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 Hi, my name is George Sinclair. I'm the lead pastor of Church of the Messiah. It is wonderful

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 that you would like to check out some of the sermons done by Church of the Messiah, either

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 by myself or some of the others. Listen, just a couple of things. First of all, would you pray

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 for us that we will open God's Word well to His glory and for the good of people like yourself?

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 The second thing is, if you aren't connected to a church and if you are a Christian, we really,

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 I would really like to encourage you to find a good local church where they believe the Bible,

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 they preach the gospel, and if you have some trouble finding that, send us an email. We will

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 do what we can to help connect you with a good local church wherever you are. And if you're a

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 non-Christian checking us out, we're really, really, really glad you're doing that. Don't

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 hesitate to send us questions. It helps me actually to know, as I'm preaching, how to deal with the

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 types of things that you're really struggling with. So God bless.

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 Just bow our heads in prayer, please. Father, we ask that you would, in your kindness and mercy,

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 Father, we just thank you for your kindness and your mercy. Father, there is no one kinder than you.

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 Lord Jesus, there is no one kinder than you. And Father, in your kindness towards us, may the Holy

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 Spirit help us to listen to your Word very deeply, and may Jesus and who He is and what He's done,

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 may He form us at a very deep level. And for those of us who are His, may His comfort,

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 may His presence comfort us and cheer us at this time. And we ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Back just after I came to this church, which was a long time ago now, about a year or so after I came

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 to this church, it was announced that a fellow by the name of Billy Graham, I know that's like, I don't

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 know, do people still remember Billy Graham? Okay, a lot of you still do, maybe not all of you, but

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 a fellow by the name of Billy Graham, it was announced that he was going to come to Ottawa to do a series

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 of crusades. He was going to speak at the, whatever they call the big hockey stadium now, I keep getting

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 it mixed up, Scotiabank Place, I guess it is. And as part of that, the Billy Graham team wanted

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 different churches to sort of get behind this, to provide counsellors and greeters and other types of

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 help for that. I'd only been at the church about a year or so, I think, maybe a year and a half.

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 And I wanted our church to be a part of it. And the church at that time was not the type of church

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 that would have supported something like the Billy Graham mission. And in fact, you might want to talk

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 to somebody like Andrew afterwards, because the very first time we had an introductory video

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 introducing the Billy Graham campaign coming to Ottawa, and me saying I'd like us to be supported,

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 the hostility from the congregation was so severe that all of the team, Andrew was one of them,

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 they all resigned. Because so many people in the congregation were mad about this. And in fact,

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 there was an attempt to, you know, force me to go back and all of this type of stuff, lots of drama.

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 Anyway, the bottom line is, at the time, I had these two very interesting, just sort of average

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 Anglican type guys who were my wardens. And I said to them, like, what do you think I should do?

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 You know? And one of them, and if either of these guys are watching, you know, shout out to both of

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 you, I have fond memories. And one of them was in the Navy. And his attitude was just, I mean,

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 I don't know if he saluted or not. He just said, listen, you're the CO, I'm the XO. The CO says we go

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 here, we go here and I'll help you. Like that was as simple as that. And the other fellow,

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 who would never in his life listen to a Billy Graham evangelistic thing, he just said, George,

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 I'm completely and utterly puzzled by the whole congregation. This man has been one of the most

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 influential men in history, the history of the Western world, in the last half of the 20th century.

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 Like, I'm just curious to hear him. Like, I don't understand why anybody wouldn't be curious to hear

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 this guy who's been arguably one of the most influential men of the latter half of the 20th century.

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 That's all he said. So I pressed on. And in fact, actually, our church had a very robust

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 involvement in the Billy Graham mission. And I still have very fond memories of it.

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 Now, I mention this because regardless of where you are spiritually, whether you are a Christian,

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 or whether you're trying to figure out what the Christian faith is all about, or whether you're

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 watching me to get some ammo as to why you shouldn't be a Christian, whatever, wherever you are,

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 the thing that we're going to look at today is arguably one of the turning points in human history.

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 Like, not even, like, it's like a no-brainer that it's one of the turning points in human history.

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 And anybody who's at all interested in how the world came to be should be interested in something

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 which is very, very easily argued is one of the turning points in human history.

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 Now, obviously, and you don't even have to be a Christian to acknowledge that Jesus's life and birth and death,

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 and I believe resurrection, is one of the things which changed the course of human history.

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 And this thing here, which happens about a year later, year and a half later, is one of the reasons why,

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 well, it's not just Jewish people in this room speaking Hebrew.

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 Why there's a whole pile of, I mean, my ancient ancestors painted themselves blue,

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 danced naked, taunting the Romans.

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 How did people like that ever become Christians?

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 Well, it's because of this very remarkable conversion, which is a turning point in human history,

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 that even though the message of Jesus had not yet pierced the pagan world,

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 and he wouldn't be the guy who would do the initial thing,

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 this is the guy who ends up bringing the message of Jesus to Europe

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 and spreads it far and wide to people of many, many different languages and people groups.

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 And it's that missionary movement that's launched and really headed up by him,

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 which continues to this day.

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 And so it is arguably a turning point in human history,

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 so let's have a look at this historical account of it.

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 And if you have your Bibles, it's Acts 9, verse 1 and following.

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 And it's helpful if I open it up to the right thing myself.

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 And just as a reminder, you know, I got the privilege of speaking at a wedding.

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 Actually, two weekends in a row I've had the privilege of speaking at a wedding.

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 And one of the things I said there, because I was going to read in both cases,

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 actually it was John chapter 2.

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 You know, we get a little bit confused when we look at a book with this really expensive type of paper,

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 and, you know, there used to be gold stuff on the edge.

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 Because now, of course, it's viewed as being the Bible.

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 But when it was originally written, I doubt if Luke thought I'm writing something for the Bible.

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 He just wanted to provide an eyewitness-based account of the first 30 years of the Jesus movement.

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 And that's what we have.

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 An eyewitness-based account of the first 30 or so years of the Jesus movement,

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 written while many of the eyewitnesses were still alive.

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 And so this is Luke's account of what happens to a man by the name of Saul.

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 And it goes like this.

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 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord,

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 went to the high priest and asked for letters to the synagogues at Damascus,

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 so that if he found any belonging to the way, men or women,

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 he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

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 Now, just sort of pause here for a second.

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 Just a couple of things.

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 First of all, I want to warn you in advance.

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 I'm liable to slip up.

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 I don't know.

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 I think those from the congregation were at the wedding yesterday.

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 It was one of the rare weddings I did where I didn't mess up a name throughout the whole wedding.

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 People who have been to many weddings that I do,

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 they sort of wait for when's George going to get one of the names wrong.

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 And in fact, I have to confess, all the way through the rehearsal,

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 I kept wanting to call the bride Susie.

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 And I think I even called her Susie, which is her mom's name.

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 But anyway, I'm going to maybe mix up Saul and Paul throughout this,

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 but they're the same person.

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 Like many people who've come from another culture,

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 you have maybe your cultural name,

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 and then maybe because it's hard for Canadians to pronounce it,

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 you come up with a Canadian name to match it.

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 And that's the same type of thing that's going on here.

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 Many, many Jewish people at the time would have had their Hebrew name,

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 and they also would have had their pagan name.

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 So Saul is the Jewish name,

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 and Paul is the pagan name or the Roman name.

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 And I'm more familiar with calling him Paul,

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 but this, because right now it's all about this fellow who's Jewish,

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 they're going to use his name Saul.

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 So if I mix up and say Paul or Saul or whatever,

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 it's the same guy.

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 It's just me being a little bit confused with names.

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 And the second thing about this is actually it's a really cool thing.

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 If you look at the text again, verse 1, it says breathing threats.

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 In the original language,

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 there's an image that goes along with this type of breathing.

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 And what you're to imagine is you're a lion.

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 You're somewhere, and there's a wild lion.

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 And you know it's going to pounce.

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 And before it pounce, it starts huffing.

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 It breathes heavily, like a bull before it charges breathes heavily.

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 And that's this type of thing,

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 an image of a murderous wild beast

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 huffing and huffing before it attacks.

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 That's how Saul is described.

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 And so he has this murderous plan.

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 He has been one of the ringleaders

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 of the death of the first Christian martyr.

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 He's been responsible for the deaths of other Christians.

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 And now he wants to go and extend this campaign of murder to Damascus.

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 And now let's get back to the story.

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 And by the way, one of the things to understand here

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 when they're heading to Damascus,

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 and I think we have at least one person in the congregation here

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 who's lived in Damascus, or at least near about it,

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 and you can ask them about it.

