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 Good morning.

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 Good morning. I'm Tonya and I'm part of Oikos in the Oaks small group and the Women Reading Women monthly book club.

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 Today's scripture reading is from the Acts of the Apostles, chapters 10, verses 1 to 3 and 27 to 48 as printed in your liturgy.

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 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

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 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment.

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 He and all his family were devout and God-fearing.

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 He gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly.

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 One day at about three in the afternoon, he had a vision.

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 He distinctly saw an angel of God who came to him and said,

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 Cornelius.

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 While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people.

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 He said to them,

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 You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile.

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 But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.

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 So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection.

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 May I ask why you sent for me?

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 Cornelius answered,

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 Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon.

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 Suddenly, a man in shining clothes stood before me and said,

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 Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.

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 Send to Joppa for Simon who was called Peter.

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 He is a guest in the home of Simon the Tanner who lives by the sea.

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 So I sent for you immediately and it was good of you to come.

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 Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.

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 Then Peter began to speak.

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 I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism,

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 but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.

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 You know the message God sent to the people of Israel,

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 announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

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 You know what has happened through the province of Judea,

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 beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached.

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 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power,

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 and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil,

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 because God was with him.

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 We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.

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 They killed him by hanging him on a cross,

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 but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen.

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 He was not seen by all the people,

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 but by witnesses whom God had already chosen,

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 by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

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 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one

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 whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.

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 All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him

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 receives forgiveness of sins through his name.

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 While Peter was still speaking these words,

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 the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message.

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 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished

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 that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles,

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 for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God.

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 Then Peter said,

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 Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water.

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 They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.

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 So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.

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 Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Thank you, Karen and Tonya.

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 Today is something of a finish line for me.

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 As you heard a moment ago,

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 our other pastor Andrew is wrapping up his four-month sabbatical this week.

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 We've made some transitions in our music ministry.

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 We've onboarded our new groups and formation director.

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 And so grateful for your prayers for me and for our team during this unique season.

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 And I want to especially thank you for rescheduling your crises during these past four months.

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 And now that that time is coming to a close,

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 you can feel free to email us your struggles, problems, and needs.

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 It's Andrew at Christ Church East Bay.

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 That's A-N-D.

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 Well, I'm going to be catching up on a little sleep this week.

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 Our daughter is moving to college next Monday

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 and soaking up some last-minute time with her before she hits liftoff.

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 But, you know, today is also something of a finish line for us as a church family.

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 We're coming to the end of this sermon series in the book of Acts.

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 And I hope that you have come to love this exciting narrative

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 and the many case studies that we've been looking at

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 of what it means to be a living church.

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 What does it mean to be a spirit-filled church?

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 And I hope that you've also come to appreciate

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 that this is the only authoritative account of the church that we have in our Bibles.

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 And so it's so important for us to know what it is and what it means for us.

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 And I want to dive in one last time here in God's Word in Acts chapter 10.

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 This amazing case study of God's work in two people pretty much like a lot of us,

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 Cornelius and Peter.

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 And I want to talk about three things.

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 I want to talk about God's purpose, God's peace, and God's power.

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 I want to think together a little bit about God's purpose, God's peace, and God's power.

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 And let's start with God's purpose.

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 Here we have a story of two men.

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 They're 40 miles apart.

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 They're about a two-day's journey from each other.

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 One of them is a Jewish Christian named Peter.

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 The other one's a Gentile pagan named Cornelius.

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 And the story is about how God brings them together through prayer.

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 And if you read the whole story, we couldn't print it all, but if you go back and read the

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 whole story, Cornelius is calling on God one day at 3 p.m.

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 And then the next day, Peter's calling on God at 12 p.m.

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 And within this 24-hour period, God reveals himself to both of these people in prayer so

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 that Cornelius, the Gentile, sends for Peter, the Jewish Christian.

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 And Peter, the Jewish Christian, who's been trained all of his life to have nothing to

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 do with Gentiles.

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 Those unclean people.

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 God has been preparing him to welcome them to his table and then to go and enter into their

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 house, this house of uncircumcised, non-kosher Gentiles and spend days with them teaching

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 them about Jesus.

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 So he's crossing over a boundary, an ethnic boundary.

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 He's crossing over, intentionally crossing a cultural barrier.

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 And what's God's purpose in this?

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 What is God doing to prepare Cornelius and to prepare Peter for this divinely appointed

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 encounter?

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 And I want to start with Cornelius because we read about him in verse 1 that at Caesarea

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 there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment.

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 This guy's a company commander of 100 battle-hardened soldiers.

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 His unit is directly tied to the heart of the empire in Rome.

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 They're stationed at a base in a place that's named after Caesar Augustus.

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 And do you think Jews, like Peter, are excited to have these folks in their backyard?

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 This occupying power that, you know, if you get out of line, we'll just put you up on a

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 cross.

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 They're not super excited about that.

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 But Cornelius is an interesting guy because he's earned his rank through his discipline

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 in the barracks, through his distinctions on the battlefield.

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 And he's the guy you want in your foxhole.

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 He is trustworthy under pressure.

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 He's the kind of guy who can lead 100 people into battle.

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 And so the question, when we think about how Cornelius is described here, do you think that

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 his time in the Roman army was an ideal place that was super conducive for spiritual exploration?

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 Think about that, the Roman army.

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 What do you think that was like?

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 Do you think if you went to your commanding officer and you said, hey, you know, I'm no

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 longer going to participate in the state religion and all the sacred customs of our military.

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 I'm no longer going to pray to Caesar or to Jupiter or to Mars for help.

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 How do you think that would go over?

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 Well, that tells you a lot about Cornelius who broke ranks to embrace a different God.

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 He embraced the God of Israel.

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 And like that man that we met last week from Ethiopia, he was no longer satisfied with the

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 pagan worldview that he had grown up with.

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 And so he upgraded to a better worldview, to the Jewish worldview.

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 And I won't repeat what I said last week about all the doctrines and ethics and practices of

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 worship that were involved in that.

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 But you can see how his life had been changed in verse 2.

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 It says that he and all his family were devout and God-fearing.

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 He gave generously to those in need and he prayed to God regularly.

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 Israel's scriptures say that the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord.

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 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

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 And he has an awe.

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 He has a respect for the creator God.

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 He has a certain reverence for the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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 And he's transferred his faith from all those gods of his empire to this one true and living God.

