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 Good morning, church.

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 It's great to be with you this morning.

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 Good morning, my name is Chad Eckerd.

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 I've been married to my wife, Bethany, for 18 years, and God has blessed us with six kiddos.

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 We've attended Maranatha now since early 2023, and it has been a great privilege to be part

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 of this church and to serve alongside all of you.

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 The sermon series is titled, Becoming the Church, and the message today is God's people unite

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 in prayer.

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 Pastor David has gotten us back into Acts the last two weeks, and we've been working our

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 way through chapter four.

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 He provided a helpful summary by chapter, especially considering how many months we were in judges.

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 In Acts chapter one, he pointed us to Jesus commissions his witnesses.

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 Acts two, Jesus empowers his witnesses.

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 Acts three, we see that Jesus works through his witnesses.

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 In Acts four, Jesus builds his church.

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 Two weeks ago, we looked at the arrest of Peter and John.

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 The priests and Sadducees interrupted their message to the crowd and physically removed them

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 and threw them into jail.

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 It was the message that they preached, and specifically the resurrection and power of Jesus,

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 that drew the opposition and the rage from the spiritual leaders.

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 But despite the opposition, Pastor David pointed out that the text clearly reveals

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 the authorities are unable to control Christ's work.

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 As the narrative states, many believed the message that they preached, and the number of the men

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 was about 5,000.

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 Nevertheless, Peter and John were brought before the Sanhedrin in an official trial to answer

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 the question that we find in verse seven of chapter four.

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 By what power or in what name have you done this?

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 What we see in Peter's answer is that spirit filling brings about a proclamation of God's work in Christ.

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 The visible result was faithful, courageous, Christ-centered speech.

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 Despite the opposition, the filling of the Holy Spirit makes the reality of Christ greater.

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 Peter boldly points the Sanhedrin to the truth that salvation is found in Christ alone.

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 Ponder the reality of God's grace in this moment.

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 He's using Peter, the same guy who just weeks before fell flat on his face.

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 In this moment, God wanted to use him.

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 And we know God will continue to use Peter

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 to preach his word and grow his church.

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 It highlights the point that Pastor David made last week.

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 When we fail, our focus doesn't mainly need to be on ourselves.

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 It's an easy tendency to beat ourselves up when we fail.

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 That doesn't diminish the importance of being honest,

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 of acknowledging our failures,

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 repenting of our sin.

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 But the greatest need that we have

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 is to see more of Jesus.

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 He's at work.

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 And he's empowering his people to do great things.

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 Even the ones that just failed.

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 Last week, we saw

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 that the response and confidence of Peter and John

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 completely astounded the Sanhedrin.

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 This group of the most influential

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 and highly esteemed spiritual leaders

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 with all their education

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 were left speechless by two fishermen.

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 To the point that they sent them away

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 so that they could gather their thoughts

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 and come up with a response.

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 What we saw was that the council

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 was simply unwilling to accept the truth about Christ.

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 The truth that was standing right in front of them

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 in a healed lame man.

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 So they ordered Peter and John

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 to stop speaking of Jesus.

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 And this was in direct opposition

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 to Peter and John's commissioning.

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 Jesus sent them out to be his witnesses.

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 And so the response to the Sanhedrin was,

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 as for us, we must speak.

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 They cannot stop speaking

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 because they're filled with the Holy Spirit

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 and compelled to proclaim his name.

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 They cherish Christ more than anything else.

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 And this unified response

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 leaves the Sanhedrin obviously angry.

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 But they don't have as many options

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 as they'd like

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 to impose upon Peter and John.

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 Which brings us to our passage today.

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 If you're using the Pew Bibles,

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 you're going to find our text on page 912.

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 The focus this morning is on unity

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 and prayer.

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 Let's start in Acts 4, verse 23.

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 It says,

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 When they were released,

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 they went to their friends

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 and reported what the chief priests

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 and the elders had said to them.

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 If you're following along in the bulletin,

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 the first note is right here.

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 The fellowship we share as believers

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 is essential.

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 The fellowship that we share as believers

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 is essential.

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 Our fellowship as a body

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 at Maranatha

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 is essential.

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 Let's think about what Peter and John

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 just experienced

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 in this trial before the Sanhedrin.

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 This was an intensely intimidating,

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 high-stakes confrontation.

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 The Sanhedrin were the highest legal,

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 political,

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 and religious council

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 in ancient Israel.

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 They possessed immense wealth

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 and political influence

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 and authority.

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 And although the text

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 doesn't specifically state it,

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 we're likely safe to assume

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 that the threats included

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 threats of physical violence.

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 This wasn't just a stern

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 talking to that they received.

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 It's probable that they threatened

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 physical harm against Peter and John

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 and maybe even their loved ones.

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 And we'll see in chapter 5

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 that that's exactly what they inflict

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 upon the apostles.

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 There was also likely

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 the threat

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 of social and religious exile.

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 This would mean being

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 completely outcast

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 from the spiritual life of Israel.

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 And also,

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 a natural result of that

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 would be personal ruin

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 and business as well.

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 The threat of death,

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 which obviously just happened

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 to Jesus

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 as Peter and John witnessed.