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 But in those days, Damascus was an oasis destination in the middle of desert.

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 So it's in the Middle East, and he's traveling through desert.

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 And as he's coming to this oasis city of Damascus,

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 this is what happens.

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 Verse 3.

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 Now, as he went on his way, he approached Damascus,

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 and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

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 And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him,

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 Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?

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 And Saul said, Who are you, Lord?

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 And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

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 But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.

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 The men who were traveling with Saul stood speechless,

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 hearing the voice but seeing no one.

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 Saul rose from the ground, and although his eyes were opened,

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 he saw nothing.

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 So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

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 And just sort of pause there for a second.

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 So there's a couple of things about this story.

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 And the first thing is that there's parts of the story

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 which are public or observable,

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 and parts of the story which are private and not observable

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 in the whole event.

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 So if we were to go back in a time machine,

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 it would be a very big time machine if we could all go back.

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 If we were able to go back to a time machine

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 in some time probably about the year 34,

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 and this time machine also happened to know

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 that we should be on the road and close to Damascus at the right day.

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 We don't know the precise day.

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 There's certain things that we would see

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 that are just observable that you can't deny.

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 And the first thing that you would see

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 is that you would see this unbelievably bright light.

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 I don't know how many of you have ever been in the Middle East

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 or close to the equator,

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 but it gets really bright,

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 especially if it's the right time of the year in the Middle East.

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 There's hardly any clouds in the sky.

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 It's hot, and it's very, very sunny.

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 And even though it's very, very sunny,

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 there's a bright light so bright

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 that even on a very, very sunny day near noon,

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 it's brighter than that, and you would see that.

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 And the other thing you would see

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 is the men traveling with Paul or Saul

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 and Saul all falling to the ground.

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 And they fall to the ground.

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 Our charismatic friends would call this slain in the Spirit.

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 And just a little bit of a note,

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 for those of you more Reformed and evangelical

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 who sometimes wonder about our,

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 from your point of view,

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 kooky, charismatic friends

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 being slain in the spirits in the New Testament.

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 This is an example of it.

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 They get knocked down by God.

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 And while they all get knocked down by God,

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 the men get up after they've been knocked down by God.

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 But Paul continues to lie down.

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 And all of the people there, including yourself,

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 will hear some type of voice,

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 something being said.

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 But that's all you'll see.

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 The other thing that you'll see,

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 which is public and observable,

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 is that when Paul is finally helped up,

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 he cannot see.

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 He's blind.

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 And he's had to be led into this other city.

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 What you don't see is,

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 or understand,

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 is you don't get to see Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 Only Paul sees Jesus.

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 He doesn't just see the light.

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 He sees Jesus.

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 The man who was crucified

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 a year, year and a half earlier,

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 just outside of Jerusalem,

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 and who was buried in a tomb.

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 And Paul, like all others from Jerusalem,

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 Saul would know that the grave was empty

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 and that they'd never found the body.

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 And he sees Jesus.

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 And he hears Jesus speaking to him.

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 But only Paul hears that.

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 Now, for many people over the years,

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 this is a very problematic event.

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 But it's only problematic if you're sort of...

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 I don't know how to word it

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 without making it sound like I'm putting people down.

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 And so just give me some mercy.

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 I don't mean to put you down.

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 But the problem is

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 that there's not enough thinking

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 about what's going on here.

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 And a simple way to explain it

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 is that the resurrected Jesus,

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 or an angel,

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 is not like a camel.

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 That's all you have to understand.

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 A camel and an angel,

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 or a camel and the resurrected Jesus,

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 they're not the same.

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 You don't see them the same way.

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 So, for instance,

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 we all can see camels,

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 big, hulking things.

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 And so if there had been a camel

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 in the middle of the road,

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 and Saul is saying,

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 look at the camel,

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 and everybody else is saying,

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 Saul, there's no camel.

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 Like, there's nothing.

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 Like, they'd all be worried

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 that maybe he's mentally ill

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 or something like that,

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 because a camel is a camel is a camel,

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 and you can see it.

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 But if you think about it for a second,

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 if there are, in fact,

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 beings like angels,

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 or if there is, in fact,

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 a resurrected Jesus,

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 by the very nature,

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 an angel is something,

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 is someone,

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 and the resurrected Jesus

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 is not someone

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 that we can just observe.

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 They are not simply observable

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 by our own power.

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 The angel,

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 or in this case,

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 the resurrected Jesus,

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 has to reveal himself.

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 They have to choose to be seen.

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 It's not a sermon about angels,

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 but I believe,

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 the New Testament teaches,

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 that even now as we gather,

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 we do not just gather as ourselves

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 hearing God's word,

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 and we do not gather just by ourselves

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 to sing God's praises,

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 but there are angels present with us,

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 and none of us can see them.

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 But if an angel chose to reveal itself,

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 it might be that it would just reveal itself

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 to victory or to Steve,

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 and the rest of us

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 wouldn't be able to see it,

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 because you can't see angels.

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 But I believe the New Testament teaches

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 that there are angels present.

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 When we sing God's praises,

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 I mean, part of it,

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 when that hymn says,

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 tune our hearts to sing your praise,

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 it's partially tune our hearts

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 to be like angels,

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 who love you and obey you,

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 to sing in harmony

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 with the praises of the angels.

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 I think that's a wonderful image,

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 and it's a New Testament image.

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 So it's not at all odd

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 that only Paul would see Jesus,

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 and only Paul would hear Jesus talk to him.

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 But some people might say,

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 George, okay, that doesn't make any sense.

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 You know, I sort of can get it

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 that if there is a being like an angel,

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 or if there is something like a resurrection,

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 I can sort of get it

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 in fact, if you think about it,

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 for those of you who read

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 science fiction novels or fantasy novels,

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 this idea of having some type of a way

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 to cloak your visibility to others

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 and choose who can see you,

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 it's a very common theme

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 in science fiction and fantasy novels.

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 It's not a stretch

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 if you're open to thinking about it.

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 But, George, isn't it far more likely

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 that what's really going on here

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 is that Paul has just had,

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 well, in fact, many people think

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 he's had like an epileptic fit

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 or something like that,

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 but that's, there's no,

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 nobody can seriously look

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 at the historical knowledge

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 we have of Saul

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 and think that he was mentally ill.

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 People who say that

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 are just plain games.

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 All they have to do

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 is walk around outside of our church

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 for five minutes

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 and see many mentally ill people

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 and know that that does not describe Saul,

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 just doesn't describe Saul.

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 So, but the other thing is,

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 many people say,

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 well, it's just a vision.

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 And one of the things

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 which is so cool

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 about Luke's history

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 is that Luke,

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 it's almost as if Luke

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 anticipates that objection

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 and even more importantly

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 that God anticipates the objection

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 and so does something

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 to mess with our thinking

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 or actually to help us

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 to think straight.

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 Look what happens next.

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 Begin reading it at verse nine.

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 So Saul is in Damascus,

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 he's been led into Damascus,

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 verse nine,

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 and for three days

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 he, Saul,

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 he, Saul,

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 was without sight

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 and neither ate nor drank.

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 Now there was a disciple

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 at Damascus named Ananias

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 and the Lord said to him

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 in a vision,

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 notice that,

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 in a vision,

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 Ananias.

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 And Ananias said,

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 here I am, Lord.

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 Now just sort of pause here.

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 In the original language,

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 this is a little bit like,

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 once again,

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 if you ask somebody like Ross

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 when he was in the military,

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 if he called up a lieutenant

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 and the lieutenant would come

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 and say,

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 here I am,

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 like,

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 reporting for duty,

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 sir.

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 And that's the same type

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 of idea here.

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 Like,

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 Ananias,

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 like,

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 I'm ready.

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 It's not just,

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 here I am.

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 Oh,

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 well,

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 it's not like,

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 oh yeah,

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 by the way,

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 I'm over here.

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 No,

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 no,

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 I'm ready.

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 You know,

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 what's your command?

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 And verse 11,

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 and the Lord said to him,

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 rise and go to the street

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 called Straight,

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 which I believe

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 is still in Damascus.

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 I think it's actually

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 one of the oldest

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 continuous streets

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 on the planet.

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 Although that's what

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 the commentary said,

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 I've never seen there.

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 But rise and go to the street

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 called Straight,

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 and at the house of Judas

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 look for a man

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 of Tarsus

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 named Saul.

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 For behold,

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 he is praying,

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 and he is seen

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 in a vision

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 a man named Ananias

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 come in

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 and lay his hands

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 on him

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 so that he might

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 regain his sight.

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 But Ananias answered,

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 Lord,

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 Lord,

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 I have heard

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 from many

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 about this man

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 and how much evil

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 he has done

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 to your saints

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 at Jerusalem.

