.

00:31:38.820 --> 00:31:39.240
 The burning

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.660
 bush,

00:31:41.040 --> 00:31:41.380
 and these

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.940
 two person

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:44.140
 testifying of

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.600
 Jesus,

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:45.480
 pointing,

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.620
 making much

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:46.940
 of him.

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.620
 Now,

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.200
 Watermark Church,

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:50.020
 you are in a

00:31:50.020 --> 00:31:51.380
 city where

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.580
 you have tons

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.200
 of opportunities.

00:31:54.020 --> 00:31:54.580
 This city

00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:57.160
 is built

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:57.440
 on,

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.580
 what do you

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:58.900
 call that?

00:31:59.320 --> 00:31:59.960
 When I come

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.340
 to this city,

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.280
 you can sense

00:32:01.280 --> 00:32:02.160
 there's a great

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:03.940
 motivation

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.520
 towards

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:06.339
 wealth,

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.680
 achievement,

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.119
 accomplishment.

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.879
 People come

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.539
 into Hong Kong

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.119
 to get rich

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.779
 for their

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.259
 careers.

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.460
 They are

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.539
 building their

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.319
 life on

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.720
 sands,

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.460
 and they

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.779
 need to hear

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.039
 the good

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.339
 news.

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:18.519
 Any time

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.000
 when those

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.720
 things are

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.220
 pulled away

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.680
 from them,

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.259
 as their

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.000
 life falls

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.319
 apart,

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:24.619
 we are

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:25.279
 here to

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.160
 witness and

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:27.299
 testify of

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.539
 the good

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:27.799
 news.

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:28.740
 And you

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:28.839
 know,

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.299
 before you

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.619
 can do

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:29.779
 that,

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:29.980
 you know

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.559
 what God

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:30.779
 is going

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:30.980
 to do

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.279
 to us,

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.640
 remember

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:31.940
 the part

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.240
 about the

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.480
 renovation

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:32.839
 of the

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.039
 house,

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.559
 the CSW

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:33.880
 is going

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:35.500
 to use

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.599
 your life

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:37.259
 as that

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.839
 beautiful,

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.599
 wonderful

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.259
 testimony

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.720
 first,

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:41.019
 that Jesus

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:42.160
 is enough.

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.059
 And as

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.539
 you go out

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:43.900
 into the

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.140
 world,

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.779
 declaring

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.360
 that Jesus

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:46.759
 is enough,

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.940
 I want us

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.360
 to be also

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:48.980
 in full

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.579
 anticipation

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.039
 that He's

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.279
 going to

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.759
 exceed our

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.259
 expectations.

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.279
 He's going

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.640
 to heal.

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.599
 He's going

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.019
 to provide.

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:54.880
 So don't

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.180
 just pray

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.759
 for someone

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.200
 who is in

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.440
 a job

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.839
 situation

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.140
 that is

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.339
 bad.

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:57.779
 Oh God,

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.120
 I pray

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.539
 for him

00:32:58.539 --> 00:33:00.299
 to persevere

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.799
 through this

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.460
 dark time

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.859
 and come

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.720
 out safely,

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.579
 full of

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:03.960
 faith on

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.220
 the other

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.399
 side.

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.139
 That is

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.359
 good.

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:05.859
 We can

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.519
 also pray

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.119
 for God

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:07.579
 to provide

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.139
 breakthrough

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:08.879
 in the

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.339
 circumstances.

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:11.200
 It shouldn't

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.659
 be mutually

00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:12.119
 exclusive.

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.839
 I always

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.559
 pray for

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.619
 people in

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:14.960
 those two

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.460
 categories,

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:16.659
 circumstantially

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.359
 as well as

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:17.639
 for their

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:17.899
 hearts.

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:18.980
 Yvonne and

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.220
 I, over

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.599
 the past

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.220
 years, we

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.799
 have many

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.259
 couples in

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.720
 our church

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.279
 that struggle

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.279
 with infertility.

