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 It's good to see all of you this morning.

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 Thanks for coming.

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 The pastors had an opportunity this past week to go to a pastor's conference.

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! Every year our association, the Ohio Association of Regular Baptists, we meet together and we

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! kind of fellowship together.

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 We are encouraged from the word together.

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 And we had a chance to do that Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday as a group of pastors.

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 It was really an encouragement.

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 It's one of those times of being able to hear the word, to be challenged, inspired, encouraged

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 by the word, and to be on the other end of that ministry, which is a true blessing.

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 So thanks for a chance for letting your pastors be able to do that this week.

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 And I can tell you it was a time well spent.

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 We, as a church, Maranatha Baptist in Columbus, Ohio, will have a chance to do that for our

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 association next year at this time.

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 And so we'll be calling on your help as we host this OARBC conference here around the

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 same time, October 19th through the 21st or somewhere in those dates.

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 And so we want to encourage you to participate, not only in being a part of the sessions, but

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 especially in serving local pastors who we are partnered with, associated with, a chance

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 to just encourage them, refresh them.

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 As you can imagine, being a pastor, especially a solo pastor in a smaller church, is a difficult

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 work.

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 And so the opportunity that you get, that I get, to encourage those pastors who come,

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 and we want to just challenge you to be part of that process.

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 This morning we're going to be back in Acts chapter 5.

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 I would encourage you to open up your Bibles, if you would please, to Acts chapter 5.

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 If you're using the Pew Bible, you'll find us on page 913.

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 Our passage this morning, what we're going to find is this pivotal moment in the life of

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 the church.

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 This moment that's going to help establish the priorities and the focus and the strategic

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 plan of this group of individuals, the apostles, who God is using to birth this church.

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 We know from Ephesians chapter 2 that the foundation is laid upon the apostles.

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 In pastors and teachers, Jesus Christ, of course, being the chief cornerstone.

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 And here we find the apostles who are instrumental in being used of God in this incredible church

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 movement that we've been looking at over the past several months.

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 As we're going to take a peek at this passage, we're going to see what is the strategy that

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 works?

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 What is the strategic plan that we need to use as a church to see and enjoy the benefits

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 of the Holy Spirit's power?

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 You see, you get the strategy right, you enjoy the benefits of God's work among you as God's

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 people.

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 You get the strategy wrong, then you build a system, an organization, or a structure that

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 rests on a weak foundation.

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 Our temptation, I think, is to look at what's working.

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 Well, what's working?

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 Well, we're going to do what works.

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 We're going to capitalize on the momentum.

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 We're going to see what God is doing among us, and we're going to continue to maximize that

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 course of action so we can be carried along and continue to enjoy the benefits of God's

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 work among us.

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 How can we capitalize on this momentum?

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 How can we keep this going?

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 Of course, over the last several weeks, we've been seeing that a lot has been happening in

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 this church.

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 I mean, it's a unified church.

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 It's a church that day by day, they are just enjoying the fellowship of God's people.

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 They are in each other's homes.

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 They are scattered across the city.

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 It is a unified church.

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 We saw one heart and one mind.

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 We saw it's a giving church, a church that is sacrificial in their giving towards one

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 another.

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 They're selling possessions.

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 They're distributing as people have need.

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 They have everything in common.

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 This is just this extraordinary work of God to create an affection for people.

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 It is a faithful church.

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 Their willingness to lay down things that would give them a measure of financial security for

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 the sake of distributing to others among them.

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 It's a fellowshipping church.

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 It's a church that just loves to be together.

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 You see that time and time again.

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 It's a worshiping church.

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 And of course, it's also a power producing church.

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 The spirit of God is so alive among God's people and among the apostles in particular that

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 signs and wonders are being done on extraordinary levels.

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 And of course, it's a growing church.

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 A growing church.

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 It's a church that's multiplying so much so that Luke finally gets to the point where he

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 can't even put a number on it.

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 So many people, men and women, are multiplied.

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 The growth that is taking place in this church because of the evident work of the Holy Spirit

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 among them.

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 So what will be the strategy to keep this movement going?

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 Well, it's a strategy that Jesus pointed out in Acts chapter 1.

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 As Jesus has his disciples with him, he wants to center them on one united strategy.

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 And that is in chapter 1 verse 8, you will be witnesses.

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 You will receive, excuse me, heading back just a bit to the first phrase.

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 You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be my witnesses

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 in Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria, in the uttermost parts of the earth.

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 The key strategy for every healthy church movement is preaching.

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 Preaching and teaching the word of God.

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 That is where the power is.

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 The power is in the words of life.

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 God's words flowing through his people in order to produce change in hearts.

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 Why were they unified?

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 Well, they were unified because they were devoted to the apostles' teaching.

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 Why were they giving?

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 Well, it was an outflow of the teaching of the apostles who were helping them understand

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 the significance of loving God, but also loving their neighbor as themselves.

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 Why was the church growing?

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 It was growing because of the testimony of the gospel, the work of God.

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 In the gospel we see in chapter 2 and in chapter 3 and 4, the clear gospel testimony that's producing life in God's people.

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 All the worship that's happening day by day could be traced to the power of the word of God among his people.

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 That's the strategy.

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 So the pivotal moment in the development of this church, we might get distracted by seeing all the great things that God is doing.

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 But all of those great things can be traced back to one.

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 The teaching and preaching, the ministry of the word of God.

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 What established the church from the beginning is what's going to carry it through to the end.

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 A priority of faithful teaching.

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 Commitment to life-giving power of the scripture.

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 Here at Maranatha, we've had the joy, the blessing of a foundation that has been laid for us going back to the 60s, the 1960s,

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 of faithful men who taught the word of God.

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 And we are beneficiaries of that faithful work of God through faithful men.

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 And if the power of God is going to be resident in us, it's going to be resident through that continued faithful ministry.

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 A ministry that happens from the front, from the pulpit.

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 But also a ministry that happens as we faithfully know the word of God and share the word of God with others.

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 As we look at our passage this morning, we're going to see the centrality of the word of God.

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 The centrality of preaching.

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 And we're going to see that through a number of means.

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 But look with me, if you would, in chapter 5, verse 17.

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 We're going to begin to see the centrality of preaching that is brought to attention because it was the focus of opposition.

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 We see the centrality of preaching.

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 But we see the centrality first through the focused opposition they experienced.

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 Notice, verse 17 says this.

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 We see opposition.

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 The focus of opposition that draws attention to the centrality of preaching in the ministry of the apostles.

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 As we saw last week, we saw the significance of contrastive words.

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 And here again, at the beginning of this passage in verse 17, we see this contrastive word, the word but.

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 And as good Bible students, we need to understand there's at least two reasons why this contrastive word is here.

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 First, it helps us know that something that we're going to list here is going to be different from what we saw before.

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 And second, we need to compare it to what was there before that contrastive word took place.

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 There is something that is the standard.

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 There is something that we can come to experience.

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 But then there's something that's opposing it.

