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 I trust you were listening to that reading read by Izzy,

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 the appointed lesson for this morning.

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 But in order to fully understand what is taking place,

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 we need to go back to chapter 3.

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 Now, excuse the teaching, but this is important.

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 We read there in Acts 3 of the story of the healing of the crippled man,

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 this man who had never been able to walk,

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 who sat and begged at the gate of the temple,

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 of the gate called Beautiful.

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 And he was there as Peter and John were approaching

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 in order to go to prayer, the house of prayer,

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 the time of prayer, 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

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 He thought he looks like some rich pickings,

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 and so he asked them for money.

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 And then we get those famous words uttered by Peter,

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 silver and gold I haven't got any,

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 but what I have got I will give to you.

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 In the name of Christ, stand up and walk.

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 He'd been a cripple for 40 years.

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 But Peter wasn't content with just saying it.

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 He put out his hand,

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 gripped the right hand of this man,

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 and hauled him to his feet.

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 In the name of Christ, walk.

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 You can read the full story, if you want,

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 in Acts 3, verses 1 to 10.

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 This is your after-lunch reading.

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 It was this event,

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 it was this event,

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 and Peter's subsequent speaking to the people,

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 which came to the ears of the high priest.

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 And that meant trouble.

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 Because the high priest

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 and the other members of the Sanhedrin

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 were concerned.

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 I think that word is an understatement.

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 They were not just concerned,

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 they were blinking angry.

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 They were concerned, very concerned.

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 According to one commentator,

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 the Sadducees were the principal instigators

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 of the persecution of the early Christian church.

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 They were the ruling class of wealthy aristocrats,

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 and they were not to be fooled with.

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 Theologically,

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 they believed that the Messianic era

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 began in the Maccabean period,

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 so they were not looking for a Messiah,

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 which excluded Jesus, of course.

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 They also denied the doctrine of the resurrection,

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 which the Apostle proclaimed in Jesus Christ.

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 Thus they saw the Apostles as agitators,

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 heretics,

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 disturbers of the peace,

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 and enemies of the truth.

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 In their eyes,

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 they were troublemakers.

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 So they were greatly disturbed.

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 Well, if you were in their shoes,

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 you would be, wouldn't you?

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 All that you stood for

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 was being contradicted by these men.

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 For this was unauthorized preaching

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 by unprofessional preachers.

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 That was the gist of the matter.

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 So here we have the priests,

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 the captain of the temple guard,

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 and the Sadducees,

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 coming to confront Peter and John.

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 And because it was late in the day,

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 Peter and John were arrested,

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 no charges laid,

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 thrown into prison for the night.

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 But Luke assures us

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 that the opposition of men

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 did not hinder the word of God.

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 The Sadducees could arrest the Apostles,

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 but they could not arrest the Gospel.

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 On the contrary,

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 we are told that over 5,000 men believed

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 and decided to follow Christ.

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 And that was the upshot

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 of the things that the Sanhedrin

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 had to deal with.

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 The following day,

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 Peter and John were brought from prison

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 to appear before the Sanhedrin.

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 Do you know what the Sanhedrin was?

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 We'll just pause for a minute

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 and put yourselves

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 in Peter and John's shoes.

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 The Sanhedrin

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 is the highest court

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 in the Jewish system.

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 It was made up

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 of 71 members

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 and it was presided over

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 by the high priest.

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 So it was an almighty,

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 august body.

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 The highest court

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 in the land.

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 And they were the people

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 that administered justice.

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 As they sat

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 in their customary

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 semicircle,

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 Peter and John

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 were brought before them.

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 What was going through

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 Peter and John's minds

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 as they stood

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 before that

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 body of people?

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 I can imagine

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 that they were casting

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 their minds back

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 because Jesus stood

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 before the Sanhedrin

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 and he was condemned

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 and they were

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 dead.

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 What was the

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 man's mind?

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 Was history

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 about to repeat itself?

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 Were they to suffer

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 the same fate?

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 Were they to be handed

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 over to the Romans

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 and be crucified?

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 Surely

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 such questions

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 must have entered

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 their minds.

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 In this situation

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 one would have

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 expected the apostles

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 to be awed,

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 overstruck,

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 dumbstruck even,

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 cowed by the sheer

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 grandeur

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 and enormity

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 of the situation.

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 Struggling to find

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 the right words

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 to respond to questions

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 but not so.

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 Not so.

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 The court begins

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 with a straight question.

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 By what power

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 or what name

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 did you do this?

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 And they were

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 referring of course

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 to the healing

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 of the crippled man

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 in the previous chapter.

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 Peter's response

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 is breathtaking

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 in its audacity.

