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 If you're able to turn to the book of Acts and follow in Acts chapter 13, that will be very helpful.

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 I mentioned before we read that this is part of the record of the first missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas recorded in the book of Acts.

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 And they were initially in the Mediterranean Islands in Cyprus and they left Paphos.

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 And when they were in these islands, Barnabas took the lead.

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 He was from Cyprus and probably it was natural and more comfortable for him as someone from those islands to be the first to speak and to engage with the people of Cyprus.

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 But when they left and went to the mainland of Asia Minor to what we would call Turkey today, Paul seemed to step up and to be the leading spokesman of that missionary team of three who arrived there.

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 Sadly, the team of three soon became a team of two because John Mark bailed out.

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 He abandoned his uncle Barnabas and his great friend Paul and went home to Jerusalem.

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 Later on, he would be an effective servant of Christ.

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 But Paul certainly had his confidence in Mark shaken by that.

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 But the work went on.

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 And so we read that they went on a Sabbath and they had two Sabbath, continuous Sabbaths in the area of Antioch in Pisidia when they were able to speak to the Jewish people and the people who were interested in their faith who gathered with the Jews in the synagogue.

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 So in the middle of verse 14,

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 Paul is the same rabbinic style.

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 He's like a rabbi preaching in the synagogue and he's using his body as well as his words to get attention and to speak.

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 And he says in the middle of verse 16,

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 There are lots of speeches in the book of Acts.

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 Sermons, we might even call them.

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 Or defences before kings and princes and rulers who held the lives of God's servants in their hands.

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 The book of Acts is a great encouragement to us in the day that we're living in.

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 Because we are called like Paul and Barnabas to be missionaries, to be on mission, to be those who are excited by the gospel and its power and who want to share it.

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 And this book of Acts is different really from all the other books in the word of God.

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 There's nothing quite like it in the Old Testament.

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 And the gospels and the letters that make up the rest of the New Testament are different again.

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 But Acts is a handbook on church life from the first years of the spread of the gospel.

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 John Calvin spoke about the value of this book to us.

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 And he said that this book, Acts, is the beginning of the reign of Christ and the renewal of the world.

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 I think that's a beautiful phrase.

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 The story of how God will make the world new is being told in this book of Acts.

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 And the story of how Jesus ascended to heaven, seated at the right hand of God, is ruling as king of nations, king of the church.

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 The story of the reign of King Jesus starts in the book of Acts.

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 He ascends in chapter 1, but he says, wait for the Spirit.

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 And the Spirit comes on the church in power and in the leading and empowering of the Spirit.

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 Mission takes place.

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 Thousands are saved.

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 Many are called to serve God as missionaries.

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 Peter, in the first 12 chapters, is the main leading apostle.

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 And most of his ministry is directed to Jerusalem and the Jewish people and Samaria.

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 And then from chapter 13 onwards, the shift and the focus moves.

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 Peter is still there, but there's more about Paul.

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 And Paul becomes the towering figure in the second half of the book of Acts.

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 And his mission breaks out beyond the Jews to Gentiles and comes to Europe.

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 Comes into the Roman Empire and eventually will reach our shores as well.

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 We can learn so much from the first steps that the Lord caused his church to take that will help us to take sensible steps in our day and generation.

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 So I want to answer a question this morning.

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 And that is, what do we have to offer?

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 What do we have to offer Stornoway?

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 What do we have to offer Lewis?

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 What do we have to offer Scotland in 2026?

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 2,000 years after the time of Paul and the apostles.

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 The scriptures and books like Acts tell us what we have and what we can share.

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 What we have to offer.

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 So let's look at Paul's approach, his method.

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 Two thoughts this morning about Paul and his offer that will maybe shape us.

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 And our offer to our nation today.

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 So the first thought this morning is that Paul's first sermon, as the leading apostle to the Gentiles,

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 Paul's first sermon offered facts and fulfillment.

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 Facts and fulfillment.

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 What do we have to offer?

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 The same as Paul.

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 We want content in our faith.

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 Content, truth in our message for our town, for our nation, for our generation.

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 We don't dumb things down.

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 We don't run away from deep truth, from things that will cause our minds to be filled with glory and worship and praise.

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 But we want to be stretched.

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 And we want our eyes and our hearts to be opened.

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 The synagogue rulers said to Barnabas and to Paul,

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 Do you have a word of exhortation?

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 That's in verse 15.

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 A paraklesis.

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 A word of encouragement.

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 The New Testament letter to the Hebrews.

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 The whole letter is described in Hebrews 13.2 as a word of exhortation.

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 A word of encouragement.

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 And it's kind of shorthand for what teaching and preaching and evangelism and disciple making is all about.

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 We take the word of God to mold and shape people.

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 We take the message of Jesus, the message of the word Old and New Testament,

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 and it is a word of strengthening.

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 It is a word of encouragement.

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 It is a word where God comes alongside you and fills you and makes you fruitful.

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 He is the comforter, the paraclete, the paracletos, the encouragement,

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 the exhortation of the word.

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 It's got to have content.

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 It's got to address the head and the heart.

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 It's got to fill your mind with the truth of the gospel and of Jesus,

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 and that will change your emotional and your will response to these truths.

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 If we just go for an emotional high,

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 if we just go for comfort,

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 without the content of truth like the cross and the resurrection,

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 people will soon run out of steam.

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 They will soon be running on empty.

