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 If you will please take out your copy of God's Word, I hope you have it here with you today.

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 and turn or swipe your way to Acts chapter 13.

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 Our text for today is Acts chapter 13, verses 44 through 52.

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 And while you're getting there, thank the band for leading us well in music.

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 This morning, Liz, you may or may not have noticed, I hope you've noticed, she's very pregnant, seven months.

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 And she was dizzy, and she said, I don't know if I can sing this morning.

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 And I said, please sing that song particularly.

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 I don't know if I had anything to do with her getting up and singing or not,

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 but she decided to sit on a stool, which I'm really, really thankful for.

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 And I'm thankful that Wes, in giving leadership to the band, sees his ministry not as separate from ministry of preaching the Word,

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 but he sees it as the same, and that is that he ministers to us the Word of God in song.

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 It's a wonderful thing that we should treasure together.

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 So Acts chapter 13, but before we get to this week's text, I want to remind you what happened in last week's text.

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 After proclaiming the gospel on the island of Cyprus, Paul, Barnabas, and John Mark sailed northwest back to the mainland.

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 At this point, John Mark leaves his companions and returns to Jerusalem.

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 We don't know exactly why, but it was probably because the danger of the journey that was ahead of them and the likelihood of further persecution.

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 Paul and Barnabas then go from the coast and travel 100 miles north through the Taurus Mountains to Antioch in Pisidia,

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 which is not to be confused with the Antioch that they were originally commissioned from.

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 There's lots of Antiochs in the area that's now modern Turkey in that day.

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 In Antioch in Pisidia, they attend the synagogue on the Sabbath where they are asked to speak,

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 probably because Paul was an understudy of the well-known rabbi Gamaliel.

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 So they likely knew who he was or he had told them who he had studied underneath,

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 and he's asked to speak to address the congregation on that day.

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 Next, we observe the first and longest of Paul's sermons in which Paul preaches Jesus Christ.

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 Let me clarify that statement, the recorded of his sermons.

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 Luke records it here for us.

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 Paul preaches Christ as the culmination of human history, as the fulfillment of prophecy,

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 and as the justifier of the sinner.

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 And he calls his listeners to believe in this message, the gospel that he is preaching to them.

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 Verse 42 and 43 of Acts 13 reads, was kind of the summary of last week's text.

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 As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath.

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 And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas,

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 who, as they spoke with them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

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 So we see a favorable response to the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 and they've asked him to come back the following week.

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 Would have been a Saturday to preach more.

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 And this brings us to our text today, beginning in verse 44 and through the end of the chapter.

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 The next Sabbath, almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

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 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him.

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 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying,

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 It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you,

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 since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life.

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 Behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

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 For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,

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 I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.

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 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord,

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 and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

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 And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.

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 But the Jews, inside of the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city,

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 stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

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 But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.

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 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

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 Beloved, this is God's word to us.

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 It was written for his glory and for our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it this morning in order to believe its promises and to obey its commands.

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 So we see Paul and Barnabas return to the synagogue on the next Sabbath, verse 44.

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 And this amazing thing that almost, Luke records for us, the whole city gathered to hear.

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 Isn't this a wonderful work of God that almost the whole city gathered?

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 There were no flyers mailed out.

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 There's no promise of entertainment whatsoever.

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 But simply to hear the word of the Lord.

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 What a work of God to bring together a city in this way.

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 Not to be entertained, but to hear the gospel preached.

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 Luke does not record for us what was said by Paul.

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 But we do know that Paul speaks.

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 We know this because verse 45 tells us that Paul spoke.

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 The Jews were responding to what he had said.

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 And I think it's proper to presume that he spoke as he did the week before.

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 I am sure that Paul spoke to them of the crucified and resurrected Christ.

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 I am sure now having an audience gathered that is both Jew and Gentile.

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 He spoke to them of a sovereign ruler of heaven and earth who created all things.

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 Who set up a standard in the garden.

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 A single rule that Adam transgressed and brought sin to all of mankind.

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 I am sure that he spoke to them of the law.

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 Which laid out for them a standard by which God would be pleased.

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 And then expressed our complete and utter inability to keep that law.

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 I am sure that he told them of the great separation that existed between them and God.

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 Because of their sinfulness.

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 Which would have pressed upon him the necessity of preaching good news.

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 After telling them the bad news.

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 The good news of Christ.

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 Come to earth.

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 Taking the form of a man.

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 Fully God.

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 Fully man.

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 Living a perfect life.

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 Obtaining the righteousness of God that the law requires.

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 So that by faith in him we could have that righteousness.

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 But not just that.

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 Dying the death of a sinner on the cross.

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 Bearing in his body the wrath that was due them and us for their sin.

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 Then in there Jesus was resurrected.

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 And is seated with the Father now.

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 Wes mentioned earlier.

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 Making intercession for us.

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 Because he's alive we can have life.

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 I'm sure that Paul proclaimed the gospel once again.

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 It was his call.

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 As it is ours.

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 To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 1 Corinthians 9.

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 Verse 16.

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 Paul says.

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 For if I preach the gospel.

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 That gives me no ground for boasting.

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 For necessity is laid upon me.

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 Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.

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 I believe that Luke does not record for us the specifics of what Paul said.

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 Because he intends for us to focus on the characters of this account.

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 And their responses to Paul's gospel proclamation.

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 So for the sake of your soul today.

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 I want to draw your attention by making five observations of the text today.

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 And I'll try to move through them quickly.

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 I'm going to listen for you real quick.

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 I'll readdress them.

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 Because you won't be able to get these out.

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 In pen.

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 In the time I say them.

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 So.

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 They are.

