WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.419 for each one of us. 00:00:03.379 --> 00:00:05.960 And it is a complete guide 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:08.939 for our faith, what we believe, 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:11.359 and what we practice. 00:00:12.839 --> 00:00:16.059 You and I must be careful not to divide the Scriptures. 00:00:16.620 --> 00:00:19.140 It's a complete whole. 00:00:19.900 --> 00:00:22.859 And all written under the superintendence 00:00:22.859 --> 00:00:24.560 of the Holy Spirit. 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:27.800 Hadn't Jesus Himself said these words 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:30.240 in John 16 and verse 13, 00:00:31.179 --> 00:00:34.899 when the Spirit of truth comes, 00:00:34.899 --> 00:00:38.820 He will guide you into some truth? 00:00:40.100 --> 00:00:41.579 Partial truth? 00:00:42.939 --> 00:00:46.679 No, when He, the Holy Spirit of truth, comes, 00:00:47.019 --> 00:00:50.679 He will guide you into all truth. 00:00:51.400 --> 00:00:53.179 We don't need any more 00:00:53.179 --> 00:00:56.340 than what is written in this book. 00:00:56.340 --> 00:00:59.160 This is our foundation. 00:00:59.900 --> 00:01:03.900 This is where we stand as believers. 00:01:05.260 --> 00:01:08.760 And we are to devote ourselves 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:11.240 to the apostles' teaching. 00:01:11.859 --> 00:01:15.260 It's the foundation of the church. 00:01:15.260 --> 00:01:20.740 Ephesians 2 and verse 19 says this, 00:01:21.960 --> 00:01:23.300 that we are God's people 00:01:23.300 --> 00:01:26.780 and members of God's household 00:01:26.780 --> 00:01:29.960 built upon the foundation 00:01:29.960 --> 00:01:32.760 of the apostles and prophets 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:35.780 with Christ Jesus Himself 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:39.260 as the chief cornerstone. 00:01:39.260 --> 00:01:44.040 We move the foundation 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:48.240 and the building collapses. 00:01:49.960 --> 00:01:51.620 There is no church 00:01:51.620 --> 00:01:53.820 in the meaningful sense. 00:01:54.820 --> 00:01:55.820 So thank God 00:01:55.820 --> 00:01:57.560 for His word. 00:01:59.300 --> 00:02:00.160 The third thing 00:02:00.160 --> 00:02:01.780 that I want to bring before you 00:02:01.780 --> 00:02:02.960 this morning is this, 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:06.019 that their teaching 00:02:06.019 --> 00:02:08.039 was full 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:11.000 of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.299 After Peter explains 00:02:15.299 --> 00:02:16.219 what has happened 00:02:16.219 --> 00:02:17.780 on the day of Pentecost, 00:02:18.620 --> 00:02:19.659 how he speaks about 00:02:19.659 --> 00:02:20.680 Joel the prophet, 00:02:21.699 --> 00:02:22.680 what does he do? 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:25.259 Well, he speaks 00:02:25.259 --> 00:02:26.620 about Christ. 00:02:26.620 --> 00:02:26.819 Christ. 00:02:28.020 --> 00:02:30.140 And we shouldn't be surprised. 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:30.580 Why? 00:02:30.980 --> 00:02:32.800 Well, because the Holy Spirit 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:33.860 of truth, 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:36.900 his task is 00:02:36.900 --> 00:02:38.219 to bring glory 00:02:38.219 --> 00:02:39.420 to Christ. 00:02:40.900 --> 00:02:42.120 And that's exactly 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:43.180 what is happening 00:02:43.180 --> 00:02:45.159 as Peter preaches 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:46.819 from verse 22 00:02:46.819 --> 00:02:47.740 onwards 00:02:47.740 --> 00:02:48.719 right through 00:02:48.719 --> 00:02:49.620 to verse 41. 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:52.020 He's saying 00:02:52.020 --> 00:02:53.960 who this Jesus is 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:55.400 and what they must do 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:57.640 about this Lord Jesus. 00:02:59.039 --> 00:03:00.740 So he speaks 00:03:00.740 --> 00:03:03.700 of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:03:03.900 --> 00:03:05.360 He speaks of His miracles. 00:03:05.939 --> 00:03:06.879 Those signs 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:07.599 that pointed 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:09.379 to who He was. 00:03:11.640 --> 00:03:12.960 He speaks about 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:14.800 the crucifixion of Christ. 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:16.759 He has a lot to say 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:18.099 about the resurrection 00:03:18.099 --> 00:03:19.219 of Christ. 00:03:20.040 --> 00:03:20.960 He speaks about 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:21.860 the glory 00:03:21.860 --> 00:03:23.740 that He has gone to. 00:03:24.259 --> 00:03:25.340 He speaks to us 00:03:25.340 --> 00:03:26.180 very clearly 00:03:26.180 --> 00:03:27.520 of the Savior, 00:03:27.939 --> 00:03:29.379 the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:03:30.979 --> 00:03:32.580 And the people heard 00:03:32.580 --> 00:03:33.960 and they believed 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:34.819 about this 00:03:34.819 --> 00:03:35.900 Lord Jesus Christ. 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:37.140 What shall we do? 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:37.939 Repent 00:03:37.939 --> 00:03:39.259 and put your trust 00:03:39.259 --> 00:03:39.819 in Him. 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:42.800 And you will receive 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:43.460 the forgiveness 00:03:43.460 --> 00:03:44.719 of your sins. 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:46.500 Your problems 00:03:46.500 --> 00:03:47.460 of sin, 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:48.580 the problem of sin 00:03:48.580 --> 00:03:49.699 will be dealt with 00:03:49.699 --> 00:03:52.099 and be baptized. 00:03:52.099 --> 00:03:55.759 You see, 00:03:55.859 --> 00:03:56.500 the apostles 00:03:56.500 --> 00:03:59.039 knew what Jesus 00:03:59.039 --> 00:03:59.719 had said. 