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 Good evening. Excited to be with you guys tonight. Before we start, I just want to be transparent

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 because I realize that you guys aren't all in our community group. So my name is Matt and I'm a

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 pastoral resident here. We have been coming out to Hope for a while. We've been at home participating

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 in church virtually for a month, a month and a half. I don't know, I'll lose track. But

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 the reason why is because we as a family, we have five, almost six adults, and we all have

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 different feelings and thoughts and concerns about COVID. And so we work through that. We've been

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 working through that just like you guys have here and those who are online. It's something that we

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 all struggle with and there is no right answer. And so I share that with you just so you know that

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 we are in it and we struggle with it together. And if there's anything that I do that causes someone

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 to struggle or if you have questions or you want to talk about it, please don't keep it to yourself.

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 Whether you're here or especially online, talk to someone about it. In your community group, talk to,

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 email me about it. Matt at Trinity Cambridge. Send me a message on Slack. But if you're struggling with

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 something related to that, please reach out to somebody because I wouldn't want you to stay

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 that way. And it's, I know the difficulty, especially when you're disconnected physically,

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 the struggle in that and what it does to church life. And so I just want to, I just want to say that

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 before we start.

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 Hopefully that's an encouragement. I don't know, but that's where things are. And my prayer,

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 hopefully your prayer, is that things will continue to get better. And at some point in the future,

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 whenever that is, we will be more unified physically together. I don't know when it is,

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 but hopefully that will happen and it won't be too long into the future.

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 Let's, let's pray together before we open up the word.

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 God, we thank you for this time you've given to us. We thank you for your word. And particularly

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 tonight, we thank you for this passage. We pray that you would help our hearts to be open and our

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 ears to be open to what you have to say. Lord, I pray that, that I personally would, would preach

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 the words that you would have me preach and not my own personal thoughts, that they would not cloud

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 and get in the way of your word, what you would have us to grab onto, to be encouraged with and to be

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 taught and sharpened. Lord, we pray these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

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 So Acts chapter 2, we'll be reading the last several verses of this chapter, verses 42 to 47

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 of Acts 2. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread

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 and the prayers. And all came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the

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 apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling

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 their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all as any had need. And day by day,

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 attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad

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 and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their

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 number day by day, those who were being saved. It's helpful to remember that what we see taking place

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 here at Acts is not the birth of God's people. We see the birth of the New Testament church, but

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 still the people of God that he is calling out to himself. The same group of people he began to call out

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 4,000 years ago when he started with Abraham. The reason why that's helpful for us to remember is

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 because we need to not disconnect what God started in the Old Testament to what he's doing here in this

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 passage and for us now on this side of the cross. We are witnessing here the remnant of God's people

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 becoming the spirit-filled body of Christ. Before, in the Old Testament, sacrifices were needed

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 regularly to cover people's sins. Now, at this time, Christ has died and has covered sins once and for all.

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 Before, God dwelt physically in the temple most of the time. Now, we see the Holy Spirit being poured

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 out on God's people and coming to dwell in them daily, all the time. And this passage that we're

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 going to look at tonight gives us a brief window into the lives of this early New Testament church

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 and shows us how their lives were changed by God. In verse 42, we see that our passage starts out and it

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 says, and they devoted themselves to. We're going to dig into what they devoted themselves to in just a

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 minute. But before we start out, I want to ask you a question, and that is, what are you devoted to?

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 Many people see church or religion as something that they just add to their life, kind of like a

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 secondary thing, like a sport or maybe a humanitarian activity that gets added to their resume at the

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 bottom to help them to help them look better. So how about if we change verse 42 to kind of match the

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 tendency that people have towards God and their own Christian way of life? If we do, it might sound a

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 little bit like this. And they attended church once a week, connected with their community group if they

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 weren't too busy, shared meals with others, when it included doing something fun. But we try to avoid

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 getting too personal and too deep. And for prayer, well, we do that sometimes, at least before meals.

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 Now, if that was verse 42, you would say, there's not a people devoted to a God here that I can see.

