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 Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire and lighten with celestial fire.

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 Father, we ask that you would continue to pour out your Holy Spirit upon us,

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 that you would pour out your Holy Spirit and fill us with your Holy Spirit.

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 And as your Holy Spirit fills us,

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 Father, may your Holy Spirit help us to submit to your Holy Spirit

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 and to be dependent upon your Holy Spirit.

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 And to become more open and surrendered, Father, to you in the power of your Holy Spirit.

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 Father, we ask that you would do this mighty work in us today.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Some of you might have heard this famous feminist line from the 60s or the 70s.

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 A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

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 A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

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 So just sort of keep that in your mind.

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 And we're going to look at a Bible passage before we look at Acts 2.

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 Something that Jesus said, just that we had that gospel reading a few minutes ago.

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 A little bit after that, John 16.

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 So it was the same context.

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 He's in the upper room with his disciples.

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 Judas is gone.

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 He's going to be captured.

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 All of that.

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 Andrew, could you put John 16.7 up?

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 Those of you who are regulars here know sometimes it's just very helpful for us to say the Bible passage together.

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 And so if you would join with me in saying this text out loud.

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 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth.

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 It is to your advantage that I go away.

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 For if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you.

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 But if I go, I will send him to you.

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 Now we're going to read that text again in a moment because I just want you to get the full weight of it.

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 For many Christians, our daily walking life, we in a sense say, I need the Holy Spirit like a fish needs a bicycle.

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 Isn't that true?

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 For many of us, how we go through our days.

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 For many churches, how they organize their schedules.

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 How they think through their future.

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 In our minds and in our hearts, we say that.

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 We need the Holy Spirit like a fish needs a bicycle.

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 And for many of us, we actually don't entirely agree with what Jesus just said.

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 We don't think that it's better that the Holy Spirit is present here than if Jesus was physically present here.

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 For many of us, we would say, wouldn't it be vastly better than rather than having George up front,

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 we had Jesus up front.

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 Wouldn't that be vastly better than having the Holy Spirit in our midst?

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 That's how, in fact, many of us think.

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 So let's read this verse of Jesus together again.

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 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth.

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 It is to your advantage that I go away.

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 For if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you.

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 But if I go, I will send him to you.

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 Note, he says, it is to your advantage.

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 The whole thing, him going away in the coming of the Holy Spirit, is to our advantage.

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 So just sort of mindful of that, let's go back to the text that we're going to look at this morning.

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 And it's Acts chapter 2, verses 1 to 11.

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 Or we'll probably look at actually Acts 2, 1 to 13.

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 And so if you have your Bibles, it would be great if you open them,

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 because what we see here is Jesus keeping his promise.

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 The Holy Spirit coming upon human beings in a completely new way,

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 as a result of Jesus dying upon the cross, rising from the dead, ascending into heaven.

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 There's, in a sense, a new coming of the Holy Spirit.

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 Jesus keeps his word.

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 God the Father keeps his word.

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 And this is the dramatic event, world-changing historical event,

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 that Luke, using eyewitness testimony, records for us.

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 So let's just read it and hear what it has to say.

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 It begins like this.

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 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.

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 And just sort of pause there for a second.

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 Pentecost is one of three primary Jewish festivals that, in the Old Testament,

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 what we call the Old Testament, Jewish people call the Tanakh,

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 that all Jewish men in particular, but Jewish people,

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 were to come to Jerusalem three times a year.

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 And this is one of the three of them.

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 In your Old Testament, it would be called the Feast of Weeks often.

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 It's sort of interesting that Luke here uses the Greek way to refer to it,

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 not the Jewish way to refer to it, because Luke is writing to Greeks.

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 He's writing to pagans.

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 He's writing to us, not to a synagogue.

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 He's writing to us.

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 And he uses the word that we would understand, that we would tend to use.

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 And so it's one of the great three feasts where Jewish people from all over the world were to come to.

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 And if you think about it for a second, like if you lived in Jerusalem, you were there for it.

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 If you just lived in Galilee, you might be able to come to it fairly regularly.

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 But the Jewish people, if you hear what, when John was reading about Acts 2 and all those different nations,

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 it gives you a picture of the Jewish, how scattered the Jewish people were all over the planet.

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 And so if you were one of those Jewish people that were captured by Nebuchadnezzar and brought to the Babylonian Empire,

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 and you now live very, very far away, or if you were Jewish and you lived in Rome,

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 you would not be able to come to Jerusalem three times a year.

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 In fact, it might be a little bit like Muslims today with going to Mecca.

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 A good Muslim is to make one pilgrimage to Mecca once in their life.

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 And so for many Jewish people back then, they might only have one time that they would be able to go to Jerusalem.

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 That would maybe have been their prayer, that once, that God would allow them to live long enough and have the resources,

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 that once in their life they could go to Jerusalem for one of these festivals or maybe several.

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 And there's good archaeological reasons and anthropological reasons to believe that Pentecost was the time that the most Jewish people came to.

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 And the reason was, the weather was the best.

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 I mean, let's be honest.

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 How many people say, I think I'd like to go holiday in Arizona in the middle of July?

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 You don't go to Arizona in the middle of July.

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 People who go to Florida for the winter, well, even people in Florida like to leave Florida in the month of July, right?

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 So the weather is just not very favorable.

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 So in terms of travel, in terms of weather, this, of all of the Jewish festivals, the weather was the best as a general rule.

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 So it might literally have been, there might have been anywhere between 100,000 to 200,000 Jewish people who were gathered,

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 not to have the Holy Spirit fall upon them because they were just devout Jews.

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 They wanted to be there for one of the festivals.

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 And this was the festival where the harvest was celebrated.

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 And it was a celebration of faith because it was the beginning of the harvest and they were thanking God for a big harvest.

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 So the harvest hasn't all come in, but they're thanking God for a big harvest.

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 They come to gather.

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 And that's why there's so many Jewish people here.

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 So let's go back to, we'll read verse one again.

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 Just sort of pause, keep your finger there if you want.

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 Now, the Holy Spirit is invisible.

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 Some of you have maybe seen some modern creeds where they'll talk about the Holy Spirit being unseen.

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 That's a terrible translation of the creed.

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 China is unseen, but you can get on a plane and see China.

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 The Holy Spirit is unseen because it's invisible.

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 And invisible is the more important way of understanding.

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 The Holy Spirit's invisible.

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 So how would you know if Jesus kept his word?

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 How would you know if he was going to send his Holy Spirit upon people?

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 You wouldn't know because the Holy Spirit's invisible.

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 And so what we're going to see here is a miracle, a mighty act of God, where God pours out his Holy Spirit.

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 If you read through Book of Acts, it's probably the case that there's 120 people in this room.

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 It's men and women, people who we know as famous people like Jesus' mother Mary and some of his half-brothers and half-sisters,

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 some of the apostles, all of the apostles, and then other nameless people, but probably about 120 people in the room.

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 And how will they know that God, that Jesus has kept his word?

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 So what's going to happen is that the miracle is going to have three ways for them to recognize that the invisible has just fallen upon them and rested upon them.

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 And as you can see here, the first is something to do with their hearing.

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 It doesn't say that the room is filled with a mighty wind.

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 In other words, if you went back in a time machine and you happened to be able to slip in the room, you wouldn't see their hair rustling.

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 It doesn't say that.

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 It says, look at it again, and suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind.

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 It's like a hurricane-type sound.

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 And it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

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 Just to give a very, very partial thing, I don't know how many of you have been to Niagara Falls,

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 but when I went to Niagara Falls like a few years ago, I have not been there since I was a kid,

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 and I was quite far away from it, and then it dawned on me that there's this deep sound,

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 and I realized it's the falls.

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 And when you go really close to the falls, it's a sound that the body knows.

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 Like there's something physical about the sound, and that's what's being described here.

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 And for Jewish people, this is a significant thing because the Old Testament word for Holy Spirit is also the word for breath and for wind.

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 So it's resonant.

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 It echoes all sorts of Old Testament texts.

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 So they hear a sound, and it would be as if we were right beside Niagara Falls.

