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 Everybody can grab their seat.

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 As Jen said, my name is Matt.

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 I'm one of the, or I'm an intern.

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 We've changed the title a couple times, so I get mixed up.

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 But basically, Elder in Training.

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 I want to just give you a brief update.

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 Thank you for those who prayed for my last test.

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 I did pass that, and so I'm moving on to the next one.

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 Thanks for that.

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 So I go down the end of August down to Covenant Fellowship Church,

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 where I'll get drilled by, I think, three pastors for like three hours,

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 and that's the next test.

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 So, you know, it's a little nerve-wracking, but at the same time,

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 it's a good and helpful process to go through.

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 So pray for me for that.

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 Once that gets done, then it'll move into like a period where we'll set up

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 like the ordination service itself.

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 I don't know if there's any other things to pass at that point.

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 And I'm not sure what that means as a church for us.

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 So that's another thing you can be praying for.

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 Like, I'll move into being an elder, but what does that mean?

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 I still have a full-time job.

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 And so we haven't really talked about that.

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 This is just where God is leading.

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 And so pray that we as a church and the elders, the leaders,

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 can decide how God is moving us forward as a church in this area.

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 That would be great and helpful.

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 I'm going to pray, and then we'll start out.

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 Lord, thank you for the opportunity that we have to be here tonight.

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 In this place, being able to hear your word,

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 Lord, we pray that you would awaken our hearts,

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 that you would awaken this city,

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 even as we are affected by the gospel,

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 and as you push us out through the power of the Holy Spirit

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 to affect the world around us.

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 Lord, we pray that even now you would be preparing the hearts of unbelievers

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 in our neighborhoods and around where we live.

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 Lord, may this passage teach us and encourage us

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 and help us this week as we strive to follow you.

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 Lord, we ask these things in your holy and precious name.

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 Amen.

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 Acts chapter 13 is where we find ourselves this evening.

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 We're going to start in verse 13 and go to the end of the chapter.

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 It's a little long, but it's a story that goes together,

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 so that's why it is not broken up.

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 Acts chapter 13, starting in verse 13.

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 Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos

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 and came to Perga and Pamphylia,

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 and John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

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 I just want to pause there for a minute.

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 It's not part of the message,

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 but there's a few parts as we read that I just want to pause for,

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 and that is John Mark leaves them at this point

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 and goes back to Jerusalem.

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 He's traveled with them for over 400 miles,

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 so he's committed to the mission,

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 but for some reason we find here that he goes back to Jerusalem,

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 and we're not sure why Paul talks about it later

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 as being something that's not really favorable in his eyes.

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 So there's some animosity,

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 there's sort of a struggle there.

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 Again, we don't know why he left.

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 He just did.

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 So I wanted to point that out,

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 but the other thing I wanted to point out

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 is in verse 13,

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 starting from here and moving on through the rest of Acts,

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 it's not Barnabas and the team.

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 It's not Barnabas and Paul,

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 but after the last,

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 the beginning of chapter 13,

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 when Sean preached it last week,

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 you saw how Paul got into the face of this magician.

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 From then on,

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 there's this transition in leadership,

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 and now it's Paul and Barnabas.

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 It's Paul and the team,

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 and we see that from here on out.

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 And I bring that out because I think it's helpful,

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 because up to this point,

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 Barnabas, the son of encouragement,

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 has been such a scene as a big part in the church,

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 and he still is.

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 But we see that Barnabas had no problem

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 stepping to the side

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 when he saw God bringing up someone

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 that he wanted to use

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 more in a primary front seat position.

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 So this transition,

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 while it's kind of quiet,

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 it's important for us,

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 because we can be those who struggle

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 with position in the church,

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 with a title,

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 with what we can do or not do,

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 or what someone else is doing.

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 So I would just encourage you with that

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 to observe Barnabas' humility

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 as he serves the Lord.

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 We pick up in verse 14.

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 But they went on from Perga

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 and came to Antioch in Pisidia.

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 And on the Sabbath day,

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 they went into the synagogue and sat down.

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 After the reading from the law and the prophets,

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 the rulers of the synagogue

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 sent a message to them saying,

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 Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement

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 for the people, say it.

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 So Paul stood up

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 and motioning with his hands said,

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 Men of Israel and you who fear God,

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 listen.

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 The God of this people Israel

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 chose our fathers

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 and made the people great

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 during their stay in the land of Egypt.

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 I'm just going to pause there.

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 This is the last time I'm going to do this.

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 It's not part of the message.

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 But another important thing to remember here

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 is he says that the people were made great

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 during their stay in Egypt.

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 They were in slavery in Egypt.

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 Their people grew, yes,

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 but they were in slavery and it was hard.

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 And yet here, Paul says they were made great

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 during their time in Egypt.

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 And so, although it may not seem like it,

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 this is an encouragement

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 because we're going to find,

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 if we haven't already,

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 that blessing and strength

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 from the Lord

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 often comes through times of struggle.

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 And in this case, slavery.

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 The people were made stronger,

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 brought closer to God

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 through their slavery.

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 We'll continue on.

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 Verse 17.

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 The God of this people Israel

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 chose our fathers

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 and made the people great

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 during their stay in the land of Egypt.

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 And with uplifted arm,

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 he led them out.

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 And for about 40 years,

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 he put up with them in the wilderness.

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 And after destroying seven nations

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 in the land of Canaan,

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 he gave them their land as an inheritance.

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 All this took about 450 years.

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 And after that,

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 he gave them judges

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 until Samuel the prophet.

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 Then they asked for a king,

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 and God gave them Saul,

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 the son of Kish,

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 a man of the tribe of Benjamin,

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 for 40 years.

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 And when he had removed him,

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 he raised up David to be their king,

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 of whom he testified and said,

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 I have found in David

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 the son of Jesse,

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 a man after my heart,

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 who will do all my will.

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 Of this man's offspring,

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 God has brought to Israel a savior,

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 Jesus, as he's promised.

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 Before his coming,

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 John had proclaimed

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 the baptism of repentance

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 to all the people of Israel.

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 And as John was finishing his course,

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 he said,

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 What do you suppose that I am?

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 I am not he.

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 No, but behold,

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 after me one is coming,

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 the sandals of whose feet

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 I am not worthy to untie.

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 Brothers,

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 sons of the family of Abraham,

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 and those among you who fear God,

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 to us has been sent the message

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 of this salvation.

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 For those who live in Jerusalem

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 and their rulers,

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 because they did not recognize him,

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 nor understand the utterances

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 of the prophets,

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 which are read every Sabbath,

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 fulfilled them by condemning him.

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 And though they found in him

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 no guilt worthy of death,

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 they asked Pilate

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 to have him executed.

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 And when they had carried out

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 all that was written of him,

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 they took him down from the tree

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 and laid him in a tomb.

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 But God raised him from the dead.

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 And for many days,

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 he appeared to those

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 who come up with him

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 from Galilee to Jerusalem,

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 who are now his witnesses

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 to the people.

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 And we bring you the good news

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 that what God promised

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 to the fathers,

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 this he has fulfilled to us,

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 their children,

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 by raising Jesus.

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 As it is written

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 in the second psalm,

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 you are my son,

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 today I have begotten you.

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 As for the fact

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 that he raised him

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 from the dead,

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 no more to return

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 to corruption,

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 he has spoken in this way,

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 I will give you the holy

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 and sure blessings of David.

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 Therefore, he says also

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 in another psalm,

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 I will not let your holy ones

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 see corruption.

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 For David,

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 after he had served

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 the purpose of God

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 in his own generation,

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 fell asleep

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 and laid with his fathers

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 and saw corruption.

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 But he whom God raised up

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 did not see corruption.

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 Let it be known to you,

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 therefore, brothers,

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 that through this man

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 forgiveness of sins

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 is proclaimed to you.

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 And by him,

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 every one who believes

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 is freed

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 from everything

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 from which you could not

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 be freed

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 by the law of Moses.

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 Beware, therefore,

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 lest what is said

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 in the prophets

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 should come about.

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 Look, you scoffers,

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 be astonished and perish,

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 for I am doing a work

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 in your days,

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 a work that you will not believe

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 even if one tells it to you.

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 As they went out,

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 the people begged

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 that these things

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 might be told to them

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 the next Sabbath.

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 And after the meeting

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 of the synagogue broke up,

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 many Jews

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 and devout converts

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 to Judaism

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 followed Paul and Barnabas,

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 who, as they spoke with them,

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 urged them to continue

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 in the grace of God.

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 The next Sabbath,

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 almost the whole city

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 gathered to hear

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 the word of the Lord.

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 But when the Jews

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 saw the crowds,

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 they were filled

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 with jealousy

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 and began to contradict

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 what was spoken

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 by Paul,

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 reviling him.

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 And Paul and Barnabas

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 spoke out boldly,

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 saying,

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 It was necessary

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 that the word of God

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 be spoken first to you,

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 since you thrust it aside

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 and judge yourselves

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 unworthy of eternal life.

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 Behold,

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 we are turning

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 to the Gentiles,

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 for so the Lord

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 has commanded us,

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 saying,

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 I have made you

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 a light for the Gentiles,

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 that you may bring salvation

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 to the ends of the earth.

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 And when the Gentiles

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 heard this,

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 they began rejoicing

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 and glorifying

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 the word of the Lord.

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 And as many as were appointed

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 to eternal life

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 believed.

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 And the word of the Lord

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 was spreading

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 throughout the whole region.

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 But the Jews

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 incited the devout women

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 of high standing,

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 and the leading men

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 of the city

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 stirred up persecution

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 against Paul and Barnabas

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 and drove them

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 out of their district.

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 But they shook off

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 the dust from their feet

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 against them

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 and went to Iconium.

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 And the disciples

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 were filled with joy

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 and with the Holy Spirit.

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 When I was about

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 eight to ten years old,

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 I lived in Tennessee.

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 And one activity

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 that our church did

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 was on a regular basis

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 we would go up

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 about an hour and a half away

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 and visit this church,

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 Mount Pisgah Baptist Church.

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 It was just a little bit

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 outside of Knoxville.

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 But it was a Baptist church,

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 but a few years before

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 they had gotten a calling

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 that they thought

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 was from the Lord

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 to set up a printing ministry.

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 They were going to be

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 printing Bibles.

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 They felt that that's

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 what God called them to do

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 and they raised money

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 and they bought

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 what they needed.

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 They set up shop

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 in a bus garage

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 that was big enough

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 to hold the equipment.

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 And we would go up there.

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 I think it was about

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 once a month.

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 We would go up there

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 and spend a few hours

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 just putting Bibles together.

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 So it was pretty cool

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 as a kid

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 because you got to see

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 these pieces of machinery

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 that are used

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 to make Bibles.

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 So it was pretty cool

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 just to see

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 like these big cutters

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 that would just cut

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 like stacks of Bibles

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 that were like five high.

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 And you got to see

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 the machine

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 where it would like

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 slide it through the glue

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 and put the cover on it.

