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 Well, if you'd like to grab a Bible and turn to Acts chapter 2, that would be fantastic.

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 It would be helpful to keep that open in front of you.

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 I'm going to have to nip off before the end of this session, unfortunately, because of prior family commitments.

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 But I didn't want to let any of that get in the way of me spending the day with you.

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 And I'm really glad I did.

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 I've had many good conversations with a number of you today.

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 Enjoyed being here and being welcomed as part of the family for the day.

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 So I want to thank you for the privilege and I want to encourage you.

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 I'm grateful for the many evidences of grace that I see in you and that your pastors comment on.

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 I've been enjoying chatting with some of your elders as well and hear the ways in which they are encouraged in their heart at the strength and the vitality of the church,

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 but also of their vision for what's next for the coming years and how you guys might take things up a level by the grace of God.

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 That's what we're all seeking to do as churches in Edinburgh, isn't it?

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 When faced with so many people facing a lost eternity.

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 And actually, that's what I want to focus on just now.

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 The last talk and this talk are almost a little bit of a doctrine of the Holy Spirit, really.

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 We've talked at the start of the day about the importance of what it means to share our life together

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 and the way in which the Spirit who lives in us helps us to relate to one another even as we relate to God.

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 The second session really helped us to think through what it means to grow together

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 and how we need to be filled with the Spirit of God and live among the people of God at the same time.

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 Now, I think in this third session, we'll see that the Spirit of God filling the people of God

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 is to enable us to speak to other people about God.

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 So let's read from Acts chapter 2 and we'll read from verse 1 and following.

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 Here's what God's Word says.

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 Now there were, staying in Jerusalem, God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

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 And when they heard this sound, the crowd came together in bewilderment

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 because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

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 Utterly amazed, they asked,

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 Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?

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 Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language?

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 Parthians, Medes and Elamites,

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 residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,

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 Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia,

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 Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene,

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 visitors from Rome, both Jews and converts to Jerusalem,

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 Cretans and Arabs.

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 We hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues.

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 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another,

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 What does this mean?

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 Some, however, made fun of them and said,

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 They've had too much wine.

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 Then Peter stood up with the eleven,

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 raised his voice and addressed the crowds,

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 Fellow Jews and all you who live in Jerusalem,

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 let me explain this to you.

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 Listen carefully to what I say.

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 These men are not drunk as you suppose.

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 It's only nine in the morning.

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 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel.

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 In the last days, God says,

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 I will pour out my spirit on all people.

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 Your sons and daughters will prophesy.

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 Your young men will see visions.

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 Your old men will dream dreams.

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 Even on my servants, both men and women,

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 I will pour out my spirit in those days,

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 and they will prophesy.

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 I will show wonders in the heavens above,

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 signs on the earth below,

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 blood and fire and billows of smoke.

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 The sun will be turned to darkness,

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 and the moon to blood,

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 before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

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 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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 Men of Israel, listen to this.

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 Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you

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 by miracles, wonders and signs,

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 which God did among you through him,

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 as you yourselves know.

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 This man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge,

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 and you, with the help of wicked men,

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 put him to death by nailing him to the cross.

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 But God raised him from the dead,

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 freeing him from the agony of death,

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 because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.

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 David said about him,

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 I saw the Lord always before me,

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 because he is at my right hand,

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 I will not be shaken.

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 Therefore, my heart is glad,

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 and my tongue rejoices.

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 My body also will live in hope,

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 because you will not abandon me to the grave,

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 nor will you let your Holy One see decay.

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 You have made known to me the paths of life.

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 You will fill me with joy in your presence.

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 Brothers, I can tell you confidently

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 that the patriarch David died and was buried,

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 and his tomb is here to this day.

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 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath

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 that he would place one of his descendants on the throne.

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 Seeing what was ahead,

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 he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ,

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 that he was not abandoned to the grave,

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 nor did his body see decay.

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 God raised this Jesus to life,

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 and we are all witnesses of the fact.

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 Exalted to the right hand of God,

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 he has received from the Father,

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 the promised Holy Spirit,

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 and has poured out what you now see and hear.

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 For David did not ascend to heaven,

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 and yet he said,

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 the Lord said to my Lord,

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 sit at my right hand until I make your enemies

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 a footstool for your feet.

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 Therefore, let all Israel be assured of this.

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 God has made this Jesus,

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 whom you crucified,

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 both Lord and Christ.

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 When the people heard this,

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 they were cut to the heart

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 and said to Peter and the other apostles,

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 brothers, what shall we do?

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 Peter replied,

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 repent and be baptized,

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 every one of you,

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 in the name of Jesus Christ,

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 for the forgiveness of your sins,

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 and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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 The promise is for you,

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 and for your children,

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 and for all who are far off,

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 for all whom the Lord our God will call.

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 Amen.

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 This is God's words.

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 Well, few born-again believers

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 would ever consider belonging to a church

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 that didn't take evangelism seriously,

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 would they?

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 Few people who would call themselves Christians

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 would ever want to be a church

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 that is unconcerned for the lost around them,

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 the members of their family,

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 friends,

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 who are lost without God and without hope.

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 Few bona fide believers would ever want

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 to belong to a church family

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 that had no consideration

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 for the three billion people across the world

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 who do not know Jesus

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 and who need to hear about Jesus

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 in order to be saved.

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 Yet one of the most common deficiencies

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 that we can see in churches,

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 and I think even across our nation,

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 is that the majority of money and time

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 can be spent on serving and sustaining

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 the organisation

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 rather than reaching the lost.

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 Why is that?

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 Well, it's not because we don't believe

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 the gospel for ourselves.

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 We do.

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 It's not that we don't really care

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 about people's plight

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 apart from knowing Jesus.

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 I think we do.

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 It's not that we actually have logical reasons

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 for our practice in church life.

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 Actually, we don't have logical reasons.

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 So what is it?