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 And here he has

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 authority from

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 the chief priests

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 to bind all

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 who call on your name.

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 But the Lord

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 said to him,

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 go,

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 for he is a chosen

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 instrument of mine

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 to carry my name

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 before the Gentiles

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 and kings

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 and the children

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 of Israel.

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 For I will show him

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 how much he must suffer

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 for the sake

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 of my name.

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 Now just sort of

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 pause here

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 before we continue.

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 There's a couple

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 of things here

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 which are very interesting.

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 And the first thing,

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 remember I said

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 that it's almost

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 as if the triune God

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 anticipated our objections

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 and wove into the story

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 a way to undermine

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 our objections,

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 and Luke records it.

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 Because what we see here

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 is that Luke

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 understands the difference

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 between seeing a camel

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 and a vision

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 or seeing Jesus

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 and a vision.

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 He makes it clear

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 that he understands

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 that distinction,

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 that it's a valid distinction.

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 But what he wants

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 to make clear,

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 and it makes it even clearer

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 as you read through

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 the rest of the book of Acts

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 and as you read

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 other things,

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 other historical letters

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 from the time period,

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 that Paul didn't have

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 a vision.

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 He saw Jesus.

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 He saw the resurrected Jesus.

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 It wasn't a vision.

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 He saw him.

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 He saw him.

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 And Ananias puts right in,

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 by the way,

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 Luke says,

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 maybe to his,

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 you know,

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 to,

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 who is it that he

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 dedicates the book to?

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 I can't remember

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 the name right now.

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 Eh?

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 Theophilus.

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 Maybe he's actually

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 even saying to the Theophilus

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 after it's all written,

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 Theophilus was going to say,

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 that's so neat, Luke.

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 I appreciated

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 what you put in there

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 because I was going to say

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 that maybe it was

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 just a vision,

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 and dang it,

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 you wouldn't put in

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 that you understand

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 the difference

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 between visions

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 and seeing Jesus.

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 And that's,

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 and the other thing here

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 which is so,

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 just to point it out,

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 like one of the things

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 that stories do for us,

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 it seems like,

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 for instance,

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 in Sunday school

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 and other things,

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 you often tell kids stories,

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 and one of the things

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 that stories

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 from the New Testament do

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 is they form us

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 to understand ideas.

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 And they just do it

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 in the flow of the story.

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 So what's actually

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 being communicated here,

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 which is very important,

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 because a lot of people have,

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 like people outside

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 the Christian faith

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 worry about this,

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 and sometimes Christians

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 fall prey to it.

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 But the worry is

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 that God asks us

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 for blind obedience,

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 blind trust.

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 Sometimes he will,

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 but primarily what he wants

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 is thoughtful obedience.

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 Not blind,

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 but thoughtful obedience.

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 And that's seen in the story.

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 God appears,

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 God speaks,

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 it's an auditory,

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 not a visual vision,

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 it's an auditory vision,

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 and the Jesus,

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 the Lord,

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 speaks to Ananias,

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 tells him,

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 I want you to go

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 and you're going to meet

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 this guy Saul.

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 And then Saul,

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 and then Ananias

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.759
 responds back.

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 Now he's not being mouthy,

00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:05.060
 it's not like,

00:23:05.540 --> 00:23:05.880
 you know,

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.860
 you look at maybe

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:08.640
 some parent

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:10.220
 dealing with their

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:11.100
 13-year-old,

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:12.259
 and they try to communicate

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.960
 something to their

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.600
 13-year-old,

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.339
 and their 13-year-old

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:15.339
 gets really mouthy

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.559
 back at the parent.

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.959
 But Ananias just says,

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.519
 in a sense,

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:19.719
 okay,

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.379
 just time out,

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:21.399
 Lord,

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:23.279
 you do realize

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.119
 you're sending me

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:25.099
 to talk to this guy

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:26.099
 who kills Christians.

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:26.740
 Like,

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.399
 you do realize

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:28.519
 that's what you're asking me.

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.759
 And in the whole flow

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.500
 of the story,

00:23:31.879 --> 00:23:33.240
 when Jesus speaks

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.139
 to Ananias again,

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.740
 Jesus doesn't give him

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.439
 a smackdown

00:23:36.439 --> 00:23:37.240
 for being mouthy,

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.299
 he doesn't tell him off.

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.339
 He appreciates

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:41.799
 that it's a reasonable question,

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:43.180
 he's counting the cost

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.919
 of the decision.

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:47.819
 And Jesus says to Ananias,

00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:48.139
 no, no,

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:50.119
 I want you to go ahead,

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.759
 and I want you to understand

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.559
 that I'm actually

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.919
 about to call this guy

00:23:53.919 --> 00:23:56.759
 into a mission

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.839
 that means he's going

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:59.299
 to go to all sorts

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:00.180
 of pagan people,

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.079
 he'll talk to kings,

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.940
 he'll also talk

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.759
 to Jewish people,

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:04.220
 and he's also going

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.279
 to suffer for the gospel,

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.119
 and I want you

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.839
 to know that,

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.419
 and I want him

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:07.960
 to know that.

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.419
 And so what you see here

00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:09.899
 is an example

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:11.039
 of thoughtful obedience.

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.240
 It's still obedience,

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.759
 but it's thoughtful.

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.879
 God delights

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:17.299
 in honest questions,

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 and that's what happens.

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 So what happens?

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.200
 Actually,

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.680
 one of the things

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.700
 which happens next

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:26.139
 is very,

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.960
 very beautiful,

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:28.839
 and I don't know

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.480
 if any of you

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.740
 have thought about it before,

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.899
 but it's very beautiful,

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:32.879
 and in some ways

00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.859
 it's a foretaste

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:35.059
 of heaven

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:36.440
 for Christians.

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.200
 What happens?

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.980
 Look at what happens

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.980
 in verse 17.

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 So Ananias departed

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:44.200
 and entered the house,

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:46.759
 and laying his hands

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.680
 on Saul,

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.940
 he said,

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.880
 he said,

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:53.120
 Brother Saul.

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.360
 I'll explain

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:56.360
 why that's so significant.

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.539
 Brother Saul,

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:59.319
 the Lord Jesus

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.400
 who appeared to you

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:01.000
 on the road

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.460
 by which you came

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.740
 has sent me

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.579
 so that you may

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.640
 regain your sight

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.360
 and be filled

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.319
 with the Holy Spirit,

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.939
 and immediately

00:25:08.939 --> 00:25:10.740
 something like scales

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:12.839
 fell from Saul's eyes

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.619
 and he regained

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.220
 his sight.

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:15.519
 Then he rose

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.799
 and he was baptized

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.720
 as a Christian

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:19.619
 and taking food

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.399
 he was strengthened.

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.960
 Now what's so wonderful

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.919
 about this story?

00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.879
 Ananias didn't say,

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.799
 you dirty rat.

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:28.859
 I know some of those

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.740
 people you killed.

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.799
 And some of those

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.419
 people you killed,

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.599
 I know Mary

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.399
 and she still has

00:25:34.399 --> 00:25:34.980
 those scars.

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:35.579
 He didn't say

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.419
 anything like that.

00:25:36.699 --> 00:25:37.899
 He puts his hands

00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:39.099
 and we all know

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.079
 how important

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:41.059
 a touch

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:42.659
 of affection

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.879
 and respect is.

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:46.000
 We can usually

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.899
 tell the difference

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.819
 between a touch

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:49.139
 which is hostile

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:51.639
 or manipulative

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.720
 and a touch

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:54.159
 which is an honest touch.

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:55.919
 We crave honest touches

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.539
 like this

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.799
 and he touches

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.859
 Saul.

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.819
 And what happens

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.519
 next is that

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.939
 Ananias recognizes

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:05.039
 that he and Saul

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.720
 are alike.

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.960
 No human being

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.860
 deserves heaven.

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:11.259
 The whole message

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.940
 of the gospel

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:13.180
 is that apart

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.960
 from Christ

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.000
 I am separated

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.660
 from God

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.680
 and I deserve

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.640
 God's judgment.

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.640
 And the message

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.299
 of the gospel

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.220
 is that Jesus'

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:23.140
 life and his death

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.840
 upon the cross

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:25.039
 a death he didn't deserve

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.539
 that that

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.640
 when he dies

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.220
 on the cross

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.980
 the judgment

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:30.080
 that Saul deserved

00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:32.220
 fell on Jesus.

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.960
 the judgment

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:34.740
 that Ananias deserved

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:36.319
 fell on Jesus.

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.140
 The judgment

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:38.339
 that George

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.079
 deserved

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:40.579
 deserves

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:42.380
 fell on Jesus.