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 Pastor David pointed us

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 to the parallels

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 between the trial in Acts 4

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 and Jesus' trial

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 before essentially

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 the same men.

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 So we know that they're willing

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 to take this step

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 if necessary.

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 It's also worth

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 taking a moment

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 just to think about

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 what we know

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 about Peter and John.

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 Just to briefly focus

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 on the reality

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 of their lives.

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 Peter's married.

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 The Gospels mention

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 Jesus visiting

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 Peter's mother-in-law.

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 And Paul mentions

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 Peter's wife

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 accompanying him

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 on multiple trips.

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 John has been given

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 responsibility over Mary,

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 Jesus' mother.

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 And we know that

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 his family runs

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 what seems to be

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 a pretty successful

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 fishing business.

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 There were people

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 just like us

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 dealing with the pressures

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 and decisions

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 of everyday life.

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 And they stood

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 before a council

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 that had the power

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 and authority

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 to completely change

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 their life.

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 To completely change

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 the reality

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 that they faced.

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 And after responding

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 boldly and courageously

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 to the council,

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 Luke tells us

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 that Peter and John

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 return

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 to their church

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 or group of believers.

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 our text says

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 their friends.

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 The fellowship

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 that we share together

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 as believers

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 and as Maranatha

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 Baptist Church

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 is something

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 that we should cherish

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 and prioritize.

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 It's a privilege

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 to build community

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 together,

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 to share victories

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 together,

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 to bear one another's

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 burdens,

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 encourage and build

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 one another up,

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 to be devoted

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 to each other

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 in brotherly love.

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 We need

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 to spur one another

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 toward love

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 and good deeds.

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 And we need

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 to hold each other

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 accountable.

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 Jesus states

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 explicitly

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 in John 13, 35

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 that it is our love

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 for one another

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 that bears witness

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 to all men

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 that we are

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 his disciples.

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 It's our love

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 as a church

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 that makes people

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 see were his.

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 And so I think

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 it's very clear,

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 even though it's

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 a small part

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 of our text,

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 that fellowship

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 as a body

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 is essential.

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 And we see

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 the evidence

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 of this reality

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 in the fact

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 that Peter and John

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 immediately seek out

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 this fellowship.

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 The second point

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 this morning

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 is when God's

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 people are united,

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 they pray together.

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 When God's people

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 are united,

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 they pray together.

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 look at the first part

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 of Acts 4, 24.

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 And when they heard it,

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 speaking of the people

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 Peter and John

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 returned to,

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 they lifted their voices

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 together to God.

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 The New American

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 Standard says,

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 and when they heard this,

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 they lifted their voices

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 to God

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 with one accord.

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 Peter and John

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 report what the

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 Sanhedrin

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 had threatened

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 them with,

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 and they unite

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 in prayer.

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 And we see the emphasis

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 of their unity.

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 The Greek word

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 that's translated

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 with one accord

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 describes people

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 who share

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 like precious faith,

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 creating a God-produced

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 unity between them.

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 Here they have

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 the same mind

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 because each receives

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 the same revelation

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 of his word.

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 Now the New Testament

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 uses this word

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 11 total times

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 and 10 of them

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 we find in Acts.

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 And Luke has already

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 used this word

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 to describe this group

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 of believers.

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 The first instance

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 that we see

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 is in Acts 1, 13,

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 following the ascension

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 of Christ.

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 starting in the first

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 part of verse 13,

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 it says,

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 and when they had

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 entered,

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 they went to

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 the upper room

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 where they were staying.

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 If you drop to 14,

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 it says,

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 all these

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 with one accord,

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 that's our word,

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 were devoting

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 themselves

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 to prayer.

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 We find it

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 again

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 used in

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 Acts chapter 2.

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 Look at the unity

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 described

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 starting in

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 verse 44.

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 Acts 2, 44.

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 And all those

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 who had believed

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 were together

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 and had all

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 things in common.

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 And they began

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 selling their property

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 and possessions

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 and were sharing

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 them with all

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 as anyone

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 might have need.

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 Day by day

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 continuing

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 with one mind

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 in the temple

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 and breaking

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 bread from

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 house to house.

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 They were taking

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 their meals together

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 with gladness

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 and sincerity

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 of heart,

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 praising God

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 and having favor

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 with all the people.

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 What we see Luke

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 communicating

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 is that God

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 is producing

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 a special unity

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 amongst this

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 people.

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 It's unity

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 that he produces

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 through the fruit

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 of the Spirit

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 working in his church.

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 and we see

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 that this unity

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 produces prayer.

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 The persecution

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 from the Sanhedrin

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 and all the pressure

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 was initially

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 directed at two men,

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 Peter and John.

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 Now the entire

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 community

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 is together

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 and calling out

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 to God

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 to bear the burden.

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 Persecution

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 against one

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 or all

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 unites God's people.

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 Now the corporate

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 prayer life

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 of the early church

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 was already

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 well established.

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 Just in the

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 couple chapters

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 leading up to this,

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 Luke highlights

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 several instances

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 where the same

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 community

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 gathered to pray.

