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 Hallelujah! And thank you for tuning into this message by David Entry at Karis Church.

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! As we journey in this season of great awakening, may God pour fresh life into you through his word

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! And align you more deeply with his purpose. Acts chapter 22, I will just read from verse 1 to 5.

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 Verse 1. Men, brethren and fathers, hear my defense which I make now unto you.

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 And when they heard that he spoke in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence.

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 And he said, I am verily a man which I'm a Jew born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in the city

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 at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of our fathers,

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 and was zealous towards God, as ye all are this day. I persecuted this way unto death, binding and

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 delivering unto prison both men and women, as also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the

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 estates of the elders, from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there,

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 bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. Here ends the reading of God's word. Let's pray. Father, thank you for the privilege of being together to hear your word.

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 To hear your word. We pray that as we get into your word, you'll get into us, and reveal Christ to us.

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 Heal our hearts. Heal us.

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 Turn our hearts to you.

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 Draw us closer to yourself,

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 and impact us

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 with your wisdom,

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 with your power,

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 and your glory.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you, Jesus.

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 Last week, we spoke about how we saw Paul.

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 He was so bent on going to Jerusalem,

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 and the reasons why he wanted to go to Jerusalem.

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 And he successfully, in Acts chapter 21, verse 17,

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 he successfully got to Jerusalem.

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 So, his dream of getting to Jerusalem had been fulfilled.

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 Now, the mission in Jerusalem.

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 So, he went to greet the brethren,

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 because Paul believed in the brethren life.

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 He believed that wherever you find yourself,

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 look for believers,

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 and have fellowship with them.

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 Because that is the normal Christian life.

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 It's abnormal to be living a Christian life

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 without being in fellowship with other believers.

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 When you become a Christian,

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 one of the things that happens to you,

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 once you believe in Jesus,

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 is you stay in fellowship

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 with the one and others,

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 others who have believed in Jesus.

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 And it becomes the foundation of your community life.

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 It even influences who you choose to marry.

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 It influences the names you give to your children.

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 It influences to those who are very serious

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 in their work with Christ.

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 It influences your choice of place of location.

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 If you even want to relocate,

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 you begin to look out for

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 how is it going to help my fellowship life.

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 You don't do that purely based on economic purposes.

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 You do that when you're a serious Christian,

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 fundamentally first,

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 based on your spiritual journey.

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 When you're a believer,

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 you even make marital commitment,

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 not purely because of your feelings,

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 even though it matters,

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 but as well because of your spiritual understanding

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 and your vision and mission.

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 So, as soon as Paul arrived,

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 he began to look for fellowship.

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 But the Bible says the next day,

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 say the next day.

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 There are a few next days

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 or the day following in the scriptures.

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 The next day, the day following,

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 he went to James,

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 and I explained why James

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 and who James was at that time.

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 But it's very significant,

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 the position James occupied

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 in the church of Jerusalem,

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 which was the source

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 or the place where the church was born,

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 the body of Christ,

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 started Jerusalem.

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 And James had become

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 the leader of the church of Jerusalem.

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 And it's interesting

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 because in Galatians,

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 the Bible says that

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 certain brethren came from James.

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 Galatians chapter 2 from verse 11,

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 Peter played the hypocrisy

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 because there was nothing really wrong

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 as long as God's purpose was concerned

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 in fellowshipping with people

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 of different races,

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 different ethnicities.

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 Once your person is in Christ,

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 the Bible says there's no Jew or Greek.

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 There's no male nor female.

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 But Christ is all and in all.

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 Colossians 3, 11.

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 When it comes to Christianity,

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 there are no racial boundaries,

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 segregation.

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 There are no gender boundaries.

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 There are no even age boundaries.

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 We are all,

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 once we are in Christ,

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 we are all one.

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 It says that there's no

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 social class boundaries

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 because of my class.

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 I can't fellowship

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 with this kind of people.

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 When it comes to Christianity,

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 no, it says that,

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 but Christ is all and in all.

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 Peter knew it.

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 And so he was fellowship

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 with the Gentiles in Galatia.

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 Galatians chapter 2, please.

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 Peter played the hypocrisy

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 until some brethren came,

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 certain men came from James.

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 Verse 12 said,

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 before they came,

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 he would eat with the Gentiles.

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 But when they came,

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 he withdrew himself

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 and separated himself,

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 fearing those who were the...

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 There was a problem

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 with the James territory.

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 You have something.

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 Everything was okay

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 until certain people came from James.

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 James town.

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 James town.

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 Yeah, I like that.

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 James town.

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 That's a good one.

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 Now,

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 James was the head,

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 as I explained,

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 of the church in Jerusalem.

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 He was a prominent...

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 In fact,

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 Bible calls them,

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 in verse 8 and verse 9

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 of the same chapter,

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 Bible calls them

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 those who seem to be peerless.

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 Verse 9 says that,

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 for when James and Cephas and John,

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 who seem to be peerless,

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 that's the way in Jerusalem.

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 These are big guys.

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 So,

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 people came from James.

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 James was not really traveling.

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 He was based there.

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 And Peter,

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 as soon as Peter saw

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 the brothers have come from James,

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 he knew

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 there are Jewish

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 or Judaistic expectations.

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 You are not supposed

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 to have fellowship

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 with Gentiles.

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 Even though that problem

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 was solved

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 in Acts chapter 15,

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 when the Jewish believers,

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 those of the circumcision,

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 who came from Jerusalem,

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 the problem was in Jerusalem.

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 I'm telling you.

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 He says that,

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 certain men came from Judea,

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 that's Jerusalem,

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 and taught brethren

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 in Antioch

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 that except you are circumcised

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 according to the custom of Moses.

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 Custom.

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 That's what I say,

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 custom.

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 Custom.

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 You cannot be saved.

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 Where is this coming from?

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 So,

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 they had to go back

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 to Jerusalem

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 to meet the elders,

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 verse 2.

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 They went and met the elders

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 and they had to

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 sort this matter up.

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 And James,

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 in the verse 13,

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 said,

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 brethren,

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 I perceive that

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 when we listen to what Peter said,

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 God is really working.

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 So,

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 let's not put,

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 so James was the one

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 who is like the judge.

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 After everybody came,

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 James said,

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 okay,

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 now,

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 let me summarize everything.

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 Let's not put,

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 so James,

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 Judas.

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 Now,

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 Paul went to Jerusalem,

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 went to salute James

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 and the brethren,

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 and then when he got there,

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 and they reported

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 all that God had done

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 in the Gentile territories.

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 Bible said they were all happy

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 and glorified God.

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 As soon as they finished

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 glorifying God,

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 he said,

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 now,

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 let's advise you.

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 They turned on Paul

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 and advised him

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 that there are thousands of Jews

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 who have come from

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 all over the world

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 and some of them

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 have heard about you

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 and they said,

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 this,

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 this,

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 that.

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 So,

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 they advised him

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 what he should do.

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 And so,

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 he went into the temple.

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 Now,

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 this is the picture

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 I want to paint for you.

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 For your information,

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 Paul wrote,

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 the New Testament are,

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 we have 27 books

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 in the New Testament.

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 13 or 14 of them

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 were written by Paul.

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 Okay.

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 I said 13 or 14

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 because Hebrews,

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 some scholars believe

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 that it's Paul,

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 others believe it's not Paul.

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 So,

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 it's a mystery

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 no one really knows,

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 but the styles seem to be Paul.

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 So,

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 then 14.

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 The first few letters,

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 like Galatians,

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 1 Thessalonians,

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 2 Thessalonians,

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 1 and 2 Corinthians,

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 and Romans,

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 these six letters

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 were written by Paul

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 during his missionary journeys.

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 So,

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 he wrote them

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 during his missionary journey.

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 Now,

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 you remember,

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 his being in Jerusalem

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 was at the end

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 of his missionary journeys.

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 So,

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 by the time he got to Jerusalem,

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 he has written Galatians,

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 he has written Romans,

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 he has written 1st and 2nd Corinthians

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 and 1st and 2nd Thessalonians.

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 They have been written already.

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 So,

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 him coming to Jerusalem,

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 you can understand

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 his understanding

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 of how Jews and Gentiles

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 can have a problem

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 fellowshipping together.

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 How Galatians dealt heavily

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 about the law.

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 You don't need to serve God

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 according to the law.

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 You remember Romans?

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 That for all have sinned

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 and fallen short

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 of the glory of God.

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 321,

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 verse 21 says that

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 the law,

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 there's a way you can be justified

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 outside of the law.

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 So,

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 verse 20,

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 Romans 3,

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 20,

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 Paul had written

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 all these things before.

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 He says that,

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 therefore,

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 by the deeds of the law

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 shall no flesh

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 be justified

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 in the sight of God

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 for by the law

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 is the knowledge of sin.

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 Then he says that,

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 verse 21,

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 but now the righteousness

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 of God

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 outside of the law

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 is revealed

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 being witnessed

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 by the law

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 and the prophets.

