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 When you hear the name Athens, what comes to your mind?

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 Is it the place where the Olympic Games, which many of us have been watching, stutter?

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 Or an excellent place to visit when we can travel again?

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 Maybe it's a place you call home, a place related to your family and ancestry.

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 We have been looking into the second half of the book of Acts,

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 seeing how Paul and his companion bring the gospel,

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 the good news of Jesus' saving works through his death and resurrection to all people.

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 Last week, we were at Philippa, where Paul met with a businesswoman that traced purple quartz,

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 a slave girl that was exploited, and a brutal drailer.

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 God's mercy reached out to all of them, all different types of people, and their lives changed.

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 Today, we left Philippa and carry on traveling south.

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 After passing through Thessalonica and Beria,

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 where Paul speaks to Jews and Gentiles, men and women, we will get to Athens.

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 Athens reminds me of the elites, the top of the tops, the best of the best,

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 elite thinkers, elite athletes, elite cultures,

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 the political and intellectual capital of the great nation of Greece.

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 We see from last week that God's saving grace is for all people,

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 the upper class merchandisers, the lower class slave girls, and even the middle class jailers.

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 But God's gospel is also for the elites, the thinkers, the government officials and politicians.

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 God's gospel is for everyone, for all people.

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 To the God-feeling or the religious, men and women, ordinary or prominent,

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 Paul proclaims the same gospel to all these people.

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 But not all of them have the same response as Lydia and the jailer from chapter 16.

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 Please turn with me to Acts 17 and go to the St. Paul's apps for today's outline.

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 Let's find out how God's gospel applies to all people and how should you respond.

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 Luke, the author of Acts, told us at the beginning of the chapter 17,

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 when Paul and his companion come to Thessalonica in verse 2-3.

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 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue,

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 and on three Sabbath days, he listened with them from the scriptures,

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 explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and raise from the dead.

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 This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah, he said.

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 This custom of Paul going first into the synagogue,

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 the cultural and religious meeting place of the Jews,

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 is shown in verse 1, verse 10 and 17,

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 in Thessalonica, Berea and Athens.

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 This meeting place were not exclusively for Jews only.

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 They also have God-fearing prominent Greeks.

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 Jews and Greeks were together learning from the scripture,

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 the Old Testament part of our Bible today,

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 about the Jewish God.

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 They had to go to the synagogue to learn about the scripture

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 because they were not as privileged as us,

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 who has readily easy access to the Bible.

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 On the other hand, they have the privilege of meeting

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 and physically interacting with each other to learn about God,

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 which I believe many of us long to be in

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 for our current fight against COVID.

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 God sent Paul to the early Christians

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 to make sure they do not just know him intellectually.

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 He wants them to interact with him relationally.

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 Moving them from being persuaded

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 to joining as fellow disciples of the faith.

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 God's intention for all people

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 to be interacting with him relationally never changed.

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 God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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 Throughout his journey from Philippa to Athens,

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 Paul proclaims Jesus Christ as a savior

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 and speaks about the necessity

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 of his suffering and resurrection.

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 The topic of suffering always seems to come

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 to go hand in hand

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 when a discussion about religion and God.

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 I believe that reflects

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 one common narrative of human being.

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 All people, being good or bad,

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 intelligent or simple-minded,

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 Western or Oriental,

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 whatever background, whatever culture,

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 all share the common goal in life.

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 I may have to ask Randy to help me go to the next slide.

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 Thank you.

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 We ask the common question,

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 how can we avoid unnecessary suffering

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 and have a good and happy life?

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 If you ask anyone,

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 even the words of the criminal,

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 do you wish to be happy?

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 No one would say,

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 I do not wish it.

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 If you ask a criminal,

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 why do you commit the crime?

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 He or she may say,

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 so I can have what I do not have.

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 But why do you wish to have

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 what you do not have?

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 Because it feels bad not to.

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 They think getting what they want

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 will make them happy.

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 They want to be made happy

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 by what is wrong and terrible

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 is the least of their worries.

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 For it is good to be happy.