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 It's as if we were right in the middle of a hurricane or a mighty gale,

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 and a sound like that that the body feels fills the room.

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 And then in verse 3, we see the second sign that God is doing something invisible,

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 but a second sign that God's doing the invisible, and that's in verse 3, and it has to do with the eyes.

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 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.

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 And notice here the language is not that it was fire, but that it looked like fire.

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 It's very, very, it would be as if you go back in time, or you know,

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 the equivalent of the Ottawa Citizen or the Globe and Mail or the National Post or the Ottawa Sun.

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 The reporters are there, and they ask people, you were in the room, like, what did you see?

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 And they say, well, I know it wasn't fire, because it didn't burn, but it sure looked like fire.

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 I don't know how else to describe it other than it looked like fire.

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 And actual tongues of fire came and rested upon every single person who was in the room.

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 Nobody was left out, men and women, apostles and people who are completely unknown to us,

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 just ordinary people.

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 It looked like fire, and it came and rested on each one of them.

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 And that's the second thing.

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 And once again, this image of fire for a Jewish person, this is a very, very powerful image.

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 In Exodus 3, how is it that God appears for the first time and reveals his very name?

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 He reveals his name as I am that I am, Yahweh or Jehovah, I am that I am.

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 He reveals it to Moses in a burning bush.

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 The bush is on fire, but it's not consumed.

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 And many, many times in the Old Testament, fire is a sign of God's presence.

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 So God gives a visual sign that he's doing something invisible and powerful.

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 But the third sign is actually the most important out of all of them.

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 And the third sign is verse 4.

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 Now, why is this the most significant?

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 It's the most significant because this is the sign that makes them realize that something dramatic has happened,

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 and it's actually in them.

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 It's affected them.

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 Because if any single one of you all of a sudden was to speak a language that you had never known,

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 you would realize that something unbelievably dramatic had happened.

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 If I started speaking Hungarian,

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 I know there's some people here who speak Swahili.

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 If Daniel starts speaking Swahili, I don't think he knows any Swahili.

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 You can just go around the room.

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 You know, if Neil here or his wife Cynthia starts speaking Mandarin,

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 that's the most dramatic aspect of this whole thing.

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 It's the one that makes them realize most that it's real,

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 and that it's not just real and external.

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 It's not just a weird vision and an auditory thing that they've heard,

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 that it's something that's actually happened inside of them and changed them.

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 And I'm not going to get into the discussion about how what's happening here in Acts 2

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 is a little bit different than what Paul describes in 1 Corinthians

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 about other types of tongues.

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 It's obvious in 1 Corinthians that it's talking about a different type of tongues

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 because there's a need for interpretation.

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 But, you know, we all know when we're,

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 like just the other day when I was in, of all places, Starbucks.

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 I know that's a real surprise to some of you,

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 but I was in Starbucks working on this sermon,

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 and off on the side there were two people talking.

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 I think it was Russian.

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 I don't know if it was Russian, but I know it was a language.

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 You just know it's a language.

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 It's not like blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

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 It's not, you know, we know that there's a language.

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 And there was another couple of people, they looked Chinese.

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 I don't know if they were speaking Cantonese or Mandarin or what,

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 but they were speaking a language.

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 And so all of a sudden, if I burst into speaking another language,

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 if you started speaking another language that you did not know,

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 you would know that something miraculous and powerful has happened to you

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 and in a sense is in you and has changed you.

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 And so you put the three of them together,

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 and you see that this is Jesus keeping his word.

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 And if you go on to read the rest of Acts,

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 you'll see that Peter understands that it's fulfilling ancient prophecies

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 of the last days of God's Holy Spirit coming upon people.

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 It's interior, it's real, and it would truly convince them.

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 But it's the next thing which is really, really, really shocking.

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 And it's the next part of the miracle,

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 which is the constant challenge to the church.

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 Because one of the constant challenges to the church

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 is that we will slide into the normal ways of the world

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 and want to create a type of religion

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 where people have to come to us and fit in with us.

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 It's a very, very powerful thing.

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 One of the things about, like in marriage,

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 one of the struggles in marriage

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 is that we don't realize that we have some aspects

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 of our family identity and practice,

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 which is just like ours.

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 And so the man has that and the woman has that,

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 and they get married,

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 and there can be a struggle over what type of soup you buy.

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 Well, of course it's Campbell's.

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 No, of course it's the cheapest.

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 Of course it's Crest.

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 Of course it's Colgate.

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 Of course you roll.

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 Of course you squeeze.

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 You know what I mean?

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 Like, of course the toilet roll goes in that way,

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 and the paper comes this way, not this way.

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 Like, what are you thinking?

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 Right?

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 And so it's very, very easy.

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 And then when it goes beyond that,

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 and then, you know, you're married,

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 and you have kids,

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 and the kids marry,

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 and so there's a new man or a woman

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 who's coming into the family.

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 You want the family,

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 you want the person to fit into the family.

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 And it can be a struggle.

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 It's just a natural human problem.

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 And so this is a dramatic miracle,

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 but if the miracle just stopped there,

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 well, it'd be just,

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 well, that's pretty cool.

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 God, wow, he gives his Holy Spirit.

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 The next part is where the real challenge comes

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 in terms of how we actually live our lives.

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 So look at verse 5.

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 Now, there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews,

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 devout men from every nation under heaven.

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 Remember, I've already explained that.

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 They've come for this feast.

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 There's archaeologists, anthropologists estimate

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 somewhere between 100,000 to 200,000 people

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 were probably there for this event.

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 Not all right there,

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 but in the area of Jerusalem for the holiday.

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 Now, there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews,

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 devout men from every nation under heaven.

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 It's obviously an exaggeration.

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 And at this sound,

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 the multitude came together,

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 and they were bewildered

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 because each one was hearing them speak

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 in his own language.

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 And they were amazed and astonished,

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 saying,

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 are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

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 And how is it that we hear each of them

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 in his own,

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 each of us in his own native language?

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 Now, we're going to go back and look at this

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 because somebody might say,

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 that's not particularly shocking, George.

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 Well, what draws the crowd

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 isn't the sound of the rushing mighty wind.

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 What draws the crowd

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 is that when the rushing mighty wind comes,

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 you just imagine if all of a sudden

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 this room was filled,

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 people would,

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 some people would cower,

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 people would shout out,

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 and maybe people would start saying,

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 let's get out the door.

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 And it's a surprise

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 when you start shouting out

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 and you realize,

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 I'm speaking Hungarian.

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 You know,

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 somebody else is speaking Finnish.

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 I don't know.

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 You know, somebody else,

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 whatever.

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 And then as the Holy Spirit

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 comes upon these people,

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 it turns from shouts of terror

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 into shouts of praising God.

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 And as they're shouting to praise God,

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 that is the noise

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 that comes out of the room.

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 And it's obvious that the people,

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 the disciples and apostles,

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 they all,

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 maybe they start running out of the room

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 because it's a bit frightening

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 what's happening.

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 And then they just keep going.

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 And as they're going,

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 they're realizing

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 they're not shouting in fear,

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 but they're shouting

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 and they're praising God

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 in many languages.

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 And it's the many languages

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 which draws the people.

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 Louise and I,

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 in the fall,

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 we'll be celebrating

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 our 35th wedding anniversary.

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 And so 35 years ago,

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 after we got married,

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 we went to Quebec City

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 for our honeymoon.

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 And the end of October

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 in Quebec City

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 isn't tourist season.

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 You know,

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 there's the summer

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 and then there's the winter,

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 but late October,

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 November is not really tourist season.

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 And we went to Quebec City

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 for our honeymoon.

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 And after we'd been there

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 a few days,

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 Quebec City is very,

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 very French.

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 And after we'd been there

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 a couple of days,

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 we were in a place

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 and, you know,

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 I hadn't entirely realized

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 that you never hear

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 English spoken.

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 Like you just never hear

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 English spoken.

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 And I had this brief moment

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 of what it must feel like

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 to be an immigrant

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 who comes to this country

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 and they don't,

00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:26.259
 and they come to this country,

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 they've come from a country

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 where they don't speak English.

