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 Okay, Book of Acts, chapter 9, starting at verse 1.

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 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord,

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 went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus,

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 so that if he found anyone belonging to the way, men or women,

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 he might bring them down to Jerusalem.

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 Now, as he went on his way, he approached Damascus,

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 and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him,

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 and falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him,

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 Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?

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 And he said, Who are you, Lord?

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 And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

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 But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.

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 The men who were traveling with him stood speechless,

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 hearing the voice but seeing no one.

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 Saul rose from the grounds, and although his eyes were opened, he saw nothing.

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 So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

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 And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

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 Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias.

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 And the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias.

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 And he said, Here I am, Lord.

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 And the Lord said to him, Rise and go to the street called Straight,

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 and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul.

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 For behold, he is praying, and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay hands on him

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 so that he might regain his sight.

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 But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man,

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 how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem.

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 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.

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 But the Lord said to him, Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine

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 to carry my name before the Gentiles and the kings and the children of Israel.

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 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.

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 So Ananias departed and entered the house, and laying his hands on him, he said,

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 Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came,

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 has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

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 And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight.

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 Then he rose and was baptized, and taking food, he was strengthened.

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 For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus, and immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues,

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 saying, He is the Son of God.

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 And all who heard him were amazed, and said,

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 Is this not the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called upon this name?

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 And has he not come here for the purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?

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 But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus,

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 by proving that Jesus was the Christ.

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 When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him.

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 But their plot became known to Saul.

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 They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him.

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 But his disciples took him by night and led him down through an opening in the wall,

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 lowering him in a basket.

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 And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples, and they were all afraid of him,

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 for they did not believe that he was a disciple.

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 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord,

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 who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

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 So he went in and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.

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 And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking to kill him.

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 And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

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 So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and were being built up.

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 And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.

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 This is God's word to us today.

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 May we be blessed.

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 Good morning, everyone.

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 Will you pray with me as we come to God's word?

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, I pray that wherever we're at, that you would meet us,

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 even as powerfully as you met Saul that day.

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 Lord, I know my words can't do that, but I also know your word can.

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 And so I pray that you would give us listening ears to your word.

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 In Jesus' name I pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I wonder what picture you have of a person who is just desperately lost.

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 They're just so far away from salvation, from believing in Jesus.

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 What kind of person does your imagination ponder up?

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 Is it someone who's just addicted to some substance or gambling or something and their life is spiralling down and down?

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 Is it that sort of testimony, that kind of person you think of?

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 When I saw the image of a missionary we keep in contact with, where you're just in Myanmar,

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 of this hall full of people blindfolded 24-7 basically, not talking to each other,

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 just trying to get rid of all desire.

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 They've never even heard of Jesus.

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 They just look like statues just sitting there.

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 Is that the kind of picture of someone, whoa, they are desperately lost?

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 Maybe you picture someone who's just obsessed with their money or their achievements or their beauty.

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 They're just trying to prove themselves day in and day out.

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 Maybe that's the kind of person you picture is desperately lost.

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 Could someone being desperately lost look more like what you and I are doing right now?

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 Is that possible?

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 That what you and I, myself included, even preaching or sitting and attending church,

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 is it possible that is close to a picture of someone really, really lost?

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 Well, in our time in Acts, this term, we have seen Jesus' unstoppable word of salvation go out.

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 And it's happened through such unlikely means.

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 It's the death of Stephen and persecution that has spread his people out into Judea and Samaria.

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 And it's brought in the most unlikely people.

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 People who have been hostile to God for centuries, the Samaritans, but they're now reconciled.

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 They're brought in.

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 People who think, like the eunuch, they will never, ever, ever be allowed to come into God's place.

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 But they get that embrace of Jesus.

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 So the most unlikely people.

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 But if we've got all this good news, and if we've, in all this good news,

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 we might have forgotten what's actually going on in the landscape.

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 There is a huge threat.

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 And Luke reminds us of that in verse 1.

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 And Saul is still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord.

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 He was there giving approval to Stephen's death.

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 So when it says murder, Luke's not exaggerating.

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 Saul is a picture of someone who is incredibly lost.

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 Today we're going to see just how unstoppable Jesus' grace is.

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 I think I want to take us through.

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 I think we see three things in this passage.

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 We see that his grace is so unstoppable that it can take someone who thinks they're on the right path

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 and just doesn't want to hear a word about it

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 and turn them into someone who willingly suffers for Jesus.

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 We're going to see that even with that profound change in Saul,

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 that the church had a real hard time accepting him.

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 The grace that they loved to have for themselves,

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 it was really hard to accept someone else.

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 And I think we also see the transformation in Saul's life.

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 When people saw him and heard him,

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 they just couldn't deny it.

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 He's just such a testimony to the grace of God found in Jesus

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 that they just couldn't deny it.

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 They didn't know what to do with it.

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 So that's where we're headed this morning.

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 Saul is the picture of the most lost person you can imagine.

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 Let's imagine Saul on the road that day.

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 Your law, O Lord, is a lamp for my feet.

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 That's how the Old Testament describes the law.

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 It's a lamp for my path.

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 I am walking the right way on the road to Damascus.

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 We find out when he talks about his conversion later on,

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 it is the middle of the day.

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 He's in the noonday sun.

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 He thinks he's walking on the right path to God.