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 That was really cool

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 but what was also neat

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 about it is

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 it wasn't hard

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 to connect

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 to the mission

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 that they were on.

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 They were printing Bibles

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 that were going to be

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 sent out

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 across the world

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 and they were going to be

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 doing that

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 so that they could

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 spread the gospel

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 in the way that they felt

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 God was using them

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 to do that.

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 It was a really cool mission.

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 It was also a hard mission.

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 We, for us

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 it wasn't very hard.

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 We just gave up

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 some time on a Saturday.

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 Sometimes it was hot.

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 It was,

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 what I remember doing most

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 was these long tables

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 and you walked around

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 with this holder

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 and you just grabbed

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 little packs of paper

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 that were small sections

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 of the Bible

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 and you just piled them

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 on top of each other

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 walking around the table

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 and you just do that

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 over and over again

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 but they used that

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 and pass it on

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 to the next person

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 who would fold it

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 and cut it

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 and glue it together

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 and it would get

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 put together

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 and stacked

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 and put in boxes

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 and shipped out.

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 So it was work

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 but you saw the mission.

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 You were able to see

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 the bigger picture

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 of what was going on.

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 It was worthwhile

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 and you know what?

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 That's an important mission

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 and there's,

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 there's thousands

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 if not millions

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 like that.

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 Not that make Bibles

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 but that do something

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 for the mission of God

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 all over the world.

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 And so,

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 our passage tonight,

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 we're going to be looking

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 at God's mission.

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 We're going to be looking

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 at three points.

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 One is mission directed.

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 One is mission denied.

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 And the last one

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 is mission driven.

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 So as you can pick up,

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 it's all about the mission.

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 The mission that God

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 is doing in this passage,

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 in his church,

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 in his people.

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 And so those are the points

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 but as we move through it,

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 the question

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 that it leaves for us

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 is what is our involvement

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 in God's mission?

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 It may not be to go

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 and help put Bibles together

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 but if you're a Christian tonight,

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 God does have something

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 for you to be doing

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 that is part of his mission.

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 So that's what I want you

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 to be thinking

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 as we move through this.

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 Last week we saw how

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 last week it was Barnabas

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 and Paul,

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 how they were set apart.

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 And we saw how they

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 and also the church

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 in Antioch,

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 they became both part

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 of the mission, right?

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 The church laid their hands

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 on them

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 and set them apart

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 and gave them what they needed

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 to send them out.

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 And Barnabas and Paul

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 were on the mission

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 to go and take that gospel

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 to several places

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 being led by the Spirit.

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 And so that's where

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 we find ourselves tonight.

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 They arrived at Perga

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 and that's where

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 John Mark leaves them.

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 I have a map

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 that we'll put up.

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 I like pictures

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 so I can see

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 as we're moving around.

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 Is that big enough?

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 Yeah.

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 Just to get an idea

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 of where they started,

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 so they're Antioch

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 over here on your right side.

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 That's Antioch in Syria.

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 They travel down to

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 Salamis and Paphos.

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 That's a message

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 that was last week.

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 And then they go up to Perga.

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 And it's at Perga

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 where John Mark

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 decides to leave

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 for whatever reason.

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 So he's got a long journey

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 to go back

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 way down here

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 to Jerusalem.

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 But I showed you that

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 because I think it's helpful

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 to see

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 where they're going

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 on their mission.

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 It wasn't an easy mission.

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 Once John Mark leaves,

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 they're traveling

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 100 more miles

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 over mountains

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 to get to Antioch.

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 Not this Antioch,

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 but Antioch in Pisidia.

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 Antioch,

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 not to be confusing,

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 but it was a common,

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 popular city name.

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 And so that's why

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 you might hear that.

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 There's two different locations.

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 I think there was about

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 a half a dozen

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 in that area

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 at that time.

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 So they travel there.

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 Paul and Barnabas

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 and their team.

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 I don't know how many more

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 were with them

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 at this point.

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 We don't know

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 if they visited

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 the synagogue

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 in Antioch

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 that week.

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 Maybe they were

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 wearing clothes

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 that set them apart,

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 but there was some reason

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 why the rulers

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 in the synagogue

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 knew that they were

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 not just somebody

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 visiting the area,

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 but of a rabbi status

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 like Paul was.

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 So after the reading

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 of a portion

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 of the law,

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 a portion of the prophets,

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 which is what they

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 traditionally did

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 during the service,

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 they extend an invitation

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 to Paul,

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 and they say,

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 hey, if you or anyone

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 in your team

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 has a word for the people,

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 please say it.

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 So Paul has a message

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 that God has.

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 It's probably not

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 what the rulers

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 were thinking.

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 He stands up

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 and he begins to preach

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 to these people

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 who were primarily Jewish.

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 There were other people

00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:28.759
 who were converts,

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 so they were not Jews,

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 but they believed in God

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 and they feared

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 who God was.

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 So as we move

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 into verse 17,

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 what I want us

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 to see first,

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 our first point

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 in our outline

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 is a mission directed.

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 It is a mission

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 directed by God.

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 If we start in verse 17

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 and we move on,

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 we see all the ways

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 where God does something.

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 Man is there,

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 but it's God

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 the one who leads.

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 God the people of Israel,

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 he's the one

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 who chose the fathers.

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 He made them great

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 and then brought them

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 out of Egypt.

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 He's the one

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.839
 that led them

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 through the wilderness

00:19:10.459 --> 00:19:11.459
 and destroyed

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 the seven nations.

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 He brought them

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 to the land

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 that he promised them.

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 It says here

00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:23.240
 that it took

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:24.960
 about 450 years.

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 It's basically

00:19:25.860 --> 00:19:26.440
 a reference

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:28.019
 to their 400 years

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 in slavery

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 and then their 40 years

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 in the wilderness

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 and then about 10 years

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 where they are doing battle

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:35.259
 as God brings them

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 into the land of Canaan.

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 After that,

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.519
 it says God

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:40.860
 gave them judges.

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:41.940
 Of course,

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.700
 they weren't happy

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:44.340
 and so they wanted a king.

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 So it says that God

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:46.699
 gave them Saul

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 and after 40 years,

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 it says God

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 removed him.

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 In verse 22,

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 it's interesting

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.579
 that it says

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 God raised up David

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 to be their king.

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 So if we compare Saul,

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 which we know

00:19:59.099 --> 00:20:00.480
 didn't go well

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.399
 as a king,

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 that's just what

00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:03.119
 the people wanted.

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 It says that God

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 gave them Saul

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 and when it came to David,

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 God raised up David.

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 So we have

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:10.220
 different language

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 being used

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 by two different kings.

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 David was an ordinary man,

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 a son of Jesse.

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 The difference was

00:20:19.120 --> 00:20:20.259
 he allowed God

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 to lead his life

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 and to shape his heart

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 into being like God's heart

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 and that's what we see here

00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:29.759
 said in this passage.

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 God's mission

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 was David's mission.

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 Now,

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.920
 some are probably

00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:40.100
 questioning like most,

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 but didn't David sin.

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 Absolutely,

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 in some really big ways.

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 But notice that

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.259
 those sins

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 didn't change

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.879
 God's testimony

00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:50.299
 that he said about David.

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 The reason why

00:20:52.379 --> 00:20:53.359
 is because David

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:55.059
 was repentant.

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 He repented

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 of what he did.

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 It wasn't good.

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 It was very evil,

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 bad things.

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 But that didn't keep

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:03.039
 David from seeing

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:04.559
 his wrong sin

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 and he repented

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 before God.

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 He didn't dwell in that.

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 He didn't try

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 to cover it up

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 and make a reason.

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 Well,

00:21:10.879 --> 00:21:11.859
 he did try to cover it up,

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 but once he realized

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 his sin,

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 the depth of his sin,

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 then he repented

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 and he makes it right

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 and comes back to God.

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 That's a message

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 of hope

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 to anyone out there

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 who thinks

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.500
 that their sin

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:28.119
 is too large

00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:29.179
 for God

00:21:29.179 --> 00:21:30.059
 to do anything

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 in their life with.

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 there isn't a sin

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 that God's grace

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 and love

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 can't cover over

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 and can't forgive

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 if we are to repent.

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 Now we come to

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:46.440
 the core of the mission

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 that God is directing

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 and that is,

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 as we all know,

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.700
 the core of the mission

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.540
 of the gospel

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 is Jesus Christ.

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 He's the promised Savior.

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:55.559
 Savior.

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 We see that

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:59.220
 Paul jumps

00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.039
 from David,

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:00.820
 King David,

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 all the way to Jesus

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:04.380
 in his sermon here.

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:04.700
 So,

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:06.140
 1,000 years

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:07.160
 he's jumping

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:09.200
 in this history summary

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:10.120
 that he is doing.

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.840
 And the connection

00:22:11.840 --> 00:22:12.519
 he uses

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:14.519
 is in verse 23.

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.960
 Of this man's offspring,

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:18.240
 of David's offspring,

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.819
 God has brought

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:20.400
 to Israel

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.960
 a Savior,

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.500
 Jesus.

00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:22.799
 He has promised.

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.740
 Now,

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:26.200
 this connection

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.960
 from David

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.579
 to Jesus

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:28.180
 would have

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:29.700
 been fully accepted

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:31.559
 by his Jewish audience

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.740
 because they knew

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.740
 the Messiah

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.299
 would come

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.339
 from David's line.

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.019
 Back in Matthew

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:38.180
 chapter 22,

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.640
 it says,

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.900
 now when the Pharisees

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.799
 were gathered together,

00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:42.259
 Jesus asked them

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:43.680
 a question saying,

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:44.839
 what do you think

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.680
 about the Christ?

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:47.039
 Whose son is he?

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.220
 And they said to him,

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:49.539
 the son of David.

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.640
 So,

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.360
 they knew

00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:52.420
 what to expect.

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.079
 They knew

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.960
 where the Messiah

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.940
 was coming from.

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.779
 Not only fulfilling

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.440
 the promise

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.240
 that would come

00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.920
 through David,

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:02.059
 but highlighting again

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.819
 that God

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.759
 is the director

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:05.279
 of what is going on.

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.680
 God brought

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.519
 to his people

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.240
 a Savior.

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.640
 God made the promise.

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:11.019
 God made it happen.

00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:13.680
 In verse 24,

00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:14.700
 Paul mentions

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.539
 John.

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.339
 John the Baptist

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:17.480
 is who he's talking about,

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.460
 who was sent

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.480
 to prepare the way

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.759
 of Christ,

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.519
 of Jesus.

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.200
 He was sent

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.960
 to call people

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.640
 to repentance

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.960
 and to be baptized.

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 It says,

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.900
 as he is finishing

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.839
 his course,

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.339
 that is,

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:32.079
 as his life

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.660
 and ministry

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.420
 is nearing

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.140
 an end,

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.680
 he says,

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:37.059
 what do you suppose

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.779
 that I am?

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:38.740
 See,

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.380
 some thought

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:39.920
 that maybe

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:41.319
 he was the prophet Elijah

00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:42.220
 coming from

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.220
 the wilderness,

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.299
 and some even

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.839
 thought that he

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.240
 could be

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.960
 the Messiah.

