WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.179 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise. We're singing in Psalm 90, 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:13.820 in the Scottish Psalter, Psalm 90. We're singing from verse 13 down to the end of the Psalm, 00:00:13.900 --> 00:00:20.640 page 350 of the Psalm book, Psalm 90 at verse 13 down to the end. Turn, 00:00:21.240 --> 00:00:28.019 yet again to us, O Lord, how long thus shall it be? Let it repent thee now for those that servants 00:00:28.019 --> 00:00:35.679 are to thee. A Psalm crying out to God for his help. And the prayer at the end of the Psalm, 00:00:36.619 --> 00:00:43.820 verse 17, and let the beauty of the Lord, our God, be us upon our handiworks. Establish thou, 00:00:43.820 --> 00:00:50.840 establish them each one. We'll sing from verse 13 to 17 to God's praise, and we stand to sing. 00:00:58.020 --> 00:01:01.020 Yet again to us, O Lord, how long thus shall it be? Let it repent thee now for those that 00:01:01.020 --> 00:01:06.020 that serve us the Lord, our God, be us upon our handiworks. Let it repent thee now for those that serve us the Lord, 00:01:06.020 --> 00:01:08.020 and let it repent thee now for those that serve us the Lord, our God, be us upon our handiworks. 00:01:08.019 --> 00:01:10.019 O Lord, how long thin we are, and let it repent thee now for those that serve us the Lord, our God, be us upon our handiworks. 00:01:10.019 --> 00:01:15.019 O Lord, how long as shall it be? Let it repent thee now for those that serve us the Lord, our God, be us upon our handiworks. 00:01:15.019 --> 00:01:34.019 Let it repent thee now for those that serve us after thee. 00:01:34.019 --> 00:01:52.019 O with thy tender mercy, Lord, as thou art thee satisfied, 00:01:52.019 --> 00:02:13.019 So we rejoice shall all our days, and still be glad in thee. 00:02:13.020 --> 00:02:24.020 According as the days of thee, 00:02:24.020 --> 00:02:33.020 When we leave the past, 00:02:33.020 --> 00:02:44.020 And years when we ill have seen, 00:02:44.020 --> 00:02:54.020 So do thou make us glad. 00:02:54.020 --> 00:03:05.020 O let thy word and power appear, 00:03:05.020 --> 00:03:13.020 Thy servants face thee poor, 00:03:13.020 --> 00:03:24.020 And show us who their children dear, 00:03:24.020 --> 00:03:32.020 Thy glory evermore, 00:03:32.020 --> 00:03:43.020 And let the beauty of the Lord 00:03:43.020 --> 00:03:51.020 Our God be us upon, 00:03:51.020 --> 00:04:02.020 Our handy word established now, 00:04:02.020 --> 00:04:12.020 Established there, ye strong. 00:04:15.020 --> 00:04:17.019 We come to God in prayer. 00:04:17.019 --> 00:04:20.019 We bow our heads in a word of prayer. 00:04:20.019 --> 00:04:22.019 Our Father in heaven, 00:04:22.019 --> 00:04:24.019 We thank you for the beauty of this day, 00:04:24.019 --> 00:04:28.019 As we've enjoyed walking into the church here, 00:04:28.019 --> 00:04:31.019 As we've enjoyed just even looking out through our windows, 00:04:31.019 --> 00:04:34.019 On this bright sunny morning. 00:04:34.019 --> 00:04:37.019 We thank you for the beauty it shows to us. 00:04:37.019 --> 00:04:42.019 But we thank you that behind it all is the wonder of you as the maker, 00:04:42.019 --> 00:04:44.019 The creator of it all. 00:04:44.019 --> 00:04:47.019 And we have sung of the beauty of the Lord, 00:04:47.019 --> 00:04:50.019 And we pray that the beauty of the Lord would be upon us today, 00:04:50.019 --> 00:04:52.019 As the psalm says, 00:04:52.019 --> 00:04:55.019 That we would know the joy of your presence, 00:04:55.019 --> 00:04:59.019 That we would know joy in our time of worship here, 00:04:59.019 --> 00:05:01.019 That in all that we do, 00:05:01.019 --> 00:05:04.019 We would know, Lord, that we are able to look to you, 00:05:04.019 --> 00:05:05.019 And to rejoice in you, 00:05:05.019 --> 00:05:07.019 That you are God, 00:05:07.019 --> 00:05:09.019 And there is no other. 00:05:09.019 --> 00:05:13.019 So we pray, Lord, for everything that we do today. 00:05:13.019 --> 00:05:17.019 We pray for the time of worships we enjoy together, 00:05:17.019 --> 00:05:19.019 Both this morning and this evening. 00:05:19.019 --> 00:05:21.019 We thank you for the Sunday school, 00:05:21.019 --> 00:05:23.019 And the creche and the tweenies, 00:05:23.019 --> 00:05:25.019 And the time they enjoy together there. 00:05:25.019 --> 00:05:28.019 We thank you for times of fellowship around even just a cup of tea, 00:05:28.019 --> 00:05:30.019 And getting to know one another, 00:05:30.019 --> 00:05:32.019 And sharing with one another. 00:05:32.019 --> 00:05:35.019 We thank you for all that we have to enjoy from your hands. 00:05:35.019 --> 00:05:38.019 And we pray, Lord, that you will make us thankful, 00:05:38.019 --> 00:05:40.019 For every good gift that we have, 00:05:40.019 --> 00:05:43.019 All that you give us day by day. 00:05:43.019 --> 00:05:46.019 We do pray, Lord, your blessing on us as a people, 00:05:46.019 --> 00:05:48.019 From young to old here. 00:05:48.019 --> 00:05:51.019 We thank you for all the homes and the families represented. 00:05:51.019 --> 00:05:54.019 Thank you for those who are tuning in online as well. 00:05:54.019 --> 00:05:58.019 And we pray that near and far, Lord, your word will go with power, 00:05:58.019 --> 00:06:02.019 That will speak to us and remind us of the greatness of God, 00:06:02.019 --> 00:06:04.019 The goodness that you have shown to us, 00:06:04.019 --> 00:06:07.019 And giving your son, Jesus Christ. 00:06:07.019 --> 00:06:11.019 And we thank you that we come in his name asking all things. 00:06:11.019 --> 00:06:16.019 So we pray, Lord, that you will draw near to us and be with us in all that we do. 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:21.019 That you will pardon our sins as we ask it all in that precious name of Jesus, 00:06:21.019 --> 00:06:23.019 For his sake and glory. 00:06:23.019 --> 00:06:24.019 Amen. 00:06:28.019 --> 00:06:32.019 I'll just have a word to the young ones before you go through next door. 00:06:32.019 --> 00:06:35.019 You know, last week I was seeing how many of you were going out, 00:06:35.019 --> 00:06:37.019 Coming down through the church. 00:06:37.019 --> 00:06:40.019 And it's great to see so many of you coming week by week 00:06:40.019 --> 00:06:46.019 And going through to learn so much about Jesus and all that he has done for us. 00:06:46.019 --> 00:06:50.019 We're so thankful to be able to gather together and worship. 00:06:50.019 --> 00:06:55.019 Now, there was something that was asked of maybe not so much the young folks, 00:06:55.019 --> 00:07:00.019 But maybe the parents, but parents might need help in order to do this. 00:07:00.019 --> 00:07:02.019 It was on the notice sheet today. 00:07:02.019 --> 00:07:06.019 And that is to register for the Sunday school. 00:07:06.019 --> 00:07:10.019 And to make it easy or make it more difficult, maybe for some, 00:07:10.019 --> 00:07:12.019 There's a QR code. 00:07:12.019 --> 00:07:14.019 And then you start thinking to yourself, 00:07:14.019 --> 00:07:16.019 What on earth is a QR code? 00:07:16.019 --> 00:07:22.019 So probably your parents or grandparents will need a little help in that being explained to them. 00:07:22.019 --> 00:07:23.019 And how it works. 00:07:23.019 --> 00:07:26.019 Because it's amazing what it can do. 00:07:26.019 --> 00:07:30.019 And you think to yourself, I've got a phone here in my pocket. 00:07:30.019 --> 00:07:33.019 And this is all you need to register yourself at the Sunday school. 00:07:33.019 --> 00:07:37.019 But in order to do that, you need all kinds of codes. 00:07:37.019 --> 00:07:39.019 I was thinking, well, there's the QR code. 00:07:39.019 --> 00:07:43.019 But before you come to that, there's other codes you need to have as well. 00:07:43.019 --> 00:07:47.019 First, you need a passcode to get into the phone. 00:07:47.019 --> 00:07:54.019 So everyone will have their own passcode that they have to put into the phone to get entry into the phone. 00:07:54.019 --> 00:08:00.019 And then once you're in the phone, to get to the QR code, you need the Wi-Fi code. 00:08:00.019 --> 00:08:04.019 You need access to get a connection online. 00:08:04.019 --> 00:08:11.019 And then you need to use this QR code to get to the form that you need to fill in. 00:08:11.019 --> 00:08:14.019 It all sounds maybe a little bit complicated. 00:08:14.019 --> 00:08:17.019 But it's actually quite straightforward. 00:08:17.019 --> 00:08:23.019 You look at the QR code there and you scan it and it will do everything for you almost. 00:08:23.019 --> 00:08:28.019 But it was reminding me as I thought of all these different codes and how they work. 00:08:28.019 --> 00:08:31.019 And how complicated things can sound. 00:08:31.019 --> 00:08:34.019 That that's sometimes the way it is with the Bible and the Gospel. 00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:40.019 How we can maybe make things sound more complicated than they really are. 00:08:40.019 --> 00:08:47.019 But how we can just look at it and see that there's actually easy access to get to the Lord Jesus. 00:08:47.019 --> 00:08:49.019 You think about a passcode. 00:08:49.019 --> 00:08:51.019 It gives you entry. 00:08:51.019 --> 00:08:55.019 Well, as you read the Bible, it's like a code. 00:08:55.019 --> 00:08:58.019 It gives you entry to come and draw near to God. 00:08:58.019 --> 00:09:03.019 You're coming to hear what God is saying to us. 00:09:03.019 --> 00:09:06.019 Then we think of the Wi-Fi connections. 00:09:06.019 --> 00:09:08.019 One of these things that so often bothers us. 00:09:08.019 --> 00:09:12.019 When we go somewhere new or when we're out and about, is there a Wi-Fi code? 00:09:12.019 --> 00:09:13.019 Can I get a connection? 00:09:13.019 --> 00:09:15.019 Can I get online? 00:09:15.019 --> 00:09:18.019 Well, here we've got a connection as well. 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:20.019 A connection to Jesus. 00:09:20.019 --> 00:09:24.019 Through His Word, we have this connection. 00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:28.019 And then we come to the QR code. 00:09:28.019 --> 00:09:31.019 Does anybody know what QR stands for? 00:09:31.019 --> 00:09:36.019 You go into shops, you go into restaurants, you go into all kinds of different places, 00:09:36.019 --> 00:09:39.019 and it can say, scan the QR code. 00:09:39.019 --> 00:09:46.019 You can sit at your table in a restaurant and order your food and everything just by scanning a QR code. 00:09:46.019 --> 00:09:49.019 Does anybody know what QR stands for? 00:09:49.019 --> 00:09:53.019 It stands for quick response. 00:09:53.019 --> 00:09:56.019 That's what it stands for. 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:59.019 QR stands for quick response. 00:09:59.019 --> 00:10:04.019 The QR code enables you to respond quickly to something. 00:10:04.019 --> 00:10:09.019 So this QR code on the sheet today, it allows you to respond quickly to Ian 00:10:09.019 --> 00:10:14.019 and let him know all your details for registering at Sunday school. 00:10:14.019 --> 00:10:21.019 But the Bible calls for a quick response as well. 00:10:21.019 --> 00:10:26.019 In many ways, that's what we're going to be looking at this morning as we look in the Book of Acts. 00:10:26.019 --> 00:10:29.019 We think of a man who was in charge of a prison. 00:10:29.019 --> 00:10:31.019 He was called a jailer. 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:33.019 He had a question. 00:10:33.019 --> 00:10:36.019 What must I do to be saved? 00:10:36.019 --> 00:10:45.019 And the people that were with him in the prison, Peter and Silas, they gave him a response. 00:10:45.019 --> 00:10:49.019 They said, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. 00:10:49.019 --> 00:10:52.019 This is like a QR code for them. 00:10:52.019 --> 00:10:55.019 It demanded a quick response. 00:10:55.019 --> 00:10:58.019 And he believed. 00:10:58.019 --> 00:11:01.019 He trusted in the Lord Jesus. 00:11:01.019 --> 00:11:03.019 And that's what the gospel is about. 00:11:03.019 --> 00:11:06.019 We can sometimes make it seem so complicated. 00:11:06.019 --> 00:11:15.019 But it's about having an entry, coming near to God, having access to Jesus and coming with a quick response. 00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:18.019 Believing in the Lord Jesus. 00:11:18.019 --> 00:11:23.019 So Ian wants you to respond quickly to this QR code on the sheet. 00:11:23.019 --> 00:11:30.019 But more importantly for us all is to have a QR, a quick response to the gospel. 00:11:30.019 --> 00:11:34.019 And to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:11:34.019 --> 00:11:37.019 We're going to say the Lord's Prayer together now. 00:11:37.019 --> 00:11:38.019 Let's say the Lord's Prayer. 00:11:38.019 --> 00:11:43.019 Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 00:11:43.019 --> 00:11:45.019 Thy kingdom come. 00:11:45.019 --> 00:11:49.019 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:11:49.019 --> 00:11:52.019 Give us this day our daily bread. 00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:56.019 And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. 00:11:56.019 --> 00:12:01.019 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 00:12:01.019 --> 00:12:06.019 For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever. 00:12:06.019 --> 00:12:07.019 Amen. 00:12:07.019 --> 00:12:12.019 We're going to sing again to God's praise. 00:12:12.019 --> 00:12:15.019 We're going to sing in Psalm 130. 00:12:15.019 --> 00:12:21.019 And this is in the Scottish Psalter, page 421 of the psalm book. 00:12:21.019 --> 00:12:23.019 Psalm 130. 00:12:23.019 --> 00:12:27.019 We can sing the whole of this psalm together. 00:12:27.019 --> 00:12:28.019 Verse 1. 00:12:28.019 --> 00:12:33.019 Lord, from the depths to thee I cried, my voice, Lord, do thou hear. 00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:38.019 And to my supplications voice, give an attentive ear. 00:12:38.019 --> 00:12:42.019 We'll sing the whole of this psalm to God's praise. 00:12:42.019 --> 00:12:47.019 Lord, from the depths to thee I cried, my voice, Lord, do thou hear. 00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:52.019 Lord, from the depths to thee I cried, my voice, Lord, do thou hear. 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:57.019 And to thee I cried, my voice, Lord, do thou hear. 00:12:57.019 --> 00:13:04.019 My voice, Lord, do thou hear. 00:13:04.019 --> 00:13:09.019 And to my supplications voice, give an attentive ear. 00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:14.019 Lord, who shall stand if thou, O Lord, do thou hear. 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:21.019 Lord, who shall stand if thou, O Lord, shouldst hearken in pity. 00:13:21.019 --> 00:13:22.019 But yet with thee forgive me. 00:13:22.019 --> 00:13:26.019 Lord, who shall stand if thou, O Lord, shouldst hearken in pity. 00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:41.019 Lord, who shall stand if thou, O Lord, shouldst hearken in pity. 00:13:41.019 --> 00:13:43.019 But yet with thee forgive me. 00:13:43.019 --> 00:13:48.019 But yet with thee forgive me. 00:13:48.019 --> 00:14:02.019 Forgivenesses that fear thou hearst me. 00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:13.019 I wait for God, my soul doth wait. 00:14:13.019 --> 00:14:21.019 My hope is in his word. 00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:31.019 More than may that our morning watch. 00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:41.019 My soul doth watch my soul, which are the Lord. 00:14:41.019 --> 00:14:51.019 I say more than may that to watch. 00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:59.019 The morning light to see. 00:14:59.019 --> 00:15:10.019 Let Israel open the Lord. 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:19.019 For with him blesses be. 00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:37.019 And plentious redemption is ever found within him. 00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:57.019 And from all his iniquities he is death shall redeem. 00:15:57.019 --> 00:16:04.019 Give him peace and heal. 00:16:04.019 --> 00:16:05.019 Thank you. 00:16:05.019 --> 00:16:07.019 I'll return to read in God's word. 00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:09.019 Reading in the Book of Acts. 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:11.019 Reading in chapter 16. 00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:16.019 Acts chapter 16. 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:17.019 Amen. 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:21.539 We're taking up our reading at verse 16, 00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:25.079 although we're taking into consideration 00:16:25.079 --> 00:16:27.720 from verse 11 this morning as well. 00:16:27.819 --> 00:16:30.139 We will see the conversion of Lydia, 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:34.360 who was a businesswoman, if you like, 00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.639 seller of purple. 00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:41.279 But she was gathered this day with many other women 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:42.819 in a place of prayer. 00:16:42.820 --> 00:16:49.080 And Paul and Silas went to see her. 00:16:49.680 --> 00:16:53.740 And it says there in verse 14, 00:16:54.900 --> 00:16:57.980 One who heard us was a woman named Lydia 00:16:57.980 --> 00:17:00.220 from the city of Thyatira, 00:17:00.760 --> 00:17:02.500 a seller of purple goods, 00:17:03.040 --> 00:17:05.059 who was a worshipper of God. 