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 Actually, I've been reading a book recently. I started it. I've only gone through chapter one, so I don't have a lot of authority on the book, but it's called The Burden is Light.

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 It's been a great book by one of my favorite pastors called John Tyson. One of the exercises that he does at the beginning of the book is talk about a life planning exercise that him and his wife did.

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 So he plotted a chart, X and Y axis, plus and minus, and then he basically thought back to the whole of his life and tried to remember the moments in his life that were turning points, where once that moment happened, there was no turning back, for better or for worse.

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 Those moments in your life that really define who you are right now, you're sat here today.

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 Juju says he doesn't know where he'd be without his mother. He just wouldn't be. But there are moments in our lives that define who we are.

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 For me, maybe my first one was when I was seven years old, when I was playing football at school and came home and I love football.

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 My favorite football team has not been doing too well. But then my mom says, hey, you need to change sports because you're not tall enough.

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 Actually, everyone who plays basketball gets tall. So you should play basketball.

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 So she took me to my first ever after school basketball class. And clearly she was right because I am now the tallest in my family.

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 So that was a that was a turning point for me once I touched that basketball.

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 Another one was maybe when I was 11. Growing up in the UK, we came back to Hong Kong to holiday.

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 And for some reason in the UK, we weren't allowed to wander the streets by ourselves because it's dangerous.

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 Well, even more so now. But in Hong Kong, in Yuen Long, my parents were just like, oh, just go.

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 Just go and buy some food. And as an 11 year old, I went downstairs, walked the streets, decided what I want to do and bought it.

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 And the freedom that I felt changed my life forever.

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 No turning back after that.

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 My first girlfriend. I won't say what age, but Christina, my first girlfriend.

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 The moment I met her, there was no turning back.

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 Christina, my last girlfriend.

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 Won't talk about what's in between, but no turning back.

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 17.

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 When we were having dinner as a family on Joe's birthday, I've shared this before, and dad passes away and enters into glory.

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 There is no turning back.

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 Going to university.

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 And then becoming a teacher at 23.

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 Teaching in front of high school students.

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 There's no turning back. That's where you sink or you swim.

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 And then at 24, deciding to get married.

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 There is no turning back.

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 The beginning of the end was when it started.

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 That was the last moment where I still had a head full of hair, and things were just going downhill from there.

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 Number of years into teaching.

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 By the time I reached 30, feeling the call of God to go into ministry.

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 2015 was when we quit teaching and working in the hospital, and we started to go into seminaries and training, Christina training counseling.

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 There was no turning back from that.

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 And then in 2018, we got the call from God to come to Hong Kong.

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 There was no turning back.

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 What's your moment of no turning back?

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 Well, what are your moments when that happened, you were never the same person before?

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 Gracie, I know you're about to have one coming up, but think back in the past.

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 What was the turning moment in your life where you're like, that happened, and there's no going back now?

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 Entering in the industry.

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 Entering in the industry.

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 Yeah.

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 A whole other life.

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 A whole other life.

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 The entertainment industry and everything that it demanded of you.

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 From that moment, it defined who you were in a different way.

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 Yeah.

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 No turning back.

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 Sam, what about you?

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 Was there a moment in your life where that happened and you weren't the same?

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 Brain tumor.

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 Brain tumor.

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 How old were you?

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 26.

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 26.

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 26.

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 And what impact did that have on your life?

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 The physical toll and the healing was one part, but mentally, spiritually, personally,

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 that took place after.

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 The physical, the spiritual, the mental toll at 26, having a brain tumor, and the trajectory

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 that sent you on.

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 There was no turning back.

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 We all have those moments.

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 The people of God had those moments too.

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 If you think about Adam and Eve walking in the garden and then making that decision and

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 turning, and there was no turning back.

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 They couldn't stay in the garden anymore.

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 You fast forward to Genesis 6 and you see Noah being the only family that was righteous,

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 that was considered righteous.

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 And God saying, hey, actually, we have to hit the reset button here.

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 And so I'm going to choose this one family and they're going to continue humanity.

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 But it was only a couple chapters later, the descendants of Noah in chapter 10, where they

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 start, well, actually, after the flood, God says, go fill the earth.

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 Go fill the earth with my glory.

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 Go fill it.

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 What do they do?

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 They don't do that.

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 They stop and they say, hey, why don't we just stay?

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 Instead of scattering and filling the earth, why don't we just stay and build our own tower?

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 And why don't we make a name for ourselves?

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 So only a couple chapters later, you see them falling into the same trap.

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 But God promised not to have a flood again, so tries to spare them.

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 And how does he spare them?

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 The Tower of Babel.

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 As they tried to build this tower, he said, well, actually, currently, Genesis 11 is where

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 you'll see this.

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 They're all speaking one language, but maybe if I let them all speak different languages,

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 they won't be scheming towards their own self-pride.

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 They won't be heading towards the same destruction that they had.

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 That was a point of no turning back.

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 And that's how languages were born.

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 And then, of course, you've got Abraham.

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 There was no turning back when he said, when God said, go, leave your country to a place

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 where I'm going to lead you.

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 And then, of course, you've got Isaac.

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 And then you've got Jacob.

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 There was no turning back when he wrestled with God and turned from Jacob into Israel.

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 And then, of course, you had his sons, the 12 tribes of Israel that they would become.

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 But Joseph, the spoilt younger boy, who ended up getting kicked out by his brothers,

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 ends up going to Pharaoh, going to Egypt.

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 And somehow, the Israelites end up in Egypt, saved by their little brother.

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 There was no turning back.

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 But then they get trapped in slavery there for hundreds of years.

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 And then there's this boy, Moses, growing up in Pharaoh's house as a prince, the prince of Egypt.

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 But sees an injustice and lashes out via impulse.

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 There was no turning back for him.

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 He heads into the wilderness himself, becomes a shepherd, and then sees a bush.

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 But this bush is unique.

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 It's different.

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 It's strange.

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 There's fire.

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 It's a burning bush.

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 He meets God.

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 And there is no turning back.

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 He goes back to Egypt.

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 Says, let my people go.

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 Then his people do get let go.

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 That's the long story short.

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 They go, and they don't really know where they're going.

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 And then they see this pillar of fire at night to follow, to guide.

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 If you saw that, there would be no turning back.

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 If you saw the Red Sea part, there would be no turning back.

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 But they're hard-hearted.

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 They forget.

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 They rebel.

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 Then Moses has to go up to the mountain, Mount Sinai, Exodus 19, Exodus 20.

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 He goes up to the mountain.

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 God descends on the mountain like fire.

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 So those at the foot of the mountain see the smoke.

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 He gives Moses two iPads.

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 The tablets with the commandments.

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 Moses comes down.

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 And he sees that the people have stopped worshipping the God who is fire.

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 And is worshipping this gold little cow.

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 There is no turning back.

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 The church.

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 The church had a moment where they could not turn back anymore.

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 Jesus came.

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 A lot of them followed him for three years.

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 He dies.

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 He resurrects.

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 And then just before he ascends and returns to the Father, he says in Acts 1, this is where Gabe took us through these last two weeks.

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 He says, go, the Holy Spirit will come upon you and you'll be my witnesses.

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 In Jerusalem, in Judea, to Samaria and to the ends of the earth.

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 And then he goes up and he flies off.

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 And if I'm you, if I'm them, I'm just standing there going, where did he just go?

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 What's he going to do?

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 And then two angels look at him and look down and go, why are you still standing there?

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 Why are you still staring at this guy?

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 Go.

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 He's going to come back again.

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 500 people saw him ascent.

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 500.

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 Twice this room.

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 380 go home.

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 They see something that they've never seen before.

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 And they decide, oh, well, I guess we, I guess it's Sunday night.

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 I guess we should go home, get ready for work for Monday.

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 And they just continue with their lives.

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 But 120 out of that 500, they say, guys, there's no turning back.

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 We just saw someone that we followed for years do many miracles, die, come back to life, and fly.

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 There's no turning back.

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 We can't go home.

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 Do you want to go?

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 I can't go home.

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 I'm changed forever.

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 So they go.

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 Now, history would tell us that the ascension happened around 40 days after the resurrection.

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 What we're about to read, Pentecost happened 50 days after.

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 So there were 10 days where these 120 who decided there is no turning back were just like, we just have to do something.

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 We have to go somewhere.

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 So where do they go?

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 They go back to Jerusalem.

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 They go into this upper room about the size of this group here.

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 And they say, we're just going to, we're just going to wait for 10 days.

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 I can imagine the first day.

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 Okay, that was crazy, guys.

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 I'm so gutted that I didn't get my phone out to film him flying up into the sky.

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 Something is up with the world.

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 And he's going to come back.

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 So let's just go.

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 Who knows when?

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 Maybe it's this afternoon.

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 Maybe you just need to pop up.

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 Maybe Jesus just needed a toilet break.

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 And he's going to come back.

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 And he's going to come to save the world.

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 But let's just go pray.

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 Is that cool?

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 And so we do it.

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 Day one.

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 Okay, I'm tired, guys.

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 Let's go home.

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 Day two.

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 Day three.

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 Day four.

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 Can you imagine the conviction that these people had saying, we can't go back now?

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 10 days.

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 Sometimes we wait for God.

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 Say, God, why aren't you speaking to me about this?

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 How long did you pray for?

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 10 minutes?

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 10 seconds?

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 10 days.

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 These people waited.

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 And finally, the moment comes.

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 Finally, the moment that they've been waiting for.