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 Number one.

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 The persecution that accompanies gospel proclamation.

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 Number two.

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 The responsibility of mankind to respond to the gospel.

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 Number three.

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 The sovereignty of God and the salvation of his people.

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 Number four.

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 The evangelistic fervor of God's people.

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 And number five.

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 The unwavering commitment of Paul toward the Gentiles.

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 So number one.

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 First observation.

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 The persecution that accompanies gospel proclamation.

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 I hear you, Silas.

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 He's saying data.

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 I just want to point that out.

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 The persecution that accompanies gospel proclamation.

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 So the week before.

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 They're very pleased.

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 The Jews are.

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 They're very pleased to have Paul proclaim the gospel to them.

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 But when the Jews see the crowds.

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 When it's no longer this elitist thing for them alone to hear this gospel proclamation.

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 But almost an entire city is gathered now to hear what it is that Paul has to say.

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 When they see the popularity of the message of Jesus Christ.

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 They're filled with jealousy.

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 Because it would seem that their elitist mindset.

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 That they have been God's people for all of ages.

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 Their special in some way was getting destroyed.

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 And it made them jealous.

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 Seeking the applause of men.

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 They failed to seek the approval of God.

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 And they begin to contradict what was spoken by Paul.

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 They revile him.

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 In the Greek, they blaspheme.

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 They slander.

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 They malign.

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 They defame Paul.

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 It's not just an emotion that they're feeling toward him.

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 It's an action that's taking place.

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 It's as the crowd is gathered.

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 And as he's proclaiming the gospel.

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 They're trying to discredit him at every turn.

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 Verse 50 goes on and expands upon what goes beyond just this meeting.

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 The Jews incited devout women and leading men.

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 And they stirred up a persecution.

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 We don't know the exact nature of it.

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 But likely they wanted to cause them physical harm.

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 And so Paul and Barnabas are driven out of the district.

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 I will not grow tired of saying to this generation in this place where we live.

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 Us in this place.

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 Gospel proclamation and persecution are mutually inclusive.

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 We're going to see this time and time and time again in the book of Acts.

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 They are mutually inclusive, beloved.

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 And persecution is going to take different shapes in different places.

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 A couple of weeks ago we spent some devoted time praying for the persecuted church.

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 And when we said that we meant the persecuted church abroad that's persecuted physically.

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 Imprisoned.

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 Beaten.

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 Killed.

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 For their faith.

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 We don't want to belittle that.

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 We don't want to make small the sacrifice of many believers around the world.

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 But we are deluded if we think that we are devoid of such a thing because we're Americans.

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 The world does not like the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And if we are proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ, we will experience pushback from it.

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 Gospel proclamation and persecution are mutually inclusive.

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 Jesus, our Lord, was crucified.

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 He says in John chapter 15, verses 18 through 21,

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 If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

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 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own.

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 But because you were not of the world, but I chose you out of the world,

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 therefore the world hates you.

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 Verse 18 is conditional.

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 Verse 19 is not.

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 I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

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 Remember the word that I said to you.

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 A servant is not greater than his master.

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 If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.

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 If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

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 But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.

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 What Jesus spoke to the apostles was already proving true.

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 In Acts chapter 3, Peter and John are arrested for preaching Christ.

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 They stand trial in chapter 4 and are charged to speak no more to anyone in the name of Jesus.

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 In chapter 6, a deacon named Stephen is falsely accused, arrested.

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 And in chapter 7, serves the kingdom of God as the first Christian martyr when he is stoned to death.

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 We can read of a great persecution that arises in Jerusalem in chapter 8,

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 which causes the church to scatter and the gospel message with them.

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 In chapter 12, the apostle James is killed by Herod, and Peter is imprisoned, then miraculously set free.

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 At the beginning of chapter 13, Paul and Barnabas are opposed by a magician named Elimus on the island of Cyprus.

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 And now, at the end of chapter 13, the theme remains, and it will continue on.

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 Gospel proclamation and persecution are mutually inclusive.

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 If you do not suffer in the name of Christ, then you are not following him.

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 If someone is not offended, if someone doesn't call you names, if someone doesn't want to spend time with you,

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 if you don't lose a job or are passed over for a promotion,

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 if your grade suffers in a particular class, then you're not following Christ.

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 It's going to take many shapes and forms.

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 I don't want you to make anything I just said absolute, and I certainly don't want you to go seek it.

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 But if you are proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 some people will treasure that, some people will listen to the words that you say,

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 and some will hate you for it.

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 Verse 19, John chapter 15,

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 If you are of the world, the world will love you as its own.

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 Beloved, if you are in Christ, and you are living as the world lives,

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 the world will love you.

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 But if you don't live as the world lives, but because you are not of the world,

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 but I chose you out of the world, the world will hate you.

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 Secondly, the responsibility of mankind to respond to the gospel.

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 The responsibility of mankind to respond to the gospel.

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 People are accountable to their decisions to accept or reject the gospel message.

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 You'll note in our text today that the crowd is divided along ethnic lines.

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 I find that fascinating.

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 Who's to know if there's not some mixture here, I suppose?

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 Acts 13, we see Jews and converts to Judaism, known as proselytes.

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 Last week I said proselytites seven times, and Wes pointed it out to me afterwards.

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 Proselytes, converts to Judaism.

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 Seem to be favorably following the encouragement in verse 43,

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 is that they would continue in the grace of God.

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 But Luke makes the record here, the Jews hated the gospel message,

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 and the Gentiles responded favorably to it.

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 One group accepted, the other group rejected.

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 Luke simply records the Jews were jealous in verse 45,

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 and that the Gentiles were rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord.

