WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.200 and even a little bit about his return someday. 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:05.620 But as we wrapped up Thursday evening, I got thinking, 00:00:05.980 --> 00:00:10.400 not that I had the energy for it, but that it would have been nice to have a day six 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:15.140 and just talk a little bit about what happened after Jesus' ascension. 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:18.960 And so my message this morning is going to be focused a little bit on that. 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:26.120 There's something wonderful and amazing that God did after Jesus ascended into heaven. 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:29.300 So I went back and read that story this week. 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:34.600 And I didn't have time to make up slides for the scriptures, 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:37.579 so there are Bibles in front of you if you didn't bring yours. 00:00:37.980 --> 00:00:40.200 We're going to be in Acts 2 this morning. 00:00:41.259 --> 00:00:42.200 Acts 2. 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:49.679 So Jesus has died on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins. 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:52.960 God has raised him back to life from the dead. 00:00:53.400 --> 00:00:59.219 He's been appearing to many of his followers over a period of about 40 days. 00:00:59.219 --> 00:01:03.199 And then, before their very eyes, Jesus was taken up into heaven. 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:10.260 And not long after that, maybe a week or so, comes the day of Pentecost. 00:01:10.260 --> 00:01:14.840 It was a Jewish festival that happened every year. 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:19.820 And it was something that they were commanded to celebrate in the Old Testament. 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:24.219 And so Jesus has been taken up to heaven. 00:01:24.420 --> 00:01:30.280 The disciples, they go back from the Mount of Olives after watching that into the city of Jerusalem. 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:33.500 Jerusalem, and then comes Pentecost. 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.099 So you can just imagine the city of Jerusalem is filled with people. 00:01:37.239 --> 00:01:42.159 All these people are coming from all over the world to celebrate this feast. 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:45.439 Let's read a little bit of the story in Acts 2. 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:50.439 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 00:01:51.420 --> 00:01:59.420 Suddenly, a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:06.120 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:14.819 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:17.520 Wow. 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:21.560 Can you imagine what that would have been like? 00:02:22.379 --> 00:02:25.120 There they are sitting in this house all together. 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:31.439 And then all of a sudden, they hear the sound of a rushing wind inside the house. 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:36.120 So next time we get one of those super windy days here in Davidson, 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:40.300 which somehow it seems like we haven't had as many as last year, this year, 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:45.840 you can open all your windows and your doors and let that sound fill the house. 00:02:46.020 --> 00:02:47.780 And maybe it was something like that. 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:50.460 Though it doesn't say that they were actually getting blown around. 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:52.500 It was just the sound of wind. 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:58.240 And as they're hearing this, they're looking around, and all of a sudden, they see something really strange. 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:02.340 Luke's description is kind of interesting. 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:08.960 The dividing of fiery tongues coming to rest or settle on each of them. 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:11.900 Now we're going to have to use your imagination a little bit here. 00:03:13.020 --> 00:03:14.580 It wasn't actual fire. 00:03:15.260 --> 00:03:16.140 No one was burned. 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:19.800 And it wasn't tongues like this kind of tongue. 00:03:21.219 --> 00:03:25.879 Sometimes we even describe flames of fire as kind of licking up things as they move. 00:03:25.980 --> 00:03:27.140 It's just kind of the way they move. 00:03:27.139 --> 00:03:28.279 So use your imagination. 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:33.919 Something like fire licking out towards each of them and coming, Luke says, 00:03:33.979 --> 00:03:36.939 to rest or settle on each one of them. 00:03:38.019 --> 00:03:40.279 What a strange sight that must have been. 00:03:41.099 --> 00:03:43.979 And all this is they're hearing the sound of rushing wind. 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:47.659 And Luke tells us what this is. 00:03:48.739 --> 00:03:50.879 He says in verse 4, 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:54.359 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit. 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:57.160 That's what this is. 00:03:57.820 --> 00:04:05.500 God's Holy Spirit is coming down upon them and entering into them right here in this room. 00:04:05.500 --> 00:04:12.419 We might think back to Jesus' baptism and how the Spirit came down from heaven upon him like a dove. 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:14.680 Well, it's similar here, but not a dove. 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:16.939 Like fiery tongues. 00:04:16.939 --> 00:04:24.000 What an amazing thing it must have been to see that and even more to experience that. 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:28.459 And Luke tells us that there was a sign that went with this. 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:29.959 He says, 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:42.599 So this would have felt quite strange. 00:04:43.419 --> 00:04:47.560 Just like with the prophets in the Old Testament, 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:49.500 when God poured out His Spirit on them, 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:51.319 many times they would just start speaking. 00:04:52.179 --> 00:04:56.259 They were saying the things that God's Spirit was giving them to say. 00:04:56.259 --> 00:05:03.120 Well, here, the apostles and the believers who are all gathered together in this room begin to do that all at the same time. 00:05:04.060 --> 00:05:09.120 But interestingly, in this case, it's in a whole variety of languages. 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:11.279 All at the same time. 00:05:12.659 --> 00:05:14.899 I tried to think of what this would sound like. 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:21.099 I'm imagining myself maybe in like a busy international airport with people just chattering away in all different languages. 00:05:21.100 --> 00:05:29.340 And interestingly, this all seems to cause quite a stir in the neighborhood. 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:32.480 Luke tells us in verse 5, 00:05:32.580 --> 00:05:37.740 Now there were staying in Jerusalem, God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 00:05:38.740 --> 00:05:43.540 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:47.660 because each one heard their own language being spoken. 00:05:47.660 --> 00:05:50.800 And utterly amazed, they asked, 00:05:51.320 --> 00:05:54.900 Aren't all these who are speaking Galileans? 00:05:56.340 --> 00:05:59.560 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? 00:06:00.880 --> 00:06:03.460 Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:05.640 residents of Mesopotamia, 00:06:06.100 --> 00:06:07.500 Judea and Cappadocia, 00:06:07.700 --> 00:06:08.840 Pontus in Asia, 00:06:09.400 --> 00:06:10.540 Phrygia and Pamphylia, 00:06:10.760 --> 00:06:13.200 Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, 00:06:13.700 --> 00:06:16.560 visitors from Rome, both Jews and converts to Judaism, 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:18.639 Cretans and Arabs. 00:06:18.780 --> 00:06:22.420 We hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues. 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:26.519 Amazed and perplexed, 00:06:26.620 --> 00:06:27.579 they asked one another, 00:06:27.699 --> 00:06:28.720 What does this mean? 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:30.980 Some, however, 00:06:31.540 --> 00:06:32.819 made fun of them and said, 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:36.399 Ah, they've had too much wine. 00:06:39.180 --> 00:06:41.860 So all of this causes quite the stir in the neighborhood. 00:06:41.860 --> 00:06:48.620 Luke reminds us again that there are people from all over the world who have come to this festival. 00:06:49.500 --> 00:06:52.660 At some point, the apostles and the believers seem to move outside, 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:55.180 and this whole crowd starts to gather. 00:06:55.720 --> 00:07:01.160 They're hearing the apostles and the believers speaking in other languages. 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:03.240 And I love Luke's description. 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:05.340 He uses a few different words, 00:07:05.339 --> 00:07:06.599 but bewildered, 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:08.839 utterly amazed. 00:07:09.599 --> 00:07:11.699 Like, what's going on here? 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:13.759 Perplexed. 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:18.079 I mean, think about it. 00:07:18.159 --> 00:07:19.859 Here's a group of at least, 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:20.579 probably, 00:07:21.179 --> 00:07:22.439 well, we know for sure 11, 00:07:22.559 --> 00:07:24.279 but probably some believers as well. 00:07:25.139 --> 00:07:26.859 And from the midst of this group, 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:30.639 15 languages are being spoken at the same time. 