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 And that's not the passage we see here before us. It's not what's happening to this church that is

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 called out by God. And it's not what this Bible teaches for his people. If you've been called out

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 by God to be part of his church, his fellowship of believers, then he has called you out of the world

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 to be different from the world. Not just a nice moral version of those who are in the world,

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 but to be devoted to what God calls us to be devoted to.

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 In October of 1994, I, as a 21-year-old kid,

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 made a promise,

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 a vow,

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 to my then 21-year-old wife.

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 Sorry, it's still

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 crazy to think about.

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 I made

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 a promise to her,

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 and she made a promise to me

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 before God and before others

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 that we would love and be devoted to one another for life.

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 Now, if we went into that promise of devotion,

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 and afterwards,

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 there was no life change.

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 We shared things together,

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 but our lives didn't change.

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 We didn't come together as one,

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 like God calls us to,

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 that wouldn't look like much of a devotion.

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 You would say,

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 that's not true love.

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 That's easy, convenient love.

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 That's convenient devotion,

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 because it works out for you.

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 But that's not the devotion

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 that marriage is based on.

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 That's the closest

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 example I could think of

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 to the devotion

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 that we're called to

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 as the people of God.

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 Our outline

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 for tonight's message

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 is taken right from verse 42.

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 It lays out what

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 the people of God

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 are called

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 to,

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 and then the remaining

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 verses

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 go into detail

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 as to what that looks like.

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 So the first one is,

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 they devoted themselves

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 to the apostles' teaching.

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 They were devoted

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 to learning more

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 about this Jesus

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 whom God had sent

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 and they had crucified,

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 the one who gave up

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 their life for them.

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 And their eyes had been opened,

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 we saw last week,

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 by the Holy Spirit,

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 and they wanted more.

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 They were hungry

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 for the word of God.

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 They submitted to

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 and they wanted more

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 of the teaching

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 of the apostles.

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 Why the apostles?

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 Why them?

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 It was from their teaching,

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 we saw last week again,

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 specifically from Peter,

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 that's the sermon

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 used to open their eyes.

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 We also know that

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 Jesus had been preparing

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 the disciples

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 for this time.

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 the great commission,

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 if you remember,

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 in Matthew 28,

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 go and make disciples

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 of all nations,

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 baptizing them

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 in the name of the Father

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 and the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them

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 to observe all things

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 that I have commanded you.

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 At the end of Luke,

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 Luke 24,

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 Jesus said to them,

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 these are my words

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 that I spoke to you.

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 This is after

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 he was resurrected.

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 These are the words

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 that I spoke to you

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 while I was still with you,

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 that everything written

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 about me

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 in the law,

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 in the prophets,

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 in the Psalms,

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 they all must be fulfilled.

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 And he opened their minds

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 to understanding

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 the scripture.

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 The Old Testament

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 is God's word.

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 Jesus taught

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 from the Old Testament.

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 He taught them

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 about himself

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 and how the Old Testament

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 was all about him

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 and how it was

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 to be fulfilled.

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 And Jesus taught

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 how they were all connected.

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 If we are called by God,

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 then we,

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 like this early church,

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 are called to be devoted

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 to the apostles' teachings.

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 This is one of the places

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 in the Bible,

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 in the New Testament specifically,

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 where we see

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 that authority

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 is confirmed by God.

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 It says in verse 43,

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 And all became upon every soul,

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 and many wonders and signs

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 were being done

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 through the apostles.

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 God is working

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 through the apostles

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 as confirmation

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 that his word

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 is being taught

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 and that his word

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 is true.

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 John Stott says this,

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 The Spirit of God

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 leads the people of God

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 to submit to the word of God.

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 That means that we,

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 as a continuation

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 of this New Testament church,

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 called by the same God,

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 spreading of the same gospel,

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 we should also devote ourselves to

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 and be under the submission of.

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 After that,

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 we see that they were devoted

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 to the fellowship.

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 This word gets a little,

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 gets a little fuzzy

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 because it's used a lot in church.

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 It's not a word

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 that you would use

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 outside of church, really.

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 You don't,

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 you don't use it

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 in the workplace

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 after a company dinner.