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.500
 The judgment

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.539
 that Steve

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.440
 deserves

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:47.259
 fell on Jesus.

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.480
 And I am made

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.180
 right with God

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:50.160
 not by anything

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:51.000
 I have done

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.140
 or can ever do

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:53.640
 it is purely

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.920
 God's grace

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:56.259
 offered

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.180
 through the finished

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:58.100
 work of Jesus

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:59.519
 upon the cross

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.960
 that I receive

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:02.379
 by faith alone

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.599
 that I am made

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.420
 right with God

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.440
 and I have no

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.500
 basis or claim

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.720
 other than that

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:09.980
 other than that

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.579
 and so

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.720
 I am equal

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.359
 to Saul

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.220
 I am equal

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.000
 to Ananias

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.680
 I am equal

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.259
 to Steve

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.200
 I am equal

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:17.440
 to any brother

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.119
 or sister

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.940
 in Christ

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:20.579
 that is the only

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.799
 basis I have

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.519
 to be received

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.259
 by Christ

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.799
 and Ananias

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.779
 recognizes that

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.460
 and here's the

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.160
 wonderful thing

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.139
 to help bring home

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.420
 for us

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:29.119
 the hope of heaven.

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:32.859
 I have said

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.680
 this many times

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.579
 and it goes back

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.859
 to a text like this

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:38.579
 when I die

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.579
 not because I am

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.339
 at all special

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.559
 I am not at all special