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 But if our hearts are filled with the glorious word and promises of God,

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 the devil can do what he wants.

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 The devil can do his worst.

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 We are standing on the rock,

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 and God is our refuge,

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 and God is our strength.

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 The style of meeting that Paul was in in the synagogue in Antioch,

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 Pisidian Antioch, would be very familiar to us.

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 The way the Jews then worshipped was very like the simple style of Protestant and Reformed worship

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 that we still see practiced around the world today.

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 There is a call to worship.

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 There is a reading of the scripture.

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 There is a meditation and a teaching from that scripture.

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 There is a response in songs of praise.

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 There are, the Psalms were prominent in the synagogue worship,

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 as they ought to be prominent in our worship and in our praying as well,

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 shaping the heart.

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 The liturgy of the Bible becoming the liturgy of the heart.

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 There is confession of sin,

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 and there is the sense that sin is being declared forgiven

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 by the gospel being preached.

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 That feels familiar to us, doesn't it?

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 Well, let's never go away from that.

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 Let's never replace that.

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 The ordinary means of grace.

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 The gathering of God's people on the Lord's Day.

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 The sacraments.

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 What a blessing they are supposed to be to us as we approach them by faith.

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 Gatherings for prayer.

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 Times to encourage one another.

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 The paraklesis.

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 The exhortation.

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 The encouragement.

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 When the word gets dug into our hearts.

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 The way we dig our gardens and we feed our plants.

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 We do that spiritually.

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 When we open the Bible,

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 we let it speak.

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 And we understand its message.

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 And how did Paul go about this in Antioch of Pisidia?

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 Well, he gave them fact after fact after fact.

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 Content.

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 Information.

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 He explained the history of salvation.

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 What God did through the centuries for Israel.

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 And in this, he's actually copying the approach that the apostles took.

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 In the first half of the book of Acts,

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 Peter did the same on the day of Pentecost.

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 Peter quoted the same Psalms and the same prophecies

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 that Paul would be quoting to his audience a decade or two later.

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 And whether they were speaking to Jews who knew the scriptures,

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 or whether they were building a bridge to non-Jews, Gentiles,

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 who had very little awareness of the scripture.

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 The facts were the same.

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 The doctrine was the same.

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 The creator who has worked in redeeming, rescuing, saving.

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 The God of the Exodus.

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 The God of the monarchy under David.

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 The God of the promise to David that there would always be a king on David's throne.

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 These are the things that Peter stressed, that Paul stressed,

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 and that we today need to be aware of.

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 We need to have the same approach.

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 Stephen, in Acts 7, got martyred for giving a speech

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 to those who took up stones and killed him.

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 But it's the same.

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 It's the history of salvation.

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 It's facts.

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 Who is God?

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 What has God done?

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 And then drawing conclusions that lead people,

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 challenge people to repent and to believe the gospel.

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 So we've got facts, but we've also got fulfillment.

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 We've got information, content.

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 This is what God has done.

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 But one of the things the early church was very aware of

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 was that the story of salvation

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 is a story that proves the faithfulness and trustworthiness of God.

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 that God spoke in Isaiah.

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 That God spoke in the book of Psalms, in the second Psalm, in Psalm 16.

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 And then God fulfilled what he said.

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 The promise was fulfilled.

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 So facts and prophecy fulfilled.

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 I wonder if you like that kind of teaching

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 and if you like that kind of preaching

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 that is rich in Scripture

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 and making connections between Old and New Testament

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 and showing you Jesus from all the Scripture.

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 The New Testament scholar Don Carson

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 summed up the life of the early church like this.

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 He said,

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 Above all, they preach Jesus,

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 Jesus crucified and risen,

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 Jesus who pours out his spirit,

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 Jesus who inaugurates the kingdom,

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 Jesus who's drawing in Jews and Gentiles alike,

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 Jesus who's transforming men and women,

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 Jesus who's anticipating his own return,

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 Jesus who is already ascended to glory

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 and who will come again.

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 He is the man who is God,

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 who was promised,

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 and he has come,

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 and crucially,

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 he is an answer to death.

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 He has been raised from the dead.

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 So our first thought in looking at this passage

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 is what do we have to offer Scotland?

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 What do we have to offer our generation?

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 We offer facts and fulfillment,

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 the truth of the gospel

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 and the fulfillment of prophecy.

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 But the second thing that Paul's first sermon

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 in Pisidian Antioch offered

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 and that we have to offer

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 is resurrection hope through Jesus.

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 A huge amount of the New Testament teaching

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 is future focused.

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 It's focused on the return of Jesus.

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 It's focused on the resurrection of the body.

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 And it grounds all of this

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 in the historical fact

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 that Jesus uniquely

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 has been raised from the dead.

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 Jesus is not just another rabbi.

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 He's not just another teacher.

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 He is the one

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 who has been raised from the dead.

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 And so as Paul speaks to the people

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 in the synagogue,

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 he says in verse 28 and 29,

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 though they found in him

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 no guilt worthy of death,

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 they asked Pilate to have him executed.

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 And when they'd carried out

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 all that was written of him,

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 they took him down from the tree,

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 the tree of curse,

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 and they laid him in a tomb.

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 Verse 30,

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 but God raised him from the dead.

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 He appeared to many.

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 The witnesses are speaking about it.

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 Verse 32,

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 we bring you the good news,

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 the gospel,

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 that what God promised to the fathers,

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 this he has fulfilled to us

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 in their children by raising Jesus.