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 The moment that Jesus had promised them.

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 Jesus said in John 16, hey, I know that you guys quite like me.

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 And you're going to give up your lives for me.

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 And you're going to follow me.

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 But actually, let me tell you something even more crazy.

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 It's actually better for you that I leave.

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 Because someone's going to come and he's going to help you.

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 His power is going to come upon you.

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 And you're going to spread this word to the ends of the earth.

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 So it's better for you that I leave.

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 10 days later, finally, it happens.

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 And so we reach Acts chapter 2.

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 Can I invite you to stand for the word of the Lord?

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 Amen.

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 The coming of the Holy Spirit.

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

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 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind.

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 And it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

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

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 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues

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 as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.

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 And at this sound the multitude came together and they were bewildered.

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 Because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.

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 And they were amazed and astonished 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 us in his own native language?

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 Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia,

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 Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

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 Phrygia and Pamphylia and Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene and visitors from Rome.

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 Both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians.

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 We hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.

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 And all were amazed and perplexed saying to one another,

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 What does this mean?

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 But others mocking said,

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 They are filled with new wine.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Please take a seat.

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 This is the church's birthday.

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 Pentecost is the church's birthday where you see,

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 And we sang it in the songs, King of Kings,

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 Where the Spirit lit the flame.

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 And now the church begins.

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 There is no turning back from here.

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 You could almost see someone fly into the sky

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 And go back to your everyday life

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 And really act as though nothing happened.

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 But the moment the Holy Spirit comes,

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 There is really no turning back.

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 And so we're going to go through these verses

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 And see what we learn from here.

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 And it is a fascinating, fascinating story here

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 That we see that Luke puts an account for.

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 And he says this,

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 When the day of Pentecost arrived,

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 Just to note here,

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 Pentecost didn't start in Acts 2.

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 It's been around for a long time.

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 The Israelites would celebrate Pentecost

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 50 days after the Passover.

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 And it would be called the Festival of First Fruits.

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 Of course, these people would rely on a harvest each time, each year.

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 And so a Festival of First Fruits 50 days after Passover

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 Is basically saying to God,

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 Hey, we celebrate the food that you're gifting us.

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 And as tradition went on,

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 Not only would they celebrate the first fruits,

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 They would also celebrate the law.

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 Because it was also believed

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 That it was about 50 days after Passover

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 That Moses came down from the Mount of Sinai

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 With the law of God.

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 So they would celebrate really these two things.

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 And they would all gather every year.

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 Jews from all around the land,

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 Is what it says here,

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 From every nation under heaven

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 Would come to Jerusalem to celebrate this festival.

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 So that's why other people were outside.

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 But remember, 120, they were still waiting.

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 10 days, day 10.

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 They're like, we still cannot ignore what we saw.

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 There's something here, and we must wait.

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 That's what he told us to do.

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 And so that's what we will do.

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 And they were all together in one place.

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 Same upper room.

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 But commentators think, actually, that's not just a place.

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 It's not just the time.

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 It is these...

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 Can you imagine just 120 people just every day

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 Without any agenda,

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 Without any expectation of what's going to happen.

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 No one has any timeline.

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 They're just waiting.

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 What is that?

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 That is unity.

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 That is people of one spirit and one mind going,

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 There is something here.

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 We cannot ignore.

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 So there was a unity that comes.

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 And maybe that's the first point that I find interesting,

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 But also a little bit ironic.

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 When it comes to the Holy Spirit,

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 Holy Spirit brings unity.

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 But ironically,

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 Even the church is constantly debating and discussing

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 What the Holy Spirit is and what the Holy Spirit does.

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 You've got different wings of Christianity,

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 Whether the people on the Pentecostal side,

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 Or the charismatic side,

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 Or the reformed side,

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 Or all these other sides which have different views

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 On who the Holy Spirit is and what the Holy Spirit is doing.

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 Maybe there are people who are perceived as more extreme

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 In their experiences of the Holy Spirit.

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 And so then another group will look at that and go,

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 Well, we don't really want that.

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 We're afraid of that.

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 We don't really know what that is.

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 You see, the Holy Spirit has an equal role in the Trinity.

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 Yet depending on our own theological method,

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 We may have emphasized one more or one less.

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 So it's ironic here because these people were united.

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 Together in one place.

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 Waiting for the Spirit to come.

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 And it says this, verse 2,

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 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound

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 Like a mighty rushing wind.

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 Later in verse 3 it says this,

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 And divided tongues as of fire.

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 So a couple things there.

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 It came from heaven.

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 Which tells me something.

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 That the Holy Spirit,

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 When we're talking about the Holy Spirit,

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 When we're talking about this,

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 We're really not talking about anything natural.

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 We're not talking about anything that can be proven

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 From a scientific, natural place.

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 That's not what we're talking about.

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 It came from heaven.

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 It came from heaven.

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 And actually we can see that because how Luke describes the Holy Spirit,

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 Or rather how the Apostle John describes his vision in Revelation,

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 It's always like, it's like that.

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 It's as of that.

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 What he's saying is,

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 I don't even have the words to describe what this is.

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 This is from heaven.

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 This is mind-boggling.

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 I don't have the words to describe this.

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 I don't have the mind to understand this.

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 Which tells me something else about the Holy Spirit,

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 On top of the fact that it really comes through unity,

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 Is that we have to approach it with such humility.

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 I've always said this.

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 I'm not smart enough and experienced enough

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 To be able to tell you what I think the Holy Spirit is,

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 And who he is,

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 And what he does.

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 But I'm not sure I can confidently believe someone

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 Who says that they do know everything about the Holy Spirit.

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 Someone who doesn't seem to have the humility,

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 And going, well, the Holy Spirit is something that is supernatural.

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 His thoughts and ways are so much higher.

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 It is mind-boggling.

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 Well, our minds, our limited minds cannot understand this.

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 And I think that's how we should approach anything to do with the Holy Spirit.

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 That we simply do not know.

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 Because if we did, we would be God.

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 I've made the example before where,

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 Imagine my dog, my toy poodle at home, Walter.

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 Meets fellow canines and goes,

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 Hey, guys, I've been studying the human race.

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 The five humans that have been living in my flat.

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 I think I understand what they're like.

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 I understand what they do.

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 I know where they go when they open that door and they leave.

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 And they come back eight hours later.

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 I know exactly what they're thinking, what they do.

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 No, he won't. He's a dog.

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 He has no idea.

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 And yet sometimes us as human beings,

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 I think when we are at fault of approaching issues of the Holy Spirit,

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 issues of the supernatural world,

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 we've got to be careful not to have the pride.

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 That we come and go,

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 Actually, he has revealed himself.

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 Not just through the word,

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 through experience.

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 Some of you have had experiences with the Holy Spirit

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 where he has spoken to you.

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 And then you align it with the word and you go,

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 That really is truly from God.

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 But even through all of those things,

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 my prayer is that even if I have those moments,

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 I would present them and I would approach them with humility.

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 Because we're dealing with something that is from heaven.

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 We're dealing with something that we don't actually have the words to truly describe.

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 As of wind.

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 Like wind.

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 As of fire.

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 And of course, he goes into something that's actually very controversial in the church,

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 which I will touch on very lightly here,

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 because I don't think it's the main point of why Luke is sharing this to us,

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 to debate this topic.

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 And verse three,

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 The Holy Spirit gives the gift of tongues.

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 What is the gift of tongues?

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 It is speaking in a different language.

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 If you look at 1 Corinthians 13,

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 you see the Apostle Paul talking about the tongues of men and the tongues of angels.

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 And he says,

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 If I speak in either of these and I don't have love,

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 then it's just a noisy gong.

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 It's worth nothing.

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 But that says that there is the tongues of men,

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 and then there is the tongues of angels.

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 The tongues of angels can be described as glossolalia,

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 where you can,

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 sometimes you'll have heard people speaking in this,

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 maybe during prayer,

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 maybe during worship,

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 where they're speaking in a language that you actually can't understand.

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 And it's unintelligible,

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 but it's just basically between them and God.

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 And the Spirit is praying through them to God.

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 But then there is another type,

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 which is the tongues of men,

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 which I think is what is happening here in Acts 2,

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 because these people,

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 these 120,

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 they're filled with the Holy Spirit,

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 and then suddenly the Holy Spirit gives them the gift

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 of speaking in tongues,

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 and they speak a different language.

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 A language that they don't understand,

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 and they don't know.

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 I think it's key,

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 it's important here,

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 because if you go into the next bit,

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 you'll see,

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 this is how the church has started.

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 This is how the church has started,

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 because others outside see this,

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 come together and go,

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 what is going on here?

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 But maybe just a teeny little bit more

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 about speaking in tongues.

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 If you want to find out more about speaking in tongues,

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 read the Bible.

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 Read the Bible first,

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 and then ask people who may have experience with this.

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 But if you're going to read the Bible,

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 go to 1 Corinthians 12 to 14.

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 1 Corinthians 12 to 14 will tell you a lot

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 about the spiritual gifts.

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 Paul is talking to the church in Corinth

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 about spiritual gifts.

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 And one thing I want you to know

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 about the gift of tongues

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 is that it is a spiritual gift,

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 but it's also pretty much,

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 in every list that you can see in the Bible,

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 it's always at the bottom.

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 It's always towards the end.

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 Where somehow in the church,

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 what we've done is we've lifted it up to the top.

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 Anyone who,

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 there are some churches who say,

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 hey, well,

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 if you believe in Jesus,

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 you should start speaking in tongues straight away.

