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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 We had, the original plan was to continue our verse-by-verse exposition in the book of Romans,

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! but Nathan has a really bad pneumonia and tapped out.

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! And to kind of add to that, I have been kind of groggy and struggling this morning, too.

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 So when I saw the text, I was like, uh, you know, like, I don't have, I basically have one hour

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 going into this today, so let's just see how it goes.

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 Um, but I remember going up in Norcross, and Norcross First Baptist, and a guy came and spoke,

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 and he just said, um, I can't wait for you to hear the sermon this morning,

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 and I hardly can't wait to hear it myself, and that's kind of how I feel at the moment.

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 But I'm trying to, I thought, if I had another week to kind of continue Romans 9,

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 what would I have talked about?

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 And I think I would have talked about this, but in short, it's answering the question that

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 if God has a people out there, if he has a people that he has, um, predestined, called,

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 and elected into salvation.

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 And a long time ago, when I was introduced to this, as someone who has a passion for the

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 law, a passion for evangelism, my, the question was, then why evangelize?

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 If God has the people out there, then why do we go out and share the gospel?

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 Why do people go abroad to reach the nations?

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 Why not just back off?

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 And so I began just searching the scriptures, and I was able to find so many reasons there,

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 and that's what I would actually like to share with you today.

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 And, but my, my, my zeal, my passion for missions and evangelism goes back to probably when I was

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 saved around 18, 19, probably, early, early college time.

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 And just, I, I just started hunting my friends down to kind of share the gospel.

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 And, uh, the Lord saved one of my best friends named Dustin, and he had just a crazy life before

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 we knew the Lord.

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 And we just started just hunting people down to share Jesus with.

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 Um, we actually started going through the yearbook to, like, say, oh yeah, he hadn't heard yet.

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 Oh yeah, we need to go find this guy.

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 And kind of a bull in a china closet in a lot of ways.

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 We meant well, but didn't really know what we were doing.

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 And, uh, I, I, uh, so that, but my focus during that time was, this is on my shoulders,

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 and I have to do this.

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 And it's up to me to convince unbelievers that they're in error, that they need to know Christ.

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 And, and if they fail to come to Christ, it might be my fault.

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 Uh, if I, if I don't have enough arguments, if I don't have enough persuasion.

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 And so there's a lot that the doctrines of grace did for me when it came to understanding how it applies to evangelism.

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 But, simply put, I'm going to just define evangelism for you.

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 Define it.

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 And, I think this is a biblical definition.

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 It says, evangelism is teaching the gospel with the aim to persuade.

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 Alright?

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 Evangelism is a teaching, a proclaiming and explaining of the gospel message from God

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 that leads to salvation with the aim or the hope to persuade, to convince, to convert.

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 And, we're going to be in the book of Acts today.

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 So, go ahead and open up to Acts 17.

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 Acts 17, and then we're also just going to get, uh,

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 our main text today will be in Acts 18.

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 But, just to show you where this definition can kind of come from.

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 Acts 17, if you go to verse 2,

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 I believe, yeah.

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 Acts 17, Paul, uh, is doing what he normally does,

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 and he's going around, he goes to synagogues,

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 he goes to the Jews first, typically,

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 and then to the Gentiles following his mission.

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 Sorry, this is what happens when you have an hour of preparation.

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 You're, like, second-guessing yourself.

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 Hold on one second.

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 Alright, we're good.

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 Acts 17, verse 2.

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 It says,

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 And Paul went in, and as was his custom,

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 and on three Sabbath days,

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 he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

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 explaining and proving that it was necessary

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 for Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead,

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 and saying,

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 This Jesus, who I proclaim to you,

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 is the Christ.

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 And some of them were persuaded,

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 see that,

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 and joined Paul and Silas,

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 as did a great many of devout Greeks,

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 and not a few of the leading women.

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 So, you see this idea that it is

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 explaining the Gospel.

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 It is reasoning with people from the Word of God

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 that Jesus, in fact, is the Savior,

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 with the goal,

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 the aim,

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 to persuade,

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 to convince.

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 So,

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 it's impossible to coerce somebody

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 into being a Christian.

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 It's impossible to trick somebody

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 into being a Christian.

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 They only can be persuaded

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 by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 So, that's where we get our definition from.

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 But, in our context today,

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 I want you to jump down to chapter 18.

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 And this is when Paul is in Corinth.

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 And,

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 we see a lot here about,

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 I would say,

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 why we evangelize.

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 And I think I grew up,

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 I would say that some of my reasons

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 for evangelizing,

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 like,

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 weren't always the best.

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 And especially when you apply

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 God's sovereignty

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 in the role of evangelism.

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 And,

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 this is one of those texts,

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 I think,

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 contains

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 at least four different motivations

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 or drives for evangelism.

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 If we believe in God's sovereignty.

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 So,

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 I'm going to break it up for you.

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 We're going to just do a quick run through

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 of the story.

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 Stop and explain a little bit.

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 And then we're going to go to the end.

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 And,

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 kind of give some application

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 for why we ought

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 to share the gospel

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 if we have those convictions

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 that God is sovereign over salvation.

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 Alright?

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 So,

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 number one,

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 scene one,

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 is Paul's arrival

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 and initial mission.

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 Alright?

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 Scene one is Paul's arrival

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 and initial mission.

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 We see this in chapter 18.

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 We'll go one through four.

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 It says,

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 After this,

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 Paul left Athens

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 and went to Corinth.

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 He found a Jew

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 named Aquila,

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 a native of Pontus,

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 recently come from Italy

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 with his wife Priscilla,

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 because Claudius

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 had commanded

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 all the Jews

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 to leave Rome.

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 And he went to see them,

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 and because he was

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 one of the same trade,

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 he stayed with them

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 and worked,

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 for they were tent makers

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 by trade.

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 And he reasoned

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 in the synagogue

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 every Sabbath

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 and tried to persuade

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 Jews and Greeks.

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 So you see that

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 repetition of him

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 going to

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 a new place,

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 a new city,

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 and he would go

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 to the synagogue first

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 because those were the Jews

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 who,

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 they at least had some context

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 for what he was going

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 to talk about.

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 The scriptures,

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 the Messiah,

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 so he always started there

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 and he sought to persuade them.

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 Now,

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 Corinth,

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 if you know your geography,

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 is a little south of Athens,

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 about 46 miles south of Athens.

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 And it was,

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 again,

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 sort of a Roman colony.

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 But,

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 you know,

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 I'll spare you all

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 the long history lesson,

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 but it was a big trade center,

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 merchant center,

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 and some of you are aware

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 that there was a huge temple there,

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 the Temple of Aphrodite.

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 So,

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 sexual immorality

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 was rampant

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 and

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 Corinth.

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 And it was kind of known

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 as like the sin city

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 in one way

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 of the Roman Empire.

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 It was a very dark,

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 tempting

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 place to be

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 where all kind of sin

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 was just celebrated

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 out in the open

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 with no shame

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 at all.

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 So,

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 there was sin

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 definitely in every Roman colony

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 as we would be aware of,

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 but like,

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 even the Romans

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 had this sense of

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 Corinth

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 is really bad.

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 and so it was

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 a very hot

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 place to be.

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 But,

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 a critical point

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 where the gospel,

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 if Paul was able

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 to plant a church there,

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 could go all over the empire

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 with the sailing,

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 the merchants,

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 and all the different

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 commerce that came through.

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 So,

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 yeah,

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 but he says he met

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 Aquila

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 and Priscilla.

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 There's actually

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 an extra-biblical

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 Roman source

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 that actually says

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 that,

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 yeah,

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 Claudius

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 did expel

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 all the Jews

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 from Rome.

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 So,

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 that goes along

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 what we see here.

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 And we see that

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 in addition to

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 support raising,

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 Paul occasionally

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 stops in a place

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 and works,

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 and he was a tent maker.

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 We kind of can forget

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 that about Paul.