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:08.120 The Lord opened her heart 00:17:08.120 --> 00:17:12.140 to pay attention to what was said by Paul. 00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:15.039 So we're taking that into consideration as well 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:17.799 as we take up our reading in verse 16. 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:21.059 As we were going to the place of prayer, 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:22.799 we were met by a slave girl 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:24.500 who had a spirit of divination 00:17:24.500 --> 00:17:27.480 and brought her own owners much gain 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:29.259 by fortune-telling. 00:17:30.159 --> 00:17:33.039 She followed Paul and us, crying out, 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:36.139 These men are servants of the Most High God, 00:17:36.139 --> 00:17:38.919 who proclaim to you the way of salvation. 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:42.080 And this she kept doing for many days. 00:17:42.820 --> 00:17:44.779 Paul, having become greatly annoyed, 00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:46.519 turned and said to the spirit, 00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:49.240 I command you in the name of Jesus Christ 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:50.120 to come out of her. 00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:53.019 And it came out that very hour. 00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:57.380 But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, 00:17:57.900 --> 00:17:59.759 they seized Paul and Silas 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:01.220 and dragged them into the marketplace 00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.380 before the rulers. 00:18:02.380 --> 00:18:05.480 And when they had brought them to the magistrates, 00:18:05.540 --> 00:18:05.840 they said, 00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:07.600 These men are Jews, 00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:09.960 and they are disturbing our city. 00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:14.120 They advocate customs that are not lawful for us 00:18:14.120 --> 00:18:16.840 as Romans to accept or practice. 00:18:17.660 --> 00:18:20.000 The crowd joined in attacking them, 00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:22.880 and the magistrates tore the garments of them 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:25.800 and gave orders to beat them with rods. 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:29.299 And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.960 they threw them into prison, 00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:34.460 ordering the jailer to keep them safely. 00:18:35.299 --> 00:18:36.839 Having received this order, 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:39.019 he put them into the inner prison 00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:42.639 and fastened their feet in the stocks. 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.839 About midnight, 00:18:45.399 --> 00:18:47.059 Paul and Silas were praying 00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:48.879 and singing hymns to God, 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:51.599 and the prisoners were listening to them. 00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:54.639 And suddenly there was a great earthquake. 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:57.540 So the foundations of the prison were shaken. 00:18:58.500 --> 00:19:00.860 And immediately all the doors were opened, 00:19:01.560 --> 00:19:04.380 and everyone's bonds were unfastened. 00:19:05.280 --> 00:19:06.640 When the jailer woke 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:08.740 and saw that the prison doors were open, 00:19:09.320 --> 00:19:10.480 he drew his sword 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:12.040 and was about to kill himself, 00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:14.600 supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 00:19:15.780 --> 00:19:18.080 But Paul cried with a loud voice, 00:19:18.780 --> 00:19:20.340 Do not harm yourself, 00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:22.280 for we are all here. 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:25.319 And the jailer called for lights 00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:26.160 and rushed in. 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:28.299 And trembling with fear, 00:19:28.399 --> 00:19:30.759 he fell down before Paul and Silas. 00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:33.039 Then he brought them out and said, 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:36.359 Sir, what must I do to be saved? 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:38.339 And they said, 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:40.859 Believe in the Lord Jesus, 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:42.799 and you will be saved, 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:44.319 you and your household. 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:47.480 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:49.299 and to all who were in his house. 00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:52.559 And he took them the same hour of the night 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:53.679 and washed their wounds. 00:19:54.399 --> 00:19:56.119 And he was baptized at once, 00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:57.700 he and all his family. 00:19:58.539 --> 00:20:00.480 Then he brought them up into his house 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.980 and set food before them. 00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:03.679 And he rejoiced, 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:05.679 along with his entire household, 00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:07.720 that he had believed in God. 00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.839 But when it was day, 00:20:09.899 --> 00:20:11.339 the magistrate sent the police, 00:20:11.339 --> 00:20:11.740 saying, 00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:13.740 Let those men go. 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:16.699 And their jailer reported these words 00:20:16.699 --> 00:20:17.240 to Paul, 00:20:17.419 --> 00:20:17.679 saying, 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:20.740 The magistrates have sent to let you go. 00:20:21.399 --> 00:20:21.759 Therefore, 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:23.619 come out now and go in peace. 00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:26.099 But Paul said to them, 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:28.379 They have beaten us publicly, 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.799 uncondemned, 00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:31.639 men who are Roman citizens, 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:33.959 and have thrown us into prison. 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:37.340 And do they now throw us out secretly? 00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.340 No. 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:41.620 Let them come themselves and take us out. 00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:45.279 The police reported these words to the magistrates, 00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:46.120 and they were afraid 00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:48.539 when they heard that they were Roman citizens. 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:51.579 So they came and apologized to them. 00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:53.019 And they took them out 00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:54.559 and asked them to leave the city. 00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:56.759 So they went out of the prison 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.740 and visited Lydia. 00:20:58.559 --> 00:21:00.539 And when they had seen the brothers, 00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:02.359 they encouraged them 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:03.899 and departed. 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.500 Amen. 00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:08.379 And may God bless that reading from his word. 00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.680 Let's again just bow our heads 00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.659 in a word of prayer. 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.359 Let us pray. 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:16.879 O Lord, our God, 00:21:16.939 --> 00:21:17.740 we thank you 00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.959 that you are a gracious, 00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:20.199 a merciful God, 00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:23.759 a God who is patient with his people, 00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:26.259 a God who is long-suffering, 00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:27.740 as your word describes, 00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:30.679 and yet a God who is so quickly 00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:33.899 able to transform people's lives. 00:21:34.699 --> 00:21:36.479 And we thank you that you are the God, 00:21:36.939 --> 00:21:38.359 the one who has all power, 00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:40.359 the power to salvation, 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:41.519 the power to convert, 00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:43.879 the power to change 00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:45.740 from those who are darkness 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.959 to those who are 00:21:46.959 --> 00:21:48.899 in the marvelous light of the gospel. 00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.579 And we thank you 00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:52.500 for your transforming power, 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:54.500 that just as you spoke 00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:56.079 this world into creation, 00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:58.539 so your voice still has power 00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.240 to this day, 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:00.659 power over all people 00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:02.379 and all situations. 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.719 And we thank you that in your word, 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:06.339 as we have read it together here, 00:22:06.939 --> 00:22:08.779 we are reminded of your power, 00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:12.160 power and control in all circumstances, 00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:13.899 circumstances that seem 00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:16.759 outwith our natural control, 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:19.819 but yet everything is in your hands. 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:22.099 We think of the people 00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:23.859 we have read of in this passage, 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.299 Lydia, 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:26.200 a seller of purple, 00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:29.460 and yet one who is so wealthy, 00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:31.960 but maybe still distant from you. 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:34.200 But we thank you for your power, 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:36.860 that your word opened her heart. 00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:40.700 We thank you too of a young girl 00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:43.100 who was used by masters 00:22:43.100 --> 00:22:45.440 who were making money out of her, 00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:48.079 and yet you had power to set her free. 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:50.660 We thank you for the Philippian jailer 00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.680 in his household, 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:55.380 the one who was in fear of his very life, 00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:58.779 and yet was brought to rejoice in God. 00:22:58.779 --> 00:23:01.859 We thank you for the way your word reminds us 00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.700 that you have power, 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:05.319 not just in all these circumstances, 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:08.359 but power to this day over all our lives, 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:10.259 lives of people who, 00:23:10.899 --> 00:23:11.819 as we often do, 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:15.339 find ourselves in so many differing situations, 00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:19.700 how changeable our situations often are, 00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:22.599 and yet you are the one who changes not. 00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:24.740 And so we thank you that today 00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:27.319 that we are able to commit ourselves 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.359 and all our loved ones 00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:29.919 and all that goes on around us 00:23:29.919 --> 00:23:31.939 into your mighty hands, 00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.740 praying for one another, 00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.740 seeking to encourage one another 00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:37.059 and build one another up. 00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:40.899 We do, Lord, ask your blessing on us as a people, 00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.539 on homes and families 00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.899 and all our different needs, 00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.099 knowing, Lord, 00:23:45.159 --> 00:23:46.399 that they are many and varied, 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:48.480 and yet none hidden from you. 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:52.579 We thank you that whatever our situation today, 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:54.819 whether we are rejoicing 00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:56.339 or whether we are sorrowful, 00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:58.299 whether we are afflicted 00:23:58.299 --> 00:24:00.700 or whatever else may be going on in our lives, 00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.240 that we know, Lord, 00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.000 that you are the one 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:04.899 who is able to give us strength. 00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:07.879 We ask your blessing then to be upon us 00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:09.859 and to be upon those who need you 00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:11.519 in particular ways. 00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.859 Again, we so often pray 00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:15.659 for those who are mourning, 00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.299 and we know 00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:18.099 throughout our communities 00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:21.139 there are many who are mourning at this time, 00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:24.259 mourning in very different circumstances, 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:27.500 and yet all mourning the loss of loved ones 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.519 in different ways. 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:30.180 We do pray, Lord, 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.079 for your comfort, 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.160 for your presence, 00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.980 for your peace 00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:36.579 in the midst of difficult circumstances. 