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:01.979 Go into 00:04:01.979 --> 00:04:03.519 all the world 00:04:03.519 --> 00:04:05.119 and preach 00:04:05.119 --> 00:04:06.019 the gospel. 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:08.519 And I'll be with you 00:04:08.519 --> 00:04:10.819 and teach them 00:04:10.819 --> 00:04:11.500 everything 00:04:11.500 --> 00:04:12.459 that I have 00:04:12.459 --> 00:04:13.419 commanded you. 00:04:13.419 --> 00:04:16.099 So they told 00:04:16.099 --> 00:04:16.879 of Jesus 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:19.079 and they glorified 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:19.539 Jesus 00:04:19.539 --> 00:04:20.680 and they taught 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:21.599 the sayings 00:04:21.599 --> 00:04:22.339 of Jesus. 00:04:23.419 --> 00:04:24.379 Their teaching 00:04:24.379 --> 00:04:25.339 was full 00:04:25.339 --> 00:04:27.219 of a glorified 00:04:27.219 --> 00:04:28.180 Christ. 00:04:30.860 --> 00:04:32.439 The real Jesus 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:33.560 was proclaimed 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:34.639 in the power 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:35.879 of the Spirit. 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:37.980 and they 00:04:37.980 --> 00:04:39.040 continued 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:40.639 steadfast 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:42.279 in the apostles 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:43.240 teaching 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:45.519 which glorified 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:46.339 the Lord 00:04:46.339 --> 00:04:47.420 Jesus Christ. 00:04:47.860 --> 00:04:48.420 And we know 00:04:48.420 --> 00:04:49.219 that's true. 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:51.279 When they were 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:51.980 persecuted, 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:53.399 what did they do? 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:54.579 Well, 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:55.480 they went everywhere. 00:04:56.060 --> 00:04:56.980 And what did they do 00:04:56.980 --> 00:04:58.019 when they went everywhere? 00:04:58.019 --> 00:04:59.399 They preached 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:00.159 Christ. 00:05:03.500 --> 00:05:04.439 Wouldn't it be 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:04.980 wonderful 00:05:04.980 --> 00:05:07.360 if you went 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:08.360 down the streets 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:09.800 of Carragaleine? 00:05:11.960 --> 00:05:12.660 And people 00:05:12.660 --> 00:05:13.360 weren't talking 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:14.259 about the weather. 00:05:15.200 --> 00:05:15.780 Although there's 00:05:15.780 --> 00:05:16.480 a lot to talk 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:17.140 about the weather 00:05:17.140 --> 00:05:18.140 at the present time. 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:21.120 But people's 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:21.920 conversation 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:24.140 was about 00:05:24.140 --> 00:05:24.840 the Savior. 00:05:27.520 --> 00:05:28.340 But is 00:05:28.340 --> 00:05:29.680 our conversation 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:30.540 about 00:05:30.540 --> 00:05:31.379 the Savior? 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:34.319 Oh, 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:35.120 that we might 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:35.699 know that 00:05:35.699 --> 00:05:36.659 movement in 00:05:36.659 --> 00:05:37.560 our hearts. 00:05:37.699 --> 00:05:38.379 For I know 00:05:38.379 --> 00:05:39.159 myself, 00:05:40.159 --> 00:05:40.620 and know that 00:05:40.620 --> 00:05:41.279 it is true 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:42.360 of you also, 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:44.500 that sometimes 00:05:44.500 --> 00:05:45.279 your hearts 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:46.399 are cold 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:48.360 as far as 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:48.860 the Savior 00:05:48.860 --> 00:05:50.199 is concerned. 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:52.620 Oh, 00:05:52.699 --> 00:05:53.360 that the Lord 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:54.039 will come 00:05:54.039 --> 00:05:55.219 afresh to us. 00:05:55.379 --> 00:05:56.500 And with a power 00:05:56.500 --> 00:05:57.219 that perhaps 00:05:57.219 --> 00:05:57.899 we have not 00:05:57.899 --> 00:05:58.800 known before, 00:05:59.699 --> 00:06:00.839 that we're 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:02.480 full of Christ. 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:04.540 because we 00:06:04.540 --> 00:06:05.280 have taken 00:06:05.280 --> 00:06:06.000 notice 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:07.840 of what the 00:06:07.840 --> 00:06:08.860 scriptures say, 00:06:09.540 --> 00:06:10.460 and we will 00:06:10.460 --> 00:06:11.560 become devoted 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:12.860 to the 00:06:12.860 --> 00:06:13.360 apostles' 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:14.060 teaching, 00:06:14.300 --> 00:06:14.860 which was 00:06:14.860 --> 00:06:16.480 full of 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:17.000 Christ. 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:20.540 The fourth 00:06:20.540 --> 00:06:21.100 thing I want 00:06:21.100 --> 00:06:21.720 to say this 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:22.040 morning, 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:24.500 their devotion 00:06:24.500 --> 00:06:26.100 to the 00:06:26.100 --> 00:06:26.680 apostles' 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:27.340 teaching 00:06:27.339 --> 00:06:28.719 was 00:06:28.719 --> 00:06:29.359 continuous. 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:31.699 A literal 00:06:31.699 --> 00:06:32.500 translation 00:06:32.500 --> 00:06:33.719 of verse 42, 00:06:34.139 --> 00:06:35.000 the first 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:35.399 part of 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:36.179 verse 42, 00:06:36.739 --> 00:06:37.359 says this, 00:06:37.719 --> 00:06:38.219 they were 00:06:38.219 --> 00:06:39.459 continually 00:06:39.459 --> 00:06:40.839 devoting 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:41.419 themselves 00:06:41.419 --> 00:06:42.959 to the 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:43.500 apostles' 00:06:44.059 --> 00:06:44.479 teaching. 