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 Let's bow our heads and pray together.

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 Our gracious Lord, we thank you so much for your holy word.

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 And we pray, Lord, that you would teach it to us.

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 We thank you, Lord, that this isn't like any other book,

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 but Lord, it is a book inspired by your Holy Spirit.

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 And so, Lord, we beseech you now to send your spirit upon us

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 that we may understand your word

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 and we may find strength to put it into practice.

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 And we pray these things in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So, in Acts chapter 19, we read these words.

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 Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?

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 I, in preparation for this talk, I had a kind of suspicion.

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 And my suspicion was, I wonder how much,

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 in the general tenor of things,

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 people really appreciate St. Paul.

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 In the modern world, he's been found and charged

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 and pronounced guilty by radical feminists as a misogynist.

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 And if you look at those lists of people of significance in history,

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 you will find lots of eminent and able people,

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 people like Thomas Edison, who, as you know, invented what?

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 The light bulb.

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 I don't know about you, you know,

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 I'm quite glad that he was able to shed light on us.

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 People like Isaac Newton.

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 Where would we be if we didn't really understand gravity these days?

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 And most of the lists do include Jesus Christ.

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 But none of the lists I looked at included St. Paul,

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 which seemed to me to be a mysterious thing.

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 Paul's letters have surely been a spiritual inspiration

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 to millions and millions and millions of people

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 since the time of his being here amongst us on earth.

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 You might ask yourself,

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 what would we be ignorant about

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 if St. Paul had not written his letters?

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 How would we know about Holy Communion?

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 Okay, Jesus did celebrate the Last Supper

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 and did this in remembrance of me.

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 But it's in 1 Corinthians chapter 11

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 that the great apostle spells out

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 A, the significance of Holy Communion

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 and B, reminds us that

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 we shouldn't take Holy Communion

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 without examining ourselves.

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 It's an interesting thing in modern church

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 with what they call the parish communion movement.

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 I sometimes hear clergy speaking about communion

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 as though it were medicine.

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 Come up and take this, it'll make you well.

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 It's not what Paul says.

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 Paul says exactly the opposite.

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 He says, if you receive communion

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 without examining your lives,

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 then he says, this is the reason

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 why some of you have become ill

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 and some of you have died.

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 For Paul, it was that critical.

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 That's why I'm not comfortable

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 with those churches that celebrate

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 Holy Communion every day of the week

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 because my fear is that familiarity

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 can breed a certain contempt.

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 What would we know about communion?

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 What would we know about the atonement?

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 The way Jesus puts sinners like us

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 right with God.

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 How would we understand that

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 without St. Paul?

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 How would we know about sanctification?

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 The fact that we're supposed to be

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 growing more like Jesus every day.

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 What would we know about the gifts of the Spirit

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 or the fruit of the Spirit

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 without St. Paul?

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 And what would we know

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 about the character of the church

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 without Paul's writing

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 in 1 Corinthians 1 and verse 12

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 and Romans chapter 12

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 where Paul likens the church

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 that's us

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 to a body.

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 He says when

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 all the parts of the body

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 are working in harmony

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 that's when we feel whole.

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 I'm at the age now

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 where it's in a little less harmony

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 than it used to be.

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 And I notice it.

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 No.

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 Without St. Paul

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 the gospel

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 would be absolutely

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 denuded of any meaning.

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 And my guess is

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 that without St. Paul's

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 careful explanations

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 in his epistles

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 throughout the New Testament

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 Christianity would have died

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 the death

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 of a kind of

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 slightly strange sect

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 of Judaism

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 based in Jerusalem.

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 So I want to say

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 four things

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 briefly

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 to you this morning

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 about this man

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 Paul of Tarsus.

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 Just to remind you

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 we're in the middle

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 of a

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 course

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 which is called

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 Great Journeys

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 of the New Testament.

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 It would actually

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 have been better

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 to have been called

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 Great People

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 of the Bible.

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 Paul

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 we note

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 was somebody

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 who was transformed.

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 In Acts chapter 7

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 and the final verse

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 we read there

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 that

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 as the deacon

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 Stephen

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 was being brutally

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 killed by being stoned

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 you know what stoning was?

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 It meant

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 that they would bury you

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 up to your neck

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 in sand

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 so you could not move

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 and they would

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 chuck big rocks

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 at your head

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 until

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 you died.

