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 If you want to gain your life, you will lose it.

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 But if you lose your life for my sake and the Gospels, you will gain it.

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 So the words of Christ.

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 The growth of the church is a paradox.

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 For it grows as attempts are made to crush it throughout all of history,

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 throughout Acts as well, we'll see this morning.

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 But what is more paradoxical is the message of the Gospel.

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 For it is a message that beckons us to be humble,

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 so that we can be elevated, to lose our lives so that we can gain them.

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 At its center is a Savior who saved the world by dying,

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 and by doing so gives life.

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 By rising and disappearing into the heavens,

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 we are promised eternity with God.

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 It is a bit of a paradoxical message.

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 For those who have accepted the Gospel,

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 it is the life and life to the full.

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 But for those who don't,

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 the Gospel seems misguided and foolish,

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 and even be a source of condemnation upon them.

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 So consider these words from the Apostle Paul,

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 from his first letter to the church in Corinth.

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 1 Corinthians 1, 18 and following.

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 It says this,

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 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing,

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 but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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 For it is written,

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 I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

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 and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.

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 Where is the one who is wise?

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 Where is the scribe?

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 Where is the debater of this age?

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 Daniel parenthesis here.

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 Where are the influencers of this world?

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 Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

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 For since in the wisdom of God,

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 the world did not know God through wisdom,

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 it pleased God through the folly of what we preach

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 to save those who believe.

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 For Jews demand signs,

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 and Greeks seek wisdom.

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 But we preach Christ crucified,

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 a stumbling block to Jews,

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 and folly to Gentiles.

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 But to those who are called both Jews and Greeks,

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 Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

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 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men,

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 and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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 The apostles stand before the Sanhedrin

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 in Acts chapter 5,

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 in our section that we'll be going through this morning,

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 for the second time in as many chapters.

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 We're not sure how much time has elapsed

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 between these two confrontations,

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 but the narrative suggests

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 that not much time has elapsed.

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 It seems like they are tempting fate in a way

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 as they continue to preach Christ.

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 They've been warned to not do it,

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 to cease and desist or else.

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 And yet, we will see that they are

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 obeying God rather than man.

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 That's the second time we'll see this in Acts.

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 That they have prayed for boldness and strength

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 to continue to bear witness to the cross,

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 despite the growing and mounting opposition

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 that they are facing.

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 They will continue to disobey the authorities,

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 not because they are rebels,

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 but because they serve a higher authority,

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 Christ Jesus.

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 So, they continue to proclaim the gospel message,

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 pointing to the Messiah,

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 that Jesus alone can save,

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 and in doing so,

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 they are confounding and angering

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 the religious, the wise,

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 the scribes,

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 the influencers of their day.

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 And these people ought to be

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 the ones who are pointing people to God.

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 They should be the ones who,

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 being saturated in the scriptures,

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 should see that Jesus truly is the Christ,

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 that the scriptures testify to him.

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 But,

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 they are about other things.

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 They are not about

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 proclaiming life,

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 but instead are dealing in death.

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 Quite literally,

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 as they contemplate killing the apostles

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 in our section today.

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 So, we'll see throughout the text

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 that the paradox of the gospel

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 is that as we try to gain our life,

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 we will lose it.

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 But,

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 if we lose our life for Christ's sake,

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 we will gain it.

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 And we'll see this in three paradoxical ways

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 from our text.

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 The gospel is either

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 folly or life.

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 The gospel is either

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 condemnation or reconciliation.

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 And finally,

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 the gospel brings honor

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 through dishonor.

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 Remarkable.

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 So, let's jump right into it.

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 If you have a Bible

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 or one of these scripture journals,

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 turn to verse 17.

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 If you want to get up at any time

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 to grab one,

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 don't worry,

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 you will not interrupt me.

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 So, by all means,

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 do it.

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 So, folly or life.

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 Look with me.

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 Verses 17 and 18.

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 But the high priest rose up

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 and all who were with him,

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 that is the party of the Sadducees,

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 and filled with jealousy,

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 they arrested the apostles

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 and put them in public prison.

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 The Sadducees now have been witness

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 to both the miraculous works

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 of the apostles

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 as well as the growth

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 of the church.

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 Something remarkable

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 had happened

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 that was based

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 not on a new religion

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 but the fulfillment

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 of their own.

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 They have,

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 if you remember,

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 this aversion

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 to holding up

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 the doctrine

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 of the resurrection,

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 they do not believe in it,

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 and yet,

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 there are

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 a growing group

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 of people

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 that have testified

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 to the resurrection

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 of the Christ

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 in a real,

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 literal way,

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 and yet,

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 they hold fast

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 to their own beliefs.

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 They have many opportunities

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 to get on board

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 with what the Lord

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 is doing,

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 however,

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 they are filled

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 with jealousy.

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 That word

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 that is used

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 is found

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 only twice in Acts,

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 and in both cases,

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 it describes

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 the zeal

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 and rage

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 that seeks

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 to maintain

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 the religious

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 status quo,

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 and it's only used

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 by the Jewish leaders

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 that oppose

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 Christ's church.