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 What is it for you?

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 What is it that for you as a church family

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 or even as individuals

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 makes evangelism tough?

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 Where is the reluctance to share the gospel?

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 Sometimes it can be put down to a fear of man.

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 We worry about what people will think of us.

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 Sometimes it's down to a lack of vision.

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 We've just ended up doing what we do.

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 And actually, we're very programmatic

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 as a church family

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 without actually being concerned

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 for the people out there.

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 Sometimes it's just a lack of planning.

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 We never really seem to make time

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 for non-Christians.

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 Well, if we do,

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 if we don't make time for non-Christians,

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 we really can't expect them

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 to ever come to a point

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 where they hear the gospel

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 and believe it.

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 So it seems that there's

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 some disconnect somewhere.

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 And what I want us to see

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 to encourage your heart

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 is that what we see

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 in Acts chapter 2

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 is true for you.

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 It strengthens and encourages you.

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 At least I hope it will.

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 So let me map this out for you.

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 I've got three points

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 in this in particular.

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 I've tried to make it memorable

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 for you by using

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 a line from a song

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 changing one of the words slightly.

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 You'll know the Getty song

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 where we sing

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 filled with passion,

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 filled with power to proclaim

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 salvation in Jesus' name.

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 Well, point one is

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 filled with power.

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 There's a word I've changed.

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 Power to proclaim

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 salvation in Jesus' name.

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 Points one, two, and three.

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 I'm impressed by that.

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 I don't like it.

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 I don't mind.

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 Anyway.

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 Graham liked it.

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 First of all,

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 I want us to look at

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 filled with power.

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 Let's see if it'll work.

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 I keep pointing to the screen

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 where I'm supposed to point

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 over there.

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 Never mind.

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 Acts chapter 2

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 is all about

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 the outpouring

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 The Holy Spirit,

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 of course,

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 not an impersonal force.

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 He's a person.

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 He is God.

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 He is the third person

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 of the Trinity.

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 He possesses all the attributes

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 of divinity.

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 He's everything the Father is

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 except the Father.

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 Everything the Son is

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 except the Son.

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 He is deity.

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 And what does he do?

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 Well, the Old Testament

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 tells us that

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 he was involved

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 in creating

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 and sustaining the world.

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 That one of the main things

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 he did was

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 he gave

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 prophets and kings

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 in the Old Testament

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 the ability

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 to speak God's word.

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 So we would read

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 the Holy Spirit

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 spoke through

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 your father,

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 David,

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 your servant,

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 David, sorry.

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 But in Jesus' ministry

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 we see the Holy Spirit

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 working as well

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 and Luke is very careful

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 to record for us

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 in his own gospel account

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 in the events

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 of Jesus' baptism

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 because he wants us

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 to see that

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 Jesus is

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 empowered by the Spirit.

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 So you remember

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 at Jesus' baptism

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 you both heard something

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 and you saw something

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 as well.

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 So you heard

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 the Father's voice

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 so this is Heaven's

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 audible affirmation

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 of the King

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 who is being baptized.

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 This is my Son

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 whom I love

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 with Him I'm well pleased.

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 And then you had

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 this visible

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 accreditation

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 if you like

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 by the Spirit

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 descending

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 like a dove.

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 There was something

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 that was heard

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 that was something

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 that was seen.

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 And Luke's careful

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 to show us that

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 because

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 he wants us to see

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 that Jesus is empowered

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 for a preaching ministry,

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 a speaking ministry

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 And that's what

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 we're going to see

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 in Acts 2.

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 There's a direct link

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 between filling

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 and speaking.

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 And again

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 this is what we see

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 at Pentecost.

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 The disciples

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 who are filled

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 they heard something

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 and they saw something.

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 So what they heard

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 verse 2

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 suddenly a sound

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 like the blowing

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 of a violent wind

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 came from Heaven

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 and filled the whole house

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 where they were sitting.

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 Now I'm sure

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 most of us

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 know what it's like

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 to roll the window

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 down in the car

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 and stick your head out

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 and you hear it.

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 No?

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 Just me?

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 Okay.

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 Maybe you've just heard

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 you've been up

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 the top of Arthur's seat

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 on a windy day

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 half blown off

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 but you hear

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 the roar of the wind

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 across your ears.

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 Yes?

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 Good.

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 Well we hear that

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 and I think

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 that's the kind of sound

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 the disciples are hearing.

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 And I say

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 kind of

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 it is a sound.

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 Do you know

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 Luke doesn't actually tell us

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 that there was any wind.

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 It's just the sound

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 like a wind.

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 So the sound itself

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 is described by Luke

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 as coming from Heaven.

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 That alerts us

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 to the fact

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 that these are

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 the acts

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 of the risen Lord Jesus.

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 In chapter 1

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 Jesus had said

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 go into Jerusalem

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 wait for the gift

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 I have promised.

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 You will receive power

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 when the Holy Spirit

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 comes on you.

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 Then you'll be my witnesses.

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 Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria

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 ends of the earth.

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 That's what they heard.

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 They heard the wind.

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 So something's happening.

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 The Spirit's being poured out.

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 What they saw

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 verse 3

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 tongues of fire.

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 Fire was a common theme

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 in Theophanies

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 in the Old Testament

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 when God manifested

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 his presence

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 in some form.

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 You remember Moses

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 and the burning bush?

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 There's an example

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 of a Theophany

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 in the Old Testament.

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 So the bush

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 was on fire

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 but not burned up.

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 And I think

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 you've got something

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 significant going on here

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 where we have

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 these tongues of fire

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 separating

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 okay that's important

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 and resting

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 on everyone.

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 Every one of the guys

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 who was in the room.

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 Now God's Spirit

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 is not just present

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 in his people

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 corporately

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 as like one big

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 tongue of fire

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 if you like.

