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 Please take out your copy of God's Word, which I pray you have with you this morning.

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 And it's well read and treasured in your heart.

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 And turn to Acts chapter 21.

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 We are fast approaching the day when we will complete our study of Acts together.

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 It's been good and rich and I hope that you've felt the same.

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 I think there's always something bittersweet about ending a study.

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 And we're going to find our study accelerate here,

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 looking to probably the first week or so of September when we'll conclude it,

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 because Paul is headed to Jerusalem.

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 And this sets off a chain of events in which Paul is arrested and tried

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 and ends up imprisoned to the end of the book.

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 So we're going to start picking up some pace as we go through that narrative together.

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 And it all gets kind of launched off here.

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 Paul has been set on traveling to Jerusalem for some time.

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 We can see back in Acts chapter 19, verse 21.

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 Now, after these events, Luke records for us,

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 and he's referencing the sons of Sceva getting literally beat out of their clothes

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 by a demon-possessed man in Ephesus,

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 and then a revival that follows it.

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 So after these events,

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 Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia

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 and go to Jerusalem, saying,

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 After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

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 Paul expresses concern throughout his writing

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 that the Jewish believers and the Gentile believers would be unified.

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 This is one of the great realities of the gospel,

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 that it breaks down dividing walls and that people become one in Christ.

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 And Paul was concerned about this.

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 A way that he worked to unite them

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 was through the collection of funds from largely Gentile churches

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 to support the highly persecuted,

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 very transient, primarily Jewish church in Jerusalem.

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 We can read that Paul gave instruction to the Corinthian church

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 for a collection for the Jerusalem church,

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 which was written four years before his arrival in today's text.

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 We can read that in 1 Corinthians 16, verse 1-3.

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 Paul writes,

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 To further concrete the point that Paul was transporting funding,

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 to Jerusalem,

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 we see in Paul's defense before Felix in Acts chapter 24 and in verse 17,

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 Now after several years,

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 I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings.

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 So the past two weeks,

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 we studied Paul's farewell address to the Ephesian elders from Miletus.

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 Verse 16 of chapter 20 says,

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 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so that he might not have to spend time in Asia,

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 for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

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 So when we read in chapter 21, verse 1, which we'll do in just a moment,

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 the phrase,

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 When he had parted from them,

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 This is who the Ephesian elders,

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 And from where, Miletus, on the coast of Asia,

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 Paul is departing on the last part of his journey to Jerusalem.

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 So Acts chapter 21, verses 1 through 16.

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 Before I read, let me remind you, beloved,

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 That this is God's word to us.

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 It was written for his glory and for our good.

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 And as such, we would all do well to listen to it

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 In order to believe its promises and to obey its commands.

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 I begin reading in verse 1.

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 And when he had parted from them and set sail,

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 We came by a straight course to Kos,

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 And the next day to Rhodes,

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 And from there to Patara.

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 And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia,

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 We went aboard and set sail.

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 When we had come inside of Cyprus,

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 Leaving it on the left,

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 We sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre,

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 For there the ship was to unload its cargo.

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 And having sought out the disciples,

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 We stayed there for seven days.

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 And through the Spirit,

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 They were telling Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.

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 When our days there were ended,

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 We departed and went on our journey.

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 And they all, with wives and children,

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 Accompanied us until we were outside the city.

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 And kneeling down on the beach,

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 We prayed and said farewell to one another.

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 Then we went on board the ship,

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 And they returned home.

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 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre,

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 We arrived at Ptolemy.

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 And we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for one day.

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 On the next day we departed and came to Caesarea.

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 And we entered the house of Philip the Evangelist,

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 Who was one of the seven,

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 And stayed with him.

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 He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.

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 While we were staying for many days,

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 A prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

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 And coming to us,

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 He took Paul's belt,

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 Bound his own feet and hands,

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 And said,

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 Thus says the Holy Spirit,

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 This is how the Jews at Jerusalem

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 Will bind the man who owns this belt

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 And deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

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 When we heard this,

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 We and the people there

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 Urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

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 Then Paul answered,

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 What are you doing,

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 Weeping and breaking my heart?

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 For I am ready not only to be in prison,

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 But even to die in Jerusalem

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 For the name of the Lord Jesus.

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 And since he would not be persuaded,

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 We ceased and said,

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 Let the will of the Lord be done.

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 After these days we got ready

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 And went up to Jerusalem.

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 And some of the disciples from Caesarea

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 Went with us,

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 Bringing us to the house of Mason of Cyprus,

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 An early disciple,

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 With whom we should lodge.

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 Well, much of our text this morning

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 Is Luke's record

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 Of the route that was taken

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 From Miletus to Jerusalem.

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 Jerusalem.

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 They skirted a coast,

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 They jumped across

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 A gap in the Mediterranean Sea,

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 Moving at the pace

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 In which they could move.

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 Moving along as quickly as they could

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 To arrive at Jerusalem.

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 And the account is punctuated

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 By the churches in two places

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 Trying to convince Paul

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 Not to complete said journey.

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 Now there are a lot of little things

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 We could chase out in the text today.

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 And I don't intend,

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 I don't mean to just neglect them,

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 But they're not the main point.

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 Like, who are these four unmarried daughters

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 Who prophesied?

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 We're not going to talk about it this morning.

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 Or what exactly is the nature of prophecy

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 And Agabus' prophecy?

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 I believe that what's being highlighted

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 In this text,

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 What Luke is intending to record for us,

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 Is the persistence of a journey

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 And the resistance to that journey.

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 There are many commentators

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 Who suggest that Paul

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 Disobeyed the Spirit.

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 I do not believe so.

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 And I do not believe so for four reasons.

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 So let me give those to you quickly.

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 Number one,

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 The phrase,

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 Through the Spirit in verse 4,

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 Is not conclusive.

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 Some would want to make it conclusive,

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 But it is not conclusive.

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 Remember that this is a historical narrative.

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 And so all that we can safely assume

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 Is that Luke believed that it was

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 Through the Spirit.

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 And probably because they claimed this.

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 They claimed to be prophesying by the Spirit.

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 And so Luke recorded it

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 As a prophecy through the Spirit.

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 Paul states in 1 Corinthians 14, verse 29,

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 That prophecy must be carefully considered.

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 Secondly,

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 Paul has patterned obedience to the Spirit.

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 We have seen this in the book of Acts.

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 In Acts 16, verses 6-10,

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 We witnessed Paul's obeying the Spirit's

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 Forbidance to preach in some places,

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 And his immediate obedience

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 And entering Macedonia

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 When told to do so in a dream.

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 So Paul has already received

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 Stop commands from the Spirit.

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 And he obeyed those commands.

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 Third,

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 The Holy Spirit had warned Paul

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 What would happen to him

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 In going to Jerusalem.

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 This is recorded in Acts 20,

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 Verses 22 and 23.

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 Part of the Ephesian farewell.

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 Where we read,

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 And now behold,

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 This is Paul speaking.

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 I am going to Jerusalem,

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 Constrained by the Spirit,

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 Not knowing what will happen to me there,

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 Except that the Holy Spirit testifies me

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 In every city that imprisonment

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 And afflictions await me.

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 But the Spirit,

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 So that's the text,

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 But the Spirit had not forbid him

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 From going there.

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 So the Spirit has spoken to him

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 About what would happen there.

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 But is not said,

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 But do not go.

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 Fourth,

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 The Bible nowhere suggests

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 That Paul sinned

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 In going to Jerusalem.

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 Paul says while in Jerusalem

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 In Acts 23, verse 1,

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 Brothers, I have lived my life

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 Before God in all good conscience

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 Up to this day.

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 It is hard,

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 At least for me,

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 To imagine

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 That he would have been able

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 To say such a thing

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 Just a few days

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 After finding himself

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 Arrested

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 Because he had been disobedient

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 To the Spirit of God.

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 So I believe

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 That Paul was

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 Rightly resisting

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 The opposition of the church.

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 Right?

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 People are pleading with him

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 Not to go.

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 They're claiming by the Spirit

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 That he ought not go.

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 I think it's right

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 That Paul went

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 All the same.

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 So,

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 How then do we come to understand

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 Paul's resoluteness

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 In traveling to Jerusalem?

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 Is this a unique thing to Paul?

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 Right?

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 The confidence of conviction.

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 Is it unique to him?

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 Is this a thing

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 That we can also have

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 When it comes to

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 The particulars of God's purpose

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 For our lives?

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 Here you have disciples

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 Claiming to speak

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 Through the Spirit

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 Telling him that he

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 Shouldn't go to Jerusalem.

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 Then a prophecy

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 Which was no surprise to him.

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 Right?

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 The Spirit had already told him

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 He would suffer

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 And be imprisoned.

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 Right?

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 Telling him about his arrest.

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 But the church pleads

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 In response to that

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 For him not to go

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 To Jerusalem.

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 How is it that Paul

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 Was so convinced

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 He should go?

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 And how can

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 We know

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 With confidence

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 What God would have us

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 Do?

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 So with this narrative

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 As a backdrop

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 I would like to present to you

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 Seven biblical truths

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 To help us

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 To guide us

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 In this way

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 And I'm going to

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 I hope well

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 It's my intention

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 To do it well

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 I'll show you

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 In the life of Paul

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 The practice of these

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 Seven

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 Biblical truths

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 As I mentioned to you

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 In the welcome

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 These are from a work

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 Called experiencing God

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 How to know and do

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 The will of God

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 Intentionally so

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 Because I want you to

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 Want to pick it up

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 And read it

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 So that's why

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 I'm using their things

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 Not because I'm being lazy

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 But these are good

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 Good instruction

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 Seven points

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 Worded well

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 And I want you to

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 Want to pick up

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 This work

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 And spend more time

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 With it

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 And so

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 They frame them

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 This way

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 Seven realities

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 That identify

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 Ways God works

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 To involve

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 People

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 In his activity

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 Seven realities

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 That identify

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 Ways God works

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 To involve people

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 In his activity

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 Number one

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 God is always

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 At work

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 Around you

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 God is always

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 At work

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 Around you

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 Beloved

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 God did not

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 Create the world

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 Set it in motion

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 And then sit back

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 To watch it function

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 God has been

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 At work

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 In the world

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 From its very

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 Beginning

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 Ruling over

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 All that happens

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 We call this

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 Providence

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 And his providence

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 Has never

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 Been idle

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 He has never

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 Once in the history

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 Of the world

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 Set it aside

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 He has always

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 Reigned over

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 All things

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 That have happened

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 Neither

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 Did Jesus

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 Come to the earth

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 In order to

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 Call together

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 A band of disciples

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 Give them a little

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 Bit of training

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 And then leave them

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 To see how they

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 Would work out

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 His commands

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 Some experiment

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 Of let me see

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 If three years

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 Is enough

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 To get them going

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 In the ways

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 I would have

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 Them go

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 Matthew chapter

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 16

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 Verses 13

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 Through 18

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 I would appreciate

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 You turning there

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 With me

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 This I hope

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 Is a text

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 That's familiar

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 To you

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 Matthew 16

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 Beginning in verse

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 13

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 Now when Jesus

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 Came into the

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 District of

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 Caesarea

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 Philippi

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 He asked

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 His disciples

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 Who do people

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 Say that the

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 Son of man

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 Is

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 And they said

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 Some say

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 John the

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 Baptist

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 Others say

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 Elijah

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 And others

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 Jeremiah

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 Or one of

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 The prophets

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 He said to

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 Them

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 But who do

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 You say

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 That I am

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 Simon Peter

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 Replied

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 You are the

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 Christ

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 The son

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 Of the living

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 God

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 And Jesus

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 Answered him

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 Blessed are

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 You

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 Simon

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 Barjona

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 For flesh

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 And blood

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 Has not revealed

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 This to you

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 But my

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 Father

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 Who is in

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 Heaven

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 And I tell

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 You

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 You are

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 Peter

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 And on

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 This rock

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 Pause for a

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 Second

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 He's not

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 Referring to

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 Peter

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 He's referring

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 To the

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 Truth that

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 Peter has

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 Proclaimed

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 That Jesus

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 Is the

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 Christ

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 Okay

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 It's important

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 That you

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 Understand that

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 Clearly

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 On this

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 Rock

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 The truth

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 That I

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 Am the

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 Christ

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 The son

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 Of the

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 Living

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 God

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 I will

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 Build

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 My

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 Church

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 And the

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 Gates

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 Of hell

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 Shall

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 Not

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 Prevail

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 Against

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 It

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 Jesus'

