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 Father, we ask that you help us to know you,

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 that you help us to love you,

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 that you help us to trust you.

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 We ask, Father, that...

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 Father, we confess before you

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 that we regularly face things

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 that look really, really big,

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 and they look so big they make you look small.

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 We ask, Father, that you would help us to remember

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 that you are bigger than anything

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 that we will ever come across other than yourself,

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 that everything is small compared to you.

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 So we ask, Father, that you help us to trust

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 in your greatness, in your glory,

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 that you are the creator,

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 that you are the sustainer,

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 that you are sovereign.

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 Help us to trust, Father,

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 your means and your provision

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 for us to be made right with you.

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 Father, help us to trust you and long for you.

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 Open our minds and our hearts to receive your word.

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 And this we ask in Jesus' name,

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 your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Missionaries have been a force of great evil in the world.

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 Missionaries have been a force for great evil in the world.

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 And right-thinking Christians will stop sending missionaries

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 and apologize for all the harm they've done.

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 Now, that's not actually something that I believe,

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 but I think if I was to say that in Starbucks

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 or in Tim Hortons,

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 people would nod.

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 Yeah.

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 Missionaries have been a force for great evil in the world.

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 If I was to say that,

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 probably at the University of Ottawa or Carleton,

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 if I was to say it in many, many, many places,

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 it would just be part of the common things

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 that right-thinking people know and understand.

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 That Christian missionaries have been a force for evil in the world

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 and that Christians should apologize for it

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 and they should stop.

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 And in fact,

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 denominations and churches that,

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 in a sense,

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 come to accept

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 that common view of Canada

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 and of probably not only Canada,

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 but the West,

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 as that sort of seeps into our consciousness,

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 there are many denominations

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 that have stopped, in fact,

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 sending any missionaries at all.

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 In fact, the Anglican Church of Canada

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 no longer,

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 not as a denomination,

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 sends missionaries

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 as it would have been traditionally understood

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 where part of the primary obligation or role

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 was the sharing of the gospel

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 and the teaching of the Christian faith.

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 And so it's a very, very common thing.

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 And unfortunately,

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 or fortunately as the case might be,

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 today we have to talk about thinking like a missionary

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 because that's where the Bible leads us.

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 It's actually one of those hard texts,

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 in a sense,

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 just as certain texts around money

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 or sexuality or politics

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 or some other things in our culture.

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 It's one of those parts where,

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 you know,

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 in my heart of hearts,

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 I'd like to have a sermon and a service

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 that really, in a sense,

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 is touching the needs of people

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 who are not yet Christians

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 and also addresses the needs of Christians.

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 But nobody outside of the walls of this church,

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 and maybe some of you in here,

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 are thinking to themselves,

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 I really would like to understand

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 how to think like a missionary.

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 Like, it's not one of those questions

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 that we're really conscious of even,

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 even Christians often don't really,

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 they're not even interested at all

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 in trying to think like a missionary

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 or have a missionary view of the world.

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 So we have a text here today,

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 which is a classic missionary text.

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 It's all about Paul wanting to go.

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 I mean, Star Trek said,

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 boldly go where no man has gone before.

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 That's really just taking from Paul.

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 I want to boldly go

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 where nobody has gone before

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 to tell about Jesus.

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 And so we have a text,

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 which is not what really most Christians

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 and definitely no non-Christians

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 are even remotely interested in.

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 And that's what we're going to look at today.

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 So get your Bibles out.

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 We're going to look at it.

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 And I think, I mean,

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 it will be no surprise to any of you

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 that I actually think that this,

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 this biblical text is really, really important

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 around some of the biggest cultural

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 and social issues that we face.

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 It addresses actually profound human problems

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 and that it's a text

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 that Christians don't know they need,

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 but we really do need

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 because a lot of the spiritual fatality

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 and vigor that congregations,

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 that get ebbed away from congregations

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 or from individuals' lives

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 and they don't understand why.

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 And part of it is going back

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 to this failure to be gripped

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 by how the gospel propels us

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 to have a concern,

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 to go to hard people groups

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 and places to the ends of the earth

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 and to share the gospel.

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 So the text that Nora read,

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 it was Romans chapter 15,

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 and she began reading at verse 14,

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 but we're going to start verse 8

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 because really verse 14

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 follows upon what Paul is talking about

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 in Romans,

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 beginning at Romans 15, verse 8.

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 And it goes like this,

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 for I tell you that Christ became a servant

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 to the circumcised

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 to show God's truthfulness.

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 Now just pause there.

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 What it means is that

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 the circumcised,

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 just one way of referring to the Jewish people,

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 the promised people,

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 the ancient covenant people,

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 and Jesus came as a servant to them

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 because he is going to be the means,

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 he's going to be the suffering servant

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 by which they are reconciled to God.

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 I'll start with verse 8 again.

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 For I tell you that Christ became a servant

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 to the circumcised

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 to show God's truthfulness

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 in order to confirm the promises

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 given to the patriarchs,

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 and verse 9 is the dynamite.

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 Okay?

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 In fact, if you get nothing else

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 out of this entire sermon in verse 9,

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 then that's a good thing.

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 If you leave and you forget about verse 9,

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 I failed.

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 Verse 9 is the dynamite.

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 And it says this,

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 And in order,

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 why did Christ come?

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 In order that the Gentiles

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 might glorify God for his mercy.

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 Why is it that Jesus came?

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 He wanted pagans

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 from every people group

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 on the planet

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 to receive mercy from him

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 that makes them right with him

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 so that they could glorify God

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 and enjoy him forever.

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 And that's why Jesus came.

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 When we look at the transgendered communities,

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 when we look at the gay communities,

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 when we look at the artistic communities,

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 when we look at

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 the hard-left political communities

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 that seem to be so opposed

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 to much in the Christian faith,

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 when we look at the people

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 who are profoundly pro-choice

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 and find Christians

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 very, very threatening and hateful,

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 when we look into Asian communities

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 and African-American,

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 African-Canadian communities,

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 when we look to China

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 and we look to Japan

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 and we look to South Korea,

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 we are not to see people

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 that we should be frightened of,

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 that we should treat as other,

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 or that we should hate

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 or be afraid of.

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 We should look at them

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 and have to know

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 that it's the heart of God

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 that people from every one

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 of those people groups

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 would glorify him.

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 That's his heart.

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 That people from every one

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 of those groups,

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 with no exception,

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 would come to glorify him

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 for his mercy.

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 That's the motivation for missions.

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 And to lose that motivation

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 is to start to shrivel and die

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 as a Christian and as a church.

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 Verse 9 again,

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 and then we'll keep going,

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 and then I'm going to put it up

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 on the screen

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 just so you get this,

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 this sort of this big thing

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 at the beginning,

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 and all of the rest of the stuff

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 in verse 14,

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 and it only makes any sense

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 if this has sort of gripped

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 your heart in some way at all.

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 Verse 9 again,

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 in order that the Gentiles,

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 that's the pagans,

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 might glorify God for his mercy.

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 And then he's going to quote the Bible

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 as it is written,

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 therefore I will praise you

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 among the pagans

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 and sing to your name.

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 And again it is said,

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 rejoice, O pagans,

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 with his people.

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 And again,

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 praise the Lord,

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 all you pagans,

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 and let all the peoples

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 extol him.

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 And again Isaiah says,

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 the root of Jesse will come,

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 even he who arises

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 to rule the pagans,

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 in him will the pagans hope.

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 Now here's this prayer,

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 a prayer that God writes

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 for us to pray.

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 May the God of hope

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 fill you with all joy

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 and peace in believing,

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 so that by the power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 you may abound in hope.

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 Andrew, could you put the,

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 I've just taken the scripture text,

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 I've just sort of put basically

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 the beginning and the end together.

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 I've not done anything

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 to take it out of context,

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 but could you,

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 could you all say this with me

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 because this is the heart,

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 all the things that are going to follow,

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 this is the heart of the text,

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 this is the missionary heart

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 of the gospel.

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 Could you say it with me out loud?

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 For I tell you

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 that Christ became a servant

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 to the circumcisions

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 to show God's truthfulness

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 in order that the Gentiles

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 might glorify God

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 for his mercy.

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 May the God of hope

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 fill you with all joy

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 and peace in believing,

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 so that by the power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 you may abound in hope.