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 I know God approves of me.

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 I am surpassing my peers in knowledge of the Scriptures.

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 I'm surpassing my peers in obedience to the requirements of the law.

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 And now I'm surpassing my peers in holy zeal.

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 I am leading the way for the honour of your name, God.

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 For the honour of Moses.

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 For the honour of the temple.

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 For the honour of your son, Israel.

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 I'm just burning with passion.

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 How dare they claim that Moses pointed to this man.

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 Have they not read Moses?

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 Cursed is everyone who's hung on a tree.

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 How dare they say that?

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 How dare they claim that a temple now points to a human being?

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 And I hear that they're even allowing Samaritans and eunuchs to come in,

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 as unclean as they are.

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 They're profaning the high priest.

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 They're profaning the sacrifices.

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 How we can be made right with God.

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 How dare they claim that the Holy Spirit has come.

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 The Spirit would never, ever lead people to worship a human being.

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 Zeal for you consumes me.

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 I'm like Phineas who sees this blasphemy for what it is.

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 I want to throw a spear through it.

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 He is so sure he's on the right path.

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 God bless my trip.

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 Now this isn't in scripture, okay?

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 Bless my trip.

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 As the noonday sun lights my path,

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 as you stoned that blasphemous Stephen,

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 bless me.

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 Help me capture every man and woman

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 to get rid of this,

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 this heresy,

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 those who follow the way.

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 And in the noonday sun,

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 it's an even greater light.

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 Knocks him to the ground.

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 He thought he was righteous

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 until he saw this light.

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 He saw the righteous one.

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 He heard a voice saying,

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 Saul,

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 Saul,

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 why are you persecuting me?

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 Who are you, Lord?

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 I am Jesus,

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 whom you

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 are persecuting.

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 Now he was sure

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 he was on the righteous path.

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 He could see where he was going.

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 Now he's blind.

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 But he was sure

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 he was leading the way

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 and now he's got to be led by the hand.

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 He once fasted

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 to observe the law.

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 He is so struck

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 by this experience.

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 For three days,

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 he's just,

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 he's just,

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 he's just dismantled

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 to the core.

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 He doesn't think of eating

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 and drinking.

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 He's just so overwhelmed

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 by who he has seen.

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 And he's sitting in darkness.

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 Just,

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 he's broken down.

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 His world is broken down.

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 His idea of God

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 is broken down.

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 His idea of himself

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 being right with God

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 and who he is.

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 He's just broken down

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 and he's sitting in darkness.

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 And I just,

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 the last thing

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 that's just burned

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 into his image

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 is seeing Jesus.

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 And he's got three days.

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 Think about that.

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 Think about that.

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 Think about that.

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 Think about that.

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 I think he experiences

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 a kind of death

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 for those three days.

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 I want to pause here.

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 If you think

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 becoming a Christian

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 is committing

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 to a lifestyle,

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 if you think

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 that's what the call

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 of Christianity is,

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 come and live

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 this lifestyle,

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 I hope that idea dies.

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 See the conversion

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 of Saul.

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 it is not putting

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 on a lifestyle.

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 It's actually

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 being confronted

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 by a Jesus

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 that actually

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 breaks you down

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 to the core

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 of your being.

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 It's being confronted

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 with a God

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 who is there.

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 He's bigger

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 than your ideas

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 of him.

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 There's some things

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 about him

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 that you won't

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 like

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 because

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 he's there.

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 He's bigger

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 than your own

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 thoughts

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 and your own

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 desires

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 of what you

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 want God

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 to be.

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 And Saul

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 encountered that

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 God.

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 We all must

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 encounter him.

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 That's conversion.

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 Encountering

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 a Jesus

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 who is there

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 and he breaks

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 you first.

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 I just wonder

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 what was going

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 through Saul's

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 mind

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 for those

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 three days.

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 Jesus really

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 is alive.

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 He's alive.

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 He's in heaven.

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 He can enter

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 this world

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 whenever he pleases

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 as if it's

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 his world.

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 His glory

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 outshines

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 the sun.

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 It has blinded

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 me.

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 He chose

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 to remove

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 my sight.

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 He's given

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 me a vision

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 that a man

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 that I came

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 to arrest

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 and maybe

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 beat,

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 maybe kill

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 is going

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 to come

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 and restore

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 my sight.

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 He can

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 choose when

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 to take

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 my sight

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 and when

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 to give

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 it.

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 And yet

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 he died.

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 I know

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 he died.

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 He was

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 cursed

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 on that

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 tree.

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 But he's

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 vindicated.

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 God has

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 vindicated

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 him.

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 If he's

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 vindicated,

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 that curse

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 mustn't have

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 been for

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 him.

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 His sin,

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 it must

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 have been

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 for others.

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 I thought

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 I was

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 righteous.

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 I thought

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 I was doing

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 what God

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 wanted,

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 but oh

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 my goodness,

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 I'm

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 actually raging

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 against the

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 Lord and

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 his anointed.

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 God

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 wanted to

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 be

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 corrected.

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 Now who

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 knows what

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 he was

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 thinking.

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 I'm kind

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 of just

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 piecing

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 things

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 together

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 from other

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 things he's

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 written later

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 on.

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 God

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 said,

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 but Jesus'

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 unstoppable

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 grace,

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 it first

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 strips

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 Paul down

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 of his

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 self-righteousness,

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 of his

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 goodness.