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 And now,

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 he explained it

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 and then in verse 24,

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 he spoke about

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 how we have justification,

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 we have propitiation,

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 we have redemption

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 through the blood of Jesus

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 but not through adherence

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 to a law.

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 So,

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 he has explained it.

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 No wonder he wanted

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 to go to Jerusalem

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 to go and make sure

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 as the Jews

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 come from all around the world,

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 he begins to interpret

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 the system

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 and the economy of God

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 to them properly.

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 Now,

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 he gets to Jerusalem

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 and he was advised

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 that there are some people

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 who want to do the custom,

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 they want to do the ritual,

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 Nazareth vows,

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 four of them,

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 for a month

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 you do it

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 and then the last seven days

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 you stay in the temple

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 for six days

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 and then the seventh day

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 you sacrifice some lamb

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 and shave your hair

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 and wait for a priest

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 to come

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 and accept your sacrifices

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 and take you through

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 the ritual.

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 I felt like

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 titling that message,

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 what is Paul doing

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 in the temple?

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 Why would Paul

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 go there?

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 So,

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 can you imagine,

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 so for the last

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 seven days,

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 for the six days

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 after I went to James,

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 they advised him

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 and for six days

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 he was in the temple

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 doing what?

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 People who were doing rituals.

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 It wasn't against God,

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 it wasn't sinful,

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 but God has done with this.

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 That's not the system

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 you need to get to God.

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 God himself

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 was about to pull down

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 the temple

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 because the temple

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 didn't exist again

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 after those times.

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 The Romans destroyed the temple

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 because God said,

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 you don't need the temple

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 to have a relationship

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 with me.

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 So,

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 Paul was the one

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 who was given

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 the responsibility

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 to make sure

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 that Judaism

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 is separated

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 from Christianity

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 because what was happening

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 is that

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 the Jews

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 were mixing

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 Christianity

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 with Judaism.

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 So,

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 when you come

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 as a Gentile,

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 then they saddle you

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 with Judaistic responsibility

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 but because

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 that problem

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 was taken care of

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 in Acts chapter 15,

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 they now accepted,

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 James and his team

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 accepted that

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 Gentiles

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 can also be part

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 of Christian worship

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 without circumcision

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 and Jewish tradition.

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 However,

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 as for you Jews,

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 you have to do it.

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 You see where it's going from.

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 As for the Jews,

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 no,

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 you have to do it.

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 So,

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 Paul,

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 he was advised,

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 get into the temple.

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 Join them.

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 Go through the ritual.

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 For six days,

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 Paul will be in the temple

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 doing whatever they do.

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 Can you imagine?

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 That's why last week

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 I said he will feel

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 being imprisoned.

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 It was almost like

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 a prison situation

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 for Paul.

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 God said,

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 I will not allow

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 my apostles

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 to stay in prison

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 under this condition.

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 So,

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 God had to intervene

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 by removing Paul

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 from this prison

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 and changing the system.

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 So,

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 the arrest

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 and the commotion

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 that happened

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 in the temple,

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 it was inspired

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 and engineered

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 by the sovereignty

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 of God

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 because God

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 had to save

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 an apostle.

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 There's bigger

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 job for him

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 to do

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 than staying

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 in the temple

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 and going

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 back and forth

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 and then maybe,

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 I don't know what.

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 Listen,

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 you don't need

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 any,

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 what do you call it?

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 Talit or that thing.

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 Prayer shore.

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 You don't need,

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 you don't need

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 to go to Jerusalem

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 to be a strong Christian.

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 You don't need

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 to be baptized

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 in the river Jordan

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 in order to be

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 a strong Christian.

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 You don't need it.

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 Ah,

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 pastor,

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 you are saying that

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 because you've never

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 been to Jerusalem.

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 Yes,

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 I have never been.

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 You should have been

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 preaching

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 if you have been there.

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 You don't need,

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 now,

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 these all kinds

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 of things

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 that we are

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 importing Judaism

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 into Christianity

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 because Moses

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 was praying

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 with prayer shore.

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 You're also going

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 to import,

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 please,

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 I'm not knocking

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 against anybody.

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 I'm not knocking

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 against anybody.

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 I'm just preaching.

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 I'm just preaching.

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 But I understand you

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 because James

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 would have been

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 very happy with you.

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 a lot of things

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 that are being practiced

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 that can be practiced

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 or that some

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 might be tempted

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 to practice.

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 It's not necessary.

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 It's not necessary.

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 Don't read

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 the Old Testament

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 and see

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 just the Old Testament.

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 Many Christians

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 are reading

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 the New Testament

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 with the Old Testament

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 lenses.

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 rather,

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 you should read

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 the Old Testament

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 with the New Testament

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 lenses.

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 Read the Old Testament

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 like you are reading

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 the New Testament.

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 Look into the Old Testament

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 and read it

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 in the light

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 of the New Testament.

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 Don't read

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 the New Testament

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 in the light

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 of the Old Testament.

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 So Paul,

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 he was basing up and down

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 doing his

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 religious ritual.

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 I'm sure they danced

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 and everything

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 he was doing.

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 Hey, Paul,

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 can you,

00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:43.100
 with a prayer show,

00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:43.759
 thank you.

00:15:44.420 --> 00:15:44.940
 Paul,

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 what are you doing

00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:47.660
 in this temple?

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 It's like

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 he told me

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 to go to

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 certain

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 religious organizations

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 and then go

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 and be bowing.

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 Let us pray.

00:16:04.160 --> 00:16:04.800
 Bowing to what?

00:16:05.560 --> 00:16:06.300
 Where am I?

00:16:06.660 --> 00:16:07.519
 With my understanding

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.300
 of New Testament

00:16:08.300 --> 00:16:08.820
 Christianity.

00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:11.280
 So Paul,

00:16:11.680 --> 00:16:12.560
 God had to

00:16:12.560 --> 00:16:13.200
 intervene

00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:14.000
 and deliver Paul.

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 How did he do it?

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 Let me give you

00:16:17.560 --> 00:16:18.220
 some background.

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 You know,

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 I made a statement

00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:21.000
 a few months ago

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 when we were talking

00:16:21.660 --> 00:16:22.259
 about Stephen

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 and I said,

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 the church owes

00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:26.399
 Stephen

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 for the life of Paul

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 and the ministry of Paul.

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 You might take it

00:16:32.300 --> 00:16:32.759
 for granted

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:34.680
 how severe

00:16:34.680 --> 00:16:35.620
 Stephen

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 radically impacted

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 Saul of Tarsus.

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 How?

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 Now,

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 you will see

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 from the text

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 when he

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 beckoned them

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 and they came,

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 and he was about

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 to make

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 a submission

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 of his testimony.

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 Bible says that

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 he

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 made reference

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 to how

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 Jewish

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 he has been

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 and not just

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 Jewish.

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 Let's look at the text.

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 I want to draw attention to it.

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 Acts chapter 22.

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 It says that

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 so after they

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 arrested him

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 and they were carrying him,

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 Paul was being carried

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 by soldiers.

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 That's nice though.

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 So,

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 the Bible says that

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 verse 36,

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 that for the multitude

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 of the people

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 followed after crying,

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 away with him.

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 That's how bad

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 they didn't want him.

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 Away with him.

00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:26.080
 Away with him.

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 Away with him.

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 And as Paul

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 was led

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 into the castle,

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 he said to the

00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:32.279
 chief captain,

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 may I speak

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 to you?

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 And he said,

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 do you speak Greek?

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 He said,

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 are you not the Jewish

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 apostle?

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 No, I'm not.

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 I am a man

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 which is a Jew

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 of Tarsus,

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 city of Cilicia,

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 a citizen of

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 no mean city.

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 I beseech you,

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 suffer me to speak

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 to the people.

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 And when

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 he had given them

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 license,

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 Paul stood on the stairs

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 and beckoned

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 with his hand

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 unto the people.

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 And when they were

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 made a great silent,

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 he spoke unto them

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 in the Hebrew

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 tongue,

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 saying,

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 now,

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 he said,

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 verse 20,

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 chapter 22,

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 men,

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 brethren,

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 and fathers.

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 That's so nice,

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 a nice,

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 respectful way

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 of addressing

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 his audience.

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 Men,

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 brethren,

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 brethren,

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 listen,

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 I'm one of you.

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 I'm not a stranger,

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 I'm one of you.

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 Men,

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 brethren,

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 and fathers,

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 hear ye my defense.

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 Permit me to

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 defend myself.

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 They are accusing

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 me wrongly,

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 and you might not

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 know where I'm

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 coming from.

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 Hear ye my defense.

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 And when they heard

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 that he spoke

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 in Hebrew tongue

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 to them,

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 they kept

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 the more silent.

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 And he said,

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 so when they heard

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 the guy speaking

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 in Hebrew,

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 they were like,

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 oh, wow.

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 No, no, no.