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 Because Louise and I,

00:19:30.879 --> 00:19:31.899
 we were in this place,

00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:33.119
 maybe it was like a,

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 like a,

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 anyway,

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 like a food court

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 or something.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 about two tables over,

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 we heard a table

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 of people speaking English.

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 And it,

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.599
 whoa,

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:47.139
 they're speaking English.

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 like I had this tiny little window

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 of what it must be like

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:53.660
 for somebody to come from Syria

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 or China

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 or Pakistan

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 or a country

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 where English isn't

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:59.480
 the primary language

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 and what it must be like

00:20:00.560 --> 00:20:02.020
 to never hear your own language

00:20:02.020 --> 00:20:02.920
 and all of a sudden

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 be somewhere,

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:05.320
 especially for the early immigrants,

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 the first person maybe

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:08.540
 to come from a country like that

00:20:08.540 --> 00:20:09.400
 and all of a sudden

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.920
 hear their language spoken.

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.300
 And so,

00:20:13.860 --> 00:20:14.140
 you know,

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.780
 there wouldn't have been

00:20:14.780 --> 00:20:15.880
 a whole lot of people

00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:17.780
 come from like

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 way north of

00:20:18.820 --> 00:20:20.380
 northern Persia

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 and they might only have

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:25.700
 rudimentary Greek

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.260
 or Latin

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 or rudimentary Hebrew.

00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:29.080
 They might have really

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 been struggling

00:20:29.800 --> 00:20:31.600
 to try to be understood

00:20:31.600 --> 00:20:33.120
 and all of a sudden

00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:35.140
 they hear their language

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:36.280
 being shouted out,

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.500
 shouted out.

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.540
 They notice it,

00:20:42.580 --> 00:20:43.200
 they come running.

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:45.260
 They come running

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:47.200
 to hear their heart language.

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:51.519
 God uses their heart language

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:53.519
 to draw them.

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 Not so much

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 the other signs

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 and the crowd

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 wouldn't know about

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.819
 all that other stuff,

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.879
 but God uses their

00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.900
 heart language

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 to draw them.

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 And

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 the other thing

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.980
 which is so neat

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.460
 about that,

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.160
 look at this,

00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:12.160
 verse 6 again,

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 and at this sound,

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 now that we know

00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:14.740
 what it is,

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:16.039
 the multitude came together

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:17.179
 and they were bewildered

00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:18.299
 because each one of them

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.839
 was hearing them speak

00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:21.059
 in his own language

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:22.419
 and they were amazed

00:21:22.419 --> 00:21:23.099
 and astonished,

00:21:23.159 --> 00:21:23.339
 saying,

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.539
 are not all these

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.359
 who are speaking

00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:26.799
 Galileans?

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 This is really important.

00:21:29.959 --> 00:21:31.539
 It's a really important thing.

00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:32.500
 Many of us,

00:21:32.939 --> 00:21:33.939
 one of the reasons that,

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.139
 you know,

00:21:34.179 --> 00:21:35.179
 that quote from Jesus

00:21:35.179 --> 00:21:36.799
 about us not thinking

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.839
 the Holy Spirit's of value,

00:21:37.919 --> 00:21:39.059
 one of the deep fears

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.659
 that we have

00:21:39.659 --> 00:21:41.359
 is that the Holy Spirit,

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:42.799
 that if we get close

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.559
 to God,

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:45.279
 that it will annihilate us,

00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.459
 that it will somehow

00:21:46.459 --> 00:21:47.439
 hurt us,

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:49.079
 that it will somehow,

00:21:49.219 --> 00:21:50.059
 getting close to God,

00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:50.879
 getting the Holy Spirit

00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:51.859
 bigger in our lives

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:54.099
 will somehow diminish us,

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:55.639
 and that's our deep fear.

00:21:55.919 --> 00:21:57.079
 But here we see

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.779
 in the text

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:59.039
 that when the Holy Spirit

00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:00.519
 comes upon people,

00:22:01.179 --> 00:22:02.899
 it doesn't diminish us,

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:04.740
 it makes us more human,

00:22:05.219 --> 00:22:06.419
 because it would be

00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:08.139
 as if I speak in Hungarian,

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:09.020
 and there's actually

00:22:09.020 --> 00:22:09.660
 somebody here

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:11.540
 who's a native Hungarian speaker,

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:13.020
 maybe a couple,

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:15.020
 and the wife turns

00:22:15.020 --> 00:22:15.980
 to her husband and said,

00:22:16.060 --> 00:22:17.220
 he's speaking in Hungarian,

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:19.620
 and he has a Canadian accent.

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.360
 See, the Holy Spirit

00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:23.700
 doesn't come upon them,

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:25.000
 and all of a sudden,

00:22:25.300 --> 00:22:26.180
 they are speaking,

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.580
 if it was English,

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:29.840
 Oxbridge English.

00:22:32.540 --> 00:22:35.160
 They're speaking English

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:36.540
 as if,

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.940
 and this is what Galileans

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.980
 are hillbillies, right?

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.460
 The Galileans

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.399
 are hillbillies.

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.639
 They're rural,

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.659
 lower working class,

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.159
 not as well educated,

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:49.579
 and in most cultures,

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:52.579
 there is a lower working class,

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:54.799
 uneducated speech pattern.

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:57.159
 We can often pick it out.

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.420
 Not as, you know,

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.119
 maybe not as much

00:22:59.119 --> 00:23:00.139
 in city areas,

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:01.480
 but especially in rural areas,

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.519
 in some parts of Canada,

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:03.559
 in many other parts of the world,

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.559
 there's a distinctive way

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.000
 of speaking.

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:07.279
 So God doesn't take away

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:08.160
 the fact that they're

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.539
 lower working class,

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.599
 and uneducated,

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:12.140
 and now have them speak

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.880
 the equivalent of

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:14.059
 Oxbridge Hungarian.

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:16.720
 They speak good Hungarian

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:19.559
 with a Galilean accent.

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:20.960
 Actually, Andrew,

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.460
 could you put up

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.160
 the first point?

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:25.339
 This is the important,

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.660
 one of the really important things

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.140
 for us to get

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:28.059
 from this text.

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:31.980
 Evil erodes and removes

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:33.259
 human differences,

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:35.440
 but the Holy Spirit

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:37.200
 makes us more ourselves

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:40.419
 and redeems uniqueness.

00:23:42.919 --> 00:23:44.720
 Evil erodes and removes

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.659
 human differences,

00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:46.779
 but the Holy Spirit

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:48.279
 makes us more ourselves

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:51.299
 and redeems our uniqueness.

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.220
 On Wednesday,

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.819
 my wife and I

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:56.279
 had supper with another couple

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.180
 on Elkin Street.

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.579
 We were at the Clock Tower

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.879
 Pub on Elkin Street,

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.940
 and, you know,

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.660
 we're just sitting out there

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.099
 having a really,

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:04.079
 it was a really nice evening,

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:05.139
 having a nice time,

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:07.319
 and we start to realize

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.399
 that across the street

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:10.279
 at the Human Rights Memorial

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.879
 that there's a band

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.619
 being set up,

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.359
 a small band,

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.119
 and that they're playing

00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:14.779
 some instruments,

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.420
 and they're just singing

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:15.920
 different things,

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.539
 and all of a sudden,

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.359
 I realize they're singing

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:18.259
 a praise song.

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.579
 Whoa!

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:23.559
 I had my back to turn around,

00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:23.839
 look,

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:25.199
 and it was a praise song.

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.399
 It was a song we sing here.

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.379
 And then,

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:29.480
 because I'm really thick sometimes,

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:31.039
 maybe lots,

00:24:31.639 --> 00:24:33.220
 and it clues in on me,

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:35.000
 oh, the big pro-life march

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.720
 is tomorrow.

00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:37.000
 This is probably something

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.220
 connected to that.