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 goodness.

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 I like

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 John Bunyan's

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 hymn.

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 John Bunyan,

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 I don't know if

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 you know the

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 name, he wrote

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 Pilgrim's

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 Progress.

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 And he

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 wrote this

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 hymn,

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 nothing

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 either great

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 or small,

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 nothing sinner,

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 no.

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 Jesus did

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 it, did it

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 all long,

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 long ago.

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 doing,

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 that doing

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 to prove

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 yourself,

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 is a

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 deadly

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 thing.

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 Doing

00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:37.579
 ends in

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 death.

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 Cast your

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 deadly

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 doing down,

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 down at

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 Jesus'

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 feet.

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 Stand in

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 him, in

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 him alone,

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 gloriously.

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 That's where

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.899
 Saul had to

00:18:50.899 --> 00:18:51.460
 get to.

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 He thought

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:52.779
 all his

00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:54.039
 doing was

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 walking in

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 the light,

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 but being

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 confronted with

00:18:57.859 --> 00:18:58.279
 the Jesus

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 who was

00:18:58.619 --> 00:18:58.959
 there.

00:18:59.919 --> 00:19:00.259
 He had to

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:00.639
 lay that

00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.299
 doing down

00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:03.539
 and admit

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 it's a

00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:04.139
 deadly

00:19:04.139 --> 00:19:06.759
 thing and

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.379
 look to the

00:19:07.379 --> 00:19:07.799
 righteousness

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:09.099
 that outshines

00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:09.699
 the noonday

00:19:09.699 --> 00:19:10.039
 sun.

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:19.500
 God's

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.619
 God's

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 grace.

00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:21.480
 God's

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:22.220
 grace is

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:23.359
 really wonderful,

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 and it can

00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:25.159
 even save

00:19:25.159 --> 00:19:25.759
 someone like

00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.079
 Saul,

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:26.579
 someone as

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.019
 lost as

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.220
 him,

00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:28.259
 but maybe

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:28.559
 you're

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.139
 listening to

00:19:29.139 --> 00:19:29.980
 this and

00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:30.259
 you just

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:30.720
 say this.

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 It's too

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:34.019
 hard for me

00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:35.000
 to accept

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:37.720
 that I'm

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:41.579
 too far gone. My conscience plagues me.

00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:44.259
 Doubt heals me.

00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:49.380
 I want to consider

00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:55.059
 what Saul had to do to receive his salvation.

00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:59.559
 What did he do to get

00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:00.600
 Jesus' attention?

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:07.259
 Did he do anything to make Jesus take a step towards him?

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:10.900
 Did Jesus turn up and say,

00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:15.039
 Hey, Saul, I just want to ask your permission to

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:19.160
 stop you in your tracks and reveal

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:22.079
 how glorious I am. Is that okay?

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:27.200
 Saul did nothing.

00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:35.019
 Jesus' grace is unstoppable. It is so free.

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:38.440
 There is nothing Saul did

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:42.619
 that warranted Jesus coming to save him.

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:46.980
 It is that free. It has zero to do with Saul.

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:56.700
 I think that's a comforting thought if you're thinking grace is too much for me because it's not about me.

00:20:57.360 --> 00:20:59.420
 His grace is just so free.

00:20:59.420 --> 00:21:02.120
 It's even for Saul.

00:21:02.320 --> 00:21:04.680
 And that's what he says in 1 Timothy 1

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:07.580
 verses 15 to 16.

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:11.200
 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance.

00:21:11.800 --> 00:21:13.840
 We need to fully accept what he's about to say.

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.500
 This is scripture.

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:19.920
 That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners,

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:22.319
 of whom I am the foremost.

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:27.640
 That I receive mercy for this reason,

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:29.519
 that in me, as the foremost,

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:35.619
 Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience,

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.759
 his long-suffering,

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:40.619
 as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:44.879
 If you're thinking,

00:21:45.179 --> 00:21:46.539
 yes, mercy is enough for Saul,

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.199
 but not me,

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:52.059
 you need to accept what God says.

00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.799
 Saul's conversion is saying,

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:55.879
 look at his perfect patience.

00:21:57.199 --> 00:21:58.139
 It's even for you.

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.000
 It's even for me.

00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:05.299
 So Saul's experience,

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.099
 it is unique.

00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:06.720
 Like,

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.539
 not even the other apostles

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:10.579
 get the risen,

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:12.299
 glorified Jesus

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:14.220
 coming to them like this,

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.940
 that we know of.

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:17.759
 His experience is unique,

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:19.319
 but

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:21.259
 he's given to us

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:22.559
 as an example

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:25.140
 of the grace of Jesus,

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:27.420
 of what it means to be changed by him.

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:30.440
 So I think you can know

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:32.279
 you've encountered this Jesus,

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.500
 this same Jesus,

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:33.920
 if

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:36.660
 he's broken down

00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:39.420
 your ideas of who you want him to be.

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:41.519
 If he's just confronted you,

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.240
 that he's there.

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:45.740
 You can know you've met this Jesus

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:48.039
 if he's humbled you to the dust,

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:54.039
 where you lose confidence in self and doing.

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:58.180
 You can know you've met this Jesus

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:59.420
 if

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:02.139
 his grace is even enough

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:03.139
 for someone like Saul,

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:06.119
 even someone like me.