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 We just think that

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 people just send him

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 all this money

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 all the time.

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 But there were times

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 that he stayed

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 where he was

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 for a long time

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 and made money

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 on his own

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 to support himself.

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 So,

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 that's

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 scene one.

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 Paul's arrival

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 and initial mission.

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 Alright?

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 This is scene two.

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 Number two.

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 The arrival of Silas

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 and Timothy

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 and then Jewish

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 opposition.

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 We'll see this

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 in five and six.

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 When Silas

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 and Timothy

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 arrived from Macedonia,

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 Paul was occupied

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 with the word,

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 testifying to the Jews

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 that the Christ

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 was Jesus.

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 and when they

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 opposed

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 and reviled him,

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 he shook off

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 his garments

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 and said to them,

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 your blood

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 be on your own heads.

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 I am innocent.

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 From now on,

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 I will go

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 to the Gentiles.

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 Alright,

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 so let's stop there.

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 a lot of people

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 have this wrong idea

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 of Paul

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 that he was just

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 like the lone

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 ranger Christian.

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 He was always

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 just out there

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 on his own

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 doing his thing.

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 And I've seen

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 other missionaries

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 try to model that.

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 Well,

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 Paul was by himself.

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 I'm like,

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 yeah,

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 but you're not

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 Paul number one.

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 Number two,

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 Paul had the church

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 wherever he went.

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 And he had other

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 believers that tried

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 to go and support him.

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 So unless he was

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 like providentially

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 isolated by God,

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 he had other people

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 with him.

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 So that's important

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 to remember.

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 And so you had

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 Priscilla and Aquila.

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 They came from Rome

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 and they came together

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 to encourage one another.

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 And then you see

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 he continued

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 just going to

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 the synagogue,

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 reasoning with them,

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 trying to testify

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 that the Christ

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 was Jesus.

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 And at some point

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 they said,

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 no,

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 we're done.

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 They reviled him.

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 They attacked him.

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 Tried to tear him down.

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 All right?

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 So just imagine this.

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 Paul had a very weak

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 physical presence.

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 I don't know if y'all

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 are aware of that.

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 If you read 1 Corinthians,

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 you'll just kind of see.

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 He wasn't this big,

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 strong,

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 handsome-looking guy

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 who could deliver

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 a great speech.

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 He was not probably

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 very attractive

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 to the eyes.

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 He wasn't the most eloquent.

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 He says that.

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 So he was in there

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 trying to persuade them.

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 And they basically said,

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 you know,

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 get out of here.

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 And he responds

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 very strongly.

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 And he says,

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 look at that,

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 verse 6,

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 your blood be on

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 your own heads.

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 I am innocent.

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 From now on,

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 I will go to the Gentiles.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 excuse me,

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 we have this idea,

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 right,

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 that if God is

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 sovereign in salvation,

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 that that kind of

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 frees man of his

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 responsibility to go

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 and to share the gospel.

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 Very clearly,

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 right here,

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 this is the same man

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 who wrote Romans 9,

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 by the way.

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 He understands

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 that there's some weight

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 and responsibility

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 on him

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 to go and be that

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 instrument to share

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 the gospel.

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 And he kind of

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 gives us

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 a recollection

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 of a prophet,

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 Ezekiel.

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 If you want to,

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 I'll save us some time,

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 but write this down.

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 Ezekiel 33,

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 1 through 9.

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 And this is

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 the picture

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 of the watchman

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 on the wall.

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 Okay?

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 And,

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 so back in ancient times,

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 cities were fortified.

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 They always were

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 under threat of attack.

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 And there would be

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 guards or watchmen

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 posted on the walls

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 day and night.

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 And,

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 if they saw an enemy

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 coming,

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 they saw danger coming,

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 it was their responsibility

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 to blow the trumpet

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 and to warn people,

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 warn the city,

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 that enemies

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 were approaching.

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 Alright?

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 And if he blew the trumpet

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 and they ignored him,

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 then,

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 he says in Ezekiel,

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 that their blood

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 will be on their own heads.

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 Right?

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 And,

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 but if the watchman

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 fell asleep

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 or was derelict

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 in his duty

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 and the enemy came,

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 then their blood,

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 the city's blood,

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 will be on the watchman's head.

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 So,

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 pretty,

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 pretty serious stuff.

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 Right?

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 And,

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 so what we see

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 in Ezekiel

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 was God was telling him,

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 impending judgment

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 is coming.

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 I want you to warn

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 the people

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 that judgment

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 is coming.

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 You are a watchman

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 on the wall

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 and if you fail

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 to do this,

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 then their blood

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 will be on your head.

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 And,

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 and if they fail

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 to listen to you

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 and repent,

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 then the blood

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 will be on their head.

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 So,

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 we see

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 that imagery here

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 of Paul

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 going in

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 and he's pleading

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 with them.

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 He's reasoning

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 with them.

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 You know what?

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 And then he gets

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 to that point

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 and he goes,

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 you know what?

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 Blood be on

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 your own head.

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 I am free

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 of my weightiness

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 to that.

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 Very,

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 very much so.

00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:49.759
 Responsibility

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 of us to go

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 and share

00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:53.700
 is clearly seen here.

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 Right?

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 So we get to

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 first,

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 or excuse me,

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 I just threw this

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 together in an hour.

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 This isn't something

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 I've had together

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 before.

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 or so.

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 Scene three.

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 Number three.

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 We see

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 conversion

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 and empowerment.

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 Alright?

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 Conversion

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 and empowerment.

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 Verse seven.

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 He left there

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 and went to the house

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 of a man named

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 Titius Justice,

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 a worshiper of God.

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 His house

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 was next door

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 to the synagogue.

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 Crispus,

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 the ruler

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 of the synagogue,

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 believed in the Lord.

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 together with all,

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 with his entire

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 household.

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 And many of the

00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:37.379
 Corinthians

00:15:37.379 --> 00:15:38.259
 hearing Paul

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 believed and were

00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:39.659
 baptized.

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 And the Lord

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 said to Paul

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 one night

00:15:42.939 --> 00:15:43.580
 in a vision,

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 Do not be afraid,

00:15:46.439 --> 00:15:47.399
 but go on speaking

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 and do not be silent,

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 for I am with you

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 and you are my people.

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 And he stayed

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 a year and six months

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 teaching the word

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 of God.

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 Failed to do this

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 with the title

00:15:59.039 --> 00:15:59.860
 of today's message

00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:00.259
 is

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 there are many

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 in this city

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 who are my people.

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 That's the message here.

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 And

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 so what we're going

00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:09.059
 to take from this

00:16:09.059 --> 00:16:10.759
 that said was

00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:11.620
 there was conversion

00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.319
 and empowerment.

00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:13.480
 So as soon as

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 Paul is rejected

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 from the synagogue,

00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:17.580
 like we,

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 you know,

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 leave,

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 he says,

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 alright,

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 blood be on your own heads.

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 He goes to the next,

00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.519
 the house,

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 the next door.

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 And

00:16:24.819 --> 00:16:26.039
 what's amazing

00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:26.439
 is

00:16:26.439 --> 00:16:27.600
 he converts

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 namely the pastor

00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:29.600
 of that synagogue

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 converts to leader

00:16:31.060 --> 00:16:31.779
 of that synagogue.

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 And

00:16:33.540 --> 00:16:34.960
 just the irony

00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:35.560
 of that.

00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:36.759
 And so

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 so

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.500
 then

00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.580
 the guy's household

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.120
 is baptized

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 and other

00:16:44.920 --> 00:16:45.340
 Corinthians

00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:46.220
 as well.

00:16:47.180 --> 00:16:48.060
 You just have to

00:16:48.060 --> 00:16:48.560
 put yourself

00:16:48.560 --> 00:16:49.180
 in the place

00:16:49.180 --> 00:16:49.540
 of Paul.