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 As they were

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 waiting for the

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 coming of the Holy Spirit,

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 they prayed together

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 as we just read

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 in Acts 1,

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 13 and 14.

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 When they were

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 replacing Judas,

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 they prayed together

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 to seek God's will

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 in Acts 1,

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 24 to 25.

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 Right after

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 the day of Pentecost,

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 Acts 2, 42

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 describes the believers

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 devoting themselves

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 to the apostles'

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 teaching

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 and the fellowship,

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 to the breaking

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 of bread

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 and the prayers.

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 By the time

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 they faced

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 the Sanhedrin's

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 threats

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 in chapter 4,

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 corporate prayer

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 had been established

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 as a way

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 to unify

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 their hearts

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 and seek God.

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 It was an

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 essential aspect

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 right at the birth

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 of the early church

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 and a way

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 to continue

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 walking in step

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 with Him.

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 And that hasn't

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 changed for us.

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 Which brings us

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 to the actual

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 prayer found

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 in our passage

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 today.

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 And it's the bulk

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 of what we'll be

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 looking at.

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 starting in verse 24.

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 And when they heard it,

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 they lifted their voices

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 together to God

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 and said,

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 Sovereign Lord,

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 who made the heaven

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 and the earth

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 and the sea

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 and everything

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 in them,

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 who through the mouth

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 of our father David,

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 your servant,

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 said by the Holy Spirit,

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 why did the Gentiles

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 rage

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 and the people's

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 plot in vain?

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 The kings

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 of the earth

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 set themselves

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 and the rulers

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 were gathered together

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 against the Lord

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 and against His anointed.

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 For truly,

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 in this city,

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 they were gathered

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 together against

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 Your holy servant Jesus,

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 whom You anointed,

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 both Herod

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 and Pontius Pilate,

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 along with the Gentiles

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 and the peoples

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 of Israel,

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 to do whatever

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 Your hand

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 and Your plan

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 had predestined

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 to take place.

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 And now,

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 Lord,

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 look upon their threats

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 and grant to Your servants

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 to continue

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 to speak Your word

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 with all boldness,

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 while You stretch out

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 Your hand to heal,

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 and signs and wonders

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 are performed

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 through the name

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 of Your holy servant,

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 Jesus.

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 What we see first

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 in their prayer

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 is that they recognize

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 who God is.

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 They recognize

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 who God is.

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 The prayer begins

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 calling out

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 sovereign Lord.

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 We see this term

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 used ten times

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 in the New Testament,

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 and it's consistently used

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 to underscore

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 absolute authority,

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 whether divine

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 or human.

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 In our passage,

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 they're praying,

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 addressing God

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 as sovereign Lord,

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 legitimizing their confidence

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 in divine control,

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 despite the hostile rulers.

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 They're focusing

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 on His power

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 and His purpose

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 in creation.

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 God is the true authority

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 over all human authorities.

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 And what we see,

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 even just in how

00:17:31.399 --> 00:17:32.379
 they start the prayer,

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 is that the courage

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 of the church

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 is rooted

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 in a clarified vision

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 of who God is.

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 they start

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 by reminding themselves

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 who's in charge

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 of their circumstances.

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 The second thing

00:17:50.040 --> 00:17:50.420
 we see

00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:51.400
 is they recognize

00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:52.080
 the authority

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 of Scripture.

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 The beginning

00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:56.460
 of verse 25

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 says,

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 who threw the mouth

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 of our father David,

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 your servant,

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 said by the Holy Spirit.

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 It's God's decisive work

00:18:09.939 --> 00:18:11.359
 evident in His people.

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 The Scriptures

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 are written by man,

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 inspired by God

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 through the Holy Spirit.

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 It also points

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 to their knowledge

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 of the Word

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 and their reliance

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 upon it.

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 They're about to recall

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 Psalm 2,

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 but there are numerous

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.740
 examples,

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 again,

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 that we see

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 right before

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 this chapter 4

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.559
 in Acts

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 that point

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 to their emphasis

00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:37.140
 of knowing God's Word.

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 We're not going

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 to take the time

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 to look at each one,

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 but just to list them

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 out as an example.

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 In Peter's sermon

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 at Pentecost,

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 he references

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 three Old Testament passages.

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 He quotes Joel

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 in Acts 2,

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 17-21.

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 He quotes Psalm 16

00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:58.420
 in Acts 2,

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 25-28.

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 He references

00:19:01.620 --> 00:19:02.640
 Psalm 110

00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:04.259
 in Acts 2,

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 34-35.

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 Then in Acts 3,

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 18,

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.160
 he connects

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 the rejection

00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.299
 of Jesus

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 to what the prophets

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 foretold.

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 And the promise

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 given to Abraham

00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:16.839
 in Genesis 12,

00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:18.059
 he cites in Acts 3,

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 25.

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 The point is,

00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:23.079
 the early church

00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:24.180
 knew Scripture well,

00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:25.740
 and they frequently

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.779
 reminded each other

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:28.500
 of God's promises

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 and His faithfulness

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 by referencing it.

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 And now we see

00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:36.700
 they quote Psalm 2,

00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.900
 specifically the first

00:19:38.900 --> 00:19:39.480
 two verses.