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 And how does that embody itself in Cornelius' life?

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 Well, it says that he gives generously to the needy and to the poor.

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 And that he prays morning, noon, and evening to God.

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 So he's devoted.

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 And that devotion is expressed vertically in his piety and horizontally in his charity.

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 And this is a good man.

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 This is the kind of man that you want your sons to become.

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 It's the kind of man you'd want your daughter to marry.

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 This is a good guy.

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 But what's amazing about this story is that even though he's spiritually and morally righteous,

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 it's not enough.

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 And how do we know that?

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 Well, look at verse 30.

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 And this is kind of like a Christopher Nolan film.

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 There's a lot of flashback, flashforward.

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 This is verse 30 where he's looking back and he says,

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 Three days ago, I was in my house praying at this hour.

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 At three in the afternoon, suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me and said,

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 Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.

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 So send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

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 God gets the attention of Cornelius through prayer.

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 And he says in that strange moment, he says,

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 Cornelius, you need to talk to a Christian.

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 You need to hear about the apostles' teaching.

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 You need the deep inner transformation that only the message Peter has can give you.

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 And that's amazing because Cornelius is part of the greatest government that the world has ever seen.

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 He's a high-ranking officer.

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 He's powerful.

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 He's wealthy.

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 He's not let it go to his head.

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 He's not let it corrupt him like everybody else.

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 And now here he is.

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 He's participating in the world's greatest religion.

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 And he fears the God of Israel.

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 He's a generous and a praying man.

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 He's a man of virtue.

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 He's a man of character.

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 He's a good man.

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 But God, when he comes to Cornelius, he doesn't say to Cornelius,

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 Well done.

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 Keep going.

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 I'm sure if you just try harder and don't give up, you'll find salvation.

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 No, God says to Cornelius, you're not enough.

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 Your spirituality and your morality is not enough.

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 You need something more.

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 You need to send for this Christian named Peter.

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 And you need to hear the message that Peter has to give you.

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 And that's stunning to me.

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 Because the same thing happened to this other guy in the Bible named Nicodemus when he went to Jesus.

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 And he had this encounter in the Gospel of John chapter 3.

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 Nicodemus is very much like Cornelius.

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 He was brilliant.

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 He was accomplished.

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 He was wealthy.

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 He was powerful.

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 He was a man of impeccable credentials.

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 He wasn't a proud and self-righteous man.

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 He's humble.

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 He's open.

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 He's teachable.

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 He says, Jesus, we know that you're from God and that God is with you.

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 We want to learn from you.

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 And so what does Jesus say to Nicodemus?

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 He says, well, Nicodemus, you're a great guy.

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 You know the Bible.

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 You're a teacher of Israel.

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 You're spiritual.

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 You're moral.

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 And what you need, Nicodemus, is just to be kind of topped off.

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 And touched up here and there.

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 And maybe add a few things.

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 We'll complete the picture.

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 No, what does Jesus say to Nicodemus?

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 He says, Nicodemus, you must be born again from above by the Holy Spirit.

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 You must be converted.

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 You must be regenerated.

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 And unless that happens, you cannot even see the kingdom of God, much less enter into the

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 kingdom of God.

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 It's not about being topped off.

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 It's about being reborn as a new creation and starting over from scratch.

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 And notice again, in the story of Cornelius, like that Ethiopian man we met last week, that

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 God is the one who takes the initiative with Cornelius.

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 And it's God who enables Cornelius to see.

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 It's his purpose that Cornelius would come to see that he is not enough.

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 And that only the authentic, apostolic Christianity that Peter is going to bring to him has what

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 he needs so that God works through prayer to bring a Christian into Cornelius' life.

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 So maybe some of you here are like Cornelius.

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 You're spiritually searching.

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 You are exploring.

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 You're intellectually hungry.

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 You're existentially thirsty.

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 Well, think about the question, how has God been trying to get my attention?

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 How is God working in my life?

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 How has God introduced a Christian or several Christians into my life?

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 Why am I even here on a Sunday morning?

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 And think about God's purpose, like with Nicodemus, the Ethiopian, Cornelius, to bring you to what

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 you really need, to bring you beyond yourself to that thing that you really need.

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 Jesus said in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 18, truly I tell you, unless you change, unless

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 you turn, unless you convert and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 But you see, God's purpose here is bigger than just Cornelius because he's also working on

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 this Christian named Peter.

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 He's working on him through prayer and through the revelation of his word.

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 And he's saying, Peter, you need to grow in your faith.

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 You need to develop and mature in your faith.

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 Peter needed to learn about the wider horizons of God's mission.

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 Peter needed to learn that God didn't just bless Abraham and bless Israel.

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 He wanted to bless them so that through them they could bless all the nations of the earth.

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 Peter needed to know that God's grand purpose for this world was for his people to be a light

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 to the Gentiles, a light to the nations.

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 And so God's purpose is to prepare this Christian, Peter, to begin to do new and uncomfortable things.

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 To go out of his way and to inconvenience himself to reach new people like Cornelius.

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 God's purpose was not just to draw outsiders into Christ.

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 His purpose was to push insiders out to the world.

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 So that Peter would go on this 40 mile walk that he had not intended to do.

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 That he would take a two day journey.

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 That he would seek out these people, these strangers that he did not know and begin to talk with them.

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 And if you're a Christian, the question for you is are you willing to do that?

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 Are you willing to make sacrifices?

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 And go out of your way like Peter went out of his way.

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 And by the time Peter gets there, it says in verse 27, while he was talking with Cornelius,

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 Peter went inside and he found a large gathering of people.

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 And he said to them, you are well aware that it's against your law for a Jew to associate with Gentiles

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 or to visit them, but God.

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 But God has been working on me.

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 And God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.

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 See, this meeting would have never happened apart from God's purpose to transform this Christian

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 and to compel him to cross over barriers and cross over boundaries

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 that normally would have kept these two people apart,

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 but rather to begin sharing meals with people he didn't know.

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 Developing a bond of friendship with total strangers

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 and entering into a relationship with them.

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 And the question is, if you're a Christian,

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 is there any class of people, any category of people

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 that you think should be avoided

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 or that you think should be dismissed as beyond God's grace?

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 For example,

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 has God put a Republican in your life?

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 Or has he put a Democrat in your life?

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 Or has he put anyone in any category,

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 economically, politically, socially,

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 and on and on,

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 who your tribe of people

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 is telling you you should look down upon

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 and feel superior to?