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 That's Paul's message.

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 And in fact,

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 Andrew, could you just put up

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 my summary,

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 or Rebecca,

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 my summary point?

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 The living God

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 desires men and women

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 from every people group

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 on the planet

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 to enter together

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 into the joy,

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 peace,

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 and hope

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 of glorifying him

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 for his saving mercy

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 in Jesus Christ

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 crucified and risen.

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 See, the book of Romans is,

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 we're going to look at Romans 1,

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 16 to 17 in a moment,

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 but the whole book of Romans

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 begins with Paul's,

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 you know,

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 he's unashamed of the gospel.

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 The gospel is what God has done.

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 The gospel is power

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 that comes from God,

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 that's a right power,

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 that's a just power,

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 that's a merciful power,

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 that comes from God.

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 It's the news that God

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 has provided a powerful means

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 by which,

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 when we put our faith and trust,

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 faith in God,

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 in his power,

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 his means,

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 that he will make us

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 right with himself.

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 And that's the gospel.

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 And then Paul has spent

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 all of Romans 15,

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 all of Romans,

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 the book of Romans,

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 just trying to help us

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 to understand that

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 so that we would be

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 gripped by it.

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 And now as the book of Romans

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 is coming to an end,

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 and his concern

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 is once again

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 to just drive into us

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 that as we receive

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 this gospel ourselves,

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 as we receive this power

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 from God ourselves,

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 that it would naturally

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 compel us,

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 as we're gripped by it,

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 to have a changed view

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 of every people group

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 in the world,

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 and to have a heart

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 for every people group

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 in the world,

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 with no exception.

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 And so that's why

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 I've tried to put it here,

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 summarizing this scripture text.

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 Could you put it

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 in the scripture text again,

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 Rebecca?

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 Can you flip back to it?

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 Could you say it all

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 out loud with me?

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 Remember, this is the whole,

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 you know,

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 if you're going to fall asleep

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 after this,

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 then I guess at least

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 you'll remember the part here

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 that's the important part

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 at the beginning,

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 not the end.

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 But could you say this

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 with me out loud again?

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 For I tell you that Christ

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 became a servant

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 to the circumcised

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 to show God's truthfulness

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 in order that the Gentiles

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 may glorify God

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 for his mercy.

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 May the God of hope

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 fill you with all joy

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 and peace in believing,

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 so that by the power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 you may abound in hope.

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 And then, Rebecca,

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 if you could flip that first point

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 back up on the screen.

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 The living God desires

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 men and women

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 from every people group

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 on the planet

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 to enter together

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 into the joy, peace,

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 and hope of glorifying him

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 for his saving mercy

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 in Jesus Christ,

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 crucified and risen.

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 Now, there's no question

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 that some missionaries

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 have done great evil

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 throughout the history.

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 I'm not going to say

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 that every missionary

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 was perfect,

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 that he or she

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 did a spectacular job

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 that they were

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 self-effacing

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 and humble

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 and sacrificial.

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 Nobody can make

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 that type of claim

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 about anybody

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 or any group.

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 But, you know,

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 it's really, really,

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 you know,

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 I think if you actually

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 were to study

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 the history of missionaries

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 in terms of what

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 they've done,

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 and then you compare it

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 to what armed forces

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 have done,

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 business people have done,

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 academics,

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 aid groups,

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 the United Nations,

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 Christians,

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 I actually think

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 Christians don't have

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 to hold their head low.

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 I really don't.

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 It's not as if

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 somehow or another

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 the United Nations,

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 for instance,

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 has done such a

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 spectacular job

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 throughout the world

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 that it's putting

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 Christians to shame.

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 I don't think it's the case.

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 And I think

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 it's a lot of time,

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 a lot of the criticism

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 of missions

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 is really a criticism

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 of just of the gospel

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 in general,

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 but it's not really

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 a fair type of thing.

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 And in fact,

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 actually,

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 and here's the human problem,

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 in our culture,

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 it would be widely

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 accepted in our culture

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 that we shouldn't be

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 ethnocentric.

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 And in fact,

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 one of the dangers

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 of some missionary movements

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 throughout the past

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 is that they didn't

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 just share the gospel,

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 but they also were trying

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 to share British culture

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 or Canadian culture

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 or American culture.

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 And there's no denying

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 that sometimes missionaries

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 would get that

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 quite confused

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 or not be able

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 to necessarily understand

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 the difference

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 between a cultural thing

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 and a biblical thing.

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 But it's a common

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 human problem

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 if you think about it

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 for a second.

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 And it's,

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 on one hand,

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 at least in our culture,

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 because many cultures

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 think there's nothing wrong

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 with ethnocentrism.

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 They would just say that,

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 I don't know,

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 our culture is the best culture.

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 I mean,

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 that would be,

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 the whole idea

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 of actually being critical

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 of our culture

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 is really a Christian idea

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 because it's a Christian idea

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 because the power

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 of the gospel

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 is that the gospel

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 does not emerge

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 out of any culture.

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 The gospel is something

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 that comes from God.

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 And the culture

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 is going to come,

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 the gospel is going to come

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 from God

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 just as the Bible

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 doesn't in a sense

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 really emerge

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 out of any particular culture,

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 but that the Bible

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 is ultimately God's word.

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 And as a result,

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 every culture,

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 there's going to be

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 some things in the culture

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 that resonate with the gospel

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 and resonate with God's word.

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 And there's always going to be

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 in every single culture

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 something which is offended

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 by God's word

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 and is offended

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 by the gospel.

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 There's not going to be

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 as if there's a culture

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 that perfectly aligns

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 with the Bible

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 and with the gospel.

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 So, you know,

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 at the very, very heart

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 of this Christian faith

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 is this idea

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 that there's always

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 something a little bit

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 limited

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 about every particular culture.

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 And, you know,

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 so it is in our modern age,

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 we, you know,

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 accuse people

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 of the dangers

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 of ethnocentrism.

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 Yet, you know,

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 if you think about it,

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 when it comes to things

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 like abortion

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 or same-sex rights

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 or transgendered rights,

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 our culture,

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 the leading progressive edges

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 of our culture

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 are quite willing

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 to transgress

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 and step all over

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 other cultures

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 in pushing that.

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 But isn't that ethnocentrism?

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 Like, why isn't that

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 ethnocentrism?

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 Like, why isn't it?

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 I don't understand

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 why that isn't

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 ethnocentrism.

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 And, like,

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 where is it

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 within the culture

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 that you can find,

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 like the leading

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 progressive edges

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 of our culture,

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 that you can find

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 some type of

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 self-critical approach

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 to understanding

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 what it is

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 that's going on

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 in the Western cultures,

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 whether it's

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 through business

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 or whether it's

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 through the media

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 or whether it's

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 through social action,

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 where is it

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 within a culture

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 outside of

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 the Christian faith,

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 any type of

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 self-critical reflection

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 upon what's being done.

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 You see,

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 I actually think

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 that texts like this

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 and the biblical mandate,

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 that the understanding

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 that the Bible

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 is coming,

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 something that's

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 a word from God,

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 that Jesus,

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 actually,

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 why don't we put up

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 Romans 1,

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 16 to 17.

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 Can you put that up

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 for me, Rebecca?

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 Can we all say this together?

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 For I am not ashamed

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 of the gospel,

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 for it is the power

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 of God

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 for salvation

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 to everyone

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 who believes,

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 to the Jew first

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 and also to the Greek.

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 For the righteousness

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 of God

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 is revealed

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 from faith to faith

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 as it is written,

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 the righteous

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 shall live by faith.

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 So here we see

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 that the gospel,

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 that means good news,

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 not good religion,

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 not good advice,

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 not good culture,

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 not good techniques,

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 but good news

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 and it's good news

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 that God

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 has revealed

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 a type of power

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 that God has revealed,

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 not that sort of

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 somehow human beings

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 have discovered,

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 but that God has revealed,

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 God has done something

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 and God has done something

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 that breaks into

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 our human order

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 and it's something

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 that he does

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 which is right,

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 it's his power,

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 it will make people

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 right with him

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 and it's a way

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 that will make people

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 right with him

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 that's completely right,

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 it's completely just

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 and it's completely

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 and utterly,

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 it fits with who we are

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 and who God is

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 and it's completely

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 and utterly received

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 by faith

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 and it's a power

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 that comes from God.