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 The second part

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:43.180
 of verse 25,

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:45.759
 Why did the Gentiles

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.400
 rage

00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:47.819
 and the people's

00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:48.640
 plot in vain?

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.819
 The kings of the earth

00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:51.620
 set themselves

00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:52.319
 and the rulers

00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:53.360
 were gathered together

00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:55.279
 against the Lord

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:56.319
 and against His anointed.

00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:59.200
 This psalm

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 is quoted

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 explicitly four times

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.440
 in the New Testament,

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 and it's referenced

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:05.339
 another dozen,

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 making it one of the

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:08.480
 most frequently referenced

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.759
 Old Testament chapters

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 found in the New Testament.

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 Psalm 2 is a call

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.359
 to kings

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 and rulers

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 of the earth

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 to worship God,

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.859
 to honor Christ,

00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:23.759
 and take refuge

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 in Him.

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 It declares God

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 as sovereign,

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 the true king.

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 It tells us that

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.159
 He scoffs

00:20:32.159 --> 00:20:33.500
 at earthly rulers

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 and has declared

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:36.240
 Christ as king.

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:38.960
 C.H. Spurgeon

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 notes,

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 This psalm

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:41.819
 sets forth

00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:43.259
 as in a wondrous vision

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:44.420
 the tumult

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 of the people

00:20:45.120 --> 00:20:46.120
 against the Lord's

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 anointed,

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 the determinate

00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:49.359
 purpose of God

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 to exalt His own

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 Son,

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 and the ultimate

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.839
 reign of that Son

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 over all His enemies.

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 We have in the

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.539
 first three verses

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.220
 a description

00:20:59.220 --> 00:20:59.880
 of the hatred

00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:01.019
 of human nature

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:02.980
 against the Christ

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 of God.

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:06.660
 In terms of the

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.960
 believers recalling

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.599
 Psalm 2

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 in this prayer,

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:11.160
 Spurgeon says,

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 No better comment

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.900
 is needed upon it

00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:13.799
 than the apostolic

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:15.860
 song in Acts 4,

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:17.240
 27-28.

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 And what we find

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:21.120
 in verse 27,

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.420
 this is called

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.140
 a pescher

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.920
 hermeneutic.

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:27.160
 I put it in your notes.

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:27.920
 I had no idea

00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:28.360
 what it was

00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:29.160
 before I started

00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:31.180
 studying this passage.

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 A pescher

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.480
 treatment of a text

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.360
 is a method

00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:35.980
 of scriptural

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.720
 interpretation

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:38.640
 where an ancient

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.660
 prophetic text

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 is explained

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 as having meaning

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 that applies

00:21:42.820 --> 00:21:43.680
 directly to

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 current circumstances.

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 In this instance,

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 what we see

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 is the early believers

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 taking groups

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 mentioned in the Psalm

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 and equating them

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 with persons

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 involved in

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 Christ's crucifixion.

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 You see the Gentiles

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 and nations

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 mentioned,

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 those are represented

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 by the Roman authorities.

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 The peoples,

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 that's the people

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.420
 of Israel.

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 Kings of the earth

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 represented by

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.740
 King Herod.

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 Rulers,

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 Pontius Pilate,

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 the Roman governor.

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 And the anointed,

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 of course,

00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:19.259
 that's Jesus,

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 the Christ.

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 Christ.

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.559
 What the believers

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.199
 are doing

00:22:26.199 --> 00:22:27.379
 is recognizing

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 continuity

00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:29.199
 between the hostility

00:22:29.199 --> 00:22:30.659
 that Jesus endured

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 and the hostility

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.459
 it now faces.

00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:37.159
 It's truly a hostility

00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:39.019
 against Christ's rule.

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 The Sanhedrin

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:42.099
 have made this

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.779
 quite clear

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.699
 as they've taken issue

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 with who Peter

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 and John

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 give credit to.

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 Remember the question,

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 by what power

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 or by what name

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 did you do this?

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 They've forbidden them

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 to speak

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.539
 or teach

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 in the name of Jesus.

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 The fourth thing

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.599
 that we see

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.159
 in the prayer

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 is that they recognize

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 God's providence.

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 verse 28.

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 To do whatever

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 your hand

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 and your plan

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 had predestined

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 to take place.

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 So,

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 sitting on my shelf

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.579
 at home,

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 there's a rather large book.

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 It's got about 700 pages

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 that I've cracked open

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.960
 a couple times,

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 but this sermon

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:38.579
 led me to getting into it

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.259
 a little bit more.

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 The title of it

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 is Providence,

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:43.460
 written by John Piper.

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 And although I was

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.019
 very eager

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.839
 to get the book,

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:49.899
 I have not read it all.

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 And I've only referenced

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:54.099
 it a few times

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 as I've studied

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 different topics.

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 My wife would say

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 that this fact

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:02.139
 applies to far

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:02.919
 too many books

00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:04.379
 on my shelves.

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 And for now,

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:08.099
 she's not wrong.

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 Amen.