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.339
 not because I am

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:43.200
 a presbyter

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.779
 it has nothing

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.180
 to do with

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:45.119
 being a presbyter

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:47.400
 purely and utterly

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:48.099
 by the grace

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.700
 of Christ

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.480
 and his finished

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.599
 work upon the cross

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:52.660
 and that Jesus

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:54.319
 came to me

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:55.559
 and sought me

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.180
 and provided

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.819
 within me

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.460
 the freedom

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.400
 that I could

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:58.980
 respond

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.579
 and put my

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.380
 faith and trust

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.839
 in him

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:02.620
 and when I

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.360
 breathe my

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.460
 final breath

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.880
 and then I die

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:07.200
 and my eyes

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:08.460
 close on this

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.860
 world

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:10.460
 my eyes

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.240
 will open

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:12.579
 in the new

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:12.940
 heaven

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.559
 and the new

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:13.940
 earth

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:15.380
 and God

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.120
 the Father

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:17.180
 will look

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.779
 at me

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:19.259
 and he will

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.880
 smile

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:21.180
 and he will

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.880
 say George

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.579
 my child

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:25.399
 I've been

00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:26.039
 so looking

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.579
 forward to

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:26.939
 you being

00:28:26.939 --> 00:28:27.299
 here

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.960
 welcome

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:33.839
 that is

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.480
 God's

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.319
 initial

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.119
 final word

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.579
 about you

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.159
 in Christ

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:39.059
 so when we

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:40.119
 see Ananias

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.720
 laying his

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.500
 hands on

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.419
 Saul

00:28:42.419 --> 00:28:42.980
 and saying

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.879
 brother Saul

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.819
 that is a

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.639
 hint

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.740
 a foretaste

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:48.539
 of those

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.299
 even greater

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.900
 words that

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.460
 will be said

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:50.880
 by our

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.460
 father in

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:51.940
 heaven when

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.400
 he says

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.380
 George my

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.059
 child

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:55.559
 welcome

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:57.480
 Steve my

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.039
 child

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.680
 welcome

00:28:58.680 --> 00:29:00.740
 Ken my

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.319
 child

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.680
 surely my

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.019
 child

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.559
 welcome

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:08.079
 now the

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.500
 story

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.599
 takes

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.879
 an astounding

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.399
 turn

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.059
 and a bit

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.519
 of a dark

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.899
 turn

00:29:12.899 --> 00:29:15.440
 there used

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.119
 to be

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:17.359
 an organization

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.179
 called Campus

00:29:18.179 --> 00:29:18.679
 for Christ

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.139
 and they did

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:20.559
 spectacular work

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.460
 but I think

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.779
 one of the

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.139
 things that

00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:22.440
 they did

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.059
 was very

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.399
 weak

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.679
 is that

00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:24.079
 they said

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.539
 God has

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.000
 a wonderful

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.559
 plan for

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.039
 your life

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:27.419
 and the

00:29:27.419 --> 00:29:27.720
 problem

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.099
 with that

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.500
 is that

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:28.899
 we tend

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.460
 to interpret

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:29.960
 wonderful

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.639
 life by

00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:31.119
 Canadian

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:31.799
 standards

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:33.940
 Paul

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.259
 didn't

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.579
 have a

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:34.919
 wonderful

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:35.419
 life

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:37.359
 at least

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:38.019
 by Canadian

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.519
 standards

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.119
 let's see

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.700
 what happens

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.319
 this odd

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.859
 turn that

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.240
 happens

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.240
 it continues

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.940
 on in

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:44.180
 the second

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.559
 part of

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.240
 verse 19

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.579
 for some

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:46.940
 days

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.879
 Saul

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.399
 was

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:49.399
 with the

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:49.839
 disciples

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.659
 at Damascus

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:51.299
 and immediately

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:52.259
 he proclaimed

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.799
 Jesus

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.319
 in the

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.659
 synagogue

00:29:53.659 --> 00:29:54.259
 saying

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.079
 he is

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.399
 the son

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.960
 of God

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.779
 and all

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.159
 who heard

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:57.419
 him were

00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:57.839
 amazed

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.339
 and said

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.159
 is not

00:29:59.159 --> 00:29:59.639
 this the

00:29:59.639 --> 00:30:00.099
 man

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:01.599
 who made

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.259
 havoc

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.039
 in Jerusalem

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:04.000
 of those

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.619
 who called

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.059
 upon

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:06.500
 this name

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.019
 and has

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.299
 he not

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.659
 come here

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.059
 for this

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.399
 purpose

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:08.819
 to bring

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.240
 them bound

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.740
 before the

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:09.980
 chief

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.419
 priests

00:30:10.419 --> 00:30:12.359
 but Saul

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.799
 increased

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.219
 all the

00:30:13.219 --> 00:30:13.559
 more in

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.000
 strength

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.099
 and confounded

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.619
 the Jewish

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.199
 people who

00:30:16.199 --> 00:30:16.619
 lived in

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.079
 Damascus

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.859
 by proving

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:19.019
 that Jesus

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.659
 was the

00:30:19.659 --> 00:30:20.079
 Christ

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.899
 and when

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.439
 many days

00:30:21.439 --> 00:30:21.939
 had passed

00:30:21.939 --> 00:30:23.279
 some of

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.619
 the Jewish

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.279
 people there

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.099
 plotted to

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:26.039
 kill Saul

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:27.500
 but their

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.119
 plot became

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.839
 known to him

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.699
 they were

00:30:29.699 --> 00:30:30.359
 watching the

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:30.939
 gates day and

00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.259
 night in

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.660
 order to

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.400
 kill him

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.079
 but his

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.940
 disciples took

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.319
 him by

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.819
 night and

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.400
 led him

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.440
 down through

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:37.019
 the opening

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.599
 in the wall

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.779
 lowering him

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.559
 in a basket

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:41.980
 you see this

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.700
 profound irony

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.720
 here that the

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.420
 man who wanted

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.099
 to go to

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:47.759
 Jerusalem to

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:49.000
 kill Christians

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.879
 becomes a

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:51.519
 Christian and

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.579
 now in some

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.200
 ways the

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.180
 passions which

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.799
 he has

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:56.379
 inflamed are

00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:56.960
 now turned

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.779
 against him

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:59.119
 and people

00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.660
 want to kill

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:01.140
 him and it

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.840
 continues on

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.080
 in that

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.280
 vein

00:31:02.280 --> 00:31:02.600
 look what

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:02.920
 happens

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.220
 next

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.040
 verse 26

00:31:04.040 --> 00:31:04.920
 and when

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.200
 he had

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.580
 come to

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:06.100
 Jerusalem

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:07.420
 he attempted

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.880
 to join

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.500
 the disciples

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.320
 they were

00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:09.820
 all afraid

00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:10.340
 of him

00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:11.220
 for they

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.500
 did not

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.040
 believe that

00:31:12.040 --> 00:31:12.460
 he was a

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.920
 disciple

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:14.440
 but Barnabas

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.520
 took Saul

00:31:15.520 --> 00:31:16.080
 and brought

00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.520
 him to the

00:31:16.520 --> 00:31:16.940
 apostles

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.960
 and declared

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.340
 to them

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:18.980
 how on the

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.820
 road Saul

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.320
 had seen

00:31:20.320 --> 00:31:20.800
 the Lord

00:31:20.800 --> 00:31:21.820
 who spoke

00:31:21.820 --> 00:31:22.240
 to him

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.800
 and how

00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.580
 at Damascus

00:31:23.580 --> 00:31:23.920
 he had

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.160
 preached

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.800
 boldly in

00:31:24.800 --> 00:31:25.080
 the name

00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:25.620
 of Jesus

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:27.199
 so Saul

00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:27.799
 went in

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.059
 and out

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.659
 among them

00:31:28.659 --> 00:31:29.419
 at Jerusalem

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:30.619
 preaching boldly

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.000
 in the name

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.539
 of the Lord

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.739
 and Saul

00:31:32.739 --> 00:31:33.439
 spoke and

00:31:33.439 --> 00:31:34.199
 disputed against

00:31:34.199 --> 00:31:34.839
 the Hellenists

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.579
 by the way

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.159
 the Hellenists

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.799
 were the same

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:38.659
 group that

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:39.359
 were responsible

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.079
 for the death

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.679
 of Stephen

00:31:40.679 --> 00:31:44.019
 isn't this

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.819
 just so

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.519
 remarkable

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:47.779
 that Saul

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.259
 when he comes

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.679
 to Jerusalem

00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:49.259
 goes to the

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.779
 same people

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.239
 to share the

00:31:50.239 --> 00:31:50.659
 gospel

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:52.340
 see one

00:31:52.340 --> 00:31:52.500
 of the

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:52.660
 things

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:52.940
 when we

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.360
 pray for

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:54.000
 persecuted

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.759
 Christians

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.400
 one of the

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.779
 things that

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.100
 Christians

00:31:56.100 --> 00:31:56.940
 should pray

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.340
 and it

00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:57.759
 comes from

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.080
 this

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:59.140
 we pray

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.540
 that the

00:31:59.540 --> 00:31:59.880
 God

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.120
 the

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.800
 persecutors

00:32:00.800 --> 00:32:01.360
 will stop

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:02.000
 persecuting

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.540
 but we also

00:32:02.540 --> 00:32:03.040
 have to pray

00:32:03.040 --> 00:32:03.360
 for their

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:03.920
 conversion

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:06.279
 because that's

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.620
 the most

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.460
 important thing

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:09.680
 and then

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.920
 it goes on

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.300
 so he

00:32:11.300 --> 00:32:12.200
 verse 29

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.900
 and he spoke

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.420
 and disputed

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:13.820
 against the

00:32:13.820 --> 00:32:14.180
 Hellenists

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.700
 but they were

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.279
 seeking to

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.820
 kill him

00:32:15.820 --> 00:32:16.980
 and when the

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.700
 brothers learned

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.460
 this they

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.180
 brought him

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:19.779
 down to

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.200
 Caesarea

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.860
 and sent him

00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:21.180
 off to

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.600
 Tarsus

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.059
 now just

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.819
 a couple

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.200
 of things

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.860
 to wrap

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.600
 things up

00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:26.100
 see so