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 Note what Paul and Barnabas say to their Jewish listeners.

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 Verse 46,

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 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying it was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first.

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 Since you thrusted aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life,

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 behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

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 Paul and Barnabas say to the Jews that they are condemning themselves by judging themselves unworthy

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 by rejecting the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 If men are damned, it will only be because of their rejection of God and His ways.

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 John 3, verse 18,

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 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned,

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 but whoever does not believe is condemned already,

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 because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

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 John 5, verse 40,

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 Jesus says,

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 You refuse to come to me that you may have life.

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 If you do not know Jesus Christ this morning,

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 do not respond as the Jews did,

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 thinking that they were pleasers of God,

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 but being condemned for their rejection of Jesus.

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 Be like the Gentiles.

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 Rejoice and glorify God,

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 for this can be the day of your salvation.

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 Verse 48,

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 When the Gentiles heard this,

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 they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord.

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 The gospel of Jesus Christ preached to them,

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 and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

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 Let's bring us to our third observation.

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 So, second observation,

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 mankind is responsible for their response to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 But thirdly,

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 the sovereignty of God in the salvation of His people.

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 Oh, this is a good one.

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 And we could talk a long time about this.

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 And as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

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 Now, the Greek word for appointed means to inscribe or to enroll.

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 To inscribe or to enroll.

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 To write down a name.

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 Psalm 69, verse 28.

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 The psalmist says,

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 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living.

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 Let them not be enrolled among the righteous.

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 Revelation 13, 8.

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 All who dwell on earth will worship the beast.

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 Everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world

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 in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

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 So, there's an unrolling happening.

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 And there's an unrolling that's happening before the foundation of the world.

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 Ephesians 1, 4.

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 God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world.

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 That we should be holy and blameless before Him.

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 Now, many will take this phrase,

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 As many as were appointed to eternal life believed,

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 and try to flip it around on us.

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 They would say, rather,

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 As many as believed were appointed to eternal life.

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 They'll give us some complex explanation of God

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 and the way that God exists outside of time,

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 which I certainly agree with.

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 However, we don't simply look at the plain meaning of the text.

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 The Greek does not allow us just to take it and flop it around.

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 Right?

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 Luke recorded, in this way,

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 As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

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 There's a cause, and there's an effect.

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 They were appointed, therefore, they believed.

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 Beware of those who want to use exegetical tricks

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 to do exegetical somersaults with a text

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 to suit their purpose.

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 There's an apparent paradox, right, presented here.

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 I was going to read you a long J.I. Packer quote,

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 but I forgot the book downstairs that it was in,

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 so I'm not going to.

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 If you know who J.I. Packer is,

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 he's a contemporary theologian.

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 When you're in good company,

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 if the paradox tears at your mind a bit,

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 ask me later, I'll read the quote to you.

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 This apparent paradox is apparent contradiction,

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 although it's not one at all,

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 but the apparent one of man's responsibility

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 and God's sovereignty.

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 We can see here Paul and Barnabas saying to the Jews,

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 right,

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 you've rejected,

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 you've dismissed,

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 you've counted yourselves unworthy.

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 But then Luke records for us

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 that as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

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 The Scripture teaches both things, beloved.

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 Man is ultimately responsible

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 and God is fully sovereign.

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 If you have a problem

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 with the doctrine of election,

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 your problem is not with me

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 or with a denomination

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 or a historical figure.

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 The problem is with the Scripture

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 and therefore the God

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 of the Scripture.

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 If you have a problem

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 with the doctrine of election,

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 I want to very humbly

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 and lovingly encourage you not to.

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 It will benefit your soul

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 to take up the promises of the Bible

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 and they are sure

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 because of God's sure purpose.

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 The doctrine of election

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 is always taught in the Scripture

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 to give us a pillow

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 to rest our heads upon.

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 That is why it is taught, right,

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 to those who are in Christ

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 to know that we did nothing

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 to find ourselves in Him

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 and therefore we can do nothing

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 to find ourselves outside of Him.

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 He saves.

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 He has worked.

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 We're the recipients

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 of this grand blessing.

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 This is why it's taught

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 a pillow to rest our heads upon

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 and I like to say

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 and never a rock

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 to bash somebody over the head with.

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 I believe here that Luke

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 means to help us understand

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 the broad rejection

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 and the broad acceptance

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 of Paul's gospel message

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 by making this statement.

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 Why?

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 What is going on

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 in redemptive history

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 that Paul is preaching

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 this gospel message

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 and it seems a whole ethnicity

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 rejects it

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 and a whole ethnicity

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 in this city receives it?

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 What is happening here?

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 And Luke simply says,

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 and as many were appointed

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 to eternal life,

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 believed.

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 God is at work.

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 God is sovereignly

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 making His plans

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 come to pass.

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 As God's people,

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 we should treasure

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 such doctrine.

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 It is precious to us

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 in so many ways.

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 I want to take you

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 to a place

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 and show you

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 just some of

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 why I love

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 the doctrine of election

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 and I want you to turn

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 there with me

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 to Romans chapter 8.

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 Romans chapter 8

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 is a grand chapter

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 of the scripture.

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 If you're not familiar,

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 when I say turn to Romans chapter 8

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 and your mind doesn't start racing

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 with wonderful things

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 from Romans chapter 8,

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 you need to study

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 this chapter.

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 Your assignment this week

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 is to read Romans chapter 8

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 every day this week

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 and just consider

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 all that is given to us

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 in Christ.

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 I'll give you a couple of examples.

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 It starts out,

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 chapter 8 verse 1,

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 there is therefore now

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 no condemnation

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 for those

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 who are in Christ Jesus.