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:17.539
 In the book,

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.740
 Piper's goal

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:21.099
 is that Christians

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:22.559
 would see and savor

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:24.480
 the providence of God.

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.500
 Now,

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.480
 providence is not a word

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.480
 that's found in Scripture.

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 But I think the purpose

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:32.179
 of using the word

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 will become evident

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 as we define it.

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 And it's exactly

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:37.200
 what John Piper does

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.299
 at the beginning

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:38.879
 of the book.

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 He says,

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.579
 Providence

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:43.539
 is purposeful

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.299
 sovereignty.

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 It's the active

00:24:46.939 --> 00:24:47.639
 outworking

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.159
 where God

00:24:48.159 --> 00:24:48.659
 applies

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:49.839
 His sovereign power

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 to guide all things,

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.039
 govern creation,

00:24:53.679 --> 00:24:54.619
 and successfully

00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:55.359
 achieve

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.819
 His ultimate goal

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:58.220
 for the universe.

00:24:58.220 --> 00:25:00.860
 He says,

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.339
 Sovereignty

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:02.240
 establishes

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.779
 that God

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:04.220
 has the supreme right,

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:06.279
 absolute authority,

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.460
 and total power

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.059
 to rule.

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.819
 Providence

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.860
 is the actual

00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.519
 outworking

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.600
 of that power

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:14.160
 as He actively

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.779
 manages,

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.339
 sustains,

00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:17.960
 and guides creation.

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:20.779
 Now,

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.259
 although Luke

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.980
 doesn't use

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.079
 the word providence,

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:25.000
 I think it's exactly

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.840
 what the believers

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.720
 are communicating

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:28.019
 in their prayer.

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.340
 Almighty God

00:25:31.340 --> 00:25:32.100
 is the one

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:33.720
 that they pray to,

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.920
 the creator

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.660
 of heaven

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.860
 and earth.

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.539
 And He has used

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:38.920
 men

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:40.019
 to communicate

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.960
 His holy word

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.660
 to His people.

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:43.720
 And He's also

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.500
 used men

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.860
 to come against

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.340
 Christ.

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:48.419
 according to

00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:49.079
 His purposes

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:50.240
 which He

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.039
 predetermined.

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:54.139
 What the believers

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:54.779
 recognize

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.720
 is that God

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.419
 is at work

00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:57.759
 and they trust

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.500
 in His plan.

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:02.019
 The next thing

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.939
 we see in their prayer,

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:05.099
 they ask for

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.619
 confidence

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:07.179
 and boldness.

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.339
 In verse 29,

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.199
 it says,

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:13.740
 And now,

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.319
 Lord,

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.419
 look upon

00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:16.099
 their threats

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:17.639
 and grant

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:18.579
 to your servants

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.639
 to continue

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.139
 to speak

00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.879
 your word

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:22.240
 with all

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.819
 boldness.

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.919
 They note

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.480
 the threats

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:28.179
 that the

00:26:28.179 --> 00:26:28.399
 priests

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:29.259
 and Sadducees

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:31.899
 have

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:32.639
 threatened them

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:32.959
 with

00:26:32.959 --> 00:26:33.579
 and they ask

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.139
 God to give

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:34.839
 them confidence

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.819
 and boldness

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:37.599
 to continue

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.359
 to proclaim

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:39.719
 His name.

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.719
 This is what

00:26:41.719 --> 00:26:42.199
 they have just

00:26:42.199 --> 00:26:43.039
 faithfully done

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.779
 in verse 20.

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.759
 They had just

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.279
 done this.

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.480
 They recognize

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.160
 their need

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.740
 for new

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.399
 mercies

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:53.980
 despite

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:55.000
 previous

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.639
 victory.

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.599
 And sometimes

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.220
 I think this

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.619
 can be a

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.220
 stumbling block

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.839
 for us.

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.960
 Maybe a source

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.480
 of pride.

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.899
 We experience

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.759
 spiritual victory

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.579
 in some way

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:09.480
 and we lose

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.139
 sight that God

00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:10.579
 is the one

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.359
 who produced it.

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:13.879
 or we start

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.339
 to believe

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:14.919
 that we can

00:27:14.919 --> 00:27:15.719
 duplicate it

00:27:15.719 --> 00:27:16.579
 ourselves.

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.939
 Even though

00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:20.759
 Peter and John

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.199
 had just

00:27:21.199 --> 00:27:22.000
 faithfully defended

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.519
 the work of

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.099
 Jesus before

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.879
 the Sanhedrin

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.719
 and boldly

00:27:24.719 --> 00:27:25.240
 spoke in

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.819
 His name,

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.779
 we see them

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.539
 here along

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.039
 with the rest

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.679
 of the believers

00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:31.079
 asking for

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.639
 boldness

00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:32.379
 to proclaim

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:33.259
 His name.

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:36.339
 They don't

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:36.740
 ask for

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.279
 escape

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.400
 or removal

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:40.819
 and depending

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.160
 on the

00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:41.740
 circumstances

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.879
 I'm not

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.160
 sure that

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.440
 that's

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.059
 wrong.