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 The Sadducees,

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 really the whole Sanhedrin,

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 they are jealous

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 of the power

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 and success

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 of the apostles.

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 Why?

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 Because it threatens

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 their ever-fleeting power

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 that they possess,

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 and at the same time,

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 they are envious

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 of the growing influence

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 and power

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 of the church.

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 They are losing

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 grip

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 on the things

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 that they hold dear.

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 They're jealous.

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 They're envious.

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 Even when the apostles

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 are mysteriously

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 released from prison,

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 they cannot bring themselves

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 to see

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 what is truly happening.

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 Instead,

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 they are even more

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 enraged.

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 Look with me now.

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 We'll jump into

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 verse 21.

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 And continue on.

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 Now when the high priest came

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 and those who were with him,

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 they called together

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 the council,

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 all the senate

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 of the people of Israel.

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 This is the 70-person

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 group that's called

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 the Sanhedrin

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 that would really

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 be the spiritual

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 and civic leaders

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 of the people of Israel.

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 They called together

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 the whole council,

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 all the senate

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 of the people of Israel,

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 and sent to the prison

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 to have them brought.

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 But when the officers came,

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 they did not find them

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 in the prison,

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 so they returned

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 and reported.

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 We found the prison

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 securely locked

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 and the guards

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 standing at the doors,

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 but when we opened them,

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 we found no one inside.

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 Now when the captain

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 of the temple

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 and the chief priest

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 heard these words,

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 they were greatly perplexed

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 about them,

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 wondering what this

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 would come to.

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 And someone came

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 and told them,

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 Look,

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 the men whom you put

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 in prison

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 are standing in the temple

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 and teaching the people.

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 Then the captain

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 with the officers

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 went and brought them,

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 but not by force,

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 for they were afraid

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 of being stoned

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 by the people.

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 Jealousy and envy

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 have the effect

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 of robbing people

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 of being thankful

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 for the blessings

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 that they have

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 and making it impossible

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 to be happy

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 for the blessings

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 that other people have.

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 Jealousy and envy

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 rob people of joy

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 and of life

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 and of any kind

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 of godliness

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 that they might have.

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 Envy and jelly

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 are insatiable.

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 They have insatiable appetites

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 for more,

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 sorry,

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 they have insatiable appetites

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 for more

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 and an incurable sorrow

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 for the success

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 of others.

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 In a very real way,

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 jealousy is a mutation

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 of good ambition.

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 Something that,

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 it morphs ambition

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 into something

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 that is ugly

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 and deceitful

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 and not something

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 that helps us

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 to achieve good

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 and godly things

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 in the service

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 of others,

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 but rather

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 it morphs

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 into malice.

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 it morphs itself

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 into deceit,

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 hatred,

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 and it's ugly

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 jealousy

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 and envy.

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 It does not

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 and it cannot lead

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 to wholeness

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 and happiness.

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 Jealousy

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 and envy

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 can only lead

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 to death.

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 A relational death.

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 A death

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 of one's joy.

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 Ultimately,

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 with

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 the Sanhedrin

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 today,

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 it might have

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 very well

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 led to

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 literal death.

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 If you try

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 to gain your life,

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 you will lose it.

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 But if you lose

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 your life

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 for Christ's sake,

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 you will gain it.

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 Let's look at

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 the apostles

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 starting in verse 19

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 and then

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 we'll continue on.

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 But during the night,

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 an angel of the Lord

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 opened the prison doors

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 and brought them out

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 and said,

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 Go and stand

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 in the temple

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 and speak to the people

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 all the words

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 of this life.

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 And when they heard this,

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 that is the apostles,

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 they entered the temple

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 at daybreak

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 and began to teach.

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 The apostles,

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 friends,

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 have once again

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 risked their lives

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 to proclaim

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 the gospel of Christ,

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 to obey him,

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 even though

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 the authorities

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 are pushing

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 for the very opposite.

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 They obey

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 the messenger

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 of the Lord,

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 this angel,

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 proclaiming,

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 Go,

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 speak the words

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 of this life,

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 meaning,

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 Go,

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 continue to proclaim

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 the gospel of Christ,

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 that salvation

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 is through no one else

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 but Jesus.

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 So from a worldly

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 point of view,

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 this seems like folly.

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 Like the apostles

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 are throwing

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 their lives away.

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 They risk

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 throwing their influence

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 and budding

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 stardom away.

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 Why not

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 be a bit more nuanced

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 in front of the Sanhedrin?

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 Why not

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 play a little word game

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 or lean into

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 the gray area

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 to somehow

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 avoid the persecution?

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 And then when you're back,

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 you can start

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 proclaiming,

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 you know,

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 maybe a bit in secret

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 or tell people,

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 hey listen,

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 this is the gospel message,

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 embrace it,

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 but let's be quiet

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 when the authorities

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 walk around.

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 Why can't they be a bit more

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 in a sense winsome

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 using nuance?

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 But they don't.

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 They're obedient.

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 They're obedient

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 to the call of God

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 to continue

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 to proclaim.

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 So on one hand,

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 it looks like they're

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 potentially playing with fire.

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 They've been warned.

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 Again,

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 cease and desist

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 or else.