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 And so even if we Christians

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 don't always get it,

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 we at least understand

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 that there has to always

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 be a bit of a self-critical

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 perception of our culture

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 and our practices

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 just as there should be

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 a heart for other people.

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 This was very, very,

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 very powerfully illustrated to me

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 about 13 years ago

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 when I went,

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 I was one of four Canadians

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 that was invited

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 to go to this

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 international consultation

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 of Anglican evangelicals,

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 an international consultation

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 and it was in Kenya,

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 Limuru, Kenya

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 and I was one of four Canadians

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 who got to go.

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 Most of the people

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 who were there

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 are from the two-thirds world

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 and one of the things

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 that went on

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 in the conference

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 was that we spent

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 most of the time,

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 about half the time

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 with about the same group

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 of about 15 people

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 discussing some theological issues

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 to try to come

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 to a common mind

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 and the one

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 that I was in

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 was one of the most

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 theological issues.

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 Some of them were more

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 missiological or economic

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 but it was around

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 the uniqueness of Christ

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 and there were three guys

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 there from England.

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 They all had PhDs

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 from Oxford or Cambridge.

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 From their point of view,

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 I'm a guy from third-rate universities

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 and only a master's degree

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 and there was Sri Lanka,

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 India, Singapore.

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 There was lots of Christians

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 from Africa.

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 There was somebody

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 from one of the indigenous tribes

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 in South America

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 and I went into this conference

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 excited, a bit nervous

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 because as I've shared

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 in other times,

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 it was a time

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 when there was some

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 significant violence

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 and most airlines

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 weren't flying into Kenya

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 but I decided

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 that I would go.

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 My wife and I prayed.

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 We decided I would still go.

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 Anyway, I really wanted

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 to try to honor

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 this distinction

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 about not importing

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 my Canadian way

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 of doing Christianity

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 and talking about

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 the Christian faith.

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 I really wanted to sit

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 and listen deeply

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 to how a Nigerian

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 or a Kenyan

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 or somebody from Sri Lanka

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 would articulate

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 these theological things.

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 Anyway, we go into this

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 and we get talking about this

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 in our group

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 of about 15 people

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 and lo and behold,

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 to my complete

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 and utter surprise,

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 the three people

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 from England

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 with their doctorates

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 were basically trying

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 to change the doctrines

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 of the uniqueness of Christ

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 to make it compatible

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 with fashionable

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 post-modernism

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 in England.

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 And I'm really

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 taken aback by this.

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 At first, I'm just sort of

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 giving them the benefit

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 of the doubt

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 but they just keep

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 wanting to change

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 the doctrines,

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 changing the wordings

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 and everything

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 and I know

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 because of my background

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 that they're just

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 wanting to make

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 this doctrine

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 acceptable

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 to post-modern

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 narrative and discourse

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 in the West.

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 So I start to go after them

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 and I start to challenge them

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 and it really,

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 you know,

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 I go after them

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 and they're also making

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 all these really negative,

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 you know,

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 they're making these

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 like dismissive comments

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 about the idea of demons

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 and stuff like that.

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 Dismissing it is

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 like a type of myth.

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 I'm going after them,

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 going after them.

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 For two days,

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 I'm the only one

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 going after them

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 and I'm getting tired

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 and nobody else,

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.400
 the other 11

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 are just silent.

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 At the end of two days,

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 I say,

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 well,

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 I'm tired of doing this.

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 I'm just going to be silent

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 from now on.

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 You know,

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 whatever.

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 I just got the worst group.

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 Like,

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 why is it always me

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 that I get the worst group?

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 And then just,

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 this doesn't always happen

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 this way in life

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 but this is one of those times

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 where it happened to me

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 in life this way.

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 That after I had made

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 this decision,

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 I was going to speak out anymore.

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 the very next day

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 at breakfast,

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 three brothers,

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 one from Sri Lanka,

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 one from Singapore

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 and one from Nigeria.

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 They said,

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 can we talk to you?

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 And I said,

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 sure,

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 let's talk.

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 And then,

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:44.740
 they said to me,

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.799
 you know,

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 a guy from Sri Lanka,

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 a guy from Singapore

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 and a guy from Nigeria,

00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:49.940
 they said,

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.680
 when we came to this conference,

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:53.900
 we didn't want to mistake

00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:55.860
 our cultural practices

00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:57.279
 in our countries

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 for what's in the gospel.

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 We really wanted to learn

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 from each other.

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 That's what they said to me.

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 And so,

00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:06.000
 at first,

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:07.180
 when these three guys

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.799
 from England

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.660
 start talking,

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 we just think,

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.139
 well,

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:10.500
 okay,

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.839
 this just must be something

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:13.160
 the way they talk

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.680
 in England.

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.960
 But then they said to me,

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.779
 you're white.

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.920
 You're from the West.

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.759
 And you start

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.819
 disagreeing with them.

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:23.700
 And everything you say,

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.639
 we agree with.

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:27.139
 And everything that they say,

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:28.700
 we completely disagree with.

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:30.659
 And it's taken us two days

00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:31.339
 because we wanted

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:32.279
 to be really patient,

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.539
 but we came to understand

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:35.139
 that it's not a cultural difference.

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.779
 They're wrong.

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.559
 That they're not being faithful

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.200
 to the gospel

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:41.200
 and they're not being faithful

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.659
 to the Bible.

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.659
 We want to thank you

00:22:42.659 --> 00:22:44.559
 for revealing that to us

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:46.200
 and to keep it up.

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.720
 After that,

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.599
 they went after them,

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:47.960
 by the way.

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:50.079
 It's one of those funny things.

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:51.019
 I could just sit back

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.140
 and they went after them.

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:54.759
 And that really made them squirm,

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.440
 the three people

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.079
 from England,

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:58.200
 because they did not want

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:59.200
 to be ethnocentric.

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:02.160
 And now all of a sudden,

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.660
 it's not just the rube

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.519
 from Canada

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:06.840
 who's going after them.

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.319
 But what do they do

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:09.759
 when all of the rest

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.700
 are going after them

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:12.059
 to challenge them

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.799
 as to whether they're being

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.660
 faithful to the Bible?

00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:14.140
 You see,

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.100
 what I'm trying to get at

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:16.079
 is that there's something

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:17.620
 inherent to this message

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:19.219
 that both draws us

00:23:19.219 --> 00:23:20.379
 in love to the world

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:21.579
 and acts,

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.959
 if we have a conscience at all

00:23:23.959 --> 00:23:24.979
 or a heart at all,

00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:26.379
 to make us challenge

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:27.399
 and try to understand

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:27.959
 the difference

00:23:27.959 --> 00:23:29.559
 between our cultural practices,

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.659
 our personal likes

00:23:30.659 --> 00:23:31.500
 and dislikes,

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:33.399
 and what's God's heart.

00:23:34.459 --> 00:23:35.939
 And the true and living God

00:23:35.939 --> 00:23:37.299
 is the true and living God

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:38.459
 for every person

00:23:38.459 --> 00:23:39.099
 who is on the planet.

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:40.019
 There is only one

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.759
 true and living God.

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:42.099
 There is only one creator.

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:43.719
 There is only one sustainer.

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.719
 There is only one

00:23:44.719 --> 00:23:45.459
 who is sovereign.

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:47.319
 And he does not

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:48.160
 pick and choose

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:49.279
 and say that America

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:50.079
 is his favorite

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:51.340
 and he hates South Korea

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:52.160
 or North Korea

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.700
 or China.

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.759
 He doesn't pick

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:55.120
 any favorites like that.

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.059
 Every nation,

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.180
 every people group

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.340
 is under God's judgment

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:59.720
 and every people group,

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.360
 every person

00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:01.240
 in every people group

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:02.039
 needs the gospel.

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:05.299
 There is both something here

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.360
 which is universal,

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.660
 which we can share.

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.880
 And at the same time,

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.700
 as we go deeper

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.400
 into the gospel

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.660
 and deeper into the scriptures,

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:15.300
 provides a mechanism

00:24:15.300 --> 00:24:16.340
 by which we can be

00:24:16.340 --> 00:24:16.960
 self-critical

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.759
 about our culture.

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:22.140
 Could you go back

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:23.259
 to the point number one?

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:24.200
 Could you put that up again,

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.480
 Rebecca?

