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 Well, folks, great to see you this morning.

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 It's my first time actually back in the building

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 since we've been allowed just a few more people.

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 So it is great to see more of you here.

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 And just for the place to feel a bit back to what it was before.

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 Can you remember those days when we used to all pack in here and meet?

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 It was great.

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 And we should be so thankful to God for his common grace to us as a country

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 that this is even possible.

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 So let's not lose sight of that.

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 And let's just grab the privilege of both horns

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 and let's turn to God's word this morning.

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 Acts chapter 3.

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 I want you to come there with me if you've got your Bibles.

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 We're just going to dive straight into this wonderful passage

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 as we continue on in our series in the book of Acts.

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 Now, you up for a few fun facts as we begin?

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 Yeah?

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 A couple of fun facts for you to do with listening.

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 Okay?

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 Apparently the average person in the UK, not calling any of you average,

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 but the average person in the UK has 27 conversations a day.

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 Thought it was quite interesting this week when I learned it.

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 Maybe you can think about it in your own life.

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 Is that true?

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 27 conversations.

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 Off the back of that, here's the one I found even more interesting.

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 Apparently, in each of those conversations,

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 within the first eight seconds,

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 we have decided whether we're going to listen or not.

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 Quite interesting, isn't it?

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 Glad we're not doing tea and coffee after the service today.

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 Could be a little awkward to check if you're listening.

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 But eight seconds is what we're willing to give it, apparently.

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 Which is shocking when you think about it.

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 Our attention span these days is eight seconds.

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 If you're in need of a humbling this morning,

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 know that a goldfish has one of nine.

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 But eight seconds, apparently, is all we're willing to give it.

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 Now, what do they say is always true about observational humour?

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 Why is it funny?

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 It's funny because it's true.

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 Yeah?

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 Funny because it's true.

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 What we need to understand is that

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 I think those facts make a legit point.

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 Whether we realise or not,

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 we're walking around asking ourselves subconsciously,

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 why should I listen to you?

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 Why should I listen to you?

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 Seems fitting this week of all weeks, doesn't it?

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 Election week.

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 Why should I listen to you?

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 The thing for us to see is we're not the first generation

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 who kind of lives our lives according to that maxim.

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 Okay?

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 I think Luke, as he pens Acts,

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 is well aware that Theophilus and his generation,

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 as they read this book,

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 are asking them that precise question

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 as they come to chapter three.

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 Particularly at this point in the story of Acts.

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 If you've got it there,

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 flick back to chapter two

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 and kind of refresh yourself

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 as to what we saw a few weeks ago.

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 Okay?

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 What's going on in Acts chapter two?

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 The gospel has publicly burst onto the scene.

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 Day of Pentecost.

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 Peter preaches.

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 The spirit moves.

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 3,000 people are converted.

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 Okay?

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 That's what the kids today would call scenes,

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 isn't it?

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 What a scene that is.

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 3,000 people converted.

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 But that was just one day,

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 let's be honest.

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 Right?

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 One day.

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 I mean, are his,

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 Peter and his message,

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 are they just another one-hit wonder?

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 Right?

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 Just one day.

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 Are they just another one-hit wonder?

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 World's full of them, isn't it?

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 Gina G, Sinead O'Connor,

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 crash test dummies,

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 pick your generation.

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 Or is it a classic example

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 of a kind of phase

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 that people react to,

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 one that will come and go, right?

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 Kind of like flares,

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 if some of you remember those things.

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 And besides, let's be honest,

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 anyone, if they try hard enough,

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 can attract a crowd.

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 Yeah?

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 If you want proof of that,

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 just go to the Royal Mile

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 festival time in August.

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 Anyone who stands up

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 and shouts with a few colors,

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 they can draw a crowd to come

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 and listen to what they've got to say.

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 So, why should we listen to Peter?

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 Particularly as he says

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 in verse 22 of chapter 3,

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 we've got it there,

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 quoting Moses,

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 listen to him as he tells us,

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 listen to Jesus.

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 Do you see it?

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 Listen to Jesus.

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 Cracking question.

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 Why should I listen to him?

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 Think in Acts chapter 3,

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 Luke gives us two big reasons

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 why we should listen.

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 But before we get there,

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 let me just say,

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 whoever you are here today,

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 our souls need this.

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 They need this.

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 If you're not a Christian here today,

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 right,

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 you're going to meet a crowd of people here

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 who have got Jesus wrong.

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 Right?

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 It's the kind of point of the sermon.

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 You have got him wrong.

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 And they're being called

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 to change their minds

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 as to who Jesus is.

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 And it's not just kind of outing them

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 that they've done bad stuff.

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 This is an invitation

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 to come and know

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 the God of the Bible.

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 Come and know

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 the blessing

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 of knowing

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 him.

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 And you're going to be presented today

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 with a God

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 who is way bigger

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 and way better

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 than I bet

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 that you think he is.

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 And what he's offering you

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 in the person of Jesus

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 is incredible.

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 Right?

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 Maybe you're a Christian here today.

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 Friends,

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 I want

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 our hearts

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 to be strengthened

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 by this.

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 Because I tell you

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 what I feel like often.

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 Okay?

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 For Chloe's birthday,

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 she's upstairs,

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 I can say this.