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 And he quotes Psalm 2

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 and Psalm 6,

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 Isaiah 55

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 and Psalm 16,

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 you will not let your Holy One

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 see corruption.

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 The resurrection

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 is a huge deal

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 for Paul

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 and for the early church.

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 And I think

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 when he went to Gentile groups

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 in Athens

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 and in other places,

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 he had the same basic message,

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 same basic approach,

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 whether people knew

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 the storyline of the Old Testament

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 or not,

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 he would speak about

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 Jesus,

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 Jesus,

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 Jesus,

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 his death

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 and resurrection.

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 And so often,

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 the resurrection hope

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 was

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 where people parted

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 and where people said,

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 we can't accept that,

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 we don't believe that,

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 we don't want to hear this.

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 It seemed

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 too incredible

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 to them.

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 let me tell you

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 a little bit

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 about my

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 recent ministry

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 in Inverness

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 and I hope

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 it will encourage you.

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 One of the

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 opportunities

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 that I have

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 is to get into

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 one of the local

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 high schools,

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 the academy

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 at Milburn.

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 It's a good school

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 and it's a really

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 interesting group

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 of staff

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 and of

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 young people.

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 and yet

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.099
 most of them

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 have no connection

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 with a gospel church.

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 So there are

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 limited ways

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 to get involvement,

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 occasional assemblies,

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 a hot chocolate club

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 at lunchtime

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 that chaplains

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 go and run

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 maybe at Christmas

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 or at Easter

00:19:30.199 --> 00:19:31.279
 that might run

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 a little video

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 or something

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 that we put together

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 that's shown

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 in the morning

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 assembly times,

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 but it's pretty limited.

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 But occasionally,

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 I'll get asked

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 to meet

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 the first year pupils,

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 go into their

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 classrooms,

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 spend a period

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 or two

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 just answering

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 questions.

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 I have to tell you,

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 I'm amazed

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 at the questions

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 young people

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 have.

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 2025,

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 2026,

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 they're not

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 really asking

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.639
 about political

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 stuff.

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 They're not

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 asking about

00:20:06.899 --> 00:20:08.039
 woke stuff.

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 They're not

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.359
 asking about

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:11.720
 gender ID

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.480
 stuff.

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 The young people

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.000
 are asking,

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:18.220
 why are you

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 a Christian?

00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:21.139
 Why are you

00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:21.740
 a minister?

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 Is there

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.599
 a heaven?

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 What happens

00:20:26.399 --> 00:20:27.279
 when you die?

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:29.539
 What is a soul?

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 What's life

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 for?

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 these are

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 the right

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 questions

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 and they

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 are the

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:37.839
 questions

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 that people

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.439
 have always

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 been asking

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 and they

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.039
 are the

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 questions

00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:43.379
 that the

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 gospel

00:20:43.959 --> 00:20:44.919
 answers

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 and I

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 suspect

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 that they

00:20:47.899 --> 00:20:48.179
 are the

00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:48.699
 questions

00:20:48.699 --> 00:20:49.299
 that the

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 vast majority

00:20:50.459 --> 00:20:51.980
 of people

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.719
 that you

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 know

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 are asking.

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 are we

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 spending

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 enough time

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 in the

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.080
 Bible

00:21:00.080 --> 00:21:00.960
 and in

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 prayer

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 to know

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 the answer

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 and be

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 able to

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 give a

00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:07.160
 reason for

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 the hope

00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:08.000
 that is

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.480
 in us?

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.160
 Are we

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 spending

00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:11.360
 enough time

00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:11.960
 with people

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.340
 who are

00:21:12.340 --> 00:21:13.000
 not yet

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.560
 Christians

00:21:13.560 --> 00:21:14.220
 so that

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 they trust

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.519
 us and

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 know us

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 and will

00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.640
 want to

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:18.259
 come with

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.500
 their

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.180
 question?

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.100
 That's a

00:21:22.100 --> 00:21:22.740
 school and

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.580
 that's a

00:21:23.580 --> 00:21:24.380
 cohort of

00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:25.160
 young people.

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 I wouldn't

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 say that

00:21:28.320 --> 00:21:28.500
 they're

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.160
 necessarily

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 unique or

00:21:30.800 --> 00:21:31.680
 unusual but

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.280
 I find it

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 so encouraging.

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 But I

00:21:34.800 --> 00:21:35.880
 also could

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.340
 tell you

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 story after

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:38.300
 story of

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 people in

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 their

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 twenties who

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 walk in

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:43.720
 the door of

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 a city

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:45.340
 centre church

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:47.000
 full of

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.700
 questions.

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.280
 And they're

00:21:49.280 --> 00:21:49.960
 not people

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.560
 often who've

00:21:50.560 --> 00:21:51.040
 grown up

00:21:51.040 --> 00:21:51.320
 with a

00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:51.720
 Christian

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.080
 faith.

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.320
 They're

00:21:52.320 --> 00:21:52.980
 often people

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.340
 who have

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:54.280
 grown up

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.579
 with

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.399
 atheist

00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:56.420
 parents and

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:56.940
 atheist

00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:57.599
 grandparents

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 and they've

00:21:58.379 --> 00:21:58.899
 gone through

00:21:58.899 --> 00:21:59.579
 a secular

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 education that

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.619
 did not

00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:02.299
 offer them

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.359
 any spiritual

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:04.359
 challenge or

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.399
 information at

00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:05.740
 all.