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 Because here in this story,

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 Peter says,

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 God has shown me

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 that I should not call anyone

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 impure or unclean.

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 And I should not think that anyone

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 is beyond the reach

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 of God's saving grace.

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 And this is a watershed moment

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 for the history of the Christian mission

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 because there was now no person

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 who was seen as beyond the reach of God.

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 There was now no boundary or barrier

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 that Christians would not cross

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 in order to get this message out to the people.

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 And this is what gives rise

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 to the transnational,

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 multicultural,

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 polychromatic church.

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 If you just look around,

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 it's the way it is

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 because of this moment right here.

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 And it's all about God's purpose.

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 It's God's purpose.

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 But I also want to talk about God's peace.

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 God's peace.

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 Because when Peter gets to this house

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 of these non-kosher,

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 uncircumcised Gentiles

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 that he's not supposed to be with,

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 what does he say in verse 36?

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 He says,

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 God sent the message

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 announcing the good news of peace

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 through Jesus who is Lord of all.

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 He comes to them to talk to them

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 about the good news of peace.

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 Now I want you to imagine

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 two nations that are at war.

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 And I know that's hard for us

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 to imagine right now.

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 Two nations that are at war.

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 One of them, the lesser power,

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 has rebelled against the greater power.

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 And there's this enduring conflict

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 that seems like it's never going to end

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 until this greater power

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 offers terms of peace,

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 terms of surrender,

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 terms of reconciliation.

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 And Peter's saying to them,

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 that's the story of the world.

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 That the human story

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 is one of rebellion against God,

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 but the creator, God,

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 has made a way of peace

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 through his Messiah,

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 who's now the Lord of all.

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 And you see, Cornelius

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 and all of his household,

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 they'd heard the gospel of Rome.

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 They'd heard about Caesar

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 and the Pax Romana.

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 They knew that if you wanted his peace,

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 you had to bend your knee

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 to Caesar and call him Lord.

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 And so Peter comes into this house

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 and he says,

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 I'm talking about a different peace.

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 I'm talking about a transcendent

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 and a cosmic peace.

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 I'm talking about a different Lord.

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 A Lord who's higher

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 and a Lord who's more powerful.

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 And Peter begins to share with them

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 in verse 37,

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 the story of Jesus.

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 He says,

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 Jesus was anointed by God

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 and by the Holy Spirit

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 and by God's power

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 and therefore he went out

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 and he did good to the poor

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 and the needy

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 and he healed the sick

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 and he healed the demonized

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 and God was so clearly with him.

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 And then in verse 39,

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 he says,

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 ultimately people killed him

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 by hanging him on the cross,

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 but God raised him from the dead.

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 That's how God makes peace.

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 Through his Messiah,

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 through his death

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 and through his resurrection.

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 And Peter goes on in verse 40

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 and he says,

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 but God raised him from the dead

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 on the third day

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 and caused him to be seen.

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 He was not seen by all the people,

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 but by witnesses

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 whom God had already chosen,

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 by us who ate and drank with him

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 after he rose from the dead.

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 Now sometimes we say,

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 if only the dead could speak.

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 Well, in this particular case,

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 here is one who was dead

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 and now is alive again

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 and did speak.

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 And for 40 days

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 after his resurrection,

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 Jesus was with his disciple community

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 and he's giving them convincing proofs

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 that he's alive.

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 And if Jesus was really just a spirit

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 in that moment,

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 if he was just a ghost,

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 I don't know how he sat down

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 and I definitely don't know

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 how he drank with them.

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 That would have been

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 really, really messy.

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 Peter does not say,

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 listen, we had a vision

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 of the resurrected Jesus.

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 We had a hallucination

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 of the resurrected Jesus.

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 We had projected wish fulfillment

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 of the resurrected Jesus.

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 No, you don't ask a hallucination

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 to pass you the bread.

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 And even if you do ask

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 a hallucination

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 to pass you the bread,

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 they're not going to pass it to you.

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 And if you say

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 that they pass it to you,

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 well, you're nuts.

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 Unless he actually does

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 pass you the bread

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 and then you know

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 it's the real Jesus.

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 You see,

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 if the resurrection

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 didn't happen,

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 Christianity

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 is a complete waste of time.

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 You are totally wasting.

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 You could be at brunch right now.

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 You're wasting your time.

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 But if it did happen,

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 that means

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 that everything Jesus claimed to be

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 and all of his work on the cross

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 to atone for our sins

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 and to bring us peace with God

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 is true.

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 And so Peter goes on

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 and he says,

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 in those 40 days

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 after the resurrection,

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 Jesus not only convinced us

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 that he was alive,

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 but he gave us marching orders.

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 And he gave us

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 a precise description

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 of the content

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 of the message

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 that we are to proclaim

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 to the world

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 of which Jesus is now

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 the rightful Lord.

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 And what that means

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 is that everything

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 Peter's saying here

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 is not just authentic Christianity.

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 It's not just apostolic Christianity.

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 It's Christ's Christianity.

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 Everything that he's saying

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 is straight from the lips

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 of Jesus.

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 His perfect life.

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 His redeeming death.

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 His bodily resurrection.

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 And then he comes

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 to verse 42.

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 He commanded us

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 to preach to the people

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 and to testify

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 that he is the one

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 whom God appointed

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 as judge

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 of the living

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 and the dead.

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 And all the prophets

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 testify about him

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 that everyone

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 who believes in him

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 receives forgiveness

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 of sins

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 through his name.

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 Now some of you

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 have noticed

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 in the past few weeks

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 that our services

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 have been a little bit full.

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 And you've been asking

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 how we're going to make room

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 and create some space.

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 Well I figured

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 we'd preach today

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 on the Christian doctrine

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 of judgment.

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 And then

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 if that doesn't work

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 we'll do the Christian

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 ethic of sexuality.

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 And then if that doesn't work

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 we'll preach on tithing.

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 And then there should be

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 plenty of seats

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 here in the coming weeks

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 and months.

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 But verse 42 says

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.860
 that this good news

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 of peace

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 this good news

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 of peace

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 from God

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 through Jesus

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 it involves

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 a divinely appointed

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 judge

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 and a day

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 of judgment.