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.059
 He said,

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.039
 do you think

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.740
 that I am

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.259
 the Savior?

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.019
 I am not.

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.339
 And then he adds

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.799
 to that,

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.799
 he uses an illustration

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.740
 of a servant.

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.519
 A servant

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.600
 who already

00:23:59.600 --> 00:24:01.519
 is in a lowly position,

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.559
 but the lowest thing

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.600
 that they could do

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:05.259
 is wash the feet

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.860
 of guests coming in.

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.460
 And to do that,

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.019
 they would have to

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:09.380
 untie their sandals.

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:11.500
 So,

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.600
 so here he's

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.440
 pointing out

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:15.060
 that he is not

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.600
 even worthy

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:17.040
 to serve in a position

00:24:17.040 --> 00:24:17.940
 that is the lowest

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.720
 person doing

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.820
 the lowest job.

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.440
 Like,

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.240
 I,

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.740
 I am not the Savior,

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:24.060
 and up next to him,

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.840
 I don't even stand

00:24:24.840 --> 00:24:25.900
 worthy to be

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:27.460
 the lowest of low,

00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:29.160
 is what John the Baptist

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:29.740
 says.

00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:32.600
 Paul continues

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.720
 in verse 26,

00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:34.940
 and then talk about

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.720
 salvation

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:37.140
 has been sent

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.720
 to them.

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:39.720
 But we notice

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.299
 that his,

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.279
 in verse 26,

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:43.279
 his greeting changes.

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:44.900
 Previously,

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.620
 he had said

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.380
 men of Israel.

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:48.079
 In verse 26,

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.700
 he says,

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.279
 brothers,

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.240
 sons of the family

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.960
 of Abraham.

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.160
 He's,

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:55.700
 he's personalizing

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.299
 this.

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:58.059
 He's pointing out

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:59.079
 that they are children

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.960
 of the people

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.799
 of Israel,

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.720
 going back to

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:05.120
 the ones

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:06.200
 that God chose

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.980
 their fathers.

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.700
 their fathers

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.680
 were the very ones

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.559
 that God chose,

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.559
 and they are

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.680
 from that line,

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.799
 the sons

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.720
 of the family

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.259
 of Abraham.

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:17.120
 He's making it

00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:17.680
 more personal.

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.740
 He's also reminding

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.660
 them that they are

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:21.039
 part of that family.

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:22.420
 Not just reminding

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.200
 them of that,

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:24.099
 but having them

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:26.240
 realize the weight

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.579
 that should accompany

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:27.860
 that.

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.900
 The character,

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.299
 the faith,

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:33.200
 the high standing

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.779
 that embodies

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.500
 the weight

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.120
 or the,

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:37.759
 the Abrahamic

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.900
 family name.

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.700
 Chosen

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.880
 and set apart

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.700
 by God.

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.799
 They should want

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.740
 to live up

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.779
 to that,

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:48.380
 that weight

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:49.980
 and live in a way

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.559
 that doesn't

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.640
 detract

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:53.360
 or diminish

00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:55.019
 that heritage

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.900
 that God

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.819
 put in place.

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:59.259
 Now,

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.839
 I also don't want

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.439
 us to miss

00:26:00.439 --> 00:26:01.079
 our connection

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.480
 to this

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.619
 because we also

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:04.099
 have been given

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:05.299
 a similar heritage.

00:26:06.679 --> 00:26:07.579
 As children

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.159
 of God,

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.759
 we have been

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.460
 set apart

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.220
 by God.

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.859
 And like

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.619
 verse 26

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.079
 says,

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.220
 we have been

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.500
 sent the message

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.559
 of this salvation.

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:18.759
 So we should

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.940
 also live

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.919
 in a way

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:22.519
 that Paul

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.200
 is encouraging

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.079
 the Jews

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.539
 to do

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:26.019
 as God's people.

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:29.319
 Now,

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.039
 as we move

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:31.279
 into verse 27,

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.639
 Paul starts

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:33.139
 to address

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.799
 the problem

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:36.899
 and that brings

00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:37.480
 us to our

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.159
 second point.

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.819
 So we have

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:40.159
 mission directed

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:41.179
 and then we have

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:42.200
 mission denied.

00:26:43.919 --> 00:26:45.000
 God has promised

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.720
 salvation

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:45.819
 salvation.

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.680
 He has brought

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.460
 it to them

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.539
 and yet they

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.380
 deny it.

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:52.460
 They heard

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.700
 the prophets

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.799
 read it

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.759
 every Sabbath.

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:56.759
 They heard it

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.000
 read from the

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:59.079
 scrolls

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.579
 and yet they

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.400
 still condemned

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.740
 him.

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.720
 It says

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.960
 they did not

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.900
 recognize him

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.680
 nor understand

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.519
 the utterances

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.480
 of the prophets

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:10.079
 even though

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.759
 they were read

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.440
 every week

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.220
 in the synagogue

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.100
 that they

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:14.000
 went to

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.799
 faithfully.

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.960
 they still

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.659
 failed to

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.339
 hear the

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.819
 salvation

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.399
 message.

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:20.039
 The pointers

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.200
 took Christ,

00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:21.960
 his death

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.279
 and his

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.119
 resurrection.

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:26.460
 In recognizing

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.119
 Jesus

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:29.019
 and understanding

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.839
 the words of the

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.200
 prophets,

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:31.200
 they failed

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:32.279
 in both of

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.619
 these.

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.000
 And yet,

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.599
 ironically,

00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.339
 in their

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:36.960
 failure,

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.460
 they fulfilled

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.259
 them both.

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:41.039
 Out of their

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.700
 ignorance,

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:43.539
 they fulfilled

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:43.920
 what they

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.420
 did not

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.019
 understand.

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.940
 Finding no

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.660
 guilt in

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:47.960
 him,

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:49.340
 they executed

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:50.480
 the innocent

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.799
 one and

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.700
 fulfilled all

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.160
 that had been

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.900
 written about

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.180
 him.

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.980
 But God

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.000
 raised him

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.720
 from the dead

00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:00.000
 and he was

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.720
 seen for many

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.840
 days and by

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.580
 many witnesses.

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.759
 I think it's

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.460
 neat that he

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:07.240
 is seen,

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.680
 Jesus,

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:09.200
 after he is

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:10.380
 resurrected,

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.600
 he goes to

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.980
 his people,

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.559
 his disciples,

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.660
 close friends.

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.600
 And that,

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.080
 I think,

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:19.059
 is not only

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.600
 to comfort

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:20.319
 them into

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.759
 what has

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.500
 taken place

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.920
 because they

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.620
 didn't understand,

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.519
 but also,

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:23.779
 like,

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.460
 those were the

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.960
 people who

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.420
 would know,

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.380
 who knew

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:26.819
 him the

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.200
 most.

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.259
 Someone who

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.640
 would not

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.640
 be tricked

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.500
 by it not

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.120
 really being

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:32.200
 Jesus or

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.660
 him not

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.200
 really being

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.420
 dead.

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.140
 These people

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.840
 would know

00:28:34.840 --> 00:28:35.519
 a fraud.

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.440
 But he

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:36.880
 doesn't just

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.660
 go to those

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.160
 that Jesus

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.620
 knew,

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.559
 most

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.099
 intimately,

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.819
 but he

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.399
 also went

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:42.539
 to others

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.559
 outside of

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.159
 that group,

00:28:44.699 --> 00:28:45.699
 appearing to

00:28:45.699 --> 00:28:46.979
 500 people

00:28:46.979 --> 00:28:47.839
 at a time

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.619
 in one spot.

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.559
 So Paul

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.279
 lays out

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.259
 the good

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.879
 news for

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:57.259
 them after

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.339
 giving them

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.899
 this in

00:28:58.899 --> 00:28:59.719
 verses 32

00:28:59.719 --> 00:29:00.339
 and 33

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:02.359
 and reminds

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:02.979
 them again

00:29:02.979 --> 00:29:03.859
 of their

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.439
 heritage.

00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.279
 He says,

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.000
 we bring

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.559
 you the

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.319
 good news

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.220
 that what

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.099
 God promised

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.500
 to the

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.939
 fathers,

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:12.000
 this he

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.679
 has fulfilled

00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:13.299
 to us,

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.559
 their children,

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.639
 by raising

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.119
 Jesus.

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.799
 Here,

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.319
 notice he

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:19.759
 says,

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.799
 us,

00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:21.639
 their children.

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.599
 He's including

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.259
 with that

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.759
 because he

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.579
 comes from

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:26.519
 the Jewish

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.240
 line as

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.500
 well.

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.399
 He's also

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.099
 leaving out

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.879
 the Gentiles

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.500
 who are in

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.019
 the congregation

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.639
 at this

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:31.960
 point.

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:32.819
 He's not

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.480
 doing that

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.839
 to make

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.399
 them feel

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:34.980
 secluded,

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.940
 but Paul

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.500
 is trying

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.400
 really hard

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:37.900
 to win

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.559
 over his

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:38.940
 Jewish

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.460
 people,

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.339
 emphasizing

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:41.940
 that what

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.880
 God has

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.360
 done

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:45.099
 and how

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.559
 the whole

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.140
 work of

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.759
 Jesus was

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.980
 done within

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:49.200
 this Jewish

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.559
 people,

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.380
 within their

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:51.319
 own people,

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:51.980
 their own

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.460
 family.

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.319
 Next couple

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.779
 verses,

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.680
 Paul gives

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.180
 some Old

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.680
 Testament

00:29:58.680 --> 00:30:00.200
 quotations,

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.759
 trying to get

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.640
 the Jews

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.160
 to see

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.839
 this promise

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.539
 of salvation

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.900
 that is

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.599
 being fulfilled.

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.599
 I'm not

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:06.900
 going to go

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.539
 into each

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.660
 of these

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.359
 quotations

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.799
 for sake

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.319
 of time,

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:12.440
 but each

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:12.660
 one,

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.339
 verse 33,

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.119
 taken from

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.680
 Psalm,

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.379
 you are

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:16.039
 my son,

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.500
 today I

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.039
 have begotten

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.220
 you.

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.720
 Verse 34

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.119
 is taken

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.900
 from Isaiah,

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.440
 talking about

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.539
 the everlasting

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.500
 covenant made

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.079
 with David.

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.420
 And then

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.359
 verse 35,

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.140
 a quote

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:30.440
 from Psalm

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.059
 16,

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.919
 talking about

00:30:31.919 --> 00:30:32.399
 how David

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:33.000
 was human

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.919
 and how

00:30:34.919 --> 00:30:35.279
 at the end

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.579
 of his

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.059
 life he

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.679
 did die.

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:38.359
 He was

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.220
 buried in

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.679
 the ground

00:30:39.679 --> 00:30:40.059
 and his

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.960
 physical body

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.500
 did see

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.980
 corruption.

