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 Great, well it's wonderful to see you this morning.

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 Folks, let me invite you to turn to Acts 17 and to have God's Word open in front of you

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 because what Jackson said there is actually pretty much the point of the sermon.

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 Is what he is saying, what it says, is what he is saying true.

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 So Acts 17 open in front of you, come with me to verse 7.

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 And as you're turning there, let me tell you about a minister who lived in Edinburgh

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 many, many years ago.

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 He free church to Scotland minister.

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 He lectured at New College on the Mount.

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 His name was Rabbi Duncan.

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 That was his nickname, I think, because of his heart for Jewish people to come to know Jesus.

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 They called him Rabbi Duncan.

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 But he was a very clever man and he talked about the biggest question

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 that each of us as human beings face.

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 And he called it the ultimate trilemma.

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 Quite like that, trilemma.

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 And talking about Jesus, he said this.

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 He said, Christ either deceived mankind by conscious fraud,

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 or he himself deluded and self-deceived, or he was divine.

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 There is no getting out of this trilemma.

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 Okay, so here's the essence of what he's saying.

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 When it comes to Jesus, there's a call that each of us need to make.

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 Deceiver, deluded, or divine.

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 What is he?

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 Who is he?

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 I wonder if you've ever considered that in your life.

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 Who is this man, Jesus?

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 The trilemma.

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 Now, as you're chewing on that, let me tell you about the most dangerous thing

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 that you could say in the first century Greco-Roman world.

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 And it's straight in the passage, verse 7.

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 The most dangerous thing you could say, Jesus is king.

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 If that confession is heard to come from your lips, then you're in some serious bother.

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 Because on the one hand, you're offending the Romans.

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 You're a threat to them.

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 Because the chant that's heard all over the empire in this day is,

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 Kaiser Keros, right?

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 Caesar is king.

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 The king is Caesar.

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 It's what you hear all over the empire.

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 It's emblazoned on coffee cups.

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 You will buy fridge magnets with it on.

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 It's what people believe.

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 Caesar is king.

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 Caesar is the one who's in ultimate power.

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 Caesar is the one who dictates what is right and wrong.

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 And so if anyone so much as gets a whiff of a claim

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 that someone else might be setting themselves up as a rival,

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 then you have to understand that that is not grounds for a debate.

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 That is a qualification for death.

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 Because for Rome, they hear about Jesus and Jesus equals deceiver.

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 And on the other hand, if you claim that is your phrase, Jesus is Lord,

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 you're a threat and an offense to the Jews.

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 Because the people have at the core of their very identity,

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 the belief that there is one God.

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 And so when Jesus of Nazareth,

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 he turns up from this backwater town of Nazareth in the Gospels,

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 and he claims to be equal with God.

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 No wonder the Jews wanted him dead.

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 It's an offense to their whole way of living.

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 For the Jews, Jesus equals deluded.

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 And yet Paul in our passage today,

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 he rocks up in these cities of Thessalonica and Berea,

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 and with both his life and his lips,

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 he dares to say divine.

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 Divine.

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 And so here's the challenge that comes at us today.

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 As we go about our everyday lives as followers of this Jesus,

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 as disciples of him.

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 On the school run,

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 in the classroom,

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 at the office,

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 at home,

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 as we care for others,

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 as we live our lives in our marriages,

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 as we live our lives in our families,

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 as we live our lives with our friends,

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 as people see us in action,

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 both with our lives and our lips,

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 the challenge of this passage is,

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 will we dare to do the same?

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 I think that's what Luke is saying.

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 Will you dare to do the same?

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 Now, why would you do that?

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 That's the question to ask, isn't it?

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 Why would you dare to do that?

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 Because to do it is to put yourself in some serious bother,

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 I take it,

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 in whatever culture you are in,

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 living wherever you do across the world.

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 Why would you choose to do it?

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 Well, I take it,

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 the heart of it is,

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 is a deep conviction

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 that there is just none like Jesus.

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 That I've never met anyone like him.

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 That I've never had a message like this.

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 That there is no message like the gospel.

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 That this Jesus loved me.

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 That he gave himself for me.

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 That he died for my sins.

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 That he was raised for my justification.

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 That I would be right with this God.

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 Not because of what I have done,

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 but because of him.

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 This message of who he is.

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 I take it that there's no one like him.

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 And so far from this being an exercise

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 where we walk out this morning

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 and feel guilty

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 because we're not daring to do it.

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 I take it this is just an invitation

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 to come and meet Jesus.

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 Come and know him.

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 Come and have him transform your life.

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 And we'll see the central character.

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 One of the central characters in this

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 is a man who has his life

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 flipped upside down by Jesus Christ.

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 And I take it they're just,

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 here's all I want to do this morning.

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 There are two timeless truths

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 at the heart of this passage.

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 I think they're just two truths

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 that Luke wants his readers to see.

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 We're just going to spend some time

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 thinking about them, okay?

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 And there are two claims about Christianity.

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 And if you're here today

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 and you wouldn't call yourself a Christian,

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 I invite you to get into

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 what Luke is telling you here.

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 All 2,000 years later,

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 this is what he is saying about Christianity.

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 You ready for these?

