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 As a youth, I lived a hedonistic lifestyle.

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 My friends and I would get together

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 and we would boast of our sexual exploits with women.

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 I was into philosophy

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 and was actively involved in a sect for nine years.

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 I began an affair with a young woman

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 and she was my lover for 13 years

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 and she gave birth to our son.

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 I came to Christ, I ditched my lover

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 and I am famous for my prayer,

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 grant me chastity and continence but not yet.

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 Who am I?

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 There was a certain ambiguity, that's right.

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 But let me tell you that sects and philosophy did not do it for me

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 and one day I threw myself down under a fig tree

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 and I cried my eyes out and I repeatedly said to the Lord,

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 how long, O Lord, how long, Lord, will you be angry to the uttermost?

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 Do not be mindful of my old sins

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 for I felt my past have a grip on me

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 and it uttered wretched cries,

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 how long, how long is it to be?

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 Tomorrow, tomorrow, why not now?

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 Why not put an end to my impure life in this very hour?

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 Who am I?

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 And as I was saying this

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 and weeping in the bitter agony of my heart,

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 suddenly I heard a voice from a nearby house

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 chanting as if it might be a boy or a girl

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 saying and repeating over and over again,

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 pick up and read, pick up and read.

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 And I hurried to the place where I'd put down the book

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 and I seized it and I opened it

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 and in silence I read the first passage on which my eyes lit

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 and it said,

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 not in riots and drunken parties,

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 not in eroticism and indecencies,

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 not in strife and rivalry,

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 but put on the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and make no provision for the flesh in its lusts.

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 Romans 13.

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 And I neither wished nor heeded to read further at once

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 with the last words of this sentence,

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 it was as if a light of relief

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 from all anxiety flooded into my heart

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 and all the shadows of doubt were dispelled.

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 Who am I?

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 And if you are here this morning,

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 you can help us with the answer.

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 Augustine.

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 Look at that, they're trying to be very quiet down the front.

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 You did a great job.

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 Augustine.

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 Bishop of Hippo in North Africa

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 which is in the country of Algeria these days

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 and it was written,

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 God spoke a life-changing message,

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 a life-changing word to Augustine

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 in 387 AD

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 out of Paul's letter to the Romans.

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 And so as we come to Romans,

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 we are coming to a book

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 where God has given us a message

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 with the power to transform people.

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 Now we're going to spend a few weeks sampling Romans,

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 we're not trying to cover the lot,

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 we're just dipping our toe in,

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 we're spending a fair bit of time in chapter one

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 and then we're going to bounce to three other chapters on the way.

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 In places it is a really difficult book,

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 it's a wonderful book,

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 it's the most complete explanation

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 of the Christian faith in the Bible,

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 it deals with sin and justification and righteousness

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 and God's sovereign purposes for his,

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 God's sovereign choices,

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 his justice,

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 God's eternal purposes for his people,

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 the place of the Jews and the nations

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 and how they should relate,

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 how they might live with one another in Christ.

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 If you go back across church history,

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 you actually see that there's a whole series

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 of really famous Christians

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 that have been converted

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 by encountering the words of this book.

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 So people like Augustine

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 and Martin Luther in the Reformation

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 and George Whitefield

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 in some of the revivals

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 that happened in England

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 and the United States

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 and John Wesley who wrote hymns

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 and was a great preacher,

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 they all credit the letter to the Romans

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 with their conversion

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 and their establishment in Christ.

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 I can tell you

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 that when I came to Christ in 1977,

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 I joined a Bible study group

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 which I'd never been part of before,

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 never knew what they were

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 and our leader took us

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 through Luke's Gospel that first year

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 and I think in a way

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 grounded me in the faith

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 but the place where he went the second year,

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 he took us verse by verse,

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 passage by passage

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 through the book of Romans

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 and it was just a life-changing

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 eye-opening place to come to

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 in terms of being established in Christ

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 and established in the Scriptures.

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 I'd really like you to have it open,

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 so if you've got Bibles with you tonight,

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 have it open at Romans chapter 1.

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 And it begins,

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 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus,

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 called to be an apostle,

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 set apart for the gospel of God

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 and then in verse 7,

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 to all those in Rome

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 who are loved by God

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 and called to be saints,

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 grace to you

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 and peace from God our Father

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 and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So you see that Paul is a letter

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 and its author is the apostle Paul.

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 If you jump to the very end of Romans

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 to chapter 16 verse 22

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 and don't go there,

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 it says,

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 I, Tertius,

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 who wrote this letter,

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 greet you in the Lord.

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 And so the words of the letter

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 are the apostle Paul's,

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 but they are written down

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 by a scribe by the name of Tertius.

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 It's a letter which is written

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 to believers in Rome

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 and he describes them

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 as everybody who is loved by God

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 and who is called to be holy.

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 It's a grand letter.

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 It's about God's really big picture purposes

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 in Christ.

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 And it begins again.

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 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus,

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 called to be an apostle,

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 set apart for the gospel of God,

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 which he promised beforehand

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 through his prophets

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 in the Holy Scriptures,

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 concerning his son,

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 who was descended from David

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 according to the flesh

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 and was declared to be

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 the son of God in power

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 according to the spirit of holiness

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 by his resurrection from the dead.

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 Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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 So God's message is a person,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And Paul is not politically correct.

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 He just comes straight out

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 and unashamedly says,

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 I am a slave of Jesus Christ.

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 I think every one of your English translations

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 says a servant of Jesus Christ,

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 but it actually says,

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 I'm a slave of Jesus Christ.

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 I'm not ashamed to be a slave of Jesus Christ.

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 I have been called into his servants.

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 I have been given a mission.

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 My life has become one

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 of total obligation to Christ.

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 I was transformed in a moment

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 on the Damascus road

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 when the Lord Jesus confronted me

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 about my hatred of the Lord

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 and my hatred of his people.