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:39.160 We know that connected to ourselves 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.900 as a congregation, 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.920 that there are many 00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:42.859 who have lost loved ones, 00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:44.259 and we just pray, Lord, 00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:45.720 that you will draw near to them 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:47.079 and their families, communities, 00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:49.299 that your word will be blessed 00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:51.059 in the midst of times of sorrow. 00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.740 We think, too, 00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:55.099 of our island community. 00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:56.460 We have seen tragedy 00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.759 in our midst this week 00:24:57.759 --> 00:25:00.099 with the passing of Mark Elston, 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.659 who was known by many 00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.839 even in this congregation, 00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.679 someone who came through 00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:06.500 the doors of the hall 00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.980 on a number of occasions 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:09.559 and attended churches 00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:11.279 in different parts of our community. 00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.359 We pray, Lord, 00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.159 for his family 00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:15.659 as they grieve his passing, 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.419 his friends, 00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.279 those who knew him 00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:18.220 in different ways. 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:20.460 We commit them to you, O Lord, 00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:22.440 asking for your comfort, 00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:24.160 for your grace towards them. 00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:25.960 We know, Lord, 00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.660 in our world 00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:28.420 that there are so many troubles. 00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:30.319 We see it day by day. 00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:31.819 We think of Libya 00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:33.600 and the tragedy there. 00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.579 We think of Morocco 00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.400 and the earthquake. 00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.220 We think of 00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.980 so many other conflicts 00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:39.440 going on around the world 00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.180 and the Ukraine 00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:41.500 and further afield. 00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:43.000 We know, Lord, 00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.799 day by day 00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:45.480 that there is sadness 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:47.039 and sorrow around us. 00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:49.039 But we pray, too, Lord, 00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:50.420 that you will not leave us 00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.460 just looking down 00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.700 in sorrowful ways, 00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.399 but that you will help us 00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:55.579 to lift our eyes, 00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:57.599 to lift our eyes to you 00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.359 as the one 00:25:58.359 --> 00:26:00.019 who is able to do 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.980 abundantly more 00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.920 than all that we ask 00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.519 or imagine. 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:04.059 And we thank you 00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.839 that no matter 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.700 the difficulties 00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:08.039 in this world, 00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.440 that with you 00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.259 there is hope, 00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.680 that the gospel 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.480 is a gospel 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.940 of change, 00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.819 of transformation. 00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:16.639 and we know, Lord, 00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.279 that ultimately 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:18.240 you will transform 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.779 this world, 00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.019 you will transform 00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.839 your people. 00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.500 But we pray, Lord, 00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.700 to know your power 00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:26.099 even in these days, 00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.500 that we would see 00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.720 the power of your word 00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.379 going out 00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:30.139 to convict 00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.859 and to convert, 00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.859 the power of your word 00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.700 bringing people 00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.419 from darkness 00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:35.159 to light, 00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:36.939 the power of your word 00:26:36.939 --> 00:26:38.240 transforming lives 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.980 and households 00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.259 and communities 00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.039 as a whole, 00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:42.359 that we would see 00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.460 your saving power 00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.220 in our midst. 00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:45.819 We pray, O Lord, 00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.140 for there to be 00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:48.299 much rejoicing, 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.220 the rejoicing 00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.579 of days of salvation, 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.880 people knowing 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:53.259 the joy of salvation. 00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.980 We ask, O Lord, 00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.720 that your power 00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.420 will go through 00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.140 our lands, 00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.759 throughout our world, 00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.559 to all ends 00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.200 of the earth, 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.299 that your word 00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.880 will go out 00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.500 with power. 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.259 We thank you, Lord, 00:27:04.340 --> 00:27:05.039 for every way 00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:06.559 that it does go out, 00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.620 through every individual, 00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:09.440 through every congregation, 00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.200 denomination, 00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:11.299 through all your people 00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.240 around the world. 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.299 We thank you 00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.359 that you have servants 00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:15.519 who bring your gospel 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:17.339 and your people, Lord, 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.720 who are salt and light 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.819 in different parts. 00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.400 And we pray, Lord, 00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:23.019 that you will encourage us, 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.460 that you will help us 00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.799 to be strong in the Lord 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:27.960 and to be encouraged 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.480 that you are at work. 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.319 Lord, continue to hear 00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.960 our prayers, 00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:33.700 bless us as we turn 00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.339 to your word, 00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:36.400 remember us as a people, 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:38.660 do us good, we pray, 00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:40.599 build us up in our faith, 00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:42.079 help us to encourage 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:43.659 and pray for one another 00:27:43.659 --> 00:27:44.480 all the more. 00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:46.639 And we ask all these things, 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:48.779 acknowledging our shortcomings, 00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:49.659 our sinfulness 00:27:49.659 --> 00:27:50.579 in our heart, 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.879 and yet thankful 00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:52.779 as we have sung 00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.859 that with you 00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:55.579 there is plenteous redemption. 00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:56.779 So, Lord, 00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.980 forgive our sins 00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:59.139 and go with us now, 00:27:59.699 --> 00:28:00.459 continue with us 00:28:00.459 --> 00:28:01.379 throughout this day 00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:01.959 and with Adam 00:28:01.959 --> 00:28:02.759 as he's with us 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.699 this evening, Lord. 00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.879 May you encourage him 00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:06.159 in his ministry, 00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.919 in his life, 00:28:06.959 --> 00:28:07.799 and in his soul. 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.879 And may he be 00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.559 an encouragement 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.579 to us too. 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:12.000 Lord, hear us, 00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.539 we pray, 00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.819 and pardon us 00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.879 as we ask it all 00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:15.839 in Jesus' name. 00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.619 Amen. 00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.740 Let us again sing 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.759 to God's praise. 00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.299 We're going to sing 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.980 in Psalm 80a. 00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.740 It's in the Sing Psalms 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.059 version, 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.039 Psalm 80a, 00:28:29.159 --> 00:28:31.059 page 106. 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.779 We'll sing 00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.579 from verse 1 00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.879 to verse 7. 00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:37.100 Hear, O Israel, 00:28:37.320 --> 00:28:38.360 shepherd, hear us. 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.880 Joseph, 00:28:39.100 --> 00:28:40.380 like a flock you lead, 00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:42.080 you who are enthroned 00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:42.660 in glory, 00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.840 shine upon us 00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:45.100 in our need. 00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.480 We'll sing 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.320 from verse 1 00:28:46.320 --> 00:28:47.420 to 7 00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.720 to God's praise. 00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:48.840 Amen. 00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:57.160 Hear, O Israel, 00:28:57.740 --> 00:29:00.960 shepherd, hear us. 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.120 Joseph, 00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.160 Joseph, 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:07.620 like a flock you lead, 00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:11.940 you who are enthroned 00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:13.940 in glory, 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:17.759 shine upon us 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:21.100 in our need. 00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:23.640 Shine on, 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.759 angel, 00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:27.779 when man has 00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.240 day, 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:30.359 and forever 00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:34.859 as your might. 00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:39.319 Turn us once again 00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:41.619 towards you. 00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:45.259 Come and save us, 00:29:45.399 --> 00:29:48.819 give us light. 00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:52.259 O Lord God, 00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:55.740 the Lord Almighty, 00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:59.039 how long will 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:02.859 your anchor's hope, 00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:05.940 making void 00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:09.579 your people's prayers, 00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:12.500 so that all 00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:14.500 your enemies 00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:16.559 talk. 00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:20.220 You have fed 00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:21.819 the spread 00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:23.779 of sorrow, 00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:27.079 tears in plenty 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:30.519 we must shed. 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:33.259 We are now 00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:36.519 before our neighbors, 00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.519 humbled 00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:42.420 and discredited. 00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:47.460 Luke on us, 00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:50.680 O God Almighty, 00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:53.980 let us see 00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:55.779 your glory 00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:57.640 bright. 