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 And this isn't just

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 Peter

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 Paul

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 when he gets

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 to Athens

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 he's speaking

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 to the philosophers

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 there

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 he's speaking

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 to the

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 Epicureans

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 and the Stoics

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 the philosophy

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 department

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 at Cal

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 he's telling them

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 Acts chapter 17

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 verse 32

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 he says

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 for God

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 has set a day

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 when he will

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 judge the world

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 with justice

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 by the man

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 he has appointed

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 he's given

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 proof of this

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 to everyone

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 by raising him

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 from the dead.

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 And some people

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 say well I don't

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 like Peter

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 and I don't

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 like Paul

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 I like Jesus

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 well okay

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 here's the gospel

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 of Matthew

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 chapter 25

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 Jesus says

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 when the son of man

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 comes in his glory

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 and all the angels

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 with him

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 he will sit

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 on his glorious throne

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 all the nations

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 will be gathered

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.220
 before him

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.840
 and he will

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.840
 separate the peoples

00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:34.539
 from one another

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.880
 these will go away

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:37.279
 to eternal punishment

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.500
 but these righteous

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.600
 to eternal life.

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:42.959
 And that's just

00:26:42.959 --> 00:26:43.980
 one of many examples

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.579
 Jesus says

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.099
 in the gospel

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.539
 of John

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.139
 chapter 5

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:46.659
 the father

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.480
 judges no one

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:47.959
 but he has

00:26:47.959 --> 00:26:48.839
 entrusted his

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.259
 judgment

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.359
 to the son

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:52.199
 very truly

00:26:52.199 --> 00:26:52.759
 I tell you

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.439
 whoever hears

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:54.000
 my word

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.839
 and believes

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.480
 him who sent

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.719
 me

00:26:55.719 --> 00:26:56.619
 has eternal

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:56.919
 life

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:57.559
 and will not

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.019
 be judged

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.659
 but is already

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:59.379
 crossed over

00:26:59.379 --> 00:26:59.939
 from death

00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:01.139
 into life.

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.919
 Now I imagine

00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:03.799
 some of you here

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.740
 that's hard

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.359
 to digest

00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:07.659
 that's hard

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:08.559
 for you to believe

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.579
 probably

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.639
 for many

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.359
 different reasons

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:11.859
 and I'm thinking

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.539
 about our

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.379
 worldview class

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.379
 last week

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.559
 and later today

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:17.440
 but perhaps

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.039
 your worldview

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.799
 is naturalism

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:21.759
 or materialism

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.960
 and so you believe

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:24.179
 by faith

00:27:24.179 --> 00:27:26.519
 in the extinction

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.619
 of the human person

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:28.159
 at death

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:28.779
 and you say

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.659
 you know

00:27:29.659 --> 00:27:30.379
 we're not

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.440
 eternal souls

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.859
 we're not

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.779
 immortal beings

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.639
 we're just gonna

00:27:33.639 --> 00:27:34.579
 cease to exist

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.619
 the day we die.

00:27:36.679 --> 00:27:37.559
 Or secondly

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.220
 your worldview

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.620
 is moralistic

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:40.279
 therapeutic

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.900
 deism

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:42.440
 and so

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.160
 by faith

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:44.240
 you believe

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.640
 that good people

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.180
 go to heaven

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.799
 and we're all

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.620
 pretty much good

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.920
 so be happy

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:50.240
 and have a good

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.559
 time.

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.380
 And thirdly

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:54.339
 perhaps your worldview

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:56.180
 is new age

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.960
 spirituality

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:58.779
 and so

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.720
 by faith

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.799
 you believe

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:02.240
 that nothing

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.200
 essential happens

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.620
 at death

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.120
 and that each

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.680
 person

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.720
 is just simply

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.740
 somehow reunited

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.400
 with the universe

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.240
 and you become

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.539
 stardust.

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.860
 The problem

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:14.259
 with all those

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.600
 views

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.660
 is that they are

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.819
 self-defeating

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:18.519
 and none of them

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.140
 really does

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:21.640
 an adequate job

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:23.339
 with evil

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.279
 and justice.

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:27.619
 if you hold

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.039
 one of those

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.279
 views

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.879
 let me ask you

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.359
 do you

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:30.759
 really think

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:33.259
 that for all

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.980
 of our lies

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:36.379
 for all

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:36.700
 the

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.899
 betrayals

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:39.579
 for all

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.299
 of our

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.960
 greed

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:42.559
 for all

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:42.879
 of our

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.839
 cowardice

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:45.960
 for all

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.680
 the murders

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:48.279
 of the

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.920
 20th century

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.620
 the bloodiest

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.580
 century in

00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:50.920
 history

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:52.259
 do you

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.960
 really think

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:54.560
 that we're

00:28:54.560 --> 00:28:54.880
 not going

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.080
 to be

00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:55.420
 judged?

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.640
 How can

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.180
 you fight

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.140
 for human

00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.560
 rights

00:28:59.560 --> 00:28:59.920
 and for

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.480
 justice

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:02.320
 when there's

00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:02.779
 really no

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.140
 ultimate

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.900
 standard of

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.279
 judgment

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.799
 above you

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.620
 or out in

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.060
 front of you

00:29:07.060 --> 00:29:07.560
 in the future?

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.860
 And how

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.460
 can you

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.220
 even give

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.840
 an accounting

00:29:11.840 --> 00:29:12.620
 of justice

00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:14.000
 if there is

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.580
 no God

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.899
 and if the

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.439
 day we

00:29:16.439 --> 00:29:17.159
 die we

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.639
 just cease

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.279
 to exist?

00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:20.859
 What if

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.299
 you're wrong?

00:29:22.439 --> 00:29:23.339
 What if

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:24.220
 there will

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.059
 actually be

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.019
 justice in

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.399
 the end?

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.899
 What if

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.819
 a day is

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.279
 coming when

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.799
 all the

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.199
 rubbish

00:29:29.199 --> 00:29:30.000
 is going

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.199
 to be

00:29:30.199 --> 00:29:30.699
 cast out

00:29:30.699 --> 00:29:30.899
 of the

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.139
 world?

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.939
 When God

00:29:31.939 --> 00:29:32.259
 is going

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.220
 to put

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.619
 the world

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:33.980
 right?

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.439
 What if

00:29:34.439 --> 00:29:35.279
 God

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:36.819
 really has

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.199
 appointed

00:29:37.199 --> 00:29:37.659
 Jesus

00:29:37.659 --> 00:29:39.519
 as he

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.139
 said here

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:41.319
 to be the

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.720
 judge

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.579
 of the

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:42.819
 living

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.240
 and the

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.539
 dead?