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:11.000
 Because when you meet this Jesus,

00:23:11.159 --> 00:23:11.920
 as Saul did,

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:15.500
 it can't help but change you.

00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:17.339
 It removes self

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.599
 from the centre of our life

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:20.500
 and Saul becomes

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:22.199
 a willing

00:23:22.199 --> 00:23:23.480
 servant

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:25.019
 who patiently suffers

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:27.019
 for Jesus' sake

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:28.919
 so that others might be saved.

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.500
 Huge transformation,

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:32.500
 which we're going to come to a bit later as well.

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:36.539
 So unstoppable grace.

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.240
 But this

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:42.119
 unstoppable grace,

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:43.939
 it's wonderful for yourself,

00:23:43.939 --> 00:23:45.919
 but it can be terribly hard

00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:47.599
 to accept for others

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.500
 in the church.

00:23:50.219 --> 00:23:51.459
 Others who believe.

00:23:54.719 --> 00:23:56.319
 I'm sure many of you

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.199
 have read

00:23:57.199 --> 00:23:57.980
 or heard about

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:59.299
 Corrie Ten Boom.

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:01.039
 She's just so encouraging.

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.639
 I'm going to use her

00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:03.599
 as an illustration again.

00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:04.839
 I'm sure many preachers have.

00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:07.519
 She lived through

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.279
 the Holocaust

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:11.539
 and after giving

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.379
 a talk

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.199
 on God's forgiveness

00:24:13.199 --> 00:24:14.199
 in Germany

00:24:14.199 --> 00:24:15.839
 in 1947.

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.339
 So this is

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.740
 fresh,

00:24:17.959 --> 00:24:18.500
 1947.

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.439
 So after she gives

00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:24.299
 this talk

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:26.359
 in the crowd,

00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:27.879
 she says this,

00:24:27.959 --> 00:24:29.019
 that's when I saw him.

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:32.220
 It came back

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.879
 with a rush,

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:34.099
 the huge room

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:35.000
 with its harsh

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.059
 overhead lights,

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.699
 the pathetic

00:24:37.699 --> 00:24:38.919
 pile of dresses

00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.599
 and shoes

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.139
 in the centre

00:24:40.139 --> 00:24:40.799
 of the floor,

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.659
 the shame

00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:43.240
 of walking

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.740
 naked

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:45.099
 past this man.

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:47.939
 I could see

00:24:47.939 --> 00:24:48.759
 my sister's

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.819
 frail form

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:51.299
 ahead of me,

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.799
 ribs sharp

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.480
 beneath the

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.379
 parchment skin.

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.259
 Betsy,

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.579
 how thin you were.

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.119
 Betsy and I

00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:00.000
 had been arrested

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.139
 for concealing Jews

00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:01.759
 in our home

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.480
 during the Nazi

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.539
 occupation of Holland.

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.779
 This man had been

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.399
 a guard

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:07.519
 at Ravensbrook

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:09.419
 concentration camp

00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:10.259
 where we were sent.

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:12.339
 and he comes up,

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.019
 you mentioned

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.879
 Ravensbrook

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:14.559
 in your talk,

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.220
 he was saying.

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:17.160
 I was a guard

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.480
 there.

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.879
 He did not

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.559
 remember me.

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:25.059
 But since that time,

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.579
 he went on,

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.539
 I have become

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.139
 a Christian.

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:29.079
 I know that God

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.899
 has forgiven me

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.539
 for the cruel

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.659
 things I did

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:31.980
 there.

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.159
 And the hand

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.839
 came out,

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.539
 will you

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.099
 forgive me?

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.259
 Would you

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.940
 take that hand?

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.659
 your sister

00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:55.019
 having died there.

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.799
 Ananias,

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.980
 going back

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.759
 to the story here,

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.700
 Ananias is a

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.339
 follower of Jesus.

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.359
 He is ready

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:03.279
 to obey the Lord.

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.619
 Here I am,

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:04.839
 Lord.

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.159
 He's ready.

00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:07.240
 And Jesus says,

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.179
 go to Saul.

00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.599
 He's expecting you.

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.819
 And he's got the guts

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.500
 to say,

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.819
 him,

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:19.339
 like,

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:21.179
 can I change

00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:21.639
 your mind,

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.059
 please?

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:22.439
 I'm not,

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:26.000
 I've received

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.539
 your forgiving

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.000
 grace.

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.000
 Him?

00:26:30.939 --> 00:26:31.799
 He's struggling

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.539
 to accept this.

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.259
 And I'm not sure,

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:33.619
 I'm,

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.559
 I don't know

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.679
 whether the Lord's

00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:36.980
 reply comforted him

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:38.039
 or made it worse.

00:26:38.439 --> 00:26:39.339
 I'm not sure.

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.379
 Saul.

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.459
 Because not only

00:26:41.459 --> 00:26:42.459
 is there no limits

00:26:42.459 --> 00:26:43.159
 on his forgiveness,

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.319
 he says,

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:46.319
 I've chosen Saul

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.319
 to be my chosen

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.299
 instrument to bring

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.240
 salvation to many

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.819
 in my name.

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.500
 I'm just putting

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.480
 myself in Ananias'

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.039
 shoe here,

00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:56.000
 and maybe he's not

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:57.079
 as a proud man

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.559
 as I am.