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 No condemnation for us.

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 We don't have to bear

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 the guilt of sin

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 any longer.

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 We've been set free from it

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 because we are

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 in Christ.

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 Praise God.

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 Verse 15,

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 for you do not receive

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 the spirit of slavery

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 to fall back into fear,

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 but you have received

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 the spirit of adoption

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 as sons

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 by whom we cry

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 Abba,

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 Father.

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 We have God

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 as our Father

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 because we've been adopted

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 as sons.

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 Ladies,

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 that's for you too.

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 That's a promise for you

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 with all of the privileges

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 that came for sonship

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 in this day.

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 All of the blessing

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 that comes with being

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 the son of a father.

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 We've been adopted

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 as sons.

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 Verse 18,

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 for I consider

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 that the sufferings

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 of this present time

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 are not even worthy

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 to compare

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 with the glory

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 that is to be revealed

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 to us.

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 Right?

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 Precious.

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 Precious promises.

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 Down to verse 28.

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 Familiar to you,

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 I hope.

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 And we're going to read

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 through the end of the chapter

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 because I can't not

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 at this point.

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 And we know

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 that for those

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 who love God,

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 all things work together

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 for good.

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 What a promise that is.

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 Right?

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 All things,

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 everything we're walking

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 through in this life,

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 all of the troubles

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 of this life

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 are aimed

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 and are good

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 for those who are called

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 according to His purpose.

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 For those whom He foreknew,

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 He also predestined

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 to be conformed

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 to the image of His Son

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 in order that He might be

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 the firstborn

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 among many brothers.

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 And those whom He predestined,

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 He also called.

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 And those whom He called,

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 He also justified.

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 And those whom He justified,

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 He also glorified.

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 Paul gives to us here

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 in brief

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 kind of what's called

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 an ordo salutis.

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 Right?

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 The order of salvation.

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 How did this all come to pass?

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 And he's anchoring us

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 in this reality

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 that we have been chosen

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 in Christ.

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 Why?

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 What do we do with this?

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.340
 Right?

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 I'm making the point to you

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.860
 that this is a pillow

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 to rest our heads on.

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.279
 Right?

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.819
 Rest easy, beloved.

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 Verse 21.

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 What then shall we say

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 to these things?

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 If God is for us,

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 who can be against us?

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 He who did not spare

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 His own Son

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 but gave Him up for us all,

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 how will He not also

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 with Him graciously

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 give us all things?

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:41.299
 Who shall bring any charge

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.779
 against God's elect?

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 It is God who justifies

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 who is to condemn.

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 Christ Jesus

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 is the one who died

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 more than that

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 who was raised,

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 who is at the right hand of God,

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 who indeed

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 is interceding for us.

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 Who shall separate us

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 from the love of Christ?

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 Shall tribulation

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 or distress

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 or persecution

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 or famine

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:01.059
 or nakedness

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.940
 or danger

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 or sword?

00:28:03.379 --> 00:28:04.039
 As it is written,

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 for your sake

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.480
 we are being killed

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 all the day long.

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 We are regarded as sheep

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 to be slaughtered.

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 No, in all these things

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.939
 we are more than conquerors

00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:14.480
 through Him

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 who loved us.

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 For I am sure

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 that neither death

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 nor life

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 nor angels

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 nor rulers

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.099
 nor things present

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:22.059
 nor things to come

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.740
 nor powers

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 nor height

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.639
 nor depth

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 nor anything else

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 in all creation

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 and put yourself

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 in that category as well

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 and you

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 will be able

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 to separate us

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:33.519
 from the love of God

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:35.220
 in Christ Jesus

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.259
 our Lord.

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:39.220
 It's beautiful, right?

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:40.680
 all of the goodness

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.720
 of God to us

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.779
 in Christ.

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.079
 And what happens

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.759
 at this point

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.559
 in Paul's letter?

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.579
 Remember that the chapter break

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.440
 is not inspired.

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.640
 He goes on to lament

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:53.259
 that there are those

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.700
 that are of His flesh,

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.059
 right?

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.920
 The Jews

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:57.400
 that do not believe.

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:59.079
 He goes right on to say,

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.460
 right,

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.600
 in light of God's

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.460
 elective purposes

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.559
 there are people

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.740
 who will not respond

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.559
 favorably to the gospel

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.259
 of Jesus Christ.

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:07.299
 He is broken over that.

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.740
 He wishes that

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.500
 He Himself

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.940
 could be accursed,

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.380
 cut off from Christ

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:13.720
 for the sake of them.

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.940
 That's verse 3.

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.579
 So in the midst

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.480
 of all of this

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.859
 speaking about election,

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.059
 Paul is not cold

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.660
 about it.

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.259
 Right?

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.120
 At all.

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:22.539
 Right?

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:24.640
 He's broken over it.

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:26.259
 He wants His brethren

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:28.680
 to know Christ.

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:31.380
 Verses 16-18.

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.079
 So that depends

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:33.579
 not on human will

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.740
 or exertion,

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.579
 but on God

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:37.559
 who has mercy.

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.740
 For the Scripture

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.339
 says to Pharaoh,

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:40.139
 for this very purpose

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:40.939
 I have raised you up

00:29:40.939 --> 00:29:41.619
 that I might show

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:43.039
 my power in you

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.939
 and that my name

00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.679
 might be proclaimed

00:29:44.679 --> 00:29:46.359
 in all the earth.

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:47.579
 So then He has mercy

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.619
 on whomever He wills

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.659
 and He hardens

00:29:49.659 --> 00:29:51.980
 whomever He wills.