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 Whom Paul encounters in the marketplace of Athens

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 typify this pursuit of life's common goal.

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 In verse 16,

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 while Paul was waiting for them in Athens,

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 he was greatly distressed

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 to see that the city was full of idols.

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 So he listened in the synagogue

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 with both Jews and Godfinged Greeks,

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 as well as in the marketplace day by day

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 with those who happened to be there.

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 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers

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 began to debate with him.

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 Some of them asked,

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 what is this Babylon trying to say?

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 Other remarks,

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 he seems to be advocating foreign gods.

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 They say this because Paul was preaching

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 the good news about Jesus

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 and the resurrection.

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 Paul met two groups of philosophers

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 in the marketplace

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 in a very simplistic way.

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 If you ask the Epicurean philosophers,

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 what makes a happy life?

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 They will mostly answer,

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 the pleasure of the body.

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 And to the Stoic,

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 what things makes a happy life?

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 They will say the virtue of the mind.

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 There are two groups of people

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 who sit at the opposite end

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 with competing views.

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 But they both pursue the same thing,

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 the happiness of life.

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 And because of this common pursuit,

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 they are never mutually exclusive.

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 All humans fall between these two ends.

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 One end promotes that

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 God has no interest in or influence

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 on the affair of man.

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 The gods are supremely happy and serene

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 for they are not bothered by humans.

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 There is nothing to fear or worry

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 about God or afterlife.

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 When one dies, all is over.

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 Both body and soul are gone

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 and no future punishment to worry about.

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 The Eastern religion of Taoism

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 and some New Age religion

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 that pursues tranquility of soul

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 sits at this end.

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 They understand the world around them

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 by sense perception.

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 Truth is what they can feel and touch.

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 What is natural to their senses

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 must be true.

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 The world is a garden,

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 not a jungle.

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 Enjoyment of life

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 and happiness

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 comes from a community

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 of good friends

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 as their essential pleasure.

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 Men and women

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 with equal status

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 in a standard way

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 of life

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 helps them

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 to shelter

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 and protect the fearful.

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 We find it very hard

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 to bear

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 to be restricted

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 from staying in contact

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 and enjoying close interaction

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 with friends

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 and other humans,

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 which is most likely

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 because this kind of value

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 in our mindset.

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 If at this end

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 is the enjoyment of life,

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 the opposite end

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 is to endure life.

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 When the goings get tough,

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 the toughs get going.

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 Kind of attitude.

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 The body and physical world

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 are evil

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 and stop us

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 from thoroughly

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 enjoying the spiritual,

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 where our mind

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 will return to

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 after death.

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 So we should work hard

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 at putting our minds

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 over our body.

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 However,

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 life is also

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 based on fate.

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 We are all actors

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 in a drama

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 chosen by the author

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 of life.

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 If it is a short drama,

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 then in a short one.

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 If it is a long,

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 then in a long one.

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 If it is the author's

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 pleasure

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 that you should

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 and as a poor man,

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 see that you will

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 act it well.

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 Or a disabled person,

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 or a ruler,

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 or a private citizen.

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 Your life is to act well

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 the given part,

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 but you have no business

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 choosing which part

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 to play.

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 to play.

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 The supreme God,

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 or guiding principle,

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 determines everything

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 that happens

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 in the world.

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 So,

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 whatever will be,

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 will be.

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 To them,

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 God is not just

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 playing with our lives,

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 but also embedded

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 in everything

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 we can find

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 in this world.

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 It manifests itself

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 into a different God

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 for different people

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 and culture.

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 People at this end

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 tend to be

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 very religious.

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 And a lot of

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 world religions

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 fall into that.

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 Religious people,

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 no matter from the

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 East or the West,

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 tend to think that

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 to ensure prosperity

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 and blessing

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 for their life

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 is to do good deeds

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 or offer up

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 offerings.

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 If God is happy,

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 human will get

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 happiness

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 and good fortune

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 in return.

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 Otherwise,

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 we will get

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 what we deserve

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 for upsetting God.