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 And I have come to know

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 and to treasure the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And he tells the story about his coming,

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 not here,

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 but in numbers of places

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 in the New Testament.

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 And in Acts 26,

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 he says it in a very short way.

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 He says,

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 he tells the story again,

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 he says,

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 I said when I heard the voice,

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 who are you, Lord?

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 And the Lord said,

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 I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

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 But rise and stand upon your feet

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 for I have appeared to you

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 for this very purpose,

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 to appoint you as a servant

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 and witness to the things

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 in which you have seen me

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 and to those things

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 in which I will appear to you,

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 delivering you from your people

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 and from the Gentiles

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 to whom I am sending you,

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 the nations to whom I am sending you.

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 He has been brought

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 from darkness to light.

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 The Lord Jesus has saved him

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 for a purpose.

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 He has commissioned him

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 for a task.

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 He's an apostle.

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 It means a sent one.

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 He's been sent by Jesus

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 and God has sent him

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 to the nations

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 with his momentous announcement

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 about the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 God's great news.

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 And in verse 2,

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 it says about this message,

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 it says,

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 this is a message

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 which God promised beforehand

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 through his prophets

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 in the Holy Scriptures

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 concerning his son

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 who was descended from David

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 according to the flesh

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 and was declared to be

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 the son of God in power

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 according to the spirit of holiness

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 by his resurrection from the dead,

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 Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 Now it's a mouthful

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 and it's earful

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 and this is harder work

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 than some of the passages

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 we come to sometimes.

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 But it's a much anticipated message.

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 He's saying to us,

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 this is a message

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 about God's king

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 which was promised

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 in the Old Testament.

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 The prophets were looking forward

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 to the day

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 when God's king

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 would be revealed.

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 And this king was born

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 into a human family.

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 He was born

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 into Joseph and Mary's family.

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 And his human ancestry

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 goes back

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 to King David.

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 But he says more than that,

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 he's not just got human ancestry,

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 he's got divine ancestry.

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 It was proved

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 when the spirit of God

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 raised him from the dead.

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 And so you hear

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 and you read in this passage

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 that Father,

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 Son and Holy Spirit

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 are all working together.

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 God's gospel

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 is about the Father's Son

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 who became flesh

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 and died

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 and was raised from the dead

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 by the power of God's Spirit.

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 So,

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 this is not

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 impersonal theology.

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 This is not

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 dry and dusty stuff.

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 It's not an academic exercise.

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 It's not like

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 bringing Jesus down

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 and putting him in the slab

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 and the morgue

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 and pulling him into bits

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 and saying,

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 oh, that's interesting.

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 He's got vessels

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 and a heart

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 and kidneys

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 and a brain

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 and

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 this is very personal.

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 Paul refers

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 very personally

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 to Jesus Christ

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 our Lord.

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 He's somebody

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 that he knew

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 and he writes

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 to people

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 who know him

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 personally as well.

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 I think it's

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 one of the great evidences

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 of true Christian faith

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 in somebody's life.

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 You know,

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 to be able to call Jesus

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 my Lord

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 was a huge change

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 for me

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 when I came to Christ

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 because for the first time

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 my prayers changed

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 from being

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 dear God

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 to dear

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 Lord Jesus.

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 I knew him

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 and I began

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 to understand

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 how important

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 he is

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 and I saw

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 that Christian faith

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 is personal

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 and it's relationship

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 it's not religion

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 and Jesus

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 is not somebody

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 that we know about

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 and we recite

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 facts about

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 he is somebody

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 that we know

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 he is not just

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 God who is out there

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 he's God

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 in here.

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 So Romans

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 is a letter

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 which is written

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 to Christians

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 who know a person

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 their Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 but there are also

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 clues here

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 to the big picture

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 purpose of this letter

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 and it's verse 5

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 it says

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 through whom

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 we have received

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 grace and apostleship

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 to bring about

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 the obedience

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 of faith

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 for the sake

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 of his name

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 among all the nations

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 including you

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 who are called

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 to belong

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 to Jesus Christ.

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 So Paul's been given

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 this apostolic mission

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 for a purpose

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 it's God's purpose

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 it's not his purpose

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 and the purpose

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 expressed here

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 is to bring about

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 the obedience

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 of faith

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 for the sake

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 of his name

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 God's name

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 among all the nations.

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 It's an interesting

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 expression

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 it's a strange expression

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 it's only used

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 in one other place

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 in the New Testament

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 and that's in Romans

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 chapter 16

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 verse 26

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 and right at the end

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 of Romans

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 it says

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 but this has now

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 been disclosed

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 and through the prophetic

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 writings

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 has been made known

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 to all nations

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 according to the command

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 of the eternal God

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 to bring about

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 the obedience

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 of faith.

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 So the letter

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 begins with the expression

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 it ends with the expression

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 and you could say

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 in marketing terms

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 and I think it's a pretty

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 crass way to speak

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 about the scriptures

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 but in marketing terms

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 God's gospel

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 is results orientated.

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 God has a purpose

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 and his purpose

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 is to bring men

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 and women

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 and boys

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 and girls

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 to himself

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 we are brought

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 to the obedience

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 of faith.

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 To come to Christ

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 is to be brought

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 to the obedience

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 of faith.

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 I don't know

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 if you've ever

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 talked about

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 you coming to Christ

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 in those terms before

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 but that's a scriptural way

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 of saying

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 you have been brought

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 to the obedience

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 of faith.

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 Very strange expression.

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 He could have said

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 something like

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 well you've been brought

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 to the obedience

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 of good works

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 but he doesn't.

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 He says

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 to the obedience

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 of faith

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 and he's highlighting

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 for us

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 that God

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 wants us

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 to obey him

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 by putting

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 our faith

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 and trust

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 in him.