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 Here's the first one.

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 Christianity, investigate it

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 and you'll find it compelling.

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 Verse one, what does Paul find

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 and where does he go

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 when he gets to Thessalonica?

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 Come with me to the text.

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 What does he do?

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 Where does he go?

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 Oh, he goes to the synagogue, do you see?

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 As is his pattern,

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 he goes to the Jewish meeting house.

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 Now, if you've been with us

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 in the Acts series so far,

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 and if you haven't,

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 you can go on the website

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 and check them out.

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 You will know that that is a daring

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 and a bold move.

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 Because all the way through Acts,

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 where is it that Paul has encountered the bother?

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 Where has he gotten trouble

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 for preaching Jesus?

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 It ain't really on the streets.

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 It's in the synagogue.

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 So that's a bold move.

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 How often does he go?

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 Again, seeing the text,

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 he reasons for three Sabbath days.

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 So Sabbath being the Saturday.

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 Okay?

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 So he's there for just over three weeks,

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 which is not a long time.

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 But this is what he does.

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 And notice the three words about what he does.

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 I think these have got a lot to teach us here.

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 What did he do?

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 He reasoned with the Jews.

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 Do you see the words in the text?

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 He explained,

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 and he proved.

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 And I take it there are just

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 almost three sides.

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 I was going to say of the same coin,

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 but that doesn't work, does it?

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 You know what I'm saying.

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 There are three ways of describing the same thing.

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 Right?

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 So what he's doing is he gets the Old Testament scroll,

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 and if you like,

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 he lays it down.

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 I think this is what the Greek words mean.

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 He lays it down,

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 pulls it out,

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 and he gets people to understand what's going on.

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 He's saying,

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 let me show you in the scroll

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 how Jesus is the fulfillment

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 of everything that God promised here.

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 Because this is not just Paul's hot take on Jesus.

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 This is what Jesus said about himself.

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 That it was all about him,

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 that he was the very fulfillment

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 of everything that the Old Testament story

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 is leading up to.

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 And of course,

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 Luke is the very one who recorded those words

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 in the prequel to Acts

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 in Luke chapter 24,

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 right at the end.

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 It's the same guy who's written both of them.

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 Okay?

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 Luke 24,

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 when Jesus is risen,

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 when he talks to his disciples

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 on the road to Emmaus,

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 Jesus says to them,

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 and beginning with Moses and all the prophets,

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 he explained to them

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 what was said in all the scriptures

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 concerning himself.

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 So this is a book about Jesus.

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 This is what Paul is saying.

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 You know,

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 I remember a friend once telling me

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 when they started reading the Bible

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 through this lens,

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 that it almost became like

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 one of those pop-up books

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 that you used to get as a kid.

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 Do you remember those things?

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 You used to open it and

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 it used to pop up.

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 I remember he just said that.

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 Every time I read the Old Testament,

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 there was Jesus coming up.

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 There he was.

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 The story is about him.

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 In the words of Sally Lloyd-Jones

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 in her Jesus storybook Bible,

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 every story whispers his name.

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 Every story whispers his name.

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 It's what Paul is saying to the Jews

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 in the synagogue.

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 This is about him.

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 Because they're living by the mantra.

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 Do you remember the words of that U2 song

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 many, many years ago?

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 I still haven't found what I'm looking for.

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 If you're an Old Testament Jew

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 or even a modern day Jew,

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 who are you waiting on?

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 Who are you looking for?

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 Again, in the passage,

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 you're looking and waiting for the Messiah.

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 This figure that God said

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 he would be for his people,

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 this figure he would send

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 who would be a mighty savior king

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 and who would liberate his people

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 from their enemies.

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 He would deal with their biggest problem,

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 their sin problem,

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 and he would usher in God's rule.

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 It's the Messiah.

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 He reads about this figure.

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 He will be the lion.

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 He will be the mighty king

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 who will rule for his people.

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 And how will he be that mighty king?

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 Because he will be the lamb

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 who will lay down his life

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 for the sins of his people.

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 And that's why Paul says,

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 do you see the phrase,

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 he had to die.

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 He had to die

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 for the sins of his people.

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 He takes the punishment

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 that their sins deserve on himself.

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 He is the lamb

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 and he rose victoriously

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 on the third day.

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 He is the lion.

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 And Paul's sitting there.

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 He's reasoning.

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 He's proving.

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 He's explaining

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 that this figure

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 that they're waiting on,

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 he's come in the person of Jesus.

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 And so here's Paul's point.

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 I'm going to sum it up.

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 Jesus makes sense

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 of the scriptures.

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 And if I flip it around,

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 the scriptures make sense

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 of Jesus.

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 And I just wonder

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 if some of us

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 need to be reminded

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 this morning of who he is.

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 In the same way

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 that Paul reasons

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 and he proves

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 and he explains

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 that Jesus is this savior,

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 that you need to come to him

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 for your forgiveness of sins,

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 you need to come to him

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 as the one who's come

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 to give life,

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 I wonder if some of us

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 need to be reminded

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 that this is who he is.

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 That this is no

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 intellectual exercise

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 that Paul is

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 participating in here.