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 For her birthday,

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 we got her a huge,

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 I say we,

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 Alex,

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 we got her a huge

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 helium unicorn balloon.

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 Right?

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 She loved it.

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 Loved it.

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 But her birthday

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 was at the beginning

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 of March.

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 Right?

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 And one who likes

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 things tidy,

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 I kind of broached

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 the subject

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 as it sits in our house.

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 Is it time

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 that the balloon

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 went down?

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 Tell you what,

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 I'm never making

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 that mistake again.

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 Okay?

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 That didn't go down well,

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 which is more than

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 can be said of the balloon.

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 But what I've observed

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 as I've watched

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 this balloon

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 in our home

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 is it just

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 gradually,

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 gradually

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 has deflated.

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 Slowly,

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 slowly

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 has leaked.

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 Once it was

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 banging off the ceiling,

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 now it's just

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 hovering above the floor

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 because it's just

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 leaked,

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 leaked.

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 And how often

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 is that true

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 for us spiritually?

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 We leak the gospel.

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 Don't we?

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 We just leak

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 the promises.

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 I take our eyes

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 off of Christ.

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 We need a glorious

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 picture of Him

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 to be pulsing

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 through our veins.

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 The glory

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 of who this God is.

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 Friends,

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 that's why we need

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 Acts chapter 3

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 in our systems today.

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 That's why we need

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 to breathe it in

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 in asking that God

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 through His Spirit,

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 the glorious gospel

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 promises that we

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 encounter here.

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 He would breathe

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 life into our lungs

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 again.

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 So the invitation

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 here is to come

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 and drink this in,

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 come and breathe

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 this in.

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 This is

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 Jesus Christ.

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 So back to

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 our central question,

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 why should I listen

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 to Him?

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 Well, here's what

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 Luke does.

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 He gives us

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 two reasons.

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 Firstly,

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 he tells us about

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 the miracle

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 that's solid proof

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 of the future.

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 The miracle

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 that's solid proof

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 of the future.

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 So here are

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 Peter and John

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 verse 1,

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 if you come to

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 the text,

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 verse 1.

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 See where they're

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 going?

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 Off to the temple

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 to pray.

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 Love that they're

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 still being obedient

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 at this point

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 in the story.

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 Off to the temple

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 to pray.

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 And they encounter

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 a man.

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 Now notice the details.

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 None of this is wasted.

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 Notice the details

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 about this man.

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 His is a tragic story

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 really when you

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 think about it.

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 What are we told?

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 He's a man

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 lame from birth.

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 So he's never

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 walked a day

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 in his life.

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 And each day

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 he's taken

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 to the temple

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 precinct

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 by a group

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 of people.

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 I don't know,

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 maybe these people

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 are in it

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 for the money.

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 That's why they

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 take him there.

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 They get a cut

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 of it.

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 I don't know.

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 But they take him

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 every day

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 to the temple

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 precinct

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 so that he can

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 beg for money.

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 Okay?

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 Now I think

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 if this is

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 happening daily,

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 then I think

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 we can assume

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 that he is

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 what we'd call

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 part of the furniture.

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 Right?

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 Part of the furniture.

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 People see him

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 every day.

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 People know him

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 to say hello to.

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 I mean,

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 you know what it's like.

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 I remember I used

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 to walk from

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 side of town

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 across town

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 to here.

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 Every day

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 you pass the same

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 people on the streets.

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 Every day

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 you know where they sit.

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 You notice when

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 they're not there.

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 It's kind of

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 what's going on

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 with this man.

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 He's there every day.

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 Part of the furniture.

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 And I'm sure

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 the irony

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 wouldn't have been

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 lost on Theophilus

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 and the original readers

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 that the man,

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 do you see where he's sitting?

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 The man who's sitting

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 at the beautiful gate

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 has anything other

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 than a beautiful life.

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 But the other irony

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 which they're about to get,

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 we're about to get

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 both barrels,

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 is that the man

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 who can't walk

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 is about to become

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 the subject

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 of the first miracle

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 and acts

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 associated with

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 the gospel

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 that's going to

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 sprint throughout

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 the world.

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 Looks into irony.

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 Love it.

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 That's what the gospel

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 is going to do.

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 It's going to sprint

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 throughout the world.

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 So Peter and John

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 are passing this man

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 and presumably

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 for no other reason

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 than they have been

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 prompted by the Holy Spirit.

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 They stop to speak to him.

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 They've got no money

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 but what they do have

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 is the authority

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 of the risen Christ.

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 Okay?

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 And they say to the man

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 in verse 6,

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 stand up and walk.

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 And the man,

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 not gradually

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 or partially

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 notice the detail

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 in the text

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 immediately

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 does just that.

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 It's incredible,

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 isn't it?

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 Incredible that this

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 is happening.

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 What's even more

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 incredible,

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 I found in the story,

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 what does the man

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 do next?

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 I mean,

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 presumably if you think

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 about it,

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 he could have gone up,

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 he could have done

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 a few laps

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 in the temple courts,

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 people's jaws

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 would have hit the ground,

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 he could have posed

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 for a few photos,

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 he could have gone

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 back to begging

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 and he would have

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 made a fortune,

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 would he not?

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 But there's newfound

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 faith in this man's

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 heart.

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 He understands

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 what has happened,

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 I think.