00:06:45.819 --> 00:06:46.219 And let's 00:06:46.219 --> 00:06:46.559 think, 00:06:46.699 --> 00:06:47.399 these apostles, 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:48.259 who were 00:06:48.259 --> 00:06:48.519 they? 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:49.559 Well, 00:06:49.579 --> 00:06:49.959 they were 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--> 00:07:13.720 that the 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:14.740 whole world 00:07:14.740 --> 00:07:15.620 was turned 00:07:15.620 --> 00:07:16.800 upside down 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:19.180 as a 00:07:19.180 --> 00:07:19.980 result of 00:07:19.980 --> 00:07:20.160 the 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:21.460 apostolic 00:07:21.460 --> 00:07:22.300 teaching. 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:23.940 As people 00:07:23.940 --> 00:07:24.720 heard it, 00:07:25.320 --> 00:07:25.940 they sought 00:07:25.940 --> 00:07:26.740 to communicate 00:07:26.740 --> 00:07:28.540 to others. 00:07:29.280 --> 00:07:29.700 They were 00:07:29.700 --> 00:07:30.580 continually 00:07:30.580 --> 00:07:31.400 devoting 00:07:31.400 --> 00:07:31.960 themselves 00:07:31.960 --> 00:07:33.140 to the 00:07:33.140 --> 00:07:33.740 apostles' 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:34.620 teaching. 00:07:35.140 --> 00:07:35.580 They were 00:07:35.580 --> 00:07:36.620 steadfast. 00:07:36.880 --> 00:07:37.260 They were 00:07:37.260 --> 00:07:38.820 single-minded. 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00:08:05.139 --> 00:08:05.500 But there 00:08:05.500 --> 00:08:05.920 was this 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:07.139 change of 00:08:07.139 --> 00:08:07.800 direction. 00:08:10.180 --> 00:08:11.139 And they 00:08:11.139 --> 00:08:11.699 devoted 00:08:11.699 --> 00:08:12.339 themselves 00:08:12.339 --> 00:08:13.240 continually 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:15.159 to the 00:08:15.159 --> 00:08:15.539 apostles' 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:16.180 teaching. 00:08:16.180 --> 00:08:16.280 teaching. 00:08:17.280 --> 00:08:18.759 So I'll 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:19.319 ask you the 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:20.160 question as I 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:21.139 asked myself 00:08:21.139 --> 00:08:22.959 as I prepared 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:23.720 this message. 00:08:24.340 --> 00:08:25.780 How devoted 00:08:25.780 --> 00:08:26.900 am I? 00:08:27.280 --> 00:08:28.759 How devoted 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:29.980 are you? 00:08:29.980 --> 00:08:32.420 do you have 00:08:32.420 --> 00:08:33.379 a longing 00:08:33.379 --> 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00:08:58.500 bother to 00:08:58.500 --> 00:08:58.960 pick up 00:08:58.960 --> 00:08:59.600 your Bible? 00:09:01.400 --> 00:09:01.879 When you 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:02.460 come on 00:09:02.460 --> 00:09:03.100 a Sunday, 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:03.940 you say, 00:09:04.019 --> 00:09:04.120 well, 00:09:04.139 --> 00:09:04.519 I've heard 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:04.920 it all 00:09:04.920 --> 00:09:05.720 before. 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:07.080 Instead of 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:07.700 coming with 00:09:07.700 --> 00:09:08.820 anticipation. 00:09:10.660 --> 00:09:11.259 Do you 00:09:11.259 --> 00:09:12.180 bother to 00:09:12.180 --> 00:09:12.620 get out 00:09:12.620 --> 00:09:13.019 for the 00:09:13.019 --> 00:09:14.139 Bible study 00:09:14.139 --> 00:09:14.820 in the 00:09:14.820 --> 00:09:15.420 midweek? 00:09:17.019 --> 00:09:17.340 Oh, I 00:09:17.340 --> 00:09:17.780 know there 00:09:17.780 --> 00:09:18.259 are various 00:09:18.259 --> 00:09:18.860 reasons why 00:09:18.860 --> 00:09:19.879 you can't 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:20.500 be there. 00:09:22.340 --> 00:09:23.340 But examine 00:09:23.340 --> 00:09:24.240 those reasons, 00:09:24.500 --> 00:09:24.920 whether they 00:09:24.920 --> 00:09:25.519 are genuine 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:26.100 reasons. 00:09:26.340 --> 00:09:26.639 And I'm 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:27.060 not just 00:09:27.060 --> 00:09:27.540 saying this 00:09:27.540 --> 00:09:28.580 to older 00:09:28.580 --> 00:09:29.040 people. 00:09:30.340 --> 00:09:30.620 I'm 00:09:30.620 --> 00:09:30.980 saying it 00:09:30.980 --> 00:09:31.360 to young 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:32.000 people as 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:32.300 well. 00:09:33.500 --> 00:09:33.940 Somewhere 00:09:33.940 --> 00:09:34.780 along the 00:09:34.780 --> 00:09:35.259 line, 00:09:36.900 --> 00:09:37.440 somebody 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:38.400 said or 00:09:38.400 --> 00:09:38.980 suggested 00:09:38.980 --> 00:09:40.960 that the 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:41.680 Bible study 00:09:41.680 --> 00:09:42.740 was just 00:09:42.740 --> 00:09:43.820 for people 00:09:43.820 --> 00:09:44.379 of a 00:09:44.379 --> 00:09:45.360 certain age. 00:09:46.780 --> 00:09:47.500 Where do 00:09:47.500 --> 00:09:47.840 you find 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:48.540 that in 00:09:48.540 --> 00:09:49.480 this book? 00:09:50.180 --> 00:09:50.520 Oh, I 00:09:50.520 --> 00:09:50.800 know you 00:09:50.800 --> 00:09:51.259 have your 00:09:51.259 --> 00:09:51.860 studies, 00:09:53.520 --> 00:09:54.020 and perhaps 00:09:54.020 --> 00:09:54.700 it's just as 00:09:54.700 --> 00:09:55.259 simple as 00:09:55.259 --> 00:09:56.180 meant not 00:09:56.180 --> 00:09:56.920 spending quite 00:09:56.919 --> 00:09:57.399 so much 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:58.240 in Facebook 00:09:58.240 --> 00:09:59.500 so that 00:09:59.500 --> 00:09:59.759 you can 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:00.059 be at 00:10:00.059 --> 00:10:00.199 the 00:10:00.199 --> 00:10:00.459 Bible 00:10:00.459 --> 00:10:00.860 study. 