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 Good morning, everyone.

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 Hope you're well.

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 And this week has been a season of blessing for you.

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! I know one or two of you have been through some hard times.

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!

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 And Lord, it amazes us that what in the minds of the secular powers was complete failure.

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 Lord, you transformed into the most amazing opportunity for sinful human beings.

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 Whilst we were still sinners, Paul wrote to the Romans, Christ died for us.

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 Lord, we're so grateful that you didn't wait till we were perfect.

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 But Lord, while we were still sinners, you provided us with a cure for the consequences of our sin.

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 And Lord, we thank you that you've not left us alone to struggle in the Christian life.

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 But as this series of sermons has reminded us, Lord, you've sent your Spirit upon your church.

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 Lord, to uphold us and to strengthen us.

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 And today, Lord, we think about how you empower us.

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 And we thank you in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 So, I was reading an article in the Harvard Business Review.

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 And empowerment has become a buzzword of much of kind of business culture in the Western world.

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 It's a word that's frequently used in management seminars and in leadership seminars.

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 It's used by identitarian groups, people who primarily identify themselves by their gender or by their sexuality, whatever,

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 who love to talk about being empowered in this world.

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 And one of the sentences that really gripped my attention in this was,

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 the writer of this article wrote,

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 much of the talk of empowerment today is illusory.

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 It's promised by people who really cannot empower you,

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 and yet promise you the earth through empowerment.

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 I'm minded of Michelle Obama, a wonderful woman in many, many ways,

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 and some of you will have read her best-selling book, sold 14 million copies, called Becoming.

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 In that book, beautifully written book, she charts her history from South Chicago.

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 South Chicago, South Chicago, is the only place on planet Earth where I pass the end of a road.

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 There's a roadside saying,

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 if you are not a resident, it would not be wise to enter this street.

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 It's a rough place.

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 And she came from there, got herself a place in, I think it was Princeton University,

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 and then she went on to do postgraduate at Harvard.

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 I mean, this is the cream of American education that she managed to get herself to from her very humble beginnings.

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 I mean, as a story of hope, it really is unbeatable.

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 Then she came to this country, and quite a lot in the States,

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 and went around giving lectures on empowerment.

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 This was particularly aimed at young women and girls.

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 And in those lectures, I mean, this is just my opinion, you don't have to agree with it,

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 but in those lectures, she rather painted people as victims,

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 and then encouraged them by saying, you can be what you want to be.

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 Now, you might say, well, she has some authority for saying that,

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 given her upbringing and the outcomes in her life.

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 I mean, she became the first lady of the most powerful nation in the world,

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 and I think worked very well in that role.

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 But basically, empowerment is very simple.

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 It means giving the authority and the power to somebody to do something,

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 to achieve something.

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 So I was in the Marriott Hotel in Chicago at one time.

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 I used to attend a conference there every year.

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 And I got there, and I sort of, you know, I mean, this is not particularly humble, let me say,

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 but I kind of saw myself as a regular in this hotel.

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 So they gave me a room.

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 I went into my room, just flown halfway across the world, lay on the bed,

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 and I could hear a noise like Concorde landing.

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 So I tracked the genesis of this loud noise.

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 It was the ice machine, which was right outside my door.

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 So I shot down to the desk, and there's a young woman there.

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 I said to her, I can't stay in their room.

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 It's too noisy.

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 She goes, well, we don't have many rooms left, sir, you know, available at your grade.

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 I would have put down.

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 So I said to her, please, can you not help me?

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 She goes, out comes a key.

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 I go, and she's given me a suite.

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 And I thought to myself, this is amazing.

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 So I went to see the manager that handles group travel in the hotel,

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 and I told him what she'd done.

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 He said, yeah, he said, every week we talk to our staff about empowerment.

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 He said, we give them the authority to make decisions

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 that will best help our customers have a good experience when they stay here,

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 and there are no questions asked.

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 I said, if I'd known that, I would have asked for the presidential suite.

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 So just by way of introduction, this word empowerment,

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 and thank God we have the Holy Spirit,

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 is about being given the authority.

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 Matthew 28, Jesus said, all authority's been given to me.

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 And then what he does is he shares some of that authority

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 by saying, you will continue my work here on the planet.

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 Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations.

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 Baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

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 God has given us authority.

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 And God has given us power.

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 The power of the Holy Spirit.

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 You think about it.

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 That early church were locked away, 120 of them,

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 barely a decent congregation,

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 locked away in a room somewhere in Jerusalem,

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 told to wait.

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 They were fearful.

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 And then, on that blessed day, the day of Pentecost,

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 the Holy Spirit fell upon them.

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 And they went from being frightened disciples

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 to being fearless disciples,

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 many of whom were prepared to lose their lives

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 for the sake of Christ and his church, his congregation.

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 So my first point is this, you know,

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 let's understand what empowerment is

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 and let's understand that the Holy Spirit

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 has empowered all of us.

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 The second thing I want to say to you is,

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 there's a great danger.

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 I mean, I love reading the Acts of the Apostles.

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 I love reading that kind of narrative account

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 of what went on in the early church.

