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 Good morning.

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 So for those of you who don't know me, I'm Bernard.

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 I'm one of the members here at Watermark.

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 And thank you, Christina, and thank you, Betty, for reading.

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 It was more uplifting than the Tim Burton edition of what we saw.

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 If you've been with us for the last few weeks,

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 you would know we're going through the Book of Acts.

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 And one of the things that we've been tracking is the growth of the early church in the Book of Acts.

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 And what we've seen in the first four chapters is really the church growing and growing and growing.

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 And then in chapter four from last week, what we saw was a threat.

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 With the growth of the church, there was also some opposition.

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 But one of the key things behind the entire growth of the church

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 was we were introduced to the Holy Spirit.

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 And to be honest, I had a bit of a struggle myself trying to understand the Holy Spirit.

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 What's the role?

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 Okay?

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 I mean, we know, you know, we kind of know God's role in creation

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 and kind of put everything in place.

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 And we know Christ's role to become man and to die on the cross.

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 But why do we need the Holy Spirit?

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 What's with the third leg?

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 You know?

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 So one of the things, and it's key to understand the Holy Spirit as we go through Acts.

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 And one of the things that helped me was J.I. Packer is a British-Canadian theologian.

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 And he explained it this way.

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 And he called it, what he explained is the floodlight ministry.

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 So floodlights, you know, the lights that kind of light up buildings.

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 So this is what he wrote.

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 I remember walking to a church one evening, one winter evening,

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 to preach on the words, He shall glorify me.

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 Seeing the building floodlit as I turn the corner and realizing,

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 this is exactly the illustration I needed for my message.

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 When floodlighting is well done,

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 the floodlights are so placed that you do not see them.

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 You're not, in fact, supposed to see where the light is coming from.

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 What you're meant to see is the building on which the floodlight is trained.

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 The intended effect is to make it visible when otherwise it would not have been seen for darkness

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 or to maximize the dignity by throwing all of its detail into relief

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 so that you can see it properly.

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 This perfectly illustrates the Spirit's new covenant role.

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 He is, so to speak, the hidden floodlight for our Savior.

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 So let us just start with a prayer.

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 Lord, we just ask you, Lord, that your Holy Spirit would just come amongst us this morning.

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 It would shine a light on this message from Acts 4 and 5

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 on the story of Ananias and Sapphira.

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 And Lord, we just ask you that you'd be able to show us

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 what you want us to take away today.

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 So last week, if you remember, Chris gave a really quite good summary

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 of the first seven chapters of Acts.

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 Basically, what he said is, chapter 1 to 4, we saw, chapter 1 to 3, we saw the early church growing.

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 You see things like there was 1,000 new converts.

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 There was 3,000 new converts.

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 And then chapter 3, there was 5,000 new converts.

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 So basically, it's just growing in the thousands, okay?

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 Now, chapter 4 last week, you saw was an introduction of some opposition.

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 Where there's growth, often there's opposition.

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 And what chapter 4 to 7 tells us is really Luke, the author of Acts,

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 warning us about the oppositions that the early church faced.

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 And the reason he told us about this is because we are going to face similar oppositions

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 as the church grows, as we go into ministry and as you spread the gospel.

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 So what we saw is initially in chapter 4, the threat was external to the church.

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 They were kind of the high priests and the establishment and the high priest's family

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 and basically the Jewish authorities that didn't like seeing this new fledgling faith coming aboard

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 and then actually people leaving them to go to become Christians.

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 Now, what we see in chapter 5 is something quite different.

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 So maybe we can go to the next slide, the table of content.

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 Maybe I should move over here a little bit.

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 What we see here in chapter 5 is, so what I want to go through today is in four sections.

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 One is the sharing community.

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 We just want to start and explain it at the end of chapter 4 what that looks like.

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 And then the second is the threat from within.

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 And then I'm going to talk about the sin beneath our sins and then the ultimate Barnabas.

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 So let's move straight into the sharing community.

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 What we see in that latter half of chapter 4 is a new radical community.

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 You heard Marissa talking about one of the things that she appreciated most about Watermark

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 was the community that we emphasize on.

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 So what we saw was a young, faithful community that lived out its faith in a very authentic way.

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 And what it did was it shared a lot of things.

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 Now, when you originally read this passage and you say, well, you know, people sold fields and gave to the poor,

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 the first thing that came into mind is, is this like communism, right?

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 I mean, it's kind of like, sounds like something Lenin and Marx kind of thought up, right?

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 Actually, if you just read a little bit into it, it is not, okay?

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 And I want to just explain that because some people just have this misconception.

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 Firstly, the people who sold the properties and the land and gave, they did it by choice, okay?

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 If you read your communist history, there's not a lot of choice involved, okay?

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 So generally, what happens in a communist state is the state owns everything, okay?

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 They, you don't, there's no private property, okay?

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 The state owns everything and then you work a job and you get a salary, okay?

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 What we see here in Acts is people still own properties, okay?

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 And people still own private, so private property was still very relevant,

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 but people gave and sold property voluntarily, okay?

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 And then we actually saw a little bit later on that it talks about an individual's name is Barnabas

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 and it kind of uplifts Barnabas as their example.

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 Now, you wouldn't put somebody up as an example unless they did something voluntarily, right?

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 I mean, you wouldn't say, well, here's a good example, I've confiscated your land.

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 Well, that's not an example, okay?

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 The fact here is in the early church, people voluntarily sold property to cover the needs for the poor.

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 So what they actually did is they truly owned their possessions and their possessions didn't own them, okay?

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 So what I want to talk a little bit about is how does this community work?

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 And I just put a few bullet points there.

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 A couple of things that in the later half of chapter 4 it talks about,

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 the community was devoted to Scripture.

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 It came together and studied the Scripture together.

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 It was devoted to fellowship, okay?

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 They met together, not just on the night that their CG met,

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 they met together throughout the week.

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 They broke bread together, they ate together,

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 they also shared communion together,

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 and then they prayed together.

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 And I think that's a critical point that we continue to hear, emphasize again and again.

