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 And a good morning to you all. It's very good to see you here on this day.

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 I ask that you open up your copy of God's Word.

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 I hope you have it with you this day.

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 Paul's letter to the Romans chapter 15.

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 We're going to look together this morning at verses 8 through 12.

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 Romans chapter 15 verses 8 through 12.

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 For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness

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 in order to confirm the promise given to the patriarchs

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 and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy.

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 As it is written,

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 Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles and sing to your name.

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 And again it is said,

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 Rejoice Gentiles with His people.

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 And again, praise the Lord all you Gentiles

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 and let all the peoples extol Him.

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 And again Isaiah says,

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 The root of Jesse will come,

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 even he who arises to the rule Gentiles,

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 in him with the Gentiles hope.

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 Now I hope this morning that we're all a little more prepared

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 than I was for Aletheia Way.

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 But certainly we need God's blessing on the preaching of His word.

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 So let's join together in prayer and ask for that.

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 Father God, we praise you this morning for the good things you've done for us in Christ.

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 And one of those things is you've given us your precious word,

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 a great tool, an asset to us to live the Christian life,

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 to see how it is that we ought to serve and worship and honor you.

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 And we plead with you this morning, Lord, by your Spirit.

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 Speak through me.

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 Minister to all of our hearts.

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 Soften them where they need softening.

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 Harden them where they need hardening.

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 That we might boldly proclaim your gospel to this world.

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 That we might display the goodness of it in our own lives.

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 That your name will be honored to all peoples.

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 We pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So as we've continued through Romans,

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 Paul has come and began to narrow the scope,

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 the outworkings of the gospel,

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 which he's presented to us in the first 11 chapters.

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 He's beginning to show us how then,

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 in light of these great gospel truths, we should live.

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 And he does that through 12, 13, 14.

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 And in 14, he really begins to talk about

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 the gray areas of Christian life.

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 The things that the scriptures don't speak to directly.

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 What we should and shouldn't do in those gray realms.

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 And he talks about how we ought to have unity in those things.

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 And in the beginning of 15,

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 he uses Christ as the example.

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 You see in verse 7,

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 Therefore, welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you.

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 And in response to that,

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 then he then broadens the scope once again.

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 He then takes a step back up.

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 And it seems like every time Paul talks about Jesus Christ,

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 he doesn't narrow down.

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 He goes bigger.

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 He says,

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 I just said the name Jesus Christ.

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 I've got to proclaim something huge and massive and true

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 about our glorious Savior and Lord.

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 I imagine him being moved back towards

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 what we sometimes call the high theology

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 as he speaks of Christ and his work for us.

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 So in response to him talking about Christ welcoming us,

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 he expounds upon that a bit for us.

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 And we see this here.

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 And the teaching is fairly simple.

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 We find it in verse 8 and the first part of 9

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 with support, with Old Testament scriptural support.

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 And here's what he's trying to say to us.

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 Christ became a servant to the Jews,

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 to the circumcised,

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 to show God's truthfulness,

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 to accomplish two things.

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 Number one,

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 in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs

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 in the proof of God being true.

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 And secondly,

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 so that in order that the Gentiles

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 would glorify God for his mercy.

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 The point he's making to us,

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 as Christ became a servant,

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 verse 3 of chapter 15,

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 For Christ did not please himself,

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 but he pleased God with his action,

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 with his sacrifice on our behalf.

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 And he did these things

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 in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs

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 and to cause the Gentiles to glorify him for his mercy.

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 So we're going to look together at these Old Testament proofs,

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 and I'm going to expand upon them a bit

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 to show you God's global purpose,

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 what he has always intended from the very beginning of time,

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 the way in which he intended to glorify himself,

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 the way in which he chose to expose his very character to the world.

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 Well, let's begin with this first little phrase,

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 the first part of chapter, or verse 8.

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 Christ became a servant to the circumcised

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 to show God's truthfulness.

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 At this point, you may ask a question,

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 but didn't Christ come to serve the world?

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 Here the text says he became a servant to the circumcised,

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 and my response to that would be both yes and no.

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 Take, for example, Matthew chapter 15, verse 24.

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 We see a Canaanite woman come to him

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 who's been oppressed by a demon,

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 and she's coming to him for healing.

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 And he responds to her in verse 24 of chapter 15,

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 I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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 So Christ was sent to serve Israel,

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 to serve the Jews, his kin,

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 the nation that he was born from.

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 He was sent to serve them.

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 But then what do we see her response to that being?

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 She has this great measure of faith.