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 Everyone, listen.

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 So the place

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 went quiet,

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 silent.

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 And this is why

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 Paul came to

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 Jerusalem,

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 to come

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 and speak forth

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 his doctrine.

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 He said,

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 the place went quiet.

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 Then he spoke

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 to them and said,

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 I am verily

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 a man

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 which

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 I am a Jew.

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 He didn't say

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 I was a Jew.

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 Because they said

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 he's speaking

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 against the Jewish

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 custom,

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 as though he was

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 a foreigner.

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 He said,

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 I'm a Jew.

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 I am still a Jew.

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 And I was born

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 in Tarsus,

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 a city of Cilicia,

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 yet brought up

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 in this city.

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 So I was born

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 outside,

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 but I was brought up

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 in this city,

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 talking about

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 Jerusalem,

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 at the feet

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 of Gamaliel,

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 and taught

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 according to

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 the perfect manner

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 of the law

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 of my fathers

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 and was zealous

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 towards God.

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 Yes.

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 As he had today,

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 I'm ahead of you.

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 Philippians chapter

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 three,

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 verse six,

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 he said,

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 I was zealous

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 concerning zeal.

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 He said,

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 concerning zeal,

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 I was persecuting

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 the church.

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 Paul said,

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 I was zealous.

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 What are you

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 talking about?

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 I was zealous.

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 So I know you

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.940
 people are zealous

00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:03.259
 in Acts chapter

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:03.700
 21,

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.240
 verse 20,

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 when they advised

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:05.879
 him that there

00:20:05.879 --> 00:20:06.299
 are people,

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:06.980
 Jews,

00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:07.599
 who are very

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 zealous for

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 the law.

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 So he knew

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.879
 that he was

00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:10.539
 dealing with

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 some,

00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:11.720
 and they are

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 zealous of

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 the law.

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 He knew he

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.339
 was dealing

00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:14.759
 with people

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.279
 who are very

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 zealous.

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:16.720
 And so,

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.819
 all they were

00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:18.059
 doing,

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 it wasn't

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 purely based

00:20:19.619 --> 00:20:20.619
 on hatred

00:20:20.619 --> 00:20:21.720
 for his person.

00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.839
 It was zeal

00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:23.460
 for the law

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:24.079
 as Jews.

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 So he said,

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 when you talk

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.580
 about zeal,

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.980
 I was zealous

00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:29.299
 to the extent

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:29.880
 that I was

00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:30.819
 persecuting the

00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:31.000
 church.

00:20:31.380 --> 00:20:32.360
 My zeal took

00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:33.240
 me farther

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:34.019
 than you can

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.640
 give me credit

00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:34.960
 for.

00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.460
 Persecuting the

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 church.

00:20:37.100 --> 00:20:37.519
 But you know,

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.140
 he said something,

00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:39.600
 he said something,

00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:40.660
 I was brought

00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:42.039
 up in this city.

00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:43.980
 I'm not a foreigner

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.500
 in this city.

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.140
 There are a lot

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 of corners I know

00:20:46.840 --> 00:20:47.220
 some of you

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.680
 don't even know.

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:50.039
 I was brought,

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:50.700
 even though I was

00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.920
 born in Cilicia,

00:20:52.360 --> 00:20:53.080
 I was brought

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 up in this city

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 and he dropped

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.640
 the big theological

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.340
 word,

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.480
 or intellectual

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:58.860
 word,

00:20:59.380 --> 00:21:00.059
 I was brought

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.279
 up in this city

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:02.200
 at the feet

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:02.880
 of Gamaliel.

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:03.660
 Now,

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.600
 I told you

00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:05.240
 some time ago

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:06.299
 that there are

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.539
 certain people

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.559
 in Jerusalem

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.759
 or among the

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.319
 Jewish community,

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.720
 they are called

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.059
 rabbi.

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.380
 They teach,

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.080
 they are teachers,

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:13.600
 rabbis.

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.059
 So that's why

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.400
 they used to

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:14.740
 call Jesus

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.200
 rabbi,

00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:16.039
 because they're

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.240
 teacher.

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.319
 But some

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:18.299
 were rabbi

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.180
 par excellence.

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:20.859
 So their

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.700
 rabbi is higher.

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.339
 So rabban,

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.900
 they call them

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.400
 rabban.

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:26.000
 So Gamaliel

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:27.019
 is a rabban.

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:28.640
 If you are

00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:30.000
 trained by Gamaliel,

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.779
 everybody respects

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.440
 your theology,

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.440
 respects your

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.920
 philosophy,

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.920
 and respects

00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.740
 your submission.

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:36.880
 And he said,

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.819
 so for Gamaliel

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.640
 to train you,

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.720
 you must be

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.660
 top,

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.380
 it's like the

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:42.299
 creme de la creme

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:44.099
 of those who

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:45.180
 teach our society.

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:46.259
 And so he

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.480
 said,

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:46.759
 listen,

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:48.360
 I sat under

00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:49.039
 the feet of

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.519
 Gamaliel,

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.220
 so I'm not

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.900
 an ignorant man

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.320
 at all.

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.160
 Why am I

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.519
 bringing you

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:52.820
 to this?

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.360
 I want to

00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:53.600
 draw your

00:21:53.600 --> 00:21:54.140
 attention to

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.759
 Stephen.

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.259
 Paul was

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:58.279
 so deeply

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.960
 theological,

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.940
 passionate for

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:01.900
 his religion

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:03.259
 and his God,

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.480
 anything that

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.340
 crosses it,

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.039
 he will give

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.180
 it.

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.120
 He stopped

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:07.840
 working on it.

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.500
 He left

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.160
 everything to

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.799
 just look for

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.480
 those who

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.120
 were practicing,

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.019
 some Jews

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.700
 who were practicing

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.860
 what was not

00:22:13.860 --> 00:22:14.840
 necessarily Judaism.

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.080
 To do,

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.799
 to kill them

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.640
 and to arrest

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:17.840
 them,

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.480
 to bring them

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.019
 to Damascus.

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.660
 That was his

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:19.980
 testimony.

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:22.200
 And so he was

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.799
 in the synagogue

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.960
 once upon a time

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:25.039
 and there's this

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.900
 young Jewish

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:27.539
 guy called

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:29.279
 Stephen and he

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.740
 was a member

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.500
 of the church.

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.519
 He wasn't an

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:31.880
 apostle,

00:22:32.600 --> 00:22:33.220
 he was a

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.500
 deacon.

00:22:35.060 --> 00:22:35.420
 He was

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.960
 acceptable,

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:38.940
 but he used

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.799
 to preach and

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.460
 the miracles were

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.480
 followed and he

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.060
 got, you know,

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:43.100
 Acts chapter 6

00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:43.980
 from verse 9,

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.719
 it got the

00:22:44.719 --> 00:22:45.799
 attention of

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.379
 the synagogue

00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:47.079
 of the

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.859
 Libertines

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:49.099
 and the

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.659
 Cyrenians

00:22:49.659 --> 00:22:49.980
 and the

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.639
 Alexandrians

00:22:50.639 --> 00:22:52.740
 and so they

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.500
 disputed with

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:53.980
 him, but they

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.480
 couldn't resist

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:54.919
 his wisdom.

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.240
 Then they

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.699
 hired liars

00:22:57.699 --> 00:22:58.719
 to lie

00:22:58.719 --> 00:22:59.240
 against him.

00:23:00.139 --> 00:23:00.339
 And then,

00:23:00.459 --> 00:23:01.059
 so in Acts

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.599
 chapter 7,

00:23:01.719 --> 00:23:02.179
 now this is why

00:23:02.179 --> 00:23:02.480
 I'm saying

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.459
 this, in Acts

00:23:03.459 --> 00:23:04.000
 chapter 7,

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.619
 if you remember,

00:23:05.199 --> 00:23:05.899
 Stephen was

00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.899
 asked to defend

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.799
 himself or speak.

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.480
 You are free to.

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:09.879
 The high priest

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.120
 said,

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:10.880
 are these things

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.080
 so?

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.500
 And Stephen,

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.380
 watch this,

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.420
 he takes the

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:15.780
 Torah or the

00:23:15.780 --> 00:23:16.940
 subterranean or

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.860
 the Old Testament

00:23:17.860 --> 00:23:20.060
 and tore it

00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:21.060
 apart and show

00:23:21.060 --> 00:23:21.640
 Christ is

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.120
 everywhere.

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.860
 He explained,

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.460
 and this Paul

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.440
 grew up under

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.240
 the feet of

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.280
 Gamaliel.

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 For the first

00:23:29.800 --> 00:23:30.300
 time, he knew

00:23:30.300 --> 00:23:30.880
 he knew everything

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:31.540
 about Judaism.

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.580
 For the first

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 time, somebody

00:23:33.780 --> 00:23:34.740
 explained Judaism

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:36.240
 in a way that

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.240
 he couldn't deny

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.680
 and he didn't

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.240
 want to accept

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.280
 it, out of

00:23:39.280 --> 00:23:39.700
 his pride.