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 This is about

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 where people find life

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 and hope

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 and joy

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 and forgiveness

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 and renewal.

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 And they find it

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 in this Messiah.

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 And you can find it

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 in this Messiah too.

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 You want to come to him today

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 and say,

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 yeah,

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 Lord Jesus,

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 it's about you.

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 The scriptures make sense

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 of Jesus

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 and Jesus makes sense

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 of the scriptures.

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 And you see the reaction,

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 some hear what he's saying,

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 verse four,

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 and they're persuaded.

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 You see that in the text?

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 They see it.

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 Makes sense.

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 The coin,

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 penny drops.

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 I keep saying coin this morning.

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 The penny drops

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 in their minds.

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 And notice in passing,

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 who?

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 Who's responding to this?

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 The Jews,

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 the God-fearing Greeks,

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 and the prominent women

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 in culture.

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 Again,

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 I love,

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 if you not love this,

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 seeing this in the book of Acts,

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 the diversity of the people

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 who are responding

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 to this message.

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 They accept it.

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 And yet others,

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 they reject it.

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 It's interesting,

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 isn't it,

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 that the Jews

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 reject it.

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 What do they do?

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 They go to the marketplace

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 and they round up this mob.

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 We'll come back to them

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 in a minute.

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 I just take it,

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 troublemakers.

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 They just love nothing more

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 than a fight.

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 They're up in arms,

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 raging about this message.

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 I don't think they probably

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 have a clue

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 what the message is.

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 Let me just ask again,

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 if you're here today,

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 if you maybe are caught up

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 in this crowd

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 rejecting Christianity,

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 let me ask you,

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 what reasons

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 are you

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 taking for yourself

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 that you're rejecting it?

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 Could it be

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 that actually you're believing

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 what other people

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 are saying about Christianity?

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 You're believing

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 what is written

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 on the side of buses

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 that there probably

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 is no God?

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 What was that famous one

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 down in London?

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 There probably is no God.

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 Stop worrying

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 and get on with your day.

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 You're believing

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 what people are saying.

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 Is that what you're

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 basing it on?

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 Or would you come

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 and see the scriptures

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 and see who Jesus

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 is for yourself?

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 Paul's forced out of the city

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 and having only spent

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 three or so weeks there,

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 he gets to Berea

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 down the road.

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 And the same thing happens.

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 You see,

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 they go to the synagogue

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 and they speak

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 the same message.

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 This is verse 11.

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 And the people

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 in Thessalonica,

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 what were they?

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 They were bad characters.

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 But notice verse 11.

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 What are the people

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 in Berea described as being?

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 Of noble character.

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 And I think that's

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 a deliberate contrast

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 we're meant to see

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 that Luke's bringing out.

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 It's the contrast

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 we're supposed to see

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 and I think it's the example

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 that we're called upon

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 to emulate.

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 Because what did

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 the Bereans do?

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 Verse 11.

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 They listened to what

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 Paul is saying

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 and they do so

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 and see the word.

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 It's an awesome word.

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 I love it.

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 Eagerness.

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 Which I take it just means

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 they're sitting there thinking,

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 wouldn't it be brilliant

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 if what he said is true?

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 Wouldn't it be great

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 if it was true?

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 Wouldn't it be great

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 if Jesus really

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 is this person?

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 He did these things.

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 Wouldn't it be wonderful

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 if this were true?

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 But they don't just swallow it.

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 And I want you to see this

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 and there's two E's here.

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 What's the other E

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 in the passage?

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 Do you see it?

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 What do they do with this?

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 They receive it with eagerness

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 but what do they do?

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 They examine it.

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 They examine it.

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 And so here can I just address

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 the notion that is popular

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 in our culture

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 that faith is a blind leap

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 in the dark.

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 Right?

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 Like if you go to the library

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 you'll find the Bible

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 in the mythical section

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 along with Hansel and Gretel

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 and Jason and the Argonauts.

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 It's another myth

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 that people base their lives upon.

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 Would you see that Christianity

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 is true based on evidence?

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 In other words,

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 if you read this stuff

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 it will hold together.

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 You know G.K. Chesterton

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 who was a famous theologian

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 from years ago.

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 He once compared our

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 and get this okay

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 he once compared our minds

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 to our mouths.

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 And he said

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 when it comes to our minds

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 they need to operate

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 like our mouths.

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 Right?

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 We should think how we eat.

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 Think about your mouth.

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 He said

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 the very reason

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 that you open it

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 is that you would

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 close down on something solid.

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 And if something solid

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 would enter your system

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 and make a difference.

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 The very reason you open it

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 is to bite down

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 on something solid.

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 And he said

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 it's exactly the same

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 for your minds.

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 Why do you open them?

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 You open them

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 that you could bite down

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 and base your life

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 on something solid.

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 And Luke's saying

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 remember this historian

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 come doctor

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 who investigated these things

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 right at the beginning

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 of Luke chapter 1

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 that you may have certainty.

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 He's saying

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 here's something solid.

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 Here's something true

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 in which you can build

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 your lives.

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 Let me ask you

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 have you read it?

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 Have you read the Bible?

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 Have you investigated

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 Jesus for yourself?

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 There is no greater pursuit

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 that you could have

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 in your life.