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 And I think there is a small danger

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 in the church today

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 that we kind of glorify the early church

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 as if it was a problem-free zone

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 as compared to today

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 when we seem to have endless problems,

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 many of them created by ourselves.

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 And the glorification of the church,

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 the idea that somehow they had no problem

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 but we've got plenty,

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 is not actually backed up by the text, is it?

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 In Acts chapter 6, very early on,

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 very early on,

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 I mean, maybe within two years

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 of Jesus ascending into heaven,

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 what do we read?

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 We read that there was a horrific danger

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 of a massive ethnic divide in the church.

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 The Greek-speaking widows

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 felt that they were not getting their share

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 of the daily collection,

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 which was called the daily distribution.

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 Interestingly,

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 the early church was more interested

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 in collecting money

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 to share with people

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 who had very little.

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 Then many of our churches think today

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 with their grand buildings

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 to maintain and all that stuff.

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 In the early church,

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 it was a bit different.

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 But here is a potential ethnic divide

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 that could have split the church

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 down the middle

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 from almost day one.

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 Could have wrecked it.

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 So the disciples come up with a plan.

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 They look,

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 this is, you know,

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 this is standard operational duty

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 that we need to deal with.

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 So they chose,

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 that we're told they chose six men.

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 Here's my text.

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 They chose Stephen,

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 a man full of faith

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 and full of the Holy Spirit.

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 They didn't send him off

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 to some selection conference

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 for two days

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 to meet with people

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 they never met in their lives

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 who would pass an opinion

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 as to whether he was called

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 to leadership.

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 No.

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 They had one

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 and one criterion only.

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 This was a man

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 full of faith

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 and full of the Holy Spirit.

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 And I want you to notice

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 something really profound.

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 That this man

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 had a remarkable life.

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 A remarkable life.

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 It says

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 that he performed

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 many signs and wonders.

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 But note this,

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 the man who started his ministry

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 full of faith

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 and full of the Holy Spirit.

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 at the end of his ministry

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 when the crowd around him

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 picked up rocks

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 to lob at his head

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 it said Stephen

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 full of the Spirit

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 prayed for them.

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 Anybody in the house

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 think that

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 that kind of model

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 is something

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 that we should be aiming for

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 but I don't know about you.

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 My problem is

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 God has filled me

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 but damn it,

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 I leak.

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 I need constant

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 replenishing.

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 And I think

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 I may not be

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 the only person

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 in the house

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 who needs that.

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 So I want to

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 talk to you

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 about Stephen,

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 this man

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 who is such a model

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 of spirit-filled existence.

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 And I want to say

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 three things about that.

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 actually,

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 these are not things

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 that kind of fit

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 into the sexy model

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 of ministry.

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 These are what I would call

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 the hard yards

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 of fullness

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 You see,

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 I think if there's a danger

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 that we glorify

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 the early church

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 by pretending

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 it had no problems,

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 there is a kind of

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 added

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 attraction for us.

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 fullness.

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 And that is

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 we're interested

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 in the kind of

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 fullness

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 of the Spirit

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 that leads to

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 what you might call

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 the more exuberant

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 gifts of the Spirit.

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 So,

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 three things.

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 The first thing

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 about Stephen

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 is this.

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 He shows us

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 that fullness

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 serves.

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 fullness

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 serves.

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 At the beginning

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 of his ministry,

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 this man

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 showed

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 his willingness

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 to serve

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 by giving

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 the most mundane

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 job in the church

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 of counting

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 the collection

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 and distributing it.

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 Apologies

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 to the treasurer.

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 Given

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 the most mundane

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 job

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 and showed

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 a willingness

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 to serve

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 before he

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 showed

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 a willingness

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 to undertake

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 the ministry

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 that God

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 had given

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 him.

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 And by the way,

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 if you think

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 that being

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 filled with

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 the Holy Spirit

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 means that you

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 will have

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 a happy ending,

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 just remember,

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 Stephen's

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 unbelievable

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 ministry

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 ended in

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 his death.

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 Terrible,

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 violent,

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 brutal

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 death.

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 fullness

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 serves.

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 Jesus said

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 in Mark

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 chapter 10

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 and verse

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 45,

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 the Son of

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 Man came

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 not to be

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 served,

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 but to serve

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 and to give

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 his life

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 as a ransom

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 for many.

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 You

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 are

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 bought,

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 if you are

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 a Christian,

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 bought by the

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 blood of Jesus

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 Christ on the

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 cross of Calvary.

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 Nothing you did

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 saved you,

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 and everything

00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:23.100
 that God

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 did save you.

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 In

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 Philippians

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 chapter 2,

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 the great

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 apostle St.

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 Paul tells us

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 that we

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 should have

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 the same

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 attitude of

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 Christ Jesus,

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 who never

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 wanted equality

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 with God

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 while he was

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 on planet

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 earth,

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 but became

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 obedient,

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 even obedient

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 unto death.

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 in chapter

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 2 of

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 the Acts

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 of the

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 Apostles,

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 right at

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 the end

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 of the

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 chapter

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 there,

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 we read

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 something of

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 the life

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 of the

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 early church.

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 This is

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 what fullness

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 serving looks

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 like.