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 So from that

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.740
 day forward,

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.680
 in fact, he

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.800
 oversaw the

00:23:43.800 --> 00:23:44.700
 guy's execution.

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 But he knew

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.980
 he had encountered

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:49.420
 the Jewish

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.280
 scriptures in a

00:23:50.280 --> 00:23:51.060
 way no one

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:51.480
 had ever taught,

00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:52.400
 not even Gamaliel.

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:54.200
 So Paul,

00:23:54.540 --> 00:23:55.280
 that thing left

00:23:55.280 --> 00:23:56.180
 an impression on

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:57.080
 him and it

00:23:57.080 --> 00:23:57.800
 always stayed on

00:23:57.800 --> 00:23:58.400
 his mind and

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:58.800
 he was always

00:23:58.800 --> 00:23:59.400
 resisting it.

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 I'm going to

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 kill the

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 priest.

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 That's why when

00:24:01.320 --> 00:24:01.780
 Jesus appeared

00:24:01.780 --> 00:24:02.120
 to him, he

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:02.860
 said, it's

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.400
 difficult to

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.840
 kick against

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:04.160
 the ghost.

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:04.860
 You can't

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.340
 fight against

00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:05.700
 your ghost.

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:07.340
 Stephen left

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.280
 a major impression

00:24:08.280 --> 00:24:09.060
 in two ways.

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.940
 number one,

00:24:10.659 --> 00:24:11.419
 his message

00:24:11.419 --> 00:24:12.419
 about Christ.

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.919
 Paul saw that

00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:14.359
 the thing is

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.599
 true.

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.539
 Christ is in

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 the Old

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.099
 Testament.

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:16.919
 This whole

00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.440
 Old Testament

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.000
 thing is about

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.279
 Christ.

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 He couldn't

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.720
 deny it until

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.059
 he met

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.299
 Jesus.

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.240
 When he met

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.779
 Jesus, Jesus

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.720
 said, why are you

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.740
 persecuting me?

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.599
 Oh, that's

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:24.940
 true.

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 It's you.

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 So he said, go to

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 Damascus, they will

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:28.879
 tell you.

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 That was his

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:29.720
 confession.

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.519
 Because he had

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.179
 already heard the

00:24:31.179 --> 00:24:31.859
 gospel from

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.240
 Stephen.

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 Is someone

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.059
 following me?

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.079
 He had already

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.819
 heard the gospel

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:37.359
 from Stephen.

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.519
 So two things

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.259
 that have impacted

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.939
 him from Stephen,

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:41.200
 number one, the

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.759
 message, and

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.980
 number two, Stephen's

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.539
 dedication.

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:44.419
 He wasn't an

00:24:44.419 --> 00:24:44.700
 apostle.

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.539
 He was so

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.639
 dedicated, committed

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:47.200
 to death.

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.319
 So since that

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:50.419
 time, Paul knew

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:51.740
 that if somebody

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.799
 who is not even an

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:54.019
 apostle was ready

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:56.019
 to die, me, I am

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.559
 ready to go

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:56.779
 further.

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.759
 Now, Paul is an

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.079
 apostle.

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.439
 When he wrote the

00:24:59.439 --> 00:25:00.879
 book of Romans, his

00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:02.500
 introduction was Paul

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.119
 an apostle.

00:25:03.679 --> 00:25:04.379
 When did he become

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:04.759
 an apostle?

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:06.419
 In Acts chapter 13,

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.739
 verse 2, as they

00:25:07.739 --> 00:25:08.539
 ministered to the

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.839
 Lord and fasted, the

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.639
 Holy Spirit said,

00:25:10.919 --> 00:25:11.859
 separate unto me

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:13.459
 Barnabas and Saul, for

00:25:13.459 --> 00:25:14.599
 the work which I have

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.219
 called them.

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.419
 So they said, what

00:25:16.419 --> 00:25:17.359
 God has called them

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:17.759
 and they were

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.719
 operating as prophets

00:25:18.719 --> 00:25:19.399
 and teachers.

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.279
 So they were

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.719
 separated.

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.539
 But Romans chapter

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.699
 1, he said, me,

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.919
 Paul, an apostle.

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.500
 So before he got to

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.659
 Jerusalem, he already

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.279
 knew he was an

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.959
 apostle because I

00:25:27.959 --> 00:25:29.279
 told you, Romans was

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.679
 written during the

00:25:30.679 --> 00:25:32.000
 missionary journey, before

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.099
 he finally came to

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.439
 Jerusalem.

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.599
 So he knew he was

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.099
 an apostle.

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.980
 If Stephen was able

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.879
 to die for the

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:39.059
 truth, then I

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.719
 have much more

00:25:39.719 --> 00:25:40.339
 than me an apostle.

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.219
 So Stephen gave

00:25:42.219 --> 00:25:44.259
 him a platform or

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.599
 gave him a model he

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.279
 couldn't resist.

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:48.619
 I believe Stephen was

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.719
 his puppet role

00:25:49.719 --> 00:25:51.419
 model, ministry role

00:25:51.419 --> 00:25:51.639
 model.

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:53.179
 I would die for this

00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:53.879
 and I will prove it

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.579
 as we go further.

00:25:54.959 --> 00:25:55.740
 I will die for this

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:55.839
 thing.

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.759
 So when he was

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.459
 going to Jerusalem,

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:59.279
 his mission as

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.119
 someone who has been

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:01.079
 trained by Gamaliel

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:02.559
 was to go and

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:05.019
 reinterpret the truth

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.919
 of God to his

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.259
 people.

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.919
 That is why he said,

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:09.299
 come, let me speak

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.659
 to you.

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:11.039
 Am I communicating?

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.699
 Now, he calls the

00:26:12.699 --> 00:26:13.879
 people and the people

00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:15.059
 come together and he

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.799
 begins to speak to

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:17.159
 them and he uses his

00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:18.299
 credentials first.

00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:19.779
 There's a way, isn't

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.559
 it not interesting how

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.480
 when God wants to use

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.899
 you, I'm about to say

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.500
 something interesting.

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.240
 God always prepares

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.299
 people before he uses

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.539
 them.

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:29.220
 God always prepares

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.519
 people.

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.639
 You might be going

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.519
 through a stage in

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:31.980
 your life.

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:33.220
 If you are genuinely

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.240
 working with God, it's

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.720
 part of your

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.420
 preparation program.

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.839
 God is preparing

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.200
 you.

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.940
 God is preparing.

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:41.339
 Don't abort the

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.240
 preparation program.

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.599
 Sometimes he will

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:45.539
 prepare us in ways

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.119
 that we never

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.759
 expected.

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:48.639
 Like Joseph found

00:26:48.639 --> 00:26:49.759
 himself in prison

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.980
 and you'll be thinking,

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.579
 what am I doing

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:51.839
 here?

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.879
 But God, you told

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.420
 him, but that's the

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.779
 preparation.

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:55.680
 God was preparing

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:57.000
 him because he was

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.620
 going to Pharaoh.

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.440
 So they kept him in

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.720
 the prison of where

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:01.060
 the politicians were.

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.259
 So you can start

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.019
 interacting with

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:04.240
 politicians before you

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.900
 go to their king.

00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:07.620
 So God prepared, God

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.620
 had prepared Saul.

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.620
 How did he prepare

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.539
 Saul of Thessalon Paul?

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:12.180
 By virtue of his

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.480
 birth.

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.600
 He was born in

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:16.600
 Cilicia and historians

00:27:16.600 --> 00:27:17.720
 believe that his

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:19.340
 parents, that might have

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:20.340
 done something for the

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:21.920
 Roman authority and so

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:23.019
 they awarded him with

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.620
 citizenship.

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:23.699
 citizenship.

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.599
 So Paul was born

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.079
 a citizen.

00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:27.519
 God needed someone

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.139
 with that kind of

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.519
 credential.

00:27:29.219 --> 00:27:30.639
 He, Cilicia, he

00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:31.599
 schooled in Alexandria

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.899
 and because of that

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:33.799
 he could speak Greek

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.359
 fluently.

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:36.059
 He spoke to the

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.699
 Roman soldier,

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:38.159
 captain in Greek,

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:39.399
 spoke to him in Greek.

00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.379
 Then when the Jews

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.479
 came, he spoke Hebrew.

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:44.219
 So he could speak

00:27:44.219 --> 00:27:45.339
 Hebrew, he could speak

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:46.279
 Greek and he was a

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.899
 Roman citizen.

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.479
 That's why he was

00:27:48.479 --> 00:27:50.099
 very versatile.

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:52.419
 God needed that person

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.580
 as the gospel was

00:27:53.580 --> 00:27:54.740
 going into Gentile

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.240
 territories.

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.380
 Am I communicating

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.960
 something to you?