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.500
 And yet

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:06.819
 they've

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.639
 arrived at

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.259
 18,

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:09.180
 they've

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.079
 arrived at

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.759
 20,

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.519
 22,

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.519
 24,

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.639
 and they're

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:13.920
 saying,

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.879
 what's the

00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.379
 point of

00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:15.899
 life?

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:17.859
 What

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.819
 explains

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.420
 beauty?

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:19.720
 What

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.899
 explains the

00:22:20.899 --> 00:22:22.039
 variety of

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:23.119
 life and

00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:24.000
 beauty?

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.960
 Isn't there

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.359
 a bigger

00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:27.000
 story?

00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:27.759
 Isn't there

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.659
 a deeper

00:22:28.659 --> 00:22:29.240
 purpose?

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.079
 And they're

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.839
 going online

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.180
 and they're

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.559
 going to

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.200
 YouTube and

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.500
 they're going

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.099
 to websites

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:34.059
 and they're

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.480
 going on

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.259
 TikTok and

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.420
 sometimes they

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.139
 don't find

00:22:37.139 --> 00:22:37.639
 rubbish

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.200
 answers.

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.059
 By the

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.519
 grace of

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:39.759
 God,

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.639
 they find a

00:22:40.639 --> 00:22:41.220
 Christian

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.859
 answer.

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.720
 They find

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.319
 something that

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:45.000
 points them to

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.659
 the Bible.

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.420
 So they go to

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.019
 Amazon and

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.500
 they buy a

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.279
 Bible and

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.599
 they say,

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.500
 let me find

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.400
 a church.

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.180
 That's

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.960
 happening in

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.619
 France.

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.359
 It's

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:56.119
 happening in

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:56.619
 Portugal.

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.059
 It's

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.799
 happening in

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.359
 Spain.

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:59.039
 It's

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.839
 happening in

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.400
 England.

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:00.880
 It's

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.700
 happening in

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.220
 Scotland.

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:02.920
 It's

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.579
 happening in

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.079
 Canada.

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:05.680
 It's

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.319
 amazing.

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.880
 Are we

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:10.740
 praying that

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:12.039
 people who

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:13.319
 are one or

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:14.259
 two or

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:15.700
 three generations

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.660
 away from

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.400
 the gospel

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:19.120
 would be as

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:20.740
 open as

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.580
 many were

00:23:21.580 --> 00:23:22.000
 in the

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.340
 book of

00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:22.759
 Acts?

00:23:23.280 --> 00:23:24.019
 To at

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.880
 least hear

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:26.180
 about the

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.860
 resurrection.

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:27.940
 To at

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.900
 least hear

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.600
 that there

00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:30.220
 is a

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:31.200
 savior and

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.600
 that we

00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:32.680
 need a

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.100
 savior.

00:23:33.560 --> 00:23:33.920
 That the

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.900
 universe has

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.560
 a purpose

00:23:35.560 --> 00:23:36.120
 and that

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:36.920
 there is

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.759
 a king.

00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:39.980
 Has this

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.460
 got through

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.920
 to your

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.380
 heart?

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.780
 I don't

00:23:42.780 --> 00:23:43.460
 assume that

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.519
 everybody here

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.040
 in Kenneth

00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:46.220
 Street is a

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.640
 Christian.

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.640
 I hope

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:48.000
 there are

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.880
 many who

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:50.580
 are not

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:52.240
 Christians who

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.960
 are here in

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.740
 this gathering.

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.020
 But I hope

00:23:55.020 --> 00:23:55.720
 the fact that

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.840
 you're here is

00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:57.500
 not just to

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.380
 please a

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:59.300
 relative or

00:23:59.300 --> 00:24:00.840
 a spouse,

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:01.600
 but that

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:02.259
 you're here

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.300
 because you

00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:04.820
 look for

00:24:04.820 --> 00:24:06.720
 truth and

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.440
 you look

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:09.600
 for meaning.

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.220
 You will

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:13.240
 find it in

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.259
 Jesus Christ.

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.379
 Christ.

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:17.059
 Paul might

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.619
 not have

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.859
 been an

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.660
 easy man.

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.920
 He lived

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.680
 through much

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.299
 suffering.

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:24.879
 He lived

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:26.000
 through beatings

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:27.160
 and shipwrecks

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.960
 and all kinds

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.759
 of things that

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.359
 might have

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:30.019
 made him

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:31.379
 cynical about

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:32.319
 people or

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.019
 hardened, but

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.940
 it didn't

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:35.619
 because the

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.160
 Lord Jesus

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.240
 showed him

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.819
 when he was

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.519
 converted

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:40.079
 all that

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.680
 was ahead

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.119
 of him

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:42.460
 and all

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.759
 that he

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.500
 must suffer.

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.559
 But his

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.119
 calling

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:47.839
 was go

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.259
 and be

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.319
 my witness.

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.099
 Jesus does

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:51.759
 the saving.

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.759
 Paul's job,

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.279
 go and be

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.960
 my witness.

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:58.039
 That's my

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.359
 job.

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:58.920
 That's your

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.319
 job.

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.039
 That's the

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.559
 job of the

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.559
 Christian church.

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.619
 Go and be

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.420
 my witness.

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:06.060
 go and

00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:06.700
 say,

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:07.940
 there's an

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.800
 answer to

00:25:08.800 --> 00:25:09.400
 death.