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 Let me just plug two books

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 which are really helpful

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 for this

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 and these are freebies.

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 We've got a few of them

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 in the back

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 if you want one.

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 First one is called

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 Are You 100% Sure

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 You Want to Be an Agnostic?

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 And it's a brilliant book

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 read as a staff team

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 a couple of weeks ago.

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 Thinking about

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 what is it you're basing

00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:44.800
 your life

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 and your trust upon.

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 Come and grab it.

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 I'll just put it

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 on the stage afterwards

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 so you can get it.

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 Another one is just

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 called The Gospel.

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 What is this message

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 about Jesus?

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 Who is he?

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 Just a wonderful

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 and succinct job

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 of summarising it.

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 But if you want

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 to investigate Jesus

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 these are great books

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 but go to the sources.

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 It's what you do

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 in a court of law

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 isn't it?

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 It's not hearsay

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 it's sources.

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 Did it actually happen?

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 Because this is what

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 Luke is saying

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 in this passage.

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 He's saying

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 if you get stuck in

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 you'll find

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 that this stacks up.

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 You get stuck in

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 you will find

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 that this stacks up.

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 You see the Bereans

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 they examined it.

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 Does it stack up?

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 Does it hold?

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 And here's the

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 million dollar question

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 they asked themselves.

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 Verse 11

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 at the end.

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 Is what he is saying

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 and are the claims

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 that he is making

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 you see the words?

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 Are they true?

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 That's the question.

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 Is it true?

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 Is it true?

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 Do you know

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 who I feel

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 sorry for?

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 I feel sorry for

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 stand-up comedians.

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 Do you know why?

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 Because I don't

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 envy the task

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 of the pressure

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 of having to come up

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 with new material

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 all the time.

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 constantly asking

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 yourself

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 have they heard

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 that one before?

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 Do you think

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 they're going to

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 laugh at that?

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 Oh they won't.

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 Oh they have.

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 I better come up

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 with something new then.

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 That pressure

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 as a stand-up comedian

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 to come up

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 with new material.

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 I just say

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 not so

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 with a Christian preacher.

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 Right?

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 You have to be

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 committed

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 to unoriginality.

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 It's all

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 in the scriptures.

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 You know

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 every week

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 when I'm preparing

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 for the sermon

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 I just take that line

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 from the game show

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 Catch Freaks

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 and I make it my own.

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 Remember that motto?

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 Do you remember that line?

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 What is it?

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 Just say what you see.

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 Say what you see.

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 That's

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 the question

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 you need to ask

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 in the years

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 and the centuries

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 that go on

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 from this church family.

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 Is what the person

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 up here

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 is saying true?

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 Is it right here?

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 It's exactly

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 what Justin prayed.

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 I didn't even tell him

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 to pray that.

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 He prayed it.

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 It's great.

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 Is what they are

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 saying true?

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 And if it's not

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 question it.

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 If it's not

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 tell them it's not.

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 Is what they are

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 saying true?

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 Is what

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 they are saying

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 what God is saying

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 in his words?

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 Got to be committed

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 to unoriginality.

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 First thing

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 about Christianity

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 you investigate it

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 you will find it

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 compelling

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 Luke is saying

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 and the second thing

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 and this will be

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 a lot shorter

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 don't worry

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 you associate

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 with it

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 and you'll find

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 that it's costly.

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 Verse 5

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 the jealous Jews

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 you see how they

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 gather a mob

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 back in with

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 their mob here

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 bad characters

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 from the marketplace

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 I take it

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 just local hooligans

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 who love nothing

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 other than a bit

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 of bother

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 and they riot

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 and they riot

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 and what's interesting

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 here in the text

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 is that Luke

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 wants us to know

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 about one man

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 in particular

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 do you see?

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 do you see

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 how his name

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 comes up four times

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 in these little

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 verses here

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 who is he?

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 do you see him?