00:24:24.540 --> 00:24:25.259
 I'm really making it

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.960
 work hard today.

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:27.980
 The living God

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:29.380
 desires men and women

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.860
 from every people group

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.519
 on the planet

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.560
 to enter together

00:24:32.560 --> 00:24:33.540
 into the joy,

00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:34.180
 peace,

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.700
 and hope

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.740
 of glorifying him

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:37.560
 for his saving mercy

00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:39.460
 in Jesus Christ

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:41.160
 crucified and risen.

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:43.920
 Now here's the big challenge.

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.440
 We're not going to look

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.500
 at verses 14

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.259
 and follow.

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:46.880
 We're going to go through

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.980
 them very, very quickly.

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.660
 And I'm going to do something,

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.900
 any of you who've studied

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:52.200
 how you do public speaking

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.940
 or if you listen

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.860
 to Andy Stanley,

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.600
 they'd all go,

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.779
 oh my good grief,

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.640
 this is the wrong way

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.019
 to do it.

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:57.400
 I'm going to have

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:58.200
 lots of points.

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.880
 It's really just,

00:24:59.360 --> 00:25:00.200
 what I'm going to try

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.160
 to do for the rest of it,

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.700
 I'm going to help you

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.960
 to pray the scriptures.

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.060
 That's what I just want to do.

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.720
 I just want to help you

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.560
 to pray the scriptures.

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.120
 To take a text

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:09.540
 and say,

00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:10.380
 how do we pray it?

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:12.640
 But here's the thing,

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:12.840
 you know,

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:14.000
 this is a huge challenge

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.480
 for me

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.420
 because I can be

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.420
 very, very shy

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:17.759
 about sharing the gospel.

00:25:18.300 --> 00:25:19.240
 I really can.

00:25:19.560 --> 00:25:20.660
 Like, it's not something

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.779
 natural that I do.

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.759
 This past week,

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:25.200
 there's a man

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:26.380
 that I've been praying for

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.200
 at one of the Starbucks

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:28.779
 that I regularly go to.

00:25:28.840 --> 00:25:29.740
 I've been praying for him

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.240
 off and on

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.000
 for several years.

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:33.360
 He's about my age.

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.660
 He's very, very fit.

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.900
 Drives a really,

00:25:36.060 --> 00:25:37.360
 really, really high,

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.019
 I mean,

00:25:38.060 --> 00:25:39.400
 a really expensive vehicle.

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.000
 He just,

00:25:40.820 --> 00:25:41.160
 he's,

00:25:41.320 --> 00:25:41.900
 I don't want to say

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.640
 anything more about him

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.420
 in case I give away

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.140
 some identity things,

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.000
 but he's obviously

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:46.300
 very, very, very,

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:47.240
 very successful

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.900
 and he seems

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.080
 very, very confident.

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:51.060
 And I have to confess,

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:52.060
 I just think that people

00:25:52.060 --> 00:25:52.980
 who are very successful

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.720
 and very confident,

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:54.519
 often they can be

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.600
 very far from God

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.120
 and not know

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.759
 they realize

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.640
 and they don't,

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.500
 maybe they can be like

00:25:58.500 --> 00:26:00.040
 the story of the rich man

00:26:00.040 --> 00:26:00.480
 not knowing

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.460
 that they need God.

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:03.940
 So I started to,

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.640
 I've been praying

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.500
 for him off and on.

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:07.220
 So this week,

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:09.059
 I think it was Thursday,

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.740
 I'm there

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:11.180
 working on my sermon.

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.319
 He comes up to me

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:12.900
 and he says,

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.000
 because we've been

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.039
 nodding at each other

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.660
 for a while,

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.720
 hi, hi, hi.

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:18.819
 And he comes up to me

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.200
 and he says,

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.240
 whoa, I see you

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.180
 working here all the time.

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:22.200
 Are you working on a book?

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.660
 Now, okay,

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:26.299
 here's what goes on

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.640
 in my mind, okay?

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.400
 Because here,

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.360
 I'm being honest,

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.779
 I'm not a natural evangelist.

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.119
 I really,

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.619
 I get terrified, okay?

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:35.019
 In our culture,

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.579
 saying that you're a pastor

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.519
 goes, boo.

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:40.099
 Saying you write a book

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:41.079
 goes, whoa.

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.720
 Whoa, you're working

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:45.019
 on a book, buddy,

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:46.099
 you know, whoa.

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.839
 Pastor, boo.

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.700
 Book, whoa.

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.519
 Okay, so you,

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:52.000
 this is going through my mind,

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.720
 right, very, very,

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.420
 very quickly,

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.319
 you know,

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.680
 I could say,

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.000
 yeah, yeah,

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.359
 you know,

00:26:56.399 --> 00:26:57.759
 I'm doing some writing

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.460
 and thinking

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.480
 and, you know, etc.

00:26:59.720 --> 00:26:59.899
 You know,

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:00.480
 I could probably

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.140
 even turn it about,

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.600
 yeah, you know,

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.540
 the meaning of life

00:27:02.540 --> 00:27:03.440
 and deep questions

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:05.320
 and I could answer

00:27:05.320 --> 00:27:05.880
 that question

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:06.380
 in such a way

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.740
 that he'd go,

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.320
 whoa.

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.660
 All flashes quickly

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:12.080
 before my tired

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:12.860
 little mind

00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:15.100
 and I say to him,

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:17.019
 this is one of those

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:18.040
 good stories for me,

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:19.200
 not one of the bad times

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.060
 when I failed, okay?

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:20.700
 But I said to him,

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.860
 well, actually,

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.800
 I'm not working on a book.

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:24.100
 I'm a pastor of a church.

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.120
 I'm working on a sermon.

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:27.479
 And I'm reading the Bible

00:27:27.479 --> 00:27:28.719
 and I'm working on a sermon.

00:27:29.919 --> 00:27:30.559
 And he goes,

00:27:30.659 --> 00:27:30.939
 oh,

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:34.099
 well, that's interesting.

00:27:34.219 --> 00:27:34.979
 Then he said to me,

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:36.239
 I thought that's

00:27:36.239 --> 00:27:37.000
 what you were doing.

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.799
 I thought that's

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.500
 what you were doing

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.779
 because I've seen you

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.799
 with your Bible open,

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:44.059
 pounding away at it.

00:27:44.899 --> 00:27:45.159
 Anyway,

00:27:45.239 --> 00:27:45.719
 it turns out

00:27:45.719 --> 00:27:46.500
 that he goes to

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.559
 one of the better-known

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.799
 evangelical churches

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.879
 and has been a Christian

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.819
 for 40 years.

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.979
 I've been praying

00:27:52.979 --> 00:27:53.979
 for the wrong guy.

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:56.380
 I didn't tell him

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.860
 I was praying

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.680
 for his salvation

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:59.160
 for the last two years.

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.140
 But I,

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.740
 you know,

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:03.960
 the angels laugh,

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.240
 right?

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:07.279
 And here's the whole thing

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:08.059
 because I,

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:08.279
 you know,

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.120
 I have shared times

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:10.380
 where I do share something

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:11.279
 about like I'm a pastor

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.839
 and people go,

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.120
 oh,

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.819
 like that,

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.099
 you know.

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:14.120
 But this is one of those times

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.860
 that he became

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.700
 even more friendly,

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.099
 right?

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.319
 And he'd noticed

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.160
 that I was reading the Bible,

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.319
 that I wasn't just writing a book.

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.880
 I don't know why

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.660
 he asked me the question

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.120
 in that way,

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.680
 but anyway,

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.099
 it was all from God,

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.640
 I guess,

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.020
 right?

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.000
 So,

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.380
 there's a reason

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:27.020
 why I was telling you

00:28:27.020 --> 00:28:27.360
 this story.

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.820
 I can't remember

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:28.759
 what the reason is now.

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.620
 Anyway,

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:32.880
 oh,

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.420
 that's it.

00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:34.120
 That's it.

00:28:35.520 --> 00:28:36.440
 This text

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.940
 is so important

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.480
 for us.