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 Opposition says something.

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 Opposition helps us identify what are the main catalysts of the problem.

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 What leads, what are the main reasons for the hostility?

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 It calls attention to the main source of frustration or anger that's prevalent.

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 So opposition helps us identify the main priorities.

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 Especially when we're following God's instructions.

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 What are those things that seem to provide the greatest opposition in our obedience?

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 Draw attention to those things.

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 Those are the things that are probably the most important things.

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 We continue to read this account and we find out that the high priest and the Sadducees are fed up.

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 They are fed up.

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 And now, here they are.

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 They thought they got rid of the problem.

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 They thought in getting rid of Jesus, they could finally have some peace and quiet in their city.

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 Yet, Jesus was an annoyance to them.

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 His teaching attracted a great deal of attention.

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 And a lot of individuals would gather around Jesus.

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 But one thing that they could count on is the loyalty of the people.

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 The people were still loyal to the religious leaders.

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 They still attended temple.

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 They still followed their direction.

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 But now, now all of a sudden, this new teaching from the apostles is changing all of that.

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 There seems to be this new unity.

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 This new loyalty.

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 This new allegiance.

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 This new commitment to what is taking place.

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 Of course, it's because the gospel is having a way in their hearts.

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 And as far as they were concerned, this had to be stopped.

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 This movement was growing and now spilling into Judea.

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 And we saw that in chapter 5, verse 16.

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 The people gathered from towns, the towns around Jerusalem.

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 And this is what Jesus promised was going to take place in this movement.

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 That they were going to be witnesses in Jerusalem.

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 And then it was going to grow to Judea.

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 And that's, in fact, what's happening.

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 So, it was gaining popularity.

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 It was gaining momentum.

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 But what was the source of their problem?

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 Yes, there were signs and wonders.

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 Yes, there was unconventional sharing that was taking place.

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 Yes, there was fellowshipping and worshipping that was happening.

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 But there was one thing that eclipsed it all.

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 There was one thing that drove the religious leaders crazy.

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 And it was the teaching of Jesus Christ.

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 They name it here in our passage in chapter 5, verse 28.

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 Notice they say,

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 We strictly charged you not to teach in this name.

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 They can't even name Jesus Christ.

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 That was the central issue.

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 From chapter 4, verse 17.

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 Same interrogation kind of thing that's happening.

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 Same indictment.

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 They say in verse 17,

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 But in order that it may spread no further among the people,

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 let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.

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 In chapter 5, verse 40.

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 This is our passage.

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 We find they charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus.

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 But for all of their efforts,

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 for all of their desire to put this movement down,

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 the disciples, the apostles,

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 were determined to follow through.

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 They were determined to obey the word of God.

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 We must obey God rather than man.

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 And so we find at the end of our passage,

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 chapter 5, verse 42,

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 what do they do?

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 They did not cease teaching and preaching.

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 The Christ is Jesus.

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 Teaching.

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 The centrality of the word.

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 Centrality of the gospel.

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 The centrality of teaching and preaching in the name.

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 The name of Jesus Christ.

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 Christ.

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 I wonder this morning if you are willing to face opposition for the name.

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 I'm not sure what situation you might be a part of.

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 I'm not sure what circles that you are running in.

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 I'm not sure how things are in your place of work

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 or in your neighborhoods

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 or the different groups that you're a part of.

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 But I wonder if there's a willingness to vocalize

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 and to speak about the name.

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 And to face whatever opposition there might come

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 as a result of speaking about Jesus Christ.

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 Just a little over a week and a half ago,

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 I had the opportunity.

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 I went to visit Grace Baptist Church in Cedarville, Ohio.

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 And there was a missionary and his wife who were there.

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 They were actually natives of Pakistan.

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 And he and his wife were there visiting from Central Asia.

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 The very place where I was supposed to go a couple of weeks ago and teach.

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 And he was supposed to be my translator.

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 And there they were.

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 I got a chance.

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 I couldn't see them in Central Asia.

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 So I got a chance to get to see them there at Grace Baptist Church.

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 Living in Pakistan is not easy.

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 I don't know the statistics for you,

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 but my guess is it's a fraction of a percentage of the people there

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 who even know the gospel.

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 And yet God, by his grace, through his word,

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 led this man's grandpa to Christ.

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 He was working for his grandpa.

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 He was doing...

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 Excuse me.

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 His grandpa was working for a missionary from the States

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 who taught him about the Scripture.

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 He, over a period of time, accepted Christ as his Savior

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 and then passed that word on to his grandson

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 who came to faith in Christ and is now a pastor.

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 Now he's a pastor in a very, very difficult place.

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 A place that, by the way, a little bit over a year ago,

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 the pastor of that church was shot and killed by opposition.

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 We don't know that kind of opposition here.

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 I pray that God gives me courage

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 to speak up for the name of Christ in the face of opposition.

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 There is no other name under heaven,

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 given among men, whereby we must be saved.

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 There is no other name.

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 May we speak the name in the face of opposition.

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 That is the name that must be the priority for us in our ministry.

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 It was the focus of opposition,

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 but we see in verses 19 to 21,

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 it was also the priority of their ministry.

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 The priority of their ministry, notice this,

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 again, verse 17,

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 the high priest rose up and all who were with him,

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 that is the party of the Sadducees,

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 and filled with jealousy,

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 they arrested the apostles

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 and they put them in public prison.

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 But during the night,

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 an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors,

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 brought them out and said,

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 go stand in the temple

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 and speak to the people all the words of this life.

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 And when they heard this,

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 they entered the temple at daybreak

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 and began to teach.

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 Get this,

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 the religious leaders arrest the apostles.

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 They put them in public prison.

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 What do you suppose their motivations were?

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 Well, the text doesn't say,

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 but I imagine we can speculate.

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 Maybe they intended to embarrass.

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 Certainly, they intended to threaten

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 and intimidate through their power and authority.

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 They're like,

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 hey, you listen to us

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 or this is what's going to happen to you.

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 And then an angel shows up

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 and turns everything upside down.

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 An angel shows up,

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 opens the doors of the prison,

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 brings them out

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 and gives them a command.

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 And we saw, by the way,

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 the high priest and the Sadducees

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 who were part of this group.

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 And ironically,

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 God uses an angel of all things

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 to deliver the apostles.

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 And the significance of that is

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 the Sadducees did not believe in angels.

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 And God uses an angel instrumentally

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 to advance the word of God

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 among his people.

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 It doesn't matter what you believe.

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 Let me show you

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 who really has authority.

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 Let me show you

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 who really has power.

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 Let me show you

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 what really is the priority.

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 It's the priority of the word,

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 of God,

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 the teaching of the scripture.

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 And then what do you expect

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 the angel to do?

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 What do you expect the angel to say?

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 What instructions do you think

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 the angel will give?

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 And I know we just read through this

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 so that you know

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 what is here in the text.