00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:11.460
 There's an

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.259
 answer to

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.700
 the meaning

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.460
 of life.

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.840
 We have a

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:17.440
 faith in

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.279
 Jesus Christ

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.019
 that is quite

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.779
 different from

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.300
 all other

00:25:20.300 --> 00:25:21.140
 belief systems,

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.820
 quite different

00:25:21.820 --> 00:25:22.300
 from all

00:25:22.300 --> 00:25:23.120
 other faiths.

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.519
 If you

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.660
 have Muslim

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.120
 friends,

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.640
 and I hope

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.080
 you do,

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.200
 and I hope

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.660
 you're a good

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.300
 friend to

00:25:30.300 --> 00:25:30.600
 them,

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.039
 at some

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.580
 point,

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:34.019
 ask them

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.359
 what they

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:34.960
 believe,

00:25:35.199 --> 00:25:35.639
 and maybe

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.240
 they'll ask

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.399
 you what

00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:38.179
 you believe.

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.399
 The

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:40.000
 fundamental

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:41.059
 difference

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:42.559
 between the

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.720
 Christian faith

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:46.299
 and perversions

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.179
 of Christianity

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:48.519
 and distortions

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.399
 of Christianity

00:25:49.399 --> 00:25:50.740
 in the sects

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.279
 or whatever,

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.319
 and the

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.779
 fundamental

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.599
 difference

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.019
 between

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.639
 Christianity

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:56.000
 and Islam

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:58.159
 are the

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:58.939
 facts

00:25:58.939 --> 00:26:00.159
 that we

00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:00.740
 believe,

00:26:01.879 --> 00:26:02.119
 the

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:03.219
 fulfillment

00:26:03.219 --> 00:26:04.599
 in Jesus

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.199
 that we

00:26:05.199 --> 00:26:05.839
 believe,

00:26:06.699 --> 00:26:07.859
 and crucially,

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.439
 the story

00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:09.979
 of the

00:26:09.979 --> 00:26:10.939
 death and

00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:11.399
 resurrection

00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:12.539
 of Jesus.

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.079
 Islam

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:17.299
 denies that

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.059
 Jesus died

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.759
 on the cross.

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:19.779
 Do you know

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.039
 that?

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:23.099
 Islam says

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:23.659
 that God

00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:24.379
 would never

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:25.019
 allow a

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.659
 true prophet

00:26:25.659 --> 00:26:26.199
 of God

00:26:26.199 --> 00:26:26.959
 to suffer

00:26:26.959 --> 00:26:28.379
 death by

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.179
 crucifixion.

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.840
 well,

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.420
 the facts,

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.279
 Old and

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.100
 New Testament,

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.240
 predict it,

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:38.120
 and it is

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:39.120
 fulfilled in

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:39.720
 history,

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.820
 and there

00:26:41.820 --> 00:26:42.519
 is no

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.480
 salvation

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.259
 for the

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.779
 world

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:46.519
 unless a

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.200
 good and

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.400
 perfect man,

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.500
 a new

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.039
 Adam,

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:52.039
 suffers and

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.900
 dies in the

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.560
 place of

00:26:53.560 --> 00:26:54.480
 imperfect

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.480
 men and

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.860
 women,

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.620
 and leads

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.159
 a new

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:58.979
 humanity,

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.239
 back to

00:27:00.239 --> 00:27:00.619
 the tree

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.159
 of life,

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.259
 back to

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.879
 relationship

00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:03.599
 with God,

00:27:03.979 --> 00:27:05.319
 back from

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.339
 death to

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.919
 life.

00:27:07.199 --> 00:27:07.539
 That's

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:07.979
 Jesus.

00:27:09.219 --> 00:27:10.299
 Islam says,

00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:10.779
 no, no,

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.259
 he didn't

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.659
 die,

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.459
 there's no

00:27:12.459 --> 00:27:12.779
 death,

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.259
 there's no

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.919
 resurrection,

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.019
 he's just

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.519
 a prophet.

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.519
 Jesus is

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:20.119
 not just

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.879
 a prophet,

00:27:22.219 --> 00:27:23.379
 he's God

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.760
 in the

00:27:23.760 --> 00:27:24.260
 flesh,

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.500
 who died

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.840
 and defeated

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.400
 death,

00:27:29.300 --> 00:27:30.120
 who died

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.740
 and rose

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.200
 again.

00:27:32.040 --> 00:27:32.340
 Other

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:32.880
 religions

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.400
 will tell

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:33.580
 you,

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.140
 go and

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.360
 be a

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:34.600
 better

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.000
 human,

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.120
 go and

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.400
 be a

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:36.880
 more loving

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.280
 human,

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.360
 go and

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:38.940
 be nice,

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.500
 go and

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.080
 be forgiving,

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:40.620
 go and

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.080
 be kind.

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.340
 Well,

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:41.780
 how are you

00:27:41.780 --> 00:27:42.020
 going to

00:27:42.020 --> 00:27:42.740
 do that?

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:43.900
 Because all

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.520
 the religions

00:27:44.520 --> 00:27:45.340
 of the world

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:46.020
 that tell

00:27:46.020 --> 00:27:46.560
 you to be

00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:47.320
 kind and

00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:47.680
 nice,

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.640
 they don't

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.160
 give you

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:50.000
 the power,

00:27:50.760 --> 00:27:51.420
 they don't

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:51.840
 give you

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.799
 the ability

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:54.619
 to be a

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.439
 better human.