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 As he says to her,

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 I didn't come to serve the Canaanites,

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 I came to serve the Jews.

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 And she said,

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 but even the dogs get scraps from the table.

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 Your mercy surely extends beyond just those seated at the table.

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 And he then rewards her for her great faith.

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 So he expands then his mercy and his gospel beyond.

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 So my answer to that is both yes and no.

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 But Jesus was in fact sent to serve the Jews

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 in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,

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 in order to prove God faithful,

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 to fulfill all of the promises given to the patriarchs.

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 Speaking expressly of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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 We see in Matthew chapter 5, verse 17,

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 Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.

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 He says,

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 Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.

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 I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

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 He fulfilled the law by upholding it,

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 its sacredness, reestablishing its truth.

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 He expounded upon what it meant.

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 That's what the Sermon on the Mount is all about.

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 It's about showing people what the law was originally intended for.

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 He fulfilled the law by keeping it perfectly.

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 Without flaw, Jesus Christ kept the law.

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 But beyond that, He came to verify the whole revealed truth of God.

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 2 Corinthians chapter 1, verse 20,

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 reads,

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 For all the promises of God, all of them,

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 find their yes in Jesus Christ.

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 That is why it is through Him that we utter our amen to God for His glory.

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 All the promises of God are yes in Jesus Christ.

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 And so as Paul is writing to an audience that was both Jew and Gentile,

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 and he's coming off this treatise on the way we ought to live together in harmony.

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 And the Jews were strict adherers to the Old Testament law,

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 and many of them hadn't quite let go of the liberty that they now had in Christ.

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 Still were very dogmatic about the things that they would and wouldn't eat.

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 As an example, you'll see throughout chapter 14, right?

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 I believe he's speaking here specifically to the Jews,

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 to show them that the gospel was always meant to expand beyond their borders.

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 The Jews' very calling, their very purpose from the beginning,

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 the reason that they were called out as a people set apart for God,

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 was to reach the Gentiles for His glory.

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 The very purpose that they were created for.

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 Which brings us to the second point, the thing he's trying to establish here, right?

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 Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness.

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 Secondly, in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy.

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 In order that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy.

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 Now, when we read this phrase rendered this way in the ESV,

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 you see that word might?

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 And for us, that raises question.

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 We would read it maybe, in order that the Gentiles could possibly glorify God.

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 In order that the Gentiles could have the potential of glorifying God.

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 But that's not what the original language means at all, right?

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 The language used here is actually something that has already been accomplished.

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 I won't get into all the details of that this morning.

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 But, what really he's saying is, in order that the Gentiles would,

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 in order that they necessarily did glorify God for His mercy,

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 was something that was accomplished by Christ coming,

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 serving the circumcised, and fulfilling,

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 showing God's truthfulness to be true, accurate.

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 Dependable, all right?

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 And it's entirely consistent with the promises given to the patriarchs, okay?

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 Paul's been working on establishing that for us this far.

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 That, in fact, the gospel of grace was not meant just for the Jews,

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 but meant for the world.

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 That's that language we use.

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 Paul's using the term Gentiles here so often,

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 you could replace with that the nations, the world, peoples, okay?

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 Gentiles is what the Jewish readers would have understood to be everyone but them, all right?

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 So, recognize that it just expands to everyone, not including them, all the other people of the world.

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 And that's the point he's making here.

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 Flip with me back to the beginning of Romans.

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 We're going to do a quick little tour through,

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 just to show you the consistency of his argument here.

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 Keep in mind that this would have been read all at one time, right?

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 So, hopefully this would have been fresh on the original readers' minds as they came to this spot.

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 I've been tempted so many times, rather than preaching a sermon,

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 just to read you a whole book of the Bible,

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 because that's what would have been done in the historical church.

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 They would have received a letter from Paul,

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 and they would have just stood up and read it,

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 because the context is so important.

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 I'll probably never do it, but maybe someday.

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 We'll see.

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 All right.

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 So, Romans chapter 1, verses 4 and 5.

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 Let's start there.

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 He says,

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 So, he starts it very quickly here in his prologue in Romans.

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 Now, turn to, well, you don't probably have to turn.

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 Verse 13 through 16 of chapter 1.

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 I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you,

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 but thus far have been prevented,

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 in order that I may reap some harvest among you,

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 as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.

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 I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians,

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 both to the wise and to the foolish.

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 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also, who are in Rome.

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 For I am not ashamed of the gospel,

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 for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes,

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 to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

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 So there we see it again.

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 Chapter 2, verse 24.

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 Stated here in the negative, speaking of Israel.