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 But if you were giving advice

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 to prominent individuals

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 who were leading a movement

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 in a very hostile time,

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 what would you encourage them to do?

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 What advice would you give?

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 Well, maybe you'd say,

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 things are getting a little dangerous here.

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 Things are getting a little hot here.

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 The movement has really grown.

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 We've got multitudes who are here.

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 Why don't you take the show on the road?

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 Kind of take things out of the city.

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 You were told to go to Judea and Samaria.

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 Why don't you just take the show on the road

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 and escape danger for a little while?

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 No, that's not what the angel said.

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 Or maybe the angel would say,

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 hey, just sit tight.

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 Dial it back a little bit.

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 Things are getting a little hot here.

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 Opposition is coming.

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 Just kind of back off.

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 Concentrate on the things that are working.

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 You know, the miracles,

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 that's a ticket.

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 You can really get people through miracles.

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 Why don't you keep that up?

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 And fellowship and unity.

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 Yeah, we're a church that loves fellowship and unity.

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 Let's do whatever it takes

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 to make sure the people are comfortable

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 so they'll stay unified.

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 No, he doesn't say that either.

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 Or maybe you say,

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 hey, worship is really good.

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 Let's amplify the worship

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 that's taking a place among God's people.

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 What does keep the worship going?

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 No, he doesn't say any of those things.

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 Matter of fact, he puts them in harm's way.

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 Anyway, the statement here,

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 head back to the temple

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 and speak all the words of this life

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 is a loaded statement.

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 There are at least three different categories

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 that we can look at here.

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 There was direction,

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 the where they were supposed to go.

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 There was purpose in what they were supposed to do.

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 There was content in what they were supposed to say.

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 I think we begin to understand

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 what God's priority is.

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 And this was an important, pivotal time

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 because from this point on,

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 it'll be very clear

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 what the apostles are supposed to place

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 as their ultimate priority.

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 We get to Acts chapter six

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 and the apostle Peter will say

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 to the effect,

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 we need to focus

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 on the teaching of the word in prayer.

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 That needs to be our main objective.

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 Not that other things are unimportant,

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 but we need to focus on the main thing.

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 Keep the main thing the main thing.

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 And we begin to see what matters.

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 Where is the power?

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 The power is in the message of Christ.

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 Here the angel says,

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 speak the words of this life.

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 That's where the power is.

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 It was a life-giving message of Jesus Christ.

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 Peter has said earlier in chapter three,

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 in expounding the gospel

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 to those who are there in Jerusalem,

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 he says,

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 the God of Abraham,

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 chapter three, verse 13,

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 the God of Isaac,

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 the God of Jacob,

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 glorified his servant Jesus,

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 whom you delivered over

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 and denied in the presence of Pilate.

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 But you denied the Holy One

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 and Righteous One.

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 You asked for a murderer

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 to be granted to you.

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 You killed the author of life,

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 whom God raised up from the dead.

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 On three occasions,

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 Jesus would refer to himself directly as the life.

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 In John chapter six, verse 35,

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 he says,

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 I am the bread of,

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 what church?

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 Life.

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 In John 11, 25,

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 I am the resurrection and the life.

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 Life.

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 John 14, 6,

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 I am the way,

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 the truth,

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 and the life.

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 We enjoy life,

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 spiritual life.

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 We convey life to others

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 through the life-giving message

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 of the author of life.

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 Jesus was the source of life.

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 Jesus was the fullest expression of life.

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 And only through Jesus

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 would eternal life come.

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 There is no gospel

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 without resurrection life.

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 That was the message.

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 So if we want to enjoy

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 the power of God in our church,

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 want to enjoy the power of God

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 in this city,

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 we want to enjoy the power of God

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 in this nation,

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 we must not lose the message

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 of Christ,

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 the author of life.

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 MacArthur has said,

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 the ministry of God's word

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 should always be

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 at the heart and focus

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 of the church's ministry.

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 Spurgeon has said,

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 the direct and downright preaching

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 of the gospel

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 is the most profitable work

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 which I ever engage in.

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 God has given us the joy

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 of being conduits,

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 witnesses,

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 to testify to the wonder of life,

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 the words of life.

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 Of all the ministries we carry out,

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 it's the ministry of teaching

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 that is central.

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 It's the ministry of preaching

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 that's the priority

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 because it's the ministry

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 in which we convey life.

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 In every other ministry

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 in which we do,

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 it hangs on the framework.

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 It's built on the foundation

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 of teaching and preaching.

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 It's the ministry

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 that we're all called to.

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 In hard times

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 and in good times,

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 just this past week,

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 just a couple of days ago,

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 my wife and I

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 had another opportunity.

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 This was a very unique,

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 a very unique week.

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 We got to see

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 another missionary,

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 a missionary

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 that's actually coming

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 from Ukraine.

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 He and his wife

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 live there,

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 his entire family.

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 He's Ukrainian.

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 He was born there.

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 He lives there.

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 And to hear

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 some of the things

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 that he is doing

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 in the middle

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 of incredible adversity,

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 I mean,

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 walking into

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 very hostile places,

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 having a gun

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 put to his head,

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 I won't get into

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 too many details,

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.940
 but his willingness

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 to preach about Christ

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 in very hostile situations

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 was such a challenge

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 to me to hear.

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 Him having a family,

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 sons,

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 a wife,

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 who were constantly

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 in jeopardy

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 of their physical

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 well-being,

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 but all for the sake

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.779
 of the word,

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 the message

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 of Christ

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 that leads to life.

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 Oh, might we

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 as God's people

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 understand

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 not only the significance

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 of the words,

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 but that God

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.460
 would fill us

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 with a zeal

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.919
 for teaching

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 and preaching.

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 We can do it

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.579
 unhindered,

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:10.319
 teaching the word

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 of life

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 wherever we are.

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 may we not wait

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 till things get hard

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 before we do

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 the teaching

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 of the word of life.

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 It was a focus

00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.859
 of their opposition,

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 it was a priority

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 of their ministry.

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:25.279
 In verses 21 to 26,

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 it was the reason

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 for caution,

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 the reason for caution.

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 Notice,

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 the second half

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 of verse 21 says,

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 Now when the high priest

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 came and those

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 who were with him,

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 they called together

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 the council,

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 all the senate

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 of the people

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 of Israel,

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 and sent to the prison

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 to have them brought.

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 I love this.

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 They're going to exert

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 their authority,

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 right?

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 Here they are.

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 This council is there.

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 They are the big dogs

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 in Jerusalem

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 and they're going to

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 let the apostles

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 have it

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 and so they go

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 to fetch them

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 from the prison

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 and now what do we find?

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 Verse 22,

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 But when the officers came,

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 they did not find them

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 in the prison.

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 So they returned

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 and reported.

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 We found the prison

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 securely locked

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 and the guards

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 standing at the doors

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 but when we opened them,

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 we found no one inside.

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 In other words,

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.160
 they were guarding

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 an empty cell.