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 And yet,

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 if we consider

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 who are the true conduits

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 of wholeness,

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 healing and life,

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 it certainly is not

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 the Sanhedrin

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 and it would not be

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 the apostles

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 if they were to bend

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 and to give in to fear.

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 Their desire

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 is for others

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 to have eternal blessings,

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 to honor Christ

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 and Christ alone,

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 for the lost

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 to be found,

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 for orphans

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 to find an eternal home,

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 for guilt

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 to be remitted,

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 for the words

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 of this life

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 to take root,

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 grow and flourish.

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 This is what they are about.

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 They are about life.

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 And yet,

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 they're trying

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 in a sense

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 in obeying God

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 to lose their life.

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 And yet,

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 what is the result?

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 They are gaining

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 their life

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 and proclaiming life

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 everywhere

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 they go.

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 the apostles

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 are participating

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 in the very

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 mission of Christ,

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 suffering like Christ,

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 obeying their

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 Heavenly Father

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 like Christ,

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 laying down their lives

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 like Christ,

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 for Christ.

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 Even still,

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 how is this possible?

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 I mean,

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 it is easy to say

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 I will follow you

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 even to your death

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 like St. Peter.

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 And then a servant girl

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 in the courtyard

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 of the high priest

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 says,

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 hey,

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 you have an accent

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 kind of like Jesus.

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 You were with him,

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 weren't you?

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 And then,

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 like Peter,

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 we cowered.

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 So,

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 what animates

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 the apostles here

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 to have this kind

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 of boldness,

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 this courage

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 that will cling

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 to the words

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 of life,

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 the gospel,

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 even though

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 in doing so

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 they risk dying?

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 What animates

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 the disciples

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 to lose their lives

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 for the sake

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 of the gospel?

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 The apostles

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 have seen

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 and experienced

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 the message

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 of life

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 in their own hearts.

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 Their lives

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 are transformed.

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 They've been given

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 the Holy Spirit

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 and now have

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 boldness to obey.

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 In a very real way,

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 they have fed

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 on the gospel,

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 fed on Christ.

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 They have

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 seen him

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 as infinitely greater

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 than anything

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 that they could hope

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 to achieve

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 in this life

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 that would somehow

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 give them meaning

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 for the life to come.

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 They have embraced

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 Christ

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 by his Spirit.

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 Salvation has come

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 to these men.

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 It's not that they

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 don't have times

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 where they falter.

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 If you remember

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 a couple weeks ago

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 after the first

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 confrontation

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 with the Sanhedrin,

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 they gather together

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 and they pray

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 for boldness

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 because

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 it would imply

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 that they're afraid.

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 It's difficult,

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 but this is what

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 they do.

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 They're feeding

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 on Christ.

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 If you try

00:15:10.539 --> 00:15:11.360
 to gain your life,

00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:12.039
 you will lose it,

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 but if you lose

00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:14.460
 your life for Christ's

00:15:14.460 --> 00:15:14.659
 sake,

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 you will gain it.

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 You see,

00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:17.480
 the message

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 of salvation

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 leads to

00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:22.039
 another paradoxical

00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:22.840
 reality

00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:24.620
 for the same message

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 is either a source

00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:26.360
 of condemnation

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 or one of redemption.

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 There can't be

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 an in-between.

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 So we've seen

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 first that

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 the Sanhedrin

00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:36.819
 trying to gain

00:15:36.819 --> 00:15:37.419
 their lives

00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:39.080
 are losing it

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 and also

00:15:40.299 --> 00:15:41.559
 spreading death.

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 But the disciples,

00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:43.419
 what are they doing?

00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.779
 They're losing their lives

00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:45.679
 for the sake of Christ

00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:46.639
 and life

00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:47.720
 is going out

00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:48.439
 from them.

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 They are being used

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 by God

00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:50.340
 to proclaim

00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:50.939
 the gospel

00:15:50.939 --> 00:15:52.000
 and salvation.

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 And now

00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.100
 we'll see that

00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:53.639
 that gospel

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.559
 is either

00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:55.379
 condemnation

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:57.039
 or redemption.

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 So look with me

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 at verse 27.

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 Get a quick drink

00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:01.820
 first.

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 Verse 27

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 and 28.

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 And when they,

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 that is the Sanhedrin,

00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:14.120
 brought them,

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 that is the apostles,

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 they set them

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 before the council

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 and the high priest

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 questioned them

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 saying,

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 We strictly charge you

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 not to teach

00:16:22.920 --> 00:16:23.640
 in this name.

00:16:24.140 --> 00:16:24.860
 Yet here you have

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 filled Jerusalem

00:16:25.560 --> 00:16:26.780
 with your teaching

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 and you intend

00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:28.560
 to bring

00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:29.919
 this man's blood

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 upon us.

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 Can't even say Jesus.

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 Bring this man's blood

00:16:35.019 --> 00:16:35.779
 upon us.

00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:37.439
 If you remember,

00:16:38.459 --> 00:16:40.159
 during the passion

00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:40.859
 of Christ,

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 Pilate stood

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 before the Jewish leaders

00:16:43.739 --> 00:16:44.799
 and the Jewish crowds

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 and he said

00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.679
 he found no fault

00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:48.299
 in this man.