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 And we may be,

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 we're guilty of overemphasizing

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 on what this actually is.

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 But you see,

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 when Paul talks about it,

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 it's always at the bottom of the list.

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 But it's the one that is actually,

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 that you can take home,

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 it's for personal edification.

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 1 Corinthians 14 is where it talks about this.

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 So if you're confused,

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 don't be worried.

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 Because this is a topic that is hard.

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 But go to scripture.

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 Go to scripture.

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 And actually you'll see,

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 how Paul talks about it in 1 Corinthians 14

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 makes a ton of sense.

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 And it is orderly.

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 And it actually isn't filled with chaos and confusion.

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 And so you see here,

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 it's for personal edification,

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 is what he's saying in 1 Corinthians 14.

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 It's the one that I've had described to me,

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 is the spiritual gift of tongues

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 is the one that you can take home.

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 It's the one that you can use yourself

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 between you and God.

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 But there are times where in a worship service,

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 in a corporate gathering,

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 someone will speak in tongues,

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 in a language that they may not understand themselves.

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 But the point there is that someone else in the room

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 will be able to understand.

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 Because when there is a gift of speaking in tongues,

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 there is also the gift of interpretation.

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 And so 1 Corinthians 12 talks about that.

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 It's actually,

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 and this has happened before,

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 and I've been in gatherings,

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 this has happened before,

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 where someone stands up to speak

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 in a language that they don't understand,

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 but someone else in the room

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 is able to interpret it.

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 What's the purpose of that?

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 I'll tell you what it is not.

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 It's not for those two people,

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 the one who's speaking

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 and the one who's interpreting,

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 to show off and say,

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 look what we can do.

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 We just made up a secret language

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 in real time

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 and none of you know what it's about.

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 That is not what it's about.

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 Go back to scripture again.

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 1 Corinthians 14,

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 Paul says,

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 all these gifts,

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 what are they for?

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 To build up the church.

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 Strive to excel in building up the church,

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 edifying the church.

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 It's all about the common good

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 is what 1 Corinthians 12 talks about.

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 That's what the spiritual gifts are for

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 and that's what even the tongues are for.

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 And you see,

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 this is exactly the way

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 he wants to start off with a bang

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 and it goes from here.

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 So what happens?

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 That group of 120,

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 they receive this gift

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 and then they spill out into the streets

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 because they don't know what's happening.

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 They're just speaking

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 in this other language

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 that they don't understand.

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 And so what happens is verse 5,

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 now they were dwelling in Jerusalem,

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 Jews,

00:23:00.800 --> 00:23:02.020
 devout men from every nation

00:23:02.020 --> 00:23:02.600
 under earth,

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.100
 heaven.

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:04.080
 And at this sound,

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:05.100
 the multitude came together

00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:06.700
 and they were bewildered

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:09.020
 because each one was hearing them speak

00:23:09.020 --> 00:23:09.920
 in his own language.

00:23:10.780 --> 00:23:12.460
 Just imagine the scene there.

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.680
 How shocking it would be

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:16.340
 for people to see

00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:17.820
 what was happening.

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.660
 These Galileans

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.540
 who were known to be

00:23:19.540 --> 00:23:20.780
 of people of just one dialect,

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.120
 of working class people,

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.840
 not educated,

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.480
 not sophisticated,

00:23:24.040 --> 00:23:24.920
 but spilling onto the street

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:26.320
 and speaking to you

00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:27.660
 in your language.

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.720
 I'm trying to find

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.680
 a modern day equivalent

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.620
 for this.

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.539
 But those who are

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.519
 the Chinese diaspora

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.620
 who maybe grew up

00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:38.660
 in a different part

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.080
 of the world,

00:23:39.800 --> 00:23:40.360
 maybe Cuban,

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.600
 when he goes to visit France,

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.500
 of course,

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.019
 it's different

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.620
 because Cuban actually

00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.200
 speaks French,

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.279
 but imagine Cuban

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.080
 goes to France

00:23:46.080 --> 00:23:48.259
 and there's a French person there

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.259
 who recognizes him

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.400
 and speaks to him

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.900
 in Chinese,

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.720
 in Cantonese.

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:54.940
 That's the effect

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.480
 that it would be,

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.759
 what is going on here?

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.440
 Because ironically,

00:24:00.100 --> 00:24:00.640
 Cuban's French

00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:01.259
 is probably better

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.839
 than his Cantonese.

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:05.940
 But you see the point.

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.660
 Or you see

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:11.420
 a German person

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.279
 coming to Hong Kong

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.920
 and visits

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.539
 some Chopin

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.059
 and then sees

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.900
 an uncle on the stall

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.720
 speak to him

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.160
 in German.

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.079
 It would have been

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.640
 mind-boggling.

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:20.759
 That's why the words

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.299
 here described

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.440
 would be bewildered.

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.319
 Amazed.

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.440
 Astonished.

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.640
 Something was happening

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.299
 here that no one

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:29.039
 had ever seen before.

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.140
 And actually,

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.920
 they asked that question.

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.200
 They were like,

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.180
 what is going on?

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.980
 Are these not all

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:34.000
 Galileans?

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.460
 Commentators think

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:35.860
 that actually,

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.740
 as these people

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.319
 were speaking

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.360
 in these foreign languages,

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.160
 they probably still

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:40.200
 had a Galilean twang.

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.680
 Which shows actually

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.180
 that actually

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:44.420
 when God uses people,

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.120
 he uses even

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.819
 the imperfections.

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.559
 It doesn't come out

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:48.039
 as this perfect dialect.

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:49.519
 It wasn't the Queen's English

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.140
 that came out.

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.900
 It was the Brummie accent

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.560
 that came out

00:24:52.560 --> 00:24:53.980
 as well as the gospel.

00:24:55.020 --> 00:24:56.280
 So God uses people

00:24:56.280 --> 00:24:57.420
 to speak through.

00:24:57.780 --> 00:24:58.140
 And so they're like,

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.880
 what is going on?

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.580
 These Galileans,

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.520
 these working class people.

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.480
 And now each of us

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.920
 are hearing

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:03.360
 our own language.

00:25:03.780 --> 00:25:04.640
 What does this tell me?

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.620
 If I just take a step back

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:05.799
 and go,

00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:07.099
 why did Luke introduce

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:08.779
 the church like this?

00:25:09.479 --> 00:25:10.099
 I think he's saying,

00:25:10.199 --> 00:25:10.299
 well,

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.679
 the church is for every culture.

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.559
 The church is for every culture,

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.559
 for every type of person,

00:25:16.959 --> 00:25:17.979
 for every tribe and tongue.

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.299
 You see later

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:20.119
 in Revelation 7

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:21.419
 that there is a great multitude.

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:23.399
 Every tribe and tongue

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:24.899
 will be worshipping God.

00:25:24.959 --> 00:25:26.259
 The gospel is not just

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:28.059
 for one group of people.

00:25:28.939 --> 00:25:30.059
 From the beginning,

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.699
 day zero of the church,

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:33.119
 it was about unity

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:34.199
 and not division.

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.659
 And yet we just have to

00:25:38.659 --> 00:25:39.839
 take a pause now

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.919
 and just look at our church now

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.279
 and go,

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.059
 whew,

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:45.579
 that's how the church started.

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:48.059
 That was the first mission trip

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:50.319
 to show the world

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.559
 that it was for every language,

00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.379
 for every culture.

00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:55.139
 And yet now here,

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:56.939
 Christianity in this day and age

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:58.619
 can often be used as a weapon

00:25:58.619 --> 00:26:00.039
 for racism,

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.519
 for politics,

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:04.379
 and you're like,

00:26:04.439 --> 00:26:04.679
 wow,

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:06.099
 how far have we fallen?

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.239
 Well,

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.819
 there's another group

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:10.259
 who maybe associate Christianity

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.000
 with it's a,

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.519
 it's a,

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:13.000
 it's a Western religion.

00:26:13.479 --> 00:26:14.579
 It's a white work,

00:26:14.699 --> 00:26:15.779
 white middle class religion.

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:19.039
 Imagine Peter

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:21.079
 showing up at one of these churches

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.239
 going,

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:21.659
 whoa,

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.019
 whoa,

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.779
 it is not

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:25.500
 a Western middle class religion

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.979
 because I am not

00:26:26.979 --> 00:26:27.979
 Western or middle class.

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:31.500
 don't we need to hear this

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.000
 as a church

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:33.400
 that the gospel

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.259
 is for every culture?

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:37.440
 You go onto the news now

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.339
 and Juju and I,

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.700
 we just,

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.819
 we're on BBC News

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.220
 just a,

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.839
 just a,

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.640
 an hour ago.

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:44.059
 You just see all these names

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.559
 pop up.

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.860
 You see India

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.400
 and Pakistan.

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.640
 You see Russia

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.140
 and Ukraine.

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.519
 You see the US

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.000
 and China.

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.220
 And you see how the church

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.740
 not only doesn't rise above

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:57.279
 those discussions,

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:59.019
 but it gets sucked into all of them.

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:02.000
 And yet Luke seems to go out

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.660
 of his way here

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:04.400
 and lists people from Asia,

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.420
 people from Africa,

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.420
 people from Europe.

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.180
 And he's,

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:09.539
 this is how the church started.

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:14.039
 There's another place

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:15.500
 where you see this kind of list

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.779
 of different countries

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.299
 and cultures.