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 Hey guys,

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 let's go back

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 and have some fellowship together.

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 Kind of sounds funny.

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 It's specific to the church.

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 The word used here

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 for fellowship,

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 the Greek word is

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 koinonia.

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 And it's not always

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 translated fellowship.

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 And the reason for that

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 is because this word

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 koinonia is dynamic

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 in that there isn't just

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 one English word

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 to describe it.

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 So depending on the text,

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 it gets translated

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 a little different.

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 But koinonia describes

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 a relationship

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 which includes being

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 active in Christian community.

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 It's sharing and enjoying

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 the spiritual blessings

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 that we have with one another.

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 And it's the giving

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 of material blessings.

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 It's a fellowship

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 that's about participation.

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 It's a sharing

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 what we have in common

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 that is Christ.

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 So it's much bigger

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 than what we think of

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 when we just hear fellowship.

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 Paul says in 1 Corinthians,

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 God is faithful

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 through whom we are called

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 into the fellowship,

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 the koinonia

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 of his son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 that's a deep version

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 of the word fellowship.

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 That's got depth to it

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 that we can hang on to.

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 The fellowship of Jesus Christ

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 that we've been brought into

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 is what brings us together.

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 New life in Jesus Christ.

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 For the new believers

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 in our passage

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 and for us,

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 Trinity Cambridge,

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 our commonality is Christ.

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 That's what we share together.

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 So in verse 44,

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 when it says,

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 and all who believed

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 were together

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 and had all things in common,

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 that was the unity

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 around their commonality

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 was Jesus Christ.

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 That's what they shared in.

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 What they now believed

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 is what brought them together

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 and gave them unity.

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 Unity of the spirit.

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 Witnessing what God

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 was doing around them.

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 There was a reverent fear,

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 it says,

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 that took place

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 because of what they were part of

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 and what they were witnessing.

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 That's what they had in common.

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 That's the fellowship

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 that they were sharing in.

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 But that's not all.

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 Secondly,

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 it's also about

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 what they shared out.

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 So it's about

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 what we have in common,

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 what we're sharing together,

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 and also what we share out.

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 The same word,

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 koinonia,

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 Paul uses to talk about money

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 that he collected

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 from the Greek churches

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 for those who were struggling

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 in Jerusalem.

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 They were sharing

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 what they had in common.

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 If I had wealth

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 and another brother had need,

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 then it was shared

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 as if we all had it in common.

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 As we read through these verses

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 and we hear about

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 how they had things in common

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 and they sold their possessions,

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 I want to make sure

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 that no one gets the wrong idea.

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 Luke is not describing

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 some type of a religious communism.

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 I was,

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 I'm a Star Trek fan.

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 At least I was when I was younger.

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 Just so I don't date myself.

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 Not the old original Star Trek.

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 So that was like in the 60s.

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 It was a little hokey.

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 I couldn't connect with it.

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 But the next generation,

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 that,

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 that I could,

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 that I enjoyed.

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 That was the good stuff.

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 But the thing I liked

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 about Star Trek

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 is there was this world

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 where everybody just got along.

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 You never saw paychecks.

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 You never saw people

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 complaining about their job.

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 Like everybody did their job.

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 Everybody got taken care of.

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 And there was just this commonality

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 that was there.

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 But that wasn't real.

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 I understand.

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 It was fake.

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 And as cool as that would be,

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 it wouldn't work in real life.

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 But here we,

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 there is no religious requirement

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 to sell what is owned.

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 We'll see it later in Luke

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 as we run across another passage

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 that's similar to this.

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 But there was no requirement

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 to sell their own home.

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 The desire that they had

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 was bigger

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 than that default desire

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 to acquire more for ourselves.

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 That one that we want to collect

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 and get enough for us

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 to be comfortable

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 into the future.

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 And then once we feel comfortable enough,

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 then,

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 then I can give past that.

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 Then I can give to someone else.

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 But let me protect myself first.

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 That's not the heart of God.

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 That's not the love of Christ.

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 While there is nothing

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 against saving for the future,

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 God has overflowed us

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 with blessings.

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 Jesus didn't come

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 and give a little.