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 To believe

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 in him.

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 So if you ask

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 the question

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 would you want

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 to be obedient

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 to God

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 and I think

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 everybody here

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 probably wants

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 to be obedient

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 to God

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 well what does

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 that mean?

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 You can't live

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 a good enough

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 life

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 believe

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 the gospel.

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 Be obedient

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 to the gospel

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 believe

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 what God

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 has said.

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 So God

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 has purposes

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 he has strategy

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 and his strategy

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 is to tell

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 who Christ

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 is and what

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 he has done

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 as far

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 and wide

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 as you possibly

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 can

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 into all

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 the world.

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 God

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 but obedience

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 of faith

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 is not

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 about doing

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 a whole lot

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 of good

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 works

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 to achieve

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 our salvation

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 it is doing

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 the one

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 thing that

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 God asks

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 us to do

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 in response

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 to what

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 Christ has

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 done

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 and that

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 is to

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 believe him.

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 I love

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 this story

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 there's a story

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 in a biography

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 of a bloke

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 called John

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 Chapman

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 and most of

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 you won't

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 know who

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 he was

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 but he

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 was a

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 pretty famous

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 preacher

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 around Sydney

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 for a number

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 of years

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 he's an

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 older man

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 now

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 and he

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 tells a

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 story in

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 his biography

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 about preaching

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 at Sydney

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 University

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 one day

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 and I'm

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 going to

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 read you

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 verbatim

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 what he

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 says

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 you may

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 have heard

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 me use

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 it before

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 but I

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 was talking

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 to a young

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 bloke

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 after a

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 uni meeting

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 and he

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 said to me

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 that what

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 he was going

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 to do

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 was live

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 it up

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 until the

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 end of

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 his life

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 have a

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 really great

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 time

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 and then

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 just before

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 he died

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 he would

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 become a

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 Christian

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 and I

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 said to

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 him

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 well how

00:16:37.419 --> 00:16:37.699
 do you

00:16:37.699 --> 00:16:37.919
 know

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 that you'll

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 be able

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 to become

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 one at

00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.139
 the end

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 and he

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 said I

00:16:43.579 --> 00:16:44.199
 could become

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 a Christian

00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:46.179
 whenever I

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 like

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 and I

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 said you

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 can only

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 become one

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:52.000
 when God

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 says

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 and he

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 insisted

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 that he

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 could do

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 it so I

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 said well

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 if it's

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 easy as

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 that why

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 don't you

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 give us

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 a demo

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 why don't

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 you show

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 me how

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 you'll pull

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 it off

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 how you'll

00:17:05.860 --> 00:17:06.279
 do it by

00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.840
 becoming a

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 Christian

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:08.279
 right now

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 if it's

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 that easy

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.019
 you'll be able

00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.460
 to pull it

00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:11.980
 off anytime

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 wouldn't

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 you

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 yeah

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 but right

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 now I

00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.039
 don't want

00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.279
 to

00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:23.440
 come on

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 you aren't

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 trying very

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 hard

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 if you can

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 really do

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 it do it

00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:28.420
 now should

00:17:28.420 --> 00:17:28.879
 be a piece

00:17:28.879 --> 00:17:29.420
 of cake

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 and he

00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.240
 started to

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.619
 get a bit

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 touchy

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 I don't

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 want to

00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:37.079
 try a bit

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 harder

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 want to

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 want to

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 I don't

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 want to

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 well

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 I said

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 that's the

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 problem isn't

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 it

00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:46.799
 what makes

00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.259
 you think

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:47.799
 you'll want

00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:48.299
 to at

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:48.799
 the end

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 young man

00:17:53.139 --> 00:17:53.439
 was having

00:17:53.439 --> 00:17:54.019
 himself on

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 he had

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 seen and

00:17:57.159 --> 00:17:57.740
 heard the

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.480
 truth about

00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:58.819
 the Lord

00:17:58.819 --> 00:17:59.699
 Jesus Christ

00:17:59.699 --> 00:18:00.799
 he knew it

00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:01.259
 was true

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.819
 he knew it

00:18:01.819 --> 00:18:02.579
 had consequences

00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:03.419
 into eternity

00:18:03.419 --> 00:18:05.740
 but for the

00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.240
 present he

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:06.899
 refused to

00:18:06.899 --> 00:18:07.459
 believe his

00:18:07.459 --> 00:18:08.399
 heart was in

00:18:08.399 --> 00:18:08.959
 fact very

00:18:08.959 --> 00:18:09.439
 hard to

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 God

00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:11.619
 he was

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 outside the

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 kingdom

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 he had not

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 been brought

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 to the

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 obedience of

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 faith

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 he refused

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 to exercise

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 faith

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 it was an

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 act of the

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 will to

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 say I

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 don't want

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 God

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 big question

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 for me with

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 Romans 1

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 and it's

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 probably not

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 even occurring

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 to you at

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 the moment

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 but I want

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 to take you

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 there and

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 it is why

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 does Paul

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 want to

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 minister in

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 Rome

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 the gospel

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 was already

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 there

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 the church

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 had begun

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 it was

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 established

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 without his

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 influence

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 in chapter 1

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 verse 14

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 he said I

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 am obligated

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 both to

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 Greeks and

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 non-Greeks

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 both to the

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 wise and the

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 foolish and

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 that is why