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.539
 But the

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.319
 Holy One,

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.559
 speaking of

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.159
 Jesus at

00:30:46.159 --> 00:30:46.659
 this time,

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.879
 whom God

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.359
 raised from

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:48.740
 the dead,

00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:49.460
 he did not

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.119
 see corruption.

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.079
 And now

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.619
 in verses

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.519
 38 and

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.079
 39,

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.819
 we get to

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.240
 see the

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.819
 salvation

00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:00.319
 point of

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:00.879
 Paul's

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.420
 message.

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:02.660
 And he

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.160
 begins us

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.440
 with a

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.800
 little bit

00:31:03.800 --> 00:31:04.140
 more

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:08.720
 authoritative

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.660
 tone.

00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:10.380
 Good thing

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:10.760
 I wasn't

00:31:10.760 --> 00:31:11.440
 speaking then.

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.960
 Let it

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.700
 be known

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.460
 to you

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.020
 therefore,

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:16.900
 brothers,

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.420
 that through

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.220
 this man,

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.120
 through

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:21.420
 Jesus Christ,

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.320
 the one

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:22.800
 that you

00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.420
 crucified,

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.500
 the one

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.040
 you didn't

00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:25.820
 believe in,

00:31:26.560 --> 00:31:27.260
 through him

00:31:27.260 --> 00:31:28.060
 has come

00:31:28.060 --> 00:31:28.700
 forgiveness

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.400
 of sins

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.779
 and is

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.039
 being

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.480
 proclaimed

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.100
 to you.

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.420
 And then

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.640
 when he

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:32.940
 adds

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.640
 verse 39,

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.259
 it's just

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.759
 beautiful.

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.860
 He says,

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:37.740
 and by

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.220
 him,

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.059
 everyone

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:40.120
 who believes

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.940
 is freed

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:42.460
 from everything

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.259
 from which

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.720
 you could

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.140
 not be

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.799
 freed by

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.240
 the law

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.779
 of Moses.

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:45.980
 Jesus.

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.059
 This word

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.700
 freed,

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:52.180
 translated

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:53.799
 better from

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.279
 the Greek,

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:54.839
 is actually

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.359
 the word

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:55.879
 justified.

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:56.940
 And you

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.460
 can see how

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.859
 they can

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.240
 mean the

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.700
 same thing,

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:58.940
 but I

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.579
 think justified

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.279
 is just

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:01.059
 stronger.

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:03.200
 and by

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:04.119
 him,

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.940
 belief in

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.299
 Jesus,

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:05.879
 everyone

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.980
 who believes

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:08.200
 is justified

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:09.720
 from everything

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.859
 from which

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.419
 you could

00:32:11.419 --> 00:32:11.759
 not be

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.240
 justified

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.839
 by the

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.240
 law of

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.539
 Moses.

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.579
 The Jews

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.960
 were all

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.359
 about the

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.740
 law of

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.000
 Moses.

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.779
 They lived

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.299
 by this

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.619
 law.

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.119
 They

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.720
 added to

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.019
 this

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.379
 law.

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:19.859
 They

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.200
 condemned

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.639
 people

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:21.240
 with this

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.599
 law.

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.099
 And Paul

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.740
 is saying

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.480
 there is

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.980
 no

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.779
 justification

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.519
 from

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:26.819
 this

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.139
 law.

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:29.759
 It's

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.399
 not like

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:31.440
 some sins

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:31.860
 could be

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:32.360
 removed

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:33.200
 by the

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.480
 law.

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.100
 No

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:34.500
 sins

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.860
 can be

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.160
 removed

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.519
 by the

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:35.759
 law.

00:32:36.040 --> 00:32:36.320
 No

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:36.800
 freedom

00:32:36.800 --> 00:32:37.300
 comes

00:32:37.300 --> 00:32:37.540
 from

00:32:37.540 --> 00:32:37.720
 the

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:37.980
 law.

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.400
 It

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:38.620
 only

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:39.120
 brings

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:40.080
 demands

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:40.360
 and

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:41.000
 requirements

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.920
 that we

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.420
 break.

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.000
 And there

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.360
 is no

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:44.720
 freedom.

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.460
 There

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.000
 is only

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.019
 the

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.320
 pointing

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:47.700
 out of

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.120
 sin

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.580
 and there's

00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:49.080
 guilt.

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.519
 It is

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.400
 only through

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.960
 Jesus

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.500
 Christ.

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.019
 It's

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.519
 his work

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.680
 of

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.220
 salvation.

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.680
 It's

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:54.940
 our

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.340
 belief

00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:55.920
 in that

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.259
 work

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.180
 where we

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.620
 find

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.100
 freedom,

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:58.660
 where we

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:58.940
 find

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.519
 justification.

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:03.200
 Paul

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.660
 ends

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:03.920
 his

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.300
 message

00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:04.580
 in

00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:04.840
 verses

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.360
 40

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.519
 and

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.120
 41.

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.960
 But as

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.259
 he does,

00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:08.580
 he gives

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:09.100
 a warning.

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.300
 Again,

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:10.800
 using an

00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:11.400
 Old Testament

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.160
 quotation,

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.360
 this time

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:14.140
 from Habakkuk

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.920
 chapter 1.

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.600
 The

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:17.340
 prophet

00:33:17.340 --> 00:33:18.060
 Habakkuk

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:18.980
 is told

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.780
 to prophesy

00:33:19.780 --> 00:33:21.240
 to the

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.060
 Israelites

00:33:22.060 --> 00:33:23.280
 that God

00:33:23.280 --> 00:33:23.680
 will be

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.300
 using the

00:33:24.300 --> 00:33:25.140
 Chaldeans

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:26.040
 to come

00:33:26.040 --> 00:33:26.320
 in and

00:33:26.320 --> 00:33:26.700
 utterly

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.660
 destroy

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.080
 them.

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:29.379
 the

00:33:29.379 --> 00:33:29.740
 problem

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.179
 is

00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:31.019
 not a

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.319
 single

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.720
 one

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.159
 believed

00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:32.460
 it

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.980
 until

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.159
 it

00:33:33.159 --> 00:33:33.500
 actually

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.980
 happened.

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.359
 And so

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:35.720
 in

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.099
 Paul's

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.519
 warning,

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.599
 he's

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.039
 asking

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.319
 the

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.980
 hearers

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.699
 if

00:33:39.699 --> 00:33:40.079
 such

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.899
 unbelief

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.179
 is

00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:41.559
 about

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:41.839
 to

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.159
 repeat

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:42.659
 itself.

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.000
 And

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.179
 then

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:46.519
 Paul

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.819
 ends

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.039
 his

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.500
 message.

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.960
 And

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.099
 in

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.240
 verse

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.679
 42,

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.199
 we see

00:33:52.199 --> 00:33:52.439
 that

00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:52.799
 people

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.419
 are

00:33:53.419 --> 00:33:53.779
 begging

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.099
 to

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.359
 hear

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.799
 more.

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.159
 The

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.460
 meeting

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.759
 broke

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.000
 up

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.160
 and

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.640
 there

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:57.840
 are

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:58.279
 Jews

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.600
 and

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:58.920
 Jewish

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.460
 converts

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.039
 that

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.400
 want

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:00.600
 to

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:00.860
 hear

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.299
 more.

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:02.620
 Verse

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:02.980
 43

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.240
 says

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.380
 that

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.480
 they

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.940
 followed

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.220
 Paul

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.360
 and

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.819
 Barnabas.

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.259
 They

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.620
 spoke

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:06.779
 to

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.019
 them

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.380
 and

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:07.620
 Paul

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:07.759
 and

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.280
 Barnabas

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.559
 are

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.280
 encouraging

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.559
 them,

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:10.220
 persuading

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:11.059
 them,

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.519
 it says,

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.159
 to continue

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.920
 in the

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.199
 grace

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.659
 of God.

00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:13.900
 This

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.059
 is

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.380
 talking

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.740
 about

00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:15.300
 the

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.679
 message

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:15.900
 of

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.300
 salvation

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:16.559
 that

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:16.760
 they've

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:16.940
 just

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.159
 been

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.420
 given.

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:17.740
 Paul

00:34:17.740 --> 00:34:17.880
 is

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.340
 encouraging

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.599
 them,

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:18.840
 listen,

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.119
 you've

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.340
 just

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.559
 been

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.800
 giving

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.220
 this,

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.000
 go

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.320
 with

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.620
 that,

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.180
 don't

00:34:22.180 --> 00:34:22.400
 go

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.880
 back

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.300
 to

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:23.480
 what

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.600
 you

00:34:23.600 --> 00:34:23.800
 had

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.220
 before,

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:24.720
 but

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.120
 continue

00:34:25.120 --> 00:34:25.580
 on.

00:34:26.740 --> 00:34:27.039
 So as

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.240
 you can

00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:27.620
 imagine,

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.600
 there is

00:34:28.600 --> 00:34:30.039
 no doubt

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.340
 a lot

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.820
 of talk

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.200
 in the

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:31.480
 city

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.900
 that

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.220
 week.

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.300
 There

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.660
 was a

00:34:33.660 --> 00:34:33.980
 message

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.180
 that

00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:34.300
 was

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:34.559
 given

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:34.920
 in the

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.280
 synagogue

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:36.480
 that

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.700
 had

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:37.019
 never

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.340
 been

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:37.800
 heard

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.539
 before,

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.880
 and

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.080
 many

00:34:40.080 --> 00:34:40.360
 people

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.700
 wanted

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:40.900
 to

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.059
 hear

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.320
 more.

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.519
 So

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.640
 on

00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:41.760
 the

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.000
 next

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.340
 Sabbath,

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:42.840
 Luke

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.100
 says

00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:43.280
 that

00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:43.500
 almost

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.720
 the

00:34:43.720 --> 00:34:43.960
 whole

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.440
 city

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.240
 came

00:34:45.240 --> 00:34:45.480
 out

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:45.640
 to

00:34:45.640 --> 00:34:45.800
 hear

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:45.960
 the

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.160
 word

00:34:46.160 --> 00:34:46.280
 of

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:46.420
 the

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:46.700
 Lord.

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:48.119
 Can you

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.639
 imagine

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.679
 a city

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.779
 where

00:34:50.779 --> 00:34:51.659
 people,

00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:51.939
 whether

00:34:51.939 --> 00:34:52.399
 believers

00:34:52.399 --> 00:34:52.739
 or

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.419
 unbelievers,

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.259
 were excited

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:54.639
 to come

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.059
 together

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.659
 and hear

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.119
 the word

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.419
 of the

00:34:56.419 --> 00:34:56.699
 Lord?

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:57.919
 It

00:34:57.919 --> 00:34:58.039
 would

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:59.219
 really

00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.739
 be a

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:00.299
 great

00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:00.879
 revival

00:35:00.879 --> 00:35:01.379
 service

00:35:01.379 --> 00:35:01.739
 to be

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.000
 part

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.219
 of.

00:35:03.899 --> 00:35:04.460
 But

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.619
 from

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:04.799
 this

00:35:04.799 --> 00:35:05.099
 passage,

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.299
 we

00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:05.439
 know

00:35:05.439 --> 00:35:05.599
 that

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:05.779
 there

00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.019
 is

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.960
 trouble

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.799
 brewing.