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 And then they were generous with one another.

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 But that generosity was really just an outliving of how the Holy Spirit was changing them, okay?

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 So this is exactly the model we're trying to create within Watermark in the community group.

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 So if you kind of think, well, where did Watermark get the idea of the community group from?

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 It's right here in Acts 4, okay?

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 So this is exactly the model.

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 And you say, well, that's fine,

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 and probably in the first century Palestine everything was like that.

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 You know, this is Hong Kong 2017.

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 It's different.

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 We have a complex environment.

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 Things are harder now than it was in the first century in Jerusalem.

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 Not really.

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 And firstly, this sharing community was radical in the first century Palestine.

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 We know that because when the Romans first tried to basically squash the Christian faith,

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 we have actually a letter from the Emperor Julian, okay, who was the last Roman Emperor,

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 stating his frustration.

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 And this is what he wrote to his governors.

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 Nothing has contributed to the progress of the superstition of those Christians as their charity to strangers.

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 Those Galileans provided not only for their own poor, but they provided for ours as well.

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 So one of the things that helped spread the Christian faith was really the generosity,

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 how they were able to share.

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 And this was so shocking to the Roman Empire.

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 So, you know, you may think, well, okay, once again, thanks, Bernard,

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 and thanks for the history lesson.

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 But, you know, we live in Hong Kong.

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 2017, it can't happen.

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 This is not a realistic thing.

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 I want to share with you just a little experience both Angie and I had recently in our own community group.

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 So a little bit of a shout-out to Breaking Bread community group.

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 So about a month ago, just kind of just before the Easter break,

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 we wanted to, we as a family, wanted to take our younger two children for a holiday in Taiwan.

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 We had one small problem, and our oldest daughter, Abigail, was studying for exams,

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 and therefore we couldn't leave her at home by herself because there would be no study happening otherwise.

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 So, anyway, so we said, okay, we've got a bit of a problem.

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 We can't go away, yet, so what can we do?

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 So we sent a WhatsApp out to our community group, and we said, look, we have this problem.

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 We want to go away.

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 We want to give Abigail some time to study.

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 Can anybody help out?

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 I swear, within an hour, this other chat starts up.

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 Okay, you know there's activity with millennials when a new chat group gets formed.

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 Okay, and within an hour, they had devised a schedule of different people who will be staying at our place with Abby,

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 looking after her, and ensuring she studies.

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 But, and this was a work week.

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 This was not the holiday week.

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 This was the work week before Easter, okay?

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 So, you know, I know we talk about giving, and we immediately think it's financial, it's money.

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 But you know what?

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 One thing that we all have the same amount of is time.

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 And this was just a really touching thing.

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 And I just want to give a shout out to our community group that they were able to just come together,

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 and they were able to share, give up, rearrange their work schedules,

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 so that they were able to come up and be with Abby, and we were able to go to Taiwan.

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 So, let's move to Chapter 5, our couple, Ananias and Zephira.

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 I don't know why in Tim Burton-type cartoons, evil people always dress in pinstripes, if you ever noticed.

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 Dark grey pinstripes, so never wear pinstripes.

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 So, one of the things, what we've seen up until now, as I said,

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 the threat to the Christian community was from the outside.

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 High priests, and there was the authority, Jewish authorities, and so forth.

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 What we see here is something quite different.

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 And Ananias and Zephira, Luke wanted to warn us that threats to the Christian community

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 is not just going to come from the outside, but actually the greatest threat are from the inside.

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 Okay?

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 And this was the first time we've seen this.

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 And I don't know about you, if you've been in churches for a little bit,

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 could be in Hong Kong, could be in Canada, could be in Australia,

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 it doesn't matter where it is.

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 You kind of know, one of the deep, kind of, not-so-secret secrets is internal church politics

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 is kind of ugly.

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 Okay?

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 Somebody once said, there are only two things you never want to see.

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 One is how sausage is made.

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 The other is how a church operates.

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 Okay?

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 And there's some truth to that, right?

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 Because it's kind of, sometimes you see the ugliest things that happen within internal church conflicts.

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 And what Luke is trying to tell us here is,

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 be careful.

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 There's threats within a church.

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 Okay?

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 Now, just to give you an example, one of the common things is,

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 I would say, C.S. Lewis kind of warned us in Screwtape Letters,

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 he said, one of the things that the enemy or the devil will always want to do

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 is make you dissatisfied with something at church.

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 Okay?

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 So if you read Screwtape Letters, this is what he said.

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 He kind of said, after you start going to church,

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 and then at some point you say, maybe I don't like the song,

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 I don't like the worship music,

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 or I don't like the sermon.

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 Okay?

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 So, I don't like the sermon.

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 Not this one.

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 I just don't like the sermon.

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 In general.

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 You know, how they preach, I don't like it.

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 I don't like the style.

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 I don't like the kids program.

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 Okay?

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 So what the enemy wants to do is make you into a discerning consumer within the church.

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 Okay?

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 If you look at the book of Acts,

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 you don't see a discerning consumer within that community.

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 Okay?

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 You see a community of people that are looking to find ways to serve one another.

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 Okay?

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 Now, with Ananias and Sapphira, another threat,

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 another internal threat is happening.

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 So, let me just recap the story.

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 You saw that they sold a field, okay,

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 and they took some money.

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 They took the money to the apostles,

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 but they didn't take all of the money.

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 They took some of the money,

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 and they kind of kept some themselves.

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 So, what was the problem?

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 Peter, obviously,

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 had a session with them to say,

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 Ananias,

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 separately,

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 Ananias,

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 why have you done this?

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 So, what was the thing that they're being judged on?

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 Okay?

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 Now, firstly,

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 I do want to kind of touch up on this point.

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 We are not very comfortable with judgment.

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 In 2017,

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 we don't like the God of judgment

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 or the God of anger.

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 Okay?

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 We think the God of judgment,

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 the God of anger,

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 kind of belongs in the Old Testament.

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 In the New Testament,

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 in our time,

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 2017,

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 we like the God of love,

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 the God of compassion,

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 a very progressive God,

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 of God of forgiveness.