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 He gave everything.

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 And it's,

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 it's that posture

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 that we should be

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 as a church

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 overflowing

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 with what we've been blessed with

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 for those who are in need

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 around us.

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 It's why as a church,

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 we do specifically

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 set money aside

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 for when people are in need.

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 Specifically in the church,

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 but there could be times

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 where we give outside of that.

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 We also give towards

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 Sovereign Grace churches.

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 It's a family of churches

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 to which we belong.

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 And we pay money to them

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 regularly

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 because they give to other

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 Sovereign Grace churches

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 that are struggling,

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 that are in need.

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 They also send to

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 other parts of the world

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 where there are

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 like-minded brothers and sisters

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 that are doing work

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 that need money.

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 They also use it to start

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 new Sovereign Grace churches.

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 And Lord willing,

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 in our future,

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 our prayer

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 is that we would be able

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 to send out

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 a church ourselves

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 and be able to help

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 support that church.

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 In verse 42,

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 after the apostles' teaching,

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 after the fellowship,

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 we see that we're devoted

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 to the breaking of bread

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 and prayers,

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 or the prayers,

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 specific prayers,

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 corporate prayers.

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 Let's look at verse 46 and 47

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 because it gives us

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 a little bit more detail

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 about that.

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 And day by day,

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 attending the temple together

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 and breaking bread

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 in their homes,

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 they received their food

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 with glad and generous hearts,

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 praising God.

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 They attended the temple together.

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 Even as God was moving

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 among them

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 and changing

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 their definition

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 of what church was like

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 and taking out sacrifices

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 because of what Jesus did,

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 the temple was still

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 the established

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 central institutional church

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 at the time

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 where they went

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 corporately to worship God

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 and they didn't neglect that.

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 They didn't abandon it.

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 They still went to that.

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 Day by day,

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 they attended the temple together.

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 They also broke bread together.

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 And this phrase,

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 the breaking of bread,

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 can be a reference

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 to the Lord's Supper,

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 communion,

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 that we're going to take

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 part of tonight.

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 It can also be

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 just sharing a meal together.

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 So,

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 as we see this passage,

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 are they celebrating

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 the Lord's Supper?

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 Are they doing communion?

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 Are they sharing a meal together?

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 And the answer to that is yes.

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 They're doing both of theirs.

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 They're sharing meals together.

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 They're breaking bread.

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 They're remembering

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 what Jesus had done for them.

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 And we can easily see

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 how this part

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 of sharing a meal together,

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 of breaking the bread together,

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 how it can easily be connected

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 to our fellowship

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 that we have with one another.

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 Some of the best ways

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 that we can fellowship

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 is by sharing a meal

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 with one another.

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 It could be sharing a meal

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 with someone

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 who is in need of a meal.

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 It could also be sharing a meal

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 with someone who doesn't need the food,

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 but needs the fellowship.

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 The last point

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 we're going to see tonight

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 is that they were devoted

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 to the prayers.

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 The prayers that were part

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 of corporate worship.

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 The prayers that we do

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 each time we meet

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 when we pray

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 for different areas.

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 They met at the temple

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 for prayers,

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 and they didn't neglect those.

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 They also prayed in homes.

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 Back in chapter 1,

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 we saw how they prayed together

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 before the Holy Spirit came.

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 We'll see them praying more

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 in chapter 3.

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 In chapter 4,

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 they were devoted to prayer.

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 They were devoted to prayer.

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 And so the question there is,

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 do we feel that same need

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 to pray?

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 Do we feel like we're

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 actually praying

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 when we come together

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 and pray all together

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 for different parts of the world

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 and for other churches?

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 Or do we just,

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 we go through it

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 like it's another thing

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 in church that we just do?

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 When you get in your community groups,

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 do you pray?

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 Do you pray like you need to pray?

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 Do you pray like you're talking to God?

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 And outside of that,

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 personally,

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.720
 do you pray?

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 Jesus prayed.

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 Jesus was one with the Father.

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 If He needed it,

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 why do we feel

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:35.460
 that prayer is not important?