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.179
 Verse

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.619
 45,

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.439
 when

00:35:10.439 --> 00:35:10.839
 the Jews

00:35:10.839 --> 00:35:11.039
 saw

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.219
 the

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.539
 crowds,

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:11.739
 they

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:11.879
 were

00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:12.239
 filled

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:12.500
 with

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.899
 jealousy

00:35:12.899 --> 00:35:13.539
 and

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:13.839
 began

00:35:13.839 --> 00:35:14.079
 to

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.599
 contradict

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.079
 what

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.279
 was

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:15.699
 spoken

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:16.219
 by

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:16.679
 Paul.

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:20.679
 Paul

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.099
 is

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:22.039
 preaching

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.519
 the

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.000
 gospel

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.299
 of

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:23.539
 Jesus

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.159
 Christ.

00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:25.099
 He's

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.359
 talking

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:25.659
 about

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:25.919
 what

00:35:25.919 --> 00:35:26.460
 God

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.919
 has

00:35:26.919 --> 00:35:27.439
 done,

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:27.879
 what

00:35:27.879 --> 00:35:28.019
 he

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.199
 has

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:28.599
 promised,

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:29.619
 and

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:29.799
 the

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.059
 work

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.259
 that

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:30.399
 he

00:35:30.399 --> 00:35:30.579
 is

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:30.980
 doing.

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:31.739
 So

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:32.079
 when

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.259
 they

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:32.759
 contradict

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.419
 Paul,

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.399
 they're

00:35:34.399 --> 00:35:35.219
 contradicting

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:36.399
 God.

00:35:36.859 --> 00:35:37.419
 When

00:35:37.419 --> 00:35:37.579
 they

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:37.980
 revile

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.339
 against

00:35:38.339 --> 00:35:38.739
 him,

00:35:38.839 --> 00:35:39.000
 they're

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.279
 actually

00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:39.619
 doing

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:39.799
 it

00:35:39.799 --> 00:35:40.099
 against

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.579
 God.

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.919
 If

00:35:41.919 --> 00:35:42.059
 we

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.279
 think

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:42.480
 about

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.639
 that,

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:42.799
 how

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:43.339
 crazy

00:35:43.339 --> 00:35:43.639
 and

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:44.259
 futile

00:35:44.259 --> 00:35:44.579
 that

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.960
 is.

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.259
 God's

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:46.740
 people

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.760
 that

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.000
 he

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.620
 called

00:35:48.620 --> 00:35:48.920
 are

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.240
 now

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:50.200
 contradicting

00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:50.920
 the

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.400
 mission

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.960
 that

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.160
 he

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.360
 is

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.660
 doing,

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:52.840
 the

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.040
 work

00:35:53.040 --> 00:35:53.200
 that

00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:53.320
 he

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.480
 is

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.740
 doing

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:53.980
 to

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.380
 save

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.720
 them.

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:57.160
 And

00:35:57.160 --> 00:35:57.340
 as

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.540
 the

00:35:57.540 --> 00:35:57.800
 Jews

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.080
 start

00:35:58.080 --> 00:35:58.280
 to

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.620
 argue

00:35:58.620 --> 00:35:59.020
 here

00:35:59.020 --> 00:35:59.220
 in

00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.420
 this

00:35:59.420 --> 00:35:59.960
 passage

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.140
 and

00:36:00.140 --> 00:36:00.340
 they're

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.920
 contradicting

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.380
 Paul,

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.260
 verse

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.720
 46

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.059
 says

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.260
 that

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:03.500
 Paul

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:03.659
 and

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.300
 Barnabas

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:05.480
 had

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:05.639
 to

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:05.820
 get

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.260
 loud.

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.579
 Right?

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.099
 Before

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.280
 they

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.639
 lost

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:08.860
 their

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.220
 chance

00:36:09.220 --> 00:36:09.420
 to

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.639
 say

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:09.880
 any

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.079
 more

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:10.260
 to

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:10.519
 this

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:10.960
 crowd

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.159
 as

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.300
 they

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:11.519
 get

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:11.980
 louder,

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:13.019
 they

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.320
 had

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:13.860
 something

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.119
 else

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.280
 that

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.420
 they

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.680
 still

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:14.940
 needed

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.180
 to

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:15.440
 say.

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.180
 It

00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:16.320
 was

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.619
 another

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.039
 important

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.659
 detail

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:19.019
 that

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.159
 they

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.340
 had

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.500
 to

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.820
 pass

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.200
 on,

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:21.280
 and

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.400
 it

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:21.559
 was

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:21.960
 this.

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.480
 They

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.740
 said,

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:23.240
 it

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:23.480
 was

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.139
 necessary

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.599
 that

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:24.820
 the

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.180
 word

00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:25.400
 of

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:25.720
 God

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:25.940
 be

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.300
 spoken

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.559
 to

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:26.760
 you

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:27.300
 first.

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.880
 You

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.400
 Jewish

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:29.980
 people,

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:32.579
 but

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:32.840
 since

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.039
 you

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.220
 have

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.660
 thrusted

00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:34.280
 aside

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:34.980
 and

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.140
 you

00:36:35.140 --> 00:36:35.660
 judge

00:36:35.660 --> 00:36:36.400
 yourselves

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:37.099
 unworthy

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.579
 of

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:37.940
 eternal

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.420
 life,

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.740
 that

00:36:39.740 --> 00:36:40.019
 is,

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.200
 you

00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:41.360
 are

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.760
 pushing

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:42.240
 away

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.500
 the

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.980
 message

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.220
 of

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:43.760
 salvation,

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.220
 and

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:45.660
 by that

00:36:45.660 --> 00:36:45.880
 act

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.160
 you

00:36:46.160 --> 00:36:46.420
 are

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.220
 pronouncing

00:36:47.220 --> 00:36:48.360
 that

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.539
 the

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:48.880
 final

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.300
 verdict

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:49.640
 for

00:36:49.640 --> 00:36:50.300
 yourself

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:51.019
 is

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.160
 that

00:36:51.160 --> 00:36:51.360
 you're

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.559
 not

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:51.980
 worthy

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.240
 of

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.619
 saving,

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:52.960
 you're

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.180
 not

00:36:53.180 --> 00:36:53.619
 worthy

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.140
 of

00:36:54.140 --> 00:36:54.480
 eternal

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.019
 life.

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.740
 And

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:56.900
 Paul

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.140
 says

00:36:57.140 --> 00:36:57.320
 for

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.640
 that

00:36:57.640 --> 00:36:58.140
 reason

00:36:58.140 --> 00:36:58.740
 we're

00:36:58.739 --> 00:36:59.079
 turning

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.279
 to

00:36:59.279 --> 00:36:59.500
 the

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.279
 Gentiles.

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.359
 And

00:37:03.359 --> 00:37:03.539
 that

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.079
 brings

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.299
 us

00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:04.479
 to

00:37:04.479 --> 00:37:04.659
 our

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:05.000
 last

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.419
 point,

00:37:05.859 --> 00:37:06.239
 which

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:06.500
 is

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:06.919
 a

00:37:06.919 --> 00:37:07.359
 mission

00:37:07.359 --> 00:37:08.179
 driven.

00:37:09.899 --> 00:37:10.679
 It

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:10.899
 is

00:37:10.899 --> 00:37:11.319
 driven

00:37:11.319 --> 00:37:12.039
 forward

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:13.019
 even

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.599
 through

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:15.379
 denial.

00:37:17.859 --> 00:37:18.639
 Paul

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:18.939
 says

00:37:18.939 --> 00:37:19.199
 that

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:19.619
 God

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.059
 told

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.299
 us

00:37:20.299 --> 00:37:20.479
 to

00:37:20.479 --> 00:37:20.759
 move

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.299
 on

00:37:21.299 --> 00:37:21.879
 from

00:37:21.879 --> 00:37:22.259
 you

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.739
 to

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:22.939
 the

00:37:22.939 --> 00:37:23.579
 Gentiles.

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.979
 This

00:37:25.979 --> 00:37:26.179
 was

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.659
 God's

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:26.879
 plan

00:37:26.879 --> 00:37:27.079
 all

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.579
 along.

00:37:27.879 --> 00:37:28.000
 He

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.359
 quotes

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.019
 Isaiah

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.640
 49

00:37:29.640 --> 00:37:30.620
 reminding

00:37:30.620 --> 00:37:31.000
 them

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.240
 that

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:31.700
 God's

00:37:31.700 --> 00:37:32.059
 mission

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.680
 was

00:37:32.680 --> 00:37:33.099
 always

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.340
 to

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.579
 start

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.780
 with

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:33.940
 the

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.340
 Jews.

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.320
 To

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.559
 make

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:35.740
 them

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:35.900
 a

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.140
 light,

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:36.320
 an

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:36.820
 example,

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.180
 a

00:37:37.180 --> 00:37:37.500
 beacon

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.000
 of

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.599
 hope

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.620
 to

00:37:39.620 --> 00:37:39.820
 the

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.280
 world.

00:37:40.700 --> 00:37:41.059
 To

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.360
 bring

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:42.099
 salvation

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.460
 to

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:42.620
 the

00:37:42.620 --> 00:37:42.840
 world.

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.120
 Not

00:37:43.120 --> 00:37:43.440
 keep

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.079
 salvation

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.720
 just

00:37:44.720 --> 00:37:44.920
 to

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.099
 the

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.320
 Jews

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.960
 themselves.

00:37:47.700 --> 00:37:48.380
 And

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:48.680
 when the

00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:49.160
 Gentiles

00:37:49.160 --> 00:37:49.800
 heard

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.360
 this

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:50.980
 from

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.480
 Paul

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:51.960
 and

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.160
 from

00:37:52.160 --> 00:37:52.740
 Barnabas,

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.260
 as you

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:53.780
 can imagine,

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.000
 they're

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.300
 filled

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.840
 with joy.

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.120
 Right?

00:37:56.620 --> 00:37:57.180
 Excitement.

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:58.480
 There's

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.659
 this gospel

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.539
 party going

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:01.099
 on as

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.960
 they glorified

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.519
 the word

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:02.879
 of the

00:38:02.879 --> 00:38:04.000
 Lord as

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.819
 salvation is

00:38:04.819 --> 00:38:05.359
 being given

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:06.079
 to them.

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.679
 People,

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:08.599
 Gentile

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.059
 people,

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:10.519
 like us,

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:11.559
 who were

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.759
 once outside,

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:14.019
 are now

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.339
 brought

00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:15.099
 inside.

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.519
 And people

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:18.399
 got saved.

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.480
 And the

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.139
 gospel is

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:20.819
 growing through

00:38:20.819 --> 00:38:21.339
 the region.

00:38:21.339 --> 00:38:22.639
 Through the region.