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 We kind of like that.

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 And we have this misconception a little bit

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 that judgment and anger

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 is the opposite of love.

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 I just want to clear up that point.

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 Judgment and anger

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 is not the opposite of love.

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 Hate is the opposite of love.

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 And the ultimate form of hate

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 is indifference.

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 Okay?

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:12.619
 So, judgment and anger

00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:14.079
 is not the opposite of love.

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:16.400
 Hate is the opposite of love.

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 And the ultimate form of hate

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:19.279
 is indifference.

00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:20.960
 Let me just give an example.

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 Just think about somebody you love.

00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:24.140
 Okay?

00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.599
 Could be your spouse.

00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:27.680
 Could be your children,

00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:28.440
 and if you have children.

00:17:28.580 --> 00:17:29.799
 It could be a really good friend.

00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:32.960
 And think for a moment

00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:35.980
 that there's some bad influences

00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:38.779
 is ruining his or her life.

00:17:39.380 --> 00:17:39.640
 Okay?

00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:42.360
 So, maybe a bad crowd,

00:17:42.600 --> 00:17:44.720
 maybe some bad friends.

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.779
 I just...

00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:48.700
 just leading them astray

00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:50.000
 down the wrong path.

00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:50.779
 Okay?

00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:51.440
 Now,

00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:53.140
 are you going to say,

00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:54.560
 well, I'm not going to make judgment.

00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.359
 You know,

00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:55.799
 you know,

00:17:55.879 --> 00:17:58.700
 my best friend

00:17:58.700 --> 00:18:00.019
 is hanging out with the wrong crowd

00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:01.960
 and just going off the rails,

00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:03.079
 but I don't want to make judgment.

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:03.599
 Okay?

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.940
 The fact here is

00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:05.919
 you're not going to say that.

00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:07.079
 You're going to make a judgment,

00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:08.399
 and then

00:18:08.399 --> 00:18:10.079
 you may get angry.

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:10.799
 In fact,

00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.919
 you should get angry

00:18:11.919 --> 00:18:12.679
 if

00:18:12.679 --> 00:18:14.319
 something bad

00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:14.940
 is ripping

00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:16.779
 a loved one's

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:18.379
 life apart.

00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:18.879
 Okay?

00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:19.520
 So,

00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:21.000
 the fact here is,

00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:21.600
 in fact,

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.720
 if you don't get angry

00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:23.960
 and you don't make any judgment,

00:18:24.380 --> 00:18:25.220
 there's probably

00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:26.440
 a good

00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.660
 grounds

00:18:27.660 --> 00:18:28.720
 to question,

00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:30.480
 do you actually love that person?

00:18:31.040 --> 00:18:31.180
 Right?

00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:32.020
 Does that make sense?

00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:32.700
 You know,

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.900
 do you actually love that person?

00:18:34.080 --> 00:18:35.480
 You have to make a judgment,

00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:36.920
 and you have to get angry

00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:38.260
 if something bad is happening.

00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:39.340
 This is exactly

00:18:39.340 --> 00:18:40.460
 what God was doing

00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:41.920
 in this passage.

00:18:42.280 --> 00:18:42.520
 Okay?

00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:44.700
 God saw

00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.700
 the early church

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:47.240
 was being threatened

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:49.900
 by a very serious threat

00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:51.440
 in the form of

00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.839
 Ananias and Sapphira.

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:53.779
 Okay?

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:54.960
 In fact,

00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:55.299
 you know,

00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:56.180
 he would call it

00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:57.639
 a clear and present danger

00:18:57.639 --> 00:18:59.519
 to the early church,

00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:01.059
 and God acted

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.759
 to eliminate

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:03.019
 that threat,

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:04.599
 and he also

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:06.079
 wanted to warn

00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:07.259
 the future generation

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.960
 like us

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:09.720
 that this threat

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:11.099
 could also ruin

00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:12.119
 your community,

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:12.799
 Now,

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:15.200
 what was

00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:16.460
 the threat?

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.519
 Okay?

00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:19.319
 In the first reading

00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:20.139
 of the story

00:19:20.139 --> 00:19:21.359
 of Ananias and Sapphira,

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:22.579
 you may think,

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:22.920
 well,

00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:23.759
 it's greed.

00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:24.420
 You know,

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:25.019
 it's greed.

00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:25.839
 They kind of,

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:26.720
 you know,

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.819
 they wanted to give some,

00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:28.700
 but they didn't want to give.

00:19:28.900 --> 00:19:30.400
 And I would firstly argue,

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:31.500
 I don't think it's greed.

00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.220
 Okay?

00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:32.799
 They,

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.879
 firstly remember,

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:35.500
 the giving was voluntary.

00:19:36.139 --> 00:19:37.619
 If they were really greedy

00:19:37.619 --> 00:19:38.420
 for money,

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:40.980
 they didn't have to give any,

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:42.180
 but they actually did

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:43.519
 give some money.

00:19:43.860 --> 00:19:44.080
 Okay?

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.560
 So,

00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:45.360
 I would argue,

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.900
 I don't think it's the greed

00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:47.460
 of money.

00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.060
 It may be greed

00:19:49.060 --> 00:19:49.960
 for something else.

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.960
 I'll come back to that.

00:19:51.100 --> 00:19:51.340
 Okay?

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.380
 So,

00:19:52.820 --> 00:19:53.019
 this,

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:55.920
 what Peter actually told us

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:56.740
 in,

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.100
 in,

00:19:57.100 --> 00:19:57.460
 um,

00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:59.200
 chapter five,

00:19:59.240 --> 00:19:59.740
 verse four,

00:19:59.799 --> 00:19:59.960
 is,

00:20:00.340 --> 00:20:02.019
 you lied not to man,

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:03.680
 but you lied to God.

00:20:04.360 --> 00:20:04.820
 So,

00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.820
 there was clearly

00:20:05.820 --> 00:20:07.299
 an integrity issue.

00:20:07.620 --> 00:20:07.900
 Okay?