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:32.699 At least 15, 00:07:33.159 --> 00:07:36.860 if we count up all the people groups that are described here. 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:39.060 All speaking for God, 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:42.199 as God's Spirit gives them words to say. 00:07:43.659 --> 00:07:46.199 I mean, can you imagine for a moment if you had a megaphone, 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:48.860 and you talked into it, 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:52.759 and out the other side came what you said, 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:55.519 in 15 different languages at the same time. 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:59.899 That's maybe a little bit of an analogy of what's happening here. 00:08:00.719 --> 00:08:02.060 God is speaking, 00:08:02.620 --> 00:08:05.379 and this group of people is like that megaphone, 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:10.099 and it's coming out in every language that's represented in the crowd there. 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:16.139 Some have suggested that the apostles were just speaking one language, 00:08:16.359 --> 00:08:18.819 and that the people were all hearing it in their own. 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:20.399 But as I read it, 00:08:20.719 --> 00:08:22.539 this isn't mainly a miracle of hearing. 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:24.060 This is a miracle of speaking. 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:26.399 It says in verse 4, 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:28.420 they spoke in other languages. 00:08:29.620 --> 00:08:31.899 So it probably sounded like quite a racket. 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:37.059 No wonder people were so bewildered and perplexed. 00:08:37.700 --> 00:08:39.340 No wonder they were amazed. 00:08:40.259 --> 00:08:42.960 How is it that this bunch of Galileans 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:46.659 are able to speak 15 different languages all of a sudden? 00:08:47.740 --> 00:08:49.919 And these are not all neighboring dialects. 00:08:49.980 --> 00:08:52.200 I mean, you've got as far west as Rome, 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:55.140 as far east as Persia and Mesopotamia, 00:08:55.259 --> 00:08:56.940 as far south as Egypt, 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:58.460 represented here. 00:09:00.060 --> 00:09:03.759 And what were these apostles and believers saying 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:05.400 in all these different languages? 00:09:06.540 --> 00:09:07.400 Verse 11, 00:09:07.660 --> 00:09:11.860 we hear them declaring the wonders of God 00:09:11.860 --> 00:09:14.320 in our own languages. 00:09:14.540 --> 00:09:16.620 They were talking about the wonders of God. 00:09:16.620 --> 00:09:19.360 It doesn't say exactly what wonders, 00:09:19.560 --> 00:09:22.460 but maybe something like we were doing at VBS, 00:09:22.580 --> 00:09:25.740 trying to highlight some of the big things about God 00:09:25.740 --> 00:09:26.840 and what He has done. 00:09:27.980 --> 00:09:31.419 Probably, most recently, about Jesus. 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:35.440 So this wasn't just a bunch of jibber-jabber 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:36.320 coming out of their mouths. 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:37.820 This was intelligible speech. 00:09:38.019 --> 00:09:40.460 This was about God and His wonders. 00:09:40.460 --> 00:09:43.580 And they realized, some of them, 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:44.440 that this was a sign. 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:44.800 They said, 00:09:44.860 --> 00:09:45.700 what does this mean? 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:48.580 This is significant. 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:49.960 What's going on? 00:09:51.400 --> 00:09:53.139 But not everybody felt that way. 00:09:54.139 --> 00:09:55.500 There were those few 00:09:55.500 --> 00:09:56.840 who were making fun of them. 00:09:57.259 --> 00:09:58.480 Probably they were listening in 00:09:58.480 --> 00:09:59.580 on all the other languages 00:09:59.580 --> 00:10:00.259 they were hearing 00:10:00.259 --> 00:10:00.780 and thinking, 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:01.280 whoa, 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:02.200 like, 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:03.740 these guys, 00:10:04.620 --> 00:10:06.700 they've had a few too many drinks here. 00:10:06.700 --> 00:10:09.660 I don't know what they were thinking. 00:10:10.340 --> 00:10:12.900 This guy's doing his impersonation of the Romans. 00:10:13.100 --> 00:10:15.140 This guy's doing an impersonation of the Egyptians. 00:10:16.820 --> 00:10:17.379 Anyways, 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:19.440 Peter then stands up 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:21.879 and addresses the crowd. 00:10:22.740 --> 00:10:24.100 Verse 14. 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:27.280 Then Peter stood up with the eleven, 00:10:28.100 --> 00:10:29.080 raised his voice, 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:30.120 and addressed the crowd. 00:10:31.300 --> 00:10:33.740 Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, 00:10:33.920 --> 00:10:35.320 let me explain this to you. 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:37.840 Listen carefully to what I say. 00:10:38.740 --> 00:10:40.320 These people are not drunk, 00:10:40.500 --> 00:10:41.280 as you suppose. 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:43.300 It's only nine in the morning. 00:10:44.520 --> 00:10:45.040 No. 00:10:45.640 --> 00:10:48.480 This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel. 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:50.700 In the last days, 00:10:51.140 --> 00:10:51.860 God says, 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:54.900 I will pour out my spirit on all people. 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:57.879 Your sons and daughters will prophesy. 00:10:58.520 --> 00:11:00.200 Your young men will see visions. 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:02.820 Your old men will dream dreams. 00:11:02.820 --> 00:11:04.640 Even on my servants, 00:11:04.760 --> 00:11:05.560 both men and women, 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:08.480 I will pour out my spirit in those days, 00:11:08.560 --> 00:11:09.520 and they will prophesy. 00:11:10.460 --> 00:11:13.100 I will show wonders in the heavens above, 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:15.580 and signs on the earth below, 00:11:15.920 --> 00:11:17.960 blood and fire and billows of smoke. 00:11:18.280 --> 00:11:19.840 The sun will be turned to darkness, 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:21.040 and the moon to blood, 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:25.440 before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:30.120 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:11:30.920 --> 00:11:33.000 He quotes a fair bit of what Joel said, 00:11:33.380 --> 00:11:33.860 the prophet, 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:34.940 long ago. 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:38.000 We're not going to get into all the details of that, 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:40.300 but let's focus for a minute on his main point. 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:42.860 Peter's main point here is, 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:44.520 listen guys, 00:11:44.940 --> 00:11:47.880 what you're hearing and seeing in us today, 00:11:48.280 --> 00:11:51.800 this is what God said would happen a long time ago. 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:54.120 It's the fulfillment of prophecy. 00:11:55.819 --> 00:11:56.679 Long ago, 00:11:56.799 --> 00:12:00.959 God promised that he would pour out his spirit on people. 00:12:01.579 --> 00:12:04.779 And that's exactly what you're seeing happening right here, 00:12:05.099 --> 00:12:05.819 right now, 00:12:06.359 --> 00:12:07.299 with us. 00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:12.219 It's by his spirit that we are speaking in these other languages 00:12:12.219 --> 00:12:13.939 about the wonders of God. 00:12:13.940 --> 00:12:17.840 And now that we've got that all cleared up, 00:12:18.040 --> 00:12:19.560 let me tell you about Jesus. 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:22.880 I love the way Peter just rolls right into that. 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:23.700 Verse 22. 00:12:24.560 --> 00:12:25.360 Fellow Israelites, 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:26.300 listen to this. 00:12:26.820 --> 00:12:27.980 Jesus of Nazareth. 00:12:34.700 --> 00:12:35.980 Jesus of Nazareth 00:12:35.980 --> 00:12:38.160 was a man accredited 00:12:38.160 --> 00:12:39.840 by God 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:40.760 to you 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:42.659 by miracles, 00:12:43.139 --> 00:12:43.500 wonders, 00:12:43.700 --> 00:12:44.279 and signs 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:45.860 which God did among you 00:12:45.860 --> 00:12:47.139 through him 00:12:47.139 --> 00:12:48.840 as you yourselves know. 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:51.720 This man was handed over to you 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.460 by God's deliberate plan and foreknowledge. 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:55.860 And you, 00:12:56.259 --> 00:12:57.779 with the help of wicked men, 00:12:58.720 --> 00:12:59.500 put him to death 00:12:59.500 --> 00:13:00.419 by nailing him 00:13:00.419 --> 00:13:01.700 to a cross. 00:13:02.939 --> 00:13:03.879 But God 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:05.519 raised him from the dead, 00:13:06.439 --> 00:13:08.100 freeing him from the agony of death 00:13:08.100 --> 00:13:09.899 because it was impossible for death 00:13:09.899 --> 00:13:10.779 to keep its hold 00:13:10.779 --> 00:13:11.680 on him. 00:13:12.220 --> 00:13:13.440 And he just keeps on going. 