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 These people,

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 we're told,

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 were prepared

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 to sell

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 their possessions

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 and create

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 money in

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 order that

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 they could

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 give it to

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 the people

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 who had

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 nothing.

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 You know,

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 I was

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 thinking of

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 preaching this,

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 thinking,

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 what could I

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 sell so I

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 could just

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 say,

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 I do

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 this.

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 But

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 everything I

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 thought about

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 selling,

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 I decided I

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 didn't want

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 to.

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 Fullness

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 serves.

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 Stephen got

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 that.

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 And friends,

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 I don't know how

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 many people there

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 are in church

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 this morning,

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 but this church

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 can always use

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 more volunteers.

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 Always use

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 people who,

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 when God

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 speaks to them,

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 say yes

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 and not

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 yes but.

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 I mean,

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 it is a

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 challenge in

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 most churches

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 to get the

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 kind of

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 quotient up

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 of people who

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 are prepared to

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 serve in the

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 church.

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 Explained this

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 to you before,

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 the 80-20 rule.

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 80% of the

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 people just

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 sit back and

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 treat

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 Christianity as

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 a spectator

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 sport.

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 20% get

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 involved.

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 Incidentally,

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 apropos Alex and

00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:26.120
 Neville's message

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 at the beginning

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 of the service,

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 20% of the

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 giving in most

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 churches,

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 sorry,

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 80% of the

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 giving is

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 supplied by

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 20% of the

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 people.

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 I went

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 around the

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 diocese I

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 served telling

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 people,

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 if you can

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 break that

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 statistic,

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 you really

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 start to

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 make a

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 difference.

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 Fullness

00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:47.600
 serves.

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 It may not

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 be sexy to

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 say that,

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 but that's a

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 mark of the

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 fullness in

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 the life of

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 Stephen.

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 The second

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 thing is,

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 fullness

00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.539
 speaks.

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 you remember

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 there were

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 these people

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 from the

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 synagogue of

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 the freed

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 men.

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 I mean,

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 they sound

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 like they

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 were deep

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 in bondage

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 when you

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 read about

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 what they

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 think.

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 But these

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 people started

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 accusing

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 Stephen.

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 But,

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 the scripture

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 says they

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 could not

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 stand against

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 the wisdom

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 with which

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 he spoke.

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 I think

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 every preacher

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 secretly hopes

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 that.

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 but Stephen

00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:28.359
 had it in

00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:29.000
 spades.

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:30.799
 Fullness

00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.519
 speaks.

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 You remember

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.880
 in Acts

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 chapter 4

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 that there

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 was another

00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:38.039
 terrible crisis

00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.819
 for the church

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 while we're

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 on the subject

00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:41.200
 of the problems

00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:41.839
 of the early

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 church.

00:17:42.660 --> 00:17:42.920
 And the

00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.660
 problem was

00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:44.980
 the Sanhedrin,

00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:45.880
 the council

00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:46.500
 of the top

00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.380
 theologians

00:17:47.380 --> 00:17:48.460
 in Jerusalem,

00:17:50.859 --> 00:17:51.660
 sent to

00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:52.940
 Peter,

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 you are

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 not to

00:17:55.320 --> 00:17:55.980
 speak any

00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:56.880
 longer in

00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:57.320
 the name

00:17:57.320 --> 00:17:57.799
 of Jesus

00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:58.360
 Christ.

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 I mean,

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 imagine

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:02.960
 if the

00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.440
 disciples,

00:18:03.580 --> 00:18:04.080
 the apostles

00:18:04.080 --> 00:18:04.640
 had taken

00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:05.320
 any notice

00:18:05.320 --> 00:18:05.740
 of that.

00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:07.660
 You imagine

00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.240
 it because

00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:08.740
 we wouldn't

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.140
 be sitting

00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:09.600
 here this

00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:09.960
 morning.

00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:12.019
 I reckon

00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:12.400
 if they

00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:13.000
 stopped

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.660
 preaching in

00:18:13.660 --> 00:18:14.019
 the name

00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:14.519
 of Jesus

00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.120
 Christ,

00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:16.259
 then what

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:16.880
 would have

00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:17.460
 happened would

00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:18.160
 be that

00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:18.779
 Christianity

00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:19.420
 would have

00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:20.059
 died the

00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:21.180
 death of a

00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:21.680
 kind of

00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.500
 weird sect

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.259
 of Judaism

00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:24.019
 in the

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.840
 temple courts.

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 I don't

00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:27.539
 think,

00:18:28.560 --> 00:18:29.100
 I don't

00:18:29.100 --> 00:18:29.580
 think

00:18:29.580 --> 00:18:31.340
 that we

00:18:31.340 --> 00:18:31.640
 would have

00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:32.120
 survived

00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:32.440
 that.

00:18:33.320 --> 00:18:33.700
 And what

00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:34.240
 happens?

00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:36.240
 Peter goes

00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:36.700
 back,

00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:37.360
 Peter and

00:18:37.360 --> 00:18:37.779
 John go

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.080
 back,

00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:38.640
 tell the

00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:39.140
 disciples,

00:18:39.560 --> 00:18:39.920
 this is

00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:40.420
 what we've

00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:40.980
 been told.