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:08.680
 So,

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:10.040
 it was an integrity issue.

00:20:10.320 --> 00:20:10.460
 So,

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:12.259
 the word integrity

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:15.400
 came from a Latin root word,

00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.180
 integer.

00:20:17.060 --> 00:20:17.420
 Okay?

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:19.860
 Those of you who are math majors

00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:20.940
 or science majors,

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.780
 you know what an integer is.

00:20:23.320 --> 00:20:24.580
 Integer is a whole number.

00:20:25.300 --> 00:20:25.620
 In fact,

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.720
 those of you who got through

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.800
 grade five math

00:20:27.800 --> 00:20:28.820
 should also know

00:20:28.820 --> 00:20:30.460
 what an integer is,

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.360
 because if you don't,

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:31.620
 that,

00:20:32.060 --> 00:20:33.019
 there's a slight problem.

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:33.420
 Anyway,

00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:35.120
 an integer is a whole number

00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:36.200
 versus a fraction.

00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:37.360
 Okay?

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:37.940
 So,

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:39.279
 what does integrity mean?

00:20:39.840 --> 00:20:40.680
 Integrity mean

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:42.779
 there's a wholeness.

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:43.519
 Okay?

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.740
 The external

00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:46.680
 is in line

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.920
 with your internal.

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.700
 So,

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:50.120
 there's wholeness.

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:51.200
 It's not a fraction.

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.000
 Okay?

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:53.080
 There's no fracturing.

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:54.319
 There's no disintegration.

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.819
 There's a consistency.

00:20:56.600 --> 00:20:56.819
 Okay?

00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:58.120
 That's what integrity means.

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:58.559
 Now,

00:20:59.059 --> 00:21:00.900
 in Ananias and Sapphira,

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.740
 when they died

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.799
 and it was disturbing

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.220
 and,

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:03.940
 you know,

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.900
 even the cartoon

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.920
 was a little scary,

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.860
 when they died,

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.940
 when Peter questioned them,

00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:11.920
 what we are actually seeing

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:14.559
 is the external reflection

00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:17.019
 of what's already happened

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:18.059
 to them internally.

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:20.799
 It's the external reflection

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:22.140
 of what's actually happened

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.940
 to them internally.

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:24.680
 There's been fracturing

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:26.120
 internally.

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:28.680
 And what God is showing us

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.059
 is

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:30.299
 when they died,

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:32.080
 there was an external disintegration

00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:33.360
 of themselves,

00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:35.519
 but it had already happened

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.939
 within them.

00:21:37.199 --> 00:21:37.919
 And what Luke,

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.859
 the author of Acts,

00:21:38.919 --> 00:21:40.199
 wanted to warn us against

00:21:40.199 --> 00:21:40.519
 is

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.919
 be careful.

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:43.899
 There's great danger

00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:45.659
 in nurturing sin

00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:46.659
 in our hearts.

00:21:47.659 --> 00:21:47.939
 Okay?

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:48.579
 Now,

00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:49.139
 that's something

00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:49.899
 that we're also

00:21:49.899 --> 00:21:51.199
 not comfortable with

00:21:51.199 --> 00:21:52.199
 in 2017.

00:21:53.479 --> 00:21:54.539
 Sin is a virus.

00:21:55.439 --> 00:21:56.319
 I know there are lots

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:58.119
 of medical professionals

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:59.059
 within here.

00:21:59.439 --> 00:21:59.699
 Okay?

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.380
 And you know,

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:02.700
 a virus doesn't stay dormant.

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.740
 It may take some time,

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:07.140
 but it doesn't stay passive.

00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:08.759
 At a point in time,

00:22:09.080 --> 00:22:10.559
 the virus will break out

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:12.319
 and it will consume you.

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.019
 Okay?

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.700
 I think C.S. Lewis

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.559
 puts it best.

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.620
 And you heard it

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:18.799
 in the little cartoon

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.420
 that

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:21.940
 Anunnites and Sapphira

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.700
 was unhappy

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.700
 that Barnabas

00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:25.860
 got all the recognition

00:22:25.860 --> 00:22:27.000
 and they were grumbling.

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.059
 Okay?

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:29.359
 And they're brewing about it.

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.399
 And this is how

00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:31.480
 C.S. Lewis put it.

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:32.759
 Hell

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:35.279
 begins with a grumbling mood.

00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:36.899
 Always complaining.

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:39.159
 Always blaming others.

00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.740
 But you are still

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.659
 distinct from it.

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.220
 You may not even,

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.899
 you may even

00:22:43.899 --> 00:22:45.319
 criticize it in yourself

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:47.099
 and wish you could stop it.

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:49.079
 But there will come a day

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:51.059
 when you can no longer.

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:53.059
 Then there will not,

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:55.599
 there will be no you left

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:57.159
 to criticize the mood

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:58.740
 or even to enjoy it,

00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:00.580
 but just to grumble itself

00:23:00.580 --> 00:23:02.580
 going on forever

00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:03.540
 like a machine.

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:05.300
 This is not a question

00:23:05.300 --> 00:23:07.180
 of God sending us to hell.

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.700
 In each of us,

00:23:08.800 --> 00:23:10.100
 there is something growing

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:11.980
 which will be hell

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:13.360
 unless it is nipped

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:14.080
 in the bud.

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.160
 Okay?

00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:16.340
 In each of us,

00:23:16.560 --> 00:23:17.720
 there is something growing

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:19.160
 which will be hell

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.160
 unless it is nipped

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.660
 in the bud.

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.340
 Okay?

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.819
 So,

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.259
 what we see

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.899
 in the story

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:26.179
 of Ananias and Sapphira

00:23:26.179 --> 00:23:26.579
 is

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:28.379
 this sin

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:29.559
 is harboring

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.859
 within each of us.

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:31.779
 Okay?

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:33.399
 And we've got to be careful.

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.799
 We don't go and nurture

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:36.139
 that sin.

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.539
 I don't know how many of you

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.839
 and I've certainly been guilty.