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 All of the accoutrements

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:26.840
 of captivity

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:28.019
 that were there

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:29.940
 and all the security measures

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:31.119
 that were put in place,

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:33.039
 all the authority

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.579
 that was meant

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.500
 to be exerted

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:37.319
 and evaporates

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.519
 into nothing

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:40.000
 because here they are.

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.139
 They're going to exert

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.779
 their authority

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:44.279
 on vapors

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.819
 that aren't even

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.980
 in the prison cell.

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:47.599
 Verse 24,

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:49.139
 Now when the captain

00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:50.579
 of the temple

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.940
 and the chief priest

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.740
 heard these words,

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:54.319
 they were greatly perplexed.

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.220
 I guess they were.

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:57.019
 Wondering what would

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.779
 come of this.

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:59.400
 And someone came

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.940
 and told them,

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.259


00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:02.119
 the men whom you put

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.740
 in prison

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.879
 are standing

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:05.079
 in the temple

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:05.879
 and teaching

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.720
 the people.

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.799
 Then the captain

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:10.180
 with the officers

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:11.940
 went and brought them

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:13.799
 but not by force

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:15.299
 for they were afraid

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.420
 of being stoned

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.519
 by the people.

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.279
 Huh.

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.759
 Get this.

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.819
 The reversal has happened.

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:24.200
 Oh, the great reversal.

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:26.740
 When God is in control

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.920
 and God's people

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:29.840
 trust God

00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:30.860
 to do what God

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.440
 can do,

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.519
 all of the force

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.799
 and all of the pressure,

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.559
 all of the intimidation

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.860
 of the so-called

00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.580
 authorities

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:40.500
 amounts to nothing.

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:43.019
 Amounts to nothing.

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.640
 And where

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.980
 are the apostles?

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.539
 They're not in the place

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.720
 where they should be

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.740
 at least as far

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:51.019
 as the religious leaders

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.580
 were concerned.

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.480
 They're in the temple

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.779
 that they're preaching

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:55.240
 and teaching the people.

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.740
 And notice

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:58.939
 this comical contrast.

00:28:59.399 --> 00:28:59.759
 All,

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.799
 the senate was there.

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.799
 They're all there.

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.879
 It's kind of the contrast

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:06.500
 to all the people,

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.799
 all the multitudes,

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.500
 the church

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:10.079
 that God was working in.

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:12.399
 And guess who's fearing?

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.960
 This word,

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.599
 they were afraid

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.079
 of the people.

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:17.220
 We saw that word already.

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.920
 In our passage

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:19.900
 last week,

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:20.960
 we saw

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:22.079
 this word

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.720
 for fear.

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.779
 It's the same word

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.700
 that we saw

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:28.980
 in verse 5.

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:30.019
 Great fear

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.700
 came upon

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.420
 all who heard it.

00:29:32.100 --> 00:29:32.779
 And we saw this

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.640
 in chapter 5,

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.160
 verse 11.

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.259
 And great fear

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.799
 came upon

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.480
 the whole church

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.339
 and upon all

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.360
 who heard these things.

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:40.960
 This unmistakable power

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.860
 has turned

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.500
 the hearts

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.880
 of those in the temple

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:45.539
 and he's flipped

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:47.059
 everything upside down.

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.079
 The religious leaders

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.480
 who thought

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.779
 they were going

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.779
 to bring great fear

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:52.100
 on these apostles

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:53.740
 are turned to fear.

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:55.579
 That's the power

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.299
 of God.

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:58.180
 That's what it produced.

00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:00.019
 Fear in the,

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.480
 it produced fear

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.160
 in the apostles.

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.579
 Their fear

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.799
 of God

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:06.299
 led them

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:08.420
 to bold witness.

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.360
 We saw

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:10.120
 them praying,

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.420
 God,

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.519
 give us courage.

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.579
 Acts chapter 4,

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.220
 verse 29.

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.880
 And now,

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.120
 Lord,

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.299
 look upon their threats

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:16.119
 and grant

00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:16.879
 to your servants

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:18.119
 to continue

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.759
 to speak

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.519
 your word

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.379
 with boldness.

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.019
 And God

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:22.460
 answers their prayer

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.180
 and here they are

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:24.079
 again

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:25.299
 in the temple

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:26.159
 preaching.

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:28.200
 And God turns,

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:30.079
 God turns

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.879
 the,

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.419
 the,

00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:32.399
 the screws

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:34.039
 on the religious leaders

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.579
 and now

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.539
 they're the ones

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.419
 who are afraid.

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.839
 God did this.

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.299
 Next we see

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.919
 it was the center

00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:41.000
 of their commitment

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:42.519
 in verses 27 to 32.

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.720
 the center

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.759
 of their commitment,

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.400
 their preaching

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.059
 and teaching.

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:48.160
 It says in verse 27,

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:49.220
 and when they had

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.900
 brought them,

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.039
 speaking of the religious

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.379
 leaders,

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.440
 they set them

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.259
 before the council

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.700
 and the high priest

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.480
 questioned them

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.839
 saying,

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:57.500
 we strictly charge you

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.299
 not to teach

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:59.160
 in this name,

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.440
 yet here you have

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.160
 filled Jerusalem

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:02.480
 with your teaching.

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:02.980
 I just want to

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.960
 pause for a moment

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.339
 again,

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.859
 just let you see

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:07.139
 the repetition

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:08.460
 and the significance,

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.420
 the priority,

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.839
 the centrality

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.400
 of teaching.

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.139
 We told you

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.839
 not to teach

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.920
 and here you are

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.339
 in Jerusalem

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.879
 teaching.

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.879
 That's the problem.

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:20.119
 Verse 29,

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.599
 but Peter

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.339
 and the apostles

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.759
 answered,

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:24.000
 we must obey

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.900
 God

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:26.180
 rather than men.

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.839
 That's our commitment.

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.579
 God said it,

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.940
 we're going to do it

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.180
 with courage.

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.139
 We're going to

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:33.680
 follow through

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:35.180
 and then he,

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.259
 then Peter,

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.500
 he goes after it,

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.720
 man.

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:39.299
 He is like a bloodhound.

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.539
 He is going after it.

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:40.900
 Look at this,

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.400
 verse 30.

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:41.960
 So,

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:43.519
 the God of our fathers

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.259
 raised Jesus

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.200
 whom you killed

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:46.680
 by hanging him

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.160
 on a tree.

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.240
 God exalted him

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.340
 at his right hand

00:31:50.340 --> 00:31:52.000
 as leader and savior

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.560
 to give repentance

00:31:53.560 --> 00:31:54.080
 to Israel

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.580
 and forgiveness

00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:55.300
 of sins

00:31:55.300 --> 00:31:56.620
 and we are witnesses

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.480
 to these things

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:59.420
 and so is the Holy Spirit

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.900
 whom God has given

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.640
 to those

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:03.240
 who obey him.

00:32:04.540 --> 00:32:05.420
 Main accusation,

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.660
 you're teaching

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.780
 in the name.