00:18:42.580 --> 00:18:42.980
 They didn't

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.720
 pitch themselves

00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:44.360
 as victims

00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:44.840
 and go

00:18:44.840 --> 00:18:45.180
 around,

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.460
 you know,

00:18:45.560 --> 00:18:46.019
 miserable.

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:47.000
 They said

00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:47.660
 they prayed

00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:48.120
 together.

00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.160
 And it

00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:50.660
 says this,

00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:51.220
 the Holy

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:52.600
 Spirit came

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:53.279
 upon them.

00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:54.500
 And at

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:54.960
 the end

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.220
 of the

00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:55.460
 prayer

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:55.860
 meeting,

00:18:56.040 --> 00:18:56.600
 the building

00:18:56.600 --> 00:18:57.180
 shook.

00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:59.240
 You know,

00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:00.480
 I know

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:02.400
 that architects

00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:03.240
 get jumpy

00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:03.800
 about this

00:19:03.800 --> 00:19:04.259
 and health

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.800
 and safety

00:19:04.800 --> 00:19:05.259
 people,

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:06.180
 but the

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.759
 bottom line

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.519
 is I

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.200
 long for

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.640
 the church

00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:08.980
 to be

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.320
 shaken

00:19:09.320 --> 00:19:09.759
 today,

00:19:10.120 --> 00:19:10.460
 shaken

00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:10.940
 by the

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.540
 Holy Spirit.

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:11.900
 Am I

00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:12.240
 on my

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:12.460
 own?

00:19:12.580 --> 00:19:12.820
 Someone

00:19:12.820 --> 00:19:13.580
 say no.

00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.240
 Oh my

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.600
 goodness,

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:15.880
 hey.

00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:19.960
 Listen

00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:20.300
 to me.

00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:22.100
 What does

00:19:22.100 --> 00:19:22.480
 it say

00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:22.820
 then?

00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:24.160
 All of

00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:24.340
 them,

00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:25.420
 not just

00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:25.980
 the apostles,

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.600
 all of

00:19:26.600 --> 00:19:27.120
 them went

00:19:27.120 --> 00:19:28.180
 out and

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:29.200
 spoke the

00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.700
 word of

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.900
 God boldly.

00:19:33.540 --> 00:19:34.120
 Let me

00:19:34.120 --> 00:19:34.440
 ask you

00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:34.700
 something,

00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:35.000
 friend.

00:19:35.060 --> 00:19:35.380
 When was

00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:35.820
 the last

00:19:35.820 --> 00:19:36.700
 time you

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.400
 spoke about

00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:38.200
 God boldly

00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:38.620
 when you

00:19:38.620 --> 00:19:39.140
 weren't in

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:39.519
 church?

00:19:40.560 --> 00:19:40.740
 I mean,

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.120
 for some

00:19:41.120 --> 00:19:41.460
 of you,

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.440
 a Christian

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:42.840
 might be,

00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:43.120
 when did

00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:43.540
 you speak

00:19:43.540 --> 00:19:43.800
 of him

00:19:43.800 --> 00:19:44.100
 boldly

00:19:44.100 --> 00:19:44.400
 when you

00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:44.740
 were in

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.120
 church?

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.660
 Foolness

00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:49.900
 speaks.

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:51.259
 And

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.880
 Stephen

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:53.000
 shows us

00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.780
 what that

00:19:53.780 --> 00:19:54.460
 looks like.

00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.040
 You're

00:19:56.040 --> 00:19:56.160
 saying,

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.300
 well,

00:19:56.320 --> 00:19:56.600
 I'd love

00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:57.040
 to speak

00:19:57.040 --> 00:19:57.220
 more,

00:19:57.280 --> 00:19:57.519
 but I'm

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.040
 scared that

00:19:58.040 --> 00:19:58.600
 somebody might

00:19:58.600 --> 00:19:59.120
 ask me a

00:19:59.120 --> 00:19:59.640
 question that

00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.000
 I couldn't

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.400
 answer.

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.420
 You know

00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:02.620
 what the

00:20:02.620 --> 00:20:03.300
 Bible says?

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.320
 In a

00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:05.220
 situation where

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.580
 you're under

00:20:05.580 --> 00:20:06.060
 pressure,

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.220
 who will

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.759
 give you the

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.259
 words to

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.540
 say?

00:20:09.540 --> 00:20:10.240
 The Holy

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.660
 Spirit.

00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.140
 If you

00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:13.800
 step out,

00:20:15.060 --> 00:20:15.580
 you'll be

00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:16.420
 surprised how

00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:16.980
 God will

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:18.180
 use even

00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:18.500
 you.

00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:21.440
 I take

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:21.880
 the view

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:23.360
 that God

00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:24.460
 used Balaam's

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:25.420
 ass, so

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:25.920
 there's hope

00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.460
 for all of

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:26.759
 us.

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:29.920
 Fullness

00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.680
 serves,

00:20:31.360 --> 00:20:31.640
 fullness

00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:32.279
 speaks,

00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:34.080
 and finally,

00:20:34.860 --> 00:20:35.200
 fullness

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.360
 shines.

