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 We're in Acts chapter 25, which is on page 934.

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 And I go on holiday tomorrow.

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 And this sermon feels like I'm going on holiday tomorrow.

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 Sometimes they've taken him into protective custody.

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 And the authorities really don't know what to do with him.

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 So they play pass the parcel with him.

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 They shunt him from one to another before finally sending him to Rome.

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 First it's Felix.

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 Then it's Festus.

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 And Festus brings us to Agrippa, who comes to Caesarea on a courtesy call.

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 And then they ship the apostle off to Rome.

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 To appear before Emperor Nero.

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 Great names, aren't they?

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 Felix the cat.

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 Nero the dog.

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 Someone has said, those were the great names in those days.

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 Felix, Nero.

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 We call our cats and dogs Felix and Nero.

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 And people call their sons Paul.

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 Can you see the reversal?

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 But there's been how influential Christianity has been on our culture.

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 The big names of the day were Nero.

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 He was emperor in Rome.

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 And Felix was the governor, the new governor of Palestine.

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 Felix was the worst governor that Palestine ever had.

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 He was eventually summoned to Rome and was given the sack.

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 And now Festus is the guy who takes over, Uncle Festus.

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 And anyway, Paul makes quite an impression before these people.

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 And we're told, do you remember last week, as Felix heard Paul preach, he trembled.

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 Agrippa, we're told, is almost persuaded to become a Christian.

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 At least that's what he says.

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 Whether he's being sarcastic or whether he's being sincere, we don't know.

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 But Paul made a remarkable impression.

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 And this guy, Festus, in the courtroom, loses his cool.

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 Blows his stack, as they say.

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 And he shouts at Paul.

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 Look over the page.

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 Look at chapter 26, verse 24 and 25.

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 We're told at this point, as he was saying these things in defense,

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 Felix said with a loud voice, he shouted,

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 Paul, you're out of your mind.

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 Your great learning is driving you out of your mind.

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 I think you'll agree that's not the normal way.

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 That's not the way a judge should behave in court.

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 To shout at the man in the dock.

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 To call him mad.

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 Paul made, didn't he?

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 Quite an impression.

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 And in these circles, as he's shunted from pillar to post,

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 there are three different sets of people in Acts 25.

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 There are three different attitudes in Acts 25

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 towards the gospel of the Lord Jesus.

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 And I want to pick up on those three attitudes.

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 First of all, we see the hard-heartedness of the Jewish leaders.

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 And I want you to be asking yourself,

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 as you hear this sermon proclaimed,

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 what's the attitude in my heart?

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 And you might think this morning,

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 it's impossible for me to be hard-hearted.

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 I wouldn't be in church this morning, would I?

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 But let me tell you, it's very easy to sit in church like this.

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 I was brought up in a good church and be very hard-hearted.

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 I know what it is to sit under sermons and be proud and arrogant

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 and say, I will not believe this.

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 We look at the hard-heartedness of the Jewish leaders,

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 the close-mindedness of them.

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 And then secondly, the half-heartedness,

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 the double-mindedness of Philip Festus.

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 And then thirdly, the whole-heartedness of the Apostle Paul.

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 So let's see the hard-heartedness of the Jewish leaders.

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 And there's a key word,

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 which you might have picked up when Andrew read it,

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 and it's the word against.

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 It keeps coming up 12 times in this chapter.

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 These people are against Paul and against his gospel.

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 They're against everything he stands for.

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 Let me show you very quickly.

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 Chapters 25, verses 1 and 2.

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 Three days, three days after Festus had arrived in the province.

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 He went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

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 And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews

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 laid out their case against Paul.

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 And they urged him, asking as a favor against Paul,

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 that he summon him to Jerusalem

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 because they were planning to ambush him.

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 They were against him to kill him on the way.

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 They cannot wait to get their hands on Paul.

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 You might have thought,

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 surely these Jewish leaders would have forgotten him.

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 It's been two years.

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 Look at the last verse of chapter 24.

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 When two years had elapsed,

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 two years had gone by,

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 Felix was succeeded by Paulius Festus.

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 And desiring to do the Jews a favor,

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 Felix left Paul in prison.

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 Two whole years, he's been rotting for two years.

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 Do you remember two years ago?

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 You might have thought,

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 two years was enough time for them to forget about Paul.

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 But Festus hasn't had time to unpack his suitcases.

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 He's not even kind of done photo opportunities

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 with other leaders of state.

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 But the Jewish leaders are knocking on his door.

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 Look what they say in verse 3.

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 They urgently request Festus to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem.

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 They're gunning for him.

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 They carry out a vendetta against this man, Paul.

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 And the tense of the verb in verse 3 is they keep on.

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 They will not let it go.

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 They will not take no for an answer.

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 And what's motivating them?

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 It's not just a concern for law and order.

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 It's not a concern for justice to be done.

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 What's the concern in verse 3?

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 They want to kill him on the way.

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 They want him to be a dead man.

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 And they don't care how it happens,

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 whether it's legally or illegally,

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 whether it's done by the authorities or it's done by the mob.

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 They want him silenced.

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 And when Festus refuses to bring Paul to Jerusalem,

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 do you notice verse 4?

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 And he invites them to Caesarea.

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 They don't waste any time.

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 Look at verse 4 to 7.

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 As soon as Festus gets back to Jerusalem,

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 the very next day they're there again knocking on the door.

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 They can't even wait for the trial.

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 They surround him.

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 They gang up on him.

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 They charge him.

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 They will bring any charges.

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 Can't you see what's happening here?

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 It's indiscriminate, isn't it?

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 It's deep-seated, implacable hostility.

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 There's nothing reasonable about their hostility.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 They ask for the death sentence.

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 When I was in Jerusalem,

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 the chief priests and the elders of the Jews

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 laid out their case against him,

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 asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

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 But look at the way that they ask him

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 for him to be condemned.

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 I would have thought,

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 if you believe in the death penalty,

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 it's a very serious thing.

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 But look at verse 24.

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 Agrippa gives us a little bit more information about this.

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 Verse 24.

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 King Agrippa and all who are present with us,

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 you see this man about whom

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 the whole Jewish people petitioned me,

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 both in Jerusalem and here,

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 shouting that he ought not to live any longer.

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 They're baying for blood.

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 Paul, the prisoner,

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 he is cool and he's calm and he's collected.

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 But everyone else is angry.

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 Everyone else is shouting at him.

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 His accusers are shouting at him.

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 The judge is shouting at him.

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 Paul, you're out of your mind.

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 You're insane.

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 Why?

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 Is the question, isn't it?

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 Why is there such anger?

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 Why such hostility against him?

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 Why such unreasonable hatred towards Paul?

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 And the reason is this.

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 The message that he preaches.

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 What lies behind it?

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 Why are they so desperate to silence him?

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 Why do they want him dead?

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 Strange thing, isn't it?

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 I think psychologically it's proven

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 that often people will accuse others unfairly

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 and passionately of the very things

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 that they're guilty of themselves.

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 In fact, the more unreasonable,

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 the more angry they are,

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 the more likely they are to be guilty

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 of the very things they're accusing others of doing.

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 It's a phenomenon, isn't it?

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 It's recognized by psychologists.

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 It's what people often say

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 about Bible-believing Christians.

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 There is, despite

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 incessant news of a quiet revival,

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 there is neither quiet nor revival,

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 there is, isn't there,

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 in our culture,

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 hostility

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 towards the biblical message

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 of the Lord Jesus.