00:30:58.039 --> 00:31:02.000 Turn us once again 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:04.220 towards you. 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:07.840 Come and save us, 00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:11.420 give us light. 00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.420 Amen. 00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.380 So we can turn back 00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:19.940 to our reading 00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.840 in the book of Acts 00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:22.279 chapter 16. 00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.759 And then we can read 00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.880 at verse 30. 00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:29.220 Acts 16 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.960 at verse 30. 00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.740 Then he brought them 00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.460 out and said, 00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:31.900 Sir, 00:31:32.100 --> 00:31:33.740 what must I do 00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.580 to be saved? 00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:36.240 And they said, 00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:38.279 believe in the Lord 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.800 Jesus 00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:40.039 and you will 00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.740 be saved, 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:42.500 you and 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.659 your household. 00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:47.539 We're very familiar 00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.480 with hearing 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.720 bad news. 00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.359 We hear it probably 00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.579 every day of our lives. 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.399 Some sort of 00:31:53.399 --> 00:31:54.399 bad news 00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.319 comes our way, 00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.259 whether it's 00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.059 very personal 00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:58.099 or local 00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.899 or whether it's 00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.399 national 00:31:59.399 --> 00:32:00.759 or international. 00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.599 We hear 00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.919 bad news 00:32:02.919 --> 00:32:03.639 so often. 00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.059 And the psalm 00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.720 that we were singing 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.059 there, 00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.460 Psalm 80, 00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.299 reminds us 00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.019 that that is 00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.960 often the case. 00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.299 In Psalm 80 00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.940 verse 5 00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.460 it says, 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.720 You have fed us 00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.759 bread of sorrow, 00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:16.819 tears in plenty 00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:18.460 we must shed. 00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.880 There are so much 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:21.000 times of sorrow 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.259 in our lives. 00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:23.079 But the psalmist 00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.900 then says, 00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:25.360 Look on us, 00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:27.019 O God Almighty. 00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:28.140 Let us see 00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:29.700 your glory 00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.660 bright. 00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.920 Turn us 00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.720 once again 00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.640 towards you. 00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:35.000 Come and save us. 00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.340 Give us 00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:37.299 light. 00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:39.639 So we often hear 00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:41.059 bad news. 00:32:41.959 --> 00:32:42.740 But what's 00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:44.019 the best news 00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:45.139 you've heard 00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:45.859 this week? 00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:47.519 Or even in the last 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.179 number of weeks, 00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.720 what's the best news 00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:51.079 that you've heard? 00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:52.599 What's the best news 00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.919 you could hear 00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:55.279 in the week ahead? 00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.559 There may be many 00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.319 things that come 00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.939 to our mind 00:32:57.939 --> 00:32:58.559 when we think 00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.839 of good news, 00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.779 great things 00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.519 that we've heard, 00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.939 things that make us 00:33:02.939 --> 00:33:03.639 rejoice 00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.700 and are glad. 00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:07.160 But is it 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:08.259 that we've heard 00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.960 of someone 00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:10.060 converted? 00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.340 Is it that we've 00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:13.259 heard that God 00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.000 has opened 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.560 the heart 00:33:14.560 --> 00:33:15.180 of someone 00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:16.100 and they've 00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:17.480 come to believe 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.560 in the Lord 00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:19.640 Jesus Christ? 00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.759 When was the last 00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.320 time 00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:22.960 you rejoiced 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.820 in that good news? 00:33:25.780 --> 00:33:26.320 A sinner 00:33:26.320 --> 00:33:27.180 saved. 00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:28.720 The Bible 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.519 tells us 00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.160 that there is 00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:31.060 rejoicing 00:33:31.060 --> 00:33:32.340 in heaven 00:33:32.340 --> 00:33:33.860 over one 00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:34.320 sinner 00:33:34.320 --> 00:33:35.759 who repents. 00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.039 And that would 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:38.279 be great news 00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.799 for us to hear. 00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.600 Maybe we have 00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:41.120 heard it 00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:42.100 in the last week 00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:42.500 or the last 00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:43.200 number of weeks. 00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:44.259 We hear of people 00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:45.560 being converted 00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:46.180 locally 00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:47.100 or in many 00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:47.840 different parts 00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.440 of the world. 00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.220 Do we go into 00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.840 the week ahead? 00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.539 Do we come into 00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.360 the day-to-day 00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:53.440 with a sense 00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:54.539 of expectancy, 00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.240 a wonder, 00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.440 who the Lord 00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.200 will save 00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.620 today? 00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.900 Do we expect 00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.759 conversions 00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.640 to happen? 00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.880 Are we 00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:04.000 praying 00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.079 for conversions 00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:06.519 to take place? 00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:06.940 When you look 00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.480 at the book 00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.179 of Acts, 00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:09.099 it's a wonderful 00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:11.139 book of encouragement. 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.900 If you're feeling 00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.659 discouraged 00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.639 in the work 00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.300 of the gospel, 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.940 if you're feeling 00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.719 discouraged 00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.699 in evangelism 00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.320 and mission, 00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.739 turn to the book 00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.300 of Acts 00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:21.219 and read through 00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:22.400 it and it 00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:23.139 reminds you 00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.900 that God 00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.579 is a God 00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.519 of saving 00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.440 power. 00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.699 From the small 00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.659 numbers you see 00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.259 in the opening 00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.860 chapter, 00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:31.299 by the end 00:34:31.299 --> 00:34:32.360 of chapter 2 00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:32.980 it says, 00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.519 the Lord 00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:34.639 added to their 00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.420 number day 00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.059 by day 00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:37.299 those who 00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:37.960 were being 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.880 saved. 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.619 Salvation 00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:42.980 is of God. 00:34:43.819 --> 00:34:44.279 And so the 00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:44.960 book of Acts 00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:46.039 is a wonderful 00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:47.860 reminder to us 00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.779 of the power 00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.420 of God 00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.619 to salvation 00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.279 and power 00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:51.759 of God 00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.299 in the midst 00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:53.699 of all kinds 00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.779 of different 00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:55.639 situations. 00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.839 It's not always 00:34:56.839 --> 00:34:58.359 easy and plain 00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:59.559 sailing for God's 00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.179 people as you 00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.879 read through 00:35:00.879 --> 00:35:02.379 the book of Acts. 00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.079 Even as we've 00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.899 read here 00:35:03.899 --> 00:35:04.759 in Acts 00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:06.000 chapter 16, 00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:08.319 Paul and Silas 00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:09.639 they're in prison. 00:35:10.879 --> 00:35:11.579 They're bound 00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.379 in chains 00:35:12.379 --> 00:35:13.179 and yet God 00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:14.279 is able to use 00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:15.699 that circumstance 00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:16.699 for his 00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.599 glory. 00:35:18.819 --> 00:35:19.859 And it reminds 00:35:19.859 --> 00:35:20.699 us that we have 00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.639 to keep in mind 00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:22.900 the greater 00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:24.339 picture of God, 00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.900 the bigger 00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:26.500 picture of God, 00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.219 that in all the 00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:28.239 things that discourage 00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:29.039 us and leave us 00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:30.500 despondent and 00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.259 despairing, 00:35:31.299 --> 00:35:32.359 all the sad news 00:35:32.359 --> 00:35:33.339 that comes our 00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:34.339 way so often, 00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.799 that we can look 00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:36.440 to God and 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.539 remind ourselves 00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.379 that God 00:35:38.379 --> 00:35:39.920 is at work. 00:35:41.279 --> 00:35:41.980 As you go through 00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.819 the book of Acts, 00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:44.779 it's almost a bit 00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:45.819 like watching a 00:35:45.819 --> 00:35:47.139 child grow. 00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.719 If you're a 00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.739 parent of a child 00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.439 and you're with 00:35:50.439 --> 00:35:51.239 that child all 00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.599 the time, 00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.179 you're watching 00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:53.619 a child grow 00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.539 and maybe you 00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.500 don't see much 00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.119 change. 