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:26.279
 brothers and

00:38:26.279 --> 00:38:26.579
 sisters,

00:38:26.779 --> 00:38:27.239
 it is a

00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:27.659
 glorious

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.239
 thing

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:29.920
 when

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.900
 cold,

00:38:31.319 --> 00:38:31.679
 dead

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.400
 hearts

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.699
 are brought

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.500
 to life

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:35.219
 by the

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.539
 word of

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:35.920
 God.

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.639
 And people

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.420
 realize

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:39.500
 that God's

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.019
 mission

00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:41.699
 included

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.059
 their

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:42.699
 salvation.

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:45.059
 When the

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.559
 God of the

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:45.900
 universe

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.719
 shows up

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:47.319
 and touches

00:38:47.319 --> 00:38:48.619
 a life

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.659
 and gives

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:50.019
 it a

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.519
 purpose

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.519
 that spans

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.139
 eternity,

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:54.239
 that

00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:54.819
 experience

00:38:54.819 --> 00:38:55.420
 cannot be

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.940
 matched by

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.739
 anything else.

00:38:57.859 --> 00:38:58.500
 And that's

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:59.059
 what happened

00:38:59.059 --> 00:39:00.199
 here for

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:01.179
 the non-Jewish

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.619
 believers.

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.440
 And that's

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:05.099
 what's happened

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:06.319
 here to

00:39:06.319 --> 00:39:07.359
 all of us

00:39:07.359 --> 00:39:08.699
 outside of

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:09.500
 the Jewish

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:10.000
 people.

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.000
 So be

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.639
 encouraged

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.599
 today.

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:16.039
 Now look,

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:17.139
 Luke could

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:17.599
 have ended

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:19.019
 this passage

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.559
 with verse

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:20.059
 49,

00:39:20.259 --> 00:39:20.519
 but he

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:20.940
 didn't.

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:22.260
 And I

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:22.900
 think that

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.480
 allows us

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.820
 to see

00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:24.159
 something

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.720
 important.

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.800
 If you're

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:27.400
 a Christian

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:28.119
 this morning,

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:29.480
 if you're

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.619
 doing God's

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:30.960
 work,

00:39:31.220 --> 00:39:32.200
 people are

00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:33.539
 being

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:34.340
 changed

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:35.260
 and saved

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.700
 and people

00:39:35.700 --> 00:39:36.119
 are coming

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.679
 to church

00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:37.019
 and their

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.480
 lives are

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:38.119
 being affected

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.579
 by the

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:38.860
 Lord,

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:41.480
 there will

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:42.420
 be persecution.

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:42.500
 persecution.

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.280
 It's safe

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:45.579
 to say

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:45.900
 that if

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.420
 your life

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.960
 is void

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.780
 of persecution,

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:49.079
 that you

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.900
 are not

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:51.380
 part of

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:51.920
 God's

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.400
 mission

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:53.720
 very strongly.

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.079
 And I

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.400
 know that

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.920
 sounds

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.740
 rough.

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.700
 If your

00:39:58.700 --> 00:39:59.099
 life is

00:39:59.099 --> 00:39:59.559
 void of

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:00.159
 persecution,

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.680
 you're probably

00:40:00.680 --> 00:40:01.180
 not very

00:40:01.180 --> 00:40:01.980
 serious in

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.619
 your mission

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:03.579
 with God.

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:05.579
 God's

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.579
 love.

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.460
 I

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.980
 say that

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.340
 because I

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:11.059
 want to be

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:11.539
 honest with

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.079
 you and I

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:12.519
 want you to

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:12.860
 be honest

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:13.559
 with yourself

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:15.079
 because we

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:15.619
 know that

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.159
 Satan is

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:16.659
 alive and

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:16.880
 well.

00:40:17.279 --> 00:40:17.619
 And we

00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:18.000
 know that

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.299
 if we're

00:40:18.299 --> 00:40:19.039
 doing things

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.360
 for the

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:19.659
 Lord,

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:20.980
 Satan will

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.500
 want to

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:21.960
 knock us

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.299
 off.

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:24.119
 So if

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:25.039
 persecution

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:26.159
 and trials

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:26.799
 are coming

00:40:26.799 --> 00:40:27.420
 at you,

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.739
 then you

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:29.159
 can rest

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:29.759
 assured that

00:40:29.759 --> 00:40:30.219
 Satan is

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:30.779
 not happy

00:40:30.779 --> 00:40:31.159
 with what

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:31.599
 you're doing.

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:33.719
 But the

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:34.159
 other side

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:34.480
 of that

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:34.980
 is if

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:36.500
 you are

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.440
 attending

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:38.119
 church once

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:38.539
 a week,

00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:41.039
 like these

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.980
 Jewish rulers,

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.099
 and your

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:43.679
 life comes

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:44.139
 with no

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.739
 persecution,

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:46.559
 then you

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:47.380
 should question

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:48.339
 what are you

00:40:48.339 --> 00:40:48.719
 doing for

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:49.099
 God?

00:40:49.299 --> 00:40:50.039
 Because Satan

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.440
 is not

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:50.960
 afraid of

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.159
 you.

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.019
 Satan is

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.519
 not afraid

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:52.860
 of any

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:53.279
 work that

00:40:53.279 --> 00:40:53.880
 you're doing,

00:40:54.339 --> 00:40:55.059
 most likely

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.559
 because you're

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:56.059
 not doing

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.659
 any work.

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.380
 So I

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.659
 know that

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.279
 comes out

00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:58.739
 strong,

00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.099
 but I

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.960
 want to

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:00.659
 encourage you

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:01.400
 to be

00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:02.420
 about the

00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:03.260
 battle against

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:03.920
 Satan and

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.579
 the mission

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.380
 for God.

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.840
 Verse 50

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:11.320
 says that

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:11.960
 the Jews,

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:12.800
 those who

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.220
 were supposed

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:13.720
 to know

00:41:13.720 --> 00:41:14.180
 and love

00:41:14.180 --> 00:41:14.639
 and follow

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:15.180
 God,

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:17.160
 they were

00:41:17.160 --> 00:41:17.960
 jealous,

00:41:18.180 --> 00:41:18.539
 they were

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:18.980
 angry,

00:41:19.200 --> 00:41:19.539
 they were

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.440
 stirred up

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:21.240
 by these

00:41:21.240 --> 00:41:21.960
 crowds that

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.519
 were brought,

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:23.079
 not because

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:23.539
 of them,

00:41:23.660 --> 00:41:24.099
 but because

00:41:24.099 --> 00:41:24.380
 of the

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:24.680
 word of

00:41:24.680 --> 00:41:25.119
 the Lord.

00:41:25.700 --> 00:41:26.059
 And they

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:26.320
 brought

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:26.960
 persecution

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.400
 against

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:27.860
 Paul and

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.320
 Barnabas,

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:29.019
 and they

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.619
 drove them

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:30.079
 out of

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:30.559
 the city.

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:32.800
 Most

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:33.300
 likely,

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.300
 this

00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:34.820
 kicking

00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:35.300
 them

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:35.740
 out of

00:41:35.740 --> 00:41:36.139
 the city

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:36.700
 was not

00:41:36.700 --> 00:41:37.440
 a painless

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:38.000
 ordeal.

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.300
 Several

00:41:39.300 --> 00:41:39.980
 commentators

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:41.320
 think that

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:42.160
 there was a

00:41:42.160 --> 00:41:43.260
 beating involved

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:43.940
 with kicking

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:44.519
 them out.

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:46.740
 And so,

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.180
 again,

00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:48.139
 I remind us

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:49.079
 that Paul

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:50.039
 and Barnabas

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:51.019
 were not

00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:51.440
 wondering,

00:41:51.660 --> 00:41:51.980
 why am I

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.539
 getting beat

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:53.360
 because I'm

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:53.820
 doing what

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:54.260
 God wants

00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:54.780
 me to do?

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:55.599
 They understand

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.000
 why they're

00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:56.480
 getting beat

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:57.800
 because the

00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:58.179
 word of

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:58.500
 the Lord

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:58.940
 is going

00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.659
 out and

00:41:59.659 --> 00:42:01.260
 Satan and

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:01.960
 unbelievers

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.519
 are fighting

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:03.340
 against that.

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:08.139
 The reminder

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:09.619
 points us

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:10.119
 back to

00:42:10.119 --> 00:42:11.000
 Jesus Christ.

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:12.099
 We know

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.780
 that Jesus

00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:13.340
 lived a

00:42:13.340 --> 00:42:14.159
 perfect life.

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:15.920
 We also

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.320
 know that

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:17.300
 his message

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:18.199
 was rejected.

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:19.800
 He was

00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:20.400
 persecuted

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:21.079
 and he

00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:22.019
 was crucified.

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:24.320
 If he,

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:25.179
 our Savior,

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:27.179
 went through

00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:27.539
 that,

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:28.119
 then why

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:28.619
 would not

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:29.000
 us,

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:29.699
 his followers,

00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:30.179
 go through

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:31.039
 something similar?

00:42:32.259 --> 00:42:32.860
 A couple

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:33.599
 verses just

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.199
 to remind

00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:34.579
 us.

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:35.420
 John

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:36.599
 chapter 15

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:37.360
 verse 18.

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:38.179
 If the

00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:38.800
 world hates

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.099
 you,

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:40.059
 keep in

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.480
 mind that

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:40.880
 it hated

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:42.280
 me first.

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:43.000
 Speaking of

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.420
 Jesus.

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:45.079
 2 Timothy

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:45.880
 3.12

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:47.259
 In fact,

00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:49.039
 everyone who

00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:49.500
 wants to

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:50.239
 live a godly

00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:50.880
 life in

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:51.599
 Christ Jesus

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:53.179
 will be

00:42:53.179 --> 00:42:53.940
 persecuted.

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:57.000
 That's just

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.739
 what comes

00:42:57.739 --> 00:42:59.460
 with a

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:00.059
 Christian's

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:00.480
 life.

00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:01.339
 We're

00:43:01.339 --> 00:43:02.000
 commanded to

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.380
 share the

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:02.759
 gospel.

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:04.279
 Our job

00:43:04.279 --> 00:43:04.719
 is not to

00:43:04.719 --> 00:43:05.099
 take the

00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:06.179
 gospel and

00:43:06.179 --> 00:43:06.860
 change it

00:43:06.860 --> 00:43:07.480
 to make

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:08.360
 it pretty

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:09.279
 or soft,

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:10.199
 more acceptable

00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:11.380
 to an

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:11.960
 unbelieving

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:12.500
 world.

00:43:13.299 --> 00:43:14.119
 They are

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:14.559
 going to

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:15.219
 fight against

00:43:15.219 --> 00:43:15.519
 it.

00:43:17.500 --> 00:43:18.519
 Many will

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:19.099
 hate it.

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:19.940
 But it's

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:20.659
 the message

00:43:20.659 --> 00:43:21.619
 that God

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:22.899
 uses to

00:43:22.899 --> 00:43:23.940
 save his

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.319
 people.

00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:25.460
 It's the

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:26.179
 same message

00:43:26.179 --> 00:43:27.319
 that if

00:43:27.319 --> 00:43:27.579
 you were

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:28.219
 saved here

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:28.679
 tonight,

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.619
 was used

00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:30.139
 to bring

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:30.699
 you to

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:31.299
 salvation.