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:14.420 I love this. 00:13:15.680 --> 00:13:17.139 By the spirit of God, 00:13:17.300 --> 00:13:17.620 Peter 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:18.320 is 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:19.220 bald. 00:13:20.300 --> 00:13:21.420 Just over a month ago, 00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:22.899 he was cowering in fear. 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:25.200 He denied the Lord. 00:13:27.340 --> 00:13:27.860 After 00:13:27.860 --> 00:13:28.860 Jesus died, 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:29.300 he was 00:13:29.300 --> 00:13:31.040 hiding behind locked doors 00:13:31.040 --> 00:13:32.560 for fear of the religious leaders. 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:33.920 Now, 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:35.300 he is 00:13:35.300 --> 00:13:37.300 proclaiming to the whole crowd, 00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:38.639 probably the largest crowd 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:39.839 he's ever spoken to 00:13:39.839 --> 00:13:40.879 with such boldness 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:41.519 and passion. 00:13:42.379 --> 00:13:43.859 Let me tell you about Jesus. 00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:47.120 The first thing he says 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:47.799 is that Jesus 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:48.979 was accredited 00:13:48.979 --> 00:13:49.939 by God. 00:13:51.339 --> 00:13:52.199 That man 00:13:52.199 --> 00:13:53.000 from Nazareth 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:53.779 named Jesus, 00:13:54.979 --> 00:13:55.559 he's 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:57.500 attested by God. 00:13:57.599 --> 00:13:58.459 He's verified. 00:13:58.679 --> 00:13:59.539 He's validated 00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:00.399 by God. 00:14:01.019 --> 00:14:01.899 To all of you. 00:14:02.859 --> 00:14:03.699 In what way? 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:06.120 By miracles, 00:14:06.819 --> 00:14:07.259 wonders, 00:14:07.299 --> 00:14:08.599 and signs 00:14:08.599 --> 00:14:09.919 which God 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:10.639 performed 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:12.059 through him. 00:14:14.939 --> 00:14:16.039 As you know, 00:14:16.359 --> 00:14:17.279 as you yourselves 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:17.799 know. 00:14:18.819 --> 00:14:19.719 It's like he's saying, 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:20.939 you all know what I'm talking 00:14:20.939 --> 00:14:21.579 about here. 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:23.259 You know 00:14:23.259 --> 00:14:24.000 the things 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:24.979 that Jesus did. 00:14:25.939 --> 00:14:26.699 Some of you 00:14:26.699 --> 00:14:27.419 even witnessed 00:14:27.419 --> 00:14:28.240 the things 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:29.479 that Jesus did. 00:14:29.859 --> 00:14:30.620 Maybe some of you 00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:31.439 even had a taste 00:14:31.439 --> 00:14:31.919 of the bread 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:32.500 that he made 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:33.000 at the feeding 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:33.979 of the 5,000. 00:14:33.980 --> 00:14:36.539 And Peter just 00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:37.620 tells it like it is. 00:14:37.820 --> 00:14:38.539 God himself 00:14:38.539 --> 00:14:39.159 verified 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:40.440 and validated 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:41.460 this Jesus 00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:42.180 of Nazareth 00:14:42.180 --> 00:14:43.300 by the miracles 00:14:43.300 --> 00:14:44.180 that God did 00:14:44.180 --> 00:14:44.840 through him. 00:14:46.899 --> 00:14:47.960 And what happened 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:48.500 with Jesus? 00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:50.659 He says, 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:52.279 very pointedly, 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:52.899 you, 00:14:53.560 --> 00:14:54.139 with the help 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:54.920 of wicked men, 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:55.879 put him to death 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:57.939 by nailing him 00:14:57.939 --> 00:14:59.659 to a cross. 00:15:01.439 --> 00:15:02.600 What a rebuke. 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:06.000 Peter's saying, 00:15:06.220 --> 00:15:08.100 you put to death 00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:09.080 the one 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:10.120 that God 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:12.299 attested to, 00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:13.320 verified, 00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:14.100 validated 00:15:14.100 --> 00:15:18.100 as the Messiah. 00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:21.080 But Peter 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:22.060 also says this 00:15:22.060 --> 00:15:22.920 in verse 23. 00:15:25.680 --> 00:15:26.420 He says, 00:15:26.540 --> 00:15:27.040 this man 00:15:27.040 --> 00:15:27.500 was handed 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:28.139 over to you 00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:28.860 by God's 00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:30.080 deliberate plan 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:32.120 and foreknowledge. 00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:34.899 In other words, 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:37.100 God knew 00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:37.879 that you would 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:38.440 do that 00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:40.040 even before 00:15:40.040 --> 00:15:41.139 you did it. 00:15:42.040 --> 00:15:43.040 More than that, 00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:45.420 it was part 00:15:45.420 --> 00:15:45.759 of his 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:47.019 deliberate plan 00:15:47.019 --> 00:15:49.679 Do you hear that? 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:51.620 He planned 00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:52.079 that it would 00:15:52.079 --> 00:15:52.799 go that way 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:53.399 before any 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:54.059 of it happened. 00:15:56.319 --> 00:15:57.199 We might be 00:15:57.199 --> 00:15:58.019 tempted sometimes 00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.500 to look at 00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:59.199 what happened 00:15:59.199 --> 00:15:59.720 to Jesus 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:00.500 in that last 00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:01.079 week before 00:16:01.079 --> 00:16:01.639 he died 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:03.059 and think of 00:16:03.059 --> 00:16:03.539 it as just 00:16:03.539 --> 00:16:04.639 everything spinning 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:05.439 out of control 00:16:05.439 --> 00:16:05.879 here. 00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:07.840 And God's 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:08.759 plan to install 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:09.600 Jesus as the 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:10.259 king has been 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:10.799 foiled, 00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:11.439 it's ruined. 00:16:12.199 --> 00:16:12.720 No, 00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.539 says Peter, 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:14.519 it's not. 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:16.340 This plan 00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:16.960 was planned 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:18.100 all along. 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:18.900 God's 00:16:18.900 --> 00:16:19.860 deliberate plan. 00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:22.860 God is able 00:16:22.860 --> 00:16:23.460 to bring about 00:16:23.460 --> 00:16:23.980 his good 00:16:23.980 --> 00:16:25.360 and perfect 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:26.160 purposes and 00:16:26.160 --> 00:16:26.660 plans 00:16:26.660 --> 00:16:28.940 even as 00:16:28.940 --> 00:16:29.580 wicked men 00:16:29.580 --> 00:16:30.460 do what 00:16:30.460 --> 00:16:31.120 wicked men 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:31.639 do. 00:16:33.780 --> 00:16:34.960 Verse 23 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:36.000 and 24 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.480 again. 00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:37.980 You put him 00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.360 to death 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.080 by nailing him 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:39.759 to the cross, 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:42.000 but God 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.800 raised him 00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.840 from the dead. 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.840 God 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.840 said, 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:45.980 I love the 00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.360 way that 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:47.820 Peter just 00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:48.620 declares it. 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.540 He proclaims 00:16:49.540 --> 00:16:49.720 it. 00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.259 He doesn't 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:51.600 say, 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:52.740 I want to 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:53.360 suggest something 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:53.680 for your 00:16:53.680 --> 00:16:54.360 consideration. 