00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:40.879
 it's

00:20:40.879 --> 00:20:41.439
 said that

00:20:41.439 --> 00:20:41.919
 when

00:20:41.919 --> 00:20:43.659
 Stephen was

00:20:43.659 --> 00:20:44.639
 defending the

00:20:44.639 --> 00:20:45.240
 faith to

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:45.979
 these people

00:20:45.979 --> 00:20:46.339
 in the

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:47.000
 synagogue of

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.639
 the freedmen,

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.899
 his face

00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:49.740
 shone like

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.779
 that of

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.419
 an angel.

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:54.039
 You don't

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.719
 see much of

00:20:54.719 --> 00:20:55.079
 that in

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:55.559
 today's

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:55.879
 church,

00:20:55.919 --> 00:20:56.279
 do you?

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.179
 I have

00:20:58.179 --> 00:20:58.699
 seen it.

00:20:59.679 --> 00:21:00.479
 I was

00:21:00.479 --> 00:21:01.139
 freshly

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:01.759
 converted,

00:21:01.939 --> 00:21:02.319
 probably only

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:03.079
 been converted

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.699
 about a

00:21:03.699 --> 00:21:04.019
 month,

00:21:04.679 --> 00:21:05.179
 when the

00:21:05.179 --> 00:21:05.779
 man who

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.519
 was about

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.299
 to be

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:08.019
 my best

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.460
 man,

00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:09.779
 took me

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.940
 to Rome.

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:11.799
 It was

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.379
 his birthday

00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:12.859
 present,

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.200
 and he

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.619
 asked his

00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:13.960
 mum and

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.240
 dad,

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.319
 can Mike

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.720
 and I

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.319
 go to

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:17.379
 Rome and

00:21:17.379 --> 00:21:17.759
 go to

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.000
 the

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.660
 Focolare

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.279
 movement

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.279
 conference?

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:20.700
 I had

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.160
 never heard

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:21.420
 of the

00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:22.019
 Focolare

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.460
 movement.

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:24.039
 I asked

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.180
 him,

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.460
 what is

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:24.619
 the

00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:25.200
 Focolare

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.200


00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.539
 movement?

00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:25.940
 He said,

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.299
 it's a

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:27.019
 Roman Catholic

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.579
 renewal

00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.099
 movement.

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.440
 I didn't

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:29.720
 know what

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.420
 Roman Catholics

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:30.779
 were,

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.160
 and I didn't

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.440
 know what

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:31.920
 a renewal

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.359
 movement

00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:32.759
 was,

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:33.639
 but I

00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:34.339
 liked him,

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:35.039
 and so

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.539
 we went.

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:38.220
 It was

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:39.460
 amazing,

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.619
 and the

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.240
 Focolare

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.799
 movement

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:43.279
 was headed

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.779
 up by

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.819
 this amazing

00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:45.500
 woman called

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:45.960
 Chiara

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.559
 Lubert,

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:48.859
 and I

00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:49.299
 swear,

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:51.420
 when she

00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:52.160
 spoke

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:54.339
 to the

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:55.720
 attendees

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.420
 at this

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.059
 conference,

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.579
 we had to

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.200
 listen by

00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:00.299
 simultaneous

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:01.059
 translation,

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.539
 because I

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:01.819
 don't

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.359
 understand

00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:02.859
 too much

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.379
 Italian.

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.599
 Well,

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.339
 she spoke.

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.859
 I swear

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.559
 her face

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:10.000
 shone like

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.299
 that of

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.799
 an angel,

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:13.440
 and then

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:15.720
 I got a

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:15.980
 message,

00:22:16.179 --> 00:22:16.740
 she didn't

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.179
 ask me

00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.539
 direct,

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:18.079
 I got a

00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:18.500
 message

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.440
 saying,

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:20.279
 would you

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.779
 mind giving

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.639
 your testimony

00:22:21.639 --> 00:22:24.220
 to like

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:25.399
 4,000 people?

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:25.680
 I mean,

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.040
 I've been

00:22:26.040 --> 00:22:26.519
 converted

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:28.000
 about a

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.360
 month,

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.900
 stood up

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.080
 there,

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:31.680
 my knees

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.280
 were knocking,

00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:33.740
 I was frightened

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.519
 I might vomit

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.220
 or faint,

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:37.539
 and I

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.940
 told how

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.720
 God had

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.400
 broken into

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:41.140
 my life

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:42.779
 a moron

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:45.319
 and saved

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.920
 me from

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.880
 the consequences

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.360
 of my

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:47.960
 wrongdoing

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:50.000
 and set

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.539
 me on a

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.360
 new course

00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:52.539
 in life.

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.180
 She then

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.740
 sent me

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:58.000
 a message

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.420
 saying,

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:58.900
 and would

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.220
 you like

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.539
 to meet

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.079
 the Pope?

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:05.639
 I didn't

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.740
 seem

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.119
 gracious

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.559
 to say,

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:07.699
 well,

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:07.960
 I'm not

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.279
 keen,

00:23:08.439 --> 00:23:08.679
 you know.