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 And verse 8,

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 he enters the temple,

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 I bet he's never been

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 in there in his life.

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 Here is a worshiper,

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 what's he doing?

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 Walking and leaping

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 and praising God.

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 I mean,

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 somebody should really

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 write a kid's song

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 about that,

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 shouldn't they?

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 Walking and leaping

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 and praising God.

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 And here's where Luke,

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 I think,

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 brings in the eyewitness

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 details.

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 Come with me,

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 verse 9,

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 all the people saw him.

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 Verse 10,

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 they recognized him,

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 so they're saying

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 to themselves,

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 hey,

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 that's the guy,

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 that's the guy.

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 We see every day

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 and filled with

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 wondering questions,

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 they kind of testifying

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 to one another

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 that we've never seen

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 anything like this before.

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 So headline,

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 Temple Today,

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 News at 6,

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 Lame Man Walks.

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 Lame Man Walks.

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 Now,

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 lest we think

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 this is just a nice event,

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 I think there's two big things

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 going on in the background here.

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 Okay,

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 firstly,

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 this is proof

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 of the authority

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 that the risen Jesus

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 has given to his apostles

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 to authenticate them

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 and their message,

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 what they're doing

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 in the eyes

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 of the watching world.

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 Okay,

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 in other words,

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 this is heaven's

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 stamp of approval

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 on what they are doing

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 and what they are saying.

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 Now,

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 that's important.

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 Okay,

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 I'll tell you why

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 that's important,

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 because their testimony

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 about Jesus

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 is going to be

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 the foundation

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 on which the church

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 is built.

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 Okay,

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 if you remember last week

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 back to the end of chapter 2,

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 what were the disciples

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 devoting themselves to?

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 Right?

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 What were they devoting

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 themselves to?

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 The apostles'

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 teaching.

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 One of the things,

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 right?

00:12:39.500 --> 00:12:40.300
 The apostles' teaching.

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 So,

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 in the years to come,

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 if you're reading Acts,

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 you wonder what this

00:12:43.680 --> 00:12:44.560
 Christianity business

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 is all about.

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 You're thinking about

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 joining a local church.

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 That's a really good fact

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 to know.

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 When you can't

00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:53.179
 physically see Jesus,

00:12:53.460 --> 00:12:53.600
 right?

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 It's the same for us today.

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 You can trust

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 what the apostles

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 have said about him.

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 Right?

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 We can do that today.

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 We can pick up our Bibles.

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 We can read what they were saying.

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 Eyewitness details.

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 Bang,

00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:06.639
 we can trust it.

00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:07.879
 Okay?

00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:09.879
 And so,

00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:10.679
 this miracle,

00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:11.779
 in that sense,

00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:13.679
 is solid proof

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 of the future.

00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:15.700
 Right?

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 But in another sense,

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 here I think we get

00:13:21.460 --> 00:13:22.720
 a wonderful foretaste

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 of God's new creation.

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 Think back,

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 if you can remember it back,

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 to the reading that

00:13:30.300 --> 00:13:31.620
 Jenny brought us

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 from Isaiah chapter 35.

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 Right?

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 Isaiah's speaking

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 to his generation

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 and he's pleading with them.

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 Have you heard it

00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:39.940
 in the language there?

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 Take courage.

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 Take heart.

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 It's a terrible time

00:13:43.540 --> 00:13:44.180
 for the nation.

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 A visual.

00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:45.879
 Take heart.

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 God will visit us.

00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:49.159
 God will save us.

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 Keep trusting in him.

00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:51.879
 And Isaiah's describing

00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:53.659
 the new creation

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 that God will bring in.

00:13:55.439 --> 00:13:56.319
 What he will do

00:13:56.319 --> 00:13:57.639
 after he's visited his people

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 in the times to come.

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 He's going to bring in

00:14:00.179 --> 00:14:02.120
 this renewed creation.

00:14:04.199 --> 00:14:05.219
 And he describes

00:14:05.219 --> 00:14:06.159
 what it's going to be like

00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:07.600
 when creation is freed

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 from its bondage

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 and its doing,

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 its glorifying.

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 I was made for this

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 thing.

00:14:15.099 --> 00:14:15.399
 Right?

00:14:15.699 --> 00:14:16.599
 I think it was C.S. Lewis

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 who described

00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:18.519
 creation at the minute

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 like an orchestra

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 all there

00:14:19.959 --> 00:14:21.519
 with a sheet over the top

00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:22.199
 collecting dust

00:14:22.199 --> 00:14:23.099
 just waiting on its

00:14:23.099 --> 00:14:24.159
 conductor.

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 This is how it's described.

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 The eyes of the blind

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 shall be opened,

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 the ears of the death

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 unstopped.

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 Then the lame man

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 shall leap like a deer

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 and the tongue of the mute

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 sing for joy.

00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:37.079
 Does that sound familiar?

00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:37.879
 Right?

00:14:39.060 --> 00:14:40.379
 Here is God's

00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:41.940
 kingdom of light

00:14:41.940 --> 00:14:43.860
 through the person

00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:44.700
 work of Christ

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 smashing into the darkness

00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:47.060
 now.

00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:48.879
 Little foretaste

00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:49.700
 that one day

00:14:49.700 --> 00:14:50.700
 it's going to eradicate

00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:51.840
 darkness completely.

