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 Father, we confess that your Church has made texts like this a battleground rather than food,

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 a place to cast accusations against others rather than a deep truth and a deep mystery to which we should enter into.

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 We ask, Father, that your Holy Spirit would do a gentle but powerful work in our midst this morning

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 and bring this Word from your Word deeply into our lives.

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 And we give, Father, permission.

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 In fact, we ask that this Word would not merely enter our lives, but that it would speak to our heart and rule in our heart.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Saviour. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you.

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 It's loud and dramatic and creates a fuss and a bother.

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 And it's like really, really, it's as if like if Hollywood was to do it, there'd be piles of noise and it'd just be very, very, very dramatic.

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 But the surprising thing is that theologians throughout the centuries have described the Holy Spirit as the shy person of the Trinity.

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 So for us, it should be a little bit of a shock that the shy person of the Trinity is introduced in such a dramatic fashion.

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 Each of you probably knows somebody who's quite shy.

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 So just imagine that you heard that when they, this very, very shy person, you hardly get a word out of them,

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 that they went to this gathering and they came in in outrageous colors, singing at the top of their lungs and dancing and doing cartwheels.

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 You'd think, what on earth?

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 That's just a, that's what happened.

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 Anyway, so that's what this is.

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 It's a, it's a remarkable and dramatic miracle that we're going to look at.

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 In fact, depending how you want to look at it, it's, it's a, it's a, a group of miracles, very dramatic about the shy person of the Trinity and God changing how he deals with humanity.

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 From that moment to this moment until he comes again.

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 So let's have a look.

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 In your Bibles, it's Acts chapter 2.

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 We're going to be looking at verses 1 to 13.

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 If you didn't pick up one of these books when you came in, we have these very nice journal Bibles just of the book of Acts.

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 And if you would like to have one, just ask us.

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 We'd give it to you for free as a gift.

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 Allows you to make little notes and everything on one side, your prayers, your observations, maybe your questions.

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 And so here's how it begins.

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 Verse 1.

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 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.

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 Now, I just want to stop here.

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 Some of you know that I sort of do that.

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 You know, one of the things I pray for when I'm doing a narrative, especially a narrative like this, is that I would tell the story and that I'd be able to clarify the story and defend the story and connect the story.

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 But at the end of the day, trust that the one who tells the story, which is God, that he's going to do the work that only he can do.

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 So just one of the things which is really interesting.

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 This is on one level.

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 This story is about this mysterious third person of the Trinity.

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 And on one level, it's a text that you can meditate upon.

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 It's a very inward text talking about God's resting in you.

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 And we're going to sort of open all that up.

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 But at the same time that it's a miracle, it's also profoundly historical.

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 So, for instance, when it says here, when the day of Pentecost arrived, it doesn't say once upon a time, when the day of Pentecost arrived.

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 And Pentecost is sort of how Christians refer to it in the Old Testament.

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 It's referred to as the Feast of Weeks.

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 And our Jewish friends would call it Shavuot.

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 I don't think I pronounced that correctly.

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 My pardon to my Jewish friends.

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 Shavuot.

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 And that's how they would refer to it.

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 And it's the second of three harvest festivals that happen in the Jewish calendar where you celebrate God's goodness.

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 But here's the significant thing.

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 There's so many historical references in this ancient book and in the Gospels, which should really be understood as ancient eyewitness biographies,

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 that scholars can date when Jesus died on the cross, either one of two dates.

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 He either died on the 7th of April, the year 30, or the 3rd of April, the year 33 A.D.

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 And for a variety of reasons, I think the 3rd of April, 33 A.D. is probably the date.

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 And so what that means is this.

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 What they're saying is if you go through and you read Luke and you read this and all the different historical references which he has,

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 it means that on the 3rd of April, 33, Jesus died on the cross.

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 And on the 5th of April, in the year 33, Jesus rose from the dead.

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 The grave was empty.

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 They never found the body.

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 And at that point in time, he begins to appear alive to show that he's physically, bodily resurrected to a variety of people in a variety of times over 40 days.

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 And it means that the 14th of May, the year 33, Jesus ascended into heaven.

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 So that when you're reading the book of Acts, what sort of happens between Acts 1.1 and Acts, you know, about halfway through the book of Acts,

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 that's taking place between the 5th of April and the 14th of May in the year 33.

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 And then the text that we looked at last week, that happened sometime between the 15th of May and the 23rd of May in the year 33 A.D.

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 because on the 24th of May, 33 A.D., this event happened.

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 That's what Luke is saying.

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 Luke is saying if you went back in a time machine, if you happen to be a waiter in the house where there's 120 or so people,

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 you would see these things happen.

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 If you weren't one of those, but you're outside and you went back in a time machine,

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 you would see the things which are going to take place in a few moments.

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 You'd see this.

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 You'd see it.

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 So on one hand, it's profoundly historical.

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 On the other hand, though, of course, it's talking about the very, very deep mysteries of God.

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 And as we'll see in a moment, the very, very deepest things of the human heart and our very, very deepest needs.

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 And it's a fourfold miracle.

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 Let's look at the first aspect of the miracle, verse 2.

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 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind,

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 and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

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 So this is a miracle of the ear, of sound.

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 Now, some of you might, in fact, I was going to mention it.

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 This is my first Sunday wearing two hearing aids.

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 And actually, to tell you the truth, it's a little bit disconcerting.

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 Just because my voice is very loud in my head at the 8 o'clock service,

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 because my voice is so loud in my head,

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 I had to ask them just to wave at me if I was speaking too quietly.

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 But one of the things I discovered three years ago

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 when I had this rare virus attack my right inner ear

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 and give me moderate, severe hearing loss,

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 is that I lost the ability most of the time to identify where a sound was coming from.

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 So it's very disconcerting.

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 You're walking along, and you hear somebody, and you keep looking behind you.

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 And then I realize it's the person in front of me that I'm hearing.

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 It's very disconcerting.

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 Anyway, there's over 120 people here,

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 and most of them don't have severe hearing loss.