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 When people really understand

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 what we believe about human flourishing

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 and about human sexuality,

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 when people really believe

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 what we understand

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 about rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and the reality of hell,

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 what is the response?

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 That Christians are dangerous.

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 At least the fundamentalist Christians are.

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 Real Christians who believe the Bible,

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 they are dangerous.

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 These people, actually,

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 they believe in a violent God.

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 They threaten

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 our stable, multicultural society

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 and actually we need to silence them.

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 They are not allowed to express those opinions.

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 We need to cancel them.

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 And so if you regard yourself

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 as a true Christian

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 and you explain the message

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 of the gospel,

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 you will find that people think

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 you're a violent,

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 hate-filled,

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 murderous fundamentalist.

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 And the UK modern society

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 would be a better place without you.

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 I've got an atheist friend

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 who's a lovely fellow

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 who worships science

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 and mocks me

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 mercilessly

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 at the rugby club

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 and he cannot see me

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 without talking about God.

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 He cannot

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 see me without saying,

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 are you here to influence

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 young men,

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 vulnerable young men?

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 Every time I see him.

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 What's the response?

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 The response is this,

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 why are you so angry

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 about a God

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 who doesn't exist?

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 That's the great question

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 for atheism, isn't it?

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 I don't believe in God

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 and yet I hate him.

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 Why is that person

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 so angry

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 about a God

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 they don't believe in?

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 There's actually

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 nothing reasonable

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 to it.

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 There's something else

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 going on, isn't there?

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 There's a close-mindedness

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 to it.

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 There's a hard-heartedness

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 to it.

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 I said to my friend

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 that I prayed for him.

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 He said,

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 I don't give you consent

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 to pray for you.

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 I told him I couldn't care less.

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 Let's move on

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 from the hard-heartedness

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 of the Jewish leaders.

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 There's nothing new

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 under the sun, is there?

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 And let's notice

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 the half-heartedness

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 of Festus.

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 Just look at that.

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 Look at verses 9 to 11.

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 Let me read it.

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 But Festus wishing

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 to do the Jews a favour.

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 Can you see that?

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 Said to Paul,

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 do you wish to go up

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 to Jerusalem

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 and there be tried

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 on these charges before me?

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 But Paul said,

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 I am standing before

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 Caesar's tribunal

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 where I ought to be tried.

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 To the Jews,

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 I've done no wrong,

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 as you yourself know very well.

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 If then I'm a wrongdoer

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 and have committed anything

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 for which I deserve to die,

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 I do not seek to escape death.

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 But if there's nothing

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 to their charges against me,

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 no one can give me up to them.

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 I appeal to Caesar.

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 Pretty straightforward.

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 You can't send me up

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 to Jerusalem.

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 I'm not prepared

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 to go to Jerusalem.

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 The interesting thing

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 to notice here

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 is that Festus

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 changed his mind.

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 Do you notice

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 verse 4 and 5

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 he refuses?

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 Three days

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 after taking office

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 he goes up to Jerusalem

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 and the Jews

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 want him to bring

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 Paul to Jerusalem

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 to stand a kind

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 of show trial.

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 But Festus refuses

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 very strongly

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 and firmly there

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 in verses 4 and 5.

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 But in verse 9

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 we're told that he

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 moots the idea

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 with Paul.

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 Would you like to go up?

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 Are you willing to go?

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 What's he thinking?

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 Why has there been

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 a change of mind?

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 Why a change of policy?

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 Why?

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 Try and get into

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 the psychology behind it.

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 Festus is thinking

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 isn't it

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 this will look

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 very good on my CV

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 if I can pull this off.

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 The clue is there

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 in verse 9 isn't it?

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 It's very simple.

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 He's a politician

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 wanting to do

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 a favour to the Jews.

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 It's not about

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 saving justice

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 it's about

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 saving his career.

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 Festus

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 by all accounts

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 was a very good politician.

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 Sadly

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 only lasted

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 two years in office

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 and then he died.

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 But whereas

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 Felix was probably

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 the worst governor

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 that Palestine ever had

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 Festus is probably

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 one of the best.

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 So he was a good guy

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 in lots of ways

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 but he was

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 a double-minded man.

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 Can you see?

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 He's not motivated

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 by justice here

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 but by self-interest.

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 What's good for me?

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 So where

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 as the Jewish leaders

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 are they

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 closed their mind

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 they'd hardened

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 their hearts

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 to the truth.

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 Festus is double-minded.

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 Look at verses 18 to 20.

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 Festus is talking

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 to Agrippa

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 and when the accusers

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 stood up

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 they brought no charge

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 in his case

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 of such evils

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 as I suppose.

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 Rather they had

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 certain points of dispute

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 with him

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 about their own religion

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 about a certain Jesus

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 who was dead

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 but whom Paul

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 asserted to be alive.

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 It's an interesting thing

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 isn't it?

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 Do you notice that?

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 Then verse 19

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 such an incredible

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 way of putting it.

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 The man who is

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 the saviour of the world

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 the most influential

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 human being

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 that's ever existed

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 can you see how he's

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 described?

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 A dead man

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 named Jesus

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 who Paul claimed

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 was alive.

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 Festus says

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 I was quite surprised

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 he didn't realise

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 that was what

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 it was all about.

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 It wasn't what

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 I was expecting.

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 Roman law

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 doesn't actually

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 cover resurrection.

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 Insurrection

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 well I know all

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 how to deal with that

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 but resurrection

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 I've not got any

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 experience of that.

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 Festus is out

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 of his depth

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 he's clearly

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 out of his depth

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 and he's not really

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 that interested.

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 It's so obvious

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 isn't it?

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 He's dismissive about it.

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 Some man named

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 Jesus

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 Jesus

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 a really common

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 name

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 he died

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 this guy says

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 he came back

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 to death

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 came back

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 to life.

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 He shrugs it off

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 but can you

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 can you just

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 see under the

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 veneer

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 can you just

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 see underneath

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 the surface

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 here

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 that of course

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 in that

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 shrugging it off

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 Paul is putting

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 his

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 Festus is putting

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 his finger

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 right on the issue.

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 Why are the Jews

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 so angry?

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 Why are they

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 so murderous?

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 Because of the

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 resurrection of

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 Jesus Christ

00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:43.720
 the resurrection

00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:44.320
 of Jesus

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 actually reverses

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 the verdict

00:14:46.019 --> 00:14:46.460
 of history

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 I don't think

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 again I brought

00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:49.159
 this out in the

00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:49.740
 book of Acts

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 but the preaching

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 of the book of Acts

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 is you thought

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 Jesus was this

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 you threw him

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 on the scrap heap

00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:56.240
 of history

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 but he has died

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 but he has been

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 raised to life

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 he is God's king

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 forevermore

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 and what are you

00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:02.279
 going to do

00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:02.560
 with him?

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 they thought

00:15:05.939 --> 00:15:06.319
 he was just

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 one of the

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 dozens of

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 messiahs

00:15:07.619 --> 00:15:08.059
 they got rid

00:15:08.059 --> 00:15:08.239
 of him

00:15:08.239 --> 00:15:08.559
 they thought

00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:09.000
 this is the

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 end of this

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 Jesus

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 this Jesus

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 whom you

00:15:12.239 --> 00:15:12.839
 have crucified

00:15:12.839 --> 00:15:13.759
 God has

00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:14.139
 raised from

00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:14.559
 the dead

00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:16.500
 so where does

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 that leave you?