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 No, every individual

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 is touched by the fire

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 which tells us

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 that no longer

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 would it be

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 special individuals

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 like in the Old Testament

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 like Moses or David

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 who were anointed.

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 The outpouring

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 won't be just

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 for select people

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 like prophets

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 capital P prophets

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 and kings.

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 It's for everyone.

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 It's for the whole church.

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 And here's what it meant.

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 With these signs

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 came the filling

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 But what did it mean?

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 What did it signify?

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 It marked the dawning

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 of this new era

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 in salvation history.

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 The age of the church.

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 An age of mission.

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 Where all people

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 need to hear

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 the gospel

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And it marked

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 this tremendous

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 outpouring

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 and spreading

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 of the Holy Spirit's ministry.

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 Now for the 120

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 that were gathered here

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 the wind and the fire

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 were outward signs

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 of the inner reality

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 that God has made

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 his home in them.

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 And that inner presence

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 was then evidenced

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 by what was produced

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 in them.

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 Words.

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 News.

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 Gospel.

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 Proclamation.

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 Okay.

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 When the Holy Spirit

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 lives in you

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 you have

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 power to

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 proclaim.

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 Power to proclaim.

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 And that's what we see.

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 Power to proclaim.

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 You are enabled

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 as a Christian

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 to talk to others

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 about Jesus.

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 Now Luke is

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 very very careful

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 in this

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 to show a direct link

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 between

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 filling

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 and speaking.

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 Okay.

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 Filling and speaking.

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 Verse 4.

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 All of them

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 were filled

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 and began to

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 speak in other tongues

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 as the Spirit

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 enabled them.

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 And this link

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 between the filling

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 of the Spirit

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 and speaking

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 is seen

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 throughout the passage

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 actually.

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 In chapter 2

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 verse 14

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 Peter

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 filled with the Holy Spirit

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 raised his voice

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 addressed the crowd.

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 You've got two words

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 in there

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 that refer to him

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 proclaiming.

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 2.17

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 I will pour out

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 my Spirit

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 on all people.

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 Here's the promise

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 from of old

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 your sons

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 and daughters

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 will

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 prophesy

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 declare

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 the word

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 of God.

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 2.18

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 I will pour out

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 my Spirit

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 in those days

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 and they will

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 prophesy

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 declare

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 the word

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 of God.

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 Okay.

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 Now tongues.

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 Let me be clear

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 the tongues here

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 are languages

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 that people

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 from other parts

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 of the world

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 can understand.

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 And Luke says

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 there are people

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 in that crowd

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 from 15 different

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 cities or regions.

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 The tongues here

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 in verse 4

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 are the languages

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 in verses 6

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 and 8.

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 So they say

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 how is it

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 that each of us

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 hears them

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 in our own

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 native tongue

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 language

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 use whatever word

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 you feel like.

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 It's the same word.

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 They were speaking

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 foreign languages

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 they had never learned

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 and you can see

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 how that would

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 come in handy

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 when you're called

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 to reach the nations

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 that you've never

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 ever been to

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 who speak languages

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 that you don't have

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 a clue

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 what it sounds like.

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 I mean that would be

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 like me bursting

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 into fluent Mandarin

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 without having ever

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 been taught

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 how to speak

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 Mandarin.

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 I'm not going to

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 some of you are

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 looking at me

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 expectantly here

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 no I'm not.

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 Then what does he say

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 not just tongues

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 so people speaking

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 in languages

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 he talks about

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 prophecy

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 and the spirit

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 comes

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 his people speak

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 that's essentially

00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:19.860
 what prophecy is

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 in the broad

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 sense of the word

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 as the spirit

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 comes

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 the result

00:16:24.180 --> 00:16:25.340
 is this miraculous

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 intelligible

00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:28.019
 proclamation

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 of the mighty

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 works of God

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 to all nations.

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 Do you see that?

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 In the text

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 there is a direct

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 link between

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 filling

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 and speaking

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 that says

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 something to us

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 doesn't it?

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 But not only

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 is there a direct

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 link between

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 filling

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 and speaking

00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:49.480
 there is a direct

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 link between

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 filling

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 and fearlessness.

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 drunkenness

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 this is what

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 the drunkenness

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 accusation in the text

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 is all about.

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 The crowds hear a commotion

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 and verse 13

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 they say

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 oh they've had

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 too much wine

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 now why would

00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:04.279
 they think that?

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 Why would they

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 think that?

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 Well think about

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 what happens

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 when a person

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 gets drunk

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 they lose

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.720
 their inhibitions

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 don't they?

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 What do you think

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 why do you think

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 people sing in the streets

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 or

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 at night

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 or why do you think

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 karaoke gets more

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 popular as the night

00:17:21.380 --> 00:17:21.940
 goes on?

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 Well it's because

00:17:24.040 --> 00:17:24.820
 people lose

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 their inhibitions

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 and alcohol

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 does that to people

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 alcohol is a depressant

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 that doesn't mean

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 that it makes you depressed