00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.699 But if you only 00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.799 see that child 00:35:57.799 --> 00:35:59.379 from time to 00:35:59.379 --> 00:35:59.859 time, 00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.539 if you're in a 00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:00.819 relation, 00:36:00.939 --> 00:36:01.279 maybe you only 00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:02.219 sees them once 00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:02.699 a year, 00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:03.779 you'll notice 00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:05.000 a huge change, 00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:06.119 a big difference. 00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.699 That's the way 00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.259 it is with the 00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:09.419 gospel sometimes. 00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.779 In the midst 00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:11.879 of the church 00:36:11.879 --> 00:36:13.059 and the work 00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.719 of the church, 00:36:13.939 --> 00:36:15.000 perhaps you think 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:16.319 there's not much 00:36:16.319 --> 00:36:16.879 happening, 00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:18.359 nothing's really 00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:19.200 changing. 00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.180 Sometimes you 00:36:20.180 --> 00:36:20.700 have to take a 00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:21.700 step back 00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:23.200 and see that, 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.500 yes, 00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:24.920 God is at work 00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.920 in this place. 00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:27.840 God is at work 00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:29.180 in our lives. 00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:30.960 God is a God 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.620 of growth 00:36:31.620 --> 00:36:32.280 and a God 00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:33.220 of change. 00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.400 That's what the 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.400 gospel does. 00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.180 As you look 00:36:36.180 --> 00:36:37.240 through the 00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:37.880 book of Acts, 00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.860 that's the way 00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.860 you see God 00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:41.140 working in 00:36:41.140 --> 00:36:41.980 his power. 00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.180 Perhaps the 00:36:43.180 --> 00:36:43.720 people then, 00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.200 they couldn't 00:36:44.200 --> 00:36:45.800 see what God 00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.360 was doing 00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:47.120 until they took 00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:48.119 a step back. 00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.079 Actually, 00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.480 when you look 00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.380 at chapter 1, 00:36:50.819 --> 00:36:51.559 all you see 00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.519 is a small 00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.179 group who 00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.699 are named. 00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.719 There were 00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.579 so few of 00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:55.779 them. 00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:56.679 But by the 00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.119 time you get 00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:57.980 into chapter 2 00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.559 and 3, 00:36:58.719 --> 00:36:59.039 there are 00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:00.400 thousands being 00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:01.239 added to the 00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.900 number being 00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.579 saved. 00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.420 It is about 00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:06.619 God's power. 00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:08.440 That's the same 00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:09.279 God that is at 00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:10.960 work here today 00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:12.920 in our church, 00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.859 in our community, 00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.659 in our islands, 00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:16.299 in our nation, 00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:17.059 in the world. 00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.179 God is our 00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:18.960 God who is 00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:20.239 working in 00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.579 power. 00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:20.940 And we can 00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.859 take encouragement 00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:23.339 from God's 00:37:23.339 --> 00:37:24.299 word that he 00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:25.219 will work, 00:37:25.859 --> 00:37:26.799 that he will 00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:28.000 do, that as 00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.539 we look to 00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.380 him and trust 00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.480 in him, he 00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.279 is able to 00:37:31.279 --> 00:37:32.259 do far more 00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:32.779 than we can 00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.500 even imagine. 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.420 And so let 00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:36.179 us keep 00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:36.799 praying. 00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.519 Let us keep 00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.519 praising God, 00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.259 just like Paul 00:37:40.259 --> 00:37:41.739 and Silas here 00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:42.259 in prison, 00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:43.119 that God would 00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:44.420 work in us 00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.920 and through 00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:46.159 us for 00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:47.360 his glory. 00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:48.980 Remembering 00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.940 God's 00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.720 saving 00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.579 power. 00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.099 So what we 00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.700 see in this 00:37:53.700 --> 00:37:54.880 section of 00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.420 Acts in 00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.519 chapter 16 00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:58.019 is a powerful 00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:59.220 passage about 00:37:59.220 --> 00:37:59.980 conversion 00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:01.599 and the number 00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.880 of people that 00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.539 God was at 00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:04.300 work in, 00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.099 in very 00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.740 different 00:38:05.740 --> 00:38:06.740 circumstances. 00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.240 You have 00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:07.639 Lydia, 00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:08.940 you have this 00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:10.059 young slave 00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.420 girl, 00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.059 you have the 00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.599 Philippian 00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.639 jailer, 00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:13.719 very different 00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:14.820 circumstances 00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:16.840 and yet God's 00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:18.039 transforming power 00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:19.579 seen in all 00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.440 their lives. 00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:22.340 It's always 00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:24.059 great to hear 00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:25.179 someone's 00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.779 testimony, 00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.440 someone's story 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:28.000 about the way 00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:29.320 God worked 00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:30.219 in their life, 00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.860 brought them 00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:32.119 to see and 00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.699 have their eyes 00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:33.759 opened to the 00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.960 wonder of 00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.460 Jesus. 00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:37.159 And there are 00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:38.980 many conversions 00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.759 you see and 00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:40.360 they're maybe 00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:41.340 not surprised 00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:42.160 to us, 00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:43.420 but there are 00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:44.440 others that 00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:45.000 are complete 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:46.140 surprised to us. 00:38:46.200 --> 00:38:47.080 We didn't see 00:38:47.080 --> 00:38:47.700 it coming, 00:38:48.640 --> 00:38:49.260 but that's how 00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:50.140 God works. 00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:50.940 He works in 00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:52.260 everyone's lives 00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:52.900 in different 00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.500 ways. 00:38:54.120 --> 00:38:54.840 And the Bible 00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.680 is full of 00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:57.020 maybe surprising 00:38:57.020 --> 00:38:58.420 conversions in 00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.100 our eyes. 00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.720 You think of 00:39:00.720 --> 00:39:02.120 Paul himself, 00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:03.100 his conversion 00:39:03.100 --> 00:39:04.320 story is told 00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:05.160 in the book 00:39:05.160 --> 00:39:05.720 on Acts 00:39:05.720 --> 00:39:06.140 on three 00:39:06.140 --> 00:39:06.720 occasions. 00:39:07.580 --> 00:39:07.920 In chapter 00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.580 nine you can 00:39:08.580 --> 00:39:09.400 read about it. 00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.760 Saul who 00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.760 persecuted 00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:12.580 Christians, 00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.380 people were 00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:14.800 afraid of 00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.080 him and 00:39:15.080 --> 00:39:16.160 yet God 00:39:16.160 --> 00:39:16.980 powerfully 00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:18.160 transformed 00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:19.420 his life. 00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.860 Another one 00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.720 is Cornelius 00:39:21.720 --> 00:39:22.220 who we read 00:39:22.220 --> 00:39:23.080 of just 00:39:23.080 --> 00:39:23.760 previous to 00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.200 this in the 00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:24.860 book of Acts. 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.320 Again, 00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.480 God worked 00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.160 powerfully 00:39:27.160 --> 00:39:28.160 in his 00:39:28.160 --> 00:39:28.480 life. 00:39:28.620 --> 00:39:29.000 Lydia, 00:39:29.580 --> 00:39:30.300 here we are 00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:30.920 told that 00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.680 the Lord 00:39:31.680 --> 00:39:32.960 opened her 00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.540 heart. 00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.520 The slave 00:39:35.520 --> 00:39:35.980 girl, 00:39:36.660 --> 00:39:37.280 she was in 00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:38.060 bondage 00:39:38.060 --> 00:39:39.100 through 00:39:39.100 --> 00:39:40.120 spirits of 00:39:40.120 --> 00:39:40.900 divination, 00:39:41.060 --> 00:39:41.660 a fortune 00:39:41.660 --> 00:39:42.240 teller, 00:39:42.700 --> 00:39:43.340 yet God 00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:44.000 set her 00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.460 free. 00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:45.519 And the 00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.000 Philippian 00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.440 jailer, 00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:46.900 as we will 00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:47.400 see, 00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.519 someone who 00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.940 was a 00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.900 hard man 00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:51.040 in so many 00:39:51.040 --> 00:39:51.580 ways and 00:39:51.580 --> 00:39:52.160 yet brought 00:39:52.160 --> 00:39:52.500 to that 00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:55.160 point of 00:39:55.160 --> 00:39:55.820 bowing 00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:57.300 before God. 00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:58.580 What must 00:39:58.580 --> 00:39:59.380 I do 00:39:59.380 --> 00:40:00.400 to be 00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:01.040 saved? 00:40:02.560 --> 00:40:03.280 Conversions 00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:04.680 are wonderful 00:40:04.680 --> 00:40:05.300 things. 