00:10:03.599 --> 00:10:04.299 You have 00:10:04.299 --> 00:10:04.779 to answer 00:10:04.779 --> 00:10:05.259 that. 00:10:05.479 --> 00:10:06.099 I can't 00:10:06.099 --> 00:10:06.719 be your 00:10:06.719 --> 00:10:07.379 conscience. 00:10:09.419 --> 00:10:10.059 Are we 00:10:10.059 --> 00:10:11.259 growing in 00:10:11.259 --> 00:10:12.179 our Christian 00:10:12.179 --> 00:10:12.779 faith? 00:10:14.860 --> 00:10:15.539 As I 00:10:15.539 --> 00:10:16.860 prepared this 00:10:16.860 --> 00:10:17.459 message, I 00:10:17.459 --> 00:10:18.059 thought of the 00:10:18.059 --> 00:10:18.519 Apostles' 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:19.319 letter to the 00:10:19.319 --> 00:10:20.799 Ephesians in 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:21.559 chapter 1. 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:21.619 1. 00:10:23.059 --> 00:10:23.359 And I 00:10:23.359 --> 00:10:24.099 presume the 00:10:24.099 --> 00:10:25.199 Apostle Paul, 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:25.759 when he's 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:26.479 writing to 00:10:26.479 --> 00:10:27.079 the church 00:10:27.079 --> 00:10:28.619 at Ephesus, 00:10:28.959 --> 00:10:29.839 expected the 00:10:29.839 --> 00:10:31.079 people to 00:10:31.079 --> 00:10:32.299 understand what 00:10:32.299 --> 00:10:33.019 he was saying, 00:10:33.339 --> 00:10:34.139 or at least 00:10:34.139 --> 00:10:35.039 for the elders 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:35.839 of the church 00:10:35.839 --> 00:10:36.579 to instruct 00:10:36.579 --> 00:10:37.319 the people in 00:10:37.319 --> 00:10:37.899 what he was 00:10:37.899 --> 00:10:38.319 saying. 00:10:39.119 --> 00:10:39.559 And he 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:40.639 uses words 00:10:40.639 --> 00:10:41.019 there. 00:10:42.099 --> 00:10:42.379 Another 00:10:42.379 --> 00:10:43.559 part of 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:43.759 our 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:44.719 understanding. 00:10:45.859 --> 00:10:46.079 In 00:10:46.079 --> 00:10:46.639 chapter 1, 00:10:46.719 --> 00:10:47.099 he speaks 00:10:47.099 --> 00:10:47.659 about being 00:10:47.659 --> 00:10:48.339 chosen. 00:10:49.259 --> 00:10:49.679 He speaks 00:10:49.679 --> 00:10:50.259 about being 00:10:50.259 --> 00:10:51.200 predestined. 00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:52.080 He speaks 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:52.720 about being 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:53.340 adopted. 00:10:53.740 --> 00:10:54.159 He speaks 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:55.100 about redemption. 00:10:55.539 --> 00:10:55.939 He speaks 00:10:55.939 --> 00:10:56.480 about the 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:57.100 riches of 00:10:57.100 --> 00:10:57.819 God's grace. 00:10:58.059 --> 00:10:58.500 He speaks 00:10:58.500 --> 00:10:59.080 about the 00:10:59.080 --> 00:10:59.879 sealing of 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:00.419 the Spirit. 00:11:00.700 --> 00:11:01.139 And so 00:11:01.139 --> 00:11:02.240 much more. 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:02.860 Do you 00:11:02.860 --> 00:11:03.319 long to 00:11:03.319 --> 00:11:03.860 know more 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:04.259 of these 00:11:04.259 --> 00:11:04.779 truths? 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:06.120 And how 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:06.980 they apply 00:11:06.980 --> 00:11:08.120 in your 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:08.860 daily life? 00:11:11.439 --> 00:11:12.240 And there's 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:13.059 so many more 00:11:13.059 --> 00:11:13.580 scriptures. 00:11:14.700 --> 00:11:15.240 Are we 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:17.000 growing in 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:17.759 our Christian 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:18.819 experience? 00:11:18.820 --> 00:11:20.500 are we 00:11:20.500 --> 00:11:21.180 devoting 00:11:21.180 --> 00:11:22.100 ourselves to 00:11:22.100 --> 00:11:22.700 the apostles 00:11:22.700 --> 00:11:23.220 teaching? 00:11:23.660 --> 00:11:24.160 And is 00:11:24.160 --> 00:11:24.740 the truth 00:11:24.740 --> 00:11:25.440 gripping 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:26.040 us? 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:29.560 Did the 00:11:29.560 --> 00:11:30.200 early church 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:30.760 have an easy 00:11:30.760 --> 00:11:31.140 time? 00:11:31.220 --> 00:11:31.560 No, they 00:11:31.560 --> 00:11:32.080 didn't. 00:11:33.780 --> 00:11:34.520 How did 00:11:34.520 --> 00:11:35.020 they deal 00:11:35.020 --> 00:11:35.400 with their 00:11:35.400 --> 00:11:35.960 difficulties? 00:11:37.020 --> 00:11:37.280 Well, we 00:11:37.280 --> 00:11:38.180 might look at 00:11:38.180 --> 00:11:39.060 Acts chapter 00:11:39.060 --> 00:11:40.040 4, where 00:11:40.040 --> 00:11:40.660 Peter and 00:11:40.660 --> 00:11:41.180 John are 00:11:41.180 --> 00:11:41.900 thrown into 00:11:41.900 --> 00:11:42.400 prison. 00:11:43.040 --> 00:11:43.540 But the 00:11:43.540 --> 00:11:44.220 word was 00:11:44.220 --> 00:11:45.020 in fire 00:11:45.020 --> 00:11:45.600 in their 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:46.220 bones. 00:11:46.880 --> 00:11:47.300 They were 00:11:47.300 --> 00:11:47.840 threatened. 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:48.420 They were 00:11:48.420 --> 00:11:49.060 told to 00:11:49.060 --> 00:11:49.759 be quiet. 00:11:50.340 --> 00:11:50.879 Oh, they 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:51.500 said, but we 00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:52.160 cannot help 00:11:52.160 --> 00:11:53.019 speaking about 00:11:53.019 --> 00:11:53.620 what we have 00:11:53.620 --> 00:11:54.500 seen and 00:11:54.500 --> 00:11:54.940 heard. 00:11:56.300 --> 00:11:56.620 And when 00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:57.040 they left 00:11:57.040 --> 00:11:58.259 prison, they 00:11:58.259 --> 00:11:58.879 pray. 00:11:59.820 --> 00:12:00.259 And their 00:12:00.259 --> 00:12:00.920 prayer is 00:12:00.920 --> 00:12:01.740 recorded for 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:02.340 us in 00:12:02.340 --> 00:12:03.200 Acts 4 and 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:04.379 verses 24 to 00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:04.920 31. 