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 Promise

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 Is that

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 He'll

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 Build

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 His

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 Church

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 Today

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 As we're

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 Gathering

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 Together

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 Jesus

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 Is at

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 Work

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 Building

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 His

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 Church

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 God's

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 Church

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 Is built

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 By God's

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 Hand

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 The

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 Kingdom

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 Of God

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 Is here

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 And it

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 Is arriving

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 Whether you

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 Recognize

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 It's coming

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 Or not

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 God's

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 Plans

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 Will not

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 Be

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 Thwarted

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 In Acts

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 26

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 Paul

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 Recounts

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 His

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 Conversion

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 To King

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 Agrippa

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 Where Luke

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 Records

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 Jesus'

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 Words

00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:15.280
 To Paul

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 So this is

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 Acts

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 26

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 Verses

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 15

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 Through

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 18

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 You may

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 Appreciate

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 Joining

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 Me

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 There

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 Paul

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 Says

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 And I

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 Said

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 Who

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 Are

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 You

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 Lord

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 And

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 The

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 Lord

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 Said

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 I

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 Am

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 Jesus

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 Who

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 You

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 Are

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 Persecuting

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 Now

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 In

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 Verse

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 16

00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:33.279
 Of

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 Acts

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 26

00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:35.579
 Jesus

00:16:35.579 --> 00:16:35.899
 Says

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 But

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 Rise

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 And

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 Stand

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 Upon

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 Your

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 Feet

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 For

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 I

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 Have

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 Appeared

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 To

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 You

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 For

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 This

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 Purpose

00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:41.699
 To

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 Appoint

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 You

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 As

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 A

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 Servant

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 And

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 Witness

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 To

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 The

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 Things

00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:46.199
 In

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 Which

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 You

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 Have

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 Seen

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 Me

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 And

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 To

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 Those

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 In

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 Which

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 I

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 Will

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 Appear

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 To

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 You

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 Delivering

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 You

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 From

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 Your

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 People

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 And

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 From

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 The

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 Gentiles

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 To

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 Whom

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 I

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 Am

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 Sending

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 You

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 To

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 Open

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 Their

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 Eyes

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 That

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 They

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 May

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 Turn

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 From

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 Darkness

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 To

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 Light

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 And

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 From

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 The

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 Power

00:16:58.960 --> 00:16:59.160
 Of

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 Satan

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 To

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 God

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 That

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 They

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 May

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 Receive

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 Forgiveness

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 Of

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 Sins

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 And

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 A

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 Place

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 Among

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 Those

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 Who

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 Are

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 Sanctified

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 By

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 Faith

00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:06.820
 In

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 Me

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 Why

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 Did

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 Jesus

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 Appear

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 To

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 Paul

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 Look

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 At

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 What

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 He

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 Says

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!

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 Things

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 In

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 Which

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 I

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 Am

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 Working

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 And

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 Doing

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 That

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 You

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 Would

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 Be

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 A

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 Servant

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 And

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 A

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 Witness

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 To

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 Those

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 Things

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 And

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 That

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 You

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 Would

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 Be

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 A

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 Servant

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 Witness

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 To

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 Those

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 Things

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 In

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 Which

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 Jesus

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 Says

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 I

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 Will

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 Appear

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 To

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 You

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 That

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 You

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 Will

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 Be

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 A

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 Servant

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 And

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 A

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 Witness

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 To

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 The

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 Things

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 I

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 Am

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 Doing

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 In

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 The

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 World

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 Have

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 Done

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 And

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 Am

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 Doing

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 In

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 The

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 World

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 So

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 Whether

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 or not

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 You

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 God

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 Is

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 Always

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 At

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 Work

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 Around

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 You

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 That's

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 Number

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 One

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 Number

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 Two

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 Second

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 Reality

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 God

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 Pursues

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 A

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 Continuing

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 Love

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 Relationship

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 With

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 You

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 That

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 Is

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 Real

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 And

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 Personal

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 Beloved

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 This

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 Is

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 A

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 Gracious

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 Glorious

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 Truth

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 Little

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 Undeserving

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 Me

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 And

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 Little

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 Undeserving

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 You

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 Are

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 So

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 Loved

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 By

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 God

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 That

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 He

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 Pursues

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 Us

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 And

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 That

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 Pursuit

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 Is

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 Real

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 And

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 It

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 Is

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 Personal

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 Romans

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 Chapter

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 8

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 Beginning

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 In

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 Verse

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 11

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 Love

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 This

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 Personal

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 Language

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 Here

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 Paul

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 Writes

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 If

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 The

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 Spirit

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 Of

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 Him

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 Who

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 Raised

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 Jesus

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 From

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 The

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 Dead

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 Dwells

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 In

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 You

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 He

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 Who

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 Raised

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 From

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 The

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 Dead

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 Will

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 Also

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 Give

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 Life

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 To

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 Your

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 Mortal

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!

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 Bodies

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!

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 So then

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 brothers

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 We are

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 debtors

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 Not to

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 the flesh

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 To live

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 According to

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 the flesh

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 For if

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 you live

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 According to

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 the flesh

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 You will

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 die

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 But if

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 by the

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 Spirit

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 You put

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 to death

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 The deeds

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 of the

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 body

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 You will

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 Live

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 For

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 All

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 Who

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 Are

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 Led

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 By

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 The

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 Spirit

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 Of

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 God

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 Are

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 Sons

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 Of

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 God

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 For

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 You did

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 Not

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 Receive

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 The

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 Spirit

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 Of

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 Slavery

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 To

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 Fall

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 Back

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 Into

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 Fear

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 But

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 You

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 Have

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 Received

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 The

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 Spirit

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 Of

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 Adoption

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 As

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 Sons

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 by whom we cry, Abba, Father.

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 And that language means Daddy.

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 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit

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 that we are children of God.

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 And if children, then heirs,

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 heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,

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 provided we suffer with Him

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 in order that we may also be glorified with Him.

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 So God is always at work around you.

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 And God pursues a continuing love relationship with you

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 that is real and it's personal

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 and it's the motivation for finding out

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 what is God's will?

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 What would God have me do?

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 How can I walk in obedience to Him?

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 This great love that He has shown us in Christ.

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 This pursuing love.

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 Ongoingly pursuing love.

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 God is always at work around you.

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 And God pursues a continuing love relationship with you

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 that is real and personal.

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 Third, God invites you to become involved with Him

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 in His work.

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 Because God's at work

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 and because God loves you,

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 doesn't need you.

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 I'm always quick to clarify that.

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 Does not need you.

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 God's purposes will not be thwarted

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 by laziness or apathy.

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 But because God has a purpose

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 and He's working it out

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 and because He loves you,

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 He invites you.

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 He invites you to become involved with Him

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 in His work.

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 In Acts 1,

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 Jesus instructs the disciples

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 to wait until the Holy Spirit comes

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 and tells them

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 what will happen when He does.

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 When the Holy Spirit comes,

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 Acts 1.8,

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 Jesus says,

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 But you will receive power

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 when the Holy Spirit has come upon you

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 and you will be My witnesses

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 in Jerusalem

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 and in all Judea and Samaria

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 and to the end of the earth.

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 So there's this promise

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 of the coming of the Spirit, right?

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 There's something that's going to happen necessarily

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 as the coming of the Spirit.

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 You will receive power

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 and you will witness.

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 And you'll witness in concentric circles.

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 You're going to go as you're going.

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 You're going to be sharing

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 the good news of Jesus Christ

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 as a result of the indwelling power

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 And this, Acts 1.8,

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 I think is an expansion.

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 It's an explanation

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 of the words that Jesus spoke

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 to the apostles

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 in Matthew 28,

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 verses 18-20.

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 This is often called

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 the Great Commission.

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 Jesus came and said to them,

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 all authority in heaven and on earth

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 has been given to Me.

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 Go therefore and make disciples

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 of all nations,

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 baptizing them in the name

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 of the Father and of the Son

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 and of the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them to observe

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 all that I have commanded you.

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 And behold,

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 I am with you always

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 to the end of the age.

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 So catch where I'm going here.

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 Point number three,

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 God invites you to become involved

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 with Him and His work.

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 God is working.

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 God loves you.

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 Jesus says,

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 go and make disciples.

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 Baptize them.

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 Teach them everything

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 that I've commanded you.

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 But He sandwiches that

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 between two wonderful realities.

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 That is,

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 that Jesus now has

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 all authority.

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 He's got all authority in heaven.

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 He has all authority in earth.

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 He's promised to build His church.

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 This is a work that He is accomplishing.

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 Go therefore.

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 Go therefore and make disciples.

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 I have all authority

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 in heaven and on earth.

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 And at the end,

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 the promise.

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 Behold,

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 I am with you always

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 to the end of the age.

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 So as we are confident

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 in the things that God

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 would have us do,

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 His revealed will,

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 we can look in the Scriptures

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 and we know for a fact

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 there are things

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 that we are meant to do

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 revealed,

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 more general,

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 as well as His specific.

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 How is it exactly

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 that I am meant to walk?

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 Where am I supposed to go?

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 Whom am I supposed to marry?

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 What am I supposed

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 to study in school?

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 Which job should I take?

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 As we are led in these things,

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 we can be confident

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 that it is God's invitation

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 to join Him in His work.

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 And therefore,

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 He is with us in it.

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 So God is always at work

00:24:03.179 --> 00:24:04.039
 around you

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 and He is pursuing

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 a continuing love relationship

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 with you

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 that is real

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.559
 and personal.

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 And He's doing so

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:13.240
 by inviting you

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.819
 to become involved with Him

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.799
 in His work.