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:09.639
 main accusation,

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.359
 you're teaching

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.079
 in,

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:13.259
 you're accusing us

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.519
 of this man's blood.

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:15.079
 We're not even

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.660
 going to speak

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.240
 his name

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.779
 but you know

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.220
 who we're talking

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.500
 about.

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:21.579
 it helps us

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.240
 understand

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.119
 that teaching

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:24.819
 that is empty

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.640
 of Christ

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.779
 is empty

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.420
 of power.

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.900
 Teaching

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.779
 that is empty

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.640
 of Christ

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.579
 is empty

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.019
 of power.

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.519
 Spurgeon

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:33.859
 says,

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.259
 the spirit

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.599
 of God

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:34.959
 bears

00:32:34.959 --> 00:32:36.639
 no witness

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.719
 to Christless

00:32:37.719 --> 00:32:38.599
 sermons.

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.459
 You want to enjoy

00:32:40.459 --> 00:32:41.899
 God's spirit,

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:43.199
 God's Holy Spirit's

00:32:43.199 --> 00:32:43.439
 power?

00:32:44.159 --> 00:32:44.939
 It must be

00:32:44.939 --> 00:32:45.339
 laden

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.319
 with the message

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.919
 of the gospel,

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.519
 the message

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.419
 of Christ.

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.919
 Teaching

00:32:48.919 --> 00:32:50.139
 without Christ

00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:50.799
 may inform

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.219
 the mind,

00:32:51.979 --> 00:32:52.519
 it may stir

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.059
 the emotions,

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.799
 it may even

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.659
 influence behavior

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:55.779
 but it cannot

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.519
 accomplish

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.719
 the saving

00:32:57.719 --> 00:32:58.500
 work

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.559
 of the gospel.

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.919
 And the main

00:33:01.919 --> 00:33:02.339
 offense

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:03.119
 of the apostles

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.659
 teaching

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:05.060
 you intend

00:33:05.060 --> 00:33:05.560
 to bring

00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:06.300
 this man's

00:33:06.300 --> 00:33:07.160
 blood on us.

00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:09.060
 To that

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:09.779
 Peter could have

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:09.980
 said,

00:33:10.060 --> 00:33:10.460
 well no,

00:33:10.560 --> 00:33:10.960
 actually you

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.460
 brought his

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:11.779
 blood on

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.120
 yourself.

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.740
 Matthew chapter

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:15.080
 27 verse 25

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:15.759
 you ask for

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.120
 this.

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.740
 It says,

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:18.540
 his blood

00:33:18.540 --> 00:33:19.460
 be upon us

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.080
 and upon

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:20.880
 our children.

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.700
 That's what

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.340
 the assembly

00:33:22.340 --> 00:33:24.700
 of protesters

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:26.200
 said at the

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.700
 hearing of

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.519
 Christ in

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:27.840
 front of

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.180
 Pilate.

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.460
 His blood

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.140
 be upon us

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.560
 and here it

00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:30.940
 is.

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:31.759
 His blood

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.120
 is there.

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:33.839
 The verbal

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.279
 connection

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.939
 between chapter

00:33:34.939 --> 00:33:35.619
 5 and

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.679
 Matthew 27

00:33:36.679 --> 00:33:37.339
 is striking.

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:38.679
 And Peter

00:33:38.679 --> 00:33:39.319
 drives it

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:39.579
 home.

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.039
 The God

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.279
 of our

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.579
 fathers

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:40.919
 raised

00:33:40.919 --> 00:33:41.419
 Jesus

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:42.399
 whom you

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:42.799
 killed

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.519
 by hanging

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.119
 on a tree.

00:33:44.939 --> 00:33:45.459
 And here

00:33:45.459 --> 00:33:45.919
 is this

00:33:45.919 --> 00:33:46.619
 intentional

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.579
 reversal

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.179
 that we

00:33:48.179 --> 00:33:48.539
 see.

00:33:48.979 --> 00:33:49.399
 Maybe it's

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:49.899
 not quite

00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.359
 as apparent

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:50.839
 but notice

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.639
 the God

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:53.119
 raised

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:53.559
 you

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.159
 killed.

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.579
 That's

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.179
 what we

00:33:55.179 --> 00:33:55.859
 find in

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.439
 chapter 5

00:33:56.439 --> 00:33:57.019
 verse 30.

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:58.519
 But in

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.299
 his previous

00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.960
 messages

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:01.240
 his message

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.720
 in Acts

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.259
 chapter 2

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.700
 Peter's

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.059
 message

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.660
 in Acts

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.119
 chapter 2

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:04.819
 verse 23

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:06.059
 is you

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.619
 crucified

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.500
 God

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:07.940
 raised.

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.259
 In Acts

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:09.759
 chapter 3

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.559
 verse 14

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.960
 you killed

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.900
 God

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.340
 raised.

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.360
 In chapter

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.940
 4 verse

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.280
 10

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:16.559
 you crucified

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.199
 God

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.639
 raised

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.179
 and now

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.539
 here

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.860
 God

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.420
 raised

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.139
 you

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.559
 killed.

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:24.219
 The emphasis

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:26.679
 on the

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.179
 message of

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.459
 life.

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.579
 It is

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.719
 a living

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.179
 message.

00:34:31.959 --> 00:34:32.500
 It is

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.899
 the living

00:34:32.899 --> 00:34:33.199
 word.

00:34:33.899 --> 00:34:34.199
 God

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:34.459
 raised

00:34:34.459 --> 00:34:34.639
 him.

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.799
 I'm

00:34:35.799 --> 00:34:35.899
 going to

00:34:35.899 --> 00:34:36.059
 leave

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.459
 with that

00:34:36.459 --> 00:34:37.199
 because

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.480
 there's

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.919
 life

00:34:37.919 --> 00:34:38.699
 that is

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.079
 offered

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.480
 because

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.919
 of the

00:34:39.919 --> 00:34:40.219
 message

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:40.799
 of Christ.

00:34:41.379 --> 00:34:41.679
 God

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.259
 extends

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.779
 life

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:43.319
 through

00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:43.539
 his

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.799
 son.

00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:44.419
 It

00:34:44.419 --> 00:34:44.679
 doesn't

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:44.939
 matter

00:34:44.939 --> 00:34:45.500
 what

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.619
 you

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:45.879
 do.

00:34:46.399 --> 00:34:46.639
 You

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:46.819
 may

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.079
 kill

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.259
 him.

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:47.799
 You

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:47.939
 may

00:34:47.939 --> 00:34:48.399
 crucify

00:34:48.399 --> 00:34:48.679
 him.

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.119
 You

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.439
 may

00:34:49.439 --> 00:34:51.319
 push

00:34:51.319 --> 00:34:51.539
 him

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:51.839
 away.

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.179
 But

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:52.459
 God

00:34:52.459 --> 00:34:53.000
 raised

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.279
 him

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:53.619
 and

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:53.879
 God

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.440
 exalted

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:54.780
 him.

