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 Hi, my name is George Sinclair. I'm the lead pastor of Church of the Messiah. It is wonderful

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 that you would like to check out some of the sermons done by Church of the Messiah,

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 either by myself or some of the others. Listen, just a couple of things. First of all,

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 would you pray for us that we will open God's Word well to His glory and for the good of people

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 like yourself? The second thing is, if you aren't connected to a church and if you are a Christian,

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 we really, I would really like to encourage you to find a good local church where they believe the

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 Bible, they preach the gospel, and if you have some trouble finding that, send us an email. We

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 will do what we can to help connect you with a good local church wherever you are. And if you're

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 non-Christian checking us out, we're really, really, really glad you're doing that. Don't

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 hesitate to send us questions. It helps me actually to know as I'm preaching how to deal with the types

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 of things that you're really struggling with. So God bless.

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 Please bow your heads in prayer.

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 Father, Father, it's very easy for the habits of thought of the world to intimidate us, to form us.

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 And we're not always aware of it, Father. Or if we are aware of it, we sort of try to put it away

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 and pretend it's not nothing. We ask, Father, that you would do a gentle but wonderful work in each

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 of our lives this morning, that you would bring your word deeply into our hearts so that your word

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 will form how we think and our affections and our will and our imaginations and our creativity

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 and our wisdom, that your word will form and direct and guide all of these things. And we ask this in the

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 name of Jesus, your name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So I've mentioned before many times that I became a Christian in grade 12.

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 And from the time shortly after I became a Christian, probably for about the next 15 years,

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 I had different seasons of quite profound doubt about whether or not Christianity was true.

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 And came close in many of those times to considering giving up the Christian faith altogether,

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 becoming something else. I struggled with things like how Christianity could be true and evolution

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 and given that evolution seemed to be true. I struggled with questions about science and Christianity.

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 I struggled with questions about Christianity being true in a world with lots of different religions.

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 I struggled with questions about hell and sexuality and Jesus being the only way.

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 I struggled with the idea of the universe being really big and earth is very small, so how could God care about us?

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 I struggled with apparent contradictions in the New Testament and the Old Testament,

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 with what the Bible taught about, or appeared to teach about slavery and women.

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 And then, of course, interwoven throughout all those types of things were times when I was just struggling with,

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 frankly, my own unworthiness and guilt about some of the things I had done and were failing to do as a Christian.

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 And so for about 15 years, this, by the way, includes when I was ordained.

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 You know, like things like the things in the Bible and the contradictions in the Bible

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 and other apparent contradictions in the Bible, like when you're studying the text very closely,

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 you become aware of things which are there which you'd never noticed before,

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 or teachings which had never struck you that, you know, that way before.

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 And then I said my own feelings often of unworthiness and not really having the gospel in my heart.

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 There have been many times over that.

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 It wasn't like I was just one mess for 15 years,

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 but there'd be seasons where these things would be very powerful.

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 And I'm not boasting or anything like that.

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 And by the way, I'll find out in heaven probably that the reason I got through most of those times,

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 in fact, all of them was probably because somebody was praying for me,

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 and that's what got me through them.

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 It's one of the reasons why it's really important for us to pray for each other,

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 especially pray for those of us who are in positions of leadership.

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 And in every case, I come to understand better how these different things worked,

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 understand better what the Bible actually said about slavery,

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 and whether in fact there were contradictions,

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 and how to understand Christianity and science.

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 I've come to think these things through.

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 God gave me wisdom, and I'm sure I'll find out in heaven it was because of people praying.

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 But there was one other consistent thing that kept giving me pause before I gave up on the Christian faith.

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 And that one consistent thing that kept giving me pause before I gave up on the Christian faith

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 is what's talked about in the text that we're going to look at today.

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 And it wasn't that it was the Bible that said it.

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 It wasn't as if I just said, oh, well, the Bible says it, so therefore I'm just going to accept it.

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 But by the way, I think if the Bible, if you're a Christian and the Bible does say it, you should accept it.

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 I think that's just the case.

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 But when you're in a period of doubt, just because the Bible says it doesn't always necessarily cut it.

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 But what I came back to time and time and time again that helped to ground my search for other answers

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 was what, like, the text that we see today, which is an ancient historical biography,

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 an ancient eyewitness-based history of the early, the first 30 years of the Christian movement,

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 the Jesus movement, there was no other way to account for what happened in Jerusalem

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 and what happened in the ancient world.

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 There was no better way to account for it than what Peter is going to tell us about right in a couple of minutes.

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 I just kept coming back to that, that once you've studied it and looked into it,

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 there's just no better account.

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 Everything else just doesn't work.

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 And if it, dang it, if Jesus really did rise from the dead,

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 if he really, if the grave really was empty,

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 and he really did rise from the dead, and he really did appear to people,

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 then there is going to be an answer to those other questions.

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 And I'm just, this is just my personal testimony, that time and time and time again,

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 and I'm sure in heaven I'll find out that in the midst of my depression

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 and some person was praying for me and that, you know, God put that thought in me,

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 just reminded me that's just the truth.

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 Like, there's just no better account for it.

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 So let's look at this today.

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 If you would take your Bibles, some of you, if you have these,

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 I think there's still some of them left if you don't have one.

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 These are a journal, Acts of the Apostles.

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 And we're going to look at Acts chapter 2, verses 14,

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 to the end of this sermon, or this sort of witness, so to speak.

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 And just before we start reading it, I mean, I always feel funny when I talk to people and I quote the Bible.

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 I mean, I don't feel funny.

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 I have to re-say that.

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 But there'd be really good ways to take little clips of what I said

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 and make me look like I'm saying the opposite of what I'm saying,

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 is when I have the opportunity to talk to a person outside the Christian faith about the Bible,

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 or about why I'm a Christian, one of the things I tell them is I said,

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 you know, it looks like this.

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 It looks like, obviously, a holy book and, you know, and all of that.

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 And this one looks obviously like a very, very, you know, it's like artsy type of thing,

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 nice paper and all of that.

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 But what you need to understand is that what we're looking at today is an eyewitness-based history

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 that talks about...

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 So he wrote one book, an eyewitness-based biography of who Jesus was and what he did.

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 And then he immediately wrote another book,

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 which describes approximately the first 30 years of the Jesus movement.

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 And this eyewitness-based history,

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 and not only is the writer interviewing eyewitnesses,

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 but he himself was an eyewitness for some of the stuff that happens in this history.

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 And he completed it probably within months of the end of the book.

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 So at the most, it's 30 years away from these early events.

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 But at the smallest, it's just maybe a month or two after the last event in the book.

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 And so this is first recognized as...

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 This was first recognized as a really good, true history.

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 And then Christians came to give it an extra status, which is that it's the Bible.

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 So if you're watching this, or if you're struggling with whether you're not...

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 You're going to walk away from the Christian faith.

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 You're sort of going through a period of deconstruction.

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 Or if you're watching this and you're sort of curious from the outside,

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 that's...