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 it means that it

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 dulls your brain function

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 and the reason

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 people lose

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 their inhibitions

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 is because

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 it kind of just

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 makes you stupid

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 but not with

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 the Holy Spirit

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 when he fills you

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 when you're intoxicated

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 by him if you like

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 he gives you joy

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 by sharpening

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 your awareness

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 to realities

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 so heavenly

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 that you lose

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 your sense of

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 fear

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 and you lose

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 your inhibitions

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 and express

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 a fearless joy

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 in declaring

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 with words

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 the great truths

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 that you have come

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 to know in your heart

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 and actually

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 if you have it

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 in your head

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 that Christ died

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 and to live is Christ

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 and to die is gain

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 for you

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 then actually

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 going to an

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 unreached people group

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 a million miles away

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 will be no deterrent

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 to you

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 we do not fear

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 those who can

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 kill the body

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 do we

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 yeah we speak

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 we declare

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 the words of God

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 we as we are

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 filled with the spirit

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 are filled with this

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 ability to speak

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 but there's a direct

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 link between

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 filling and

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 fearlessness

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 as well

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 you know

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 these people here

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 who are hearing

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 this message

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 and hearing the noise

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 and the commotion

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 of the other languages

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 and so on

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 they're saying

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 you can't be that happy

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 you can't be that bold

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 without being drunk

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 that's the world's

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 explanation

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 for Christianity

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 but listen to

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 Peter's explanation

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 verse 15

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 these people are not

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 drunk as you suppose

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 it's only nine

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 in the morning

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 no this is what

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 was spoken by

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 the prophet Joel

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 in those last days

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 God says

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 I will pour out

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 my spirit

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 on all people

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 and that's what

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 leads to Peter's sermon

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 think about

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 who is doing

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 the speaking here

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 now

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 these are the

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 disciples

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 as a group of

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 individuals

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 in the gospel

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 stories

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 they are presented

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 as dull

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 confused

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 rash

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 selfish

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 and downright

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 scared

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 throughout

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 they had spines

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 of jelly

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 when Jesus was

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 arrested

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 they abandoned

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 him and ran

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 for their lives

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 verse 11

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 be

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 now they're all

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 boldly declaring

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 the mighty works

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 of God

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 who cares

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 about the Romans

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 who cares

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 about the Sanhedrin

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 who can do

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 to us

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 what they just

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 did to Jesus

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 40 days before

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 no there is a

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 fearlessness

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 that comes with

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 the filling of the

00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.480
 Holy Spirit

00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:59.399
 a boldness

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 that comes with

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 the filling of the

00:20:01.399 --> 00:20:01.859
 Holy Spirit

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:05.059
 a desire to

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 proclaim the

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 words

00:20:06.419 --> 00:20:07.619
 of life

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 when you're

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 filled with the

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 Holy Spirit

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:13.059
 zoom in on

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 Peter

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 Peter

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 Peter with the

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 foot shaped

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 mouth

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 you know

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 there won't be

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 many people in

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 heaven who can

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 claim to have

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 rebuked the

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 Son of God

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 it's not his

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 best moment

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 but now look at

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 him

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 verse 14

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 Peter stood up

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 with the

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 eleven

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 raised his

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 voice

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 addressed the

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 crowd

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 fearless

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 fearless

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 everything

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 has changed

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 with the

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 coming of

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 the Spirit

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 that's what

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 Jesus

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 almost kind of

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 gave a trailer

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 for

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 that's what

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 Luke is trying

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 to show us

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 in his

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 explanation of

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 this account

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 the violence

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 and the

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 loudness of

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 the wind

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 had drowned

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 out all

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 their puny

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 fears

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 the flames

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 on their

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 heads

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 had ignited

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 their hearts

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 with an

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 unquestionable

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 unquenchable

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 passion for

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 the Lord's

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 glory

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 and every

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 ounce of

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 timidity

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 and hesitancy

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 and uncertainty

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 is swallowed

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 up in the

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 knowledge of

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 God's

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 greatness

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 and what

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 he is

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 doing

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 as his

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 glory

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 will

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 spread

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 across

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 the earth

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 as the

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 waters

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 cover the

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 sea

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 and then

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 as a result

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:18.980
 Peter and

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 the apostles

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.480
 will preach

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.180
 with incredible

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 boldness

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 and with

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 unwavering

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 zeal

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 they would

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 unashamedly

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:25.720
 tell the

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 world about

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 Jesus

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 now listen

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 if you

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 believe in

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 the Lord

00:21:33.080 --> 00:21:33.320
 Jesus

00:21:33.320 --> 00:21:33.799
 Christ

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 if you