00:28:38.540 --> 00:28:39.640
 If we understand

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.740
 that the reason

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.620
 that God,

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.680
 Jesus came,

00:28:42.780 --> 00:28:43.580
 not only to show

00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:44.640
 God's truthfulness,

00:28:44.800 --> 00:28:45.440
 his faithfulness

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.120
 and his truthfulness,

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.720
 but it's his heart

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.660
 that people

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:50.140
 from every people group

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:51.460
 would glorify God

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.240
 for his mercy,

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.039
 that they'd enter

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.720
 into hope,

00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:54.880
 that they'd be filled

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.600
 with joy,

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.860
 that they'd have peace,

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:57.740
 that they'd know

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:59.259
 the power of the Holy Spirit,

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.360
 that they'd abound

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:00.799
 in hope,

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.779
 that that's why

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.759
 Jesus came.

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:06.120
 That's why he came.

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:10.759
 And so my neighbors,

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:14.139
 I shouldn't look at it.

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.519
 I should look at it

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.239
 that this is what

00:29:16.239 --> 00:29:17.379
 God wants for them.

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:19.539
 And he's put me

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.479
 in my neighborhood

00:29:20.479 --> 00:29:21.619
 to pray for them.

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:24.199
 And that when I go to,

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.319
 whether it's a Tim Hortons

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:26.099
 or a restaurant

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:27.079
 or a Starbucks,

00:29:27.239 --> 00:29:28.139
 part of the reason

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:29.659
 that God has put you

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.699
 in that restaurant

00:29:30.699 --> 00:29:32.159
 is that you can pray

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:34.359
 that those people,

00:29:34.459 --> 00:29:34.779
 you don't know

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.739
 if they're Christians or not,

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:37.000
 but if they're not Christians,

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:39.140
 that God wants them

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:40.339
 to have joy.

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.740
 It's not all about you.

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.539
 It's not all about

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.299
 your experience.

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.380
 It's not all about

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.779
 how successful you are.

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.420
 It's not all about

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.120
 your problems.

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:48.859
 It's not all about

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.859
 how perfect you are.

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.420
 It's all about the fact

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.920
 that God has done something

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:54.240
 and he desires.

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:56.519
 Human beings were made

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.599
 to glorify God

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:59.240
 and enjoy him forever.

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:02.079
 And we share the gospel

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:03.680
 so people can enjoy God

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.420
 and worship him.

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:07.380
 we're to pray

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.400
 for that opportunity.

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.759
 Let's go through this,

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.500
 the rest of the book

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.339
 very, very quickly.

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.279
 Verse 14.

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:16.120
 I myself am satisfied

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:17.279
 about you, my brothers,

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.799
 that you yourself

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.900
 are full of goodness,

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:22.120
 filled with all knowledge

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:23.620
 and able to instruct

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:24.160
 one another.

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.420
 Now just pause.

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.019
 Isn't that sort of

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.640
 a neat thing?

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:28.440
 Paul's done a lot of rebuking

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.120
 throughout the book,

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.240
 but at the end of the day,

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.740
 he believes that,

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.099
 you know,

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:33.200
 goodness is one of the fruits

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.759
 of the Spirit.

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.279
 Did you know that?

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:36.140
 Look in Galatians chapter 5.

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.740
 What are the fruits

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.259
 of the Spirit?

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:39.340
 Love, joy, peace,

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.700
 patience, kindness,

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:42.700
 goodness, faithfulness,

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:44.019
 gentleness, self-control.

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.240
 Could you put up

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:49.360
 the prayer, please, Rebecca?

00:30:50.840 --> 00:30:51.420
 Can you,

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.059
 I'm going to ask you

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:53.059
 to say these prayers

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.880
 with me.

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.779
 This is the really

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.700
 powerful thing.

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.500
 At the end of the day,

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.299
 Paul, this is what

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:58.180
 Paul believes.

00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:00.120
 That because it's a power

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:01.399
 that comes from God

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:02.039
 and God,

00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:03.659
 the gospel still works

00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:04.759
 and the Holy Spirit

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.979
 still works.

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:08.019
 And that means,

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:09.059
 could we pray this together?

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.079
 Lord,

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.699
 please help me

00:31:11.699 --> 00:31:12.439
 to trust

00:31:12.439 --> 00:31:13.699
 that you can work

00:31:13.699 --> 00:31:14.759
 in and through

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:16.839
 ordinary Christ followers.

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:19.079
 So we need to pray

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:21.500
 that God,

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:23.019
 God does work

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.279
 through ordinary people.

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:26.859
 He uses ordinary people

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:28.079
 to instruct others.

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:30.099
 The gospel works.

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:32.479
 verse 15.

00:31:33.439 --> 00:31:34.359
 But in some points,

00:31:34.959 --> 00:31:35.659
 I have written

00:31:35.659 --> 00:31:37.319
 to you very boldly

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:38.239
 by way of reminder

00:31:38.239 --> 00:31:39.299
 because of the grace

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:40.439
 given me by God

00:31:40.439 --> 00:31:41.779
 to be a minister

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.679
 of Christ Jesus

00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:43.679
 to the Gentiles,

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.479
 to the pagans

00:31:44.479 --> 00:31:45.759
 in the priestly service

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:47.019
 of the gospel of God

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:48.659
 so that the offering

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:49.479
 of the Gentiles

00:31:49.479 --> 00:31:50.519
 may be acceptable.

00:31:50.719 --> 00:31:51.199
 In other words,

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:53.859
 that as the pagans

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.679
 come to faith

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:55.279
 and they offer

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.259
 themselves to God,

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.899
 that it will be

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.959
 acceptable,

00:31:58.639 --> 00:32:00.099
 sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:01.740
 in Christ Jesus,

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:02.019
 then,

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.959
 this is verse 17,

00:32:02.959 --> 00:32:03.599
 I have reason

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.199
 to be proud

00:32:04.199 --> 00:32:05.339
 of my work for God

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:07.000
 for I will not venture

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.079
 to speak of anything

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:09.259
 except what Christ

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.879
 has accomplished

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.779
 through me

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:12.459
 to bring the Gentiles

00:32:12.459 --> 00:32:13.339
 to obedience

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:15.159
 by word and deed,

00:32:15.459 --> 00:32:16.279
 by the power

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.459
 of signs and wonders,

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.679
 by the power

00:32:18.679 --> 00:32:19.759
 of the Spirit of God,

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:21.419
 so that from Jerusalem

00:32:21.419 --> 00:32:22.379
 and all the way

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:23.859
 around to Illyricum,

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.019
 I have fulfilled

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.599
 the ministry

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.919
 of the gospel of Christ.

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.039
 I'll just sort of

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.600
 pause there

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:29.240
 for a second.

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.480
 Could you put up

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.980
 the next point,

00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:31.340
 please?

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.940
 This is what we're being

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:36.200
 asked to pray for here,

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:38.160
 is that Paul was able

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:39.500
 by word and deed,

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.680
 and when it says here

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.820
 by signs and miracles,

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.900
 that's not something,

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.880
 like you can't go out

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.160
 and say,

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.320
 well,

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:44.800
 if you do,

00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:45.779
 you know,

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:47.000
 400 push-ups,

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:48.060
 God will do a miracle,

00:32:48.060 --> 00:32:49.279
 or if you run the marathon,

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.560
 God will do a miracle.

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:53.380
 You can't engineer that.

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.279
 There's no technique

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:55.400
 to accomplish that.

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:56.580
 What you do is you ask.

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:57.800
 You say,

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.019
 Lord,

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:59.259
 I need a miracle here.

00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:00.720
 We don't have any money.

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.759
 We need money, Lord.

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.800
 We need a miracle.

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:04.540
 Every conversion

00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:05.320
 is a miracle.

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.820
 Lord,

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.420
 that man,

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.019
 that woman,

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.900
 looks like they could,

00:33:09.100 --> 00:33:11.000
 they hate God,

00:33:11.060 --> 00:33:11.940
 or they don't need God,

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:13.019
 or that man or woman,

00:33:13.080 --> 00:33:13.180
 look,

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.340
 they're far more educated

00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:14.960
 than I am.

00:33:15.040 --> 00:33:16.040
 They're far more powerful.

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:17.240
 They're far more successful.

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.480
 How can they ever

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.660
 possibly need the gospel?

00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:20.960
 You know,

00:33:21.540 --> 00:33:22.759
 we look at the world

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.680
 and we see all these

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.259
 big things,

00:33:24.340 --> 00:33:24.960
 and we don't realize

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.640
 that they're small

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.579
 and that God is bigger

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.500
 and we've got to call out

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.220
 to God in prayer,

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.860
 and God does do miracles sometimes.