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.639
 So we continue,

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:39.939
 you know,

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.659
 Louise and myself

00:24:40.659 --> 00:24:41.519
 with this other couple,

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.240
 we're having a nice,

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.579
 you know,

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.179
 chat and meal,

00:24:43.179 --> 00:24:44.019
 and all of a sudden,

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.899
 one of the others noticed

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.619
 that there's a group

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.259
 of about 20,

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:48.019
 25 people

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.959
 coming towards

00:24:48.959 --> 00:24:50.299
 this display,

00:24:50.719 --> 00:24:52.299
 and they're carrying banners,

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:54.359
 and here's the big thing.

00:24:54.459 --> 00:24:55.659
 There's two men

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:57.519
 who have red bandanas

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.679
 covering their face.

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:02.519
 A young man

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:04.239
 only wears a red bandana

00:25:04.239 --> 00:25:05.199
 to cover his face

00:25:05.199 --> 00:25:06.439
 when he wants to intimidate

00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:07.259
 with violence,

00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:08.199
 right?

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.659
 Or a woman.

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:12.079
 They don't want to engage

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:13.000
 in free speech.

00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:13.939
 They want to stop

00:25:13.939 --> 00:25:14.699
 free speech.

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.919
 They want to intimidate

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.759
 with violence.

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.820
 And sure enough,

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.640
 it was a group

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.800
 of hardcore activists

00:25:20.800 --> 00:25:22.300
 who came to take over

00:25:22.300 --> 00:25:22.940
 the space.

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.640
 And so we finished

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.100
 our meal,

00:25:26.300 --> 00:25:28.320
 and we went over,

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.640
 the four of us,

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.880
 probably all for

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.600
 different reasons,

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.500
 but all of us

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.140
 went over

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:35.000
 because we wanted

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.940
 to support them.

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.539
 I'm old.

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.300
 You know,

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.900
 God loved them.

00:25:41.060 --> 00:25:41.900
 The three people

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.700
 up on the stage,

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.400
 they all looked like

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:43.720
 they were,

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.160
 you know,

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.259
 like 18,

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.660
 19,

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.420
 20 people.

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.539
 There's just a few

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.460
 other people around,

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.480
 and we just wanted

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.440
 to support them.

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.920
 And these people

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.759
 come and they sort of

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.440
 try to take over

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:53.920
 the stage,

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.640
 use their banners

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.559
 to cover them up,

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.660
 and eventually,

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.140
 but you know that

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.779
 there's this threat

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.420
 of violence

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.119
 which is there.

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:02.000
 And in fact,

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.879
 it turned out

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.640
 that this was a spot

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.700
 for a prayer vigil

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:07.359
 to end abortion.

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:09.099
 And eventually,

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:10.259
 lots of people

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.019
 start to come.

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.039
 The organizers,

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.519
 of course,

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.500
 are calling the police.

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.259
 The police come

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.859
 and they do nothing.

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.019
 And you know

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.480
 that there's going

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.240
 to be some violence.

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:18.940
 There was eventually

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:20.160
 some small violence.

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.640
 The pro-life crowd,

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.460
 I'm not trying to make

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.740
 any political statements here,

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.019
 and I'm not definitely

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.740
 saying that people

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.579
 who are in favor

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.059
 of abortion

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.420
 are all going

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.940
 to be violent

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.599
 like some of these

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.200
 people were.

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:32.160
 But there were

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:33.460
 four young women

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:35.019
 who were there,

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.980
 and they were,

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.039
 it was really

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.059
 quite remarkable

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.859
 and quite,

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:41.299
 I think it affected

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.779
 me more

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.359
 than it affected

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.039
 my wife

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.779
 because the other

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.399
 couple had gone

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:44.919
 by then.

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.479
 There was just

00:26:47.479 --> 00:26:49.599
 an amazing amount

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.219
 of anger

00:26:50.219 --> 00:26:50.859
 and hatred

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:53.000
 as they went

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.079
 around the crowd

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:56.000
 expressing their

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.839
 anger and hatred

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.599
 when not blowing

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.119
 their whistles

00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:58.759
 and shouting,

00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.199
 including shouting

00:27:00.199 --> 00:27:01.000
 things like,

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.159
 we'll be here

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:02.599
 tomorrow

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.539
 and you should

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.419
 fear us.

00:27:05.459 --> 00:27:06.379
 In front of police

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:06.799
 who of course

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.299
 do nothing.

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:09.379
 And anyway,

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:10.960
 here's the thing

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:12.539
 for these four

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.119
 young women

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:14.819
 who are just

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.759
 so obviously

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.799
 radiating

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:18.359
 anger and hatred

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:19.819
 and probably

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:21.059
 some type

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:22.039
 of deep woundedness

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.399
 as well,

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:25.279
 but you don't

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.899
 know any,

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:26.720
 you don't notice

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.919
 anything distinctive

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:29.139
 and unique about them

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:31.619
 because the hatred

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:32.480
 and the anger

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.839
 has overwhelmed

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.319
 them

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.639
 and removed

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:37.059
 human uniqueness

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:38.079
 and difference.

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:43.220
 And that's

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.099
 what evil

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.819
 and vices

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.919
 do in our lives.

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.839
 A man

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.859
 who is consumed

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:48.960
 with pornography

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.159
 loses

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:51.700
 his distinction

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.639
 and uniqueness

00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:54.839
 as he's captivated

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.619
 by the screen.

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.039
 A man

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.559
 or a woman

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.539
 who's drunk,

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.980
 a room of drunk

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.819
 people are all

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.240
 very,

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.279
 fairly similar.

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:05.680
 They might think

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.139
 they're being

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.799
 really witty,

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.839
 but they're not.

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.599
 And so what we see

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.539
 here in this miracle

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:14.059
 is it's really amazing

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:15.339
 because the deep fear

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:16.139
 of our lives

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:17.339
 is that as the Holy Spirit

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.259
 comes more deeply

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.019
 into our lives

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.819
 or as we get closer

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.299
 to God,

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.579
 that God will

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:23.180
 somehow diminish us.

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:24.799
 but it's a lie

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:26.279
 that we tell ourselves.

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.640
 The fact of the matter

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.400
 is that when we

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:29.000
 give ourselves

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.660
 to evil

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.480
 or we give ourselves

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.259
 to vice,

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.779
 it's evil

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:34.060
 which removes

00:28:34.060 --> 00:28:34.820
 human uniqueness.

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:36.000
 It's evil

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.039
 which removes

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.920
 human difference.

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:39.740
 But when the Holy Spirit

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.620
 comes,

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:43.600
 we keep our accents.

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:46.939
 we become

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:50.079
 the selves

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:51.859
 that we were

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.740
 really meant to be.

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.419
 Our uniqueness

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:56.219
 is increasingly

00:28:56.219 --> 00:28:57.179
 redeemed,

00:28:58.219 --> 00:29:00.399
 not removed.

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.240
 And so this is

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.799
 one of the really,

00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:04.879
 really powerful

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:06.519
 things about this text.

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.819
 And just look at it again

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.500
 because there's another

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.359
 powerful thing

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.059
 about this text

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:12.159
 that addresses our hearts.

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:13.000
 Let's read it again.

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.420
 Verse 6, 7, and 8.

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.660
 And at this sound

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.880
 the multitude came together

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:18.019
 and they were bewildered

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.839
 because each one

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.539
 was hearing them

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.779
 speak in his own language.

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.019
 And they were amazed

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.700
 and astonished,

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:22.920
 saying,

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.200
 are not all these

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:25.599
 who are speaking Galileans?

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.740
 And how is it

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:28.460
 that we hear each of us

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.519
 in his own native language?

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.180
 And that's going to give

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.240
 a list of a lot of languages.

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.480
 Here's the next thing.

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:32.740
 Andrew,

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.579
 could you put this up

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.420
 on the screen, please?

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:37.900
 Jesus did not launch

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.839
 and empower

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:40.559
 a come-to religion.

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:42.500
 He launched

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.480
 and empowers

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:45.039
 a go-to faith.

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.700
 I mean,

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.859
 this is a great tragedy.