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 love him

00:21:36.080 --> 00:21:36.340
 with all

00:21:36.340 --> 00:21:36.900
 your heart

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 the same

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:38.980
 Holy Spirit

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.400
 lives in

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 you

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 the same

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 Holy Spirit

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.380
 lives in

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 us

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 and we

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 are filled

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 so that we

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 might have

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 that deposit

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 guaranteeing what

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 is to come

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 us

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 we are

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 filled

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 that we

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 might with

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 boldness

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.000
 approach the

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.360
 throne of

00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:01.840
 grace

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:04.059
 seeking mercy

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:05.700
 and in

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.119
 prayer make

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.980
 great requests

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.819
 of a great

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 God

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:11.480
 we are

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 filled with

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.619
 the Spirit

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:14.559
 the Spirit

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:16.000
 who helps

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.500
 us change

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.879
 with ever

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.659
 increasing glory

00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:18.079
 into the

00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:18.559
 likeness of

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 Jesus

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:21.980
 but we

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.440
 would be

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:23.980
 in

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.539
 error

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:26.259
 to think

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 or to

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 omit

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 rather

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 the fact

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.179
 that we

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 have been

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.079
 filled so

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 that we

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.899
 can speak

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:36.620
 filled to

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:37.460
 proclaim with

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 a fearless

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:39.100
 joy the

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:39.580
 good news

00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:40.000
 of Jesus

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.480
 Christ

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:45.100
 so why

00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:45.340
 don't we

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:45.759
 do it

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:48.340
 maybe we've

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:48.640
 convinced

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.259
 ourselves that

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.840
 the Holy Spirit

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:50.700
 only lives in

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.080
 us as a

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 deposit

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:53.580
 maybe we've

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:53.880
 convinced

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.460
 ourselves that

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:54.740
 the Spirit

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.440
 only lives in

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.900
 us as a

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.480
 chisel shaping

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 us into

00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.160
 the likeness

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.540
 of Jesus

00:22:57.540 --> 00:22:59.160
 maybe we

00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:00.380
 forget all

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.960
 those things

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.600
 accompanied by

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.180
 the power to

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.680
 proclaim that

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.160
 work in us

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.640
 a joyful

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.180
 loss of

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.680
 inhibition

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.360
 and a

00:23:06.360 --> 00:23:06.860
 passion for

00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.380
 sharing the

00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:07.840
 best news

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:08.140
 ever

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:09.560
 salvation

00:23:09.560 --> 00:23:11.039
 in Jesus

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.420
 name

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:12.700
 and that's

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.259
 exactly what

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.880
 Peter goes on

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.360
 to proclaim

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:18.879
 I think in

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.299
 our fear

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.939
 fearfulness

00:23:19.939 --> 00:23:23.399
 we keep our

00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:23.939
 mouths shut

00:23:23.939 --> 00:23:24.419
 at times

00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:24.679
 I've

00:23:24.679 --> 00:23:25.019
 experienced

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.359
 that in

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.659
 my own

00:23:25.659 --> 00:23:25.959
 life

00:23:25.959 --> 00:23:28.159
 I think

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:28.719
 we're scared

00:23:28.719 --> 00:23:29.279
 of losing

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.039
 our reputation

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 we're worried

00:23:33.199 --> 00:23:33.639
 about what

00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.079
 people will

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.479
 think of

00:23:34.479 --> 00:23:34.879
 us

00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:37.159
 people will

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:37.699
 think ill

00:23:37.699 --> 00:23:38.279
 of us

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:40.599
 when the

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.119
 person who

00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:41.920
 first told

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.339
 me that

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.000
 she believed

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.559
 in Jesus

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.599
 so I

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:44.899
 became a

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.039
 Christian

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.240
 when I

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.619
 was 19

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:45.920
 I didn't

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.180
 grow up

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.359
 in a

00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:46.680
 church

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.879
 my teenage

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.619
 years were

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.899
 turbulent

00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:50.759
 shall we say

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:54.180
 when the

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.740
 girl who

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:56.480
 first told

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.079
 me about

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:58.099
 the gospel

00:23:58.099 --> 00:24:00.399
 first explained

00:24:00.399 --> 00:24:00.839
 it to me

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.980
 that the

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.339
 reason why

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:02.879
 she believed

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.119
 the way

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.859
 what she

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.200
 believed

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.519
 and did

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:04.899
 what she

00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:05.139
 did

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:05.519
 I just

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:05.799
 thought

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.299
 you're

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.759
 nutcase

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:08.299
 I did

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.480
 I thought

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.160
 I thought

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:10.740
 only people

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:12.140
 like I

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.420
 thought it

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:12.680
 was like

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.220
 believing that

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.859
 Star Wars

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.319
 was real

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:16.859
 and I

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.180
 thought the

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.640
 Bible was

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.339
 unequivalent

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.119
 with Aesop's

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:19.420
 fables

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.039
 you know

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.859
 nice stories

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.140
 and all

00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:21.400
 that

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 but historically

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.460
 reliable

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.619
 you know

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.220
 an historical

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.879
 person

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 come on

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 we've moved

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.160
 on from

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.400
 that

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:31.319
 but I

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.599
 came to

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:31.859
 see that

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.319
 that's not

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.859
 the case

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:34.259
 but I

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.619
 say that

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.000
 to say

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.819
 that people

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.440
 will reject

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.740
 us

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:38.220
 but that

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.460
 doesn't

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:38.700
 deter

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.019
 us

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:41.059
 you

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.559
 might

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:41.799
 lose

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:41.940
 your

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.440
 reputation

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:44.900
 but you

00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:45.480
 might not

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:47.960
 you might

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.259
 be the

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.900
 very person

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.380
 who by

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:49.779
 your

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.700
 joyful

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.380
 fearlessness

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:52.200
 and declaring

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.559
 the word

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:52.920
 of God

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.339
 might be

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:53.740
 the person

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.059
 who gets

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.440
 to become

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.000
 the spiritual

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.620
 midwife

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.500
 for that

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:56.799
 person

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.079
 that you're

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.359
 speaking

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:57.599
 to

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 as my

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.519
 wife did

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.920
 for me

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:03.980
 I married

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 her six

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:04.980
 well I

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.259
 didn't marry

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.579
 her six

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.019
 months later

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.259
 that would

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.400
 have been

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:06.680