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:31.059
 Some of us can testify

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.960
 to different miracles

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.700
 that God has done

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.279
 in our lives,

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.539
 but we accomplish them

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.160
 by prayer.

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.720
 And so what the challenge

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.519
 here is for us

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.400
 to pray the scriptures

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.940
 is this.

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.860
 Could you pray this

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.600
 with me, please?

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.720
 Lord,

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:43.340
 please help me

00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:44.440
 to bear witness

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.319
 to the gospel

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.220
 with words,

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.759
 to live a life

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.539
 that is gripped

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.460
 by the gospel,

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.720
 and to pray

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.740
 with persistence

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.480
 and hope

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.380
 for the lost.

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.980
 And I put down

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.819
 the word the lost.

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.759
 I know that's very

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.839
 politically incorrect,

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:00.900
 but it's a Bible word.

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.559
 Not right here,

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.579
 but it's a Bible word

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.440
 in the book of Romans.

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.779
 And that's what this,

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.839
 this is a challenge

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.500
 for us.

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.599
 Is,

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:10.219
 you don't have to explain

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.480
 the whole,

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.820
 I got into a conversation

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.300
 yesterday

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.820
 with two Jehovah Witnesses

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:15.900
 in one of my Starbucks.

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.900
 20 minutes.

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:20.200
 one of them is

00:34:20.200 --> 00:34:21.039
 the mom,

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:22.139
 a very, very active

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:23.380
 witnesser in Ottawa,

00:34:23.660 --> 00:34:24.720
 and her daughter

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.619
 just come back

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.380
 on furlough

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.039
 as a missionary

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.840
 to another part

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.160
 of the world

00:34:28.160 --> 00:34:28.860
 who's a Jehovah Witness.

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.380
 And, you know,

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:32.200
 at the end of the day,

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:33.680
 I just shared

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:34.519
 with her,

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:36.059
 with them,

00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.000
 you know,

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.660
 you don't normally

00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:38.119
 get to have

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:39.519
 a longer conversation

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.320
 like this.

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.119
 Most of the time,

00:34:42.180 --> 00:34:42.360
 you don't.

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.840
 Most of the time,

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.700
 just bearing witness.

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.360
 I'm a pastor.

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.079
 I go to church

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.639
 on Sunday.

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:46.619
 Will I actually pray?

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.420
 I actually believe

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:47.739
 the Bible.

00:34:47.819 --> 00:34:48.500
 It's just a small

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.000
 word of witness.

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.960
 That's most of the time

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:51.079
 all that we have to do.

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.400
 You never know

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:53.119
 when it will be like

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.319
 the Jehovah Witnesses

00:34:54.319 --> 00:34:55.380
 that had seen me there

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.920
 with the Bible

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.579
 many times

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.159
 and they finally

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:58.219
 initiate a conversation.

00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:59.039
 We have a 20-minute

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.839
 conversation

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:01.639
 about how

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:03.059
 unless you understand

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.559
 the Trinity,

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:05.059
 there's no understanding

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:06.199
 of God's true love

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.960
 and unless Jesus

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.880
 is actually God

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.219
 and man,

00:35:08.299 --> 00:35:08.799
 there's no way

00:35:08.799 --> 00:35:09.559
 he could possibly

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.319
 be your Savior.

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.139
 And that you need

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:13.299
 God to do everything

00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:14.039
 to make you right

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.519
 with him.

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:15.960
 If you're depending

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.980
 upon your own efforts

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.500
 and that's how

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.519
 our conversation went.

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.800
 A Jewish man

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:22.740
 at the same Starbucks

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:25.059
 that I've talked to

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:26.360
 for several years now,

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.820
 just after Easter,

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.679
 he said to me,

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.480
 these are these times

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.019
 when you get

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.860
 these opportunities.

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.559
 I don't know

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.260
 what happens to them.

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.840
 All I can do

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.300
 is pray.

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.820
 And I'd had lots

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:37.260
 of very small conversations.

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.059
 It just began

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.579
 with the fact

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.320
 that I was reading

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.199
 a Bible in public.

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.960
 It just began

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:42.179
 with very simple things

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.819
 about the fact

00:35:42.819 --> 00:35:44.759
 that I'm a Christian.

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:47.139
 And he came up to me

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.980
 about three weeks

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.839
 after Easter

00:35:48.839 --> 00:35:50.139
 and he said,

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:50.940
 he's from Israel,

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.339
 he said,

00:35:51.419 --> 00:35:51.679
 George,

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.319
 I've been asking

00:35:52.319 --> 00:35:53.219
 many Canadians

00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:53.899
 this question

00:35:53.899 --> 00:35:55.059
 and none of them

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.559
 can give me

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.199
 a good answer

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:57.000
 but I think

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.719
 maybe you can.

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.279
 He said,

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.460
 you believe

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.960
 that Jesus

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.839
 is the Messiah?

00:36:02.919 --> 00:36:03.259
 Yes.

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.500
 You believe

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.980
 that he came

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.539
 from God?

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.019
 Yes.

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.359
 And you believe

00:36:08.359 --> 00:36:09.339
 he died on the cross?

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:09.859
 Yes.

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:11.500
 Why do you call it

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.039
 Good Friday?

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.900
 So I said to him,

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.120
 well listen,

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:19.039
 I'm working on my sermon,

00:36:19.160 --> 00:36:20.280
 I don't have time to talk.

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.539
 No,

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:22.059
 I didn't say that.

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.400
 I got this

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.579
 20 minute opportunity

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:25.660
 just to talk to him

00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:27.680
 about the Old Testament law,

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.640
 about Passover,

00:36:29.120 --> 00:36:29.760
 about the whole thing,

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.200
 about Jesus.

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.460
 You know,

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.400
 I fail many,

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.280
 many opportunities.

00:36:33.700 --> 00:36:33.900
 There's,

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:35.480
 I share with you

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.019
 some of the times

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.640
 I walk away

00:36:36.640 --> 00:36:37.760
 wishing I'd said something

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.860
 and,

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.840
 but sometimes

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.960
 all you're asked for

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.780
 is to bear witness

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.519
 with words.

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:45.620
 And all you're asked for

00:36:45.620 --> 00:36:46.200
 as well

00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:48.000
 is as much as possible

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.480
 to try to,

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.120
 by deeds,

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:49.860
 to live a life

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.740
 that reflects

00:36:50.740 --> 00:36:51.720
 the glory of God.

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:54.559
 And to not say

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:56.200
 people's no for them

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:57.700
 but to not only pray

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:58.620
 for your loved ones

00:36:58.620 --> 00:36:59.220
 that they would come

00:36:59.220 --> 00:37:00.079
 to a saving faith

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.500
 in Jesus

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.180
 but to pray

00:37:01.180 --> 00:37:02.160
 for hard people.

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:05.700
 Pray for the Orthodox Jew

00:37:05.700 --> 00:37:06.460
 that you know.

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:08.700
 Pray for the devout Muslim.

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.420
 that you know.

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:13.260
 Pray for the transsexual activist

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.980
 that you know.

00:37:18.200 --> 00:37:19.519
 Pray for people

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.539
 who are hard as well.

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.320
 God has put them

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:23.160
 on your heart

00:37:23.160 --> 00:37:24.360
 or in your path

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.079
 for a reason.

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.120
 It might be

00:37:27.120 --> 00:37:28.400
 that you are the only one

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.960
 on the planet

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:30.039
 who will pray for them.

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:34.179
 verses,

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.480
 let's continue reading

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.259
 verse,

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:38.279
 where am I?

00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:39.059
 Verse 22.

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.719
 How are we doing?

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.500
 Yeah, we're doing fine.

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:42.219
 Verse 22.

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:44.279
 For this reason,

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:45.699
 sorry,

00:37:45.779 --> 00:37:46.460
 this is the reason

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:47.440
 why I have so often

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:48.019
 been hindered

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:49.099
 from coming to you.

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.679
 But now,

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:54.000
 because he's been hindered

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.940
 because he's been working

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:56.000
 in all these other areas.

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.300
 Okay?