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 Paul

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 was a witness

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 to the stoning

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 of Stephen

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 and the last

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 verse of chapter 7

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 says

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 Paul in those days

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 was called

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 Saul

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 Saul of Tarsus

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 said

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 Saul

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 approved

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 of his murder

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 he was

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 an antagonist

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 of Christianity

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 he did not

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 like Christians

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 he went out

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 of his way

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 to try and bring

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 the Christian movement

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 to an end

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 just two chapters

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 later

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 in the book

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 of Acts

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 you can read

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 about the conversion

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 of St. Paul

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 how the risen

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 Jesus

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 appeared to him

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 on the road

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 to Damascus

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 and his life

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 was changed

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 and the greatest

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 antagonist

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 of the Christian

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 faith

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 became the greatest

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 protagonist

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 the man on whom

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 a lot of our

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 understanding

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 of the gospel

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 and its ramifications

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 for us

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 as disciples

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 is based

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 on his teaching

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 as I've said

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 he was transformed

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 and the Christian

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 life

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 starts

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 with an act

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 of transformation

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 that moment

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 when we own

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 our faith

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 in Jesus

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 for ourselves

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 what an amazing

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 transformation

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 took place

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 in Paul

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 what an amazing

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 transformation

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 is taking place

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 in some

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 in some

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 of you

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 and wouldn't

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 it be great

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 if that

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 transformation

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 could take

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 place

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 in those

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 of you

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 who know

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 that you've

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 not really

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 turned yourself

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 over to the

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 lordship

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 think how

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 different

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 this church

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 would be

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 if it were

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 full of people

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 who were full

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 on for Jesus

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 all for Jesus

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 I surrender

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 think of it

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 think what it

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 would be like

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 we would

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 change that

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 awful statistic

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 that in most

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 churches

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 20% of the

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 people supply

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 80% of the

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 money and 80%

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 of the horsepower

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 I always used

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 to tell my clergy

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 those of you

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 who can break

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 that terrible

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 statistic

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 will make

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 a difference

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 in this world

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 for the sake

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 of Jesus Christ

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 and his gospel

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 Paul was a

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 transformed man

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 secondly

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 he was a

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 well-travelled

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 man

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 I came across

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 some travel

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 blogs

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 and one of the

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 things that

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 travel blogs

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 like to tell

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 you about

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 is some

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 of the

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 ridiculous

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 excuses

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 that people

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 give for

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 trying to get

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 a refund

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 on their

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 holidays

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 somebody

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 seriously

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 wrote this

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 nobody told

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 me that

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 there would

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 be fish

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 in the

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 water

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 the children

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 were terrified

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 we were on

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 holiday in

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 Spain

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 and everybody

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 just spoke

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 Spanish

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 we booked

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 an excursion

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 to a water

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 park

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 but nobody

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 told us

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 we had to

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 take our

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 swimming gear

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 the beach

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 was too

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 sandy

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 the list

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 goes on

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 of stupidity

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 stability

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 St Paul

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 travelled

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 at a time

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 when travelling

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 was a risk

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 I mean

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 I get that

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 travelling today

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 in the United

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 Kingdom is

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 something of a

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 risk

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 when you sit

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 on that

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 carefully fashioned

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 car park

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 the M6

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 or you try

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 and travel

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 south to

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 Cornwall

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 and Devon

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 and can

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 end up

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 somebody told

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 me recently

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 it would take

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 them 13

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 hours to get

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 from Clevedon

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 to somewhere

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 down south

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 because the

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 motorway was

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 shut for

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 seven hours

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 Paul travelled

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 at a time

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 when

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 frankly

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 the risk

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 of being

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 stuck in

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 traffic was

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 pretty minimal

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 but the risk

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 of being

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 attacked

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 and killed

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 and robbed

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 was massive

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 what we know

00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:06.639
 about St Paul

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 is he did

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 three major

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 what we call

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 mission journeys

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 he went

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 out from

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 into

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 Asia Minor

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 and travelled

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 as far west

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 as Italy