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 So they're able to identify that the sound was coming from up to down,

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 and the sound is coming from above into the room,

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 and it's turbulent.

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 It's noisy.

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 It's like you're hearing a hurricane.

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 It's not like a little breeze.

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 It's a tumultuous, loud, hurricane-like sound which fills the room.

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 So it's a miracle that the ear can recognize.

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 And then the next one is for the eye, verse 3.

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 And divided tongues, as of fire, appeared to them and rested on each one of them.

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 Now, this is a miracle of the eye.

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 It's something which they see.

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 Now, this is a very, very good translation,

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 but there's something even more profound in the original language.

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 I know there are many people in the room who speak multiple languages.

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 I've spoken sometimes in gatherings where I've had to be translated,

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 and in every one of those, you know, I've been warned,

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 and you have to try to keep the, you know,

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 try to have not more than about a dozen words at a time.

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 Even less is better.

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 And I try to get into a bit of a rhythm.

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 You know, you say, da-da-da-da-da-da-da,

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 and I almost even move my body,

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 and the next person says, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.

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 And occasionally, if you've ever been in that situation,

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 I would say, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.

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 I'd say my ten words,

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 and three paragraphs later, the other person stops speaking.

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 And it's because, as you know,

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 sometimes, like, the words in one language

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 don't fit very, very easily into another.

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 So when the Bible is translated,

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 they can't add, at certain times,

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 three paragraphs when there's six or seven words.

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 So what's going on in the original language is this,

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 that there's one fire that comes.

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 Just one.

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 So what they're seeing is they see one fire come into the room,

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 and then out of that one fire,

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 individual tongues of fire settle and rest on each person.

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 So in the original text, it's not as if, I don't know,

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 like Steve gets some blue fire,

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 and Stella gets some green fire,

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 and Louise gets yellow fire,

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 and Victor gets, you know, dark blue fire,

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 and it looks like we've all gotten different types of Holy Spirit.

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 No, it's very clear in the original language

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 that there's just one coming,

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 and then it divides and separates,

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 and there's a personal coming of the fire

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 to rest upon every person in the room.

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 And that's a miracle of the eye.

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 But the next miracle is the most significant one

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 that would make people realize it really is a miracle.

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 Look what happens in verse 4.

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 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit

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 and began to speak in other tongues

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 as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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 Now, this is a miracle of our inner self.

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 You might think you had just been,

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 something was going on,

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 you hear a weird noise,

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 and I don't know, it's just a weird noise.

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 And all of us have maybe seen things

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 that we know can't,

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 we just misinterpret it.

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 I mean, I just,

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 just the other day,

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 a fellow that I went to his funeral,

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 like about six months ago,

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 for a moment I could have sworn

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 he was walking across the street.

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 And I just realized he just looked like him.

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 And maybe I need glasses,

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 not for distances.

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 I use my glasses for reading.

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 And so maybe you could think that.

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 But let me tell you,

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 every single one of you,

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 if you all of a sudden spoke,

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 if all of a sudden you started speaking Mongolian,

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 now that's a miracle.

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 We're speaking,

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 not everybody except Steve speaking,

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 and Anton speaking Russian.

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 Like, that's a miracle.

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 And that's something very, very deep

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 at the level of the mind, the heart,

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 everything,

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 that you can all of a sudden

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 speak another language.

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 And there's something else

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 which is in here

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 which is very, very interesting.

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 If you notice in verse 4 again,

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 it says,

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 as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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 Now, sometimes that can mean

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 in the original language,

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 ecstatic speech.

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 But it's more customary to mean

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 that this,

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 it's simple, emphatic speech.

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 And so what they're getting is

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 it's not so much that all of a sudden

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 they're just jumping up and down

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 and going crazy

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 and falling all over the place.

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 Not that there's anything

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 necessarily wrong with that.

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 But in this case,

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 all of a sudden what they're hearing

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 is simple, clear, emphatic,

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 declarative, easy-to-understand speech

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 with a type of power and boldness to it.

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 And that's the miracle.

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 We'll get to the fourth aspect

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 of the miracle later on in the text.

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 And the Holy Spirit is described

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 right in these things

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 in verse 3 and 4

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 that each individual flame

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 comes and rests on them

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 and it's filled.

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 And the other thing

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 which is in the original language

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 and it's only partially there

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 but it gets teased out

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 as you read the rest of the book,

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 comes upon each one of them

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 as a permanent possession.

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 That's why it marks a change

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 in how God is relating to His people

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 on His planet, in His creation.

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 That there's this sense

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 of it becomes,

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 the Holy Spirit becomes

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 a permanent possession.

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 Up until now,

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 the Holy Spirit has come upon people

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 for a moment or a season

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 but now it comes upon

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 ordinary people

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 as a permanent possession.

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 You see,

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 what the text is saying

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 is that

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 this is all part of God's plan,

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 that Jesus has sent this,

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 that

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 God sends Jesus

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 to rescue us,

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 to deliver us

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 so that our sins

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 will be forgiven.

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 And when He dies on the cross

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 and rises from the dead,

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 when we put our faith

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 and trust in Jesus,

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 our sins are forgiven.

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 And we are clothed

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 with the righteousness of Christ,

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 with all of His goodness

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 and purity.

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 We are clothed with that.

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 And it's not just that,

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 but we also become

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 God's children

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 by adoption and grace

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 as the Holy Spirit

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 comes within the believer

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 and rests or dwells

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 within ordinary people

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 like you and me.

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 And that's what the gospel is.

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 That's the invitation

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 to hear what Jesus has done

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 and what He did it for you.

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 And we share it

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 in the hope

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 that people will hear that

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 and say,

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 Lord, take me.

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 I want to be yours.

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 There's the news

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 and there's the hope

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 that the news

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 will be responded to

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 by ordinary people

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 like you and me.

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 And there's nobody

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 so far from God.

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 There's nobody so broken.

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 There's that God

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 will not do it for you.

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 And there's nobody

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 so rich and powerful

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 and successful

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 that does not need this.

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 It is a humbling

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 of us as human beings

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 to know that this,

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 what Jesus has done for us

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 is for us.