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 And they said,

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 Crucify him all the same.

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 And then Pilate,

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 he symbolically,

00:16:53.839 --> 00:16:54.479
 he washed his hands

00:16:54.479 --> 00:16:55.779
 symbolically declaring

00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.859
 his innocence

00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:59.220
 of killing Christ.

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 Now,

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 that didn't somehow

00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:03.139
 make him innocent of it

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 but that's what he did

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 in front of the crowd.

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 And he said

00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:08.880
 in verse 25

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 of Matthew chapter 27,

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 His blood,

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 that is Jesus' blood,

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 be on,

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 or this blood is on you

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 and then,

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 sorry,

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 and then the crowd,

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 the Jewish crowd

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 said in response,

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 His blood be on us

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 and on our children.

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 Then Pilate

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 released for them

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 Barabbas

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 and having scourged

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 Jesus,

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:27.259
 delivered him

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:27.940
 to be crucified.

00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:30.259
 They have short memories.

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 They said,

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 listen,

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 in verse 27 and 28

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 of chapter 5

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 in Acts,

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 You are intent

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 to bring this man's blood

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 upon our heads.

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 That's,

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 that's,

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 that's not our problem.

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 We're not guilty

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 of this man's death

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 and yet,

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 at the passion,

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 they said,

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 be upon our heads

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 and on our children's heads.

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 He is guilty

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 if,

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 if he is found

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 not guilty,

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 whatever,

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 we'll deal with it.

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 May his blood,

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 we are the cause

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 of this man

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 going to the cross.

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 And they,

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 they did,

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 they played a huge part

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 in the death of Jesus.

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 It might have been

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 Roman nails

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 going into his hands

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 and feet,

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 but surely,

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 surely,

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 it was

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 the,

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 the pressure

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 and the desire

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 of Christ's own people

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 that sent him

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 to the cross.

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 And really,

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 us as well.

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 But here,

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 the Sanhedrin,

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 they do have

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 blood on their heads.

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 They do have

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 dirty hands

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 in all of this.

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 They are condemned

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 for their sin.

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 So let's continue.

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 Verse 29.

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 But Peter

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 and the apostles

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 answered,

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 We must obey

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 God rather than men.

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 The God of our fathers

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 raised Jesus

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 whom you killed

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 by hanging him

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 on a tree.

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 God exalted him

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 at his right hand

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 as leader and savior

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 to give repentance

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 to Israel

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 and forgiveness

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 of sins.

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 And we are witnesses

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 to these things.

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 And so is the Holy Spirit

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 whom God has given

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 to those who obey him.

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 Peter does not mince words.

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 He gives them

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 the straight truth

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 of the gospel.

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 And he continues

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 his bold preaching

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 by emphasizing

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 three key aspects

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 of the gospel message.

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 The first,

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 this is not

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 a new religion.

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 This is the culmination

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 of the biblical message,

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 the reference to

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 our fathers.

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 It's Abraham,

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 Isaac,

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 and Jacob.

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 This is not a new religion

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 that just we conjured up

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 or we follow some guy

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 that twisted the Bible.

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 This is our faith.

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 The second is that

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 repentance and forgiveness

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 of sins

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 are extended

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 to all of Israel.

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 And this is

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 the wonderful thing

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 about it.

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 Even to them.

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 I mean,

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 it says right here

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 in verse 30,

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 verse 31,

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 God exalted him

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 at his right hand

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 as leader and savior

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 to give repentance

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 to Israel

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 and forgiveness

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 of sins.

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 Peter is saying,

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 this gospel

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 is so remarkable

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 that it extends

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 to you.

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 You with blood

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 upon your heads,

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 you who have

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.960
 dirty hands,

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 it is for you.

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 And the third thing

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 who testifies

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 to the resurrection

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 is now given

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 as a gift

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 to all those

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 who live

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 a life of faith.

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 So in short,

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 the salvation

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 that is proclaimed

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 is extended

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 to the very people

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 who killed

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 Christ himself

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 because the grace

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 of God

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 is truly that big.

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 The sacrifice

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 of Christ

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 on the cross

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 was that complete.

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 He gives repentance

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 and forgiveness

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 of sins,

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 salvation

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 even to the Sanhedrin.

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 But what does it mean

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 for the Lord

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 to give repentance?

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 I mean,

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 normally we repent,

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 but what does it mean

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 for God

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.420
 to give repentance?

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 Through Christ,

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 an opportunity

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 to be reconciled

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 is extended

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 that would otherwise

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 be impossible.

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 That is what it means

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 for God

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 to give repentance.

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 The gift of repentance

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 is an open door

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 for reconciliation.

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 I'll share a story.

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 Hopefully it illuminates

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 it a bit more.

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 I was 20.

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 I was hurt really bad

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 by someone close to me

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 and I decided

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 that I was done

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 talking to that person.

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 And six months

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 went by

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 and I didn't answer

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 phone calls

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 or I didn't text back

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 using QWERTY

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 on my flip phone.

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 A little throwback there.

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 I didn't even have

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 a Blackberry at the time.