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 Fourth,

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 I apologize for this one,

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.559
 note takers.

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 God speaks by the Holy Spirit

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:32.460
 through

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:34.980
 the Bible,

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.579
 prayer,

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.819
 circumstances,

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:40.819
 and the church

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:43.559
 to reveal Himself,

00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:44.980
 His purposes

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:46.319
 and His ways.

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 I'll give it to you again

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 real quick.

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 I didn't write this.

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 Let me remind you.

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.919
 God speaks by the Holy Spirit

00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:55.700
 through the Bible,

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:56.419
 prayer,

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.500
 circumstances

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.359
 and the church

00:24:58.359 --> 00:25:01.159
 to reveal Himself,

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.579
 His purposes

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:04.959
 and His ways.

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 A major thing

00:25:08.479 --> 00:25:09.639
 of the Bible

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:11.179
 is that God's people

00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:12.799
 need God's

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.699
 good

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 counsel.

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 That it is very often

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:19.139
 not heeded,

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 but it is most

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.159
 certainly

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 needed.

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 Consider,

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 even before

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 the fall of Adam and Eve

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 in the garden,

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:28.039
 that they needed

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:29.379
 God's counsel.

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.359
 God gave to them

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 instruction

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:32.559
 about what to do

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 and what not

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 to do.

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 Man was not

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:37.660
 created to be

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.339
 autonomous,

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:40.099
 separated from

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 the loving instruction

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.960
 of God.

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 He had always

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.819
 needed it.

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 How is it

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.220
 that we understand

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.139
 God's character,

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:48.779
 purposes,

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.779
 and ways?

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.379
 Through the work

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:52.299
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.559
 our Helper.

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.879
 If you have placed

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.600
 believing faith

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.460
 in Jesus Christ,

00:25:56.560 --> 00:25:57.560
 you have the Spirit

00:25:57.560 --> 00:25:58.000
 of God

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.460
 who indwells you

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.600
 to be your Helper,

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.780
 to come alongside

00:26:01.780 --> 00:26:03.480
 and help you

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.140
 to persist

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:05.100
 in God's ways.

00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:06.740
 Now,

00:26:06.800 --> 00:26:07.300
 at this point,

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.180
 we must be

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:09.200
 careful.

00:26:10.540 --> 00:26:11.600
 How does the Holy Spirit

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:13.140
 reveal such things

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:14.440
 to us?

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 So many

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.200
 in our day

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 have erred

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:19.380
 into a new

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:20.420
 mysticism,

00:26:21.040 --> 00:26:22.540
 being led along

00:26:22.540 --> 00:26:24.080
 by their feelings.

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:25.579
 believing that

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.619
 the primary way

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.379
 in which the Spirit

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:28.240
 of God works

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.039
 in the follower

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.699
 of Christ

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 is by giving us

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.639
 impulse,

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:34.119
 feeling impulses

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:35.000
 about the way

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.899
 in which

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:37.299
 we should go.

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 A most common

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:39.980
 phrase among

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.980
 American Christians

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.460
 is,

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:43.199
 I feel led

00:26:43.199 --> 00:26:43.599
 to.

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.299
 I feel led

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.740
 to,

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.799
 blank,

00:26:46.939 --> 00:26:47.519
 to such

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.299
 and such.

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.519
 Now,

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.240
 I'm not suggesting

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.740
 that we,

00:26:50.899 --> 00:26:51.439
 at times,

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.039
 will not have

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:53.240
 some inclination

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.440
 in one way

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:54.899
 or another.

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.259
 Often,

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.319
 particularly young

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.920
 people in our church

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.519
 come to me

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.139
 and say,

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 what should I do?

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 And there are two

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:02.240
 very good,

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:03.659
 very God-honoring

00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:05.240
 options on the table.

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.619
 And my response is,

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.159
 so you know,

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.799
 when you come to me

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.379
 and ask these kinds

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:08.700
 of questions,

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:08.980
 I'm going to go,

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.579
 what do you want

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.920
 to do?

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.500
 Pick one.

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.460
 Which way do you

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.259
 think you should go?

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.920
 Just go.

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:17.519
 So we may have

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.160
 some inclinations

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:19.000
 at times,

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:19.779
 one way

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.580
 or another,

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.900
 but the Spirit

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.980
 uses means,

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.480
 uses real,

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.800
 tangible means,

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.880
 most often

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:29.200
 to instruct us.

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.259
 In Romans 12,

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:31.539
 2,

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:32.440
 Paul's very aware

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.700
 of this.

00:27:32.800 --> 00:27:33.160
 He writes,

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.039
 Do not be conformed

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.440
 to this world,

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.259
 but be transformed

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.140
 by the renewal

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:37.380
 of your mind.

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:39.320
 How are our minds

00:27:39.320 --> 00:27:39.700
 renewed?

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.779
 By the Word of God.

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:43.440
 That by testing

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.240
 you may discern

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.640
 what is the will

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.359
 of God,

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.180
 what is good

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:48.140
 and acceptable

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:49.819
 and perfect.

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:51.960
 So God speaks

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.599
 by the Holy Spirit

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:54.279
 through the Bible.

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.339
 Paul writes to Timothy

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.200
 in 2 Timothy 3,

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:59.259
 16 and 17,

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.079
 All Scripture

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.940
 is breathed out

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.460
 by God

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.240
 and is profitable

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.940
 for teaching,

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.720
 for reproof,

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.460
 for correction,

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.660
 and for training

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.480
 in righteousness

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:08.779
 that the man of God

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:10.039
 may be complete,

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.259
 equipped

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:13.140
 for every good work.

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 Beloved,

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.480
 this is the go-to verse

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.360
 for the sufficiency

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:17.220
 of Scripture.

00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:18.700
 The Bible contains

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:21.300
 everything within it

00:28:21.300 --> 00:28:23.340
 to direct holy lives.

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.320
 That's why we call it

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:25.740
 the Holy Bible.

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:27.380
 And I hope

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:30.259
 to connect you

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.720
 to Christ

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.160
 if you're part

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.840
 of this church

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.980
 and secondly

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.720
 to the sufficiency

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.200
 of Scripture.

00:28:34.780 --> 00:28:35.640
 You walk out of here

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.540
 loving Jesus

00:28:36.540 --> 00:28:37.580
 and then loving

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.120
 the Bible,

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.240
 I've accomplished

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.560
 something by grace.

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:44.539
 the Bible

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:46.200
 must be seen

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:47.039
 in this light.

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:48.619
 It must be respected

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:50.379
 in this light.

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:52.619
 I am so saddened

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.399
 that in our day

00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:54.700
 we seem to need

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.740
 a new reformation.

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:57.000
 People would pick up

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.460
 their Bibles

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.259
 and read

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.579
 that would be literate

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:01.700
 in what it has to say.

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:04.460
 Be about the work

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.440
 of practicing

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:07.099
 God's revealed

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:08.700
 general will

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.359
 for the Christian.

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.859
 Be about that work.

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:12.619
 There's so much

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.679
 good instruction

00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:14.579
 found in the Scripture.

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.959
 Clear things

00:29:15.959 --> 00:29:17.119
 that we are meant

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:17.979
 to do.

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.599
 Pick up those things

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.539
 and do them.

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.219
 You will find

00:29:22.219 --> 00:29:23.199
 most of your time

00:29:23.199 --> 00:29:23.719
 filled

00:29:23.719 --> 00:29:24.240
 if you're doing

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:25.000
 those things.

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.859
 Be about following

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.899
 Christ

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:29.959
 in the very clear way

00:29:29.959 --> 00:29:30.639
 in which we've been

00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:31.199
 instructed

00:29:31.199 --> 00:29:32.039
 to follow

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:33.199
 Christ.

00:29:33.919 --> 00:29:34.719
 Do not

00:29:34.719 --> 00:29:36.399
 neglect that

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.099
 and get

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:38.039
 altogether

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.839
 consumed

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:40.399
 by the specific

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:41.319
 will of God

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:42.119
 for you.

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.359
 Don't get so

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:44.000
 consumed

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:45.559
 with what major

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.559
 you're going to have

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.000
 in school

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.799
 or which job

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.480
 you're going to take

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.679
 when you graduate

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:52.079
 or who you'll

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.980
 marry.

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.720
 And just neglect

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.379
 altogether

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.039
 all of these

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.779
 clear commands

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.099
 that have been

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.579
 given to us

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.199
 which are for

00:29:58.199 --> 00:29:59.659
 your good

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.819
 and the glory

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.879
 of God.

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.679
 Secondly,

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.359
 God speaks

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:05.759
 peace by the Holy

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.079
 Spirit

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:07.199
 through prayer.

00:30:08.959 --> 00:30:09.579
 Pray that God

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.159
 would accomplish

00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:11.039
 his revealed

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:12.439
 general will

00:30:12.439 --> 00:30:13.019
 for the Christian

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.579
 in you.

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.079
 But also pray

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.619
 for God's

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.299
 specific will

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.779
 for you.

00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:17.479
 I know

00:30:17.479 --> 00:30:18.199
 that there are

00:30:18.199 --> 00:30:18.799
 questions

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.740
 that have to be

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.099
 answered.

00:30:20.719 --> 00:30:21.099
 There are

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.579
 deadlines

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.699
 that must

00:30:22.699 --> 00:30:23.379
 be met.

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.519
 What should

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.479
 I do

00:30:25.479 --> 00:30:27.159
 is a real

00:30:27.159 --> 00:30:28.839
 felt

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.519
 question.

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.139
 You need

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.659
 to know

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:31.539
 which way

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:31.979
 Lord

00:30:31.979 --> 00:30:32.479
 would I

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.920
 go.

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.660
 In prayer

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:35.980
 we have

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.960
 the opportunity

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:38.839
 to bring

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.500
 our will

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.880
 in line

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.400
 with his

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.400
 by casting

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.120
 the anxiety

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.500
 of that

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.319
 on him.

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.779
 Paul knew

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.059
 this.

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.460
 He wrote

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:45.819
 to the

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.279
 Philippians

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.960
 chapter 4

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.500
 verses 4

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.980
 through 7.

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.460
 He said

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.900
 rejoice

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.640
 in the

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:49.900
 Lord

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.640
 always.

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.120
 Again I

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.660
 will say

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.940
 rejoice.

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.299
 Let your

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:55.120
 reasonableness

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.620
 be known

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.299
 to everyone.

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.819
 The Lord

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.400
 is at hand

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.700
 which I

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.039
 take to

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.339
 mean the

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.500
 Lord

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.019
 is near.

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.559
 Therefore

00:30:59.559 --> 00:30:59.960
 we have

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.500
 no reason

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.980
 to have

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.339
 anxiety

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:01.720
 about these

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.000
 things.

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:03.059
 God is

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.460
 with us.

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:03.960
 God is

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.440
 at work.

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.180
 God loves

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.359
 us.

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.960
 He intends

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.460
 to direct

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:06.799
 us.