00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:49.940
 This has been

00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:50.720
 a hard place

00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:51.360
 so far,

00:16:51.920 --> 00:16:52.759
 but in a vision

00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:53.300
 one night

00:16:53.300 --> 00:16:54.519
 God came to him

00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:55.340
 and he encouraged

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 him to stay there.

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:57.620
 Alright,

00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:58.419
 don't leave,

00:16:59.039 --> 00:16:59.620
 stay there.

00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.560
 I have purpose

00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:01.840
 for you being there.

00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:02.500
 This is not

00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.639
 by accident.

00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:05.500
 Remain in Corinth.

00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:06.680
 Alright,

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.059
 so

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:08.799
 so if you think

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.519
 about it now,

00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:11.039
 that synagogue

00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:12.240
 is without a leader.

00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.880
 So they have to

00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:14.960
 find another leader

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.799
 because that leader

00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:16.579
 just became

00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:17.079
 a follower

00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.940
 of Christ.

00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:19.420
 So that leads us

00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:19.900
 to seem

00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:21.500
 four.

00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:23.079
 This is

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:24.240
 persecution,

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:26.420
 compassion,

00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:28.539
 and conversion.

00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:30.460
 Alright?

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:32.980
 Verse 12,

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 but when Galio,

00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:36.559
 who is proconsul

00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.720
 of Achaia,

00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:39.319
 the Jews

00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:40.200
 made a united

00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:41.339
 attack on Paul

00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:42.680
 and brought him

00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.900
 before the tribunal,

00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:44.640
 so this is like

00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:45.400
 the Gentile

00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:46.319
 Roman rulers,

00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:48.059
 saying,

00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:48.799
 this man

00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:49.519
 is persuading

00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.339
 people to worship

00:17:50.339 --> 00:17:51.380
 God contrary

00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:52.420
 to our law.

00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:53.700
 But when Paul

00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:54.340
 was about to

00:17:54.340 --> 00:17:55.360
 open his mouth,

00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:57.220
 Galio said

00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:57.900
 to the Jews,

00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.320
 if it were

00:17:59.320 --> 00:18:00.140
 a matter of

00:18:00.140 --> 00:18:00.759
 wrongdoing

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:02.000
 or vicious crime,

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 O Jews,

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 I have a reason

00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:04.759
 to accept

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.440
 your complaint.

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 But since

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 it is a matter

00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:08.920
 of questions

00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:09.820
 about words

00:18:09.820 --> 00:18:10.440
 and names

00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:11.779
 and your own law,

00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.460
 see to it yourselves.

00:18:13.600 --> 00:18:14.560
 I refuse to be

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 a judge of these things.

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:17.000
 And he drove

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 them from the tribunal.

00:18:19.060 --> 00:18:20.060
 And they seized

00:18:20.060 --> 00:18:21.000
 Sosthenes,

00:18:21.080 --> 00:18:21.519
 the ruler

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.160
 of the synagogue

00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:23.180
 and beat him

00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:24.940
 in front of the tribunal.

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 But Galio

00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:27.440
 paid no attention

00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:28.680
 to any of this.

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.059
 Alright?

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.379
 So,

00:18:31.879 --> 00:18:32.700
 to paraphrase

00:18:32.700 --> 00:18:33.240
 this story,

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 so,

00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:35.000
 if you want

00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:35.619
 to think about it,

00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:35.879
 like,

00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:37.960
 the new pastor,

00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:39.319
 the interim pastor

00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:40.200
 of this synagogue,

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:44.000
 got all the Jews

00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:44.720
 riled up

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.099
 and said,

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 let's go get them.

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:47.059
 Let's go get them

00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:47.420
 punished.

00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:47.879
 This kind of

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 worked for Jesus.

00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.259
 Let's see if this

00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:50.000
 will work for Paul.

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 And so,

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.400
 they dragged Paul

00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:54.299
 to Galio,

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 who was the Roman

00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:58.720
 leader that was there,

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 the proconsul.

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:02.759
 And they said,

00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:02.940
 hey,

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.859
 he's stirring up

00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:04.559
 a bunch of trouble.

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:05.480
 He's causing people

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:06.240
 to worship God

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.779
 that's contrary

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.579
 to our laws.

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.740
 And this was actually

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.400
 pretty common.

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:09.660
 Like,

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.619
 Pilate actually did

00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:11.440
 the same thing.

00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:11.880
 He was like,

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.619
 this is just stuff

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:14.119
 that has to do

00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:14.940
 with your own religion.

00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.740
 As long as he's not

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.779
 breaking our law,

00:19:17.380 --> 00:19:18.259
 we don't really care.

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.339
 Just like what

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:19.940
 a lot of their

00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:20.819
 response was

00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:22.119
 for a long time

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 from the Gentile

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.140
 rulers.

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 So they were like,

00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:25.500
 just quit causing

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.000
 a fuss.

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 And Paul was actually

00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:28.779
 about to make his

00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.259
 defense,

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:30.619
 and that proconsul

00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:31.559
 cut him off

00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:31.879
 and said,

00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.720
 this is ridiculous.

00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:33.779
 Like,

00:19:33.819 --> 00:19:34.759
 just get out of here.

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.460
 Like,

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:35.940
 I'm throwing out

00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:36.480
 the charges.

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.000
 You know,

00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:38.879
 please leave.

00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.279
 Get out.

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:41.259
 And drove them

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:41.920
 out from the

00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.460
 tribunal.

00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:43.480
 Right?

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.500
 So Paul's just

00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:44.920
 sort of like,

00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:46.359
 so imagine Paul

00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:47.299
 being outside this

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.740
 place.

00:19:48.639 --> 00:19:48.879
 Alright?

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.559
 So he's been

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.059
 acquitted,

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:51.659
 in essence.

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.319
 And he looks over

00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:54.200
 and he sees

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:55.599
 the new pastor

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:56.399
 of this synagogue.

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:58.200
 I'm just paraphrasing.

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:58.720
 The new leader

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.079
 of the synagogue.

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:01.200
 They turn on him

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:02.259
 and they beat him.

00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:04.019
 That's pretty wild,

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.279
 right?

00:20:05.919 --> 00:20:06.359
 So,

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.639
 don't ever do that

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:08.299
 to a new pastor

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:08.819
 in your church.

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.240
 Unless he's

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:12.000
 preaching heresy.

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.220
 So then,

00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:15.339
 I want you to think

00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:15.899
 about Paul.

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.220
 Like,

00:20:16.300 --> 00:20:16.780
 put yourself

00:20:16.780 --> 00:20:17.480
 in Paul's

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.640
 mind.

00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:19.980
 What would you

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.460
 be thinking

00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:21.140
 at that moment?

00:20:22.300 --> 00:20:22.620
 Like,

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.780
 serves you right.

00:20:24.840 --> 00:20:25.640
 Mess with God's

00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:26.000
 messenger,

00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:26.900
 that's what happens.

00:20:28.340 --> 00:20:29.019
 You could be

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.880
 vengeful about it.

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.200
 You could be

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.780
 spiteful.

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:31.100
 Like,

00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:31.259
 yeah,

00:20:31.280 --> 00:20:31.960
 you led an attack

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.600
 on me and boy

00:20:32.600 --> 00:20:33.380
 did that backfire.

00:20:34.060 --> 00:20:34.720
 Now instead of me

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.160
 getting beaten,

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.640
 you're getting

00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:35.920
 beaten.

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.680
 You could have

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:38.340
 that approach.

00:20:38.340 --> 00:20:38.840
 I think my

00:20:38.840 --> 00:20:40.019
 sinful flesh,

00:20:40.840 --> 00:20:41.380
 if any of you

00:20:41.380 --> 00:20:41.759
 know me,

00:20:41.820 --> 00:20:42.420
 would probably be

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:43.160
 tempted to feel

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:43.580
 that way

00:20:43.580 --> 00:20:44.140
 sometimes.