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 I was not interested

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 at all in reconciliation.

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 I was,

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 I decided that

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 that was it

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 except six months later

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 and I felt convicted

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 that I needed to

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 extend,

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 in a sense,

00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:55.240
 an olive branch

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.640
 for reconciliation.

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 Now,

00:21:57.300 --> 00:21:57.960
 I'm not somehow

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 lifting myself up

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 because six months

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 is far too long

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:02.059
 and there's

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:03.259
 another part of the story

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.000
 that is

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.379
 inconsequential

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.659
 to this example.

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 But there would be

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.599
 no opportunity

00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:12.519
 for reconciliation

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.859
 if I did not

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.519
 extend

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:15.819
 an opportunity

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:17.039
 for repentance.

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 Whether or not

00:22:18.399 --> 00:22:18.799
 that person

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.559
 took the repentance,

00:22:21.159 --> 00:22:21.359
 okay,

00:22:21.419 --> 00:22:22.139
 it's one thing,

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.899
 but I extended

00:22:23.899 --> 00:22:24.559
 repentance

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.500
 so that

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:27.059
 there would be

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:27.859
 a possibility,

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.319
 an open door

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:30.439
 of reconciliation.

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 This is precisely

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:35.459
 what Peter is saying here.

00:22:36.639 --> 00:22:38.039
 The God of our forefathers

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.839
 who raised Christ

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.559
 from the dead,

00:22:39.939 --> 00:22:41.039
 whom he sent to die

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:42.339
 for your sins,

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.519
 who is seated

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.699
 at the right hand

00:22:44.699 --> 00:22:46.679
 of God the Father

00:22:46.679 --> 00:22:47.779
 has opened the door

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:49.219
 for repentance

00:22:49.219 --> 00:22:50.199
 so that forgiveness

00:22:50.199 --> 00:22:51.079
 and reconciliation

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:52.179
 can take place

00:22:52.179 --> 00:22:53.919
 for us to be united

00:22:53.919 --> 00:22:54.599
 to God

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.399
 through Christ

00:22:55.399 --> 00:22:56.559
 so that his very spirit

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:58.159
 comes to reside

00:22:58.159 --> 00:22:58.839
 in us.

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 That we

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:01.839
 because of our sin

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.519
 are alienated

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.199
 from God

00:23:04.199 --> 00:23:05.139
 and there is no

00:23:05.139 --> 00:23:06.299
 amount of things

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.039
 that we can do

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.299
 to get him

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.240
 to notice us

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:10.519
 or to put him

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.339
 in a situation

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.579
 where he has to

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.439
 forgive us

00:23:13.439 --> 00:23:14.079
 but instead

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:15.139
 God

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:16.379
 unilaterally

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:18.639
 he gives repentance

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:20.179
 an opportunity

00:23:20.179 --> 00:23:20.979
 for reconciliation.

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.559
 this is the grace

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.559
 of God

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.500
 at work

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:26.240
 and that's

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:27.019
 precisely what

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:28.440
 Peter is saying.

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.599
 Friends,

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.740
 this is the gospel message.

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.559
 The invitation

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.460
 for repentance

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.299
 and forgiveness

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.660
 if embraced

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:37.059
 is in a sense

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:38.259
 to bring this man

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:39.660
 Jesus,

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.920
 his blood

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.920
 upon your head

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.640
 but not for

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.759
 condemnation

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.400
 any longer

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.980
 but for cleansing

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:48.100
 for salvation.

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:50.300
 It's interesting

00:23:50.300 --> 00:23:50.880
 how the blood

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.320
 of Christ

00:23:51.320 --> 00:23:51.840
 for those

00:23:51.840 --> 00:23:52.540
 that are choosing

00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:54.259
 by God's spirit

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.280
 to embrace

00:23:55.280 --> 00:23:56.640
 the gospel message

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:58.040
 it cleanses

00:23:58.040 --> 00:23:58.640
 of sin.

00:23:58.780 --> 00:23:59.660
 It's a beautiful thing

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:01.200
 but when

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.980
 we try to

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.960
 self-justify

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.680
 and push

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.740
 Christ away

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:06.160
 that blood

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:07.180
 becomes

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:08.120
 condemnation

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.780
 upon us

00:24:08.780 --> 00:24:10.540
 and it testifies

00:24:10.540 --> 00:24:11.220
 to us

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:12.960
 that we

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:14.019
 are not

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.720
 forgiven

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.600
 that our sins

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.220
 are not

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:17.160
 taken away

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 that reconciliation

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:19.779
 is not ours.

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.740
 The same

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.839
 message

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:27.220
 of the gospel

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:28.160
 is condemnation

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.799
 for those

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.980
 who want to

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.980
 pursue salvation

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.059
 on their own terms

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:33.380
 that is divorced

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:35.059
 from a

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.559
 reconciliation

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.460
 with God.

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.160
 It's a very

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.960
 instructive text

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.420
 for us.

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.819
 There's no

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.859
 middle ground

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:43.159
 it would seem

00:24:43.159 --> 00:24:45.599
 for the gospel

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.019
 message

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.599
 is either

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.159
 reconciliation

00:24:47.159 --> 00:24:47.779
 or not.