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 We all

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 live through life

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 trying to find

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 a happy middle.

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 And in our

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 current climate,

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 it is much

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 harder to come by.

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 Paul's speech

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 at the

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 Aragogos

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 in Athens

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 and what he said

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 to the

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 Thessalonians

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 and the

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 Berians

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 explicitly

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 and implicitly

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 point to a

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 different perspective

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 of life.

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 And the

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 ultimate answer

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 to our

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 shared pursuit

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 of a happy

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 life.

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 to the

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 Jew

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 and

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 God-feeling

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 Gentiles

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 in Thessalonica

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 and

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 Beria,

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 Paul spoke

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 explicitly

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 in verse 3

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 to say that

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 this Jesus

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 I am proclaiming

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 to you

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 is the Messiah.

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 And the

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 summary

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 by those

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 unfriendly

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 Jews in

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 verse 6

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 to 7

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 say this,

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 this man

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 who have

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 caused

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 trouble

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 all over

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 the world

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 have come

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 here

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 saying that

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 there is

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 another king

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 one called

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 Jesus.

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 In

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 Athens

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 he spoke

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 implicitly

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 without

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 mentioning

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 his name

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 or quoting

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 any scripture

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 that Jesus

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 is the

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 only answer.

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 Paul then

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 stood up

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 in the

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 meeting

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 of the

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 area

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 of

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 this

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 and said

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 people of

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 Athens

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 I see that

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 in every

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 way

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 you are

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 very

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 religious

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 for as

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 I walk

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 around

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 and look

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 carefully

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 at your

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 objects of

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 worship

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 I even

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 find

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 an altar

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 which

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 was

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 which

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 this

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 inscription

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 to an

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 unknown

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 God.

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 So you

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 are ignorant

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 of the

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 very things

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 you worship

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 and this

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 is what

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 I am

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 going to

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 proclaim

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 to you.

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 The

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 God

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 who

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 made

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 the

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 world

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 and

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 everything

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 in it

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 is

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 Lord

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 of

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 heaven

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 and

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 earth

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 and

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 does

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 not

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 live

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 in

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 temple

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 built

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 by

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 human

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 hands

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 and

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 he

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 is

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 not

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 served

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 by

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 human

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 hands

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 as

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 if

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 he

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 needed

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 anything

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 rather

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 he

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 himself

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 gives

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 everyone

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 life

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 and breath

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 and

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 everything

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 else.

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 Paul

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 deals

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 with

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 the

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 superstition

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 of

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 religious

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 people

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 straight away.

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 God

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 of

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 the

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 Bible

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 is

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 the

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 world's

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 creator

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 and

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 is

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 not

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 limited

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 to

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 one

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 location.

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 The

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 Lord

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 of

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 heaven

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 and

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 earth

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 is

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 not

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 easily

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 manipulated

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 by

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 humans

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 or

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 need

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 humans

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 for

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 anything.

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 He

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 himself

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 gives

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 life

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 and

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 breath

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 and

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 everything

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 is

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 us

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 human

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 that

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 needed

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 God

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 and

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 God

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 is

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 all

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 that

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 we

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 need.

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 From

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 one

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 man

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 he

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 made

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 all

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 nations

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 that

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 they

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 should

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 inhabit

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 the

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 whole

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 earth

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 and

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 he

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 marked

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 out

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 for

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 there

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 upon

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 the

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 time

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 in

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 history

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 and

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 the

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 boundary

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 for

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 the

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 lands.

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 God

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 did

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 this

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 so

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 that

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 they

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 would

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 seek

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 him

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 and

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 perhaps

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 reach

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 out

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 for

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 him

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 and

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 find

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 him

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 though

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 he

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 is

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 not

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 far

00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:02.279
 from

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 any

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 one

00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:02.960
 of

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 us.

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 Paul

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 carries

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 on

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 to point

00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:06.879
 out

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 that

00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:07.819
 God

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 is

00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:08.279
 not

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 far

00:16:08.579 --> 00:16:08.819
 from

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 each

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 one

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 of

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 us

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 and

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 he

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 ruled

00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:14.899
 for

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 us

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 to

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 seek

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 him

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 and

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 find

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 him.