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 Well no wonder

00:15:17.439 --> 00:15:17.979
 you are angry

00:15:17.979 --> 00:15:20.619
 and if Jesus

00:15:20.619 --> 00:15:21.159
 is alive

00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:21.939
 from the dead

00:15:21.939 --> 00:15:24.779
 if Jesus

00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:25.519
 has risen

00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.079
 from the dead

00:15:26.079 --> 00:15:27.039
 then to live

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 as though

00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:28.279
 he is dead

00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:28.619
 well then

00:15:28.619 --> 00:15:29.199
 who is the fool?

00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:32.000
 you see

00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:32.759
 if it really

00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.060
 happened

00:15:33.060 --> 00:15:33.700
 this is 30

00:15:33.700 --> 00:15:34.220
 years after

00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:34.560
 the event

00:15:34.560 --> 00:15:35.400
 if it really

00:15:35.400 --> 00:15:35.680
 happened

00:15:35.680 --> 00:15:36.000
 that this

00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:36.460
 man Jesus

00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:36.960
 died

00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:37.860
 and Paul

00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:38.160
 says he

00:15:38.160 --> 00:15:38.560
 came back

00:15:38.560 --> 00:15:38.840
 from the

00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:39.100
 dead

00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:40.400
 you cannot

00:15:40.400 --> 00:15:41.220
 just shrug

00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:43.620
 as Festus

00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:43.879
 does

00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.620
 this is not

00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:45.060
 some kind

00:15:45.060 --> 00:15:46.100
 of finer

00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:46.900
 point of

00:15:46.900 --> 00:15:47.960
 philosophical

00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:49.360
 discussion

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:50.900
 Paul says

00:15:50.900 --> 00:15:52.060
 in Corinth

00:15:52.060 --> 00:15:52.360
 he is on

00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:52.759
 record

00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.259
 saying if

00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:54.120
 you can

00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.920
 disprove

00:15:54.920 --> 00:15:55.400
 that Jesus

00:15:55.400 --> 00:15:55.680
 Christ

00:15:55.680 --> 00:15:56.020
 came back

00:15:56.020 --> 00:15:56.259
 from the

00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:56.620
 dead

00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:57.820
 you can

00:15:57.820 --> 00:15:58.300
 dismantle

00:15:58.300 --> 00:15:58.800
 Christianity

00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:00.819
 because if

00:16:00.819 --> 00:16:01.139
 Christ

00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:01.579
 has not

00:16:01.579 --> 00:16:02.159
 risen

00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:02.459
 from the

00:16:02.459 --> 00:16:02.759
 dead

00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:03.419
 your

00:16:03.419 --> 00:16:03.779
 faith

00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:04.019
 is

00:16:04.019 --> 00:16:04.620
 vain

00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.219
 futile

00:16:05.219 --> 00:16:05.519
 a waste

00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:05.859
 of time

00:16:05.859 --> 00:16:07.439
 if

00:16:07.439 --> 00:16:07.799
 Jesus

00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:08.479
 died

00:16:08.479 --> 00:16:09.939
 and did

00:16:09.939 --> 00:16:10.139
 not

00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:10.679
 rise

00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:11.879
 I am

00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.279
 a massive

00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:12.599
 fool

00:16:12.599 --> 00:16:12.859
 and so

00:16:12.859 --> 00:16:13.079
 are you

00:16:13.079 --> 00:16:13.519
 for believing

00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:13.779
 it

00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:16.079
 and Paul

00:16:16.079 --> 00:16:16.559
 is saying

00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:22.099
 if he

00:16:22.099 --> 00:16:22.719
 did rise

00:16:22.719 --> 00:16:22.979
 from the

00:16:22.979 --> 00:16:23.179
 dead

00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:23.419
 who is

00:16:23.419 --> 00:16:23.799
 the fool

00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:24.079
 now

00:16:24.079 --> 00:16:25.079
 Festus

00:16:25.079 --> 00:16:27.339
 notice

00:16:27.339 --> 00:16:28.000
 verse 26

00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:28.679
 he says

00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:29.120
 to Festus

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:29.480
 and Agrippa

00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:29.820
 this was

00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:30.279
 not something

00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:30.759
 done in a

00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:31.059
 corner

00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:31.419
 isn't that

00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:31.700
 brilliant

00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:33.340
 it's not

00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:33.940
 hidden away

00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:35.980
 this is

00:16:35.980 --> 00:16:36.320
 something that

00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:36.519
 can be

00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:37.019
 investigated

00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:38.940
 here is

00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:39.299
 something that

00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:39.519
 is on

00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:39.860
 public

00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:40.299
 record

00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:42.340
 30 years

00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:42.659
 down the

00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:42.919
 track

00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:43.360
 after it

00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:43.679
 happened

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:46.100
 one writer

00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:46.480
 said it's

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:46.919
 the best

00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:47.360
 attested

00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:47.940
 fact in

00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:48.340
 history

00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:51.220
 Charles

00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:51.720
 Colson

00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:52.179
 he was

00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:53.059
 an insider

00:16:53.059 --> 00:16:53.539
 in Washington

00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:54.100
 he worked

00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:54.299
 in the

00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:54.720
 White House

00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.100
 he was

00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:55.440
 involved

00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:55.720
 in a

00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:56.040
 scandal

00:16:56.040 --> 00:16:56.320
 called

00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:56.860
 Watergate

00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:58.380
 and he

00:16:58.380 --> 00:16:58.840
 became a

00:16:58.840 --> 00:16:59.080
 Christian

00:16:59.080 --> 00:16:59.580
 while serving

00:16:59.580 --> 00:16:59.940
 his prison

00:16:59.940 --> 00:17:00.220
 sentence

00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:00.520
 this is

00:17:00.520 --> 00:17:00.720
 what he

00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:01.040
 said

00:17:01.040 --> 00:17:02.680
 he commented

00:17:02.680 --> 00:17:03.040
 on the

00:17:03.040 --> 00:17:04.059
 40 years

00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:04.680
 that Jesus

00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.200
 Christ's

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:05.559
 disciples

00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.259
 never backed

00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:06.640
 down on

00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:07.019
 their witness

00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:07.259
 to the

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 resurrection

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 even to

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 the point

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 of martyrdom

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 and he

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 said this

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 we

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 that's

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 the

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 Washington

00:17:12.120 --> 00:17:12.660
 insiders

00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:13.320
 that concocted

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 this story

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 we couldn't

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 hold our

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 stories together

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 for three

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 weeks under

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 that kind

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 of pressure

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 he said

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 I was

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 around the

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 most powerful

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 men in

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 the world

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 but we

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 could not

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 hold the

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 lie

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 if the

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 resurrection

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.099
 was not

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 true

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:25.539
 those

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 disciples

00:17:25.939 --> 00:17:26.199
 could

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 never

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 howl

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 out

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 someone

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 would

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 have

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 dug

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 up the

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 tapes

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 or something

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 or maybe

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 you're a

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 fan of

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 the

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 Simpsons

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 some of

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 you are

00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:36.039
 too young

00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:36.299
 for the

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 Simpsons

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 kind of

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 glorious

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 cultural

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 commentators

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 and if you

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.079
 know of a

00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:42.359
 man called

00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:42.699
 Lionel

00:17:42.699 --> 00:17:43.059
 Hutz

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 in the

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 Simpsons

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 he's the

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 lawyer

00:17:45.439 --> 00:17:47.599
 and Lionel

00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:47.919
 Hutz

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 is based

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 on a

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 real life

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 lawyer

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 who is a

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 very different

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 character

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 by all

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 accounts

00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:54.580
 Lionel

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 Hutz

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 is based

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 on Sir

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 Lionel

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 Luccu

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 who according

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 to the

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 Guinness Book

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 of Records

00:17:58.559 --> 00:17:58.920
 is the

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 most successful

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 lawyer ever

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 he has

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 apparently

00:18:01.860 --> 00:18:02.880
 245

00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.400
 consecutive

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 murder

00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.180
 acquittals

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 which is

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 pretty

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 impressive

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:06.700
 but Sir

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:06.940
 Lionel

00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.120
 Luccu

00:18:07.120 --> 00:18:07.580
 became a

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 Christian

00:18:07.840 --> 00:18:08.460
 at the

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 age of

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 64

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 and what

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 persuaded

00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:11.740
 him to

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 change his

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 mind was

00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:13.059
 this dead

00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:13.580
 guy called

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 Jesus

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 who Paul

00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:15.799
 said was

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 alive

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 listen to

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 the world's

00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:18.880
 most successful

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 lawyer he

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 says I

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 spent more

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 than 42

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 years as a

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 defence lawyer

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 appearing in

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 many parts

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 of the

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 world I

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 can say

00:18:24.580 --> 00:18:25.380
 unequivocally

00:18:25.380 --> 00:18:26.460
 that the

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:26.960
 evidence for

00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.420
 the resurrection

00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:28.100
 of Jesus is

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 so overwhelming

00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:29.480