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 And the coming

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 is part of that forgiveness

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 and clothed

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 with the righteousness

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 of Christ

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 and becoming God's child

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 by adoption and grace.

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 And the Holy Spirit

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 comes upon us.

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 It's for ordinary people

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 like you and me

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 when we respond

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 to the good news.

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 It's so spectacularly wonderful.

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 Years ago,

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 I think it was

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 in the 1600s,

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 there was this sort of

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 odd man named

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 Blaise Pascal.

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 He was absolutely brilliant

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 and people will talk

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 about how, in a sense,

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 the beginning of computers

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 can be traced back to him.

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 All this brilliance.

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 But he was also

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 a very devout Christian.

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 And he wrote

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 these little pensées,

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 these little meditations,

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 and they didn't realize

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 he'd been writing them

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 his whole life

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 until they died

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 and they found it hidden.

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 And they pieced it together

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 and it's this book

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 of sayings of his.

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 And it's very,

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 very well worth reading.

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 If you'd like to read

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 just the part

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 that's sort of

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 the most relevant for us,

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 get Peter Kreeft's version

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 called

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 Christianity for Modern Pagans,

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 which is like,

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 he gives you the pensée

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 and he gives you

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 a little of some comments

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 to help you to understand.

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 It's an absolutely

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 brilliant book.

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 But one of the things

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 that Blaise Pascal said,

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 because he could already

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 see the cultural despisers

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 that were very present

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 in Europe in the 1600s.

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 And he said that

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 if you want to share

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 the gospel with somebody

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 as an evangelist,

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 to be an apologist,

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 there's two types of tasks

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 that you need

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 to take upon yourself.

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 One of them is the fact

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 that every human being

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 who's outside of the faith

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 has reasons

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 why the Christian faith

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 cannot possibly be true.

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 Everybody has them

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 who's outside of the faith.

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 And so as an evangelist

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 or as an apologist,

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 you need to figure out

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 how to answer those reasons

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 why, you know,

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 Christianity can't be true

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 because of this.

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 And so you need

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 to try to answer it.

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 But part of his

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 brilliant insight

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 was that there's

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 a deeper issue,

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 there's a second issue

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 going on.

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 And that is,

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 they don't want it

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 to be true.

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 They don't want

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 the Christian message

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 to be true.

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 I mean, that was true

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 with me before

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 I became a Christian.

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 I didn't want it

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 to be true.

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 Like, I just did not

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 want it to be true.

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 And so Pascal said

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 then the person

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 who wants to share

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 Jesus with others

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 not only has to think

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 of ways to answer

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 the objections

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 but also to pray

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 and use the imagination

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 and creativity

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 in such a way

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 that the other person

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 comes to the point

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 where they want it

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 to be true.

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 That they're not

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 wanting it to be true

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 starts to go

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 that, gosh,

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 maybe it's true.

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 God,

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 like maybe it's

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 actually true

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 in a way

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 that I need

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 to respond to it.

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 And that's

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 the whole thing.

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 Now, I mention

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 all of this

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 because

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 on one hand,

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 when we hear

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 rests on us

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 and fills us,

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 it's touching

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 on one of the

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 deepest fears.

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 I mean,

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 for those of you

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 who are outside

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 the faith

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 may be watching this,

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 it's an ongoing

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 fear for Christians

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 but it's definitely

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 for those outside

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 the faith,

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 it's a deep fear.

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 Why?

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 Because you see,

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 well, okay,

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 like I just told you,

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 give your life to Christ

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 rests upon you

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 and empowers you.

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 Well, that's sort of cool.

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 Like, who wouldn't

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 want to have a superpower?

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 Who wouldn't want

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 to have a buddy

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 with a superpower

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 that you could just

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 call them up

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 and say,

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 I have this issue?

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 Who wouldn't want

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 it that you're driving

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 and the person's

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 superpower could move

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 all the, you know,

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 the slow drivers

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 out of the way

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 so you can get there

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 on time

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 or just get you

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 there on time?

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 That's sort of cool

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 to have a superpower.

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 On the other hand,

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 many of us,

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 what we really want

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 of God is,

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 whether you're

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 a follower of Christ

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 or not,

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 is that we get

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 into big trouble

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 and we'd sort of like

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 for a moment

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 for Christ,

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 for God,

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 just to come in

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 and sort it all out,

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 just to shut this person out,

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 make this person

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 realize they're wrong,

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 you know,

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 help you get more money

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 to solve your finances

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 and we would just like

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 God to come in

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 and just fix it,

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 but if we're honest,

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 then we'd like him

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 to go away

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 so we can get on back

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 with our life.

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 Thank you very much.

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 And,

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 but the Holy Spirit

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 is the third person

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 of the Trinity

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 and he cannot rest

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 and fill you

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 without possessing you.

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 And that is our deep fear.

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 The deep longing

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 of our heart

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 is to own ourselves.

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 part of the problem

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 that we have

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 in our world

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 right now

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 is that love

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 requires self-surrender

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 and that's very,

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 very hard.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 we worship,

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 in a sense,

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 I did it my way.

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 You know,

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 we worship the idea

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 of being the captain

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 of our own soul

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 and the idea of,

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 you see,

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 we talk about

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 possessing the Holy Spirit,

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 but really what it,

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 what happens

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 is the Holy Spirit

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 possesses us,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 possesses you,

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 so you can possess

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 the Holy Spirit

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 and begin

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 to possess yourself.

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 And that's a very,

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 very deep fear

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 that we have,

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 that I am not my own.

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 Now,

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 um,

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 Augustine,

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 writing around

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 the year 400,

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 he has a very helpful line

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 to help us realize

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 where this idea

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 of being possessed

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 that makes us worried,

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 not just possessed

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 to help us

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 through this moment

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 of loneliness,

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 this trouble

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 in our life,

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 but a possession,

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 an entering in

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 to make his home

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 within us

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 that goes into

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 all eternity,

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 that he'll never

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 let us go

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 as to why this is good.

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 Augustine had a very,

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 very helpful quote.