00:26:58.399 --> 00:26:58.619
 Him.

00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:00.299
 He's your chosen

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.759
 instrument.

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:02.759
 So there's no

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.619
 limits to your

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:03.940
 forgiveness,

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.379
 and you've chosen

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:07.579
 him to be,

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.299
 to play this

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:10.140
 massive role

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.839
 in your plan.

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.759
 To obey the Lord

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.339
 at this point,

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.480
 Ananias had to

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.579
 overcome his fear

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.059
 of Saul.

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.400
 Like,

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.619
 he's got legal

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.619
 authority to arrest

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:22.799
 him.

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.940
 He has to overcome

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.680
 any commitment

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.619
 to seeing justice

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:26.960
 done.

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.599
 So he's got to

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.379
 overcome fear,

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.140
 it's got to

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:32.279
 overcome any

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:33.859
 desire for

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.960
 seeing justice

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:36.019
 done to him.

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.640
 And maybe

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.299
 it's got to

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.000
 even overcome

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.019
 a sense of

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.940
 inferiority,

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.039
 that Saul

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.759
 and not him

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:46.039
 would play a

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.640
 bigger part

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.400
 in Jesus'

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:47.720
 mission.

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.799
 He's got to

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.319
 let go of his

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.940
 own name,

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.460
 in a sense.

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.640
 And those in

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.519
 Jerusalem we hear,

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:58.099
 they had a big,

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.059
 they had a hard

00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.799
 time accepting

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.579
 Saul as well.

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.279
 And maybe it

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.859
 was extra

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.539
 personal for

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.179
 them because

00:28:03.179 --> 00:28:04.500
 remember that

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.939
 great lamentation

00:28:05.939 --> 00:28:07.460
 given for Stephen

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.199
 when he died

00:28:08.199 --> 00:28:08.960
 and Saul was

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:10.359
 the one approving

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:10.980
 of his death.

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:12.879
 Did Stephen

00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:13.519
 have a family

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.399
 there in the

00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:14.759
 church?

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:18.059
 They loved

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.919
 Stephen so

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:19.299
 much.

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.139
 It was their

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:21.919
 family members

00:28:21.919 --> 00:28:22.220
 who were

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.720
 scattered.

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:25.960
 out, they

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.500
 couldn't spend

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.100
 time together

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:27.779
 anymore because

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.740
 of this man's

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.319
 persecution.

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.380
 Could they

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:33.160
 allow him

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.380
 in?

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.680
 Could they

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.100
 forgive?

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.620
 Let me go back

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.079
 to Corey.

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.380
 He says,

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:43.780
 as I stood

00:28:43.780 --> 00:28:44.760
 there, I

00:28:44.760 --> 00:28:45.480
 whose sins

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.140
 had every

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:47.160
 day to be

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:49.020
 forgiven and

00:28:49.020 --> 00:28:49.580
 could not.

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.780
 Betsy had

00:28:51.780 --> 00:28:52.500
 died in that

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.940
 place.

00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.260
 Could he

00:28:54.260 --> 00:28:55.180
 erase her

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.180
 slow, terrible

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.000
 death simply

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.900
 for the asking,

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.260
 asking of

00:28:59.260 --> 00:28:59.600
 forgiveness?

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.560
 It could not

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:02.180
 have been many

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.900
 seconds that he

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.360
 stood there,

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.100
 hand held

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:05.120
 out, but to

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.820
 me it seemed

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:07.360
 hours as I

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:08.320
 wrestled with the

00:29:08.320 --> 00:29:09.180
 most difficult

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.780
 thing I had

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.720
 ever had to

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.000
 do.

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.119
 Jesus helped

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.480
 me, I

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.220
 prayed silently.

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.700
 And so,

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.539
 excuse me,

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.599
 woodenly,

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.279
 mechanically,

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:25.160
 I thrust my

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:26.000
 hand into the

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.899
 one stretch out

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.980
 to me and as

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.759
 I did, an

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.539
 incredible thing

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.259
 took place.

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.920
 The current

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:35.559
 started in my

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.220
 shoulder and

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.059
 raced down my

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:38.799
 arm, sprang

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.500
 into our

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.359
 joined hands.

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.559
 And then

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.339
 this healing

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:43.259
 warmth and

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.940
 love for him

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:45.399
 flood my

00:29:45.399 --> 00:29:46.240
 whole being,

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.359
 bringing tears

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:48.420
 to my eyes.

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.940
 I forgive

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.619
 you, brother.

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:54.079
 For a long

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:55.960
 moment, we

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.740
 grasped each

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.460
 other's hands,

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.559
 the former

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.240
 guard and the

00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.899
 former prisoner.

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.639
 I had never

00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:01.960
 known God's

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.839
 love so

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:04.339
 intensely as I

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.799
 did then.

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.500
 Ananias, he

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.079
 doesn't go

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.859
 begrudgingly.

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.339
 He lays his

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:14.339
 hand on him.

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.380
 I think it's a

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.339
 similar scene and

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.700
 he says,

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.099
 brother.

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.619
 He embraces

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.180
 Saul.

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.900
 Brother.

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.720
 He could have

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.019
 just said,

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.240
 oh, I don't

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.859
 want to be here

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.640
 but Jesus sent

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.160
 me, I have to

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.519
 do this.

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.859
 There's

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.599
 warmth here.