 that there is

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:30.360
 no room for

00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:30.600
 doubt

00:18:30.600 --> 00:18:34.960
 you see

00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:36.519
 what Festus

00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:37.800
 so calmly

00:18:37.800 --> 00:18:38.860
 writes off as

00:18:38.860 --> 00:18:39.519
 a dead man

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:39.960
 who Paul says

00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:40.279
 has come to

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.640
 life is

00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:41.180
 actually

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:43.840
 news like

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 there's a

00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:44.640
 bomb in the

00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:44.920
 building

00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:47.860
 there's a

00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.240
 bomb in the

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.500
 building

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:51.480
 you're not

00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:51.920
 very convinced

00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.480
 do you

00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:54.240
 are you

00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:54.740
 still sitting

00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:54.960
 there

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:57.340
 there's a

00:18:57.340 --> 00:18:57.700
 bomb in the

00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:57.920
 building

00:18:57.920 --> 00:19:01.340
 if you saw

00:19:01.340 --> 00:19:02.060
 flashing lights

00:19:02.060 --> 00:19:03.300
 heard sirens

00:19:03.300 --> 00:19:05.680
 police and army

00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:06.259
 people come

00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:07.580
 wearing their

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 gear

00:19:07.820 --> 00:19:09.039
 coming in

00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.259
 through the

00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:09.620
 doors

00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:11.259
 the bomb

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:12.099
 disposal unit

00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:12.919
 van outside

00:19:12.919 --> 00:19:13.379
 and they

00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:13.679
 come into

00:19:13.679 --> 00:19:14.099
 the room

00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:15.379
 and they

00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:15.739
 shout

00:19:15.739 --> 00:19:16.519
 there is a

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.119
 bomb in

00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:17.599
 the building

00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:18.219
 you would

00:19:18.219 --> 00:19:18.559
 not sit

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:18.739
 there

00:19:18.739 --> 00:19:20.619
 you'd

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.059
 evacuate the

00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:21.239
 building

00:19:21.239 --> 00:19:21.719
 straight away

00:19:21.719 --> 00:19:23.399
 and the

00:19:23.399 --> 00:19:23.939
 resurrection is

00:19:23.939 --> 00:19:24.639
 that kind of

00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:25.019
 message

00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:26.939
 it isn't some

00:19:26.939 --> 00:19:27.379
 point of

00:19:27.379 --> 00:19:27.839
 doctrine that

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.279
 the Jews are

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:28.979
 debating with

00:19:28.979 --> 00:19:29.599
 Paul it is

00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:30.119
 bomb in the

00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:30.659
 building stuff

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:32.980
 if this man

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:34.220
 Jesus really

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:35.440
 died and

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.100
 really came

00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:36.460
 back from

00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:36.700
 the tomb

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.160
 and if the

00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:37.519
 tomb is

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.340
 empty in

00:19:38.340 --> 00:19:38.660
 Jerusalem

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:40.620
 if this

00:19:40.620 --> 00:19:40.940
 thing that

00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.220
 was not

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:41.540
 done in

00:19:41.540 --> 00:19:42.019
 a corner

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:43.460
 if this

00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:43.920
 thing that

00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:44.200
 has been

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.620
 done can

00:19:44.620 --> 00:19:45.080
 be proven

00:19:45.080 --> 00:19:45.400
 it's

00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:45.840
 bombing the

00:19:45.840 --> 00:19:46.060
 building

00:19:46.060 --> 00:19:46.420
 stuff

00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:49.740
 and you

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.460
 cannot just

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:50.840
 go on

00:19:50.840 --> 00:19:51.259
 thinking about

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.680
 your career

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.220
 festus

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:54.660
 if you only

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.200
 knew that

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:55.800
 you're going

00:19:55.800 --> 00:19:56.060
 to just

00:19:56.060 --> 00:19:56.540
 last two

00:19:56.540 --> 00:19:56.940
 more years

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.200
 anyway

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.840
 you can't

00:19:57.840 --> 00:19:58.340
 just shrug

00:19:58.340 --> 00:19:58.700
 it off

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.240
 festus

00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:00.660
 if there

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.200
 really is

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.620
 a bomb

00:20:01.620 --> 00:20:01.900
 in the

00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:02.279
 building

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.880
 it's

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.440
 madness

00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:03.819
 not to

00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:03.940
 do

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.120
 anything

00:20:04.120 --> 00:20:04.339
 about

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:04.579
 it

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:06.299
 and if

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:06.599
 Jesus

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:07.220
 really did

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.700
 rise from

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.000
 the dead

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.259
 which is

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.599
 what the

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:08.819
 Bible

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.180
 teaches

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:09.539
 and is

00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:09.859
 at the

00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:10.240
 heart

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.420
 of

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:10.680
 Paul's

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.039
 gospel

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.980
 then it

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.559
 means

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:15.620
 that the

00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.180
 end of

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:16.759
 the world

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:18.240
 where every

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:18.700
 single human

00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:19.039
 being will

00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.400
 rise from

00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:19.640
 the dead

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.099
 has broken

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.660
 into time

00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:22.640
 and we

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.059
 are now

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.680
 living in

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.180
 the last

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.519
 days

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:24.900
 between

00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:25.400
 Jesus

00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:25.980
 resurrection

00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:27.120
 and our

00:20:27.120 --> 00:20:27.640
 resurrection

00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:27.759
 resurrection

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:30.440
 and that's

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:30.640
 what the

00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:30.940
 resurrection

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.800
 tells you

00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:34.440
 it's actually

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:34.759
 what Jewish

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.300
 belief taught

00:20:35.300 --> 00:20:37.759
 it's what Paul

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.060
 had in

00:20:38.060 --> 00:20:38.480
 common with

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.020
 these Jewish

00:20:39.020 --> 00:20:39.340
 leaders

00:20:39.340 --> 00:20:39.840
 they believed

00:20:39.840 --> 00:20:40.160
 that at the

00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:40.520
 end of the

00:20:40.520 --> 00:20:41.180
 age there

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.600
 would be a

00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:42.080
 resurrection

00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:42.400
 of the

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:42.780
 dead

00:20:42.780 --> 00:20:44.460
 and Paul

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:44.740
 is saying

00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.340
 in Jesus

00:20:45.340 --> 00:20:45.680
 that has

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:45.940
 happened

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:47.740
 and you

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.320
 cannot just

00:20:48.320 --> 00:20:48.660
 shrug your

00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.100
 shoulders and

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:49.440
 think that's

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:49.840
 interesting

00:20:49.840 --> 00:20:51.400
 it's bombing

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:51.800
 the building

00:20:51.800 --> 00:20:52.120
 stuff

00:20:52.120 --> 00:20:54.060
 you cannot

00:20:54.060 --> 00:20:54.660
 continue to be

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.020
 a Jewish

00:20:55.020 --> 00:20:55.540
 leader and

00:20:55.540 --> 00:20:56.240
 not recognise

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.920
 Jesus as

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.360
 the Messiah

00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:58.119
 you cannot

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.799
 continue to be

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.259
 a career

00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.979
 politician like

00:20:59.979 --> 00:21:00.759
 Festus and

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.059
 put your

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.759
 career first

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.539
 if Jesus

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.039
 has risen

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.379
 from the

00:21:03.379 --> 00:21:03.639
 dead

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:06.419
 because it

00:21:06.419 --> 00:21:06.639
 changes

00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:07.019
 everything

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:09.019
 it changes

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.619
 absolutely

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:09.979
 everything

00:21:09.979 --> 00:21:10.459
 what you've

00:21:10.459 --> 00:21:11.059
 thought about

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.639
 him is not

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.299
 who he was

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:13.419
 and you

00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:13.819
 will meet

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.179
 him

00:21:14.179 --> 00:21:16.959
 thirdly

00:21:16.959 --> 00:21:17.439
 the whole

00:21:17.439 --> 00:21:17.899
 heartedness

00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.259
 of Paul

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:21.339
 there's such

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:21.799
 a contrast

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.379
 between the

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.259
 half heartedness

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.959
 of the Jews

00:21:23.959 --> 00:21:25.279
 the hard

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.699
 heartedness

00:21:25.699 --> 00:21:26.079
 of the Jews

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.339
 and the

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:27.000
 half heartedness

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.519
 of Festus

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.319
 look at

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:29.159
 verses 24

00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:30.699
 and 25

00:21:30.699 --> 00:21:31.480
 of chapter

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 26

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 as he was

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 saying these

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 things in his

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 defence

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 Festus cried out

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 with a loud

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 voice

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 Paul you are

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 out of your

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 mind

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 you're nuts

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 your great

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 learning is

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 driving you

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 out of your

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 mind

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 it wasn't

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 the first

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 time

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 that

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 Christians

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 have been

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 called

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 nuts

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 and out

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 of your

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 mind

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 and it

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 certainly

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 wasn't

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 the last

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 time

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 in 1736

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 George

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 Whitfield

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 was ordained

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 in his

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 hometown

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 of Gloucester

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 he's one of

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 the great

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 Methodist

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 leaders

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 along with

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 John Wesley

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 one of the

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 great