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 Jason

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 Jason

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 Jason

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 Jason

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 Jason

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 and I take it

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 that's just an

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 eyewitness detail

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 that these things

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 actually happened

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 I take it

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 it's another

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 eyewitness detail

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 to say

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 if you wanted

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 to go and find

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 out that this

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 happened

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 Jason just lives

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 over there

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 he's here

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 people knew him

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 you can ask

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 I love how the

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 Bible holds up

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 gives you people's

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 names

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 these things

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 happened

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 Jason's probably

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 one of the

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 locals

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 who've just

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 responded to

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 Paul's message

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 about Jesus

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 and presumably

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 he's the one

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 who's housing

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 Paul in silence

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 during their trip

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 to Thessalonica

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 and just in the

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 context of Acts

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 do you see how

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 he's playing

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 the same role

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 that Lydia's

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 played back

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 in Philippi

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 I love it

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 again a diversity

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 of people who

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 are involved

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 in gospel work

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 Luke's showing

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 us the beautiful

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 diversity of what

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 Jesus is doing

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 and see what

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 happens to Jason

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 they target

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 Jason

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 they run to

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 his house

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 look for Paul

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 and Silas

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 they can't find

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 them but Jason

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 will do

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 and they drag

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 them before the

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 city officials

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 you've got to

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 notice all these

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 verbs

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 he's shouted

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 at

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 he's accused

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 why

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 because he

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 is associating

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 himself

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 with Jesus

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 you know

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 see often

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 these people

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 that just have

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 the t-shirts

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 that say

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 I'm with him

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 I'm with her

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 and there's a

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 big arrow

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 that's it

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 isn't it

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 Jason is

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 associating

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 with Paul

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 and Silas

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 who are

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 associating

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 with Jesus

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 and then

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 these Jews

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 they travel

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 all the way

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 to Berea

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 which if you

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:44.220
 do the maths

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:45.100
 is not a

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 short journey

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 I think that's

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 the equivalent

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 I think

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 if I'm right

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 off the top

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 of my head

00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:50.080
 they're going

00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:50.460
 to Glasgow

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 to Edinburgh

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 walk

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 they really

00:21:54.040 --> 00:21:54.600
 hate this

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 message

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 and track

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:58.660
 the chain

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.240
 of suffering

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.860
 Jason's

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 suffering

00:22:00.280 --> 00:22:01.960
 because before

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.500
 him Paul

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.020
 suffered

00:22:03.020 --> 00:22:04.940
 and before

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.740
 Paul suffered

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.240
 Stephen

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.880
 suffered

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:08.400
 and before

00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:08.860
 Stephen

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.480
 suffered

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.660
 Jesus

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.180
 suffered

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:12.960
 I take it

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.380
 this is the

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 cross shaped

00:22:14.120 --> 00:22:14.700
 life

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.900
 for all those

00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.180
 who would

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:16.580
 associate

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:17.259
 themselves

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.800
 with this

00:22:17.800 --> 00:22:18.080
 king

00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:18.320
 and who

00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:18.759
 would claim

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.320
 that phrase

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:19.619
 as their

00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:19.939
 own

00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:20.359
 Jesus

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:21.019
 is

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.899
 king

00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:22.700
 can I just

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.099
 say if you're

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:23.419
 going through

00:22:23.419 --> 00:22:24.000
 a really hard

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.720
 time just now

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.539
 because of that

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:27.899
 at university

00:22:27.899 --> 00:22:28.579
 you're standing

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.859
 for a Christian

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.899
 sexual ethic

00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:32.359
 you're in work

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.359
 where there's

00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:34.200
 pressure on you

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:35.599
 to conform

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.819
 to say that

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.460
 there are many

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.519
 ways to God

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:39.519
 all these

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.200
 different ways

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.659
 that pressure

00:22:40.659 --> 00:22:41.480
 can come on us

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.059
 that we feel

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:43.919
 the pain

00:22:43.919 --> 00:22:44.480
 of suffering

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.059
 associating

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.399
 ourselves

00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:45.939
 with Jesus

00:22:45.939 --> 00:22:46.519
 can I just

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.740
 say be encouraged

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.399
 that your king

00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:49.000
 went that way

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.480
 first

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:51.940
 I take it

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.339
 this is the

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:53.019
 path for all

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.359
 those who

00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:53.720
 would claim

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.480
 Jesus as

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.980
 their king

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:59.279
 but look at

00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.599
 the nature

00:22:59.599 --> 00:22:59.960
 of what they're

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.420
 saying about

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.779
 Paul and

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.119
 Silas

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.779
 verse 6

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:03.440
 and I love

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:03.779
 this

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.500
 I want you

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:04.839
 to love it

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.220
 as well

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:06.640
 these men

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:06.920
 what have

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.339
 they done

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:09.359
 they've caused

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:09.740
 trouble

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.339
 everywhere

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.859
 but if you

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.119
 got an

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.619
 ESV

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.660
 here's what

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.220
 it says

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:15.059
 they've

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.420
 turned the

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:15.920
 world upside

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.339
 down

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:18.259
 love that

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.519
 do you not

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:18.980
 love that

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:20.920
 non-believers

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.400
 were saying

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.319
 about this

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.240
 Jesus revolution

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.099
 about Christianity

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.980
 way back in the

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.360
 day they've

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:25.680
 turned the

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.200
 world upside

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:26.720
 down

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:28.559
 maybe for

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.099
 Jesus and

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:29.660
 a bunch of

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.299
 unimpressive

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.140
 looking followers

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:32.920
 turned the

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.460
 world upside

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:33.880
 down

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.720
 love it

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.599
 the disruptive

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.220
 witness of

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.860
 Christianity

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.380
 is it's

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.339
 sending shockwaves

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:39.059
 through culture

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.980
 is it's

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.539
 challenging

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:42.000
 societal norms

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:44.220
 as lives are

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.860
 being transformed

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.500
 by the grace

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:45.980
 of Jesus

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.740
 as people

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.440
 are oozing

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.279
 radical love

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:49.039
 and obedience

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:50.860
 the rest of

00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:51.140
 the culture

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.599
 like dead

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.559
 fish going

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:52.920
 down the

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.140
 stream

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.400
 and all

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:53.660
 of a sudden

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.460
 these alive

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.200
 salmon start

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.700
 swimming up

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.200
 the stream

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:58.160
 so it's going

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.779
 on in the

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.140
 words of

00:23:59.140 --> 00:24:00.000
 19th century

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.960
 author H.G.