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.639
 Brother.

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.259
 When his

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.759
 life is

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.180
 threatened,

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:48.799
 twice, they

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.859
 don't let him

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.519
 get what he

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.039
 deserves.

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.799
 They save

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.039
 him.

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.480
 Wow.

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:59.279
 They embrace

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.860
 Saul as

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.380
 their own.

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.339
 There might

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.839
 be someone,

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.019
 can you think

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.599
 of someone you

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:09.200
 just, you're

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.900
 struggling to

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.819
 forgive or you're

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.660
 struggling to

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.099
 embrace?

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.579
 Maybe there's

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:12.960
 someone at

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.640
 church you

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:15.180
 avoid.

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:17.120
 You avoid eye

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.420
 contact.

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.120
 You avoid

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:19.160
 talking to

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:21.079
 them after the

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.500
 service.

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:23.740
 maybe it's a

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.099
 group of

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:25.480
 people from

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.059
 your past.

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.859
 I don't

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.279
 think we

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.619
 have the

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.059
 resources.

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.859
 I didn't

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.259
 tell the

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.720
 story of

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.160
 Corrie and

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.579
 she says

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.059
 herself, I'm

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.559
 not saying

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.079
 that we

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.460
 have the

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.119
 resources to

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:39.380
 forgive.

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.279
 The point

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.579
 is we

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.000
 don't.

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.460
 The point

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.220
 is his

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.000
 grace is

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.619
 sufficient for

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.420
 us to

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.660
 forgive.

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.400
 He's got

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:50.299
 the power to

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.480
 overcome that

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:53.220
 fear and

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.839
 that demand

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.599
 for justice,

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.420
 that protection

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:56.980
 of our own

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.360
 name.

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.519
 We've got to

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.980
 love his

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.740
 grace even

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.180
 more than

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.799
 those things.

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:02.860
 And there's

00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:03.299
 a powerful

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:04.019
 witness, isn't

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.220
 it?

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.839
 Saul going

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.360
 in and out

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:07.039
 in Jerusalem.

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.200
 Wow.

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.099
 You can

00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:11.740
 testify to

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.220
 the grace of

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.680
 God as an

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.160
 individual.

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.720
 You can

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.480
 testify even

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.099
 more, I

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:17.259
 think, when

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.019
 this is a

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.559
 place of

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:18.980
 forgiveness,

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.640
 grace.

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:26.940
 Jesus'

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.759
 unstoppable

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:29.920
 grace turns

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.559
 Saul into

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:31.599
 a suffering

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.160
 servant.

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.759
 It even

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.799
 overcomes the

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.599
 most difficult,

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.779
 perhaps the

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.279
 most difficult

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.720
 thing in the

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.059
 world to

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.360
 do,

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:40.339
 forgiving

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.920
 others and

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.480
 giving grace

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.960
 to others.

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.460
 And Saul's

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.460
 transformed life

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.960
 and his

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.960
 teaching is

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:48.000
 undeniable.

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.039
 people.

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.339
 Imagine that

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:50.180
 scene when he

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:51.299
 goes into the

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:51.980
 synagogue and

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.619
 he stands up

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:54.220
 there and his

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.019
 reputation, they

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.579
 all know him.

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.920
 He's come with

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.819
 license, with a

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.839
 letter to take

00:32:58.839 --> 00:33:00.519
 people to

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.059
 prison in

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.500
 Jerusalem.

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:03.180
 Later he says

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:04.380
 he had beaten

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:05.579
 many of the

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.700
 believers, men

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.140
 and women.

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.140
 Imagine their

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:10.480
 shock when he

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.180
 stands up.

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.019
 I don't know if

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.319
 there was a

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.900
 pulpit or not,

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.880
 a historian has

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.420
 to tell me

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:15.660
 later.

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.440
 He is the

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:18.940
 son of God.

00:33:22.580 --> 00:33:23.020
 Sorry.

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:25.680
 And then he's

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.260
 filled with the

00:33:26.260 --> 00:33:27.260
 spirit so much

00:33:27.260 --> 00:33:27.940
 and he increases

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.880
 with strength that

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:30.960
 he confounds the

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.900
 Jews who lived in

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:32.620
 Damascus by

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.480
 proving, I

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.280
 assume by proving

00:33:34.280 --> 00:33:34.820
 from the Old

00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:35.120
 Testament

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:36.080
 scriptures, that

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:37.020
 Jesus was the

00:33:37.020 --> 00:33:37.440
 Christ.

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.020
 They can't

00:33:41.020 --> 00:33:42.320
 argue with

00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:43.420
 him, with

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.280
 his words, and

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.940
 even more than

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:46.279
 that, they

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.879
 can't argue

00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:47.440
 with him.

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.299
 How do I

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.960
 account for this

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.460
 change?

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.519
 He embodies

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.119
 the gospel.

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:53.940
 He's not just

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.460
 saying it, he

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:55.160
 embodies it.

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:04.000
 Jesus says to

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.059
 Ananias that he

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:06.759
 must suffer.

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:09.579
 He must suffer

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:11.500
 for the sake of

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.000
 my name.

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:14.340
 I don't think

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.880
 that must

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:17.380
 there is for

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.940
 the sake of

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.380
 punishment.