00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:45.820
 But,

00:20:45.820 --> 00:20:48.080
 what happens?

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.540
 It doesn't

00:20:49.540 --> 00:20:50.500
 really say

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.100
 right here in

00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:51.500
 Acts,

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.680
 but,

00:20:54.320 --> 00:20:55.900
 what I like

00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:56.440
 to think

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:57.860
 was that

00:20:57.860 --> 00:20:58.400
 Paul saw

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:59.040
 this man

00:20:59.040 --> 00:21:00.540
 and

00:21:00.540 --> 00:21:02.060
 was broken

00:21:02.060 --> 00:21:02.540
 for him,

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.140
 was broken

00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:04.200
 for Sosthenes,

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.640
 was moved

00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:06.620
 by compassion

00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:07.920
 to go and

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.420
 help him

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:10.060
 after being,

00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:10.320
 you know,

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.120
 beaten and rejected

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.719
 by his own

00:21:11.719 --> 00:21:12.079
 people.

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.319
 That Paul said,

00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:13.519
 hey,

00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:13.779
 you know,

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.419
 come with me

00:21:14.419 --> 00:21:15.939
 and began

00:21:15.939 --> 00:21:16.599
 sharing the

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:18.139
 gospel with

00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:18.419
 him.

00:21:20.719 --> 00:21:21.399
 I can take

00:21:21.399 --> 00:21:21.959
 a wild guess

00:21:21.959 --> 00:21:22.279
 at that

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.719
 because if you

00:21:22.719 --> 00:21:23.199
 look at,

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.639
 turn over to

00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:25.219
 1 Corinthians

00:21:25.219 --> 00:21:25.879
 really quickly.

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:29.019
 1 Corinthians

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:30.539
 chapter 1.

00:21:31.699 --> 00:21:32.379
 So Paul is

00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:33.199
 in Corinth

00:21:33.199 --> 00:21:34.719
 in which

00:21:34.719 --> 00:21:35.419
 eventually a

00:21:35.419 --> 00:21:35.939
 church is

00:21:35.939 --> 00:21:36.359
 planted.

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.039
 If you look

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:39.099
 at 1 Corinthians,

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:41.000
 the first

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.419
 letter he

00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:41.779
 wrote to

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.419
 that church,

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.579
 look at

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.579
 verse 1.

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:46.899
 It says,

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.339
 Paul,

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.679
 called by

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.019
 the will

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.559
 of God

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:50.199
 to be an

00:21:50.199 --> 00:21:50.959
 apostle of

00:21:50.959 --> 00:21:51.699
 Christ Jesus

00:21:51.699 --> 00:21:52.959
 and our

00:21:52.959 --> 00:21:53.399
 brother

00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:54.639
 Sosthenes.

00:21:56.199 --> 00:21:56.579
 Pretty

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:58.480
 cool.

00:21:59.939 --> 00:22:00.480
 Pretty sure

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:00.859
 this is the

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.519
 same guy,

00:22:03.459 --> 00:22:04.659
 but that's

00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:05.439
 why I think

00:22:05.439 --> 00:22:06.079
 like Paul

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:06.699
 has moved

00:22:06.699 --> 00:22:07.539
 to not

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:09.699
 mock this

00:22:09.699 --> 00:22:10.079
 guy,

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.639
 but to

00:22:10.639 --> 00:22:10.939
 show him

00:22:10.939 --> 00:22:11.439
 compassion

00:22:11.439 --> 00:22:12.399
 and to

00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:12.980
 share the

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.539
 gospel with

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:13.599
 him.

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.179
 And eventually

00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:15.199
 he went

00:22:15.199 --> 00:22:15.559
 from being

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.220
 a leader

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.460
 in the

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.740
 synagogue

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.379
 to being

00:22:17.379 --> 00:22:17.720
 a leader

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.159
 in the

00:22:18.159 --> 00:22:18.519
 church,

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.379
 which is

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:19.740
 why he

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.019
 was

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.559
 addressed

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.619
 right at

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:21.919
 the beginning

00:22:21.919 --> 00:22:22.659
 of 1 Corinthians.

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.259
 So you

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.639
 can flip

00:22:24.639 --> 00:22:25.519
 back over.

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.259
 Alright,

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:30.179
 so there's

00:22:30.179 --> 00:22:31.000
 a lot in

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.359
 all this

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.659
 stuff,

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:33.539
 but from

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.519
 this text,

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:36.079
 I'm going

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.460
 to try to

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.039
 give you

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:39.639
 four reasons

00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:41.539
 that drive

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.579
 me personally

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:46.099
 to share

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.659
 the gospel

00:22:46.659 --> 00:22:48.319
 as someone

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:49.180
 who believes

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.819
 in God's

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.259
 election,

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:50.779
 God's

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.240
 choosing,

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.259
 God's

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.680
 sovereignty

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.539
 over salvation.

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:55.559
 And

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:57.319
 some of

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.599
 you,

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.259
 you know,

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.859
 we love

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.399
 reading good

00:22:59.399 --> 00:22:59.720
 books,

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.119
 we love

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:00.579
 listening to

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.200
 good sermons,

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.180
 most people

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.500
 in this

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:02.839
 church.

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.079
 But isn't

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.599
 it special

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.019
 when you

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.379
 just sit

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:05.859
 down and

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.240
 dive into

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.659
 the word

00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:06.940
 on a

00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.259
 particular

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.759
 thing and

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.240
 you see

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.639
 so many

00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:09.240
 things on

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.639
 your own

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.099
 without any

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.440
 kind of

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.960
 aid or

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.980
 help?

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:12.539
 This was

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.879
 this for

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:14.639
 me many

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:15.440
 years ago.

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.740
 I began

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.420
 just putting

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.200
 this together.

00:23:19.659 --> 00:23:20.420
 So why

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.460
 evangelize?

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.159
 Reason number

00:23:22.159 --> 00:23:22.680
 one,

00:23:23.659 --> 00:23:24.019
 alright,

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.599
 is seen

00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:26.940
 in verses

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.559
 5 and

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:27.940
 6.

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.379
 This idea

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:30.220
 of rescuing

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.559
 them.

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:31.700
 If we

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.500
 remember Romans

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.200
 9 verses

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.640
 1 through

00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:34.200
 5 where

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:35.120
 Paul said

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:35.340
 that he

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.920
 wishes that

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.200
 he was

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.700
 accursed,

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.620
 his fellow

00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:38.860
 Jews could

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:40.160
 be saved.

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.580
 But if

00:23:42.580 --> 00:23:42.840
 we are

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.740
 truly converted,

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.340
 if we truly

00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:44.960
 have the

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.500
 Holy Spirit

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.100
 in us,

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.819
 that comes

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.299
 with new

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.120
 affections and

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:50.019
 new desires

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.880
 for God that

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.420
 we did not

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.299
 have before.

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.720
 And one of

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.360
 those is,

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.740
 we can't just

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.519
 look around at

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.100
 the broken and

00:23:57.100 --> 00:23:57.580
 lost world

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.519
 around us and

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.360
 unbelievers and

00:23:59.360 --> 00:23:59.860
 just say,

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.980
 eh, no big

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.259
 deal.

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:05.200
 It weighs

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:06.160
 on us

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:08.460
 that we

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.059
 see their

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:10.099
 brokenness and

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:11.360
 their pain and

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:11.960
 their suffering

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.860
 around us with

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:14.279
 a life without

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.819
 God.

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:16.360
 And God's

00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:16.900
 people should

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.819
 desire to go

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:19.120
 and rescue

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.480
 them.

00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:20.500
 Alright?

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:21.900
 The Scripture

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.799
 says in Proverbs

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.940
 24 verse 11,

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.980
 rescue those

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:26.259
 who are being

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.079
 taken away to

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.460
 death.

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.799
 Hold back

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.299
 those who

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.819
 are stumbling

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.440
 towards

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.019
 slaughter.