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 Isn't it amazing

00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:54.960
 in light of everything

00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:55.759
 that we've lived through

00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:56.820
 over the last season?

00:14:58.600 --> 00:14:59.379
 And so we can gaze

00:14:59.379 --> 00:15:00.080
 at this man

00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:00.320
 and

00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:02.280
 Peter's words

00:15:02.280 --> 00:15:02.900
 in verse 16

00:15:02.900 --> 00:15:03.900
 he's in perfect health.

00:15:04.780 --> 00:15:06.379
 Here is a wee taster

00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:07.820
 wee taster

00:15:07.820 --> 00:15:09.639
 of what it's going to be like

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 in God's new creation

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 for God's people of faith.

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 It's a wonderful picture

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 friends.

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 You know I've got a friend

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 who's a

00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:19.000
 who used to be a

00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:20.000
 pastor who worked

00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.659
 down in London.

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 I remember him

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 telling me a story

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 about being invited

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 by one of his

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 congregation members

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 to come to the

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 one of the very first

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 skyscrapers

00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:31.179
 in Canary Wharf.

00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:32.100
 Right?

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 It's a very different gig

00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:33.539
 down south

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 I'll tell you that.

00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:34.440
 Okay?

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 But this is what he did.

00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:36.240
 Canary Wharf

00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:37.399
 up he went

00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:37.879
 in the lift

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 top of the skyscraper

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 and he looks out

00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.080
 on what is just

00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:43.440
 a huge building site.

00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:45.320
 Huge building site.

00:15:46.560 --> 00:15:47.120
 And what he does

00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:48.019
 is he looks to his side

00:15:48.019 --> 00:15:48.779
 and what he notices

00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:50.659
 is a little

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 scale model.

00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:52.279
 Right?

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 I think it was quite

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 a big one actually.

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 A big scale model.

00:15:55.860 --> 00:15:56.820
 As if to say

00:15:56.820 --> 00:15:57.980
 here is what

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 it's going to look like.

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 Here's the first one.

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 Here's the little taster.

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 But here is what

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 it's going to look like.

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 And let me tell you

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 it's going to be glorious.

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 It's going to be glorious.

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 I think that's what's

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 going on here.

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 You know some of you

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 might be asking

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 and it's a really

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 good question

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 to ask.

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 Right?

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 If this man had faith

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 and was healed

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 does that mean

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 that anyone

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 who has faith

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 God will always

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 heal them?

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 Right?

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 Let me just say for a minute

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 I think we're best

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 to understand

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 instant miracles

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 like this

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 and Luke's really

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 goes to length

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 to show us that

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 doesn't he?

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 The immediacy of it.

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 I think they're unique

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 to this time

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 in that they

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 authenticate

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 the apostles

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 at this moment

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 in history

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 which is really

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 important.

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 And I think in that

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 sense we'd be wise

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 to understand

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 that narrative

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 is not always

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 normative.

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 You can't just draw

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 a straight line

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 between then

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 and now.

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 But generally speaking

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 can God heal today?

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 Of course God

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 can heal today.

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 Okay?

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 We pray all the time

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 we've been doing

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 over the last season

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 in our prayer meetings

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 for those who are

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 sick in our church

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 family.

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 Lord, by your grace

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 and your power

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 would they get better?

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 Would you give

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 the doctors

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 the skills that

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 they need to

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 operate,

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 to treat?

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 And never

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 underestimate

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 God's common

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 grace to us

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 through everyday

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 things.

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 Medicine, right?

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 I was praising

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 God this week

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 had a thumping

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 headache

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 praising him

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 for paracetamol.

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 Right?

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 You can work

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 through these things.

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 It says

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 common grace

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 to us.

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 Can he?

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 Yes.

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 Will he?

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 Friends,

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 in this life

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 he might

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 but he might not.

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 Okay?

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 But regardless

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 here's what I want

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 you to know.

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 Because of his

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 great fatherly

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 care and love

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 for us

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 in Christ

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 we've got

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 to see here

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 that one day

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 through faith

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 on this day

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 he absolutely

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 will.

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 he will.

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 To quote

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 Don Carson

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 who was speaking

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 about how he

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 deals with

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 his own

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 aches and

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 pains and

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 joys and

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 sorrows of

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 life as he

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 grows older

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 he said

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 I often

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 remind myself

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 that I'm

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 not suffering

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 from anything

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 that a good

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 resurrection

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 won't fix.

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 And I think

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 this is what

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 this is screaming

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 to us

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 and friends

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 I don't want

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 to say that

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 lightly.

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 I know

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 some of

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 us are

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 going through

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 today

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 extremely

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 tough

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 things

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 right?

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 Extremely

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 tough

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 things.

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 But wouldn't

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 we all

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 take courage

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 in Christ

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 that one

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 day he

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 will come

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 he is the

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 conductor

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 of the orchestra

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 who will come

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 and bring in

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 God's new

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 creation.

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 These things

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 will be

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 distant

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 memories.

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 And let me

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 just ask

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 friends to

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 some of

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 us all

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 of us

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 do we

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 need to

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 be reminded

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 of this.

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 Okay this

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 is our

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 forever home

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 this is our

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 future.