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.659
 Beloved,

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:54.359
 this is difficult stuff

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:55.119
 to understand.

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.559
 Right?

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.899
 My mind is too little

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:59.279
 to entirely comprehend

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.359
 the great

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.960
 chasm

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.980
 that seems to exist

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:04.140
 but seeing the responsibility

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.740
 of man

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.539
 and the sovereignty

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.940
 of God.

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.759
 How do we reconcile

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.519
 these two things?

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.920
 I don't know

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:10.160
 that we actually can,

00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:10.920
 but the Scripture

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.940
 teaches us to it

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:13.220
 for our benefit.

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.940
 You cannot have

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:17.240
 Romans chapter 8

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:19.599
 without Romans chapter 9.

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:21.460
 You just can't do it.

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.640
 You can't claim

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.680
 all of the promises

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.360
 of God to you

00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:24.880
 in Christ

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:26.400
 without grasping

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.819
 hold of rightly

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:29.380
 the doctrine

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.559
 of election.

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:33.339
 So humbly

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:34.419
 and lovingly

00:30:34.419 --> 00:30:36.399
 work through it,

00:30:36.659 --> 00:30:37.440
 wrestle with it,

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.559
 study the Scripture,

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.079
 ask hard questions,

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:41.759
 and then embrace it.

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:43.059
 It's a glorious,

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.419
 glorious truth

00:30:44.419 --> 00:30:44.859
 and it's meant

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:46.519
 to give us rest

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.639
 as God's people.

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.319
 Note fourthly,

00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:52.019
 and I love that Luke

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.559
 did this,

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.919
 the evangelistic fervor

00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:58.259
 of God's people

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:59.619
 in verse 49.

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:01.420
 Right after saying this,

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:04.079
 stating this massive

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:06.420
 elective truth,

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:09.259
 all who were appointed

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:10.299
 to eternal life

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:11.180
 believed.

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.879
 And then what happens?

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:17.000
 If the doctrine

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.460
 of election

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.519
 has ever slowed

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.480
 the advance of the Gospel

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.099
 is because it

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.960
 wasn't understood.

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.420
 I would argue

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:23.879
 historically

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.740
 that it never has,

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.680
 but if it ever has,

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:27.120
 it just wasn't rightly

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:28.440
 understood.

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:30.799
 Understanding God's

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.400
 purpose

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.420
 for His people

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:33.019
 in the world

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:34.080
 has historically

00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:35.480
 driven people

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.240
 out

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:37.580
 to share the Gospel

00:31:37.580 --> 00:31:39.140
 of Jesus Christ.

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.220
 I've shared this

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.720
 with you before,

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.320
 but you may not

00:31:41.320 --> 00:31:41.860
 have heard it.

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.700
 When speaking

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.180
 of election,

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:45.039
 many people think

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.799
 of the name

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:47.259
 John Calvin.

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:50.180
 And for some people

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.799
 that name

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:52.019
 is a dirty word.

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:54.559
 Calvin,

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.539
 when he was in Geneva,

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:57.279
 pastored a church

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.200
 and he led,

00:31:58.500 --> 00:32:00.339
 was the overseer

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:01.139
 of a seminary.

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.759
 And his seminary

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.599
 became known

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:05.019
 as the School of Death

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:06.759
 because as he gave

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.660
 pastors that were

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.700
 fleeing persecution

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:10.279
 from all over Europe

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:11.259
 that came to Geneva

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.579
 to learn more about God,

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.779
 as he taught them

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:15.099
 the doctrine of election

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:16.180
 and many other doctrines,

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.980
 not just this one,

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:18.059
 but many other doctrines,

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:19.359
 they were driven

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:20.299
 by a passion

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:22.220
 for God's glorious purpose

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.279
 with their people

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:24.319
 to go back home

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.399
 and most of them

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:26.200
 were martyred.

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:27.839
 It became known

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.559
 as Calvin's

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:30.240
 School of Death.

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.759
 Properly understanding

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.319
 God's purpose

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.720
 in the world

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:36.039
 drives evangelism.

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:37.579
 So note the evangelistic

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.500
 fervor of God's people,

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.019
 verse 49,

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:40.680
 and the word of the Lord

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.720
 was spreading

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:44.639
 throughout the whole region.

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:45.919
 Right?

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.740
 Different words

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.180
 have been used

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.659
 in this text.

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.159
 District,

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.740
 they're driven

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.700
 out of the district

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:51.180
 the word of God

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.480
 was spreading

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.360
 throughout the whole region.

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:54.440
 This is a much broader place.

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.700
 The region is much bigger

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:57.340
 than the district.

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.039
 So the gospel's

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.660
 going forth

00:32:58.660 --> 00:33:00.019
 far and wide.

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.559
 Paul and Barnabas

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.340
 have not been driven

00:33:02.340 --> 00:33:03.200
 out of the district

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.720
 yet.

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.340
 Right?

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.500
 It's safe to say

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:05.980
 that they're

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:07.539
 still in this place

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.960
 and maybe that

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.519
 they're part

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.640
 of the spread

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.200
 of it

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:12.680
 to the whole region.

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.539
 But it would be

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.360
 wrong to assume

00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:15.759
 that they were

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.920
 the only proponents

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.799
 of that spread.

00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:18.779
 They have come

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.799
 to a new place,

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.359
 a place that has not

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:21.899
 heard the gospel

00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:22.799
 of Jesus Christ yet.

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.779
 They preach the gospel

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.500
 of Jesus Christ.

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.759
 People are converted.

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.180
 Right?

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.859
 Gentiles in large numbers

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:29.119
 embrace the truth

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:30.039
 of Christ.