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 I am so eager

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 to preach the

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 gospel also to

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 you who are

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 at Rome

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 who is he

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 obligated to

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 it's there in

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 the verse

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 Greeks and

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 non-Greeks

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 who isn't he

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 obligated to

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 people here

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 this morning

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 got to keep

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 quiet

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 who isn't

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 he obligated

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 to

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 I'm not

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 under

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 obligation

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 to

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 the Jews

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 well done

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 Tashi

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 he doesn't

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 say the Jews

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 I'm not

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 under obligation

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 to the Jews

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 but I am

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 under obligation

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 to the Greeks

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 and the non-Greeks

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 the barbarians

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 the babblers

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 in other words

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 he describes

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 the whole of

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 the world

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 outside Judaism

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 and why is he

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 saying that

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 because he's

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 the apostle

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 to the nations

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 they're the

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 ones that I

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 have been

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 sent to

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 even though

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 I always

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 preach to

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 the Jews

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 when I

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 first come

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 to a city

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 they are

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 the ones

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 I've been

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 sent to

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 I've been

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 sent to

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 the nations

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 and I

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 am under

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 obligation

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 to them

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 but at the

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 end of Romans

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 in chapter 15

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 he says

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 it's always

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 been my

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 ambition to

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 preach the

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 gospel where

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 Christ was

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 not known

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 so that I

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 would not be

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 building on

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 someone else's

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 foundation

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 and you read

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 that and you

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 think well he

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 seems to

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 contradict himself

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 on the one

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 hand he's

00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:09.899
 saying I

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 am eager to

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:10.899
 preach the

00:20:10.899 --> 00:20:11.480
 gospel to

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 you and on

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 the other my

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.759
 ambition is to

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 preach the

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 gospel where

00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:16.039
 Christ is not

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 known but he

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 knows it's

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 known there

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 and I think he

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 gives some

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 reasons in

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 verse 11

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 I long to

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 see you so

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 that I may

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 impart to you

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 some spiritual

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 gift to make

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 you strong

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 that is that

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 you and I

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 may be mutually

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 encouraged by

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 each other's

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 faith

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 I do not

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 want you to

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 be unaware

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 brothers that

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 I planned

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 many times to

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 come to you

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 but have been

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.759
 prevented from

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 doing so until

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 now in order

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.300
 that I might

00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:47.000
 have a harvest

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 among you just

00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:48.759
 as I have had

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:50.080
 among the

00:20:50.080 --> 00:20:51.180
 other nations

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:55.040
 now I want to

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 explain something

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:58.920
 quickly to you

00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.680
 that that is

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.640
 quite tricky

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.779
 so I need you

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.519
 to listen it's a

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 little bit

00:21:02.820 --> 00:21:03.440
 different I want

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 to give some

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 history in the

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 year 49 AD

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 so this is and

00:21:10.620 --> 00:21:11.840
 the letter to

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 Romans is written

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 in 58 AD

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 nine years before

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 Romans was

00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:20.500
 written the

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.660
 emperor Claudius

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:23.259
 kicked all the

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.920
 Jews out of

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 Rome and

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 there's a Roman

00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:27.880
 historian called

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:28.900
 Suetonius who

00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:29.700
 is no friend of

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:31.920
 Christians and he

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:33.200
 wrote a note that

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.920
 the emperor did

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.880
 this because the

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.779
 Jews were fighting

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.580
 over a

00:21:36.580 --> 00:21:37.880
 Christos

00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:39.860
 now you need to

00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:40.360
 know that in

00:21:40.360 --> 00:21:41.039
 Greek the name

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.860
 Christ is

00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.799
 Christos

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:46.680
 in Acts chapter

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.940
 18 this event is

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.720
 confirmed if you

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.340
 ever want to think

00:21:49.340 --> 00:21:50.259
 about you know the

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.240
 the New Testament

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:52.100
 is thoroughly

00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:52.880
 historical

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:56.080
 in Acts chapter

00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:57.200
 18 this event is

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:58.220
 confirmed because in

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.200
 verse 1 it says

00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:00.259
 Paul left Athens

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.839
 and went to

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:03.980
 Corinth and there

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.740
 he met a Jew

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.940
 named Aquila a

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:07.000
 native of Pontus

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.859
 who had recently

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:09.200
 come from Italy

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:10.099
 with his wife

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:13.240
 Priscilla because

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.140
 Claudius had

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.859
 ordered all the

00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.740
 Jews to leave

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:18.799
 Rome Paul went

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:20.440
 to see them and

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.299
 because he was a

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.200
 tent maker as they

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:24.900
 were he stayed and

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.680
 worked with them

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:27.360
 and every

00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:28.160
 Sabbath he

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.900
 reasoned in the

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:30.100
 synagogue trying to

00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:31.500
 persuade Jews and

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.960
 Greeks

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:35.759
 so what we're

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:37.180
 reading is that

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:38.120
 the emperor in

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.539
 Rome

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:40.900
 the king of the

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.320
 world

00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:43.779
 was fed up with

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.860
 the behaviour of

00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:46.259
 Jews and so fed

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:46.799
 up with the

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.660
 behaviour of Jews

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.279
 in Rome

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.840
 that he kicked

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:50.400
 them out of the

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.320
 city by imperial

00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:51.700
 decree

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:55.160
 now when he did

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:56.019
 that he did not

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.880
 make a distinction

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:58.920
 between Jews who

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.940
 believed in Jesus

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.840
 and Jews who

00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:01.740
 didn't believe in

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.059
 Jesus

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:04.380
 they're all Jews

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:05.140
 and so they're all

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.480
 out

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:07.920
 and he effectively

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.819
 says I'm sick of

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.519
 your bickering get

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.160
 out of here

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:12.620
 and what that would

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.420
 have meant at that

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:15.019
 moment was that

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:16.240
 that all that was

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:17.440
 left of the church

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.539
 were believers who

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.660
 were not Jewish to

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.420
 start with

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:24.580
 and so Jewish

00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:26.019
 customs like food

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:27.000
 laws and special

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:28.720
 days would no

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.920
 longer have been a

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:31.340
 big deal for Gentile