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 Remember it's

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 popular in our

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 generation today

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 when we're

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 talking about

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 houses I

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 think because

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 it's so hard

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 to get on

00:18:57.699 --> 00:18:57.979
 the house

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 market people

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 say now

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 that you've

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 got it is

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 that your

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 forever home?

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 No it's

00:19:01.659 --> 00:19:02.000
 not.

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 No it's

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 not.

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 Here is

00:19:04.199 --> 00:19:05.839
 our forever

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 home.

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 Friends to

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 some of us

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 need to be

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 reminded of

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 that.

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 Let me ask

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 you who can

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 you be

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 speaking to

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 this week

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 about the

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 truth of

00:19:13.179 --> 00:19:13.459
 that?

00:19:14.859 --> 00:19:15.459
 Okay let me

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 just tell you

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 about one of

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 my favourite

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 moments from

00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:19.439
 sport over

00:19:19.439 --> 00:19:20.219
 the last few

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 years.

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 I don't know

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 if you remember

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 this the moment

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 in the world

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 triathlon series

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 in Mexico.

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 Alistair

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 Brownlee

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 helping his

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 brother Johnny

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 who's fallen

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 towards the

00:19:30.939 --> 00:19:31.399
 finish line

00:19:31.399 --> 00:19:31.899
 gets under

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 him and

00:19:32.159 --> 00:19:32.579
 helps him

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 towards the

00:19:33.159 --> 00:19:33.639
 finish line

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 keep on

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 going.

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 It's a

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 great story

00:19:35.659 --> 00:19:36.039
 I loved

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 it.

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 Tell you

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 what so

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 often it

00:19:38.719 --> 00:19:39.039
 feels like

00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.459
 the Christian

00:19:39.459 --> 00:19:39.979
 life does

00:19:39.979 --> 00:19:40.299
 it not?

00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:42.119
 Sometimes

00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:42.339
 we're

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:42.859
 Alistair

00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:44.179
 sometimes

00:19:44.179 --> 00:19:44.519
 we're

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 Johnny.

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 It's true

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 isn't it?

00:19:47.879 --> 00:19:48.299
 Friends the

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:48.759
 question is

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.579
 we need to

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 be a

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 community

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 who is

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 getting

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 alongside

00:19:52.679 --> 00:19:53.419
 one another

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 who's

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 sitting

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 with one

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 another

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 who's

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 listing

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 to one

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 another

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 who's

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 entering

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 into

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 other

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 people's

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 each

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 other's

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 pain

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 who's

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 praying

00:20:02.639 --> 00:20:03.000
 for one

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 another

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 and most

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 importantly

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 is reminding

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 ourselves

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 of the

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 future that

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 is ours

00:20:09.979 --> 00:20:10.539
 because of

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 our king

00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:12.339
 and our

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 God is

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 with us

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 now.

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 So who

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 can you

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 be playing

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.139
 that role

00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:18.720
 to this

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 week?

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 Bringing

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.899
 this wonderful

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 truth of

00:20:22.179 --> 00:20:22.639
 what God

00:20:22.639 --> 00:20:22.879
 is going

00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:23.079
 to do

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 in the

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.679
 future in

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 Christ

00:20:23.919 --> 00:20:24.419
 bringing

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 it home

00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.379
 to each

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 other's

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 lives

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 because this

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 miracle

00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:29.839
 is solid

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 proof of

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 the future

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 and secondly

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 Luke presents

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 us with

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 the voice

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 that stands

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 alone in

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 the present.

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 Now back

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.539
 in the text

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.099
 do you see

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.740
 the bewildered

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.180
 crowd

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:44.000
 wondering

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 what's going

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 on here?

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 Verse 11

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.559
 Peter offers

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 them an

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 explanation.

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:49.759
 He offers

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.099
 them a

00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:50.379
 sermon

00:20:50.379 --> 00:20:50.720
 really

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.639
 but the

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:51.879
 sermons

00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:52.299
 are always

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:52.899
 explanations

00:20:52.899 --> 00:20:53.379
 of what's

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 happened.

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 And the

00:20:55.659 --> 00:20:56.259
 heart of

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.940
 this sermon

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:58.919
 is that the

00:20:58.919 --> 00:20:59.619
 people and

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 God have

00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:00.659
 different

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.279
 opinions of

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 Jesus.

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 Okay look

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 in the text

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 God verse

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 13 has

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 glorified his

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.720
 servant Jesus

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 really important

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 for us to

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 see that.

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 That's what

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 this God

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 has done.

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 This is the

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 resurrection

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 the ascension

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 the glorification

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 is the

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 father's

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 world worldwide

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 declaration of

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 the approval

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 of the work

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 of his son

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 and his

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 affection for

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 his son.

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 Friends and of

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 course to be a

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 Christian is by

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 the work of the

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 spirit to come

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 and share in

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 the father's

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 love for the

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 son and the

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 son's love for

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 the father to

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 enter into

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 this knowing

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 this triune

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 God.

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 This is what

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 God thinks of

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 his son and

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 yet the tragedy

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 is that the

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 people have a

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 different view.

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 Verse 15

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 Peter says

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 you and the

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 accusations come

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 you killed the

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 author of life.

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 Now just get

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 your head around

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 that.

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 Right?

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 You killed the

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 author of life.

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 You rejected

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 the holy and

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 righteous one.

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 So he's making

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 it clear that

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 they've got

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 Jesus badly

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 wrong and the

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:07.120
 miracle proves

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 it.

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 And yet here's

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 what this man's

00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:11.620
 perfect health is

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 proof of.

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 You killed him

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 but God

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 verse 18

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 you killed

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 but God

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 fulfilled.

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 See it?

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 Verse 18

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 fulfilled.

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 And this is

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 what the Bible

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 is friends.

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 It's the story

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 of what God

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 has done and

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 is doing in

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 Christ.

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 It's the story

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 of his eternal

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 purposes, his

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 international

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 heart, his

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 unrelenting

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 kindness and his

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 pursuing grace.

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 So the story

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.319
 here, Peter's

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.879
 saying Jesus

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 has not just

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 come from

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 left field.

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 It's always

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 been about him.

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 I love it we

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 read with our

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 girls, the

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 Sally Lloyd

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 Jones, the

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 children's

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.200
 storybooks

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.519
 Bible.

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 You know

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 our phrase

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 and I love

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:55.139
 this, every

00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:56.059
 story whispers

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.579
 his name.

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.839
 Every story

00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.700
 whispers his

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.359
 name and

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 Peter just

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 doesn't give

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 them the

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 answer.

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 Remember

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 your math

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.819
 teacher at

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 school, show

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 your work

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:04.900
 in.

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 Well Peter

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 says come

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:05.960
 on then.

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 Takes them

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:07.539
 on a wee

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.160
 history lesson

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 to see it.

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 Really quickly

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.920
 verse 17

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.279
 he takes

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 them to the

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 prophets.

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 They were

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 talking about

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.099
 the suffering

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 servant, the

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:16.359
 one God

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.099
 would send

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 to willingly

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 and unflinchingly

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 lay down his

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 life to win

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 God's people.

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 That was

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 about Jesus.

00:23:23.419 --> 00:23:23.719
 That's his

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 point.

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:24.579
 That was

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:24.959
 Jesus.

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.479
 He is the

00:23:25.479 --> 00:23:26.359
 suffering servant.

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.159
 Verse 22

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:28.639
 he takes them

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.359
 to Moses.

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 Moses speaking

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 to his

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 generation about

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 a greater

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 prophet who

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 God would

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 raise up and

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.419
 when the

00:23:35.419 --> 00:23:36.179
 prophet comes

00:23:36.179 --> 00:23:36.619
 the people

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 are to

00:23:36.959 --> 00:23:37.819
 listen, hang

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.159
 on his

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 every word.

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 That was

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 Jesus.

00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:43.459
 Verse 25

00:23:43.459 --> 00:23:44.199
 to Abraham

00:23:44.199 --> 00:23:45.039
 who through

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.539
 one of his

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.319
 offspring God

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.759
 was going to

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.319
 bless the

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.919
 nations of

00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:48.559
 the world.

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:50.339
 that offspring

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.039
 is Jesus.

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.299
 Every story

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.039
 whispers his

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.299
 name.

00:23:53.399 --> 00:23:53.779
 This is the

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.079
 point.

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.940
 Every story

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.679
 whispers his

00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:56.079
 name and

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.399
 far from

00:23:57.399 --> 00:23:58.099
 being simply

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.599
 an impressive

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.299
 equation,

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.319
 here's what's

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:01.799
 on offer.

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.240
 And I want

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.720
 you to get

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:02.879
 this.

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.179
 If you've

00:24:03.179 --> 00:24:03.599
 tuned out

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:03.839
 over the

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.119
 last 10

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:04.240
 minutes,

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:04.980
 tune in

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.359
 for this

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.000
 last little

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.399
 section.

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.899
 Here's what's

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:09.339
 on offer.

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.220
 Verse 19

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.759
 Come to

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.480
 God so

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:13.039
 that your

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.940
 sins may be

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.599
 wiped out.

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:17.139
 Wiped out.

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:18.400
 our sins.

00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.220
 I remember

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.480
 in our

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.120
 school classroom

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.440
 when we

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:22.000
 went from

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.880
 blackboards

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.500
 to white

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.960
 boards.

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:24.920
 Right?

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.900
 Teacher asking

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.320
 us when we

00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:26.500
 had a

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:26.940
 blackboard,

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:27.380
 does anyone

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:27.600
 want to

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:27.940
 clean the

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.380
 blackboard?

00:24:28.560 --> 00:24:28.960
 Everyone's

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.360
 hands by

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:29.840
 their side.

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.480
 But we

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.759
 got a

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.300
 whiteboard.

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.540
 Man alive

00:24:32.540 --> 00:24:32.759
 we've never

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.360
 seen anything

00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:34.020
 like this.

00:24:35.280 --> 00:24:35.600
 Got to

00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:36.060
 spray it,

00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:36.360
 got to

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:36.900
 wipe it.

00:24:37.580 --> 00:24:37.780
 Anyone

00:24:37.780 --> 00:24:38.020
 want to

00:24:38.020 --> 00:24:38.240
 help?

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.740
 Everyone's

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.240
 hands up.

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:41.300
 The joy

00:24:41.300 --> 00:24:41.900
 of making

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.420
 something

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.160
 spotlessly

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.660
 clean.