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.800
 And so Paul says

00:27:58.800 --> 00:27:59.500
 that I am Jew.

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.640
 Let's look at the

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.019
 text again.

00:28:01.800 --> 00:28:03.060
 Acts chapter 22,

00:28:03.560 --> 00:28:04.200
 verse 3.

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:05.980
 It says that I am

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:07.160
 verily a man which

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:08.960
 am a Jew, born in

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:10.580
 Tarsus, a city in

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:12.519
 Cilicia, yet brought

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.880
 up in this city at the

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:15.759
 feet of Gamaliel and

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:17.420
 taught according to the

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.779
 perfect manner of the

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:20.259
 law of our fathers and

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.400
 was zealous towards

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.320
 God as you.

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.019
 So you see his

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.440
 credentials.

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.120
 Then he went on to

00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:26.600
 say that I persecuted

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:28.440
 this way, talking about

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.400
 the church, what you

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.060
 are doing, I've done

00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:30.480
 it already.

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:32.019
 I persecuted the

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.160
 church unto death,

00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:34.940
 binding and delivering

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:36.300
 unto prison, both men

00:28:36.300 --> 00:28:38.300
 and women, as also the

00:28:38.300 --> 00:28:39.460
 high priest bear me

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.400
 witness and not only

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:42.900
 him, but the elders who

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.800
 are seated here, they

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.640
 also bear witness.

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.900
 They know me.

00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:47.900
 They know me.

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.800
 They know.

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:50.039
 And he said they bear

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:51.399
 witness that from them

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:53.379
 I also received letters

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:55.359
 unto the brethren and

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:57.000
 went to Damascus to

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:59.159
 bring them which were

00:28:59.159 --> 00:29:00.559
 there bound to Jerusalem

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.240
 for punishment.

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:02.159
 They know what I was

00:29:02.159 --> 00:29:02.379
 doing.

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.740
 This is not strange.

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:04.779
 So you know what Paul

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.000
 did?

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.819
 It's very interesting.

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:08.099
 When on the day of

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:09.559
 Pentecost, Peter preached

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.279
 to the Jews who were

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.799
 assembled.

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:12.399
 And then in Acts

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:13.240
 chapter 3, he preached

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.259
 that when a crippled man

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.940
 was raised.

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:16.740
 And in Acts chapter 4, he

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.579
 got to preach to the

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.000
 elders.

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.639
 He says that there's no

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.599
 name given amongst men

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.299
 by which we might be

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.519
 saved.

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.759
 He preached to them.

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.159
 And then in Acts

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:27.299
 chapter 4, Cornelius,

00:29:27.419 --> 00:29:29.259
 Peter goes to the, Stephen

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.220
 preaches in Acts chapter

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.539
 7.

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:32.179
 Peter preaches the house

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:34.000
 of Cornelius and to

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.960
 Gentiles for the first

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.199
 time.

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.740
 And he began to explain

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.879
 the gospel to the

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.299
 Gentiles.

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:41.339
 Not from Judaism point of

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.299
 view, but from

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.419
 existential point of view

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:44.819
 how Jesus Christ was

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.659
 raised from the dead.

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.720
 And then he said we

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.240
 should go and preach.

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.319
 And as he was speaking,

00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:49.859
 the Holy Ghost fell on

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.519
 all those who were

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:50.839
 listening.

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.400
 So that's the few

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.099
 preachings that were

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.740
 occurred.

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:55.099
 It was to the Jews

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.319
 then.

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.559
 It goes to Gentiles.

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:58.319
 And in chapter 13, Paul

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.559
 began to preach in the

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.480
 synagogue to Jews.

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.140
 A long preaching.

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.259
 And then the Gentiles

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.680
 who were in the

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.940
 synagogue said, come

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.759
 and preach to us again

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.220
 next week.

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:06.859
 You know.

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:09.180
 So the preaching was

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.579
 going on.

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:11.519
 But this particular

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:14.059
 place was similar to

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:15.480
 what happened in the

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.140
 day of Pentecost.

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:17.620
 just that on the day

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.660
 of Pentecost, Peter

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.520
 was just preaching

00:30:19.520 --> 00:30:20.120
 from the Old

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:21.280
 Testament, explaining

00:30:21.280 --> 00:30:21.980
 the Old Testament.

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:24.160
 In this instant, Paul

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:25.259
 was not preaching from

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.940
 the Old Testament.

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:28.540
 He was using his life,

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.100
 his testimony,

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:32.160
 referring them to the

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:33.520
 authenticity of the

00:30:33.520 --> 00:30:34.240
 message they've been

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:36.120
 aware of about Christ.

00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.600
 He was saying that,

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.440
 listen, I was so

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.960
 zealous and I was

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.980
 persecuting the church.

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:42.319
 I followed them to

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.920
 other cities.

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.900
 I arrested them.

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:45.400
 Then he continues to

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:45.960
 tell his story.

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.960
 And then he says that

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:48.160
 verse 6, and it came

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.579
 to pass.

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.000
 As I made my journey to

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:51.039
 Damascus about noon

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:52.279
 day, suddenly there

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:54.539
 shone a great light from

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.740
 heaven around about me.

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:57.640
 And I fell onto the

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:59.360
 ground and had a voice

00:30:59.360 --> 00:31:00.120
 saying unto me,

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:01.259
 Shaul, Shaul, why

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.339
 persecuted thou me?

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:04.120
 And I answered, who

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.620
 art thou?

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:06.000
 And he said unto me, I'm

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.779
 Jesus whom thou

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.099
 persecuted.

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:08.559
 This is the first time

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:10.159
 Paul was narrating his

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:10.720
 story.

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.399
 He narrated this story

00:31:12.399 --> 00:31:13.319
 about how he persecuted

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:14.899
 the church four times

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.359
 in scripture.

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.679
 This is the first time.

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.859
 The first time was to

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.319
 the Jews.

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.859
 The second time is Acts

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:21.299
 chapter 26, to the

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.859
 Gentiles.

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.839
 The third time in

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:25.259
 Philippians chapter 3,

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.220
 when he was talking

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:27.159
 about how he persecuted

00:31:27.159 --> 00:31:28.220
 the church, and he was

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.619
 making a doctrinal case.

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:31.059
 And then the fourth time

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:32.799
 in 1 Timothy chapter 1,

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.619
 when he was talking

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.559
 about how he persecuted

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.399
 the church, he was

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:36.299
 using that to encourage

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.559
 people.

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.519
 It doesn't matter what

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.879
 you have done.

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:39.120
 God can still use you.

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:41.860
 So Paul referred to his

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:43.040
 story four times in

00:31:43.040 --> 00:31:43.260
 scripture.

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.860
 This is the first time he

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:46.200
 was talking about himself.

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.580
 And then he told them,

00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:49.140
 he went to Damascus,

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.500
 arrested them.

00:31:51.020 --> 00:31:51.860
 He had an encounter,

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:53.180
 and he said he fell to

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.580
 the ground.

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:55.180
 He heard the voice saying

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:56.300
 to him, so why are you

00:31:56.300 --> 00:31:57.040
 persecuting me?

00:31:57.260 --> 00:31:58.160
 And he said, who are you?

00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:59.300
 And he said, I'm Jesus.

00:31:59.560 --> 00:32:00.840
 Verse 9, and then he

00:32:00.840 --> 00:32:01.700
 says that the people who

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.720
 were with him saw the

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:04.020
 light, and they were

00:32:04.020 --> 00:32:05.100
 afraid, but they did not

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:06.260
 hear the voice of him

00:32:06.260 --> 00:32:07.180
 that was speaking to him.

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:08.019
 All right.

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:10.539
 In Acts chapter 9,

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.940
 verse 7, he said, they

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.539
 heard the voice.

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:14.019
 He said, they were so

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.779
 genuine, they stood

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.960
 speechless, hearing the

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.200
 voice.

00:32:16.560 --> 00:32:18.560
 Here, Acts chapter 22,

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.600
 verse 9, he said they

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:20.320
 did not hear the voice.

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:21.080
 Which is which?

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:23.420
 Oh yeah, both is which?

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:29.160
 When he said they heard the

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:31.019
 voice, the second one that

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.700
 they did not hear, they

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.660
 didn't understand what was

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.060
 going on.

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:35.440
 They could hear, it's just

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:37.440
 like John chapter 12, John

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.940
 chapter 12, verse 28, when

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:40.240
 Jesus said, Father, at the

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:41.259
 time has come, glorify your

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.400
 name.

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:42.259
 The Bible said, it's a

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.660
 Father, glorify.

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:45.740
 Then, there, verse 28,

00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:46.039
 please.

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.300
 Verse 28.

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.800
 Then came a voice from

00:32:48.800 --> 00:32:50.019
 heaven saying, I have

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:51.060
 glorified it and I'll

00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:51.560
 glorify it.

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:52.799
 Then the next verse, the

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.819
 people heard, they said,

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.419
 they thought it had

00:32:54.419 --> 00:32:54.720
 standard.