 weird

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.860
 six months

00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:08.259
 later I

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.759
 became a

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.120
 Christian

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:10.060
 a year

00:25:10.060 --> 00:25:10.259
 and a

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.440
 half

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.080
 later we

00:25:11.080 --> 00:25:11.200
 were

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:11.600
 married

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:15.240
 who knows

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.500
 what you

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.980
 might do

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.820
 no one

00:25:16.820 --> 00:25:17.180
 would have

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.840
 given me

00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:18.539
 any hope

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.600
 in those

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:19.960
 days

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.120
 trust me

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:23.100
 except those

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.560
 who with a

00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:23.880
 joyful

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.560
 fearlessness

00:25:24.560 --> 00:25:25.900
 and an

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.440
 understanding

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:26.880
 that the

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.500
 gospel really

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:27.840
 is the

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.279
 power of

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.680
 salvation

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.200
 to everyone

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.779
 who believes

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.240
 they would

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.799
 speak and

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.080
 they would

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.740
 see it

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:33.900
 we're

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.299
 not the

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.700
 ones who

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.200
 decide who

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.599
 can and

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.120
 cannot be

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.779
 welcomed into

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.220
 the kingdom

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:39.680
 and we

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.279
 must not be

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.779
 those who

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.319
 sin by

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.039
 preferring our

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.720
 reputation

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:44.599
 to their

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.200
 salvation

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:47.039
 if we do

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.420
 we just

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.380
 become complicit

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:48.759
 in their

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.380
 lostness

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:51.019
 that's

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.580
 dangerous

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:53.460
 brothers and

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.860
 sisters we

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.480
 must repent

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.920
 of that

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:57.779
 and do you

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.420
 ever think your

00:25:58.420 --> 00:26:00.019
 inhibition in

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.660
 sharing the

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:02.100
 gospel might

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.660
 just be the

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.100
 thing that

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.640
 puts people

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.000
 off

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:07.200
 that your

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.779
 lack of a

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.339
 willingness to

00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:09.039
 share it

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:12.220
 might be the

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.740
 very thing that

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.420
 makes a person

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.339
 think well

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.759
 they're that

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.480
 reluctant so

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.880
 they can't

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.240
 really do

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.579
 what they

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:16.940
 say it

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.319
 will do

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:21.140
 no we

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.519
 must be

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.940
 bold

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:23.319
 with a

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.660
 joyful

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.259
 fearlessness

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:26.140
 and declare

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.900
 as the

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.539
 apostles did

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.180
 not just in

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.700
 Acts 2

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.519
 but throughout

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.099
 the book of

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.519
 Acts

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:32.019
 as we see

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.680
 the gospel

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.720
 go north

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.860
 and south

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.660
 with the

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.100
 Ethiopian

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.660
 into

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.640
 Africa

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.920
 with Paul

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.940
 into Europe

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:41.559
 to the point

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.480
 that you see

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.880
 at the very

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.259
 last

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:44.339
 the last

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.000
 word

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.039
 of the whole

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.420
 book of

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:46.700
 Acts

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:48.160
 is unhinderedly

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.960
 the word of

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.740
 God spread

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.900
 with great

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.559
 boldness

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.539
 and without

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.440
 hindrance

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.460
 that's the way

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.920
 the gospel

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.559
 spreads

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:57.100
 so what do

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.500
 you say

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:59.700
 what will

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.200
 you say

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.940
 well maybe

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.519
 you can say

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:02.860
 what the

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.640
 apostle Peter

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.100
 said

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:05.259
 in declaring

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.020
 this salvation

00:27:06.020 --> 00:27:06.460
 in Jesus

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:06.720
 name

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.460
 look what he

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:07.740
 did

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.440
 he had this

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.020
 little thing

00:27:09.020 --> 00:27:09.500
 in his head

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.000
 that he just

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.540
 thought well he's

00:27:10.540 --> 00:27:10.960
 filled with the

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.460
 spirit clearly

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.360
 but he is

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:13.500
 declaring the

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.240
 mighty works

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.780
 of God

00:27:14.780 --> 00:27:15.880
 and he presents

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.580
 a little fourfold

00:27:16.580 --> 00:27:17.320
 pattern here

00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:18.259
 Jesus lived

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.880
 Jesus died

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:19.480
 Jesus rose

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.880
 Jesus reigns

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.200
 okay

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.620
 Jesus lived

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.840
 Jesus of

00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:24.720
 Nazareth was a

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.580
 man accredited

00:27:25.580 --> 00:27:26.480
 to you by

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.940
 God

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:28.120
 and he talks

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:28.480
 about his

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.280
 miracles and so

00:27:29.280 --> 00:27:29.560
 on

00:27:29.560 --> 00:27:30.780
 so in other words

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.359
 Jesus is a

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:32.039
 man he really

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.680
 did live

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.980
 and God

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.940
 put him on

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.259
 display

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.720
 that's what the

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.319
 word accredited

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:36.779
 means in the

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.319
 Greek he put

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.940
 him on display

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.379
 for you and

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:38.680
 showed him

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.259
 who he was

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.599
 but you put

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.079
 him to death

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.599
 you killed

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.839
 him and

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.420
 Jesus really

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.920
 died

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:46.779
 but Jesus

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.539
 rose again

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.099
 it was

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:49.139
 impossible

00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:50.160
 for death

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.660
 to keep its

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.180
 hold on him

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:52.220
 because for

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.920
 death to keep

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.500
 its hold on

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.779
 anyone that

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.619
 person must

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.819
 have sin

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.559
 in their

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.019
 account

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:59.879
 but Christ

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.379
 the righteous

00:28:00.379 --> 00:28:01.239
 one had no

00:28:01.239 --> 00:28:01.599
 sin

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:03.059
 therefore sin

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.859
 death had

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.439
 no claim

00:28:04.439 --> 00:28:04.919
 on him

00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:06.559
 that's why he

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.099
 could loose

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.639
 the bonds

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.259
 of death

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.059
 and walk

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.559
 free from

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.039
 that tomb

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.639
 three days

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.599
 later of

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:11.979
 his own

00:28:11.979 --> 00:28:12.379
 will and

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:12.779
 volition

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:15.959
 and Jesus

00:28:15.959 --> 00:28:17.059
 reigns

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:18.179
 he ascended

00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:19.639
 now to people

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.219
 who've just

00:28:20.219 --> 00:28:21.379
 killed Jesus

00:28:21.379 --> 00:28:22.639
 to hear that

00:28:22.639 --> 00:28:23.299
 he ascended

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.839
 and is seated

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.259
 at the right

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.719
 hand of the

00:28:24.719 --> 00:28:25.199
 father which

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.100
 is the place

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:27.180
 of ultimate

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.620
 power

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.860
 you're going

00:28:28.860 --> 00:28:29.340
 to be scared

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:30.980
 you know