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 He said famously

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 that,

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 God,

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 you have made us

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 for yourself

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 and our hearts

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 are restless

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 till they rest in you.

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 Others have talked

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 about how

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 for we as human beings,

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 since we were meant

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 to be connected

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 to God,

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 there's actually

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 a gap within us.

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 You know,

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 those of you

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 who've lost

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 a loved one

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 when they die,

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 it feels as if

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 there's part of you

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 that's just,

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 that's gone.

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 Those of you

00:21:28.879 --> 00:21:29.619
 who've experienced

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.419
 the tragedy

00:21:30.419 --> 00:21:31.500
 of divorce

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.519
 where you really

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.359
 love the other person

00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:34.099
 you were betrayed,

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:35.299
 it's as if you feel

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.259
 that there's a part of you

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:37.259
 that's just been ripped out

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:38.559
 and now there's a hole there

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:40.500
 and you're not whole.

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:42.720
 And Augustine recognizes

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.880
 that because we've been

00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:45.839
 created by the triune God

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.279
 that every,

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:47.559
 and we've rebelled

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.119
 against him

00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:49.200
 and gone far from him

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:50.000
 that every human being

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.880
 has a part of them

00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:53.019
 and we try to fill it

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:54.140
 with power,

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.420
 with pride,

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.599
 with money,

00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:57.759
 with sex,

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.119
 with success,

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 but they never fill

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.819
 that hole

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:02.240
 that only God can fill.

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.759
 And that's why he said,

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.319
 Father,

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.019
 you have made us

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.700
 for yourself

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:07.039
 and our hearts

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.640
 are restless

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:08.800
 until he rests in you.

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.460
 So if you could put up

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.240
 the first point,

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:11.600
 Claire,

00:22:12.580 --> 00:22:14.140
 what we see here

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:15.640
 in Pentecost

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.920
 is the Holy Spirit

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:18.300
 rests on you

00:22:18.300 --> 00:22:21.140
 so that your restless heart

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:23.160
 can begin to rest

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:24.400
 in the one

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.980
 who made you

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.520
 for himself.

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.860
 The Holy Spirit

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:31.020
 rests on you

00:22:31.020 --> 00:22:33.120
 so that your restless heart

00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:35.100
 can begin to rest

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:36.099
 in the one

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:37.159
 who made you

00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:38.000
 for himself.

00:22:39.139 --> 00:22:40.079
 It's a beginning.

00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:41.279
 The world,

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:41.699
 the flesh,

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.240
 and the devil

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:43.279
 will keep on

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.419
 getting us distracted

00:22:44.419 --> 00:22:45.159
 as part of the reason

00:22:45.159 --> 00:22:46.480
 why we need to gather

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.079
 and worship

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:48.159
 just to remember

00:22:48.159 --> 00:22:49.419
 these important truths,

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.500
 to be in God's presence

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.079
 with others,

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:53.399
 to be accepted by others,

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:54.679
 to begin to make friends,

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:56.099
 to build community,

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:57.099
 to make a difference

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.719
 in the world

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 and just remind each other,

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:00.719
 yeah,

00:23:00.919 --> 00:23:01.219
 you know,

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.039
 yeah,

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.719
 this is what's true.

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:05.400
 this is what's true.

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:08.120
 And

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:10.980
 we begin to see this,

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:12.500
 that it's not an annihilation,

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.660
 but it's an answering

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.660
 of the deepest longing

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.240
 in our hearts

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:16.660
 in a couple of ways

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:18.220
 in the rest

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:19.460
 of this particular story.

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:19.740
 Of course,

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.220
 it's all the way

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.720
 through the Bible,

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.940
 but even within this story,

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.839
 we begin to see

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:24.240
 two particular ways

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:25.600
 how what I've just said

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.079
 is true.

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.440
 Let's continue

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.460
 going to verse 5.

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:29.740
 Now,

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:31.839
 there were dwelling

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:33.380
 in Jerusalem Jews,

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.480
 devout men

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.600
 from every nation

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.240
 under heaven,

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.480
 and at this sound

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.360
 the multitude

00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:40.240
 came together

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.880
 and they were bewildered

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:43.460
 because each one

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.360
 was hearing them

00:23:44.360 --> 00:23:45.799
 speak in his own language.

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:46.920
 Now,

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:48.579
 this is just

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.600
 a very important

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:50.839
 small detail

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.420
 because remember,

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.519
 Luke is claiming

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.220
 that this is what

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.180
 actually happened.

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.519
 And so,

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.839
 what he's saying is

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.640
 because it's one

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.079
 of the three

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:59.059
 major festivals

00:23:59.059 --> 00:24:00.900
 where Jewish people

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:02.019
 would come to Jerusalem,

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:03.819
 and they've already

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.160
 been there

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.859
 for the first one

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.619
 which is Passover.

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.359
 Some have stayed

00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:07.220
 for the second one

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.819
 which is now

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.220
 and then there's

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.759
 the third one

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.160
 which is going

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.639
 to come up.

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.460
 And so,

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.839
 the city is crowded

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:13.200
 and what they hear

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:14.720
 is this profoundly

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.779
 loud,

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.359
 destructive,

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.519
 I mean,

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.180
 they might worry,

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.980
 like a hurricane

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.700
 type noise

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.559
 and so they gather.

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.200
 So,

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:23.059
 what's not happening,

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.859
 it's not as if

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.400
 there's a group

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.660
 of,

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.200
 you know,

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:26.259
 15 people

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.819
 in a quiet,

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.519
 quiet room

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.099
 and there's a little

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.779
 bit of incense

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.599
 and a candle

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.500
 and maybe

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.660
 the odd little gong

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.759
 and everybody's

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.440
 all meditating

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.240
 and then,

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:34.660
 you know,

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.519
 after it's all over

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.899
 they say,

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.099
 you know,

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.460
 I just really

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.220
 had this feeling

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.740
 as if there was

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.220
 a noise

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.759
 and fire

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.519
 came upon us

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.000
 and they all said,

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.279
 oh yeah,

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.960
 that's what happened.