00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:36.099
 Verse 51

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:36.399
 says,

00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:36.819
 they shook

00:43:36.819 --> 00:43:37.299
 off the

00:43:37.299 --> 00:43:37.819
 dust from

00:43:37.819 --> 00:43:38.319
 their feet

00:43:38.319 --> 00:43:39.019
 against them.

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:40.139
 That is to

00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:40.399
 say,

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:42.440
 I tried to

00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:43.000
 tell you,

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:44.480
 and now the

00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:45.119
 weight of

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:47.039
 unbelief and

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:47.639
 the judgment

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:48.559
 from that is

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:48.900
 on your

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:49.199
 head.

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:51.279
 And then

00:43:51.279 --> 00:43:51.799
 they went

00:43:51.799 --> 00:43:52.880
 to Iconium.

00:43:54.239 --> 00:43:54.840
 And it

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.159
 says the

00:43:55.159 --> 00:43:55.880
 disciples were

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:56.460
 encouraged,

00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:57.039
 filled with

00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:57.500
 happiness.

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:58.659
 They were

00:43:58.659 --> 00:43:59.179
 filled with

00:43:59.179 --> 00:43:59.539
 the Holy

00:43:59.539 --> 00:43:59.980
 Spirit.

00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:01.380
 The disciples

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:01.960
 they're referring

00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:02.480
 to, those

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:03.179
 who were

00:44:03.179 --> 00:44:03.860
 left there

00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:05.519
 in Antioch,

00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:05.960
 they weren't

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:06.559
 referring to

00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:07.179
 Paul and

00:44:07.179 --> 00:44:07.719
 Barnabas.

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:08.380
 Those who

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:08.799
 were left

00:44:08.799 --> 00:44:09.139
 there, they

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:09.679
 were filled

00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:10.059
 with the

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:10.699
 Holy Spirit

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:11.779
 to continue

00:44:11.779 --> 00:44:12.360
 the mission.

00:44:13.779 --> 00:44:14.079
 Remember,

00:44:14.259 --> 00:44:15.159
 Jesus, when

00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:15.799
 he was going

00:44:15.799 --> 00:44:16.159
 back to

00:44:16.159 --> 00:44:17.079
 heaven, said

00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:17.739
 he was sending

00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:18.279
 us the

00:44:18.279 --> 00:44:18.939
 Holy Spirit

00:44:18.939 --> 00:44:20.000
 to live

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:20.719
 in us for

00:44:20.719 --> 00:44:21.259
 the purpose

00:44:21.259 --> 00:44:21.959
 of God's

00:44:21.959 --> 00:44:23.579
 mission, to

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:24.319
 encourage us,

00:44:24.399 --> 00:44:24.979
 to strengthen

00:44:24.979 --> 00:44:25.519
 us, to

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:28.159
 help us, to

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:29.139
 drive us

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:30.399
 forward in

00:44:30.399 --> 00:44:31.119
 God's mission.

00:44:32.719 --> 00:44:33.699
 Now I know

00:44:33.699 --> 00:44:34.599
 in this room

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:35.239
 tonight there

00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:36.459
 are two

00:44:36.459 --> 00:44:37.399
 groups of

00:44:37.399 --> 00:44:37.759
 people.

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:38.939
 There are

00:44:38.939 --> 00:44:39.299
 those who

00:44:39.299 --> 00:44:39.859
 are saved

00:44:39.859 --> 00:44:40.399
 and those

00:44:40.399 --> 00:44:41.019
 who are

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:41.479
 not.

00:44:42.299 --> 00:44:42.599
 And so

00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:43.259
 like Paul

00:44:43.259 --> 00:44:43.819
 was preaching

00:44:43.819 --> 00:44:44.339
 the gospel

00:44:44.339 --> 00:44:45.319
 to the people

00:44:45.319 --> 00:44:46.659
 in Antioch,

00:44:46.659 --> 00:44:47.399
 I'm

00:44:47.399 --> 00:44:47.859
 presenting

00:44:47.859 --> 00:44:48.719
 to you

00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:49.739
 the gospel

00:44:49.739 --> 00:44:51.339
 from God's

00:44:51.339 --> 00:44:52.699
 word, not

00:44:52.699 --> 00:44:54.559
 man's words, not

00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:55.299
 my word, but

00:44:55.299 --> 00:44:56.059
 God's word.

00:44:56.719 --> 00:44:57.460
 God has made

00:44:57.460 --> 00:44:58.839
 salvation available

00:44:58.839 --> 00:44:59.960
 to you.

00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:03.940
 If you don't

00:45:03.940 --> 00:45:04.559
 know that

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:05.579
 salvation, if

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:06.199
 you have not

00:45:06.199 --> 00:45:07.059
 put your trust

00:45:07.059 --> 00:45:07.739
 in Jesus,

00:45:08.460 --> 00:45:10.159
 you can't

00:45:10.159 --> 00:45:11.239
 know God,

00:45:11.359 --> 00:45:12.079
 you can't be

00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:13.179
 on God's

00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:15.920
 mission if

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:16.519
 there is no

00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:17.219
 belief in

00:45:17.219 --> 00:45:17.779
 his son.

00:45:20.759 --> 00:45:21.440
 And so

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:21.699
 if you

00:45:21.699 --> 00:45:22.259
 haven't trusted

00:45:22.259 --> 00:45:23.500
 Jesus, I

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:23.960
 would urge

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:24.940
 you not

00:45:24.940 --> 00:45:25.639
 to continue

00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:26.579
 like the

00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:27.299
 Jews in

00:45:27.299 --> 00:45:30.059
 unbelief and

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:31.000
 risk and

00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:31.539
 eternity

00:45:31.539 --> 00:45:32.759
 separated from

00:45:32.759 --> 00:45:33.179
 God.

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:34.819
 And so I

00:45:34.819 --> 00:45:35.219
 would encourage

00:45:35.219 --> 00:45:35.699
 you to come

00:45:35.699 --> 00:45:36.239
 talk to me

00:45:36.239 --> 00:45:36.739
 after the

00:45:36.739 --> 00:45:37.000
 service.

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:37.759
 Come talk

00:45:37.759 --> 00:45:38.159
 to someone

00:45:38.159 --> 00:45:38.659
 next to

00:45:38.659 --> 00:45:38.900
 you.

00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:39.559
 Reach out

00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:40.119
 to someone.

00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:43.000
 For those

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.840
 who already

00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:44.819
 know and

00:45:44.819 --> 00:45:45.279
 have put

00:45:45.279 --> 00:45:45.980
 their belief

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.779
 in Jesus,

00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:48.279
 let me ask

00:45:48.279 --> 00:45:48.699
 you something

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:49.299
 this evening.

00:45:50.340 --> 00:45:51.319
 Are you

00:45:51.319 --> 00:45:52.900
 on God's

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:53.840
 mission or

00:45:53.840 --> 00:45:54.880
 your own

00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:55.239
 mission?

00:45:56.480 --> 00:45:57.480
 Are you a

00:45:57.480 --> 00:45:58.219
 religious person

00:45:58.219 --> 00:45:58.940
 going to church

00:45:58.940 --> 00:45:59.860
 every week and

00:45:59.860 --> 00:46:00.840
 you hear the

00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:02.440
 word and

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:03.559
 that's your

00:46:03.559 --> 00:46:04.000
 part?

00:46:05.319 --> 00:46:06.119
 And has

00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:06.659
 God moved

00:46:06.659 --> 00:46:07.440
 on from you

00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:08.059
 because you

00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:09.460
 are not like

00:46:09.460 --> 00:46:09.960
 Paul and

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:10.519
 Barnabas and

00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:11.059
 the people who

00:46:11.059 --> 00:46:11.400
 are being

00:46:11.400 --> 00:46:11.799
 saved?

00:46:11.800 --> 00:46:12.380
 You're not

00:46:12.380 --> 00:46:13.180
 desiring to

00:46:13.180 --> 00:46:14.200
 be part of

00:46:14.200 --> 00:46:14.680
 the mission

00:46:14.680 --> 00:46:15.740
 to allow

00:46:15.740 --> 00:46:16.080
 the Holy

00:46:16.080 --> 00:46:16.740
 Spirit to

00:46:16.740 --> 00:46:17.080
 work?

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:21.220
 Is there

00:46:21.220 --> 00:46:22.100
 no involvement

00:46:22.100 --> 00:46:23.200
 in what God

00:46:23.200 --> 00:46:24.140
 wants you to

00:46:24.140 --> 00:46:24.620
 be doing?

00:46:25.900 --> 00:46:26.760
 Maybe it's

00:46:26.760 --> 00:46:27.860
 because of a

00:46:27.860 --> 00:46:28.800
 stubborn heart

00:46:28.800 --> 00:46:31.060
 or unwillingness

00:46:31.060 --> 00:46:32.120
 to do what

00:46:32.120 --> 00:46:32.940
 God wants.

00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:35.960
 Maybe it's

00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:39.260
 stop clinging

00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:40.240
 to something

00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:41.179
 that God's

00:46:41.179 --> 00:46:41.599
 calling you

00:46:41.599 --> 00:46:42.179
 to let go.

00:46:42.179 --> 00:46:43.059
 So there's

00:46:43.059 --> 00:46:43.659
 this battle.

00:46:43.919 --> 00:46:44.779
 I urge you

00:46:44.779 --> 00:46:45.519
 to let those

00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:46.179
 things go

00:46:46.179 --> 00:46:47.500
 and let God

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:48.339
 be your

00:46:48.339 --> 00:46:48.859
 director

00:46:48.859 --> 00:46:50.099
 tonight.

00:46:52.879 --> 00:46:53.659
 A couple

00:46:53.659 --> 00:46:54.259
 practical

00:46:54.259 --> 00:46:55.739
 aspects of

00:46:55.739 --> 00:46:56.939
 this passage

00:46:56.939 --> 00:46:57.959
 and some

00:46:57.959 --> 00:46:58.579
 of you I

00:46:58.579 --> 00:46:59.159
 know do

00:46:59.159 --> 00:46:59.659
 this very

00:46:59.659 --> 00:46:59.979
 well.

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:00.339
 So I want

00:47:00.339 --> 00:47:00.759
 to encourage

00:47:00.759 --> 00:47:01.379
 you to keep

00:47:01.379 --> 00:47:02.039
 doing those

00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:02.459
 things.

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:02.500
 things.

00:47:02.820 --> 00:47:03.400
 But if

00:47:03.400 --> 00:47:04.159
 you're a

00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:04.840
 new Christian

00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:05.420
 or maybe

00:47:05.420 --> 00:47:05.699
 you've been

00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:06.099
 a Christian

00:47:06.099 --> 00:47:06.699
 for a few

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:07.420
 years and

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:07.800
 you find

00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:09.199
 yourself not

00:47:09.199 --> 00:47:10.079
 you just feel

00:47:10.079 --> 00:47:10.940
 not connected

00:47:10.940 --> 00:47:11.579
 to God's

00:47:11.579 --> 00:47:11.880
 mission.