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.259
 Do not

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.940
 be anxious

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.960
 about anything

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:11.299
 but in

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.700
 everything

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.599
 by prayer

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.720
 and supplication

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.420
 with

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:15.119
 thanksgiving

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:16.200
 that your

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.799
 requests be

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.099
 made known

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.519
 to God

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.539
 and the

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:18.980
 peace of

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.279
 God

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.960
 which surpasses

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.380
 all

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:20.960
 understanding

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.920
 will guard

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.519
 your hearts

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.359
 and your

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:23.740
 minds

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.559
 in Christ

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:24.940
 Jesus.

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.859
 Thirdly

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.160
 the Holy

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.480
 Spirit

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:30.740
 directs

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:30.980
 us

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.420
 speaks

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.080
 through

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:34.200
 circumstances.

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.740
 I don't

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.000
 think that

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.400
 the authors

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.980
 of experiencing

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.840
 God intend

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:38.500
 to be too

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.000
 mystical at

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.380
 this point.

00:31:39.580 --> 00:31:39.720
 I don't

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:39.980
 think that's

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.200
 what they're

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.519
 trying to

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.880
 accomplish.

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.240
 In fact,

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.840
 if you're

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.259
 really looking

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.500
 at the

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.900
 totality

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.100
 of what

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.220
 they're

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.480
 saying,

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.700
 it would

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:43.820
 be

00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:44.259
 impossible

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.779
 for them

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.320
 to be.

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.539
 But if

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.779
 God is

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.039
 always at

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.519
 work around

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.740
 you and

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.000
 he is

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.680
 inviting you

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.060
 to join

00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:50.420
 him in

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.160
 his work,

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.200
 pay

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.660
 attention

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.380
 to the

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.860
 opportunities

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.259
 to do

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.500
 so.

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.480
 I think

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.720
 that's what

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:55.840
 they're

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:56.039
 saying.

00:31:56.100 --> 00:31:56.200
 I think

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.300
 they're

00:31:56.300 --> 00:31:56.460
 just

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:56.800
 saying,

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.539
 look.

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.960
 Look and

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.420
 see how

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.259
 God is

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.940
 at work.

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.659
 What is

00:32:01.659 --> 00:32:02.740
 he doing

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.940
 around you?

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.079
 An example

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:07.039
 from my

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:08.000
 life is

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.420
 that back

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.740
 in the

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.500
 very early

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.440
 days of

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.200
 Christ's

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.379
 family

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:11.920
 church,

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.920
 myself and

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.460
 my brother-in-law

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.960
 who's here

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.159
 today,

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.559
 which is a

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:14.819
 wonderful

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.319
 surprise,

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:17.680
 were bivocational.

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.119
 Both of us

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.480
 were working

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.960
 full-time

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.399
 jobs.

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:19.839
 We were

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.659
 flip-flopping

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.120
 back and

00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:21.779
 forth a

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.160
 couple weeks

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.340
 on,

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:22.560
 a couple

00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:23.100
 weeks off,

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.759
 just trying

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.320
 to fill

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:24.720
 preaching

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.240
 time.

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.340
 Sam,

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.840
 my wife,

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.140
 and I

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:28.519
 seriously

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.000
 considered

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.900
 working for

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.880
 Eagle Ranch,

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.519
 which is a

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.300
 home for

00:32:32.300 --> 00:32:33.040
 troubled kids,

00:32:33.080 --> 00:32:33.279
 and we

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.680
 applied.

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:33.940
 We were

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.200
 going through

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.480
 that whole

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.060
 process.

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:36.960
 We had

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.380
 decided,

00:32:37.540 --> 00:32:38.040
 had we

00:32:38.040 --> 00:32:38.759
 been offered

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.680
 the position,

00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:40.400
 we would

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:40.660
 have gone

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.100
 to live

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:41.420
 there,

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.759
 it's

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.860
 south-south

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.180
 Howell

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.600
 County,

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.580
 that we

00:32:44.580 --> 00:32:45.300
 would probably

00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:45.779
 have to

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.259
 stop being

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.580
 in any

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:46.820
 kind of

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.060
 leadership

00:32:47.060 --> 00:32:47.380
 here.

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.660
 Still

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:47.900
 wanted to

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.120
 be part

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.300
 of the

00:32:48.300 --> 00:32:48.560
 church,

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:48.940
 wanted to

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.140
 be in

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.460
 fellowship

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.019
 but I

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.120
 wouldn't

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.660
 have time

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:52.940
 to give

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.380
 any kind

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:53.580
 of

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:54.460
 leadership

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.840
 here.

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:55.820
 At the

00:32:55.820 --> 00:32:56.300
 same time,

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:56.720
 the church

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.500
 was growing

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.220
 and good

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.620
 things were

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.060
 happening.

00:32:59.340 --> 00:32:59.759
 Not only

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.000
 were we

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.480
 growing in

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:00.880
 breadth,

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.100
 but we

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.400
 were growing

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.980
 in depth.

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.259
 We were

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.620
 seeing some

00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:03.320
 really good

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:03.759
 work of

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.060
 God

00:33:04.060 --> 00:33:04.779
 happening

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.759
 here at

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.140
 the church.

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.779
 I didn't

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:08.080
 know which

00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:09.160
 way to

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.420
 go.

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.779
 We applied

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.180
 and went

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.440
 through an

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.660
 interview

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.259
 process.

00:33:13.320 --> 00:33:13.700
 We had

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.420
 just barely

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.860
 been married

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.340
 long enough

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.600
 to meet

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:16.000
 their minimum

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.560
 requirement.

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.240
 I think

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.440
 it was

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.960
 three years

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.279
 at the

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.519
 time.

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.360
 They went

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:20.599
 with a

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:20.759
 couple

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:20.979
 who had

00:33:20.979 --> 00:33:21.079
 been

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.279
 married,

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:21.539
 I think

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:21.979
 five,

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.319
 which was

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.740
 wonderful.

00:33:23.199 --> 00:33:23.759
 Good for

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.000
 them,

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.819
 really wise

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.139
 decision.

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.559
 I'm glad

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:25.919
 they did

00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:26.199
 that.

00:33:27.699 --> 00:33:28.399
 For me,

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:29.119
 that was

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.759
 confirmation

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.459
 that I was

00:33:30.459 --> 00:33:31.000
 meant to be

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.240
 here,

00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:31.879
 that this

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:32.159
 was a

00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:32.819
 good thing.

00:33:32.959 --> 00:33:33.199
 God

00:33:33.199 --> 00:33:33.519
 was at

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.819
 work.

00:33:33.899 --> 00:33:34.099
 I could

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.619
 see it

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.079
 happening

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:36.359
 around me.

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.879
 So we

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.339
 just leaned

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.839
 into it.

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:38.059
 We said,

00:33:38.159 --> 00:33:38.419
 okay,

00:33:38.959 --> 00:33:39.379
 then let's

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:39.639
 go.

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.099
 Now we

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.719
 know where

00:33:40.719 --> 00:33:40.859
 we're

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.179
 supposed to

00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:42.039
 be and

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.299
 what we're

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.559
 supposed to

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.879
 be doing.

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.599
 So a

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:44.139
 way that a

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.539
 circumstance,

00:33:44.939 --> 00:33:45.439
 an example,

00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.399
 could be

00:33:46.399 --> 00:33:47.319
 guiding you.

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.559
 pray for

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.039
 opportunities

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.599
 to practice

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:50.000
 God's

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.319
 revealed

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.700
 general

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:50.879
 will

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.119
 for your

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:51.419
 life.

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:52.099
 Then look

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.379
 for those

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:52.919
 opportunities,

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:53.759
 those specific

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.299
 things in

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.960
 which you

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.339
 could do.

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.159
 Pray in

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.519
 the morning

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.879
 that God

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.159
 would give

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.359
 you the

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:57.799
 opportunity

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.159
 to share

00:33:58.159 --> 00:33:58.599
 your faith

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.079
 with somebody

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.679
 and then

00:33:59.679 --> 00:34:00.259
 don't be

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.799
 hesitant to

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.059
 share your

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.439
 faith when

00:34:01.439 --> 00:34:01.879
 the opportunity

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.319
 arises.

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.379
 Specific will.

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:03.819
 There it is.

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.279
 I prayed for

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.500
 it and it's

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.799
 happening.

00:34:05.159 --> 00:34:05.659
 My word.

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.259
 Lean into

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.500
 it and do

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.699
 it.

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.880
 Paul wrote

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.400
 in 1 Corinthians

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.219
 16,

00:34:11.319 --> 00:34:12.019
 8 and 9,

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.259
 but I will

00:34:14.259 --> 00:34:14.819
 stay in

00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:15.519
 Ephesus until

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.880
 Pentecost for

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.619
 a wide

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.420
 door for

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.960
 effective

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.579
 work has

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.160
 opened to

00:34:20.160 --> 00:34:21.400
 me and

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.680
 there are

00:34:21.680 --> 00:34:21.920
 many

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.579
 adversaries.

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.460
 There was

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.920
 a great

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.360
 work to

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.800
 be done

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.940
 in Ephesus.

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.940
 God was

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.559
 accomplishing

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.920
 things by

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.460
 the hands

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.980
 of Paul,

00:34:30.140 --> 00:34:30.940
 working through

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.559
 him to

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.140
 accomplish his

00:34:32.140 --> 00:34:33.079
 will, and

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.460
 there was a

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.000
 lot of

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.720
 opposition to

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:35.220
 the church

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:35.559
 and so

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.480
 Paul saw

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.720
 that it

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.019
 was a good

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.460
 thing to

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.920
 stay and

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:39.119
 so he

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.420
 did.

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.400
 Fourth,

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.200
 God speaks

00:34:43.200 --> 00:34:43.640
 by the Holy

00:34:43.640 --> 00:34:44.420
 Spirit through

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.980
 the church.

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.900
 Through the

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.280
 church.

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.639
 One of my

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.460
 big grievances

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.119
 with the

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.820
 I feel

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.500
 led to

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.500
 mentality is

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.760
 that it's

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:55.280
 very

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:56.659
 individualistic.

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.860
 Very

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.760
 individualistic.

00:34:59.240 --> 00:35:00.019
 I have a

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.619
 plan and

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.280
 God has

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.960
 told me it's

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.420
 the thing

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.960
 to go

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:04.280
 do and

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.680
 we don't

00:35:04.680 --> 00:35:05.200
 seek the

00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:06.180
 counsel of

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:06.659
 the church.

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:08.199
 I have

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:10.000
 acquaintances,

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.920
 even some

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.319
 friends,

00:35:12.799 --> 00:35:14.059
 who went to

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.679
 seminary and

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.319
 are pastors of

00:35:15.319 --> 00:35:15.960
 churches and

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.619
 they have no

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.579
 business being

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.000
 pastors.

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.299
 And everyone

00:35:19.299 --> 00:35:20.219
 that I know

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.639
 that knows

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.359
 them sees

00:35:21.359 --> 00:35:22.359
 that, but

00:35:22.359 --> 00:35:22.699
 they never

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:23.339
 asked anybody

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:24.019
 and none of

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.379
 us were ever

00:35:24.379 --> 00:35:24.719
 brave enough

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:25.139
 to tell them

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.539
 that they

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.000
 were wasting

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.719
 their lives.