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:42.899
 You know,

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.519
 I even felt like

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:43.960
 I could be,

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.440
 you know,

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.359
 speaking other languages,

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.579
 yeah,

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:46.180
 that's what I all

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.779
 felt like happened.

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:46.940
 Well,

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.639
 nobody saw it,

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.240
 there's no evidence

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.599
 for it,

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.960
 it's just people

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.980
 all talking like that.

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.200
 No,

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.839
 this is part of

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.720
 the public aspect

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.339
 of the miracle

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:54.680
 that we'll find out

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.319
 later that over

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:56.960
 3,000 people gathered

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.920
 because the noise

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.720
 was so loud

00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:00.779
 and the other thing

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.279
 about it

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:03.420
 is that it helps us

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.220
 to understand

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.240
 how

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:11.259
 this is all

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:12.240
 happening in Jerusalem,

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.980
 it's happening

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.799
 50 days,

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.480
 remember I said

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.740
 that,

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.860
 excuse me,

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.579
 that this is happening

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.360
 on the 15th,

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:19.160
 14th of May,

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.460
 sorry,

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.660
 the 24th of May,

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:22.880
 33,

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:24.019
 and on the 5th

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:25.059
 of April,

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.240
 33,

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:28.460
 Jesus rose

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.079
 from the dead

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:30.099
 in Jerusalem

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:32.140
 and so,

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.200
 you know,

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.440
 nowadays,

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.440
 there's just

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:35.920
 in the paper,

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.920
 somebody in Oklahoma

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:38.059
 got the,

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.980
 got executed

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.960
 capital punishment

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:43.700
 and it's reported

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.220
 in the paper

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.480
 but,

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:44.640
 you know,

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.259
 there's only a couple

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.839
 of people there

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.519
 who see it

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:48.380
 but when the Romans

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:49.500
 crucified people,

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.519
 they intentionally

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.039
 did it

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.839
 in as public

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:53.039
 a place as possible

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:55.059
 because the terror

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.879
 and revulsion

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:57.179
 was part of the purpose.

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.579
 The sheer

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.940
 causing terror

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.679
 to conquered

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:02.460
 populations

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.519
 into slaves

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.859
 and low status

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.759
 individuals

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.819
 was in fact

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:08.000
 not a bug

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.859
 but a designed

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.419
 feature

00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:10.599
 and so,

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.500
 literally,

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.579
 thousands of people

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.759
 saw Jesus die,

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.579
 literally,

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.740
 thousands of people

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.279
 would have known

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.980
 that the grave

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.539
 was empty

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.720
 and,

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.920
 you know,

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.819
 this is a challenge

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:22.000
 for our skeptical

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.379
 friends.

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.319
 Generally speaking,

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.579
 skeptics don't actually

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.440
 look at the evidence

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.159
 for the resurrection.

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.579
 They just dismiss it

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:30.599
 but what else

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.379
 could account,

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:31.980
 we're going to see

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.619
 in a few moments

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.980
 that 3,000 people,

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:35.240
 over 3,000 people

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.879
 came to believe

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.779
 that Jesus died

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.680
 and rose from the dead.

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.519
 Like,

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:41.039
 what started

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.960
 the Big Bang?

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:43.960
 Right?

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:46.420
 It must be true

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:47.240
 because I found it

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.880
 on the internet

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.920
 when I looked

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:51.400
 but according

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:51.960
 to the internet,

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:53.660
 2.4 billion people

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.160
 on the planet

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.779
 call themselves

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.299
 Christians.

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:57.079
 Now,

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:58.460
 even if a large number

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.779
 of those

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.720
 aren't real Christians,

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:01.579
 that's really astounding.

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:03.019
 We have this small,

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:05.140
 tiny thing

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:06.019
 in Jerusalem

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.579
 of a man

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.480
 dying on a cross

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.559
 and then

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.660
 three days later

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:11.360
 we have one woman

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:13.699
 say she saw him alive

00:27:13.699 --> 00:27:14.799
 and then there's more

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.399
 and then there's more

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:16.139
 and then there's thousands

00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:16.779
 of Christians

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.839
 and then there's Christians

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:19.039
 in Samaria

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:20.039
 and then there's Christians

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.859
 in Asia Minor

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.819
 and then there's Christians

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.219
 in Rome

00:27:22.219 --> 00:27:22.939
 and then there's Christians

00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:23.379
 in Europe

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.199
 and then there's Christians

00:27:24.199 --> 00:27:24.740
 in Africa

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:26.119
 and it goes on and on

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.699
 and on and on

00:27:26.699 --> 00:27:27.439
 and on and on

00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:29.939
 like a Big Bang

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:30.819
 that goes from

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:32.099
 this one explosion

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:33.759
 and what can account

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.379
 for that

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:35.399
 other than

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:36.319
 the real resurrection

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:36.919
 of Jesus

00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.719
 and the power

00:27:37.719 --> 00:27:38.559
 of the Holy Spirit?

00:27:38.959 --> 00:27:39.719
 There is no better

00:27:39.719 --> 00:27:40.740
 explanation than that.

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:43.519
 There is no better

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.819
 explanation than that.

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:49.619
 But what was the small thing

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.619
 about our hearts

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.199
 being restless?

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.099
 Well it's sort of

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:53.439
 look at verse 7

00:27:53.439 --> 00:27:55.419
 it's a small feature

00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:56.539
 that we might not notice

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:58.559
 and they were amazed

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.419
 and astonished

00:27:59.419 --> 00:27:59.819
 saying

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:02.000
 are not all these

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:03.139
 who are speaking

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:04.339
 Galileans

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:06.859
 and how is it

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.659
 that we hear

00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.599
 each of us

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.359
 in our own

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.500
 native language

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.140
 and it's going to give

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.640
 the languages

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.480
 which I'll read

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.819
 in a moment.