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 Just begin by that.

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 A very simple thing, that it's an ancient history,

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 eyewitness-based, and in many cases, eyewitness history.

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 And what's just happened before this in the story is...

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 And last week, I gave the actual dates.

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 There's so many historical references in both Luke and what we now call the Book of Acts

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 that they can date a lot of events in it.

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 So we know that Jesus was probably born the year 4 or 5 BC, for instance.

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 And we know either that he rose...

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 He was crucified and rose from the dead either the 7th of April, the year 30,

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 or the 3rd of April, 33.

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 And I think it was the year 33, but it could be either one of them.

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 And so this...

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 What we just saw is what happened a little bit between Jesus' resurrection

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 and his...

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 Well, the end of that time when he was on earth.

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 And this book gives eyewitness testimony

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 that Jesus had really physically risen from the dead.

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 And then it talks about Jesus ascending into heaven

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 and making particular promises.

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 And then it describes the 10-day period where they're praying

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 and they make some decisions.

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 And then what we just looked at last week was a very remarkable event.

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 It's a very public miracle.

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 It had four particular aspects to it.

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 I mean, that would be eight.

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 So four.

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 Four particular aspects to it.

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 First of all, they're in a room, maybe like this,

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 obviously a bit smaller.

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 And as they're sitting and praying,

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 all of a sudden they hear a mighty...

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 It sounds like a tornado is in the room.

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 And not only does it sound like there's a tornado in the room,

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 the sound is coming from above down here.

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 Now, it was...

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 I was thinking about this this week a lot.

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 If that happened to us right now,

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 we'd all be looking at Andrew and think,

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 what's Andrew doing to mess with us?

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 Because there's a sound system.

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 And that just is a bit of a joke.

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 He figured out some way to rig the sound system

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 so it could sound like there's a rushing mighty wind

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 that comes from up to down.

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 But there's no sound systems back then.

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 And so this sound, which is going to be so loud

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 that it's going to draw a huge crowd from outside of the room,

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 there's no reason to understand.

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 The other thing, which I've really been thinking about it this week,

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 is that there was no movement of air in the room.

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 So it sounded like there's this huge rushing wind

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 coming from above into the room.

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 It's very, very loud.

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 It's so loud that it's going to attract a huge crowd of people

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 to come and try to figure out what's going on.

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 And they would have also seen that there's no wind.

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 It sounds like there's a tornado or something,

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 or a huge storm, but there's no wind.

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 And that would have been unbelievably puzzling.

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 And the second aspect of the miracle,

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 which the outside crowd can't see,

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 but the inside, 120-so people,

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 they could have seen one fire appear in the room,

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 and then that one fire separate into individual flames of fire

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 and descend on each person and rest on them.

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 And then they obviously start to burst out of the room.

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 It's as if these two aspects of the one miracle

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 push them outside of the room.

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 And when they're pushed outside of the room,

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 the third aspect of the miracle is there,

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 that even though they still speak

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 with working-class Galilean accents,

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 they're speaking dozens and dozens and dozens

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 of languages fluently.

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 And the whole crowd that's gathered by this point in time,

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 that's the second thing they see.

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 They don't see the thing with the fire,

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 but they see the second thing.

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 And then the fourth thing,

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 the fourth aspect of the miracle,

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 is not only are they speaking

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 in all of these different languages,

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 but they're declaring God's praises

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 with quite great clarity and confidence,

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 a type of clarity and confidence

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 that you would not normally expect

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 for people of their socioeconomic status,

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 which is how we would talk about it today.

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 And so there's been a big crowd gathered,

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 and they ask the question,

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 what does this mean?

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 Like, what on earth is going on,

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 and what does it mean?

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 And so now our story takes up.

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 Peter answers that question,

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 what does it mean?

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 And here's how it begins in verse 14.

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 But Peter, standing with the 11,

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 lifted up his voice and addressed them.

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 So what it is,

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 there's been about 120 people

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 that this has happened to,

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 and they're all sort of there,

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 and there's a huge crowd all around them,

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 but Peter and the 11 others,

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 apostles, they sort of step forward,

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 and as they step forward,

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 Peter's going to be the one

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 who's going to speak.

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 And here's what he says,

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 men of Judea,

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 and all who dwell in Jerusalem,

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 let this be known to you

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 and give ear to my words.

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 For these people are not drunk,

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 as you suppose,

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 since it is only the third hour of the day.

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 So just sort of pause there.

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 What I left out in the event before is,

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 so you have the sound of the wind,

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 without any wind.

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 You have these Galileans

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 speaking other languages

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 with Galilean accents.

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 You have them declaring God's praises.

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 And people are saying,

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 what on earth does it mean?

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 And some people said,

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 well, they're just drunk.

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 Now, so Peter now just dismisses that.

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 It's a really interesting feature there,

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 and it's actually something

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 that should be very hopeful to us,

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 is there are some people

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 who are just flippant.

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 They're clever with words.

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 They're quick with words.

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 But they're unserious and flippant.

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 And they'll say things

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 in an unserious, flippant type of way

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 to try to knock you off your feet.

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 They've been around for 2,000 years,

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 and they're still around today.

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 Not everybody's serious.

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 They might look very serious,

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 and they might have a serious list of degrees,

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 and they might, you know,

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 have everything about them.

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 You know, they might have,

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 in our day, you know,

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 the right type of beard

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 and the right type of tattoos

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 and the right type of seriousness

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 and the right type of hair

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 and all of that type of stuff.

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 But underneath all those appearances

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 of seriousness,

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 they're flippant and unserious.

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 I mean, really?

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 Being drunk accounts for the noise?

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 Like that.

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 So it would be rude to say

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 to such flippant people

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 and laugh at them,

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 although maybe that's what they need

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 is a belly laugh at their expense

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 because they're trying to undercut you.

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 But it's an unserious explanation

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 of what they've all seen.

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 And so Peter continues then

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 in verse 13, verse 16.

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 So he said,

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 I'm going to tell you the explanation.

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 I'm going to tell you the meaning

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 and the significance

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 of what you've just all seen.

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 They haven't seen the fire,

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 but they've seen the other three things.

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 In verse 16, it goes like this.

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 But this was what was uttered

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 through the prophet Joel.

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 So now he's quoting somebody who wrote,

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 nobody knows exactly when Joel was written,

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 but let's say 600 years earlier.

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 And, you know, once again,

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 if you're a skeptic

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 or somebody deconstructing your faith,

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 well, just remember what's going on.

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 Now, it's not as if Joel,

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 Peter just got up one day.

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 You have just 120 people.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 they just seem to start saying

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 to the bystanders,

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 by the way, did you know

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 that the Holy Spirit just fell on us?

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 And why do I think that?

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 Well, here's this text in Joel.

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 And they go, well,

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 that doesn't really follow.

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 Like, why should we believe that

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 just because you said it?

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 See, here's the thing,

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 and here's where it's easy

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 to become flippant and unserious.

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 Something has to account

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 for what just happened.