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.819
 Gifted in

00:35:28.819 --> 00:35:29.339
 some way,

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.920
 but not in

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.519
 that way.

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.619
 Don't just

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.299
 assume because

00:35:32.299 --> 00:35:32.759
 you have a

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.440
 feeling for

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.319
 something that

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:34.739
 it's the thing

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:35.259
 that you ought

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:36.880
 to be doing.

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.700
 In Antioch,

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.140
 Paul and

00:35:39.140 --> 00:35:39.800
 Barnabas are

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.760
 commissioned on

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.360
 their very

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:42.060
 first missionary

00:35:42.060 --> 00:35:42.460
 journey.

00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:43.680
 Let's note

00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:43.920
 who the

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.200
 Spirit of

00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:44.960
 God comes

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.560
 to in

00:35:45.560 --> 00:35:46.160
 Acts 13.

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.620
 This is

00:35:46.620 --> 00:35:46.940
 verse 2

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.280
 and 3.

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:48.660
 This is

00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:49.080
 the church

00:35:49.080 --> 00:35:49.480
 gathered

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.080
 together while

00:35:50.080 --> 00:35:50.460
 they were

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:51.160
 worshiping the

00:35:51.160 --> 00:35:51.440
 Lord and

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:51.780
 fasting.

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.200
 The Holy

00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:53.000
 Spirit said

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.920
 to the

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.380
 church,

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.840
 set apart

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.180
 for me

00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:56.680
 Barnabas

00:35:56.680 --> 00:35:57.180
 and Saul

00:35:57.180 --> 00:35:57.520
 for the

00:35:57.520 --> 00:35:58.600
 work to

00:35:58.600 --> 00:35:59.200
 which I

00:35:59.200 --> 00:35:59.620
 have called

00:35:59.620 --> 00:35:59.900
 them.

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:01.020
 Then after

00:36:01.020 --> 00:36:01.500
 fasting and

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:01.800
 praying,

00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:02.560
 they laid

00:36:02.560 --> 00:36:03.120
 their hands

00:36:03.120 --> 00:36:03.760
 on them

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.420
 and sent

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.860
 them

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.579
 off.

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.039
 Commissioned

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:08.059
 by the

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.400
 church.

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.820
 The Spirit

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.599
 speaks to

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.820
 the church

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:12.099
 for the

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.620
 work of

00:36:12.620 --> 00:36:13.220
 Barnabas

00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:14.000
 and Saul

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.300
 who we

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.960
 now call

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:16.039
 Paul.

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.640
 It does

00:36:17.640 --> 00:36:18.340
 not record

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:18.860
 for us

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.900
 that Barnabas

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.320
 and Saul

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.820
 went to

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:21.200
 the church

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:21.579
 and told

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:21.760
 them they

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:21.960
 had a

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.260
 feeling

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:22.680
 and therefore

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:23.160
 the church

00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:23.660
 said,

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.059
 great,

00:36:24.620 --> 00:36:25.000
 we'll let

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.260
 you get

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:25.460
 up and

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.980
 talk about

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.800
 fundraising.

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.780
 The church

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.860
 came around

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:31.079
 them and

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.860
 fundraised and

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.160
 sent them

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:32.420
 off.

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:36.139
 Paul rejects

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.720
 the intervention

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:37.119
 of the

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.659
 church in

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.039
 our text

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.260
 though,

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.780
 doesn't he?

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:40.599
 Isn't that

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:40.940
 interesting?

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.380
 That's what

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:42.960
 was so

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:44.280
 captivating to

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:45.039
 my mind as

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.260
 I was

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:45.760
 studying it

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.360
 this week.

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:46.599
 It's like,

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:46.780
 well,

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.079
 wait a

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.240
 minute.

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.559
 Here in

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.119
 two different

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.659
 occasions,

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.740
 the church

00:36:50.740 --> 00:36:51.119
 is going,

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:51.500
 no,

00:36:51.680 --> 00:36:52.539
 don't go.

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:55.199
 But he

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.440
 had a

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.019
 confidence,

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:59.000
 a conviction

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.920
 about him

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.340
 that this

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:00.639
 was the

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.099
 thing that

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.460
 needed to

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.400
 happen and

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.860
 God had

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.440
 been speaking

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.279
 to him by

00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:05.119
 other means.

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:05.800
 And that is

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.380
 to say that

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:06.779
 the church

00:37:06.779 --> 00:37:07.300
 can be

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:07.699
 wrong.

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.119
 The church

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.759
 is not the

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.300
 absolute,

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.179
 the end

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:12.380
 all of

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.719
 all things.

00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:13.159
 This reminded

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.679
 me of a

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.279
 story of a

00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:14.719
 missionary that

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.099
 I really

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:16.059
 love and

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.500
 admire named

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:16.940
 John G.

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.400
 Patton.

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:18.539
 He went

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:20.199
 to a group

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:20.699
 of islands

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.699
 in the day,

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.179
 what are called

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:22.579
 the New

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:23.139
 Hebrides.

00:37:23.919 --> 00:37:24.379
 Now it's

00:37:24.379 --> 00:37:24.559
 called

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.199
 Vanuatu.

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:26.379
 So you

00:37:26.379 --> 00:37:26.579
 want to

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:26.819
 look up

00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:27.199
 John G.

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:27.619
 Patton,

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.559
 Vanuatu.

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.759
 And the

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.879
 islands were

00:37:30.879 --> 00:37:31.399
 known for

00:37:31.399 --> 00:37:32.099
 cannibalism,

00:37:32.399 --> 00:37:33.159
 extremely

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:34.259
 dangerous place.

00:37:34.879 --> 00:37:35.460
 He has a

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.319
 fantastic story.

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:37.219
 One of the

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.919
 elders of

00:37:37.919 --> 00:37:38.579
 his church

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:42.339
 implored him

00:37:42.339 --> 00:37:42.879
 not to go.

00:37:43.299 --> 00:37:43.579
 He said,

00:37:43.859 --> 00:37:44.539
 do not go.

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:45.219
 And he

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.579
 wasn't the

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.139
 only one.

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:46.440
 There were

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:47.579
 many people

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:47.879
 in his

00:37:47.879 --> 00:37:48.480
 church that

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.719
 tried to

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.159
 restrict him

00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:50.599
 from going.

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:52.139
 and the

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:52.699
 elders said,

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.299
 you will be

00:37:53.299 --> 00:37:54.259
 eaten by

00:37:54.259 --> 00:37:54.739
 cannibals.

00:37:54.839 --> 00:37:55.059
 And this

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.739
 was Patton's

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:56.400
 response.

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.539
 He said,

00:37:57.799 --> 00:37:57.980
 Mr.

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.360
 Dixon,

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.420
 you were

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.199
 advanced in

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.819
 years now

00:38:00.819 --> 00:38:01.380
 and your

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:02.259
 own prospect

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:03.519
 body is

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:03.880
 soon to be

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.659
 laid in the

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:05.440
 grave there

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:06.039
 to be eaten

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.659
 by worms.

00:38:07.299 --> 00:38:08.079
 I confess

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.159
 to you that

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.500
 if I can

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.119
 but live and

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.759
 die serving

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:11.199
 and honoring

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:11.539
 the Lord

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.900
 Jesus,

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.239
 it will

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:12.679
 make no

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.199
 difference to

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.719
 me whether

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:14.119
 I'm eaten

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.819
 by cannibals

00:38:14.819 --> 00:38:15.719
 or by

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.099
 worms.

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:20.259
 And God

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:20.659
 did an

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.559
 incredible

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.279
 work in

00:38:22.279 --> 00:38:22.619
 the life

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:22.960
 of John

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.099
 G.

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:23.480
 Patton

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.519
 in

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.599
 Vanuatu.

00:38:26.799 --> 00:38:27.339
 But

00:38:27.339 --> 00:38:29.059
 Paul did

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.960
 not thumb

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.599
 his nose

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.039
 at the

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.799
 church in

00:38:31.799 --> 00:38:32.199
 Caesarea.

00:38:33.779 --> 00:38:34.599
 First part

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:34.819
 of verse

00:38:34.819 --> 00:38:35.239
 13,

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:36.179
 Paul answered,

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.199
 what are

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:37.799
 you doing

00:38:37.799 --> 00:38:38.900
 weeping

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:40.360
 and breaking

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:40.980
 my heart?

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:43.420
 He knew

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:43.819
 that he

00:38:43.819 --> 00:38:44.279
 was meant

00:38:44.279 --> 00:38:44.880
 to go

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.880
 and his

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.460
 response to

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:46.800
 them and

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:47.099
 pleading

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.380
 with him

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:47.740
 to stay

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.099
 is please

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.880
 stop because

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:49.340
 I'm having

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:49.640
 to go

00:38:49.640 --> 00:38:50.160
 against the

00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:50.559
 very thing

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:50.820
 that you're

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:51.220
 asking me

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:51.579
 to do.

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.340
 You're

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:52.820
 weeping

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:53.200
 and you're

00:38:53.200 --> 00:38:53.820
 brokenhearted

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:54.220
 because you

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:54.599
 know what's

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:54.800
 going to

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.180
 happen to

00:38:55.180 --> 00:38:56.119
 me but

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.460
 I've still

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.700
 got to

00:38:56.700 --> 00:38:57.000
 go.

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.720
 So stop

00:38:58.720 --> 00:38:59.079
 is what

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.380
 he was

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:00.119
 suggesting.

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:00.800
 He doesn't

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.119
 thumb his

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.460
 nose at

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.599
 them.

00:39:01.700 --> 00:39:02.119
 He simply

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.900
 says stop

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.660
 weeping

00:39:03.660 --> 00:39:04.140
 because I

00:39:04.140 --> 00:39:04.700
 must go.

00:39:06.140 --> 00:39:06.740
 So God

00:39:06.740 --> 00:39:07.180
 is always

00:39:07.180 --> 00:39:07.519
 at work

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:08.160
 around you

00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:08.460
 and he

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:09.079
 is pursuing

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:09.780
 a continuing

00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:10.180
 love

00:39:10.180 --> 00:39:10.720
 relationship

00:39:10.720 --> 00:39:11.400
 with you

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.140
 that is

00:39:12.140 --> 00:39:12.940
 real and

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:14.680
 personal and

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:15.219
 he's doing

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:15.919
 so by

00:39:15.919 --> 00:39:16.759
 inviting you

00:39:16.759 --> 00:39:17.079
 to become

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.919
 involved with

00:39:17.919 --> 00:39:19.000
 him in

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.559
 his work

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:20.819
 and this

00:39:20.819 --> 00:39:21.659
 invitation is

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.379
 extended to

00:39:22.379 --> 00:39:22.940
 you as

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.679
 God speaks

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:24.000
 by the

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.460
 Holy Spirit

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:24.819
 through the

00:39:24.819 --> 00:39:25.099
 Bible,

00:39:25.279 --> 00:39:25.519
 prayer,

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:26.299
 circumstances

00:39:26.299 --> 00:39:26.839
 and the

00:39:26.839 --> 00:39:28.139
 church to

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.899
 reveal himself,

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.699
 his purposes

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.899
 and his

00:39:30.899 --> 00:39:31.279
 ways.