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.799
 So here's the thing

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:17.680
 what they recognized

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:19.039
 so Galileans

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.079
 by and large

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:21.559
 were rural

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.920
 working class

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.759
 people

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.759
 who weren't educated

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:26.619
 so when they heard

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:28.859
 when the Parthians

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.599
 and Medes

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.500
 and all those

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.079
 were hearing

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.319
 their local dialects

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.240
 and local languages

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:35.140
 they were hearing

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:37.680
 people speak

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.700
 their language

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.859
 perfectly

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:41.599
 but with a working

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:43.220
 class Galilean

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.859
 accent.

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.779
 So it would be as if

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.480
 God gave me

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.359
 the gift of tongues

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.220
 to speak French

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.920
 all of a sudden

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:52.079
 and I'm not speaking

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:53.039
 Parisian French

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.920
 maybe I am speaking

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.539
 Parisian French

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.500
 but it's very very very

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.620
 clear that I'm

00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:57.380
 an Anglophone

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:59.160
 I have an Anglophone accent.

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.799
 So that's one of the things

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.579
 which is so beautiful

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.139
 about this

00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:03.139
 you see as the Holy Spirit

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.720
 doesn't come

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.279
 and all of a sudden

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.079
 try to make these

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:06.619
 these Galileans

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.579
 as if they're very very

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.399
 well educated

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:09.019
 rich

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.680
 you know Jewish people

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.379
 who've mastered

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:12.139
 these languages

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.720
 flawlessly

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.359
 they've mastered

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:14.099
 them flawlessly

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.500
 but they still keep

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.759
 their working class

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:18.180
 sounding accent

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.059
 when they speak

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.819
 these languages.

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:21.000
 You see the Holy Spirit

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.879
 when he comes upon us

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.680
 and fills us

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:25.359
 he does not annihilate you

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:27.139
 like as I said

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:27.879
 the Holy Spirit

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.700
 possesses us

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.859
 so that we can possess

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.639
 the Holy Spirit

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.680
 and begin to actually

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:33.060
 have self-possession

00:29:33.060 --> 00:29:34.980
 which of course

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.600
 is one of the great

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:36.840
 desires in our age

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:38.220
 to have self-possession

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.680
 we read things

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.340
 about how to have

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:41.259
 self-possession

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.880
 how to practice

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.500
 mindfulness

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.320
 and all sorts of

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:44.100
 other types of things

00:29:44.100 --> 00:29:44.940
 to try to give us

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.700
 some type of

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.160
 possession of ourselves

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:48.400
 we go to

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.860
 self-help gurus

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.640
 who can talk about

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:51.320
 how it's really

00:29:51.320 --> 00:29:52.160
 you know you can control

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:52.940
 all sorts of things

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.640
 but the hardest thing

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.700
 to control is yourself

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.580
 the hardest thing to have

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:56.320
 is to actually

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:57.360
 possess yourself

00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:58.220
 and that's what

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.940
 the Holy Spirit does

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.520
 and it doesn't do it

00:29:59.520 --> 00:30:00.420
 by annihilating us

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.380
 but by keeping you

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:02.039
 in your individual

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:03.840
 in your individuality

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:04.660
 and then the second

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.200
 thing is this

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.900
 just sort of as we

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.880
 start to draw to a close

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:08.060
 they start to tell

00:30:08.060 --> 00:30:08.660
 the languages

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.960
 Parthians and Medes

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.480
 verse 9

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.539
 Parthians and Medes

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.220
 and Elamites

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.580
 and residents of

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.380
 Mesopotamia

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:15.600
 and just sort of pause

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:17.180
 there's the Roman Empire

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:18.019
 that goes like this

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.860
 and then I guess

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:20.000
 from your point of view

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:21.220
 down here

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:22.340
 there's another empire

00:30:22.340 --> 00:30:23.620
 called the Parthian Empire

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:25.000
 basically Iran

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:26.039
 and Persia

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:29.000
 and so it's the Roman Empire

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.899
 and this other

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:31.019
 neighboring empire

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:32.039
 and then the other thing

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.859
 is that from the point

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:34.319
 of view of all these nations

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.759
 from Jerusalem's point

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.039
 of view

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:38.139
 it's north, south, east

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.680
 and west

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:40.220
 that's sort of how

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.500
 it's

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:42.000
 if you went on the map

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.539
 and you saw it

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.480
 that's what they're doing

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.980
 not in a

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.240
 you know

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.139
 like a clock order

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:46.200
 but just here

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.619
 and here

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:46.960
 and here

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.339
 and here

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.099
 and so

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.000
 Parthians

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.539
 verse 9

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.099
 and Medes

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.720
 and Elamites

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.319
 and residents

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:52.359
 of Mesopotamia

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:53.519
 and Judea

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.399
 and Cappadocia

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.079
 and Pontus

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.859
 and Asia

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.500
 Phrygia

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.319
 and Pamphylia

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.079
 Egypt

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:59.299
 and the parts of Libya

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.459
 belonging to Cyrene

00:31:00.459 --> 00:31:01.619
 and visitors from Rome

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.740
 both Jews

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.679
 and proselytes

00:31:03.679 --> 00:31:04.279
 Cretans

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.359
 and Arabians

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:08.399
 we hear them telling

00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:10.059
 in our own tongues

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:12.319
 the mighty works

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.059
 of God

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:15.219
 that's what they're hearing

00:31:15.219 --> 00:31:17.099
 and all were amazed

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.859
 and perplexed

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.539
 saying to one another

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.339
 what does this mean

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:20.339
 but others mocking

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.279
 said they are filled

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.959
 with new wine

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:23.059
 which just goes

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.400
 to show

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.860
 by the way

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:25.019
 that you can have

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:27.019
 the most remarkable event

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:28.059
 and the most remarkable

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.660
 argument

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.819
 and people can still

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.480
 be flippant

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.400
 and it's been that way

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:33.160
 for thousands of years

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:34.200
 that's sort of

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.480
 what that means

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:37.640
 so what's going on here

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.559
 is that the wonderful

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.840
 things of God

00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:41.059
 well here it is

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.620
 if you could put up

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.340
 the final point

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:43.299
 that would be very helpful