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 It says,

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 For as it is written,

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 The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.

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 Because of the Jewish rejection of God and his ways.

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 The name was blasphemed among the Gentiles.

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 It was intended to not be.

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 It was intended to be honored among the Gentiles.

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 But because of their disobedience, it was blasphemed.

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 Chapter 3, verse 29 and 30.

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 Or is God the God of Jews only?

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 Is he not the God of Gentiles also?

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 Yes, of Gentiles also.

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 Since God is one who would justify the circumcised by faith,

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 and the uncircumcised through faith.

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 Chapter 10, verse 12 and 13.

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 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek.

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 For the same Lord is Lord of all,

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 bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

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 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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 Praise God.

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 Chapter 11, right?

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 Which is all about Israel and what will finally happen to Israel.

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 And we talked at length about this.

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 And I think at the end of it all, I really said, I don't know.

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 I had a guess at what the outcome of it would be.

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 But chapter 11, verses 11 and 12 and 25.

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 So I asked, did they stumble in order that they might fall?

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 By no means.

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 Rather, through their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles.

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 So as to make Israel jealous.

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 Now if their trespass means riches for the world,

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 and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles,

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 how much more will their full inclusion mean?

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 In verse 25.

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 Lest you be wise in your own sight,

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 I want you to understand this mystery, brothers.

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 A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

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 He's making the point pretty emphatically throughout the book of Romans so far.

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 Now recognize that this has been canonized as scripture.

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 The church has recognized Paul's letter to the Romans as inspired by the Spirit.

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 And we have included it, canonized it into our scriptures.

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 We see this as the word of God.

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 And I fully believe that it is.

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 I'm not so sure that as Paul was writing,

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 he knew that's what was going to happen.

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 He constantly references back.

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 Constantly.

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 I think it's 84 times in the book of Romans.

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 He references the scriptures.

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 What we would call the Old Testament.

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 We talked last week about the great value of the Old Testament.

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 How poorly neglected it is.

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 But here, as he continues to make this point,

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 as he's really trying to drive it home for us,

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 that the gospel was not just for the Jews,

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 but it was for the Gentiles.

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 Praise God for that,

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 because I think we're all included in that number.

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 The Gentiles.

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 All those who are not of Jewish descent.

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 He, again,

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 hearkens back to the Old Testament to prove his point.

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 He quotes the Old Testament scriptures.

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 We get four of them here,

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 beginning in the last half of 9 through 12.

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 We see four of them,

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 and I want to read to you the original text,

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 what he's actually quoting from,

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 and you can look at it here in your own copy of the word.

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 So the first one is from 2 Samuel 22, 50.

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 For this I will praise you, O Lord,

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 among the nations,

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 and sing praises to your name.

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 The second one, Deuteronomy 32, 43.

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 Rejoice with him, O heavens.

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 Bow down to him, all gods.

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 The third one, Psalm 117, 1.

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 Praise the Lord, all nations.

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 Extol him, all peoples.

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 And the fourth, Isaiah 11, verse 10.

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 In that day, the root of Jesse, being Christ,

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 who shall stand as a signal for the peoples,

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 of him shall the nations inquire,

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 and his resting place shall be glorious.

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 Now you may note, I hope you did,

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 the reason I read them to you that way,

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 is that Paul's quotes of these Old Testament texts aren't exact, are they?

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 I'm reading the Old Testament English,

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 right, the English translation in ESV,

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 and it doesn't match up perfectly, does it?

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 And the reason for that,

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 is that in this day,

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 culturally,

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 rabbis were permitted to take some liberties with the scriptures.

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 They were allowed to quote them in such a way

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 to give greater understanding to the scripture itself.

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 So take, for example,

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 he replaces the nations with the word Gentiles.

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 Speaking to a Jewish audience

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 who wouldn't really have thought of

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 all the nations of the world,

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 but would have thought of them and everyone else.

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 That's the term he's using here for Gentiles.

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 You've got the Jews and everyone else.

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 So he takes the liberty in this case to do this.

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 Recognize also that this was written,

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 this was dictated for him.

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 I imagine him pacing around a room

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 and putting out these scriptures from memory.

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 Just toss them out there.

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 Oh, and another thing.

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 Pin this one down.

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 And another thing.

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 In 2 Samuel.

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 Oh, and another place in Deuteronomy.

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 Oh, and by the way, in Psalm.

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 It's scholars that have gone back

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 and matched it up and found.

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 What is he referencing to?

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 Also know that the punctuation that we have

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 in our English language

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 didn't exist in the original language as well.