00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:34.980
 Jude 1,

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.720
 22 and

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.220
 23,

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.759
 have mercy

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.220
 on those

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.639
 who doubt

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.339
 and save

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:40.000
 others by

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.779
 snatching them

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.339
 from the

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.680
 fire.

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.379
 That's

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:44.159
 command,

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.359
 right?

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:48.299
 And some

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.740
 of you may

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.419
 feel this for

00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:50.039
 lost loved

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.440
 ones,

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.960
 may feel this

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.779
 for lost

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.299
 friends,

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:56.159
 and all

00:24:56.159 --> 00:24:56.519
 that's in

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.980
 you is just

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.539
 pleading with

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:57.759
 them,

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.079
 right?

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.440
 To come and

00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.480
 be reconciled

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.579
 to God.

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.799
 But if we

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.779
 have no desire

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.480
 for others to

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.039
 be saved,

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.839
 that tells us

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.579
 something about

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.940
 the gospel

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.599
 that we claim

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.099
 to believe.

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:11.180
 It exposes

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:12.319
 our conviction,

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.359
 alright?

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.839
 What we

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.819
 actually believe.

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.559
 We can't be

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.579
 quiet about it.

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.099
 So that's

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:20.119
 just one reason.

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.779
 This is a

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:23.139
 big one.

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.759
 Point number

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.119
 two,

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:27.019
 why evangelize.

00:25:27.939 --> 00:25:28.959
 It's a means

00:25:28.959 --> 00:25:29.859
 to the greatest

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.419
 ends.

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.259
 Okay?

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.259
 It's a means

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.919
 to the greatest

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.479
 ends.

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.599
 Submissions

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.799
 and evangelism

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.500
 are commanded

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.219
 by God

00:25:38.219 --> 00:25:40.479
 because He's

00:25:40.479 --> 00:25:41.899
 chosen the

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.439
 preaching of

00:25:42.439 --> 00:25:42.919
 the gospel

00:25:42.919 --> 00:25:44.059
 to be the

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:45.719
 means to

00:25:45.719 --> 00:25:46.719
 bring salvation

00:25:46.719 --> 00:25:47.099
 to His

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:48.359
 people scattered

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.799
 abroad.

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.459
 This is His

00:25:50.459 --> 00:25:51.099
 design.

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.399
 Alright?

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:54.320
 And

00:25:54.320 --> 00:25:56.280
 where I'm

00:25:56.280 --> 00:25:56.720
 going with

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.259
 this is

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.340
 that

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:59.880
 God's

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.420
 election

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.440
 ensures that

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.240
 our efforts

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.420
 and missions

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.180
 and evangelism

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.660
 are not just

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.580
 left to chance

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:07.259
 to coincidence

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.980
 that Christ's

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.680
 blood was not

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.700
 spilt needlessly.

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.480
 It emboldens

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.440
 Christians knowing

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.500
 that God has

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.840
 a people

00:26:14.840 --> 00:26:15.620
 out there

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:17.180
 that He is

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:18.140
 going to use

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:19.700
 that messenger,

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.880
 that evangelist,

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.740
 whoever it is,

00:26:22.060 --> 00:26:22.880
 to reach them

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.720
 to bring them

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.120
 in.

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:25.620
 Alright?

00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:26.540
 Now we see

00:26:26.540 --> 00:26:27.140
 this in our

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:29.220
 text in

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.360
 verses 9-11.

00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:31.080
 Look at it

00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:31.340
 again.

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.380
 That vision

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:32.980
 that Paul had.

00:26:33.060 --> 00:26:33.500
 Do not be

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:33.860
 afraid,

00:26:34.020 --> 00:26:34.400
 God said,

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:34.960
 but go on

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.320
 speaking.

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.760
 Do not be

00:26:36.760 --> 00:26:37.140
 silent,

00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:37.760
 for I am

00:26:37.760 --> 00:26:38.120
 with you

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:38.560
 and no one

00:26:38.560 --> 00:26:39.080
 will attack

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:39.620
 you to harm

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:39.900
 you.

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.000
 For I have

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:42.480
 many in

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.100
 this city

00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:43.600
 who are

00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:44.200
 my people.

00:26:45.280 --> 00:26:45.600
 And He

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.140
 stayed a year

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:46.740
 and six months

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.240
 teaching the

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.680
 word of God

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.160
 among them.

00:26:48.800 --> 00:26:49.020
 Alright,

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.720
 big question.

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:51.279
 Is there

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:53.079
 a church

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.559
 in Corinth

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.059
 already?

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.559
 Are we

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.019
 aware of

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.380
 a church

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:55.779
 in Corinth?

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.140
 Nope.

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.120
 Paul just

00:26:59.120 --> 00:26:59.600
 arrived.

00:26:59.680 --> 00:26:59.980
 He just

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.460
 got there.

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.360
 There is

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:01.900
 no church.

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.259
 There is

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.160
 no established

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.539
 church,

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.220
 no Christians.

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.279
 So why

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.680
 would God

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.039
 say,

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.420
 I have

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:07.880
 many in

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.339
 this city

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:08.700
 who are

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.220
 my people?

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.500
 Alright?

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.799
 And again,

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.819
 Paul was

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.420
 discouraged.

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:15.940
 Paul was

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.339
 frustrated.

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:16.419
 frustrated.

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:19.480
 And I

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.799
 know I

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.199
 can speak

00:27:20.199 --> 00:27:21.179
 for the

00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:21.699
 Andersons

00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:21.980
 because I

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.519
 know Caleb

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.839
 very,

00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:23.419
 very well.

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.859
 It's a

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.959
 personal drive

00:27:25.959 --> 00:27:26.459
 to know

00:27:26.459 --> 00:27:27.399
 that God

00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:27.799
 has a

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.980
 people in

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.779
 Southeast Asia

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.199
 that He's

00:27:30.199 --> 00:27:30.480
 going to

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.039
 use them

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.599
 to reach.

00:27:32.699 --> 00:27:33.099
 It's not

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.539
 just like,

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.519
 well,

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.159
 coincidence,

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.899
 I hope so.

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.099
 It's not

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.859
 wishful thinking.

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.699
 It drives

00:27:39.699 --> 00:27:40.839
 us to

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.159
 share the

00:27:41.159 --> 00:27:41.519
 gospel.

00:27:42.439 --> 00:27:42.740
 Now,

00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.279
 let me give

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.500
 you some

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.019
 other verses

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.599
 that support

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:44.959
 this.

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.439
 In John

00:27:46.439 --> 00:27:46.980
 10,

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:48.000
 16,

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.699
 Jesus says,

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.059
 I have

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.859
 other sheep

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:53.000
 that are

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.439
 not of

00:27:53.439 --> 00:27:54.219
 this fold.

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.699
 He means

00:27:54.699 --> 00:27:55.179
 Israel.

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.119
 Right?

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.419
 I must

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.899
 bring them

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.579
 in also,

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.759
 and they

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.159
 will listen

00:28:00.159 --> 00:28:00.519
 to my

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.879
 voice,

00:28:00.939 --> 00:28:01.159
 so there

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:01.379
 will be

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:02.159
 one flock

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:02.759
 with one

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.259
 shepherd.

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.439
 So meaning

00:28:04.439 --> 00:28:05.119
 that there

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.359
 are a

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.059
 people scattered

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.740
 abroad that

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.159
 need to be

00:28:07.159 --> 00:28:07.740
 brought in

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.539
 to the

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.139
 full number

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:10.339
 of God's

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.679
 flock.

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.379
 John

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:13.039
 11,

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:14.960
 51 and

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.480
 52,

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.379
 where

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.220
 Caiaphas

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.420
 prophesies

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.839
 about the

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.599
 death of

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:20.899
 Jesus.