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.940
 Let's go back to Genesis 11,

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.220
 the Tower of Babel.

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:24.119
 Isn't it interesting

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:25.859
 that mankind started

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.660
 with one language,

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:28.740
 but because of their pride,

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.859
 because wanting to make

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.559
 a name for themselves,

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.660
 God has to create them

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.180
 and confuse them

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:33.000
 with all these other languages.

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.319
 And now what you see here

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.960
 in Pentecost

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:36.220
 is actually a reversal

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.119
 of that curse.

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:38.960
 So as a Jew,

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:40.279
 you would have known this.

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.019
 You would have known

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.839
 the stories of the

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.640
 no turning backs

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.700
 that I just shared with you

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.180
 at the beginning.

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.759
 And you're like,

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.759
 what is going on here?

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.480
 This is like the Tower of Babel,

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:50.579
 but in reverse.

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:54.539
 They were confused

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.500
 because they can understand

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:55.960
 each other,

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:57.059
 but yet here,

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.740
 we can understand someone

00:27:58.740 --> 00:28:00.140
 who seemingly should be

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.200
 speaking a different language

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:02.160
 to us.

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.680
 One language,

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.599
 same words,

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:09.019
 try to build a city,

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.200
 make a name for themselves,

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:13.859
 focuses on their own acclaim.

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.339
 What was that?

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.440
 What was that scene

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.160
 in the Tower of Babel

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.480
 where they say,

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:17.740
 hey,

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:19.240
 I know we were told

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.559
 to scatter to fill the earth

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.180
 with God's glory,

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.000
 but let's stay

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.799
 and build this tower

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.779
 and make a name for ourselves

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:25.059
 and maybe the top of the tower

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.720
 will reach heaven.

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.599
 You know what that is?

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.799
 That's climbing to the top

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.200
 of the tower

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.839
 and giving God

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.480
 the middle finger

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.799
 and saying,

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:30.980
 God,

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.640
 we don't need you.

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.680
 That's what they were

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.200
 trying to do.

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:35.980
 And yet,

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:37.799
 God in his mercy says,

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.019
 look,

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:39.380
 I won't let you do that

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.460
 because I'd already promised

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.299
 Noah that there won't be

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.620
 a flood.

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:44.099
 So my best thing now

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:45.039
 is to disperse you.

00:28:46.959 --> 00:28:47.819
 If your tendency

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.759
 is to stay,

00:28:49.919 --> 00:28:50.799
 to make a name

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.519
 for yourselves,

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.399
 then I will give you

00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:54.139
 many languages

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:55.139
 so you have to move.

00:28:55.959 --> 00:28:56.799
 Growing up in England

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:59.459
 as an ethnic minority,

00:28:59.719 --> 00:29:00.859
 I understand what that means.

00:29:02.239 --> 00:29:02.579
 Joe and I,

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.239
 we went to a school

00:29:03.239 --> 00:29:03.699
 where we were

00:29:03.699 --> 00:29:04.839
 the only two Chinese kids

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:06.759
 for primary school.

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:07.739
 Secondary school,

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.359
 there were one or two

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.079
 other Chinese kids

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:10.359
 and I knew every time

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.179
 you walk in the corridor,

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.720
 you see the other

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.240
 Chinese kid,

00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:13.160
 you're like,

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.519
 it's okay,

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.299
 are you safe?

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:15.519
 Yeah,

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:15.740
 yeah,

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.000
 I'm safe.

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.299
 Safe,

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.799
 safe,

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.100
 safe,

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.240
 safe.

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.820
 Why do we have

00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:20.519
 Chinese churches

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:22.400
 in the UK?

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.820
 Because the British churches

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.980
 don't give good food.

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.920
 So we have to

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.980
 have communities

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:30.140
 where we have food.

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.460
 I joke,

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.360
 but it's also very true.

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.340
 You see,

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.700
 just ethnic minorities

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.500
 overseas

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:38.080
 are just trying to gather.

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.360
 Why?

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.900
 Just because

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:40.180
 there's safety in numbers.

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:41.519
 But the idol

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.299
 there is that

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.720
 you end up

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.420
 just looking in

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.080
 on yourself.

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.259
 And this is exactly

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.799
 what was happening

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.360
 with the Jews,

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.019
 with the Israelites.

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.380
 Just before Jesus

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:49.840
 flew off,

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.440
 what was the question

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.980
 asked to him?

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:54.220
 What did they ask him

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:55.840
 just before he ascended?

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.220
 They're like,

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.380
 well,

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.700
 Jesus,

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.940
 you came,

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.840
 you did all this stuff,

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.340
 you died

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:01.200
 and then you rose again.

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.779
 When are you going

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.779
 to restore Israel?

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:04.860
 Well,

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.240
 they say,

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.060
 when are you going

00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:06.640
 to help us?

00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:07.820
 When are you going

00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:08.220
 to help us

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.860
 with our agenda?

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:08.939
 Peter,

00:30:09.459 --> 00:30:10.119
 we've suffered

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.899
 too long.

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.139
 Our people

00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:12.500
 have suffered

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.059
 too long.

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:14.119
 We need to show

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:15.139
 everyone that we

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:16.179
 are the best nation.

00:30:16.699 --> 00:30:17.459
 And Jesus says,

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:17.639
 no,

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.719
 that's not what

00:30:18.719 --> 00:30:19.199
 this is about.

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.339
 And in Pentecost,

00:30:20.419 --> 00:30:21.079
 he shows us again.

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.079
 So,

00:30:22.199 --> 00:30:23.039
 it is a reversal

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.759
 of the curse

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:25.039
 of Babylon.

00:30:25.959 --> 00:30:26.779
 Augustine says this,

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.119
 that actually,

00:30:27.199 --> 00:30:27.519
 what happened

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.319
 at the Tower of Babel

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.899
 is basically

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:31.079
 earthly pride,

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:32.079
 pursuing earthly pride.

00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:32.899
 But what you see here

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.459
 at Pentecost

00:30:33.459 --> 00:30:34.599
 is a group of people

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.139
 united

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:36.319
 by the grace

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.779
 of Christ

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:38.419
 for heavenly devotion.

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.679
 for a city

00:30:39.679 --> 00:30:40.459
 that isn't of their own,

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:40.879
 but a city

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.479
 that is of God.

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:43.539
 That,

00:30:43.699 --> 00:30:44.039
 I think,

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.459
 is beautiful.

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:44.659
 So,

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.339
 I think a Jew

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.639
 at that time

00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:47.759
 would have appreciated that.

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:49.159
 I've got a final point here

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.939
 because I want to really

00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:51.279
 throw this ball

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:52.019
 back onto you guys.

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.639
 Something else

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.019
 that I really

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.699
 picked up on this.

00:30:54.479 --> 00:30:54.799
 And suddenly

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.500
 there came from heaven

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.059
 a sound like

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.879
 a rushing wind

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:58.719
 and divided tongues

00:30:58.719 --> 00:31:00.319
 as of fire.

00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:01.959
 I think Luke

00:31:01.959 --> 00:31:02.899
 is interesting here

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.479
 where he actually

00:31:03.479 --> 00:31:04.839
 uses the description

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.379
 of fire

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:06.079
 to describe

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:07.039
 what was happening here.

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:09.440
 The Israelites,

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:09.940
 the Jews,

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:10.839
 would have known this

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.480
 because what's fire

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.720
 always associated

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.299
 with for them?

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.680
 God.

00:31:16.159 --> 00:31:17.379
 The burning bush

00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:19.119
 is God

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.799
 showing up

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.519
 in fire.

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.259
 Exodus 20,

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.240
 when he descends

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.839
 on Mount Sinai,

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.480
 there's smoke.

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:25.740
 Why?

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.859
 Because God is fire.

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.480
 When they're wandering

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.079
 in the desert,

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.899
 in the wilderness,

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:32.019
 they see a pillar

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.680
 of fire

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.579
 following after them.

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.659
 And what do they do?

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.519
 They say,

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.599
 hey, Moses,

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:38.000
 we see it.

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.440
 That guy is powerful

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.639
 and we're scared.

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.259
 Can you go

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.000
 meet him instead?

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:45.700
 So they send Moses up

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.259
 because they're like,

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.839
 we don't want anything

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.240
 to do that.

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.379
 Why?

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.139
 Because they were

00:31:48.139 --> 00:31:49.819
 terrified of this fire.

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:51.680
 Elijah,

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:53.139
 in 1 Kings 18 and 19,

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.400
 when he battles

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:55.240
 the prophets of Baal,

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.720
 what does he do?

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.099
 Sends down fire.

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.200
 Leviticus 10,

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.539
 actually,

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.480
 because of the issue

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.299
 of the golden calf,

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.240
 Aaron's sons,

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.759
 they actually

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.900
 have to be punished.

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.980
 So how do they die?

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.539
 Die?

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.440
 Fire.

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.740
 Fire has always

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:12.240
 been associated

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.680
 with God

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.660
 for the Jews.

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.700
 So Luke here says,

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:14.900
 hey,

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.640
 something came

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.220
 from heaven

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:18.940
 as of fire.

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.339
 But I just want you

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.259
 to have a little

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.119
 thought exercise here.

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.140
 Imagine Moses

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:25.759
 at Pentecost.

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:28.220
 Just for a second there.

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:30.180
 Moses,

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:31.140
 who was the only one

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.819
 who could see God.

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.019
 Actually,

00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:33.779
 Moses himself

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:35.220
 in Exodus 33 to 34

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.779
 said,

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:36.039
 God,

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.259
 show me your glory.