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.599
 But if you

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.279
 are joined

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.240
 by faith

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.119
 to Jesus,

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.159
 he has

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:02.679
 defeated

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:03.179
 sin,

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:03.679
 he has

00:28:03.679 --> 00:28:04.339
 defeated

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.019
 lies,

00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:05.459
 he has

00:28:05.459 --> 00:28:06.119
 defeated

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.980
 death,

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:09.059
 and he

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:10.439
 lives inside

00:28:10.439 --> 00:28:10.819
 of his

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.359
 people.

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.139
 Don't

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:13.500
 make the

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.240
 mistake of

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.919
 John Mark,

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:17.279
 who left

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:18.399
 the battlefield,

00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:20.939
 left the

00:28:20.939 --> 00:28:21.819
 mission field,

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:23.980
 and just

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.619
 went home

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.359
 to comfort.

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.959
 Later,

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.679
 John Mark,

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.359
 thank God,

00:28:29.179 --> 00:28:30.059
 came back

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.539
 to the

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:30.919
 battle,

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.779
 came back

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.179
 to the

00:28:32.179 --> 00:28:32.879
 mission field,

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.759
 was restored.

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.659
 Paul found

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.339
 him useful

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:38.039
 later on.

00:28:39.419 --> 00:28:40.059
 But look

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.379
 at the

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.939
 world,

00:28:41.939 --> 00:28:42.359
 the way

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.179
 Paul looked

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:43.500
 at the

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.839
 world.

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:46.019
 This

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.419
 world

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:47.000
 belongs

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.679
 to Jesus.

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.559
 Let's

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:49.899
 go and

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.259
 get it

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.720
 for him.

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:52.440
 this

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.220
 town,

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:53.680
 this

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.279
 island,

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.740
 has a

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.759
 great need.

00:28:59.400 --> 00:28:59.839
 Will they

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.559
 hear from

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.120
 me and

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.740
 you and

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:03.000
 from the

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.700
 people of

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.360
 God in

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.620
 this

00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:05.019
 island,

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:07.579
 how much

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.180
 God has

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.660
 done in

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.360
 history,

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:11.039
 in salvation

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.799
 history,

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.940
 and how

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.740
 much he is

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.220
 doing

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:15.539
 still.

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:17.519
 Verse 30,

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:20.079
 God raised

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.660
 him from

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.319
 the dead.

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.579
 You're

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:24.839
 going to

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:26.000
 know lots

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.619
 of

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.740
 hurting,

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.440
 sad,

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.160
 broken

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.799
 folk

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:33.119
 in the

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.639
 year that's

00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.059
 ahead.

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.200
 At some

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.759
 point,

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:39.099
 we have

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.400
 to go

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.119
 beyond just

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.480
 being a

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.779
 nice

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.200
 neighbor,

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.839
 asking how

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.059
 you're

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.399
 doing.

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.439
 If you've

00:29:45.439 --> 00:29:45.819
 got a

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:47.480
 hope that

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.859
 has an

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.699
 answer to

00:29:48.699 --> 00:29:49.379
 death,

00:29:50.959 --> 00:29:51.559
 you want

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.039
 to share

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.459
 that,

00:29:53.459 --> 00:29:53.799
 and you

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.359
 want other

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:56.139
 people to

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:56.500
 have the

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.039
 hope that

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.799
 you have.

00:29:59.399 --> 00:30:00.019
 The great

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.679
 evangelist

00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:01.419
 Billy Graham

00:30:01.419 --> 00:30:02.939
 was around

00:30:02.939 --> 00:30:04.299
 when the

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.179
 space program

00:30:05.179 --> 00:30:05.819
 was getting

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.339
 going,

00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.279
 and satellites

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.959
 were getting

00:30:07.959 --> 00:30:08.500
 launched,

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.819
 and for the

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.699
 first time

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.080
 in the

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.779
 50s and

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.080
 in the

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.720
 60s,

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.660
 photographs

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:15.039
 were being

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:16.380
 published in

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.440
 newspapers and

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.279
 on television

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.120
 of the

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:20.100
 whole globe

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:21.000
 photographed

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.620
 from space

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:23.779
 for the

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.600
 first time.

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.319
 Billy Graham

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.019
 was asked

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.980
 what he

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.380
 made of

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:28.860
 it all,

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.900
 these photos

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.759
 of the

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.140
 world,

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.640
 and his

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.500
 answer then

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.000
 is one

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.440
 that is

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.539
 very attractive.

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.080
 He said,

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:37.779
 when I see

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.660
 these pictures

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.759
 of the

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.220
 earth,

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.600
 sitting in

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:42.539
 the heavens,

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.380
 I want to

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.240
 reach out

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:47.279
 and grab

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.080
 the world

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:49.319
 for God.

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.160
 Have we

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.019
 lost that?

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.500
 Have we

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.340
 lost that

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:56.640
 sense that

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:58.299
 this earth

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:59.319
 belongs to

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.940
 Christ,

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.940
 that the

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.600
 nations

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.480
 belong to

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:03.720
 him,

00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.519
 the Psalm

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.220
 2,

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:07.039
 vision of

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.740
 reality,

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.019
 the Psalm

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.099
 16,

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.980
 vision of

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.779
 reality.

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:14.740
 This is

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.759
 my Father's

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.160
 world.