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.079
 You know,

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.559
 one of the things

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.179
 that happened

00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:52.399
 in the first,

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.480
 like one of the reasons,

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.119
 like when you look

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.819
 at the book of Luke

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.419
 and you want to have

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:56.299
 a sense that the book

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.659
 of Luke

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.480
 or the book of Acts

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.519
 or anything in the New Testament

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.720
 that it's accurate,

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.480
 not only are there

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.879
 thousands of manuscripts,

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.500
 literally thousands

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.259
 of manuscripts

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.419
 in Greek,

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.159
 which is the language

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:06.799
 that was written,

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.279
 but there's thousands

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.940
 of manuscripts

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.839
 in Latin.

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.000
 They translated it

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.359
 into Latin

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:12.240
 and thousands

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.420
 of manuscripts

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.259
 in Syrian

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:16.160
 and many other languages

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:17.339
 that in the early days

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:18.160
 the Christian church

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.619
 understood

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.799
 that it wasn't,

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.720
 that Jesus hadn't empowered

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:24.059
 a come-to religion.

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.599
 If you want to know

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:26.379
 the gospel,

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.940
 yet God will learn Greek.

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.019
 You know,

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.539
 if you want to be

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.379
 a devout Muslim,

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.200
 you have to learn

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:35.119
 7th century Aramaic.

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:39.039
 And for many Jewish people,

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.179
 although it's not

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:41.259
 an actual doctrine,

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:41.879
 it's in fact

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.639
 their practice,

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.299
 is if you want to really

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:46.159
 read the Old Testament,

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.619
 the Tanakh,

00:30:46.659 --> 00:30:47.379
 you have to learn Hebrew.

00:30:48.979 --> 00:30:49.699
 And of course,

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.699
 the church has been

00:30:50.699 --> 00:30:51.299
 guilty of it.

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.679
 You know what,

00:30:51.719 --> 00:30:52.579
 at some point in time,

00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.639
 several centuries later,

00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.819
 the service becomes

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.500
 all in Latin.

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.619
 It's part of the

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.639
 English Reformation

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:59.539
 and the Reformation,

00:30:59.719 --> 00:30:59.859
 generally,

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:00.279
 you know what was

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:01.639
 the first important,

00:31:01.939 --> 00:31:03.059
 the first real work

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:04.759
 of French written?

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:06.059
 You know what it was?

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.539
 Calvin's Institutes.

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:11.419
 Those of you

00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:12.119
 who are a bit familiar

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.819
 with history

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:14.339
 know that the thing

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.519
 which revolutionized,

00:31:15.659 --> 00:31:16.659
 that really the beginning

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:18.059
 of written German

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:19.399
 as an important language

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:19.959
 was Luther.

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.719
 And in the English Reformation,

00:31:23.199 --> 00:31:24.879
 it was Tyndale and Wycliffe

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.839
 and the English Bible

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:27.500
 and then the Book of Common Prayer,

00:31:27.679 --> 00:31:28.399
 of which we are

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:29.739
 part of that legacy.

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.459
 And, you know,

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.659
 but it's just more than that.

00:31:32.719 --> 00:31:33.639
 It's very, very easy

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.939
 for congregations to say,

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.580
 we just want to sing

00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:36.500
 the hymns that we like.

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:37.259
 We just want to sing

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.000
 the musical forms

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.500
 that we like.

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.519
 We just want to have practices

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.360
 the way that we like.

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.799
 And of all those people

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.279
 out there,

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:43.360
 if they want to know the truth,

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.860
 they've got to fit in with us.

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:49.360
 But Jesus doesn't,

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.200
 didn't launch

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:51.360
 and doesn't empower

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:52.460
 come to religion.

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:57.720
 He empowers and launches

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:59.460
 a go-to faith.

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:04.240
 And that's why churches

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:06.100
 should not only be sending

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:10.579
 to all over the world,

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:13.000
 but that even in our community.

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:15.860
 See, this is so, so, so important

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.360
 because, you know,

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.600
 one of the things about human beings

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.519
 is that we get frightened

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.779
 often by differences.

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.420
 And this is such

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.539
 a profound challenge.

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.379
 And I don't know

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:24.119
 what it is that you're frightened.

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.899
 Maybe some of you

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.500
 are, you know,

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.420
 tremendously frightened

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.720
 of people who live in Rockcliffe.

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.500
 Or maybe some of you

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.480
 are tremendously frightened

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.799
 of people who would vote conservative.

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:32.160
 Or people who would vote NDP.

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.660
 Or maybe you're frightened

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:35.299
 of people who are struggling

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:36.759
 with transgendered issues.

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.779
 Or maybe you're frightened

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:39.579
 of people who dress like

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.680
 really, you know, punk

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.720
 or really gangster.

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.940
 Or you're frightened

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:44.579
 by people who are, like,

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.339
 deeply involved

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.279
 in the gay community.

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:49.399
 And that's a human problem,

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.059
 by the way, folks.

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:51.299
 That's a human problem.

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.859
 And this text is saying

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:56.339
 that as the Holy Spirit

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.740
 has a role in our lives,

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:59.359
 it's going to make us look

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:02.519
 and not see them as enemies.

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:05.119
 But to cry out to God

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:05.500
 and say,

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:07.200
 Lord, are you calling me

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:09.339
 to learn how to speak

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:10.599
 in such a way

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:12.039
 that they can hear?

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:16.139
 that they can hear?

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.720
 That's what the Holy Spirit does.

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:22.619
 And that is so important

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:25.500
 for us to lose that fear

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.799
 of the other.

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.839
 And rather than looking

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.500
 at the other

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.220
 as a threat

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.319
 that we would fight

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:35.819
 or persecute,

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:37.980
 to look at the other

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.379
 and say,

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.519
 Father, could you pour out

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:40.519
 your Holy Spirit upon them?

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:41.139
 Could you pour out

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:42.180
 your Holy Spirit upon me?

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.500
 I don't know how on earth

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:45.160
 to begin to talk

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.820
 to somebody

00:33:45.820 --> 00:33:47.200
 immersed in the world

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:48.880
 of 70 different genders.

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:51.980
 Father, help me to learn

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:53.060
 how to talk,

00:33:53.520 --> 00:33:54.200
 how to pray,

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.040
 how to love,

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:57.120
 how to share.

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.940
 Pour out your Holy Spirit

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.960
 upon me, Father.

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.740
 Please, Jesus,

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:06.200
 pour out your Holy Spirit

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:07.080
 upon our church.

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:10.019
 Obviously, we have to speak

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.920
 in the tongues of people

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.400
 who come,

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.659
 but, you know,

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.860
 in all of our structures,

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:15.039
 you never sacrifice

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.559
 the gospel,

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.500
 you never sacrifice

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:16.920
 the Bible,

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.699
 but there's a whole lot

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.259
 of other stuff.

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.579
 We just need to be sensitive

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:21.420
 of what,

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.800
 how they hear,

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.920
 what they speak.

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.840
 We were once they.

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.719
 Right?

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.920
 And, you know,

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.659
 here's the other thing.

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.579
 Let's look at the text.

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.519
 The Holy Spirit,

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:39.880
 it's funny,

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.099
 you know,

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.880
 when we often think

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.519
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.440
 we think of emotion.

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.559
 You know,

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.579
 we think of charismatic

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.319
 gatherings.

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.920
 Some of you joke,

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.639
 I'm not making it,

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.659
 I'm not putting it down,

00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:49.940
 you know,

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:51.119
 you joke about how you

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:52.480
 used to wave the flags

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.519
 and dance and,

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.159
 you know,

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:55.019
 run around the room

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:56.099
 and there's lots of emotion.

00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:56.960
 It's definitely not

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:58.139
 Anglican and stayed.

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.199
 You know,

00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:00.279
 that old Anglican

00:35:00.279 --> 00:35:00.900
 lethargy,

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.319
 I mean,

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:01.980
 liturgy

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:04.500
 that Anglicans

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.759
 are,

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.239
 you know,

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:06.940
 so historically famous for.

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:08.980
 But,

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.240
 you know,

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:11.460
 what's causing the emotion?