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.879
 So I

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.339
 did go

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:11.740
 and it

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.199
 turned out

00:23:12.199 --> 00:23:12.359
 it was

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:12.619
 what they

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:12.839
 call

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.919
 something,

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.500
 a minor

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.139
 audience

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.539
 or something

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:15.919
 like that.

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.220
 So there

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.419
 were about

00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:16.899
 a dozen

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.259
 of us,

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.939
 young people

00:23:17.939 --> 00:23:18.599
 from the,

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.619
 and we

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.039
 met with

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.399
 the Holy

00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:21.099
 Father

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:22.759
 and he

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.299
 blessed us

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.839
 in Latin

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:25.220
 and we

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.500
 all went

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.819
 home.

00:23:29.199 --> 00:23:29.599
 Stephen's

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.039
 face,

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:31.799
 shone

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.419
 like that

00:23:32.419 --> 00:23:33.039
 of an

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.460
 angel.

00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:35.419
 And the

00:23:35.419 --> 00:23:36.019
 one thing

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.699
 that you

00:23:36.699 --> 00:23:38.359
 see in

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:39.139
 that narrative

00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:40.039
 about Stephen

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:41.159
 is there

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.720
 was something

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.599
 different about

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.199
 this guy.

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:44.859
 Wasn't

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.839
 anything special

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.460
 about him,

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.000
 I don't think,

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.519
 but there

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.460
 was something

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:50.419
 amazing about

00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:50.699
 him.

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.740
 He lived

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.659
 in Christ

00:23:53.659 --> 00:23:54.139
 the most

00:23:54.139 --> 00:23:55.139
 amazing life.

00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:55.759
 He did

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.519
 signs and

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.839
 he did

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.379
 wonders.

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.019
 He defended

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.539
 the faith

00:23:59.539 --> 00:23:59.899
 against

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.359
 hostile

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:00.960
 people

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.599
 from the

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:01.920
 synagogue

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.339
 of the

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:02.879
 freedmen.

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.000
 He gave

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.420
 it all

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.779
 he got

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.240
 and in

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.859
 the end

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:09.139
 he gave

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.720
 his life.

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.379
 You know,

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:19.340
 your heart

00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:20.120
 stops when

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.480
 you think

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.080
 about that.

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:22.940
 He gave

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.460
 his life.

00:24:27.060 --> 00:24:27.980
 I remember

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:30.180
 during the

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:31.100
 Vietnam War

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:32.100
 there was

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.760
 one of those

00:24:32.760 --> 00:24:33.860
 big demonstrations

00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:35.880
 at one of the

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.540
 universities

00:24:36.540 --> 00:24:37.220
 out there

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.720
 and

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:40.559
 somebody

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.600
 had a

00:24:41.600 --> 00:24:42.140
 placard

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:43.180
 and the

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.700
 placard

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.160
 said

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:45.100
 war

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.579
 isn't

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:45.880
 worth

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.380
 dying

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.819
 for.

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:47.740
 And I

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.220
 think in

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.579
 general

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.200
 many of

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.480
 us

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.160
 would agree

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.759
 with that.

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.079
 But Charles

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:54.140
 Colson saw

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:55.000
 that placard.

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.600
 Charles

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.220
 Colson who

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.000
 got put in

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.880
 prison over

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.600
 the Watergate

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:59.120
 thing and

00:24:59.120 --> 00:24:59.600
 then became

00:24:59.600 --> 00:25:00.140
 a Christian

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.720
 in prison

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.600
 wrote the

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:01.839
 most

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.420
 marvelous

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.019
 books

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.859
 before he

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.339
 died

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.920
 obviously.

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.420
 And Charles

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:08.319
 Colson saw

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.019
 that placard

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.259
 and he

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.700
 wrote this

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.059
 book.

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:12.279
 What is

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.940
 worth dying

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.639
 for today?

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.379
 See,

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.839
 I ask you

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.539
 that question.

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.839
 What do

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.299
 you think

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:23.059
 is worth

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:24.000
 dying for

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.460
 today?

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.000
 I mean

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.740
 maybe you

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.259
 have some

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.019
 cause that

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.480
 I don't

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.180
 know about

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.539
 that you

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:30.839
 think,

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:31.759
 you know,

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.079
 I'd be

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.680
 prepared to

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:32.960
 go and

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.579
 get killed

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.019
 for this

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:36.180
 but Stephen

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:38.079
 got killed

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.559
 for no

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.460
 other reason

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:41.360
 than he

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:41.660
 was a

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.140
 brilliant

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:43.120
 disciple

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.900
 of Jesus

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.440
 Christ.

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.640
 And he

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.039
 didn't just

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.519
 die.

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.220
 He wasn't

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.880
 lying in a

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.279
 bed with

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.900
 tubes coming

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.259
 out of

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.100
 every orifice

00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:54.579
 deeply

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.220
 sedated.

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.579
 He was

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.160
 alive.

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.299
 And they

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.900
 threw rocks

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.440
 at him and

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.019
 they killed

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.299
 him.

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.980
 not

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.419
 knowing

00:26:04.419 --> 00:26:05.559
 that in

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.099
 Stephen's

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.599
 death there

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.019
 would be

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.819
 a resurrection

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.680
 and Stephen

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.159
 would be

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.919
 even more

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.539
 alive than

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:10.879
 he was

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.339
 on earth

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.119
 in heaven.