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.920
 In fact,

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.799
 Paul asks

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.379
 for the

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:47.819
 thorn in

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.299
 his flesh

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.619
 to be

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.039
 removed

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:51.539
 and Jesus

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.240
 asks for

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.740
 removal in

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.140
 the garden.

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:56.120
 But in

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.940
 this instance,

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.700
 Jesus had

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.120
 commissioned

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.660
 this group

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.120
 of believers

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.560
 to give

00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.040
 testimony

00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:01.860
 to Him

00:28:01.860 --> 00:28:03.220
 to the

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.500
 ends of

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.860
 the earth.

00:28:05.540 --> 00:28:06.180
 So when

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.840
 the Sanhedrin

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.460
 charged them

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.220
 not to speak

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.680
 in Jesus'

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.259
 name,

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.580
 this order

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:10.940
 is in

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.360
 direct

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:12.000
 conflict

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.060
 with Jesus'

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.500
 order.

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.220
 Pastor David

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.840
 pointed us

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.520
 clearly to

00:28:18.520 --> 00:28:18.920
 the fact

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.480
 that Peter

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.140
 and John

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.960
 cannot

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.940
 stop

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.640
 speaking

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:24.920
 and the

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.340
 reason they

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:26.020
 cannot stop

00:28:26.020 --> 00:28:26.620
 speaking is

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:27.160
 because they're

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.560
 cherishing

00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:28.280
 Christ

00:28:28.280 --> 00:28:29.880
 appropriately.

00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:33.120
 What we

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:33.600
 see is the

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:34.200
 believers have

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:35.300
 a clear view

00:28:35.300 --> 00:28:36.300
 of their

00:28:36.300 --> 00:28:36.940
 circumstances

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:38.120
 and their

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:39.020
 dependence on

00:28:39.020 --> 00:28:40.120
 God to

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:40.500
 work through

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.720
 them.

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.340
 They're asking

00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:43.020
 God to help

00:28:43.020 --> 00:28:43.780
 them to remain

00:28:43.780 --> 00:28:44.460
 faithful to

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.060
 their mission

00:28:45.060 --> 00:28:46.780
 and displaying

00:28:46.780 --> 00:28:47.800
 true humility

00:28:47.800 --> 00:28:48.880
 and dependence

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:50.040
 on Him.

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:53.659
 next we see

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:53.960
 that they

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.879
 declare faith

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.700
 that God

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.779
 will continue

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.480
 to work.

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.319
 They declare

00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:00.099
 faith that God

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.680
 will continue

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.240
 to work.

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.460
 Verse 30,

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:04.519
 while you

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.159
 stretch out

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:05.819
 your hand

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.399
 to heal

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:08.000
 and signs

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.440
 and wonders

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.079
 are performed

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.519
 through the

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.339
 name of your

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:11.000
 holy servant

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.420
 Jesus.

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.639
 The council

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.339
 forbid the

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.819
 name of

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.139
 Jesus.

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.280
 Jesus.

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.140
 So the

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.580
 church asks

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:19.940
 God to

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.700
 keep displaying

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:22.000
 the power

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.080
 of the

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.400
 name of

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.720
 Jesus.

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.680
 They're

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.240
 praying that

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.620
 God would

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:27.300
 continue to

00:29:27.300 --> 00:29:27.640
 work,

00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:29.180
 continue to

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.600
 do the

00:29:29.600 --> 00:29:30.640
 work you

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.180
 have purpose

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.740
 to do

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:33.200
 and help

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.540
 us to

00:29:33.540 --> 00:29:33.800
 remain

00:29:33.800 --> 00:29:34.300
 faithful

00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:36.300
 to what

00:29:36.300 --> 00:29:36.640
 you call

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:36.960
 us to

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.140
 do.

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.480
 The

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.780
 challenge

00:29:40.780 --> 00:29:41.180
 here is

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.700
 that we

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.240
 don't allow

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.920
 the obstacles

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.720
 in life

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.560
 to grow

00:29:44.560 --> 00:29:44.960
 bigger

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:46.019
 than what

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.539
 they are

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.519
 in reality.

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:49.819
 This doesn't

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.500
 diminish the

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.240
 challenges that

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.819
 we face.

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:54.160
 There are

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.819
 many challenges

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.440
 and struggles

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:57.039
 that we are

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:58.480
 facing every

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.759
 day.

00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:01.340
 Many great

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:02.500
 challenges even

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.420
 people within

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:04.059
 this body are

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.420
 facing.

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.620
 But our

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.140
 God is so

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.819
 much greater

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:11.059
 than any

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:12.340
 challenge that

00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:12.700
 we might

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.100
 face.

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:14.480
 God

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.079
 has given

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.480
 us his

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:17.319
 word to

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:17.899
 strengthen our

00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:19.099
 confidence and

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:21.759
 illuminate our

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.359
 understanding.

00:30:23.199 --> 00:30:24.159
 He's given us

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:25.000
 his spirit to

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.839
 recognize how

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.519
 he is at

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:28.639
 work and

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:29.119
 to empower

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.619
 us to be

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.119
 faithful to

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.339
 him.