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:37.879
 How prideful and arrogant

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:39.159
 to God

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 must it look like

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 for Him to see

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 Christians going through a life

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 not needing prayer?

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 So a couple things

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:52.539
 in wrapping up.

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 In verse 46,

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 we see they were receiving

00:22:58.419 --> 00:22:59.740
 their food with glad

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 and generous hearts,

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 praising God.

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 This was epic Thanksgiving

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 that was going on here, folks.

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 Thanksgiving for what they had,

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 for what they had been given,

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 for what God had done with them.

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 It was changing their lives.

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 It was that thankfulness

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 combined with the devotion

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 fueled by the Spirit

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 that overflowed in their generosity,

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 their love for the community around them.

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 First,

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 first to the community of believers

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 because of the common bond

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 they had with one another,

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 and after that,

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 to the community

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 outside of that.

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 Verse 47

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 says,

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 praising God

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 and having favor

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 with all

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 the people.

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 This is people

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 outside of the church.

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 This is people

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 out in the community.

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 They had favor

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 with those people

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 because their generosity,

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 because their love

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 flowed outside the church

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 to them

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 and extended to them.

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 The people outside

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 felt that.

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 Lastly,

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.940
 in verse 47,

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 it says,

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 and the Lord

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 added to their number

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 day by day

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 those who were being saved.

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 So first and foremost,

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 remember that it was

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.400
 the Lord

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 that added

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 to those being saved.

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 They didn't add it.

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 The Lord is the one

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.340
 that saves,

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 not us.

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 We can add numbers.

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 We can't add souls.

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 Only God

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 calls people

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 to himself.

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 We saw that verse

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.600
 last week.

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 Only God

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 calls people.

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 It's only Jesus

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 who is able

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 to save

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 through his blood

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 and the Holy Spirit

00:24:48.780 --> 00:24:49.960
 that can change

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.820
 people's hearts.

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:53.519
 tonight,

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.759
 if you are not part

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:56.300
 of God's fellowship,

00:24:57.040 --> 00:24:58.380
 know that you can be.

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.640
 If you don't know

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.400
 his forgiveness,

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.660
 then let me,

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.640
 like Peter,

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.620
 exhort you

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.320
 to repent

00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:08.600
 and look to him

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:10.440
 who can give you

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.040
 the promise

00:25:11.040 --> 00:25:11.820
 of salvation

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:13.759
 because no one else

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.360
 can give you

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:15.080
 that promise.

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:18.800
 For those here,

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.580
 for those

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.980
 who are online,

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.300
 who are already

00:25:22.300 --> 00:25:22.860
 saved,

00:25:23.300 --> 00:25:24.440
 I want you to see

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.800
 something in verse 47.

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:28.000
 There was a sharing

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.640
 of the gospel

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.420
 that took place

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.160
 with the people

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:31.460
 around them

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:33.140
 as they lived lives

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:34.980
 devoted to God.

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.620
 It wasn't a devotion

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.500
 that was left

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.940
 inside a building.

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.480
 It wasn't left

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:42.460
 here in a church building.

00:25:42.560 --> 00:25:43.140
 It wasn't left

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.860
 in their homes.

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:45.699
 They were devoted

00:25:45.699 --> 00:25:46.419
 to the teaching.

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.119
 They were devoted

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.919
 to the fellowship,

00:25:47.919 --> 00:25:49.500
 the sharing of meals,

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.639
 of praying together.

00:25:51.959 --> 00:25:53.039
 They interacted

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.719
 with the world

00:25:53.719 --> 00:25:54.439
 around them.

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.699
 And day by day,

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:58.079
 people were being saved.

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.819
 That means there was

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:01.000
 also evangelism

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.799
 going on.

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:04.299
 They were reaching out

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.199
 to those around them

00:26:05.199 --> 00:26:05.899
 and bringing them

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:07.119
 into their fellowship,

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:09.919
 into their generosity.

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.039
 generosity.

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.140
 So,

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.820
 church.

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.580
 If we,

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.640
 Trinity Cambridge,

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.960
 are a church

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:21.080
 called by God,

00:26:21.300 --> 00:26:22.860
 then we are a church

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:24.240
 devoted to God.