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:45.620
 the Holy Spirit

00:31:45.620 --> 00:31:46.900
 delivers you

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.880
 from the crushing

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.720
 burden

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.960
 of proud

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:51.700
 self-centeredness

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:53.299
 to the glorious

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.519
 liberty and joy

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.900
 of humbly

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.660
 praising

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.580
 the true

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.700
 and living God

00:31:58.700 --> 00:32:01.279
 the Holy Spirit

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.960
 delivers you

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.759
 from the crushing

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.440
 burden

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.299
 of proud

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:05.819
 self-centeredness

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:07.200
 to the glorious

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:08.440
 liberty and joy

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:09.220
 of humbly

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.720
 praising

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.200
 the true

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.880
 and living God

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.319
 see this

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.640
 our hearts are restless

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.680
 till they rest in him

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.920
 and

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:16.559
 well

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:16.960
 you know

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.580
 here it is

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:19.359
 one of the important

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:20.199
 things to learn

00:32:20.199 --> 00:32:20.759
 in life

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.599
 and try to figure out

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.339
 is when you're being

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.240
 convicted of having

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:24.259
 done something wrong

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:26.039
 and when the voice

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.779
 in your head

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:28.419
 or the voices around you

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:29.619
 are accusatory

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.519
 voices

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:32.279
 accusatory

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.919
 is different

00:32:32.919 --> 00:32:33.960
 than being convicted

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:35.159
 of doing something wrong

00:32:35.159 --> 00:32:35.919
 accusatory

00:32:35.919 --> 00:32:36.439
 is

00:32:36.439 --> 00:32:37.579
 you know

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.299
 I'm ugly

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.159
 I'm never any good

00:32:39.159 --> 00:32:40.419
 I'm a terrible person

00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:41.199
 like it

00:32:41.199 --> 00:32:41.919
 it just

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:42.619
 completely

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.679
 it's like a

00:32:43.679 --> 00:32:44.240
 a boot

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.099
 kicking you

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:46.240
 and a fist

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.380
 pushing you down

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:49.319
 and it can be hard

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:50.660
 sometimes to distinguish them

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.240
 but there's these

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.380
 accusatory voices

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:53.359
 and some of us

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:55.140
 maybe we came here today

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:56.259
 experiencing them

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.480
 some of us

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.620
 maybe in a long season

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.019
 of it

00:32:59.019 --> 00:33:00.220
 all of us have had

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.220
 at least some seasons

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:02.819
 of these accusatory voices

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.980
 you know

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.660
 crushing us

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.440
 and if you've been

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.059
 in a season

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:07.220
 of accusatory voices

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.920
 or if you've gone

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.599
 to some counseling

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.400
 therapy about it

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.900
 one of the things

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.839
 that they often try to do

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.799
 is to try to have you get

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:14.599
 you see it's very

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.299
 self-centered

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.039
 and what you need

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.480
 is something

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.139
 that maybe will

00:33:17.139 --> 00:33:18.079
 help you to forget

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:19.019
 yourself for a bit

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:21.000
 and maybe some of us

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:22.000
 have experienced this

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.099
 and maybe it's

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:24.240
 you go to a concert

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.759
 or something

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.460
 and all of a sudden

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.279
 the music is just

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.960
 really glorious

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.779
 and for a while

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:29.000
 you forget about yourself

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.680
 and you're caught up

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.139
 in the music

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:31.779
 or maybe you go off

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.339
 into nature

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:32.879
 or something

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:34.200
 and you realize

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.779
 for a moment

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.259
 that just

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.000
 you've been enjoying

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:37.779
 the trees

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.680
 and the views

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:40.839
 and for a brief moment

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.460
 you've forgotten

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.200
 about yourself

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:43.019
 caught up

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.259
 outside of yourself

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:45.519
 and the accusatory

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.559
 voices are gone

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:49.519
 and you see

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.079
 one of the things

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:51.220
 and a secular counselor

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:52.340
 will never tell you this

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:53.079
 is that one of the things

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.539
 that we need

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.460
 I mean it's very good

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.799
 of course

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:56.299
 to preach to yourself

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.940
 and say you know

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:58.440
 you're loved by God

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.440
 you're loved by Christ

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.779
 he's adopted

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.700
 he'll never let you go

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:03.039
 but even more important

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:04.120
 is to stop thinking

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.799
 about yourself

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.960
 and to praise God

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:08.059
 and what we see

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.840
 in this story

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:10.199
 is this profound

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:12.179
 self-forgetfulness

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:14.699
 where they're caught up

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:17.079
 in praising God

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:18.879
 the true and living God

00:34:18.879 --> 00:34:21.579
 and this points

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.439
 to what the Holy Spirit

00:34:22.439 --> 00:34:22.939
 is going to do

00:34:22.939 --> 00:34:23.699
 in our lives

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.500
 is that not only

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:26.039
 do we get comfortable

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.599
 with the fact

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.419
 that we really need

00:34:27.419 --> 00:34:28.079
 to be possessed

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.679
 by God

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.899
 and live in Him

00:34:29.899 --> 00:34:30.579
 and have Him

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.799
 as our identity

00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.399
 that it's this

00:34:32.399 --> 00:34:34.359
 profound act of grace

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:35.159
 that there's nothing

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.639
 within us

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:37.019
 that He's ever going

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.480
 to discover

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.280
 that He didn't already

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:38.980
 know when Jesus

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:40.079
 died for us

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:41.860
 and to begin

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:43.079
 to rest in Him

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.039
 so that our

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:45.099
 restless hearts

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:46.840
 have rest

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:48.460
 and to be taken

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.440
 out of ourselves

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.500
 more and more

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.079
 so that we

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:52.119
 not only are able

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.480
 you see

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.860
 it's also when you

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:55.559
 are able to praise God

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.460
 and taken out of yourself

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.280
 that you can also

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:57.980
 start to see

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.900
 the needs of the world

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.780
 around you

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:03.280
 it's a

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:05.260
 it seems

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:06.820
 counterintuitive

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.420
 but it's actually

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.560
 very deeply intuitive

00:35:08.560 --> 00:35:09.360
 that if you sort of

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:10.340
 get yourself out of