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.019
 And

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.160
 we

00:34:56.160 --> 00:34:56.280
 are

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:56.619
 witnesses

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:56.840
 of

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.019
 these

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.320
 things

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.519
 and

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.780
 so

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.019
 is

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.140
 the

00:34:58.140 --> 00:34:58.300
 Holy

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.660
 Spirit.

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.280
 This

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.500
 is a

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.640
 true

00:35:00.640 --> 00:35:01.079
 message.

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:01.980
 Our

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.340
 confidence

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.880
 is here.

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.700
 And

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.039
 finally,

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.400
 their

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.800
 source

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.780
 of

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:07.300
 confidence

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.760
 in

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:07.960
 verses

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.420
 33

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.700
 to

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:09.180
 42.

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.740
 33

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:11.220
 says,

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.619
 When

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:11.840
 they

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.119
 heard

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:12.460
 this,

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:12.660
 they

00:35:12.660 --> 00:35:12.840
 were

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.320
 enraged

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:13.760
 and

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:13.860
 they

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.039
 wanted

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.220
 to

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:14.380
 kill

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:14.539
 them.

00:35:14.640 --> 00:35:14.680
 But

00:35:14.680 --> 00:35:14.820
 the

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.340
 Pharisees

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:15.460
 in

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.579
 the

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:15.900
 council

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.180
 named

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:16.640
 Gamaliel,

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.240
 a

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:17.619
 teacher

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:17.920
 of

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.380
 law,

00:35:18.680 --> 00:35:18.900
 held

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.059
 in

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.300
 honor

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:19.480
 by

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.599
 all

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:19.700
 the

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:19.940
 people,

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.200
 stood

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.480
 up

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.420
 and

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:21.639
 gave

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:21.900
 orders

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.079
 to

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.220
 put

00:35:22.220 --> 00:35:22.340
 the

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.480
 men

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:22.860
 outside

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.039
 for

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.119
 a

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.200
 little

00:35:23.200 --> 00:35:23.480
 while.

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.460
 And

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:24.539
 he

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.720
 said

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:24.840
 to

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.019
 them,

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.260
 men

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:25.420
 of

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:25.700
 Israel,

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.079
 take

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.480
 care

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.300
 what

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.500
 you

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:27.659
 are

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:27.980
 about

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.179
 to

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.380
 do

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.519
 with

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.700
 these

00:35:28.700 --> 00:35:28.940
 men

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.139
 for

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:29.720
 before

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:30.659
 these

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.119
 days

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:33.340
 Thedas

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:33.840
 rose

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.260
 up

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:34.780
 claiming

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:35.099
 to be

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.519
 somebody.

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:36.539
 And

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:36.639
 a

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:36.800
 number

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:36.940
 of

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.099
 men,

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.300
 about

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:37.720
 400

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:38.119
 joined

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.320
 him.

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.619
 He

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:38.820
 was

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.200
 killed

00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:39.700
 and

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:39.860
 all

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.019
 who

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.340
 followed

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:40.639
 him

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.059
 were

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.500
 dispersed

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:41.780
 and

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:41.980
 came

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.119
 to

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.380
 nothing.

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:43.480
 After

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.659
 him

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:43.960
 Judas

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.200
 the

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:44.659
 Galilean

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:44.919
 rose

00:35:44.919 --> 00:35:45.179
 up

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:45.299
 in

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:45.379
 the

00:35:45.379 --> 00:35:45.719
 days

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.099
 of

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.199
 the

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:46.460
 census

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.699
 and

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:46.899
 drew

00:35:46.899 --> 00:35:47.179
 away

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.359
 some

00:35:47.359 --> 00:35:47.419
 of

00:35:47.419 --> 00:35:47.500
 the

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.739
 people

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.059
 after

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.239
 him.

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:48.579
 He

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:48.859
 too

00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:49.379
 perished

00:35:49.379 --> 00:35:50.460
 and

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.599
 all

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:50.739
 who

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:50.960
 followed

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.119
 him

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.259
 were

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.579
 scattered.

00:35:51.799 --> 00:35:52.019
 So

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.839
 in

00:35:52.839 --> 00:35:52.960
 the

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.199
 present

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.460
 case

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.599
 I

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:53.799
 tell

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.019
 you

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.960
 keep

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.299
 away

00:35:55.299 --> 00:35:56.299
 from

00:35:56.299 --> 00:35:56.539
 these

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:56.859
 men

00:35:56.859 --> 00:35:57.460
 let

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.599
 them

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:57.960
 alone

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.500
 for

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:58.779
 if

00:35:58.779 --> 00:35:59.099
 this

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.579
 plan

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.119
 or

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.339
 this

00:36:00.339 --> 00:36:01.139
 undertaking

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:01.659
 is

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:01.899
 from

00:36:01.899 --> 00:36:02.239
 man

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:02.919
 it

00:36:02.919 --> 00:36:03.059
 will

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.359
 fail

00:36:03.359 --> 00:36:04.159
 but

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.379
 if

00:36:04.379 --> 00:36:04.500
 it

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:04.679
 is

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:04.919
 of

00:36:04.919 --> 00:36:05.500
 God

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:05.939
 you

00:36:05.939 --> 00:36:06.059
 will

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.279
 not

00:36:06.279 --> 00:36:06.460
 be

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.699
 able

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:06.719
!

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:06.879
 to

00:36:06.879 --> 00:36:07.259
 overthrow

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.519
 them

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.280
 you

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.539
 might

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.880
 even

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.079
 be

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.440
 found

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:10.079
 opposing

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:10.219
!