00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:56.420 Jesus is 00:16:56.420 --> 00:16:56.899 alive. 00:16:57.160 --> 00:16:57.360 No, 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.040 he declares 00:16:58.040 --> 00:16:58.820 it as fact, 00:16:58.960 --> 00:16:59.580 but God 00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:00.379 raised him 00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:00.820 from the 00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.320 dead. 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:01.360 dead. 00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:04.580 You have 00:17:04.580 --> 00:17:04.880 to know, 00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:05.160 too, 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:05.500 that the 00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:05.799 religious 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:06.440 leaders over 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:06.920 these past 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.799 50 days have 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.759 been working 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.640 very hard to 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:10.400 silence and 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.880 squelch anything 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:13.559 to do with 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:14.340 Jesus rising 00:17:14.340 --> 00:17:14.720 from the 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:15.019 dead. 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:15.059 dead. 00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:16.720 Well, 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.220 here Peter 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:18.000 just announces 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:18.420 it to the 00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:18.940 whole crowd, 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:19.559 not only the 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.079 locals in 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:20.519 Jerusalem, 00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:21.920 but everybody 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.440 who's come 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:23.039 from all over 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:23.500 the place 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.039 and gathered 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:25.039 for the 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:25.400 feast. 00:17:26.139 --> 00:17:26.660 You can 00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:27.099 almost see 00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:27.519 the look 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:27.779 on the 00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.119 religious 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:28.460 leaders' 00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:28.940 faces. 00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:29.660 Oh, 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:30.980 stop talking 00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.519 about that 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:31.920 Jesus. 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.680 God 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:34.639 raised Jesus 00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.440 of Nazareth 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:35.819 from the 00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:36.139 dead, 00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:37.259 says Peter. 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:39.200 And then 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:39.500 he goes 00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:40.180 on and he 00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:41.359 reminds them 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:41.980 of what David 00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:42.759 said by the 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.119 spirit, 00:17:43.879 --> 00:17:44.799 which foretold 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.159 that this 00:17:45.159 --> 00:17:45.659 would happen. 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:45.980 We're not 00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:46.279 going to go 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.740 into all the 00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:47.339 details of 00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:47.639 that in 00:17:47.639 --> 00:17:47.940 the next 00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:49.500 verses here 00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:50.119 this morning. 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.440 But after 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:52.059 quoting from 00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:53.299 that David's 00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:53.940 psalm, 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.220 Peter comes 00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:55.839 to say this 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:56.680 in verse 31. 00:17:56.879 --> 00:17:57.339 He says, 00:17:57.899 --> 00:17:58.379 Seeing what 00:17:58.379 --> 00:17:59.099 was to come, 00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:00.740 David spoke 00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.099 of the 00:18:01.099 --> 00:18:01.539 resurrection 00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:02.059 of the 00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:02.500 Messiah, 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:03.799 that he 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.159 was not 00:18:04.159 --> 00:18:04.559 abandoned 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:04.919 to the 00:18:04.919 --> 00:18:05.259 realm of 00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:05.599 the dead, 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:06.039 nor did 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.460 his body 00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:07.139 see decay. 00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:08.940 God 00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:09.700 has raised 00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:10.539 this Jesus 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.319 to life, 00:18:11.619 --> 00:18:12.119 and we 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:12.559 are all 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:12.960 witnesses 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:13.460 of it. 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.900 exalted 00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:15.259 to the 00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:15.720 right hand 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.319 of God, 00:18:16.840 --> 00:18:17.160 he has 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:17.660 received 00:18:17.660 --> 00:18:18.079 from the 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.380 Father 00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:18.620 the 00:18:18.620 --> 00:18:18.980 promised 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.279 Holy 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:19.720 Spirit, 00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.840 and has 00:18:20.840 --> 00:18:21.180 poured 00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:21.420 out 00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:21.759 what you 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.500 now see 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.640 and hear. 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.360 Yes. 00:18:26.620 --> 00:18:27.460 I love 00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:27.779 that. 00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:29.600 He just 00:18:29.600 --> 00:18:30.039 boldly 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.519 tells the 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:31.220 whole crowd 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:33.279 what he 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:33.840 has witnessed 00:18:33.840 --> 00:18:34.539 in the past 00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:35.380 50 days. 00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:37.279 Jesus is 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.779 alive, 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:38.420 not just 00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:38.759 me, 00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:39.460 but all 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:39.819 of us 00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:40.779 here are 00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.340 witnesses 00:18:41.340 --> 00:18:41.900 to it. 00:18:41.900 --> 00:18:43.900 we saw 00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:44.300 the empty 00:18:44.300 --> 00:18:44.680 tomb, 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.320 we saw 00:18:46.320 --> 00:18:46.759 and heard 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.560 the angels 00:18:47.560 --> 00:18:47.940 there, 00:18:48.300 --> 00:18:49.019 and we 00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.600 saw Jesus 00:18:49.600 --> 00:18:50.240 himself 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:51.500 alive 00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:52.240 in the 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.740 flesh 00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:54.019 over these 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:54.440 past 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:55.540 40 days. 00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:55.860 We're 00:18:55.860 --> 00:18:56.360 witnesses 00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:56.800 to the 00:18:56.800 --> 00:18:57.240 fact. 