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 some historians

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 think he actually

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 got to Spain

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 but I think

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 mainline

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 historians

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 believe that

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 he was

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 actually

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 put to

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 death

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 in Rome

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 the good

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 thing

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 about

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 St Paul

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 is

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 he teaches

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 us something

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 which is

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 generally

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 lacking

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 in the

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 21st century

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 church

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 in the

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 west

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 he understood

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 the great

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 commission

00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:48.919
 Jesus

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 didn't say

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 hang about

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 in churches

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 everybody

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 and hopefully

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 people

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 show up

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 no he

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 said go

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 go into

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 all the

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 world

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 and make

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 disciples of

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 all nations

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 all cultures

00:12:04.219 --> 00:12:04.739
 Paul

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 surely got

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 that

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 he didn't

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 jump on a

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 plane

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 or

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 get in a

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 fancy car

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 to drive

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 on his

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 journeys

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 no he had

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 to walk

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 or at best

00:12:17.199 --> 00:12:17.639
 would have

00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:18.539
 a donkey

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 with him

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 but he

00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:22.379
 understood

00:12:22.379 --> 00:12:22.939
 this

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 and we

00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:23.779
 need to

00:12:23.779 --> 00:12:24.379
 understand

00:12:24.379 --> 00:12:24.840
 this

00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:26.679
 the gospel

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 cannot just

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 be trapped

00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:29.319
 in our

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 church

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 buildings

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 amongst a

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 group of

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 people

00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:33.399
 who seem

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 to be happy

00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:34.679
 to grow

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 all together

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 imagining

00:12:36.139 --> 00:12:37.259
 that if we

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 sit on the

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 premises

00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:40.580
 we can stand

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 on the

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 promises

00:12:41.299 --> 00:12:44.559
 Paul knew

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 that the

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 principal

00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:48.099
 dynamic

00:12:48.099 --> 00:12:49.699
 of the

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 church

00:12:50.199 --> 00:12:51.179
 because it

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 is the

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 principal

00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:52.939
 dynamic

00:12:52.939 --> 00:12:53.439
 of the

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 Holy Spirit

00:12:54.219 --> 00:12:55.319
 was to

00:12:55.319 --> 00:12:56.219
 force energy

00:12:56.219 --> 00:12:56.979
 outwards

00:12:56.979 --> 00:12:57.799
 into the

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 world

00:12:58.179 --> 00:13:00.339
 that doesn't

00:13:00.339 --> 00:13:01.099
 mean you've

00:13:01.099 --> 00:13:01.439
 all got to

00:13:01.439 --> 00:13:01.859
 go home

00:13:01.859 --> 00:13:02.299
 from here

00:13:02.299 --> 00:13:02.699
 and join

00:13:02.699 --> 00:13:03.139
 the church

00:13:03.139 --> 00:13:03.500
 mission

00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:04.159
 society

00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:04.979
 and end

00:13:04.979 --> 00:13:05.479
 up somewhere

00:13:05.479 --> 00:13:05.699
 in the

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 world

00:13:05.859 --> 00:13:06.379
 in fact

00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:07.019
 there's a

00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:07.659
 reversal of

00:13:07.659 --> 00:13:08.000
 that going

00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:08.359
 and we're

00:13:08.359 --> 00:13:09.259
 now receiving

00:13:09.259 --> 00:13:10.259
 quite rightly

00:13:10.259 --> 00:13:10.919
 missionaries

00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:11.620
 from other

00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:12.120
 parts of

00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:12.659
 the world

00:13:12.659 --> 00:13:14.259
 where things

00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:14.759
 are going a

00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:15.220
 lot better

00:13:15.220 --> 00:13:15.559
 in the

00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:15.899
 churches

00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:16.399
 than they

00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:16.879
 are here

00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:17.179
 in the

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 west

00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:18.299
 did you

00:13:18.299 --> 00:13:18.740
 know that

00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:19.439
 the top

00:13:19.439 --> 00:13:20.559
 five fastest

00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:21.379
 growing churches

00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:21.740
 in the

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 United Kingdom

00:13:22.539 --> 00:13:23.580
 are all

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 Nigerian

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 black led

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 churches

00:13:25.379 --> 00:13:26.100
 somebody say

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 hallelujah

00:13:26.899 --> 00:13:31.960
 Paul understood

00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:32.600
 this

00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:35.100
 Paul knew

00:13:35.100 --> 00:13:37.019
 that there

00:13:37.019 --> 00:13:37.779
 needed to be

00:13:37.779 --> 00:13:38.439
 an outward

00:13:38.439 --> 00:13:39.120
 dynamic

00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:39.779
 in the

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 churches

00:13:40.299 --> 00:13:41.419
 and friends

00:13:41.419 --> 00:13:42.240
 in these

00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:42.860
 days when

00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:43.319
 all we're

00:13:43.319 --> 00:13:43.779
 reminded

00:13:43.779 --> 00:13:44.439
 about is

00:13:44.439 --> 00:13:44.639
 our

00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:45.220
 decline

00:13:45.220 --> 00:13:46.480
 we need

00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:46.939
 to really

00:13:46.939 --> 00:13:47.600
 take note

00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:47.959
 of this

00:13:47.959 --> 00:13:48.459
 the third

00:13:48.459 --> 00:13:49.120
 thing is

00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:50.519
 Paul

00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:51.360
 taught

00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:53.240
 he was a

00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:53.639
 teacher

00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:56.079
 he understood

00:13:56.079 --> 00:13:56.980
 something that

00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:57.980
 Dallas Willard

00:13:57.980 --> 00:13:58.419
 the great

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 spiritual writer

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 noted about

00:14:00.699 --> 00:14:01.459
 the 21st

00:14:01.459 --> 00:14:02.199
 century church

00:14:02.199 --> 00:14:02.860
 he said

00:14:02.860 --> 00:14:03.279
 this

00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:04.339
 there is a

00:14:04.339 --> 00:14:05.179
 great omission

00:14:05.179 --> 00:14:05.759
 he wrote a

00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:06.179
 book called

00:14:06.179 --> 00:14:06.579
 the great

00:14:06.579 --> 00:14:07.059
 omission

00:14:07.059 --> 00:14:09.039
 can you

00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:09.739
 imagine for a

00:14:09.739 --> 00:14:10.239
 moment what

00:14:10.239 --> 00:14:11.079
 that omission

00:14:11.079 --> 00:14:12.279
 was in

00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:13.159
 Dallas Willard's

00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:13.539
 mind

00:14:13.539 --> 00:14:16.579
 Dallas Willard

00:14:16.579 --> 00:14:17.979
 says all

00:14:17.979 --> 00:14:18.399
 we've been

00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:20.019
 interested in

00:14:20.019 --> 00:14:20.819
 is getting

00:14:20.819 --> 00:14:21.639
 people to the

00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:22.119
 point of

00:14:22.119 --> 00:14:22.719
 conversion

00:14:22.719 --> 00:14:24.239
 getting people

00:14:24.239 --> 00:14:25.099
 to come to

00:14:25.099 --> 00:14:25.439
 church

00:14:25.439 --> 00:14:26.759
 Dallas Willard

00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:27.539
 says and I

00:14:27.539 --> 00:14:28.159
 believe he was

00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:28.879
 right that the

00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:29.839
 missing dimension

00:14:29.839 --> 00:14:31.099
 is discipleship

00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:33.480
 how we grow

00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:34.779
 together into

00:14:34.779 --> 00:14:35.940
 the likeness of

00:14:35.940 --> 00:14:36.800
 Jesus Christ

00:14:36.800 --> 00:14:37.860
 how the process

00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:39.019
 of sanctification

00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:40.480
 works in us

00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:41.440
 that we might

00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:43.580
 become conquerors

00:14:43.580 --> 00:14:44.480
 of those parts

00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:45.300
 of our life that

00:14:45.300 --> 00:14:46.120
 Paul called the

00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:46.580
 flesh

00:14:46.580 --> 00:14:48.779
 the parts of our

00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:49.620
 lives that get us

00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:50.240
 into trouble

00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:51.399
 if you have

00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:53.720
 a serious issue

00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:55.320
 with an issue

00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:55.940
 of the flesh

00:14:55.940 --> 00:14:56.440
 today

00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:58.420
 I want to say

00:14:58.420 --> 00:14:58.899
 this to you

00:14:58.899 --> 00:14:59.639
 there is hope

00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:01.679
 however desperate

00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:02.259
 it feels

00:15:02.259 --> 00:15:02.919
 however much

00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:03.539
 in debt you

00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:03.860
 feel

00:15:03.860 --> 00:15:04.960
 however addicted

00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:05.639
 you feel

00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:07.819
 there is hope

00:15:07.819 --> 00:15:08.259
 for you

00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:10.740
 because the

00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.539
 Holy Spirit

00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:12.259
 if you will

00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:13.019
 allow him

00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:14.899
 can deal with

00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:15.819
 any of those

00:15:15.819 --> 00:15:16.620
 things that

00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:17.460
 push you towards

00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:18.679
 behaviour that

00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:19.659
 undermine Jesus

00:15:19.659 --> 00:15:20.639
 Jesus said of

00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.279
 the Holy Spirit

00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:22.279
 when he comes

00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:23.299
 he'll convict you