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 Something has to account for it.

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 So Peter's giving an account.

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 There was a flippant, unserious response.

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 Now Peter's going to give an account.

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 And he begins,

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 he begins by talking about

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 a promise that was made by,

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 Peter's going to say,

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 God made a promise.

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 Over 600 years ago.

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 And that promise that he made

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 600 years ago

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 explains what we just saw.

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 Listen to how he goes.

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 So verse 16,

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 but this was what was uttered

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 through the prophet Joel.

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 And in the last days it shall be,

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 God declares,

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 that I will pour out my spirit

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 on all flesh.

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 And your sons and your daughters

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 shall prophesy,

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 and your young men shall see visions,

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 and your old men shall dream dreams.

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 Even on my male servants

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 and female servants.

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 And in those days I will pour out

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 my spirit,

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 and they shall prophesy.

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 And just pause before I go any further.

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 The language pour out is,

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 it would be as if,

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 it's not just so you pour out

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 a little bit of,

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 it's not like if you,

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 you know what it's like?

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 It's as if you're three-year-old

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 and you're two-year-old,

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 or you're one-and-a-half-year-old,

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 they come and they ask for some milk.

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 And you get them their sippy cup,

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 and you very carefully,

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 because you're a good mom

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 or a good dad,

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 you know that if you pour this much

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 in the sippy cup,

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 they're just going to throw

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 most of it out.

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 So you pour this much

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 in their sippy cup.

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 And that's not what

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 it's being talked about.

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 What it's being talked about

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 is when the three-year-old

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 pours the milk

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 for the one-and-a-half-year-old

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 in the sippy cup.

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 That's what it's being talked about.

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 And then they pour it,

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 and you know what?

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 It's really fun and cool

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 to see the milk keep filling

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 and falling out of the cup.

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 Like, that's a cool, fun thing

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 for a three-year-old to see.

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 See, in some way,

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 you know, it was G.K. Chesterton

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 who said that one of the problems

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 that we have understanding

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 the true and living God

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 is that he's too young for us.

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 We get old and grumpy,

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 but God takes delight.

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 God is the three-year-old

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 who just says,

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 I'm going to pour out the Holy Spirit.

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 I'm just going to keep filling

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 that little sippy cup.

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 It's just going to keep spilling out.

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 That's how I fill up the cup.

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 And we think God has to have

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 all this dignity and everything,

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 and he's like a three-year-old.

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 He's like a young kid.

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 And so that's the image here.

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 And so that's going to fit,

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 by the way,

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 because the word spirit

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 is also the word for wind and breath.

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 And so there's an automatic tie-in.

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 They've just heard

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 this unbelievable windstorm,

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 but not seen any wind.

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 The only thing they've seen

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 other than the sound

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 is that all of a sudden,

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 ordinary Galilean working class

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 and peasant people

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 are speaking in other languages

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 and praising God.

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 And Peter's going to say,

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 this story,

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 this poem 600 years ago

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 is explaining what has just happened.

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 That's what Peter's saying.

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 And one of the things,

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 just as another aside,

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 that's so glorious about this

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 is look at it.

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 It says, listen,

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 it doesn't matter

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 if you're a slave or free.

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 It doesn't matter

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 if you're young or old.

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 It doesn't matter

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 if you're rich or poor.

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 It doesn't matter

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 if you're a male or a female.

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 This is not a promise

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 that's based on social class

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 or skin color

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 or ethnicity

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 or education.

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 This is something

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 which God is giving to anybody.

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 Now, he's going to give

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 the criteria for it,

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 but it's just this massively,

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 massively generous

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 gift

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 that has nothing to do

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 with the normal ways

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 that we in our culture

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 and every culture

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 value human worth.

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 And he continues,

00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:10.060
 verse 19,

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 and I will show wonders

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 in the heavens above

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 and signs on the earth below,

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 blood and fire

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 and vapor of smoke.

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 The sun shall be turned

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 to darkness,

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 the moon to blood.

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 Before the day of the Lord

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 comes,

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 the great and magnificent day.

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 And here's how the quote ends.

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 And it shall come to pass

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 that everyone who calls upon

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 the name of the Lord

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 shall be saved.

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 Everyone who calls upon

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 the name of the Lord

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 shall be saved.

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 And all of the people

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 who are there,

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 they would know

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 that when that quote is made,

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 we don't know

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 when Jewish people

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 stop saying Yahweh.

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 Now, maybe they do.

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 I have a guy here

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 studying at Cambridge.

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 He's an apologist.

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 Maybe he'll say afterwards,

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 by the way, George,

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 they figured that out one.

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 And I'll correct it next time.

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 But that's what he's saying.

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 The I am, Yahweh,

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 the great Lord,

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.960
 all who call upon him

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:06.180
 will be saved.

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.740
 That's what he's saying.

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 And it's really interesting,

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:11.759
 by the way.

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 You know,

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.700
 some of the people

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.200
 that you read

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:14.000
 who are skeptics

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 will say that you have

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.500
 to understand

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.920
 all of these ancient stories

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.420
 of Jesus

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 and things like

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.840
 the Book of Acts

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 as just a type of poetry

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.320
 or metaphor.

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 They're not meant

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 to be literal.

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 Well, that might be

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.820
 very convincing,

00:22:25.300 --> 00:22:26.400
 except for the fact

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:27.779
 that Luke understands

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 the difference

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.800
 between what we see here

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 when he quotes poetry.

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 He knows that we're

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.779
 to understand words

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.680
 like the moon

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.279
 and the sun

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 and all these things

00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:36.500
 being done

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.779
 in a very, very different way

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.759
 than trying to account

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.680
 for the phenomenon

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.700
 that just happened

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:42.340
 and also to account

00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:43.380
 for what we're going

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:44.920
 to get to in a moment.

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:46.660
 So Luke,

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.660
 so Peter gives

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.740
 this explanation,

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.680
 but the question then

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.320
 is in a sense,

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:52.840
 well, why did it happen now?

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.560
 Like, what's so special

00:22:54.560 --> 00:22:55.320
 about now?

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 Or is there anything

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:57.740
 special about now

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:59.500
 that God would do

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.980
 something like that now?

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 And so Peter continues,

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.300
 verse 32.

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 Men of Israel,

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 hear these words.

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 a man attested to you

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.880
 by God

00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:13.279
 with mighty works

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:14.099
 and wonders

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.960
 and signs

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:16.399
 that God did

00:23:16.399 --> 00:23:17.379
 through him

00:23:17.379 --> 00:23:19.000
 in your midst

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:21.319
 as you yourselves know.

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.119
 Now just sort of

00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:23.440
 pause here for a second.

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 Some of you probably

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:27.339
 remember the story,

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 the ancient story.

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 It's recorded

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:31.539
 in three

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:33.859
 of the eyewitness biographies

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 of a group of men

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 who want to bring

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:39.000
 their paralyzed friend

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:40.039
 to be healed by Jesus

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:41.139
 and they can't get

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:41.859
 through the crowd.