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.360
 I've just

00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:31.740
 killed

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.259
 I could say

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.600
 I've just

00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:33.360
 killed Jesus

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:34.340
 he's no longer

00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:34.779
 a problem

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.360
 for us

00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:36.500
 unless he's

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.480
 alive and

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.340
 actually death

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:39.360
 can't keep

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:39.539
 him

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.660
 you know

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.120
 you can't

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.400
 kill him

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:41.840
 again

00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:43.120
 he is

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.920
 immortal

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:46.340
 so what

00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:48.200
 Peter does

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.620
 is just

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:49.620
 counter

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.380
 everything

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.980
 that these

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.420
 guys are

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:51.819
 thinking

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.860
 and declares

00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.460
 the gospel

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.279
 really in a

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.600
 nutshell

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:56.199
 and says

00:28:56.199 --> 00:28:56.500
 in fact

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.879
 you guys

00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:57.199
 have killed

00:28:57.199 --> 00:28:57.299
 him

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.579
 you've got

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:57.939
 it wrong

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:59.839
 you thought

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.179
 he was a

00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:00.539
 curse

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:02.480
 you just

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.799
 killed the

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.059
 king of

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.359
 life

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.759
 that's why

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.279
 we see so

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.699
 many of them

00:29:05.699 --> 00:29:06.359
 being cut to

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.679
 the heart

00:29:06.679 --> 00:29:07.000
 at the

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.639
 declaration of

00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:07.939
 this word

00:29:07.939 --> 00:29:08.480
 Peter is

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.899
 filled with

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.379
 the spirit

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:10.719
 and filled

00:29:10.719 --> 00:29:11.859
 in order to

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.619
 speak the

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.000
 word with

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.379
 fearlessness

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.919
 and people

00:29:13.919 --> 00:29:14.219
 become

00:29:14.219 --> 00:29:14.639
 Christians

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.199
 you see it

00:29:15.199 --> 00:29:15.579
 again and

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:15.899
 again in the

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.139
 book of

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.419
 Acts

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:17.539
 sometimes it's

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.159
 not so much

00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:18.559
 a gospel

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.179
 in a nutshell

00:29:19.179 --> 00:29:19.980
 like this

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.539
 it is on

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.620
 many occasions

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.759
 at times

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.200
 it's

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:25.059
 I was once

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.400
 blank

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.839
 but now

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.500
 I'm

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.440
 blank

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:31.079
 all because

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.720
 Jesus died

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.120
 for me

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:33.099
 so when you

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.480
 think of the

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.720
 way the

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.319
 apostle Paul

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.720
 gives his

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.120
 testimony

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:35.940
 a number of

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.500
 times later

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.839
 on in the

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.160
 book of

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.500
 Acts

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:40.200
 it's incredible

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.799
 to see and I

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.360
 wonder if that

00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:42.240
 might help us

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:43.480
 practically

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:45.420
 you can learn

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.539
 gospel presentations

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:49.039
 like two ways

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.460
 to live or

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:49.920
 something like

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.440
 that so that

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.000
 in the moment

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:53.460
 you know if

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.920
 you've got a

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.420
 friend with

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.599
 you and you're

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.359
 in a lift with

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.700
 them and they

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.279
 actually say

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.899
 what is the

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:59.359
 gospel and

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.960
 you've got between

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.539
 level one and

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.200
 level five to

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.819
 tell them what

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.180
 are you going to

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:04.180
 say we should

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.920
 be equipped in

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.559
 that respect to

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.180
 be able to say

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:07.240
 something punchy

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:09.000
 and with a

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:11.119
 fearless joy that

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.839
 will strike their

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.799
 hearts and we

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.460
 pray that God

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.839
 will move in

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.819
 their hearts as

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.319
 you speak

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.960
 or you might

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.500
 share your

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:18.980
 testimony

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:22.019
 I was once

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:24.179
 a sin ravaged

00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:24.740
 kid

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:26.359
 dealing drugs

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:27.359
 by the age of

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.799
 14

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:30.599
 but now I'm

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:32.619
 I'm a Christian

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.200
 and I love

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.919
 Jesus and I've

00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:34.700
 turned away from

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.319
 that life of

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:36.460
 shame and I'm

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.299
 living a life of

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:38.159
 love where I love

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:38.619
 him and love

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.319
 everybody else

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:40.559
 all because Jesus

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.200
 died on the cross

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.759
 for me and

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.720
 wiped that sin

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:45.039
 away what would

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.500
 you say

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.779
 how would you

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.220
 fill in the

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.799
 blanks in that

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.180
 regard

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:49.859
 my encouragement

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.359
 for you is to

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.680
 do this

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.180
 now one of the

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:52.019
 things a major

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.599
 thing that gets

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:53.059
 in the way of

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.539
 us doing this

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:53.880
 and this is

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.240
 something to

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.680
 think about as

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.160
 a church family

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:57.079
 together is that

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:58.240
 we preoccupy

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.200
 ourselves with so

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.740
 many Christian

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.519
 relationships that

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.160
 we have no time

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.539
 for the non

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:03.700
 Christian that's

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:06.200
 dangerous that's

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:08.740
 dangerous because

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.700
 it's often those

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.819
 relationships it's

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:12.559
 relational connections

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.339
 with people that

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:14.119
 provide something

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:15.139
 of the platform

00:31:15.139 --> 00:31:16.960
 you know we have

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.639
 an events based

00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.539
 mentality at times

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:18.960
 where we think

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.639
 you know what was

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:21.500
 that Kevin Costner

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.879
 movie you know

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:24.099
 build it and they

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:25.559
 will come you know

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.179
 that's an ancient

00:31:26.179 --> 00:31:27.079
 thing I'm sure my age

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:28.700
 but it was about

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.779
 baseball it was a

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.899
 rubbish sport but

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:33.000
 you basically build

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.460
 it and they will

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.099
 come you know we

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:35.319
 just put this on and

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.579
 people will flock in

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.619
 that doesn't happen

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:41.039
 look back over your

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:42.199
 the past two weeks

00:31:42.199 --> 00:31:43.799
 and figure out how

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.379
 much time did I

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:45.099
 spend in connection

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.759
 with Christians how

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.159
 much time did I

00:31:46.159 --> 00:31:46.919
 spend at work how

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:47.399
 much time did I

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:48.099
 spend with my family

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.659
 how much time did I

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:49.299
 spend with non

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:51.839
 Christians my guess is

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.599
 that most of us will

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.519
 see that last section

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.639
 has shrunk down

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:56.459
 considerably make

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:58.939
 time we've my wife

00:31:58.939 --> 00:31:59.959
 and I have tried to

00:31:59.959 --> 00:32:00.939
 do this a lot where

00:32:00.939 --> 00:32:02.179
 we live and we've

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.799
 seen immeasurable

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:04.699
 benefits and my wife