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 18th century

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 preachers

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 the following

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 Sunday

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 George

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 Whitfield

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 preached

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 his first

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 sermon

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 in his

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 first church

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 and it

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 was a

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 sermon

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 that

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 apparently

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 15

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 people

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 were

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 converted

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 on the

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 spot

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 one and a

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 half

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 rows

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 were

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 converted

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 like that

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 it was

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 reported

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 to the

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 bishop

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 somebody

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 reported

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 to the

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 bishop

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 that

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 he had

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 driven

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 Whitfield

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 had driven

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 15

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 people

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 mad

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 to which

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 the bishop

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 replied

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 I hope

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 their madness

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 lasts till

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 next Sunday

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 you see

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 when somebody

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 is converted

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 when somebody

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 believes in

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 and when

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 somebody

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 is born

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 again

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 and they

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 begin to

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 take their

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 faith in

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 seriously

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 you're

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 going to

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 be accused

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 of

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 fanaticism

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:53.940
 Tim Keller

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 in the

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 reason for

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 God

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.720
 says people

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 will accuse

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 us of

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 fanaticism

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 but the

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.720
 real problem

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 with us

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 is that

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 we're not

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 fanatical

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.200
 enough

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 and that's

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 the problem

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 isn't it

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 because if

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 Jesus Christ

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 really did

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 rise from

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 the dead

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 and if

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 he's alive

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:06.740


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 today

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 then you

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 and I

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:09.640
 ought to be

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 a lot more

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 fanatical

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.519
 than we

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 are

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 because it

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.279
 signals the

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 end of the

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 world

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 and there

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 is a date

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:17.660
 in the

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.059
 diary of

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 God

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 there's only

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 one date

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:19.519
 left in

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 the diary

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.279
 of God

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.779
 and it

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.740
 is the

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 day of

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 judgment

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 and that's

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 the significance

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.359
 of the

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 resurrection

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.480
 the resurrection

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 tells you

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 that judgment's

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 coming

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 and the

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 very fact

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 that it

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 hasn't

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 happened

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.140
 yet

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 is because

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 God is

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 compassionate

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.079
 and he's

00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.539
 patient with

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 you

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.779
 and me

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:38.279
 and he

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 doesn't

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:38.700
 want you

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.279
 to perish

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 and he's

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.379
 giving us

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:41.839
 as a church

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.160
 family

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.920
 the opportunity

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.599
 to take

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.079
 this message

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.319
 of the

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.519
 gospel

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:44.759
 to the

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:44.899
 ends

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.039
 of the

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 earth

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:48.579
 but don't

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.000
 misunderstand

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.460
 God's

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.879
 patience

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:51.579
 and God's

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:51.960
 slowness

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.599
 the next

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.139
 date in

00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:53.519
 the diary

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.079
 of God

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:56.539
 is the

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:56.720
 day of

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:56.960
 judgment

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:59.099
 and God

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.500
 has served

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 notice on

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.299
 the human

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 race

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.619
 by raising

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.099
 this man

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.440
 Jesus

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:02.759
 from the

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:02.980
 dead

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:05.680
 and Paul

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.259
 says to you

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.500
 and I

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.019
 anyone who

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.360
 takes

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:07.819
 Christianity

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.339
 seriously

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:08.620
 is going

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:08.759
 to be

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.160
 thought of

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:10.039
 as mad

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:13.180
 I've

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.579
 thought lots

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:13.940
 in the last

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.180
 few weeks

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.420
 about the

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:14.799
 Lord Jesus

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:16.839
 who was

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.220
 thought of

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.720
 as mad

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.120
 by his

00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:18.460
 family

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:20.980
 Jesus is

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.299
 preaching

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.819
 to people

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.200
 he's in

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:24.500
 there's crowds

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.079
 gathering to

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.579
 hear him

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.900
 so many

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.220
 people are

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.640
 gathering to

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:27.819
 hear him

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:29.059
 that his

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.620
 disciples aren't

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.059
 even able to

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.299
 eat

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.620
 they can't

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:30.960
 get food

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.240
 it's so

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.460
 busy

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:33.559
 and then

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:33.940
 Mark tells

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.160
 us that

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.420
 when his

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:34.660
 family

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.200
 heard that

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.380
 Jesus was

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:36.720
 doing this

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.039
 they went

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.319
 to take

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.799
 charge of

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:37.900
 him

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.140
 because

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:38.340
 they

00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:38.680
 thought

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:38.860
 he

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.039
 was

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.400
 out

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:39.600
 of

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:39.720
 his

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.220
 mind

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:45.100
 they

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.440
 thought

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:45.700
 that he

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.160
 was out

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.380
 of his

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.759
 mind

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.579
 the Lord

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.039
 Jesus

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:50.299
 is that

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:50.860
 so encouraging

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.180
 to some

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.400
 of you

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:51.600
 whose

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:51.860
 family

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.120
 think

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.259
 you're

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.440
 out

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.519
 of

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.620
 your

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.059
 mind

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.860
 is it

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.039
 so

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.360
 encouraging

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:55.840
 to you

00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:56.120
 whose

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.500
 friends

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:56.720
 think

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:56.880
 you're

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.079
 out

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.180
 of

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.279
 your

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.620
 mind

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:57.840
 that

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.039
 they

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.720