00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:05.660 You just 00:40:05.660 --> 00:40:05.960 have to 00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.680 read through 00:40:06.680 --> 00:40:07.600 Hebrews 00:40:07.600 --> 00:40:08.360 11, 00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:09.600 and there 00:40:09.600 --> 00:40:10.120 you see 00:40:10.120 --> 00:40:10.720 a list 00:40:10.720 --> 00:40:11.620 of people 00:40:11.620 --> 00:40:12.580 who God 00:40:12.580 --> 00:40:12.940 worked 00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:13.740 powerfully 00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.140 in their 00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:14.720 lives. 00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:15.840 People 00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:16.519 of all 00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.280 kinds of 00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:17.800 different 00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.500 backgrounds, 00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.160 all kinds 00:40:20.160 --> 00:40:20.940 of different 00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:22.120 issues in 00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:22.800 their lives, 00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:23.560 and yet God 00:40:23.560 --> 00:40:24.300 worked 00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:24.920 powerfully 00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.440 in them 00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.519 and then 00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.240 through 00:40:27.240 --> 00:40:27.580 them. 00:40:28.080 --> 00:40:28.960 The gospel 00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:30.620 is powerful, 00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:31.860 and the 00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:32.280 gospel 00:40:32.280 --> 00:40:34.180 calls for 00:40:34.180 --> 00:40:35.680 a response. 00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:36.680 And what 00:40:36.680 --> 00:40:37.440 this chapter, 00:40:37.600 --> 00:40:38.660 chapter 16, 00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:39.700 reminds us 00:40:39.700 --> 00:40:40.920 of is the 00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.640 wonder of 00:40:41.640 --> 00:40:42.519 God's 00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:43.019 grace. 00:40:43.720 --> 00:40:44.760 The wonder 00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:45.519 of God's 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:46.780 grace towards 00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:48.600 all people, 00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:50.140 men and 00:40:50.140 --> 00:40:50.460 women, 00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.680 boys and 00:40:51.680 --> 00:40:52.100 girls. 00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:54.080 God calls 00:40:54.080 --> 00:40:54.840 on us all 00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:55.900 to come 00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.700 to him. 00:40:59.320 --> 00:40:59.960 It's this 00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:01.260 grace that 00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:01.860 is at work 00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:02.300 in all 00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:02.740 of these 00:41:02.740 --> 00:41:03.320 lives. 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.539 The grace 00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:05.539 of Lydia, 00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:06.660 a business 00:41:06.660 --> 00:41:07.820 woman of 00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.840 great means. 00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.180 She would 00:41:09.180 --> 00:41:09.380 have been 00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.740 rich, 00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.220 a seller 00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:11.039 of purple, 00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.760 of good 00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:14.460 standing in 00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:15.099 her town, 00:41:15.160 --> 00:41:15.820 in her city. 00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:17.180 And we see 00:41:17.180 --> 00:41:18.000 that she was 00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.519 one who 00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.079 met for 00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:19.559 prayer. 00:41:20.260 --> 00:41:21.079 In verse 00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:22.120 13 of this 00:41:22.120 --> 00:41:22.460 chapter, 00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:22.980 it says, 00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:23.700 on the 00:41:23.700 --> 00:41:24.300 Sabbath day, 00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:24.579 we went 00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.240 outside the 00:41:25.240 --> 00:41:25.620 gate to 00:41:25.620 --> 00:41:26.320 the riverside. 00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:27.460 We supposed 00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:28.260 there was a 00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:28.820 place of 00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.240 prayer. 00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:30.139 So they 00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:30.500 went, 00:41:30.979 --> 00:41:31.479 and one 00:41:31.479 --> 00:41:32.019 who heard 00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:32.359 us was 00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:32.879 a woman 00:41:32.879 --> 00:41:33.799 named 00:41:33.799 --> 00:41:34.419 Lydia. 00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:36.159 The Lord 00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:37.219 opened her 00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:38.579 heart to 00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:39.979 pay attention. 00:41:40.859 --> 00:41:41.219 Again, 00:41:41.279 --> 00:41:41.539 it's just 00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:42.359 this powerful 00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:43.439 way that 00:41:43.439 --> 00:41:44.439 God works. 00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:45.839 Just there 00:41:45.839 --> 00:41:46.459 and then in 00:41:46.459 --> 00:41:47.179 that moment, 00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:48.079 the Lord 00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:49.459 opened her 00:41:49.459 --> 00:41:49.919 heart. 00:41:51.879 --> 00:41:52.259 And maybe 00:41:52.259 --> 00:41:52.619 you've come 00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.459 in here today 00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:54.360 and your 00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:54.740 heart has 00:41:54.740 --> 00:41:55.360 been hard. 00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:56.579 You have 00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:56.920 come in 00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.320 here today. 00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:57.599 You're not 00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.300 really listening 00:41:58.300 --> 00:41:59.039 to what 00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.539 God is 00:41:59.539 --> 00:41:59.980 saying to 00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:00.099 you. 00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:00.360 But in 00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.000 a moment, 00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.480 the Lord 00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:03.300 can open 00:42:03.300 --> 00:42:04.460 your heart. 00:42:05.260 --> 00:42:05.619 That is 00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:06.159 the power 00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:06.599 that he 00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:06.980 has. 00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:08.079 That's 00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.400 the power 00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:09.139 that encourages 00:42:09.139 --> 00:42:10.019 us as 00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.559 preachers, 00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:11.619 as Christians, 00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:12.340 that we 00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:12.840 don't lose 00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.440 hope because 00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:14.360 God's word 00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:15.460 is powerful 00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:16.039 to open 00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:16.659 hearts. 00:42:17.240 --> 00:42:17.960 Open hearts 00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:18.320 of maybe 00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:19.039 those we've 00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.780 prayed for 00:42:19.780 --> 00:42:20.760 over many 00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:21.420 years. 00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:22.720 Maybe we're 00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:23.559 losing hope 00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:24.899 of that 00:42:24.899 --> 00:42:25.699 sense of 00:42:25.699 --> 00:42:26.079 will they 00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:26.539 ever be 00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.139 converted. 00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:28.779 And yet 00:42:28.779 --> 00:42:29.579 this reminds 00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:29.980 us that 00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:30.379 it's the 00:42:30.379 --> 00:42:31.559 Lord who 00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:31.879 can just 00:42:31.879 --> 00:42:32.419 open a 00:42:32.419 --> 00:42:33.779 heart in 00:42:33.779 --> 00:42:34.339 a moment. 00:42:35.879 --> 00:42:36.239 In the 00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:36.699 same way 00:42:36.699 --> 00:42:37.419 as the 00:42:37.419 --> 00:42:38.159 slave girl 00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:38.619 too. 00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:40.019 She was 00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:40.599 caught up 00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:40.919 in this 00:42:40.919 --> 00:42:41.619 world where 00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:41.980 she was 00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.839 at the 00:42:42.839 --> 00:42:43.259 hands of 00:42:43.259 --> 00:42:43.859 her master. 00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.219 She was 00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:44.879 a slave 00:42:44.879 --> 00:42:45.239 girl who 00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:45.559 had a 00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:46.079 spirit of 00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:46.739 divination. 00:42:47.799 --> 00:42:48.179 And yet 00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:48.839 in a 00:42:48.839 --> 00:42:49.299 word, 00:42:49.799 --> 00:42:50.359 her life 00:42:50.359 --> 00:42:50.619 is 00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:51.299 transformed. 00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.219 Her 00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:52.679 life 00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:53.460 is 00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:54.139 changed. 00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:54.739 The 00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:55.299 God of 00:42:55.299 --> 00:42:55.719 grace 00:42:55.719 --> 00:42:56.819 can set 00:42:56.819 --> 00:42:57.259 anybody 00:42:57.259 --> 00:42:57.739 free. 00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:58.719 From 00:42:58.719 --> 00:42:58.960 any 00:42:58.960 --> 00:42:59.519 bondage, 00:42:59.559 --> 00:42:59.739 any 00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:00.339 slavery 00:43:00.339 --> 00:43:00.739 that we're 00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:01.379 caught up 00:43:01.379 --> 00:43:01.599 in, 00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:02.719 God can 00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:03.419 set us 00:43:03.419 --> 00:43:03.799 free. 00:43:04.819 --> 00:43:05.500 Why is 00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:05.940 that? 00:43:06.759 --> 00:43:07.159 Because 00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:07.899 with God 00:43:07.899 --> 00:43:08.739 it is 00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:09.299 possible. 00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:10.259 In 00:43:10.259 --> 00:43:10.559 Matthew 00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.079 19 00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:11.379 verse 00:43:11.379 --> 00:43:12.219 26, 00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:13.359 Jesus 00:43:13.359 --> 00:43:13.980 looked at 00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.179 his 00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:14.719 disciples 00:43:14.719 --> 00:43:15.259 and said 00:43:15.259 --> 00:43:15.519 to them, 00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:16.099 with man 00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:16.480 this is 00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:17.039 impossible, 00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:17.960 but with 00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:18.819 God all 00:43:18.819 --> 00:43:19.639 things are 00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:20.219 possible. 00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.559 And what 00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:21.960 was the 00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:22.599 context? 00:43:23.740 --> 00:43:24.400 Salvation. 00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:25.860 The 00:43:25.860 --> 00:43:26.619 question was 00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:27.059 asked, 00:43:27.179 --> 00:43:28.119 how can 00:43:28.119 --> 00:43:28.619 the rich 00:43:28.619 --> 00:43:29.599 be saved? 00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:31.300 And 00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:32.019 Jesus 00:43:32.019 --> 00:43:32.500 said to 00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:32.639 them, 00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.559 it seems 00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:34.139 impossible 00:43:34.139 --> 00:43:35.280 to you, 00:43:36.139 --> 00:43:36.679 but with 00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:37.960 God all 00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:39.440 things are 00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:40.000 possible. 00:43:41.179 --> 00:43:41.639 And that's 00:43:41.639 --> 00:43:42.280 a reminder 00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:43.139 to us of 00:43:43.139 --> 00:43:43.800 the power 00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:45.139 of God's 00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:45.579 word. 00:43:46.579 --> 00:43:47.420 That he 00:43:47.420 --> 00:43:47.980 is able 00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.699 to save, 00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:49.500 he is able 00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:50.760 to convert. 00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.179 And we 00:43:51.179 --> 00:43:51.780 don't lose 00:43:51.780 --> 00:43:53.139 hope because 00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:54.099 he is able 00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:54.639 to do 00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:55.139 that. 00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:57.139 And that's 00:43:57.139 --> 00:43:57.360 what we 00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:57.760 see when 00:43:57.760 --> 00:43:58.360 we come 00:43:58.360 --> 00:43:59.239 to the 00:43:59.239 --> 00:43:59.800 Philippian 00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:00.420 jailer. 00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:02.219 In this 00:44:02.219 --> 00:44:02.880 section from 00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:04.659 verse 25, 00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:05.980 where we 00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:06.800 see Paul 00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:07.619 and Silas 00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:08.239 in prison, 00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:09.440 we want 00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:09.739 to see 00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:10.420 just two 00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:11.760 things from 00:44:11.760 --> 00:44:12.619 this section. 