00:26:26.800 --> 00:26:27.860
 And just so,

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.320
 sometimes we can get

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:30.759
 lost in the corporateness

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:32.519
 of the name church

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:35.160
 and fall into that mindset

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:36.580
 like the church

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:36.920
 is responsibility

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.160
 for that

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:39.019
 or they'll take care

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.500
 of that.

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:42.360
 Each one of us

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:44.080
 individually

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:45.200
 make up the church.

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.540
 So,

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.820
 if you've been

00:26:47.820 --> 00:26:48.720
 called by God,

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.920
 if I've been

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.960
 called by God,

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.980
 then each one

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.320
 of us

00:26:53.320 --> 00:26:54.279
 individually

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:57.060
 need to be

00:26:57.060 --> 00:26:58.400
 devoted to God.

00:27:05.540 --> 00:27:06.759
 I'm almost done.

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:09.000
 I desire

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.940
 to preach

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.779
 the word of God

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.879
 and do it faithfully,

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.079
 but I also

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:14.220
 fight hard

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.680
 to try

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.220
 and connect

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.799
 things

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.579
 practically.

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.619
 So,

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.299
 how do we,

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.039
 with an example

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.559
 like this

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.680
 of a people

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.420
 who are devoted

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.039
 to God,

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:26.220
 how do we,

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.859
 knowing that God

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.759
 is calling us

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.220
 to that,

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.660
 how do we

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.740
 practice that?

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.779
 How do we start

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.740
 to live that out

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:34.119
 in this weird time

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.619
 where we are

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.259
 in 2021?

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:37.579
 Here are just

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.839
 some thoughts

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:40.079
 that I came

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:41.220
 to

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:42.099
 while studying

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.819
 this passage,

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.519
 while praying

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.079
 through it,

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.019
 and I would

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.599
 invite you

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.079
 to take

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.059
 an opportunity

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.940
 to dig deeper

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.779
 in your community

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.200
 group

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:51.460
 as you guys

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.420
 discuss this.

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.319
 First,

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.879
 I would say

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.859
 pray that God

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:57.019
 would help us

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:58.099
 be ready

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.740
 for when the

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.480
 smoke clears.

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.640
 years.

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:02.099
 Whenever this

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.940
 is all done,

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.960
 by the grace

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.660
 of God,

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.380
 we pray that

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:08.079
 things will get

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.360
 better,

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.980
 and I think

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.579
 that they will.

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.279
 I'm not going

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.000
 to give you a time.

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.539
 I don't know.

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.000
 I didn't think

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.400
 it would be

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.940
 this long.

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.039
 But let us

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:17.480
 pray that we

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.000
 would be ready.

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.720
 Let us pray

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.819
 for our church.

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.400
 Let us pray

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.319
 for everyone

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:23.880
 in our church,

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.640
 regardless of

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.559
 where we are

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.940
 in the

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.700
 pandemic

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.379
 spectrum.

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.039
 Because

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:35.279
 like all

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.899
 the churches,

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.700
 most churches

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.299
 spread across

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.579
 the U.S.,

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.899
 we are a

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.379
 disconnected

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.899
 church.

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.500
 We know

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.000
 this.

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.220
 We are a

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.619
 disconnected

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.500
 church that

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.399
 longs for

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:47.500
 our unity

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.119
 to be

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.679
 restored.

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.359
 And I mean

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.179
 physically.

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.779
 And when I

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.299
 say these

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.539
 things,

00:28:52.659 --> 00:28:53.059
 please don't

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.639
 understand that

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.079
 I'm saying

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.659
 those who

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:55.879
 are here

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.319
 are in a

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.839
 good place,

00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.179
 that those

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.539
 who are at

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.000
 home are

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.339
 in a good

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.740
 place,

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.460
 or you

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.859
 need to

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.939
 fix where

00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.599
 you are.

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.119
 That's not

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.399
 what I'm

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:02.799
 saying.

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.839
 Because we're

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.299
 all in

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.299
 different spots.