 went

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.019
 to the

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.200
 man

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.299
 who

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.440
 was

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.819
 most

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.039
 in

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.200
 his

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.640
 mind

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.120
 the

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:01.319
 most

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.819
 whole

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.099
 human

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.379
 being

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:02.619
 that's

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:02.859
 ever

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.240
 walked

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.460
 this

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.740
 earth

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:03.839
 and

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:03.960
 they

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.099
 said

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:04.419
 he's

00:25:04.419 --> 00:25:04.519
 out

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:04.599
 of

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:04.700
 his

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.059
 own

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.559
 family

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:07.819
 so

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.039
 full

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.159
 of

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.259
 the

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.399
 word

00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:08.519
 of

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:08.619
 God

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.019
 so keen

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.220
 to do

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.319
 the

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.439
 will

00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:09.539
 of

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:09.639
 God

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:09.799
 so

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.359
 zealous

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.500
 for

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:10.599
 the

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:10.859
 glory

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.019
 of

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.259
 God

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.879
 and

00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:11.980
 he

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.179
 misses

00:25:12.179 --> 00:25:12.379
 a

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:12.679
 meal

00:25:12.679 --> 00:25:12.919
 and

00:25:12.919 --> 00:25:13.039
 they

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.179
 think

00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:13.399
 he's

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:13.480
 out

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.539
 of

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:13.639
 his

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.039
 mind

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 some

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.579
 of

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 your

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 friends

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.200
 and

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.299
 your

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 neighbours

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.500
 they

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.720
 think

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:20.980
 for

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.079
 you

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.179
 to

00:25:21.179 --> 00:25:21.299
 come

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.419
 to

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:21.619
 church

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:21.740
 on

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:21.839
 a

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 Sunday

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.159
 night

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 you're

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 out

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:23.799
 of

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:23.880
 your

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 mind

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:26.940
 but if

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.160
 Jesus

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.580
 is who

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:27.880
 he says

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.160
 he is

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 and the

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 resurrection

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.240
 proves

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.420
 that

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:29.620
 those

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 claims

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 are

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 right

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 you're

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 in your

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 own

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 mind

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.580
 that's

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 what

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:35.920
 these

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.080
 men

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:36.180
 were

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:36.320
 saying

00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:36.460
 about

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.560
 Paul

00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:36.740
 look at

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:36.860
 verse

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 32

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 this

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 man

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 could

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 have

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 been

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 set

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 free

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 if

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 he

00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:39.140
 had

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 appealed

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 to

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 Caesar

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:41.299
 what

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 kind

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:41.560
 of

00:25:41.560 --> 00:25:41.920
 nutcase

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.080
 is

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 he

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.299
 he

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 could

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:43.480
 have

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 freed

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 him

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 if

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.299
 he

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 had

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.640
 appealed

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:45.779
 to

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.000
 Caesar

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.320
 they

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:46.600
 cannot

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.039
 understand

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.220
 what

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.360
 was

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 making

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 Paul

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.299
 what

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.460
 was

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.200
 why

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.340
 did

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:54.460
 Paul

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.580
 want

00:25:54.580 --> 00:25:54.660
 to

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:54.720
 go

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:54.860
 to

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 Rome

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:55.759
 well

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:55.860
 we

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:55.980
 know

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 don't

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.180
 we

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.299
 from

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 the

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 book

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:56.600
 of

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:56.820
 Acts

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 because

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.259
 in

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 Acts

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 23

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.039
 verse

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 11

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 Jesus

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 told

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 him

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 if

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 you

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.400
 look

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:01.500
 at

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.620
 that

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:01.799
 take

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.200
 courage

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.620
 for

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:02.759
 as

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:02.920
 you've

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.259
 testified

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.519
 about

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.640
 the

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:03.940
 facts

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.580
 about

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:04.759
 me

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:04.980
 in

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.279
 Jerusalem

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.580
 so

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:05.740
 you

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:05.880
 will

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.039
 in

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.259
 Rome

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.820
 and

00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:07.940
 so

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.279
 Paul

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.600
 wants

00:26:08.600 --> 00:26:08.740
 to

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:08.860
 go

00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:08.960
 to

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.100
 Rome

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.360
 because

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:09.560
 he's

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:09.759
 been

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.299
 told

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:11.860
 that

00:26:11.860 --> 00:26:11.980
 he

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.100
 will

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.400
 appear

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.779
 before

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.120
 Nero

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.500
 and

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.640
 he

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:13.779
 will

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.039
 preach

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.180
 the

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.420
 gospel

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.579
 to

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:14.680
 the

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:14.839
 ends

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:14.940
 of

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.039
 the

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.279
 earth

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:18.920
 Nero

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.399
 heard

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:19.599
 the

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:19.960
 gospel

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.899
 seems

00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.159
 very

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.440
 unlikely

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.639
 that

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:21.819
 Nero

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:21.940
 was

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.259
 converted

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.460
 he

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.839
 wasn't

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:26.299
 amazing

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.659
 thing is

00:26:26.659 --> 00:26:26.839
 the

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.299
 praetorium

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.799
 guard

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.159
 who

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:28.759
 guarded

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.119
 Paul

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.319
 the

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.480
 kind

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.619
 of

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.000
 crack

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.440
 troops

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:30.659
 of

00:26:30.659 --> 00:26:30.799
 the

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.220
 empire

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:34.119
 they

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.399
 heard

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:34.599
 this

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:34.879
 prisoner

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.059
 they

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.240
 saw

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.399
 this

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:35.619
 prisoner

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:35.779
 and

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:35.980
 many

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.099
 of

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.180
 them

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.279
 were

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.579
 converted

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:36.779
 and

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:36.859
 they

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:36.980
 were

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.259
 sent

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.700
 all

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:37.839
 over

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:37.980
 the

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.119
 Roman

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.440
 empire

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:40.399
 and

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:40.519
 we're

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:40.659
 told

00:26:40.659 --> 00:26:40.799
 that

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:40.980
 even

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.200
 some

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.339
 of

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.759
 Caesar's

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:41.799
!