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.000
 What if

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.180
 that

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.660
 breathtaking

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.160
 claim

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:46.000
 is true?

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.039
 If words

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.559
 have any

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:48.859
 meaning

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.400
 at all

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:50.900
 then it

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.500
 means that

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.500
 no one

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.460
 can escape

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.839
 the day

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.299
 when all

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.680
 of us

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.039
 without

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.619
 exception

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:56.259
 will stand

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:57.200
 before this

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.779
 same Jesus

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.259
 who lived

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.660
 on earth

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.039
 and who

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.799
 now is

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.119
 alive

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.500
 forever

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:02.319
 that all

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.980
 the destinies

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.420
 of all

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:03.839
 people

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.319
 are in

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.799
 his hands

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.079
 and there

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.539
 is coming

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.960
 a day

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.740
 when all

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.059
 doubt

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.579
 about that

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.740
 will

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.200
 disappear

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:11.279
 and we

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.339
 will stand

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:12.839
 before this

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.259
 majestic

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.759
 figure

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:15.400
 and give

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.819
 an accounting

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.519
 of our

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:16.920
 lives

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:19.039
 the book

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.460
 of Hebrews

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.180
 chapter 9

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:21.039
 verse 27

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.980
 says people

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.539
 are destined

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.539
 to die

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.500
 once and

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:24.920
 after that

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.379
 to face

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:25.819
 judgment

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:28.140
 now if

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.480
 that's

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.879
 true

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:30.539
 then it's

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.980
 absolutely

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.740
 unloving

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.779
 to pretend

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.119
 that it's

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.640
 not true

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:35.000
 and it's

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.400
 absolutely

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.000
 unloving

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.819
 to withhold

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.500
 that information

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.140
 from people

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:40.420
 but notice

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:41.880
 that this

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:43.340
 judge

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:44.280
 and this

00:30:44.280 --> 00:30:44.680
 judgment

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:46.080
 is part

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:46.300
 of the

00:30:46.300 --> 00:30:46.740
 good news

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.380
 of peace

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:49.700
 remember

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.120
 that

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:51.920
 Jesus

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.360
 breathtaking

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:53.120
 claim of

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.440
 judgment

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.080
 here in

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.759
 verse 42

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.360
 is followed

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:56.320
 in verse 43

00:30:56.320 --> 00:30:57.320
 with another

00:30:57.320 --> 00:30:57.860
 breathtaking

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.360
 claim

00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:59.660
 that all

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:00.360
 the Old

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:00.700
 Testament

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.259
 prophets

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.900
 testify

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.740
 about Jesus

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.100
 and that

00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:03.460
 everyone

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.200
 who believes

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.540
 in him

00:31:04.540 --> 00:31:05.080
 receives

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:05.920
 the forgiveness

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.620
 of sins

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:08.980
 so verse 42

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.940
 he's the judge

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.500
 of all people

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.880
 whether you

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.320
 believe that

00:31:11.320 --> 00:31:11.759
 or not

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:13.700
 verse 43

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.240
 he's the

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.640
 forgiver

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.019
 of all

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.680
 who believe

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.700
 verse 43

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.200
 the Old

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.720
 Testament's

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.500
 looking forward

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.080
 to the first

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.620
 coming of

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.360
 this Savior

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:21.720
 who will

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.120
 forgive our

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.380
 sins

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:23.440
 verse 42

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:24.120
 the New

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.620
 Testament's

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:25.240
 looking forward

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.080
 to the second

00:31:26.080 --> 00:31:26.480
 coming

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.120
 when he will

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:27.900
 be our

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.360
 judge

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:29.860
 and the

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.360
 question is

00:31:30.360 --> 00:31:30.820
 on what

00:31:30.820 --> 00:31:31.420
 basis

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.740
 will he

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.420
 judge us

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.960
 on what

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.300
 basis

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.579
 will he

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.200
 judge us

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:37.899
 well you

00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:38.319
 will either

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.019
 bring before

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.359
 him

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:41.000
 your own

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.419
 record

00:31:41.419 --> 00:31:42.579
 right

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.059
 your own

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.700
 spiritual

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.579
 and moral

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:44.960
 record

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.799
 and in

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.319
 which case

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.960
 that day

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:48.180
 really should

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.680
 cause you

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.220
 to tremble

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:50.899
 it really

00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:51.519
 will be

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.119
 for you

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.659
 a day

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:53.480
 of disgrace

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:53.839
 a day

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.359
 of tears

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.960
 a day

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:56.139
 of misery

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:56.460
 that will

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:56.799
 go on

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.399
 without end

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:59.019
 or

00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:00.460
 Jesus

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.419
 will smile

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:01.960
 on you

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:03.000
 that day

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:04.440
 and he'll

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.799
 say

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:07.379
 Jonathan

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:10.119
 we

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:11.079
 settled

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.519
 this thing

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.779
 out of

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.059
 court

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:13.599
 remember

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:16.799
 I've

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.079
 already

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.500
 given you

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.980
 the verdict

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.220
 of this

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.480
 day

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:19.980
 a long

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.299
 time

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.599
 ago

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:22.119
 that

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:24.440
 if you

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:24.659
 took

00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:25.180
 advantage