00:12:06.060 --> 00:12:06.440 And what 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:07.060 do they see? 00:12:07.160 --> 00:12:07.639 What do they 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:08.180 understand? 00:12:08.680 --> 00:12:09.000 Well, they 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:09.680 see the 00:12:09.680 --> 00:12:10.040 ruling 00:12:10.040 --> 00:12:11.500 authority, the 00:12:11.500 --> 00:12:12.460 sovereignty of 00:12:12.460 --> 00:12:13.580 God over the 00:12:13.580 --> 00:12:14.519 affairs of 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:14.879 men. 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:15.780 They see the 00:12:15.780 --> 00:12:16.800 triumph of the 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:18.319 Lord over the 00:12:18.319 --> 00:12:19.919 authorities and 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:21.120 powers of this 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:21.539 world. 00:12:21.779 --> 00:12:22.659 And they pray 00:12:22.659 --> 00:12:23.759 for more power 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:24.740 to get on with 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:25.579 the work of 00:12:25.579 --> 00:12:26.439 spreading the 00:12:26.439 --> 00:12:26.899 gospel. 00:12:28.979 --> 00:12:29.519 And if we go 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:30.639 into Acts 6 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:32.219 and 7, here we 00:12:32.219 --> 00:12:33.139 have Stephen. 00:12:33.699 --> 00:12:34.519 And he holds 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:35.240 the truth, 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:36.639 apostolic truth, 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:37.620 before the 00:12:37.620 --> 00:12:38.120 people. 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:39.839 And people 00:12:39.839 --> 00:12:40.379 look at his 00:12:40.379 --> 00:12:41.939 face as it 00:12:41.939 --> 00:12:42.919 was the face 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:43.639 of an 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:44.259 angel. 00:12:44.259 --> 00:12:44.379 Israel. 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:47.460 And when 00:12:47.460 --> 00:12:48.100 persecution 00:12:48.100 --> 00:12:49.000 broke out 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:50.460 through the 00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:51.399 apostle Paul, 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:52.860 those who 00:12:52.860 --> 00:12:53.179 had been 00:12:53.179 --> 00:12:54.059 scattered went 00:12:54.059 --> 00:12:54.620 everywhere, 00:12:54.899 --> 00:12:55.799 preaching the 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:56.860 word wherever 00:12:56.860 --> 00:12:58.139 they went. 00:12:58.519 --> 00:12:59.000 They were 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:00.159 gripped by 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:00.879 the truth. 00:13:01.659 --> 00:13:02.240 The truth 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:03.399 was part of 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:04.279 themselves. 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:06.159 The word of 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:07.100 God was hid 00:13:07.100 --> 00:13:08.000 in their 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:08.740 hearts. 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:11.720 Oh, that 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:12.399 we might 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:12.860 devote 00:13:12.860 --> 00:13:14.379 ourselves to 00:13:14.379 --> 00:13:15.139 the apostles' 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:16.220 teaching in a 00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:16.779 way that 00:13:16.779 --> 00:13:17.620 perhaps we've 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:18.240 not done 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:18.860 before. 00:13:22.060 --> 00:13:23.100 I ask you 00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:23.659 a question. 00:13:24.500 --> 00:13:24.919 Do you 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:25.820 find yourselves 00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:27.820 arguing with 00:13:27.820 --> 00:13:28.539 apostolic 00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:29.000 teaching? 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:33.159 It's evident 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:34.419 that the 00:13:34.419 --> 00:13:35.139 apostle Paul 00:13:35.139 --> 00:13:36.279 recognized that 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:36.820 there was a 00:13:36.820 --> 00:13:38.440 tendency for 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:39.019 people to 00:13:39.019 --> 00:13:40.919 argue with 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:41.559 apostolic 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:42.059 teaching. 00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:44.419 Paul writes 00:13:44.419 --> 00:13:45.259 and encourages 00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:46.779 Timothy, and 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:47.320 he encourages 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:48.519 him to preach 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:49.320 the word, to 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:50.539 get on with 00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:51.820 apostolic 00:13:51.820 --> 00:13:52.519 teaching. 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:53.740 Why? 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:55.120 Well, it was 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:55.940 an imperative. 