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 And so they go up

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.019
 onto the roof

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.599
 of the building

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:46.619
 and probably

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.879
 to the great dismay,

00:23:48.459 --> 00:23:48.639
 I mean,

00:23:48.719 --> 00:23:50.299
 hopefully some of these men

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:51.699
 who make a hole

00:23:51.699 --> 00:23:52.199
 in the roof

00:23:52.199 --> 00:23:53.779
 were expert roof builders

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:55.099
 and could fix it later.

00:23:55.219 --> 00:23:56.079
 We never find that out

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.559
 in this story.

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.379
 But they make a hole

00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:57.759
 in the roof,

00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:59.199
 they lower the man

00:23:59.199 --> 00:24:00.579
 right into where Jesus is

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:03.699
 for Jesus to heal the man.

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:05.500
 And Jesus begins by saying,

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.679
 Son, your sins are forgiven.

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.219
 And of course,

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:08.479
 that shocks the whole crowd

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.319
 because only God

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.160
 can forgive sins.

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:12.120
 I can't tell you

00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:12.900
 all of your sins

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:14.160
 are forgiven on my authority.

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.079
 That's like a complete,

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:16.299
 that's a crazy talk.

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:18.019
 That should get you locked up

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:19.079
 in the Royal Ottawa Hospital.

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:22.220
 And so Jesus turns to them

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.720
 and says,

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.880
 I'm just going to ask you

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.259
 a question.

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:25.420
 Which is easier to say

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:27.319
 to the paralyzed man,

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.259
 get up and walk,

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.380
 or your sins are forgiven?

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:31.019
 Well, the answer is

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.279
 that both are impossible.

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:36.000
 And so Jesus says,

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:36.940
 to show you,

00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:39.240
 to show you

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.519
 that I have the authority

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.579
 to forgive sins.

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.980
 And he says to the man,

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:46.079
 Son, pick up your bed and go.

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.160
 And he heals the man.

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:50.980
 So what Peter is saying here,

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:53.720
 there's obviously no logical

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:55.779
 or scientific connection

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:58.039
 between being able

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:59.539
 to instantly heal a man

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.279
 of paralysis

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.299
 and being able

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.359
 to forgive sins.

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:04.519
 But we all understand

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:06.579
 at a very, very significant level

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:08.299
 this whole idea

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.680
 of attestation

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.799
 or authority

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.940
 or evidence.

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:14.220
 And so what Jesus is saying

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:15.039
 is the evidence

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:16.119
 that I have,

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:17.299
 that I in fact have

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.759
 the authority

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.579
 to forgive sins,

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:20.039
 is that I can say to this man,

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.680
 pick up your bed and walk.

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.339
 I can heal you instantly

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:24.240
 of your paralysis.

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.000
 And he does.

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.440
 See, the same thing

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.259
 is going to be true

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.559
 of the fact that Jesus

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.839
 rose from the dead.

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:32.460
 If Jesus really did rise

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.099
 from the dead,

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:35.539
 see, I'm touching now

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.339
 on what helped me

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:37.000
 in my moments

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.160
 of darkest doubt.

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.960
 If Jesus really did rise

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.539
 from the dead,

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:42.220
 if the grave really was empty,

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:45.519
 then Christianity is true.

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.639
 I might not know

00:25:47.639 --> 00:25:48.559
 in the instant

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.500
 how to connect

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.379
 the Christian faith

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:50.960
 to evolution

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.839
 or to science

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:53.599
 or dealing with issues

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.319
 of slavery

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.440
 or the Bible talks

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.220
 about women or hell.

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.019
 I might not know

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.619
 in the moment

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.239
 how to solve

00:25:58.239 --> 00:26:00.259
 those particular questions.

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.259
 But if Jesus really

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.339
 did rise from the dead,

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:03.239
 then it's true.

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.179
 And there's going to be

00:26:05.179 --> 00:26:06.419
 an answer to those things

00:26:06.419 --> 00:26:07.299
 because Christianity

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.279
 is true.

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.439
 And it's not just true

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:12.919
 in a way

00:26:12.919 --> 00:26:14.339
 that it now tickles

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.459
 my imagination

00:26:15.459 --> 00:26:16.239
 and my intellect

00:26:16.239 --> 00:26:16.939
 and I can think

00:26:16.939 --> 00:26:17.599
 different things.

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.139
 It's true

00:26:18.139 --> 00:26:19.339
 in a very, very different,

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:21.599
 a very, very powerful way

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.879
 that, well,

00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:23.559
 Peter's going to get

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.239
 to it in a moment.

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.279
 It's not just a matter

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:26.399
 of having different types

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:27.039
 of thoughts.

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.299
 It's a truth

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:30.200
 that's addressed to us

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.899
 to completely

00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:31.399
 and utterly

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:33.259
 change your life.

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.180
 Well, let's see how,

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.319
 so, you know,

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.359
 so when he says

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.399
 in verse 22,

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:38.779
 you know,

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.859
 that we all know,

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.759
 you guys all knew

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.539
 that Jesus did

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.259
 these miracles.

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:44.200
 Some of you even saw

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.200
 the miracles that he did.

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:46.379
 But then verse 23,

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.359
 this Jesus,

00:26:48.399 --> 00:26:49.720
 the one he just talked about,

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.960
 delivered up according

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:52.180
 to the definite plan

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:53.559
 and foreknowledge of God.

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:55.319
 you crucified

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.839
 and killed

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:58.099
 by the hands

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:59.019
 of lawless men.

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:01.240
 So just sort of pause.

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.059
 Everybody knows

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:04.159
 that Jesus was crucified

00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:05.919
 in that crowd.

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.899
 As I mentioned last week,

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.519
 when, you know,

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.019
 nowadays,

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.179
 I think there was just

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:12.299
 a man in Oklahoma

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:14.099
 that was put to death

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:15.259
 by lethal injection

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.139
 a short while ago,

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.819
 and a very small number

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.879
 of people get to witness

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.700
 that that happens

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.339
 in the bowels

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.940
 of the prison.

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:23.140
 But the Romans,

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.180
 when they crucified,

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.779
 they wanted to make it

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:27.039
 as public as possible,

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.740
 and they did it

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.799
 in a public place,

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:30.059
 and so everybody knows

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:31.360
 that Jesus was crucified.

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.820
 And they know

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:35.200
 that the Jewish rulers

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.360
 and the Romans

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:37.640
 were at work in it.

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:40.120
 But Jesus,

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:42.000
 Peter adds this other thing.

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.740
 Sort of in the background,

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.580
 the easiest way

00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:47.340
 to understand

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:48.680
 what Peter's referring to

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.580
 is what happens,

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.820
 some of you might know

00:27:50.820 --> 00:27:53.259
 the story of Joseph

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.240
 and his brothers,

00:27:54.860 --> 00:27:56.860
 Joseph in the many-colored coat.

00:27:57.820 --> 00:28:00.360
 And so Joseph had this,

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:02.240
 he was like his father's favorite.