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:26.500
 of my

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.139
 first coming

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.500
 to be

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:27.700
 your

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.000
 savior

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.639
 if you

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:30.039
 accepted

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.659
 my terms

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.259
 of peace

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:33.039
 if you

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.259
 looked

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.579
 on my

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:33.879
 finished

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:34.200
 work

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.440
 on the

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:34.720
 cross

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.119
 if you

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.920
 received

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.400
 my

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.839
 forgiveness

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.400
 if you

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.960
 claimed

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.480
 my

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.079
 spiritual

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.559
 and moral

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:39.940
 record

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.440
 as your

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.660
 own

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.140
 righteousness

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:43.180
 then you've

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.559
 already

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.160
 the moment

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.839
 you believed

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.619
 you crossed

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.119
 over from

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.500
 death

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.420
 to life

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:47.720
 as I

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.180
 said

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:49.619
 so

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:49.980
 Jonathan

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.400
 it's so

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:50.879
 good to

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.400
 see you

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.740
 on this

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.059
 judgment

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.359
 day

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.740
 now

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.079
 enter

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.379
 into

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.799
 the joy

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.039
 of your

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.500
 master

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:57.059
 you see

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.279
 if you

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.539
 put

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:57.819
 your

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.259
 trust

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.720
 in

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.039
 Jesus

00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:01.099
 you

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.519
 can

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.779
 look

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:01.980
 into

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.140
 your

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.559
 judge's

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:02.920
 face

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:04.960
 and

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.079
 you

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.240
 can

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.440
 see

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.619
 your

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:05.880
 savior

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.240
 there

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.880
 and

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.039
 you

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.240
 can

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.599
 know

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.500
 with

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.160
 absolute

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:11.099
 surety

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.519
 and

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.140
 confidence

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:14.359
 that

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.599
 you

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.099
 have

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:16.440
 peace

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.119
 with

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.519
 God

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.799
 and

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.059
 that

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.420
 peace

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.579
 is

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:19.700
 going

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:19.779
 to

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:19.940
 go

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.279
 on

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.779
 not

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.000
 just

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.420
 today

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.819
 not

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.019
 just

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.380
 tomorrow

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.339
 it's

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:23.460
 going

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.519
 to

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.680
 go

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:23.880
 on

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.279
 forever

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:27.119
 that's

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.299
 what

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.599
 Peter

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:28.180
 told

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:29.500
 Cornelius

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:31.220
 that's

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.339
 what

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:31.619
 Peter

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:31.960
 told

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.160
 this

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.579
 entire

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.160
 household

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.379
 of

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:33.799
 Gentiles

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:33.940
 it

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.099
 was

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.619
 God's

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:34.980
 purpose

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.779
 to

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:35.980
 get

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.500
 Peter

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:37.059
 to

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.279
 come

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.420
 and

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.660
 talk

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:37.940
 about

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.399
 God's

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:38.960
 peace

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.859
 and

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.039
 then

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.220
 what

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.680
 happened

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:42.399
 God's

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:42.660
 power

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.019
 came

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.899
 when

00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:45.259
 they

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.700
 began

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.059
 to

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.599
 actually

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.299
 believe

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:48.240
 every

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.599
 single

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:48.879
 one

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:48.980
 of

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.160
 these

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.579
 articles

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:49.819
 of

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.139
 faith

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.599
 the

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.019
 power

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.220
 of

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.559
 God

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.160
 came

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.440
 down

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:52.579
 in

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:52.740
 that

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.200
 place

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:54.380
 and

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:54.519
 what

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.600
 do

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:54.700
 we

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.120
 read

00:33:55.120 --> 00:33:56.019
 about

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.340
 in

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:56.620
 verse

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:57.559
 44

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:57.960
 you've

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.200
 got

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.680
 a

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:58.880
 whole

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.319
 house

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.539
 full

00:33:59.539 --> 00:33:59.940
 50

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.299
 people

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.759
 75

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.240
 people

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.620
 100

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.160
 people

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.660
 they're

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:02.840
 there

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.100
 in

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:03.259
 the

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.519
 presence

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:03.700
 of

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:03.920
 God

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.120
 they're

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.480
 hearing

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:04.940
 the

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.299
 gospel

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.539
 of

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:05.779
 God

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:05.900
 and

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.039
 it

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.240
 says

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.400
 in

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:06.559
 verse

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.039
 44

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.340
 while

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:07.580
 Peter

00:34:07.580 --> 00:34:07.759
 was

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:07.980
 still

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.420
 speaking

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.039
 these

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.340
 words

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:12.280
!