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.779
 This is

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.920
 my Saviour's

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.299
 world.

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.319
 I want to

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.000
 grab it

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.799
 for him

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:25.559
 so that

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:27.200
 he will

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.639
 get the

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.059
 glory.

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:30.039
 What do

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.859
 we have to

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.700
 offer Scotland?

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.400
 Why are we

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.420
 planting churches

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.099
 in the borders

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:35.019
 for the first

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.599
 time in a

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.460
 hundred years?

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.460
 churches?

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.279
 Why are we

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.880
 wanting to

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:41.860
 return to

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.279
 the inner

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.460
 Hebrides that

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.160
 we've left?

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:44.799
 Why are we

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.460
 wanting to

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.900
 return to the

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.680
 Clyde Islands

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.259
 that we've

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.579
 left?

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.559
 Why are we

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.240
 wanting to

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.299
 have strong

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.240
 churches in

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.620
 the towns

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:54.900
 of Fife

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:56.100
 or of

00:31:56.100 --> 00:31:57.180
 Clackmanonshire

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.500
 or Stirlingshire

00:31:58.500 --> 00:32:00.019
 or the

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.480
 Central

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.120
 Belt,

00:32:01.540 --> 00:32:02.080
 the East

00:32:02.080 --> 00:32:02.560
 Coast?

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:04.120
 Why go

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.840
 back to the

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.840
 northern counties,

00:32:06.040 --> 00:32:06.880
 Caithness and

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.460
 Sutherland,

00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.820
 where there's

00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:10.140
 been just a

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:11.500
 decimation of

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.220
 the gospel?

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.480
 Why?

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.380
 Because

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.460
 souls are

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.019
 precious

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:20.300
 and Christ

00:32:20.300 --> 00:32:20.800
 gave us

00:32:20.800 --> 00:32:21.840
 all for

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:22.259
 them.

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.340
 What do we

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:24.259
 have to

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.799
 offer

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.940
 Scotland?

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.960
 Facts,

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.980
 truth,

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.319
 sweet

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.920
 doctrine,

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.799
 fulfillment,

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.859
 and

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.720
 resurrection,

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.579
 life,

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.259
 and hope.

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.259
 There's

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.240
 nothing else

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.759
 that will

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.379
 change our

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:41.740
 land.

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.019
 Change a

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.839
 government in

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:45.339
 May might

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:45.740
 make things

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.119
 better,

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.740
 might make

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.379
 things worse,

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:48.300
 but it

00:32:48.300 --> 00:32:49.280
 won't save

00:32:49.280 --> 00:32:49.940
 the nation.

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.620
 A

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.160
 revolution

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:53.560
 in Iran

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.720
 or a

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.160
 revolution

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.020
 anywhere else

00:32:56.020 --> 00:32:56.520
 on the face

00:32:56.520 --> 00:32:57.080
 of the earth

00:32:57.080 --> 00:32:58.520
 will change

00:32:58.520 --> 00:32:59.380
 some things

00:32:59.380 --> 00:32:59.800
 but it

00:32:59.800 --> 00:33:00.700
 won't change

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:00.980
 the

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.960
 fundamental.

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.000
 But the

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.540
 gospel,

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:06.760
 Jesus

00:33:06.760 --> 00:33:07.280
 says,

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.080
 Acts 1,

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.640
 8,

00:33:09.260 --> 00:33:10.200
 you shall

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.740
 be my

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.300
 witnesses

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:12.659
 in Jerusalem

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:14.159
 and in

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:14.720
 Judea

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:16.200
 and to

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.680
 the ends

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.000
 of the

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.259
 earth.

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.519
 It's

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.000
 still the

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.299
 same.

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.919
 We are

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.460
 sent,

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:21.799
 we are

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.440
 on mission

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:24.079
 and it's

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.559
 glorious.

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.019
 May the

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.579
 Lord help

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.119
 you here

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.799
 in Stornoway

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.419
 Free Church

00:33:28.419 --> 00:33:28.779
 and your

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.139
 sister

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:30.039
 congregations

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.680
 in the

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.200
 town and

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.460
 in the

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:31.819
 island

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:33.639
 to see

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.339
 the

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.839
 Lamb of

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.319
 God

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:36.960
 praised,

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.879
 worshipped,

00:33:38.159 --> 00:33:38.599
 adored,

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:40.240
 followed

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.699
 and may

00:33:41.699 --> 00:33:42.299
 this be a

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.719
 year of

00:33:42.719 --> 00:33:43.579
 good things

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.039
 and of

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.480
 blessing.

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:45.939
 Lord,

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.919
 receive our

00:33:46.919 --> 00:33:48.019
 thanks for

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.939
 this passage

00:33:48.939 --> 00:33:50.099
 and grant

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.719
 that it may

00:33:50.719 --> 00:33:51.679
 be an

00:33:51.679 --> 00:33:52.299
 encouragement

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.119
 to us

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:53.980
 to pray

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:56.019
 big prayers,

00:33:56.699 --> 00:33:57.339
 mighty

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:58.539
 requests

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.779
 to the

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.779
 great God

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.419
 of heaven

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:02.619
 who can

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.480
 only do

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.699
 great things.

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:06.000
 We ask

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.559
 for our

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.079
 nation

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:08.519
 to be

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.179
 gifted

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:10.019
 to Jesus.