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 The

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 word

00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:19.579
 perhaps

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 in

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 between

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 seeking

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 and

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 finding

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 highlights

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 God's

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 God's

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 sovereignty

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:26.000
 does

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 not

00:16:26.280 --> 00:16:26.940
 diminish

00:16:26.940 --> 00:16:27.960
 human

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 responsibility.

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 Perhaps

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 reach

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 out

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 for

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 him

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 in

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 first

00:16:33.060 --> 00:16:33.400
 that

00:16:33.400 --> 00:16:34.120
 without

00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.540
 reaching

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 out

00:16:34.980 --> 00:16:36.139
 humans

00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:36.500
 will

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:36.759
 not

00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:37.060
 find

00:16:37.060 --> 00:16:37.340
 him.

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 The

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 gospel

00:16:39.820 --> 00:16:41.139
 unites

00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:41.700
 God's

00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:42.180
 sovereignty

00:16:42.180 --> 00:16:42.960
 and

00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:43.280
 human

00:16:43.280 --> 00:16:43.800
 responsibility

00:16:43.800 --> 00:16:44.520
 in a

00:16:44.520 --> 00:16:44.900
 brilliant

00:16:44.900 --> 00:16:46.240
 mystery.

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 What we

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 are to

00:16:49.300 --> 00:16:49.920
 reach out

00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:51.319
 for is

00:16:51.319 --> 00:16:51.639
 not the

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 pleasure

00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:52.319
 of the

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 body

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 or the

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 virtue

00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:54.639
 of the

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 mind.

00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:57.079
 We are

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 to reach

00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:58.339
 out for

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 God and

00:16:59.419 --> 00:16:59.899
 to live

00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:00.559
 out his

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 purpose for

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 our life,

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 to honor

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 and glorify

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 him.

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 These two

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 verses

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 provide the

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 best answer

00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:10.659
 for anyone

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 that are

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 uncertain or

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 anxious about

00:17:13.399 --> 00:17:13.960
 the purpose

00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.379
 of their

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 life.

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 the answer

00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:16.759
 to a

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 good and

00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:17.339
 happy

00:17:17.339 --> 00:17:17.839
 life

00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:18.359
 is

00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:18.819
 God.

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 There is

00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:20.480
 nothing

00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:20.980
 more

00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:22.019
 rewarding

00:17:22.019 --> 00:17:22.720
 than to

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 have a

00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:23.460
 vibrant

00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:24.180
 relationship

00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:24.779
 with the

00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.180
 creator

00:17:25.180 --> 00:17:25.599
 of this

00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:25.940
 world.

00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:27.920
 What can

00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:28.359
 make life

00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:28.859
 happier

00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:29.599
 than

00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:30.079
 communion

00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:30.460
 with

00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:30.859
 God?

00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.180
 God

00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:32.680
 is the

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:33.099
 answer

00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:33.920
 to the

00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:34.200
 common

00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:34.720
 pursuits

00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.119
 of all

00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:35.559
 people.

00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.339
 When we

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:37.759
 understand

00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.039
 our

00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.559
 purpose

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:39.379
 and find

00:17:39.379 --> 00:17:39.599
 our

00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:39.960
 answer

00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:40.180
 of

00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:40.460
 happy

00:17:40.460 --> 00:17:41.000
 life,

00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:42.940
 we will

00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:43.500
 be able

00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:44.259
 to stop

00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:44.720
 doing

00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:45.259
 those

00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:46.019
 meaningless

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.579
 things.

00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:48.940
 Therefore,

00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:49.460
 since we

00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:50.000
 are God's

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:50.400
 offspring,

00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:51.460
 we should

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:51.879
 not think

00:17:51.879 --> 00:17:52.220
 that the

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.660
 divine

00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:53.500
 being is

00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.119
 like gold

00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:54.700
 or silver

00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.379
 or stone,

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:57.059
 an image

00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:57.839
 made by

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 human

00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:58.960
 design

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 and skill.