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.780
 But now,

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.840
 since I no longer

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.440
 have any room

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:00.639
 for work in these regions

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.780
 and since I have longed

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.400
 for many years

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:03.239
 to come to you,

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.780
 I hope to see you

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:05.480
 in passing

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:06.579
 as I go to Spain

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.940
 and to be helped

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.579
 on my journey

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:09.320
 there by you

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:10.300
 once I have enjoyed

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:10.940
 your company

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.500
 for a while.

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.840
 At present,

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.320
 however,

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:14.719
 I am going to Jerusalem

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.860
 bringing aid

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:16.539
 to the saints.

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.420
 Now just sort of

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:18.059
 pause there.

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.719
 It's beyond the scope

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.460
 of this text,

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:22.019
 but for internal reasons

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.460
 in the book,

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.739
 this book was probably

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:25.619
 written when Paul

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.320
 was in Corinth

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:27.259
 and he's writing it

00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:27.739
 to Rome

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:29.360
 and he says he wants

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:30.039
 to go there

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.940
 and he says,

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.579
 but first I'm going

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:32.300
 to go to Jerusalem.

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.880
 That's the opposite direction.

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.940
 And the reason

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.300
 he's going

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:37.659
 the opposite direction

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:39.599
 is because

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.559
 the poor

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.739
 need help.

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:46.019
 Because he's been

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.599
 raising money

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:47.199
 for the poor.

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.340
 Could you put up

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:49.900
 the next point,

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.259
 please?

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:52.360
 Oh, sorry,

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:53.139
 I've missed a point.

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.360
 Never mind.

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:56.599
 Let's,

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:57.679
 that's the two points

00:38:57.679 --> 00:38:57.940
 down.

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.219
 Lord,

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.759
 there we go.

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.719
 That's the one.

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:01.860
 Could you say this

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.300
 with me?

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:03.300
 Lord,

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:04.780
 please help me

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.500
 to remember

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.099
 the poor.

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:08.159
 That's a good

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.880
 prayer to pray.

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:09.880
 Lord,

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.820
 please help me

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.360
 to remember

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:11.820
 the poor.

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.280
 I don't know

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.840
 what's going to happen

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.280
 when you pray

00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:15.960
 these prayers,

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:17.219
 but you see

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:18.139
 how all of a sudden

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:19.300
 this is all connected

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:20.179
 to the missionary

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.739
 endeavor.

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:22.259
 You see how so many

00:39:22.259 --> 00:39:23.299
 things in this text

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:23.819
 are connected

00:39:23.819 --> 00:39:24.799
 to being a vital

00:39:24.799 --> 00:39:25.559
 Christian life

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:27.099
 is to have this heart

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:28.439
 that God has the heart

00:39:28.439 --> 00:39:29.139
 for the world

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:30.959
 and if we lose

00:39:30.959 --> 00:39:31.559
 our heart

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.359
 for the world,

00:39:32.879 --> 00:39:33.399
 then we,

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:35.659
 other things

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.359
 go too.

00:39:36.899 --> 00:39:37.479
 Could you go back

00:39:37.479 --> 00:39:38.459
 to the earlier point

00:39:38.459 --> 00:39:40.039
 that I skipped over?

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:41.339
 This was the,

00:39:41.419 --> 00:39:42.679
 this is the thing

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:43.199
 from the fact

00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:43.939
 that Paul had gone

00:39:43.939 --> 00:39:44.679
 to Alaricum

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.359
 and he's gone here

00:39:45.359 --> 00:39:46.000
 and he's gone there

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.619
 and he's gone there

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:47.159
 and he's gone there

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.899
 and this for Paul

00:39:47.899 --> 00:39:48.659
 is just the normal

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:49.359
 Christian life.

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:50.400
 Could you pray this

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:51.079
 with me please?

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:51.960
 Lord,

00:39:52.160 --> 00:39:53.340
 please help me

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:54.420
 to be a local

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:55.079
 Christian

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:56.079
 and a world

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.740
 Christian.

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:58.420
 Like we not only

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:59.019
 have to have a heart

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.579
 for Ottawa,

00:39:59.680 --> 00:40:00.320
 we have to have

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:01.340
 a heart for the world.

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.380
 It should excite us

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:03.140
 to hear what's going

00:40:03.140 --> 00:40:03.800
 on in the world.

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.380
 We don't want to just

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:07.620
 be caught up

00:40:07.620 --> 00:40:08.599
 in our own little thing.

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:09.920
 Let's just continue

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.160
 reading.

00:40:10.240 --> 00:40:10.860
 We're almost done.

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.740
 Verse 26.

00:40:13.140 --> 00:40:14.059
 For Macedonia

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:14.820
 and Achaia

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:15.539
 have been pleased

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.120
 to make some

00:40:16.120 --> 00:40:17.360
 contribution for the poor

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:18.079
 among the saints

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:18.840
 at Jerusalem.

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:21.140
 For they were

00:40:21.140 --> 00:40:22.079
 pleased to do it

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.700
 and indeed

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:23.320
 they owe it

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:23.880
 to them.

00:40:24.240 --> 00:40:25.120
 For if the Gentiles

00:40:25.120 --> 00:40:26.079
 have come to share

00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:27.519
 in their spiritual blessings,

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:29.099
 they ought also

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:30.019
 to be of service

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.539
 to them

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:31.940
 in material blessings.

00:40:32.620 --> 00:40:33.300
 Could you put up

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:33.500
 the,

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.519
 I think it's

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:35.720
 prayer number six,

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:36.380
 please?

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.680
 Could you pray

00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:39.300
 this with me?

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.460
 Lord,

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:42.019
 please help me

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:42.620
 to grow

00:40:42.620 --> 00:40:43.660
 in generosity.

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.539
 That's what happened here.

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.920
 As the gospel

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:48.000
 touched their hearts,

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:50.759
 generosity grew.

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:52.759
 Generosity in terms

00:40:52.759 --> 00:40:53.599
 of their finances.

00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:55.719
 And so they

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.539
 willingly gave

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.699
 not only for Paul

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:58.360
 to be able to

00:40:58.360 --> 00:40:59.099
 preach the gospel

00:40:59.099 --> 00:41:00.000
 without charge,

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:01.119
 but they gave

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.779
 so that the poor

00:41:01.779 --> 00:41:02.420
 would be helped.

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.619
 And so that's why

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:05.880
 this prayer,

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:06.759
 this Paul

00:41:06.759 --> 00:41:07.719
 is just teaching us

00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:08.380
 that if we want

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:09.320
 to pray the scriptures,

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:11.659
 this text is asking us,

00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:13.259
 asking us,

00:41:13.260 --> 00:41:14.380
 asking God

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:15.060
 to help us

00:41:15.060 --> 00:41:15.620
 to become

00:41:15.620 --> 00:41:16.680
 more generous

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:18.700
 with our financial resources.

00:41:19.700 --> 00:41:20.720
 Verse 28,

00:41:21.720 --> 00:41:23.240
 when therefore

00:41:23.240 --> 00:41:24.500
 I have completed this

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:25.180
 and have delivered

00:41:25.180 --> 00:41:25.540
 to them

00:41:25.540 --> 00:41:26.600
 what has been collected,

00:41:27.600 --> 00:41:29.220
 I will leave

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:30.060
 for Spain

00:41:30.060 --> 00:41:31.140
 by way of you.

00:41:31.620 --> 00:41:32.220
 I know that

00:41:32.220 --> 00:41:33.180
 when I come to you,

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:33.900
 I will come

00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:34.440
 in the fullness

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:35.140
 of the blessing

00:41:35.140 --> 00:41:35.740
 of Christ.

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:36.640
 Now just pause,

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.760
 second to last,

00:41:38.220 --> 00:41:38.980
 almost done.

00:41:38.980 --> 00:41:42.119
 a church father

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:42.619
 who wrote

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:43.420
 around the year

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:46.019
 a little bit

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:47.559
 after this,

00:41:49.260 --> 00:41:50.340
 a letter of his

00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:51.039
 has been found

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:52.639
 and he claims

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:53.019
 that Paul

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:54.420
 did go to Spain.

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.420
 After his Roman

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:56.139
 imprisonment,

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:57.039
 he did go to Spain.

00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:58.240
 But Paul,

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:58.960
 in desiring to go

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.320
 to Spain,

00:41:59.400 --> 00:41:59.740
 wanted to go

00:41:59.740 --> 00:42:00.760
 to a hard place.