00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:24.360
 of what is right

00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:24.960
 and wrong

00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:27.679
 and Paul taught

00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:28.819
 us that the

00:15:28.819 --> 00:15:29.419
 Holy Spirit

00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:29.959
 will give us

00:15:29.959 --> 00:15:30.539
 the strength

00:15:30.539 --> 00:15:31.479
 to overcome

00:15:31.479 --> 00:15:32.399
 these things

00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:35.360
 stop drinking

00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:36.159
 that extra

00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:36.639
 drink

00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:38.939
 stop taking

00:15:38.939 --> 00:15:39.939
 those tablets

00:15:39.939 --> 00:15:41.099
 or smoking

00:15:41.099 --> 00:15:41.879
 that tobacco

00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:45.579
 stop looking

00:15:45.579 --> 00:15:46.679
 at members

00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:47.399
 of the opposite

00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:47.899
 sex

00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:48.599
 of sexual

00:15:48.599 --> 00:15:49.360
 objects

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:51.959
 St. Paul

00:15:51.959 --> 00:15:53.639
 knew all

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.159
 about the

00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:54.579
 flesh

00:15:54.579 --> 00:15:55.360
 knew all

00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:56.079
 about the

00:15:56.079 --> 00:15:56.719
 sins of the

00:15:56.719 --> 00:15:57.360
 flesh and the

00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:57.620
 devil

00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:59.279
 and showed

00:15:59.279 --> 00:15:59.899
 us a way

00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:00.779
 that we

00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:01.700
 can overcome

00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:03.799
 he was

00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:04.779
 a teacher

00:16:04.779 --> 00:16:06.840
 imagine this

00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:07.740
 in Acts chapter

00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:08.179
 19

00:16:08.179 --> 00:16:08.840
 we're told

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.240
 that he went

00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:09.539
 to the

00:16:09.539 --> 00:16:09.940
 hall of

00:16:09.940 --> 00:16:10.539
 tyrannous

00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:12.039
 it was a

00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:13.080
 big debating

00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:13.820
 place where

00:16:13.820 --> 00:16:14.259
 the Greek

00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:14.779
 philosophers

00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:15.240
 would come

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.679
 together

00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:16.360
 and the

00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:17.120
 general public

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:17.639
 would gather

00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.600
 did you notice

00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:19.159
 what it said

00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:19.820
 about Paul's

00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.639
 ministry there

00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:21.639
 it said he

00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:22.299
 remained there

00:16:22.299 --> 00:16:22.759
 for two

00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.240
 years

00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:24.279
 until what

00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:26.659
 everybody in

00:16:26.659 --> 00:16:27.519
 Asia Minor

00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:28.779
 had heard

00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:31.039
 heard the

00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:31.459
 gospel

00:16:31.459 --> 00:16:34.519
 what an

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 amazing

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 commitment

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 that is

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 I'll tell you

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 something

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 I am

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 troubled

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 by the

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 increasing

00:16:46.099 --> 00:16:46.779
 godlessness

00:16:46.779 --> 00:16:47.419
 of our

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 times

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 and sometimes

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 dear friends

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 it feels a

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 very lonely

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 life

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 but I'm

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 troubled by

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 it

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 I am so

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 troubled by

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 it that I

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 wake up in

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 the middle

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 of the

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 night

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 and think

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 about unsaved

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 people and

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 their lot

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 and then

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 I start to

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 think to

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 myself

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 how much

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 of this

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 has happened

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 on your

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 watch

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 Mike Hill

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 what are you

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 going to do

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 about it

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 I am

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 ashamed

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 when I

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 hear that

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 John Wesley

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 a great

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 Methodist

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 thank God

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 that we're

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 in partnership

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 with the

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 Methodists

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 and pray

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 that the

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 spirit of

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 John Wesley

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 would permeate

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 all of us

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 John Wesley

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 I worked

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 out on my

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 calculator

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 preached

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 44 sermons

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 a week

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 knocks into

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 a cocked

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 hat

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 doesn't it

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 those churches

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 which have

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 one main

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 service

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 on a

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 Sunday

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 knocks into

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 a cocked

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 hat the

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 fact that

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 most of

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 our preaching

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 takes place

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 within the

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 hallowed

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 walls of

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 a church

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 you're sitting

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 saying well

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 street preachers

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 are weird

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 tell you

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 something

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 when I

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 was a

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 17 year

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 old moron

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 grade A

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 my heart

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 was stirred

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 by a

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 man who

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 stood

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 outside

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 Old

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 Trafford

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 football

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 ground

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 with a

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 sandwich

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 board

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 on

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 which

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 read

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 probably

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 not the

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 most

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 positive

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 message

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 it said

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 the wages

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 of sin

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 is death

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 and for

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 years we

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 used to

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 take his

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 bowler hat

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 off it

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 and chuck

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 it into

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 the river

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 Irwell

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 chucked his

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 hat and

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 one day

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 he said

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 to me

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 why don't

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 you come

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 round to

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 my house

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 for tea

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 so my

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 friends and

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 I went

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 round there

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 ready to

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 cause mayhem

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 and for

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 five minutes

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 I suppose

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 we did

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 and then

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 for the

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 first time

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 this dear

00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:55.679
 man

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 explained

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 the gospel

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 to me

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 I went

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 away

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 thinking

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 I could

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 never be

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 good enough

00:19:04.679 --> 00:19:05.039
 for this

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 deal

00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:07.419
 you know

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 I don't

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 know if

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 I could

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 keep it

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 going

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 but you

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 know

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 the idea

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 that death

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 won't be a

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 brick wall

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 the idea

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 that I

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 can be

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 forgiven

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 for the

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 many bad

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 things

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 I've

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 done

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 really

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 appealed

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.460
 to me

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 it was

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 a year

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 later

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 in God's

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 right time

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 when I

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 surrendered

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 to Jesus

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 Christ

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 and my

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 life

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 not quite

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 as dramatically

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 as St.