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.240
 Now,

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.500
 it says,

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:23.859
 he did not

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.440
 say this

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.960
 on his own

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.319
 accord,

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:25.819
 but being

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.159
 the high

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:26.940
 priest that

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.180
 year,

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.000
 he prophesied

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.839
 that Jesus

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.480
 would die

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.839
 for the

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.200
 nation.

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.879
 Then John

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:33.099
 inserts this

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.779
 interpretation

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.480
 of that event.

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:34.899
 He says,

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.799
 and not for

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.339
 the nation

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:37.859
 only,

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.039
 but also

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.759
 to gather

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.659
 into one

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.779
 the children

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.380
 of God

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:42.820
 who were

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.259
 scattered

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:43.900
 abroad.

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.320
 Right?

00:28:46.320 --> 00:28:47.460
 So meaning

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.900
 that God

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.279
 has a

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.000
 people out

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.340
 there,

00:28:50.100 --> 00:28:50.460
 and this

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.320
 drove Paul.

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.580
 Like,

00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.380
 he says

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:55.160
 in 2 Timothy

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:57.460
 2,

00:28:57.600 --> 00:28:57.960
 10,

00:28:58.840 --> 00:28:59.480
 Paul says,

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.420
 why does

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:00.860
 Paul go

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.220
 through all

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.420
 that he

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.880
 goes through?

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.580
 Good question.

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.560
 Why is he

00:29:03.560 --> 00:29:03.800
 beaten?

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.320
 Why is he

00:29:04.320 --> 00:29:04.720
 forsaken?

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.240
 Why is he

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.700
 starved?

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.019
 Why does

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:07.019
 he lose

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.720
 everything for

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.019
 Jesus?

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.720
 And then he

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.300
 says it right

00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:09.620
 here.

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.639
 He says,

00:29:11.219 --> 00:29:11.899
 I endure

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:13.019
 everything for

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.599
 the sake

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:13.939
 of the

00:29:13.939 --> 00:29:14.419
 elect,

00:29:15.459 --> 00:29:15.859
 that they

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.619
 also may

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.279
 obtain the

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.839
 salvation.

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.500
 Some of you

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:19.679
 have heard

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:20.299
 this analogy,

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.779
 so oh well,

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.179
 if you've

00:29:22.179 --> 00:29:22.419
 heard it

00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:22.679
 before,

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:22.939
 I'm going

00:29:22.939 --> 00:29:23.159
 to share

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:23.479
 it again.

00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:25.359
 But when

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.839
 I was in

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.519
 college at

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.099
 North Georgia,

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.319
 my senior

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.679
 year,

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:28.919
 this was

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:29.119
 probably

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:31.039
 2006,

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:31.899
 maybe,

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.959
 Wes

00:29:35.959 --> 00:29:36.500
 Shonat and

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.419
 I were

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:39.599
 asked by

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.179
 a club

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:40.899
 on campus

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:42.000
 called the

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.259
 Gay

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.719
 Straight

00:29:42.719 --> 00:29:43.439
 Alliance.

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.279
 So it's

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:48.179
 like homosexuals

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:48.740
 and straight

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.139
 people who

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:49.480
 are trying to

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.179
 hang out and

00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:51.019
 like get to

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.679
 understand each

00:29:51.679 --> 00:29:51.919
 other,

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.959
 kind of club.

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:53.879
 It still

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.579
 exists today,

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.000
 it's under a

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.480
 different name,

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.959
 I just found

00:29:55.959 --> 00:29:56.279
 out.

00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:58.379
 But we were

00:29:58.379 --> 00:30:00.039
 asked to come

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.759
 and share about

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.319
 what the Bible

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.079
 says about

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.959
 homosexuality.

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:08.539
 me and Wes

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:08.759
 were like,

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:08.980
 okay.

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.539
 And so

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:11.900
 we got

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:13.140
 there on

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.620
 campus and

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:13.960
 this room

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.600
 was packed,

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:14.860
 I mean,

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.319
 there was a

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:15.720
 lot of

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.000
 people in

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.400
 this room.

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.480
 For those

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.240
 students who

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.539
 were here,

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:20.799
 it's in

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.460
 Newton Oaks,

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.900
 the classroom

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.200
 that has

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.000
 little decks

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.559
 that go up.

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.620
 We're in the

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:26.200
 very back,

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.079
 we just got

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.500
 there late,

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.840
 we're in the

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.420
 very back.

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:31.000
 And so

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.380
 basically,

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:31.880
 you know,

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:33.180
 we're walking

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.640
 there pretty

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.039
 nervous.

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.900
 I do most

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.480
 of the talking,

00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:36.960
 if y'all know

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.300
 Wes,

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:37.779
 like Wes,

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.320
 whatever Wes

00:30:38.320 --> 00:30:38.960
 says is just

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.259
 like,

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.080
 you know,

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:42.200
 he doesn't say

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.640
 a lot,

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:42.940
 but when he

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.279
 does,

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.640
 it's just like

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.200
 he just nails

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.420
 it.

00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:45.759
 So he was

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.200
 like picking

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.720
 up my

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.340
 messes as

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:47.880
 I went.

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:51.019
 But I

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.279
 want you to

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.519
 put your

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:51.980
 stuff in my

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.680
 position for a

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:52.920
 minute,

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.320
 right?

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.000
 I feel like

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.279
 you're walking

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.600
 into the

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.180
 lion's den,

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.779
 sort of.

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:56.940
 And,

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:58.440
 but I

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.940
 prayed on

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.180
 the way

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.539
 there a

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.860
 lot,

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.880
 and even

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.240
 while I

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.640
 was there.

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:02.759
 But I

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.180
 want you to

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:04.980
 just imagine

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.400
 this.

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.759
 Imagine I

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.320
 pray and I

00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:07.460
 think,

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.779
 do you,

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:10.180
 what's going

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.620
 to happen?

00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:11.900
 Like,

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.140
 Lord,

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.680
 I'm nervous,

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.100
 like what's

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.299
 going to

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.640
 happen?

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.320
 How would

00:31:15.320 --> 00:31:15.900
 it make you

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:17.820
 feel if God

00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.700
 replied,

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.759
 I don't

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.059
 know.

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:22.860
 I'll be

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.259
 sure to do

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.740
 a good job

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.019
 of sharing

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.559
 the gospel.

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.840
 Don't mess

00:31:25.840 --> 00:31:26.240
 it up.

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.600
 Like,

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.259
 hopefully,

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.660
 me and

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.100
 Jesus and

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:30.299
 the Holy

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.680
 Spirit will

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:30.980
 keep our

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.740
 fingers crossed

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.259
 and hopefully

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.779
 somebody will

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.360
 listen to you

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:34.960
 and give their

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.600
 life to Jesus.

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.120
 But I have

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.680
 no idea.

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.059
 I go,

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.340
 oh,

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.039
 it would be

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.500
 like a

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:42.019
 really scary

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:43.380
 prospect.

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:45.539
 But,

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.340
 thankfully,

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.420
 that's not

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.059
 how it is.

00:31:49.080 --> 00:31:49.360
 Right?

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.799
 Now,

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.279
 I'll give you

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.620
 the other

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.160
 scenario.

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.820
 God answers

00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:53.200
 instead,

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:53.620
 hey,

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.740
 I know

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.259
 you're scared,

00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:56.420
 I know

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:56.920
 you're nervous,

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:59.160
 people are

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.299
 going to

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.640
 make fun

00:31:59.640 --> 00:31:59.980
 of you,

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.120
 people are

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.299
 going to

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.799
 mock you,

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.299
 but stick

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.700
 with it.

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.980
 I'm going

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.460
 to be there

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.700
 and I'm

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:05.860
 going to

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.299
 help you.

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.360
 I'm going

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:07.779
 to use

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.240
 the words

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.680
 that come

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:08.920
 out of

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.559
 your mouth

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:11.160
 to save

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.820
 three people

00:32:11.820 --> 00:32:12.100
 in that

00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:12.400
 room.