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.279
 The blood

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.200
 upon

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:50.919
 our heads

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:52.259
 are either

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.779
 for cleansing

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.679
 or condemnation.

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.179
 So once again

00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:56.059
 if you try

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:57.159
 to lose your life

00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:58.399
 if you try

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:59.119
 to gain your life

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.759
 you will lose it

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.519
 but if you lose

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:00.899
 your life

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.720
 for Christ's sake

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:03.919
 you will gain it.

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.299
 So how do

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:06.000
 the Jewish leaders

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.599
 respond?

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.799
 Verse 33

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:11.519
 When they heard

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.940
 this

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:13.279
 they were

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.039
 enraged

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.940
 and wanted

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.740
 to kill them.

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.779
 Here friends

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.339
 is the first

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.960
 instance

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.700
 of public

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.339
 dishonor

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.480
 and physical

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.180
 persecution

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:23.079
 in the church

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:24.339
 and yet

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:25.220
 we see the

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.680
 apostles

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:27.579
 not cower

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:29.759
 but rejoice.

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:31.019
 And this brings

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.419
 us to our

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:32.440
 third and final

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.559
 example about

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.180
 how the gospel

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:35.200
 is paradoxical

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:37.319
 for the gospel

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.960
 brings honor

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.100
 through dishonor.

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.299
 Look at

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.160
 verse 34

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:43.279
 to 42.

00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:43.960
 I'm going to

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.480
 jump around

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.799
 a bit

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:46.080
 here.

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.180
 When they

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.819
 heard this

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.380
 they were

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:48.840
 enraged

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.180
 and wanted

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.580
 to kill

00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:49.799
 them.

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.559
 But a

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.019
 Pharisee

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.259
 in the

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.559
 council

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:51.819
 named

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.340
 Gamaliel

00:25:52.340 --> 00:25:52.840
 a teacher

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.120
 of the

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.360
 law

00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:54.080
 held

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:54.620
 in honor

00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:55.080
 by all

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:55.460
 people

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.500
 stood up

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 and gave

00:25:56.840 --> 00:25:57.220
 orders

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.559
 to put

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:57.819
 the men

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.299
 outside

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.680
 for a

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:58.779
 little

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.100
 while.

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.080
 And he

00:26:00.080 --> 00:26:00.460
 said to

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:00.660
 them

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.200
 and I'm

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.620
 not going

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:01.940
 to read

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.380
 this

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:02.980
 section

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:05.120
 but he

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.660
 sums it

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.319
 up here

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.920
 in verse

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.380
 38.

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.539
 So in

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:08.920
 the present

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.539
 case I

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.000
 tell you

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.920
 keep away

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.339
 from these

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:11.759
 men and

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.079
 let them

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.400
 alone.

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.440
 For if

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.180
 this plan

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.039
 or this

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.579
 undertaking

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.000
 is of

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.380
 man it

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:16.839
 will fail

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.220
 but if

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.440
 it is

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.900
 of God

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.240
 you will

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.740
 not be

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.200
 able to

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.640
 overthrow

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:19.940
 them.

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:20.720
 You

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.400
 might even

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.000
 be found

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.620
 opposing

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.579
 God.

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:24.620
 We'll

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:24.940
 continue.

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.860
 So the

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.240
 Sanhedrin

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.559
 took his

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.799
 advice and

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.160
 when they

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.660
 had called

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:29.960
 in the

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.380
 apostles

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:30.980
 they beat

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.860
 them and

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.519
 that beating

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.960
 them almost

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:34.200
 certainly is

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.559
 40 lashes

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.220
 minus 1.

00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:36.680
 It wasn't

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.100
 a few

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:37.500
 slaps

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:37.900
 around.

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.620
 They

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.460
 flayed

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.640
 their

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.039
 back.

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.360
 They

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:44.640
 beat

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.019
 them and

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.319
 charged

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.680
 them not

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.140
 to speak

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:46.400
 in the

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.720
 name of

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.240
 Jesus and

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.539
 let them

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:47.819
 go.

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:48.900
 Then

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.539
 the

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.960
 apostles

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.620
 left the

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.100
 presence of

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.579
 the council

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.579
 rejoicing

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.360
 that they

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:53.940
 were counted

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.640
 worthy to

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.460
 suffer dishonor

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.299
 for the

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.559
 name.

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.059
 Excuse

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.259
 me.

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.960
 We're

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.100
 going to

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.460
 look a

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.740
 bit more

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.100
 deeply

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:02.220
 at Gamaliel

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.680
 when we

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.059
 explore

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.339
 St.

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.680
 Paul's

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.100
 conversion

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:04.600
 in chapter

00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:05.279
 9 of

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.700
 Acts.

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.940
 But what

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.500
 is interesting

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.019
 here is

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:09.279
 that a

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.940
 Pharisee was

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.779
 a voice of

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.640
 reason and

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.160
 moderation.

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.460
 Especially

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.860
 given what

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.380
 we see in

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.960
 the Gospels

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.279
 of this

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.500
 opposition to

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.720
 Christ by

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.980
 the Pharisees.