00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.279
 The

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 conclusion

00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:04.119
 to Paul's

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 speech is

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 since we

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 are made

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 by God

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 in his

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 image,

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 we must

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 not think

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 that we

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 can create

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 an image

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 and call

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 it God.

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 it is

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 not a

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 small

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 matter

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 to make

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 ourselves

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 objects

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 of worship

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 and

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 robbing

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 the

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 created

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 God

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 of

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 his

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 glory.

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 Paul

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 continued

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 to say,

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 in the

00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:29.759
 past,

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 God

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 overlooked

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 such

00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:32.480
 ignorance,

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 but now

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 he commands

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 all people

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 everywhere

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 to repent.

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 God

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 has set a

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 day

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 to judge

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 the world

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 with

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 justice

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 by the

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 man

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 he has

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 appointed.

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 He has

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 given proof

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 of this

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 to everyone

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 by raising

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 him up

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 from the

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 dead.

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 All

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 people

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 have the

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 same

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 destiny.

00:18:56.040 --> 00:18:56.360
 God

00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:57.080
 has set

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 a day

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 to judge

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 the world

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 with

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 justice.

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 We all

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 have to face

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 a judgment

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:04.160
 demonstrated

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 by the

00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:05.519
 man

00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.220
 who has

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 resurrected

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 from the

00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:07.819
 dead.

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 That man

00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:09.860
 is Jesus

00:19:09.860 --> 00:19:10.380
 Christ.

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 Given

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 this

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 inevitable

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.440
 future

00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:15.079
 day of

00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:15.480
 judgment,

00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:16.519
 God

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.160
 commands

00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:18.000
 all people

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.559
 everywhere

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.319
 to repent.

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 You

00:19:22.660 --> 00:19:23.240
 might think,

00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:24.440
 what am I

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:24.960
 to repent

00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:25.299
 of?

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 Theologian

00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:28.579
 J.I.

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 Packer

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.579
 explained,

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 repentance

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 means

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 justice.

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 changing

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 your mind

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.900
 so that

00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:35.099
 your

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.559
 view,

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.000
 values,

00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:38.120
 goals,

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.380
 and ways

00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:40.420
 are changed

00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:41.740
 and your

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.380
 life is

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:42.640
 lived

00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.240
 differently.

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 The

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 change is

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 radical,

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 both inward

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 and outward.

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 Mind

00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:49.440
 and judgment,

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 will and

00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.860
 affections,

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 behavior and

00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:52.759
 lifestyle,

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 motives and

00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:54.480
 purpose

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.799
 are all

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:57.140
 involved.

00:19:58.120 --> 00:19:58.799
 Repentance

00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.319
 means

00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:00.339
 starting

00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:00.860
 a new

00:20:00.860 --> 00:20:02.579
 life,

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:02.619
 life,

00:20:03.439 --> 00:20:04.019
 to live

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.339
 a new

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:04.740
 life.

00:20:05.939 --> 00:20:06.399
 The new

00:20:06.399 --> 00:20:07.579
 life lived

00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:08.519
 under the

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.139
 new king,

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.299
 Jesus Christ.

00:20:11.199 --> 00:20:11.799
 In Jesus'

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.559
 death and

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.119
 resurrection,

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.319
 this new

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:15.259
 life starts

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.579
 by believing,

00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:17.980
 believing

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.579
 in Jesus,

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.779
 our Lord and

00:20:19.779 --> 00:20:20.180
 Savior.

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:26.480
 Paul preached

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.259
 the same

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.380
 gospel in

00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:29.339
 three places.

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 Each

00:20:30.660 --> 00:20:31.240
 places,

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 verse 4,

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:34.259
 12,

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 and 32,

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 some believers

00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:38.099
 allow themselves

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:39.019
 to be persuaded

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:40.059
 and believed

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:41.000
 and followed.