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 He addresses

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 the Sanhedrin

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 as though he were

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 preaching to a crowd

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 of people.

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 He gave

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 scant regard

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 to how important

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 they were.

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 The fact that the

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 high priest was there

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 he didn't give a jot.

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 Rulers and elders

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 of the people

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 she said.

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 If we are being

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 called to account

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 for an act of kindness

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 shown to a cripple

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 and are asked

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 how he was healed

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 then know this.

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 Know this

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 that you

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 and all the people

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 of Israel

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 that it is by the name

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 of Jesus Christ

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 of Nazareth

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 whom you crucified.

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 crucified.

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 I'll bet that

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 brought them back

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 on their heels.

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 Whom you crucified

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 but whom God

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 raised from the dead

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 that this man

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 stands before you

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 healed.

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 So where did Peter

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 get his courage from?

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 This

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 boldness

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 this

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 utter

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 boldness

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 to actually

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 attack

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 the Sanhedrin

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 with his words.

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 And the answer

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 is to be found

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 in the early words

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 of

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 that lesson

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 read by Izzy.

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 Peter

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 filled with the

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 Holy Spirit

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 said to them

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 rulers and elders

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 of Israel

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 filled

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 with the power

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 and it is the

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 living power

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 of that same

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 Spirit

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 which gives

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 to Peter

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 the strength

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 and authority

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 to speak

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 as he does.

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 Note this

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 that he takes

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 no credit

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 to himself.

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 He doesn't say

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 anything about himself.

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 It is by the

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 power of Jesus

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 that this crippled

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 man has been

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 healed.

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 He

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 Jesus

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 is the stone

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 you builders

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 rejected

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 which has become

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 the capstone

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 salvation

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 is found

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 in no one

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 else

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 for there is

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 no other name

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 given under heaven

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 by which

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 we must

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 be saved.

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 This was

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 boldness

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 in extreme

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 measure

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 to accuse

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 the Sanhedrin

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 to literally

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 blame them

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 for the death

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 of Jesus

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 in my humble

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 view

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 was a very

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 risky

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 undertaking

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 yet it

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 worked.

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 It worked.

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 The members

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 of the Sanhedrin

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 if you'll

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 excuse the

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 terminology

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 they were

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 gobsmacked.

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 They didn't

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 know how

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 to respond.

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 They were

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 completely

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 taken off

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 guard

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 and so much

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 so that they

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 had Peter and

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 John removed

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 so that they

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 could discuss

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 among themselves

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 what course of

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 action they

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 should take.

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 In the event

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 they decided

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 that there was

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 little or

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 nothing they

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 could do.

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 so they

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 called Peter

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 and John

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 back in

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 gave them

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 a dressing

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 down

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 and told

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 them to

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 go on

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 their way

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 not to

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 speak in

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 the name

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 of Jesus

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 and after

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 further threats

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 they let

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 them go

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 for they

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 could not

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 decide

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 how to

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 punish them.

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 What has

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 all this

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 got to do

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 with our

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 thinking this

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 morning

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 about being

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 called to

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 be bold

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 witnesses

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 to Christ?

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 I don't

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 think we're

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 being called

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 to replicate

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 what Peter

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 did

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 although some

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 of us

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 may be

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 I don't

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 know.

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 I want to

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 suggest first

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 of all

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 that being

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 bold for

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 Christ has

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 nothing to

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 do with

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 preaching.

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 Now

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 Clive may

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 disagree with

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 me there

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 but let me

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 explain a

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 little bit

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 further.

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 It has

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 nothing to

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 do with

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 preaching.

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 It is

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 however

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 much to

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 do with

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 our lifestyle

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 and the

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 way we

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 behave.

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 People take

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 much more

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 notice of

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 how we

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 live than

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 what we

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 say.

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 Some wise

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 person said

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 years ago

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 preach the

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 gospel and

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 if necessary

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 use words.

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 I remember

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 when I was

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 in Sunday

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 school it's

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 amazing how

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 these things

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 come back

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 to you more

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 years ago than

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 I care to

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 remember but

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 I learned

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 this ditty.

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 we are

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 writing a

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 gospel a

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 chapter each

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 day by

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 the things

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 that we

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 do not

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 the words

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 that we

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 say.

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 In other

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 words people

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 are looking

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 at how

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 we live

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 the things

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 we do

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 not what

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 we say.

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 But this

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 does not

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 mean that we

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 have to be

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 silent about

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 our faith.

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 On the

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 contrary it

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 means that

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 what we

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 say has

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 to be

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 backed up

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 by what

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 we do.