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 Paul was

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 transformed

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 the last

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 thing I want

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 to say

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 he was

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 transformed

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 he travelled

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 he taught

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 and the

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 fourth thing

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 which I

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 really admire

00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.480
 about St.

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:39.940
 Paul is

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 he was

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 tenacious

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 in the

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 second

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 Corinthians

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 you read

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 there

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 Paul

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 apostleship

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 is seriously

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.799
 under scrutiny

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 by the

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 people in

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 Corinth

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 there were

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 some people

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.259
 there who

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 doubted

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 that he

00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.059
 could claim

00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.539
 to be an

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 apostle

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 because he

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 had only

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.799
 met a

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 kind of

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 vision

00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:58.879
 of the

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 risen

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 Christ

00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:00.319
 not met

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 the risen

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 Christ

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 in person

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 and I

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 can imagine

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:08.079
 that this

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 was really

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.740
 undermining

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:12.519
 you know

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 he tried

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 to teach

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 this

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.259
 church

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.799
 he tried

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 to

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:16.200
 present

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 himself

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.519
 as an

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 authentic

00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:18.680
 apostle

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.339
 of the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 and on

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 this

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 occasion

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 Paul

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 tells him

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 here are

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 my

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 qualifications

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:29.620
 let me

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 read them

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.720
 to you

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 he says

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 this

00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:33.919
 are they

00:20:33.919 --> 00:20:34.419
 servants

00:20:34.419 --> 00:20:35.019
 of Christ

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.939
 speaking of

00:20:35.939 --> 00:20:36.099
 his

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.679
 opponents

00:20:36.679 --> 00:20:37.459
 are they

00:20:37.459 --> 00:20:37.899
 servants

00:20:37.899 --> 00:20:38.579
 of Christ

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 I am

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.619
 out of my

00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.220
 mind to

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.720
 talk like

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:41.980
 this

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.639
 I am

00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:43.000
 more

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.759
 I have

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.059
 worked

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.339
 much

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 harder

00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.259
 been

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.720
 imprisoned

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.059
 more

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.619
 frequently

00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:47.299
 been

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.720
 flogged

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:47.980
 more

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.480
 severely

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.220
 and been

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:49.699
 exposed

00:20:49.699 --> 00:20:50.199
 to death

00:20:50.199 --> 00:20:50.720
 again and

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.039
 again

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 five times

00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:52.859
 I received

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 from the

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 Jews

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.379
 the forty

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 lashes

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 minus one

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:57.299
 three times

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 I was

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.199
 beaten

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 with rods

00:20:58.919 --> 00:21:00.319
 once I

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:01.039
 was stoned

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.859
 three times

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.399
 I was

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:02.980
 shipwrecked

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.380
 I spent

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:03.840
 a night

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.100
 and a

00:21:04.100 --> 00:21:04.340
 day

00:21:04.340 --> 00:21:05.000
 in the

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.360
 open

00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:05.759
 sea

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.400
 I have

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.560
 been

00:21:06.560 --> 00:21:07.180
 constantly

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.560
 on the

00:21:07.560 --> 00:21:07.740
 move

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:07.960
 I have

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.100
 been

00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:08.620
 in danger

00:21:08.620 --> 00:21:08.900
 from

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:09.259
 rivers

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.800
 in danger

00:21:09.800 --> 00:21:10.040
 from

00:21:10.040 --> 00:21:10.519
 bandits

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.140
 in danger

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.620
 from my

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:11.920
 own

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.480
 countrymen

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.380
 in danger

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:13.660
 from

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.380
 Gentiles

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.600
 in danger

00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:16.060
 in the

00:21:16.060 --> 00:21:16.440
 city

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.340
 in danger

00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:17.700
 in the

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.160
 country

00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:23.080
 you'd think

00:21:23.080 --> 00:21:23.320
 wouldn't

00:21:23.320 --> 00:21:23.640
 you that

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.340
 any sane

00:21:24.340 --> 00:21:25.000
 person

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:26.060
 who'd been

00:21:26.060 --> 00:21:26.540
 through that

00:21:26.540 --> 00:21:27.000
 kind of

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.540
 stuff would

00:21:27.540 --> 00:21:27.920
 say

00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:29.019
 you know

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.360
 what I

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:29.740
 think I

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 need a

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 sabbatical

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 I need

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 a break

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 from this

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 this is

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 too much

00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:36.799
 Lord

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.820
 and you

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 know I

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 know you

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 understand my

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 need for

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 not Paul

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 oh no

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:46.019
 before he

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.680
 started his

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.140
 ministry

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:48.140
 he went

00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:48.400
 to we

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:48.700
 don't know

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.279
 much about

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:49.640
 this but

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:49.960
 he went

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.779
 to Arabia

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:52.480
 and spent

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 a while

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 there after

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 his conversion

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 you know

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.360
 quite what he

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:56.820
 was doing

00:21:56.820 --> 00:21:57.259
 there was

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.759
 he kind

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.720
 of learning

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 the Old

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 Testament

00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:00.159
 trying to

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 work out

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 to himself

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 well what

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 does this

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.279
 gospel mean

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 how could I

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 articulate it

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 how can I

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 go into the

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 world and

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 talk about

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 it

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 but he

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 did

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 and the

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 first sign

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 of opposition

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 he didn't

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 give up

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 he was

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 tenacious

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 in his

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 willingness

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 to suffer

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 for his

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 faith