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.900
 God

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.880
 so

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.019
 they

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.239
 took

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:12.480
 his

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.900
 advice

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:14.579
 history

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:14.840
 doesn't

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.019
 really

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.360
 say

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:16.820
 what

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.360
 happened

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:17.800
 after

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.159
 this

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.420
 with

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.900
 Gamaliel

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.039
 we

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.159
 don't

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.380
 really

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.719
 know

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.119
 but

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.920
 in

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.179
 this

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:21.519
 moment

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:21.900
 God

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.280
 used

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.739
 Gamaliel

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.739
 instrumentally

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.699
 to

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.159
 help

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.380
 the

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.860
 apostles

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:27.039
 be

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.259
 able

00:36:27.259 --> 00:36:27.800
 to

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.259
 escape

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:30.099
 what

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.259
 could

00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:30.360
 have

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:30.579
 been

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.139
 certain

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.480
 death

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:33.860
 in

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.199
 his

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.880
 words

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.039
 he

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.559
 says

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:35.780
 you

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.059
 might

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.320
 be

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.820
 found

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.660
 to

00:36:37.660 --> 00:36:38.180
 oppose

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:38.559
 God

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.660
 here

00:36:39.660 --> 00:36:39.940
 is

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.180
 this

00:36:40.180 --> 00:36:40.680
 assembly

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.200
 of

00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:41.700
 individuals

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:42.059
 who

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.820
 thought

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.039
 they

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.200
 were

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:43.800
 defending

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.320
 God

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:45.220
 and

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:45.480
 the

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.180
 actual

00:36:46.180 --> 00:36:46.760
 Greek

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:47.100
 is

00:36:47.100 --> 00:36:47.480
 you

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:47.640
 are

00:36:47.640 --> 00:36:48.360
 fighting

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.720
 God

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:48.860
 you

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.000
 are

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.200
 a

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.700
 God

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.280
 fighter

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:50.880
 not

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.100
 a

00:36:51.100 --> 00:36:51.380
 God

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.940
 defender

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:54.700
 Peter

00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:55.019
 just

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.440
 challenged

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.640
 this

00:36:55.640 --> 00:36:55.880
 group

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.900
 we

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.140
 must

00:36:57.140 --> 00:36:57.420
 obey

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.700
 God

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:57.920
 rather

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.100
 than

00:36:58.100 --> 00:36:58.300
 men

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.440
 and

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:58.980
 all

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.120
 of

00:36:59.120 --> 00:36:59.300
 this

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.559
 seems

00:36:59.559 --> 00:36:59.680
 to

00:36:59.680 --> 00:36:59.820
 be

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.160
 sinking

00:37:00.160 --> 00:37:00.559
 in

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:00.940
 for

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.340
 Gamaliel

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:02.400
 the

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.840
 incredible

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.600
 abundance

00:37:03.600 --> 00:37:04.019
 of

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.500
 miracles

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.820
 the

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.100
 fact

00:37:05.100 --> 00:37:05.260
 that

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.620
 the

00:37:05.620 --> 00:37:06.240
 apostles

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:06.820
 were

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:07.220
 nowhere

00:37:07.220 --> 00:37:07.519
 to

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:07.680
 be

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.059
 seen

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.519
 the

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.180
 multitudes

00:37:09.180 --> 00:37:09.420
 that

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.700
 keep

00:37:09.700 --> 00:37:10.300
 increasing

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:10.580
 the

00:37:10.580 --> 00:37:11.320
 fellowship

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.740
 and the

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.059
 unity

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.519
 among

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:12.800
 this

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.200
 people

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:15.080
 the

00:37:15.080 --> 00:37:15.460
 boldness

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.620
 of

00:37:15.620 --> 00:37:15.900
 Peter

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:17.140
 the

00:37:17.140 --> 00:37:17.700
 brazen

00:37:17.700 --> 00:37:18.500
 defiance

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.460
 of the

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:19.920
 apostles

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.780
 in speaking

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.400
 about the

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:21.680
 name

00:37:21.680 --> 00:37:22.300
 and the

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:22.580
 clear

00:37:22.580 --> 00:37:23.019
 commitment

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.580
 of these

00:37:23.580 --> 00:37:24.000
 men

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.640
 to

00:37:24.640 --> 00:37:24.980
 God

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.660
 himself

00:37:25.660 --> 00:37:26.780
 and

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:27.140
 Gamaliel

00:37:27.140 --> 00:37:27.559
 opens

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:27.920
 the door

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.280
 for this

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:28.880
 possibility

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:30.120
 it's

00:37:30.120 --> 00:37:30.380
 quite

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.840
 striking

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.280
 it's

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:32.420
 it's

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.780
 quite

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.380
 astounding

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:34.519
 he

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.900
 opens

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.079
 the

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.260
 door

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:35.360
 to

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.480
 the

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:35.920
 possibility

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.140
 that

00:37:36.140 --> 00:37:36.539
 maybe

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.099
 this

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.559
 is

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:37.800
 in

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.220
 fact

00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:38.559
 from

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.360
 God

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:40.320
 and

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.480
 of

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:40.680
 course

00:37:40.680 --> 00:37:40.820
 he

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:40.940
 was

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.320
 right

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:43.720
 we

00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:43.920
 find

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.039
 in

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.200
 verse

00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:44.519
 40

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:44.760
 then

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:44.920
 they

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.519
 when

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:45.619
 they

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:45.760
 had

00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:46.019
 called

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.160
 in

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:46.260
 the

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:46.720
 apostles

00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:46.940
 they

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.220
 beat

00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:47.460
 them

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.619
 and

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.000
 charged

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.220
 them

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:48.460
 not

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.640
 to

00:37:48.640 --> 00:37:48.900
 speak

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.019
 in

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.119
 the

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.300
 name

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:49.440
 of

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:49.740
 Jesus

00:37:49.740 --> 00:37:50.820
 and

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:50.920
 they

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.099
 let

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:51.240
 them

00:37:51.240 --> 00:37:51.599
 go

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.599
 then

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:52.740
 they

00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:52.940
 left

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.079
 the

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.400
 presence

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.559
 of

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:53.680
 the

00:37:53.680 --> 00:37:53.940
 council

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.619
 rejoicing

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:54.820
 that

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:54.960
 they

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.099
 were

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.559
 counted

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.039
 worthy

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.599
 to

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:56.900
 suffer

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.500
 dishonor

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.660
 for

00:37:57.660 --> 00:37:57.780
 the

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.060
 name

00:37:58.060 --> 00:37:59.560
 and

00:37:59.560 --> 00:38:00.019
 every

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.580
 day

00:38:00.580 --> 00:38:01.240
 in

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:01.420
 the

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:01.800
 temple

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.720
 and

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:02.900
 from

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.180
 house

00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:03.340
 to

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.660
 house

00:38:03.660 --> 00:38:04.120
 they

00:38:04.120 --> 00:38:04.500
 did

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:04.940
 not

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.360
 cease

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:05.920
 teaching

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.480
 and

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.820
 preaching

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.660
 that

00:38:07.660 --> 00:38:07.840
 the

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.240
 Christ

00:38:08.240 --> 00:38:08.820
 is

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.680
 Jesus

00:38:09.680 --> 00:38:11.700
 imagine

00:38:11.700 --> 00:38:12.920
 how

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.620
 what a

00:38:13.620 --> 00:38:13.920
 what a

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.480
 confidence

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:15.160
 boost

00:38:15.160 --> 00:38:15.660