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:01.120 Not only 00:19:01.120 --> 00:19:01.540 that, 00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:02.019 he says, 00:19:02.080 --> 00:19:02.380 but we 00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:03.140 saw Jesus 00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.900 exalted 00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.560 to the 00:19:04.560 --> 00:19:05.440 right hand 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:06.440 of God. 00:19:07.540 --> 00:19:08.360 That word 00:19:08.360 --> 00:19:08.860 exalted 00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.740 means to 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.400 lift up, 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:13.140 that's 00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.540 exactly 00:19:13.540 --> 00:19:13.900 what the 00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:14.280 apostles 00:19:14.280 --> 00:19:15.019 and the 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:15.400 believers 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:16.460 who were 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:16.920 gathered 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:17.900 just a 00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:18.360 few days 00:19:18.360 --> 00:19:18.700 ago 00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.300 saw. 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:19.880 They saw 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:20.320 Jesus 00:19:20.320 --> 00:19:21.180 being lifted 00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:22.340 up into 00:19:22.340 --> 00:19:22.940 the sky 00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:24.080 to heaven 00:19:24.080 --> 00:19:26.540 by God. 00:19:27.540 --> 00:19:28.200 And it 00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:28.800 wasn't just a 00:19:28.800 --> 00:19:29.259 change in 00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:29.720 location. 00:19:29.900 --> 00:19:30.460 Peter says 00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:31.240 it was a 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.900 moment of 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:33.080 exaltation. 00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:34.300 It was a 00:19:34.300 --> 00:19:34.759 moment in 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.380 which God 00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:36.580 installed him 00:19:36.580 --> 00:19:38.420 as king 00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:39.560 to the 00:19:39.560 --> 00:19:39.900 highest 00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:40.420 position 00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:40.620 of 00:19:40.620 --> 00:19:41.120 authority, 00:19:42.120 --> 00:19:43.259 the right 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.700 hand of 00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.060 God. 00:19:45.820 --> 00:19:47.160 Verse 36, 00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:48.000 he goes 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.460 on, he 00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:48.680 says, 00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:49.019 therefore, 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.440 let all 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.220 Israel be 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:52.320 assured of 00:19:52.320 --> 00:19:52.640 this. 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.460 God has 00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:53.980 made this 00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.860 Jesus whom 00:19:54.860 --> 00:19:55.940 you crucified, 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.800 both Lord 00:19:57.800 --> 00:19:59.539 and Messiah, 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:01.500 or Lord 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.779 and Christ. 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:02.859 Christ. 00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:05.940 It's 00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.680 sometimes easy 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.319 to lose the 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:08.079 significance of 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.639 that word, 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.519 Christ. 00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:11.279 But Christ 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:11.920 and Messiah, 00:20:12.139 --> 00:20:12.680 they both 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.639 essentially mean 00:20:13.639 --> 00:20:14.279 the same thing. 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:14.720 They mean 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.200 king. 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.799 As in 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.279 God's 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.940 specially 00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:20.139 chosen and 00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:20.639 anointed 00:20:20.639 --> 00:20:21.519 king. 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.539 So what is 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.099 Peter saying 00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:25.339 here? 00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:26.200 He's telling 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.619 them that 00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:27.200 God has 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:28.019 made this 00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.619 Jesus of 00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:28.980 Nazareth, 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.519 the same 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:29.980 one that 00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.339 you put 00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:30.779 to death. 00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.660 He has 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.759 made him 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.599 to be 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.759 your new 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.259 king, 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:35.940 the king 00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.539 of Israel. 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:40.799 Well, 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.079 how does 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.420 the crowd 00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:42.000 respond to 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.339 this? 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:46.200 Verse 37, 00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:46.599 when the 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.160 people heard 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:47.500 this, 00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:48.879 they were 00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.259 cut to 00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:49.740 the heart 00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:51.420 and said 00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:51.859 to Peter 00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:52.119 and the 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:52.279 other 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.740 apostles, 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:53.180 brothers, 00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:54.500 what shall 00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.019 we do? 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.500 Peter 00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:01.180 responds, 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.740 repent, 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:02.839 repent, 00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:03.960 and be 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.420 baptized, 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:05.400 every one 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:05.680 of you 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:05.980 in the 00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.480 name of 00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:06.839 Jesus 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.359 Christ 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:08.220 for the 00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.539 forgiveness 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.000 of your 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.420 sins, 00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.960 and you 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.519 will receive 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.059 the gift 00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.359 of the 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.099 Holy Spirit. 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:14.779 The 00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.420 promises for 00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:15.819 you and 00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.359 your children 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.759 and for 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.079 all who 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.440 are far 00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:17.799 off, 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.160 for all 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:19.539 whom the 00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:19.980 Lord our 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.339 God 00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:21.240 will call. 00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.240 What a 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.839 response. 