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 The

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 important thing

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 to remember

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 is that Peter

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 was able to

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 do what he

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 did not in

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 his own

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 strength but

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 in the

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 power of

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 the Holy

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 Spirit.

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 And for

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 us that

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 same power

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 is freely

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 available.

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 All we

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 have to do

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 is to invite

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 the Holy

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 Spirit to

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 take charge

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 and then

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 whoopee off

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 we go.

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 So what

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 are the

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 challenges for

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 us this

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 morning?

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 How can

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 we become

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 bold witnesses

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 to Christ?

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 What can

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 we do that

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 will show

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 our willingness

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 to be

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 spirit-filled

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 and do

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 those things

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 that will

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 bring honour

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 to our

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 Lord?

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 Let me

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 tell you a

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 story.

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 It's

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 perfectly

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 true but

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 this is

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 boldness in

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 action.

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 A little

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 while ago

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 I attended

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 a meeting

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 at Westbury

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 on Trim

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 organised

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 by LPMA,

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 that's the

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 Local Preachers

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 Mutual Aid

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 Association,

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 that's a

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 mouthful,

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 and one

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 of the

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 guest speakers

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 was the

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 Reverend

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 Dr John

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 Newton

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 and he

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 was speaking

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 on the

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 subject of

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 social justice

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 and he

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 recalled an

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 incident

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 from his

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 youth

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 which had

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 influenced

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 him deeply.

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 He told

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 the story

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 of a

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 shopkeeper

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 in the

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 town where

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 he lived

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 who leased

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 his premises

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 from the

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 local council.

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 This

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 shopkeeper

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 was under

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 pressure

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 to surrender

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 the lease

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 so that

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 the man

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 who owned

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 the shop

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 next door

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 could buy

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 it from

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 the council

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 and extend

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 his premises.

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 Whether

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 there was

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 any underhand

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 dealing or

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 not,

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 John Newton

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 never said

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 but the

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 whole thing

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 was turning

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 a bit nasty

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 with pressure

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 being brought

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 to bear

00:12:43.740 --> 00:12:44.219
 on this

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 shopkeeper

00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:45.599
 to surrender

00:12:45.599 --> 00:12:46.240
 his lease.

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 So,

00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:49.719
 in order

00:12:49.719 --> 00:12:50.219
 to diffuse

00:12:50.219 --> 00:12:50.899
 the situation

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 the council

00:12:51.419 --> 00:12:51.959
 called a

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 public meeting

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 so that

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 the whole

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 affair

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 could be

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 explained

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 and discussed.

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 That was

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 their mistake.

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 And it

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 was to

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 this public

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 meeting

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 that the

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 young

00:13:01.139 --> 00:13:01.679
 John Newton

00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:02.139
 went with

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 his parents.

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 The whole

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 affair was

00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:05.059
 duly discussed

00:13:05.059 --> 00:13:05.740
 with the

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 pros and

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 cons put

00:13:06.659 --> 00:13:07.079
 forward by

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 the parties

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 involved.

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 Members of

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 the council

00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:10.019
 were there

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 in force

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 because they

00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:12.699
 wanted to

00:13:12.699 --> 00:13:13.240
 support the

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 motion that

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 this man

00:13:14.579 --> 00:13:14.919
 should be

00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:15.899
 ousted out

00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:16.459
 and the

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 property sold

00:13:17.139 --> 00:13:17.480
 to the

00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:18.240
 chap next door.

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 They were

00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:20.579
 all in

00:13:20.579 --> 00:13:21.319
 favour of

00:13:21.319 --> 00:13:21.980
 selling the

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 lease to

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 this chap.

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 until that

00:13:25.139 --> 00:13:26.460
 is an

00:13:26.460 --> 00:13:27.180
 elderly local

00:13:27.180 --> 00:13:27.740
 preacher who

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 had been

00:13:28.139 --> 00:13:29.000
 an elderly

00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:29.460
 member of

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 the council

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 who had

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 been silent

00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:31.940
 until then

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 got to

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 his feet

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 and he

00:13:35.860 --> 00:13:36.580
 berated

00:13:36.580 --> 00:13:38.279
 the members

00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:38.560
 of the

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 council.

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 He gave

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 them a

00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:40.259
 tongue

00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:40.720
 lashing

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 and he

00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:44.519
 could not

00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:45.039
 understand

00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:45.480
 what they

00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:46.000
 were thinking

00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:47.600
 about doing

00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:48.480
 this underhand

00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:48.899
 deal.

00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:50.399
 And before

00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:50.899
 he sat

00:13:50.899 --> 00:13:51.340
 down he

00:13:51.340 --> 00:13:51.899
 said this

00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:52.439
 is parting

00:13:52.439 --> 00:13:52.819
 shot.