00:44:13.219 --> 00:44:13.599 First, 00:44:13.739 --> 00:44:14.199 we see 00:44:14.199 --> 00:44:15.599 the question 00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:16.760 that the 00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:17.719 jailer has. 00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:19.059 And then 00:44:19.059 --> 00:44:19.619 we see 00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:20.659 the response 00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:22.099 of Paul 00:44:22.099 --> 00:44:23.379 and Silas. 00:44:24.859 --> 00:44:25.719 The jailer 00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:26.119 was given 00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:27.459 orders to 00:44:27.459 --> 00:44:28.879 guard these 00:44:28.879 --> 00:44:29.259 men. 00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:30.819 In verse 24, 00:44:30.919 --> 00:44:31.759 having received 00:44:31.759 --> 00:44:32.500 this order, 00:44:32.939 --> 00:44:33.500 he put them 00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:33.899 into the 00:44:33.899 --> 00:44:34.679 inner prison 00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:35.539 and fastened 00:44:35.539 --> 00:44:36.239 their feet 00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:37.119 in the 00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:37.699 stocks. 00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:39.519 They were 00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:40.419 put in 00:44:40.419 --> 00:44:40.719 the most 00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:41.399 secure 00:44:41.399 --> 00:44:42.739 part of 00:44:42.739 --> 00:44:43.199 the prison. 00:44:43.279 --> 00:44:43.559 And this 00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:44.039 man was 00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:44.379 put in 00:44:44.379 --> 00:44:45.759 charge of 00:44:45.759 --> 00:44:46.739 looking after 00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:47.179 them. 00:44:47.719 --> 00:44:49.039 But 00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:49.639 something 00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:50.779 remarkable 00:44:50.779 --> 00:44:51.699 was about 00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:52.539 to happen. 00:44:53.319 --> 00:44:53.939 Paul and 00:44:53.939 --> 00:44:54.539 Silas could 00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:54.759 have been 00:44:54.759 --> 00:44:55.419 sitting there 00:44:55.419 --> 00:44:55.939 thinking, 00:44:56.219 --> 00:44:57.639 what's next 00:44:57.639 --> 00:44:58.500 for us? 00:44:59.339 --> 00:44:59.919 What's 00:44:59.919 --> 00:45:01.000 going to 00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:01.480 happen? 00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:01.819 They could 00:45:01.819 --> 00:45:02.579 have lost 00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:03.279 heart in 00:45:03.279 --> 00:45:03.759 it all. 00:45:04.219 --> 00:45:04.679 But look 00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:05.119 at what it 00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:05.699 says in 00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:06.619 verse 25. 00:45:06.619 --> 00:45:07.339 About 00:45:07.339 --> 00:45:07.959 midnight, 00:45:08.679 --> 00:45:09.339 Paul and 00:45:09.339 --> 00:45:10.199 Silas were 00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:11.679 praying and 00:45:11.679 --> 00:45:12.859 singing hymns 00:45:12.859 --> 00:45:13.879 to God. 00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:15.160 and the 00:45:15.160 --> 00:45:15.660 prisoners 00:45:15.660 --> 00:45:17.260 were listening 00:45:17.260 --> 00:45:18.099 to them. 00:45:19.180 --> 00:45:19.820 Here they 00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:20.039 were, 00:45:20.099 --> 00:45:20.539 they weren't 00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:21.500 losing hope, 00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.700 they weren't 00:45:22.700 --> 00:45:23.579 losing heart 00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:24.119 in the midst 00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:25.380 of all the 00:45:25.380 --> 00:45:26.200 badness that 00:45:26.200 --> 00:45:26.720 was around 00:45:26.720 --> 00:45:27.039 them and 00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:27.599 all the bad 00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:28.619 things that 00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:29.260 were happening 00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:29.780 to them. 00:45:30.720 --> 00:45:31.200 They were 00:45:31.200 --> 00:45:32.860 confident in 00:45:32.860 --> 00:45:33.320 God. 00:45:34.200 --> 00:45:34.559 They were 00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.559 rejoicing in 00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:35.860 him, they 00:45:35.860 --> 00:45:36.440 were praying 00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:36.900 and singing 00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.980 hymns to 00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:38.420 God. 00:45:38.420 --> 00:45:40.039 and they 00:45:40.039 --> 00:45:40.960 were those 00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:41.159 who were 00:45:41.159 --> 00:45:41.900 beside them 00:45:41.900 --> 00:45:43.000 listening to 00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.240 them, 00:45:43.680 --> 00:45:44.300 listening to 00:45:44.300 --> 00:45:44.539 them as 00:45:44.539 --> 00:45:45.159 they praised 00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:45.700 God and 00:45:45.700 --> 00:45:45.960 as they 00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:47.099 sang to 00:45:47.099 --> 00:45:47.380 him. 00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:48.400 And in 00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:48.780 the midst 00:45:48.780 --> 00:45:49.200 of this 00:45:49.200 --> 00:45:49.619 there's an 00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:50.220 earthquake. 00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:51.720 The foundation 00:45:51.720 --> 00:45:52.400 of the prison 00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:53.460 is shaken 00:45:53.460 --> 00:45:55.000 and everything 00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:55.780 just seems to 00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:57.300 change in a 00:45:57.300 --> 00:45:57.639 moment. 00:45:57.760 --> 00:45:58.420 They're free 00:45:58.420 --> 00:45:59.440 to go 00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:01.840 and yet 00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:02.960 they don't. 00:46:04.300 --> 00:46:04.659 And the 00:46:04.659 --> 00:46:05.180 Philippian 00:46:05.180 --> 00:46:06.360 jailer in 00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:06.820 all his 00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:07.400 fear, in 00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:07.860 all his 00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:08.240 terror, 00:46:08.239 --> 00:46:09.500 here, he's 00:46:09.500 --> 00:46:09.979 in danger 00:46:09.979 --> 00:46:10.519 of losing 00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:11.239 his life. 00:46:11.919 --> 00:46:12.459 If these 00:46:12.459 --> 00:46:13.239 prisoners get 00:46:13.239 --> 00:46:14.459 away, his 00:46:14.459 --> 00:46:15.199 life would be 00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:15.619 taken. 00:46:16.419 --> 00:46:16.919 That's the 00:46:16.919 --> 00:46:17.199 way it 00:46:17.199 --> 00:46:17.839 worked with 00:46:17.839 --> 00:46:18.299 the Roman 00:46:18.299 --> 00:46:19.459 soldiers in 00:46:19.459 --> 00:46:20.239 those days. 00:46:22.359 --> 00:46:23.239 But what 00:46:23.239 --> 00:46:23.919 happens? 00:46:24.919 --> 00:46:25.299 Well we 00:46:25.299 --> 00:46:25.839 have this 00:46:25.839 --> 00:46:26.500 dramatic 00:46:26.500 --> 00:46:27.979 conversion of 00:46:27.979 --> 00:46:28.839 the Philippian 00:46:28.839 --> 00:46:29.799 jailer. 00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:32.119 He fell 00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:33.059 down before 00:46:33.059 --> 00:46:33.819 Paul and 00:46:33.819 --> 00:46:34.319 Silas. 00:46:34.459 --> 00:46:34.759 Then he 00:46:34.759 --> 00:46:35.299 brought them 00:46:35.299 --> 00:46:35.739 out and 00:46:35.739 --> 00:46:36.059 said, 00:46:36.639 --> 00:46:37.159 Serge, 00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:38.839 what must 00:46:38.839 --> 00:46:39.799 I do 00:46:39.799 --> 00:46:40.739 to be 00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:41.199 saved? 00:46:42.599 --> 00:46:42.879 Isn't 00:46:42.879 --> 00:46:43.719 that a 00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:44.259 wonderful 00:46:44.259 --> 00:46:45.440 question? 00:46:47.059 --> 00:46:48.099 Is that 00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:48.859 a question 00:46:48.859 --> 00:46:49.859 that you 00:46:49.859 --> 00:46:50.559 have today? 00:46:51.719 --> 00:46:52.139 Sir, 00:46:52.619 --> 00:46:53.960 what must 00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:54.759 I do 00:46:54.759 --> 00:46:55.639 to be 00:46:55.639 --> 00:46:56.079 saved? 00:46:57.339 --> 00:46:57.960 What 00:46:57.960 --> 00:46:58.699 provokes 00:46:58.699 --> 00:46:59.619 this question 00:46:59.619 --> 00:46:59.920 in the 00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:00.379 Philippian 00:47:00.379 --> 00:47:00.920 jailer? 00:47:01.420 --> 00:47:01.899 Is it 00:47:01.899 --> 00:47:02.480 fear? 00:47:03.420 --> 00:47:04.099 Maybe a 00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:04.379 little, 00:47:04.380 --> 00:47:05.579 but fear 00:47:05.579 --> 00:47:06.240 of what? 00:47:07.240 --> 00:47:07.519 Is it 00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:08.019 a fear 00:47:08.019 --> 00:47:08.240 of 00:47:08.240 --> 00:47:09.059 retribution 00:47:09.059 --> 00:47:09.400 at the 00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:09.880 hand of 00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:10.180 his 00:47:10.180 --> 00:47:10.720 masters? 00:47:11.680 --> 00:47:12.340 Or is 00:47:12.340 --> 00:47:12.740 it more 00:47:12.740 --> 00:47:13.480 a fear 00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:14.240 of God? 00:47:16.059 --> 00:47:16.500 You 00:47:16.500 --> 00:47:16.800 know when 00:47:16.800 --> 00:47:17.500 Paul and 00:47:17.500 --> 00:47:18.260 Silas were 00:47:18.260 --> 00:47:19.039 praying and 00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:19.380 singing, 00:47:20.380 --> 00:47:21.180 the prisoners 00:47:21.180 --> 00:47:22.140 heard it. 00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:23.940 And you 00:47:23.940 --> 00:47:24.500 wonder if 00:47:24.500 --> 00:47:25.180 the Philippian 00:47:25.180 --> 00:47:25.800 jailer 00:47:25.800 --> 00:47:26.700 heard it 00:47:26.700 --> 00:47:27.000 too. 00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:29.680 His life 00:47:29.680 --> 00:47:30.860 was about 00:47:30.860 --> 00:47:31.220 to be 00:47:31.220 --> 00:47:31.920 transformed. 00:47:31.920 --> 00:47:32.039 transformed. 00:47:32.820 --> 00:47:33.320 A life 00:47:33.320 --> 00:47:33.780 that perhaps 00:47:33.780 --> 00:47:34.240 had no 00:47:34.240 --> 00:47:34.940 thought for 00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:36.019 God until 00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:36.619 this very 00:47:36.619 --> 00:47:37.280 moment on 00:47:37.280 --> 00:47:37.980 this night. 00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:40.460 And this 00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:41.019 was a man 00:47:41.019 --> 00:47:41.260 who would 00:47:41.260 --> 00:47:41.920 have seen 00:47:41.920 --> 00:47:43.159 so much. 00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:44.539 A Roman 00:47:44.539 --> 00:47:45.119 soldier, 00:47:45.260 --> 00:47:45.900 a jailer, 00:47:46.200 --> 00:47:46.500 he would 00:47:46.500 --> 00:47:46.980 have seen 00:47:46.980 --> 00:47:47.519 so many 00:47:47.519 --> 00:47:48.240 things in 00:47:48.240 --> 00:47:48.460 life, 00:47:48.539 --> 00:47:48.880 so many 00:47:48.880 --> 00:47:49.860 hard things, 00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:50.840 so many 00:47:50.840 --> 00:47:51.240 wicked 00:47:51.240 --> 00:47:51.980 things. 00:47:52.280 --> 00:47:52.700 Perhaps he 00:47:52.700 --> 00:47:53.280 was involved 00:47:53.280 --> 00:47:53.740 in things 00:47:53.740 --> 00:47:55.099 himself that 00:47:55.099 --> 00:47:55.440 is now 00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:56.159 weighing heavy 00:47:56.159 --> 00:47:56.519 on his 00:47:56.519 --> 00:47:56.980 heart. 00:47:58.760 --> 00:47:59.559 He knows 00:47:59.559 --> 00:48:00.159 he has done 00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:00.800 wrong as so 00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:01.420 many of us 00:48:01.420 --> 00:48:01.840 do. 00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:03.320 He knows 00:48:03.320 --> 00:48:03.619 there are 00:48:03.619 --> 00:48:04.320 things missing 00:48:04.320 --> 00:48:04.639 in his 00:48:04.639 --> 00:48:05.360 life as so 00:48:05.360 --> 00:48:05.820 many of 00:48:05.820 --> 00:48:06.380 us do. 00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:09.159 But it 00:48:09.159 --> 00:48:09.680 leads him 00:48:09.680 --> 00:48:10.220 to this 00:48:10.220 --> 00:48:10.940 question. 00:48:12.639 --> 00:48:13.360 What must 00:48:13.360 --> 00:48:14.300 I do 00:48:14.300 --> 00:48:15.380 to be 00:48:15.380 --> 00:48:15.940 saved? 00:48:19.099 --> 00:48:19.820 Is that 00:48:19.820 --> 00:48:20.599 the question 00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:21.659 that is 00:48:21.659 --> 00:48:22.380 eating away 00:48:22.380 --> 00:48:22.920 at you? 00:48:24.340 --> 00:48:24.700 And you're 00:48:24.700 --> 00:48:25.139 thinking of 00:48:25.139 --> 00:48:25.519 your own 00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:25.880 life, 00:48:25.980 --> 00:48:26.340 your own 00:48:26.340 --> 00:48:27.139 situation, 00:48:27.320 --> 00:48:27.659 the way 00:48:27.659 --> 00:48:28.659 you've 00:48:28.659 --> 00:48:29.539 responded to 00:48:29.539 --> 00:48:30.000 God in 00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:30.519 the past, 00:48:30.639 --> 00:48:30.900 the way 00:48:30.900 --> 00:48:31.159 you've 00:48:31.159 --> 00:48:31.579 treated 00:48:31.579 --> 00:48:32.480 God's 00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:33.039 people in 00:48:33.039 --> 00:48:33.440 the past, 00:48:33.500 --> 00:48:33.739 the way 00:48:33.739 --> 00:48:34.000 you've 00:48:34.000 --> 00:48:34.619 lived your 00:48:34.619 --> 00:48:35.199 life in 00:48:35.199 --> 00:48:36.420 general up 00:48:36.420 --> 00:48:36.900 to this 00:48:36.900 --> 00:48:37.519 point, 00:48:38.440 --> 00:48:38.940 and yet 00:48:38.940 --> 00:48:39.539 God is 00:48:39.539 --> 00:48:40.619 speaking to 00:48:40.619 --> 00:48:40.960 you. 00:48:43.179 --> 00:48:43.619 And maybe 00:48:43.619 --> 00:48:44.199 this is the 00:48:44.199 --> 00:48:45.219 burning question 00:48:45.219 --> 00:48:46.599 that you have 00:48:46.599 --> 00:48:47.579 in your 00:48:47.579 --> 00:48:48.139 heart. 00:48:48.980 --> 00:48:49.980 What must 00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:51.000 I do 00:48:51.000 --> 00:48:52.079 to be 00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:52.519 saved? 00:48:54.019 --> 00:48:54.900 Don't just 00:48:54.900 --> 00:48:55.719 push that 00:48:55.719 --> 00:48:56.380 question 00:48:56.380 --> 00:48:57.460 away. 00:48:57.460 --> 00:48:59.960 God is 00:48:59.960 --> 00:49:15.559 going to 00:49:15.559 --> 00:49:16.699 take you 00:49:16.699 --> 00:49:17.019 to be 00:49:17.019 --> 00:49:18.000 busy at 00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:18.500 times and 00:49:18.500 --> 00:49:18.639 you've 00:49:18.639 --> 00:49:19.019 just got 00:49:19.019 --> 00:49:19.900 a list 00:49:19.900 --> 00:49:20.539 of things 00:49:20.539 --> 00:49:20.820 that you 00:49:20.820 --> 00:49:21.260 need to 00:49:21.260 --> 00:49:21.900 get through. 00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:24.360 but maybe 00:49:24.360 --> 00:49:25.019 God is 00:49:25.019 --> 00:49:25.599 just bringing 00:49:25.599 --> 00:49:25.940 you to 00:49:25.940 --> 00:49:26.800 a shuddering 00:49:26.800 --> 00:49:27.940 halt like 00:49:27.940 --> 00:49:28.840 this jailer. 00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:30.559 You hadn't 00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:31.500 expected any 00:49:31.500 --> 00:49:32.119 of this to 00:49:32.119 --> 00:49:32.559 happen. 00:49:33.079 --> 00:49:33.860 An earthquake, 00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:35.220 the prisoners 00:49:35.220 --> 00:49:36.099 getting free, 00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:38.200 his own life 00:49:38.200 --> 00:49:38.920 in danger. 00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:39.280 It had 00:49:39.280 --> 00:49:40.039 happened so 00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:41.340 quickly as 00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:41.960 our lives 00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:42.500 can often 00:49:42.500 --> 00:49:42.880 be. 00:49:43.880 --> 00:49:44.360 But it 00:49:44.360 --> 00:49:44.980 leads to 00:49:44.980 --> 00:49:45.940 this question, 00:49:46.860 --> 00:49:47.539 what must 00:49:47.539 --> 00:49:48.400 I do 00:49:48.400 --> 00:49:49.460 to be 00:49:49.460 --> 00:49:49.920 saved? 