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 So we see it as these quotes.

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 We've got the quotation marks.

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 We've got clear punctuation.

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 We've got, and it says, comma, right?

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 And so for us, we immediately,

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 especially those of you who are in college right now,

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 want to quickly go to our citation rules

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 and figure out how in the world

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 Paul didn't get kicked out of school

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 for misquoting and not citing it properly.

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 Right?

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 We do all those things.

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 It was acceptable for him

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 to use the scriptures in this way.

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 And beyond all that, okay?

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 So that's in one hand, right?

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 More importantly, in this hand,

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 this is inspired by the Spirit of God.

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 So if he changes it just a little bit,

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 praise God that he was trying to give us

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 a better understanding.

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 Help us really, it's the commentary

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 of the Old Testament text

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 to see that this was God's eternal purpose.

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 Right?

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 I want you to notice the types of quotations

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 he uses here.

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 Right?

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 The first one is from one of the books of history,

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 2 Samuel.

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 The second, from Deuteronomy,

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 is a book of the law.

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 The third, being from Psalm,

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 is a book of poetry.

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 And the fourth, being from Isaiah,

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 is one of the books of the prophets.

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 Paul used one of the,

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 each of the four types of literary books

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 in the Old Testament to make his point.

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 And what he's trying to say to his readers

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 and what he's saying to us this morning

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 is that all of the Old Testament

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 is consistent.

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 The theme of this thing,

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 of God coming to earth,

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 condescending,

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 in order to make himself known,

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 to glorify himself to all peoples,

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 is consistent in the Scriptures.

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 It didn't start with Paul.

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 Certainly Paul's ministry.

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 He was an apostle sent to the Gentiles.

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 Right?

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 But it didn't start with them.

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 A great example of that would be Nineveh.

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 Jonah was sent to a people

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 that were not of Jewish descent.

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 Right?

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 To preach repentance.

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 A good example of this.

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 It's consistent.

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 And I want to broaden.

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 I hope that Paul's argument is enough for you.

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 It should be.

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 It should be enough.

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 He's showing you this theme here.

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 But let me pull it up a little bit more.

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 Let's look at a few more examples.

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 And let's do the same thing he did.

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 Let's look at a book of the law,

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 history, poetry, and a prophet

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 from the Old Testament.

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 And then we'll look at a few

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 New Testament examples as well.

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 I'm going to Bible drill you

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 a little bit this morning.

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 So get ready for it.

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 Let's go to Exodus chapter 9.

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 And we'll go in order.

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 Okay?

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 Is that moment when you worry

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 that your neighbor

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 is going to judge you

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 for not knowing exactly

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 where some books of the Bible are?

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 Okay?

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 I cheated.

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 I marked mine this morning.

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 Exodus chapter 9,

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 verses 13 through 16.

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 Showing us the twofold purpose

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 of the Exodus.

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 The very reason that God

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 delivered his people from Egypt.

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 Then the Lord said to Moses,

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 Rise up early in the morning

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 and present yourself before Pharaoh

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 and say to him,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 the God of the Hebrews,

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 Let my people go,

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 firstly,

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 that they may serve me.

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 Verse 14.

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 For this time,

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 I will send all my plagues

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 on you,

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 yourself,

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 and on your servants

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 and your people

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 so that they may know

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 that there is none like me

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 in all the earth.

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 For by now,

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 I could have put out my hand

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 and struck you and your people

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 with pestilence

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 and you would have been cut off

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 from the earth.

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 But for this purpose,

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 I have raised you up

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 to show you my power

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 so that my name

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 may be proclaimed

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 in all the earth.

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 That's quoted in Romans 9,

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 verse 17,

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 isn't it?

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 So the twofold purpose

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 of God bringing the people out

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 of Egypt

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 was that they would serve him,

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 honor him,

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 glorify him,

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 and that all the peoples

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 of the world

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 might know of this God,

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 might sing his praises

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 one day.

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 Book of History,

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 Joshua,

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 chapter 4.

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 Just a couple of books over.

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 This is the point

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 that most papers

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 usually tell you

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 the page number

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 that they're on.

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 I think they're doing that

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 to get you to buy

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 the same Bible they have.

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 I'm not really sure.

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 Page 180,

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 if you're using

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 the same one I'm using.

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 ESV Thinline,

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 in case you needed to know.

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 Joshua, chapter 4,

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 verses 19 through 24.

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 This is the purpose

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 of the people crossing

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 the Jordan

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 into the Promised Land.