00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:32.039
 or international

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:33.279
 Christians in Rome

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:36.519
 the church in Rome

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.560
 has suddenly become

00:23:37.560 --> 00:23:38.300
 an international

00:23:38.300 --> 00:23:38.980
 church

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:41.560
 and they didn't

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:41.920
 have to

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:43.519
 have to worry

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.360
 about fitting in

00:23:44.360 --> 00:23:45.039
 with the believers

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:46.340
 of Jewish heritage

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:50.079
 now this is not

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.659
 the same

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.399
 but think about

00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:51.659
 this

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:51.899
 if

00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:53.899
 imagine the

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:55.000
 Australian government

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:57.599
 decided to kick

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.740
 everybody out of

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.359
 Chatswood

00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:00.919
 with Anglo

00:24:00.919 --> 00:24:01.839
 heritage

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:04.819
 get on the

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.139
 boats

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:06.079
 stop the boats

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.919
 get on the boats

00:24:06.919 --> 00:24:07.539
 and send them

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:09.099
 back to Europe

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:12.339
 now I'm looking

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:13.000
 around and I

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.599
 think there's an

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.619
 awful lot of us

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.419
 who would be out of

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:16.300
 here we'd be gone

00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:19.060
 and there's a few

00:24:19.060 --> 00:24:19.820
 of us who would be

00:24:19.820 --> 00:24:20.500
 left which is

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.120
 really good

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:27.380
 and if only

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.920
 mainland Chinese

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.560
 were left

00:24:29.560 --> 00:24:31.160
 Brian how many

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.880
 Asians in

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.800
 Chatswood at the

00:24:32.800 --> 00:24:33.240
 moment last

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.600
 census

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:35.160
 46%

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:38.580
 Asian

00:24:38.580 --> 00:24:43.400
 percentage

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:48.900
 there's more

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.360
 isn't there

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:53.040
 Brian's done all

00:24:53.040 --> 00:24:53.900
 the statistics out

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.720
 of the census for

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.240
 us so we're just

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.820
 looking at that the

00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:56.400
 other day I think

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:57.019
 it's a really big

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.640
 percentage in

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.800
 Chatswood which is

00:24:58.800 --> 00:24:59.519
 pretty obvious if

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.080
 you go down the

00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:01.900
 street on Sunday

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:03.860
 but if only mainland

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.840
 Chinese were left

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:07.240
 they may have very

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:09.060
 little idea about

00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:10.259
 our traditions and

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.820
 our history

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:13.259
 they may not even

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.079
 realise that we

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.679
 had a book of

00:25:14.679 --> 00:25:15.439
 common prayer I

00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:16.220
 would imagine that

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.319
 many of you tonight

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.960
 wouldn't even think

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.919
 twice about what a

00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.559
 book of common

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.439
 prayer is

00:25:20.439 --> 00:25:27.359
 and guess what

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:29.859
 they would have to

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:31.279
 build and run this

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.500
 church as best they

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.259
 could with the

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.019
 Bible in their

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.500
 hand and with

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.439
 believers around

00:25:36.439 --> 00:25:36.819
 them

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:38.939
 do you think

00:25:38.939 --> 00:25:39.399
 they could do

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:39.619
 that

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:41.000
 of course they

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.259
 could

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:44.099
 if all this was

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.720
 stripped away

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.299
 could a church

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.079
 happen and be run

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.799
 here in Chatswood

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.480
 without all the

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.359
 external stuff that

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.799
 we've got

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:50.819
 of course it

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.099
 could

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:58.679
 and so we

00:25:58.679 --> 00:25:59.299
 would suddenly

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.139
 or the people who

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:00.759
 were left would

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:02.339
 be free from

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:03.220
 defending an

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.980
 institution

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:06.339
 and they

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.900
 would have a

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.860
 fresh start in

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.779
 pursuing Christ

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:12.539
 it'd be a

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.279
 blessing to us

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:14.220
 sometimes to take

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.779
 all this stuff

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.299
 from us this

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.000
 stuff's a blessing

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.980
 in one way but

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:18.160
 it's a distraction

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:18.839
 in others

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:22.360
 and so it's a bit

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:23.200
 like that in Rome

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.259
 you don't have any

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.380
 Jews left or very

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.240
 few Jews left

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.500
 confusing things with

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.299
 issues like

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.279
 circumcision or

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.160
 eating prawns or

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.799
 food offered to

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.200
 idols

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:34.580
 the Roman

00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:35.420
 Christians could

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.019
 pursue and

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.740
 worship Christ

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.600
 without being

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:39.580
 encumbered by the

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:40.380
 baggage from a

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.140
 different culture

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.620
 and a different

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.080
 people

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:44.940
 and we're not

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.720
 slandering the

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.380
 Jews because we

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:46.819
 know what the

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.420
 book of Hebrews

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:48.200
 says the book of

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:49.059
 Hebrews says that

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:50.539
 the temple and

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.259
 the system of

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.840
 worship in

00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:53.759
 Jerusalem was

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.740
 only ever a

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.519
 shadow of what

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.440
 God would achieve

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.039
 in Christ

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.099
 Christ

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:59.879
 they didn't

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.339
 need

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:02.779
 so the

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.359
 international

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:04.319
 Christians did

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.099
 not need the

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:06.039
 same mindset

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:08.180
 change that the

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.059
 Jewish believers

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.559
 did

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:14.119
 and so I think

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.879
 that Paul writes

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:16.019
 this gospel to

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:17.119
 Rome to strengthen

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.680
 the Christian

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.359
 church there

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:21.079
 they are an

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:22.139
 international church