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.400
 Wells

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:03.220
 I'm a historian

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:04.019
 not a believer

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.580
 but I must

00:24:04.580 --> 00:24:05.320
 confess that

00:24:05.320 --> 00:24:05.960
 the penniless

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.580
 preacher from

00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:07.600
 Nazareth is

00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:08.580
 irrevocably the

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:09.759
 very centre of

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.700
 history

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:12.840
 it's turning the

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.360
 world upside

00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:13.740
 down

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:15.660
 because

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:17.080
 it's turning

00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:17.759
 people's lives

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.480
 upside down

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:20.120
 right

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:21.120
 I love that

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:22.620
 in this one

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.560
 you make no

00:24:23.560 --> 00:24:24.220
 mistake that to

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.759
 be a Christian

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.580
 is not just to

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:26.000
 sign up to

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:27.040
 attend something

00:24:27.040 --> 00:24:28.500
 right

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.900
 it's not what

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.660
 Jason is doing

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.800
 he's given his

00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:31.500
 life to Jesus

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.880
 and automatically

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.620
 he's committing

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:34.279
 his life to

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.720
 serve

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:36.820
 I love this

00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:37.140
 and you start

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.440
 seeing the

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:37.860
 connections

00:24:37.860 --> 00:24:38.420
 I've said I

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.860
 love this a

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.060
 lot

00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:40.540
 you start seeing

00:24:40.540 --> 00:24:40.980
 the connections

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.380
 all the way

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:41.940
 through scripture

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.680
 Jason is the

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.240
 person that's

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.720
 mentioned at

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.100
 the end of

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.880
 Romans 16

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.300
 that Paul

00:24:45.300 --> 00:24:45.860
 gives a

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.220
 list of

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.540
 people

00:24:46.540 --> 00:24:47.759
 what that

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.220
 means is

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:49.779
 Jason is

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.320
 listed there

00:24:50.320 --> 00:24:50.720
 as one of

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.120
 Paul's

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.800
 co-workers

00:24:51.800 --> 00:24:52.920
 in other

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.580
 words Jason

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 who was doing

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 I imagine

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.620
 not a lot

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:55.860
 with his

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.380
 life before

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.920
 this happened

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.440
 all of a

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.779
 sudden what

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.180
 does he do

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.700
 his life is

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.180
 transformed

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.700
 he starts

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.200
 suffering

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.039
 but the

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.519
 joy

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.279
 that has

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.740
 come because

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.360
 of who

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.880
 Jesus is

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.180
 and his

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.580
 life is

00:25:04.580 --> 00:25:05.100
 transformed

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.400
 and he

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.920
 joins Paul

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.200
 in his

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.620
 work

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:08.080
 he's probably

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.700
 a wealthy

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.039
 man

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.440
 that's what

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:09.840
 they reckon

00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:10.200
 about this

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.700
 guy Jason

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.860
 because many

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:12.539
 understand it

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.180
 to be him

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.700
 who pays

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.120
 the bail

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.440
 money

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:14.960
 at the end

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.279
 you see

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.680
 that to

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.240
 calm things

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.600
 down in

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:16.860
 the midst

00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:17.200
 of this

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.539
 riot

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:19.640
 he started

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.120
 using the

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.500
 things that

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.840
 God has

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.500
 given him

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:23.060
 his money

00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:23.640
 his house

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 his whole

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.700
 life

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:26.180
 in the

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.680
 service of

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.240
 this Jesus

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:29.900
 God

00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.220
 turns

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.500
 lives

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.819
 upside

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.259
 down

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.519
 grace

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.160
 transforms

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:35.700
 and God

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.299
 gives people

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.940
 new purposes

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.680
 to live for

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.000
 when they

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.299
 come to

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.640
 know this

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.059
 Jesus

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.559
 doesn't mean

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:40.880
 you do a

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.500
 different job

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.240
 doesn't mean

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.980
 you travel to

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.259
 a different

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.680
 part of the

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:43.940
 world

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.539
 but it

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:44.960
 means what

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.400
 we do

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.680
 now

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.460
 in our

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.799
 day to

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.380
 day lives

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:48.460
 there's a

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.019
 new purpose

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.640
 because whatever

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.079
 we're doing

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.579
 in word and

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:50.920
 deed we're

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.279
 serving

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.339
 the Lord

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:52.879
 Jesus

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:55.440
 as we

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.799
 begin to

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.119
 wind this

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:56.339
 to a

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.680
 close

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.039
 here's

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.180
 what I

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.379
 want you

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:57.539
 to

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.039