00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:28.160 Luke tells 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:29.920 us that the 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.379 people there 00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:30.780 that day 00:21:30.780 --> 00:21:31.280 were cut 00:21:31.280 --> 00:21:31.640 to the 00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.000 heart. 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.680 Peter's 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.280 words really 00:21:34.280 --> 00:21:34.960 sunk in 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.280 deep. 00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.340 Oh, 00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.600 you mean 00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:40.220 he is the 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.460 one. 00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:42.280 We killed 00:21:42.280 --> 00:21:42.520 him. 00:21:43.800 --> 00:21:44.380 What have 00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:44.900 we done? 00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:45.940 What do we 00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.580 do now? 00:21:47.620 --> 00:21:48.240 The guilt 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:51.560 was setting 00:21:51.560 --> 00:21:51.920 in. 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:55.120 Peter gives 00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.420 him two 00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:55.860 things to 00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.100 do. 00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:57.980 First, 00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.440 he says 00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:58.900 repent. 00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:00.800 And here 00:22:00.800 --> 00:22:01.360 it means 00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:02.360 acknowledge 00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:02.860 what you 00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.420 have done. 00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:05.600 Tell that 00:22:05.600 --> 00:22:06.060 to God. 00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.920 Confess it. 00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.779 And ask 00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.160 for his 00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.580 forgiveness. 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:13.380 Some people 00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:13.800 have wondered 00:22:13.800 --> 00:22:14.460 why Peter 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.060 doesn't just 00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:15.700 simply tell 00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.080 him repent 00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:16.860 and believe. 00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:17.940 Well, 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.400 believing is 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:21.000 already in 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.400 the mix 00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:21.720 here. 00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.540 It's 00:22:22.540 --> 00:22:22.960 included 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.380 here. 00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:26.160 You can't 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.740 really come 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:28.280 to repent 00:22:28.280 --> 00:22:29.240 sincerely in 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.780 your heart 00:22:29.780 --> 00:22:30.400 and acknowledge 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:30.880 that you've 00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.460 sinned against 00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.800 God if you 00:22:32.800 --> 00:22:33.460 don't believe. 00:22:35.040 --> 00:22:35.720 Believing is 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.220 what happened 00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.840 in that moment 00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:37.280 when they were 00:22:37.280 --> 00:22:37.780 cut to the 00:22:37.780 --> 00:22:38.100 heart. 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.840 They believed 00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.220 what Peter 00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.820 was saying, 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.620 that they 00:22:41.620 --> 00:22:42.400 had really 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:43.920 crucified the 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.480 king God 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:44.960 had chosen 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.380 for them, 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:45.680 that he 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.259 really rose 00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:46.620 from the 00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:46.820 dead, 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.140 that he 00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:48.019 really had 00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.960 been exalted 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.519 to the right 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.280 hand of God. 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:52.900 they already 00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.420 believed. 00:22:53.540 --> 00:22:54.080 Now Peter's 00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:54.480 telling them 00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:54.900 what else 00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.300 they need 00:22:55.300 --> 00:22:55.660 to do. 00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.100 Now you 00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:57.720 need to 00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.420 repent. 00:22:59.360 --> 00:23:00.019 You need 00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:01.120 to acknowledge 00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:01.519 what you 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:01.880 did to 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:04.160 God and 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.519 ask for 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:04.700 his 00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.100 forgiveness. 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.840 You need 00:23:08.840 --> 00:23:09.080 to be 00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:09.720 baptized 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:13.759 in the 00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.100 water, 00:23:14.600 --> 00:23:15.460 in the 00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:15.720 name of 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.180 the Lord, 00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.860 Jesus. 00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.000 Jesus. 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.039 And I 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.419 can tell 00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:19.639 you, 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.619 in verse 00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:21.099 38, 00:23:21.199 --> 00:23:21.539 he says, 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:21.839 for the 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.179 forgiveness 00:23:22.179 --> 00:23:22.679 of your 00:23:22.679 --> 00:23:23.119 sins. 00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.000 That's 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.339 sweet, 00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.019 isn't it? 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.740 Peter's 00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:27.959 saying, 00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.279 if you 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.899 repent of 00:23:28.899 --> 00:23:29.399 your sins 00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:29.979 in Jesus' 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.479 name, 00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.719 God will 00:23:32.719 --> 00:23:33.439 forgive you. 00:23:34.899 --> 00:23:35.359 Through 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:35.879 Christ, 00:23:36.879 --> 00:23:37.559 God will 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.059 forgive you. 00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:38.399 Can you 00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:38.939 imagine how 00:23:38.939 --> 00:23:39.319 that must 00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:39.679 have felt 00:23:39.679 --> 00:23:40.859 maybe to 00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.319 someone in 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:41.679 the crowd 00:23:41.679 --> 00:23:42.219 that day 00:23:42.219 --> 00:23:42.919 who was 00:23:42.919 --> 00:23:43.659 there shouting, 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.839 crucify him. 00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:46.139 and then 00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:46.659 now has 00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:46.879 that 00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.579 realization. 00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:48.879 What have 00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.299 we done? 