00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:52.119 Stop 00:49:52.119 --> 00:49:53.820 and ask 00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:54.719 that question. 00:49:55.579 --> 00:49:56.139 Am I 00:49:56.139 --> 00:49:56.759 saved? 00:49:57.500 --> 00:49:58.279 If not, 00:49:58.759 --> 00:49:59.699 what must 00:49:59.699 --> 00:50:00.619 I do 00:50:00.619 --> 00:50:01.719 to be 00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:02.159 saved? 00:50:03.800 --> 00:50:04.039 Well, 00:50:04.059 --> 00:50:04.300 the other 00:50:04.300 --> 00:50:04.659 thing we 00:50:04.659 --> 00:50:05.139 see in 00:50:05.139 --> 00:50:06.420 this passage, 00:50:06.539 --> 00:50:06.759 we see 00:50:06.759 --> 00:50:07.619 the question, 00:50:07.619 --> 00:50:08.759 but then 00:50:08.759 --> 00:50:09.400 we see 00:50:09.400 --> 00:50:10.860 the response. 00:50:11.960 --> 00:50:12.960 The response 00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:13.860 of Paul 00:50:13.860 --> 00:50:14.980 and Silas 00:50:14.980 --> 00:50:15.440 in verse 00:50:15.440 --> 00:50:16.019 31, 00:50:16.199 --> 00:50:16.559 they said, 00:50:17.000 --> 00:50:17.480 believe, 00:50:17.539 --> 00:50:18.380 in the 00:50:18.380 --> 00:50:19.219 Lord Jesus 00:50:19.219 --> 00:50:20.599 and you 00:50:20.599 --> 00:50:21.199 will be 00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:21.719 saved, 00:50:22.619 --> 00:50:23.000 you and 00:50:23.000 --> 00:50:23.219 your 00:50:23.219 --> 00:50:23.860 household. 00:50:25.699 --> 00:50:26.179 And they 00:50:26.179 --> 00:50:27.360 spoke the 00:50:27.360 --> 00:50:27.800 word of 00:50:27.800 --> 00:50:28.259 the Lord 00:50:28.259 --> 00:50:29.139 to him. 00:50:30.659 --> 00:50:31.360 The word 00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:31.739 of the 00:50:31.739 --> 00:50:32.800 Lord was 00:50:32.800 --> 00:50:33.519 spoken to 00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:33.820 him. 00:50:34.400 --> 00:50:34.920 The word 00:50:34.920 --> 00:50:35.219 of the 00:50:35.219 --> 00:50:36.300 Lord is 00:50:36.300 --> 00:50:36.980 powerful 00:50:36.980 --> 00:50:38.320 and mighty 00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:39.619 to save. 00:50:40.759 --> 00:50:41.239 And this 00:50:41.239 --> 00:50:41.659 is the 00:50:41.659 --> 00:50:42.119 gospel. 00:50:43.579 --> 00:50:44.119 You have 00:50:44.119 --> 00:50:44.920 the question, 00:50:45.119 --> 00:50:45.699 what must 00:50:45.699 --> 00:50:46.340 I do 00:50:46.340 --> 00:50:46.820 to be 00:50:46.820 --> 00:50:47.500 saved? 00:50:48.340 --> 00:50:48.599 And we 00:50:48.599 --> 00:50:48.739 can 00:50:48.739 --> 00:50:49.019 over 00:50:49.019 --> 00:50:49.900 complicate 00:50:49.900 --> 00:50:50.380 it so 00:50:50.380 --> 00:50:50.860 much. 00:50:51.980 --> 00:50:52.679 But the 00:50:52.679 --> 00:50:53.199 simple 00:50:53.199 --> 00:50:53.980 answer is 00:50:53.980 --> 00:50:54.800 here before 00:50:54.800 --> 00:50:55.340 us. 00:50:56.619 --> 00:50:57.079 Believe 00:50:57.079 --> 00:50:58.320 in the 00:50:58.320 --> 00:50:59.159 Lord Jesus 00:50:59.159 --> 00:51:00.539 and you 00:51:00.539 --> 00:51:00.960 will 00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:02.340 be saved. 00:51:04.059 --> 00:51:04.420 Now, 00:51:04.679 --> 00:51:05.480 the response 00:51:05.480 --> 00:51:05.980 of Paul 00:51:05.980 --> 00:51:06.579 and Silas 00:51:06.579 --> 00:51:06.880 could have 00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:07.400 been so 00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:08.259 different here. 00:51:08.960 --> 00:51:09.320 They had 00:51:09.320 --> 00:51:10.019 been beaten 00:51:10.019 --> 00:51:11.039 by this 00:51:11.039 --> 00:51:11.259 man. 00:51:11.340 --> 00:51:11.519 They had 00:51:11.519 --> 00:51:11.880 been put 00:51:11.880 --> 00:51:12.320 into the 00:51:12.320 --> 00:51:12.719 innermost 00:51:12.719 --> 00:51:13.199 part of 00:51:13.199 --> 00:51:13.659 the prison 00:51:13.659 --> 00:51:14.000 and put 00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:15.019 their feet 00:51:15.019 --> 00:51:15.819 in stalks 00:51:15.819 --> 00:51:16.219 to this 00:51:16.219 --> 00:51:16.539 man. 00:51:16.819 --> 00:51:17.099 They could 00:51:17.099 --> 00:51:17.480 have easily 00:51:17.480 --> 00:51:18.139 turned and 00:51:18.139 --> 00:51:18.440 say, 00:51:18.619 --> 00:51:19.299 you deserve 00:51:19.299 --> 00:51:19.879 nothing. 00:51:20.879 --> 00:51:21.619 And grace, 00:51:21.859 --> 00:51:22.739 no chance. 00:51:24.839 --> 00:51:25.519 But what 00:51:25.519 --> 00:51:26.019 they do is 00:51:26.019 --> 00:51:26.639 they point 00:51:26.639 --> 00:51:27.379 him to 00:51:27.379 --> 00:51:28.079 the gospel. 00:51:30.259 --> 00:51:30.759 And thanks 00:51:30.759 --> 00:51:31.379 be to God 00:51:31.379 --> 00:51:31.819 that he 00:51:31.819 --> 00:51:32.420 doesn't 00:51:32.420 --> 00:51:33.359 treat us 00:51:33.359 --> 00:51:33.739 as we 00:51:33.739 --> 00:51:34.099 deserve. 00:51:35.099 --> 00:51:35.659 That he 00:51:35.659 --> 00:51:36.179 doesn't turn 00:51:36.179 --> 00:51:36.619 to us and 00:51:36.619 --> 00:51:36.980 say, you 00:51:36.980 --> 00:51:37.319 don't 00:51:37.319 --> 00:51:37.940 deserve, 00:51:37.940 --> 00:51:38.360 mercy. 00:51:38.700 --> 00:51:38.980 You 00:51:38.980 --> 00:51:39.320 don't 00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:39.900 deserve 00:51:39.900 --> 00:51:40.579 grace. 00:51:41.579 --> 00:51:41.960 He 00:51:41.960 --> 00:51:42.380 could, 00:51:43.179 --> 00:51:43.740 but he 00:51:43.740 --> 00:51:44.280 doesn't. 00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:46.059 Instead, 00:51:46.380 --> 00:51:46.960 he gave 00:51:46.960 --> 00:51:47.440 his own 00:51:47.440 --> 00:51:48.420 son for 00:51:48.420 --> 00:51:48.760 us. 00:51:49.579 --> 00:51:50.139 He showed 00:51:50.139 --> 00:51:50.800 his love 00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:51.860 by sending 00:51:51.860 --> 00:51:52.440 his son 00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:52.940 into this 00:51:52.940 --> 00:51:53.519 world to 00:51:53.519 --> 00:51:54.480 die on 00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:55.079 a cross 00:51:55.079 --> 00:51:55.559 for his 00:51:55.559 --> 00:51:56.019 people. 00:51:57.460 --> 00:51:58.400 He bore 00:51:58.400 --> 00:51:59.340 our sins. 00:51:59.960 --> 00:52:00.320 He bore 00:52:00.320 --> 00:52:01.079 the punishment 00:52:01.079 --> 00:52:01.579 that we 00:52:01.579 --> 00:52:02.260 deserved. 00:52:02.780 --> 00:52:03.420 He showed 00:52:03.420 --> 00:52:05.039 grace when 00:52:05.039 --> 00:52:05.539 we didn't 00:52:05.539 --> 00:52:06.340 deserve it. 00:52:07.320 --> 00:52:07.820 And that's 00:52:07.820 --> 00:52:08.340 what Paul 00:52:08.340 --> 00:52:09.080 and Silas 00:52:09.080 --> 00:52:10.400 remind us 00:52:10.400 --> 00:52:11.000 of here. 00:52:12.059 --> 00:52:12.840 If someone 00:52:12.840 --> 00:52:13.539 comes to 00:52:13.539 --> 00:52:14.100 us who's 00:52:14.100 --> 00:52:14.680 mistreated 00:52:14.680 --> 00:52:15.120 us, 00:52:15.559 --> 00:52:16.140 our natural 00:52:16.140 --> 00:52:17.600 response is 00:52:17.600 --> 00:52:17.980 to want 00:52:17.980 --> 00:52:18.740 harm for 00:52:18.740 --> 00:52:19.019 them, 00:52:19.480 --> 00:52:20.160 not good. 00:52:21.740 --> 00:52:22.280 But our 00:52:22.280 --> 00:52:23.240 ultimate desire 00:52:23.240 --> 00:52:23.900 should be 00:52:23.900 --> 00:52:25.280 their salvation, 00:52:26.080 --> 00:52:27.340 that God 00:52:27.340 --> 00:52:27.680 would have 00:52:27.680 --> 00:52:28.240 mercy on 00:52:28.240 --> 00:52:28.880 their soul, 00:52:29.600 --> 00:52:30.059 that they 00:52:30.059 --> 00:52:30.580 too would 00:52:30.580 --> 00:52:31.059 come and 00:52:31.059 --> 00:52:32.240 believe in 00:52:32.240 --> 00:52:32.660 the Lord 00:52:32.660 --> 00:52:33.860 Jesus Christ. 00:52:35.720 --> 00:52:36.519 In the 00:52:36.519 --> 00:52:37.200 midst of 00:52:37.199 --> 00:52:38.079 tribulation, 00:52:38.980 --> 00:52:39.319 in the 00:52:39.319 --> 00:52:39.919 midst of 00:52:39.919 --> 00:52:40.719 hardship, 00:52:41.019 --> 00:52:41.219 here, 00:52:41.319 --> 00:52:41.859 Paul and 00:52:41.859 --> 00:52:43.219 Silas find 00:52:43.219 --> 00:52:43.939 an opportunity 00:52:43.939 --> 00:52:44.799 to be used 00:52:44.799 --> 00:52:45.599 by God 00:52:45.599 --> 00:52:46.480 to lead 00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:47.279 someone to 00:52:47.279 --> 00:52:47.879 salvation. 00:52:47.879 --> 00:52:48.480 Isn't that 00:52:48.480 --> 00:52:49.099 wonderful? 00:52:50.539 --> 00:52:50.919 And how 00:52:50.919 --> 00:52:51.659 often do we 00:52:51.659 --> 00:52:52.379 hear Paul 00:52:52.379 --> 00:52:53.239 reminding us 00:52:53.239 --> 00:52:54.259 that it's 00:52:54.259 --> 00:52:55.679 rejoicing in 00:52:55.679 --> 00:52:56.500 tribulation? 00:52:56.500 --> 00:52:56.559 salvation. 00:52:58.639 --> 00:52:59.219 You see it 00:52:59.219 --> 00:52:59.920 so often in 00:52:59.920 --> 00:53:00.659 Paul's life 00:53:00.659 --> 00:53:01.079 and others 00:53:01.079 --> 00:53:01.579 life in 00:53:01.579 --> 00:53:02.159 the Scripture, 00:53:02.599 --> 00:53:03.079 it's through 00:53:03.079 --> 00:53:03.880 their hardships, 00:53:04.099 --> 00:53:04.460 through their 00:53:04.460 --> 00:53:05.019 suffering, 00:53:05.420 --> 00:53:06.059 that they see 00:53:06.059 --> 00:53:06.679 the greatest 00:53:06.679 --> 00:53:08.039 glory being 00:53:08.039 --> 00:53:08.800 given to 00:53:08.800 --> 00:53:09.280 God. 00:53:10.280 --> 00:53:11.099 And we 00:53:11.099 --> 00:53:11.539 have to 00:53:11.539 --> 00:53:12.760 understand that 00:53:12.760 --> 00:53:14.039 too, that 00:53:14.039 --> 00:53:14.800 sometimes it's 00:53:14.800 --> 00:53:15.559 in our greatest 00:53:15.559 --> 00:53:17.360 tribulation that 00:53:17.360 --> 00:53:18.380 God is working 00:53:18.380 --> 00:53:19.440 most powerfully, 00:53:19.980 --> 00:53:21.139 whether it's in 00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:22.139 us or through 00:53:22.139 --> 00:53:23.239 us for someone 00:53:23.239 --> 00:53:25.319 else, that we 00:53:25.319 --> 00:53:26.099 are reminded of 00:53:26.099 --> 00:53:27.379 the power of 00:53:27.379 --> 00:53:28.759 God to save. 00:53:29.779 --> 00:53:30.519 Faith in 00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:32.000 God makes us 00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:33.159 great optimists, 00:53:33.359 --> 00:53:34.079 somebody once 00:53:34.079 --> 00:53:34.419 said. 00:53:35.919 --> 00:53:36.459 And that's 00:53:36.459 --> 00:53:36.799 what we are 00:53:36.799 --> 00:53:37.859 guided to here, 00:53:38.039 --> 00:53:39.339 believe in 00:53:39.339 --> 00:53:40.359 the Lord Jesus 00:53:40.359 --> 00:53:41.939 Christ and 00:53:41.939 --> 00:53:43.319 you will be 00:53:43.319 --> 00:53:43.799 saved. 00:53:44.959 --> 00:53:45.279 The 00:53:45.279 --> 00:53:45.759 missionary 00:53:45.759 --> 00:53:46.799 Adoniram 00:53:46.799 --> 00:53:48.619 Judson, he 00:53:48.619 --> 00:53:48.879 was a 00:53:48.879 --> 00:53:49.519 missionary in 00:53:49.519 --> 00:53:50.419 Burma in 00:53:50.419 --> 00:53:51.759 the 1800s, 00:53:52.179 --> 00:53:52.819 and it was 00:53:52.820 --> 00:53:53.260 a very 00:53:53.260 --> 00:53:54.180 difficult 00:53:54.180 --> 00:53:54.980 place. 00:53:56.360 --> 00:53:56.620 And yet 00:53:56.620 --> 00:53:57.140 over a 00:53:57.140 --> 00:53:57.660 number of 00:53:57.660 --> 00:53:58.320 years, he 00:53:58.320 --> 00:53:59.680 saw a few 00:53:59.680 --> 00:54:00.360 converted. 00:54:01.960 --> 00:54:02.559 But he was 00:54:02.559 --> 00:54:04.360 always optimistic. 00:54:04.600 --> 00:54:05.080 He knew 00:54:05.080 --> 00:54:06.100 that's where 00:54:06.100 --> 00:54:07.100 God wanted 00:54:07.100 --> 00:54:07.360 him. 00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:07.820 Even though 00:54:07.820 --> 00:54:08.600 things seemed 00:54:08.600 --> 00:54:09.600 so dark and 00:54:09.600 --> 00:54:11.180 difficult, even 00:54:11.180 --> 00:54:11.900 at a time when 00:54:11.900 --> 00:54:12.720 he ended up in 00:54:12.720 --> 00:54:13.720 prison, he 00:54:13.720 --> 00:54:14.720 still held on 00:54:14.720 --> 00:54:15.420 to the hope 00:54:15.420 --> 00:54:16.440 and the power 00:54:16.440 --> 00:54:17.280 of the gospel. 00:54:18.559 --> 00:54:19.160 He spent 00:54:19.160 --> 00:54:20.000 over 20 00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:20.680 months in 00:54:20.680 --> 00:54:21.200 prison at 00:54:21.200 --> 00:54:21.960 one stage. 00:54:21.960 --> 00:54:22.980 And during 00:54:22.980 --> 00:54:23.619 his time 00:54:23.619 --> 00:54:24.159 in prison, 00:54:24.240 --> 00:54:24.740 as he was 00:54:24.740 --> 00:54:25.980 chained beside 00:54:25.980 --> 00:54:26.960 other prisoners, 00:54:27.119 --> 00:54:27.880 one prisoner 00:54:27.880 --> 00:54:28.619 turned to 00:54:28.619 --> 00:54:29.920 him, smirking 00:54:29.920 --> 00:54:30.740 and sneering 00:54:30.740 --> 00:54:31.280 at him. 00:54:32.559 --> 00:54:33.000 And he 00:54:33.000 --> 00:54:33.280 said, 00:54:33.400 --> 00:54:33.720 Dr. 00:54:33.880 --> 00:54:34.320 Judson, 00:54:34.820 --> 00:54:35.519 what about 00:54:35.519 --> 00:54:36.380 the prospect 00:54:36.380 --> 00:54:37.420 of conversion 00:54:37.420 --> 00:54:38.679 of the 00:54:38.679 --> 00:54:39.179 heathen 00:54:39.179 --> 00:54:39.500 now? 00:54:42.320 --> 00:54:43.039 Dr. 00:54:43.199 --> 00:54:43.760 Judson 00:54:43.760 --> 00:54:44.860 replied 00:54:44.860 --> 00:54:45.659 instantly. 00:54:46.460 --> 00:54:47.079 He said, 00:54:47.079 --> 00:54:47.940 the prospects 00:54:47.940 --> 00:54:49.019 are just 00:54:49.019 --> 00:54:49.960 as bright 00:54:49.960 --> 00:54:51.179 as the 00:54:51.179 --> 00:54:51.679 promises 00:54:51.679 --> 00:54:52.639 of God. 00:54:54.019 --> 00:54:54.940 And that 00:54:54.940 --> 00:54:55.460 is our 00:54:55.460 --> 00:54:56.599 hope in 00:54:56.599 --> 00:54:57.259 the gospel. 00:54:57.880 --> 00:54:58.440 We don't 00:54:58.440 --> 00:54:59.340 lose hope 00:54:59.340 --> 00:55:00.480 because the 00:55:00.480 --> 00:55:00.940 prospects 00:55:00.940 --> 00:55:01.819 today are 00:55:01.819 --> 00:55:02.480 just as 00:55:02.480 --> 00:55:03.579 bright as 00:55:03.579 --> 00:55:04.340 the promises 00:55:04.340 --> 00:55:05.799 of God. 00:55:06.920 --> 00:55:07.799 That is what 00:55:07.799 --> 00:55:08.500 the power of 00:55:08.500 --> 00:55:09.139 the gospel 00:55:09.139 --> 00:55:10.659 reminds us 00:55:10.659 --> 00:55:11.099 of. 00:55:11.880 --> 00:55:12.460 There is 00:55:12.460 --> 00:55:13.099 salvation 00:55:13.099 --> 00:55:14.659 in no one 00:55:14.659 --> 00:55:15.139 else, 00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:16.599 but in 00:55:16.599 --> 00:55:17.019 the Lord 00:55:17.019 --> 00:55:18.159 Jesus Christ. 00:55:19.239 --> 00:55:19.679 And that 00:55:19.679 --> 00:55:20.059 is what we 00:55:20.059 --> 00:55:20.599 are guided 00:55:20.599 --> 00:55:21.179 to here. 00:55:21.259 --> 00:55:21.699 We have 00:55:21.699 --> 00:55:22.920 the question, 00:55:23.139 --> 00:55:23.819 what must 00:55:23.819 --> 00:55:24.659 I do 00:55:24.659 --> 00:55:25.440 to be 00:55:25.440 --> 00:55:26.039 saved? 00:55:26.960 --> 00:55:27.699 The answer 00:55:27.699 --> 00:55:28.599 is clear 00:55:28.599 --> 00:55:29.819 and simple. 00:55:31.219 --> 00:55:31.980 Believe 00:55:31.980 --> 00:55:33.079 in the 00:55:33.079 --> 00:55:33.859 Lord Jesus 00:55:33.859 --> 00:55:35.539 and you 00:55:35.539 --> 00:55:36.839 will be 00:55:36.839 --> 00:55:37.339 saved. 00:55:38.519 --> 00:55:38.839 And the 00:55:38.839 --> 00:55:39.940 word saved 00:55:39.940 --> 00:55:40.679 here is 00:55:40.679 --> 00:55:41.940 full of 00:55:41.940 --> 00:55:42.539 God's 00:55:42.539 --> 00:55:43.259 promise. 00:55:44.659 --> 00:55:46.579 It means 00:55:46.579 --> 00:55:47.500 to be 00:55:47.500 --> 00:55:48.259 rescued 00:55:48.259 --> 00:55:49.799 from all 00:55:49.799 --> 00:55:50.819 harm and 00:55:50.819 --> 00:55:51.319 danger 00:55:51.319 --> 00:55:52.539 and to 00:55:52.539 --> 00:55:53.000 be kept 00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:53.719 safe 00:55:53.719 --> 00:55:55.159 and sound. 00:55:56.000 --> 00:55:57.059 To be 00:55:57.059 --> 00:55:57.639 rescued 00:55:57.639 --> 00:55:58.379 from all 00:55:58.379 --> 00:55:59.000 harm and 00:55:59.000 --> 00:55:59.420 danger 00:55:59.420 --> 00:56:00.779 and kept 00:56:00.779 --> 00:56:01.480 safe 00:56:01.480 --> 00:56:02.899 and sound. 00:56:04.019 --> 00:56:04.519 And that 00:56:04.519 --> 00:56:04.980 is what the 00:56:04.980 --> 00:56:05.519 Philippian 00:56:05.519 --> 00:56:06.480 jailer came 00:56:06.480 --> 00:56:06.920 to know. 00:56:07.699 --> 00:56:08.460 That is what 00:56:08.460 --> 00:56:08.920 the young 00:56:08.920 --> 00:56:09.799 slave girl 00:56:09.799 --> 00:56:10.659 came to 00:56:10.659 --> 00:56:10.779 know. 00:56:10.839 --> 00:56:11.199 That is what 00:56:11.199 --> 00:56:12.460 Lydia came 00:56:12.460 --> 00:56:12.940 to know. 00:56:12.940 --> 00:56:13.780 by the 00:56:13.780 --> 00:56:14.480 grace of 00:56:14.480 --> 00:56:14.920 God. 00:56:15.280 --> 00:56:16.139 What must 00:56:16.139 --> 00:56:16.780 I do 00:56:16.780 --> 00:56:17.159 to be 00:56:17.159 --> 00:56:17.659 saved 00:56:17.659 --> 00:56:18.079 today? 00:56:18.800 --> 00:56:19.400 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