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.619
 We have

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:25.139
 three boys

00:33:25.139 --> 00:33:28.619
 and when I

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.039
 think about,

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.220
 because we

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.640
 don't struggle

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:30.900
 with that,

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.299
 when I

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.700
 think about

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.559
 that unique

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.039
 struggle,

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.920
 naturally I

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.559
 don't really

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.940
 feel it

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.440
 because I've

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.759
 never been

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.019
 through it

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.299
 before,

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.079
 but as a

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.480
 pastor,

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.940
 as I pray

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.900
 and cry

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.319
 with so

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:42.860
 many people

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.200
 who are

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.559
 going through

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:43.799
 that,

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.559
 I think over

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:44.920
 the years

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.480
 I've developed

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.059
 deeper empathy

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:47.400
 of how it

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:47.920
 feels like

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.740
 to wait,

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.799
 to wait,

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:50.720
 to wait.

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:51.980
 And we

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.400
 have also

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.940
 looked back

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:54.420
 in looking

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.819
 through the

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:55.240
 number of

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.480
 people,

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:56.039
 couples that

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.259
 we have

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.839
 prayed for,

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.440
 and so many

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:58.759
 of them,

00:33:58.860 --> 00:33:59.779
 at least 70-80%

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.200
 of them.

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.379
 Over the

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.740
 time of

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.200
 waiting,

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.680
 every time

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.039
 we see

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.220
 them,

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.480
 we are

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.059
 praying that

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.319
 God will

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:05.700
 provide a

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.220
 child,

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.960
 either through

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.740
 natural means

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.099
 or through

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.779
 adoptions.

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.699
 And now

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.159
 looking at

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.840
 those lists,

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.380
 we were just

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:12.840
 talking about it

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.259
 the other day,

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.139
 most of them

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.739
 actually end up

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.460
 becoming parents.

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.960
 And what is

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.860
 precious here is

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.659
 not the prayers

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.519
 that were answered,

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.719
 but through the

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.820
 process of the

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.059
 waiting,

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.840
 we saw the

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.480
 Holy Spirit

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.780
 making much

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.400
 of Jesus

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.599
 through every

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.199
 life.

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:28.960
 Whether

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.900
 desire met

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.599
 or unmet,

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.900
 Christ Jesus

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.780
 is lifted up

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.800
 and glorified.

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.260
 And through

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.800
 the process

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:35.179
 of that,

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.800
 notice this talk

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.219
 is actually about

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.920
 missions and

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.260
 purpose,

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.079
 I'm talking about

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.280
 this,

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.619
 because this is

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.280
 the news,

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.260
 this is the

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.960
 kind of testimony

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:44.300
 that the world

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.500
 need to hear,

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.860
 that Jesus

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.480
 is precious.

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.980
 I don't think

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.500
 that the city

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.240
 that we live in

00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:51.179
 is lacking in

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.579
 knowledge.

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.240
 Most people,

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.900
 if they just want

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.680
 to have a clear

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:54.240
 presentation of

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.539
 the Christian

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:54.860
 Gospel,

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.340
 you can go

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:56.220
 online,

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.220
 read a good

00:34:57.220 --> 00:34:57.460
 book.

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.280
 But you know

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.579
 what is the

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.059
 most powerful?

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.300
 Life transformed

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:02.519
 through you and

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.700
 I.

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.280
 And that is

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:05.019
 the power that

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.480
 we have through

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.079
 the Holy Spirit

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:07.500
 to witness and

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.900
 to proclaim

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:09.280
 Christ to the

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.460
 world.

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.680
 So my point is

00:35:10.680 --> 00:35:11.320
 very simple here

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:11.579
 today,

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:12.119
 the Spirit

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:13.340
 fills you so

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:14.039
 that we can do

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.000
 His work of

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.599
 witnessing to

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.760
 our city and

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.400
 making disciples

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:19.220
 for Jesus in

00:35:19.220 --> 00:35:19.559
 Hong Kong.

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.900
 Can I pray for

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.099
 us?

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.579
 Yes.

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:22.139
 Can I pray for

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.240
 us?

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:22.800
 Let me pray for

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.519
 us before I

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:23.920
 pass the time

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.280
 back to

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:24.660
 Kevin.