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.700
 Gamaliel,

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.220
 he highlights

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.819
 the truth that

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.519
 God's plan

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.460
 has an

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.079
 ultimate and

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.860
 triumphant

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:27.380
 telos or

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:29.180
 end that

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.880
 cannot be

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.360
 thwarted.

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.840
 God's

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:32.460
 plans can't

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.040
 be uprooted.

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.880
 They can't

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:35.140
 be squashed.

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.260
 Even when

00:27:36.260 --> 00:27:36.820
 the evil

00:27:36.820 --> 00:27:37.540
 earthly and

00:27:37.540 --> 00:27:38.540
 cosmic powers

00:27:38.540 --> 00:27:39.840
 coalesced to

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.540
 destroy the

00:27:40.540 --> 00:27:41.580
 Savior, it

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.200
 resulted in

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.600
 the complete

00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:43.000
 opposite.

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.840
 So too

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.240
 with the

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.500
 church.

00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:46.080
 The church

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.940
 is the

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.580
 body of

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:48.020
 Christ.

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:48.980
 So the

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.500
 destiny of

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.020
 Christ the

00:27:51.020 --> 00:27:51.960
 head is

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.640
 the destiny

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.540
 of the

00:27:53.540 --> 00:27:54.040
 church which

00:27:54.040 --> 00:27:54.680
 is Christ's

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:54.940
 body.

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.520
 So it would

00:27:56.520 --> 00:27:57.160
 be incredibly

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:58.940
 foolish in

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.420
 a sense to

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.019
 follow after

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.500
 a murdered

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.860
 leader risking

00:28:01.860 --> 00:28:02.620
 life and

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.799
 limb unless

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.559
 that leader

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.240
 was fully

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.720
 man and

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.299
 fully God

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.779
 rising from

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.620
 the grave and

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.420
 ascending into

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.620
 heaven and

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:11.200
 providing the

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.019
 opportunity for

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.680
 repentance and

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.519
 reconciliation and

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:15.059
 the promise that

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.779
 it would happen to

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.660
 them as well.

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:19.240
 That this

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.980
 Christ who

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:21.299
 conquered death

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.120
 even if they

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.920
 were to die

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:24.019
 on the spot

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.460
 by the

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.039
 Sanhedrin,

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.039
 they too

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:27.539
 would rise

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:27.900
 again.

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:30.780
 because Christ

00:28:30.780 --> 00:28:31.920
 rose again to

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.340
 new life,

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.940
 the apostles

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:34.420
 had the same

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.780
 confidence that

00:28:35.780 --> 00:28:36.580
 even if they

00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:37.160
 lost their

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.360
 mortal lives

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:39.120
 bearing witness

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:39.820
 to the gospel,

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.040
 their destiny

00:28:41.040 --> 00:28:41.660
 would be the

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.400
 same as their

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:42.880
 master.

00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:45.340
 They are

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:46.540
 honored to

00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:47.259
 be dishonored.

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:47.640
 They are

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.900
 honored to

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.540
 be connected

00:28:49.540 --> 00:28:50.820
 to Christ at

00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:51.980
 the cost of

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.700
 being dishonored

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.320
 by man.

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:53.840
 They are

00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:55.660
 graced to

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.780
 be disgraced.

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:59.240
 How is this

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.340
 such a,

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.120
 I mean the

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.660
 paradox,

00:29:01.820 --> 00:29:02.680
 it flies in the

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.540
 face of

00:29:03.540 --> 00:29:04.640
 conventional

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.360
 thinking and

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:06.920
 yet this is

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:08.440
 the beauty of

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.980
 the gospel.

00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:11.740
 If you try to

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.380
 gain your life,

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.880
 you will lose

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.120
 it.

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.440
 But if you

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.840
 lose your

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.259
 life for

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.900
 Christ's sake,

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.400
 you will

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:16.940
 gain it.

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.220
 Just to wrap

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.680
 things up,

00:29:19.780 --> 00:29:20.480
 what a paradox.

00:29:21.600 --> 00:29:22.100
 The persecution

00:29:22.100 --> 00:29:22.880
 of the church,

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.780
 it results in the

00:29:23.780 --> 00:29:24.300
 spread of the

00:29:24.300 --> 00:29:25.500
 gospel to the

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.040
 ends of the

00:29:26.040 --> 00:29:26.180
 earth.

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.539
 We'll see

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.060
 that after

00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:27.759
 the stoning

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.340
 of Stephen

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:28.740
 in Acts

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.360
 chapter 7

00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:30.039
 and into

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:31.039
 Acts chapter

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.380
 8.

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.019
 The second

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:34.200
 century church

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.779
 father,

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.360
 Tertullian,

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:35.740
 said the

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.259
 blood of

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.019
 the martyrs

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.779
 is the

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.160
 seed of

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.560
 the church,

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:38.940
 which is

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.400
 to say

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.640
 that you

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.500
 can persecute

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.220
 the church

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:44.160
 as much

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.680
 and as

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.259
 heavy as

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.740
 you want,

00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:46.140
 but it

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.779
 will result

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.240
 in the

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.640
 opposite.