00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:26.700
 once again

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.460
 why is it

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.819
 that we

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.500
 believe that

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.160
 the historical

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.220
 evidence is

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.680
 that there's

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.259
 good solid

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.500
 historical evidence

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.980
 that Jesus

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.559
 really rose

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.059
 from the dead

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:35.039
 this adds

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.539
 to it

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.840
 Saul at

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.460
 any point

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.220
 in time

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.799
 could have

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.860
 Saul

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:42.120
 in a sense

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:43.080
 from an

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.580
 earthly point

00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:43.799
 of view

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.920
 left everything

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:46.660
 once Jesus

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.279
 appeared to

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.940
 him alive

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.740
 and he

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.299
 becomes a

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.640
 Christian

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.940
 if you

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.400
 ask

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.940
 many

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.300
 Jewish

00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:53.680
 well not

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.259
 a lot

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.759
 of Jewish

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.060
 people

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:55.380
 aren't that

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:55.780
 informed

00:32:55.780 --> 00:32:56.200
 about their

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.580
 tradition

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:57.060
 but if you

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:57.460
 go to the

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:57.960
 synagogues

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.280
 and talk

00:32:58.280 --> 00:32:58.540
 to the

00:32:58.540 --> 00:32:59.060
 rabbis

00:32:59.060 --> 00:33:00.700
 the name

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.400
 of Gamaliel

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.020
 is still

00:33:02.020 --> 00:33:02.640
 well known

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:02.940
 amongst

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.259
 Jewish

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.600
 people

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:03.880
 as being

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.080
 one of

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:04.440
 the greatest

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.840
 teachers

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.200
 of law

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.540
 who ever

00:33:05.540 --> 00:33:05.800
 lived

00:33:05.800 --> 00:33:06.400
 and that

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:06.620
 was

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:07.020
 Saul's

00:33:07.020 --> 00:33:07.420
 mentor

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:08.480
 but now

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.040
 he loses

00:33:09.040 --> 00:33:09.620
 his mentor

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.180
 he loses

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.759
 his social

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.340
 standing

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:12.180
 people are

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.660
 trying to

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.080
 kill him

00:33:13.080 --> 00:33:13.560
 and he

00:33:13.560 --> 00:33:14.040
 will end up

00:33:14.040 --> 00:33:14.900
 being shipwrecked

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.380
 and beaten

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.080
 and stoned

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.420
 and all

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.820
 sorts of

00:33:16.820 --> 00:33:17.200
 types of

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.460
 things

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.140
 and in

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.460
 every

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:18.980
 all of

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.200
 these

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.600
 things

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:20.180
 it could

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.299
 have

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:20.700
 all

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.160
 ended

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.620
 he could

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:21.740
 have

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.200
 regained

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.720
 his status

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.180
 by just

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.420
 saying

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.480
 ha ha ha

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.039
 okay

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.519
 whoa whoa

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.819
 whoa whoa

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:25.900
 whoa

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:27.180
 got ya

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.980
 no

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.360
 Jesus

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:28.819
 didn't

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.279
 Jesus

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.980
 still die

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:31.039
 Jesus

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.319
 still

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.460
 dead

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:31.779
 I didn't

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.100
 see him

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.700
 just joking

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.640
 just messing

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:33.960
 with you

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.559
 ha ha ha

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.259
 he just

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.539
 had to

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.099
 say that

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:37.779
 and his

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:37.940
 life

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.259
 could go

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.599
 back

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:42.299
 but he

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.559
 doesn't

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.980
 say that

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:44.099
 he says

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.460
 the grave

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:44.919
 is empty

00:33:44.919 --> 00:33:46.500
 Jesus

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.079
 is alive

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.619
 I've seen

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:47.819
 him

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:49.319
 I've seen

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:49.579
 him

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.339
 you want

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.619
 to kill

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:50.899
 me

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.799
 kill me

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.059
 if you

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.339
 want

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:54.159
 I've seen

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:54.359
 him

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:56.440
 we have

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.879
 all sorts

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.240
 of people

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.539
 we have

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.240
 death cults

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.619
 all over

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.000
 the place

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.419
 where people

00:33:59.419 --> 00:33:59.839
 die for

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.240
 causes

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.839
 as I've

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.039
 said

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.460
 before

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.159
 people

00:34:02.159 --> 00:34:02.700
 don't die

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.019
 for a

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.399
 fact

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:05.700
 very rarely

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:07.060
 Saul

00:34:07.060 --> 00:34:07.320
 will

00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:08.019
 eventually

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.579
 die

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.440
 for a

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.820
 fact

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.840
 it's

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.200
 true

00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:11.619
 it

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.119
 happened

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:13.720
 but

00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:14.400
 some

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.660
 might

00:34:14.660 --> 00:34:15.059
 say

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:16.180
 why

00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:16.539
 on earth

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.720
 would

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.099
 anybody

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.539
 want

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:17.680
 to

00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:17.940
 become

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.119
 a

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.559
 Christian

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:20.019
 if

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.240
 all

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:20.460
 that's

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.579
 going

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.680
 to

00:34:20.680 --> 00:34:20.960
 happen

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.200
 is

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:21.380
 that

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.599
 God

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:21.920
 doesn't

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.079
 have

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.200
 a

00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:22.360
 better

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.700
 plan

00:34:22.700 --> 00:34:22.920
 for

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.059
 your

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.360
 life

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:23.579
 and

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.300
 in

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:24.460
 fact

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.820
 George

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.440
 do you

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.760
 realize

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:25.920
 what

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.059
 would

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.320
 happen

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.480
 if

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.700
 I

00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:27.019
 became

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.200
 a

00:34:27.200 --> 00:34:27.500
 Christian

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.740
 in

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.099
 Ottawa

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.539
 today

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.760
 and

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:28.880
 it

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.059
 got

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.320
 out

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.500
 that

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:29.619
 I

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:29.780
 was

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:29.920
 a

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.280
 Christian

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:31.320
 like

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:32.380
 I

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.539
 don't

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.760
 think

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:32.960
 my

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.260
 life

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:33.440
 would

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.600
 be

00:34:33.600 --> 00:34:33.860
 better

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.120
 I

00:34:34.120 --> 00:34:34.520
 think

00:34:34.520 --> 00:34:34.720
 my

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:34.940
 life

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.120
 would

00:34:35.120 --> 00:34:35.300
 be

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.760
 worse

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:37.340
 like

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.140
 for

00:34:38.140 --> 00:34:38.260
 a

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.420
 lot

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:38.560
 of

00:34:38.560 --> 00:34:38.760
 us

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:39.160
 George

00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:39.380
 in

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.720
 a

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:39.980
 place

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.220
 like

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:40.580
 Ottawa

00:34:40.580 --> 00:34:40.880
 like

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.020
 a

00:34:41.020 --> 00:34:41.240
 lot

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.460
 of

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:41.700
 people

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:41.900
 they

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.320
 see

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:43.100
 Christians

00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:43.320
 as

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:43.480
 the

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.960
 problem

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.160
 they

00:34:44.160 --> 00:34:44.360
 see

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.780
 Christians

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:44.980
 as

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.120
 the

00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:45.420
 bad

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:45.720
 guy

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:45.980
 they

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:47.380
 see

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:47.580
 us

00:34:47.580 --> 00:34:47.740
 as

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:47.960
 being

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.480
 haters

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.860
 not

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.280
 lovers

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.620
 like

00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:49.860
 why

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.060
 would

00:34:50.060 --> 00:34:50.320
 anybody

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.680
 become

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:50.880
 a

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.320
 Christian

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:53.620
 well

00:34:53.620 --> 00:34:53.880
 part

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:53.980
 of

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.100
 the

00:34:54.100 --> 00:34:54.460
 answer

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.680
 is

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:54.780
 I

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:54.900
 mean

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.200
 part

00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:55.300
 of

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:55.400
 it

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:55.500
 you

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.640
 should

00:34:55.640 --> 00:34:55.800
 only

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.060
 become

00:34:56.060 --> 00:34:56.220
 a

00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:56.460
 Christian

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:02.860
 bad

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.760
 me

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:36.380
 now

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.660
 Saul

00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:36.820
 is

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.340
 persecuting

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.980
 Christians

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.500
 but

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.820
 Jesus

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.200
 doesn't

00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:39.340
 say

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.540
 why

00:35:39.540 --> 00:35:39.680
 are

00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:39.840
 you

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.560
 persecuting

00:35:40.560 --> 00:35:41.040
 Christians

00:35:41.040 --> 00:35:41.340
 he

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:41.620
 says

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.240
 why

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:42.420
 are

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:42.580
 you

00:35:42.580 --> 00:35:43.340
 persecuting

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.240
 me

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:46.840
 and

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.000
 in

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.200
 verse

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.600
 five

00:35:47.600 --> 00:35:48.400
 Saul

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.660
 says

00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:49.060
 who

00:35:49.060 --> 00:35:49.240
 are

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:49.420
 you

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:49.720
 Lord

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:50.420
 and

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:50.560
 the

00:35:50.560 --> 00:35:50.740
 Lord

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:51.120
 says

00:35:51.120 --> 00:35:51.780
 I

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.040
 am

00:35:52.040 --> 00:35:52.560
 Jesus

00:35:52.560 --> 00:35:53.780
 whom

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.200
 you

00:35:54.200 --> 00:35:55.160
 are

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:56.000
 persecuting

00:35:56.000 --> 00:36:00.100
 what

00:36:00.100 --> 00:36:00.360
 this

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.660
 text

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:00.860
 is

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.120
 telling

00:36:01.120 --> 00:36:01.500
 us

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.460
 you

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.540
 know

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.900
 I've

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.139
 already

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.679
 shared

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.199
 that

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:05.579
 what

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:05.840
 let

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.559
 Ananias

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.079
 what

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.619
 Ananias

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.059
 realized

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.420
 when he

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.659
 prayed

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:08.940
 for

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.279
 Saul

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:09.599
 was

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:09.840
 that

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.900
 he

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.179
 and

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.980
 Saul

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.360
 were

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:12.579
 the

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.980
 same

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.179
 in

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.340
 the

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:13.619
 sense

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:13.820
 that

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.619
 they

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.019