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:43.079
 we also

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.819
 see some

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.619
 scoffers

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.400
 who mock

00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.200
 and sneeze

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.839
 and willing

00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:48.460
 to wait

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.980
 out and

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.619
 accept the

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.220
 evidence

00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:52.400
 like in

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:52.859
 Athens.

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 And the

00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:54.720
 worst of the

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.160
 characters

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:56.519
 is a

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.380
 jealous

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:58.779
 Thessalonian

00:20:58.779 --> 00:21:00.059
 Jew who

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.579
 ran up

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:01.119
 hooligans

00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:02.799
 to form a

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.460
 mob and

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.099
 start a riot

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.599
 to stop

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:05.339
 Paul and

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:06.119
 his companion

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:07.160
 from sharing

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.740
 the gospel.

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:09.599
 not just

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.079
 willing to

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.640
 believe

00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:11.279
 themselves,

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.279
 they also

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:13.480
 stop others

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:14.000
 from looking

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.680
 into it.

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.380
 In

00:21:17.380 --> 00:21:19.000
 Thessalonica,

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.099
 some of the

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:20.539
 Jews were

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:21.559
 persuaded and

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.120
 joined Paul

00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.779
 and Silas

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:24.279
 as a large

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:25.200
 number of

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.740
 God-feeling

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.779
 Greeks and

00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.299
 quite a few

00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:28.200
 prominent women.

00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:29.519
 But other

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.440
 Jews were

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:30.980
 jealous,

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.759
 so they

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.160
 round up

00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:32.759
 some bad

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.599
 characters from

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.339
 the marketplace,

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.460
 form a mob,

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:36.480
 and start a

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.180
 riot in the

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.500
 city.

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.019
 And at

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.480
 Beria,

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:43.279
 in verse

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.700
 12,

00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:44.920
 as a result,

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:45.740
 many of

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.440
 them believed,

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.940
 as did also

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.740
 a number of

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.140
 prominent

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:50.839
 Greek women

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.660
 and many

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:52.279
 Greek men.

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.319
 But when the

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.779
 Jews in

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.500
 Thessalonica

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.380
 learned that

00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:55.799
 Paul was

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.400
 preaching the

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:56.720
 word of

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.180
 God at

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.920
 Beria,

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:58.640
 some of

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.140
 them went

00:21:59.140 --> 00:21:59.759
 there too,

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.079
 agitating the

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.779
 crowd and

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.359
 stirring them

00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:02.660
 up.

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:03.920
 And then in

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.559
 verse 32,

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.559
 when they

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.299
 heard about

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:06.960
 the resurrection

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.460
 of the

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.759
 dead,

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.160
 some of

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.340
 them

00:22:09.340 --> 00:22:10.100
 sneezed,

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:12.019
 but others

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:13.400
 said,

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.340
 we want to

00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:14.740
 hear you

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.559
 again on

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.160
 this subject.

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.340
 At that,

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:17.860
 Paul left

00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:19.920
 the council,

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.600
 some of the

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:21.240
 people become

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.200
 followers of

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.660
 Paul and

00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:23.100
 believed.

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:25.299
 we have

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:26.299
 those who

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:27.299
 believe and

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.579
 follow and

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.079
 those who

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:30.139
 scoff and

00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:31.059
 sneeze in

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.740
 response to

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.459
 God's command

00:22:32.459 --> 00:22:33.079
 to change

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.619
 their mind

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.379
 about him,

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.980
 to repent

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.799
 and start

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.439
 living a new

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:37.980
 life with

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.500
 views,

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.519
 values,

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.099
 goals,

00:22:40.439 --> 00:22:41.159
 and ways

00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:42.079
 based on

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.659
 his teaching.

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.240
 We also

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.799
 have those

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.459
 who doubt,

00:22:46.199 --> 00:22:46.740
 who say,

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.480
 we want to

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.319
 hear you again

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:49.199
 on this

00:22:49.199 --> 00:22:49.619
 subject,

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:51.159
 ever

00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:52.319
 inquiring,

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.319
 but never

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:54.359
 embrace a

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:54.839
 conclusion.