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:56.399
 Others also said, angels

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:56.799
 spoke to him.

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:59.220
 So they heard, they

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.639
 didn't know.

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:01.419
 So, those who were

00:33:01.419 --> 00:33:02.319
 traveling for, they heard,

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:04.179
 but they didn't, they

00:33:04.179 --> 00:33:05.179
 couldn't, they didn't get

00:33:05.179 --> 00:33:05.919
 what was being said.

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:07.099
 So that's what he meant

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:08.000
 by they didn't hear it.

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:09.059
 They didn't understand.

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.059
 Does that make sense?

00:33:10.639 --> 00:33:11.639
 And so, said, those who

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.379
 were traveling with me,

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.980
 they did not hear the

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.980
 voice that speak with me.

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:16.200
 Verse 10 says that, and

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:17.899
 I said, what shall I do?

00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:19.059
 Usually people are always

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:20.500
 looking for, tell me, ABC,

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.159
 ABC.

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:22.240
 If you tell me this, I

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.620
 will obey you.

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.540
 As for you, you are the

00:33:23.540 --> 00:33:23.740
 boss.

00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:25.080
 And he said, no, no, go.

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.380
 I won't tell you anything.

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.640
 I rise, go to Damascus

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:29.519
 and it shall be told thee

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.860
 of all the things that is

00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:32.700
 appointed for you to do.

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:34.680
 And then when I could not

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.840
 see for the glory of the

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:37.440
 light, being led by the

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:39.000
 hand of them that were

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:40.140
 with me, I came to

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.680
 Damascus.

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.540
 Because he was told,

00:33:41.800 --> 00:33:42.660
 can't imagine, he was

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.680
 blind, but they said, go

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.259
 to Damascus.

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.920
 You have to find your way

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.060
 there.

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.940
 Stop giving excuses.

00:33:47.540 --> 00:33:48.340
 Just obey God.

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:50.759
 Stop giving, I don't know

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.559
 how I'm going to get there.

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.480
 Just find your way.

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.000
 God said, go.

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:54.319
 That means there's a way

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.940
 you can get there.

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.720
 And so he was brought

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.879
 there by people who were

00:33:58.879 --> 00:33:59.200
 with him.

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:01.079
 And one Ananias, a devout

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:02.220
 man, according to the law,

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:04.460
 having a good report of all

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:06.339
 the Jews which dwelt there,

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:08.159
 came unto me, stood, and

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:09.719
 said unto me, brother

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:11.400
 Saul, receive thy sight.

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.980
 And the same hour I looked

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:16.059
 up upon him.

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:17.460
 So he began telling them, I

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.679
 was blind, but this

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:20.299
 disciple came, he prayed for

00:34:20.299 --> 00:34:21.400
 me, and I was healed.

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:23.039
 He was telling his story.

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:24.139
 He's not a hypocrite.

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.820
 What has happened is so

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.219
 real.

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.460
 He couldn't deny it.

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:29.400
 He was trying to appeal to

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.940
 the people with his story.

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:32.000
 He said, I was zealous.

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:33.779
 But look, look at me today.

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.940
 And there's a reason.

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:36.500
 Probably if it was you, you

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.299
 probably would have even

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:37.699
 done more.

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:40.299
 So he was using his story as

00:34:40.299 --> 00:34:40.920
 a case to them.

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:47.079
 And then verse 14, Ananias

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:48.400
 then went out and told him

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:50.420
 that, the God of our fathers

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:52.280
 has chosen you, that you

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:53.860
 should know his will, and

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:55.360
 see the just one, that's

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:57.559
 Jesus, and should hear the

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:59.180
 voice of his mouth.

00:34:59.700 --> 00:35:01.519
 For thou shalt be a witness

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:03.099
 unto, watch this, let's all

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.579
 say witness.

00:35:04.180 --> 00:35:05.900
 Say thou shalt be a witness

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:07.680
 unto all men of what thou

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:09.059
 hast seen and heard.

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:11.519
 this experience, it is going

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.579
 to send you as a witness

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:14.039
 that this thing, the

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.599
 Christian's preach is real.

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:20.079
 It's not just an ideology.

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:21.299
 It's a reality.

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:23.340
 Christianity shouldn't just be

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.920
 an ideology.

00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:25.239
 It should be your reality.

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:28.559
 So he said that, you tell

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:31.920
 people, verse 16 says that,

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:34.739
 and now, why are you waiting?

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:36.539
 Arise, be baptized, call you

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.519
 on the name of the Lord Jesus.

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:39.420
 Because whoever shall call on

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.320
 the name, from today's reading,

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.960
 remember, whoever shall call on

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.860
 the name of the Lord Jesus

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.880
 shall be saved.

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:46.400
 That's all it takes to be

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.699
 saved.

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:48.679
 And so he said, arise, be

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:49.759
 baptized, call you on the name

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.759
 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:52.019
 Watch this, this is where I

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.699
 want us to get to.

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:54.699
 Verse 17 says that, and it

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:57.300
 came to pass that when I was

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:59.719
 come into Jerusalem, even while

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:03.059
 I pray in the temple, I was in

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.679
 a trance.

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:06.719
 And I fell into a trance.

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:09.659
 And Jesus appeared to him.

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.699
 Verse 18.

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:12.259
 And I saw him.

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:14.139
 That him is talking about Jesus.

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:17.179
 Saying unto me, be fast.

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:19.659
 Get out quickly of Jerusalem.

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.559
 Get out of here.

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:23.039
 For they will not receive your

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:24.380
 testimony concerning me.

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:27.640
 Then I started advising Jesus.

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.960
 Jesus, I don't know, you're

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.420
 getting this wrong.

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:30.660
 The people know me.

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:33.200
 They know what I used to do.

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.539
 Once they see me, they will

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.240
 even change more.

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:37.400
 He said, hey, when it comes to

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:39.019
 spiritual things, it's not in

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:40.760
 just the realm of intelligence.

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:44.000
 It might sound reasonable, but

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.780
 even reasonable things, people

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:47.700
 whose hearts are blind will

00:36:47.700 --> 00:36:48.880
 rise against reasonable things.

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:52.320
 So I said, don't think that how

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:53.420
 many of you have either

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.760
 personally experienced that

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:56.760
 before or somebody's testimony

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:58.240
 where they were getting born

00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:59.539
 again and they knew, ask my

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.800
 mother, I used to be a bad

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:02.579
 boy and I used to be rough.

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:04.519
 But when he knows I'm going to

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:06.160
 find someone now in church, he'll

00:37:06.160 --> 00:37:06.660
 be so happy.

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:08.599
 Only to realize that the

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.640
 opposite is also true.

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:12.559
 You changed and you said they're

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:14.039
 going to church and the one who

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:15.000
 said they were praying for you

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:16.420
 to change, start fighting against

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:17.720
 you going to church.

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:19.739
 church because you assume that

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.439
 they will understand.

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.679
 Oh, my family is a Christian

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:21.959
 family.

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.799
 They will understand.

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:24.679
 Oh, you are dealing with

00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:25.500
 spiritual matters.

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:27.500
 They might be Christians, but

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:29.079
 if they are spiritually dull,

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:31.759
 dumb and comatose, they will

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:33.039
 be the ones fighting against

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:33.319
 God.

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:35.519
 That should be a warning to all

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:38.000
 of us, me inclusive, because

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:42.359
 spiritual good credit is not a

00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:43.279
 permanent possession.

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:46.779
 What I'm trying to say is you,

00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:49.059
 in your day of spiritual

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:51.059
 laxity, when your water table

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:52.959
 is low, sometimes you'll be

00:37:52.959 --> 00:37:54.359
 shocked the things you can do

00:37:54.359 --> 00:37:55.779
 against the church.

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:58.439
 Over a period of time, you

00:37:58.439 --> 00:37:59.799
 realize you've been coming to

00:37:59.799 --> 00:38:00.879
 church, but you are still very

00:38:00.879 --> 00:38:02.259
 spiritually light.

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:04.219
 Light.

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:06.039
 I mean, light.

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:09.559
 So, it's so important that when

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:11.659
 people are in church, we allow

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:14.919
 them to enjoy the fellowship

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.980
 experience in the church.

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:17.000
 It's so important.

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.700
 Am I communicating?

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:19.940
 Now.

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:23.320
 So, Paul fell into a trance, and

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:24.380
 Jesus said, get out of town.

00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:27.880
 Jesus told him, get out of town.

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:31.980
 He said, yes, thank you for

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.539
 reminding me.

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.380
 He said, quickly.

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:35.340
 Quickly, not next week.

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:38.840
 Get out of town now.

00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:41.720
 The trance level is red.

00:38:42.720 --> 00:38:43.380
 Highest level.

00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:44.460
 Get out.

00:38:45.140 --> 00:38:47.420
 He was in the temple, praying.

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:48.780
 Good God.

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.579
 Fell into a trance.