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:37.920
 That's the song

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.539
 that we sang, right?

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:38.799
 God,

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.440
 show us your glory.

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.380
 And what does God say?

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.900
 God says,

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:44.360
 you actually can't see

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:45.759
 my full glory.

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:45.980
 Why?

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:46.759
 Because if you saw it,

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.180
 you would die.

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:49.839
 But I hear you,

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.279
 Moses.

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.819
 I know you want

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.380
 to have a connection

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:52.759
 with me.

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.680
 I do too.

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.600
 That's why we're here.

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.380
 So this is what

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:56.920
 we're going to do.

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.340
 You're going to hide

00:32:58.340 --> 00:32:59.300
 in this little club here.

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.340
 I'm going to walk by.

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.400
 And as I walk by,

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.880
 I'm going to cover

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:05.279
 your eyes with my hand.

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:07.320
 And then as I pass by,

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:08.060
 you'll see my back.

00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:09.240
 And that's all

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.960
 you'll be able to see.

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.820
 Moses spent his life

00:33:14.820 --> 00:33:16.460
 just trying to see God.

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.460
 And of course,

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:20.019
 mediating on behalf

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.560
 of the people.

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.920
 Imagine if he was

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.620
 at Pentecost.

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.259
 He'd be like,

00:33:25.340 --> 00:33:25.740
 guys,

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.900
 do you know

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:28.019
 what just happened

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.640
 with you?

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.059
 Do you know

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.799
 how terrifying

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.839
 it was for me

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.900
 to go up to the mountain

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.559
 alone

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:35.120
 and to see

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:36.259
 the fire of God

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.920
 alone?

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.680
 Did you know

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.559
 I came back

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:41.519
 from my trip

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.200
 to see God

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:43.279
 and I was glowing

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.019
 for a while.

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.559
 No one could even

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.359
 look at me.

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:47.500
 I had to cover my face

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:49.339
 because I'd spent

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:50.339
 that time with God.

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.200
 Do you realize

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:52.180
 what is happening?

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.920
 Do you realize

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.600
 that when I was

00:33:53.600 --> 00:33:54.320
 walking in the wilderness,

00:33:54.560 --> 00:33:55.240
 there was a pillar

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.940
 of fire

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:57.420
 that I had to follow?

00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:00.840
 And now,

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.840
 that fire

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:04.180
 that I saw Aaron's

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.960
 sons be killed

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.820
 by

00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:07.660
 is living inside you.

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.400
 I think he would

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.159
 have gone nuts.

00:34:13.700 --> 00:34:13.960
 He'd be like,

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.460
 this is something

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.500
 that I dreamt of.

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.460
 I could only dream

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.400
 of seeing it.

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.900
 You guys

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.880
 now have him

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:20.460
 living inside you.

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.639
 I was the only one

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.139
 who could go

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.760
 to that mountain.

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.360
 But now,

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.760
 the mountain

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:25.320
 has come down

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.659
 to you

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.400
 and each one

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.720
 of you

00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:27.760
 is filled

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.280
 with that fire.

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.920
 I was the only one

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.260
 that saw

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:31.119
 the burning bush.

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.019
 But now,

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.639
 each of you

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:34.260
 sat here

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.900
 are,

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.699
 in essence,

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.480
 burning bushes.

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:36.760
 Why?

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.639
 Because the Holy Spirit,

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.539
 the fire of God

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.920
 is living inside you.

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:43.220
 Forget Pentecost.

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.840
 Imagine if Moses

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.420
 showed up here.

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.500
 People who

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:49.300
 say we believe

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.720
 in Jesus,

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.639
 who have received

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.259
 the Holy Spirit,

00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:52.579
 declared him as Lord,

00:34:52.959 --> 00:34:53.639
 live with the fire

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.179
 inside us.

00:34:57.859 --> 00:34:58.539
 My fear is

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.859
 that he'd be

00:34:58.859 --> 00:34:59.319
 heartbroken.

00:35:00.359 --> 00:35:01.099
 He'd be devastated.

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.739
 You guys have

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.759
 no idea

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.419
 what you have

00:35:03.419 --> 00:35:04.119
 inside you.

00:35:05.879 --> 00:35:06.699
 I tried to catch

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.379
 a glimpse of it

00:35:07.379 --> 00:35:07.719
 and he said

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.099
 I couldn't

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.899
 because I'd die.

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.139
 And now,

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.500
 you have it

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.239
 living inside you

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:11.939
 and all you can do

00:35:11.939 --> 00:35:12.439
 is just sit

00:35:12.439 --> 00:35:12.839
 and enjoy

00:35:12.839 --> 00:35:13.419
 your comfy chair.

00:35:17.419 --> 00:35:18.259
 I was the only one

00:35:18.259 --> 00:35:18.819
 who could see God

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:19.740
 and now all of you

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:20.160
 have God

00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:21.080
 living inside you.

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.920
 I went up to the

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:24.120
 mount to get the law

00:35:24.120 --> 00:35:26.820
 but now the Spirit

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.640
 has come down

00:35:27.640 --> 00:35:28.380
 at Pentecost

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.200
 on all of you.

00:35:32.600 --> 00:35:33.380
 He would have been

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:33.760
 mind blown.

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:36.160
 I don't think

00:35:36.160 --> 00:35:37.120
 we truly grasp

00:35:37.120 --> 00:35:37.680
 what happened

00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:38.420
 at Pentecost.

00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:43.100
 That from that moment

00:35:43.100 --> 00:35:43.980
 the church was born

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:45.039
 because each believer

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.640
 was filled

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.480
 filled with the Holy Spirit

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:48.339
 filled with a fire

00:35:48.339 --> 00:35:48.960
 inside them.

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.420
 I'll tell you something

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.500
 about fire and wind.

00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:51.559
 If you're stood

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.559
 next to fire and wind

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.779
 it changes you.

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.879
 You have no choice.

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:56.460
 It forces you to move.

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:56.799
 Wind,

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:58.219
 it forces you to move.

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.920
 Why do we close

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.420
 everything down

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:01.960
 in Typhoon 8?

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.900
 Because it's

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:04.079
 dangerous.

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.460
 Just look at the

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.900
 wildfires in the US

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.519
 and you see

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:12.239
 the effects

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:13.699
 of fire and wind.

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:15.019
 and yet here we are

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:16.339
 as recipients

00:36:16.339 --> 00:36:17.239
 of the Holy Spirit

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.980
 as of fire

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.719
 as like wind

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:20.059
 and yet we sit.

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:22.099
 We have the fullness

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:23.439
 of God living inside us

00:36:23.439 --> 00:36:24.699
 and yet we look

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.500
 nothing like Jesus.

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:29.019
 I think for Moses

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:30.339
 it would have been shocking.

00:36:33.339 --> 00:36:34.099
 It's interesting.

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.839
 Just to quickly

00:36:34.839 --> 00:36:36.099
 pop back to Exodus 34.

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.439
 So Moses says

00:36:38.439 --> 00:36:39.119
 I want to see you.

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:39.599
 God says

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.199
 you can't see me

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.559
 you'll die

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.419
 but hey

00:36:41.419 --> 00:36:42.139
 this is what we'll do.

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:43.379
 And finally

00:36:43.379 --> 00:36:44.119
 he walks by

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:44.980
 he sees his back

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.480
 and then God

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.599
 actually introduces himself.

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:49.179
 If there's one part

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:50.059
 of the Bible

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:51.359
 that tells us about God

00:36:51.359 --> 00:36:52.379
 is when he chooses

00:36:52.379 --> 00:36:53.239
 to describe himself

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:54.159
 and what he says here

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:55.199
 Exodus 34

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.779
 The Lord

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:56.940
 a God

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:58.079
 merciful and gracious

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.900
 slow to anger

00:36:58.900 --> 00:37:00.839
 abounding in steadfast love

00:37:00.839 --> 00:37:01.519
 and faithfulness

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.579
 keeping steadfast love

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.079
 for thousands

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:04.019
 forgiving iniquity

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.779
 and transgression

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:05.279
 and sin.

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:05.980
 It's like

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:07.480
 Moses

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.219
 you and your people

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.940
 have got me all wrong

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.980
 I am filled with grace

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.740
 and mercy

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:12.500
 I am abounding

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.400
 in steadfast love

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:15.219
 I forgive

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:17.920
 but just in case

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.500
 you think

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.980
 that I'm soft

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:21.480
 that I'm here

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.659
 just to let things slide

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:24.059
 he finishes

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.860
 with saying this

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:26.000
 forgiving iniquity

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.579
 and transgression

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:26.880
 and sin

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.500
 but who will

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.179
 by no means

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:29.440
 clear the guilty.