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.139 God will 00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:52.819 forgive you. 00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.839 Isn't 00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.179 God a 00:23:57.179 --> 00:23:57.819 merciful and 00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.539 gracious God? 00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.500 But it 00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.899 gets even 00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.339 better than 00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:02.699 this. 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.139 Forgiveness 00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.899 is wonderful 00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:06.099 and precious, 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.759 but God 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.139 has more 00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.619 to give. 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.039 Verse 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.559 38, 00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.939 repent and 00:24:12.939 --> 00:24:13.480 be baptized 00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.039 for the 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.339 forgiveness 00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.759 of your 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.699 sins and 00:24:15.699 --> 00:24:16.319 you will 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:17.139 receive the 00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:18.699 gift of 00:24:18.699 --> 00:24:19.199 the Holy 00:24:19.199 --> 00:24:19.740 Spirit. 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.419 The 00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:22.939 promise is 00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:23.339 for you 00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:23.679 and your 00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:24.699 children and 00:24:24.699 --> 00:24:25.240 for all who 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.639 are far 00:24:25.639 --> 00:24:27.240 off, for 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.879 all whom 00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.379 the Lord 00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:28.939 our God 00:24:28.939 --> 00:24:29.459 will call. 00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:32.079 Do you 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.539 hear that? 00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.679 God has a 00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:35.699 very special 00:24:35.699 --> 00:24:37.720 gift to 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:39.339 give to 00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:39.720 those who 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.279 repent and 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.379 believe and 00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:41.799 have their 00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.439 sins forgiven. 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:43.920 the gift 00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:45.440 is his 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.220 Holy Spirit. 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.000 What is 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.279 that? 00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:50.559 Well, it 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:50.940 means that 00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:52.360 God will 00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:52.840 pour out 00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.420 his Spirit 00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.140 on you. 00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.480 It means 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.820 that God 00:24:56.820 --> 00:24:57.220 will give 00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.700 of himself 00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.900 to you. 00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.220 That he 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.120 himself will 00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:02.460 come to 00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.880 be in 00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:04.019 you and 00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.640 live with 00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:04.940 you. 00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.019 So, 00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:08.900 is this just 00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.220 for the 00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.820 Jewish people 00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.159 of that 00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:10.460 day? 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.119 No. 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.439 It's for 00:25:13.439 --> 00:25:14.399 all whom 00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:14.899 the Lord 00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.980 will call, 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.359 says Peter. 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.519 Or we 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:19.879 look back 00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.179 to verse 00:25:20.179 --> 00:25:20.659 21. 00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.879 Everyone who 00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.559 calls on the 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.019 name of the 00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.399 Lord will 00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:23.839 be saved. 00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:24.439 This gift 00:25:24.439 --> 00:25:24.960 is for 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.599 everyone, 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.639 the gift 00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.299 of God's 00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.619 Spirit. 00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:27.719 Spirit. 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.739 Most of 00:25:34.739 --> 00:25:35.039 us here 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.619 this morning 00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:37.279 have done 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.779 what Peter 00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.179 said, 00:25:38.919 --> 00:25:40.279 have repented, 00:25:40.479 --> 00:25:41.359 have believed 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:41.639 in the 00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.279 Lord Jesus. 00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:44.879 Do you 00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.259 know, 00:25:45.719 --> 00:25:46.119 if you 00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.479 have, 00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:46.879 that you 00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.859 have God's 00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.739 Spirit, 00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.819 God himself 00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:51.119 living in 00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.339 you? 00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.659 Isn't 00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:55.179 that amazing? 00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:57.580 we may 00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.080 not always 00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:59.600 see or 00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.900 feel his 00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.460 presence, 00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.940 but he 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.460 is there. 00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.480 And he 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.759 is the 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.100 one who 00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.779 is responsible 00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.460 for so 00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.880 much of 00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.279 the good 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:08.080 that we 00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:08.720 enjoy as 00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.200 Christians. 00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.120 The Bible 00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.660 tells us 00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.000 that he 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.039 produces all 00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.560 kinds of 00:26:13.560 --> 00:26:14.100 good things 00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:14.580 in us. 00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.180 The fruit 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.460 of the 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.740 Spirit, 00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.320 love, 00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.279 joy, 00:26:17.820 --> 00:26:18.220 peace, 00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.200 patience, 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.420 kindness, 00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.320 gentleness, 00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.100 faithfulness, 00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:26.620 self-control. 