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.600
 He had this many-colored coat,

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.279
 and his brothers,

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:06.660
 his ten brothers in particular,

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.820
 really resented him.

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.980
 And so one day,

00:28:09.060 --> 00:28:10.400
 they were out, you know,

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.580
 looking after their sheep

00:28:11.580 --> 00:28:12.880
 and doing other types of stuff,

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.700
 and they just got sick

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.580
 and tired of Joseph.

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.580
 So they actually made

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:16.900
 this terrible decision.

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:19.240
 They were going to kill Joseph,

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.100
 and then they decided,

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.960
 why should we kill him?

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.660
 We get no money.

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.940
 We might as well get rid of him

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.900
 and get some money.

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:26.360
 So they sold Joseph as a slave

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:28.780
 to wandering nomads.

00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:31.519
 Well, in the providence of God,

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.900
 Joseph ends up becoming

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:35.280
 the second most powerful person

00:28:35.280 --> 00:28:36.860
 in the country of Egypt,

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:39.900
 which is a huge, powerful empire

00:28:40.540 --> 00:28:41.420
 at that time.

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:44.100
 And circumstances,

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:45.240
 or God's hand,

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.620
 the brothers all eventually

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.620
 have to come to Egypt,

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:49.460
 and Joseph reveals himself to them,

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:51.259
 and Joseph reveals that,

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.120
 you know,

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.039
 there's going to be

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:54.079
 these years of famine

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:55.019
 and all of that.

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.160
 And anyway,

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.259
 that Joseph's father

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.680
 and the brothers' father

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.779
 eventually die.

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:02.680
 And so now Joseph's ten brothers

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.559
 are very worried.

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:06.079
 The dad has died.

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:09.079
 Joseph's the second most powerful person

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.859
 in Egypt.

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.940
 He might just be pissed off

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.660
 that his brothers

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:14.059
 sold him into slavery.

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:18.039
 might just be pissed off

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:19.880
 and might just want

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.779
 to take some vengeance.

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.420
 So the ten brothers

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.440
 cook up a lie

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:25.700
 that their dad

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.839
 wanted to make sure

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:28.160
 that Joseph forgave them.

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:30.099
 And they go to speak to Joseph.

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:32.000
 And Joseph sees through the lie.

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.579
 And then Joseph,

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:35.099
 it's in Genesis chapter 50,

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:36.700
 he gives this very powerful line.

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.120
 He said,

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.319
 listen,

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.660
 I know you meant it for ill.

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:42.240
 I know you meant to hurt me

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:43.440
 and do it for ill.

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:45.440
 But I know that God

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:48.160
 used your ill will

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:50.540
 ultimately for your good.

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:52.220
 God made something good

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.160
 come out of that.

00:29:53.820 --> 00:29:54.620
 And that's,

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.920
 Joseph decided

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.960
 he would focus on the good,

00:29:57.040 --> 00:29:57.580
 not the ill.

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.980
 Peter's making the same type

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.840
 of comment here.

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.340
 He's saying,

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:02.580
 listen,

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.660
 you folks all were complicit

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:07.160
 in the death of Jesus

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.140
 upon the cross.

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:13.220
 But when he says

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:14.400
 the foreknowledge of God,

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.100
 he's saying,

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:17.920
 but God knew that

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:19.560
 and was doing something

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:20.700
 for your good,

00:30:21.060 --> 00:30:22.340
 even though you meant

00:30:22.340 --> 00:30:24.880
 something terribly evil for him.

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:26.519
 So you did mean

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:28.019
 something evil for Jesus,

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:30.160
 but God and Jesus

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.800
 meant something good for you.

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:33.039
 and they were using

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:34.940
 the evil that you did

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:37.859
 for something good for you.

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:41.019
 You see within this

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:43.099
 the mystery

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:45.019
 of God's great love

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.799
 and compassion.

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:48.599
 And then it continues,

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.559
 verse 24.

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:51.099
 I have to watch the time.

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:53.779
 God raised Jesus up,

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:56.859
 loosing the pangs of death

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:58.879
 because it was not possible

00:30:58.879 --> 00:31:00.399
 for him to be held by it.

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:02.380
 Now,

00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:03.860
 David wants to bring this

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.400
 all home

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:05.500
 and he wants to bring

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.300
 home to them.

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.820
 Well,

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.759
 let's see what he does.

00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:10.759
 He quotes a psalm.

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.600
 For David says concerning him,

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:14.380
 I saw the Lord always before me,

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.640
 for he is at my right hand

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.820
 that I might not be shaken.

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.740
 Therefore,

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:19.080
 my heart was glad

00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:20.259
 and my tongue rejoiced.

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:22.180
 My flesh also will dwell in hope.

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.880
 For you will not abandon

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:25.100
 my soul to Hades

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:26.240
 or let your Holy One

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.940
 see corruption.

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:28.720
 You have made known to me

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:30.240
 the paths of life.

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:32.539
 You will make me full of gladness

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.400
 with your presence.

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:33.980
 And so,

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.480
 Peter's going to point out

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:37.339
 that this psalm of David

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.960
 implies that David

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:40.240
 dies

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.940
 but doesn't die.

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.460
 He ends up being alive.

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.039
 And so,

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.299
 Peter continues,

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:46.940
 verse 29.

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:47.259
 Brothers,

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.240
 I may say to you

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.980
 with confidence

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:50.440
 about the patriarch David

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.339
 that he both died

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.039
 and was buried

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.720
 and his tomb is with us

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.360
 to this day.

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.059
 In other words,

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:56.259
 his body did see corruption.

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.279
 David can't be talking

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.960
 about himself.

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:00.220
 Being therefore a prophet,

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.960
 verse 30,

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.940
 and knowing that God

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:03.519
 had sworn with an oath to him

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.440
 that he would set

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:05.339
 one of his descendants

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:06.160
 on the throne,

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:08.660
 he foresaw and spoke

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.619
 about the resurrection

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.440
 of the Christ,

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.700
 that he was not abandoned

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.559
 to Hades,

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:15.019
 nor did his flesh

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.900
 see corruption.

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:18.079
 This Jesus,

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:20.240
 God raised up,

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.759
 and of that,

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:25.519
 we all are witnesses.

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.039
 Now,

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.539
 pause.

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:33.099
 What's happening

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:34.279
 is that Peter

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:35.480
 is explaining

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:36.879
 what just happened

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:38.140
 with the sound

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:39.319
 and the speaking

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:39.879
 in tongues.

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:41.720
 But he's now saying

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:43.319
 the reason this all happened

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:45.440
 is because of some horrendous event

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.319
 that had happened

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.420
 50 days earlier,

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.440
 53 days earlier,

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.759
 when Jesus died

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.720
 upon the cross.

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:54.119
 But 50 days ago,

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.379
 three days after that,

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.980
 he appears alive.

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.140
 Now,

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.619
 we're going to see

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.079
 in a moment

00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:01.220
 that 3,000 people

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:02.680
 give their life

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.539
 to Christ

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.420
 at the end

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.160
 of this talk.

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:07.200
 And this was the thing

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:08.200
 which I came back to

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:09.059
 time and time

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.519
 and time

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.339
 and time again.

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:13.299
 How can you explain,

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.059
 like,

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:16.220
 if they were to go ahead

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.519
 and said,

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.359
 we're going to say

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:17.680
 in a moment,

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:19.240
 God raised Jesus

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.799
 from the dead.

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.259
 And they could all

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.920
 just laugh and say,

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.160
 listen,

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.599
 it's going to really

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.940
 stink after 50 days,

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.799
 but we can show you

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.700
 where the body is.

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:26.660
 Like,

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.980
 we can open up the tomb.

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.700
 We can show you

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.440
 where the body is.

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.319
 Or we can tell you,

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:30.480
 yeah,

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.299
 it was stolen.

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.460
 Some of you

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.279
 who go to Jerusalem

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:34.120
 at that time of the year,

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:35.019
 you know that the ground's

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.460
 all very,

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.700
 very,

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.359
 very hard.

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.599
 And the town

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.140
 is crowded.

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:39.000
 You just can't get rid

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.559
 of a body

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.279
 that's going to stink

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.960
 to high heaven

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:42.160
 and not have anybody

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.779
 notice it.

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.440
 And all they have to do

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.120
 is just show you

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:46.099
 where the corpse is.

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.959
 And then they can just

00:33:46.959 --> 00:33:48.039
 laugh at these people

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.339
 and say,

00:33:48.399 --> 00:33:50.459
 you guys are moronic fools

00:33:50.459 --> 00:33:51.819
 to believe anything

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.419
 like that.

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:54.099
 But the grave is empty

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:55.299
 and they can't find

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.799
 the body.

00:33:58.079 --> 00:34:00.019
 And 3,000 people

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:02.439
 give their lives

00:34:02.439 --> 00:34:03.139
 to Christ.

00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:06.459
 3,000 people.

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.599
 Because you see,

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:10.460
 what Peter is doing here

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.239
 is he's showing

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.940
 that the death

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.400
 and resurrection

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.980
 of Jesus

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.800
 isn't just this

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.519
 sort of weird

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.679
 one-off thing

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:16.440
 that God did,

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.679
 but it's connected

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:19.400
 to these larger stories

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.920
 and these larger promises.

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:22.639
 And these larger stories

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.780
 and these larger promises

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.360
 are true.

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.760
 And if Jesus really

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:26.980
 did die upon the cross

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:28.079
 and he really did rise

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.639
 from the dead,

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.900
 then these larger

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:31.139
 overarching stories

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.820
 are true.

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:33.460
 It means there is a God

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.340
 who does exist.

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:35.639
 It means that if you

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.599
 call upon the name

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.039
 of the Lord,

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:38.300
 you will be saved.

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:41.320
 That you can know that.

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:45.360
 that the language

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:46.059
 of calling upon

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.740
 the name of the Lord

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.440
 to be saved

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.680
 means there is going

00:34:48.680 --> 00:34:49.920
 to be a final judgment.

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:54.940
 You will be judged

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.860
 for what you've done

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.660
 and if you've spent

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:57.700
 your entire life

00:34:57.700 --> 00:34:58.620
 turning your back

00:34:58.620 --> 00:34:59.340
 on God,

00:34:59.620 --> 00:35:01.660
 at the end of the age,

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:02.660
 God will say,

00:35:03.080 --> 00:35:04.240
 well, your will be done

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:05.380
 and your will has been

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.039
 to completely

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:07.620
 and utterly disregard God

00:35:07.620 --> 00:35:08.440
 and as I've talked about

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:09.080
 in other places,

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.580
 the result is that,

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.460
 well, that you spend

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.699
 an eternity away from God.

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:13.699
 It means that death

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.679
 becomes your shepherd.

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:15.639
 It means that in a sense

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:17.539
 an eternal decomposition

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:19.159
 and falling apart

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.579
 of yourself,

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.659
 that that's your fate

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:22.380
 and you can be saved by it

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.920
 not because of anything good,

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:25.319
 not because you're upper class,

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:26.619
 not because you're male,

00:35:26.759 --> 00:35:27.739
 not because you're female,

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:29.119
 not because you're African

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.880
 or Jewish

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:31.500
 or heterosexual

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.319
 or homosexual

00:35:32.319 --> 00:35:33.259
 or trans

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:34.159
 or none of those things

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:35.340
 are of any virtue.

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.679
 The only thing that works

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.599
 is you call upon

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.440
 the name of the Lord

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:40.079
 and you will be saved.

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.880
 And who is the Lord?

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:44.800
 It's the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:46.260
 This man

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:48.860
 that you crucified

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:51.740
 because at the end of the day,

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:53.220
 who cares about one guy?

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.960
 We're just like,

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:55.400
 and you do something evil,

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:57.179
 but God takes that evil

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:58.059
 that you do

00:35:58.059 --> 00:36:00.480
 and he does this remarkable thing

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.579
 that you can be saved

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.819
 and he's going to describe

00:36:02.819 --> 00:36:03.699
 what that means.

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.980
 Look at verse 33.

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.960
 I'm just going to skip down

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:11.799
 to verse 36.

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:13.659
 There's another scripture quote

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:15.079
 about the exaltation of Jesus.

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.500
 Peter goes,

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:18.039
 let all the house of Israel

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:19.400
 therefore know for certain

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:20.679
 that God has made him

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:22.239
 both Lord and Christ,

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:24.719
 this Jesus whom you crucified.

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.960
 Remember he quoted from Joel,

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:29.199
 all who call upon the name

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:30.420
 of the Lord will be saved.

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:32.340
 So the crowd,

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:33.260
 now when they heard this,

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.340
 they were cut to the heart

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:35.300
 and said to Peter

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:36.440
 and to the rest of the apostles,

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:36.900
 brothers,

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.340
 what shall we do?

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:40.519
 And Peter said to them,

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:42.360
 repent and be baptized,

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.480
 every one of you,

00:36:43.680 --> 00:36:44.940
 in the name of Jesus Christ

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:47.180
 for the forgiveness of your sins

00:36:47.180 --> 00:36:48.360
 and you will give,

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:50.039
 you will receive the gift

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.960
 of the Holy Spirit

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:52.940
 for the promises for you

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.800
 and for your children

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:55.980
 and for all who are far off,

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.780
 everyone whom the Lord,

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.400
 our God,

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.440
 calls to himself.

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:01.579
 And with many other words,

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:02.360
 he bore witness

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:03.980
 and continued to exhort them,

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.340
 saying,

00:37:04.740 --> 00:37:05.920
 save yourselves

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:07.340
 from this crooked generation.

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:09.059
 So those who received

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:10.139
 his word were baptized

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:11.460
 and there were added that day

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:12.760
 about 3,000 souls.