00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.980
 I know I

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:33.980


00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.639
 I far too

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.980
 often spend

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.519
 too much

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.699
 time looking

00:30:37.699 --> 00:30:38.699
 at my

00:30:38.699 --> 00:30:40.439
 problems or

00:30:40.439 --> 00:30:41.139
 looking at the

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:42.079
 circumstances that

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.619
 I'm facing.

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.919
 I like to

00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.659
 analyze and

00:30:46.659 --> 00:30:47.779
 sometimes that

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.199
 can be a good

00:30:48.199 --> 00:30:48.460
 thing.

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.519
 But when I get

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.359
 distracted by

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.259
 analyzing the

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.859
 problems in

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.319
 front of me

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:54.919
 and I delay

00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:56.159
 or I fail to

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.619
 bring it to

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:59.159
 God, what

00:30:59.159 --> 00:30:59.740
 happens is I

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.399
 end up focusing

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:01.439
 far too much

00:31:01.439 --> 00:31:02.259
 on the problem

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.759
 itself.

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.659
 And generally

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:06.179
 when I do

00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:06.639
 that, the

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:07.259
 size of the

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.799
 problem gets

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.399
 out of proportion

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.140
 to reality.

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.900
 I lose sight

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.420
 of the bigger

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.759
 picture.

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.440
 And often

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.960
 when I do

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:19.420
 this, I'm

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:19.800
 trying to

00:31:19.800 --> 00:31:20.320
 resolve the

00:31:20.320 --> 00:31:21.940
 issue in

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.300
 my own

00:31:22.300 --> 00:31:23.300
 strength and

00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:23.720
 in my own

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.019
 wisdom.

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.880
 What we see

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.640
 in chapter 4

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.700
 is this group

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.360
 of believers

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:31.820
 immediately take

00:31:31.820 --> 00:31:32.420
 this to God.

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:36.060
 not only

00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:37.000
 that, scripture

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.100
 implores us

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:39.580
 in the book

00:31:39.580 --> 00:31:40.300
 of James,

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.519
 specifically

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.259
 when we face

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.840
 trials,

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.279
 verse 2,

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.259
 James says,

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.300
 count it all

00:31:47.300 --> 00:31:49.480
 joy, my

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.860
 brothers,

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.019
 when you meet

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.660
 trials of

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.460
 various kinds.

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:55.019
 What a

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.600
 challenge that

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:55.900
 is.

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.200
 Count it

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.620
 joy.

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:58.679
 joy.

00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.479
 And as I

00:32:01.479 --> 00:32:02.019
 thought about

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:05.199
 joy, I

00:32:05.199 --> 00:32:06.059
 couldn't help

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.939
 but also

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:07.639
 think about

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:08.919
 what Hebrews

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.539
 tells us

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.439
 about Jesus.

00:32:12.959 --> 00:32:13.639
 I'm sure

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.079
 it's familiar

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.599
 to all of

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.079
 you, Hebrews

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.919
 12, 2,

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.899
 looking to

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:19.000
 Jesus, the

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.699
 founder and

00:32:19.699 --> 00:32:20.479
 perfecter of

00:32:20.479 --> 00:32:21.159
 our faith,

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.639
 who for the

00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:24.639
 joy that was

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:25.219
 set before

00:32:25.219 --> 00:32:26.559
 him endured

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.239
 the cross,

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:28.779
 despising

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.299
 the shame.

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.079
 As

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.500
 believers,

00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:34.480
 when we

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.579
 face trials,

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.839
 it's our

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:40.299
 joy that

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.779
 is to be

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.339
 evident to

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.740
 others in

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.319
 those moments.

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.740
 And we

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.299
 have that

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:47.339
 joy because

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:49.180
 our hope

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.859
 is in

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.259
 Christ.

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.880
 We know

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.339
 the victory

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.779
 is found

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.220
 in him.

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:57.240
 And so

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.880
 despite what

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.620
 we face

00:32:58.620 --> 00:33:00.059
 here on

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:01.539
 earth, we

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.039
 have joy.

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.380
 It's my

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.779
 prayer that

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.140
 God would

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.740
 produce this

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:08.000
 focus on

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.640
 all of us.

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:10.259
 When trials

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.720
 appear, that

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.140
 we would be

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:13.220
 joyful, that

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.480
 we would

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.220
 recognize that

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.660
 the trials

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.759
 verify and

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.480
 strengthen our

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:18.900
 faith, that

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.160
 they would

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.880
 enhance the

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.519
 unity we

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.740
 have in

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.400
 Christ as

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:22.839
 a body.

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.640
 And that

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:24.839
 we would

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:24.980
 be

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.680
 encouraged

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:27.279
 because it's

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.579
 through the

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.319
 trials that

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.900
 God draws

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.339
 us to

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:31.620
 himself and

00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.279
 deepens our

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.039
 intimacy with

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.259
 him.

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:37.339
 Each trial

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.920
 is an

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.660
 opportunity to

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.079
 trust him

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.400
 more.

00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.980
 Which brings

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.400
 us to the

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.860
 last point

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.380
 this morning.

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:49.660
 God answers

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.339
 immediately

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:51.939
 and

00:33:51.939 --> 00:33:52.740
 definitively.