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.519
 We ask

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.019
 for this

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.679
 community

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.559
 and island

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.619
 to be

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.239
 gifted

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:16.139
 to Jesus

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:17.179
 as his

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.840
 reward.

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.259
 We ask

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.860
 that many

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.539
 will come

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.139
 to know

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.800
 and love

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.400
 and fear

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.920
 the Lord

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.900
 in this

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.599
 generation.

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.219
 We especially

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:27.119
 remember the

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.539
 young

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:29.099
 and those

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.480
 who have

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.219
 questions

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:32.320
 but yet

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:33.500
 have not

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.280
 received an

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.960
 answer.

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.539
 Show us

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:36.960
 how

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:38.079
 to be

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.559
 quick

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.639
 and ready

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.619
 and clear

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:42.000
 with the

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.720
 answer that

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.159
 is in

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.559
 Jesus.

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:44.920
 And if

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.659
 anyone here

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.179
 today

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:47.639
 has come

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.260
 to find

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:48.920
 the answer

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.760
 in recent

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.280
 days,

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.179
 strengthen

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.619
 them

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.860
 to go

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.800
 forward in

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.460
 a life of

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.380
 discipleship

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.639
 and to

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.079
 commit

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.840
 themselves

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.720
 fully

00:34:58.720 --> 00:35:00.000
 to the

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.360
 Lord.

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.599
 We pray

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.400
 in Jesus'

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:02.900
 name.

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.039
 Amen.

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:07.019
 Our closing

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.860
 praise this

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.679
 morning is

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.259
 from the

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:10.139
 Sing Psalms

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.819
 version of

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.960
 Psalm 96,

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.460
 a great

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.219
 psalm of

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:15.159
 praise and

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.980
 worship and

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.759
 thanksgiving.

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.319
 Psalm 96

00:35:18.319 --> 00:35:19.139
 from verse

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:20.159
 7 to the

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.699
 end,

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.699
 the vision

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.239
 of the

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.860
 world

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.739
 belonging

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:24.400
 to the

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:25.019
 Lord who

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.420
 is its

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:25.799
 king.

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.239
 The tune

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:26.579
 is our

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.039
 guile,

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.559
 Psalm 96

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.400
 in

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.199
 version

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:31.199
 A from

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.920
 verse 7,

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:33.039
 all nations

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.880
 to the

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.559
 Lord as

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:34.960
 cry,

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:35.940
 the glory

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:37.019
 that is

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.500
 due.

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.539
 We stand

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.159
 and sing.

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:44.119
 All

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:46.119
 nations

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:47.159
 to

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:48.440
 the

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.960
 Lord

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.779
 as

00:35:50.779 --> 00:35:51.880
 cry,

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.320
 the

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:55.039
 glory

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:57.159
 that

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:58.000
 is

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:59.320
 due.

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:01.199
 Glory

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:02.480
 and

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.639
 strength

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:05.320
 ascribe

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:07.320
 to

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:09.260
 God

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:10.559
 and

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.320
 praise

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:12.820
 his

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:14.320
 name

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:15.380
 and

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.320
 you.

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.320
 A

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:20.719
 durnish

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:22.179
 course

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:23.059
 with

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:24.739
 joy

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:25.440
 and

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.440
 ring

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:27.980
 and

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:29.440
 offer

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:31.260
 him

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:31.760
 with

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:33.760
 you.

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:35.760
 Worship

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:37.639
 the

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:38.820
 Lord

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.920
 in

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:41.639
 holy

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:43.220
 clear

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:44.760
 all

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.760
 earth

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.880
 he

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.760
 poured

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:49.200
 in

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.760
 power.

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.760
!

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:52.360
 Tell

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:53.160
 every

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:54.760
 land

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:56.760
 the

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:57.440
 Lord

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:59.360
 is

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:00.440
 king,

00:37:01.080 --> 00:37:01.080


00:37:01.080 --> 00:37:01.080


00:37:01.080 --> 00:37:03.080
 established

00:37:03.080 --> 00:37:03.080


00:37:03.080 --> 00:37:04.080
 in

00:37:04.080 --> 00:37:05.080
 the

00:37:05.080 --> 00:37:07.080
 earth

00:37:07.080 --> 00:37:07.080


00:37:07.080 --> 00:37:09.080
 And

00:37:09.080 --> 00:37:10.080
 God

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.819
 man

00:37:10.819 --> 00:37:11.480
 of

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:12.519
 good

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.079
 the

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.400
 Lord

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:15.400
 will

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:17.400
 judge

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.400
 the

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.400
 people

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:19.400


00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:20.400
 The

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:20.400


00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:21.400
 sing

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:23.259
 his

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.400
 truth!

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.400


00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:25.400
 Let

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:27.400
 him

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:29.400
 rejoice

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:29.400


00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:31.400
 On

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:33.400
 earth

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:35.400
 be glad!

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:36.400
 with

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.400
 joy

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.400
 let

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:40.400
 oceans

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:42.400
 ring

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:43.400
 The

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:45.400
 fields

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:46.400
 and

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:47.519
 all

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.559
 in

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.400
 them

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:50.720
 will

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.400
 shout

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:53.400
 At

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:54.400
 water's

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:56.400
 trees

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.400
 will

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:58.400
 sing

00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:01.400
 The

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 all

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 and send

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 and all

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 whom we

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 of the

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 Lord

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 and

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 all

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 people

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 everywhere

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 today

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 and

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