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:16.800
 What else can account

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.420
 for the fact

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.560
 that within 30 years

00:37:18.560 --> 00:37:19.060
 of the death

00:37:19.060 --> 00:37:20.320
 and resurrection of Jesus,

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:22.480
 there were tens and tens

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.760
 of thousands of Christians

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:24.760
 and there were Christians

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:25.600
 even in Europe

00:37:25.600 --> 00:37:26.660
 and throughout the Middle East

00:37:26.660 --> 00:37:28.700
 and what we now know of

00:37:28.700 --> 00:37:29.680
 as Northern Africa.

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.740
 What else can account

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:33.700
 for this remarkable thing

00:37:33.700 --> 00:37:35.640
 other than the true death

00:37:35.640 --> 00:37:36.880
 and resurrection of Jesus,

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:39.080
 that the grave really was empty

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:40.619
 and that something like

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:41.679
 what is just also here

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.639
 being accounted for,

00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:43.980
 the gift of the Holy Spirit,

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.659
 is true.

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:49.860
 And it's not just something now

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:51.179
 that means I have to change

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:51.840
 how I think,

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.579
 but it does mean

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.299
 you have to change

00:37:53.299 --> 00:37:53.980
 how you think.

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.940
 It's going to change

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.599
 how you think

00:37:57.599 --> 00:38:02.779
 about human beings

00:38:02.779 --> 00:38:04.199
 and human values

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:05.920
 and justice

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:07.599
 and right and wrong.

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:09.740
 And I could go into this story

00:38:09.740 --> 00:38:10.579
 about there's something

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:11.200
 in this story

00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:12.680
 which profoundly critiques

00:38:12.680 --> 00:38:13.840
 critical race theory.

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.880
 That would be

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.619
 a whole other talk.

00:38:15.700 --> 00:38:16.840
 It's a profound rejection

00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:18.039
 of critical race theory

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:19.940
 at a very significant level.

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:22.220
 Not the...

00:38:22.220 --> 00:38:23.500
 It actually subverts

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.639
 critical race theory

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:26.059
 but fulfills it.

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:27.180
 The fulfillment

00:38:27.180 --> 00:38:28.559
 of critical race theory

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:31.059
 is this profound equality.

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:33.180
 That's what critical race theory

00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:34.559
 desires.

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:36.960
 and you get that desire

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:38.779
 in the description of Joel

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:40.099
 that it's for slaves

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:41.079
 and it's for the...

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:42.440
 and for slave owners

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.199
 and it's...

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:44.320
 and it's for people

00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:45.779
 of all different language groups

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:47.139
 and all of these things

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:48.099
 that critical race theory

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:49.019
 longs for

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:50.519
 is fulfilled in this

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:52.139
 but there's a profound rejection

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:53.619
 of the whole understanding

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.299
 of race

00:38:54.299 --> 00:38:55.980
 and power structures

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:57.099
 which are all here

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:58.360
 and on and on

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:59.219
 and on and on and on.

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.820
 There's all these things

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.559
 that are going to change...

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.219
 have to change

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:02.900
 the way you think

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.619
 or start to change

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.139
 the way you think

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:05.380
 but the bottom line

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:06.119
 is this.

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:09.400
 We human beings

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:10.240
 struggle with

00:39:10.240 --> 00:39:10.980
 whether or not

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:12.400
 when we do wrong

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:13.240
 we all have

00:39:13.240 --> 00:39:14.400
 this intrinsic sense

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:15.099
 that there's not just

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:16.340
 something that we've done wrong

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:17.800
 but there's some...

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:19.059
 and maybe the other person

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.760
 will forgive us

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:21.119
 but there's this other sense

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.820
 that there's something

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.760
 more to forgiveness

00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:23.559
 and...

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.380
 and what that is

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:25.579
 is an echo

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:26.780
 an intuition

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:27.980
 that there is a God

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.760
 who's involved

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:30.220
 in every wrongdoing

00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:30.940
 that when you do

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.679
 something wrong

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:32.659
 it's not just

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.559
 against the person

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.599
 it's not just

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.360
 against the animal

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:36.019
 you can do wrong

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.700
 things to animals

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.340
 it's not just

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:37.860
 the creation

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.500
 because you can do

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.039
 wrong things

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.800
 to the creation

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:40.840
 that there's...

00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:41.900
 that God is involved

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:43.079
 in that act of wrongness

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:44.200
 and what we crave

00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:45.559
 is forgiveness

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:46.380
 to be free

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:47.220
 but we also

00:39:47.220 --> 00:39:48.200
 ultimately crave

00:39:48.200 --> 00:39:49.440
 forgiveness from God

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:50.480
 and that's why

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:51.760
 Jesus died on the cross

00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:52.420
 it's not just

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.119
 so we can think

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.900
 about science

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.480
 and evolution

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:56.200
 and critical race theory

00:39:56.200 --> 00:39:57.200
 and the dignity

00:39:57.200 --> 00:39:58.019
 and the worth

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:58.940
 of women

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.599
 and children

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.460
 and the unborn

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:01.840
 in a different way

00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:02.579
 and understand

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.420
 their full dignity

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:03.920
 and worth

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:05.380
 it's this profound

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:06.220
 message

00:40:06.220 --> 00:40:08.240
 that you can be saved

00:40:08.240 --> 00:40:09.059
 that when you're

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:10.599
 in periods of darkness

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:11.360
 and depression

00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:12.440
 and despair

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:14.240
 that's not going to be

00:40:14.240 --> 00:40:15.539
 the final word about you

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.480
 when you put your faith

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:17.360
 and trust in Jesus

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:18.599
 the final word about you

00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:20.019
 is that you've been saved

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:21.820
 that God has forgiven

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:23.079
 all your sins

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:24.260
 that he's given you

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:25.139
 the Holy Spirit

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:26.240
 to live within you

00:40:26.240 --> 00:40:28.099
 that you have been made new

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:29.339
 you might not feel it

00:40:29.339 --> 00:40:30.659
 but from God's perspective

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:31.940
 you've been made new

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:33.480
 he's received you

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:34.139
 to himself

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:35.380
 you now belong

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:36.139
 and own to him

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:36.900
 and he will never

00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:37.500
 let you go

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.759
 you've been saved

00:40:38.759 --> 00:40:43.980
 and it's true

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:45.559
 it's not like Santa Claus

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:46.380
 or the great pumpkin

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:47.079
 it's true

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:48.619
 it happened in history

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:51.219
 and you can be flippant

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:51.759
 and clever

00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:52.400
 and give

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.880
 unserious

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.719
 incurious

00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:55.360
 answers

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:56.619
 to all of these things

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:58.319
 but if you press into it

00:40:58.319 --> 00:40:58.940
 you'll see

00:40:58.940 --> 00:41:00.739
 that this is the truth

00:41:00.739 --> 00:41:03.539
 and it's the truth

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:04.279
 for you

00:41:04.279 --> 00:41:07.319
 and so the question

00:41:07.319 --> 00:41:08.079
 to each of us

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:08.719
 as I bring this

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:09.359
 to the close

00:41:09.359 --> 00:41:10.719
 is are you saved?