00:33:53.879 --> 00:33:54.899
 God answers

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:55.839
 immediately and

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.559
 definitively.

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.379
 Verse 31.

00:33:59.619 --> 00:33:59.879
 And when

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.259
 they had

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.539
 prayed, the

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.059
 place in

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.480
 which they

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.980
 were gathered

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.899
 together was

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:04.279
 shaken.

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.740
 And they

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.220
 were all

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:06.639
 filled with

00:34:06.639 --> 00:34:06.980
 the Holy

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:08.860
 Spirit and

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.480
 continued to

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.860
 speak the

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.159
 word of

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.739
 God with

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.319
 boldness.

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.460
 God responds

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.559
 by causing

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.619
 the place they

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.000
 were gathered

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.639
 to shake.

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.139
 They're all

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.619
 filled with the

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:21.359
 Holy Spirit and

00:34:21.359 --> 00:34:21.980
 speak the word

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.500
 of God with

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.039
 boldness.

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.679
 The exact

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.259
 thing that they

00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:26.719
 were praying

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.079
 for.

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:31.019
 When it says

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.500
 that the place

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.900
 was shaken,

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.559
 it's the same

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.019
 word that's

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:34.239
 used to

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:35.199
 describe when

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.900
 the prison

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:37.279
 was shaken

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:38.000
 that Paul and

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.819
 Silas were

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.579
 imprisoned in.

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.839
 The earthquake

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.619
 that happened,

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:43.319
 that's the same

00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:43.859
 word that's used

00:34:43.859 --> 00:34:44.159
 here.

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.199
 This was a real

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.659
 shaking.

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.500
 It was

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.279
 unmistakable.

00:34:48.339 --> 00:34:49.099
 God responds

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.679
 immediately.

00:34:53.259 --> 00:34:53.880
 Note the

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.539
 unity of the

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:54.900
 people.

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.380
 The entire

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.299
 group, not

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:57.880
 just Peter and

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:59.420
 John, are

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.339
 speaking boldly.

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.900
 There was no

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.619
 way to miss

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:06.799
 that God was

00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:07.299
 at work.

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.599
 The filling of

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.219
 the Holy Spirit

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.900
 they experienced,

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.559
 this was not a

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.559
 second Pentecost.

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.960
 It's a fresh

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.319
 filling.

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.839
 The filling of

00:35:16.839 --> 00:35:17.839
 the Holy Spirit

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.840
 God.

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:20.059
 The church is

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:21.340
 empowered for

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:23.200
 boldness and

00:35:23.200 --> 00:35:24.180
 confident witness.

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.920
 What an amazing

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:29.519
 God that we

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.940
 serve.

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.039
 What a

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:33.000
 gracious God

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:34.200
 he is.

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.780
 And as I was

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.720
 contemplating the

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:40.320
 main message in

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 this passage,

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 what we see is

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 that God's given

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 us a clear

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 picture of a

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 united people

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 devoted to

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 him.

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 This passage is

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 a pristine

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 example of a

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 group of

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 believers that

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 cherish God

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 rightly and

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 how they

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 pray.

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 I'm not

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 saying they're

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 a perfect

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 people, but

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 we do see God

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 working mightily

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 through them to

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 cherish him

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 despite the

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 circumstances that

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 they face.

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 and they pray

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 with great

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 faith.

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 My favorite

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 gospel is

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 John.

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 And as I

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 thought about

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 their prayer,

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 I couldn't

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 help but think

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 of what Jesus

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 tells us in

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 verse 13 of

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 chapter 14.

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 He says,

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 whatever you

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 ask in my

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 name, this

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 I will do,

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 that the

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 Father may be

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 glorified in

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 the Son.

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 If you ask me

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 anything in my

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 name, I will

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 do it.

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 We can be

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 confident that

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 when we pray in

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 accordance with

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 his will, he's

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 faithful to do

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 it.

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 What we've

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 seen in Acts

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 4 is that

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 despite the

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 opposition,

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 God builds

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 his church.

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 And God is

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 still building

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 his church.

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 May we be a

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 body that

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 prioritizes

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 fellowship and

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 prayer to the

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 honor and praise

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 of him.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly

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 Father,

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 we are

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 humbled to

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 be able to

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 approach you.

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 We are

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 humbled that

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 you are at

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 work upon

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 us.

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 We are

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 humbled that

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 we get to

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 experience the

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 power of the

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 Holy Spirit

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 working in

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 us.

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 I pray for

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 our church

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 that you would

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 move mightily

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 amongst us.

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 We recognize

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 that you have

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 done great

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 things.

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 Please continue

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 to work in

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 us and help

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 us to see

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 the opportunities

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 that you put

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 before us each

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 day.

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 You are still

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 at work.

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 You are still

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 building your

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 church.

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 church.

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 It is our

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 desire to be

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 obedient to

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 you and to

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 represent you

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 well.

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 I pray that

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 you help us

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 to recognize

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 each opportunity

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 that we have

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 in front of

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 us.

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 It's in the

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 great and

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 powerful name

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 of Jesus

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 that I pray.

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 Amen.

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 may

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