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 and he

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 was tenacious

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 because he

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 would stand

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 up for the

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 gospel

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 when people

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 threatened

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 him

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 interesting

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 to me

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 that in

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 the early

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:40.920
 church

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.900
 the patriarchs

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 the early

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 fathers of

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 the church

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.980
 all saw

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.400
 that this

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 was a

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 really

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 important

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.539
 role

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.299
 for them

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.900
 and that

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 was to

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.879
 stand up

00:22:49.879 --> 00:22:50.160
 for the

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.559
 gospel

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:54.119
 you could

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:54.640
 get the

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.099
 impression

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.519
 today

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.819
 couldn't

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 you

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.099
 this

00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:56.539
 truly

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 disturbs

00:22:57.139 --> 00:22:57.339
 me

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.039
 that the

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.379
 church

00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:58.939
 is more

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 concerned

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 with

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 kind of

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 accommodation

00:23:01.679 --> 00:23:02.339
 of

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 20th

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 century

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.899
 godlessness

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:07.179
 I remember

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 once a big

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.519
 argument in

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 some synod

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.799
 I was

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.619
 gently

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.500
 snoring

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.899
 through

00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:15.279
 and the

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.719
 debate

00:23:15.719 --> 00:23:16.219
 was

00:23:16.219 --> 00:23:17.980
 should

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.519
 people

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.919
 who never

00:23:19.919 --> 00:23:20.519
 have anything

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.000
 to do

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.339
 with the

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.599
 church

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.199
 have never

00:23:22.199 --> 00:23:22.819
 darkened

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.199
 the door

00:23:23.199 --> 00:23:23.500
 of the

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:23.859
 church

00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.799
 should

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.000
 they

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.359
 have a

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.599
 vote

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:25.919
 at the

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 annual

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.679
 general

00:23:26.679 --> 00:23:27.099
 meeting

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:27.439
 of the

00:23:27.439 --> 00:23:27.839
 church

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:32.179
 I mean

00:23:32.179 --> 00:23:33.019
 I was

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.539
 young and

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:33.879
 rash

00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:34.159
 and I

00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:34.519
 thought to

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:34.819
 myself

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.219
 this is

00:23:35.219 --> 00:23:35.579
 wrong

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:37.319
 you know

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:37.579
 I wouldn't

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.019
 go down

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.279
 to the

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.799
 masonical

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.299
 and tell

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.579
 them how

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:39.939
 to run

00:23:39.939 --> 00:23:40.379
 their show

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:40.959
 because I

00:23:40.959 --> 00:23:42.039
 don't

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:43.199
 believe in

00:23:43.199 --> 00:23:44.179
 freemasonry

00:23:44.179 --> 00:23:47.479
 I wouldn't

00:23:47.479 --> 00:23:48.099
 go down

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:48.919
 you know

00:23:48.919 --> 00:23:49.240
 when the

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.579
 women's

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.039
 institute

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.699
 have invited

00:23:50.699 --> 00:23:50.959
 me to

00:23:50.959 --> 00:23:51.259
 give a

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.439
 tour

00:23:51.439 --> 00:23:51.959
 can tell

00:23:51.959 --> 00:23:52.199
 them

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.799
 how to

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.340
 kind of

00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:53.680
 you know

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.039
 recover

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.220
 the

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.380
 crime

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:54.620
 wouldn't

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:54.819
 do

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.019
 that

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.259
 not

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.700
 interested

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.380
 why

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:56.580
 would

00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:56.720
 we

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.000
 allow

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.460
 people

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.120
 this is

00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:58.319
 still

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.500
 the

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.759
 law

00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:00.120
 if you

00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:00.319
 don't

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.799
 believe me

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.160
 you can

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.740
 read the

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.080
 booklet

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.519
 on it

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:04.259
 but there

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:05.039
 were serious

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.480
 people

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.080
 standing up

00:24:06.080 --> 00:24:06.680
 defending

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.140
 to the

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.400
 hilt

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.059
 the idea

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:09.059
 that godless

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.660
 people could

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.180
 come into

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:10.799
 your church

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.600
 and vote

00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:11.900
 at the

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.340
 AGM

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:14.360
 I had

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.660
 this in

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.279
 my ministry

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.019
 we once

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:17.440
 put some

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.039
 floodlights

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.400
 we haven't

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:18.680
 got the

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.299
 right permissions

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.559
 for it

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:19.940
 put some

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.420
 floodlights

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.779
 in the

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.360
 churchyard

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.119
 so at

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:22.399
 night

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:23.359
 we could

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:25.240
 sort of

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.899
 highlight the

00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:26.219
 tower

00:24:26.219 --> 00:24:26.519
 do you know

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:26.699
 what I

00:24:26.699 --> 00:24:26.959
 mean

00:24:26.959 --> 00:24:28.599
 so we

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:29.039
 did it

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.439
 and we

00:24:29.439 --> 00:24:29.879
 were very

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.579
 very careful

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:31.359
 at 10 o'clock

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:31.819
 it switched

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.179
 off

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:33.119
 in the

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.419
 winter

00:24:33.419 --> 00:24:36.059
 I got to

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.199
 the

00:24:36.199 --> 00:24:36.639
 AGM

00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.599
 we normally

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:37.879
 would get

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.539
 about 300

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.459
 people at

00:24:39.459 --> 00:24:39.639
 it

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:40.539
 which was

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.079
 surprising

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:43.079
 this time

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:44.599
 450 people

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.219
 showed up

00:24:45.219 --> 00:24:46.599
 150 of

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:46.740
 them

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.500
 nothing to

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:47.819
 do with

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.359
 the church

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.679
 nothing to

00:24:49.679 --> 00:24:50.339
 do with

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.859
 the gospel

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:52.299
 they came

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.159
 to complain

00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:53.799
 about light

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.319
 pollution

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:59.439
 guess who

00:24:59.439 --> 00:24:59.740
 won

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:02.659
 the

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:02.959
 Lord

00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:03.259
 won

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:05.759
 they gave

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.259
 speeches

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.240
 which were

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.019
 terrible

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:10.159
 were just

00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:10.740
 angry

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:12.299
 and when it

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.839
 came to a

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.159
 vote

00:25:13.159 --> 00:25:14.719
 they were

00:25:14.719 --> 00:25:15.439
 silenced

00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:18.479
 should we

00:25:18.479 --> 00:25:19.079
 allow that

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:20.119
 is that

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.599
 the kind