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.440
 Like,

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.480
 if I knew

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.140
 that God

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.380
 was going

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:15.860
 to work,

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:16.759
 it would

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.440
 drive me

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.980
 to go.

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.200
 Does that

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.700
 make sense?

00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:20.180
 It gives

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.860
 you confidence

00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:21.460
 to go.

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.360
 It doesn't

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:23.000
 discourage you

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.319
 to go.

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.180
 This means

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:27.220
 that his

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.720
 mission,

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:28.480
 the blood

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.980
 of Christ,

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.400
 is not

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:30.059
 spilt by

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.579
 accident.

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.480
 It's not

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.960
 wasted.

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.619
 He has a

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.839
 people that

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.140
 he's going

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.680
 to save.

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.019
 He said

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.700
 three times

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.059
 in John

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.500
 17,

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.359
 those whom

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:38.799
 you have

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.400
 given me

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:39.960
 out of the

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.279
 world,

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.359
 he says

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.839
 that to

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.279
 the Father,

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.180
 my sheep

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:45.160
 hear my

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.579
 voice.

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.079
 Right?

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:48.359
 And so

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:48.740
 God was

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.059
 saying,

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.440
 I have

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.960
 many in

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.480
 this city

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.960
 who are

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.700
 my people.

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.299
 Go.

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.319
 Proclaim.

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:54.860
 Don't be

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.240
 afraid.

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:55.600
 I'm going

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:56.100
 to use

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:57.039
 what you

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.420
 say,

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.720
 the gospel

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.180
 coming out

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.420
 of your

00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.860
 mouth,

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.779
 to bring

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.100
 them to

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.340
 faith.

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.680
 And that's

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.039
 why Paul

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.319
 says,

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:02.799
 I endure

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.420
 all things

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.680
 for the

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.980
 sake of

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.460
 the elect.

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.100
 Right?

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.640
 So that's

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:07.980
 a huge

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.180
 one.

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.559
 It's the

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.720
 means to

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.120
 the greatest

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.380
 end.

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.799
 God has

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.200
 ordained

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.759
 the ends,

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.140
 which is

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.660
 the salvation

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.240
 of souls.

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.460
 He's also

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.100
 ordained the

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.480
 way that

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.779
 is to

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.120
 happen.

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.759
 So we

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.180
 see there,

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:18.600
 you know,

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:20.420
 Romans 10,

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.620
 like,

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:20.939
 we must

00:33:20.939 --> 00:33:21.519
 send people.

00:33:22.139 --> 00:33:22.579
 This is

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.299
 what drives

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.599
 us to

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:23.879
 go.

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:25.859
 All right?

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.459
 Thirdly,

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:29.059
 that was the

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.539
 longest one.

00:33:29.739 --> 00:33:30.099
 Thirdly,

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.639
 the proclamation

00:33:31.639 --> 00:33:32.619
 of God's

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.439
 glory in

00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:34.019
 the gospel.

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.259
 All right?

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.579
 If you look

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.239
 at verse 5,

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.799
 he says that

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.219
 Paul was

00:33:38.219 --> 00:33:38.879
 bearing witness,

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.239
 he was

00:33:39.239 --> 00:33:40.119
 testifying that

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.859
 Jesus was

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.299
 the Christ,

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.639
 the Christ

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:42.159
 was Jesus.

00:33:43.219 --> 00:33:43.559
 All right?

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.779
 And so the

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:46.319
 gospel is a

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:47.019
 heralding

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:48.079
 thing.

00:33:48.199 --> 00:33:48.819
 You go and

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.539
 you proclaim

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.299
 the greatness

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.039
 and glory

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.599
 of God

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.379
 and salvation.

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.559
 You put

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.119
 his glory

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:54.940
 on display

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.940
 when you

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.339
 share the

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.700
 gospel.

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.119
 You talk

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.759
 about his

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.099
 grace.

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.500
 You talk

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.680
 about redemption,

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.200
 the forgiveness

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.759
 we have

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.399
 because of

00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:04.859
 what Christ

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.440
 has accomplished

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:05.879
 by the

00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:06.399
 shedding of

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:06.980
 his blood.

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.719
 And God

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:10.619
 desires to

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.300
 save a

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:11.860
 people from

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.559
 every tribe,

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.139
 language,

00:34:13.279 --> 00:34:13.739
 and nation.

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.679
 And he

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.320
 will do it.

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.619
 It's not like

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.259
 we hope

00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:17.579
 he will.

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.000
 He will.

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.380
 He has

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.000
 bought these

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:21.400
 people with

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.940
 his blood.

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.759
 So it is

00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:24.659
 about proclaiming

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.159
 the greatness

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:26.099
 and glory of

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:27.119
 God in the

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.559
 gospel.

00:34:28.359 --> 00:34:28.679
 That God

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.519
 desires that

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:31.559
 praise from

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.219
 every nation,

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:34.099
 every group,

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.799
 every tongue,

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.299
 so that the

00:34:36.299 --> 00:34:36.960
 children of God

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.599
 will one day

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.539
 come together

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.880
 and proclaim

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:41.639
 his glory in

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:41.940
 heaven.

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.079
 All right?

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:44.059
 I'll back that

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.279
 up.

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.179
 Psalm 67,

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.059
 2 and 4.

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.500
 that your

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.119
 way may be

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.679
 known on

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.119
 the earth,

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.719
 your saving

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.779
 power among

00:34:50.779 --> 00:34:51.480
 the nations.

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.500
 Let the

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.480
 peoples praise

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.759
 you,

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.279
 O God.

00:34:54.359 --> 00:34:54.920
 Let all the

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.480
 peoples praise

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.599
 you.

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:55.920
 Let the

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.599
 nations be

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:57.859
 glad and

00:34:57.859 --> 00:34:58.359
 sing for

00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:58.799
 joy,

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.739
 for you

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:00.279
 judge the

00:35:00.279 --> 00:35:00.980
 peoples with

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.460
 equity.

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.319
 And in the

00:35:03.319 --> 00:35:04.519
 most well-known

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.500
 Revelation 7,

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:05.799
 right?

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.219
 I looked and

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:08.019
 behold a great

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:09.900
 multitude that

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.579
 no one could

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.139
 number from

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.920
 every nation,

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.519
 from all the

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.119
 tribes and

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.659
 peoples and

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.079
 languages,

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:15.759
 standing before

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.480
 the throne and

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:16.940
 before the

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.280
 Lamb,

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.000
 clothed in

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.880
 white robes,

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.039
 with palm

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.659
 branches in

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:21.179
 their hands,

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.960
 and crying out

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.460
 with a loud

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.780
 voice,

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:24.260
 salvation belongs

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:26.000
 to our God

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.820
 who sits on

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.579
 the throne and

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.240
 to the Lamb.

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:29.820
 That's the

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.139
 goal.

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.159
 We're bringing

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.760
 in these people

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.340
 from all the

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:32.719
 nations,

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.980
 to gather

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.559
 before the

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:34.920
 throne.

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.639
 Livingston,

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.480
 a missionary

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.280
 into Africa,

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.559
 he wrote to

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.039
 his wife,

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.579
 I know that

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.239
 you wish as

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:42.920
 ardently as

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.659
 I that the

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.539
 whole earth

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.099
 will be filled

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.400
 with the

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:46.039
 glory of

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.480
 the Lord.

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.199
 That is

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:49.159
 our drive.

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.619
 And then

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.019
 the last

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.259
 apple,

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.500
 well,

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.440
 joy

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.300
 inexpressible.

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.619
 All right?

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:55.980
 God has

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.480
 given us the

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.079
 privilege of

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.599
 being his

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.079
 messengers,

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.779
 the privilege.

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.059
 John Newton

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.860
 said that he

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:03.199
 was shocked

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:04.759
 that not only

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:05.159
 God would

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.719
 save him,

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.059
 but then he

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.420
 would give

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:07.719
 him the

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.400
 privilege of

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.099
 being the

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.820
 messenger of

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.180
 the same

00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:10.780
 gospel that

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.220
 saved him.