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.199
 What kind

00:22:57.199 --> 00:22:57.919
 of a

00:22:57.919 --> 00:22:59.019
 listener are

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.219
 you?

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:00.819
 What is

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.539
 your response

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.159
 to God's

00:23:02.159 --> 00:23:02.919
 calling today?

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:08.460
 Now in

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:08.640
 the

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.700
 Berean Jews

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:11.180
 were of

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.740
 more noble

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.800
 character than

00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:13.320
 those in

00:23:13.320 --> 00:23:14.039
 Thessalonica,

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:14.980
 for they

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.600
 received a

00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:16.600
 message with

00:23:16.600 --> 00:23:17.560
 great eagerness

00:23:17.560 --> 00:23:18.800
 and examined

00:23:18.800 --> 00:23:19.740
 the scripture

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.580
 every day to

00:23:20.580 --> 00:23:21.259
 see if what

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.820
 Paul said

00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:22.380
 was true.

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.800
 As a result,

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.560
 many of them

00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:25.060
 believed,

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.279
 as did also

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.980
 a number of

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.700
 prominent Greek

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.200
 and women

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:30.200
 and many

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.840
 Greek men.

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.300
 Many

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.240
 people in

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.599
 Berean

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.240
 believed

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.619
 because they

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.440
 received the

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.419
 message with

00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:38.419
 great eagerness

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:39.460
 and examined

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:39.960
 the scripture

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:41.599
 every day to

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.240
 see if what

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.799
 Paul said

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.319
 was true.

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:44.720
 They

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.599
 embraced and

00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:46.220
 received the

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:48.000
 message and

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.500
 they go to

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 a scripture

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 positively to

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 confirm Jesus'

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 identity as

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 our king and

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 savior.

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 To become a

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 believer and

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 grow as a

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 disciple of

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 God,

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 it's not

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 enough only

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 to sit and

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 listen.

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 The Berean

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 examined the

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 scripture every

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 day after they

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 received the

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 gospel.

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 Unlike us,

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 we have easy

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 access to the

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 Bible.

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 The Berean

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 would be

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 examining the

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 scripture daily

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 in fellowship

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 with others

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 in the synagogue.

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 And through

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 this fellowship

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 and interaction,

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 living daily

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 under the

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 lordship of

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 Jesus, his

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 death and

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 resurrection

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 enabled them

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 to repent

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 and change

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 their perspective

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 on life and

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 the world they

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 are living in.

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 The way a

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 faithful Christian

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 will grow is

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 through daily

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 Bible reading

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 and prayer,

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 a regular

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 devotional time

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 with God in

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 fellowship with

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 others.

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 our current

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 situation makes

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 it more

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 crucial for

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 us to

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 maintain our

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 connection and

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 fellowship with

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 other believers.

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 believers.

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 Have you

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 connected with

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 anyone recently?

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 Have you

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 responded to

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 the gospel

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 call for you

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 to repent?

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 Are the

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 changes in

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 your life

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 reflect your

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 acknowledgement

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 of Jesus as

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 your savior

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 and his

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 life lived

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 out in

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 faith under

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 his

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 lordship?

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 Do you

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 know who

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 you are

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 worshiping?

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 are you

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 worshiping a

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 thing that

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 you made

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 up?

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 Or are you

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 worshiping

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 God, the

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 creator of

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 the world,

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 the lord of

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 heaven and

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 earth?

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 From one

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 man, God

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 made all

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 nations that

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 they should

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 inhabit the

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 whole earth

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 and he

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 marked out

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 for their

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 point of

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 time in

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 history and

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 the boundary

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 for their

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 lands.

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 God did

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 this so

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 that they

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 may seek

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 him and

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 perhaps reach

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 out for

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 him and

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 find him

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 though he

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 is not far

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 from any

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 one of

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 us.

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 God is

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 not far

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 from you.

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 Reach

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 out, feel

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 your way

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 for him

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 and you

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 will find

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 him.

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 Jesus is

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.659
 all you

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 need.

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 Believe in

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 Jesus.

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 Worship him

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:20.720
 alone.