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.960
 And we see

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:32.200
 that the word of the Lord

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:33.279
 spreads

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:34.420
 throughout the whole region.

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:34.839
 Right?

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.980
 Far and wide.

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.399
 The gospel

00:33:37.399 --> 00:33:38.279
 is being proclaimed.

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:39.859
 Right?

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.700
 Being a follower

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.460
 of Jesus Christ

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.220
 necessitates

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.099
 that we be gospel

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:44.019
 preachers.

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:45.799
 Jesus made a promise

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:47.200
 in Acts 1.8.

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.319
 He said

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:49.160
 to the apostles,

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.539
 but you will receive

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.759
 power when the Holy Spirit

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.579
 has come upon you

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.579
 and you will be

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:54.039
 my witnesses

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.700
 in Jerusalem

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:56.299
 and in all Judea

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:57.639
 and Samaria.

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.559
 And here's where

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.220
 we find ourselves

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.839
 in the story

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.920
 and to the end

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:02.400
 of the earth.

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:04.379
 The gospel proclamation

00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:05.200
 has now gone

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.319
 outside of the borders

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:07.359
 of Samaria.

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.300
 It's gone beyond

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.059
 that place

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.940
 and they're filling

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.500
 in the gaps

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.119
 all along

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.539
 as newcomers

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.219
 to Jesus Christ

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.639
 or sharing

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.279
 the gospel

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:14.920
 of Jesus Christ

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.659
 with those

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.179
 that they know.

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.259
 But it has now

00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:18.599
 gone beyond that

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.159
 in the work

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.980
 of Paul

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:21.059
 and Barnabas.

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.500
 Right?

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.659
 That promise

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:24.039
 was being fulfilled

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:26.159
 and it is still

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:27.300
 now being

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:28.380
 fulfilled.

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:30.440
 We are

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.179
 followers

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:32.759
 of Christ.

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:34.099
 We are Gentiles

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:35.119
 saved by grace.

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.519
 I don't know

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.039
 that there's anybody

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:37.219
 in here of Jewish descent.

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:37.699
 If you are,

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.599
 you're also saved

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:39.980
 by grace.

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:42.239
 I'm a Gentile.

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.759
 Right?

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:44.199
 Saved by grace.

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.039
 Praise God.

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.840
 And understanding

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:49.119
 rightly that salvation

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:52.019
 drives evangelistic effort.

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.000
 Fifth thing

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.719
 I want you to notice

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.759
 and in closing

00:34:56.759 --> 00:34:57.500
 we'll go through

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.059
 this really quick.

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.599
 The unwavering

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.480
 commitment of Paul

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.500
 toward the Gentiles.

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.400
 The unwavering

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.219
 commitment of Paul

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:06.940
 toward the Gentiles.

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.340
 You have to remember

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.119
 as we consider

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.179
 Paul's ministry

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:11.559
 that he was

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.679
 of Jewish descent.

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:15.079
 He prized

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:16.079
 highly that.

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:17.460
 We see in the book

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.960
 of Galatians

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.980
 oh my gosh

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.359
 my brain

00:35:19.359 --> 00:35:19.919
 Philippians

00:35:19.919 --> 00:35:20.759
 he tears down

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.659
 counts things

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.059
 as rubbish

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.559
 that he once

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.579
 treasured.

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:25.119
 He had studied

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:26.419
 to be a Jew

00:35:26.419 --> 00:35:27.379
 a zealous Jew

00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:29.079
 a Jew among Jews

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:30.159
 right?

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:30.839
 And here he is

00:35:30.839 --> 00:35:32.079
 going to his people

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.539
 and they are

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.399
 wholeheartedly

00:35:33.399 --> 00:35:34.799
 almost rejecting

00:35:34.799 --> 00:35:35.279
 the gospel

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:36.539
 of Jesus Christ.

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.000
 and he has

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.699
 set his attention

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:39.179
 now to a people

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:40.119
 that by his

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.759
 upbringing

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.420
 would have been

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.400
 inferior in

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:44.039
 every way.

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.639
 The Jews

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.579
 were very

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.659
 proud.

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:49.279
 This nationalism

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:50.059
 even as they

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.779
 had been scattered

00:35:50.779 --> 00:35:51.559
 and recollected

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.279
 and scattered

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:52.759
 again

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:54.559
 a very

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.619
 very proud

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.239
 people

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:57.539
 a minority

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.179
 in most places

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:59.039
 trying to stand

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.880
 firm against

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.440
 the oppression

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:01.519
 of Rome

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.239
 and the

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:03.360
 dissolving

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.980
 of their

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.719
 culture.

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:06.239
 and this

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:06.539
 is who

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.980
 God

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.399
 calls

00:36:07.399 --> 00:36:07.759
 Paul

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.919
 to reach

00:36:08.919 --> 00:36:10.119
 a people

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.480
 that in

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.799
 his

00:36:10.799 --> 00:36:11.339
 mind

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.619
 would

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:11.859
 have

00:36:11.859 --> 00:36:12.239
 been

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:12.779
 and

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.139
 ceased

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.679
 to be

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.779
 inferior.

00:36:15.299 --> 00:36:15.759
 He sees

00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:16.099
 these as

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.599
 people

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.899
 desperately

00:36:17.899 --> 00:36:18.379
 needing

00:36:18.379 --> 00:36:19.539
 the gospel

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.939
 of Christ.