00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:22.920
 he wants to make

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.619
 sure that they

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.480
 know the true

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:24.960
 gospel

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:26.920
 they've been

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.720
 established at

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.319
 the centre of

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.980
 the empire

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:31.880
 God has given

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.740
 them a strategic

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.539
 ministry to

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.180
 believers who

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.900
 know nothing of

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.400
 Judaism

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:37.799
 and Paul wants

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.660
 them to be clear

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.420
 about the freedom

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.180
 that they have in

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.620
 Christ

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:42.600
 and I think he

00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:43.039
 helps them

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.740
 pastorally

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:45.980
 some of the

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.140
 believers of

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:48.079
 Jewish heritage

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.779
 it's nine years

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.319
 later they're

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.980
 beginning to come

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.799
 back into Rome

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:52.299
 Priscilla and

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.000
 Aquila are

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:54.039
 mentioned in

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.319
 Romans chapter

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.259
 16 they're no

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.740
 longer in

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.879
 Corinth they're

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.419
 now back in

00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:58.740
 Rome

00:27:58.740 --> 00:28:01.539
 and so Paul

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.279
 spends a lot

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:02.819
 of time in

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.539
 this letter

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.339
 explaining the

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.039
 place and the

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.779
 significance of

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.440
 the Jews in

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.139
 God's purposes

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.819
 which you see

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.240
 in chapters

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.059
 9 to 11

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:11.399
 and he

00:28:11.399 --> 00:28:12.159
 explains how

00:28:12.159 --> 00:28:12.700
 the church

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.980
 is to get on

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.639
 with one another

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.240
 with different

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.919
 beliefs and

00:28:15.919 --> 00:28:16.659
 backgrounds and

00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.359
 that's what goes

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:18.720
 on in chapters

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.759
 13 and 14

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.539
 when it speaks

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.000
 about the

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.539
 weak and the

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.640
 strong you

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:22.980
 know you

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.960
 who are

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.539
 strong ought

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.000
 to bear with

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.539
 the failings

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.059
 of those who

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.319
 are weak and

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:27.839
 I think it's

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.579
 very clearly

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.279
 that he sees

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.740
 the Jewish

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.559
 believers as

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.299
 the weak ones

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:31.619
 in that

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:32.319
 circumstance

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:38.420
 so brothers

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.019
 and sisters

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.759
 Romans is a

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.980
 glorious description

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.879
 of God's big

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.680
 picture purposes

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.200
 and what they

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:46.599
 mean it's

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.299
 about God

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.759
 it's God's

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.599
 gospel not

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.199
 our gospel

00:28:50.199 --> 00:28:52.000
 and it's

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.519
 about what

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.159
 God wants

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:53.519
 from his

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.919
 people

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:56.240
 and you

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.699
 see very

00:28:56.699 --> 00:28:57.359
 clearly in

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:57.799
 this letter

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.259
 that God

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.019
 is strategic

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.679
 he is

00:28:59.679 --> 00:29:00.459
 purposeful

00:29:00.459 --> 00:29:01.500
 he's not

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.980
 muddling

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.159
 along wondering

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:03.919
 what he will

00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:04.679
 do next

00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:07.240
 it's been

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.980
 his strategy

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.759
 since before

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.199
 he called

00:29:09.199 --> 00:29:09.659
 Abraham

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:11.399
 and his

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.039
 purpose is

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.459
 to bring

00:29:12.459 --> 00:29:13.179
 all the

00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:14.019
 nations under

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.659
 his blessing

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:16.000
 and he's

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.500
 not someone

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:16.899
 who looks

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.339
 at different

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:17.939
 nations and

00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:18.619
 discriminates

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.119
 like we

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:19.399
 do and

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.679
 we think

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:20.059
 why would

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.559
 God want

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:20.979
 them or

00:29:20.979 --> 00:29:21.339
 how could

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.939
 he possibly

00:29:21.939 --> 00:29:23.099
 tap into

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.459
 them

00:29:23.459 --> 00:29:24.699
 he said

00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:25.359
 to Abraham

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:26.399
 all peoples

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:26.859
 on earth

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.219
 will be

00:29:27.219 --> 00:29:27.539
 blessed

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.219
 through you

00:29:28.219 --> 00:29:31.339
 Jews

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:33.839
 had narrowly

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.319
 kept the

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.019
 promises to

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.599
 themselves

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.099
 as a

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.839
 generalisation

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:38.819
 and God

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:38.839
 and God

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.339
 seized

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.119
 one Jew

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:41.259
 a Jew

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.019
 who hated

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.459
 him

00:29:42.459 --> 00:29:43.619
 and hated

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:44.220
 his people

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.799
 the apostle

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.220
 Paul

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:47.059
 and he

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.439
 made him

00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:47.959
 his own

00:29:47.959 --> 00:29:49.059
 and he

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:50.079
 sent him

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:51.599
 on an

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.159
 international

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:52.699
 mission

00:29:52.699 --> 00:29:53.599
 telling people

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.879
 what God

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.639
 had done

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.459
 in Christ

00:29:56.459 --> 00:29:58.779
 and so

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.519
 God's purpose

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.119
 is to bring

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.679
 men and

00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:01.199
 women to

00:30:01.199 --> 00:30:01.659
 himself

00:30:01.659 --> 00:30:02.039
 and he

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.379
 does it

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:02.659
 with a

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.079
 message

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.939
 and the

00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:04.539
 message is

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.019
 the precious

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.519
 gospel

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.619
 of our

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.099
 Lord Jesus

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.659
 Christ

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.339
 that's what

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.799
 Romans is

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.079
 about

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:12.619
 strategy is

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:12.980
 not a

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.639
 dirty word

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:16.379
 all of us

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:17.379
 think strategically