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:20.720
 of

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.460
 accommodation

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.659
 that really

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:23.139
 means the

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:23.599
 church is

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:23.839
 going to

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.419
 go nowhere

00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:25.019
 slowly

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:29.779
 when Paul

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.500
 got to

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.500
 Ephesus

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:33.639
 he found a

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.099
 bunch of

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.699
 people who'd

00:25:34.699 --> 00:25:35.299
 been baptized

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.159
 by John

00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:36.720
 the Baptist

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.159
 that was a

00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:37.659
 good thing

00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.399
 it was a

00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:39.359
 baptism for

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:39.939
 repentance

00:25:39.939 --> 00:25:41.019
 and forgiveness

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.699
 of sins

00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:42.699
 but Paul had

00:25:42.699 --> 00:25:43.139
 a rather

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.919
 penetrating

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.759
 question for

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.019
 them

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:48.880
 did you

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.560
 receive the

00:25:49.560 --> 00:25:50.300
 Holy Spirit

00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:51.920
 when you

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.440
 were baptized

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:55.560
 they're like

00:25:55.560 --> 00:25:56.920
 what

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:59.640
 did you

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.100
 receive the

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:00.680
 Holy Spirit

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:02.220
 we didn't

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:02.539
 even know

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:02.920
 there was

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.200
 one

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:05.820
 so Paul

00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:06.220
 did what

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.840
 Paul does

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.240
 he gone

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.680
 together

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.120
 he laid

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.720
 hands on

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.279
 them and

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.100
 those elders

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:12.039
 were empowered

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:14.119
 refitted

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:16.139
 for ministry

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.959
 in the name

00:26:16.959 --> 00:26:17.359
 of the

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:18.019
 Trinitarian

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.480
 God

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.980
 Father

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.599
 Son

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.419
 and Holy

00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:20.899
 Spirit

00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:24.079
 and things

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.839
 began to

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.279
 happen

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:27.079
 in Ephesus

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:29.279
 you know

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.559
 what

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.179
 I'm praying

00:26:30.179 --> 00:26:30.779
 for the day

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.459
 when we

00:26:31.459 --> 00:26:32.279
 begin to

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.559
 say

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.139
 as a

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.519
 common

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.259
 occurrence

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.079
 things are

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.639
 beginning to

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:36.240
 happen in

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.799
 Clevedon

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:38.940
 why

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:40.839
 because the

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.419
 people of

00:26:41.419 --> 00:26:41.720
 God

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:43.539
 are

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.299
 transformed

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:46.259
 the

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.720
 people of

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:46.919
 God

00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:47.680
 understand

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.119
 that the

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:48.940
 dynamic of

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.359
 the church

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:49.799
 needs to

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.519
 be outwards

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.500
 not inwards

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:54.180
 because they

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.980
 will understand

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:56.180
 that discipleship

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.859
 is taught

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.919
 not caught

00:26:57.919 --> 00:27:02.559
 and they

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:02.779
 will

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.759
 understand

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:06.500
 what it

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.859
 is

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.980
 to be

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.720
 a genuine

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.339
 follower

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:10.059
 of Jesus

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.700
 Christ

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:17.319
 to

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:17.960
 conclude

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:20.180
 you're sitting

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.700
 here this

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.359
 morning saying

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:22.180
 I don't

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.680
 I've never

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.160
 known this

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.720
 transformation

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.920
 maybe God

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.680
 is whispering

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.279
 in your ear

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.920
 this morning

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:29.220
 maybe you're

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.680
 the kind

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.240
 of Christian

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.259
 who is

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.759
 sitting in

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.160
 church

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.960
 and thinks

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.299
 that

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:34.700
 I'm going

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.119
 to sit

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.500
 here and

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.099
 hopefully

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.619
 you know

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.019
 if we

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.039
 jazz up

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.539
 the music

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:38.980
 a bit

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.460
 and

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.279
 you know

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.799
 do a bit

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.579
 of arm

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.019
 waving

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.519
 and hip

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:42.980
 swinging

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:44.279
 not too

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.639
 much

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:47.480
 people

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.059
 will come

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:50.599
 no people

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.019
 want to

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:52.059
 God wants

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.559
 a people

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.200
 who are

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.639
 ready to

00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:54.019
 go

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:56.619
 are you

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.220
 a person

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:58.460
 that understands

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.899
 that teaching

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.779
 is critical

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.019
 to sanctification

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:04.079
 becoming

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.420
 becoming more

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.240
 like Jesus

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.259
 if it's

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.920
 true that

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.619
 the gospel

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.559
 is caught

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.099
 and not

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.579
 taught

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.599
 it is only

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.599
 true that

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.460
 discipleship

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.039
 is taught

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.940
 and not

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.319
 caught

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:16.819
 well obviously

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.319
 I'm preaching

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.960
 to the choir

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.379
 because you're

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:18.839
 here this

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.180
 morning

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:23.000
 but how

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.519
 many of you

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.940
 are prepared

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.559
 to commit

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.240
 yourselves

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.639
 for instance

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:28.120
 to a home

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.480
 group

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:30.420
 where you

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:30.960
 can really

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.440
 get to

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.900
 grips

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.240
 with

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.680
 scripture

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.540
 and discuss

00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:33.820
 it

00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:34.740
 and work

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.040
 out

00:28:35.040 --> 00:28:35.660
 what that

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.200
 might mean

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.700
 for you

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.280
 and for

00:28:37.280 --> 00:28:37.960
 your group

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.700
 and if you

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.000
 want to

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.380
 join a

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:39.620
 home

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:39.840
 group

00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:40.160
 where's

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.540
 Carolyn

00:28:40.540 --> 00:28:41.820
 there she

00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:42.060
 is

00:28:42.060 --> 00:28:42.380
 I see

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:42.700
 an arm

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:42.980
 waving

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.480