 like

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.259
 me

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:15.420
 are

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.940
 completely

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.440
 dependent

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:16.739
 upon

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:16.940
 the

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.279
 judgment

00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:17.619
 that

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.380
 I

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.980
 deserve

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.659
 fell

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:19.900
 on

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.300
 Jesus

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.880
 so

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.099
 that

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.420
 the

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:23.159
 life

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:23.460
 that

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:24.019
 he

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.420
 deserved

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.920
 could

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.099
 be

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.300
 given

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:25.539
 to

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.820
 me

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:27.719
 but

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:27.920
 then

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.159
 when

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:29.159
 we

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.360
 give

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.519
 our

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:29.779
 lives

00:36:29.779 --> 00:36:30.000
 to

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.340
 Christ

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.559
 when

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:30.940
 Christ

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.440
 comes

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:31.639
 to

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:31.820
 us

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:31.960
 and

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.320
 presents

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.740
 himself

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:33.320
 in a

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:33.760
 spiritual

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.260
 sense

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:34.599
 or his

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.199
 presence

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.619
 to us

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:35.860
 and we

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:37.139
 you know

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:37.559
 that you

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.000
 partly in

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.380
 some ways

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.780
 and you see

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.199
 this with

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.480
 Saul

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.099
 partly what it

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.400
 means to

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.800
 become a

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.099
 Christian

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.619
 is you

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.079
 say to

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.460
 Jesus

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:44.139
 I surrender

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:45.220
 like you

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:45.639
 turn to

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:45.920
 him

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:47.220
 and you

00:36:47.220 --> 00:36:47.980
 say I'm

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.099
 going to

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.659
 stop running

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:49.920
 I'm going to

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.559
 stop fighting

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:50.880
 you

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.760
 I'm going to

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:52.280
 stop hating

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:52.500
 you

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:52.800
 I'm going to

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.420
 stop raging

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:53.639
 you

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.000
 I'm going to

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.579
 stop ignoring

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:54.860
 you

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.679
 I surrender

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:57.780
 I'm yours

00:36:57.780 --> 00:37:00.900
 and that's

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.140
 what the

00:37:01.140 --> 00:37:01.580
 Christian life

00:37:01.580 --> 00:37:01.880
 is about

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.160
 in terms

00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:02.480
 of growing

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.100
 I surrender

00:37:03.100 --> 00:37:04.780
 the beautiful

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.019
 hymn

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.500
 I surrender

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:05.780
 all

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:08.140
 that's how

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:08.480
 you begin

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.040
 conversion

00:37:09.040 --> 00:37:10.140
 and that's

00:37:10.140 --> 00:37:10.340
 how you

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:10.700
 grow in

00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:11.180
 conversion

00:37:11.180 --> 00:37:11.920
 I surrender

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.300
 all

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:15.340
 but then

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:16.420
 Jesus

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:17.880
 becomes so

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.620
 closely

00:37:18.620 --> 00:37:19.500
 identified

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.620
 with you

00:37:20.620 --> 00:37:22.260
 that you

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:23.900
 are so

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.980
 in him

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:26.860
 that if

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.680
 I get

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:28.260
 persecuted

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:29.000
 because I

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.300
 am a

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.680
 Christian

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:30.720
 those people

00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:31.019
 who are

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.660
 persecuting

00:37:31.660 --> 00:37:32.039
 me are

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.519
 not just

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.100
 persecuting

00:37:33.100 --> 00:37:33.280
 me

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.660
 they are

00:37:33.660 --> 00:37:34.300
 persecuting

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:34.660
 Jesus

00:37:34.660 --> 00:37:35.100
 himself

00:37:35.100 --> 00:37:35.560
 that's

00:37:35.560 --> 00:37:36.720
 how closely

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:37.400
 identified

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.140
 he is

00:37:38.140 --> 00:37:38.740
 with me

00:37:38.740 --> 00:37:39.240
 I am

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:40.019
 not alone

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:41.500
 I am

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:41.940
 always

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.340
 with

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.719
 Jesus

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.420
 and I

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:43.579
 am

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.000
 in

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.380
 Jesus

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:44.699
 I

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.500
 forget

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.099
 that

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.699
 and I

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.780
 try to

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.300
 sometimes

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.719
 hide

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:48.980
 that

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.139
 or

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.659
 reject

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:50.000
 that

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.239
 when I

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:50.460
 want to

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.579
 do

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:50.880
 something

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:51.219
 which I

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:51.360
 know

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.519
 is

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:51.759
 wrong

00:37:51.759 --> 00:37:51.980
 but

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.619
 that's

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:52.780
 how

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.380
 closely

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.099
 he

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.300
 has

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.800
 identified

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:55.179
 with

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:55.420
 me

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.659
 and

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:55.800
 he

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:55.980
 has

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.340
 taken

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:56.579
 me

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:56.900
 into

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.440
 himself

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.239
 so

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.400
 that

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:58.619
 he

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:58.860
 can

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.420
 say

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.059
 when

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.280
 you

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:00.820
 saw

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.039
 have

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.179
 been

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.780
 persecuting

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.139
 Christians

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.420
 these

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:02.800
 Christians

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.239
 are so

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:03.699
 closely

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.139
 connected

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.420
 to me

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.599
 and are

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:04.900
 actually

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.259
 in me

00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.420
 that

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.599
 you're

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:05.880
 actually

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.559
 persecuting

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:06.960
 me

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:09.400
 I'll

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:09.599
 leave

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:09.719
 you

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:09.880
 with

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.039
 a

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.400
 story

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:12.759
 some

00:38:12.759 --> 00:38:12.880
 of

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:12.980
 you

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.119
 are

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.400
 familiar

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.619
 with

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:13.759
 the

00:38:13.759 --> 00:38:14.139
 person

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.840
 Corrie

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:15.340
 Tenboom

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:16.259
 if

00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:16.360
 you

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:16.719
 haven't

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:18.019
 read

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.259
 her

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:18.500
 book

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:18.679
 The

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:18.920
 Hiding

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.360
 Place

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:19.920
 you

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.119
 should

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:20.500
 find

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:20.699
 it

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:20.940
 you

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.139
 should

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:21.380
 read

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:21.579
 it

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:21.940
 it's

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.039
 a

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.239
 very

00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:22.619
 beautiful

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:23.079
 book

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:24.179
 Corrie

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.699
 Tenboom

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.219
 with her

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:25.559
 sister

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:25.799
 and her

00:38:25.799 --> 00:38:26.019
 dad

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.219
 were

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:26.519
 Dutch

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:27.099
 Christians

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:28.019
 when

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.179
 the

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.539
 Nazis

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.259
 invaded

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:29.980
 Holland

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:31.199
 and

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:31.559
 out of

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:31.699
 their

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:32.059
 love

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.219
 and

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:32.599
 obedience

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:32.940
 to

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.340
 Christ

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:33.599
 they

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:33.880
 hid

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.400
 Jews

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.599
 and

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:35.880
 after

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.119
 they'd

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.259
 been

00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:36.640
 hiding

00:38:36.640 --> 00:38:37.120
 Jews

00:38:37.120 --> 00:38:37.340
 from

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:37.500
 the

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.840
 Nazis

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.080
 who

00:38:38.080 --> 00:38:38.260
 wanted

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:38.460
 to

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.680
 kill

00:38:38.680 --> 00:38:38.900
 them

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.180
 a

00:38:39.180 --> 00:38:39.680
 neighbor

00:38:39.680 --> 00:38:41.280
 a

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:41.780
 neighbor

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:43.680
 ratted

00:38:43.680 --> 00:38:43.820
 them

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.080
 out

00:38:44.080 --> 00:38:45.200
 and

00:38:45.200 --> 00:38:45.320
 the

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:45.620
 Nazis

00:38:45.620 --> 00:38:46.020
 came

00:38:46.020 --> 00:38:46.200
 and

00:38:46.200 --> 00:38:46.560
 captured

00:38:46.560 --> 00:38:46.780
 the

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:47.120
 Jews

00:38:47.120 --> 00:38:48.020
 and

00:38:48.020 --> 00:38:48.180
 in

00:38:48.180 --> 00:38:48.700
 anger

00:38:48.700 --> 00:38:49.540
 threw

00:38:49.540 --> 00:38:49.800
 not

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.020
 only

00:38:50.020 --> 00:38:50.220
 the

00:38:50.220 --> 00:38:50.480
 Jewish

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.960
 people

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.340
 into

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:51.520
 the

00:38:51.520 --> 00:38:51.940
 concentration

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.680
 camps

00:38:52.680 --> 00:38:53.660
 but

00:38:53.660 --> 00:38:54.060
 Corrie

00:38:54.060 --> 00:38:54.560
 Tenboom

00:38:54.560 --> 00:38:55.080
 and her

00:38:55.080 --> 00:38:55.400
 sister

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:55.800
 and her

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.100
 dad

00:38:56.100 --> 00:38:56.400
 all

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:56.600
 went

00:38:56.600 --> 00:38:56.700
 to

00:38:56.700 --> 00:38:56.820
 the

00:38:56.820 --> 00:38:57.260
 concentration

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:57.960
 camps

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.580
 and

00:38:58.580 --> 00:38:58.800
 while

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:58.920
 in

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.040
 the

00:38:59.040 --> 00:38:59.480
 concentration

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.200
 camps

00:39:00.200 --> 00:39:00.660
 her

00:39:00.660 --> 00:39:01.040
 father

00:39:01.040 --> 00:39:01.380
 and

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:01.580
 her

00:39:01.580 --> 00:39:01.900
 sister

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.300
 died

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.560
 but

00:39:02.560 --> 00:39:02.960
 Corrie

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.520
 Tenboom

00:39:03.520 --> 00:39:04.300
 by

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.740
 God's

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:04.980
 grace

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.560
 survived

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:07.480
 and

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:07.779
 in fact

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:08.119
 actually

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.360
 lived

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:08.659
 quite a

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:08.840
 long

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.199
 life

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:10.380
 and

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.579
 there's

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:10.719
 a

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:11.079
 wonderful

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.619
 story

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.039
 later

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.480
 on

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:13.219
 when

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:13.659
 somebody

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:13.980
 said

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.219
 this

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.539
 God

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:14.739
 that

00:39:14.739 --> 00:39:14.900
 you

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.320
 worship

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:16.179
 that

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:16.340
 you

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:16.599
 think

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:16.759
 is

00:39:16.759 --> 00:39:16.980
 so

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.519
 powerful

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:17.960
 why

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.219
 don't

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:18.360
 you

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:19.259
 think

00:39:19.259 --> 00:39:19.440
 it's

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:19.679
 quite

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:20.039
 likely

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.259
 that

00:39:20.259 --> 00:39:20.500
 one

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:20.679
 day

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:20.860
 he

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.039
 will

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.400
 forget

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.719
 about

00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:22.000
 you

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.940
 and

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.059
 you

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.279
 will

00:39:23.279 --> 00:39:23.639
 in a

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:23.840
 sense

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.159
 fall

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.539