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:31.179
 So Moses

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:31.760
 would have come down

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:32.099
 from the mountain

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.280
 and go

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:32.679
 guys

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:33.139
 guys

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:34.699
 this fire

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:36.019
 this terrifying fire

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.699
 that you see

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:38.320
 he is gracious

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:39.300
 and he is compassionate

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:41.019
 he is abounding

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.940
 in steadfast love

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:43.260
 he is slow to anger

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:45.260
 he will forgive you

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:46.380
 he will forgive us

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:47.700
 but it doesn't mean

00:37:47.700 --> 00:37:48.400
 he clears the guilty

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.200
 he would have come down

00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:49.940
 a little bit perplexed

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.860
 I wonder how that works

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:53.000
 I wonder how God

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.880
 can be both

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.780
 just

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.600
 and loving

00:37:55.600 --> 00:37:56.920
 at the same time

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:58.560
 you see Moses

00:37:58.560 --> 00:38:00.460
 hadn't seen the future

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:02.880
 Moses was up there

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.900
 on the mountain

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.680
 by himself

00:38:04.680 --> 00:38:06.580
 but soon

00:38:06.580 --> 00:38:07.440
 many years later

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.099
 he'd be stood

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:09.240
 on the mountain

00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:09.559
 again

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:10.840
 with someone

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.519
 who embodied

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.659
 that grace

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:14.119
 and that truth

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:15.519
 that God was

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.079
 talking to him

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.500
 about here

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:19.559
 John 1

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:20.380
 says this

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:21.400
 the word became flesh

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:23.320
 filled with grace

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:24.940
 and truth

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:26.840
 Romans 8

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.179
 says

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:28.420
 what God could not do

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.880
 in the law

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.720
 because it was weakened

00:38:29.720 --> 00:38:30.380
 by the flesh

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:31.460
 now is fulfilled

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.360
 by Jesus

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:33.480
 right here

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:35.119
 the one who is

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.480
 gracious

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.599
 and true

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:37.800
 and just

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:39.019
 and he would have been like

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.460
 guys

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:40.740
 you saw him

00:38:40.740 --> 00:38:42.159
 you have his spirit

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:43.420
 living inside you

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:45.039
 why aren't you

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.960
 moving

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:48.780
 this is a moment

00:38:48.780 --> 00:38:49.639
 where you should not

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:50.460
 be turning back

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:51.960
 this is a moment

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.840
 that should have changed

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:53.980
 your life forever

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:55.820
 and yet you're sat here

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.900
 still the same

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.880
 as you were

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:59.280
 five years ago

00:38:59.280 --> 00:39:03.260
 it would not have made sense

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:04.160
 to Moses

00:39:04.160 --> 00:39:05.940
 why does it make sense

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:07.200
 for us

00:39:07.200 --> 00:39:10.780
 he would have said

00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:12.440
 do you know what happened

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:13.920
 after the golden calf incident

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:16.900
 3,000 people died

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:20.560
 3,000 people died

00:39:20.560 --> 00:39:21.320
 because they chose

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:22.180
 to worship a calf

00:39:22.180 --> 00:39:26.660
 and now at Pentecost

00:39:26.660 --> 00:39:27.200
 what happens

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:27.800
 if you go into

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.640
 Acts chapter 2 later

00:39:28.640 --> 00:39:29.180
 what happens

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.899
 when they're filled

00:39:29.899 --> 00:39:30.539
 with the Holy Spirit

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:31.639
 Peter preaches the sermon

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:32.919
 people are cut to the heart

00:39:32.919 --> 00:39:33.599
 and how many people

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:34.019
 are saved

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:35.899
 3,000

00:39:35.899 --> 00:39:39.259
 God is reversing

00:39:39.259 --> 00:39:39.940
 the curse

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.960
 of the Tower of Babel

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.980
 God is reversing

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:43.019
 the sins

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:44.239
 of mankind

00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:46.460
 Moses would have been

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.579
 completely astonished

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:51.159
 back then

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.899
 they were terrified

00:39:51.899 --> 00:39:52.480
 of the fire

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:53.699
 but now we are empowered

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:54.980
 by that same fire

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:56.599
 can you see

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.159
 the parallels

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:58.599
 can you see

00:39:58.599 --> 00:39:59.319
 the significance

00:39:59.319 --> 00:39:59.319


00:39:59.319 --> 00:40:00.119
 of Pentecost

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:02.559
 well if you can

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:03.339
 see the significance

00:40:03.339 --> 00:40:04.719
 can this be

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.199
 a moment

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:06.039
 where you do not

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.559
 turn back

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:09.139
 where you now

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:10.079
 truly understand

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.599
 what it means

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:11.639
 to have the Holy Spirit

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:13.099
 like wind

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:13.819
 like fire

00:40:13.819 --> 00:40:15.279
 living inside you

00:40:15.279 --> 00:40:17.480
 you cannot

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.400
 just gather

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:19.779
 brothers and sisters

00:40:19.779 --> 00:40:21.519
 now we have

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.980
 more comfy chairs

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.900
 you cannot

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:25.019
 just gather

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:26.099
 just as the day

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.719
 of Pentecost

00:40:26.719 --> 00:40:27.639
 can we wait

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:28.500
 for him

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:30.739
 just as the day

00:40:30.739 --> 00:40:31.239
 of Pentecost

00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:32.000
 can we be filled

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.400
 with the spirit

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:32.920
 and then cannot

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.759
 help but to

00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:34.460
 spill out

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:35.279
 into the streets

00:40:35.279 --> 00:40:38.179
 and to show people

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:38.719
 what we have

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.539
 now just

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.380
 beware here

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:41.079
 when you're filled

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.559
 with the spirit

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:42.259
 and he lets you

00:40:42.259 --> 00:40:42.759
 do things

00:40:42.759 --> 00:40:43.460
 that are incredible

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:44.239
 that causes people

00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:45.000
 to be astonished

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:45.440
 and amazed

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:46.480
 and perplexed

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:49.000
 don't make the same

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.719
 mistake as those

00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:50.460
 in the Tower of Babel

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:51.000
 where they say

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.880
 let's make a name

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.440
 for ourselves

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:54.019
 when these people

00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:54.720
 are filled with the spirit

00:40:54.720 --> 00:40:55.340
 and they go out

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:55.820
 and they speak

00:40:55.820 --> 00:40:56.599
 all kinds of languages

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.260
 the ones that they

00:40:57.260 --> 00:40:58.139
 have no idea of knowing

00:40:58.139 --> 00:40:59.019
 I mean I'm trying

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.800
 so hard to learn

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.079
 Mandarin

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:01.320
 and it is so hard

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:02.639
 I mean I can ask

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:03.340
 questions but I have

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.019
 no idea what they're

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.480
 saying when they

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:04.880
 answer me

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:06.559
 and then Joe and I

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:07.039
 have the same

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:08.300
 people pleasing issue

00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:09.700
 we go and we go

00:41:09.700 --> 00:41:10.059
 to Shenzhen

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.440
 and we ask

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:12.519
 and then they'll be like