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:48.860
 It will

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.340
 spread the

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:50.080
 gospel far

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.640
 and wide.

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.880
 And friends,

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.400
 this is our

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:54.920
 hope as

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.160
 well.

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:56.400
 that to

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.779
 gain our

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.160
 lives,

00:29:57.300 --> 00:29:57.680
 we must

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.279
 lose them.

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.320
 We must

00:29:59.320 --> 00:29:59.940
 lose our

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.460
 lives,

00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:02.779
 our ambitions

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.460
 that go too

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.940
 far,

00:30:04.300 --> 00:30:05.360
 our desires,

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:08.400
 our ambitious

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:09.080
 desires that

00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:09.440
 turn into

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.259
 jealousy and

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.680
 envy,

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:11.700
 because we

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.720
 are bent

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:14.000
 and broken

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.640
 inside.

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.660
 And we

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.880
 cannot achieve

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.740
 a salvation

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.620
 that is

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:20.000
 eternal and

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:21.400
 forever in

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.120
 the presence of

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:22.940
 God by our

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:24.340
 own strong

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:25.180
 work or

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.240
 good deeds.

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.860
 So we

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.500
 lose our

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.920
 lives.

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.259
 We die to

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.120
 these selfish

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.680
 ambitions,

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:36.019
 these self-congratulations

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:37.460
 and self-condemnations.

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:39.200
 We die to what

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:40.320
 seems like wisdom

00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:41.580
 in our world

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:43.539
 so that in

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.400
 our lives we

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.120
 may live forever

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:46.019
 united to Christ.

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:46.900
 And friends,

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.039
 to be a blessing

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.079
 to those

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.779
 around us,

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:51.000
 to be a

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.700
 fragrance

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:54.180
 around decay,

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.639
 life where

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.220
 there's death.

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:01.259
 This is the

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.299
 paradox of

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.779
 the gospel

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.720
 and it is

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.359
 good news

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:05.399
 for us

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:07.539
 this morning.

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:08.039
 Let us pray.

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.399
 Lord,

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:11.960
 we thank you

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.579
 for the

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.480
 wonderful examples

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.139
 of the

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.480
 apostles.

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.620
 apostles,

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.400
 men,

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:19.120
 men just

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:20.440
 like us

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.799
 today,

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.599
 mortal,

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.519
 frail,

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:25.039
 given to

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.759
 worry and

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.299
 anxiety,

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.559
 fears,

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:28.940
 times where

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.380
 we are not

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:30.140
 courageous,

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.819
 and yet by

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.200
 your Holy

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.700
 Spirit,

00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:33.860
 by your

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.339
 power,

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:36.500
 by the

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.039
 grace that

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.559
 you give,

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.279
 that they

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.019
 were able to

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.519
 do wonderful

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:39.900
 things.

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.240
 And Lord,

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:41.299
 that is our

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.960
 destiny as

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.200
 well,

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.579
 to bear

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:44.240
 witness to

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.779
 the cross,

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.460
 to not

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.859
 cower,

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.299
 but by

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.940
 your strength

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.500
 to obey.

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.819
 Lord,

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.579
 we pray that

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:51.960
 we would

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:53.180
 embrace that

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.720
 wonderful,

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.240
 beautiful,

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.259
 paradoxical

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:56.180
 gospel.

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.539
 Lord,

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:57.900
 that we

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.220
 would be

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.779
 people that

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.339
 lose our

00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:01.620
 life for

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:02.319
 your sake,

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:04.120
 trusting that

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.680
 the life that

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.339
 you give us

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:06.160
 when we lose

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:07.420
 our life is

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.160
 not just good

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.579
 in the here

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:08.900
 and now,

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.599
 but eternal

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:11.079
 and wonderful,

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.380
 full of joy,

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:13.580
 abounding

00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:15.520
 in glory.

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:16.820
 So Lord,

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:18.260
 we lift

00:32:18.260 --> 00:32:18.640
 these things

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.120
 up to you.

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.820
 We pray that

00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:20.020
 you would

00:32:20.020 --> 00:32:20.540
 help us

00:32:20.540 --> 00:32:21.480
 to obey

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.780
 you,

00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:22.440
 help us

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:22.880
 to trust

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.220
 in you,

00:32:23.320 --> 00:32:23.580
 help us

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:24.160
 to feed

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:25.560
 on this

00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:25.940
 wonderful

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.400
 message.

00:32:27.020 --> 00:32:27.360
 We pray

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.680
 this in

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.020
 Christ's

00:32:28.020 --> 00:32:28.180
 name.

00:32:29.060 --> 00:32:29.360
 Amen.

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.520
 Amen.

00:32:29.520 --> 00:32:29.540
 Amen.

00:32:29.540 --> 00:32:29.580
 Amen.

00:32:29.580 --> 00:32:29.640
 Amen.

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:29.700
 Amen.

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:31.640
 Amen.

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:33.420
 Amen.

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.640
 Amen.

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:35.540
 Amen.

00:32:35.540 --> 00:32:37.620
 Amen.

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:41.520
 Amen.

00:32:41.520 --> 00:32:41.580
 Amen.

00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:41.640
 Amen.

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.360
 Amen.