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:13.039
 Let's look a little bit here.

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.599
 We'll see,

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.320
 there is in fact

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:15.300
 deep emotion here

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.760
 in the text,

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.340
 but we see

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:17.639
 that the Holy Spirit

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.960
 is touching our emotions

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:21.000
 in a bit of a surprising way.

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:22.659
 Actually,

00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:22.860
 Andrew,

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.740
 if you could put up the point

00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:24.659
 and then we'll read it

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.639
 and we'll see.

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:27.440
 The Holy Spirit

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:29.019
 touches our hearts

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:30.639
 to redeem

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.900
 and change

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.940
 our heart.

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.699
 The Holy Spirit

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:35.900
 touches our hearts

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.619
 to redeem

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.679
 and change

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.679
 our hearts.

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.019
 And here,

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.559
 you have to understand

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.199
 that the heart

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:42.960
 is not referring

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.780
 to the emotion,

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.440
 but that the heart

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:46.179
 is referring

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:47.079
 to that part

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.659
 at the sort of

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.739
 deep within us

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:50.000
 out of which

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.840
 our emotions

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.960
 and our thoughts

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.860
 and our will

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:54.340
 and our aesthetic

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:55.219
 experiences

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.960
 arise.

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:58.260
 And in a sense,

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:58.980
 you know,

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.720
 sometimes when I'm

00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:00.579
 counseling people

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.280
 about things

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:01.619
 that are going

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.240
 on in their lives,

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:03.360
 I try to have them

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:04.420
 to think about

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:05.280
 how they emotionally

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:06.559
 react to things.

00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:08.599
 Because how we react

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.300
 emotionally

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:11.400
 shows what we value,

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:13.840
 shows what we long for,

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.840
 shows what we trust in,

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.400
 shows what we are

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:18.780
 putting our hope in,

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.980
 shows what we think

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.679
 gives us meaning

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:21.539
 to our lives,

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:23.220
 shows us what we fear.

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:27.420
 And so I say,

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.220
 I'm not asking you

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:29.159
 to change your emotions,

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.980
 but the next time

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.500
 you feel that,

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.360
 like I'll maybe have them

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:32.720
 tell me a situation

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:34.519
 and ask them

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:35.519
 what the emotion is

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.360
 that went along with it.

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:38.400
 And for many of us,

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:38.920
 we just think

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.460
 that our emotion

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.179
 is natural,

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.019
 but one of the gifts

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:42.699
 I can give in counseling

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:42.980
 is say,

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:44.119
 well, I wouldn't react

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:45.240
 emotionally to that at all.

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.820
 Like I wouldn't have

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:47.280
 that emotion

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:48.059
 if that was the thing.

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.760
 I often tell them

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:50.800
 a story from my past

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.940
 of two people,

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.780
 me and another person,

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.860
 experiencing the exact

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.340
 same thing

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:55.099
 with having radically

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.940
 different emotions

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.839
 as a result of it,

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:57.920
 you know,

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.839
 in the presence.

00:36:59.440 --> 00:36:59.940
 And I said,

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:01.159
 so ask yourself

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:02.219
 what it is

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:03.519
 that your heart

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.380
 is seeking,

00:37:04.819 --> 00:37:05.519
 longing for,

00:37:05.819 --> 00:37:06.819
 giving meaning to.

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:09.539
 And so what is happening here

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.380
 is that the Holy Spirit

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:11.739
 has come into them

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.219
 at the level

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:13.079
 of their heart

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:15.639
 and it's changing

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:18.519
 what they put their hope

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.460
 in and trust in.

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.559
 You see,

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.360
 that's why,

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:24.579
 you know,

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:27.719
 when I was a non-Christian

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.779
 or, you know,

00:37:28.799 --> 00:37:29.119
 those of you

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.880
 who have been non-Christians,

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.599
 if you hear

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.199
 that somebody

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:32.059
 has given their life

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.880
 to Jesus,

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.860
 your heart sinks,

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.139
 you go,

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:35.519
 oh no.

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.239
 Oh.

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.619
 You know,

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.400
 I remember

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:40.019
 in my early days

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:41.019
 of my Christian faith

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.699
 that dealing

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.719
 with parents

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.400
 or trying,

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.579
 I mean,

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.199
 I was just a kid

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:44.819
 so I couldn't really

00:37:44.819 --> 00:37:45.239
 deal with it,

00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:46.139
 I'd just pray about it,

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:47.279
 but their kids

00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:48.440
 become a Christian

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:49.019
 and it's not,

00:37:49.319 --> 00:37:49.719
 whoa,

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:51.059
 my kids become a Christian,

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:51.440
 they're not going

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:53.019
 to be doing drugs

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.799
 like they were doing before,

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:55.300
 they're going to be drinking less.

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.640
 It was actually

00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:57.680
 almost for some parents

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:58.800
 as if it was worse

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.780
 that they'd become

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:00.340
 a Christian

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:01.400
 than that they were

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:02.200
 coming home drunk.

00:38:04.060 --> 00:38:05.120
 But for a Christian,

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:06.300
 it's praise God,

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:07.340
 did you hear that Sarah

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:08.340
 just became a Christian,

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:09.039
 she gave her life

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.500
 to Jesus?

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.600
 See what's going on there?

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:14.600
 To change in what we value,

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:15.740
 what we put our hope in.

00:38:16.100 --> 00:38:16.780
 And that's why

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.640
 when the Holy Spirit

00:38:17.640 --> 00:38:18.700
 falls upon

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:19.700
 these disciples,

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:21.339
 all of a sudden,

00:38:21.439 --> 00:38:22.119
 you see the natural

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.960
 human reaction,

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.019
 natural,

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:25.359
 natural human problem

00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:27.119
 is that if we can't do

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:28.359
 something that we can boast

00:38:28.359 --> 00:38:29.299
 in about ourselves,

00:38:29.419 --> 00:38:30.379
 we feel unhappy.

00:38:32.939 --> 00:38:34.559
 But if we do things

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.899
 that we can boast in

00:38:35.899 --> 00:38:36.599
 or brag about,

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.579
 we do feel happy.

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:39.639
 And it's a very common

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.419
 human problem

00:38:40.419 --> 00:38:41.579
 that when somebody else

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.299
 does something

00:38:42.299 --> 00:38:43.439
 that they can boast in

00:38:43.439 --> 00:38:44.079
 or brag in,

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:45.019
 if we don't care for them

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.419
 that much,

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.619
 their success,

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:49.139
 so that they can boast,

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:50.159
 makes us sad.

00:38:51.279 --> 00:38:51.900
 Isn't it?

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:53.920
 Be honest.

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:56.319
 We're not all perfect

00:38:56.319 --> 00:38:57.679
 with Jesus yet.

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:59.639
 It's a human problem.

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:01.879
 And so,

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:03.000
 but one of the things here

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:04.059
 is that the disciples

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:05.019
 aren't going out

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.239
 saying,

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.799
 whoa,

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:08.379
 be honest here for a second,

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:09.420
 whoa,

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:11.059
 we were in church

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.739
 on Sunday

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:12.460
 and it sounded like

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:13.000
 we're in the Ottawa

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.460
 little theater,

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.000
 it sounded like

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.359
 there's probably

00:39:14.359 --> 00:39:15.579
 about 120 people here

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:16.299
 and it sounded as if

00:39:16.299 --> 00:39:17.539
 rushing wind came in

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.420
 and tongues of fire

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:19.180
 and I was speaking

00:39:19.180 --> 00:39:19.760
 Hungarian

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:21.139
 and Daniel was

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:22.000
 speaking Mandarin

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:23.220
 and Joey was speaking

00:39:23.220 --> 00:39:23.920
 Swahili

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:25.300
 and we'd be thinking,

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:25.940
 whoa,

00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:28.400
 just wait till I tweet this.

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.860
 Wait till I put it

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.559
 on Facebook.

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:31.840
 For some of us,

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:33.740
 people will buy me beer

00:39:33.740 --> 00:39:34.920
 for years

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:36.420
 to hear this story.