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.299
 I've

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.759
 talked to

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.000
 you

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:19.619
 about the

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.440
 hard yards

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:20.759
 of the

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.039
 fullness

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.799
 of the

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.159
 Spirit.

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.559
 See,

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.099
 I think a

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.379
 servant

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:25.960
 heart

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.960
 doesn't

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.659
 just

00:26:27.659 --> 00:26:28.379
 begin

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:29.540
 when you

00:26:29.540 --> 00:26:30.240
 decide to

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.660
 volunteer

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.260
 for a few

00:26:31.260 --> 00:26:31.540
 things.

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.100
 I think it

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:32.680
 starts in

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:32.980
 here.

00:26:34.520 --> 00:26:35.100
 When you

00:26:35.100 --> 00:26:36.400
 realize that

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.020
 the Son of

00:26:37.020 --> 00:26:38.080
 Man came

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:39.040
 not to be

00:26:39.040 --> 00:26:39.480
 served but

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.100
 to serve.

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.800
 When you

00:26:41.800 --> 00:26:42.840
 realize that

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.220
 Paul the

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.020
 Apostle says

00:26:44.020 --> 00:26:45.020
 your attitude

00:26:45.020 --> 00:26:45.860
 should be the

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.260
 same as

00:26:46.260 --> 00:26:47.020
 Christ Jesus.

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.880
 Fullness

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.440
 speaks.

00:26:51.760 --> 00:26:52.260
 Acts chapter

00:26:52.260 --> 00:26:53.020
 1 and verse

00:26:53.020 --> 00:26:53.860
 8 will tell

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.199
 you,

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.719
 you're a

00:26:56.719 --> 00:26:57.159
 witness.

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:58.639
 You might

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:59.099
 not be an

00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.759
 evangelist,

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.079
 you might

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.539
 not be a

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.839
 budding

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.559
 Billy Graham

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:03.240
 or Sarah

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.659
 Graham,

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.079
 whatever.

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.259
 But you've

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.559
 got a

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.059
 tongue in

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.759
 your head

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:11.819
 and hopefully

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.879
 a faith in

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.579
 your heart

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:15.679
 and a

00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:16.240
 spirit

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:18.139
 that's

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:19.959
 giving you

00:27:19.959 --> 00:27:21.019
 the opportunity

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.819
 day by

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:23.519
 day to

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.759
 say

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.319
 something.

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:27.960
 I

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.680
 hesitate

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:31.160
 to say

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.740
 this but

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:33.879
 I think

00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:34.700
 there are

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.339
 some of

00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:37.460
 us who

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.279
 have had a

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.680
 kind of

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.660
 self-awareness

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:42.079
 bypass and

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.639
 when it comes

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.319
 to witness

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.119
 it's very

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:44.740
 unnatural.

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.599
 We somehow

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.539
 try and force

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.480
 it into a

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.900
 conversation and

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.599
 it feels

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.680
 not quite

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.039
 right.

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:53.399
 I'm not

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:54.119
 talking about

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.420
 that.

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.339
 I'm not

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:56.079
 talking about

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.759
 Christians who

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.579
 have Bibles the

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.139
 size of a

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:59.259
 paving slab who

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.559
 are going to

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.159
 beat you around

00:28:00.159 --> 00:28:00.759
 the head with

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.480
 it until you

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.859
 submit.

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.799
 I'm talking

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.339
 about you.

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:08.039
 I'm talking

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.619
 about you

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.680
 waking up

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.559
 every day and

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.099
 praying to

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.700
 God, how

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.480
 can I serve

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.960
 you today?

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.720
 I'm talking

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.379
 about you

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.480
 waking up and

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.940
 saying to

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.579
 God, how

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.420
 can I speak

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.880
 for you

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.279
 today?

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.019
 And

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.740
 fullness

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:25.560
 shines.

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.940
 I often

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.480
 wonder,

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.440
 myself,

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.140
 never mind

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:33.000
 anybody else,

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:34.220
 but what

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.680
 would happen

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.160
 if a

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:35.779
 Martian

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:37.100
 landed on

00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:37.920
 planet Earth

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.900
 and looked

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.640
 at those of

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.180
 us who

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.900
 attend church

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.519
 on a Sunday?

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.720
 How different

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.740
 would we look

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.560
 than the rest

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.139
 of the world?

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.460
 How different?

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:54.299
 My friend

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.740
 Graham Tomlin

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.379
 wrote his

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:56.859
 book, The

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.659
 Provocative

00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:58.799
 Church, and

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.319
 one of the

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.899
 things he was

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.879
 keen to stress

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.500
 in that was

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.359
 that our

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:03.059
 very lives

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.500
 should be

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.079
 provocative.

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.639
 They should

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.279
 leave others

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:07.079
 with questions

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.960
 about why

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.519
 is Harry

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:08.960
 like that?

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.539
 Why is

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.259
 Mary like

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.579
 that?

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.220
 And that

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.659
 would give

00:29:13.659 --> 00:29:14.059
 us the

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.819
 opportunity

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:16.599
 to say

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.099
 something.