00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.539 He guides 00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:29.940 us. 00:26:31.060 --> 00:26:31.840 He helps 00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:32.940 us understand 00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.680 what's true. 00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.100 The Spirit 00:26:35.100 --> 00:26:35.720 does so 00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.200 much for 00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.600 us, and 00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:37.160 sometimes I 00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:37.539 wonder if 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.820 we just 00:26:37.820 --> 00:26:38.240 don't take 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.500 it for 00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:38.799 granted. 00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.600 He kind 00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:40.960 of works 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:42.200 behind the 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.660 scenes in 00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:42.900 us, 00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.500 invisibly. 00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.100 But maybe 00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.560 you're here 00:26:47.560 --> 00:26:47.880 and you 00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:49.700 haven't done 00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.000 that. 00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:50.620 You haven't 00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.460 felt cut 00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:51.799 to the 00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:53.400 heart about 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.160 your sins. 00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.420 Maybe you've 00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.100 never asked 00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.580 God to 00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:58.140 forgive you 00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.460 of your 00:26:58.460 --> 00:27:01.120 sins and 00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.440 come to 00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.940 that moment 00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.600 and been 00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:03.200 baptized. 00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.700 Do you 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.580 know that 00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.080 the gift of 00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:07.440 the Holy 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.960 Spirit is 00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.360 for you 00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:08.640 too? 00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.700 It's for 00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.340 all who 00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:11.660 the Lord 00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.160 will call. 00:27:13.060 --> 00:27:13.480 Do you 00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:13.880 hear the 00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.500 Lord calling 00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.299 you this 00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:15.620 morning? 00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:20.399 Peter encourages 00:27:20.399 --> 00:27:21.599 us to 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.039 call on 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.439 the Lord 00:27:22.439 --> 00:27:24.719 and it's 00:27:24.719 --> 00:27:25.179 an amazing 00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:25.699 gift we 00:27:25.699 --> 00:27:25.979 get. 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.399 Not only 00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:27.899 forgiveness 00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.639 of sins, 00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:30.579 but God 00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.299 himself to 00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.679 come and 00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:32.339 live in 00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.879 us and 00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.519 with us 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.419 forever. 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.279 And if 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.799 that's how 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.319 it is, 00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:41.219 for those 00:27:41.219 --> 00:27:41.819 who believe, 00:27:42.719 --> 00:27:43.439 this changes 00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:43.979 everything. 00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.459 It doesn't 00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:44.940 matter what 00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.360 we're going 00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:45.600 through. 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.220 If God 00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.779 is with 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:48.019 us and 00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.720 in us, 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:50.400 it doesn't 00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.940 matter what 00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.400 we're going 00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.700 through. 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.120 It makes 00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.700 all the 00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.160 difference. 00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.360 It tips the 00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:54.900 balance of 00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:55.579 the scales in 00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.279 our favor for 00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.819 everything. 00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:58.980 it's a 00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.700 wonderful gift 00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.500 and thanks be 00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:00.980 to God 00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:02.759 for giving 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.819 of himself, 00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.379 of his 00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:04.720 spirit. 00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:06.859 Let's 00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.079 pray. 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.679 Father in 00:28:10.679 --> 00:28:11.059 heaven, we 00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.619 thank you for 00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.279 this last 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.240 wonder of 00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.039 wonders, gift 00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.639 of gifts, 00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.339 yourself. 00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.720 Thank you 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.159 that we're not 00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:22.779 left on our 00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.480 own, that we 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.019 don't just get 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.819 forgiveness and 00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.299 then we're on 00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:27.059 our own, but 00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.720 that you come 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.180 and live in 00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.460 us. 00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.680 I pray that we 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.779 would know 00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.899 that reality 00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:33.159 as a church. 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.379 I pray that we 00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:35.039 would live in 00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.680 that reality, 00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.220 that we would 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.200 find strength 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:38.200 from you by 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.819 your spirit, 00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.659 and that you 00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.419 would lead us 00:28:40.419 --> 00:28:43.480 in the days 00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.180 ahead in this 00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.799 world that we 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.240 live in. 00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:47.000 I ask this in 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.700 Jesus' name. 00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:48.960 Amen. 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.099 Amen. 00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.119 Amen. 00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.159 Amen. 00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:49.180 Amen. 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.220 Amen. 00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.240 Amen. 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.259 Amen. 00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.279 Amen. 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.319 Amen. 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.339 Amen. 00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:51.180 Amen. 00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.200 Amen. 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.220 Amen. 00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.240 Amen.