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:23.380
 I think it's a

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:25.059
 willing must,

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.920
 that grace has

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.619
 gripped him so

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.300
 much that he

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:29.340
 willingly chooses

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.260
 this way of

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.619
 suffering.

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.780
 He chose to

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.360
 enter that

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.639
 synagogue and

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.460
 proclaim Jesus

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:35.940
 boldly.

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:40.019
 He has threats

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.500
 against his

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.200
 life and he

00:34:41.200 --> 00:34:41.539
 goes to

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.059
 Jerusalem.

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.220
 This guy

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:43.900
 knows firsthand.

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.639
 He led the

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.099
 way of

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.679
 persecuting.

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.420
 He knows

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:46.920
 the kind of

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:48.340
 hatred and

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.700
 he does it

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:49.019
 again.

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.099
 He's

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.559
 willingly

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:52.579
 choosing this

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:52.960
 path.

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.440
 I'm going to

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.980
 use his own

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.440
 words in

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:57.240
 chapter 20 when

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.780
 he's calling

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.440
 the Ephesian

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.840
 elders,

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.679
 follow my

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.159
 example.

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.820
 That's the

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.740
 context here and

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.079
 he's saying,

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:03.800
 I'm going to

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.320
 Jerusalem,

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:06.060
 this is at a

00:35:06.060 --> 00:35:06.560
 later point,

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:08.440
 constrained by

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.960
 the Spirit,

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.420
 not knowing what

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.920
 will happen to

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.700
 me there except

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:12.519
 that the Holy

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.660
 Spirit testifies to

00:35:13.660 --> 00:35:14.340
 me in every

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:15.420
 city that

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.360
 imprisonment and

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:17.300
 afflictions await

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:17.539
 me.

00:35:20.060 --> 00:35:20.980
 But I do not

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.940
 account my life of

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:23.240
 any value nor as

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:24.220
 precious to myself.

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:26.380
 If only I may

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.260
 finish my course

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:27.940
 in the ministry

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.800
 that I receive

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.340
 from the Lord

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:31.160
 Jesus to testify

00:35:31.160 --> 00:35:32.260
 to the gospel of

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:33.580
 the grace of

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:33.900
 God.

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.079
 Like in that

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.759
 situation a

00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:39.679
 prophet comes and

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:40.699
 uses a belt to

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.400
 bind him and

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:42.039
 says, this is

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.480
 what's going to

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.019
 happen to the

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:44.199
 man who owns

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:44.639
 this belt.

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.279
 And still he

00:35:46.279 --> 00:35:46.699
 goes.

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.559
 He's going

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:48.019
 willingly.

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.719
 I'm ready to

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.239
 die in

00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:49.619
 Jerusalem.

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.779
 This must

00:35:53.779 --> 00:35:54.519
 suffer for my

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:54.799
 name.

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.460
 I don't think

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:56.880
 it's punishment.

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.619
 I think it's a

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:57.900
 willingness.

00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:02.340
 He's seen the

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.940
 risen Lord.

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:04.400
 He's seen that

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.420
 true glory,

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.340
 true righteousness

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:08.860
 is willingly

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:10.059
 choosing to

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.800
 suffer so that

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:12.440
 others live.

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:15.079
 That's

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.900
 greatness.

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:18.079
 This grace has

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.780
 changed him.

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:24.019
 And those who

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.860
 saw him and

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.440
 listened to him,

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.200
 they couldn't

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:26.720
 deny it.

00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:28.480
 What do they do

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:28.740
 with him?

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.880
 His words are

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.500
 just so

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.300
 reasonable.

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.140
 His life

00:36:34.140 --> 00:36:37.620
 is even

00:36:37.620 --> 00:36:38.220
 harder to

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:38.680
 explain.

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.200
 How do we

00:36:40.200 --> 00:36:42.480
 explain a

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:44.300
 man who

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.800
 was so

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.800
 self-righteous

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.620
 and violent

00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:46.640
 and violent,

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:47.680
 who loved

00:36:47.680 --> 00:36:48.039
 his own

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.380
 name,

00:36:48.600 --> 00:36:49.340
 now denying

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:49.840
 himself,

00:36:50.160 --> 00:36:51.000
 becoming tender

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:52.180
 and putting,

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:54.060
 risking his own

00:36:54.060 --> 00:36:54.680
 name so that

00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:55.200
 others might

00:36:55.200 --> 00:36:55.500
 live.

00:36:56.700 --> 00:36:57.620
 We can't

00:36:57.620 --> 00:36:58.860
 deny him.

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:01.000
 We've got to

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.400
 kill him.

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:08.300
 testimony of

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.860
 the grace of

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.579
 Jesus is just

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:11.820
 so in

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.340
 their face.

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.559
 Well, we

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:21.599
 read in

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.200
 verse 31,

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.960
 So the

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.359
 church

00:37:23.359 --> 00:37:23.779
 throughout

00:37:23.779 --> 00:37:25.239
 all Judea

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:26.960
 and Galilee

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.679
 and Samaria

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.579
 had peace

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:30.619
 and was

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.139
 being built

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.419
 up.

00:37:32.339 --> 00:37:32.859
 And walking

00:37:32.859 --> 00:37:33.379
 in the fear

00:37:33.379 --> 00:37:33.879
 of the Lord

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:34.359
 and in the

00:37:34.359 --> 00:37:34.839
 comfort of

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.159
 the Holy

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.639
 Spirit,

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.319
 it multiplied.