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.339
 Somebody's wronged me

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:41.720
 or somebody's said something.

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.899
 I've kind of nurtured

00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.639
 that grudge.

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.559
 Okay?

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:46.099
 Just kind of fed it

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:47.059
 over time.

00:23:47.399 --> 00:23:48.019
 And you know what?

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:49.139
 It just grows bigger

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.879
 and bigger

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.559
 and bigger

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:52.420
 until it consumes us.

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.740
 And Luke wanted

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:55.019
 to share with us

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.579
 this is serious business.

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.559
 This is cancer.

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.879
 This is not just

00:23:58.879 --> 00:24:00.420
 some little petty thing.

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.680
 If you don't deal

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:03.879
 with those sins

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:05.079
 in our hearts,

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.680
 it will consume us.

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.420
 Okay?

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:07.980
 So,

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.379
 now,

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:11.720
 we have a bit

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.379
 of a problem

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:14.740
 with Ananias and Sapphira

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.619
 because

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:17.240
 we said

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:18.140
 it wasn't greed

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:19.099
 but it was

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:20.339
 an integrity issue

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:21.279
 but

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.559
 there's a bit

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.700
 of Ananias and Sapphira

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.620
 in each of us.

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.440
 Okay?

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.099
 Now,

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.620
 there's something

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.500
 a little bit deeper.

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.940
 What is behind

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:30.140
 the integrity issue?

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.259
 Is it just lying,

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:31.640
 lying,

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:31.940
 you know,

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.480
 lie, lie,

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.299
 pants on fire?

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:33.779
 No.

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.059
 It's not just

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.980
 a lying issue.

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.819
 It's not just

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.940
 an integrity issue.

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:39.559
 Something drove them

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.019
 to lie.

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.799
 What do you think

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.599
 drove them

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.500
 to lie?

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.680
 And this is

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.660
 something I think

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:47.400
 we need to take away

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.060
 from the passage

00:24:48.060 --> 00:24:48.700
 because I think

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.740
 within each of us

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:51.220
 there's that

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.340
 desire

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:54.080
 to lie

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:55.640
 like Ananias and Sapphira.

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.519
 Why did they lie?

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:58.120
 They wanted the respect

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:59.240
 of the community

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.500
 that

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.740
 they were in.

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.440
 They saw Barnabas

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.400
 was well respected,

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:04.880
 you know,

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:06.120
 kind of thrown into the air

00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:07.360
 and celebrated

00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:08.800
 and they wanted

00:25:08.800 --> 00:25:09.500
 that respect.

00:25:10.540 --> 00:25:10.980
 Basically,

00:25:11.300 --> 00:25:11.500
 what

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:13.539
 the root

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.079
 of why

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.640
 they lied

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:14.940
 was

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:16.380
 they saw

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.460
 that Christ,

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.259
 what Christ

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.119
 did for them

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:20.339
 was not enough.

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.099
 They needed

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.819
 something else.

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.500
 They needed

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.039
 something else

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.519
 other than

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.519
 Christ's salvation.

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.680
 They needed

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.420
 the respect

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:29.039
 of the group

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.900
 that they were in.

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.599
 Chris put it

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.380
 in a really

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:33.440
 powerful way

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.039
 last week

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:35.140
 and he said

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:37.339
 we want

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.319
 to be important

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.420
 in the eyes

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.019
 of those

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.779
 who are important.

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.259
 Okay?

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.259
 So we all

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.799
 want that.

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.359
 We all

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:46.039
 desire that

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.619
 and you know,

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.559
 I think nobody

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.180
 put it better

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.519
 than

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:50.460
 a famous

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.259
 20th century

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.700
 American playwright

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.359
 Arthur Miller

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:54.559
 once said

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.359
 in his play

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.359
 After the Fall

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.180
 his character

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.319
 was kind of

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.759
 having a tough time

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.619
 and he said

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.579
 for many years

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.480
 I looked at life

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.180
 like a case

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.859
 at law.

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.279
 It was a series

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.039
 of proofs.

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.480
 When you're young

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.859
 you want to prove

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.960
 how brave you are

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:11.240
 or how smart

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.440
 what a good

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.779
 lover

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:14.200
 then a good

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.660
 father

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.839
 finally

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.880
 how wise

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.819
 and powerful.

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.680
 So

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:21.220
 we all want

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.519
 to feel

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.359
 we're good enough

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:23.620
 and Ananias

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.160
 and Sophia

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.980
 also wanted

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.460
 to feel

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.420
 they were good

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:26.759
 enough

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.660
 and they were

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.519
 willing to go

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.359
 and sell the land

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.400
 and lied about it

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.400
 to try to

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.059
 gather the

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.579
 recognition

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:34.420
 of the group

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.400
 that they were

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.900
 part of

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.400
 part of the

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.059
 early church.

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:38.059
 Now in

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:39.059
 2017

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:40.119
 in Hong Kong

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:41.700
 what does that

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.279
 look like?

00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:43.019
 You know what?

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.779
 We strive for

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.960
 financial success

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.899
 so that

00:26:45.899 --> 00:26:46.799
 we may

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:48.440
 have enough

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.740
 money

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:50.179
 make us feel

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:50.779
 better about

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.200
 ourselves.

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.480
 We strive

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.379
 to nurture

00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:54.220
 our talents

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.179
 so we can be

00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:55.599
 adored.

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.480
 We strive

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:59.019
 to get our

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.579
 life in

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.220
 control

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.000
 so we

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.799
 can be in

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.279
 control of

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.879
 our lives.

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.980
 We strive

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.240
 to be

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.799
 strong

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:06.079
 so that

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.740
 when tough

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.360
 things and

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:07.799
 challenges

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:09.079
 come to us

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.420
 we know

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.920
 how to deal

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.400
 with it.

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:12.000
 Now C.S.

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.460
 Lewis is

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.940
 probably one

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.339
 of the best

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.620
 known theologians

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.380
 and philosophers

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.279
 that came out

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.680
 of England

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:18.200
 but there's

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.640
 one other

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.480
 that I

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.860
 greatly

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.440
 respect

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.180
 and it's

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.440
 a group

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.740
 of philosophers

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.480
 named

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.900
 that you

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.299
 may know

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.579
 of

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.640
 called

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.140
 Coldplay.