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:17.539
 and then Alex

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:18.420
 and Christina

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.740
 will laugh

00:41:18.740 --> 00:41:19.039
 and just go

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.559
 do you know

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:20.000
 what you just

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:21.340
 said yes to

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:22.900
 like no idea

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:29.980
 but they weren't

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:30.579
 amazed that they

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:31.140
 could speak a new

00:41:31.140 --> 00:41:31.460
 language

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:32.120
 what were they

00:41:32.120 --> 00:41:32.880
 shouting about

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:36.220
 Acts chapter 2

00:41:36.220 --> 00:41:36.740
 verse 12

00:41:36.740 --> 00:41:37.660
 and all were amazed

00:41:37.660 --> 00:41:38.180
 and perplexed

00:41:38.180 --> 00:41:38.700
 actually sorry

00:41:38.700 --> 00:41:39.180
 verse 11

00:41:39.180 --> 00:41:40.340
 we hear them

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:41.100
 telling in our

00:41:41.100 --> 00:41:41.680
 own tongues

00:41:41.680 --> 00:41:42.720
 the mighty

00:41:42.720 --> 00:41:43.740
 works

00:41:43.740 --> 00:41:44.740
 of God

00:41:44.740 --> 00:41:46.160
 whereas in the

00:41:46.160 --> 00:41:46.720
 Tower of Babel

00:41:46.720 --> 00:41:47.300
 they were talking

00:41:47.300 --> 00:41:48.220
 about finding a name

00:41:48.220 --> 00:41:48.980
 making a name

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.600
 for themselves

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:51.920
 the reversal is

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:52.559
 complete because

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:53.000
 they are not

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.880
 making a name

00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:54.420
 for themselves

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:54.799
 they're not

00:41:54.799 --> 00:41:55.360
 coming hey

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:55.940
 look what we

00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:56.219
 can do

00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:56.819
 look what party

00:41:56.819 --> 00:41:57.380
 tricks we can

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:57.539
 do

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.059
 they're saying

00:41:58.059 --> 00:42:00.360
 have you heard

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.299
 about the amazing

00:42:01.299 --> 00:42:02.839
 works of God

00:42:02.839 --> 00:42:05.059
 the fire that

00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:05.819
 Moses saw

00:42:05.819 --> 00:42:07.179
 on Mount Sinai

00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:07.819
 has now

00:42:07.819 --> 00:42:09.279
 descended

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:10.679
 full of grace

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:11.159
 and truth

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:12.319
 we have seen

00:42:12.319 --> 00:42:12.920
 his face

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:14.800
 Jesus

00:42:14.800 --> 00:42:16.820
 Jesus

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:19.380
 who died

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:19.980
 for our sins

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:22.240
 but rose again

00:42:22.240 --> 00:42:23.440
 and will come

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:23.960
 back again

00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:25.840
 that would have

00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.480
 been the message

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:27.820
 coming out of

00:42:27.820 --> 00:42:28.220
 their mouths

00:42:28.220 --> 00:42:29.740
 can we be

00:42:29.740 --> 00:42:31.019
 people who

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:32.400
 are similar

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:36.340
 my prayer is

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:36.559
 that

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:38.920
 as we have

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.659
 different turning

00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:40.280
 points in our

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:40.599
 lives

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:41.800
 different things

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:42.360
 that happen to

00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:42.580
 us

00:42:42.580 --> 00:42:44.460
 I pray that

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:45.200
 this will be

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:45.640
 one of those

00:42:45.640 --> 00:42:45.900
 moments

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:46.360
 maybe not

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:47.480
 exactly today

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:49.680
 but maybe

00:42:49.680 --> 00:42:50.680
 is today

00:42:50.680 --> 00:42:50.980
 as well

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:51.460
 maybe you've

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:51.780
 been sat

00:42:51.780 --> 00:42:52.160
 there too

00:42:52.160 --> 00:42:52.480
 long

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:53.380
 holding the

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:53.860
 fullness of

00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:54.320
 God inside

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:54.620
 you

00:42:54.620 --> 00:42:56.280
 and not

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:56.960
 unleashing it

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.500
 to the world

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:59.340
 and I pray

00:42:59.340 --> 00:42:59.780
 that today

00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:00.740
 you'll decide

00:43:00.740 --> 00:43:02.240
 I cannot

00:43:02.240 --> 00:43:02.680
 turn back

00:43:02.680 --> 00:43:03.400
 this changes

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:03.960
 everything

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:06.980
 this forces

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:07.340
 me to

00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:07.699
 not just

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:07.940
 gather

00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:08.320
 but to

00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:08.599
 scatter

00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:11.360
 imagine

00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:11.880
 look around

00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:12.240
 now

00:43:12.240 --> 00:43:13.559
 this room

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:14.280
 is filled

00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:15.760
 with people

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:16.079
 who are

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.500
 basically

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:17.240
 burning

00:43:17.240 --> 00:43:17.940
 bushes

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:20.920
 that's

00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:20.920


00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:21.200
 what we

00:43:21.200 --> 00:43:21.659
 see here

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.079
 in scripture

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:22.480
 that's

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:22.840
 what we

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.340
 are

00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:26.700
 we can't

00:43:26.700 --> 00:43:27.200
 help but

00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:27.619
 go out

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:28.220
 and spread

00:43:28.220 --> 00:43:28.659
 this

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:32.039
 see the

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:32.460
 parallels

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:32.840
 in Mount

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:33.260
 Sinai

00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:34.260
 and Pentecost

00:43:34.260 --> 00:43:34.679
 see the

00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:35.079
 parallels

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.360
 of the

00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:35.679
 Tower of

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:35.940
 Babel

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:37.559
 and Pentecost

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:39.860
 but most of

00:43:39.860 --> 00:43:40.240
 all see

00:43:40.240 --> 00:43:40.740
 the God

00:43:40.740 --> 00:43:41.039
 who has

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:41.480
 been working

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:41.860
 from the

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:42.119
 beginning

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:42.559
 to the

00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:42.780
 end

00:43:42.780 --> 00:43:44.220
 the one

00:43:44.220 --> 00:43:44.480
 who lives

00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:45.019
 inside you

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:46.240
 right now

00:43:46.240 --> 00:43:47.080
 and go

00:43:47.080 --> 00:43:47.760
 would you

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:48.180
 tell of his

00:43:48.180 --> 00:43:48.760
 mighty works

00:43:48.760 --> 00:43:51.060
 we're going

00:43:51.060 --> 00:43:51.280
 to finish

00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:51.820
 with communion

00:43:51.820 --> 00:43:53.519
 and this

00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:53.860
 is a time

00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:54.440
 for all

00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:54.780
 of us

00:43:54.780 --> 00:43:55.360
 just to

00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:55.580
 sit

00:43:55.580 --> 00:43:56.140
 just to

00:43:56.140 --> 00:43:56.500
 evaluate

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:56.780
 well

00:43:56.780 --> 00:43:57.640
 how much

00:43:57.640 --> 00:43:57.860
 of a

00:43:57.860 --> 00:43:58.080
 burning

00:43:58.080 --> 00:43:58.380
 bush

00:43:58.380 --> 00:43:59.400
 have I

00:43:59.400 --> 00:43:59.620
 been

00:43:59.620 --> 00:44:02.000
 maybe

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.320
 some of

00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:02.380
 you

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:02.519
 like

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:02.680
 look

00:44:02.680 --> 00:44:02.860
 I've

00:44:02.860 --> 00:44:02.940
 been

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.240
 trying

00:44:03.240 --> 00:44:04.840
 trying

00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:05.060
 to get

00:44:05.060 --> 00:44:05.240
 this

00:44:05.240 --> 00:44:05.460
 fire

00:44:05.460 --> 00:44:05.840
 started

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:06.140
 but it's

00:44:06.140 --> 00:44:06.260
 not

00:44:06.260 --> 00:44:06.519
 working

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:06.680
 well

00:44:06.680 --> 00:44:06.780
 I'll

00:44:06.780 --> 00:44:06.900
 tell

00:44:06.900 --> 00:44:07.000
 you

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:07.160
 this

00:44:07.160 --> 00:44:07.320
 I'll

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:07.640
 encourage

00:44:07.640 --> 00:44:07.740
 you

00:44:07.740 --> 00:44:07.860
 here

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:08.440
 you're

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:08.540
 in

00:44:08.540 --> 00:44:08.620
 the

00:44:08.620 --> 00:44:08.780
 right

00:44:08.780 --> 00:44:09.120
 place

00:44:09.120 --> 00:44:10.220
 as I

00:44:10.220 --> 00:44:10.360
 look

00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:10.519
 around

00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:10.760
 I can

00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:10.980
 see

00:44:10.980 --> 00:44:11.300
 people

00:44:11.300 --> 00:44:11.600
 that are

00:44:11.600 --> 00:44:11.740
 on

00:44:11.740 --> 00:44:12.000
 fire

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.539
 tell

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:12.620
 you

00:44:12.620 --> 00:44:12.720
 what

00:44:12.720 --> 00:44:12.860
 I

00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:13.000
 would

00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:13.120
 do

00:44:13.120 --> 00:44:13.220
 if

00:44:13.220 --> 00:44:13.340
 I

00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:13.480
 was

00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:13.620
 you

00:44:13.620 --> 00:44:14.080
 and I

00:44:14.080 --> 00:44:14.240