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.819
 We all have

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.379
 to deal

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:09.019
 with what

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.439
 God has

00:29:09.439 --> 00:29:09.919
 laid out

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.599
 for us

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.159
 in different

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.639
 ways.

00:29:11.919 --> 00:29:12.240
 And there

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.659
 is no

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.339
 wrong

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:16.079
 unless we're

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.740
 sinning in

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:16.939
 it.

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.539
 But let

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.159
 us pray.

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.659
 Let us

00:29:19.659 --> 00:29:20.039
 pray that

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.480
 God would

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.779
 bring us

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.659
 together as

00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:23.299
 a church

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:25.980
 in a way

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.279
 that is

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.839
 deeper than

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.200
 we knew

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.720
 before.

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.440
 Begin now,

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.419
 or if you

00:29:33.419 --> 00:29:34.000
 haven't,

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.759
 or if you

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.319
 have been,

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.559
 continue on

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.259
 finding ways

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.839
 to grow in

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.599
 fellowship with

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.200
 one another.

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.079
 That includes

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.500
 people that are

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.319
 here, that

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.980
 includes people

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.519
 who are at

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.940
 home.

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.419
 Find ways to

00:29:49.419 --> 00:29:50.720
 fellowship with

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.299
 one another.

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:52.480
 it's hard.

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.819
 Fight for

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.079
 it.

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.579
 We are all

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.279
 the same

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.940
 members of

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.440
 the same

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.099
 body of

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:01.619
 Christ.

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.319
 If you

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.680
 are a

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.019
 totally

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.779
 online

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.279
 member,

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.500
 then share

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.079
 a meal with

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.500
 somebody

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.200
 online.

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:11.099
 It's weird.

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.919
 We know

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.259
 that.

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.779
 But fight

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.279
 for the

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.019
 unity we

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.539
 have in

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.259
 Jesus Christ

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.859
 because we

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:18.379
 need it.

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.980
 Because there

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.419
 are people

00:30:20.419 --> 00:30:21.039
 out in the

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.759
 church who

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.259
 need it.

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.859
 You guys

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.799
 feel it

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.659
 here.

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.339
 You guys

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:26.899
 feel it

00:30:26.899 --> 00:30:27.440
 online.

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.940
 Sometimes

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.639
 we just

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.139
 want to

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.940
 hug people

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.700
 and we

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.259
 can't.

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.899
 It's not

00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.460
 right, but

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:37.779
 it's where

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.220
 we are.

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.420
 So fight

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:41.159
 to be

00:30:41.159 --> 00:30:41.879
 devoted to

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.359
 the church

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:42.799
 of God.

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.279
 And if it

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.680
 means,

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.980
 hey, will

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.420
 you share

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.019
 a meal with

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.700
 me online

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.299
 Friday night?

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:47.680
 Because I

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:47.960
 need to

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.279
 eat and

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.599
 you need

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:48.960
 to eat.

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.220
 And you

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.659
 know what?

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.380
 we can

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.540
 have

00:30:50.540 --> 00:30:51.019
 fellowship

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.480
 with one

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.380
 another in

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:52.720
 the name

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.140
 of Jesus

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:54.140
 Christ because

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.980
 one of us

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.800
 needs it,

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.220
 if not

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.700
 both of

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:56.960
 us.

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.460
 Don't be

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.040
 content to

00:31:03.040 --> 00:31:03.840
 fall back

00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.480
 anywhere,

00:31:05.040 --> 00:31:06.400
 to hide

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.000
 behind a

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.519
 mask,

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.080
 or to

00:31:08.080 --> 00:31:09.300
 hide behind

00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:10.000
 a screen

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.420
 and just

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:11.240
 get lost.

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.680
 That's what

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.140
 Satan would

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.700
 want us to

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:14.940
 do.

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:16.000
 But fight

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.620
 where you

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.080
 are.

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.679
 I'm not

00:31:17.679 --> 00:31:18.259
 saying fight

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.639
 to get

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.199
 back to

00:31:19.199 --> 00:31:19.599
 anywhere,

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.279
 but fight

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.740
 where you

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.159
 are.

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.019
 Fight for

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.679
 that community.