 that would

00:38:15.660 --> 00:38:15.960
 have been

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.920
 right

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:18.560
 let out

00:38:18.560 --> 00:38:18.980
 of prison

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:20.080
 speaking

00:38:20.080 --> 00:38:20.400
 for the

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.720
 name

00:38:20.720 --> 00:38:22.019
 seeing

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.240
 the

00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:22.880
 response

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.300
 that

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:23.640
 even

00:38:23.640 --> 00:38:24.160
 is

00:38:24.160 --> 00:38:24.700
 tempered

00:38:24.700 --> 00:38:25.120
 now

00:38:25.120 --> 00:38:25.460
 by

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:25.840
 these

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.460
 religious

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:26.820
 leaders

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.000
 who

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.100
 had

00:38:27.100 --> 00:38:27.460
 always

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:27.680
 been

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:27.819
 a

00:38:27.819 --> 00:38:28.119
 threat

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:30.039
 that

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.239
 God

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:30.599
 is

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:30.879
 the

00:38:30.879 --> 00:38:31.139
 one

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.480
 his

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.819
 word

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:32.500
 is

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.799
 not

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:33.279
 bound

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:34.339
 his

00:38:34.339 --> 00:38:34.559
 word

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:34.799
 will

00:38:34.799 --> 00:38:35.379
 accomplish

00:38:35.379 --> 00:38:36.079
 its

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.480
 work

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.419
 I

00:38:37.419 --> 00:38:37.779
 wonder

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:39.079
 do

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.239
 we

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:39.539
 have

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:39.739
 the

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:40.039
 same

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.719
 confidence

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:42.579
 not

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:42.899
 just

00:38:42.899 --> 00:38:43.759
 do

00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:43.899
 we

00:38:43.899 --> 00:38:44.379
 say

00:38:44.379 --> 00:38:44.859
 that

00:38:44.859 --> 00:38:45.259
 yes

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.659
 the

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:45.839
 word

00:38:45.839 --> 00:38:46.000
 of

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.319
 God

00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:46.799
 has

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.219
 power

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:47.919
 and

00:38:47.919 --> 00:38:48.699
 yes

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.480
 God

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:49.960
 is

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.319
 able

00:38:50.319 --> 00:38:50.539
 to

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:50.759
 do

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:51.159
 whatever

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.699
 God

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:52.059
 wants

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.179
 to

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:52.399
 do

00:38:52.399 --> 00:38:52.819
 we

00:38:52.819 --> 00:38:53.419
 can

00:38:53.419 --> 00:38:54.059
 give

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.419
 lip

00:38:54.419 --> 00:38:54.779
 service

00:38:54.779 --> 00:38:54.940
 to

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.059
 that

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.179
 and

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.579
 I'm

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:55.779
 putting

00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.239
 myself

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:56.460
 in

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.699
 this

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.099
 it's

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.339
 so

00:38:57.339 --> 00:38:57.799
 easy

00:38:57.799 --> 00:38:58.460
 for us

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.619
 to

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.139
 acknowledge

00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.419
 the

00:38:59.419 --> 00:38:59.739
 truths

00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:00.039
 about

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.439
 God

00:39:00.439 --> 00:39:01.799
 but

00:39:01.799 --> 00:39:03.379
 are we

00:39:03.379 --> 00:39:03.679
 willing to

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:03.879
 put

00:39:03.879 --> 00:39:05.339
 the

00:39:05.339 --> 00:39:07.779
 action

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:09.319
 to the

00:39:09.319 --> 00:39:09.960
 knowledge

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.259
 are we

00:39:10.259 --> 00:39:10.779
 willing to

00:39:10.779 --> 00:39:11.139
 do what

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:11.599
 it takes

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:13.379
 to demonstrate

00:39:13.379 --> 00:39:14.179
 our commitment

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:14.879
 to these

00:39:14.879 --> 00:39:15.239
 truths

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:17.019
 yes Lord

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:17.399
 your word

00:39:17.399 --> 00:39:17.799
 does have

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.219
 power

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:19.460
 yes

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:20.359
 you do

00:39:20.359 --> 00:39:20.659
 have the

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:21.000
 words of

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.339
 life

00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:23.539
 the

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:23.700
 writer

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:23.900
 of the

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.200
 Hebrews

00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:24.900
 warns

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:26.039
 for us

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.660
 when we

00:39:26.660 --> 00:39:26.960
 hear the

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.220
 word

00:39:27.220 --> 00:39:28.059
 not to

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:28.220
 harden

00:39:28.220 --> 00:39:28.420
 our

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:29.440
 hearts

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:29.980
 as in

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:30.360
 the day

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:31.720
 of

00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:33.440
 rejection

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.860
 the day

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:34.960
 of

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.600
 opposition

00:39:35.600 --> 00:39:38.039
 may God

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.500
 use

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.280
 his word

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:40.440
 day by

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.820
 day

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:42.220
 to tenderize

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:42.880
 our lives

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:43.220
 and to

00:39:43.220 --> 00:39:43.800
 lead us

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:44.940
 not only

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.400
 to greater

00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:45.820
 affection

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:46.420
 for Jesus

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.800
 but greater

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:48.200
 affection

00:39:48.200 --> 00:39:48.680
 for his

00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:48.960
 work

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:50.119
 that might

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:51.099
 look costly

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:52.159
 and as the

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.800
 days keep

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.380
 moving forward

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:53.679
 they will

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:54.500
 look more

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.840
 and more

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.300
 costly

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:56.500
 is Christ

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:57.579
 worth it

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:59.059
 we can start

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.740
 to lay those

00:39:59.740 --> 00:40:00.240
 foundations

00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:01.260
 when things

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:01.659
 are easy

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:03.800
 using his

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.079
 word

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:05.400
 studying his

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:05.659
 word

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.699
 spending time

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:08.240
 cultivating

00:40:08.240 --> 00:40:09.099
 an affection

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:09.579
 for his

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:09.840
 word

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.960
 speaking his

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.340
 word to

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.699
 others

00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:12.639
 and seeing

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:13.179
 the benefits

00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:14.159
 of that

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.539
 work

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:15.079
 happening

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:16.320
 Paul will

00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:16.619
 tell

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:17.220
 Timothy

00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:17.500
 he says

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.059
 meditate on

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.659
 these things

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:19.619
 give yourself

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.179
 entirely

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:20.699
 to them

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:21.139
 so that

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:21.920
 your progress

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.699
 may be evident

00:40:22.699 --> 00:40:23.139
 to all

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.679
 and that's

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:23.899
 what we

00:40:23.899 --> 00:40:24.059
 want

00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:24.440
 we want

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:24.819
 the word

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:25.279
 of God

00:40:25.279 --> 00:40:26.759
 to take

00:40:26.759 --> 00:40:27.359
 root

00:40:27.359 --> 00:40:27.759
 in our

00:40:27.759 --> 00:40:28.239
 lives

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:29.559
 and to lead

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:30.019
 us to

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:31.039
 greater love

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:31.500
 for Jesus

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:32.799
 and greater

00:40:32.799 --> 00:40:33.219
 affection

00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:34.440
 for his

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 message

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 may God

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 help us

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 as we do

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 that

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 father

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 thank you

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 for

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 this

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 example

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 of the

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 apostles

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 in this

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 very

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 pivotal

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 time

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 in the

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 history

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 of the

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 church

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 calling

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 attention

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 Lord

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 to the

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 significance

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 of teaching

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 and preaching

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 the gospel

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 Lord may we

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 not just

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 know the

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 gospel for

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 ourselves

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 but may

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 may we

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 be willing

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 Lord

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 to open

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 our mouths

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 and utter

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 the wonder

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 of the gospel

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 to others

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 we pray in

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 Jesus name

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen