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 Our main text will be in Acts 19, but I just want to reference the verse in Romans 1.

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 So I'm really grateful for the singing this morning and for us praising the Lord together through song.

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! The song I'd rather have Jesus definitely has a special meaning for me right now.

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 It was a song I listened to a lot when I first became a Christian in the early 2000s.

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 And the line of saying, like, I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land means a lot to me right now.

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 I've been going through a house buying process.

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 And just, yeah, some of you have done that notice how awful that can be and how sanctifying that can be.

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 And, you know, and we're thankful for homes, thankful for places that we can live out kingdom life in.

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 And there definitely is an obsession and idolatry in our nation when it comes to houses and throwing so much money, so much money into things.

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 And I hope that your soul can say that, that I would rather have Jesus than anything that this world has to offer at all.

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 And so, with that in mind, I'm looking at Romans 1.

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 Really well-known verse, but I just want to use this verse as a lens to read over Acts 19.

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 So, to be thinking about this verse as we go through Acts 19.

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 So, well-known, but Romans 1 verse 16, Paul says,

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 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes,

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 to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

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 For in it, the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith.

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 As it is written, the righteous shall live by faith.

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 And an overarching theme this morning is I just want to emphasize to you that the gospel is not just an important message or a powerful message.

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 It's like the only, the most powerful message in the world.

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 And it has the power to save dead and rebellious sinners and deliver them from their sin and from death to God,

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 to raise the spiritually dead to life.

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 I was just a minute to get out of curiosity.

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 I just looked up this word, the word power here in this text.

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 And verse 16, it's the word dynamis.

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 So, that sounds like dynamite.

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 Well, that's where some of the origin comes from.

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 But listen to this.

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 This word power, it means an inerrant power.

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 A power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature,

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 or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth.

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 So, it means that the gospel itself possesses so much power that it doesn't need anything on the outside to help it.

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 And in our culture, we've relied so much on gimmicks and ingenuity and theatrics and cool things to think that,

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 and thinking that that's going to be what saves people.

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 When all the same, you could have the worst speaker in the world come up here.

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 And if he truly, genuinely knows Christ and is preaching the gospel message, God can use that.

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 He doesn't have to be cool.

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 He doesn't have to dress right.

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 He doesn't have to be the most eloquent speaker.

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 He doesn't have to have smoke and lights.

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 He doesn't have to have anything.

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 The power of the gospel is enough in and of itself and doesn't need any help.

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 And so, keeping that in mind, let's turn to Acts 19.

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 That's where our main text is.

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 So, we've been going through the book of Acts, if you're new here.

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 So, we've been in Acts for quite a while, and we're getting into chapter 19 now.

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 Thank you for Caleb stepped in last week and preached for me because I was not feeling good and had a lot of other things going on as well.

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 So, Paul has been in Europe, what we would call Europe now.

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 And now, him going into Ephesus is kind of the launching place for the gospel going into Asia.

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 And so, it's a really awesome, awesome text.

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 So, the evangelism of Asia is here, and it kind of starts in the city of Ephesus.

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 But just join me in prayer before we go through this together.

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 Father, Holy Father, we recognize how unworthy we are.

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 And God, we would all be like Peter if you approached us and said,

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 Go away from me, Lord.

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 I'm a sinful man.

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 Not worthy to untie your sandals.

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 God, I just ask that you would use me to communicate your word to your people.

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 And if there are those here today who do not know the power of the gospel,

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 the message of your Son, Jesus Christ, that you would work in their hearts today.

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 It's for his name's sake we ask.

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 In Christ's name, amen.

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 So, we're going to pick up in the beginning of chapter 19.

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 All right.

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 Verse 1.

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 And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth,

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 Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus.

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 There he found some disciples.

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 And he said to them,

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 Do you receive the Holy Spirit when you believe?

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 And they said, No.

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 We have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.

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 And he said,

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 Into what then were you baptized?

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 And they said,

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 Into John's baptism.

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 And Paul said,

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 John baptized with the baptism of repentance,

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 telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him,

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 that is, Jesus.

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 On hearing this,

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 they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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 And when Paul had laid his hands on them,

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 the Holy Spirit came on them,

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 and then began speaking in tongues and prophesying.

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 There were about 12 men in all.

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 And then he entered the synagogue,

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 and for three months spoke boldly,

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 reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

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 But when some became stubborn,

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 and continued in unbelief,

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 speaking evil of the way,

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 before the congregation,

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 he withdrew from them,

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 and took the disciples with him.

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 Reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.

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 This continued for two years,

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 so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord,

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 both Jews and Greeks.

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 And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

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 so that even the handkerchiefs or aprons that he touched,

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 his skin,

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 were carried away the sick,

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 and their diseases left them,

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 and the evil spirits came out of them.

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 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists

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 undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus

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 over those who had evil spirits,

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 saying,

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 I adjure you by Jesus,

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 whom Paul proclaims.

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 Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Siva

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 was doing this.

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 But the evil spirit answered them,

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 Jesus I know,

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 and Paul I recognize,

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 but who are you?

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 And the man in whom the evil spirit leaped on them,

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 mastered all of them,

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 and overpowered them,

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 so that they fled out of the house,

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 naked and wounded.

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 And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus,

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 both Jews and Greeks,

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 and fear fell upon them all,

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 and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.

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 Also many of those who were now believers came,

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 confessing and divulging their practices.

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 A number of those who had practiced magic arts

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 brought their books together

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 and burned them in the sight of all.

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 And they counted the value of them

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 and found that it came to 50,000 pieces of silver.

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 So the word of the Lord continued to increase

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 and prevail mightily.

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 So today,

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 just by way of introduction,

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 just kind of want to,

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 we'll get more into,

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 so if you keep reading,

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 you see like if you have subtitles in your Bible,

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 it says a riot and nephesis.

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 We'll get to that next week.

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 That's attached to this message though,

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 so it'll be kind of going into next week.

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 But just a little bit about the city of Ephesus.

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 It's modern day Turkey

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 on the east side of the Aegean Sea,

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 and it was the capital of the Roman province of Asia.

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 So that's where their headquarters were set up.

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 That's where the governor of that territory was.

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 Major port city.

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 And it was the fifth largest city

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 in all the Roman Empire,

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 which at this time

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 hadn't got as big as it would be,

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 but it was really big already.

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 And the big thing,

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 and we'll talk about this more next week,

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 not to get into all this now,

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 but the big boast that they had

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 was that they had the temple of Artemis,

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 and that was also like the Roman goddess Diana.

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 We'll talk more about all that next week.

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 So if you like mythology,

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 come back next week,

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 and you'll see how Jesus kind of plays

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 the trump card over mythology.

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 But as we go through this today,

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 there are going to be five lessons

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 that we see,

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 that we can learn from Paul

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 in like sharing the gospel,

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 and kind of compare that,

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 line that up with like how

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 it is in your own life,

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 as well as,

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 there are going to be intermingles,

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 so don't think there's just going to be

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 the big bullets of this message.

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 All right,

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 if this message had a title,

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 it would be six ways

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 the gospel impacts a culture.

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 Okay,

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 six ways that the gospel impacts a culture.

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 All right,

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 so number one,

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 the gospel causes sinners to be saved.

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 That's what we just read in Romans 1.

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 The gospel causes sinners to be saved.

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 Very clear explanation of this.

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 We're going to walk through it

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 like verse 1 through 7.

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 So Paul comes into Ephesus,

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 and he encounters some disciples

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 of John the Baptist.

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 Apollos was in Corinth at the time,

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 and so he comes in

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 and just kind of runs into these guys.

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 And they had probably moved,

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 relocated from Palestine

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 or Judea to this region

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 while John the Baptist had his ministry.

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 So they probably left

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 before Jesus came on the scene,

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 most people believe.

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 And it's interesting

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 that John the Baptist

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 had an influence that far,

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 and his teaching

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 had an influence that far.

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 Apollos would be a great example of that.

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 He had had the baptism of John

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 and fully recognized

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 that Jesus was the Messiah

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 that John's testimony pointed to.

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 He just needed

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 a little further instruction.

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 That's what Nathan taught on

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 a few weeks ago.

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 So these disciples

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 basically had a lot of pieces

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 of the puzzle with that

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 and had the whole complete picture

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 put together for them yet.

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 So as followers of John,

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 they would have known

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 that John came to prepare

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 the way of the Messiah.

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 They would have known that,

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 but they did not know

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 that Jesus was that Messiah.

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 So here's one of those little sub-things.

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 Something you can learn from Paul

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 in this text

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 is that Paul initiates

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 gospel conversation.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 I'm not going to downplay this

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 because we're going to see

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 another example in a minute,

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 but most people

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 in the church today,

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 they are not proactive

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 in actually talking to people

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 about Christ.

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 They're more reactive.

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 They'll think,

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 I'll just go about my day

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 and if God just drops somebody

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 in front of me,

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 then I will just talk to them.

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 Or they think,

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 you know,

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 I'll get a divine appointment,

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 which is true.

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 That's very true.

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 But,

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 I'm telling you that

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 like the gospel and the kingdom

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 will not be where it is

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 if that's all we did.

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 There are people

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 who must go out

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 and hunt down people

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 to share Jesus with.

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 And,

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 so,

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 this is one of those

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 opportunities.

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 He walks up,

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 he sees these guys,

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 and he just starts talking to them

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 about their belief.

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 He knew they were disciples of John.

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 So,

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 he kind of asked them,

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 if you look at this,

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 he uses very clear,

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 look at verses 1 through 7,

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 very clear,

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 intentional questions

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 to kind of draw out

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 what they believe.

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 It's that simple.

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 He just said,

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 did you receive the Holy Spirit

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 when you believed?

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 And to who were you baptized?

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 And their answers

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 just clearly revealed

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 that they were not quite,

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 I believe,

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 not quite born again

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 or saved yet.

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 And the reasons why,

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 there's two of them,

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 they said they had not even heard

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 even though John taught

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 that Jesus would come

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 and baptized with the Holy Spirit

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 and with fire.

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 They hadn't even heard

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 And then,

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 verse 4 reveals

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 they didn't even know

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 who Jesus was.

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 So,

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 but what's awesome,

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 though,

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 is Paul recognized

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 from his viewpoint

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 that John's legacy,

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 John's teaching,

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 had helped them recognize

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 what they had missed.

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 And so,

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 he basically just filled in

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 the missing pieces

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 of the puzzle for them.

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 So,

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 they were in a very,

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 very unique state

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 in redemptive history,

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 very similar to,

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 like,

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 an Old Testament believer

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 kind of waiting

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 for the Messiah to come.

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 So,

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 he basically is like,

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 oh,

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 okay,

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 I got you.

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 Got you.

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 John came to tell you

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 to turn away from your sins

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 and to prepare the way

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 of the Savior.

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 He was the voice

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 of the one crying

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 in the wilderness,

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 prepare the way

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 of the Lord.

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 Well,

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 the Lord came.

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 His name was Jesus

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 of Nazareth.

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 He lived,

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 He loved,

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 He died on the cross,

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 He was resurrected.

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 He is the Messiah.

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 And so,

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 they gladly received that

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 and were baptized

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 into the name

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 of the Lord Jesus.

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 And,

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 the result of that

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 is they began speaking

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 in tongues

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 and prophesying.

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 That's not a message

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 about this today.

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 But,

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 but,

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 very clearly,

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 it is done,

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 I believe,

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 in this text

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 as an outward

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 demonstration

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 and verification

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 of giving Paul

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 like a dramatic way

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 to enter Ephesus.

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 Because as we're going

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 to read,

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 there's a lot

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 of like supernatural

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 dark things

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 going on.

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 And for him

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 to kind of come

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 and show

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 in a very visible way

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 that the Savior

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 who he represented

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 was powerful

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 was very important

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 at the time.

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 And so,

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 these men

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 had deep roots

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 in the Old Testament

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 scriptures.

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 And so,

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 very clearly,

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 it meant a lot

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 to them

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 to hear that prophecy

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 out of Joel 2,

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 I think,

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 fulfilled.

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 So,

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 they were born again.

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 They were saved

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 right there.

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 So,

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 we saw that Paul

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 initiated gospel

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 conversation.

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 Excuse me.

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 Which leads to

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 the second thing.

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 Alright,

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 the gospel

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 causes sinners

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 to be hardened.

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 Alright?

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 See that in verses

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 8 through 10.

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 So,

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 right after that,

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 he went into

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 the synagogue.

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 So,

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 he happened up

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 on these first guys.

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 It just kind of happened.

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 So,

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 it was the

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 unintentional encounter

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 that he had

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 with John's disciples.

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 But now,

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 he very intentionally

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 goes into the synagogue,

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 which,

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 again,

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 he initiates

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 gospel conversation.

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 And,

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 it's almost like

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 a seek and destroy

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 mission.

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 He,

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 he sought out

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 the lost people

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 to allow the power

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 of God

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 to destroy

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 the sin

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 of their life.

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 And so,

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 he went,

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 as was his way,

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 he went into

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 the synagogue

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 to engage

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 with the people there

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 who understood

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 someone of the scriptures.

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 So,

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 here's some other

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 things we can observe

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 about the way

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 Paul engaged

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 in this text

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 right here.

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 If you look

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 at these verses,

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 verses 8 through 10,

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 just ask yourself

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 the question,

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 how did he speak

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 about the gospel?

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 Do you see him

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 like using

00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:13.580
 emotional manipulation

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 or theatrics?

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 It just says,

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 Paul spoke

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 the gospel boldly.

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 All right?

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 He spoke

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 the gospel boldly

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 about the things

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 concerning the Messiah,

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 the one that met him

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 on the road to Damascus

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 and saved him

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 from his sins.

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 And this idea

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 to speak boldly

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 means

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.920
 to speak freely,

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 to speak confidently,

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 to speak with full assurance

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 about what you were saying.

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 Think about,

00:17:43.180 --> 00:17:43.360
 like,

00:17:43.380 --> 00:17:44.320
 how you talk about

00:17:44.320 --> 00:17:44.880
 the Savior.

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 Does it carry

00:17:46.360 --> 00:17:47.799
 that kind of confidence?

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 Like,

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 I know

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 in whom

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 I believed.

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 could you

00:17:52.760 --> 00:17:53.840
 just think about,

00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.040
 those of you

00:17:55.040 --> 00:17:55.540
 who are married,

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 think about

00:17:56.100 --> 00:17:56.700
 the confidence

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 you can speak of

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 about your spouse,

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 how they are yours,

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 that they belong to you.

00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:02.920
 And just think,

00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:04.440
 can I speak

00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:05.320
 with the same kind

00:18:05.320 --> 00:18:05.900
 of boldness

00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:07.520
 about the gospel?

00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:08.940
 So,

00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:10.600
 he wasn't unsure

00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:11.320
 or timid.

00:18:12.040 --> 00:18:13.060
 He didn't come across

00:18:13.060 --> 00:18:14.320
 uncertain or doubtful.

00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.180
 He was sure

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:16.820
 about the Messiah

00:18:16.820 --> 00:18:17.720
 he spoke about.

00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.779
 So,

00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:19.299
 Paul spoke

00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:20.360
 the gospel boldly.

00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:22.360
 And another thing

00:18:22.360 --> 00:18:23.920
 to note under this

00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:25.579
 is that Paul

00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:26.460
 spoke the gospel

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.460
 persuasively.

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.339
 Okay?

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.480
 Paul,

00:18:30.620 --> 00:18:31.059
 it says here,

00:18:31.100 --> 00:18:31.779
 was reasoning

00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:34.220
 and persuading them

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:35.620
 about the kingdom

00:18:35.620 --> 00:18:36.140
 of God.

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.819
 So,

00:18:37.900 --> 00:18:38.140
 again,

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:38.880
 unfortunately,

00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:39.600
 a lot of churches

00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:40.220
 and ministries

00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:41.460
 have used emotional

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:42.660
 manipulation

00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:43.940
 to invoke

00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:45.120
 a certain response

00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:46.420
 from people.

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 I'm not even

00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:49.019
 a musician

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 and I know this.

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 I mean,

00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:51.200
 I'm not a musician,

00:18:51.360 --> 00:18:51.660
 you know.

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.360
 You can play

00:18:54.360 --> 00:18:55.600
 certain musical keys

00:18:55.600 --> 00:18:57.400
 to invoke

00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:58.200
 certain emotional

00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:59.320
 responses in people.

00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:00.860
 So,

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:02.560
 are what people

00:19:02.560 --> 00:19:03.120
 are experiencing

00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:03.920
 actually real?

00:19:04.320 --> 00:19:04.980
 Is it like

00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.759
 the work of God

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.279
 or is it just

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.900
 an emotional

00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:07.580
 manipulation?

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.259
 And usually,

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.380
 like 15 minutes

00:19:10.380 --> 00:19:11.180
 after that service

00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:11.620
 is over,

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 you can tell

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:13.039
 which one it was

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:14.920
 by what people

00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:15.360
 were doing

00:19:15.360 --> 00:19:15.660
 and what they're

00:19:15.660 --> 00:19:16.300
 talking about.

00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:17.340
 And how they

00:19:17.340 --> 00:19:17.940
 lived their lives

00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.720
 outside of that.

00:19:20.100 --> 00:19:20.620
 And so,

00:19:20.800 --> 00:19:22.539
 what we see

00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:23.480
 is in reasoning

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:25.019
 persuading,

00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:26.259
 right?

00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.700
 The genuine

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:29.640
 gospel evangelism,

00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:30.279
 it's a call

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:31.400
 to persuade people

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:31.980
 to Christ.

00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:32.620
 So,

00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:33.460
 to be persuaded

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:34.860
 is not to be deceived.

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 It's the opposite.

00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:36.800
 You're convinced.

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 Like,

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:38.160
 you show them

00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:38.759
 the evidence,

00:19:38.840 --> 00:19:39.620
 you talk about it,

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:40.840
 here it is,

00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.620
 this is Jesus,

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:42.900
 and they,

00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:44.340
 the Lord uses that

00:19:44.340 --> 00:19:45.360
 through His Holy Spirit

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.399
 to convince them.

00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.759
 They are persuaded

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:49.539
 to follow Christ.

00:19:50.419 --> 00:19:50.639
 So,

00:19:50.699 --> 00:19:51.319
 throughout the book

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:51.699
 of Acts,

00:19:51.699 --> 00:19:53.259
 you see that idea

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.719
 of preaching,

00:19:53.959 --> 00:19:54.339
 teaching,

00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:56.019
 persuading people

00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:56.759
 to believe.

00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:58.679
 It's an appeal

00:19:58.679 --> 00:19:59.619
 to their mind.

00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:00.959
 It changes

00:20:00.959 --> 00:20:01.759
 their disposition,

00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:03.579
 and that's why

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.159
 they believe.

00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:06.179
 Hold your hand there.

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:07.379
 I don't have many places

00:20:07.379 --> 00:20:08.240
 for you to look at it all,

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:09.979
 outside our main text,

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:11.240
 but look at Acts 17,

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:13.620
 just two chapters back.

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.799
 Just to kind of show you

00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.579
 this is a theme

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.880
 in Acts.

00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.019
 So,

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:21.120
 he's in Thessalonica

00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:22.880
 in Greece,

00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:24.059
 and look at

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:25.160
 chapter 17,

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:28.019
 verse 1 through 4,

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.500
 and just jump ahead.

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:29.920
 It says,

00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:31.380
 on three Sabbath days

00:20:31.380 --> 00:20:32.759
 he reasoned with them

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:34.279
 from the Scriptures.

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 Alright?

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 So,

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 that was his authority.

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:37.920
 He wasn't using

00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.680
 his own opinions

00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:39.740
 or his own ideas.

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.400
 He was using

00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:40.980
 the Scripture,

00:20:42.100 --> 00:20:42.660
 explaining

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:44.380
 and proving

00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:45.740
 that it was necessary

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.500
 for the Christ

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.039
 to suffer

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:48.400
 and to rise

00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:49.039
 from the dead,

00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:49.660
 and saying,

00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:51.100
 this Jesus

00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:52.100
 whom I proclaim

00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:52.480
 to you

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.500
 is the Christ.

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.320
 And some of them

00:20:55.320 --> 00:20:56.140
 were persuaded

00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:57.960
 and joined Paul

00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.779
 and Silas,

00:20:59.340 --> 00:21:00.420
 as did a great many

00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:01.380
 of devout Greeks

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.740
 and not a few

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.539
 of the leading women.

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:04.900
 So,

00:21:05.600 --> 00:21:06.200
 you kind of see

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.860
 this as a theme.

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.620
 He's reasoning.

00:21:07.840 --> 00:21:08.640
 He's persuading.

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.160
 Shilling people

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:11.180
 who Jesus is.

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:13.200
 And God uses that

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 to draw them

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 to himself.

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.180
 So,

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.640
 those are

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:18.259
 awesome words.

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.620
 So,

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.420
 just to throw this

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:20.820
 out there,

00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:21.880
 there are certain people,

00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.400
 I think spiritual gifts

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:24.100
 are a good thing.

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.519
 I think they're

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.340
 a biblical thing.

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 But I feel like

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.900
 the church

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 is just extremely

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:29.299
 erred in the terms

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.560
 of,

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.820
 I don't have the gift

00:21:31.820 --> 00:21:32.539
 of evangelism,

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:34.519
 so I'm not

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.019
 going to share.

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.440
 as

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:39.220
 nowhere in the Bible.

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 You're called

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.160
 to share

00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.900
 with the ability

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.460
 that God

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:42.960
 has given you

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.339
 to share.

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:44.440
 Right?

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.200
 You may not be.

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.039
 There are some people

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.720
 that are very

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:48.480
 gifted by God

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.160
 to communicate

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.720
 the truth,

00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:50.359
 to communicate

00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:51.720
 the gospel,

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 but that doesn't

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:54.940
 mean that the rest

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.200
 of us

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.059
 should just sit back.

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.299
 We all are

00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:58.279
 heralds of the gospel.

00:21:59.440 --> 00:21:59.579
 Alright?

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.160
 And,

00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:02.579
 this is

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.680
 a great example

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.079
 of that.

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.720
 Reasoning,

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.200
 explaining,

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:05.779
 proving,

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.319
 persuading.

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.240
 Okay?

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.360
 So,

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.500
 I also want to tell you

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.579
 that persuasion

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:12.600
 takes,

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.980
 it's more of an art

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:15.640
 instead of a gimmick

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.440
 or a method.

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:17.460
 Okay?

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:17.819
 So,

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.640
 it's more like

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:20.380
 something like

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:21.140
 fly fishing

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:22.079
 or painting.

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.620
 You practice

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.400
 and you get better

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.980
 and better

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.720
 and better at it.

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.220
 You can't,

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:27.819
 I think we have

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.559
 such an attraction

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.240
 in our culture

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:30.480
 to five-step things

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.900
 and just show me

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.360
 the method

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:33.100
 and I will apply

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.680
 this method

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.819
 to every situation.

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.220
 You know,

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:36.660
 those of you

00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:37.420
 who are really engaged

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:38.660
 in serious evangelism

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.220
 know that just

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.779
 doesn't work.

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 Can you sit down,

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.500
 please,

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.059
 while you're drinking

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.559
 your cocktail

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.160
 on the beach

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.860
 while I share

00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:45.059
 five things with you

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 and most of the time

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.700
 they don't even make it

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.679
 past the second thing.

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:51.419
 If you notice,

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.599
 Jesus never spoke

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:55.039
 to people

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.839
 the same way.

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.700
 You ever notice that?

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.599
 Like he always had,

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:59.480
 he applied the context

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.259
 of the gospel

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.839
 to the situation

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.740
 that he was in

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:04.000
 at the time.

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.159
 So,

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.980
 it takes time,

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.819
 it takes practice

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:08.659
 to be able to learn

00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:10.359
 to talk about

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.579
 Christ.

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:11.919
 So,

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.220
 exercise those muscles.

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:13.859
 Ask him

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:15.199
 to help you.

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.740
 And so,

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.519
 it's more of an art

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.299
 and not a method.

00:23:19.939 --> 00:23:20.659
 Kind of throw that

00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.119
 out there.

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.240
 Alright?

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.679
 So,

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.159
 something else

00:23:24.159 --> 00:23:24.699
 we can learn

00:23:24.699 --> 00:23:25.419
 just from this

00:23:25.419 --> 00:23:26.399
 few verses

00:23:26.399 --> 00:23:27.839
 about

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:29.159
 the way

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:29.959
 Paul shared

00:23:29.959 --> 00:23:30.479
 the gospel.

00:23:31.159 --> 00:23:32.039
 And this is a big one.

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.519
 I think this was

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.399
 definitely lacking

00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:35.299
 in the American church.

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.759
 Paul persevered

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.759
 in gospel ministry.

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.519
 That's it.

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.599
 Paul persevered

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.479
 in gospel ministry.

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:45.539
 Most of us

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:47.259
 go give it a shot

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.180
 and if we get shot down

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.200
 we don't want to go back out.

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.599
 And we think,

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:50.860
 you know,

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.339
 I tried

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:52.059
 and it didn't work.

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.819
 You know,

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.860
 we have to build up

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.700
 some thicker skin.

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.779
 We have to

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.539
 understand

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.420
 that winning people

00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.180
 takes time

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:01.539
 to knock down

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.240
 all the walls

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.860
 in their heart.

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.980
 There are some people

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.440
 that come to know

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:06.620
 Christ really quickly.

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.620
 Others,

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.339
 it's just a

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.440
 constant battering

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.160
 at their sin,

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:12.000
 the idols in their life

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.580
 and eventually

00:24:12.580 --> 00:24:15.019
 they are saved.

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.620
 But just notice

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:17.160
 that

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:18.840
 it says that

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.720
 Paul reasoned

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.480
 and shared Christ

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.019
 in the synagogue

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.040
 for three months.

00:24:23.060 --> 00:24:23.240
 Alright?

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.320
 And then

00:24:25.320 --> 00:24:27.019
 he did it daily

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:28.140
 in the hall of Tyrannus.

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.660
 He said it continued

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.779
 for two years.

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:33.080
 That's a lot of

00:24:33.080 --> 00:24:33.840
 teaching,

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.279
 reasoning,

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:34.880
 and explaining.

00:24:35.060 --> 00:24:36.100
 He said he did it daily.

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.419
 He said that

00:24:37.419 --> 00:24:38.219
 all the residents

00:24:38.219 --> 00:24:38.719
 of Asia

00:24:38.719 --> 00:24:39.399
 heard the word

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:39.839
 of the Lord,

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.859
 both Jews and Greeks.

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.699
 But as this

00:24:42.699 --> 00:24:44.619
 bullet says,

00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:45.419
 some are hardened.

00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.139
 Okay?

00:24:46.179 --> 00:24:46.859
 And that's what we read

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.500
 that some of these

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.480
 men in the synagogue

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.159
 were hardened.

00:24:49.939 --> 00:24:50.779
 Don't bring

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.659
 that junk in here.

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.719
 We don't want to hear it.

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.859
 It's against

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.599
 everything we've ever

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.099
 been taught.

00:24:55.959 --> 00:24:56.319
 And so,

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.579
 the gospel can say,

00:24:57.699 --> 00:24:58.959
 but the opposite effect

00:24:58.959 --> 00:24:59.679
 is it can harden.

00:25:00.459 --> 00:25:01.959
 Men love darkness

00:25:01.959 --> 00:25:03.939
 rather than the light.

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:05.960
 So,

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.860
 when I think about

00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:10.440
 perseverance,

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.759
 I think of

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:14.400
 a hero of mine.

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.799
 His picture's in my

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:18.480
 study down there.

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.259
 Some of you may know

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.759
 who he is,

00:25:19.820 --> 00:25:20.580
 but his name was,

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:22.059
 funny last name,

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.340
 William Wilberforce.

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:25.320
 And he was a

00:25:25.320 --> 00:25:25.720
 British

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:27.500
 parliamentarian

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.480
 in the late

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.420
 1700s,

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.059
 early 1800s.

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:31.720
 Young guy.

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:33.960
 was best friends

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:35.700
 with the prime minister.

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.920
 It was William Pitt.

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.620
 But,

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.339
 on October

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:40.720
 28th,

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.839
 1787,

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.360
 he

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:46.980
 dedicated his life

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:48.559
 to two goals.

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.680
 He says,

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.440
 God Almighty

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:53.200
 has set before me

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:54.460
 two great objects,

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.920
 the suppression

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:57.220
 of the slave trade

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.860
 and the reformation

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.660
 of morals.

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:01.420
 So,

00:26:02.060 --> 00:26:03.200
 he had not been

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.580
 a believer

00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:04.519
 for a long time

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.040
 and then he came

00:26:05.040 --> 00:26:05.759
 to know Christ

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:07.040
 right at the height

00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:07.880
 of his political

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:09.100
 popularity,

00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:11.100
 which any politician

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:11.600
 would know.

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.580
 That's like a big deal

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:13.080
 because like,

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.960
 now I've got to turn around

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:16.759
 and tell everybody else

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.620
 the opposite thing.

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:18.600
 So,

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.800
 he was really feeling

00:26:19.800 --> 00:26:20.600
 the weight of that

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:21.420
 and he hated,

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.740
 appalled,

00:26:23.540 --> 00:26:24.380
 the slave trade.

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.980
 Cool enough,

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.220
 his pastor

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:29.019
 was John Newton,

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.819
 the guy who wrote

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.599
 Amazing Grace

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:32.360
 and a man who was

00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:33.099
 a slave trader

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.900
 before he became

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.339
 a Christian.

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:35.720
 And,

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:37.039
 so Newton encouraged him,

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.779
 take it out,

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.759
 attack it,

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.120
 God be with you,

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.380
 you know,

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.819
 I'm here.

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.339
 And,

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.220
 so,

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:47.039
 the slave trade

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.880
 and the reformation

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.460
 of morals

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:50.299
 in the British society,

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.940
 none of those

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.400
 were going to be

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.779
 accomplished

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.640
 in a quick speech.

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.099
 None of them.

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:56.679
 He knew it would

00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:57.480
 take years

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.679
 and years.

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.659
 John Wesley

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:02.240
 wrote to him

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.219
 in 1790

00:27:03.219 --> 00:27:04.259
 and listen to what he said,

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:06.039
 unless God

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:07.039
 has raised you up

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.139
 for this very thing,

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.179
 you will be worn out

00:27:10.179 --> 00:27:11.779
 by the opposition

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.480
 of man

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.339
 and of devils.

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.939
 But if God

00:27:14.939 --> 00:27:15.740
 be with you,

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.599
 who can be against you?

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:18.859
 So like,

00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.519
 you're going to fail.

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:19.719
 Like,

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.480
 if this is a mission

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.439
 you're going to undertake

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:22.959
 on your own,

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:24.019
 if God hasn't raised you up

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.359
 for this,

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:24.799
 then you're going

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.879
 to be burned out.

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.419
 So,

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.979
 just think about it.

00:27:29.979 --> 00:27:30.619
 Walking into

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:32.419
 a place like Congress.

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.559
 So,

00:27:33.699 --> 00:27:35.019
 how many of you

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.740
 are actually aware

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.059
 of like,

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.679
 you ever watch

00:27:36.679 --> 00:27:37.359
 like a British

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:39.000
 Parliament thing

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.500
 on TV?

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:40.240
 It is nothing

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.219
 like ours at all.

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.399
 Like,

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:42.759
 they make fun

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.319
 of each other,

00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:44.939
 like severe sarcasm.

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:45.539
 They make fun

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.539
 of the highest office.

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:48.579
 It's like a comedy show

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.179
 sometimes.

00:27:50.060 --> 00:27:50.460
 So,

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.100
 there's not that

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:52.259
 respect.

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.259
 Sometimes we might

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.840
 see in ours,

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:55.900
 but ours could be

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.400
 going that way.

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.900
 But anyways,

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.380
 so when he went in there

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:59.220
 the first time,

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:00.180
 can you imagine this?

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.420
 Like,

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.820
 hundreds of men

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.600
 sitting in this room

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:04.779
 and probably 70%

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.640
 of them have some

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.340
 involvement in the

00:28:06.340 --> 00:28:06.820
 slave trade.

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.220
 And then they're

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.580
 standing up and

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.080
 saying like,

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:11.019
 I want to propose

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.880
 that we make a motion

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:13.360
 to end the slave trade.

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.340
 Like,

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:15.340
 the outrage

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:16.160
 that came out.

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.620
 So,

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.480
 he knew that wasn't

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.259
 going to come down

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.080
 in one speech.

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.340
 He knew it was

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:21.220
 going to take years

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.160
 and years to bring

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.580
 it down.

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:24.540
 So,

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.360
 what he learned

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:26.200
 about perseverance,

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:27.800
 he wrote this

00:28:27.800 --> 00:28:28.360
 in a letter.

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.160
 He says,

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.800
 I daily

00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:32.880
 become more sensible

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:34.560
 that my work

00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:35.380
 must be affected

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.480
 by a constant

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.240
 and regular

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.160
 exertions

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:39.580
 rather than

00:28:39.580 --> 00:28:40.320
 by sudden

00:28:40.320 --> 00:28:41.019
 and violent

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.440
 ones.

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.279
 In other words,

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:43.920
 he understood

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:45.019
 that if this

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.660
 was going to happen,

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.080
 it was going to

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:47.099
 be a marathon run

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:48.460
 and not a sprint.

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:50.139
 And we have to

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:52.000
 think of

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.119
 sharing the gospel

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.699
 that way.

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:55.579
 It's a battle.

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.519
 So,

00:28:58.199 --> 00:28:58.960
 I mentioned

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.619
 Cody Klikner

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.419
 a little while ago.

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:00.740
 So,

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.919
 when you see him

00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:02.559
 congratulating,

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:04.059
 they won their

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.480
 conference,

00:29:04.699 --> 00:29:05.579
 and now they're

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.199
 going and playing

00:29:06.199 --> 00:29:06.659
 to some other

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:07.399
 big things in the

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:07.720
 nation.

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.220
 And Cody really

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.919
 seeks to live out

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.699
 gospel life

00:29:10.699 --> 00:29:11.359
 on the baseball

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.720
 team.

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:13.240
 Very few people

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.879
 who do that.

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:15.460
 but,

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.600
 so we were,

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.440
 I did a lot

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.880
 of ministry

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.240
 with the

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.860
 baseball team.

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.080
 And there

00:29:21.080 --> 00:29:21.820
 was one year,

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:22.800
 man,

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.240
 we were just

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.900
 shot down

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.860
 and shot down

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:25.700
 and shot down

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.180
 like nothing

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.660
 we did

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.200
 was working.

00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:28.500
 And every week

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.100
 we just renewed

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:30.800
 our strength

00:29:30.800 --> 00:29:31.360
 in the Lord.

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:32.860
 And finally,

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.880
 we were able

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.440
 to put together

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.160
 an evangelistic

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.840
 Bible study

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.680
 after it was

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.360
 just shot down

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:39.120
 multiple times.

00:29:39.260 --> 00:29:39.560
 Guys didn't

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:40.100
 show up.

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.580
 We were like,

00:29:41.060 --> 00:29:41.220
 you know,

00:29:41.260 --> 00:29:41.800
 order food,

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.180
 show up,

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.700
 and like 15

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.200
 guys said

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.560
 they were going

00:29:44.560 --> 00:29:44.940
 to be there

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.340
 and like two

00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:45.700
 were there.

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.340
 That happened

00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:47.860
 multiple times.

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.420
 You just got

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.820
 to remember

00:29:49.820 --> 00:29:51.160
 like they're

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.660
 going to resist

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.160
 and they're

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:52.400
 going to be

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.900
 hard-headed

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.180
 and they're

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.440
 going to be

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:53.759
 stubborn.

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.440
 But God,

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.840
 the power of

00:29:56.840 --> 00:29:57.320
 the gospel,

00:29:58.320 --> 00:29:59.460
 can draw them

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.980
 to himself

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.820
 when he's ready.

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.400
 And he did.

00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:03.060
 And several

00:30:03.060 --> 00:30:03.799
 guys came to

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.320
 know the Lord

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:04.960
 that year

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:06.519
 through the

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.100
 teaching of the

00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:07.380
 word.

00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:09.180
 So we have

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.759
 to keep with

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:09.840
 it.

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.360
 We can't just

00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:10.940
 be upset

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.519
 and run

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:11.900
 away with

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.299
 our tail

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.779
 between our

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.320
 legs every

00:30:13.320 --> 00:30:14.299
 time something

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.820
 doesn't work

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:15.120
 out.

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:17.160
 Paul taught

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:18.440
 two years,

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.720
 almost daily,

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.940
 to get to

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.519
 where all the

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.059
 residents of

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.519
 Asia have

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.900
 heard the

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.200
 word.

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:25.259
 So persevere

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.779
 in gospel

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.240
 ministry.

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.620
 So I should

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.140
 tell you that

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.860
 Wilberforce,

00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:31.900
 he started

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.480
 that battle

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.660
 in 1787.

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:34.940
 Or excuse me,

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.539
 I flipped it

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:35.900
 over the wrong

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.180
 time.

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.100
 Yeah,

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.220
 1787.

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.339
 1787.

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.940
 So on

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.640
 February

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:43.000
 1807,

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.059
 so nearly

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.960
 20 years

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.319
 later,

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:46.980
 the slave

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.360
 trade was

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.920
 taken down

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.600
 at 4 a.m.

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:48.779
 in the

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.059
 morning.

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.700
 That's 20

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.400
 years of

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:52.120
 constant

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:52.759
 slander,

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.579
 being attacked.

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.660
 And he saw

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.220
 it as a

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.799
 work of God,

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.160
 a work of

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.640
 the gospel,

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.240
 not as

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:58.279
 just political

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.880
 change.

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.400
 So such

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.039
 is gospel

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.720
 evangelism.

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.120
 We have

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.880
 to persevere.

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.380
 Number

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:04.700
 three,

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:08.000
 the gospel

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.700
 causes

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.420
 miraculous

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.220
 acts.

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.960
 Verse 11

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.720
 through 12.

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:14.759
 So a

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.080
 good while

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.360
 back,

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:15.740
 I did a

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.380
 message on

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:16.960
 things like

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.259
 this.

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.460
 You can

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.819
 go back

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:19.160
 and look

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.460
 it up

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.799
 later.

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.000
 But

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:22.420
 miracles

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:23.140
 and acts,

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.900
 healings,

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.640
 they're usually

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.420
 a means for

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.000
 God to open

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.500
 the door,

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.120
 to get the

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:28.680
 attention of

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.819
 people in

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.680
 these contexts,

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:33.160
 to show

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.740
 that Jesus

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.220
 is the

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.660
 Christ,

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:36.000
 and to

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.680
 confirm the

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.079
 messenger,

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.660
 that he is

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.220
 being used

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.779
 by God.

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.380
 And in the

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.039
 last message

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.559
 that I said,

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.259
 does stuff

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.620
 like this

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.160
 still happen?

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:44.880
 Absolutely.

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.680
 Why don't

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.259
 we see more

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.640
 of it in our

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.000
 culture?

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.759
 Either we're

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.440
 not looking,

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:52.440
 or I also

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:52.980
 believe the

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.859
 greatest barrier

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:55.380
 to people in

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:56.039
 the West or

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.039
 in America is

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:58.099
 more ideologies

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:59.039
 and wrong

00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:00.099
 thinking and

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:01.819
 secular humanism.

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.000
 That's where

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.319
 if you go

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.960
 to a place

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:06.619
 like the

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.019
 jungle,

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:09.619
 or I

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.019
 have a good

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.400
 friend of

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.900
 mine from

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.319
 India,

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:13.240
 his nickname

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.880
 is Jojo,

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.380
 that's what I

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:14.740
 call him.

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.960
 He has

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.880
 literally long

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.460
 beard and

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.119
 dreadlocks and

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.420
 he has a

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.240
 ministry in

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.579
 Delhi,

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.019
 and he sees

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.440
 a lot of

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.720
 this.

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:22.880
 Well,

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.440
 that is where

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:23.920
 people are

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.500
 oppressed

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.920
 in a spiritual

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.599
 way that does

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.759
 come out in a

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.619
 demonic fashion.

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:31.079
 and so

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.959
 Paul was

00:32:31.959 --> 00:32:32.739
 going around

00:32:32.739 --> 00:32:34.339
 healing people

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:35.699
 and God was

00:32:35.699 --> 00:32:36.500
 validating that

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.359
 message that he

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.179
 was the messenger

00:32:38.179 --> 00:32:39.099
 sent by God.

00:32:39.699 --> 00:32:40.079
 And the whole

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.659
 handkerchief,

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.359
 apron thing,

00:32:41.939 --> 00:32:42.359
 there's a very

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:43.459
 constant belief in

00:32:43.459 --> 00:32:44.139
 the ancient East

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:46.459
 that objects

00:32:46.459 --> 00:32:47.519
 associated with

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.159
 holy people

00:32:48.159 --> 00:32:49.579
 had power,

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:49.639
 power,

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.279
 but really

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:51.939
 the idea is

00:32:51.939 --> 00:32:52.419
 like God

00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:53.599
 saw fit to

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.599
 give Paul

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.759
 an extra

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.419
 measure of

00:32:56.419 --> 00:32:56.759
 power,

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.059
 that the

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.599
 faith of,

00:32:58.679 --> 00:32:58.960
 it's like

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.559
 touching Jesus

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.000
 to him in

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.439
 his garment.

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.899
 Jesus' garment

00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:02.480
 didn't heal the

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.659
 guy,

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.240
 Jesus did.

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:03.899
 It's the same

00:33:03.899 --> 00:33:05.359
 kind of concept.

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.599
 So it wasn't

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:06.980
 these were

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:08.159
 magical objects,

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.699
 but rather

00:33:08.699 --> 00:33:09.480
 God saw

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.699
 please to

00:33:10.699 --> 00:33:11.359
 manifest his

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:12.659
 power so

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.379
 intensely through

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:14.000
 what Paul is

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.339
 doing.

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.659
 This happened

00:33:15.659 --> 00:33:16.279
 at Cyprus

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.599
 and at

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.119
 Philippi,

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.519
 previously in

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.859
 Acts.

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.460
 So,

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:21.539
 another

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.199
 observation

00:33:22.199 --> 00:33:22.740
 about Paul

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.259
 here was

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:24.399
 Paul was a

00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:25.079
 yielded vessel

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.519
 for the

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.879
 gospel,

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.319
 okay?

00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:29.240
 He allowed

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.919
 himself to

00:33:29.919 --> 00:33:30.579
 be used

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:31.379
 by God.

00:33:31.679 --> 00:33:32.539
 He yielded

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.299
 to the power

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.460
 of the Holy

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.819
 Spirit.

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.159
 He had no

00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:36.839
 ability in

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.539
 himself to

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.099
 save or

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.899
 heal anyone.

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.819
 Ephesians

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.339
 3,

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.919
 verse 7,

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.399
 Paul said

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:44.659
 this,

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.319
 writing later

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.919
 on to the

00:33:45.919 --> 00:33:46.319
 church that

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.759
 was planted

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.079
 here.

00:33:47.939 --> 00:33:48.359
 He says,

00:33:48.419 --> 00:33:48.759
 of this

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.480
 gospel I

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:49.900
 was made

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.460
 a minister

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.860
 according to

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.299
 the gift

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.799
 of God's

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.240
 grace,

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.460
 which was

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:55.000
 given me

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.360
 by the

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:55.920
 working of

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.500
 his power

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:58.120
 to me

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.620
 through who I

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:59.180
 am the

00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:00.019
 very least

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.339
 of the

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:00.599
 saints.

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:00.940
 So,

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.460
 I'm no one

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:02.799
 special.

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.259
 This grace

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.759
 was given

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.360
 to preach

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:05.660
 to the

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.220
 Gentiles

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:06.420
 the

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.220
 unsearchable

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.660
 riches

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.440
 of Christ.

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.000
 So,

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.519
 you don't

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.039
 have to be

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.420
 special.

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:11.740
 You don't

00:34:11.740 --> 00:34:12.039
 have to

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:13.119
 have a

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.519
 seminary

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.860
 degree.

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.500
 You just

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.780
 need to

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.320
 know the

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.599
 scripture,

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.900
 know the

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.180
 Savior,

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.860
 know the

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.220
 gospel,

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.300
 in order

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.680
 for God

00:34:19.680 --> 00:34:20.039
 to use

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.280
 you.

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.519
 Be a

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:21.960
 yielded

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:23.260
 vessel for

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.740
 the gospel.

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:25.519
 Number

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.880
 four,

00:34:27.200 --> 00:34:27.740
 the gospel

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.740
 causes false

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:30.280
 teachers to

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:30.900
 be exposed.

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.340
 This is one

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.880
 of those stories

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.480
 that is like

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.400
 definitely

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:34.880
 rattled the

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.200
 cage.

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.860
 Verse 13

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.539
 through 16,

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.860
 we see that

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.139
 there were

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:40.000
 some itinerant

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.519
 Jewish

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.320
 exorcists,

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.619
 right,

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.180
 who were

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.599
 around

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.419
 Ephesus.

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.599
 And there's

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.239
 a lot of

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:47.239
 history and

00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:47.940
 ancient records

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:49.480
 that kind of

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.119
 give people

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:51.159
 ceremonies and

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.980
 rituals and

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.799
 formulas to

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.960
 cast out

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.779
 evil spirits.

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.719
 And they

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.239
 would collect

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:56.539
 them in

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.019
 books and

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.519
 sell those

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.839
 books.

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.299
 And so,

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.739
 even for the

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.299
 Jews in this

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:01.799
 time, in the

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.319
 first century,

00:35:02.379 --> 00:35:02.799
 there was a

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.319
 lot of these

00:35:03.319 --> 00:35:04.679
 kind of spells

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:05.179
 and there was

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.599
 a lot of

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.539
 demonic activity

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:06.799
 and they

00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:07.299
 would try to

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:08.619
 use their

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.779
 words to

00:35:09.779 --> 00:35:10.419
 get rid of

00:35:10.419 --> 00:35:10.819
 these evil

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.319
 spirits.

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.740
 So,

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.240
 Jesus was

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.600
 able to

00:35:13.600 --> 00:35:14.059
 cast out

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.620
 demons by

00:35:14.620 --> 00:35:15.080
 the power

00:35:15.080 --> 00:35:15.620
 and authority

00:35:15.620 --> 00:35:16.780
 that he

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.180
 had.

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:18.340
 We all

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:18.840
 know that.

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.240
 And he

00:35:19.240 --> 00:35:19.620
 gave that

00:35:19.620 --> 00:35:20.360
 same authority

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:21.640
 to his

00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:22.300
 disciples,

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.039
 his apostles.

00:35:24.080 --> 00:35:24.559
 So,

00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:25.880
 in a very

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.340
 pragmatic

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.940
 matter,

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:27.660
 you know,

00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:28.120
 these guys

00:35:28.120 --> 00:35:28.720
 are watching

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:30.120
 Paul do

00:35:30.120 --> 00:35:31.460
 this with

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.840
 the real

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.519
 power of

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.680
 Christ and

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:33.980
 they say,

00:35:34.100 --> 00:35:34.340
 hmm,

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:36.019
 Jesus Christ.

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.260
 Maybe that's

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:37.880
 another word

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.480
 or name I

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.860
 can throw

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.420
 into my

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.740
 formula book.

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.860
 To practice

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.300
 the same

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.580
 kind of

00:35:42.580 --> 00:35:42.760
 thing,

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:42.960
 that'd

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.220
 be kind

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:43.519
 of cool.

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:44.820
 So,

00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:46.100
 they go

00:35:46.100 --> 00:35:46.360
 out and

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:46.800
 try this

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.000
 and they

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.320
 just get

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:47.880
 it handed

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.559
 to them

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.700
 severely.

00:35:51.100 --> 00:35:51.320
 So,

00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:53.980
 why didn't

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.280
 it work

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.660
 for them?

00:35:54.660 --> 00:35:54.960
 Okay?

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.720
 Well,

00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:56.260
 number one,

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:56.480
 these,

00:35:57.920 --> 00:36:00.180
 they failed

00:36:00.180 --> 00:36:00.840
 to know

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:02.100
 the Savior

00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:02.700
 himself.

00:36:03.140 --> 00:36:03.420
 Okay?

00:36:03.580 --> 00:36:04.100
 If you're

00:36:04.100 --> 00:36:04.260
 going to

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.519
 invoke

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:04.960
 somebody's

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.380
 authority,

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:05.800
 you have

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.200
 to know

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:06.780
 that person.

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:07.680
 You have

00:36:07.680 --> 00:36:07.960
 to have

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.500
 a relationship

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.000
 with that

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.320
 person.

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.720
 It can't

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.059
 just be

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:11.240
 a magical

00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:12.080
 word that

00:36:12.080 --> 00:36:12.340
 you just

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:12.720
 kind of

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:13.320
 throw out

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:13.580
 there.

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.720
 Example,

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.080
 if you

00:36:15.080 --> 00:36:15.519
 were coming

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.880
 from Caesar

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.240
 in this

00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:17.840
 day as a

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.519
 messenger and

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.980
 you evoked

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.720
 his authority,

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.240
 that carried

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:21.580
 a lot of

00:36:21.580 --> 00:36:22.300
 power with it.

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.200
 Right?

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.740
 But,

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.019
 if you

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.420
 did not,

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:24.700
 if you

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:25.059
 were a

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.420
 false

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.340
 messenger,

00:36:26.740 --> 00:36:27.019
 it could

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.420
 cost you

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.940
 your life.

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.140
 So,

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.820
 the power

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:31.440
 of someone's

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.340
 name carries

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:32.900
 authority,

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.200
 but only as

00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:34.700
 far as that

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:35.539
 relationship is

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:35.860
 there.

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:37.340
 So,

00:36:38.620 --> 00:36:39.240
 these

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:39.860
 chance to

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.240
 get rid of

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:40.840
 evil spirits

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.220
 did not

00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:41.559
 work.

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.680
 And,

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.180
 they were

00:36:43.180 --> 00:36:43.480
 stripped

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:43.840
 naked,

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:44.840
 and they

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.400
 ran away.

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:45.780
 That was a

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.660
 great picture

00:36:46.660 --> 00:36:47.240
 of shame

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.960
 and humiliation,

00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:48.980
 and that

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.760
 scared the

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:52.539
 blank out

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:52.720
 of the

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:53.120
 people in

00:36:53.120 --> 00:36:53.440
 Ephesus.

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:54.940
 Because,

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.140
 they were

00:36:55.140 --> 00:36:55.280
 like,

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.420
 wow,

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.860
 these guys

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.300
 were at

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:56.519
 the top

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:56.920
 of our

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.700
 school here,

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.680
 and they

00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:58.920
 just got

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.460
 handed to

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.599
 them by

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:00.940
 a real

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.340
 demonic

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:01.720
 spirit.

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.340
 These books

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.860
 must not

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.260
 work.

00:37:04.700 --> 00:37:05.079
 This is

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:05.519
 dangerous.

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:05.920
 Let's

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.280
 get rid

00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:06.639
 of these.

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:07.780
 So,

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.380
 that flows

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:09.739
 into the

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:10.340
 next thing.

00:37:12.259 --> 00:37:12.840
 Number

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.380
 five,

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:14.840
 the gospel

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.360
 causes

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:16.239
 idolatry

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.679
 to be

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.320
 renounced.

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:19.500
 Verse 17

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.159
 through 20.

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.500
 Alright?

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.199
 So,

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.400
 very,

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.119
 very strong

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.699
 belief in

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:25.159
 magical

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:26.159
 incantations

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:27.159
 in this

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:27.659
 period to

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.360
 cast out

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.219
 evil

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.699
 spirits.

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:31.320
 They had

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:31.900
 spells for

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.360
 protection,

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:32.880
 to get

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.400
 somebody's

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:33.860
 love,

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.780
 to have

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:34.980
 good

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.340
 child

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.660
 birth,

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:36.140
 to have

00:37:36.140 --> 00:37:36.680
 all kinds

00:37:36.680 --> 00:37:37.000
 of stuff.

00:37:37.060 --> 00:37:37.140
 So,

00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:37.460
 they had

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:38.620
 so many

00:37:38.620 --> 00:37:39.140
 rituals.

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.280
 So,

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:41.940
 50,000

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.640
 pieces of

00:37:42.640 --> 00:37:42.960
 silver,

00:37:44.100 --> 00:37:44.780
 probably

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.480
 referring to

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:46.560
 the Greek

00:37:46.560 --> 00:37:47.180
 dragma at

00:37:47.180 --> 00:37:47.560
 the time,

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.100
 around

00:37:49.100 --> 00:37:49.780
 six million

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.360
 dollars

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:52.920
 in today's

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:53.360
 currency.

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.660
 So,

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.360
 not just

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:55.660
 like threw

00:37:55.660 --> 00:37:56.140
 away comic

00:37:56.140 --> 00:37:56.480
 books,

00:37:56.560 --> 00:37:56.780
 they threw

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:57.340
 away like

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:57.980
 seriously

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:59.560
 published

00:37:59.560 --> 00:38:00.400
 quality books

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.660
 at that

00:38:00.660 --> 00:38:01.040
 time,

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.940
 and they

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.420
 renounced

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:02.679
 it.

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.800
 And it

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:04.219
 says that

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:04.420
 it was

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.719
 all in

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.039
 the name

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.259
 of the

00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.420
 Lord

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.759
 Jesus.

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.099
 It was

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.719
 extolled.

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:06.940
 He was

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.559
 extolled.

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.659
 And so,

00:38:09.779 --> 00:38:10.139
 a severe

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.759
 book burning

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:11.139
 of the

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:11.659
 right kind,

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.880
 that's

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.279
 associated

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:13.539
 with a

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.059
 very negative

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.480
 thinking,

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.360
 but of

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:15.699
 the right

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:16.079
 kind,

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:18.360
 idolatry

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:19.159
 is renounced.

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.239
 Okay?

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.460
 So,

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:20.840
 when someone

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.279
 comes to

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:22.019
 know Christ,

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.800
 idolatry is

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:24.320
 a big thing

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:24.759
 that they

00:38:24.759 --> 00:38:26.119
 will face.

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:26.719
 Okay?

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:28.079
 It says

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.519
 in Romans

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:30.179
 1 that

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:30.439
 we've

00:38:30.439 --> 00:38:30.939
 exchanged

00:38:30.939 --> 00:38:31.439
 the truth

00:38:31.439 --> 00:38:32.099
 about God

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:32.919
 for a lot.

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.339
 Romans 2,

00:38:33.419 --> 00:38:33.739
 excuse me.

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.399
 And so,

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:36.859
 all of us

00:38:36.859 --> 00:38:37.419
 have worshipped

00:38:37.419 --> 00:38:37.779
 idols.

00:38:37.919 --> 00:38:38.099
 It doesn't

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:38.359
 have to

00:38:38.359 --> 00:38:38.879
 be a

00:38:38.879 --> 00:38:40.119
 statue of

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.399
 something.

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:40.859
 We all

00:38:40.859 --> 00:38:41.539
 have loved

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:42.159
 and given

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.799
 our attention

00:38:42.799 --> 00:38:43.919
 to things

00:38:43.919 --> 00:38:44.259
 that are

00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:44.699
 infinitely

00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:45.259
 lesser

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:46.419
 than God.

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:47.659
 And God

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:48.359
 calls that

00:38:48.359 --> 00:38:49.799
 idolatry.

00:38:49.939 --> 00:38:50.399
 It's making

00:38:50.399 --> 00:38:51.119
 things into

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.480
 ultimate

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:52.500
 things over

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:52.839
 God.

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:54.579
 And so,

00:38:55.379 --> 00:38:56.000
 Paul wrote

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:57.519
 in 1 Thessalonians

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:58.079
 1.9,

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.159
 he says,

00:38:59.239 --> 00:38:59.699
 I remember

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:00.099
 how you

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.760
 turned to

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:01.420
 God from

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:02.940
 idols to

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:03.440
 serve the

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.940
 living and

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.559
 true God

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:05.559
 and to

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:05.960
 wait for

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.579
 His Son

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:07.280
 from heaven

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:09.000
 whom He

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.599
 raised from

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:10.059
 the dead,

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.579
 Jesus who

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:12.340
 delivers us

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:12.699
 from the

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:13.420
 wrath to

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.760
 come.

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.380
 So,

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:16.460
 idolatry is

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:16.900
 renounced.

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.420
 These people

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:17.719
 who have

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:18.239
 this deep

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:19.159
 pagan past

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:20.360
 turned away

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:20.820
 from it

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.400
 and turned

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:22.480
 to Christ.

00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:23.519
 So,

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.260
 ask yourself,

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.480
 though I'm

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:26.119
 not worshiping

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.579
 a statue

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:26.940
 or reading

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.340
 a spell

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:27.699
 book,

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:28.860
 what are

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.340
 idols in

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:29.780
 my life

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.260
 that still

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:30.740
 compete

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.400
 highly for

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:32.019
 my love

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.860
 and my

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.300
 attention

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:34.639
 to love

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.300
 more than

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:35.980
 the Savior?

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.019
 So,

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:39.500
 number six

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.139
 and lastly,

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.440
 this is what

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:41.780
 we'll get to

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:42.420
 next week,

00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:43.800
 the gospel

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:44.960
 causes hostility,

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:47.079
 severe hostility.

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:48.699
 That's number

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:49.420
 six and that'll

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:49.860
 be the rest

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.500
 of this chapter.

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:50.619
 chapter.

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:51.960
 But,

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:53.719
 I thought

00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:54.239
 it would be

00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:55.599
 fitting

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:57.219
 to read you

00:39:57.219 --> 00:39:57.619
 something

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:59.000
 because I

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.500
 have a great,

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.019
 there's a great

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.719
 tendency of

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:02.559
 people in

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:02.940
 the western

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.420
 church to

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:03.659
 think that

00:40:03.659 --> 00:40:04.019
 this stuff

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.440
 isn't real

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:04.800
 anymore.

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:07.260
 It is.

00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:09.719
 So,

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:10.300
 there's a

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:10.920
 ministry that

00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:12.179
 I supported

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:13.300
 in years past

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:13.559
 called

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:13.920
 The Every

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.320
 Tribe.

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.820
 I encourage

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:16.179
 you to look

00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:16.539
 them up.

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.179
 They're very

00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:17.960
 gospel-centered,

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:19.500
 solid,

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.679
 reform,

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:21.500
 mission group

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:23.079
 to every

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.500
 tribe.

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:24.800
 This is,

00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:26.500
 the founder

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:26.960
 of it is a

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:27.320
 man named

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:28.059
 David Seton

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:29.240
 and he did

00:40:29.240 --> 00:40:29.800
 a ton of

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:30.579
 ministry in

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:31.119
 Papua New

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.720
 Guinea and

00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:32.960
 the tribes

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.519
 and jungles

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:33.860
 there.

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.500
 Very

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:37.519
 brave man

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:38.780
 for the

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.199
 gospel.

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:40.900
 He wrote a

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:41.360
 book called

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:41.900
 Reckless

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.559
 Abandoned.

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:42.699
 So,

00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:42.940
 if you want

00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:43.260
 to read a

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:43.519
 book that

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:45.240
 really pushes

00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:45.579
 you,

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:46.400
 it's called

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:46.840
 Reckless

00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:47.460
 Abandoned by

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:48.199
 David Seton.

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:49.679
 So,

00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:52.079
 excuse me,

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:53.320
 I'm still in

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:53.960
 recovery by the

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.139
 way,

00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:54.539
 so thank you

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:54.900
 for bearing

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:55.320
 with my

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:55.940
 health right

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.159
 now.

00:40:58.139 --> 00:40:58.900
 He did a

00:40:58.900 --> 00:40:59.220
 lot of

00:40:59.220 --> 00:40:59.619
 work with

00:40:59.619 --> 00:41:00.099
 a tribe

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.519
 called the

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:00.980
 Chambri

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:02.320
 Tribe and

00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:02.760
 he started

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:04.220
 it in

00:41:04.220 --> 00:41:04.920
 the late

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:05.500
 80s.

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:06.960
 And,

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:08.519
 as you know,

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:09.019
 like in a

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.240
 lot of

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:09.579
 tribal

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:10.400
 cultures in

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:10.840
 Papua New

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:11.000
 Guinea,

00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:12.099
 there's

00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:12.720
 sorcery,

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:13.019
 there's

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.220
 witch

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:13.679
 doctors,

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.539
 there's

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:15.079
 a lot

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:15.860
 of serious

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.519
 death and

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:17.139
 paganism.

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:18.220
 In those

00:41:18.220 --> 00:41:18.639
 cultures,

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.039
 and it's

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.320
 real,

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:19.740
 it's like

00:41:19.740 --> 00:41:20.220
 demonic

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:20.960
 oppression.

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:22.699
 And,

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:24.079
 so I'll

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:24.380
 read to

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:24.599
 you,

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:27.420
 my reading

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:27.840
 out loud

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:28.240
 voice is

00:41:28.240 --> 00:41:28.500
 not the

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:28.920
 best this

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:29.220
 morning,

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:29.519
 so,

00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:30.880
 but I

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.300
 hope that

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:32.059
 God enables

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.380
 you just

00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:32.760
 to listen

00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:33.199
 to this,

00:41:33.220 --> 00:41:33.559
 it's really

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:33.900
 good.

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:35.000
 But I

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.260
 want you

00:41:35.260 --> 00:41:35.559
 to see

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:35.920
 that all

00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:36.320
 the things

00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:36.500
 that we

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:36.980
 just talked

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.179
 about,

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:37.599
 all these

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:38.019
 points,

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:39.619
 still happen.

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:40.179
 They're all

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:40.559
 the same

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:40.860
 thing,

00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:41.179
 when a

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.880
 gospel comes

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:42.320
 into a

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:43.519
 culture and

00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:44.059
 shakes it.

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:45.219
 okay,

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:47.460
 he says,

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:48.880
 this is David

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.219
 talking,

00:41:49.299 --> 00:41:49.440
 he says,

00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:50.019
 over hundreds

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.460
 of years,

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.079
 the Chambrite

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:52.559
 tribesmen have

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:53.179
 devised a

00:41:53.179 --> 00:41:53.960
 ritual to help

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.559
 them discern

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.340
 the identity

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:56.320
 of the

00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:58.420
 person who

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:59.059
 is responsible

00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.900
 for death.

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:01.000
 Then that

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.460
 death could

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:02.179
 be avenged

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:02.480
 and the

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:02.860
 spirits

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:03.579
 satisfied.

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:05.199
 The ritual

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.880
 is called

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:07.159
 muabu,

00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:08.619
 which means

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:09.179
 the shaking

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:09.719
 of the

00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:10.179
 bamboo,

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:11.659
 initiated

00:42:11.659 --> 00:42:12.539
 by men,

00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:13.699
 call upon

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:14.419
 evil spirits

00:42:14.419 --> 00:42:14.859
 to come

00:42:14.859 --> 00:42:15.259
 and possess

00:42:15.259 --> 00:42:16.559
 them and

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:17.119
 to empower

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:17.739
 a bamboo

00:42:17.739 --> 00:42:18.139
 pole,

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:19.559
 which will

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.940
 indicate the

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:21.699
 guilty person

00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:22.359
 in the

00:42:22.359 --> 00:42:22.819
 Chambrite.

00:42:23.299 --> 00:42:23.719
 So they

00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:24.259
 lay a

00:42:24.259 --> 00:42:24.739
 stick of

00:42:24.739 --> 00:42:25.440
 bamboo on

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:25.859
 the ground

00:42:25.859 --> 00:42:26.960
 and it

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.559
 would move

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:28.480
 and point

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:29.839
 to the

00:42:29.839 --> 00:42:30.519
 person guilty

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:31.399
 of the

00:42:31.399 --> 00:42:31.719
 crime.

00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:33.639
 And so

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:35.000
 he says,

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:35.539
 the Chambrite

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:36.039
 men have

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:36.519
 boasted to

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:37.179
 me for six

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:37.779
 years about

00:42:37.779 --> 00:42:38.339
 how easy

00:42:38.339 --> 00:42:38.899
 it was

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:40.079
 to conjure

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.519
 up evil

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:41.039
 spirits.

00:42:41.740 --> 00:42:42.500
 It is so

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:42.860
 simple,

00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:43.180
 they would

00:42:43.180 --> 00:42:43.480
 say,

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.400
 even our

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:45.000
 children can

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.440
 do it.

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:46.720
 Tribal

00:42:46.720 --> 00:42:47.340
 children grow

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:47.800
 up learning

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:48.139
 how to

00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:48.920
 manipulate the

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:49.579
 spirits through

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:50.139
 a variety

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:51.019
 of sacrifices

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:52.360
 and magical

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:52.860
 rituals.

00:42:53.160 --> 00:42:54.099
 So just

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:54.840
 like we

00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:55.119
 read,

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:57.039
 and he

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.460
 says,

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.240
 Antonio,

00:43:00.200 --> 00:43:00.820
 who was a

00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:01.860
 woman in

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.380
 this tribe

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:02.680
 who had

00:43:02.680 --> 00:43:03.019
 died,

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:04.079
 she was a

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:04.380
 Christian.

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:05.660
 And so

00:43:05.660 --> 00:43:05.900
 they were

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:06.240
 trying to

00:43:06.240 --> 00:43:06.720
 find someone

00:43:06.720 --> 00:43:07.320
 to blame

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:08.300
 for her

00:43:08.300 --> 00:43:08.660
 death.

00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:11.079
 And so

00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:11.480
 she was

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:12.039
 buried that

00:43:12.039 --> 00:43:12.639
 afternoon

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:13.639
 in the

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:13.940
 chamber

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.900
 were prepared

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:16.639
 for the

00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:17.860
 ritual that

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:18.519
 same evening.

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:20.280
 As the

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:20.700
 sun was

00:43:20.700 --> 00:43:21.000
 setting,

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:21.380
 more than

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:22.260
 200 people

00:43:22.260 --> 00:43:23.500
 gathered in

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:23.880
 the open

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:24.599
 area before

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:25.119
 the huts.

00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:26.460
 Two young

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.000
 men stood

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.340
 up to

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:28.480
 begin the

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:28.860
 solemn

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:30.500
 incantation.

00:43:31.180 --> 00:43:32.039
 One man

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:32.500
 held a

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:33.420
 five-foot-long

00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:34.220
 bamboo pole

00:43:34.219 --> 00:43:35.279
 while the

00:43:35.279 --> 00:43:36.099
 other tapped

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:37.239
 on it

00:43:37.239 --> 00:43:37.819
 rhythmically

00:43:37.819 --> 00:43:38.799
 with a

00:43:38.799 --> 00:43:39.419
 human bone.

00:43:40.299 --> 00:43:40.899
 He chanted

00:43:40.899 --> 00:43:41.500
 softly,

00:43:42.319 --> 00:43:43.099
 at first

00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:43.859
 inviting the

00:43:43.859 --> 00:43:44.500
 spirit of

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:45.739
 Antonio to

00:43:45.739 --> 00:43:46.459
 take control

00:43:46.459 --> 00:43:46.819
 of the

00:43:46.819 --> 00:43:47.179
 bamboo.

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.539
 Then his

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:49.079
 chants became

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:49.779
 louder and

00:43:49.779 --> 00:43:51.399
 more aggressive.

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:53.299
 Excuse me.

00:43:54.139 --> 00:43:54.539
 He says,

00:43:54.619 --> 00:43:55.419
 I inched over

00:43:55.419 --> 00:43:56.599
 toward the

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:57.019
 bamboo.

00:43:57.219 --> 00:43:57.859
 So David's

00:43:57.859 --> 00:43:59.079
 moving right

00:43:59.079 --> 00:43:59.759
 up towards it.

00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:00.320
 And he said,

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:02.880
 Annoyed that

00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:03.180
 they were

00:44:03.180 --> 00:44:03.840
 attempting to

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:04.340
 conjure the

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:04.740
 spirit of

00:44:04.740 --> 00:44:05.180
 Antonio,

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:05.940
 to him was

00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:06.920
 a sister in

00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:07.340
 the Lord.

00:44:08.220 --> 00:44:09.000
 I shouted

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.400
 at them,

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:10.360
 Antonio is a

00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:11.000
 follower of

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:11.320
 Jesus.

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:11.880
 She is in

00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:12.360
 heaven with

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:12.820
 God right

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.660
 now, and

00:44:13.660 --> 00:44:14.140
 her spirit

00:44:14.140 --> 00:44:14.720
 will not

00:44:14.720 --> 00:44:15.360
 appear tonight.

00:44:16.540 --> 00:44:17.260
 Some minutes

00:44:17.260 --> 00:44:18.340
 later, an

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:19.080
 intense verbal

00:44:19.080 --> 00:44:19.700
 and spiritual

00:44:19.700 --> 00:44:20.780
 warfare ensued.

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:21.520
 The

00:44:21.520 --> 00:44:22.020
 chambery

00:44:22.020 --> 00:44:22.940
 sorcerers were

00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:24.100
 begging with

00:44:24.100 --> 00:44:24.920
 the spirits to

00:44:24.920 --> 00:44:25.700
 come and take

00:44:25.700 --> 00:44:26.080
 over the

00:44:26.080 --> 00:44:26.980
 bamboo physically.

00:44:28.200 --> 00:44:28.900
 But I

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:29.340
 prayed the

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:29.700
 Lord of

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:30.399
 restrain them

00:44:30.399 --> 00:44:30.819
 to show

00:44:30.819 --> 00:44:31.299
 himself to

00:44:31.299 --> 00:44:31.659
 be more

00:44:31.659 --> 00:44:32.439
 dominant than

00:44:32.439 --> 00:44:33.239
 these ancestral

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:33.779
 spirits.

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:36.460
 Finally, after

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:37.460
 many hours, they

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:38.239
 gave up and

00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:39.019
 disgusted, they

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:39.480
 said, the

00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:40.039
 spirits won't

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:40.619
 come tonight.

00:44:42.279 --> 00:44:43.279
 And I said,

00:44:43.939 --> 00:44:44.699
 that's right.

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:45.500
 I snapped

00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:46.099
 back at them.

00:44:46.879 --> 00:44:47.419
 Our great

00:44:47.419 --> 00:44:48.059
 God is more

00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:49.079
 powerful than

00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:50.619
 the spirits, and

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:51.219
 he has proven

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:51.919
 his superiority

00:44:51.919 --> 00:44:52.960
 by disarming

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:54.359
 your spirits and

00:44:54.359 --> 00:44:55.079
 forbidding that

00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:56.019
 bamboo to move

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:56.379
 tonight.

00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:57.159
 It's every time

00:44:57.159 --> 00:44:57.699
 before it had

00:44:57.699 --> 00:44:58.319
 moved, and he

00:44:58.319 --> 00:44:58.859
 said, it's not

00:44:58.859 --> 00:44:59.279
 going to happen.

00:44:59.280 --> 00:45:00.600
 In the name

00:45:00.600 --> 00:45:01.220
 of Jesus, and

00:45:01.220 --> 00:45:01.600
 it didn't

00:45:01.600 --> 00:45:01.900
 happen.

00:45:03.160 --> 00:45:03.760
 He says,

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:05.760
 suddenly, anger

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:07.480
 and confusion

00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:08.840
 erupted as

00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:09.280
 people were

00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:09.960
 running around

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:10.600
 screaming and

00:45:10.600 --> 00:45:11.340
 throwing coconuts

00:45:11.340 --> 00:45:11.800
 at us.

00:45:12.580 --> 00:45:13.420
 I thought the

00:45:13.420 --> 00:45:13.940
 people were

00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:15.019
 chasing after us,

00:45:15.060 --> 00:45:15.460
 so I yelled

00:45:15.460 --> 00:45:16.019
 to our team,

00:45:16.120 --> 00:45:16.380
 run.

00:45:17.080 --> 00:45:17.620
 They took

00:45:17.620 --> 00:45:18.320
 off, sprinting

00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:19.080
 down through

00:45:19.080 --> 00:45:19.620
 the grass.

00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:21.080
 As a part of

00:45:21.080 --> 00:45:21.740
 my team hustled

00:45:21.740 --> 00:45:22.300
 back to our

00:45:22.300 --> 00:45:22.940
 campsite, I

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:23.660
 continued to

00:45:23.660 --> 00:45:24.380
 shout at them

00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:25.760
 God's truth and

00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:26.500
 power and

00:45:26.500 --> 00:45:27.240
 authority over

00:45:27.240 --> 00:45:27.860
 their spirits.

00:45:27.860 --> 00:45:29.019
 So he's

00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:30.039
 running and

00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:30.680
 yelling back

00:45:30.680 --> 00:45:31.240
 at them kind

00:45:31.240 --> 00:45:31.559
 of thing.

00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:33.840
 I persisted

00:45:33.840 --> 00:45:34.240
 with loud

00:45:34.240 --> 00:45:35.539
 preaching about

00:45:35.539 --> 00:45:36.079
 the supremacy

00:45:36.079 --> 00:45:36.860
 of God over

00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:37.559
 evil spirits.

00:45:38.599 --> 00:45:38.840
 And then

00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:40.620
 unexpectedly, a

00:45:40.620 --> 00:45:41.280
 woman appeared

00:45:41.280 --> 00:45:41.700
 out of the

00:45:41.700 --> 00:45:42.420
 shadows of a

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:43.079
 thatched hut.

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:44.539
 Along with

00:45:44.539 --> 00:45:45.360
 those by my

00:45:45.360 --> 00:45:46.559
 team, it was

00:45:46.559 --> 00:45:47.340
 obvious that

00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:47.860
 she had a

00:45:47.860 --> 00:45:48.680
 surge of

00:45:48.680 --> 00:45:49.059
 demonic

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:49.579
 power.

00:45:50.860 --> 00:45:51.599
 Obviously, this

00:45:51.599 --> 00:45:52.420
 was a very

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:53.420
 and more

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:54.460
 potent

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:55.820
 sorceress.

00:45:55.820 --> 00:45:56.960
 she waved

00:45:56.960 --> 00:45:57.700
 her hands

00:45:57.700 --> 00:45:59.019
 over her

00:45:59.019 --> 00:45:59.440
 head and

00:45:59.440 --> 00:45:59.880
 began to

00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:00.480
 chant and

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:01.640
 dance to

00:46:01.640 --> 00:46:02.120
 plea with

00:46:02.120 --> 00:46:02.580
 the spirits

00:46:02.580 --> 00:46:03.019
 to move

00:46:03.019 --> 00:46:03.559
 the bamboo.

00:46:04.740 --> 00:46:05.460
 Once again,

00:46:06.280 --> 00:46:06.720
 there was a

00:46:06.720 --> 00:46:07.120
 time of

00:46:07.120 --> 00:46:07.500
 intense

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:08.100
 spiritual

00:46:08.100 --> 00:46:09.820
 conflict as

00:46:09.820 --> 00:46:10.320
 she begged

00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:10.860
 the spirits

00:46:10.860 --> 00:46:11.420
 to reveal

00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:11.960
 themselves.

00:46:12.820 --> 00:46:13.800
 I continue

00:46:13.800 --> 00:46:14.200
 to pray

00:46:14.200 --> 00:46:15.700
 loudly for

00:46:15.700 --> 00:46:16.140
 the power

00:46:16.140 --> 00:46:16.600
 and presence

00:46:16.600 --> 00:46:17.000
 of our

00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:18.300
 Lord to

00:46:18.300 --> 00:46:18.960
 invoke her

00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:20.160
 and disempower

00:46:20.160 --> 00:46:21.160
 her to

00:46:21.160 --> 00:46:21.559
 raise the

00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:22.760
 spirits and

00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:23.080
 to take

00:46:23.080 --> 00:46:23.580
 control of

00:46:23.580 --> 00:46:24.120
 the bamboo.

00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:25.759
 Amazingly,

00:46:25.859 --> 00:46:26.279
 to me,

00:46:26.940 --> 00:46:27.339
 the Lord

00:46:27.339 --> 00:46:28.000
 promoted me

00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:28.440
 to issue

00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:29.039
 a challenge.

00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:29.359
 It sounds

00:46:29.359 --> 00:46:29.779
 like something

00:46:29.779 --> 00:46:30.920
 I like a

00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:31.359
 lot here in

00:46:31.359 --> 00:46:31.679
 the promise

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:31.960
 of Baal.

00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:32.440
 I yelled

00:46:32.440 --> 00:46:32.880
 at her,

00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:34.059
 Rosa,

00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:35.659
 bring out

00:46:35.659 --> 00:46:36.139
 your most

00:46:36.139 --> 00:46:36.659
 powerful

00:46:36.659 --> 00:46:37.440
 sorcerer.

00:46:38.019 --> 00:46:38.380
 If he

00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:39.139
 can persuade

00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:39.819
 these spirits

00:46:39.819 --> 00:46:40.339
 to shake

00:46:40.339 --> 00:46:41.000
 the bamboo,

00:46:41.739 --> 00:46:43.779
 we will

00:46:43.779 --> 00:46:44.319
 follow and

00:46:44.319 --> 00:46:45.019
 worship your

00:46:45.019 --> 00:46:45.480
 spirits,

00:46:45.699 --> 00:46:46.279
 but if he

00:46:46.279 --> 00:46:46.799
 can't do

00:46:46.799 --> 00:46:47.119
 it, you

00:46:47.119 --> 00:46:47.619
 will need

00:46:47.619 --> 00:46:48.239
 to repent

00:46:48.239 --> 00:46:49.199
 and worship

00:46:49.199 --> 00:46:49.759
 and follow

00:46:49.759 --> 00:46:50.440
 our God.

00:46:51.119 --> 00:46:51.659
 Sounds just

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:52.159
 like Elijah.

00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:52.279
 him.

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:54.199
 So Rosa

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:54.759
 became even

00:46:54.759 --> 00:46:55.539
 more desperate,

00:46:56.619 --> 00:46:57.379
 twisting around,

00:46:57.519 --> 00:46:58.379
 dancing frantically

00:46:58.379 --> 00:46:59.420
 to summon the

00:46:59.420 --> 00:46:59.859
 spirits, but

00:46:59.859 --> 00:47:00.399
 the bamboo

00:47:00.399 --> 00:47:01.339
 remained

00:47:01.339 --> 00:47:02.019
 lifeless.

00:47:03.119 --> 00:47:03.519
 Finally,

00:47:04.319 --> 00:47:04.940
 with loud

00:47:04.940 --> 00:47:05.819
 cursing, she

00:47:05.819 --> 00:47:06.420
 gave up and

00:47:06.420 --> 00:47:07.079
 retreated back

00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:07.420
 into the

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:07.719
 night.

00:47:08.799 --> 00:47:09.259
 One of the

00:47:09.259 --> 00:47:10.059
 men grabbed

00:47:10.059 --> 00:47:10.559
 the bamboo

00:47:10.559 --> 00:47:11.239
 and angrily

00:47:11.239 --> 00:47:11.879
 shoved it

00:47:11.879 --> 00:47:13.539
 through the

00:47:13.539 --> 00:47:14.099
 doorway of a

00:47:14.099 --> 00:47:14.339
 hut.

00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:15.420
 As the

00:47:15.420 --> 00:47:16.279
 villagers began

00:47:16.279 --> 00:47:17.019
 to disperse,

00:47:17.079 --> 00:47:17.500
 I quickly

00:47:17.500 --> 00:47:18.579
 issued the

00:47:18.579 --> 00:47:19.279
 challenge once

00:47:19.279 --> 00:47:19.920
 more for

00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:20.420
 them to bring

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:20.699
 out their

00:47:20.699 --> 00:47:21.279
 most powerful

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:21.960
 sorcerer,

00:47:22.340 --> 00:47:22.720
 like this

00:47:22.720 --> 00:47:22.940
 is all

00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:23.320
 you got?

00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:23.760
 Anybody

00:47:23.760 --> 00:47:24.320
 else here

00:47:24.320 --> 00:47:24.700
 want to

00:47:24.700 --> 00:47:24.860
 give it

00:47:24.860 --> 00:47:25.140
 a go?

00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:26.400
 But they

00:47:26.400 --> 00:47:27.060
 refused to

00:47:27.060 --> 00:47:27.440
 try.

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:28.820
 Instead,

00:47:29.380 --> 00:47:30.019
 these furious

00:47:30.019 --> 00:47:31.140
 villagers chased

00:47:31.140 --> 00:47:32.880
 after us as

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:33.480
 I shouted,

00:47:34.420 --> 00:47:35.000
 Christ is

00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:35.540
 greater than

00:47:35.540 --> 00:47:36.280
 your spirits.

00:47:37.240 --> 00:47:37.660
 So,

00:47:38.600 --> 00:47:39.400
 this is when

00:47:39.400 --> 00:47:40.140
 a machete

00:47:40.140 --> 00:47:40.720
 wielding

00:47:40.720 --> 00:47:42.340
 tribesman ran

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:42.920
 after me.

00:47:43.600 --> 00:47:44.040
 He took

00:47:44.040 --> 00:47:44.620
 three quick

00:47:44.620 --> 00:47:45.400
 steps forward

00:47:45.400 --> 00:47:45.980
 and raised

00:47:45.980 --> 00:47:46.780
 the bush

00:47:46.780 --> 00:47:47.420
 knife over

00:47:47.420 --> 00:47:47.700
 me.

00:47:48.480 --> 00:47:48.740
 I

00:47:48.740 --> 00:47:49.440
 wheeled around

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:49.900
 to avoid

00:47:49.900 --> 00:47:50.440
 being hit in

00:47:50.440 --> 00:47:50.860
 the head.