00:36:22.259 --> 00:36:23.059
 Verse 46

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.500
 we've

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.139
 touched on it

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.759
 a few times

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.480
 it was necessary

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:25.859
 that the word

00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:26.159
 of God

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.579
 be spoken

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.079
 first to

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.439
 you

00:36:27.439 --> 00:36:28.899
 since you

00:36:28.899 --> 00:36:29.379
 thrust it

00:36:29.379 --> 00:36:29.679
 aside

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.059
 and judge

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.339
 yourselves

00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:30.659
 unworthy

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:30.919
 of return

00:36:30.919 --> 00:36:31.259
 behold

00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:32.139
 we are

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.500
 turning

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.339
 to the

00:36:33.339 --> 00:36:33.899
 Gentiles

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.119
 in the

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.860
 verse 47

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.840
 for so

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.400
 the Lord

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:37.440
 has commanded

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:37.980
 us

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.660
 saying

00:36:38.660 --> 00:36:39.780
 I have

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.039
 made you

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.480
 a light

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:40.780
 for the

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.380
 Gentiles

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:42.019
 that you

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.340
 may bring

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:42.900
 salvation

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.760
 to the

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.180
 ends

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.559
 of the

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:44.860
 earth.

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:45.519
 Now you

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.039
 might scratch

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.340
 your head

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.619
 there and

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:46.840
 say but

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.180
 wait a

00:36:47.180 --> 00:36:47.440
 second

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.039
 is there

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.599
 a record

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.440
 of God

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:49.840
 saying

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.680
 to Paul

00:36:50.680 --> 00:36:51.380
 I have

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.619
 made you

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:51.860
 a light

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.059
 for the

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.400
 Gentiles

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:52.539
 that you

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:52.800
 may bring

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.160
 salvation

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:53.300
 to the

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:53.660
 earth.

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.280
 No

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:56.180
 not directly

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:57.320
 not explicitly

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:58.519
 to Paul

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.160
 but what Paul

00:36:59.160 --> 00:36:59.539
 is doing

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.019
 is citing

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.539
 Isaiah

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.440
 49

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.420
 6

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:03.579
 chapter 49

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.960
 verse 6

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.639
 which says

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:07.059
 it is too

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.800
 light a thing

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.079
 that you

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.320
 should be

00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:08.940
 my servant

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.539
 to raise

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:09.800
 up the

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.280
 tribes of

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:10.559
 Jacob

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.920
 and to

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.519
 bring back

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:11.880
 the

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.240
 preserved

00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:12.780
 of Israel

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.559
 I will

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:14.260
 make you

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:14.740
 as a

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:15.079
 light

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.559
 for the

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:15.960
 nations

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.800
 that my

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.280
 salvation

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:18.000
 may reach

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.639
 to the

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.039
 end

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.960
 of the

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.300
 earth.

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:21.559
 Paul is

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.059
 interpreting

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.820
 for us

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:24.079
 Old Testament

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.740
 promises

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:25.920
 that God's

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.539
 people would

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.519
 take the

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:27.860
 good news

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.200
 of Jesus

00:37:28.200 --> 00:37:28.620
 Christ

00:37:28.620 --> 00:37:29.000
 now

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.500
 understood

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.960
 to the

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.500
 ends

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.500
 of the

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:32.860
 earth.

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:33.980
 In many

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.599
 places in

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:34.900
 scripture

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.640
 God speaks

00:37:35.640 --> 00:37:36.160
 of his

00:37:36.160 --> 00:37:37.180
 global

00:37:37.180 --> 00:37:37.780
 intention

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.260
 for his

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:38.579
 glory

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.300
 to be

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:39.620
 made

00:37:39.620 --> 00:37:40.000
 known.

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.180
 I'll

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.500
 just give

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:40.880
 you one

00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:41.140
 other

00:37:41.140 --> 00:37:41.519
 example

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.780
 this

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.000
 morning

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.260
 for the

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:42.380
 sake

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:42.519
 of

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:42.800
 time.

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.400
 Psalm

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:43.800
 96

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:44.120
 3

00:37:44.120 --> 00:37:44.300
 the

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.579
 psalmist

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.079
 commands

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.640
 declare

00:37:45.640 --> 00:37:45.960
 his

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.400
 glory

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:46.760
 among

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:46.980
 the

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.400
 nations

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.960
 his

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.559
 marvelous

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.640
 works

00:37:49.640 --> 00:37:50.340
 among

00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:50.740
 all

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:51.039
 the

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.539
 peoples.

00:37:52.660 --> 00:37:52.880
 The

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.260
 notion

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:53.700
 that God

00:37:53.700 --> 00:37:54.059
 was not

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.460
 for the

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.860
 nations

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.780
 was a

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.200
 sentiment

00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:57.160
 unique

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.559
 to the

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:57.879
 Jews

00:37:57.879 --> 00:37:58.759
 of this

00:37:58.759 --> 00:37:59.319
 time.

00:37:59.460 --> 00:37:59.679
 They had

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:00.079
 developed

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.420
 as I

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:00.779
 said

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:01.299
 a

00:38:01.299 --> 00:38:01.759
 superiority

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:02.699
 complex

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:03.940
 as God's

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.480
 people.

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:04.920
 They looked

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.420
 down their

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.879
 noses

00:38:05.879 --> 00:38:06.920
 at everyone

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:08.899
 else.

00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:10.359
 The Jews

00:38:10.359 --> 00:38:11.099
 of Paul's

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.339
 day

00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:11.799
 this is the

00:38:11.799 --> 00:38:12.239
 severity

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:12.659
 of it

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:13.399
 the Jews

00:38:13.399 --> 00:38:13.899
 of Paul's

00:38:13.899 --> 00:38:14.219
 day

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:15.299
 took great

00:38:15.299 --> 00:38:15.899
 pains

00:38:15.899 --> 00:38:16.779
 not to

00:38:16.779 --> 00:38:17.279
 carry

00:38:17.279 --> 00:38:18.519
 Gentile

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.199
 dust

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:20.299
 into the

00:38:20.299 --> 00:38:20.599
 borders

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.179
 of Israel.