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:33.379
 This starts to

00:39:33.379 --> 00:39:33.899
 build like the

00:39:33.899 --> 00:39:34.379
 twelve days of

00:39:34.379 --> 00:39:34.659
 Christmas.

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:36.519
 Number five,

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:40.139
 God's invitation

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:40.659
 for you to

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:41.059
 work with

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:42.759
 him always

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:43.559
 leads you to

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.780
 a crisis of

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:47.420
 belief that

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:48.340
 requires faith

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:49.199
 and action.

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.780
 God's invitation

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.239
 for you to

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.659
 work with

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.480
 him always

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.039
 leads you to

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:54.880
 a crisis of

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:56.320
 belief that

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:57.179
 requires faith

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:58.320
 and action.

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.519
 When God

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:01.440
 asks things

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:01.860
 of us,

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.139
 when he

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.920
 invites us

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.320
 into the

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:03.739
 work that

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:04.519
 he's doing,

00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:05.940
 wants to do

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.679
 through us,

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.280
 whether it's

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.960
 the revealed

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:10.340
 and general

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:11.300
 or specific,

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.780
 they're always

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:14.940
 his things.

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:16.200
 They're always

00:40:16.200 --> 00:40:17.440
 God-sized

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:18.139
 things.

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:20.320
 And therefore,

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.480
 they're beyond

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.000
 our natural

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.460
 abilities.

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:23.460
 We're really

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.019
 humble,

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:25.039
 really honest

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:25.679
 with ourselves.

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:27.360
 We have no

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:28.360
 innate ability

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:29.000
 that really

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.659
 accomplishes

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:30.340
 anything for

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:30.619
 the kingdom

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:31.039
 of God.

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:32.679
 And as

00:40:32.679 --> 00:40:33.000
 such,

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.780
 that means

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:35.420
 that we have

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:36.019
 to believe

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.639
 that God

00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:38.220
 can and

00:40:38.220 --> 00:40:39.280
 will work

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:40.099
 through us

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.539
 in the

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:41.000
 activity.

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:41.800
 We have

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:42.139
 to become

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.840
 desperate

00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:44.240
 that nothing

00:40:44.240 --> 00:40:45.599
 happens apart

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:46.360
 from God's

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:47.119
 work.

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:48.780
 And so many

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:49.480
 in this day

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.800
 run off.

00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:51.579
 I've done

00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:51.960
 this.

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:52.900
 We run

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.400
 off on our

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:54.260
 own course,

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:55.659
 going to do

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.139
 a work that

00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:56.820
 God's not even

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:57.659
 about anyway.

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.220
 He's certainly

00:40:59.220 --> 00:40:59.760
 not going to

00:40:59.760 --> 00:41:00.599
 join us in it.

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.760
 Rather than

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:02.519
 recognizing that

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:03.380
 he is at work

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:04.000
 and he wants

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.700
 to use me

00:41:04.700 --> 00:41:05.440
 as part of

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:05.980
 that work

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.800
 and he will

00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:07.700
 work in and

00:41:07.700 --> 00:41:08.119
 through me to

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:09.039
 accomplish that

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.720
 thing.

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.500
 So that's the

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.320
 crisis of belief.

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:12.200
 What do I believe

00:41:12.200 --> 00:41:12.940
 to be true about

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.619
 God's working in

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:14.320
 the world and

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:14.920
 how it is that

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:16.079
 he works in me

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:17.119
 in his working

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:19.220
 in the world?

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:22.260
 Paul was aware

00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:22.720
 of this.

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:23.960
 He wrote to the

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.760
 Corinthians in 2nd

00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:25.960
 Corinthians 9-8.

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.800
 This encouragement,

00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:28.580
 and God is

00:41:28.580 --> 00:41:30.000
 able to make

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.820
 all grace

00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:31.620
 abound to you

00:41:31.620 --> 00:41:32.820
 so that having

00:41:32.820 --> 00:41:33.700
 all sufficiency

00:41:33.700 --> 00:41:34.700
 in all things

00:41:34.700 --> 00:41:35.740
 at all times,

00:41:36.160 --> 00:41:37.440
 you may abound

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:38.380
 in every

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:39.620
 good work.

00:41:41.100 --> 00:41:42.300
 God provides

00:41:42.300 --> 00:41:43.200
 for all

00:41:43.200 --> 00:41:43.860
 that he commands.

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.560
 So we need

00:41:45.560 --> 00:41:46.500
 not to be afraid

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:47.519
 to be obedient

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:48.900
 despite

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:50.800
 what may

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:51.300
 come.

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:52.880
 The rest

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.680
 of verse 13

00:41:53.680 --> 00:41:54.700
 in today's

00:41:54.700 --> 00:41:55.180
 text,

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:56.080
 Paul says,

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:57.719
 for I am

00:41:57.719 --> 00:41:58.319
 ready not

00:41:58.319 --> 00:41:59.000
 only to be

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.539
 imprisoned,

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:01.000
 but even to

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.940
 die in Jerusalem

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.699
 for the name

00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:03.980
 of the Lord

00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.340
 Jesus.

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.679
 What a

00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:07.019
 wonderful

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.679
 profession.

00:42:08.599 --> 00:42:09.639
 God is able

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:10.059
 to make

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:10.980
 all grace

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.639
 abound to

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:12.460
 me so that

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:13.279
 whatever it is

00:42:13.279 --> 00:42:13.980
 that he asks

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.380
 of me,

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.319
 that he expects

00:42:15.319 --> 00:42:15.940
 of me as I'm

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:16.699
 obedient to his

00:42:16.699 --> 00:42:17.000
 will,

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:18.039
 he'll provide

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:18.460
 for me.

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.380
 Paul says,

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.319
 I am ready.

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:21.980
 Prison,

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:22.799
 death,

00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:24.219
 I'm ready

00:42:24.219 --> 00:42:24.940
 by the grace

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:25.400
 of God.

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:26.619
 And then I

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:26.940
 love their

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.420
 response.

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:27.840
 I think this is

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.440
 wonderful and

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:28.880
 worth noting

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.659
 in verse 14.

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.480
 Since he would

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.299
 not be persuaded,

00:42:32.299 --> 00:42:33.019
 we ceased

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:33.719
 and said,

00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:34.840
 let the will

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:35.400
 of the Lord

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:36.659
 be done.

00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:39.619
 So,

00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:40.679
 here it comes

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:42.319
 again on the

00:42:42.319 --> 00:42:42.699
 first day of

00:42:42.699 --> 00:42:42.940
 Christmas.

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.599
 So God is

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.360
 always at work

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:44.940
 around you and

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:45.460
 he is pursuing

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:45.980
 a continuing

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.500
 love relationship

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:47.360
 with you that

00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:48.299
 is real and

00:42:48.299 --> 00:42:49.679
 personal and

00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:50.259
 he's doing so

00:42:50.259 --> 00:42:51.099
 by inviting you

00:42:51.099 --> 00:42:51.719
 to become involved

00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:52.500
 with him in

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.119
 his work.

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.880
 This invitation

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:55.780
 is extended to

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:56.400
 you as God

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:57.340
 speaks by the

00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:58.059
 Holy Spirit,

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:59.360
 which will

00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:00.700
 always lead

00:43:00.700 --> 00:43:01.280
 you to a

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:01.880
 crisis of

00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:02.380
 belief that

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:03.880
 requires faith

00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:05.180
 and action.

00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:06.900
 Six,

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:09.019
 and I'll

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:09.400
 speed up,

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:10.680
 you must make

00:43:10.680 --> 00:43:11.599
 major adjustments

00:43:11.599 --> 00:43:12.280
 in your life

00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:13.079
 to join God

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:14.900
 in what he

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:15.440
 is doing.

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:17.200
 Beloved,

00:43:17.260 --> 00:43:17.800
 the ways of the

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:18.440
 world are not

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:19.860
 the ways of God.

00:43:20.180 --> 00:43:21.039
 God's economy

00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:22.119
 seems so often

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:22.799
 to be upside

00:43:22.799 --> 00:43:23.299
 down,

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:24.859
 when in reality

00:43:24.859 --> 00:43:25.359
 the world is

00:43:25.359 --> 00:43:25.839
 upside down

00:43:25.839 --> 00:43:26.179
 and God's

00:43:26.179 --> 00:43:26.639
 economy is

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:27.219
 right side

00:43:27.219 --> 00:43:27.839
 up.

00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:29.380
 So we will

00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:29.940
 have to make

00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:30.420
 adjustments

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:31.699
 if we're to

00:43:31.699 --> 00:43:33.139
 obey God.

00:43:33.579 --> 00:43:34.239
 It always

00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:35.659
 requires change

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:36.339
 on our

00:43:36.339 --> 00:43:37.440
 part.

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:38.960
 These major

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.679
 adjustments may

00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:40.480
 relate to our

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:41.139
 thinking,

00:43:41.859 --> 00:43:42.699
 circumstances,

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:44.299
 relationships,

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:45.920
 commitments,

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.619
 jobs,

00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:48.400
 actions,

00:43:48.799 --> 00:43:49.279
 beliefs.

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:51.320
 God intends

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:51.720
 to bring

00:43:51.720 --> 00:43:52.519
 our lives

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:53.500
 into conformity

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:54.240
 with him.

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:55.700
 We are to

00:43:55.700 --> 00:43:56.220
 be holy

00:43:56.220 --> 00:43:57.840
 as he is

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.100
 holy.

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.240
 Paul understood

00:44:00.240 --> 00:44:00.880
 this and made

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:02.140
 radical adjustments

00:44:02.140 --> 00:44:03.040
 for the sake

00:44:03.040 --> 00:44:03.680
 of following

00:44:03.680 --> 00:44:04.140
 Christ.

00:44:05.200 --> 00:44:05.660
 He wrote to

00:44:05.660 --> 00:44:06.140
 the Philippian

00:44:06.140 --> 00:44:06.700
 church in

00:44:06.700 --> 00:44:08.060
 Philippians 3.8,

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:09.540
 I count

00:44:09.540 --> 00:44:11.019
 everything as

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:12.420
 loss because

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:12.620
 of the

00:44:12.620 --> 00:44:13.160
 surpassing

00:44:13.160 --> 00:44:13.540
 worth of

00:44:13.540 --> 00:44:14.440
 knowing Christ

00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:14.980
 Jesus,

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:15.960
 my Lord.

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:17.400
 It is better

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:18.200
 to know

00:44:18.200 --> 00:44:19.260
 Christ.

00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:21.240
 than

00:44:21.240 --> 00:44:21.840
 everything else.