00:47:51.280 --> 00:47:51.700
 Fully

00:47:51.700 --> 00:47:52.480
 expecting to

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:52.980
 be hit,

00:47:53.980 --> 00:47:54.760
 he slashed

00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:55.080
 and he

00:47:55.080 --> 00:47:55.460
 missed.

00:47:56.380 --> 00:47:56.780
 When I

00:47:56.780 --> 00:47:57.320
 peeked around,

00:47:57.420 --> 00:47:58.140
 I saw one

00:47:58.140 --> 00:47:58.360
 of the

00:47:58.360 --> 00:47:58.920
 unsaved

00:47:58.920 --> 00:47:59.400
 chambery

00:47:59.400 --> 00:48:00.600
 men had

00:48:00.600 --> 00:48:01.260
 jumped between

00:48:01.260 --> 00:48:02.900
 us and

00:48:02.900 --> 00:48:03.140
 said,

00:48:03.400 --> 00:48:03.660
 leave this

00:48:03.660 --> 00:48:04.280
 man alone.

00:48:05.100 --> 00:48:05.560
 Why would

00:48:05.560 --> 00:48:06.140
 an unsaved

00:48:06.140 --> 00:48:06.620
 man do

00:48:06.620 --> 00:48:07.019
 this?

00:48:08.019 --> 00:48:08.920
 Not because

00:48:08.920 --> 00:48:09.400
 he was a

00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:09.700
 believer.

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:10.480
 He wasn't.

00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:11.500
 He did it

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:11.940
 because he

00:48:11.940 --> 00:48:12.400
 had seen the

00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:12.800
 obvious

00:48:12.800 --> 00:48:13.800
 demonstration of

00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:14.100
 God's

00:48:14.100 --> 00:48:15.320
 authority over

00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:15.760
 the evil

00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:16.240
 spirits.

00:48:16.820 --> 00:48:17.360
 And he was

00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:17.900
 afraid of

00:48:17.900 --> 00:48:18.200
 what our

00:48:18.200 --> 00:48:18.540
 God would

00:48:18.540 --> 00:48:18.820
 do to

00:48:18.820 --> 00:48:19.280
 him if I

00:48:19.280 --> 00:48:19.760
 was killed.

00:48:19.760 --> 00:48:21.600
 To my

00:48:21.600 --> 00:48:22.300
 amazement,

00:48:22.900 --> 00:48:23.280
 forty

00:48:23.280 --> 00:48:23.820
 chambery

00:48:23.820 --> 00:48:24.240
 villagers

00:48:24.240 --> 00:48:24.820
 encircled

00:48:24.820 --> 00:48:25.200
 me and

00:48:25.200 --> 00:48:25.560
 quietly

00:48:25.560 --> 00:48:26.020
 take me

00:48:26.020 --> 00:48:26.540
 back to

00:48:26.540 --> 00:48:27.060
 my camp.

00:48:27.720 --> 00:48:28.500
 My strength

00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:29.040
 left me and

00:48:29.040 --> 00:48:29.740
 I began to

00:48:29.740 --> 00:48:30.200
 fall on the

00:48:30.200 --> 00:48:30.940
 ground weeping.

00:48:31.780 --> 00:48:32.660
 I wept because

00:48:32.660 --> 00:48:33.200
 of the great

00:48:33.200 --> 00:48:33.920
 love for the

00:48:33.920 --> 00:48:34.440
 chambery.

00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:35.880
 I wept because

00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:36.280
 of this

00:48:36.280 --> 00:48:36.920
 incredible

00:48:36.920 --> 00:48:37.920
 adrenaline rush

00:48:37.920 --> 00:48:38.460
 of almost

00:48:38.460 --> 00:48:38.940
 having my

00:48:38.940 --> 00:48:39.420
 head chopped

00:48:39.420 --> 00:48:39.820
 off.

00:48:39.820 --> 00:48:42.240
 I wept because

00:48:42.240 --> 00:48:42.700
 of the

00:48:42.700 --> 00:48:44.400
 realization God

00:48:44.400 --> 00:48:44.940
 had just

00:48:44.940 --> 00:48:46.120
 shown through

00:48:46.120 --> 00:48:46.720
 us of a

00:48:46.720 --> 00:48:47.280
 display of

00:48:47.280 --> 00:48:47.840
 his power

00:48:47.840 --> 00:48:49.720
 openly rebuking

00:48:49.720 --> 00:48:50.400
 the spirits

00:48:50.400 --> 00:48:51.640
 that ruled

00:48:51.640 --> 00:48:52.380
 over the

00:48:52.380 --> 00:48:53.980
 chambery for

00:48:53.980 --> 00:48:54.720
 thousands of

00:48:54.720 --> 00:48:55.019
 years.

00:48:55.559 --> 00:48:56.240
 All that

00:48:56.240 --> 00:48:57.200
 emotion exploded.

00:48:58.620 --> 00:48:59.180
 The machete

00:48:59.180 --> 00:49:00.640
 man, the guy

00:49:00.640 --> 00:49:01.140
 tried to kill

00:49:01.140 --> 00:49:02.300
 him, came to

00:49:02.300 --> 00:49:02.860
 visit me the

00:49:02.860 --> 00:49:03.420
 next day.

00:49:04.140 --> 00:49:04.940
 He brought a

00:49:04.940 --> 00:49:05.760
 gift of two

00:49:05.760 --> 00:49:07.320
 beetle nuts and

00:49:07.320 --> 00:49:08.200
 apologized and

00:49:08.200 --> 00:49:08.860
 he says, I don't

00:49:08.860 --> 00:49:09.420
 know what came

00:49:09.420 --> 00:49:10.099
 over me last

00:49:10.099 --> 00:49:11.140
 night, but I

00:49:11.140 --> 00:49:11.640
 almost killed

00:49:11.640 --> 00:49:11.940
 you.

00:49:15.099 --> 00:49:16.180
 He says, I

00:49:16.180 --> 00:49:16.960
 responded to

00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:18.559
 him, I know

00:49:18.559 --> 00:49:19.120
 what came over

00:49:19.120 --> 00:49:19.420
 you.

00:49:20.099 --> 00:49:20.700
 You are a

00:49:20.700 --> 00:49:21.280
 servant of

00:49:21.280 --> 00:49:22.160
 evil spirits,

00:49:22.860 --> 00:49:24.500
 but last night

00:49:24.500 --> 00:49:25.700
 our God showed

00:49:25.700 --> 00:49:26.360
 himself to be

00:49:26.360 --> 00:49:27.099
 more powerful

00:49:27.099 --> 00:49:27.500
 than your

00:49:27.500 --> 00:49:27.920
 spirits.

00:49:28.559 --> 00:49:29.140
 You need to

00:49:29.140 --> 00:49:29.980
 repent and

00:49:29.980 --> 00:49:30.720
 turn to the

00:49:30.720 --> 00:49:31.280
 Lord Jesus.

00:49:32.320 --> 00:49:33.019
 This man's

00:49:33.019 --> 00:49:34.019
 western name is

00:49:34.019 --> 00:49:34.380
 Bob.

00:49:35.559 --> 00:49:36.200
 Sorry, Bob.

00:49:36.199 --> 00:49:38.559
 I now

00:49:38.559 --> 00:49:39.480
 jokingly refer

00:49:39.480 --> 00:49:39.960
 to him as

00:49:39.960 --> 00:49:40.719
 Machete Bob.

00:49:42.239 --> 00:49:42.980
 He has

00:49:42.980 --> 00:49:43.539
 become my

00:49:43.539 --> 00:49:44.339
 best friend

00:49:44.339 --> 00:49:44.839
 among the

00:49:44.839 --> 00:49:46.259
 chambery and

00:49:46.259 --> 00:49:46.919
 recently has

00:49:46.919 --> 00:49:47.500
 come to know

00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:48.980
 Christ and

00:49:48.980 --> 00:49:49.579
 he follows us

00:49:49.579 --> 00:49:50.159
 around every

00:49:50.159 --> 00:49:50.699
 day helping

00:49:50.699 --> 00:49:51.899
 us in

00:49:51.899 --> 00:49:52.419
 everything we

00:49:52.419 --> 00:49:52.739
 did.

00:49:53.899 --> 00:49:55.159
 So before he

00:49:55.159 --> 00:49:55.659
 became a

00:49:55.659 --> 00:49:56.159
 believer, he

00:49:56.159 --> 00:49:56.839
 insisted I

00:49:56.839 --> 00:49:57.319
 use his

00:49:57.319 --> 00:49:58.460
 canoe and

00:49:58.460 --> 00:49:59.599
 boat motor

00:49:59.599 --> 00:50:00.319
 whenever I

00:50:00.319 --> 00:50:00.939
 needed to go

00:50:00.939 --> 00:50:01.480
 up the river

00:50:01.480 --> 00:50:02.439
 to talk to

00:50:02.439 --> 00:50:03.599
 the tribes

00:50:03.599 --> 00:50:04.399
 about Christ.

00:50:04.400 --> 00:50:05.840
 the spiritual

00:50:05.840 --> 00:50:06.639
 conflict with

00:50:06.639 --> 00:50:07.400
 the sorceress

00:50:07.400 --> 00:50:08.539
 was a turning

00:50:08.539 --> 00:50:09.099
 point in

00:50:09.099 --> 00:50:10.099
 evangelism of

00:50:10.099 --> 00:50:10.800
 this tribe.

00:50:11.740 --> 00:50:12.280
 Dozens of

00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:13.019
 villagers began

00:50:13.019 --> 00:50:14.639
 inviting us to

00:50:14.639 --> 00:50:15.340
 speak with them

00:50:15.340 --> 00:50:16.519
 and many came

00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:17.579
 to know Christ.

00:50:18.360 --> 00:50:19.320
 This demonstration

00:50:19.320 --> 00:50:20.260
 of God's power

00:50:20.260 --> 00:50:21.000
 has given them

00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:22.139
 courage to

00:50:22.139 --> 00:50:22.760
 listen to the

00:50:22.760 --> 00:50:23.599
 gospel message

00:50:23.599 --> 00:50:24.880
 and seriously

00:50:24.880 --> 00:50:25.960
 consider who

00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:26.920
 Jesus Christ

00:50:26.920 --> 00:50:27.680
 really is.

00:50:30.079 --> 00:50:30.980
 Good stuff.

00:50:30.980 --> 00:50:33.840
 So you see

00:50:33.840 --> 00:50:34.199
 all these

00:50:34.199 --> 00:50:34.780
 things we just

00:50:34.780 --> 00:50:35.579
 mentioned happening

00:50:35.579 --> 00:50:36.199
 even in

00:50:36.199 --> 00:50:36.960
 cultures today

00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:38.219
 and they still

00:50:38.219 --> 00:50:38.860
 will even in

00:50:38.860 --> 00:50:39.380
 ours even

00:50:39.380 --> 00:50:39.579
 though we

00:50:39.579 --> 00:50:40.119
 don't always

00:50:40.119 --> 00:50:41.659
 see supernatural

00:50:41.659 --> 00:50:42.280
 signs.

00:50:43.579 --> 00:50:45.539
 So believe

00:50:45.539 --> 00:50:46.019
 and trust in

00:50:46.019 --> 00:50:46.639
 the gospel is

00:50:46.639 --> 00:50:47.420
 the power of

00:50:47.420 --> 00:50:48.679
 God for

00:50:48.679 --> 00:50:49.780
 salvation to

00:50:49.780 --> 00:50:50.139
 all who

00:50:50.139 --> 00:50:50.559
 believe.

00:50:51.300 --> 00:50:51.900
 Let's pray

00:50:51.900 --> 00:50:52.240
 together.

00:50:52.240 --> 00:50:51.900
 Let's pray

00:50:51.900 --> 00:50:52.300
 together.

00:50:52.300 --> 00:50:52.719
 Let's pray

00:50:52.719 --> 00:50:52.519
 together.