00:37:41.439 --> 00:37:41.839
 This

00:37:41.839 --> 00:37:42.279
 Jesus

00:37:42.279 --> 00:37:44.279
 is

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:46.480
 unstoppable.

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.779
 His

00:37:49.779 --> 00:37:50.460
 grace is

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.599
 unstoppable.

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:53.659
 He uses

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.460
 persecution

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:56.719
 to spread

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.319
 his word

00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:57.919
 so that

00:37:57.919 --> 00:37:58.379
 others have

00:37:58.379 --> 00:37:58.699
 life,

00:37:58.819 --> 00:37:59.339
 Samaritans,

00:37:59.460 --> 00:37:59.799
 eunuchs.

00:38:01.299 --> 00:38:02.019
 And we

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.619
 hear now

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.960
 he removes

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.460
 the threat

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.039
 and gives

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.519
 a time of

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:05.899
 peace.

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:06.960
 And in

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.460
 that peace

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.919
 he builds

00:38:07.919 --> 00:38:08.219
 up the

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:08.539
 church.

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:09.899
 You can't

00:38:09.899 --> 00:38:10.299
 stop him.

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.500
 Persecute,

00:38:11.919 --> 00:38:12.259
 spread.

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.839
 Give peace,

00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:15.679
 build up.

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.619
 How are you

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:18.759
 going to

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.219
 stop this,

00:38:19.379 --> 00:38:19.619
 Jesus?

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:22.480
 A group

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.880
 of people

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.380
 following

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:24.000
 this way

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.779
 who believe

00:38:24.779 --> 00:38:25.079
 that

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:26.599
 suffering for

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.239
 him for

00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:27.579
 others'

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.319
 sake is

00:38:28.319 --> 00:38:29.519
 greatness.

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:30.480
 How do you

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.119
 stop that?

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.659
 They

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:38.480
 kill Jesus

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.799
 and he

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:40.400
 rises three

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:40.960
 days later.

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.539
 They

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.239
 kill Stephen

00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:47.179
 and I

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.539
 love the

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.199
 detail here

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:49.819
 that Saul

00:38:49.819 --> 00:38:50.519
 is now

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.839
 speaking and

00:38:51.839 --> 00:38:52.479
 disputing with

00:38:52.479 --> 00:38:53.139
 the Hellenists,

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.139
 the ones who

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.719
 got Stephen

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:55.439
 in trouble in

00:38:55.439 --> 00:38:55.759
 the first

00:38:55.759 --> 00:38:56.079
 place.

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:57.500
 You kill

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:57.899
 Stephen,

00:38:58.419 --> 00:38:58.899
 Saul takes

00:38:58.899 --> 00:38:59.439
 his place.

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:04.880
 this Jesus

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:06.780
 is the

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:07.240
 same

00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:08.440
 today,

00:39:08.740 --> 00:39:09.079
 yesterday,

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.619
 today and

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:11.240
 forever.

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.579
 He is

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:15.920
 gathering

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.659
 every lost

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.019
 sheep,

00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:18.300
 even the

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:18.920
 most desperate

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.519
 runs like

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.820
 Saul.

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:21.760
 So I

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.039
 hope,

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:23.900
 I hope

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.179
 you can

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.519
 admit

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:25.960
 you're a

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.480
 lost sheep.

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.579
 You're

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:28.000
 desperately

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.480
 lost.

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:28.579
 lost.

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:30.199
 Because

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:31.599
 Jesus came

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.019
 for people

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.539
 like you.

00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:37.599
 I'd like

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:39.019
 to do

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.360
 something a

00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:39.820
 bit different

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.460
 to finish,

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:41.679
 to try and

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.840
 help what

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:43.240
 we've heard

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:44.000
 today just

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:45.240
 sink in and

00:39:45.240 --> 00:39:46.019
 have the

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:46.340
 Lord's

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:47.679
 Supper as

00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:48.079
 our

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:48.619
 application.

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.240
 We're

00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:55.599
 remembering

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:56.900
 our

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.400
 suffering

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:58.460
 servants.

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:59.400
 the

00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.840
 suffering

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.240
 servant

00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:00.800
 who was

00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:01.800
 pierced

00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:02.179
 for our

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.960
 transgressions

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:04.300
 and crushed

00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:05.679
 for our

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:06.199
 iniquities.

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:08.260
 As we

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:09.480
 eat and

00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:10.079
 drink this,

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:11.880
 let's

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.940
 remember what

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:13.340
 we've seen

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.619
 in our

00:40:13.619 --> 00:40:14.280
 passage today.

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:16.159
 Lay your

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:16.980
 deadly doing

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.460
 down,

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.880
 stand in

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.860
 him and

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.480
 him alone,

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 gloriously

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 complete.

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 God's

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 love.

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 He is our

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 suffering

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 servant and

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 he's calling

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 us to

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 the honour

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 of suffering

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 with him so

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 that others

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 might share

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 in the peace

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 and fellowship

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 that we have

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 with God

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 and one

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 another.

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 And may

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 we, as

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 we eat and

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 drink this,

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 may we give

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 the grace that

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 we so richly

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 feast on to

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 one another

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 as well.

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 So let's

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 eat and

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 drink.

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 come

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 amen for

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 our

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 life,

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 God said,

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 pray,

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 to

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 many

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