 appreciate

00:25:58.039 --> 00:26:01.779
 that this

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.359
 was no

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:03.059
 verse 15

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.539
 Paul heads

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.079
 to Athens

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:05.799
 this was no

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.319
 hit and run

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:07.019
 evangelistic

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.440
 mission

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:09.500
 Paul

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.379
 loves

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:11.299
 these

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.319
 people

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:14.099
 and he

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.420
 sends

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.819
 Timothy

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.399
 back to

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:15.759
 see how

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:15.920
 they're

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.259
 doing

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.660
 he gets

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:17.819
 to

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.160
 Corinth

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:19.519
 and he

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:19.859
 sends

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.180
 Timothy

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.539
 back

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:20.779
 would you

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.099
 go and

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.379
 see how

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.500
 they're

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:21.699
 getting

00:26:21.699 --> 00:26:22.000
 on

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.519
 my

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:22.879
 heart

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.099
 is

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:24.619
 broken

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:24.939
 for

00:26:24.939 --> 00:26:25.079
 them

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.240
 but I

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.379
 only

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:25.699
 got to

00:26:25.699 --> 00:26:25.939
 spend

00:26:25.939 --> 00:26:26.299
 three or

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.419
 so

00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:26.639
 weeks

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:26.759
 with

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:26.839
 them

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:26.939
 I

00:26:26.939 --> 00:26:27.279
 want to

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.379
 know

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:27.519
 how

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:27.679
 they're

00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:27.899
 doing

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.079
 are they

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.259
 still

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.480
 going

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.639
 with

00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:28.759
 the

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.039
 Lord

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.579
 how are

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:29.659
 they

00:26:29.659 --> 00:26:29.859
 getting

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.179
 on

00:26:30.179 --> 00:26:32.099
 and he

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:32.399
 writes

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:32.559
 in

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.819
 Corinth

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.079
 these

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.519
 letters

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.980
 in our

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.319
 Bibles

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.759
 known as

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.199
 1st and

00:26:35.199 --> 00:26:35.579
 2nd

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.579
 Thessalonians

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.259
 again you

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.679
 just see how

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:37.980
 the Bible

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.359
 is fitting

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.719
 together

00:26:38.719 --> 00:26:39.039
 here

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.639
 wonderful

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:39.980
 thing

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.219
 for you

00:26:40.219 --> 00:26:40.480
 to do

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.679
 in your

00:26:40.679 --> 00:26:40.819
 own

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.019
 time

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.179
 this

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:41.339
 week

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.459
 is

00:26:41.459 --> 00:26:42.099
 read

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.399
 1st

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:43.059
 Thessalonians

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.359
 in light

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.740
 of this

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.500
 a lot

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:44.659
 of it

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:44.939
 will begin

00:26:44.939 --> 00:26:45.279
 to make

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.799
 sense

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:47.819
 two themes

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.240
 dominate

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.000
 those letters

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:50.119
 really quickly

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.939
 endurance

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:52.500
 okay

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.939
 Paul is

00:26:52.939 --> 00:26:53.559
 pleading

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.139
 with them

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.539
 now that

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:54.919
 he's heard

00:26:54.919 --> 00:26:55.159
 that they're

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.659
 doing well

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.199
 keep on

00:26:56.199 --> 00:26:56.519
 going

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.480
 keep on

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.639
 doing

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:57.939
 what you're

00:26:57.939 --> 00:26:58.259
 doing

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.399
 that they'd

00:26:59.399 --> 00:26:59.679
 be even

00:26:59.679 --> 00:27:00.339
 more convinced

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:00.699
 of the

00:27:00.699 --> 00:27:01.039
 truth

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.279
 that they

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.799
 keep on

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.039
 going

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.579
 despite the

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.119
 intense

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.659
 pressures

00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:03.959
 that are

00:27:03.959 --> 00:27:04.419
 coming on

00:27:04.419 --> 00:27:04.619
 them

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.599
 keep on

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:05.919
 going

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.000
 Christ

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.279
 is going

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.620
 to hold

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:07.779
 you

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.019
 he's

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.259
 got

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.420
 you

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.680
 he will

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:08.900
 see

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.080
 you

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:09.320
 home

00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:09.519
 keep

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:09.840
 trusting

00:27:09.840 --> 00:27:10.220
 him

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.360
 endurance

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:12.420
 and another

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.060
 example

00:27:13.060 --> 00:27:15.440
 and I love

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:18.300
 this and you can see this in the opening verses of chapter 1

00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:22.759
 because they're keeping on going despite persecution and suffering

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:27.500
 and daring to speak for Jesus in their city just as Paul did

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:32.580
 God is using that and word about that is getting around to the neighboring regions

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:33.500
 I love it

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:38.799
 and Paul says that that example and other people who are being encouraged by your example

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:43.980
 is ringing out like the noise of a gong all the way through the regions of Macedonia

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:48.720
 and Achaia people that they've never met people that they never will meet

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:52.460
 remember you don't just travel around in this day like we do people Christians

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:55.940
 all over the world who they will never meet and yet I've heard about these Christians

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:58.680
 and how they're standing and keeping going for Jesus and Paul is saying

00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:02.680
 do you know how amazing it is that God is using this all over the world

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:04.820
 because of your example

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.580
 is that not encouraging?

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:10.080
 that's not encouraging you'd find that if you're a believer in Thessalonica up against it

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:11.980
 my life's nothing special what am I doing?

00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:21.420
 again friends let's just never underestimate what God can do through a simple act of obedience and faithfulness to him

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:26.240
 these believers are joining Paul in what he's doing

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:30.820
 God is using this in ways way bigger than they could ever imagine

00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:32.220
 so Jesus Christ

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:33.800
 deceiver

00:28:33.800 --> 00:28:35.620
 deluded

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:39.000
 God is seeing the invitation here

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:40.500
 to do what Paul is doing

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.960
 to do what the believers are doing

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:44.900
 to come and dare to say divine

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:50.400
 and just as we close I want to tell you about a guy called Campbell McLennan

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.759
 his nickname is Kumba

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:54.920
 thing about Kumba

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:56.680
 I've never met him

00:28:56.680 --> 00:29:00.680
 I don't know if I ever will meet him in my life

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.500
 but here's the thing

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.900
 I feel like I know him

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:08.800
 and the reason I do is because my good friend Doogie keeps on telling me about him every time I see him

00:29:08.800 --> 00:29:11.500
 used to play football with Doogie at university

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:13.800
 Doogie would always tell me about Kumba

00:29:13.800 --> 00:29:14.620
 okay

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:17.080
 Doogie wasn't a Christian at the time

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:21.079
 he played in the same football team at Kumba

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:23.339
 at university before I played with him

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:26.359
 and they're out one Saturday night in Glasgow

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:29.439
 and Doogie turns to Kumba and says

00:29:29.439 --> 00:29:31.039
 I hear you go to church

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.379
 I hear you go to church

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:33.359
 you do that weird thing

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:35.539
 what's that all about?

00:29:36.679 --> 00:29:38.939
 maybe I can come along and see what it's about

00:29:38.939 --> 00:29:39.599
 and Kumba says

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.259
 no no no Doogie

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.879
 you don't understand

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.339
 Christianity

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:43.619
 it's not just simply about attending church

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:46.379
 Christianity is about a relationship with Jesus

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:48.540
 knowing who he is and what he's done

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 but at that point of the conversation

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 the two of them are talking away

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 at that point of the conversation

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 somebody comes along and the conversation moves on

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 and the moment's gone

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 but that Saturday night

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 the Wednesday night comes the next week

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 and the boys

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 you do it football

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 you're going to run the laps around the pitches

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 and at certain points you stop

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 and you warm up together

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 okay

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 just do your stretches

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 so they're doing that

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 and they're all warming up together

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 and Kumba says to Doogie

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 do you remember how the other night

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 I told you about how being a Christian

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 wasn't just about attending church

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 but I was about a relationship with Jesus

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 and Doogie goes

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 yeah I remember that

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 in front of all the boys

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 Kumba says

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 but I never got to tell you why

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 so Kumba starts

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 in front of everyone

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 just starts telling Doogie about Jesus

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 it's great

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 it's a conversation between two people

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 with everyone else listening

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 and Doogie's blown away by his bravery

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 why would he do that

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 in front of all those guys

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 but Doogie's blown away

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 he's intrigued

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 and he joins Kumba

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 an alpha course

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 and in Doogie's words

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 and he left me a whatsapp message this week

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 I came to see in that course

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 that the bible is true

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 and he becomes a Christian

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 and he traces it all the way back

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 to Kumba

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 and his faithfulness

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 just to tell him about Jesus

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 and so this guy

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 who I've never met

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 I don't even know where he lives

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 I don't even know what he does now

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 but all I know

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 is that his witness for Jesus

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 hugely encouraged me

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 and I hope it encourages you as well

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 fast forward 20 or so years

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 and Doogie's now the pastor

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 up in Aberdeen

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 and what's he doing

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 he's working to tell others

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 about Jesus

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 and here's what it says

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 in his Twitter bio

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 you know what that is

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 who I am

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 how I got here

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 what I do

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 here's what he said

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 someone once had the courage

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 to tell me the truth about Jesus

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 and it changed everything

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 so there's the challenge

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 for us today

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 as we look at this example

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 of what this early church

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 what Luke is writing here

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 in our lives

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 think about what's happening

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 tomorrow for you

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 think about what's happening

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 this week

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 in our everyday lives

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 with our everyday words

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 will we dare to call them

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 divine

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 let's pray

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 and so Father

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 we just thank you so much

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 for your word this morning

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 and I pray Father

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 for us

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 some of us here today

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 who are perhaps doubting

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 the sufficiency

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 of your words

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 oh Lord

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 thank you for what Paul writes

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 in the letter of 1 Thessalonians

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 about how these Thessalonians

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 received it

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 about how it came

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 with a depth of conviction

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 through your Holy Spirit

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 Father I pray

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 that each of us

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 Lord

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 that you would help us

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 to ground our lives

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 on your word

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 we thank you

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 for what we've seen

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 this morning

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 that you are the good

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 God of the gospel

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 who can transform

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 any and every life

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 and maybe even

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 for the first time

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 for some of us today

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 we would respond

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 to the message

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 of this Jesus

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 and come to have life

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 in his name

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 by believing

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 in his word

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 Father we just praise you

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 that you are the God

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 of all grace

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 and Father we pray

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 that as your word

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 continues to do

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 its work in our lives

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 that your spirit

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 would come

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 and plant it

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 deep in us

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 why?

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 so that we would

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 continue to grow

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 as your people

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 Father thank you

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 for your love for us

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 and we pray

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 these things

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 in Jesus'

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 beautiful name

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 Amen

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 Amen