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:27.759
 So

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:29.500
 Chris

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.980
 Martin

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:31.680
 my favorite

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.160
 Coldplay

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.599
 song

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.420
 is

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.259
 something

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.800
 just like

00:27:34.800 --> 00:27:35.140
 this.

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.800
 Some of

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.060
 you may

00:27:36.060 --> 00:27:36.420
 know it

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.660
 some of

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:36.940
 you may

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.240
 not.

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:39.060
 I want

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.380
 to sing

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:39.759
 it but

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.360
 I will

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:40.779
 spare you

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.279
 from it.

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.120
 But

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:44.279
 the opening

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.500
 lines of

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.560
 what Chris

00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:47.200
 Martin wrote

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.519
 in the

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.840
 Coldplay

00:27:47.840 --> 00:27:48.300
 song is

00:27:48.300 --> 00:27:49.320
 I've been

00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:50.220
 reading books

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.720
 of old

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.880
 the legends

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.720
 and the myths

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.840
 Achilles

00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:54.740
 and his gold

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.920
 Hercules

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.820
 and his gifts

00:27:56.820 --> 00:27:58.460
 Spider-Man's

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.960
 control

00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:00.259
 and Batman

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.140
 with his fists

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.620
 and clearly

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.379
 I don't

00:28:03.379 --> 00:28:04.179
 see myself

00:28:04.179 --> 00:28:04.699
 up on

00:28:04.699 --> 00:28:05.259
 that list.

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.299
 Now

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.079
 at one

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.459
 level

00:28:07.459 --> 00:28:08.319
 it's

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.839
 about a

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.519
 young man

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:11.179
 trying to

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:12.359
 ask

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.399
 and to

00:28:13.399 --> 00:28:13.919
 date this

00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:14.319
 girl

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.500
 and he

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.219
 feels like

00:28:16.219 --> 00:28:17.239
 he doesn't

00:28:17.239 --> 00:28:17.879
 have any

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.179
 of the

00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:18.659
 qualities

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.199
 the girl

00:28:19.199 --> 00:28:19.599
 is looking

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.019
 for.