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.500
 Catch this

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.019
 little important

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.639
 detail for

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.000
 some of the

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.279
 rest of

00:38:24.279 --> 00:38:24.819
 our text.

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.679
 They took

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.920
 great pains

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.280
 as they

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:27.700
 traveled

00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:27.900
 through

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:28.340
 Gentile

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:28.780
 lands

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.380
 before

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:29.659
 they

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:29.920
 entered

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.320
 Israel

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:30.760
 to

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.200
 clean

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:31.500
 up

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.800
 to

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:31.940
 get

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.220
 all

00:38:32.220 --> 00:38:32.380
 of

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:32.460
 the

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:32.860
 dust

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.059
 off

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.280
 because

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:33.619
 it

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:33.820
 was

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:34.119
 seen

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:34.320
 as

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.860
 defiled

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.119
 because

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.780
 Gentiles

00:38:35.780 --> 00:38:36.619
 lived there.

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.159
 This was

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.360
 their

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:37.960
 disdain

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:39.360
 for the

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:39.900
 Gentiles.

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:42.039
 But the

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.360
 widespread

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:42.960
 rejection of

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.240
 the gospel

00:38:43.240 --> 00:38:43.500
 of Jesus

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.840
 Christ

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.079
 for the

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.320
 Jews

00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:44.760
 served

00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:45.059
 as a

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.460
 catalyst

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.240
 for that

00:38:46.240 --> 00:38:46.700
 gospel

00:38:46.700 --> 00:38:47.740
 to go

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.940
 to the

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.340
 nations.

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.039
 And note

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.680
 what Paul

00:38:50.680 --> 00:38:51.340
 and Barnabas

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:52.320
 do in

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:53.200
 response to

00:38:53.200 --> 00:38:53.800
 being driven

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:55.360
 out of

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:56.039
 Antioch and

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.480
 Pisidia

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:57.360
 by the

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.639
 Jews.

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:58.519
 Verse 51,

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.820
 but they

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:01.280
 shook off

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:01.860
 the dust

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.320
 from their

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:02.699
 feet

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.219
 against

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:03.559
 them

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.659
 and went

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:04.820
 to

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.320
 Iconium.

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:07.019
 There's the

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.460
 significance

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.440
 of this,

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.260
 right?

00:39:09.699 --> 00:39:10.340
 This was to

00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:10.980
 suggest

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:12.139
 that the

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:12.699
 Jews in

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:13.579
 Antioch and

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:14.039
 Pisidia

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.519
 were no

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.019
 better

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.980
 than

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.619
 pagans.

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:17.880
 And Paul

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.300
 and Barnabas

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:18.780
 didn't want to

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:19.260
 take their

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:20.240
 unbelief

00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:21.699
 with them.

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:22.779
 That's

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.659
 symbolic,

00:39:23.859 --> 00:39:24.500
 shaking the

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:24.899
 dust

00:39:24.899 --> 00:39:26.379
 off.

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:27.579
 The only

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:28.319
 thing that

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:29.099
 matters in

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.639
 the end,

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:30.000
 beloved,

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.539
 is whether

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:31.259
 or not we

00:39:31.259 --> 00:39:31.879
 are in

00:39:31.879 --> 00:39:32.879
 Christ.

00:39:33.299 --> 00:39:33.500
 Our

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:33.839
 ethnic

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:34.259
 descent

00:39:34.259 --> 00:39:34.839
 matters

00:39:34.839 --> 00:39:35.939
 not at

00:39:35.939 --> 00:39:36.179
 all.

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:36.539
 And the

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.079
 question to

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:38.019
 ask you

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:40.179
 primarily,

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:41.239
 I know there's

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:41.659
 some exceptions,

00:39:41.759 --> 00:39:42.479
 I praise God

00:39:42.479 --> 00:39:42.759
 for the

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:43.279
 exceptions in

00:39:43.279 --> 00:39:43.679
 this room,

00:39:43.799 --> 00:39:45.019
 but primarily

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:46.239
 white,

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 middle class

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 Americans

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 in this

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 room.

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 Is there

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 any ethnicity

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 that we

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 consider outside

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 the grace

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 of God?

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 Is there

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 any people

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 that you

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 would think,

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 oh, but

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 not to

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 them?

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 I'd suggest

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 that's the

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 very people

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 you should

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 carry the

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 gospel message

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 to.

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 Have it

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 rend your

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 heart.

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 You would

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 see that

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 people are

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 all in

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 the same

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 position

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 apart from

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 Christ,

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 damned

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 eternally

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 in desperate

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 need of a

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 Savior.

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 And so we

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 can observe

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 the

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 persecution

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 that

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 accompanies

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 gospel

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 proclamation

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 in this

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 text,

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 the

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 responsibility

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 of

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 mankind

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 to

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 respond

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 to

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 the

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 gospel,

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 the

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 sovereignty

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 of

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 God

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 in the

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 salvation

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 of

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 his

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 people,

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 the

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 evangelistic

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 fervor

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 of God's

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 people,

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 the

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 unwavering

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 commitment

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 of Paul

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 toward

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 the

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 Gentiles,

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 all in

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 these

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 few

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 verses.

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 What a

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 text.

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 And note

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 finally the

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 result of

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 these

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 observations.

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 Verse 52,

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 and the

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 disciples were

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 filled with

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 joy and

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 with the

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 Holy Spirit.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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 Let's

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 pray together.

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