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 This whole

00:13:54.100 --> 00:13:54.519
 affair

00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:55.559
 stinks.

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 It has

00:13:57.379 --> 00:13:58.019
 about it

00:13:58.019 --> 00:13:59.059
 the mark

00:13:59.059 --> 00:13:59.959
 of Naboth's

00:13:59.959 --> 00:14:00.740
 vineyard.

00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:03.179
 Methodist

00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:03.840
 local preacher

00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:04.600
 bringing

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 scripture

00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:06.259
 into the

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 equation

00:14:06.740 --> 00:14:08.519
 to boost

00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:09.000
 what he

00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:09.639
 was saying.

00:14:11.539 --> 00:14:11.939
 Here was

00:14:11.939 --> 00:14:12.360
 a man of

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 principle

00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:14.419
 prepared to

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 stand up

00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:15.279
 and be

00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:15.899
 bold

00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:17.279
 and counted

00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:18.179
 when it

00:14:18.179 --> 00:14:18.860
 was necessary.

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 And for

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 those who

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 are not

00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:21.259
 familiar with

00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:21.679
 the story

00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:22.199
 of Naboth

00:14:22.199 --> 00:14:22.500
 it can

00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:22.819
 be found

00:14:22.819 --> 00:14:23.239
 in 1

00:14:23.239 --> 00:14:24.039
 Kings 21

00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:25.179
 and tells

00:14:25.179 --> 00:14:25.479
 of the

00:14:25.479 --> 00:14:25.959
 underhand

00:14:25.959 --> 00:14:26.419
 dealings

00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:27.239
 of Jezebel.

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 Oh,

00:14:28.419 --> 00:14:28.759
 there we

00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:29.039
 go.

00:14:29.599 --> 00:14:29.719
 The

00:14:29.719 --> 00:14:30.079
 underhand

00:14:30.079 --> 00:14:30.419
 dealings

00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:30.959
 of Jezebel

00:14:30.959 --> 00:14:31.559
 who had

00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:32.000
 Naboth

00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:32.659
 murdered

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 in order

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 that her

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 husband

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 King Ahab

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 could take

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 over the

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 ownership

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 of the

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 vineyard.

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 This

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 thing

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 stinks.

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 It has

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 about it

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 the

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 odour

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 of

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 Naboth's

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 vineyard.

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 Needless

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 to say

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 the

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 council

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 lost.

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 They

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 did not

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 win.

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 Principle

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 in today's

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 life has

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 now been

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 overshadowed

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 by political

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 correctness.

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 And we

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 fear to

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 challenge

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 wrong in

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 case we

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 are accused

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 of meddling,

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 meddling in

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 matters which

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 should not

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 concern us.

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 And it

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 is this

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 fear,

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 this fear

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 of being

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 bold,

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 or attempting

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 to be bold,

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 that allowed

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 Jimmy Saville,

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 Rolf Harrison,

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 Stuart Hall,

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 to get away

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 with years

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 of child

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 abuse.

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 Because those

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 people in

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 the know

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 were frightened

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 to speak

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 out.

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 We dare

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 not speak

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 of the

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 wrongs being

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 perpetrated

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 in the

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 name of

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 faith in

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 case we

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 are accused

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 of racism.

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 I dare

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 to suggest

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 that there

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 is a need

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 for Christian

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 folk to

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 stand up

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 and be

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 counted,

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 to be

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 bold for

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 the Lord's

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 sake,

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 to go

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 into those

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 situations

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 and to

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 be and

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 to do

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 what Christ

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 is asking.

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 And in a

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 sense,

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 it is all

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 wrapped up

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 in one

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 sentence.

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 We are

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 called to

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 live

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 holy

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 lives.

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 This thing

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 which John

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 Wesley was so

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 keen on,

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 scriptural

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 holiness,

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 holiness,

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 that holiness

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 should invade

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 every part

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 of our

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 being.

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 It means

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 that we

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 are Christians

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 seven days

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 a week,

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 not just

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 on Sunday

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 mornings.

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 Our faith

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 should influence

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 everything we

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 do,

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 everything we

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 say,

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 every action.

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 And then

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 perhaps when

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 we have

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 achieved that

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 holiness,

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 we can be

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 bold for

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 Christ's

00:16:35.539 --> 00:16:35.799
 sake.

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 and the

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 Holy Spirit,

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 the giver

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 of that

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 strength,

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 he will

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 be there

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 to lead

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 us and

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 guide us

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 and help

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 us and

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 enable us

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 to be bold

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 witnesses for

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 Christ.

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 In his

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 name,

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 amen.