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:32.740
 And lastly,

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.159
 plan for

00:31:34.159 --> 00:31:34.919
 the future.

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.839
 Plan how

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.399
 you might

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:38.639
 engage with

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.240
 those around

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:40.519
 you whenever

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.119
 the smoke

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.460
 clears,

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:41.799
 whenever

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.799
 things ease

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.099
 up,

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:43.899
 whenever

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.659
 everybody

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:45.079
 feels

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.579
 comfortable

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.139
 to do

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:46.599
 what we

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.039
 used to

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.279
 do,

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:47.639
 whenever

00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:48.379
 that is.

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:50.039
 Plan for

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.359
 that.

00:31:50.939 --> 00:31:51.500
 God has

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.980
 given us

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.679
 this weird,

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.220
 quiet,

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:53.939
 time-out

00:31:53.939 --> 00:31:54.679
 period where

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:56.000
 there's rest

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.460
 and where

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.480
 there's stress.

00:31:59.399 --> 00:31:59.799
 And so

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.339
 look to

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.679
 him.

00:32:03.699 --> 00:32:04.500
 And then

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:04.980
 move,

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.839
 plan to

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.539
 move out

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.839
 in bigger,

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.519
 in newer

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.419
 ways than

00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:09.720
 you did

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.240
 before.

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:11.480
 God has

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.240
 to

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:14.059
 go live

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.759
 a life

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.519
 that is

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.380
 devoted

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.559
 to God.

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.579
 Let's

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.819
 pray,

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.299
 let's

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.819
 pray together.

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.339
 Lord,

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.819
 I thank

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.500
 you for

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.279
 your word.

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.319
 I thank

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.660
 you for

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.319
 the examples

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:35.720
 that we

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.079
 get to

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.660
 see here

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:37.200
 in Acts.

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.019
 I thank

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.279
 you for

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.620
 the Holy

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:39.240
 Spirit and

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.840
 the work

00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:41.460
 that happens.

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.200
 We thank

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.440
 you that

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.880
 you were

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.279
 the one

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.880
 that saved

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.580
 souls and

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:46.200
 not us.

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.720
 We thank

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.059
 you for

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:51.460
 your promise

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.279
 of salvation,

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.400
 your gift

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:53.880
 of Jesus

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.420
 Christ,

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:54.940
 and your

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:56.480
 gift of

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.900
 the Holy

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.360
 Spirit.

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.220
 God,

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.680
 we pray that

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:58.940
 you would

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.640
 help us

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.140
 to be a

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.519
 devoted

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.420
 church for

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:01.900
 you,

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:04.500
 to see

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.140
 how we

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.820
 need it

00:33:05.820 --> 00:33:07.580
 individually,

00:33:07.800 --> 00:33:08.040
 to see

00:33:08.040 --> 00:33:08.300
 how we

00:33:08.300 --> 00:33:08.600
 need it

00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:09.120
 corporately,

00:33:09.300 --> 00:33:09.620
 to see

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.680
 how we

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.080
 live in

00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:11.700
 a world

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.480
 that needs

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.040
 to see

00:33:13.040 --> 00:33:13.259
 it,

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:13.600
 God.

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.620
 So,

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:14.780
 Lord,

00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:15.180
 we pray

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.440
 that you

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:15.880
 would help

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.200
 us.

00:33:16.540 --> 00:33:17.019
 Help us

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.360
 where we

00:33:17.360 --> 00:33:17.880
 are right

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.259
 now.

00:33:19.780 --> 00:33:20.420
 Help us

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.820
 to look

00:33:20.820 --> 00:33:21.360
 to you

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:22.200
 and help

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.700
 us to

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.620
 plan for

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.880
 the future,

00:33:25.280 --> 00:33:25.820
 what you'd

00:33:25.820 --> 00:33:26.560
 have us do

00:33:26.560 --> 00:33:27.259
 and how we

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.759
 would be

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.440
 devoted to

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:28.640
 you,

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.000
 God.

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:32.059
 we ask

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.619
 these things

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.099
 for your

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.660
 glory,

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.619
 in Jesus'

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.180
 name,

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:36.839
 Amen.