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:11.640
 navel-gazing all of the time

00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:12.760
 and praise God

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.519
 then you actually

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.660
 also see His world

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:16.360
 and you see

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:17.260
 everything in the world

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:18.380
 that can just

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.480
 that can be done

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.300
 to His glory

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:20.960
 and honor

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.540
 and that's this

00:35:21.540 --> 00:35:22.820
 profound work

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.760
 of the Holy Spirit

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:27.000
 and there's more

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.560
 I want to say

00:35:27.560 --> 00:35:28.300
 but I'm going to

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:28.900
 stop with that

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.700
 and there's a

00:35:29.700 --> 00:35:30.840
 missiological text

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.740
 which is really there

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:33.180
 and it's just so

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:33.780
 profoundly

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.619
 I guess the third

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.460
 thing about how

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:36.820
 He doesn't crush you

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.340
 to have you

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:38.220
 possess you

00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:39.800
 is the fact that

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.880
 your heart language

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:42.539
 is respected

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:44.440
 and that you praise God

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.420
 in your heart language

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.740
 it's what should

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.920
 give us this

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.420
 impetus

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:49.840
 to realize

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.820
 that what unites us

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.660
 with other Christians

00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:53.360
 is our praising

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.980
 of God

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:55.660
 and to seek

00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:56.539
 to so share

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.119
 the gospel

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.780
 with people

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.320
 and other

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:59.500
 of every people

00:35:59.500 --> 00:35:59.840
 group

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.440
 because we know

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:00.920
 that God

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.539
 wants people

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.740
 from every people

00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:03.080
 group

00:36:03.080 --> 00:36:04.059
 to praise Him

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:05.220
 in their heart

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:05.920
 language

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:09.100
 let's stand

00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:10.200
 please stand

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:15.539
 just bow our heads

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.039
 in prayer

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:19.200
 Father

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:20.720
 later on

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:21.340
 in the book

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:21.800
 of Acts

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.440
 you're going to

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.900
 tell us

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.120
 that

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.599
 that

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:26.480
 the early Christians

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.000
 were learning

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.579
 to walk

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.279
 day by day

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:28.839
 in the fear

00:36:28.839 --> 00:36:29.259
 of you

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:30.400
 and in the comfort

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:31.259
 of the Holy Spirit

00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:32.239
 trusting you

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:33.219
 to do your work

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:33.739
 in the world

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:34.739
 and use them

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.960
 and we ask that

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.739
 for ourselves

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:37.179
 Father

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:38.019
 if there are any

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.739
 here or any

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.179
 watching

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.819
 who have not yet

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:40.440
 given their lives

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.000
 to Christ

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.859
 Father we ask

00:36:42.859 --> 00:36:44.039
 that your Holy Spirit

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:45.799
 bring them

00:36:45.799 --> 00:36:46.420
 to that point

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.199
 where they call out

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:47.539
 to you

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.099
 that Jesus

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:49.119
 would be their Savior

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.739
 and their Lord

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:50.759
 and Father

00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.279
 for us

00:36:51.279 --> 00:36:51.579
 you know

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:52.699
 Jesus is our Savior

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.039
 and Lord

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.539
 and you know

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:54.119
 how the world

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.659
 and the flesh

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:55.159
 and the devil

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:56.579
 are bending ourselves

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:57.539
 we're bending ourselves

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.139
 out of shape

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.619
 and the world

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.079
 and the devil

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.599
 is bending us

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.159
 out of shape

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:01.299
 and the crushing

00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:02.639
 burden of our pride

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.639
 and of despair

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.819
 and you know

00:37:04.819 --> 00:37:05.119
 Father

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.699
 those of us

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:06.079
 struggling

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:07.739
 with shouting

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:08.699
 accusation

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.939
 deep into our hearts

00:37:09.939 --> 00:37:11.259
 and so Father

00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:12.399
 we call out to you

00:37:12.399 --> 00:37:13.219
 and ask Father

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:13.879
 that you would

00:37:13.879 --> 00:37:14.879
 grip us

00:37:14.879 --> 00:37:16.179
 with this wonderful news

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:17.439
 and that your Holy Spirit

00:37:17.439 --> 00:37:17.859
 Father

00:37:17.859 --> 00:37:19.579
 would move

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:20.319
 in our hearts

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:21.940
 so that we might know

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:24.019
 that we belong

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.559
 to you

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:26.659
 and that our hearts

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:27.699
 might rest in you

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:29.619
 and that as our hearts

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:30.360
 rest in you

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.539
 that you will lead us

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:32.920
 to this self-effacing

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:36.699
 praising of you

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:39.219
 and being able

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:39.679
 to declare

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.799
 your wonderful deeds

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:41.759
 in the heart language

00:37:41.759 --> 00:37:43.880
 of all the people

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:44.679
 groups in the world

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.639
 Father

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:46.699
 do this wonderful work

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.119
 within us

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.699
 and we ask this

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.500
 in the name of Jesus

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.239
 your Son

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:50.319
 and our Savior

00:37:50.319 --> 00:37:51.699
 Amen

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:53.399
 in the name of Jesus

00:37:53.399 --> 00:37:54.279
 of God

00:37:54.279 --> 00:37:54.480
 in the name of Jesus

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.839
 thank you

00:37:55.839 --> 00:37:56.599
 and have three

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:56.839
 for nosotros

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:57.759
 and have

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.199
 thank you

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.939
 for their love

00:37:58.939 --> 00:37:59.199
 and I know

00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.819
 all the time

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.579
 and the way

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:00.719
 Dios

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.439
 and the you

00:38:01.439 --> 00:38:02.939
 so I find out

00:38:02.939 --> 00:38:03.259
 as ours

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:04.539
 we ask and

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:06.359
 of all the people

00:38:06.359 --> 00:38:06.980
 to do this

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:08.599
 for you

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.359
 as well

00:38:09.359 --> 00:38:10.599
 as would

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.500
us

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:12.939
 before

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.619
 Gen