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:13.340
 the

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:14.180
 people

00:34:14.180 --> 00:34:15.940
 were

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.559
 astonished

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.280
 that

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.400
 the

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.660
 gift

00:34:17.660 --> 00:34:17.760
 of

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:17.900
 the

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.120
 Holy

00:34:18.120 --> 00:34:18.460
 Spirit

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.620
 had

00:34:18.620 --> 00:34:18.760
 been

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.000
 poured

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.180
 out

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:19.480
 even

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.700
 on

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:20.340
 Gentiles

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:21.519
 for

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:21.640
 they

00:34:21.640 --> 00:34:21.780
 had

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.019
 heard

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.220
 them

00:34:22.220 --> 00:34:22.579
 speaking

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:22.800
 in

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.160
 tongues

00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:23.500
 and

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.880
 praising

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.800
 God

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:27.240
 you know

00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:27.620
 God

00:34:27.620 --> 00:34:28.960
 certainly

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.420
 would not

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.600
 have

00:34:29.600 --> 00:34:29.800
 poured

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.039
 out

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.680
 the

00:34:30.680 --> 00:34:30.920
 power

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.039
 of

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.120
 the

00:34:31.120 --> 00:34:31.280
 Holy

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.720
 Spirit

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.120
 unless

00:34:32.120 --> 00:34:32.380
 these

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.660
 people

00:34:32.660 --> 00:34:32.880
 were

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.519
 repenting

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.680
 and

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:34.039
 believing

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:35.559
 he

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:35.860
 certainly

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.079
 would

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.300
 not

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:36.480
 have

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.699
 poured

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:36.940
 out

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.179
 the

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.440
 power

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.539
 of

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.599
 the

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.739
 Holy

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.119
 Spirit

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.519
 unless

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:38.759
 these

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.059
 people

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.500
 were

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:41.119
 believing

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.440
 in their

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.759
 heart

00:34:41.759 --> 00:34:42.000
 that

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.219
 God

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.619
 raised

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:42.900
 Jesus

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.119
 from

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.239
 the

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:43.440
 dead

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:43.679
 unless

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:43.860
 they

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:43.960
 were

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.380
 declaring

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.599
 with

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:44.739
 their

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:45.000
 mouth

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.239
 that

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.579
 Jesus

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.159
 actually

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.719
 is

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.360
 Lord

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:47.539
 and

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:47.719
 Lord

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:47.860
 of

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.139
 all

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:50.279
 and

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:50.380
 the

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.739
 presence

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:51.019
 and the

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.320
 power

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.460
 of

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.519
 the

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:51.699
 Holy

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:51.980
 Spirit

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.300
 coming

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:52.500
 down

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.719
 it's

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:53.219
 proof

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.619
 it's

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:53.940
 proof

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.119
 that

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.219
 in

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:54.400
 that

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.820
 moment

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.559
 their

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:55.940
 hearts

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.119
 are

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.340
 being

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.920
 converted

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.440
 their

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.739
 hearts

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.119
 are being

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:59.079
 regenerated

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.279
 that

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.480
 above

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.019
 by

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.199
 the

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.400
 Holy

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.779
 Spirit

00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.019
 which

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.340
 Jesus

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.739
 said

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.279
 has

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:07.440
 to

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.820
 happen

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.440
 for

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.539
 you

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:08.679
 to

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:08.920
 enter

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.159
 into

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:09.320
 the

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.539
 kingdom

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.759
 of

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.059
 God

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:12.360
 when

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.559
 they

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:12.900
 heard

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.059
 the

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.480
 gospel

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.820
 that

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.159
 Jesus

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.420
 on

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.579
 his

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.019
 cross

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:18.239
 he

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.519
 took

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:18.739
 your

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:19.199
 curse

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:19.960
 so

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.099
 that

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.259
 you

00:35:20.259 --> 00:35:20.420
 could

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.599
 get

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:20.759
 his

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.159
 blessing

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:22.840
 when

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:22.980
 they

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.360
 heard

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:23.599
 that

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.159
 glorious

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.619
 message

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:24.880
 that

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.239
 Jesus

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.440
 on

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.559
 the

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.820
 cross

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.000
 was

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.519
 baptized

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.619
 into

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:27.880
 the

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.320
 absence

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.579
 of

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:28.759
 God

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:28.880
 he

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.079
 was

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.599
 baptized

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:29.840
 into

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.559
 separation

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:30.820
 from

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:30.980
 God

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.199
 my

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.460
 God

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.619
 my

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:31.800
 God

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.079
 why

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.239
 have

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:32.599
 forsaken

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:32.739
 me

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.039
 that

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.319
 he

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:33.639
 did

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.059
 that

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.839
 so

00:35:34.839 --> 00:35:35.000
 that

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.159
 you

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.299
 could

00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:35.460
 be

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.980
 plunged

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.159
 into

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.360
 the

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:36.679
 presence

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:36.880
 of

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.079
 God

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.259
 so

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:37.400
 that

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:37.599
 you

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:37.799
 could

00:35:37.799 --> 00:35:38.119
 have

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.500
 the

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.799
 fullness

00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.039
 of

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.159
 the

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.539
 power

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:39.719
 of

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:39.880
 God

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.039
 so

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.199
 that

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.579
 you

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.019
 could

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.179
 be

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.779
 immersed

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:43.279
 in

00:35:43.279 --> 00:35:43.460
 the

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.880
 grace

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.079
 of

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.299
 God

00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:44.500
 which

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.759
 leads

00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:44.920
 to

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.099
 the

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.420
 peace

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.579
 of

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:45.960
 God

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:47.360
 oh

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:48.739
 all

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:48.980
 these

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.719
 Gentiles

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:50.679
 from

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.179
 all over

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.319
 the

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:51.599
 place

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:51.860
 they

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.480
 they

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.679
 had

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:52.860
 the

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:53.440
 power

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:54.019
 of

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.480
 God

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.199
 coming

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.679
 down

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.360
 into

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.759
 their

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.659
 life

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.440
 their

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.779
 hearts

00:35:58.779 --> 00:35:58.980
 were

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.380
 flooded

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:00.159
 by

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.319
 the

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:00.579
 power

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:05.199
 Christianity

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:06.480
 is not

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.799
 something

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:07.159
 that

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:08.139
 you

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.579
 decide

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:08.839
 you're

00:36:08.839 --> 00:36:08.960
 going

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.059
 to

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.299
 take

00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:09.619
 up

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:11.039
 it's

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.239
 something

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:11.440
 that

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.739
 comes

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:12.059
 down

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.279
 and

00:36:12.279 --> 00:36:12.559
 takes

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:12.839
 you

00:36:12.839 --> 00:36:13.159
 up

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.900
 you

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.099
 see

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.799
 it's

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:14.920
 a

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.319
 power

00:36:15.319 --> 00:36:16.239
 it's

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:16.360
 the

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.579
 power

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:16.679
 of

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:16.759
 the

00:36:16.759 --> 00:36:16.920
 living

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.319
 God

00:36:17.319 --> 00:36:18.699
 and

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:18.880
 how

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.039
 can

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.179
 you

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.420
 tell

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.659
 when

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.139
 someone's

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.360
 been

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:21.019
 filled

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.219
 with

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.319
 the

00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:21.500
 Holy

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.900
 Spirit

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.119
 well

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.400
 verse

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:23.159
 46

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:23.659
 says

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:23.819
 they

00:36:23.819 --> 00:36:23.940
 were

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.400
 speaking

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.639
 in

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.000
 tongues

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.579
 and

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.980
 praising

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.279
 God

00:36:26.279 --> 00:36:26.400
 and

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:26.519
 some

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:26.619
 of

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:26.639
 you

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:26.699
 are