 have

00:44:14.240 --> 00:44:14.360
 no

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:14.580
 fire

00:44:14.580 --> 00:44:14.760
 and they

00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:14.900
 have

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:15.200
 fire

00:44:15.200 --> 00:44:15.940
 what's

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.019
 the

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:16.180
 best

00:44:16.180 --> 00:44:16.300
 thing

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:16.460
 about

00:44:16.460 --> 00:44:16.740
 fire

00:44:16.740 --> 00:44:17.100
 it

00:44:17.100 --> 00:44:17.240
 just

00:44:17.240 --> 00:44:17.519
 spreads

00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:18.019
 go sit

00:44:18.019 --> 00:44:18.300
 next to

00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:18.560
 them

00:44:18.560 --> 00:44:19.820
 go hang

00:44:19.820 --> 00:44:19.980
 out

00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:20.120
 with

00:44:20.120 --> 00:44:20.500
 them

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:21.560
 go have

00:44:21.560 --> 00:44:21.780
 lunch

00:44:21.780 --> 00:44:21.880
 with

00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:21.980
 them

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:22.100
 go

00:44:22.100 --> 00:44:22.240
 hey

00:44:22.240 --> 00:44:22.720
 tell

00:44:22.720 --> 00:44:22.900
 me

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:23.080
 how

00:44:23.080 --> 00:44:23.440
 you

00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:23.660
 are

00:44:23.660 --> 00:44:23.820
 so

00:44:23.820 --> 00:44:24.000
 on

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:24.260
 fire

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:26.380
 that's

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:26.460
 what

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:26.560
 I

00:44:26.560 --> 00:44:26.680
 would

00:44:26.680 --> 00:44:27.320
 do

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:29.260
 and hope

00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:29.580
 to catch

00:44:29.580 --> 00:44:29.740
 that

00:44:29.740 --> 00:44:30.060
 fire

00:44:30.060 --> 00:44:30.420
 next

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:33.980
 but if

00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:34.140
 there's

00:44:34.140 --> 00:44:34.380
 something

00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:34.780
 inside

00:44:34.780 --> 00:44:35.000
 us

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:35.120
 that

00:44:35.120 --> 00:44:35.260
 have

00:44:35.260 --> 00:44:35.700
 completely

00:44:35.700 --> 00:44:36.280
 stopped

00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:36.580
 that

00:44:36.580 --> 00:44:37.560
 then this

00:44:37.560 --> 00:44:37.820
 is now

00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:38.160
 the perfect

00:44:38.160 --> 00:44:38.580
 time for

00:44:38.580 --> 00:44:38.840
 us to

00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.160
 take this

00:44:39.160 --> 00:44:39.420
 to God

00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:39.640
 and go

00:44:39.640 --> 00:44:39.860
 God

00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:40.180
 I'm so

00:44:40.180 --> 00:44:40.420
 sorry

00:44:40.420 --> 00:44:41.900
 I didn't

00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:42.340
 realize

00:44:42.340 --> 00:44:42.760
 what was

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:43.080
 inside

00:44:43.080 --> 00:44:43.340
 me

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:44.160
 I didn't

00:44:44.160 --> 00:44:44.580
 realize

00:44:44.580 --> 00:44:44.900
 what I

00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:45.420
 was denying

00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:45.840
 the power

00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:46.120
 of

00:44:46.120 --> 00:44:48.519
 show me

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:48.820
 how

00:44:48.820 --> 00:44:51.300
 show

00:44:51.300 --> 00:44:51.420
 me

00:44:51.420 --> 00:44:51.700
 how

00:44:51.700 --> 00:44:59.720
 Jesus

00:44:59.720 --> 00:45:00.100
 you are

00:45:00.100 --> 00:45:00.380
 enough

00:45:00.380 --> 00:45:05.080
 you are

00:45:05.080 --> 00:45:05.420
 the subject

00:45:05.420 --> 00:45:05.800
 of all

00:45:05.800 --> 00:45:06.019
 of our

00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:06.400
 devotion

00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:08.980
 we know

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:09.280
 the Holy

00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:09.600
 Spirit

00:45:09.600 --> 00:45:10.360
 came to

00:45:10.360 --> 00:45:10.980
 point people

00:45:10.980 --> 00:45:11.680
 to point

00:45:11.680 --> 00:45:12.160
 us to

00:45:12.160 --> 00:45:12.400
 you

00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:13.340
 to tell

00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:13.700
 of the

00:45:13.700 --> 00:45:13.900
 mighty

00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:14.220
 works

00:45:14.220 --> 00:45:14.539
 of God

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:17.920
 and so

00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:18.400
 we decide

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:18.760
 today

00:45:18.760 --> 00:45:22.760
 we pray

00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:23.320
 that today

00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:23.880
 would be a

00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:24.380
 turning point

00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:24.800
 where we

00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:25.240
 do not

00:45:25.240 --> 00:45:25.720
 turn back

00:45:25.720 --> 00:45:26.440
 where we

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:27.000
 decide to

00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:27.600
 follow you

00:45:27.600 --> 00:45:30.600
 wherever you

00:45:30.600 --> 00:45:31.020
 may lead

00:45:31.020 --> 00:45:33.260
 as of

00:45:33.260 --> 00:45:33.520
 Noah

00:45:33.520 --> 00:45:34.600
 as of

00:45:34.600 --> 00:45:34.960
 Abraham

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:36.220
 as of

00:45:36.220 --> 00:45:36.540
 Isaac

00:45:36.540 --> 00:45:37.000
 as of

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.380
 Jacob

00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:39.280
 as of

00:45:39.280 --> 00:45:39.720
 Moses

00:45:39.719 --> 00:45:49.000
 Jesus

00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:49.459
 we follow

00:45:49.459 --> 00:45:49.719
 you

00:45:49.719 --> 00:45:51.899
 the great

00:45:51.899 --> 00:45:52.419
 high priest

00:45:52.419 --> 00:45:57.759
 we know

00:45:57.759 --> 00:45:58.059
 that through

00:45:58.059 --> 00:45:58.480
 what you

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:58.819
 did on

00:45:58.819 --> 00:45:59.259
 the cross

00:45:59.259 --> 00:46:00.239
 through your

00:46:00.239 --> 00:46:00.500
 spirit

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:01.000
 we all

00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:01.480
 have access

00:46:01.480 --> 00:46:01.819
 to the

00:46:01.819 --> 00:46:02.019
 father

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.259
 now

00:46:02.259 --> 00:46:02.779
 not just

00:46:02.779 --> 00:46:03.159
 Moses

00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:06.599
 and you

00:46:06.599 --> 00:46:07.159
 you

00:46:07.159 --> 00:46:07.359
 Lord

00:46:07.359 --> 00:46:07.519
 have

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:07.799
 broken

00:46:07.799 --> 00:46:08.139
 down

00:46:08.139 --> 00:46:08.319
 the

00:46:08.319 --> 00:46:08.679
 dividing

00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:08.920
 wall

00:46:08.920 --> 00:46:09.039
 of

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.500
 hostility

00:46:09.500 --> 00:46:10.440
 between

00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:10.980
 nations

00:46:10.980 --> 00:46:12.980
 between

00:46:12.980 --> 00:46:13.420
 friends

00:46:13.420 --> 00:46:13.679
 within

00:46:13.679 --> 00:46:14.219
 families

00:46:14.219 --> 00:46:17.039
 you come

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.279
 and you

00:46:17.279 --> 00:46:17.519
 preach

00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:17.899
 peace

00:46:17.899 --> 00:46:19.960
 and so

00:46:19.960 --> 00:46:20.300
 we follow

00:46:20.300 --> 00:46:20.720
 you

00:46:20.720 --> 00:46:29.360
 Jesus

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:29.880
 everything

00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:30.500
 we need

00:46:30.500 --> 00:46:32.519
 is in

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:32.740
 you

00:46:32.740 --> 00:46:36.659
 so would

00:46:36.659 --> 00:46:36.900
 you give

00:46:36.900 --> 00:46:37.119
 us the

00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:37.720
 opportunities

00:46:37.720 --> 00:46:38.599
 this week

00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:40.420
 to be

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:40.880
 that burning

00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:41.199
 bush

00:46:41.199 --> 00:46:43.240
 would you

00:46:43.240 --> 00:46:43.740
 send people

00:46:43.740 --> 00:46:44.139
 to us

00:46:44.139 --> 00:46:44.500
 that you

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:45.220
 are desiring

00:46:45.220 --> 00:46:45.699
 to meet

00:46:45.699 --> 00:46:49.440
 and just

00:46:49.440 --> 00:46:50.059
 as Moses

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:50.700
 was poor

00:46:50.700 --> 00:46:51.019
 with his

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.360
 words

00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:53.440
 we come

00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:53.960
 with our

00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:55.639
 flawed

00:46:55.639 --> 00:46:56.380
 apologetics

00:46:56.380 --> 00:46:58.000
 we come

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.760
 without lofty

00:46:58.760 --> 00:46:59.179
 speech or

00:46:59.179 --> 00:46:59.480
 wisdom

00:46:59.480 --> 00:47:03.900
 but we

00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:04.460
 take comfort

00:47:04.460 --> 00:47:04.880
 in the fact

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:05.139
 that the

00:47:05.139 --> 00:47:05.539
 power of

00:47:05.539 --> 00:47:05.840
 the cross

00:47:05.840 --> 00:47:06.300
 is enough

00:47:06.300 --> 00:47:11.300
 Lord would

00:47:11.300 --> 00:47:12.059
 you use

00:47:12.059 --> 00:47:12.200
 us

00:47:12.200 --> 00:47:12.539
 would we

00:47:12.539 --> 00:47:13.039
 be your

00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:13.420
 chosen

00:47:13.420 --> 00:47:14.000
 instruments

00:47:14.000 --> 00:47:14.400
 would you

00:47:14.400 --> 00:47:14.900
 burn

00:47:14.900 --> 00:47:16.740
 inside us

00:47:16.739 --> 00:47:21.479
 just as

00:47:21.479 --> 00:47:21.719
 on the

00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:22.019
 day of

00:47:22.019 --> 00:47:22.539
 Pentecost

00:47:22.539 --> 00:47:23.939
 Holy

00:47:23.939 --> 00:47:24.299
 Spirit

00:47:24.299 --> 00:47:24.619
 would you

00:47:24.619 --> 00:47:25.159
 continue

00:47:25.159 --> 00:47:25.879
 to lead

00:47:25.879 --> 00:47:26.159
 us

00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:27.219
 through

00:47:27.219 --> 00:47:27.379
 the

00:47:27.379 --> 00:47:27.599
 night

00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:30.839
 would you

00:47:30.839 --> 00:47:31.139
 continue

00:47:31.139 --> 00:47:31.839
 to refine

00:47:31.839 --> 00:47:32.359
 us to be

00:47:32.359 --> 00:47:32.779
 more like

00:47:32.779 --> 00:47:33.079
 you

00:47:33.079 --> 00:47:37.579
 would you

00:47:37.579 --> 00:47:38.000
 complete

00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:38.379
 what you

00:47:38.379 --> 00:47:38.699
 already

00:47:38.699 --> 00:47:39.159
 started

00:47:39.159 --> 00:47:42.079
 would you

00:47:42.079 --> 00:47:42.699
 allow us

00:47:42.699 --> 00:47:43.399
 empower us

00:47:43.399 --> 00:47:43.739
 to be a

00:47:43.739 --> 00:47:44.019
 part of

00:47:44.019 --> 00:47:44.359
 it

00:47:44.360 --> 00:47:46.900
 thank you

00:47:46.900 --> 00:47:47.440
 Holy Spirit

00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:52.599
 we know

00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:54.000
 that we

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:54.320
 tread on

00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:54.920
 holy ground

00:47:54.920 --> 00:47:56.860
 because you

00:47:56.860 --> 00:47:57.260
 are here

00:47:57.260 --> 00:48:01.700
 thank you

00:48:01.700 --> 00:48:01.900
 Lord

00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:05.680
 thank you

00:48:05.680 --> 00:48:06.099
 for being

00:48:06.099 --> 00:48:06.579
 with us

00:48:06.579 --> 00:48:06.840
 as we

00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:07.079
 gather

00:48:07.079 --> 00:48:09.660
 would you

00:48:09.660 --> 00:48:10.120
 continue

00:48:10.120 --> 00:48:10.800
 as we

00:48:10.800 --> 00:48:11.079
 scatter

00:48:11.079 --> 00:48:12.699
 in your

00:48:12.699 --> 00:48:13.039
 name we

00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:13.299
 pray

00:48:13.299 --> 00:48:14.460
 amen