00:38:49.700 --> 00:38:50.660
 Jesus said, oh boy.

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:52.840
 Get out, get out.

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:55.800
 Then he told Jesus, what did he

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.620
 say they should get out of town?

00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:57.920
 He said, the reason why you should

00:38:57.920 --> 00:39:00.180
 get out of town is because they

00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:01.840
 will not receive your testimony

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.660
 concerning me.

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.220
 Get out of town.

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:07.699
 Then, he told him, said, Lord,

00:39:08.339 --> 00:39:10.039
 they know that I imprisoned and

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:11.819
 beat in every synagogue them that

00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:12.379
 believe on you.

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.279
 They knew I did it.

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:15.679
 Then he went on to say, you see

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.559
 the impact of Stephen?

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:18.659
 When he had an encounter with

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:20.799
 Jesus, he made reference to

00:39:20.799 --> 00:39:21.079
 Stephen.

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:25.139
 He said, and when your matai, the

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:27.039
 Greek word translated matai, shares

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:30.279
 the same root word with witness.

00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:33.400
 Paul was a witness and he said,

00:39:34.260 --> 00:39:35.800
 me and Stephen, there's no

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:36.280
 practice.

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:37.400
 The only difference is he died

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:38.840
 for you and I made sure they

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:39.440
 were killing him.

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.820
 He said, when the blood of your

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:42.519
 witness was being shed, I was

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:44.480
 standing by approving and

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:46.320
 watching out for the courts of

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:48.540
 those who were killing him.

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:50.240
 Me, I was there.

00:39:51.060 --> 00:39:52.280
 That thing never left the

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:52.680
 gentleman.

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:55.620
 I told you Stephen made a strong

00:39:55.620 --> 00:39:57.660
 impact on Paul by virtue of his

00:39:57.660 --> 00:39:59.080
 theology or his understanding of

00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:02.480
 God's word and his commitment

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.219
 and dedication.

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:04.659
 The next verse.

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:07.579
 And he says that, then Jesus said

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.539
 to me, leave.

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.799
 Stop giving me reasons.

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.679
 Leave.

00:40:11.759 --> 00:40:12.579
 You are not ready to die.

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:13.599
 I'm not ready to let you die.

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.519
 Leave.

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:18.000
 For I will send you far from here

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:19.299
 to the Gentiles.

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:21.500
 These Jews.

00:40:21.799 --> 00:40:22.900
 Anytime you read the New Testament

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:25.380
 and see Jews, most of the time,

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:27.420
 especially during the time of

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.920
 Jesus and John, when he said

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:30.720
 the Jews sent, the Jews asked him,

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:32.099
 most of the time he was talking

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:34.340
 about the Pharisees and those who

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:35.059
 were opposing Jesus.

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:35.760
 Okay.

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:37.320
 But sometimes they will use the word

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:37.720
 the Jews.

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:39.500
 But this one is all the Jews

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:39.740
 people.

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:41.840
 So he says that, you see, the Jews,

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:43.599
 they don't like Gentiles, you know.

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.880
 They don't like Gentiles.

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:47.579
 They were happy until he mentioned,

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:50.099
 God said, depart, for I'll send you

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:50.800
 to Gentiles.

00:40:51.720 --> 00:40:53.659
 He said, this guy, they lost the plug.

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:55.859
 Look, you mentioned Gentiles here.

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:57.099
 God is sending you to Gentiles.

00:40:57.279 --> 00:40:58.279
 Why would God send somebody

00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:58.839
 to Gentiles?

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:01.059
 Why would God?

00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:01.940
 This is Jerusalem.

00:41:02.859 --> 00:41:05.639
 And they listened until this word,

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.480
 Gentiles.

00:41:08.319 --> 00:41:09.139
 Until this word.

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:10.920
 And they raised their voices

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:13.079
 and said, away with such a fellow

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:14.000
 from the earth.

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:16.359
 He is not fit to live.

00:41:17.819 --> 00:41:18.859
 These were religious people.

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:21.579
 So sometimes when, I don't understand

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:22.739
 when people can be so religious

00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:23.699
 and killing other people.

00:41:24.839 --> 00:41:25.559
 Religious people.

00:41:26.339 --> 00:41:26.699
 Zeal.

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:29.719
 When it's not in the right direction,

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:32.259
 you can cause a lot of harm

00:41:32.259 --> 00:41:33.539
 and a lot of havoc.

00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:34.939
 That's what happened.

00:41:35.299 --> 00:41:37.059
 Anyway, so they said,

00:41:37.299 --> 00:41:38.579
 away from me, he's not fit to live.

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:40.559
 And there was a major uproar.

00:41:40.939 --> 00:41:42.139
 As they cried out

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:43.439
 and tore their clothes

00:41:43.439 --> 00:41:44.559
 and threw dust into.

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:45.119
 Can you imagine?

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:46.599
 Just this small preaching.

00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:51.000
 They were okay to reset Gentiles.

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:54.179
 But, what's the point here?

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:56.380
 Should Paul not speak the truth?

00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:58.280
 There are some ways

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:59.300
 if you use,

00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:01.179
 people will be upset with you.

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.980
 So in our generation,

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:04.519
 preachers can't even say some things

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:06.280
 because it's not politically correct.

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:08.440
 Sometimes it's not necessary

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:09.139
 to go into it

00:42:09.139 --> 00:42:10.280
 if it's not part of your message.

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:12.000
 Don't upset people

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:13.760
 for the sake of saying my mind.

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:16.000
 But if it's part of the explanation

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.380
 of the message,

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:19.480
 you don't also have to be afraid

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.380
 because people...

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:24.280
 Paul preached his message

00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:26.380
 unashamedly without fear.

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:27.640
 And when he said it,

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:28.380
 it brought more...

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.920
 But did you know that

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:31.920
 that was God's way of rescuing Paul?

00:42:32.220 --> 00:42:33.980
 I have to say this as I ran up.

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:35.380
 God was rescuing Paul

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:37.619
 from being absorbed

00:42:37.619 --> 00:42:39.780
 into this Judaism nonsense.

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:41.380
 That will block...

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.599
 Because Paul,

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:44.680
 you said that the law

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:46.859
 and grace are not together.

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:49.239
 Why are you bringing back law?

00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:50.919
 Why are you getting to the temple?

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:51.940
 Because they are advising you.

00:42:52.359 --> 00:42:53.659
 James has lost them.

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:56.259
 James is good,

00:42:56.460 --> 00:43:00.399
 but he is still not fully there

00:43:00.399 --> 00:43:02.779
 because I have given the revelation to you.

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:04.460
 For Paul to write Romans

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:06.279
 and go into the temple

00:43:06.279 --> 00:43:07.199
 and practice those things.

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:08.859
 For Paul to write Galatians

00:43:08.859 --> 00:43:10.219
 and then go into the temple.

00:43:10.319 --> 00:43:11.059
 That tells you that,

00:43:11.419 --> 00:43:12.480
 Paul, you are going too far down.

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:16.780
 So God had to separate Christianity

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:18.920
 from Judaism.

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.519
 That's why...

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:21.380
 Now what did God do?

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.659
 There was April

00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:25.099
 and the soldiers had to come in quickly,

00:43:25.579 --> 00:43:25.920
 rescue,

00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:27.059
 and the officer said,

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:27.679
 examine him.

00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:29.619
 So when the commander

00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:31.179
 ordered him to be brought

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:31.960
 into the barracks

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.940
 and then said that

00:43:32.940 --> 00:43:34.019
 he should be examined

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:35.260
 under scourging.

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:36.380
 What's the meaning of that?

00:43:36.740 --> 00:43:37.340
 Those days,

00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:38.900
 the Romans have a way of

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:40.900
 whipping and beating you.

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:41.679
 You speak the truth.

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:44.519
 Because they knew

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:46.059
 there was something wrong with him.

00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:51.099
 It's almost like torture.

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:53.659
 They knew there was something wrong

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:54.360
 with this guy,

00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:56.260
 but they couldn't find out

00:43:56.260 --> 00:43:56.639
 what it was.

00:43:56.920 --> 00:43:58.420
 So let's extract it.

00:43:58.440 --> 00:44:00.000
 Let's extract it from him

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:01.619
 by scourging him,

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.500
 beating him.

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:03.579
 And sometimes,

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:04.699
 some people don't even make it.

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:06.599
 They bleed to death.

00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:09.400
 Because those Romans were wild.

00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:11.039
 So they said,

00:44:11.700 --> 00:44:12.700
 let's examine him

00:44:12.700 --> 00:44:13.760
 so we can know this truth

00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:14.800
 about by scourging

00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:16.579
 so that we might know

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:17.680
 why the people are,

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:18.820
 there's something

00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:19.619
 this guy is not saying.

00:44:20.220 --> 00:44:20.680
 Beat him

00:44:20.680 --> 00:44:21.660
 and bring it out of him.