00:47:12.099 --> 00:47:12.440
 You don't

00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:12.820
 know what

00:47:12.820 --> 00:47:13.220
 God is

00:47:13.220 --> 00:47:13.679
 doing in

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:14.220
 your life.

00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:16.599
 Sometimes you

00:47:16.599 --> 00:47:17.159
 feel like you're

00:47:17.159 --> 00:47:17.920
 moving backwards

00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:18.880
 and not forward.

00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:21.240
 a couple

00:47:21.240 --> 00:47:21.900
 things that

00:47:21.900 --> 00:47:22.420
 you can be

00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:22.820
 doing.

00:47:24.420 --> 00:47:25.140
 And these

00:47:25.140 --> 00:47:25.880
 are basic

00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:26.140
 things.

00:47:26.200 --> 00:47:26.820
 I say basic

00:47:26.820 --> 00:47:27.320
 things because

00:47:27.320 --> 00:47:27.700
 we never

00:47:27.700 --> 00:47:28.880
 move away

00:47:28.880 --> 00:47:29.440
 from them.

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:31.140
 And that

00:47:31.140 --> 00:47:32.039
 is Bible

00:47:32.039 --> 00:47:32.440
 reading.

00:47:32.820 --> 00:47:33.559
 We can't

00:47:33.559 --> 00:47:34.440
 know God

00:47:34.440 --> 00:47:35.380
 outside of

00:47:35.380 --> 00:47:35.940
 his word.

00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:36.780
 So read

00:47:36.780 --> 00:47:37.180
 the Bible.

00:47:38.760 --> 00:47:39.680
 We know

00:47:39.680 --> 00:47:40.360
 that prayer

00:47:40.360 --> 00:47:41.180
 has power.

00:47:41.539 --> 00:47:42.400
 So we need

00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:43.140
 to be about

00:47:43.140 --> 00:47:44.539
 praying to

00:47:44.539 --> 00:47:45.220
 our God.

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:48.860
 So make

00:47:48.860 --> 00:47:49.320
 prayer a

00:47:49.320 --> 00:47:49.599
 habit.

00:47:50.280 --> 00:47:50.920
 Make Bible

00:47:50.920 --> 00:47:51.380
 reading a

00:47:51.380 --> 00:47:51.579
 habit.

00:47:51.820 --> 00:47:52.340
 And as we

00:47:52.340 --> 00:47:53.019
 do those

00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:54.559
 things, like

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:56.180
 David, we

00:47:56.180 --> 00:47:57.160
 allow God's

00:47:57.160 --> 00:47:57.640
 will to

00:47:57.640 --> 00:47:58.500
 become our

00:47:58.500 --> 00:48:00.220
 will, we

00:48:00.220 --> 00:48:00.980
 won't miss

00:48:00.980 --> 00:48:01.940
 the mission

00:48:01.940 --> 00:48:02.680
 that he has

00:48:02.680 --> 00:48:03.300
 for us.

00:48:05.820 --> 00:48:06.740
 Last night

00:48:06.740 --> 00:48:08.059
 after I put

00:48:08.059 --> 00:48:09.099
 Juliet to

00:48:09.099 --> 00:48:10.120
 bed, it's

00:48:10.120 --> 00:48:11.400
 part of our

00:48:11.400 --> 00:48:12.320
 nighttime

00:48:12.320 --> 00:48:13.240
 routine where

00:48:13.240 --> 00:48:14.160
 I sit next

00:48:14.160 --> 00:48:14.660
 to her bed

00:48:14.660 --> 00:48:15.640
 and I just

00:48:15.640 --> 00:48:16.660
 do work.

00:48:16.760 --> 00:48:17.519
 I read on

00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:18.140
 my phone or

00:48:18.140 --> 00:48:18.640
 I type on

00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:19.019
 the computer

00:48:19.019 --> 00:48:19.539
 and she

00:48:19.539 --> 00:48:19.940
 lays in

00:48:19.940 --> 00:48:20.359
 bed and

00:48:20.359 --> 00:48:21.119
 she likes

00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:21.440
 to fall

00:48:21.440 --> 00:48:21.940
 asleep that

00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:22.199
 way.

00:48:22.299 --> 00:48:22.500
 So I

00:48:22.500 --> 00:48:22.900
 usually get

00:48:22.900 --> 00:48:24.119
 about 10-15

00:48:24.119 --> 00:48:25.199
 minutes where

00:48:25.199 --> 00:48:26.079
 she's fallen

00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:26.500
 asleep.

00:48:26.719 --> 00:48:27.519
 And as I

00:48:27.519 --> 00:48:28.119
 did, I was

00:48:28.119 --> 00:48:29.179
 thinking about

00:48:29.179 --> 00:48:30.139
 Mount Pisgah

00:48:30.139 --> 00:48:30.679
 where I

00:48:30.679 --> 00:48:31.960
 helped make

00:48:31.960 --> 00:48:32.460
 Bibles.

00:48:33.000 --> 00:48:33.339
 And so I was

00:48:33.339 --> 00:48:34.039
 just curious and

00:48:34.039 --> 00:48:34.539
 I looked it

00:48:34.539 --> 00:48:36.679
 up and it

00:48:36.679 --> 00:48:37.659
 was pretty cool

00:48:37.659 --> 00:48:38.379
 because they're

00:48:38.379 --> 00:48:39.259
 still there,

00:48:39.599 --> 00:48:39.859
 right?

00:48:40.219 --> 00:48:40.839
 They've actually

00:48:40.839 --> 00:48:41.679
 grown bigger.

00:48:41.859 --> 00:48:43.159
 So now, 40

00:48:43.159 --> 00:48:43.960
 years later,

00:48:44.539 --> 00:48:45.279
 they're still

00:48:45.279 --> 00:48:46.420
 printing Bibles.

00:48:46.420 --> 00:48:47.159
 I think in

00:48:47.159 --> 00:48:47.920
 over 16

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:48.840
 different languages,

00:48:49.539 --> 00:48:50.200
 they're still

00:48:50.200 --> 00:48:50.720
 sending out

00:48:50.720 --> 00:48:51.320
 Bibles all

00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:51.700
 over the

00:48:51.700 --> 00:48:52.079
 world.

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:54.340
 So I'm just

00:48:54.340 --> 00:48:54.960
 thinking about

00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:55.700
 that mission

00:48:55.700 --> 00:48:56.920
 and how they're

00:48:56.920 --> 00:48:57.960
 continuing on.

00:48:59.079 --> 00:49:00.159
 As people of

00:49:00.159 --> 00:49:02.360
 God, let us

00:49:02.360 --> 00:49:04.180
 connect to the

00:49:04.180 --> 00:49:05.180
 mission that God

00:49:05.180 --> 00:49:05.800
 is directing.

00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:08.260
 Let us not

00:49:08.260 --> 00:49:09.320
 deny our

00:49:09.320 --> 00:49:10.579
 responsibility in

00:49:10.579 --> 00:49:11.180
 that mission

00:49:11.179 --> 00:49:12.739
 mission and

00:49:12.739 --> 00:49:13.480
 let us allow

00:49:13.480 --> 00:49:14.279
 the Holy Spirit

00:49:14.279 --> 00:49:15.279
 to drive us

00:49:15.279 --> 00:49:17.159
 forward in

00:49:17.159 --> 00:49:17.699
 all that God

00:49:17.699 --> 00:49:18.759
 has for us.

00:49:21.399 --> 00:49:22.299
 Let's close

00:49:22.299 --> 00:49:22.759
 in prayer.

00:49:29.339 --> 00:49:30.139
 Lord God,

00:49:30.219 --> 00:49:30.599
 again, we

00:49:30.599 --> 00:49:31.440
 thank you for

00:49:31.440 --> 00:49:33.299
 your word and

00:49:33.299 --> 00:49:37.079
 for these

00:49:37.079 --> 00:49:37.679
 missionary

00:49:37.679 --> 00:49:38.599
 stories.

00:49:38.599 --> 00:49:42.579
 about how

00:49:42.579 --> 00:49:43.019
 you are

00:49:43.019 --> 00:49:43.519
 doing a

00:49:43.519 --> 00:49:43.819
 work.

00:49:45.460 --> 00:49:46.339
 Lord, help

00:49:46.339 --> 00:49:47.400
 us not to

00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:49.199
 just get

00:49:49.199 --> 00:49:50.159
 comfortable in

00:49:50.159 --> 00:49:51.019
 our life and

00:49:51.019 --> 00:49:52.039
 deny what you

00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:52.860
 are doing and

00:49:52.860 --> 00:49:55.420
 disconnect from

00:49:55.420 --> 00:49:56.139
 the one who

00:49:56.139 --> 00:49:56.779
 has given us

00:49:56.779 --> 00:49:57.400
 salvation.

00:49:59.119 --> 00:50:00.079
 God, help us

00:50:00.079 --> 00:50:01.000
 move in each

00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:01.860
 person's life,

00:50:01.960 --> 00:50:02.679
 knowing that each

00:50:02.679 --> 00:50:03.619
 person's situation

00:50:03.619 --> 00:50:04.460
 is different and

00:50:04.460 --> 00:50:05.619
 what you call

00:50:05.619 --> 00:50:07.579
 from them for

00:50:07.579 --> 00:50:08.519
 them to do,

00:50:08.599 --> 00:50:09.420
 is different.

00:50:10.239 --> 00:50:10.980
 Lord, work in

00:50:10.980 --> 00:50:12.339
 their lives and

00:50:12.339 --> 00:50:12.980
 their hearts.

00:50:14.420 --> 00:50:15.279
 Help them not

00:50:15.279 --> 00:50:16.059
 to deny

00:50:16.059 --> 00:50:19.699
 what you are

00:50:19.699 --> 00:50:20.019
 doing.

00:50:20.279 --> 00:50:20.719
 Lord, help

00:50:20.719 --> 00:50:21.239
 them to follow

00:50:21.239 --> 00:50:21.839
 the Spirit.

00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:23.059
 Help us to

00:50:23.059 --> 00:50:23.839
 follow the Spirit.

00:50:23.940 --> 00:50:25.039
 Help us to

00:50:25.039 --> 00:50:25.900
 seek you in

00:50:25.900 --> 00:50:26.500
 your word.

00:50:27.739 --> 00:50:28.639
 And God, may

00:50:28.639 --> 00:50:30.239
 we be driven

00:50:30.239 --> 00:50:31.480
 forward in

00:50:31.480 --> 00:50:32.059
 your mission

00:50:32.059 --> 00:50:33.360
 through the

00:50:33.360 --> 00:50:33.839
 work of the

00:50:33.839 --> 00:50:34.539
 Holy Spirit.

00:50:34.679 --> 00:50:35.279
 Lord, in your

00:50:35.279 --> 00:50:36.039
 name we pray.

00:50:36.519 --> 00:50:36.819
 Amen.