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.060
 Lord, I

00:35:36.060 --> 00:35:36.420
 see these

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.800
 faces,

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:39.620
 faces that

00:35:39.620 --> 00:35:40.940
 I love

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:42.800
 before even

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:44.240
 knowing them.

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.480
 These are my

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.940
 brothers and

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:48.260
 sisters in

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.900
 Watermark Church

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:50.740
 and I know

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:51.880
 that my

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.820
 imperfect love

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.740
 for each

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.019
 one of

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:56.300
 them is

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.960
 nothing compared

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.539
 to your

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:59.200
 love for

00:35:59.200 --> 00:35:59.519
 all of

00:35:59.519 --> 00:35:59.740
 them.

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:01.200
 You who

00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:01.940
 created them,

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:03.640
 make them

00:36:03.640 --> 00:36:05.360
 into your

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.760
 image,

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.539
 save them,

00:36:07.680 --> 00:36:08.280
 redeem them,

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.420
 and is still

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:10.099
 right now

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:11.440
 conforming them

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.260
 into the

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:12.640
 image of

00:36:12.640 --> 00:36:13.000
 Christ.

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.420
 Every

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.500
 sorrow,

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.380
 every pain,

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:18.940
 every

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.640
 discouragement,

00:36:20.240 --> 00:36:21.059
 every

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.640
 disappointment,

00:36:22.200 --> 00:36:22.820
 every tear,

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:23.880
 God, you

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.440
 understand,

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.700
 and you're

00:36:25.700 --> 00:36:26.340
 holding on to

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:27.019
 my brothers and

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.579
 sisters here.

00:36:27.700 --> 00:36:28.099
 And I pray

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.700
 right now for

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:29.019
 the Holy

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:31.920
 Spirit to

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.340
 affirm,

00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:34.260
 to let

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:35.200
 every

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:36.059
 wearish soul

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.519
 here know

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:36.920
 that you are

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.099
 near.

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:38.680
 Every

00:36:38.680 --> 00:36:39.640
 anxious person,

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:41.039
 I pray,

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.320
 may we

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:43.220
 experience your

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:43.500
 nearness.

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:45.199
 and through

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:45.940
 every longing

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.679
 in our life,

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.219
 both met and

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:49.739
 unmet, as we

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:50.119
 bring these

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.699
 longings to

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:52.119
 you, Jesus

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.840
 we pray for

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.239
 you to be

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:53.679
 glorified.

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.860
 And we pray

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.519
 by the power

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:55.920
 of the Holy

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.360
 Spirit that

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:56.760
 we will

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:58.179
 witness to

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.619
 the world

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.440
 with clear

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.239
 proclamation

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:01.460
 of this

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.940
 message of

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:03.139
 salvation that

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.940
 Jesus is

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.219
 Lord.

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:05.139
 And not

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.619
 just through

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.719
 words, but

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:07.260
 through life

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:07.940
 transformed by

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.179
 the Holy

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.519
 Spirit.

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.460
 Whether in

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.420
 riches or

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.000
 in poverty,

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:15.340
 prosperity,

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:16.139
 or in

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.699
 seasons of

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.239
 great

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.940
 afflictions,

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.159
 we pray that

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.599
 we will

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.380
 always make

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.800
 much of

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.340
 Jesus and

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:21.739
 keep pointing

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:22.099
 to Him.

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:22.920
 And through

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.300
 that God,

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.679
 you will

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.179
 help us

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:25.099
 to be a

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.320
 church,

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:25.860
 help Watermark

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.179
 Church to

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.440
 be a

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.360
 church that

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:28.780
 testifies to

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.239
 the gospel

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:30.360
 in Hong Kong

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.260
 powerfully,

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:32.300
 with love,

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.019
 with conviction.

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:33.840
 I really pray

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.420
 for the Spirit

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.019
 to strengthen

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.440
 my brothers

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:35.840
 and sisters

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.159
 here.

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.340
 We pray all

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.860
 this in

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.420
 Jesus' name.

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:38.980
 Amen.