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:01.460
 Why is that

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:02.119
 a hard place?

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:04.179
 They didn't speak

00:42:04.179 --> 00:42:04.840
 the language

00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:05.840
 that Paul spoke.

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:07.780
 There's no record

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:09.019
 at that time

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:10.000
 of any Jewish

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:11.340
 settlements in Spain.

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:13.440
 So that meant

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:13.880
 that Paul

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:14.579
 would have to go

00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:15.320
 to a place

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:16.340
 where he couldn't

00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:17.220
 first go to his

00:42:17.220 --> 00:42:17.840
 Jewish brothers

00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:18.620
 and sisters

00:42:18.620 --> 00:42:20.160
 and speak the gospel

00:42:20.160 --> 00:42:21.039
 and use maybe

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:22.559
 having the first

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.720
 converts be Jewish

00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:24.720
 people.

00:42:25.160 --> 00:42:25.760
 But he was going

00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:26.240
 to go to a place,

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:27.100
 obviously some of them

00:42:27.100 --> 00:42:27.519
 would have known

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:28.280
 Latin and Greek,

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:28.880
 Paul would have

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.280
 known that,

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:29.900
 but they had their

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.519
 own local

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:31.700
 indigenous languages

00:42:31.700 --> 00:42:33.160
 that he wouldn't

00:42:33.160 --> 00:42:33.519
 have known.

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:35.480
 Paul wanted to go

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:36.699
 to a hard place.

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:38.659
 That's where he

00:42:38.659 --> 00:42:39.240
 wanted to go.

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:41.380
 Now this text

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:42.199
 isn't telling all

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:43.440
 of us to individually

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:44.599
 go to hard places,

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:45.980
 but what it's telling

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.679
 us is that we

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:47.639
 should have a heart

00:42:47.639 --> 00:42:49.460
 that God is always

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:50.500
 raising up people

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:51.320
 from our midst

00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:52.360
 who will go to

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:53.119
 hard people

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:54.300
 and share the gospel

00:42:54.300 --> 00:42:54.820
 with them

00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:56.519
 and go to hard places.

00:42:59.539 --> 00:43:00.480
 That's part of

00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:01.579
 healthy Christianity.

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.300
 Could you put up

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:02.639
 the prayer,

00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:03.000
 please?

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:05.239
 Could you pray

00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:05.860
 this with me?

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:06.920
 Lord,

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:08.539
 please raise up

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:09.420
 people to go

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:10.579
 to hard places

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:11.940
 and hard people

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.460
 groups,

00:43:12.780 --> 00:43:13.900
 and please help

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:14.840
 us to support

00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:15.719
 them with our

00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:17.159
 prayers and time

00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:18.019
 and resources.

00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:19.579
 Because Paul says

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:20.260
 when he's going to

00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:20.599
 Spain,

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.480
 to Rome first,

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:22.320
 he's hoping that

00:43:22.320 --> 00:43:22.960
 they'll financially

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.699
 support him,

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:24.760
 he's hoping for

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:25.699
 logistic advice,

00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:26.400
 and he's probably

00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:27.260
 hoping and praying

00:43:27.260 --> 00:43:28.079
 that maybe one

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:28.960
 person there was

00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:30.159
 originally from Spain,

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:32.719
 and that he could

00:43:32.719 --> 00:43:33.420
 talk him out of

00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:34.079
 being a lawyer

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:34.799
 or something,

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:36.859
 to go and do

00:43:36.859 --> 00:43:37.480
 a hard thing.

00:43:38.859 --> 00:43:39.579
 Final bit,

00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:41.739
 verses 30 to the

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:42.000
 end.

00:43:42.099 --> 00:43:42.819
 I appeal to you,

00:43:42.899 --> 00:43:43.579
 brothers and sisters,

00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:44.420
 by our Lord Jesus

00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:45.299
 Christ and by the

00:43:45.299 --> 00:43:46.019
 love of the Spirit,

00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:47.019
 to strive together

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.719
 with me in your

00:43:47.719 --> 00:43:48.699
 prayers to God.

00:43:49.219 --> 00:43:50.000
 The word strive

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.679
 can also mean

00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:51.219
 struggle,

00:43:51.659 --> 00:43:52.339
 to struggle,

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:53.920
 to strive together

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.940
 with me in your

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.739
 prayers to God

00:43:55.739 --> 00:43:56.639
 on my behalf,

00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:57.679
 that I may be

00:43:57.679 --> 00:43:58.420
 delivered from the

00:43:58.420 --> 00:43:59.680
 unbelievers in Judea,

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:01.019
 and that my service

00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:02.059
 for Jerusalem may be

00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:02.980
 acceptable to the

00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:03.300
 saints,

00:44:03.639 --> 00:44:04.700
 so that by God's

00:44:04.700 --> 00:44:05.740
 will I may come to

00:44:05.740 --> 00:44:06.700
 you with joy and be

00:44:06.700 --> 00:44:07.420
 refreshed in your

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:07.800
 company.

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:09.400
 May the God of peace

00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:10.260
 be with you all.

00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:11.139
 Amen.

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:12.139
 Last prayer.

00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:12.820
 Could you put it up,

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:13.099
 please?

00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:14.820
 Could you all stand

00:44:14.820 --> 00:44:15.320
 for this bit?

00:44:15.380 --> 00:44:16.000
 We're going to close

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:17.159
 with, we'll pray this

00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:17.740
 prayer together,

00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:19.280
 and then I'll just

00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:20.380
 close with a prayer,

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:23.039
 because this is how

00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:24.159
 Paul ends this bit.

00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:25.220
 Romans 16,

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:25.920
 he's going to be now

00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:26.559
 saying, you know,

00:44:26.619 --> 00:44:27.519
 next week we look at it,

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.380
 Romans will be finished

00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:29.240
 next week, he's

00:44:29.240 --> 00:44:30.180
 thanking this person,

00:44:30.680 --> 00:44:31.420
 commending this,

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:32.800
 and like a final

00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:34.340
 benediction, but this

00:44:34.340 --> 00:44:35.420
 is this final thing.

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:37.320
 Paul's asking them to

00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:38.960
 commit to struggle in

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:40.500
 prayer, to strive in

00:44:40.500 --> 00:44:41.619
 prayer, not just say a

00:44:41.619 --> 00:44:42.860
 quick prayer, nothing

00:44:42.860 --> 00:44:43.660
 wrong with quick

00:44:43.660 --> 00:44:45.440
 prayers, love quick

00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:46.980
 prayers, pray that we

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:47.960
 can say more quick

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:50.059
 prayers, but sometimes

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:51.240
 God calls us to a

00:44:51.240 --> 00:44:52.079
 season of life where

00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:53.280
 we strive and struggle

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:53.800
 in prayer.

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:57.019
 We commit to not just

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:58.260
 pray, it doesn't come

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 easily that we're

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 called to a deeper

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 season of prayer, and

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 that's the challenge of

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 this scripture text to

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 us.

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 Can we pray it with me?

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 Lord, please make me a

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 person of prayer, and

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 make us a praying church.

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 Let's just bow our heads.

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 Father, we thank you for

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 the many missionaries that

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 have arisen out of this

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 congregation, and the

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 many different places

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 they're serving.

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 We thank you, Father, for

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 the two in our midst that

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 are just on the edge of

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 going to, one to a very

00:45:30.780 --> 00:45:32.280
 hard place, one to just a

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:34.119
 distant place, all with

00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:35.579
 hardness and hardship, but

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 we thank you, Father, for

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 them.

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 We ask, Father, that you

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 make us not just a local

00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:42.719
 church with a concern for

00:45:42.719 --> 00:45:43.400
 our neighborhood and

00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:44.639
 concern for our city, but

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:45.840
 you help us to always be

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 world Christians, Father,

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 with a heart for the poor

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 across the planet and a

00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:51.460
 heart for the great need

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 for the gospel across

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 the planet.

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 Father, make us local

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 Christians and world

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 Christians, and make us a

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 praying people, Father.

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 Make us disciples of Jesus

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 who are gripped by the

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 gospel, living for your

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 glory, who are pouring our

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:06.539
 hearts out in prayer and

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 living generous lives.

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 And this we ask in the name

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 of Jesus, your Son and our

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 Savior.

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 Amen.