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.960
 I think in

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.439
 our church

00:30:18.439 --> 00:30:19.220
 we are a

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.559
 church

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:21.359
 we've been

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.740
 an older

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.159
 church

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.599
 which is

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:22.980
 probably

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.579
 in the

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.019
 process

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.859
 of renewing

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:26.919
 and

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:28.099
 when a

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.500
 church

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:30.379
 of 300

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:30.919
 people

00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:31.460
 which might

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:31.819
 be our

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.079
 church

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.579
 supports

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.019
 9 or

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.279
 10

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.039
 people

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.399
 doing

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:34.879
 ministry

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.240
 in other

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.819
 places

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:37.079
 that's

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.379
 actually

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:37.599
 a

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.000
 strategy

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.460
 for

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:38.720
 bringing

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.079
 God's

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.379
 message

00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:39.759
 to the

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.059
 world

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:41.259
 and so

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.539
 Tim

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:41.859
 who was

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.519
 here last

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.779
 week

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.119
 from the

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:43.579
 Middle East

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.059
 and spoke

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.559
 to us

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.839
 and Kylie

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.339
 quietly

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:46.839
 teaching

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.279
 people

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.839
 in the

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.339
 Middle East

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:48.679
 they are

00:30:48.679 --> 00:30:49.119
 working

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:50.480
 strategically

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.220
 to strengthen

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.839
 the church

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:53.299
 in a place

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.720
 where it is

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.339
 really dangerous

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.799
 to be a

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.059
 believer

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:58.579
 it's a

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.159
 great thing

00:30:59.159 --> 00:30:59.720
 when we

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.139
 support

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:00.740
 strategic

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.339
 ministry

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.059
 to other

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.759
 places

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:04.179
 300

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:04.799
 people

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.299
 providing

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.019
 resources

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.500
 to many

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.000
 ministries

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.539
 beyond here

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.960
 that's just

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.339
 terrific

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.740
 and we

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:09.960
 ought to

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.299
 continue

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.720
 to do

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:10.919
 it

00:31:10.919 --> 00:31:14.919
 but it's

00:31:14.919 --> 00:31:15.899
 really important

00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:16.399
 for us

00:31:16.399 --> 00:31:16.799
 to be

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.379
 strategic

00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:18.339
 in

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.960
 Chatswood

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.500
 or in

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.679
 our

00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:21.359
 workplace

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:22.639
 or in

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.299
 our school

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.779
 or in

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:23.940
 our

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.579
 university

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:24.679
 community

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:28.000
 and I

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.339
 don't know

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:28.539
 if you

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:28.879
 go off

00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:29.279
 to uni

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.939
 and you

00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:30.359
 see the

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.579
 great

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:30.980
 mass of

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.299
 people

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.759
 who don't

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:31.960
 know

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.319
 Christ

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.679
 you can

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.139
 sometimes

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:33.599
 throw your

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.480
 hands in

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.759
 the air

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.179
 and say

00:31:35.179 --> 00:31:36.679
 where do I

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:37.099
 start

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:38.779
 what do I

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.119
 do

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:42.339
 and I

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:42.639
 want to

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:42.879
 say

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.559
 under God

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.039
 to take

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.500
 personal

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.219
 responsibility

00:31:45.219 --> 00:31:45.639
 for what

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:46.000
 God has

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.239
 given

00:31:46.239 --> 00:31:46.599
 you

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:50.099
 don't

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.619
 look around

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.139
 at everybody

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:51.699
 else

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.419
 think about

00:31:52.419 --> 00:31:52.899
 where God

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.439
 has placed

00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:53.759
 you

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.399
 the family

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:54.879
 that you're

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.119
 in

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:56.459
 the sporting

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:56.959
 team that

00:31:56.959 --> 00:31:57.399
 you play

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:57.599
 in

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.199
 the workplace

00:31:58.199 --> 00:31:58.779
 you find

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.339
 yourself in

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.779
 the school

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.039
 or the

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.519
 university

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.779
 he's

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.099
 taking

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.539
 you to

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:03.099
 I said

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.460
 to mums

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.920
 and bubs

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.619
 the other

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:04.799
 day

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.220
 don't ask

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.659
 me why

00:32:05.659 --> 00:32:06.019
 I was at

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.240
 mums

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.619
 and bubs

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:06.960
 I'm not

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.339
 really a

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:07.519
 mum

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.899
 and I'm

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:08.180
 not a

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.480
 bub

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.240
 or I

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.579
 was a

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:09.720
 bub

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:09.899
 but it

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:10.079
 was a

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.420
 long time

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:10.720
 ago

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:12.220
 but I

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.519
 said to

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.740
 them I

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.079
 don't think

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.460
 that God

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.940
 is trying

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.279
 to add

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.680
 to our

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:14.920
 load

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.359
 and asking

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.720
 us to

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.220
 do more

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.759
 and more

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.220
 and more

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.619
 so that we

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.180
 end up being

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:19.019
 burdened

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.420
 Christians

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.319
 falling down

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.740
 all over

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.180
 the place

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.859
 with too

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.359
 much to do

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:22.819
 because he's

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.139
 a hard

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:23.879
 taskmaster

00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.920
 he's not

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.339
 like an

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:25.639
 Olympic

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.019
 God

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.399
 saying you

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.819
 he's not

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.359
 doing that

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.879
 he calls

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:34.420
 us to be

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:34.859
 faithful

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.420
 with what

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.339
 he has

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.899
 given us

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.379
 in the

00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:37.759
 place

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.180
 in which

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.480
 he has

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.000
 put us

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:42.899
 he's a

00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.440
 strategic

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.940
 God

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.920
 he's able

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.319
 to use

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.740
 all his

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.039
 people

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.399
 to his

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:46.759
 glory

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:48.700
 and so

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.259
 if every

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.740
 one of

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.059
 us

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.379
 was

00:32:50.379 --> 00:32:50.879
 nurturing

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.680
 just one

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.399
 relationship

00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:54.539
 where we

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.059
 were bold

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.599
 to speak

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:55.920
 to our

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.139
 friend

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.379
 about

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.659
 Christ

00:32:56.659 --> 00:32:56.899
 and I

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:57.019
 don't

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.200
 mean

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.399
 going

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:57.619
 having

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:57.899
 coffee

00:32:57.899 --> 00:32:58.259
 tomorrow

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.500
 and say

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.639
 I've

00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:58.779
 really

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.059
 got to

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.339
 tell you

00:32:59.339 --> 00:32:59.599
 about

00:32:59.599 --> 00:32:59.859
 Christ

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.139
 because

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:00.319