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:43.940
 And this

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.160
 is what

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.420
 this is

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.660
 saying.

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.420
 It wiped

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.020
 out our

00:24:46.020 --> 00:24:46.580
 sins.

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:48.360
 wiped out

00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:49.300
 our sins.

00:24:50.020 --> 00:24:50.520
 It's what

00:24:50.520 --> 00:24:50.960
 Christ has

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.280
 done on

00:24:51.280 --> 00:24:51.900
 the cross.

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:52.960
 It's what

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.280
 it means

00:24:53.280 --> 00:24:53.560
 to be

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:54.020
 his.

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.560
 And at

00:24:55.560 --> 00:24:55.980
 times of

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.600
 refreshing,

00:24:56.820 --> 00:24:57.080
 do you

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:57.520
 see it?

00:24:57.800 --> 00:24:58.300
 Times of

00:24:58.300 --> 00:24:59.259
 refreshing may

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.880
 come from

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.259
 God.

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.600
 And I

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:01.980
 think that's

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.300
 Peter's

00:25:02.300 --> 00:25:03.160
 exact point

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.460
 as he

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.020
 lands it

00:25:04.020 --> 00:25:04.340
 in verse

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.140
 26.

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.200
 When God

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.700
 raised up

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.320
 his servant

00:25:08.320 --> 00:25:08.840
 he sent

00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:09.280
 him first

00:25:09.280 --> 00:25:09.960
 to you

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:11.240
 to bless

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.460
 you by

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.500
 turning each

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.040
 of you from

00:25:14.040 --> 00:25:14.640
 your wicked

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.000
 ways.

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:15.360
 It's almost

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:15.740
 like he's

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.080
 saying you

00:25:16.080 --> 00:25:16.380
 guys have

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.900
 got first

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:18.300
 dibs on

00:25:18.300 --> 00:25:18.640
 this

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.260
 invitation.

00:25:20.760 --> 00:25:21.600
 And he

00:25:21.600 --> 00:25:21.920
 draws a

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.500
 direct line

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.940
 between

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:25.060
 turning and

00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:25.780
 listening to

00:25:25.780 --> 00:25:27.920
 Jesus and

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.700
 knowing God's

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.100
 blessing.

00:25:30.760 --> 00:25:31.880
 God's blessing

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.660
 is found in

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.720
 responding rightly

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:35.580
 to the risen and

00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:36.660
 glorified Christ.

00:25:36.760 --> 00:25:37.600
 And in so doing

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.140
 knowing him,

00:25:38.260 --> 00:25:39.540
 knowing God is

00:25:39.540 --> 00:25:40.260
 your father.

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.500
 Knowing him.

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:44.940
 God's blessing

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.279
 is found in

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.880
 God's blessing

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.720
 to him.

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.339
 You know,

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.059
 Luke's given

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.700
 us two big

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.240
 reasons,

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:51.279
 right?

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:51.960
 And I think

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.460
 just as we

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.000
 close the

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.420
 question,

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:53.880
 the end

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.480
 becomes,

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.960
 becomes a bit

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.519
 more pointed,

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.220
 it becomes,

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.359
 are you

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.160
 listening to

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.500
 Jesus?

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:00.900
 Are we

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.539
 allowing his

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:01.839
 voice?

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:02.200
 And this is a

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.559
 challenge for

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:02.980
 all of us

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.339
 here today.

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:03.539
 Are we

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.240
 allowing his

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.079
 voice,

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.960
 his truth,

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.700
 as we encounter

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.140
 him in the

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.619
 pages of

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:08.940
 scripture,

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.640
 are we allowing

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.140
 him to

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:11.600
 direct and

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:13.000
 to fill our

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.720
 hearts and

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.220
 our minds?

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:14.440
 You know,

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:14.880
 when was the

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.580
 last time you

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.300
 sat down and

00:26:16.300 --> 00:26:16.720
 you were just

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:18.120
 thrilled with

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:18.780
 the voice of

00:26:18.780 --> 00:26:19.259
 your shepherd?

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.220
 When was the

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.720
 last time that

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.600
 he spoke deeply

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:22.800
 into your soul?

00:26:24.040 --> 00:26:24.200
 Friends,

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:25.100
 we need to be

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.900
 listening to him.

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.520
 We need him.

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.060
 What a great

00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:27.380
 king.

00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:29.000
 What a wonderful

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.440
 shepherd.

00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:29.720
 Listen,

00:26:29.780 --> 00:26:30.180
 our time is

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.400
 gone,

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:30.720
 but I just

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.040
 want to give

00:26:31.040 --> 00:26:31.440
 you this one

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.120
 story just as

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.680
 we close.

00:26:34.280 --> 00:26:34.780
 It's a story

00:26:34.780 --> 00:26:35.060
 about my

00:26:35.060 --> 00:26:36.740
 friends down at

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.360
 Charlotte Chapel,

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.240
 Paul Rees.

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:39.100
 He told me a

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.420
 story about

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:39.960
 six months

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.480
 ago about

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.680
 an older

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.200
 man in his

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.600
 congregation

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.480
 who died,

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.380
 and he did

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:44.820
 the funeral.

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.420
 The days leading

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:46.820
 up to the

00:26:46.820 --> 00:26:47.039
 funeral,

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.460
 he goes to

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.880
 visit the

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.380
 family,

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.440
 and the

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.019
 family gave

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.680
 him the

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.360
 old man's

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:51.800
 Bible.

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.120
 So Paul

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:53.620
 gets home,

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.300
 he's kind of

00:26:54.300 --> 00:26:54.880
 going through

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.060
 it,

00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:55.680
 just interested

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:55.920
 in what's

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.259
 going on,

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.560
 flicking

00:26:56.560 --> 00:26:56.880
 through it,

00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.200
 and all of a

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.480
 sudden he

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.140
 stops at a

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.660
 page because

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.400
 he notices a

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.240
 huge circle,

00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:01.440
 huge circle

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.960
 around this

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.360
 page in the

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.880
 guy's Bible.

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:04.700
 I don't know

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.000
 if you do

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.500
 that, I do

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:05.920
 that, just

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.519
 underline it.

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:06.940
 He's a

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:08.000
 huge, huge

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.519
 circle, and

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:08.859
 it's a

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.460
 circle around

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.819
 the words

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.379
 of Psalm

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:11.279
 130.

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.539
 If you,

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.379
 Lord, kept

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.180
 a record of

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:16.000
 sins, Lord,

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.519
 who could

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.059
 stand?

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.839
 But with

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.579
 you there is

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.240
 forgiveness,

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.759
 so that we

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.279
 can with

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.180
 reverence

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:24.839
 serve you.

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.240
 And this

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.960
 old man

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:28.539
 never got

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.079
 over the

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:30.539
 joy of

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.779
 in Christ

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:33.240
 being right

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:34.039
 with God,

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.539
 and knowing

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.000
 him as

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:37.379
 father, and

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:37.660
 as he

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.019
 particularly

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.440
 approached

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.000
 the end

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.460
 of his

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.259
 earthly

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.900
 life,

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.640
 knowing in

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.240
 Christ what

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.940
 the future

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.460
 held.

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:44.880
 Why?

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.519
 Because of

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:47.000
 this promise

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.440
 in Psalm

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.039
 130.

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.080
 Repent

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:53.500
 then, and

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.019
 turn to

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:55.440
 God, so

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.880
 that your

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.860
 sins may be

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.500
 wiped out,

00:27:57.580 --> 00:27:58.279
 that times of

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.200
 refreshing may

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.940
 come from the

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:01.039
 Lord, and

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.960
 that he may

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.620
 send the

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.480
 Messiah who

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.840
 has been

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.539
 appointed for

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.200
 you, even

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.660
 Jesus.

00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:07.120
 Heaven must

00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:07.960
 receive him,

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.860
 until the

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.680
 time comes

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.400
 for God

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.660
 to restore

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.559
 everything

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:14.160
 as he

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.960
 promised long

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:16.340
 ago through

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.960
 his holy

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.460
 prophets.

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:17.940
 Friends, our

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.559
 souls need

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.120
 Acts 3.

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:21.220
 Our souls need

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.779
 Acts 3.

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:22.920
 And may God

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.299
 through his

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.140
 spirit encourage

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.600
 us this

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:24.900
 morning.

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.140
 Let's pray.

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:32.120
 I heard the

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.700
 voice of

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.660
 Jesus say,

00:28:34.320 --> 00:28:35.320
 Behold, I

00:28:35.320 --> 00:28:36.360
 freely give.

00:28:37.320 --> 00:28:38.120
 The living

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:39.120
 water, thirsty

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:39.840
 one, stoop

00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:40.480
 down and

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.040
 drink and

00:28:41.040 --> 00:28:41.340
 live.

00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:43.060
 I came to

00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:44.220
 Jesus and

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:45.900
 I drank of

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:46.900
 that life-giving

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.480
 stream.

00:28:48.320 --> 00:28:49.020
 My thirst

00:28:49.020 --> 00:28:50.000
 was quenched,

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.380
 my soul

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:53.040
 revived, and

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:54.700
 now I live

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:56.159
 in him.

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.819
 Father, thank

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.740
 you so much

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.099
 for your

00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.720
 love for

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.099
 us.

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.359
 Thank you

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:01.859
 for giving

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.379
 us your

00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:03.159
 spirit as

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:04.159
 a guarantee

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:05.819
 of the

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.519
 future.

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:07.940
 As a

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.159
 Lord, I

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:08.700
 pray for us

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.399
 today, whoever

00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:10.180
 is watching

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.920
 this, whether

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.420
 we're in the

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:12.119
 building, Father,

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.519
 that you would

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.619
 strengthen our

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:15.539
 souls with

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.359
 the promises

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:17.019
 that we read

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.779
 in Acts 3.

00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:19.220
 The promise,

00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:20.519
 the truth of

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.460
 the glorified

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.920
 Jesus.

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.319
 Oh, Lord, help

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:24.099
 us to find

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:25.000
 our identity

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:27.879
 in him and

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.579
 everything that

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.139
 he's accomplished

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:30.680
 for us and

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.519
 everything that

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.200
 lies ahead of

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:33.639
 us now and

00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.720
 wonderfully in

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.200
 the future.

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.519
 Father, thank

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.839
 you that you

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:39.119
 love us and

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:40.019
 we pray these

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.960
 things in

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.900
 Jesus' name.

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.900
 Amen.