00:44:22.740 --> 00:44:23.220
 Everything in

00:44:23.220 --> 00:44:24.080
 my life goes

00:44:24.080 --> 00:44:24.500
 into the

00:44:24.500 --> 00:44:25.400
 loss column

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:25.780
 if I can

00:44:25.780 --> 00:44:26.840
 have Christ

00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:27.680
 in the

00:44:27.680 --> 00:44:28.040
 gain

00:44:28.040 --> 00:44:29.100
 column.

00:44:30.100 --> 00:44:30.320
 And he

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:30.700
 goes on,

00:44:30.740 --> 00:44:31.040
 for his

00:44:31.040 --> 00:44:31.500
 sake I

00:44:31.500 --> 00:44:32.019
 have suffered

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.480
 the loss

00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:32.760
 of all

00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:33.220
 things and

00:44:33.220 --> 00:44:33.720
 count them

00:44:33.720 --> 00:44:35.180
 as rubbish

00:44:35.180 --> 00:44:35.840
 in order

00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:36.660
 that I

00:44:36.660 --> 00:44:37.420
 may gain

00:44:37.420 --> 00:44:38.780
 Christ.

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:40.700
 In order

00:44:40.700 --> 00:44:40.980
 to be

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:41.580
 obedient to

00:44:41.580 --> 00:44:41.860
 God,

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:42.360
 you will

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:43.220
 be asked

00:44:43.220 --> 00:44:44.380
 to change.

00:44:45.160 --> 00:44:45.460
 Don't

00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:46.060
 resist

00:44:46.060 --> 00:44:47.080
 such good

00:44:47.080 --> 00:44:48.019
 command.

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:48.780
 this is

00:44:48.780 --> 00:44:49.320
 good for

00:44:49.320 --> 00:44:49.599
 you.

00:44:50.019 --> 00:44:50.300
 Don't

00:44:50.300 --> 00:44:50.679
 think that

00:44:50.679 --> 00:44:51.280
 as God

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:52.659
 brings you

00:44:52.659 --> 00:44:52.940
 to the

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:53.199
 end of

00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:53.699
 yourself,

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:54.659
 as he

00:44:54.659 --> 00:44:55.280
 twists

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:56.019
 things that

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:56.619
 your hands

00:44:56.619 --> 00:44:56.960
 clench

00:44:56.960 --> 00:44:57.880
 onto so

00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:58.639
 tightly,

00:44:58.759 --> 00:44:59.019
 that it's

00:44:59.019 --> 00:44:59.780
 not for

00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:00.719
 your good.

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:02.039
 He loves

00:45:02.039 --> 00:45:02.340
 you.

00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:02.759
 His

00:45:02.759 --> 00:45:03.199
 intention

00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:03.980
 is the

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.840
 best for

00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:05.039
 you,

00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:05.699
 even if

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:06.119
 it's

00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:07.219
 arrest and

00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:08.280
 imprisonment.

00:45:08.699 --> 00:45:09.539
 Because in

00:45:09.539 --> 00:45:10.019
 that we

00:45:10.019 --> 00:45:11.199
 gain more

00:45:11.199 --> 00:45:11.780
 of him.

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.219
 Don't

00:45:13.219 --> 00:45:13.800
 resist it.

00:45:13.800 --> 00:45:18.740
 God is

00:45:18.740 --> 00:45:19.039
 always at

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:19.539
 work around

00:45:19.539 --> 00:45:19.820
 you,

00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:20.200
 and he's

00:45:20.200 --> 00:45:20.820
 pursuing a

00:45:20.820 --> 00:45:21.260
 continuing

00:45:21.260 --> 00:45:21.940
 love relationship

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:22.900
 with you that

00:45:22.900 --> 00:45:23.420
 is real and

00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:23.740
 personal,

00:45:24.160 --> 00:45:24.920
 and he is

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:25.620
 doing so by

00:45:25.620 --> 00:45:26.180
 inviting you to

00:45:26.180 --> 00:45:26.860
 become involved

00:45:26.860 --> 00:45:27.400
 with him in

00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:27.920
 his work.

00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:29.039
 This

00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:29.660
 invitation is

00:45:29.660 --> 00:45:30.240
 extended to

00:45:30.240 --> 00:45:30.460
 you as

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:30.940
 God speaks

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:31.140
 by the

00:45:31.140 --> 00:45:31.539
 Holy Spirit,

00:45:31.800 --> 00:45:32.120
 which will

00:45:32.120 --> 00:45:32.700
 always lead

00:45:32.700 --> 00:45:33.039
 you to a

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:33.500
 crisis of

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:33.920
 belief that

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:34.500
 requires faith

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:34.940
 and action

00:45:34.940 --> 00:45:36.039
 and major

00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:36.720
 adjustments in

00:45:36.720 --> 00:45:37.420
 your life to

00:45:37.420 --> 00:45:37.960
 join God

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:38.900
 in what he

00:45:38.900 --> 00:45:39.320
 is doing.

00:45:40.560 --> 00:45:40.900
 It is

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:41.420
 easier to

00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:42.100
 copy and

00:45:42.100 --> 00:45:42.600
 paste that than

00:45:42.600 --> 00:45:42.940
 it is to

00:45:42.940 --> 00:45:43.240
 read it.

00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:46.180
 Seventh and

00:45:46.180 --> 00:45:46.560
 lastly,

00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:50.460
 you come to

00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:51.039
 know God

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:52.860
 by experience

00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:54.060
 as you

00:45:54.060 --> 00:45:54.720
 obey him

00:45:54.720 --> 00:45:55.420
 and he

00:45:55.420 --> 00:45:56.080
 accomplishes

00:45:56.080 --> 00:45:56.580
 his work

00:45:56.580 --> 00:45:57.440
 through you.

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:00.580
 Beloved,

00:46:00.640 --> 00:46:01.240
 we ought not

00:46:01.240 --> 00:46:02.019
 just know

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:03.500
 things about

00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:04.740
 God,

00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:06.160
 but know

00:46:06.160 --> 00:46:06.600
 him,

00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:08.000
 and it is

00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:08.720
 through obedience

00:46:08.720 --> 00:46:09.680
 in his work

00:46:09.680 --> 00:46:10.560
 that we come

00:46:10.560 --> 00:46:11.480
 to know

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:11.760
 him.

00:46:12.720 --> 00:46:13.580
 For many

00:46:13.579 --> 00:46:14.119
 followers of

00:46:14.119 --> 00:46:14.759
 Jesus Christ,

00:46:14.900 --> 00:46:15.460
 this is the

00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:17.259
 all-too-important

00:46:17.259 --> 00:46:18.400
 missing ingredient

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:19.239
 to keep their

00:46:19.239 --> 00:46:20.239
 hearts warmed

00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:21.239
 up to the

00:46:21.239 --> 00:46:22.259
 truth of

00:46:22.259 --> 00:46:22.759
 the gospel.

00:46:23.319 --> 00:46:24.279
 The daily

00:46:24.279 --> 00:46:25.420
 experience of

00:46:25.420 --> 00:46:26.400
 walking with

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:26.779
 God,

00:46:27.420 --> 00:46:28.059
 seeing him

00:46:28.059 --> 00:46:29.019
 alive and

00:46:29.019 --> 00:46:29.920
 active in

00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:30.539
 the work he

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:31.079
 is doing

00:46:31.079 --> 00:46:32.159
 and has

00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:33.099
 graciously

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:34.119
 invited us

00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:34.779
 into.

00:46:34.780 --> 00:46:36.160
 to not

00:46:36.160 --> 00:46:36.760
 treat him

00:46:36.760 --> 00:46:37.660
 merely as

00:46:37.660 --> 00:46:38.660
 a philosophy

00:46:38.660 --> 00:46:40.440
 far off

00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:40.700
 that we

00:46:40.700 --> 00:46:41.440
 can read

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:42.560
 facts about,

00:46:42.660 --> 00:46:43.620
 but seeing

00:46:43.620 --> 00:46:44.860
 him bear

00:46:44.860 --> 00:46:45.440
 out his

00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:45.900
 character

00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:46.940
 before us

00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:47.680
 that we

00:46:47.680 --> 00:46:47.940
 might

00:46:47.940 --> 00:46:49.160
 experience

00:46:49.160 --> 00:46:50.160
 him.

00:46:51.300 --> 00:46:52.220
 Listen to

00:46:52.220 --> 00:46:52.940
 Paul's prayer

00:46:52.940 --> 00:46:53.220
 for the

00:46:53.220 --> 00:46:53.560
 Ephesian

00:46:53.560 --> 00:46:54.100
 church in

00:46:54.100 --> 00:46:55.440
 Ephesians 1,

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:57.320
 verse 16

00:46:57.320 --> 00:46:57.760
 and following.

00:46:59.480 --> 00:46:59.820
 He says,

00:46:59.900 --> 00:47:00.240
 I do not

00:47:00.240 --> 00:47:00.740
 cease to

00:47:00.740 --> 00:47:01.320
 give thanks

00:47:01.320 --> 00:47:01.960
 for you,

00:47:02.679 --> 00:47:03.019
 remembering

00:47:03.019 --> 00:47:03.360
 you in

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:04.039
 my prayers

00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:05.059
 that the

00:47:05.059 --> 00:47:05.460
 God of

00:47:05.460 --> 00:47:05.800
 our Lord

00:47:05.800 --> 00:47:06.019
 Jesus

00:47:06.019 --> 00:47:06.579
 Christ,

00:47:06.700 --> 00:47:07.280
 the Father

00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:07.900
 of glory,

00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:09.340
 may give

00:47:09.340 --> 00:47:09.659
 you the

00:47:09.659 --> 00:47:10.280
 spirit of

00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:10.780
 wisdom

00:47:10.780 --> 00:47:12.039
 and of

00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:12.720
 revelation

00:47:12.720 --> 00:47:13.440
 in the

00:47:13.440 --> 00:47:13.860
 knowledge

00:47:13.860 --> 00:47:14.519
 of him.

00:47:15.300 --> 00:47:15.619
 Now,

00:47:15.679 --> 00:47:15.880
 if you

00:47:15.880 --> 00:47:16.280
 were like

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:16.940
 me and

00:47:16.940 --> 00:47:17.280
 tend

00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:17.980
 towards

00:47:17.980 --> 00:47:20.079
 being

00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:20.559
 academic,

00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:21.980
 I'm not

00:47:21.980 --> 00:47:22.420
 suggesting that

00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:22.920
 I'm smart,

00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:23.539
 I just tend

00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:24.360
 towards that.

00:47:24.360 --> 00:47:25.120
 I'm more

00:47:25.120 --> 00:47:25.320
 of a

00:47:25.320 --> 00:47:25.579
 thinker

00:47:25.579 --> 00:47:25.860
 than a

00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:26.260
 feeler.

00:47:27.280 --> 00:47:27.860
 You could

00:47:27.860 --> 00:47:28.280
 read that

00:47:28.280 --> 00:47:28.800
 wrongly.

00:47:29.000 --> 00:47:29.220
 You could

00:47:29.220 --> 00:47:30.360
 read that

00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:30.700
 what Paul

00:47:30.700 --> 00:47:31.180
 is saying

00:47:31.180 --> 00:47:31.599
 is that

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:31.900
 they would

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:32.740
 know facts.