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:14.159
 are you saved?

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:17.279
 and if you're not

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:18.739
 there's no better time

00:41:18.739 --> 00:41:19.159
 than now

00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:20.319
 to call upon

00:41:20.319 --> 00:41:21.420
 the name of the Lord

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:22.279
 Jesus Christ

00:41:22.279 --> 00:41:23.199
 and ask him

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:24.000
 to be your Lord

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.699
 and Savior

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:28.139
 and baptism

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:29.019
 symbolizes

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.659
 what he does

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:30.599
 it's a public act

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:31.400
 but it symbolizes

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:31.820
 what he does

00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:32.679
 there's three senses

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:34.679
 of the word baptized

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:36.360
 one sense is

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:37.119
 it's a washing

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:39.159
 you know

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.380
 when

00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:40.880
 in one of the accounts

00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:41.940
 when there's a woman

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.539
 who

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:43.639
 who wets Jesus'

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:45.239
 feet with her tears

00:41:45.239 --> 00:41:46.000
 the word for

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:47.199
 that is

00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:47.920
 there is baptized

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:49.320
 she baptizes

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:49.900
 his feet

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:51.320
 with her tears

00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:53.039
 there's a sense

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:53.740
 of washing

00:41:53.740 --> 00:41:55.760
 there's also

00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:57.039
 a sense of immersion

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:58.420
 and which is going

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:59.100
 to symbolize

00:41:59.100 --> 00:41:59.480
 it's that

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.680
 you know

00:41:59.680 --> 00:42:00.100
 when Jesus

00:42:00.100 --> 00:42:01.100
 washes you away

00:42:01.100 --> 00:42:01.920
 you're clean

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:03.760
 the image

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:05.240
 of being immersed

00:42:05.240 --> 00:42:06.039
 is going to be

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:06.580
 an image

00:42:06.580 --> 00:42:08.140
 of identification

00:42:08.140 --> 00:42:09.120
 with Jesus

00:42:09.120 --> 00:42:10.400
 so he dies

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:10.960
 your death

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:12.280
 and he gives you

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:13.000
 his life

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:14.680
 and the third image

00:42:14.680 --> 00:42:15.980
 is infusing

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:18.240
 and that's

00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:19.220
 also the image

00:42:19.220 --> 00:42:20.320
 that this is something

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:21.539
 that goes in the very center

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:22.340
 of who you are

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:23.140
 it's this

00:42:23.140 --> 00:42:24.559
 receiving this news

00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:25.640
 goes right into the center

00:42:25.640 --> 00:42:26.240
 of who you are

00:42:26.240 --> 00:42:27.860
 Christ through the Holy Spirit

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:28.760
 infuses

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:30.800
 all that makes you

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.300
 you

00:42:31.300 --> 00:42:33.539
 and takes

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:35.140
 all that makes you

00:42:35.140 --> 00:42:35.620
 you

00:42:35.620 --> 00:42:37.380
 your sexuality

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:38.640
 your money

00:42:38.640 --> 00:42:39.660
 your intellect

00:42:39.660 --> 00:42:40.660
 your creativity

00:42:40.660 --> 00:42:41.680
 your imagination

00:42:41.680 --> 00:42:43.420
 all that makes you

00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:43.920
 you

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:46.500
 is infused

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:47.940
 by the Holy Spirit

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:49.760
 and you are saved

00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:51.520
 and he will never

00:42:51.520 --> 00:42:52.380
 ever

00:42:52.380 --> 00:42:53.280
 ever

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:54.100
 ever

00:42:54.100 --> 00:42:55.400
 let you

00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:55.940
 go

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:59.140
 so are you saved

00:42:59.140 --> 00:43:01.980
 if you aren't

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:02.840
 call in the name

00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:03.300
 of the Lord

00:43:03.300 --> 00:43:06.000
 and he will say

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:07.440
 yes

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:09.780
 and make you his own

00:43:09.780 --> 00:43:10.580
 but stand

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:17.900
 bow our heads

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:18.400
 in prayer

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:20.559
 father

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:21.099
 first of all

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:21.659
 we confess

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.259
 before you

00:43:22.259 --> 00:43:23.039
 that we don't even

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.940
 like using the word

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.380
 saved

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:24.940
 we know that

00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:25.480
 that's

00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:26.440
 the world

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:27.319
 makes fun of us

00:43:27.319 --> 00:43:28.299
 if we use that word

00:43:28.299 --> 00:43:28.840
 but father

00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:30.039
 it's a bible word

00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:31.099
 it's a precious word

00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:33.360
 help us to know

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:33.639
 father

00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:34.579
 how to talk

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:35.119
 to people

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.960
 who are curious

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:37.079
 about the Christian faith

00:43:37.079 --> 00:43:37.940
 or are skeptical

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:39.659
 and help us

00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:40.539
 to know wise ways

00:43:40.539 --> 00:43:41.039
 to talk

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:41.700
 but father

00:43:41.700 --> 00:43:43.220
 help us to cling

00:43:43.220 --> 00:43:44.300
 to this profound

00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:45.420
 and beautiful truth

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:46.420
 that when we put our faith

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:47.400
 and trust in Jesus

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:48.579
 that we are saved

00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:49.720
 that I am saved

00:43:49.720 --> 00:43:53.320
 that the final word

00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:53.960
 about me

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:54.720
 in Christ

00:43:54.720 --> 00:43:55.519
 is not

00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:57.159
 you know

00:43:57.159 --> 00:43:57.920
 be gone

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:59.079
 but

00:43:59.079 --> 00:44:00.720
 enter in

00:44:00.720 --> 00:44:01.480
 and welcome

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:04.280
 father

00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:05.440
 help this truth

00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:05.860
 to be

00:44:05.860 --> 00:44:07.059
 true for me

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:08.799
 and father

00:44:08.799 --> 00:44:09.440
 if there are any

00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:10.139
 here listening

00:44:10.139 --> 00:44:10.500
 or

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:12.019
 present

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:14.179
 may your Holy Spirit

00:44:14.179 --> 00:44:14.719
 nudge them

00:44:14.719 --> 00:44:15.340
 to call out

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:16.179
 to Jesus

00:44:16.179 --> 00:44:17.940
 the Lord Jesus Christ

00:44:17.940 --> 00:44:19.519
 that he will be

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:20.500
 their Lord and Savior

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:21.619
 so that they might

00:44:21.619 --> 00:44:22.219
 be saved

00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:24.079
 and we ask

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:24.799
 all these things

00:44:24.799 --> 00:44:26.000
 and thank all these things

00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:26.860
 in the name of Jesus

00:44:26.860 --> 00:44:27.380
 your Son

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:28.059
 and our Savior

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:29.239
 Amen

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:46.639
 thank you

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:46.739
 you

00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:48.579
 for so much

00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:49.900
 this is

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:50.059
 ever

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:50.739
 sem