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.839
 I love

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.359
 Stephen,

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:24.480
 and when

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.179
 I get

00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:25.779
 to heaven,

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.740
 I'm going

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.159
 to look

00:29:27.159 --> 00:29:27.519
 up his

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.259
 postcode,

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.559
 and I'm

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:29.779
 going to

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.259
 go around

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.759
 and visit

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.259
 with him,

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.139
 and I'm

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:33.379
 going to

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:33.639
 say,

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.279
 well done,

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:36.359
 because you

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.859
 taught me

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.519
 something that

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.200
 I needed

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.799
 to learn.

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.700
 You taught

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.279
 me something

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.039
 I wasn't

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.759
 even desperate

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.379
 to learn.

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.480
 but you

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.960
 taught it

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.359
 to me,

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.019
 and I

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.579
 noticed

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:49.079
 that the

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.799
 life you

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.279
 had

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:52.539
 meant that

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.399
 you started

00:29:53.399 --> 00:29:54.279
 your ministry

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.899
 in the

00:29:54.899 --> 00:29:55.419
 fullness of

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:55.919
 the Spirit,

00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:57.500
 and you

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.419
 ended it

00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:59.279
 full of the

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.980
 Holy Spirit.

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:03.019
 And I want

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.579
 to be like

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:03.859
 that.

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.720
 And if you

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.200
 don't want to

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.819
 be like that,

00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:08.899
 I suggest you

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.379
 go and speak

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:10.200
 to a Christian

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.960
 counselor or

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.360
 something.

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.660
 But if you

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.160
 want that,

00:30:16.340 --> 00:30:17.000
 if you want

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.540
 that level

00:30:17.540 --> 00:30:18.540
 of consistency,

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:20.140
 if you want

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.540
 to be a

00:30:20.540 --> 00:30:20.960
 serving,

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.780
 speaking,

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.540
 shining

00:30:22.540 --> 00:30:23.160
 Christian,

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.640
 I'm going

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:24.940
 to pray

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.340
 for you

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:25.580
 now.

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:25.840
 Let's

00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:26.200
 bow our

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.480
 heads.

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.360
 I'm going

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:30.760
 to leave a

00:30:30.760 --> 00:30:31.300
 few minutes

00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:31.920
 quiet,

00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:33.320
 and in

00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:33.900
 that quiet,

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.460
 I'm praying

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.820
 that the

00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.540
 Holy Spirit

00:30:35.540 --> 00:30:35.940
 is going

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.660
 to whisper

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.200
 in your

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.560
 ear,

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:39.200
 and if

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.639
 he needs

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:39.839
 to,

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.119
 he's going

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.599
 to shout

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:46.179
 that you

00:30:46.179 --> 00:30:47.139
 might decide

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.819
 in the light

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.419
 of God's

00:30:48.419 --> 00:30:48.799
 word,

00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:51.299
 what next

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.899
 for me?

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:17.200
 God's

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.519
 gracious

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.039
 father,

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:19.319
 we know

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:21.859
 that you

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.539
 have filled

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.099
 us with the

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:23.619
 spirit that

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.440
 day we gave

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.039
 our lives

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.419
 to you,

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.960
 but Lord,

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.200
 we also

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.720
 know the

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.159
 truth.

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.440
 Many of

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:30.740
 us have

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.119
 leaked,

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:34.279
 and Lord,

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.119
 we're aware

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:36.179
 that living

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.900
 on the

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.400
 spiritual

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:38.180
 experience

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.380
 of

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:39.200
 yesteryear

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:42.640
 can

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.400
 sometimes

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.000
 not be

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.400
 healthy.

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.340
 As Isaiah

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:45.920
 put it,

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.539
 our

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.060
 spiritual

00:31:48.060 --> 00:31:48.880
 experience

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.799
 fades like

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.460
 the leaves

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.299
 in winter.

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.000
 Lord,

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:55.340
 we don't

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:55.600
 want to

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:56.660
 be faded

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.340
 Christians.

00:31:59.060 --> 00:31:59.980
 We don't

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.279
 want to

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:01.019
 be leaking

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.640
 Christians,

00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:02.140
 and we

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.759
 long to

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.220
 pray to

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.720
 you now

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:05.160
 that you

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.740
 would send

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.299
 your Holy

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.059
 Spirit upon

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.660
 your people

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.100
 gathered.

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.480
 Lord,

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:10.039
 we pray

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.400
 that you

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 would shake

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 this

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 church,

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 and Lord,

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 that we

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 might become

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 serving,

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 speaking,

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 shining

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 Christians,

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 Lord,

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 whose lives

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 are earthed

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 in your

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 word,

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 and truly

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 empowered by

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 your Holy

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 Spirit.

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 and so,

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 Lord,

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 we thank

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 you for

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 Stephen's

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 story,

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 and we

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 pray,

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 Lord,

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 that it

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 might be a

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 passion for

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 us as

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 we seek

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 to live

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 the

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 spiritual

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 life that

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 you have

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 for us.

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 Lord,

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 we pray

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 this now,

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 and the

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 people who

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 agreed said

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 together,

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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