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:40.880
 And not just the cheap stuff,

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:42.019
 they'll buy me good beer

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.800
 for years

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:44.180
 so I can tell them

00:39:44.180 --> 00:39:45.059
 the story again.

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:47.960
 but they're not

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.880
 thinking to themselves,

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:51.519
 they're boasting in God,

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:53.340
 not themselves.

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:56.139
 It's touched their hearts.

00:39:58.059 --> 00:39:58.699
 We have to sort of,

00:39:58.860 --> 00:39:59.619
 you know,

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:01.880
 let's just read

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.400
 the rest of this.

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:04.320
 We'll close it up

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:05.940
 fairly quickly

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.659
 but there's a couple

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:07.239
 of final things.

00:40:07.279 --> 00:40:07.820
 Look at verse 8.

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:08.980
 I'll just try to read.

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:10.179
 And how is it

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.500
 that we hear,

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:11.039
 each of us

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:12.380
 in his own native language,

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:13.360
 Parthians and Medes,

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:14.400
 Illamites and residents

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:15.340
 of Mesopotamia,

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:17.140
 Judea and Cappadocia,

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:18.140
 Pontus and Asia,

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:19.340
 Phrygia and Pamphylia,

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.900
 Egypt and the parts

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.740
 of Libya belonging

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:22.400
 to Cyrene

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:23.480
 and visitors from Rome,

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:25.480
 both Jews and proselytes,

00:40:25.620 --> 00:40:26.559
 Cretans and Arabians,

00:40:26.660 --> 00:40:27.980
 we hear them telling

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:29.640
 in our own tongues

00:40:29.640 --> 00:40:31.820
 the mighty works of God.

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:34.820
 See, Andrew,

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.840
 could you put up this prayer?

00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:37.260
 I think it's number four.

00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:38.980
 Here's a prayer

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:39.720
 we need to pray.

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:42.019
 Lord, please give me

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:43.579
 the gift of tongues.

00:40:44.299 --> 00:40:45.379
 Please help me

00:40:45.379 --> 00:40:47.899
 to tell of your mighty works

00:40:47.899 --> 00:40:50.919
 in words that touch the heart.

00:40:52.919 --> 00:40:53.519
 You know,

00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:54.699
 I've shared with you,

00:40:54.819 --> 00:40:54.959
 you know,

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.739
 the Holy Spirit coming

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:56.579
 doesn't make us

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:58.059
 apologetic ninjas

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:59.719
 or evangelistic ninjas

00:41:00.399 --> 00:41:01.419
 and we always have

00:41:01.419 --> 00:41:02.359
 the right moves

00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:03.239
 and we can parry

00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:03.980
 the other blow

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:05.659
 and we can knock them out.

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:06.919
 A lot of times

00:41:06.919 --> 00:41:08.079
 you tell people about Jesus,

00:41:08.219 --> 00:41:08.919
 you share something,

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.360
 it just,

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:10.400
 it goes south,

00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:11.519
 it goes bad,

00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:12.360
 it goes wrong

00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:13.380
 and that's fine.

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:15.440
 God just calls us

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:16.019
 to be witnesses,

00:41:16.200 --> 00:41:17.480
 not to be superstars

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:20.340
 because the real work

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:20.740
 is the work

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.539
 of the Holy Spirit

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:22.680
 and we just need

00:41:22.680 --> 00:41:23.180
 to walk away

00:41:23.180 --> 00:41:23.440
 and say,

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:23.680
 Father,

00:41:23.740 --> 00:41:24.019
 I don't know

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.480
 what happened,

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:25.720
 I tried to do my best,

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:26.420
 help me to do better

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:26.920
 in the future

00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:27.920
 but may you pour out

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:28.440
 your Holy Spirit

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:29.340
 upon that person.

00:41:30.680 --> 00:41:31.440
 You're sovereign,

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:32.639
 pour out your Holy Spirit

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:34.039
 and then in the future,

00:41:34.200 --> 00:41:34.380
 Lord,

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:35.800
 help me when I tell people

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:37.079
 just an act of witness,

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.860
 Father,

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:39.440
 please give me the words

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:41.480
 so that your Holy Spirit

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.380
 will touch their hearts.

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.719
 Give me the gift of tongues.

00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:46.519
 Give me the gift of tongues.

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:49.759
 And just look at the response,

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.199
 by the way,

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:51.159
 this is really important.

00:41:51.259 --> 00:41:51.739
 Remember I said

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:52.599
 that the Holy Spirit

00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:53.440
 coming upon us,

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:55.019
 it preserves,

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:56.000
 it makes us more ourselves,

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.940
 it preserves our freedom.

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:58.019
 Look at the response

00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:58.619
 of people

00:41:58.619 --> 00:42:02.480
 to this Pentecost day,

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:03.699
 verse 12 and 13,

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.780
 and all were amazed

00:42:04.780 --> 00:42:05.760
 and perplexed,

00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:07.139
 saying to one another,

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:08.940
 what does this mean?

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.820
 But others,

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.300
 mocking,

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:12.340
 said they are filled

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:13.159
 with new wine.

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:15.480
 The Holy Spirit

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:17.219
 touches each of these people,

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:18.500
 all of the people,

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:19.400
 and some of them

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:20.440
 are really thinking,

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.639
 whoa,

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:22.699
 what's going on?

00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:23.320
 If you read the end

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:23.780
 of the story,

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:24.760
 3,000 people

00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:25.840
 give their lives to Jesus.

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.500
 We don't know

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:29.000
 how many were there,

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:30.139
 maybe it was just 5,000

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:31.079
 listening or what it is,

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:32.079
 but it isn't that everyone

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:33.319
 gives their lives to Jesus.

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:34.980
 Some of them just say,

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:35.659
 oh, they're drunk,

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:38.219
 goofballs,

00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:39.599
 gosh,

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:40.679
 you know,

00:42:40.759 --> 00:42:41.500
 you bring in these

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.819
 hillbilly Galileans

00:42:42.819 --> 00:42:43.679
 and they come to places

00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:44.519
 like Jerusalem

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:45.599
 and they defecate

00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:46.599
 all over the place

00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:46.960
 and they,

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.279
 you know,

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:49.480
 they urinate

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:51.079
 and they get drunk

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:51.799
 and gosh,

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:53.039
 I wish they'd just go home.

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:57.039
 And others say,

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:57.579
 whoa,

00:42:58.719 --> 00:43:00.059
 their heart's being touched.

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:06.579
 Could you put up

00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:07.679
 the next thing?

00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:08.259
 Oh, actually,

00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:10.259
 put up the John quote again.

00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:12.759
 Could you all say this

00:43:12.759 --> 00:43:13.900
 John quote with me again,

00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:14.239
 please?

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:15.319
 Nevertheless,

00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:17.380
 I tell you the truth,

00:43:17.779 --> 00:43:19.179
 it is to your advantage

00:43:19.179 --> 00:43:20.380
 that I go away,

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:22.679
 for if I do not go away,

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:24.980
 the helper will not come to you,

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:26.380
 but if I go,

00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:28.299
 I will send him to you.

00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:31.120
 Because of the death

00:43:31.120 --> 00:43:32.720
 upon the cross of Jesus,

00:43:33.060 --> 00:43:34.880
 Jesus dies upon the cross

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:36.620
 and he bears my doom

00:43:36.620 --> 00:43:39.140
 and he offers me his destiny.

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:40.920
 It's an act of sacrifice,

00:43:41.100 --> 00:43:42.080
 an act of exchange,

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:44.420
 and I can receive it by faith.

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:45.980
 And when I receive it by faith,

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:48.980
 God's power comes upon me

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:50.680
 to make me right with himself.

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:53.420
 And when God's power comes upon me

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:54.820
 to make me right with himself,

00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:56.220
 because I have just trusted

00:43:56.220 --> 00:43:58.680
 that I cannot deal with my doom

00:43:58.680 --> 00:43:59.220
 and my own,

00:43:59.340 --> 00:44:01.480
 I'm trusting Jesus to do it for me.