00:47:33.680 --> 00:47:34.019
 I don't

00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:35.160
 think so.

00:47:35.380 --> 00:47:35.680
 I don't

00:47:35.680 --> 00:47:36.039
 think so.

00:47:36.059 --> 00:47:36.280
 I think

00:47:36.280 --> 00:47:36.559
 what he's

00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:36.940
 praying for

00:47:36.940 --> 00:47:37.220
 them,

00:47:37.680 --> 00:47:37.940
 they'd have

00:47:37.940 --> 00:47:38.360
 this wisdom

00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:38.720
 and revelation

00:47:38.720 --> 00:47:39.320
 in the

00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:40.000
 knowledge

00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:40.960
 of God

00:47:40.960 --> 00:47:41.420
 himself,

00:47:41.640 --> 00:47:41.940
 that they

00:47:41.940 --> 00:47:42.599
 would know

00:47:42.599 --> 00:47:42.780
 him,

00:47:42.840 --> 00:47:43.160
 not just

00:47:43.160 --> 00:47:43.740
 about him.

00:47:44.019 --> 00:47:44.220
 And I

00:47:44.220 --> 00:47:44.500
 think that

00:47:44.500 --> 00:47:44.820
 because of

00:47:44.820 --> 00:47:45.260
 the following

00:47:45.260 --> 00:47:46.260
 two verses.

00:47:47.160 --> 00:47:47.640
 Verse 18,

00:47:48.980 --> 00:47:49.440
 having the

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:50.160
 eyes of

00:47:50.160 --> 00:47:51.039
 your hearts

00:47:51.039 --> 00:47:52.280
 enlightened,

00:47:53.059 --> 00:47:53.320
 not just

00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:53.960
 your minds,

00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:54.300
 but your

00:47:54.300 --> 00:47:54.940
 hearts,

00:47:55.900 --> 00:47:56.240
 that you

00:47:56.240 --> 00:47:57.039
 may know

00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:57.460
 what is

00:47:57.460 --> 00:47:58.200
 the hope,

00:47:58.380 --> 00:47:59.140
 these words,

00:47:59.280 --> 00:48:00.320
 this indwelling

00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:01.420
 type of

00:48:01.420 --> 00:48:02.500
 knowing God,

00:48:02.740 --> 00:48:03.220
 what is the

00:48:03.220 --> 00:48:03.800
 hope to

00:48:03.800 --> 00:48:04.160
 which he

00:48:04.160 --> 00:48:04.620
 has called

00:48:04.620 --> 00:48:04.900
 you,

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:05.980
 what are

00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:06.640
 the riches

00:48:06.640 --> 00:48:07.080
 of his

00:48:07.080 --> 00:48:07.700
 glorious

00:48:07.700 --> 00:48:08.360
 inheritance

00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:08.960
 in the

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:09.380
 saints,

00:48:10.140 --> 00:48:10.760
 and what

00:48:10.760 --> 00:48:11.200
 is the

00:48:11.200 --> 00:48:12.080
 immeasurable

00:48:12.080 --> 00:48:13.280
 greatness of

00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:14.160
 his power

00:48:14.160 --> 00:48:15.519
 toward us

00:48:15.519 --> 00:48:16.140
 who believe.

00:48:16.139 --> 00:48:18.139
 that doesn't

00:48:18.139 --> 00:48:19.099
 feel far

00:48:19.099 --> 00:48:19.480
 off and

00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:20.259
 distant to

00:48:20.259 --> 00:48:20.519
 me.

00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:21.839
 That feels

00:48:21.839 --> 00:48:22.659
 personal.

00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:23.500
 That feels

00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:24.699
 experienced.

00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:25.859
 And I

00:48:25.859 --> 00:48:26.159
 think that's

00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:26.619
 what Paul

00:48:26.619 --> 00:48:27.799
 meant.

00:48:28.839 --> 00:48:29.039
 And so

00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:29.719
 Paul had

00:48:29.719 --> 00:48:32.019
 not a copy

00:48:32.019 --> 00:48:32.599
 of experiencing

00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:33.500
 God,

00:48:33.739 --> 00:48:34.799
 but he had

00:48:34.799 --> 00:48:35.379
 these biblical

00:48:35.379 --> 00:48:36.319
 truths that

00:48:36.319 --> 00:48:37.480
 he understood

00:48:37.480 --> 00:48:38.480
 and was

00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:39.239
 working out.

00:48:39.379 --> 00:48:39.599
 And we

00:48:39.599 --> 00:48:39.960
 see these

00:48:39.960 --> 00:48:41.019
 evidences of

00:48:41.019 --> 00:48:41.519
 it, both in

00:48:41.519 --> 00:48:42.000
 his living

00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:42.420
 and in

00:48:42.420 --> 00:48:43.420
 his writing,

00:48:43.500 --> 00:48:43.980
 his doctrine

00:48:43.980 --> 00:48:44.599
 and in

00:48:44.599 --> 00:48:45.840
 his practice.

00:48:46.179 --> 00:48:46.519
 And I

00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:47.300
 believe that's

00:48:47.300 --> 00:48:48.159
 why Paul

00:48:48.159 --> 00:48:49.079
 could have

00:48:49.079 --> 00:48:50.300
 this firm,

00:48:50.980 --> 00:48:51.639
 convinced

00:48:51.639 --> 00:48:52.460
 conviction

00:48:52.460 --> 00:48:52.940
 that he

00:48:52.940 --> 00:48:53.539
 was meant

00:48:53.539 --> 00:48:54.400
 to go to

00:48:54.400 --> 00:48:55.480
 Jerusalem.

00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:56.260
 And so

00:48:56.260 --> 00:48:56.639
 he pressed

00:48:56.639 --> 00:48:57.380
 on in

00:48:57.380 --> 00:48:57.820
 obedience.

00:48:58.360 --> 00:48:58.900
 And all

00:48:58.900 --> 00:48:59.280
 the things

00:48:59.280 --> 00:48:59.500
 that will

00:48:59.500 --> 00:49:00.000
 follow in

00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:00.260
 the book

00:49:00.260 --> 00:49:00.639
 of Acts

00:49:00.639 --> 00:49:00.920
 are the

00:49:00.920 --> 00:49:01.840
 result of

00:49:01.840 --> 00:49:03.019
 his obedience

00:49:03.019 --> 00:49:04.159
 and continued

00:49:04.159 --> 00:49:04.880
 obedience.

00:49:05.019 --> 00:49:05.280
 The rest

00:49:05.280 --> 00:49:05.579
 of the book

00:49:05.579 --> 00:49:05.980
 is not a

00:49:05.980 --> 00:49:06.500
 tragedy.

00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:07.760
 It's not

00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:10.119
 Paul sinned

00:49:10.119 --> 00:49:10.500
 and did the

00:49:10.500 --> 00:49:10.780
 thing he

00:49:10.780 --> 00:49:11.260
 wasn't supposed

00:49:11.260 --> 00:49:11.699
 to do

00:49:11.699 --> 00:49:12.079
 and now

00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:12.399
 God's

00:49:12.399 --> 00:49:12.799
 having to

00:49:12.799 --> 00:49:13.439
 throw into

00:49:13.439 --> 00:49:14.599
 place a

00:49:14.599 --> 00:49:15.279
 different plan

00:49:15.279 --> 00:49:15.699
 and try to

00:49:15.699 --> 00:49:16.099
 work some

00:49:16.099 --> 00:49:16.719
 good out

00:49:16.719 --> 00:49:17.179
 of it all.

00:49:17.799 --> 00:49:18.139
 God's

00:49:18.139 --> 00:49:18.579
 providence

00:49:18.579 --> 00:49:19.319
 reigns all

00:49:19.319 --> 00:49:19.819
 the same

00:49:19.819 --> 00:49:20.379
 and Paul's

00:49:20.379 --> 00:49:21.659
 going to

00:49:21.659 --> 00:49:22.659
 Jerusalem.

00:49:23.899 --> 00:49:24.219
 So,

00:49:25.099 --> 00:49:25.919
 in conclusion,

00:49:26.159 --> 00:49:26.480
 one more

00:49:26.480 --> 00:49:26.719
 time.

00:49:27.639 --> 00:49:28.019
 God is

00:49:28.019 --> 00:49:28.339
 always at

00:49:28.339 --> 00:49:28.759
 work around

00:49:28.759 --> 00:49:30.079
 you and

00:49:30.079 --> 00:49:30.299
 he is

00:49:30.299 --> 00:49:31.159
 pursuing a

00:49:31.159 --> 00:49:31.719
 continuing

00:49:31.719 --> 00:49:32.579
 love relationship

00:49:32.579 --> 00:49:33.039
 with you

00:49:33.039 --> 00:49:34.379
 that is real

00:49:34.379 --> 00:49:35.319
 and personal

00:49:35.319 --> 00:49:36.659
 and he is

00:49:36.659 --> 00:49:37.259
 doing so by

00:49:37.259 --> 00:49:37.799
 inviting you to

00:49:37.799 --> 00:49:38.539
 become involved

00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:39.000
 with him in

00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:39.519
 his work.

00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:40.859
 This

00:49:40.859 --> 00:49:41.599
 invitation is

00:49:41.599 --> 00:49:42.119
 extended to

00:49:42.119 --> 00:49:42.339
 you as

00:49:42.339 --> 00:49:42.960
 God speaks

00:49:42.960 --> 00:49:43.299
 by the

00:49:43.299 --> 00:49:43.860
 Holy Spirit

00:49:43.860 --> 00:49:44.759
 which will

00:49:44.759 --> 00:49:45.500
 always lead

00:49:45.500 --> 00:49:45.900
 you to a

00:49:45.900 --> 00:49:46.400
 crisis of

00:49:46.400 --> 00:49:46.799
 belief that

00:49:46.799 --> 00:49:47.559
 requires faith

00:49:47.559 --> 00:49:48.179
 and action

00:49:48.179 --> 00:49:48.860
 and major

00:49:48.860 --> 00:49:49.559
 adjustments in

00:49:49.559 --> 00:49:50.039
 your life to

00:49:50.039 --> 00:49:51.000
 join God in

00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:51.339
 what he is

00:49:51.339 --> 00:49:51.639
 doing.

00:49:52.539 --> 00:49:53.039
 This is of

00:49:53.039 --> 00:49:53.940
 great benefit

00:49:53.940 --> 00:49:54.980
 to you as

00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:55.480
 you come to

00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:56.159
 know God

00:49:56.159 --> 00:49:57.699
 by experience

00:49:57.699 --> 00:49:58.319
 as you obey

00:49:58.319 --> 00:49:59.480
 him and he

00:49:59.480 --> 00:50:00.179
 accomplishes his

00:50:00.179 --> 00:50:01.299
 work through

00:50:01.299 --> 00:50:01.519
 you.

00:50:01.940 --> 00:50:02.519
 Let's pray

00:50:02.519 --> 00:50:02.799
 together.

00:50:03.240 --> 00:50:03.240


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