 the

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:00.539
 preacher

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.000
 told me

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.139
 to

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.440
 last

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:01.519
 night

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.819
 night

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:03.099
 I

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.379
 mean

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:03.940
 nurturing

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.460
 friendship

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.980
 being a

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.180
 real

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.480
 friend

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.980
 being in

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.539
 relationship

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.259
 but in

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.400
 the

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.119
 context

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:08.599
 of the

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.119
 relationship

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.480
 being

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.139
 unashamed

00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:10.900
 about your

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.259
 faith in

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.519
 the Lord

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.819
 Jesus

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.200
 Christ

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.680
 and praying

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:12.960
 for the

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.519
 opportunities

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.079
 to speak

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.619
 about him

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:16.940
 because if

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.460
 we all

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.099
 did that

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:19.240
 then 300

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.940
 people from

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.259
 here are

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.779
 going out

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.180
 into the

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.480
 year and

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:21.799
 into the

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.099
 week or

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.359
 wherever

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.920
 we're going

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.660
 and we

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.019
 are having

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.859
 an impact

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.519
 all over

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.960
 the place

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.420
 with more

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.019
 than 300

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.619
 people

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:30.500
 it's a

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.740
 big

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.220
 gospel

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.799
 it's a

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.539
 big task

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.059
 but not

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.740
 too big

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:35.839
 I took

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.120
 great

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.620
 encouragement

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:36.920
 another

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.299
 we war

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.579
 story

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:37.819
 tonight

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.100
 how's

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.259
 that

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.880
 two in

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.180
 a row

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.480
 sorry

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:39.779
 Joyce

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:41.039
 but I

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.519
 worked for

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:41.779
 a while

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.039
 with a

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.460
 man called

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.120
 Gary Stewart

00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.860
 who works out

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.559
 in Walgett

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.360
 these days

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:47.579
 and we were

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.620
 chewing the fat

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:49.360
 down at the river

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:49.960
 for one of our

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.600
 staff meetings

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:51.039
 one day

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.519
 I think we were

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.380
 catching carp out

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:52.799
 of the river

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.259
 and talking

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.779
 ministry

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.960
 that's my

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.440
 justification

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:57.160
 and I

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.500
 think he

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.960
 was feeling

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.480
 overwhelmed

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:58.779
 at the

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.019
 task

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.380
 because he

00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.740
 could see

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.180
 the needs

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.620
 of people

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:01.059
 and a number

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.460
 who didn't

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.059
 know Jesus

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.720
 and he

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.080
 just said

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.480
 it's such

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.779
 a big

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.019
 job

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.380
 what do

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.680
 we do

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.039
 at church

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.360
 how do

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:05.900
 we minister

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.860
 and I

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.140
 think the

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.539
 grace of

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:07.980
 God spoke

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.300
 to me

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.579
 and said

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.019
 one at a

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.300
 time

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:11.380
 we work

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:12.019
 one person

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.500
 at a time

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.840
 in the

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.380
 relationships

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.880
 that we

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.220
 have

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:14.800
 and we

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.200
 take the

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.780
 opportunities

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.400
 that God

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.900
 has given

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.240
 us

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:19.099
 so don't

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.280
 be

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.960
 overwhelmed

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:21.840
 be faithful

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.400
 to Christ

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.860
 with what

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.400
 God has

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.099
 given you

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:26.659
 because the

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.380
 big picture

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.519
 is accomplished

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.320
 by doing the

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:30.019
 little things

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:31.320
 by being

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:31.800
 faithful

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:33.099
 and taking

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.820
 the opportunities

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.340
 that God

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:34.699
 has given

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.039
 you

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:36.519
 Amen

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.599
 I'm going

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.900
 to pray

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:40.380
 we do pray

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.980
 Lord Jesus

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.539
 that you

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.960
 would help

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.320
 us

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:45.039
 to see

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.659
 the wonderful

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.480
 task that you

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.960
 have set

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.720
 before us

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:49.220
 to wonder

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.500
 at the

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.920
 gospel

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:51.460
 to see

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.139
 the powerful

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.820
 transformation

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.480
 that you

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.900
 have given

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.480
 us in this

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.079
 extraordinary

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.860
 message

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:57.039
 about the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ

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 and we

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 pray tonight

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 for each

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 of us

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 that we

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 wouldn't

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 walk from

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 here

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 discouraged

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 and overwhelmed

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 by the

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 size of the

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 task

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 but that each

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 of us might

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 be encouraged

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 in the power

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 of your

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 spirit to

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 build genuine

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 friendships

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 with people

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 where we

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 are not

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 ashamed of

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 Christ

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 and where we

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 bring a word

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 to bear in

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 season as you

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 give the

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 opportunity

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 but we do

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 pray Lord

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 Jesus

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 that you

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 would give

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 us the

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 opportunity

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 that you

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 would open

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 doors

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 and that we

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 would find

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 grace and

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 empowerment

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 to be faithful

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 to you

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 to enjoy

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 and delight

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 in your good

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 gospel and to

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 see its impact

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 in the lives

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 of many people

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 around us

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 and we pray

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 this in Jesus

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 precious name

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 Amen

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 movement

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 back

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 and hear

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 what you

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 want to

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 see

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 if you

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 find

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 quelque chose

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 to be

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 확

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 to me

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 to be

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 the

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 niet

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Teeth