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:20.599
 Okay

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.419
 he's not

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:21.879
 rich

00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.459
 he doesn't

00:28:22.459 --> 00:28:22.979
 have Achilles

00:28:22.979 --> 00:28:23.500
 gold

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.579
 he is not

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.099
 talented

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.879
 he hasn't

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.179
 got the

00:28:26.179 --> 00:28:26.599
 gifts of

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:27.039
 Hercules

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:28.940
 he's not

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.460
 in control

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:29.720
 of his

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.200
 life

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.740
 you know

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.279
 like

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.920
 Spider-Man

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:33.940
 and he's

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.500
 not strong

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.200
 like Batman

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.519
 but as you

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.000
 go down

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.279
 to that

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.500
 list

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:37.819
 you look

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.579
 at Achilles

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.039
 and his

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.440
 goal

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.859
 okay

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.279
 we all

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.859
 desire

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.440
 to be

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.799
 adored

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.440
 in wealth

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.920
 Hercules

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.379
 and his

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:44.680
 gift

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.819
 we desire

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.119
 to be

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.639
 talented

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:48.599
 Spider-Man's

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.099
 control

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:50.259
 look

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.819
 we all

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:50.980
 know

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.559
 Peter Parker

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:51.839
 has got

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.180
 control

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.720
 issues

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.259
 but

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.399
 so have

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:54.700
 we

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:56.140
 and Batman

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.620
 and his

00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:56.940
 fists

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.759
 we all

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:57.980
 want to

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.500
 be strong

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.840
 so we

00:28:58.840 --> 00:28:59.259
 can face

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.960
 anything

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.620
 that comes

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.299
 before us

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:02.620
 and

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:03.860
 the final

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:05.380
 line there

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:05.559
 is

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.220
 and clearly

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.680
 I don't

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.340
 see myself

00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:07.680
 up on

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.200
 that list

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.000
 I think

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.240
 those are

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.580
 the same

00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:09.980
 words

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.580
 Arthur Miller

00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:11.000
 used

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.960
 you know

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.799
 I don't

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.500
 measure up

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:15.180
 all these

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.799
 things that

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.580
 I feel

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:17.100
 like I have

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.539
 to be

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.200
 to be

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.640
 okay

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.000
 to be

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.460
 justified

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.299
 but I

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.500
 don't

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.160
 measure up

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:22.100
 so

00:29:22.100 --> 00:29:22.720
 I don't

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.000
 know about

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.160
 you

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:23.420
 I know

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:23.960
 Chris Martin

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.559
 is describing

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.980
 me

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.639
 okay

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.539
 but

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.440
 if you

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.700
 get a

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.039
 chance

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.319
 you know

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.720
 jump on

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.139
 Spotify

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.839
 later on

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.559
 and have

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:30.919
 listeners

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.779
 watch the

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.419
 video on

00:29:32.419 --> 00:29:32.720
 YouTube

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.339
 because it

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.039
 comes through

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.779
 quite clearly

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:36.099
 what he's

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.399
 trying to

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:36.879
 describe

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.700
 so

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.579
 just to

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.579
 wrap up

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.879
 now

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:42.079
 on this

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.659
 on what

00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:43.059
 we want to

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.399
 talk about

00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:43.679
 today

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.700
 what we

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.299
 saw

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.839
 was

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.839
 Barnabas

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.859
 was put

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.220
 as an

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.679
 example

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:49.980
 of how

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.519
 we should

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:50.799
 be

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:52.119
 of how

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.579
 we should

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.419
 sacrifice

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.860
 our

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.440
 lives

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:55.660
 our

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.200
 possessions

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.779
 and

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.940
 our

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.500
 time

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.759
 for

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.140
 others

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.820
 and

00:29:59.820 --> 00:30:00.580
 Ananias

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:00.740
 and

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.120
 Sapphira

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:02.060
 the

00:30:02.060 --> 00:30:02.920
 warning

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.800
 of how

00:30:03.800 --> 00:30:04.519
 we shouldn't

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.920
 be and we

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.279
 should look

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.680
 out for

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:05.920
 it

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.440
 but

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.220
 what

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.740
 made

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.500
 what

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.960
 gave

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.600
 Barnabas

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.300
 the power

00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:11.279
 to put

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.900
 aside

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.539
 his own

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:12.960
 needs

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.420
 his own

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.720
 insecurities

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.279
 his own

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.759
 fears

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.619
 and be

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.500
 able to

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:19.339
 sell the

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:19.759
 land

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.859
 and give

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.779
 to those

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.079
 that are

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.680
 in need

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.379
 well

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:24.480
 two months

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.000
 prior to

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.220
 this

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.700
 incident

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:27.619
 on a

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:27.819
 hill

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.640
 on Calvary

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.879
 Christ

00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:30.379
 died

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:31.460
 Christ

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:31.799
 who was

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:33.779
 supposed to

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.259
 be the

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.720
 ultimate

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.460
 superhero

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:37.619
 to free

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.759
 the Jewish

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.480
 people

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.099
 from the

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.319
 Roman

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.980
 occupation

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:42.200
 he died

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.480
 on a

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.819
 cross

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.680
 he was

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.200
 crucified

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.640
 but three

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:45.900
 days

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.940
 later

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.580
 he rose

00:30:47.580 --> 00:30:47.960
 again

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:49.140
 and

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:50.940
 after that

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.480
 for 40

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.940
 days

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.380
 up until

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:52.580
 the

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.120
 Pentecost

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:54.100
 he was

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.580
 with

00:30:54.580 --> 00:30:55.080
 the

00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:55.580
 disciples

00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:55.960
 he was

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.200
 with

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.400
 this

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:56.660
 early

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:56.940
 church

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.500
 community

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.680
 teaching

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.319
 this

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.539
 early

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.799
 church

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.360
 community

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:01.220
 why

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.420
 he

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:01.620
 had

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:01.759
 to

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.100
 die

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:03.200
 you

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.440
 know

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.819
 Christ

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.000
 was

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.160
 meant

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.460
 to be

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.840
 the

00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:06.100
 ultimate

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.700
 superhero

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:08.080
 but

00:31:08.080 --> 00:31:08.279
 if you

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.600
 look at

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.340
 the

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:09.740
 superheroes

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.080
 we

00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:10.340
 know

00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:10.680
 of

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.420
 like

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.980
 Achilles

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.960
 Hercules

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:14.100
 Spider-Man

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.719
 Batman

00:31:14.719 --> 00:31:15.599
 what do

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:15.859
 you see

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.419
 in common

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:17.459
 okay

00:31:17.459 --> 00:31:18.539
 what you

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:18.879
 see in

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.240
 common

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.119
 is

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.859
 their

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:22.000
 superhero

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.079
 or their

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:24.119
 superpowers

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:25.339
 made them

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:26.019
 invincible

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:27.059
 right

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:28.259
 Hercules

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:30.119
 you probably

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.740
 have a picture

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.399
 of Brad Pitt

00:31:31.399 --> 00:31:32.099
 right now

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:34.019
 from Troy

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.779
 but they

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.480
 were invincible

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.639
 the reason

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:36.980
 they were

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.359
 invincible

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:37.839
 is because

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.119
 they were

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.799
 superheroes

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.740
 okay

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.779
 but what

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.319
 we saw

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.159
 in Christ

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:43.060