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:26.839
 like

00:36:26.839 --> 00:36:27.059
 oh

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.199
 my

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:27.400
 goodness

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.639
 what's

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:27.699
 he

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:27.880
 about

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.019
 to

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.279
 do

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:30.640
 well

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:30.880
 Acts

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.140
 chapter

00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:31.400
 10

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.540
 is

00:36:31.540 --> 00:36:31.680
 just

00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:31.860
 a

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.120
 mini

00:36:32.120 --> 00:36:32.840
 Pentecost

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.040
 it's

00:36:33.040 --> 00:36:33.160
 a

00:36:33.160 --> 00:36:33.620
 Gentile

00:36:33.620 --> 00:36:34.220
 Pentecost

00:36:34.220 --> 00:36:34.500
 like

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:34.800
 Acts

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.200
 chapter

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:35.940
 2

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.440
 Acts

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.700
 chapter

00:36:36.700 --> 00:36:37.060
 10

00:36:37.060 --> 00:36:37.620
 here

00:36:37.620 --> 00:36:37.920
 as

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.160
 there

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:38.380
 they're

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.760
 speaking

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.000
 in

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.820
 intelligible

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.700
 languages

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:40.980
 and

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.360
 known

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.100
 languages

00:36:42.100 --> 00:36:42.420
 why

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.560
 are

00:36:42.560 --> 00:36:42.660
 they

00:36:42.660 --> 00:36:42.840
 doing

00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:43.060
 that

00:36:43.060 --> 00:36:43.260
 so

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:43.420
 that

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:43.700
 more

00:36:43.700 --> 00:36:43.860
 and

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.019
 more

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.500
 people

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.040
 can

00:36:45.040 --> 00:36:45.300
 hear

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.519
 this

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:45.940
 glorious

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.519
 message

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.060
 about

00:36:47.060 --> 00:36:47.280
 the

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:47.800
 peace

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:49.100
 of

00:36:49.100 --> 00:36:49.580
 God

00:36:49.580 --> 00:36:50.620
 that

00:36:50.620 --> 00:36:51.000
 comes

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.360
 through

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:52.040
 his

00:36:52.040 --> 00:36:52.580
 Messiah

00:36:52.580 --> 00:36:53.560
 who's

00:36:53.560 --> 00:36:53.760
 now

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.100
 Lord

00:36:54.100 --> 00:36:54.260
 of

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:54.600
 all

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:57.299
 remember

00:36:57.299 --> 00:36:57.599
 Acts

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:57.860
 chapter

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.159
 2

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.380
 verse

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.679
 11

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:58.880
 it

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.059
 says

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.239
 that

00:36:59.239 --> 00:36:59.559
 we

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.299
 hear

00:37:00.299 --> 00:37:00.579
 them

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:00.739
 on

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:00.860
 the

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:00.980
 day

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.119
 of

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.519
 Pentecost

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.079
 we hear

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.279
 them

00:37:02.279 --> 00:37:02.779
 declaring

00:37:02.779 --> 00:37:03.199
 in

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.360
 our

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.679
 own

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.179
 tongues

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:05.739
 in

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:05.900
 our

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.119
 own

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:06.519
 languages

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.519


00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.059
 the

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.539
 wonderful

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:08.000
 works

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.179
 of

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.539
 God

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:10.799
 and

00:37:10.799 --> 00:37:11.059
 what's

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.539
 happening

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.380
 there

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.679
 is

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.059
 happening

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.500
 here

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.960
 again

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.420
 that

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.719
 these

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.199
 newborn

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:15.739
 Christians

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.420
 are

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:16.880
 praising

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.299
 God

00:37:17.299 --> 00:37:19.099
 they're

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.579
 declaring

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:19.819
 the

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:20.079
 wonderful

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.420
 works

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.579
 of

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:20.900
 God

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.900
 they're

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.539
 extolling

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:22.860
 God's

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.279
 mighty

00:37:23.279 --> 00:37:24.019
 works

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.480
 of

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.000
 salvation

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.239
 the

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:25.659
 birth

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:25.800
 of

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:25.960
 the

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.519
 Gentile

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.000
 church

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.199
 the

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.559
 birth

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:27.920
 of

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.059
 the

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.320
 church

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:28.480
 that

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.920
 includes

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:30.360
 non-Jews

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.019
 like most

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.360
 of us

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:31.699
 here

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.619
 it began

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.239
 with

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:33.800
 joyful

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:34.559
 worship

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:36.519
 and that's

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:36.800
 how you

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:37.119
 know you

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.440
 have the

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.619
 Holy

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:38.019
 Spirit

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:39.199
 that you're

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:39.619
 excited

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:39.880
 about

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.119
 these

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.480
 things

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:42.860
 if you

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.280
 do not

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:43.780
 have

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.139
 that

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:45.340
 joy

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.659
 and that

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.179
 praise

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:47.239
 you probably

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:47.820
 don't have

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.099
 the Holy

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.360
 Spirit

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:48.639
 and you're

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:48.940
 not a

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.280
 Christian

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:50.900
 but if

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:51.259
 you do

00:37:51.259 --> 00:37:51.699
 have it

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.000
 if you

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.440
 have the

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.619
 Holy

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:52.960
 Spirit

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.259
 if the

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:53.619
 presence

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:53.900
 and the

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.400
 power of

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:54.700
 God

00:37:54.700 --> 00:37:55.340
 has come

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:55.860
 down into

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.320
 your life

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.740
 there's

00:37:56.740 --> 00:37:57.320
 praise

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:58.360
 there's

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:58.960
 thanksgiving

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.860
 there's

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.420
 uninhibited

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:00.880
 singing

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.260
 there's

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:02.059
 rejoicing

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.720
 at what

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:03.500
 God did

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:04.500
 to come

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.260
 and make

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:06.280
 peace

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:08.900
 a peace

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.940
 that's gonna

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.680
 go on

00:38:10.680 --> 00:38:11.619
 forever

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.500
 and ever

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:12.920
 and ever

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:15.440
 amen

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:15.639
 amen

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:17.900
 so

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:17.960
 so

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:19.360
 friends

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:19.700
 are you

00:38:19.700 --> 00:38:20.019
 praising

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.400
 God

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:21.940
 not

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.139
 just

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.500
 here

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:22.820
 but

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.659
 is

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:23.780
 your

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.079
 life

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 full

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 of

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 the

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 praise

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 of

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 God

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 it

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 seems

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 fitting

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 that

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 we

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 would

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 end

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 this

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 sermon

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 on

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 a

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 song

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 of

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 praise

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!

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 so

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 I

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 want

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 to

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 invite

00:38:31.899 --> 00:38:32.000
 you

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 to

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 pull

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 out

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:32.619
 your

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 liturgy

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 and

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 I've

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 asked

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 Rich

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 to

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 come

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 up

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 and

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 he's

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 going

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 to

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 teach

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 us

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 how to

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 sing

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 the

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 Nicene

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 Creed

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 Peter

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 covered a lot

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 of these

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 points

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 in his

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 little

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 message

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 there

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 to

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 Cornelius

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 and his

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 household

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 and

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 so

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 we

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:45.840
 want

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:45.940
 to

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 sing

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.400
 them

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:46.519
 we

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:46.659
 want

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:46.739
 to

00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:46.840
 be

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 as

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 excited

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.079
 as

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 they

00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:48.579
 were

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.039
 about

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.299
 these

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:49.759
 things

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 and

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 so

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 as

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.880
 these

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.139
 guys

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 come

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:52.719
 to

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:52.900
 lead

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.059
 us

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.299
 let's

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:53.719
 stand

00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:54.480
 and

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:54.759
 let's

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.019
 praise

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.199
 our

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:55.500
 God

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:55.619
 in

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:55.739
 the

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:55.880
 name

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:55.960
 of

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.059
 the

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.279
 Father

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:56.539
 Son

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:56.659
 and

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:56.840
 Holy

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.179
 Spirit

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:57.579
 Amen