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.339
 household

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:44.359
 were

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:44.740
 converted

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:47.599
 let me

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.519
 try and

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.019
 tie this

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.319
 together

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:49.959
 and apply

00:26:49.959 --> 00:26:50.259
 it

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:52.519
 so I

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:52.740
 want to

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.139
 ask you

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.439
 what is

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:53.699
 your

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.119
 attitude

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:55.659
 to the

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:55.939
 message

00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.179
 of the

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:56.379
 apostle

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:56.679
 Paul

00:26:56.679 --> 00:27:00.179
 what is

00:27:00.179 --> 00:27:00.480
 it that

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.639
 makes

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:00.980
 you tick

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:02.959
 what is

00:27:02.959 --> 00:27:03.259
 it that

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.579
 motivates

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:03.980
 you

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:07.000
 every

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.259
 one of

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.439
 us is

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:07.639
 like one

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:07.799
 of those

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.019
 old

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.240
 fashion

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.480
 watches

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.679
 I've

00:27:08.679 --> 00:27:08.899
 got my

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.039
 old

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.279
 watch

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.539
 on

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:09.759
 but

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.500
 every

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.779
 old

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:10.980
 fashion

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.199
 watch

00:27:11.199 --> 00:27:11.319
 has

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.559
 got a

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:11.740
 main

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.119
 spring

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:14.279
 and

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.699
 the

00:27:14.699 --> 00:27:14.959
 main

00:27:14.959 --> 00:27:15.319
 spring

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.599
 makes

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:15.759
 the

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:15.959
 watch

00:27:15.959 --> 00:27:16.279
 tick

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.799
 and

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.079
 old

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.379
 watches

00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:18.599
 tick

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:18.719
 is

00:27:18.719 --> 00:27:18.819
 the

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:18.979
 best

00:27:18.979 --> 00:27:19.099
 thing

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.259
 about

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.579
 watches

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:19.759
 isn't

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:19.859
 it

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.000
 old

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.319
 watches

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:23.159
 there

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:23.299
 is

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.539
 something

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.839
 in

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.159
 you

00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:26.119
 that

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.339
 makes

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.519
 you

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:26.799
 tick

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:28.639
 there's

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:28.819
 something

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:28.959
 that

00:27:28.959 --> 00:27:29.319
 drives

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.459
 you

00:27:29.459 --> 00:27:29.619
 there's

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:29.779
 something

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:29.939
 that

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:30.299
 motivates

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.579
 you

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.339
 and

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.419
 I

00:27:31.419 --> 00:27:31.559
 want

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:31.639
 you

00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:31.739
 to

00:27:31.739 --> 00:27:31.919
 think

00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:32.099
 this

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.299
 morning

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.419
 as

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:32.519
 we

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.659
 come

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:32.779
 to

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:32.879
 the

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.079
 Lord's

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.239
 table

00:27:33.239 --> 00:27:33.619
 what

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.039
 is

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.159
 it

00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:34.299
 that

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.539
 makes

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:34.699
 you

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:34.959
 tick

00:27:34.959 --> 00:27:38.079
 is

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.219
 it

00:27:38.219 --> 00:27:38.439
 the

00:27:38.439 --> 00:27:38.719
 gospel

00:27:38.719 --> 00:27:38.879
 of

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:38.959
 the

00:27:38.959 --> 00:27:39.079
 Lord

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.359
 Jesus

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.559
 is

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.679
 it

00:27:40.679 --> 00:27:40.799
 the

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.139
 message

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.480
 of

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:41.599
 the

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:41.759
 Lord

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:41.980
 Jesus

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.179
 who

00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:42.339
 was

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.679
 dead

00:27:42.679 --> 00:27:42.879
 but

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:42.980
 is

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.200
 now

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.720
 alive

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:45.039
 and

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.139
 is

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.319
 that

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.679
 what

00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:46.079
 motivates

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.359
 you

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:48.399
 you've

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:48.500
 got

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:48.720
 lots

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:48.819
 of

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.099
 problems

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.399
 you've

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:49.500
 got

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.799
 lots

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:49.919
 of

00:27:49.919 --> 00:27:50.240
 issues

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:51.659
 and

00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:51.740
 I

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.079
 don't

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.179
 want

00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:52.200
 to

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.599
 underplay

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:52.839
 them

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.119
 but

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.579
 you

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:53.839
 look

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:53.960
 to

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.240
 every

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.539
 person

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.659
 in

00:27:54.659 --> 00:27:54.779
 this

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:54.919
 room

00:27:54.919 --> 00:27:55.000
 and

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.139
 they've

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.240
 got

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.359
 the

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.539
 same

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:57.059
 some

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.259
 hide

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.299
!