00:32:04.699 --> 00:32:05.419
 has conducted a

00:32:05.419 --> 00:32:06.299
 Christianity explored

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.359
 course with

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:08.659
 six mums from the

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:10.879
 area you know God

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.419
 has opened doors

00:32:11.419 --> 00:32:11.939
 that we've never

00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:13.559
 seen I go out once

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.219
 a month with some

00:32:14.219 --> 00:32:16.939
 guys and without

00:32:16.939 --> 00:32:19.119
 fail somebody will

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.719
 turn around to me

00:32:19.719 --> 00:32:20.359
 an hour into the

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:20.979
 night and say so

00:32:20.979 --> 00:32:21.479
 what are you preaching

00:32:21.479 --> 00:32:22.339
 on a Sunday these

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.259
 are non-Christians

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.959
 I'm making time to

00:32:24.959 --> 00:32:25.759
 spend time with them

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.619
 and I'm a busy guy

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:28.199
 lots of things at

00:32:28.199 --> 00:32:28.819
 church that I have

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.619
 to show up to or I

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:31.740
 get a P45 you know

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:36.299
 make the time and

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.659
 don't retreat from

00:32:37.659 --> 00:32:39.599
 it there is a

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.680
 direct link between

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:43.220
 filling and speaking

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:45.379
 so we must declare

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:47.919
 the gospel don't go

00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:48.759
 with any of this

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.980
 preach the gospel and

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.980
 use words if you have

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:52.279
 to oh it's heresy

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:55.279
 it's awful the word

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:57.680
 is news the gospel is

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:59.200
 news must be declared

00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:01.759
 preach the gospel tell

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:03.299
 people about Jesus

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:05.519
 and his love and his

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.900
 death in their place

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:08.220
 and the fact that he

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:10.160
 rose again because he

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:11.379
 is the sinless saviour

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:13.019
 and God raised him

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.559
 from the dead

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:15.480
 declaring him his

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.740
 sacrifice on the cross

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:18.400
 to be acceptable to

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:19.319
 him the resurrection

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:21.519
 is the receipt of that

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.779
 sacrifice on the cross

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:27.460
 paid in full tell them

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.259
 about that tell them

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:29.359
 how it's transformed

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:31.139
 your life and often I

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:32.139
 think you know one of

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.899
 the things that we see

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:34.199
 is we often feel like

00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:35.259
 the onus of responsibility

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.359
 is on us to give an

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:37.079
 account for the things

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.799
 that we believe about

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:39.199
 the gospel the onus is

00:33:39.199 --> 00:33:40.299
 on people for not

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:41.899
 believing it you know

00:33:41.899 --> 00:33:42.779
 for putting their faith

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:44.179
 in all sorts of things

00:33:44.179 --> 00:33:45.240
 where they have no

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:47.659
 credible substantial

00:33:47.659 --> 00:33:50.619
 evidence for it even

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:54.119
 evolution tell people

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:57.039
 about Jesus use words

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:58.940
 tell them about all that

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:00.460
 he has done and as a

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.500
 church family look to

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.639
 encourage one another in

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:03.899
 this pray for one

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:06.079
 another and that's what

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:07.180
 we must do because this

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:08.719
 this and I close with

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.380
 this is a day of

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:11.079
 opportunity this is what

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:12.179
 Peter declares at the

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.179
 sermon in Pentecost

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:14.759
 this is a day when the

00:34:14.759 --> 00:34:15.619
 spirits poured out he

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.940
 says Joel says it's a

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:18.320
 there is another day

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:20.300
 though a day a coming

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:22.019
 day of the Lord a day

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:23.259
 marked by fire and

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:24.380
 billows of smoke a

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:26.800
 judgment day and five

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.820
 times Joel says the

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.620
 day of the Lord is

00:34:28.620 --> 00:34:31.120
 near yet Joel spoke of

00:34:31.120 --> 00:34:32.460
 this open-ended period

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.360
 before the day of the

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.000
 Lord when the Holy

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.900
 Spirit would be poured

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.760
 out and available to

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:37.140
 all not everybody

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:38.180
 irrespective of their

00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:39.539
 readiness to repent of

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.360
 their sin and believe in

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:42.240
 Jesus but everybody

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:43.360
 irrespective of their

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:44.300
 past their background

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.519
 their age their sex or

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:47.039
 status in other words

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.340
 this is the time of

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.980
 open invitation this is

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.800
 the age of the church

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:52.100
 this is the age of

00:34:52.100 --> 00:34:53.280
 missions to keep our

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:54.260
 mouth shut is to be

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:55.880
 disobedient to the

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:58.119
 nth degree then Peter

00:34:58.119 --> 00:35:00.019
 quotes Peter quotes

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.940
 Joel making one

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:02.500
 subtle change Joel

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:04.280
 says it shall come to

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:06.640
 pass Peter says it's

00:35:06.640 --> 00:35:08.760
 already begun it's

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:11.160
 begun now with the

00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:11.840
 pouring out of the

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.519
 Holy Spirit at

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 Pentecost these days

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 are now here which

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 means the final day

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 that day of the Lord

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 is nearer than it has

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 ever been God's clock

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 has moved on and now

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 there is this window of

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 opportunity where

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 everyone young old

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 rich poor educated or

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 not may come and call

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 upon the name of the

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 Lord so my question is

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 what will you do you

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 say you're filled with

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 the spirit declare the

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 mighty acts of God

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 that would be consistent

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 with your filling and

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 be fearless in it

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 brothers and sisters

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 enjoy it and God will

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 save his people from

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 their sins amen

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근데 the

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 nd

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 nd

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 nd

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 und

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 lesser

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 nd

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 nd