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 We've been going through the book of Acts.

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 We've been talking about, hey, it's really fun to gather,

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 but wouldn't it even be better to scatter?

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 We are all recipients, we are all blessed by people who scattered

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! To share the gospel out of their own comfort zone.

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 And we all acknowledge that we don't leave our own comfort zones

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 because we like it, because it's what?

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 It's comfortable.

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 And so the only way that we start to really get pushed out

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 of our comfort zones is if we are pushed, pushed out.

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 It's okay.

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 I promise you it's more painful out here for these people.

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 Let me gather my thoughts.

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 So last week the church was being persecuted.

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 People were being dragged out of their homes into prisons.

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 And then Philip goes into enemy territory, into Samaria,

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 and he preaches the gospel and he brings joy.

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 And that was just a great example of just that heart to be willing to scatter.

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 I don't care.

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 You can take me out of my home.

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 You can take me out of my comfort zone, but I'm going to go somewhere else.

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 And I'm going to keep sharing the gospel.

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 And I'm going to keep bringing the good news of the kingdom of God

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 and Jesus Christ to wherever I go.

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 And it was just this incredible story.

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 And then it made me think, well, what about us here?

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 Maybe you're sat here going, okay, I like to go to church.

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 Okay, I want to scatter.

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 What does that look like for me?

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 Because actually I hear stories about people, actually we're going to find out today,

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 and it's one of my favorite stories, about someone who gets guided,

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 literally spoken to by God and say, hey, go here and then speak this.

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 And wouldn't we all love that?

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 Love that kind of just specific instruction as to where to go,

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 where to scatter, and where to share the good news.

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 And we wish we had that.

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 And we see today that Philip has this.

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 But let me tell you, actually, we can have this too.

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 But there are some requirements to having the instructions from God like Philip did,

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 and, well, some prerequisites.

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 First of all, you have to be like Philip and choose to follow in Jesus

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 when the whole of society was trying to persecute you.

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 So if you can do that, then you're on to step one.

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 After that is when you are willing to leave your own home and go,

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 then that is a good start.

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 And then after that, you're willing to go into places that are incredibly uncomfortable,

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 like Samaria.

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 If you're willing to do that and still share the gospel

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 and still be relentless at sharing the gospel, then that's good.

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 And then when you get there, you will allow the power of God to work through you

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 to bring healing and to bring joy into the city.

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 If you're willing to do all of those things

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 and be confronted by people who are against you,

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 who are threatening to throw you into prison,

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 if you are willing to do all those things,

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 then maybe you, me, like Philip,

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 will also get the instruction that comes from God in such a way.

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 I just wish it's this story that we're about to read is fascinating.

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 God speaks to him and tells him to go somewhere to do something very specific.

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 And then once he does it, God zaps him,

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 zaps him and he just goes into a different place.

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 I just think, oh God, can you just make it easy for me when I scatter?

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 I've heard these stories where you tell someone,

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 hey, go to this place, stand on this street corner,

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 and there will be someone in a red t-shirt.

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 Tell them about this.

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 I wish I had that. Do you?

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 And yet, very often, I'm unwilling to do what Philip did,

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 to stand up against the current beliefs in society,

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 willing to go out of my comfort zone,

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 willing to start moving even through persecution.

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 And I find that actually God likes to guide cars that are moving.

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 He doesn't seem to really want to guide cars that are stationary,

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 that aren't willing to move.

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 And so my prayer is that as we read this next story,

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 again, one of my favorites, it's,

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 actually, God, how does this apply to me?

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 How do I live?

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 How do I get in on this kind of action?

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 This is exciting. This is fun.

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 And we're going to read it.

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 And I'm going to actually invite Caleb to come and read it for us.

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 So as always, can I invite you to stand for the word of the Lord?

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 Amen.

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 Today's passage is from Acts chapter 8, verses 26 to 40.

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 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip,

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 Rise and go toward the south, to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.

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 This is a desert place.

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 And he rose and went.

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 And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch,

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 a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians,

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 who was in charge of all her treasure.

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 He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning,

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 seated in his chariot and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

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 And the spirit said to Philip,

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 Go over and join this chariot.

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 So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked,

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 Do you understand what you are reading?

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 And he said,

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 How can I, unless someone guides me?

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 And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

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 Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this.

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 Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter,

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 and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,

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 so he opens not his mouth.

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 And his humiliation, justice was denied him.

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 Who can describe his generation?

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 For his life is taken away from the earth.

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 And the eunuch said to Philip,

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 About whom, I ask you,

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 does the prophet say this?

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 About himself or about someone else?

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 Then Philip opened his mouth and began,

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 beginning with the scripture,

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 he told him the good news about Jesus.

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 And as they were going along the road,

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 they came to some water,

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 and the eunuch said,

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 See, here is water.

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 What prevents me from being baptized?

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 And he commanded the chariot to stop,

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 and they both went down into the water,

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 Philip and the eunuch,

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 and he baptized him.

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 And when they came up out of the water,

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 the spirit of the Lord carried Philip away,

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 and the eunuch saw him no more.

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 And he went on his way rejoicing.

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 But Philip found himself in Azotus,

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 and as he passed through

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 and preached the gospel to all the towns

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 until he came to Caesarea.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Praise be to God.

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 Please take a seat.

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 Thank you, Caleb.

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 That's a really nice voice.

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 That's like a radio voice.

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 It reminded me when I was jet-lagged

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 and I needed to go to sleep,

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 so I'd turn on my Bible app

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 and listen to just the Bible,

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 and it was a voice like that.

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 Okay.

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 We found your spiritual gift.

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 Okay.

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 So if you sum up this whole book,

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 if it's like,

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 hey, I'm too lazy to read the whole thing

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 or I'm too forgetful to remember the whole thing,

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 what is it?

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 You boil it all down.

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 It's the first commandment.

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 It's the greatest commandment.

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 Love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength,

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 and love your neighbor as yourself.

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 Love.

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 And then the Great Commission.

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 So the Great Commandment

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 and then the Great Commission.

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 If I was to boil everything down,

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 and the Great Commission is,

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 go, therefore,

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 and make disciples of all nations.

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 The word nations actually can be translated

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 also ethnicities.

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 It's go to the whole world

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 and share the gospel.

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 I asked someone yesterday,

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 hey, what does it mean to be a disciple for you?

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 And he said,

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 well, actually,

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 next month I'm going to Cambodia.

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 I'm actually going to share the gospel there.

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 It's going to wherever there are people.

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 And where there are people,

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 there is a need for the good news.

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 And that's what it is.

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 But that often sounds quite big, right?

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 We're called to go save the world.

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 This story,

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 today's story,

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 tells us actually,

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 when we talk about going to share the gospel,

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 it's not really running the best program

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 to go and save the world necessarily.

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 It really boils down to just

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 people-on-people conversation.

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 It boils down to personal evangelism.

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 Are we willing to have these conversations

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 with the people that God has placed around us

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 to share the good news of Jesus?

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 That's all it is.

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 And what I'm here to show you today

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 is that this passage is fascinating

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 because of the two people that are involved.

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 First, Philip,

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 and second, the Ethiopian.

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 And I want to break this down for you.

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 And I found this just a fascinating,

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 fascinating story.

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 Verse 26 says this.

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 So, just remember,

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 Philip's been pushed out of his own home

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 and out of his city,

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 goes to Samaria and keeps sharing the gospel.

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 That's where he is.

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 And then he goes to convert

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 just a whole bunch of people.

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 Simon the mystician is involved.

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 And then he carries on.

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 And he's growing a ministry

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 among Samaritans.

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 In Samaria.

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 And this is exciting.

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 He's like, God, these people.

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 These people that the Jews usually don't like.

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 But now, they're accepting God.

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 And they're accepting Christ.

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 How incredible is that?

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 He's growing a ministry.

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 He might even have a gathering.

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 They might also need to move into a new property

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 because they're starting to get full.

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 And then the angel of the Lord,

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 at that moment, tells him,

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 now an angel of the Lord said to Philip,

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 rise and go toward the south

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 to the road that goes down

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 from Jerusalem to Gaza.

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 In that moment,

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 when things are going well,

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 when his ministry is growing,

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 God tells him,

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 now I want you to leave.

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 This does not make sense.

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 This does not make sense.

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 And he has to walk a long time

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 to get to this next place.

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 And just in case that we didn't really understand

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 what this place was,

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 Luke here tells us,

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 verse 26,

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 this is a desert place.

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 So he's got a ministry that is growing in Samaria.

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 And yet God says,

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 hey, pause,

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 one sec,

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 I need you to go

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 and I need you to go to a desert place.

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 It doesn't make sense at all.

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 But what does he do?

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 Straight away,

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 and he rose and went.

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 There was just this obedience that he has.

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 He had to walk 40 miles.

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 Can you imagine what he was thinking

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 during these 40 miles?

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 But God,

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 do you remember the Simon,

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 the magician?

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 Do you look at all these people

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 that need the gospel?

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 Why don't you want me to stay there?

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 And yet his heart for scattering just remains.

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 He only has really one goal,

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 and that is to follow and pursue God's call,

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 to be obedient.

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 And so he goes to the desert place.

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 And then from there,

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 I just wonder,

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 can you see,

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 I hope it's not lost on you.

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 When we talk about scattering,

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 we're really talking about

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 just us obeying whatever God wants us to do.

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 The book of Acts,

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 if you look at the title in your Bible,

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 the book of Acts is called

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 the Acts of the Apostles.

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 If I was to change it,

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 it would be the Acts of the Holy Spirit

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 through the apostles.

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 Because really,

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 it's all the Holy Spirit.

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 So if you're here wondering,

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 oh, I don't know.

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 I don't know about scattering.

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 I don't know how it's going to work.

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 I don't know what to say.

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 Then actually,

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 my encouragement to you is actually

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 just let God lead you.

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 You just have to obey.

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 And at some point,

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 you'll have to open your mouth,

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 which is what Philip does,

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 but you just have to obey

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 and let him guide you.

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 For those of us who are the surfers

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 in our community here,

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 I've loved that analogy.

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 That when you are going to scatter,

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 it is like surfing.

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 You cannot create the waves by yourself.

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 All you can do is catch that taxi

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 to Big Wave Bay with your board

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 and then just go into the water.

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 And then you're still waiting

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 for nature to do its thing.

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 And only then are you able to surf.

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 Sharing the gospel,

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 scattering is really the same.

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 Just are we obedient?

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 Are we willing?

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 Is it really,

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 is really all it takes?

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 Even when it doesn't make sense.

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 Even when we are taken

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 to desert places,

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 that walk for 40 miles

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 that Philip would have had to take,

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 it would be like,

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 I don't understand.

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 I don't,

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 where am I going?

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 Just do a random place

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 between Jerusalem and Gaza

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 just to stand there.

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 What do you want me to do, God?

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 But God says,

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 please go.

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 And then he meets someone.

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 He meets someone

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 that's very, very interesting.

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 And I want to tell you

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 a bit about this person.

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 And verse 27,

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 and there was an Ethiopian,

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 a eunuch,

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 a court official of Candace,

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 queen of the Ethiopians,

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 who was in charge

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 of all her treasure.

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 This is what,

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 unpacking this character

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 is one of my favorite

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 things to do.

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 Because you look and go,

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 well, I don't know

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 if I can relate

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 with an Ethiopian eunuch.

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 And yet,

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 if you just listen

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 just for the next 10, 15 minutes,

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 this captivated my heart

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 as I was looking

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 at this person

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 and why he was there

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 at that moment

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 and why God told Philip

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 to go to him

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 is just fascinating.

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 It blew my mind

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 and I hope it blows yours.

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 But if you've heard me

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 say this then,

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 actually,

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 every time I share this,

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 I get excited

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 because I just love

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 what this story represents.

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 And so he sees this.

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 And remember,

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 it's the Holy Spirit

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 that's doing all of it.

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 And he meets,

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 and there was an Ethiopian,

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 a eunuch,

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 a court official

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 of Candace,

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 Queen of the Ethiopians.

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 Ethiopia, okay?

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 That time it was called,

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 it actually is modern-day Sudan.

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 It was a very wealthy place

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 with iron mining.

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 And so this person

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 was actually

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 a very important person.

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 And later you see

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 a court official

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 of Candace,

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 Queen of the Ethiopians,

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 who was in charge

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 of all her treasure.

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 So they were in,

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 this country was in charge

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 of iron smelting

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 and gold mining,

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 and this person

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 was in charge

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 of all the treasure.

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 This was the CFO

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 of Ethiopia.

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 He was that important.

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 The other thing is,

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 he was a eunuch,

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 which means his body

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 was altered, okay?

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 Just a bit of context there.

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 If you were to reach

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 such a level

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 in government,

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 you had to,

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 most of the time,

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 be family.

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 If you were not family,

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 and you were just a commoner

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 rising through the ranks,

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 working your way up

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 to be the CFO

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 of this government,

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 you would have had

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 to basically get castrated.

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 Why?

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 Because the families

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 wouldn't trust you.

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 Because they couldn't

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 trust this person

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 that you wouldn't

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 take over the country.

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 So in order for you

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 to get to that place,

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 in order for this person

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 to get to that place,

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 he would have had

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 to sacrifice a lot.

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 And just before you think,

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 well, okay,

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 I don't know if I know

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 any people who are

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 in that same position.

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 Well, do you know people

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 in Hong Kong who have,

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 because of their careers,

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 sacrificed family?

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 Because of their ambitions

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 to get to the top,

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 to become the CFO,

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 that actually they have

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 left their family

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 and left the things

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 that are important behind?

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 That's this person.

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 He's given everything

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 that he can

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 to climb up to the top

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 and now he is at the top.

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 Isn't that just interesting?

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 And of course,

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 he was Ethiopian,

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 but he was also

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 going to Jerusalem,

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 which means he was

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 a Gentile convert

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 to Judaism.

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 Okay?

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 So he was someone

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 who wasn't a Jew,

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 but had committed

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 to becoming a Jew

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 and now wanted to go

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 to Jerusalem to worship.

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 Ethiopian,

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 making this journey

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 about a thousand miles.

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 So one way,

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 this would have taken

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 about two,

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 three months.

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 CFO of Ethiopia,

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 in charge of all

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 the queen's finances,

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 having given up everything,

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 including his own family

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 and his own future,

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 travels for two,

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 three months

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 to go to Jerusalem

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 to worship.

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 What would he have

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 had to say

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 to his government,

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 to his colleagues,

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 to his queen

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 that he's doing?

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 Why did he want

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 to travel all the...

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 He would have had

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 to take in a sabbatical.

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 It would have had

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 to be no pay leave.

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 It would have to be

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 extended leave.

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 Why?

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 I think it's because

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 this guy is spiritually

00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:40.860
 dissatisfied.

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 He has everything

00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:43.179
 that he could ever want.

00:14:43.899 --> 00:14:44.960
 He's given up everything

00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:46.360
 to get to where he is,

00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:47.080
 to be the CFO,

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 to have all the power

00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:48.600
 and to have all the wealth.

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 And yet there was

00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:51.059
 still something missing.

00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:52.159
 What triggers someone

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 to have everything

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 and yet still leave

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 their jobs

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 for nearly up to six months

00:14:55.659 --> 00:14:57.120
 to go on this pilgrimage

00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:58.519
 because they are searching?

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 For something.

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 Have you met people

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 in Hong Kong

00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:03.840
 who have given up family

00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:05.620
 to pursue career,

00:15:05.819 --> 00:15:06.659
 to get everything

00:15:06.659 --> 00:15:07.860
 that they thought

00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:08.439
 they wanted,

00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.860
 only to get to the top

00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:10.620
 and realize

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 it wasn't what

00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:13.019
 they thought it was?

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 Have you met

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 those kinds of people?

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 I have.

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 Isn't it fascinating

00:15:21.419 --> 00:15:22.379
 as even just as we

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 understand this story

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 about why he's going

00:15:25.439 --> 00:15:26.740
 to Jerusalem?

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 Interesting.

00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:33.080
 Something else

00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:33.560
 that's interesting.

00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.259
 He's reading.

00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:35.860
 Not many people

00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:36.720
 in those days could read.

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 What's he reading?

00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:39.259
 He's reading a scroll.

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 Do you have a scroll?

00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:42.159
 I don't have a scroll.

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 This guy's an important person.

00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:45.539
 He also cared enough.

00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:46.899
 Not only could he read

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 but he wanted to read this.

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 This person

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 who has everything,

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 who's given up a lot

00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:53.159
 to get there

00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:54.959
 is now dissatisfied

00:15:54.959 --> 00:15:56.000
 and takes

00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:57.019
 an extended break

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 from work.

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 Can you imagine

00:15:58.699 --> 00:15:59.559
 how he would explain this

00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:00.079
 to his colleagues

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 in Ethiopia?

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 And of course,

00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.740
 not part of the family,

00:16:03.839 --> 00:16:04.339
 he could risk

00:16:04.339 --> 00:16:05.139
 his own job.

00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:06.019
 He could come back

00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:06.579
 six months later

00:16:06.579 --> 00:16:07.519
 and actually we've replaced you.

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 We realized that actually

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.459
 we didn't need you

00:16:09.459 --> 00:16:09.959
 as CFO.

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 He risked everything.

00:16:12.299 --> 00:16:12.899
 Gave up everything

00:16:12.899 --> 00:16:14.039
 to go on this journey.

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 The story continues to go.

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 And so Philip walks,

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 was basically probably

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 waiting on this desert road,

00:16:22.299 --> 00:16:24.139
 waiting for the next instruction.

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 And then,

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 here he goes,

00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:27.659
 verse 29 says this.

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 And the spirit said to Philip,

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 go over and join this chariot.

00:16:32.339 --> 00:16:32.659
 Again,

00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:33.139
 God,

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 I wish you would speak

00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:35.599
 to me like this.

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 Stand on the road,

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 wait,

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 and then as you see

00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:39.959
 this chariot,

00:16:40.079 --> 00:16:40.240
 hey,

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 go over there.

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 And so he goes

00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:43.179
 and he walks over.

00:16:43.179 --> 00:16:44.259
 He probably had to

00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:45.459
 break into a light jog

00:16:45.459 --> 00:16:46.479
 to keep up with the chariot.

00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.739
 And so I can just imagine

00:16:47.739 --> 00:16:48.959
 this just funny moment

00:16:48.959 --> 00:16:49.479
 where he's like

00:16:49.479 --> 00:16:50.539
 just jogging along the chariot

00:16:50.539 --> 00:16:51.359
 and then peeks into the window.

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 Hey,

00:16:52.479 --> 00:16:52.779
 hey,

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 can I help you?

00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:54.579
 Do you,

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 and actually,

00:16:55.439 --> 00:16:55.939
 so he sees,

00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:56.939
 maybe in his first jump,

00:16:57.179 --> 00:16:58.039
 he sees he's reading.

00:16:58.419 --> 00:16:58.919
 Second jump,

00:16:58.979 --> 00:16:59.239
 he sees,

00:16:59.299 --> 00:16:59.399
 oh,

00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:00.239
 it's the prophet Isaiah.

00:17:00.359 --> 00:17:00.500
 Oh,

00:17:00.539 --> 00:17:00.839
 interesting.

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 I remember that one.

00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.059
 And then,

00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:02.579
 hey,

00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:03.259
 do you understand

00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:03.839
 what you're reading?

00:17:05.659 --> 00:17:06.700
 And then this line,

00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:07.980
 I think is so packed,

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:09.220
 given the context

00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:10.339
 to what I'm about

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 to share with you.

00:17:11.159 --> 00:17:11.799
 He says this,

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 do you understand

00:17:13.099 --> 00:17:13.680
 what you're reading?

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 And he said,

00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:15.919
 how can I,

00:17:16.419 --> 00:17:18.759
 unless someone guides me?

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:20.039
 Well,

00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:21.299
 that's a little bit

00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:21.899
 passive aggressive,

00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:23.379
 Mr. Ethiopian eunuch.

00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.299
 Why?

00:17:25.419 --> 00:17:25.539
 I mean,

00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.519
 he's just a friendly guide

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:27.119
 waiting for you

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 in the desert.

00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:30.399
 Why are you suddenly

00:17:30.399 --> 00:17:31.279
 all aggressive about this?

00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:31.819
 Well,

00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:33.000
 he's on his way back

00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.879
 from Jerusalem.

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 See,

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:35.620
 the thing about

00:17:35.620 --> 00:17:36.580
 this Ethiopian eunuch

00:17:36.580 --> 00:17:37.380
 that maybe I didn't

00:17:37.380 --> 00:17:38.080
 understand before

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 was he had everything.

00:17:39.860 --> 00:17:40.720
 He gave up a lot.

00:17:41.600 --> 00:17:42.240
 He was spiritually

00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:42.880
 dissatisfied,

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.520
 which took him

00:17:43.520 --> 00:17:44.100
 on this journey

00:17:44.100 --> 00:17:44.480
 where he said,

00:17:44.540 --> 00:17:45.320
 I've got everything now

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 and it still doesn't

00:17:46.020 --> 00:17:46.640
 satisfy me.

00:17:46.940 --> 00:17:48.140
 He gets to Jerusalem,

00:17:48.340 --> 00:17:49.280
 but I think he only,

00:17:49.380 --> 00:17:50.000
 he gets there

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.180
 and he realizes something

00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:52.300
 that actually he's not

00:17:52.300 --> 00:17:54.200
 allowed in the temple.

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.960
 Deuteronomy 23

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 says this

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 and explicitly says

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 no emasculated male

00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:02.500
 could be included

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.740
 within the Jewish community.

00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:05.260
 There is an incredibly,

00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:06.340
 incredibly high chance

00:18:06.340 --> 00:18:07.480
 that this man travels

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:09.460
 1,100 miles

00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.000
 from Ethiopia

00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:10.780
 to Jerusalem,

00:18:11.300 --> 00:18:11.760
 gets there,

00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:12.920
 takes the no pay leave,

00:18:13.260 --> 00:18:14.040
 spends three months

00:18:14.040 --> 00:18:14.640
 traveling there,

00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:15.380
 gets there,

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.200
 gets to the door,

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 gets to the temple

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 and then it gets

00:18:18.560 --> 00:18:19.080
 turned around.

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 So now I'm like,

00:18:22.020 --> 00:18:22.300
 okay,

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.880
 now you have a right

00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:25.260
 to be passive aggressive

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 because he's heading home

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 and he's like,

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 what do I do?

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 I don't even,

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 the one place I thought

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.660
 I might find

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 some satisfaction

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 where I thought

00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.460
 I might find

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.019
 some answers,

00:18:35.419 --> 00:18:37.319
 they won't let me in.

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 So he's on his way home

00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:41.960
 and then this random guy

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 is jumping up and down

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:43.460
 going,

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 do you understand?

00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:44.399
 He's like,

00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:46.139
 of course I don't understand.

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 How can I understand

00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:49.879
 unless someone guides me?

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 And what's he reading?

00:18:52.159 --> 00:18:52.960
 The passage that he's reading

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 I think is actually important

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 and let me just read it

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 to you again,

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 verse 32.

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 Now the passage of the scripture

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 that he was reading

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 was this,

00:19:01.100 --> 00:19:01.700
 like a sheep

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 he was led to the slaughter

00:19:02.840 --> 00:19:03.920
 and like a lamb

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:04.820
 before its shearer

00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:05.320
 is silent

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 so he opens not his mouth.

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 In his humiliation

00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:10.000
 justice was denied him.

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 Who can describe

00:19:11.300 --> 00:19:12.040
 his generation

00:19:12.040 --> 00:19:12.820
 for his life

00:19:12.820 --> 00:19:14.020
 is taken away

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 from earth.

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 And the eunuch said to Philip,

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 about whom I ask you

00:19:18.580 --> 00:19:19.580
 does the prophet say this?

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 About himself

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 or about someone else?

00:19:21.520 --> 00:19:22.580
 He's looking at this passage

00:19:22.580 --> 00:19:22.960
 and going,

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 now we're not supposed

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 to read the Bible like this

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 but I'm sure you and I

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 have all done this before.

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 You look at the Bible

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 and you read something

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:29.660
 and you're like,

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.579
 well that sounds like me.

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:32.740
 You can see yourself

00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.140
 in the Bible

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 but that's not really

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.759
 the point of the Bible.

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 The point is that you see

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.759
 Jesus in scripture

00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:38.279
 but often we're looking at,

00:19:38.360 --> 00:19:40.079
 I think that's me.

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 I've just been humiliated.

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 Justice was denied me.

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 And so he goes

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 and he asks Philip,

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.640
 who's this talking about?

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.700
 Now where's this passage?

00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:52.059
 It's Isaiah 53.

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.840
 It's where we hear

00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:55.039
 about the suffering servant.

00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:56.100
 It's where we hear

00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:57.480
 about the man of sorrows.

00:19:58.120 --> 00:19:59.319
 It's the prophet Isaiah

00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:00.759
 prophesying Jesus

00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.759
 who is to come,

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:03.220
 who is going to be pierced

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:04.500
 for our transgressions.

00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.660
 And he's reading this

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.579
 and he doesn't understand.

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.079
 I mean,

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:08.680
 I think we can all empathize

00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.380
 with that when we're reading

00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:10.059
 the prophet Isaiah.

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 We're looking at it like,

00:20:10.840 --> 00:20:10.980
 nope,

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.319
 who is this?

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.519
 I have no idea.

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:15.079
 But can you feel the pain

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:16.100
 of just the context?

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 This is probably month four now

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 of him taking this step away

00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:21.299
 from work to do this

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:22.600
 and he's on his way home

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.819
 without any answers.

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.139
 He's like,

00:20:25.179 --> 00:20:25.919
 what is this?

00:20:26.439 --> 00:20:27.199
 Who is this?

00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.419
 Now,

00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:29.139
 weird man,

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:30.519
 as you pop and ask me,

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 do I understand?

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 The answer is no.

00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.459
 And no one's willing

00:20:34.459 --> 00:20:35.659
 to explain it to me.

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:37.359
 How am I supposed to learn

00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:39.419
 if no one teaches me?

00:20:39.459 --> 00:20:40.339
 This tells me something else,

00:20:40.399 --> 00:20:41.099
 a slight tangent,

00:20:41.219 --> 00:20:42.000
 which is we need people

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 around us to help us.

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 This man was incredibly intellectual.

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 How did he get to where he was

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.639
 without being intellectual?

00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:49.280
 Right?

00:20:49.780 --> 00:20:50.580
 So he was incredible.

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 He could have said,

00:20:51.520 --> 00:20:51.720
 Philip,

00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:52.080
 hey,

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.300
 all good.

00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:55.100
 I'm going to figure this out myself.

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.380
 I'm going to read this Bible.

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.560
 I'm going to find some commentaries.

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.540
 I'm going to understand

00:20:58.540 --> 00:20:59.620
 who this is.

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 But no,

00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:00.340
 he says,

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:00.880
 I need help.

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:03.040
 We all need to be in a place

00:21:03.040 --> 00:21:03.880
 sometimes where we go,

00:21:04.100 --> 00:21:05.100
 I need help.

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.980
 I need help.

00:21:07.040 --> 00:21:07.940
 I'm looking at the scripture

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.860
 and I don't truly understand

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.340
 what it means.

00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.860
 I'm looking at the scripture.

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:12.080
 Now I've understood what it means

00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:12.700
 and I actually don't know

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.420
 how to apply it.

00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:15.380
 I think,

00:21:15.560 --> 00:21:15.900
 I hope,

00:21:16.060 --> 00:21:16.519
 I pray,

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.519
 that's why we're here.

00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:18.500
 Together.

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 Not because I have all the answers

00:21:20.320 --> 00:21:21.180
 but because here

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:22.920
 we can ask questions together

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:24.019
 and get to a place

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.940
 that maybe we can start

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:26.259
 to understand a little bit more

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:27.140
 about what it means

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:28.400
 to be a believer of Christ

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:30.140
 and to be a follower of Christ.

00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:31.660
 We need people.

00:21:32.560 --> 00:21:32.860
 Yes,

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:34.519
 I know AI is pretty good

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:36.620
 at answering deep apologetics questions.

00:21:37.320 --> 00:21:37.980
 It's pretty good.

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.539
 Use it.

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 But my encouragement to you

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.940
 is use it in community.

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:43.640
 Use it with people

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.440
 because you look at some

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:44.900
 of those answers

00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:45.140
 and you're like,

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.240
 oh,

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.960
 I don't know if that's true.

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.740
 What do you think?

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.900
 Don't do it on your own.

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:50.519
 Don't head down these rabbit holes

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.880
 on your own.

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:53.840
 We all need someone.

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:56.720
 And then Philip opened his mouth.

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.279
 I love that.

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.279
 Verse 35,

00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:58.600
 he says,

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.840
 and he opens his mouth

00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:01.460
 and told him the good news

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.120
 about Jesus.

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.480
 Basically what he's doing

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.920
 is he's explaining to him

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.380
 the gospel.

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.640
 When he's saying,

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:09.860
 well,

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.519
 Mr. Ethiopian,

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.259
 Mr. CFO,

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.879
 clearly you have a lot of money.

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.319
 If I may,

00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:16.639
 I can tell you

00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:17.539
 that actually this person,

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:19.680
 this person who was led

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.519
 like a lamb to slaughter,

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:22.440
 this person who was humiliated

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:23.599
 and denied justice,

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:25.240
 may feel like you,

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:26.720
 but actually it was Jesus.

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:30.339
 And he's explaining this to him

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.900
 that actually,

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.519
 again,

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.599
 what he does is

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:34.559
 he spreads the gospel.

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:36.420
 He preaches the good news.

00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:37.619
 What's the bad news

00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:38.240
 that the Ethiopian

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.799
 is going through?

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.480
 The Ethiopian is thinking,

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:40.740
 well,

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:42.099
 I'm dissatisfied,

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.879
 I am dejected,

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:45.039
 and now I'm rejected.

00:22:46.419 --> 00:22:47.460
 I'm cast out.

00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:48.279
 I'm cut off

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.460
 from the Jewish community.

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.119
 But my people

00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:51.859
 that I came from

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.659
 also now

00:22:52.659 --> 00:22:53.279
 are going to think

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.639
 I'm weird

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.899
 because I've decided

00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.480
 that the things

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.099
 that we're pursuing

00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:56.879
 in Ethiopia

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:58.259
 are also not worth it.

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.500
 So there is no hope.

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.480
 So that's his bad news.

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:03.480
 And then Philip comes in

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.059
 with the good news,

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.379
 which is,

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.559
 hey,

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:06.899
 there was someone

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:08.139
 who was cast out,

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.879
 who was cut off

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.899
 for you and I.

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.779
 And because of that,

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.980
 we are now allowed in.

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.919
 You don't need to go

00:23:12.919 --> 00:23:13.559
 into Jerusalem,

00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:14.339
 into a temple,

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:15.879
 because now you are forever

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:17.159
 eternally accepted

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:18.359
 by a community

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:20.599
 of Christ followers.

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.879
 Can you feel

00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:23.639
 the good news

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:24.460
 coming through?

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.119
 Like,

00:23:25.179 --> 00:23:25.899
 you tried this.

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:27.579
 You've tried everything

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.079
 in the world.

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.299
 You're now trying this

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.220
 and you still got rejected.

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.480
 But let me tell you,

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.480
 Christ came to

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.799
 preach peace to you,

00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:36.360
 you who were far off.

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.880
 And now you are brought close

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.799
 and now you have access

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.400
 to the Father

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:40.559
 through his spirit.

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.480
 That would have been

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:43.200
 such good news.

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:44.319
 And the penny drops

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:45.079
 in that moment

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.759
 for the Ethiopian.

00:23:45.860 --> 00:23:46.039
 He's like,

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.339
 okay.

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.539
 And then it's funny.

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.160
 He says this.

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:50.039
 And as they were going

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.500
 along the road,

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.420
 they came to some water

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.120
 and the eunuch said,

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.460
 see,

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.700
 here is water.

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.500
 What prevents me

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.539
 from being baptized?

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.480
 And he commanded

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.480
 the chariot to stop.

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:58.319
 So you can see

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:59.100
 the penny drops.

00:23:59.659 --> 00:23:59.859
 He's like,

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.679
 I get it now.

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:02.219
 I get it now

00:24:02.219 --> 00:24:02.879
 that there was someone

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.459
 who was actually

00:24:03.459 --> 00:24:04.679
 cast off in my place,

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.459
 a substitute

00:24:05.459 --> 00:24:07.419
 that put it into my place

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:08.419
 so that I can now

00:24:08.419 --> 00:24:08.980
 have access.

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.179
 Stop the chariot.

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:11.119
 Shut the front door.

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.219
 Who can stop me

00:24:12.219 --> 00:24:12.859
 from getting baptized?

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.379
 That's what he's saying.

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.000
 He's like,

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:16.179
 those people who stopped me

00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:17.019
 from getting into the temple

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.399
 before,

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.799
 you can't stop this

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:20.319
 because I now have

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.879
 some good news

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.819
 because Jesus Christ

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.980
 came and tore that veil

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:24.480
 and now I can have access

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.719
 straight to the Father

00:24:25.719 --> 00:24:26.419
 through him.

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.740
 What is going to stop me

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.579
 from getting baptized?

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.179
 And Philip's like,

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.000
 I don't know,

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.299
 nothing I guess.

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:37.139
 When you have lived

00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:37.740
 with bad news

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.339
 all of your life,

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.139
 when you have been

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.679
 dissatisfied

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.919
 and have been pursuing

00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:42.339
 through all kinds of means

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.460
 and when you finally

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.279
 understand the gospel

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:44.559
 which is,

00:24:44.679 --> 00:24:45.659
 I don't need to prove myself

00:24:45.659 --> 00:24:46.460
 to people anymore.

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:48.460
 I am deeply loved.

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.359
 I am a child of God.

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.639
 That moment,

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.579
 the lights come on

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.240
 and you're like,

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:54.899
 I just need to commit

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:56.060
 to him.

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:58.140
 It's interesting,

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.140
 Isaiah 50.

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.380
 Of course,

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.620
 when he was reading

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.540
 it wasn't through an app

00:25:02.540 --> 00:25:04.840
 because he was more serious

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.340
 about the Bible

00:25:05.340 --> 00:25:05.780
 than that.

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:08.120
 But it wasn't also

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.740
 through this

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:10.080
 where it was kind of pages.

00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:11.800
 It was through a scroll.

00:25:12.540 --> 00:25:12.640
 Right?

00:25:13.100 --> 00:25:13.940
 And so actually,

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:15.200
 what's really fascinating

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.920
 is,

00:25:16.060 --> 00:25:16.840
 and this is me just

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:17.940
 imagining a little bit

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.680
 but also still

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:20.340
 using the word of God.

00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:21.699
 Isaiah 53

00:25:21.699 --> 00:25:23.220
 is talking about

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.980
 the man of sorrows.

00:25:24.439 --> 00:25:25.459
 It's talking about

00:25:25.459 --> 00:25:28.339
 53 verse 4.

00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:29.579
 Surely he has borne our griefs

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.480
 and carried our sorrows

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.939
 and yet he was esteemed,

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.779
 him stricken,

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.779
 yet smitten by God

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.339
 and afflicted

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.099
 but he was pierced

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.939
 for our transgressions.

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.579
 He was crushed

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.519
 for our iniquities.

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.119
 All we like sheep

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.879
 have gone astray.

00:25:41.459 --> 00:25:42.059
 Verse 7.

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.779
 He was oppressed

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:42.779


00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:42.799
 He was oppressed

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.439
 and afflicted

00:25:43.439 --> 00:25:44.000
 yet he opened

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.659
 not his mouth.

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.359
 Can you imagine?

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.619
 The Ethiopian would have

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:47.599
 arrived at that temple

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.319
 being rejected

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.240
 and he couldn't say a thing.

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:51.159
 So he's just

00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:52.879
 wondering who is this person?

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.379
 Like a lamb

00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:54.240
 that is led to the slaughter

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.859
 and like a sheep

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.819
 that before its shearers

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.179
 is silent

00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:57.099
 so he opened

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.699
 not his mouth.

00:25:57.959 --> 00:25:58.939
 As he was looking

00:25:58.939 --> 00:26:00.119
 and opening this scroll

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:01.059
 of Isaiah 53

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:02.500
 I can't help but imagine

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.000
 that he would have

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.519
 glanced down

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.699
 and seen Isaiah 56

00:26:04.699 --> 00:26:05.899
 because it would have been

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.959
 the same line of sight

00:26:06.959 --> 00:26:09.000
 and if you just peek later

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:10.339
 into Isaiah 56

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.679
 the title

00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:12.639
 and I'm getting goosebumps

00:26:12.639 --> 00:26:13.879
 even as I imagine

00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:14.720
 him reading this

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.559
 and him seeing this

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.299
 in his line of sight

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:18.299
 the title of that bit

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.980
 at least for us now

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:20.319
 is Salvation for Foreigners.

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.859
 And it reads this

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:23.500
 Thus says the Lord

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.179
 Keep justice

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:25.019
 and do righteousness

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.339
 for soon my salvation

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:26.899
 will come

00:26:26.899 --> 00:26:27.980
 and my righteousness

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.819
 be revealed.

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.779
 Blessed is the man

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.379
 who does this

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:31.399
 and the son of man

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.159
 who holds it fast

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:34.059
 who keeps the Sabbath

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.839
 not profaning it

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.579
 and keeps his hand

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.599
 from doing any evil.

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.179
 Here we go

00:26:37.179 --> 00:26:38.519
 Let not the foreigner

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.599
 who has joined himself

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.259
 to the Lord

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.299
 say the Lord

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:42.500
 will surely separate me

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.220
 from his people

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.879
 and let not the eunuch

00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:45.699
 say behold

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:47.539
 I am a dry tree

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.459
 for thus says the Lord

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.140
 to the eunuchs

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.340
 who keep my Sabbaths

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:51.380
 who choose the things

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:51.980
 that please me

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:53.140
 and hold fast my covenant

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:54.759
 I will give in my house

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.759
 and within my walls

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.480
 a monument

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.240
 and a name

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.360
 better than sons

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:58.819
 and daughters

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.680
 I will give them

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:01.059
 an everlasting name

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:02.980
 that shall not be cut off.

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.799
 You can bet

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.380
 that Philip

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.779
 used Isaiah 56

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:07.160
 to explain to him

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.180
 Isaiah 53.

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:10.920
 He's like

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.700
 Ethiopian man

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.200
 I know

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:14.480
 what you've sacrificed

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.539
 to get to where you're at.

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:17.360
 I know that you're looking

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:18.120
 at your life now

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.759
 and go everything

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.779
 about it

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:21.819
 is just vapor in the wind

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.539
 it's just mist

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:24.039
 it's not satisfied you

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.940
 but you also know

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:26.099
 that you now have no hope

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:27.339
 because you won't have children

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:29.039
 your name will not be passed on

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.440
 but I'm here to tell you

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.799
 some good news

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:33.399
 that salvation is not

00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:34.180
 just for the Jews

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:35.759
 in fact

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:37.159
 salvation is exactly

00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:37.799
 for the people

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.639
 who are on the fringe

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.659
 who have been cut off

00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.379
 by society.

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.839
 Salvation is for you

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:44.379
 and because of Jesus

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:45.759
 that's the good news

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.359
 my friend

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:47.240
 because of Jesus

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.220
 you now

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:49.039
 will have

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.619
 a name

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.500
 within my walls

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.720
 better than sons

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.200
 and daughters

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.940
 and I will give them

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.899
 an everlasting name

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:57.119
 that shall not be cut off.

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:58.299
 Can you imagine

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.700
 how

00:27:58.700 --> 00:28:00.079
 he would have wrestled

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.399
 with this

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:01.519
 for the whole of his life

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.019
 as a eunuch

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:03.019
 saying what you're saying

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.619
 you're saying

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:05.299
 that I will have a name

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:07.019
 that will last forever.

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.720
 Man I don't have children

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.759
 and I will never be able

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.359
 to have children

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.700
 and yet you're saying here

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.720
 that I can.

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.799
 They turn me away

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.799
 and you're here saying

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.740
 that there's a savior

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.539
 there's a Christ

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.700
 who came to me

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.700
 instead.

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.379
 Isn't that just

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:25.460
 mind blowing?

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.900
 Isn't that

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.700
 earth shattering?

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.379
 Isn't that

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:30.720
 life changing?

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:34.039
 He says

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:36.019
 I have been

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.599
 a dry tree

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.420
 that's what it says

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.339
 right Isaiah 56

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:40.079
 and let not the eunuch

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.599
 say behold

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.279
 I am dry tea

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.660
 and the eunuch

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.160
 says I have been

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.619
 a dry tree

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.599
 for a very long time

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:46.400
 but now you

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.819
 opening up

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.200
 the scriptures

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.539
 to me

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.359
 you explaining

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.200
 that now I have

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:51.000
 access to the father

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.519
 and that I get

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.920
 to be his child

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.460
 and that I will

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.200
 my name will be

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.339
 for

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:58.759
 I completely

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.519
 understand now

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.240
 why he said

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:01.339
 stop the chariot

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.819
 baptize me now

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.679
 strange man

00:29:03.679 --> 00:29:04.799
 I have no idea

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.359
 who you are

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.139
 but you've just

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:07.199
 opened my eyes

00:29:07.199 --> 00:29:08.559
 to the Christ

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:14.939
 of course

00:29:14.939 --> 00:29:16.220
 Philip was explaining

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.599
 to him

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.899
 that Jesus

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.619
 was the substitute

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.899
 that we

00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:20.539
 as men

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.399
 and women

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.000
 have chosen

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.639
 our own way

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.360
 what we call

00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:24.020
 that is sin

00:29:24.020 --> 00:29:25.140
 and that when we

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:26.060
 chose our own way

00:29:26.060 --> 00:29:28.140
 that way led us

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.860
 to death

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:30.020
 that led us

00:29:30.020 --> 00:29:30.480
 to a path

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.940
 of destruction

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.380
 and we would

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.200
 never be allowed

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.800
 in the temple

00:29:32.800 --> 00:29:33.080
 again

00:29:33.080 --> 00:29:33.480
 the eunuch

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.759
 would have

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.360
 understood that

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:34.740
 for sure

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.380
 he lived it

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:37.840
 but then

00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:39.700
 he who

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.320
 was without

00:29:40.320 --> 00:29:40.800
 sin

00:29:40.800 --> 00:29:43.480
 the sinless

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:43.759
 lamb

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:46.440
 was sacrificed

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.920
 became the

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.300
 substitute

00:29:48.300 --> 00:29:49.120
 for us

00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:51.259
 atoned for

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.820
 our sins

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.960
 atonement

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.579
 that beautiful

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.099
 word that I've

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.579
 said before

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.119
 atonement

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.939
 at one

00:29:55.939 --> 00:29:56.579
 that we were

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.200
 once broken

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.619
 apart

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.000
 but now

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.419
 Christ has

00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:58.899
 atoned

00:29:58.899 --> 00:29:59.539
 and so now

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.939
 that we are

00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:00.599
 at one

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.200
 atoned

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.859
 with God

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.279
 again

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.319
 that we are

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.879
 allowed in

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.339
 because

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:05.740
 Christ has

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.119
 now made

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.500
 his dwelling

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.279
 place in us

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.980
 that we

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.919
 are the

00:30:08.919 --> 00:30:09.259
 temple

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:12.720
 the Ethiopian

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:14.019
 is a changed

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.799
 man

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:17.779
 can you imagine

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.539
 the joy

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.039
 and elation

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:20.319
 I personally

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.839
 believe it's

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.159
 at that

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:21.440
 moment

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.039
 the Ethiopian

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.420
 then goes

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.779
 back to

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.099
 Africa

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.960
 and then a

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.940
 whole wave

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:26.759
 of Christianity

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.399
 is born

00:30:27.399 --> 00:30:28.159
 in Africa

00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:29.759
 in 1900

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.119
 there were

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.599
 9 million

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.359
 Christians in

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:31.599
 Africa

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.339
 in the year

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.759
 2000

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.460
 100 years

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:33.779
 later

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.319
 it went

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.720
 from 9

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:34.980
 million

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:36.559
 to 380

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.519
 million

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:39.680
 the organization

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.779
 I was part of

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.159
 and still

00:30:41.159 --> 00:30:42.279
 involved with

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.700
 Young Life

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:44.379
 is global

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.940
 so there's

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.799
 over 105

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.740
 countries in

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.079
 the world

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:48.619
 the fastest

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:48.859
 growing

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.279
 continent

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.559
 Africa

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:54.240
 every time

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:56.079
 I've met

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.399
 someone

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:56.960
 or been

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.379
 to Africa

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:58.119
 and seen

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:58.680
 people

00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:00.079
 who choose

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.359
 to follow

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.639
 Christ

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.359
 they just

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:02.339
 give life

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:02.919
 bring life

00:31:02.919 --> 00:31:03.279
 they just

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:04.079
 completely

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:05.099
 change my

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.519
 view of

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.119
 what Christianity

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:06.559
 should be

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.000
 someone who

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.359
 grew up

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:07.720
 in England

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.659
 whose village

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:09.339
 had a

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.639
 building

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.399
 at a church

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:11.500
 that had

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.759
 no one

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.079
 inside

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:14.139
 and you

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.439
 have this

00:31:14.439 --> 00:31:14.879
 idea

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.539
 that Christianity

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.179
 is just

00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:16.639
 for Western

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:17.159
 Europeans

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:19.119
 and then you

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.619
 go to

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:20.059
 somewhere like

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.339
 Africa

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.619
 and it

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.099
 completely

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.699
 smashes that

00:31:21.699 --> 00:31:21.939
 out

00:31:21.939 --> 00:31:22.240
 and you're

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.399
 like

00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:22.839
 wow

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:24.480
 when Jesus

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.839
 said

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.519
 go therefore

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.960
 and make

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.699
 disciples of

00:31:26.699 --> 00:31:27.699
 all nations

00:31:27.699 --> 00:31:28.919
 all ethnicities

00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:29.399
 because there

00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:29.799
 is something

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.279
 beautiful

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.980
 that every

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.740
 culture

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:34.220
 every race

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.019
 brings to

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.379
 the kingdom

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:35.779
 of God

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.500
 that all

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.139
 are welcome

00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:37.799
 even

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.859
 eunuchs

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:42.059
 even

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:43.279
 CFOs

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.679
 that

00:31:44.679 --> 00:31:45.579
 brothers and

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:45.879
 sisters

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:47.099
 is the good

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:47.359
 news

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:49.119
 I'll finish

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.459
 with these

00:31:49.459 --> 00:31:49.779
 quotes

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.740
 John Stott

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.179
 says this

00:31:51.179 --> 00:31:51.699
 the story

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.179
 of Philip

00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:52.919
 and the

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.419
 Ethiopian

00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:53.799
 is a

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.099
 striking

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.559
 example

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.459
 of personal

00:31:55.459 --> 00:31:56.439
 evangelism

00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:57.240
 Philip

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.939
 was sensitive

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:58.299
 to the

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.639
 spirit's

00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:58.959
 guidance

00:31:58.959 --> 00:32:00.079
 the Ethiopian

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.719
 was receptive

00:32:00.719 --> 00:32:01.119
 to the

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.379
 scriptures

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:01.719
 meaning

00:32:01.719 --> 00:32:02.599
 and both

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.319
 were responsive

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.159
 to the

00:32:04.159 --> 00:32:04.579
 gospel's

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.959
 demands

00:32:04.959 --> 00:32:06.519
 can we

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:06.899
 heed that

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.199
 call

00:32:07.199 --> 00:32:08.199
 that actually

00:32:08.199 --> 00:32:08.639
 it doesn't

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.120
 take much

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:10.000
 it just

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.520
 takes us

00:32:10.520 --> 00:32:11.259
 being obedient

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:14.580
 being sensitive

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:14.920
 to the

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.240
 spirit's

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.360
 guiding

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:16.020
 hey that

00:32:16.020 --> 00:32:16.320
 person

00:32:16.320 --> 00:32:16.800
 speak to

00:32:16.800 --> 00:32:16.940
 that

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.200
 person

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.520
 have the

00:32:17.520 --> 00:32:17.860
 courage

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:19.000
 at the

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.280
 office

00:32:19.280 --> 00:32:19.600
 just to

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:19.960
 hey how

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.300
 are you

00:32:20.300 --> 00:32:20.540
 doing

00:32:20.540 --> 00:32:21.040
 how can

00:32:21.040 --> 00:32:22.259
 I pray

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.680
 for you

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:25.100
 and that's

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:25.320
 all it

00:32:25.320 --> 00:32:25.759
 requires

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:27.700
 and you'll

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.160
 be shocked

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.520
 and you'll

00:32:28.520 --> 00:32:29.440
 I'll tell you

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.880
 why you'll be

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.200
 shocked and

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.480
 surprised

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.580
 because I

00:32:31.580 --> 00:32:32.240
 love asking

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.780
 people how

00:32:32.780 --> 00:32:33.259
 can I pray

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.560
 for you

00:32:33.560 --> 00:32:33.860
 and I

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.700
 usually meet

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.120
 Christians

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:36.340
 and they're

00:32:36.340 --> 00:32:36.600
 like oh

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.880
 that's refreshing

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.960
 I'm like

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.200
 that's

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.800
 Christians

00:32:39.800 --> 00:32:41.640
 I think

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.060
 we as a

00:32:42.060 --> 00:32:42.580
 church have

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:42.940
 lost the

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.320
 art of

00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:43.740
 praying for

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.160
 one another

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:46.500
 after a

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.920
 conversation

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.280
 after a

00:32:47.280 --> 00:32:47.500
 lunch and

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.680
 coffee

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.060
 hey actually

00:32:48.060 --> 00:32:48.740
 as we

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:48.980
 finish

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.900
 honestly it's

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.200
 a great way

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.600
 to finish

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:50.960
 a lunch

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.440
 as well

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:52.320
 hey how

00:32:52.320 --> 00:32:52.540
 can I

00:32:52.540 --> 00:32:52.820
 pray for

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.000
 you

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:55.220
 why don't

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.500
 we do

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.880
 that even

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.140
 as a

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.420
 church

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.780
 why don't

00:32:57.780 --> 00:32:58.000
 we do

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.320
 that to

00:32:58.320 --> 00:32:58.680
 people

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.800
 who actually

00:32:59.800 --> 00:33:00.280
 don't know

00:33:00.280 --> 00:33:00.640
 God

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.220
 who actually

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.580
 are in

00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:01.940
 deep

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.780
 need of

00:33:02.780 --> 00:33:03.000
 prayer

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.560
 because they

00:33:03.560 --> 00:33:04.180
 are also

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.820
 on that

00:33:04.820 --> 00:33:05.240
 journey that

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.860
 the Ethiopian

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:06.320
 eunuch was

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.960
 on climbing

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.039
 up sacrificing

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.839
 getting to

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.319
 the top and

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.899
 realizing there's

00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:10.359
 nothing there

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:13.139
 we can be

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:13.599
 that right

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:15.240
 so when you're

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.819
 having lunch with

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.419
 someone or when

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:17.039
 you're talking to

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:18.019
 someone in your

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.939
 home or at

00:33:18.939 --> 00:33:19.639
 your workplace

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:20.299
 why don't you

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:20.779
 ask God hey

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.639
 is there anything

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.079
 you want me to

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.379
 do here

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:24.779
 do you need me

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.279
 to open my

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.539
 mouth

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.879
 that's what

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:27.319
 Philip did

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:29.519
 and something

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.200
 else that tells

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.839
 you is that no

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.980
 one no one is

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.519
 too far

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.740
 no one is too

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.220
 far from the

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.299
 gospel so next

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.819
 week we'll find

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.460
 out the

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.819
 murderer

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:38.740
 Saul is

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.200
 also not

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.599
 too far

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:41.200
 even an

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:42.000
 Ethiopian

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.659
 eunuch

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.819
 traveling a

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.559
 thousand miles

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.579
 will be

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:46.519
 reached by

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.819
 God

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:51.179
 we have a

00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:51.619
 responsibility

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.419
 simply just to

00:33:52.419 --> 00:33:52.899
 be obedient

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:54.519
 and to ride

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.980
 that wave

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:56.159
 follow the

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.720
 spirits leading

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.700
 and from

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.099
 there a

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.599
 desert road

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.299
 can turn

00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.740
 into a

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:01.039
 place where

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.679
 God can

00:34:01.679 --> 00:34:01.839
 dwell

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:04.459
 where a

00:34:04.459 --> 00:34:04.859
 life can

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.619
 be completely

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.519
 changed

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.799
 one man

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.759
 Philip

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.840
 being obedient

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:11.819
 another man

00:34:11.819 --> 00:34:13.360
 the Ethiopian

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:14.239
 being hungry

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:15.759
 and the

00:34:15.759 --> 00:34:16.159
 kingdom of

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.619
 God moves

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.739
 isn't that

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.179
 incredible

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:20.340
 I hope

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:21.340
 that inspires

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.559
 you and

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.139
 finally there's

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.639
 something actually

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.619
 that makes me

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.099
 really like

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.519
 Philip and

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:24.819
 actually we

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.159
 don't hear

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.500
 much from

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.420
 him after

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.699
 this

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:29.059
 so he

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.679
 baptizes him

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.039
 and he

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.500
 commanded the

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.939
 chariot to

00:34:30.939 --> 00:34:31.319
 stop and

00:34:31.319 --> 00:34:31.639
 they both

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.039
 went down

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.379
 into the

00:34:32.379 --> 00:34:32.579
 water

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.079
 Philip and

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.379
 the eunuch

00:34:33.379 --> 00:34:33.719
 and he

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:34.359
 baptized him

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:35.119
 and when

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.639
 they came

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.099
 up out of

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.500
 the water

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.379
 the spirit

00:34:37.379 --> 00:34:37.639
 of the

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.259
 Lord carried

00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:38.859
 Philip away

00:34:38.859 --> 00:34:39.460
 and the

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.099
 eunuch saw

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:40.739
 him no more

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.399
 can you imagine

00:34:41.399 --> 00:34:41.879
 that scene

00:34:41.879 --> 00:34:42.480
 this is straight

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.819
 from Harry

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.399
 Potter so

00:34:43.399 --> 00:34:43.839
 he'll just

00:34:43.839 --> 00:34:44.819
 baptize him

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:48.099
 and then the

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.460
 Ethiopian

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:51.159
 can you imagine

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.839
 just that moment

00:34:51.839 --> 00:34:52.659
 how loved that

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.279
 Ethiopian would

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:53.579
 have felt

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.500
 that God

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.539
 I was rejected

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.119
 from a temple

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.659
 that I traveled

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.379
 so far to get

00:34:57.379 --> 00:34:57.980
 and yet you

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.599
 would send

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.359
 someone to me

00:34:59.359 --> 00:35:00.179
 in the desert

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:02.799
 to do this

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.359
 and then go

00:35:03.359 --> 00:35:03.960
 and literally

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.399
 that would have

00:35:04.399 --> 00:35:04.960
 been hammered

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.159
 home

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.599
 he's gone now

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.059
 that means it

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.639
 was specifically

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:08.279
 for me

00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:11.980
 and it's funny

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:13.019
 Philip

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.899
 the one who

00:35:13.899 --> 00:35:14.440
 gets zapped

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:17.359
 but Philip

00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:18.199
 found himself

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:18.980
 at Azotus

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.619
 and as he

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:19.960
 passed through

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:21.759
 he preached

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.079
 the gospel

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.599
 to all the

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.099
 towns until

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.559
 he came to

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.839
 Caesarea

00:35:23.839 --> 00:35:24.839
 so he does

00:35:24.839 --> 00:35:25.079
 this

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:26.319
 and then he

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.780
 he's like

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:28.140
 I'm not on

00:35:28.140 --> 00:35:28.380
 the desert

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.860
 road anymore

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.940
 I'm in Azotus

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:31.620
 and it's as if

00:35:31.620 --> 00:35:33.019
 nothing crazy

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.360
 has happened

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.680
 he's like

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:35.100
 oh I guess

00:35:35.100 --> 00:35:35.700
 I'll carry on

00:35:35.700 --> 00:35:36.600
 and preach

00:35:36.600 --> 00:35:37.039
 the gospel

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:40.059
 don't you want

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.660
 to have what

00:35:40.660 --> 00:35:41.559
 don't you want

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.039
 to have what

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.400
 happened to

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:42.580
 Philip

00:35:42.580 --> 00:35:42.980
 happened to

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.160
 you

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:44.039
 yes there

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.720
 are requirements

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.539
 and they are

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.320
 tough at the

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.780
 end of chapter

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.180
 seven and

00:35:47.180 --> 00:35:47.500
 beginning of

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.940
 chapter eight

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:49.260
 but you can

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.700
 just see

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.400
 Philip's heart

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:51.900
 he's like

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.400
 oh that

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.820
 was cool

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.599
 but I've

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:53.860
 got something

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.260
 even more

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:54.579
 important

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:54.940
 I want to

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.519
 continue to

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:55.920
 preach the

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.400
 good news

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:56.700
 of the

00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.059
 kingdom of

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.579
 God and

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.240
 Jesus Christ

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:59.400
 and he just

00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.860
 continues

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:01.019
 I love that

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.300
 heart

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:02.579
 whether he had

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.059
 a successful

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.760
 ministry in

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.360
 Jerusalem or

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.900
 whether he had

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.660
 one in Samaria

00:36:05.660 --> 00:36:07.180
 he was willing to

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:07.740
 go to the desert

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.240
 and as soon as

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:08.820
 that was finished

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.860
 he continued on

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.260
 his way

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:11.400
 because he knew

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.760
 that there was

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:12.220
 something much

00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:12.820
 bigger than all

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.440
 of those places

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:15.599
 I pray that

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:18.260
 we would be

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:18.900
 sensitive to the

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.400
 spirit in the

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.760
 same way

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.900
 I'm going to

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.320
 ask you just

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.560
 to bow your

00:36:22.560 --> 00:36:22.860
 heads and

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.280
 close your

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.540
 eyes and

00:36:23.540 --> 00:36:23.820
 just to

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.120
 spend a

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:24.640
 moment now

00:36:24.640 --> 00:36:26.060
 just to

00:36:26.060 --> 00:36:26.360
 ask

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:28.360
 in a bit

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.560
 we're going

00:36:28.560 --> 00:36:28.800
 to take

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.360
 communion but

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.900
 before then

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:33.020
 I believe

00:36:33.020 --> 00:36:33.740
 there are

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.340
 Philips in

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.840
 this room

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.960
 right now

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:44.040
 I believe

00:36:44.040 --> 00:36:44.300
 there are

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.880
 people who

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.820
 God is

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.140
 calling

00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:47.560
 and saying

00:36:47.560 --> 00:36:48.920
 just go to

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.220
 the desert

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:49.560
 place

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:52.759
 go to

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.119
 Samaria

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:55.299
 and open

00:36:55.299 --> 00:36:56.440
 your mouth

00:36:56.440 --> 00:37:01.000
 you don't

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.340
 have to be

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:01.599
 clever

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.519
 you don't

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:02.920
 have to be

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.239
 witty

00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:10.320
 just open

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.739
 your mouth

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.039
 and be

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.380
 obedient

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:19.860
 and before

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.420
 even any

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:21.380
 music comes

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.619
 on

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.740
 I want

00:37:22.740 --> 00:37:22.920
 you to

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.220
 ask this

00:37:23.220 --> 00:37:23.619
 question

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:27.420
 Holy Spirit

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:31.440
 who are you

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.900
 leading me

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.099
 to

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:36.579
 who are you

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.119
 placing in

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.420
 front of

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.519
 me

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:37.940
 who have

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.099
 you

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.519
 already

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.260
 placed in

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:39.559
 front of

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:39.760
 me

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.619
 that I

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:40.940
 just need

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.340
 to open

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:41.840
 my mouth

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:56.320
 the kingdom

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.660
 of God

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:57.280
 spreads through

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:57.620
 people

00:37:57.620 --> 00:38:00.579
 one man

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:00.980
 who stopped

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.380
 at nothing

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:02.039
 to obey

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.519
 his master

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:05.380
 another man

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:05.740
 deeply

00:38:05.740 --> 00:38:06.559
 dissatisfied

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.039
 with anything

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.380
 the world

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:07.779
 could offer

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:11.880
 all pointing

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.400
 to the

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:13.159
 one man

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:14.400
 God himself

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.860
 the prince

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.239
 of heaven

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:15.779
 who knew

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.199
 no sin

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:17.199
 allowing himself

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:17.960
 to be casted

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.239
 off

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:21.519
 humiliated

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:22.279
 denied

00:38:22.279 --> 00:38:22.779
 justice

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:24.900
 so that many

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.440
 would receive

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:26.079
 the free

00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:27.199
 gift of grace

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:28.460
 through him

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:29.559
 it's our

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:29.799
 job

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:30.179
 it's our

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:30.759
 only job

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:33.500
 to share

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:34.319
 the good

00:38:34.319 --> 00:38:34.619
 news of

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:34.859
 Jesus

00:38:34.859 --> 00:38:37.579
 if you

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:37.939
 have

00:38:37.939 --> 00:38:40.359
 a name

00:38:40.359 --> 00:38:41.099
 in your

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.439
 mind

00:38:41.439 --> 00:38:45.739
 I'm going

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.019
 to ask you

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.339
 to do

00:38:46.339 --> 00:38:46.759
 one thing

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:47.099
 I'm not

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.399
 going to

00:38:47.399 --> 00:38:47.859
 embarrass you

00:38:47.859 --> 00:38:48.179
 I'm not

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.419
 going to

00:38:48.419 --> 00:38:48.719
 ask you

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:48.960
 I do

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.199
 that in

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:49.339
 other

00:38:49.339 --> 00:38:49.659
 places

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:50.039
 but not

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.219
 here

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:54.579
 I just

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:54.819
 want to

00:38:54.819 --> 00:38:55.079
 see a

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.319
 little bit

00:38:55.319 --> 00:38:55.719
 of commitment

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.480
 from you

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:58.039
 if you

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.360
 have a

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.619
 name

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.719
 or God's

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:00.139
 given you

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.719
 someone

00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:01.920
 can you

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.219
 just show

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:02.480
 me that

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.840
 you have

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.139
 just

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:04.360
 your hand

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:04.659
 can you

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:04.980
 just raise

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.500
 it up

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:07.219
 I can

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:08.099
 sense

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:08.400
 there is

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.679
 someone

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:10.480
 thank you

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:16.960
 can I

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.179
 ask you

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:17.579
 to commit

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.579
 to putting

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.039
 yourself in

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.260
 front of

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:19.659
 that person

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:21.500
 and sharing

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:22.019
 the simple

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.380
 gospel

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:23.639
 with them

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:24.940
 and if you

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.679
 have trouble

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:26.799
 doing that

00:39:26.799 --> 00:39:27.000
 or if

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.219
 you're not

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:27.639
 quite sure

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:27.879
 of that

00:39:27.879 --> 00:39:28.239
 come and

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:28.559
 speak to

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:28.819
 me

00:39:28.819 --> 00:39:35.039
 can you

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.519
 commit to

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:35.940
 sharing the

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.359
 gospel with

00:39:36.359 --> 00:39:36.839
 that person

00:39:36.839 --> 00:39:46.279
 you may

00:39:46.279 --> 00:39:46.679
 think oh

00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:47.139
 it's just one

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:47.659
 conversation

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:48.119
 it's just one

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.440
 person

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:48.819
 what can

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:49.139
 that do

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.480
 I don't

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.739
 know

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:51.399
 I think

00:39:51.399 --> 00:39:51.739
 God can

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:52.339
 do anything

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:54.700
 I think

00:39:54.700 --> 00:39:54.940
 a whole

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.320
 nation

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:55.800
 can be

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.140
 saved

00:39:56.140 --> 00:39:58.320
 through one

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.920
 conversation

00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:00.700
 over coffee

00:40:00.700 --> 00:40:03.480
 because it's

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:03.900
 not us who

00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:04.220
 does it

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:05.360
 it's him

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:06.260
 can you

00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:06.720
 commit to

00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:07.180
 that person

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:12.920
 we're going

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.100
 to have

00:40:13.100 --> 00:40:13.480
 communion

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.860
 passed around

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:15.220
 now as

00:40:15.220 --> 00:40:15.600
 well as

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:18.779
 the ladies

00:40:18.779 --> 00:40:19.159
 pass it

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:19.400
 around

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:22.839
 the story

00:40:22.839 --> 00:40:23.099
 of the

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:23.599
 Ethiopian

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:25.839
 story of

00:40:25.839 --> 00:40:26.079
 Philip

00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:27.759
 is a story

00:40:27.759 --> 00:40:28.079
 of being

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.599
 cast out

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:28.900
 whether

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.259
 Philip

00:40:29.259 --> 00:40:29.839
 being pushed

00:40:29.839 --> 00:40:30.159
 out of

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:30.480
 Jerusalem

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:31.059
 whether

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:31.339
 it's the

00:40:31.339 --> 00:40:31.719
 Ethiopian

00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:32.199
 being turned

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.579
 away

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:37.519
 yet I can

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:37.759
 think of

00:40:37.759 --> 00:40:38.119
 no better

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:38.480
 thing to

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:38.739
 do

00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:39.380
 as a

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:39.759
 community

00:40:39.759 --> 00:40:40.139
 here

00:40:40.139 --> 00:40:41.679
 many years

00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:41.980
 later

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:43.440
 on the

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:43.759
 other side

00:40:43.759 --> 00:40:43.960
 of the

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.219
 world

00:40:44.219 --> 00:40:47.559
 we commit

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:47.939
 to sharing

00:40:47.939 --> 00:40:48.259
 the one

00:40:48.259 --> 00:40:48.759
 message that

00:40:48.759 --> 00:40:49.199
 Christ shared

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.500
 with us

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:50.500
 that all

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:50.939
 are welcomed

00:40:50.939 --> 00:40:51.159
 in

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:55.719
 don't get

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.000
 me wrong

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:56.379
 the gospel

00:40:56.379 --> 00:40:57.119
 is exclusive

00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:58.239
 only Jesus

00:40:58.239 --> 00:40:59.099
 can only

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.639
 Jesus is the

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:00.779
 way but

00:41:00.779 --> 00:41:01.339
 is inclusive

00:41:01.339 --> 00:41:01.759
 and that it

00:41:01.759 --> 00:41:02.079
 is for

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:02.819
 everyone

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:10.940
 we thank you

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:11.400
 that when we

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:11.760
 were dead

00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:12.100
 when we

00:41:12.100 --> 00:41:12.760
 were separated

00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:13.559
 when we

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:13.960
 had no

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.240
 hope

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:16.160
 you

00:41:16.160 --> 00:41:17.760
 rich in

00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:18.120
 mercy

00:41:18.120 --> 00:41:19.440
 because of

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:19.960
 the great

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.360
 love

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:21.100
 you had

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:21.500
 for us

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.780
 the kindness

00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:23.420
 the mercy

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.720
 that you

00:41:23.720 --> 00:41:24.240
 had for us

00:41:24.240 --> 00:41:24.940
 that you

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.360
 welcomed

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:25.800
 us

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:26.100
 in

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 and now

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:31.320
 you

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:31.960
 have made

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.340
 your dwelling

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:32.980
 place here

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:34.580
 God

00:41:34.580 --> 00:41:34.880
 would you

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:35.360
 continue

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:35.880
 to dwell

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.160
 in the

00:41:36.160 --> 00:41:36.480
 praises

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:36.800
 of your

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:37.180
 people

00:41:37.180 --> 00:41:44.900
 and as we

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:45.220
 scatter

00:41:45.220 --> 00:41:45.700
 from here

00:41:45.700 --> 00:41:46.060
 would we

00:41:46.060 --> 00:41:46.360
 have

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:48.140
 the spirit

00:41:48.140 --> 00:41:48.960
 of obedience

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.580
 that Philip

00:41:49.580 --> 00:41:50.019
 had and we

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.320
 have the

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:51.140
 hunger

00:41:51.140 --> 00:41:51.600
 that the

00:41:51.600 --> 00:41:52.120
 Ethiopian

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:57.119
 Lord we

00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:57.539
 commit to

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.019
 loving you

00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:58.420
 with all

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:58.920
 our hearts

00:41:58.920 --> 00:41:59.239
 all our

00:41:59.239 --> 00:41:59.460
 mind

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:00.759
 to loving

00:42:00.759 --> 00:42:01.139
 our

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.480
 neighbours

00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:01.819
 as

00:42:01.819 --> 00:42:02.199
 ourselves

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:04.480
 and to

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:04.719
 go

00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:08.319
 and make

00:42:08.319 --> 00:42:08.940
 disciples of

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.519
 all nations

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:12.359
 because you

00:42:12.359 --> 00:42:12.940
 died and you

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:13.420
 rose again

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:13.799
 and all

00:42:13.799 --> 00:42:14.420
 the authority

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.119
 in heaven

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:16.299
 and on earth

00:42:16.299 --> 00:42:16.639
 has been

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:17.639
 given to

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:17.880
 you

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:18.599
 and so we

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:18.779
 go

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:23.960
 we also

00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:24.420
 pray that

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:25.780
 the rain

00:42:25.780 --> 00:42:26.360
 would disappear

00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:26.740
 before

00:42:26.740 --> 00:42:27.120
 volleyball

00:42:27.120 --> 00:42:30.420
 thank you

00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:33.300
 in your name

00:42:33.300 --> 00:42:33.720
 we pray

00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:35.320
 amen