 stand up

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.720
 for a

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:43.920
 moment

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.380
 Carolyn

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:45.480
 give us

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.940
 a twirl

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:47.800
 you go

00:28:47.800 --> 00:28:48.200
 and talk

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.820
 to Carolyn

00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:49.960
 because you

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.320
 need to

00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:50.700
 do that

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:50.900
 she

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.560
 coordinates

00:28:51.560 --> 00:28:51.960
 our

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.220
 home

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.500
 groups

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.940
 in this

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.380
 church

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:56.120
 and finally

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:57.640
 for those

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.100
 of you

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:59.400
 who are

00:28:59.400 --> 00:28:59.860
 feeling

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.820
 a bit

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:03.060
 not quite

00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:03.480
 right

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:06.660
 those of you

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:06.860
 who are

00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.620
 even thinking

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.120
 of giving

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.640
 up on

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.140
 church

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:11.160
 those of you

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.300
 who are

00:29:11.300 --> 00:29:11.740
 thinking of

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.220
 giving up

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.600
 on God

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.420
 remember the

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:14.180
 tenacity of

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.700
 St. Paul

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.940
 remember what

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.440
 he went

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:16.640
 through

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.260
 and of course

00:29:17.260 --> 00:29:17.780
 one of the

00:29:17.780 --> 00:29:18.520
 most significant

00:29:18.520 --> 00:29:19.160
 things I

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.760
 haven't said

00:29:19.760 --> 00:29:20.140
 to you about

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.600
 St. Paul

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.360
 was if it

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.980
 was not for

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.560
 St. Paul

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:26.740
 it's not

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.639
 clear whether

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:29.559
 the earliest

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.339
 of the early

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:31.200
 church people

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.759
 thought

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.980
 that the

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.599
 gospel would

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.299
 ever be for

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.000
 Gentiles

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.879
 for non

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.460
 Jewish

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.019
 people

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:39.819
 and we're

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.139
 here

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:42.960
 and God

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.599
 is waiting

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:45.279
 for us

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.700
 to say

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.220
 yes

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:48.059
 God is

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.879
 wanting to

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.599
 hear from

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:49.799
 us

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.779
 not just

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.539
 the lyrics

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.220
 of a hymn

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.880
 but from

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.539
 our hearts

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.380
 all to

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:54.839
 Jesus

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:56.100
 I surrender

00:29:56.100 --> 00:30:02.299
 friends

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:04.620
 if ever

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.039
 there was a

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.740
 game changer

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.360
 in human

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:06.860
 history

00:30:06.860 --> 00:30:08.039
 it was

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.680
 this man

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:10.279
 if there

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.079
 was an

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.640
 example

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.160
 for us

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.660
 to take

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.059
 up and

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.380
 follow

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:14.019
 it was

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.759
 this man's

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.299
 example

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:17.600
 if ever

00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:17.900
 there was

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.440
 a time

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.420
 for the

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.799
 church

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.319
 to hear

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.140
 this message

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:22.720
 it is

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.100
 surely

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.680
 today

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:25.820
 let us

00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:26.160
 pray

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:28.120
 our

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.460
 gracious

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.880
 father

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.420
 we thank

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.740
 you

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:31.000
 for

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.540
 Paul

00:30:31.540 --> 00:30:32.380
 and for

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.640
 his

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.360
 amazing

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:34.340
 exposition

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:35.960
 of

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.860
 atonement

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.360
 of

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:38.360
 sanctification

00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:38.860
 of the

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:39.240
 gifts of

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.800
 the spirit

00:30:39.800 --> 00:30:40.480
 of all

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.759
 those

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.480
 wonderful

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.200
 doctrines

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.500
 Lord

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.340
 that we

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.880
 read not

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.320
 just to

00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:44.920
 know about

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.380
 but to

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.980
 appropriate

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.220
 into our

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.759
 hearts

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:49.319
 Lord this

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.880
 morning would

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.620
 you short

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.360
 circuit the

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:52.160
 difference between

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.839
 our heads

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.640
 and our

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.140
 hearts

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:55.920
 Lord that

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.500
 we might

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.660
 believe and

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.480
 in believing

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.819
 we might

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.559
 show forth

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.559
 evidently our

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.720
 belief in

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.400
 this troubled

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.279
 and godless

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.799
 world

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:07.819
 did you

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.460
 receive the

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.120
 holy spirit

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.559
 when you

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.220
 believe that's

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.579
 a great

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.500
 question Lord

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:13.720
 and for

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.299
 those of us

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.740
 who feel

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.579
 disempowered

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.480
 unempowered

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.079
 whatever

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:19.140
 Lord we

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.779
 pray that the

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.519
 holy spirit

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.019
 would come

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.500
 to us

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.099
 transform

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.720
 us

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:24.980
 teach us

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:26.579
 and make

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.400
 us tenacious

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:28.539
 in this

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.759
 matter of

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.920
 bringing the

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.759
 mission of

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.339
 the church

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.839
 to the

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.240
 world

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:36.420
 and Lord

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.000
 thank you

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.460
 that we

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.039
 are a

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.579
 church not

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.180
 just with a

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.519
 mission

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:41.259
 but with a

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.859
 message and

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.579
 we pray that

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.839
 you would

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.599
 raise up

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.319
 men and

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:44.859
 women who

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.180
 would be

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.579
 able to

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.619
 articulate that

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:48.140
 gospel in

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.759
 the way that

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.619
 Saint Paul did

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:51.019
 that many

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.220
 might come to

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.579
 know you and

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.339
 be saved for

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:56.140
 eternity through

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:57.200
 Jesus Christ

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:58.059
 our Lord

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:59.400
 Amen