00:13:55.940 --> 00:13:58.120 Paul knew 00:13:58.120 --> 00:13:59.300 human nature, 00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:00.680 the tendency 00:14:00.680 --> 00:14:01.520 to go after 00:14:01.520 --> 00:14:02.200 the novel 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:03.500 because people 00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:04.340 had itching 00:14:04.340 --> 00:14:05.280 ears to hear 00:14:05.280 --> 00:14:05.680 what they 00:14:05.680 --> 00:14:06.480 wanted to 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:06.920 hear. 00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:10.660 Some, you 00:14:10.660 --> 00:14:11.860 see, in 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:12.360 the early 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:13.220 church began 00:14:13.220 --> 00:14:14.200 to cherry 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:14.620 pick. 00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:16.440 I can 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:17.400 believe this, 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:18.380 but I 00:14:18.380 --> 00:14:19.720 can't believe 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:20.260 that. 00:14:20.940 --> 00:14:22.120 I'm happy 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:23.200 with John, 00:14:24.300 --> 00:14:25.020 but I 00:14:25.020 --> 00:14:25.560 don't like 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:25.979 Paul. 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:28.399 I'm happy 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:28.779 with the 00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:29.519 New Testament, 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:30.979 but not 00:14:30.979 --> 00:14:31.639 the Old 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:32.139 Testament. 00:14:33.539 --> 00:14:34.179 I like 00:14:34.179 --> 00:14:34.799 what John 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:35.500 taught about 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.199 love, but 00:14:36.199 --> 00:14:36.599 I don't 00:14:36.599 --> 00:14:37.679 like what 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:38.419 Paul had 00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:38.959 to say 00:14:38.959 --> 00:14:39.519 about 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:40.719 predestination. 00:14:41.939 --> 00:14:42.659 I'm happy 00:14:42.659 --> 00:14:43.439 with teaching 00:14:43.439 --> 00:14:44.579 about heaven, 00:14:44.979 --> 00:14:45.879 but I 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:46.739 can't accept 00:14:46.739 --> 00:14:47.299 judgment 00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:48.139 and hell. 00:14:48.579 --> 00:14:49.459 We can't 00:14:49.459 --> 00:14:50.419 do that. 00:14:51.619 --> 00:14:52.199 It's the 00:14:52.199 --> 00:14:52.959 whole 00:14:52.959 --> 00:14:53.759 word 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:55.000 of God. 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:56.179 And we 00:14:56.179 --> 00:14:57.219 must accept 00:14:57.219 --> 00:14:57.879 it and 00:14:57.879 --> 00:14:58.859 submit to 00:14:58.859 --> 00:15:00.379 the apostolic 00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:01.059 teaching, 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:03.419 the whole 00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:03.979 truth, 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:05.379 and nothing 00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:06.559 but the 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:06.959 truth. 00:15:08.219 --> 00:15:09.039 The early 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:10.299 church devoted 00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:11.539 themselves to 00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:12.539 apostolic 00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:13.099 teaching, 00:15:14.099 --> 00:15:14.759 and so 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:16.000 must we. 00:15:17.459 --> 00:15:18.019 Now, I'm 00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:18.839 conscious of the 00:15:18.839 --> 00:15:19.539 fact that there's 00:15:19.539 --> 00:15:20.439 so much more 00:15:20.439 --> 00:15:21.179 that needs 00:15:21.179 --> 00:15:22.459 to be said. 00:15:22.460 --> 00:15:24.000 and you 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:25.220 say, you 00:15:25.220 --> 00:15:25.759 haven't said 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:26.560 anything about 00:15:26.560 --> 00:15:27.200 fellowship, 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:28.780 about baking 00:15:28.780 --> 00:15:29.440 a bread 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:30.540 and a 00:15:30.540 --> 00:15:30.900 prayer. 00:15:31.180 --> 00:15:31.700 You haven't 00:15:31.700 --> 00:15:32.259 said anything 00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:33.280 about giving 00:15:33.280 --> 00:15:33.879 to the 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:34.400 poor, 00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:36.860 etc., and the 00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:37.700 various things 00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:38.460 that follow. 00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:39.420 I know I 00:15:39.420 --> 00:15:39.940 haven't. 00:15:40.800 --> 00:15:41.420 But you see, 00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:42.680 all of these 00:15:42.680 --> 00:15:44.639 flow out 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:46.200 of our 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:47.460 faithfulness 00:15:47.460 --> 00:15:48.620 to the 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:49.420 word of 00:15:49.420 --> 00:15:49.820 God. 00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:51.379 You see, 00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:52.139 fellowship 00:15:52.139 --> 00:15:54.019 comes about 00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:55.200 as we 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:56.139 hold on 00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:57.019 to this 00:15:57.019 --> 00:15:57.639 truth, 00:15:58.759 --> 00:15:59.980 as we 00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:00.540 devote 00:16:00.540 --> 00:16:01.200 ourselves 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:01.980 to this 00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.700 truth. 00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:03.300 It's 00:16:03.300 --> 00:16:04.060 unity 00:16:04.060 --> 00:16:05.460 in the 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:06.240 truth. 