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:02.740
 I'm trusting his death

00:44:02.740 --> 00:44:03.400
 and resurrection.

00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:05.019
 I'm trusting him

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:06.180
 as my Savior and my Lord.

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:08.720
 Jesus gives to every one

00:44:08.720 --> 00:44:09.260
 of the people,

00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:10.760
 everyone who gives their lives

00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:11.180
 to Jesus,

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:12.000
 ordinary people,

00:44:12.080 --> 00:44:13.240
 he gives the Holy Spirit.

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:15.320
 And apart from that,

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:17.059
 the stole of the Holy Spirit,

00:44:17.160 --> 00:44:18.019
 the Holy Spirit might come

00:44:18.019 --> 00:44:18.680
 and visit us.

00:44:19.140 --> 00:44:20.039
 He might come

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:21.059
 and try to convict us

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:21.860
 of things that we do

00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:22.400
 that are wrong.

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:23.400
 But he comes

00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:24.619
 and he's like a visitor.

00:44:24.760 --> 00:44:26.039
 He comes and he convicts.

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:27.420
 But when we give our lives

00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:28.019
 to Jesus,

00:44:28.300 --> 00:44:30.059
 even an ordinary person,

00:44:30.139 --> 00:44:31.000
 the Holy Spirit,

00:44:31.680 --> 00:44:32.920
 rests upon us.

00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:35.760
 He dwells in us.

00:44:36.139 --> 00:44:39.059
 He makes his home in us.

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:40.700
 Andrew, could you put up

00:44:40.700 --> 00:44:41.660
 the next point, please?

00:44:42.980 --> 00:44:43.820
 Before the death

00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:44.980
 and resurrection of Jesus,

00:44:45.160 --> 00:44:45.940
 the Holy Spirit

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:47.079
 might visit a person.

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:50.200
 Now, Jesus pours out

00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:51.099
 the Holy Spirit

00:44:51.099 --> 00:44:52.799
 to live in ordinary people

00:44:52.799 --> 00:44:54.279
 who trust Jesus

00:44:54.279 --> 00:44:55.879
 as their Savior and Lord.

00:44:58.119 --> 00:44:58.559
 Friends,

00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:00.319
 if you haven't given

00:45:00.319 --> 00:45:01.399
 your life to Jesus,

00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:03.019
 maybe right now

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:03.599
 you're thinking

00:45:03.599 --> 00:45:05.299
 that I am the biggest idiot

00:45:05.299 --> 00:45:05.879
 in the world.

00:45:06.359 --> 00:45:07.399
 And that's fine.

00:45:08.739 --> 00:45:09.779
 But for some of you,

00:45:09.839 --> 00:45:10.439
 if you haven't given

00:45:10.439 --> 00:45:11.319
 your life to Jesus

00:45:11.319 --> 00:45:13.539
 and you are at all thinking,

00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:16.379
 it might very well be

00:45:16.379 --> 00:45:17.399
 that the Holy Spirit

00:45:17.399 --> 00:45:18.759
 is prompting you

00:45:18.760 --> 00:45:20.060
 to give your life to Jesus.

00:45:20.240 --> 00:45:21.240
 You are experiencing

00:45:21.240 --> 00:45:22.120
 right now

00:45:22.120 --> 00:45:23.700
 the Holy Spirit's

00:45:23.700 --> 00:45:24.500
 work in your life.

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:26.120
 And so,

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:27.320
 I ask you,

00:45:28.660 --> 00:45:29.920
 I urge you

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:33.080
 to not resist

00:45:33.080 --> 00:45:33.940
 but surrender.

00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:37.720
 To cry out and say,

00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:39.000
 Jesus be my Savior,

00:45:39.260 --> 00:45:40.380
 Jesus be my Lord,

00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:43.160
 come Holy Spirit,

00:45:43.300 --> 00:45:43.960
 live within me.

00:45:44.020 --> 00:45:45.040
 There's no better time

00:45:45.040 --> 00:45:45.600
 than right now

00:45:45.600 --> 00:45:46.120
 to do that.

00:45:47.720 --> 00:45:48.300
 And for all of us,

00:45:48.300 --> 00:45:48.740
 I'm going to ask you

00:45:48.740 --> 00:45:49.460
 to stand right now.

00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:49.680
 Andrew,

00:45:49.740 --> 00:45:50.160
 could you put up

00:45:50.160 --> 00:45:50.940
 the final prayer?

00:45:52.660 --> 00:45:53.300
 For all of us,

00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:53.940
 I ask you to stand

00:45:53.940 --> 00:45:54.480
 in closing.

00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:57.120
 For some of us,

00:45:57.420 --> 00:45:58.240
 we just need to pray

00:45:58.240 --> 00:45:58.640
 this prayer

00:45:58.640 --> 00:45:59.500
 because we're Christians.

00:45:59.700 --> 00:46:01.460
 Because if we're honest

00:46:01.460 --> 00:46:02.140
 with ourselves

00:46:02.140 --> 00:46:02.960
 that the way I began

00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:03.440
 the sermon

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:04.460
 that we in fact

00:46:04.460 --> 00:46:05.300
 are living our lives

00:46:05.300 --> 00:46:05.680
 saying,

00:46:06.380 --> 00:46:07.420
 I need the Holy Spirit

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:08.200
 like a fish

00:46:08.200 --> 00:46:09.400
 needs a bicycle.

00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:11.440
 And now you realize

00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:13.060
 you need the Holy Spirit.

00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:14.860
 You need to surrender

00:46:14.860 --> 00:46:15.580
 and be filled

00:46:15.580 --> 00:46:16.519
 with the Holy Spirit

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:17.420
 and live in the power

00:46:17.420 --> 00:46:18.300
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:46:19.619 --> 00:46:20.440
 And for some

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:21.039
 who haven't given

00:46:21.039 --> 00:46:21.800
 your lives to Jesus,

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:22.500
 you've called out

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:23.579
 to Jesus right now

00:46:23.579 --> 00:46:24.840
 and this is also

00:46:24.840 --> 00:46:25.539
 your prayer.

00:46:25.659 --> 00:46:26.159
 Maybe it's your

00:46:26.159 --> 00:46:27.119
 conversion prayer.

00:46:28.199 --> 00:46:29.199
 And I invite you

00:46:29.199 --> 00:46:29.980
 to pray it with me

00:46:29.980 --> 00:46:30.480
 in closing.

00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:32.179
 Dear Lord,

00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:34.079
 please forgive me

00:46:34.079 --> 00:46:35.539
 for not believing you

00:46:35.539 --> 00:46:36.639
 when you said,

00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:37.559
 nevertheless,

00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:39.539
 I tell you the truth.

00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:41.460
 It is to your advantage

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:42.759
 that I go away.

00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:45.040
 for if I do not go away,

00:46:45.380 --> 00:46:46.540
 the helper will not

00:46:46.540 --> 00:46:47.360
 come to you.

00:46:47.820 --> 00:46:48.900
 But if I go,

00:46:49.140 --> 00:46:50.660
 I will send him to you.

00:46:51.300 --> 00:46:51.740
 Lord,

00:46:51.940 --> 00:46:52.780
 you have kept

00:46:52.780 --> 00:46:53.620
 your promise

00:46:53.620 --> 00:46:55.480
 by giving your Holy Spirit

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:56.560
 to your disciples.

00:46:57.280 --> 00:46:58.380
 Please make me

00:46:58.380 --> 00:46:59.820
 a disciple of Jesus

00:46:59.820 --> 00:47:01.280
 gripped by the gospel,

00:47:01.820 --> 00:47:02.640
 living filled

00:47:02.640 --> 00:47:03.960
 with your Holy Spirit,

00:47:04.540 --> 00:47:06.380
 submitted to your Holy Spirit,

00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:08.880
 dependent on your Holy Spirit.

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 In Jesus' name,

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 Amen.

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 Father,

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 pour out your Holy Spirit

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 upon us.

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 Make us,

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 Father,

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 an Acts 2 church

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 so that we might not

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 boast ever in ourselves

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 but boast in you.

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 This we ask

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.