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:12.760
 Like that is

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:13.620
 something that

00:36:13.620 --> 00:36:14.660
 ought to try

00:36:14.660 --> 00:36:15.320
 to accord with

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:15.660
 us.

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.620
 That we are

00:36:16.620 --> 00:36:17.420
 messengers of

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:18.019
 that message

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.600
 that saved

00:36:18.600 --> 00:36:19.100
 us.

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:21.019
 And that our

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.840
 hearts should be

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:22.400
 filled with

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:24.080
 such love and

00:36:24.080 --> 00:36:24.760
 joy and

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:25.580
 gratitude for

00:36:25.580 --> 00:36:26.140
 God and what

00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:26.780
 he's done for

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.080
 us that it

00:36:27.080 --> 00:36:28.620
 spills out onto

00:36:28.620 --> 00:36:29.480
 other people who

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.559
 are around us.

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:31.860
 If it's just

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.800
 simply a duty

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:34.600
 and a command,

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.280
 you'll quit.

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:35.800
 It'll get

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.600
 boring, it'll get

00:36:36.600 --> 00:36:37.580
 old, it won't

00:36:37.580 --> 00:36:38.260
 be worth it.

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:39.800
 But guess

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.039
 what?

00:36:40.080 --> 00:36:40.720
 We talk about

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:41.420
 what we love.

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.539
 Pretty simple.

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.300
 We spend our

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.920
 money on it, we

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.519
 spend our time

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:45.960
 on it, and we

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:47.400
 talk about what

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:47.880
 we love.

00:36:48.600 --> 00:36:49.400
 We talk about

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:49.840
 sports.

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.880
 We talk about

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:54.280
 other hobbies.

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.280
 And we talk

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:58.240
 about the stuff

00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:59.180
 that is near and

00:36:59.180 --> 00:37:00.200
 dear to us.

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.240
 It comes out of

00:37:01.240 --> 00:37:01.539
 our mouth.

00:37:01.600 --> 00:37:01.880
 We talk about

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.240
 the people that

00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:02.780
 we love.

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.160
 Right?

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.539
 If you don't

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.340
 talk about the

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:08.000
 Lord, there's just

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.660
 something there.

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:09.239
 I'm not making

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:09.980
 any kind of

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:11.500
 hard line

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:12.000
 inference.

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:14.339
 But Jesus

00:37:14.339 --> 00:37:14.879
 says, I'm

00:37:14.879 --> 00:37:15.239
 the overflow

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:15.679
 of the heart.

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.000
 The mouth

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.339
 speaks.

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:16.639
 So what do

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:16.899
 you talk

00:37:16.899 --> 00:37:17.139
 about?

00:37:18.819 --> 00:37:20.500
 And if

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:22.259
 Christ is the

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.739
 love of our

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:23.739
 life, if he is

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:24.619
 all to us, we

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.399
 will talk about

00:37:25.399 --> 00:37:25.619
 him.

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.299
 And we'll talk

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:27.819
 about him

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.899
 indiscriminately

00:37:28.899 --> 00:37:30.440
 around people.

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:32.579
 I love this in

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:33.539
 Jeremiah

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:35.539
 verse 20, I

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.179
 mean chapter 20

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:36.759
 verse 9.

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.399
 Jeremiah says,

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.079
 if I will

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:40.679
 say, it is in

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.579
 my heart as it

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.299
 were a burning

00:37:42.299 --> 00:37:43.960
 fire shut up in

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:45.599
 my bones, and I

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.419
 am weary of

00:37:46.419 --> 00:37:47.359
 holding it in, and

00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:48.279
 indeed I cannot.

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:49.759
 You feel that

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.039
 way?

00:37:51.399 --> 00:37:51.719
 Or you think

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:52.919
 about James and

00:37:52.919 --> 00:37:54.299
 Peter and John

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:55.279
 when they were

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:55.919
 dragged before the

00:37:55.919 --> 00:37:57.379
 synagogue in Acts

00:37:57.379 --> 00:37:57.839
 4.

00:37:58.699 --> 00:37:59.539
 And they say,

00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:00.319
 stop talking about

00:38:00.319 --> 00:38:00.659
 Jesus.

00:38:00.859 --> 00:38:01.219
 And they say,

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:02.639
 well, whether it's

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.299
 right in the sight

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:03.980
 of God for us to

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.699
 listen to you

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:05.199
 rather than to

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:05.839
 God, you must

00:38:05.839 --> 00:38:06.199
 judge.

00:38:06.279 --> 00:38:07.339
 But for we cannot

00:38:07.339 --> 00:38:10.939
 help to speak

00:38:10.939 --> 00:38:11.859
 what we have seen

00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:12.239
 and heard.

00:38:12.879 --> 00:38:13.539
 They have to.

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:15.000
 They're compelled

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.879
 to speak about it.

00:38:16.379 --> 00:38:17.599
 So it overflows

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.239
 from us.

00:38:18.279 --> 00:38:19.039
 It completes our

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:20.119
 joy to talk about

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:21.159
 the one that we

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.559
 love.

00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:23.819
 So those reasons,

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.399
 one of those

00:38:24.399 --> 00:38:25.059
 reasons alone will

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.519
 be enough.

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.279
 But I've given you

00:38:26.279 --> 00:38:26.599
 four.

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:27.719
 Right?

00:38:27.859 --> 00:38:29.519
 So God has a

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:30.239
 people that we

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:31.099
 ought to go and

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:31.460
 reach.

00:38:32.259 --> 00:38:32.699
 And this isn't

00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:33.739
 for just people

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:34.619
 who do full-time

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:35.420
 marriage like me,

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:36.940
 Nathan, Josh in

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.320
 the back.

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:39.239
 Like, we are all

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:40.239
 meant to be heralds

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:40.840
 of the good news.

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.480
 We have different

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:41.920
 time.

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:42.480
 We have different

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.059
 capacities.

00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:44.599
 But there's people

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.139
 that you're around

00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:45.739
 that I will never

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.119
 see.

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:47.059
 Right?

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:48.920
 And we are meant

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.880
 to bear witness to

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.820
 them about the

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:51.440
 Son of God.

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:53.039
 In what capacity

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.780
 God has given you

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:54.340
 to do that?

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:56.340
 To be faithful to

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.559
 that.

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.239
 Be prayerful.

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:58.559
 So in

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:58.960
 clothing,

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:02.820
 I want to just

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:03.579
 challenge us to

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:05.000
 think about how

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.759
 the Lord saved

00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:06.320
 our soul.

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:08.420
 I occasionally

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:09.039
 like to do this.

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.759
 Maybe reach out

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:10.380
 with somebody this

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.880
 week that was

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.599
 instrumental in

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.179
 bringing you to

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.719
 know the Lord.

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:13.960
 A parent, a

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.619
 friend, a loved

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:16.119
 one, a teacher,

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:17.239
 a coach, whoever

00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:17.699
 it is.

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:18.880
 And just thank

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.460
 them for being

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:21.079
 faithful to share

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.500
 with you.

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:24.019
 And I hope that

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.519
 this has been

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.960
 encouraging.

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:26.239
 I hope that this

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.820
 has given you a

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:28.900
 desire to go with

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:29.940
 confidence to go

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:30.639
 and fulfill God's

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:30.900
 mission.

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.820
 He will do it.

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:33.220
 He's going to do

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:34.039
 it with or without

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.320
 you.

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:35.660
 Alright?

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:37.400
 So why not be

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:39.320
 faithful and be a

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:40.380
 partaker of that

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:41.400
 mission and experience

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:42.980
 the joy of that

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:44.800
 mission and have

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:46.680
 eternal reward with

00:39:46.680 --> 00:39:47.420
 the Lord one day.

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:49.059
 Let's pray together.

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:49.500


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