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:08.220 Jesus 00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:09.060 says, I 00:16:09.060 --> 00:16:09.799 pray for 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:10.440 those who 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:11.100 believe on 00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:11.879 me through 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.639 their message 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:13.539 that all 00:16:13.539 --> 00:16:14.039 of them 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:14.740 may be 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.379 one. 00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:18.039 So, 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:18.639 fellowship 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:20.240 is based 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:21.259 on the 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:22.019 truth. 00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:23.180 Remove 00:16:23.180 --> 00:16:23.879 the truth 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:24.960 and we're 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:25.580 just a 00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:26.379 club like 00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:27.220 any other 00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:27.899 club. 00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:29.600 And 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:30.100 fellowship 00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:31.860 brings 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.379 together 00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:33.379 nations. 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:34.340 It brings 00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:34.820 together 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.399 ages. 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.240 It brings 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:36.720 together 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:37.579 male and 00:16:37.579 --> 00:16:38.059 female. 00:16:38.439 --> 00:16:38.840 It brings 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:39.299 together 00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:39.959 the married 00:16:39.959 --> 00:16:40.620 and the 00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:41.139 single. 00:16:41.579 --> 00:16:41.980 It brings 00:16:41.980 --> 00:16:42.399 together 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:43.459 the educated 00:16:43.459 --> 00:16:44.319 and those 00:16:44.319 --> 00:16:44.779 who have 00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:45.500 comparatively 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:46.259 little 00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:47.120 education. 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:47.600 For 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:48.179 barriers 00:16:48.179 --> 00:16:48.840 are broken 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.340 down 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:49.939 in 00:16:49.939 --> 00:16:50.740 Christ. 00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:54.620 And 00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:55.079 when we 00:16:55.079 --> 00:16:55.519 break 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:56.139 bread, 00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:58.120 we will 00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:58.480 break 00:16:58.480 --> 00:16:59.199 bread with 00:16:59.199 --> 00:16:59.899 perhaps a 00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:00.120 new 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.840 understanding 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:01.460 of all 00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:01.879 that has 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:02.179 happened 00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:02.639 to us 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.220 in 00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:03.779 Christ. 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:07.080 And 00:17:07.080 --> 00:17:07.480 when we 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.080 pray, 00:17:08.840 --> 00:17:09.400 we will 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:10.280 pray after 00:17:10.280 --> 00:17:11.200 the mind 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:12.019 of Christ. 00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:12.480 They're 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:12.900 all 00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:14.340 interwoven. 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.200 And 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.480 when we 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.000 go out 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:17.580 into the 00:17:17.580 --> 00:17:18.060 world 00:17:18.060 --> 00:17:19.240 and into 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:19.860 our places 00:17:19.860 --> 00:17:20.820 of employment, 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.700 into our 00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.160 schools, 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:22.960 into our 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:23.400 colleges, 00:17:23.620 --> 00:17:24.100 we will 00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:24.880 want others 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:25.660 to know 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:26.920 of Christ. 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.120 Christ. 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.480 So may 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:30.220 you and 00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:31.460 I be 00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:31.980 granted 00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:32.900 strength 00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:34.200 to devote 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:34.920 ourselves 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.460 to the 00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:35.880 apostles' 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:36.440 teaching, 00:17:36.820 --> 00:17:37.039 this 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.860 truth 00:17:37.860 --> 00:17:39.039 on 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:39.840 fire. 