 was a

00:31:43.060 --> 00:31:43.340
 very

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:43.720
 different

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.100
 kind

00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:44.240
 of

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.800
 superhero

00:31:44.800 --> 00:31:45.840
 okay

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.640
 he

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.019
 wasn't

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.660
 invincible

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.460
 in fact

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:48.660
 he

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.460
 became

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.220
 man

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:51.200
 so he

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.500
 was

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.779
 vulnerable

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.940
 so he

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.100
 was

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.720
 killable

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:56.060
 why

00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.440
 did he

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:56.700
 have to

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:56.880
 do

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.240
 that

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.120
 because

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:58.519
 if he

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.920
 came in

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.440
 strength

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.340
 to deal

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:00.860
 with sin

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:02.060
 we would

00:32:02.060 --> 00:32:02.400
 have to

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.700
 die

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.360
 because

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:03.800
 the sin

00:32:03.800 --> 00:32:04.220
 is within

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.640
 us

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.700
 we

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.200
 are the

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.759
 perpetrator

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.180
 of the

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.460
 sin

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.440
 and if

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.779
 he came

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.320
 in strength

00:32:09.320 --> 00:32:09.820
 we would

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:10.160
 not be

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.540
 able to

00:32:10.540 --> 00:32:11.019
 survive

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.480
 the reason

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.220
 why he

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.519
 had to

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:13.680
 be

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.200
 killable

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.259
 is because

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:16.099
 his

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:17.099
 superhero

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.639
 act

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.619
 was to

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:18.819
 swap

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.279
 places

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.879
 with us

00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.879
 to

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.440
 substitute

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.940
 for our

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.960
 to carry

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:24.759
 our sins

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.779
 and

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.799
 Barnabas

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.660
 understood

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.099
 that

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.879
 Barnabas

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.680
 saw that

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.680
 and what

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.299
 Barnabas

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.680
 was able

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.019
 to do

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.740
 is he

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.379
 saw

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.379
 every day

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:35.400
 what Christ

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.460
 did for

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.920
 him on

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.420
 the cross

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.720
 how Christ

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:40.420
 substituted

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:41.460
 for his

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:41.980
 place

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.580
 on the

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:42.940
 cross

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:44.039
 and little

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.560
 by little

00:32:44.560 --> 00:32:45.420
 he was

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:46.039
 able to

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.980
 sacrifice

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.480
 he was

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.820
 able to

00:32:47.820 --> 00:32:48.220
 sacrifice

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.500
 by selling

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.140
 his land

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.800
 he was

00:32:50.800 --> 00:32:51.220
 able to

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.620
 sacrifice

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.539
 by really

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.000
 giving up

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.519
 his career

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.440
 and following

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.960
 Paul

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.900
 to take

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.380
 the gospel

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:56.840
 into the

00:32:56.840 --> 00:32:57.580
 new world

00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:58.680
 in fact

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.560
 ultimately

00:32:59.560 --> 00:33:00.060
 it's not

00:33:00.060 --> 00:33:00.300
 in the

00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:00.539
 Bible

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:00.960
 but the

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.420
 historians

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:01.940
 believe

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.779
 Barnabas

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.600
 was martyred

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:04.759
 at the

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.039
 end of

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.600
 his life

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.460
 following

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.880
 Christ

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:09.060
 his superhero

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:09.980
 into

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:11.300
 the ultimate

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:11.900
 sacrifice

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:13.000
 so

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:14.100
 how do

00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:14.420
 we do

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.780
 that

00:33:14.780 --> 00:33:16.180
 how do

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.440
 we

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.180
 become

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:18.120
 a follower

00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:18.800
 in Barnabas

00:33:18.800 --> 00:33:19.520
 footstep

00:33:19.520 --> 00:33:20.280
 I think

00:33:20.280 --> 00:33:20.620
 the key

00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:21.220
 here is

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.400
 do we

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.040
 take time

00:33:23.040 --> 00:33:23.420
 in our

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.920
 community

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.840
 do we

00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:25.500
 take time

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.380
 ourselves

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:27.500
 to look

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.820
 up on

00:33:27.820 --> 00:33:28.440
 that cross

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.580
 and really

00:33:29.580 --> 00:33:30.260
 understand

00:33:30.260 --> 00:33:31.060
 each day

00:33:31.060 --> 00:33:32.420
 what did

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:33.120
 Christ do

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.740
 for us

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.800
 on that

00:33:34.800 --> 00:33:35.180
 cross

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:36.039
 how he

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.960
 substituted

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.820
 and he

00:33:37.820 --> 00:33:38.340
 stayed on

00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:38.779
 that cross

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.320
 he became

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:39.779
 vulnerable

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.460
 he became

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.240
 killable

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:42.660
 so that we

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.740
 are able to

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.140
 start

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:45.120
 sacrificing

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:46.539
 so

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:48.820
 in closing

00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:50.060
 I think I

00:33:50.060 --> 00:33:50.460
 just want to

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.759
 say

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:52.640
 the way

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.519
 to achieve

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:54.400
 and the way

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:55.200
 to head

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.860
 down the

00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:56.259
 road where

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.019
 Barnabas is

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.920
 is

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.799
 we've got to

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.200
 aim for

00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:00.180
 heaven

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:01.080
 and you get

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:01.640
 the earth

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.360
 thrown in

00:34:02.360 --> 00:34:03.279
 but if you

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.740
 aim for the

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.060
 earth

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:05.639
 you get

00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:06.059
 neither

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.740
 one

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:08.099
 so let

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.679
 us pray

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:10.000
 Lord we

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.440
 just want to

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.960
 give you

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.340
 thanks

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.920
 we give you

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.599
 thanks that

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.900
 the apostle

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.619
 Luke was

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:16.099
 able to

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:17.219
 pen the

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:17.579
 book of

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.000
 Acts

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:19.039
 Lord that

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.480
 you warn

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.559
 us that

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.900
 there are

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.320
 dangers

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.779
 within

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:23.279
 there are

00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:23.920
 dangers not

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.480
 only within

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:24.960
 the church

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.440
 but within

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.199
 our hearts

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:27.759
 that we

00:34:27.759 --> 00:34:28.940
 are so

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.480
 hungry

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.739
 for

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 recognition

00:34:31.299 --> 00:34:31.739
 Lord

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 that

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:33.699
 sometimes

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.539
 we are

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:34.960
 willing to

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.359
 compromise

00:34:35.359 --> 00:34:35.679
 our

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.159
 integrity

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.939
 for it

00:34:36.939 --> 00:34:37.519
 and Lord

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.819
 but we

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.119
 don't need

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.419
 to do

00:34:38.419 --> 00:34:38.719
 that

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.519
 for you

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:39.639
 have

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:39.919
 already

00:34:39.919 --> 00:34:40.219
 done

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:40.539
 that

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.159
 you've

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.500
 already

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.079
 given us

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.519
 the ultimate

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:43.159
 recognition

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:44.639
 by dying

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.199
 on the cross

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.739
 for us

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.599
 that we

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.019
 are able to

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 be free

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.359
 from that

00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:48.939
 continuous

00:34:48.939 --> 00:34:49.599
 striving

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:51.299
 that we

00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:51.819
 are so

00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:52.199
 easily

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:52.799
 caught in

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.299
 in Hong

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:53.480
 Kong

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.619
 in 2017

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:56.279
 Lord we

00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:56.599
 just thank

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:56.799
 you for

00:34:56.799 --> 00:34:57.099
 the Holy

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.519
 Spirit

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.819
 that is

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.239
 able to

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 shine a

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.679
 light upon

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.279
 your word

00:35:01.279 --> 00:35:01.940
 that we

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.579
 can see

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:02.960
 what you

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.259
 have done

00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:03.799
 for us

00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:04.619
 and Lord

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.279
 that let

00:35:05.279 --> 00:35:06.159
 us internalize

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.719
 that each

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.059
 day

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:08.079
 that we

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.759
 may be able

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.219
 to start

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.919
 sacrificing

00:35:09.919 --> 00:35:10.519
 for those

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:10.839
 that are

00:35:10.839 --> 00:35:11.480
 around us

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.460
 all this

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.000
 we lift up

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.299
 to you

00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:13.579
 Lord

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.199
 in the name

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:14.480
 of our

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.000
 Lord Jesus

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.839
 Amen

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:35.640
 to

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:38.840
 you

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:40.340
 you

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:44.840
 you