 between

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:24.860
 his

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.299
 fingers

00:39:25.299 --> 00:39:26.360
 and

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:26.559
 he'll

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:26.799
 just

00:39:26.799 --> 00:39:27.219
 leave

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:27.400
 you

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:27.820
 because

00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:28.139
 you

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.239
 know

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:28.400
 you

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:28.599
 just

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:28.799
 slip

00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:29.119
 between

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.360
 his

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:29.779
 fingers

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.740
 and

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.040
 Corrie

00:39:31.040 --> 00:39:31.440
 Tenboom

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:31.720
 looked

00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:31.980
 at the

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.260
 person

00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:32.480
 and

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:32.740
 said

00:39:32.740 --> 00:39:35.180
 that

00:39:35.180 --> 00:39:35.360
 will

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:35.600
 never

00:39:35.600 --> 00:39:36.080
 happen

00:39:36.080 --> 00:39:38.000
 I

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:38.220
 am

00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:38.400
 his

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:38.840
 fingers

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:43.019
 I

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.260
 am

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:43.440
 his

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.900
 fingers

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:45.580
 can't

00:39:45.580 --> 00:39:45.920
 happen

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.700
 he'll

00:39:46.700 --> 00:39:46.920
 never

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:47.340
 forget

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:47.660
 me

00:39:47.660 --> 00:39:48.780
 he'll

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:49.019
 never

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.220
 let

00:39:49.220 --> 00:39:49.380
 me

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:49.700
 fall

00:39:49.700 --> 00:39:50.620
 I

00:39:50.620 --> 00:39:50.760
 am

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:50.920
 his

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.280
 fingers

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:54.120
 please

00:39:54.120 --> 00:39:54.600
 stand

00:39:54.600 --> 00:40:02.280
 let's

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:02.440
 bow

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:02.600
 our

00:40:02.600 --> 00:40:02.780
 heads

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:02.960
 in

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.220
 prayer

00:40:03.220 --> 00:40:07.140
 father

00:40:07.140 --> 00:40:07.460
 thank

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:07.580
 you

00:40:07.580 --> 00:40:07.760
 for

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.120
 Jesus

00:40:08.120 --> 00:40:09.320
 thank

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:09.460
 you

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:09.780
 for

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:10.300
 his

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:10.740
 life

00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:11.120
 thank

00:40:11.120 --> 00:40:11.260
 you

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.420
 that

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:11.580
 he

00:40:11.580 --> 00:40:12.000
 came

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:13.000
 to

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.400
 seek

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.260
 us

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:15.560
 thank

00:40:15.560 --> 00:40:15.720
 you

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:15.880
 that

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.019
 he

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.540
 died

00:40:16.540 --> 00:40:17.040
 the

00:40:17.040 --> 00:40:17.380
 death

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.700
 that

00:40:17.700 --> 00:40:17.880
 we

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.320
 deserve

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:18.560
 as

00:40:18.560 --> 00:40:18.940
 Christians

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:19.180
 that

00:40:19.180 --> 00:40:19.320
 we

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:19.740
 deserve

00:40:19.740 --> 00:40:20.000
 and

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:21.040
 he

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.340
 took

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:21.820
 the

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.259
 judgment

00:40:22.259 --> 00:40:22.420
 and

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:22.539
 the

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:22.880
 punishment

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:23.139
 that

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.259
 we

00:40:23.259 --> 00:40:23.639
 deserve

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:23.980
 and

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.199
 that

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:24.739
 he

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:25.420
 offered

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:25.860
 his

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.480
 sinless

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:26.940
 life

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:27.199
 and

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:27.940
 standing

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.139
 with

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:28.300
 the

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:28.619
 father

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:28.920
 to

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.239
 us

00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:29.400
 who

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:29.539
 do

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:29.719
 not

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:30.119
 deserve

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.380
 it

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:30.559
 and

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.159
 he

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:31.320
 did

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:31.440
 it

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:31.699
 all

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:31.880
 out

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.000
 of

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.219
 love

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.460
 for

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:32.759
 us

00:40:32.759 --> 00:40:32.960
 and

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.719
 to

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:34.000
 save

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:34.259
 us

00:40:34.259 --> 00:40:34.579
 because

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:34.779
 we

00:40:34.779 --> 00:40:34.980
 could

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.199
 not

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:35.500
 save

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.000
 ourselves

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:36.300
 and

00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:36.519
 father

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:36.699
 we

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:36.980
 thank

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.139
 you

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:37.440
 for

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:37.800
 him

00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:37.980
 and

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.119
 for

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:38.300
 what

00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:38.400
 he

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:38.559
 has

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:38.840
 done

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.759
 we

00:40:39.759 --> 00:40:40.019
 thank

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.179
 you

00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:40.539
 father

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:40.940
 that

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.159
 he

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:41.340
 is

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.619
 not

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.019
 he

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:42.179
 is

00:40:42.179 --> 00:40:42.380
 not

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:42.679
 dead

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:42.899
 but

00:40:42.899 --> 00:40:43.279
 alive

00:40:43.279 --> 00:40:43.599
 and

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:43.759
 that

00:40:43.759 --> 00:40:44.000
 he

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:44.279
 through

00:40:44.279 --> 00:40:44.460
 the

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.659
 holy

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:45.079
 spirit

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.639
 continues

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:45.919
 to

00:40:45.919 --> 00:40:46.279
 seek

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 people

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 to

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 be

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 his

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 own

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 not

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 physically

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 but

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 he

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 continues

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 to

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 seek

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 us

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 and

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 father

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 I

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 ask

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 for

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 any

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 who

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 might

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 be

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 here

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 or

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 watching

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 if

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 you

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 feel

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 at

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 all

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 friends

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 that

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 you

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 feel

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 any

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 type

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 of

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 tug

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 towards

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 Christ

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 know

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 that

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 it

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 is

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 him

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 calling

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 you

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 to

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 give

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 yourself

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 to

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 him

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 father

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.380
 that

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 Jesus

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:11.860
 comes

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 to

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 us

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 that

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 he

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 wants

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 your

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 children

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 by

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 adoption

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 and

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 grace

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 and

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 we

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 ask

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:20.619
 father

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:20.980
 that

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 you

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 know

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 how

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 we

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 sometimes

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 struggle

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 with

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 loneliness

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 and

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 sometimes

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 with

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 depression

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 and

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 sadness

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 and

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 unfulfilled

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 desires

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 and

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 longings

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 and

00:41:31.180 --> 00:41:31.420
 father

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:31.579
 you

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:31.720
 know

00:41:31.720 --> 00:41:31.940
 all

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.059
 of

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.260
 these

00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:32.519
 things

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:32.820
 about

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 us

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:33.260
 and

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 we

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:33.900
 ask

00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:34.320
 father

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:34.620
 in

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 all

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 of

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 those

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 times

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 and

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 in

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 good

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 times

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 as

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 well

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.120
 that

00:41:37.120 --> 00:41:37.760
 you

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 will

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 help

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 us

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:38.460
 to

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:38.920
 remember

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 Jesus

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 and

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:40.680
 who

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 he

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 is

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 and

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 what

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 he

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 has

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 done

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 and

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 that

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 he

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 is

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 so

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 close

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 to

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 us

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 at

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:44.740
 all

00:41:44.740 --> 00:41:45.320
 times

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 and

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 so

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 with

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 us

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 at

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.360
 all

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:47.840
 times

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:48.039
 that

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:48.160
 we

00:41:48.160 --> 00:41:48.340
 will

00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:48.640
 flee

00:41:48.640 --> 00:41:49.099
 sin

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:49.940
 that

00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:50.059
 we

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:50.760
 flee

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:51.460
 despair

00:41:57.360 --> 00:41:57.680
 remind

00:41:57.680 --> 00:41:57.960
 us

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.300
 father

00:41:58.300 --> 00:41:58.860
 deeply

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.120
 day

00:41:59.120 --> 00:41:59.300
 by

00:41:59.300 --> 00:41:59.539
 day

00:41:59.539 --> 00:41:59.720
 in

00:41:59.720 --> 00:42:00.099
 Christ

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.360
 that

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.220
 the

00:42:01.220 --> 00:42:01.559
 final

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:01.860
 word

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:02.180
 about

00:42:02.180 --> 00:42:02.460
 us

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:02.680
 will

00:42:02.680 --> 00:42:03.559
 not

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:03.800
 be

00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:04.340
 failure

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:04.920
 will

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.140
 not

00:42:05.140 --> 00:42:05.340
 be

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:05.860
 loser

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:07.099
 but

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:07.280
 will

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:07.480
 be

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:08.099
 child

00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:08.800
 I

00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:08.940
 am

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.340
 so

00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:10.099
 glad

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:10.300
 you

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 are

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.680
 with

00:42:10.680 --> 00:42:10.920
 me

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:11.320
 father

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:11.640
 make

00:42:11.640 --> 00:42:11.940
 these

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.280
 truths

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:12.960
 deeply

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.300
 dear

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:13.519
 to

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 our

00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:14.059
 hearts

00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:14.720
 and

00:42:14.720 --> 00:42:14.840
 we

00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:15.059
 ask

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.280
 these

00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:15.599
 things

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:16.099
 in

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:16.220
 the

00:42:16.220 --> 00:42:16.440
 name

00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:16.620
 of

00:42:16.620 --> 00:42:16.960
 Jesus

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.280
 your

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:17.720
 son

00:42:17.720 --> 00:42:17.900
 and

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:18.180
 our

00:42:18.180 --> 00:42:18.579
 savior

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.200
 and

00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:19.380
 all

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:19.740
 God's

00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:19.980
 people

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.400
 said

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:21.480
 Amen

00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:29.480
 God's

00:42:30.140 --> 00:42:43.880
 God

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.280
 God

00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:46.760
 God

00:42:50.700 --> 00:42:52.980
 God

00:42:53.640 --> 00:42:54.160
 God

00:42:56.160 --> 00:42:56.180
 God

00:42:56.180 --> 00:42:56.680
 He

00:42:56.680 --> 00:42:56.720
 God

00:42:56.720 --> 00:42:57.320
 God

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:57.340
 God