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.200 Pray for 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:42.420 your 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:42.940 pastor. 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:44.940 Pray for 00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.740 the elders 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.500 of the 00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.180 church 00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:49.420 that they 00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:50.140 too 00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:51.500 will know 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:52.420 this power 00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:53.259 of God 00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:54.360 resting 00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:55.380 upon them. 00:17:55.380 --> 00:17:56.620 what a 00:17:56.620 --> 00:17:57.160 difference 00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:58.240 it will 00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:58.600 make 00:17:58.600 --> 00:17:59.620 in our 00:17:59.620 --> 00:18:00.200 individual 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:00.840 lives, 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:02.060 what a 00:18:02.060 --> 00:18:02.460 difference 00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:02.800 it will 00:18:02.800 --> 00:18:03.180 make 00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:04.560 in our 00:18:04.560 --> 00:18:05.020 church 00:18:05.020 --> 00:18:05.480 life, 00:18:06.380 --> 00:18:06.940 and in 00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.160 the 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:07.500 goodness 00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.180 of God, 00:18:09.060 --> 00:18:09.440 what a 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:09.840 difference 00:18:09.840 --> 00:18:10.240 it will 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.620 make 00:18:10.620 --> 00:18:12.040 in our 00:18:12.040 --> 00:18:12.760 community. 00:18:14.340 --> 00:18:14.760 Amen. 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:17.200 Let's 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:17.480 pray. 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.319 Father, 00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:20.559 we thank 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:21.000 you that 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.240 you've 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:21.799 given us 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:22.119 your 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.480 word. 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:24.599 We pray 00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:25.079 that we 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:25.599 will be 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:26.400 mindful of 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:26.619 that 00:18:26.619 --> 00:18:27.000 word. 00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.680 Help us, 00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:30.119 O Lord, 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:31.279 to know 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.559 your 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:31.900 word, 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:34.680 to be 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:35.519 well-versed 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:36.019 in your 00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.339 word. 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:38.720 And may 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.779 your word, 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:40.279 O Lord, 00:18:40.379 --> 00:18:40.879 come to 00:18:40.879 --> 00:18:41.500 us so that 00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:41.920 we're not 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:43.019 just hearers 00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:43.559 of your 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:43.940 word, 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:46.119 but doers 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:46.779 also. 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.279 O Father, 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:50.139 we look 00:18:50.139 --> 00:18:50.700 to you 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:52.279 and pray 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.720 that you 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:53.379 will come 00:18:53.379 --> 00:18:54.299 upon all 00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:54.720 of us 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:55.639 as individuals 00:18:55.639 --> 00:18:56.799 and corporately 00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:58.500 with the 00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:59.139 empowering 00:18:59.139 --> 00:19:00.000 of your 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:01.180 Holy Spirit 00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:03.039 so that 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.759 others will 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.660 be affected. 00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:06.319 And this 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:07.299 we pray 00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:08.740 in Jesus' 00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.220 name. 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:10.859 Amen. 00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:14.019 Amen. 00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:15.019 Amen.