00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:23.639
 And so,

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:25.400
 just before they could beat him,

00:44:25.660 --> 00:44:27.000
 as they bound him,

00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:28.240
 they bound him with tongues

00:44:28.240 --> 00:44:30.039
 and about to beat him,

00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:31.660
 Paul said to the centurion

00:44:31.660 --> 00:44:32.160
 who stood by,

00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:33.000
 it's not lawful

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:33.920
 to scourge a man

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.859
 who is a Roman

00:44:34.859 --> 00:44:36.639
 and uncondemned.

00:44:37.879 --> 00:44:38.279
 Roman?

00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:39.799
 Do you know,

00:44:39.859 --> 00:44:40.699
 if you do that to a Roman,

00:44:40.899 --> 00:44:41.839
 you are supposed to be executed.

00:44:42.759 --> 00:44:43.859
 You will lose your life,

00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:44.899
 not just your job.

00:44:45.699 --> 00:44:47.099
 You can't afflict,

00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:48.599
 scourge a Roman

00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:49.619
 who is not condemned.

00:44:50.819 --> 00:44:51.440
 Being a Roman citizen

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:52.879
 is better than any citizenship

00:44:52.879 --> 00:44:54.059
 we currently see.

00:44:54.619 --> 00:44:56.019
 It was a big privilege.

00:44:56.159 --> 00:44:56.359
 Hallelujah.

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:57.319
 Anyway,

00:44:57.799 --> 00:44:57.980
 so,

00:44:58.399 --> 00:44:59.339
 look at the next verse quickly.

00:44:59.639 --> 00:45:00.379
 The next verse says that,

00:45:00.380 --> 00:45:02.680
 when the centurion heard that,

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:04.180
 he went and told the commander,

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:04.559
 saying,

00:45:05.140 --> 00:45:06.099
 take care of what you do,

00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:07.240
 for this man is Roman.

00:45:07.740 --> 00:45:08.700
 When he heard it,

00:45:08.820 --> 00:45:09.579
 the commander came

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:10.200
 and said to him,

00:45:10.280 --> 00:45:10.619
 tell me,

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:11.680
 are you a Roman?

00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:12.380
 He said,

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:13.000
 yes.

00:45:13.700 --> 00:45:14.480
 The commander asked,

00:45:14.579 --> 00:45:15.500
 with a large sum,

00:45:15.720 --> 00:45:16.980
 I obtained my citizenship.

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:17.800
 Yes.

00:45:18.260 --> 00:45:19.180
 I paid for it.

00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:20.420
 This thing started

00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:21.360
 a long time ago.

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:24.039
 It's in the Bible.

00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:29.260
 It's in the Bible.

00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:30.300
 So he said,

00:45:30.380 --> 00:45:31.039
 the last time,

00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:32.039
 I obtained my citizenship.

00:45:32.200 --> 00:45:32.619
 Paul said,

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:33.519
 I didn't have,

00:45:33.599 --> 00:45:35.079
 I was born a citizen.

00:45:36.180 --> 00:45:37.400
 Because that's his background.

00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:38.280
 I was born a citizen.

00:45:38.380 --> 00:45:39.019
 Now look at what happened.

00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:39.780
 Then,

00:45:40.220 --> 00:45:40.840
 immediately,

00:45:41.019 --> 00:45:42.280
 those who were

00:45:42.280 --> 00:45:43.340
 about to examine him,

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:44.420
 withdrew from him

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:45.220
 and the commander

00:45:45.220 --> 00:45:46.780
 was also afraid.

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:48.220
 After he found out

00:45:48.220 --> 00:45:49.300
 that he was a Roman citizen

00:45:49.300 --> 00:45:50.760
 because he had bound him,

00:45:51.160 --> 00:45:52.059
 not even scourged him,

00:45:52.579 --> 00:45:53.400
 bound him a Roman citizen,

00:45:53.700 --> 00:45:54.500
 the guy was in trouble.

00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:56.039
 He was not afraid.

00:45:56.460 --> 00:45:56.720
 You see,

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:57.460
 it was good Paul

00:45:57.460 --> 00:45:58.079
 was a Roman citizen.

00:45:58.920 --> 00:45:59.759
 So now from that,

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:01.420
 he enjoyed some protection.

00:46:01.739 --> 00:46:02.500
 His security men

00:46:02.500 --> 00:46:03.039
 were covering,

00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:03.599
 covering.

00:46:03.940 --> 00:46:05.079
 They protected him.

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:05.819
 Now,

00:46:06.299 --> 00:46:07.000
 this is where the thing

00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:07.259
 is going.

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:07.980
 The last verse,

00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:09.539
 the next day,

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:11.219
 because he wanted to know

00:46:11.219 --> 00:46:11.860
 for certainty

00:46:11.860 --> 00:46:13.119
 why he was accused

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.779
 by the Jews.

00:46:14.099 --> 00:46:14.859
 He released him

00:46:14.859 --> 00:46:15.880
 from his bound

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 and commanded

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 the chief priest

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 and all the council

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 to appear

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 and brought Paul down

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 and set him before.

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 So that's the end

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 of that text.

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 But then,

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 watch this.

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 This is the core point

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 I want to draw

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 to our attention.

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 God delivered him

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 because he wanted

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 to separate Christianity

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 from religion.

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 And then number two,

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 God delivered him

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 because from that time,

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 Paul was kept in prison.

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 He was in prison

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 for two years

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 and then he was released

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 on house arrest.

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 That was when he wrote

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 the epistle,

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 watch this,

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 epistle of Ephesians,

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 epistle of Philippians,

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 epistle of Colossians

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 and then Hebrews.

00:46:51.639 --> 00:46:52.699
 I just believe Hebrews.

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:53.119
 Okay.

00:46:53.460 --> 00:46:54.099
 So that was when

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 he wrote these epistles

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 but these epistles

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 were some of the best

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 in Christology,

00:46:59.659 --> 00:47:00.799
 in the message about Christ.

00:47:01.099 --> 00:47:01.679
 In Ephesians,

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 he explained how we are,

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 who we are because of Christ

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 and how Jews and Gentiles

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 can be together

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 in one body.

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 And he explained

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 how God has given him

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 that message

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 to make the mystery

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 of God known

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 because he made it known

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 that this whole gospel

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 is a mystery in Ephesians.

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 And then in Philippians,

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 that's where he made his case

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 about who he used to be.

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 But Christ is the most important thing

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 and he elevated Christ

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 about Christ being God.

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 In Philippians chapter two,

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 even though he was God,

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 he became man,

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 he died and God has exalted.

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 He explained the Christ thing

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 and in Colossians,

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 he says that all the fullness

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 of deity dwelt in Christ.

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 He spoke about how

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 he's the beginning

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 of all things.

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 Without him was nothing

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 made that was made.

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 Colossians 1, 15 and 16.

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 And so he took his time

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 to explain and expose

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 Christ in prison.

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 God wanted him

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 to become somewhere.

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 He's been traveling a lot.

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 Now, Paul settled.

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 He was locked up in prison

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 and in his imprisonment,

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 he had the opportunity

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 to turn out some of the

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 deepest revelations

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 revelations about Christ

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 and the church.

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 That's when he wrote Hebrews.

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 Then when he was released

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 from prison and the house arrest,

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 he wrote First Timothy.

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 He wrote Titus.

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 He wrote First Timothy

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 and Titus

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 and that's the personal epistles.

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 Philemon was written

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 in the first prison.

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 He wrote First Timothy

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 and Titus.

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 And Hebrews as well

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 was also written

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 in the first imprisonment.

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 All right.

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 So Paul turned out

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 something so deep.

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 When you read these texts,

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 it's so strong

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 and that's one of the things

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 that has built the church.

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 God wanted,

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 watch this,

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 his apostle

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 to settle down

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 and have concentration

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 and pour out

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 the things that will secure

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 the future

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 of the church.

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 So when he was being arrested

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 in Jerusalem,

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 I believe

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 God was behind it.

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 Separate Judaism

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 from the church

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 and get his apostle

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 to be protected

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 and then isolated.

00:48:58.360 --> 00:48:59.280
 He wasn't traveling anymore.

00:48:59.900 --> 00:49:00.840
 He was in one place,

00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:02.420
 writing and writing

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 and he wrote Second Timothy.

00:49:04.039 --> 00:49:05.519
 Second Timothy was his last letter.

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 He wrote it just when he was

00:49:07.420 --> 00:49:08.380
 in prison,

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 just before he died,

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 he was taken back in Rome.

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 He wrote Second Timothy

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 and he told him,

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 now my life

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 is about to be poured out

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 as an offering.

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 I know the time

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 of my departure has come.

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 He wrote all those things

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 in prison

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 because he left a legacy

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 that would take care

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 of the church

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 for generations.

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 That's why Paul

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 and the mission was worth it.

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 The mission was,

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 did you receive something?

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 Hallelujah!

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 Praise God.

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 Thank you for listening

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