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.379
 it

00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:57.500
 better

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.639
 than

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:57.899
 others

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:59.480
 but

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.560
 the

00:27:59.560 --> 00:27:59.820
 message

00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:00.019
 that

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.140
 there

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.259
 was

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.420
 a

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.660
 dead

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:00.840
 man

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:00.940
 who

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.040
 is

00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:01.220
 now

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.800
 alive

00:28:01.800 --> 00:28:02.240
 changes

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.120
 absolutely

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:03.720
 everything

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:06.200
 and

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.380
 when it

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:06.660
 comes to

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:06.820
 this

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:07.160
 message

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.320
 of

00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:07.440
 that

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.600
 Lord

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:07.800
 Jesus

00:28:07.800 --> 00:28:08.080
 are

00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:08.220
 you

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.640
 hard

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.060
 hearted

00:28:09.060 --> 00:28:09.420
 close

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.800
 minded

00:28:09.800 --> 00:28:10.060
 like

00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.200
 the

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.420
 Jewish

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.700
 leaders

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.680
 implacably

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.240
 hostile

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.820
 blindly

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 prejudiced

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 but

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 all

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 done

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 through

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 a

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:16.800
 kind

00:28:16.800 --> 00:28:16.920
 of

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 Presbyterian

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 lens

00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:18.340
 which

00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:18.440
 is

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.700
 lovely

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:20.380
 and

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:20.540
 people

00:28:20.540 --> 00:28:20.680
 would

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:20.820
 never

00:28:20.820 --> 00:28:21.019
 think

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.259
 that

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:25.140
 there

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.220
 are

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.380
 people

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.540
 in

00:28:25.540 --> 00:28:25.780
 churches

00:28:25.780 --> 00:28:25.980
 aren't

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.180
 there

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:28.340
 that

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:28.920
 sit

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.440
 week

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:29.799
 by week

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 by week

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.320
 and

00:28:30.320 --> 00:28:31.060
 they've

00:28:31.060 --> 00:28:31.259
 closed

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.440
 their

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.700
 mind

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:33.100
 and

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.240
 they've

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.420
 hardened

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:33.600
 their

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:33.840
 heart

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:36.240
 and

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.340
 you

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:36.440
 do

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:36.580
 not

00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:36.740
 have

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:36.820
 to

00:28:36.820 --> 00:28:37.080
 be

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:38.580
 mad

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:38.840
 and

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.140
 shouting

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.360
 and

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:39.640
 angry

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:44.060
 maybe

00:28:44.060 --> 00:28:44.180
 you're

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.360
 here

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.480
 and

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.580
 you

00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:44.779
 think

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.140
 well

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.320
 actually

00:28:45.320 --> 00:28:45.420
 I've

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.519
 got

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.600
 an

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:45.759
 open

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.019
 mind

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:48.140
 GK

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.740
 Chesterton

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.000
 said

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.140
 an

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:49.380
 open

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:49.640
 mind

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:49.779
 is

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:49.880
 like

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.019
 an

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.220
 open

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.580
 mouth

00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:50.960
 you

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.320
 open

00:28:51.320 --> 00:28:51.480
 it

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.640
 in

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:51.820
 order

00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:52.000
 to

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.259
 shut

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.420
 it

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:52.640
 on

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:52.759
 the

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.000
 food

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.120
 and

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.299
 the

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.600
 truth

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:55.779
 you

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:55.960
 feed

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.119
 your

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.440
 mind

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:56.579
 in

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:56.819
 the

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:58.160
 same

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.279
 way

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.379
 you

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:58.519
 feed

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.639
 your

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:58.879
 body

00:28:58.879 --> 00:29:02.440
 you

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.619
 may be

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:02.859
 here

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.259
 today

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.619
 and you

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:03.759
 say

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:03.859
 well

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.139
 actually

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:04.440
 I'm

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.779
 seeking

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.079
 for

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.440
 truth

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:07.440
 and

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:07.599
 you're

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:07.740
 willing

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:07.899
 to

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.220
 discuss

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:08.460
 it

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.680
 but

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:08.899
 you're

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.379
 never

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:10.160
 willing

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:12.059
 to

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.339
 shut

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.519
 your

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.819
 mind

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:12.960
 on

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.079
 the

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.399
 truth

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:15.000
 that

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.099
 there

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.200
 was

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.319
 a

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:15.519
 man

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.779
 called

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.039
 Jesus

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.339
 who

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.680
 died

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:16.960
 and

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.339
 rose

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:18.859
 and

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.000
 that's

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.139
 not

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.599
 philosophy

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.240
 that's

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.759
 not

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.399
 a

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:21.839
 religious

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.359
 belief

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.740
 that is

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.099
 a fact

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.240
 of

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.579
 history

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:25.019
 and

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.119
 it

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.359
 happened

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.539
 in

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:25.779
 time

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:25.939
 and

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.319
 space

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.759
 and

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:26.839
 there

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:26.919
 were

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:27.240
 witnesses

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:30.000
 and

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.139
 will

00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:30.259
 you

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.460
 this

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.699
 morning

00:29:30.699 --> 00:29:31.259
 fasten

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.559
 your

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:31.980
 mind

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.159
 on

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.319
 that

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.799
 close

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.019
 your

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.460
 mind

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.359
 on

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.639
 Jesus

00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:35.059
 Christ

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.259
 and

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.399
 his

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:35.799
 resurrection

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:38.199
 it's

00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:38.439
 the crux

00:29:38.439 --> 00:29:38.619
 of the

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:38.779
 issue

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.019
 isn't it

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.240
 either

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.379
 it's

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.599
 true

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:39.879
 or

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:39.980
 it's

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.119
 not

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.319
 true

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:42.839
 are

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:42.960
 you

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.199
 hard

00:29:43.199 --> 00:29:43.539
 hearted

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.859
 close

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.139
 minded

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:44.439
 when it

00:29:44.439 --> 00:29:44.720
 comes to

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:44.819
 the

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.039
 facts

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.159
 of

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.259
 the

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.480
 gospel

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:45.679
 are

00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:45.819
 you

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.159
 half

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:46.599
 hearted

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:46.939
 like

00:29:46.939 --> 00:29:47.460
 Festus

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.899
 but

00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:49.000
 your

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.240
 mind

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.379
 is

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:49.559
 somewhere

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:49.839
!

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:53.059
 sometimes

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.399
 your mind

00:29:53.399 --> 00:29:53.559
 is

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:53.879
 somewhere

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.019
 else

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.199
 because

00:29:54.199 --> 00:29:54.339
 the

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.519
 preaching

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.659
 is

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:54.959
 boring

00:29:54.959 --> 00:29:55.099
 and

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.179
 it's

00:29:55.179 --> 00:29:55.419
 long

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:55.899
 I

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.000
 know

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.159
 that

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:58.119
 sometimes

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.500
 our

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.679
 mind

00:29:58.679 --> 00:29:58.799
 is

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:58.959
 someone

00:29:58.959 --> 00:29:59.159
 else

00:29:59.159 --> 00:29:59.379
 because

00:29:59.379 --> 00:29:59.559
 we're

00:29:59.559 --> 00:29:59.799
 thinking

00:29:59.799 --> 00:29:59.980
 about

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.079
 the

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.220
 week

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.359
 to

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:00.539
 come

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:00.619
 and

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:00.699
 we

00:30:00.699 --> 00:30:00.819
 do

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:00.959
 our

00:30:00.959 --> 00:30:01.259
 lists

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.679
 you don't

00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:01.819
 think

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.039
 I can

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.399
 see that

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.740
 but I

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:02.959
 can

00:30:02.959 --> 00:30:05.319
 are you

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:05.539
 thinking

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.799
 about your

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.139
 relationships

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:06.459
 with your

00:30:06.459 --> 00:30:06.759
 friends

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.980
 I don't

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.139
 know what

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:08.439
 your mind

00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:08.799
 is on

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:11.779
 and at

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.000
 the back

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.199
 of your

00:30:12.199 --> 00:30:12.379
 mind

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:12.599
 you think

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:12.779
 well I

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:12.980
 believe

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.139
 this

00:30:13.139 --> 00:30:13.339
 stuff

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:13.759
 or at

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:13.759


00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.000
 least I

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.159
 think

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:14.279
 I

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.459
 do

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.880
 but it

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.019
 just

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.259
 washes

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.539
 over

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:16.700
 you

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:16.920
 this

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.160
 stuff

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.360
 about

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:17.600
 Jesus

00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:17.840
 being

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.180
 dead

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.319
 and

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.440
 being

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:18.700
 alive

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:18.940
 again

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.380
 you've

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:19.600
 always

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:19.900
 believed

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.160
 it

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:22.380
 so the

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.559
 back

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:22.740
 of your

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:22.940
 mind

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.240
 it needs

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.380
 to be

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:23.539
 at the

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:23.779
 forefront

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.039
 of your

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.279
 mind

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:27.660
 and so

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:27.880
 if your

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.279
 career is

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.640
 dominating

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:28.880
 you

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.120
 or your

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:29.420
 family

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.840
 or making

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.160
 money

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.880
 and that's

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.079
 what you

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.440
 wake up

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.779
 to on a

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:31.960
 Monday

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.279
 morning

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.660
 and you

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:32.840
 think

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.059
 about

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:34.519
 and that's

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:34.700
 what

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.180
 makes

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.579
 you tick

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.059
 there's

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.299
 something

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.640
 very

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:36.920
 very

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.279
 wrong

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:41.500
 Jesus

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.779
 Christ

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:41.980
 is

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.200
 risen

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.220
!

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.620
 from the

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:42.880
 dead

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 and you're

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 half-hearted

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 and you're

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 double-minded

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 when it

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 comes to

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 the

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 gospel

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 when it

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 comes to

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 the

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 resurrection

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 of

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 Jesus

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 you are

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 half-hearted

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 or are

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 you fully

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 persuaded

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 wholeheartedly

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 committed to

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 it

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 would anyone

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 ever dare

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 call you

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 a fanatic

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 are there

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 some people

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 to which

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 you're a

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 riddle

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 they think

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 you're mad

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 what's

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 driving you

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 blind

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 prejudice

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 hatred of

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 the truth

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 hostility

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 self-interest

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 or

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 Jesus

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 a dead

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 man

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 who is

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 risen from

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 the dead

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 and is

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 alive

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 let's pray

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 to

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 him

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 to

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 him

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 him

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 to

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 him

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:31.180


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 him

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 to

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!