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 They crossed on dry land

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 just like they crossed

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 the Red Sea

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 to escape from Pharaoh's army.

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 They crossed the Jordan

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 on dry land.

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 And here's the stated purpose

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 for that very thing.

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 Chapter 4, verse 19,

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 we'll read through 24.

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 The people came up

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 out of the Jordan

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 on the tenth day

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 of the first month

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 and they encamped

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 at Gilgal

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 on the east border

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 of Jericho.

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 And those twelve stones

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 which they took out

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 of the Jordan,

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 Joshua set up

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 at Gilgal.

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 And he said

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 to the people of Israel,

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 when your children

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 ask their fathers

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 in times to come,

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 what do these stones mean?

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 Then you shall let

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 your children know

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 Israel passed over

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 this Jordan

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 on dry ground.

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 For the Lord your God

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 dried up the waters

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 of the Jordan

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 for you until you

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 passed over

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 as the Lord your God

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 did to the Red Sea

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 which you dried up

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 for us

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 until we passed over

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 so that all the peoples

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 of the earth

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 may know

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 that the hand

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 of the Lord

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 is mighty

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 that you may fear

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 the Lord your God

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 forever.

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 So here we see it again

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 verse 24.

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 So that,

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 why?

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 Why did all these

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 things happen?

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 So that all the peoples

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 of the earth

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 may know

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 that the hand

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 of the Lord

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 is mighty.

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 Book of poetry.

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 Turn to the book

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 of Psalm.

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 Smack dab in the middle.

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 You can find it.

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 Over a hundred times

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 in the Psalms

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 this very point

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 is made.

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 We're going to look

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 at three real quick.

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 We're doing three

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 because they're so good.

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 Psalm chapter 2

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 verse 8.

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 This is a record

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 of God

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 speaking to Christ.

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 That's important here.

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 God speaking to Christ

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 says,

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 Ask of me

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 and I will make

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 the nations

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 your heritage

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 and the ends

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.539
 of the earth

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.500
 your possession.

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.580
 He says to Christ,

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.259
 Ask of me

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:19.160
 and I will give it all

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.799
 to you.

00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:22.180
 Psalm 46.

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:24.500
 Verse 10.

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.420
 Be still

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.000
 and know

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.700
 that I am God.

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:41.519
 I will be exalted

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.360
 among the nations.

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:44.299
 I will be exalted

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.460
 in the earth.

00:24:45.560 --> 00:24:46.200
 A promise.

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:47.259
 This will in fact

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.560
 come to pass.

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:50.340
 And Psalm 67.

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:50.440
 Psalm 67.

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:55.240
 The entire Psalm.

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:55.920
 This is so good.

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:04.160
 May God be gracious

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.720
 to us

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.660
 and bless us

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:07.120
 and make his face

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:08.840
 to shine upon us.

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:09.660
 Why?

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.640
 That your way

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.440
 may be known

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.200
 on earth.

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.680
 Your saving power

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.960
 among all nations.

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.019
 Let the peoples

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.799
 praise you,

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.240
 O God.

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.680
 Let all the peoples

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.500
 praise you.

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.339
 Let the nations

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:21.859
 be glad

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.779
 and sing for joy

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.640
 for you judge

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.000
 the peoples

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.480
 with equity

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.500
 and guide the nations

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.220
 upon earth.

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.259
 Let the peoples

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.859
 praise you,

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.259
 O God.

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.319
 Let all the peoples

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.039
 praise you.

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:31.259
 The earth has yielded

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.839
 its increase.

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.339
 God,

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.079
 our God,

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:34.140
 shall bless us.

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.640
 God shall bless us.

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.839
 Let all the ends

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.339
 of the earth

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.220
 fear him.

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.400
 A prophet.

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:43.059
 Ready for it?

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.259
 Zephaniah.

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.400
 Zephaniah.

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.960
 You're going to find

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.500
 Zephaniah

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:51.700
 between Habakkuk

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.240
 and Haggai

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.259
 if that helps you.

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 See how you're flipping?

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.099
 If you're sitting

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.819
 judging your neighbor

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.200
 right now,

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.900
 these are hard

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.559
 because they're little.

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.420
 So don't be too hard

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:04.779
 on people.

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:04.420
 Don't be too hard

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:04.779
 on people.

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:04.420
 Don't be too hard

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:04.819
 on people.

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:15.759
 chapter 2,

00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:16.519
 verse 11.

00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.259
 If you're not there yet,

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.740
 just listen.

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.319
 The Lord will be

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.559
 awesome against them

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.700
 for he will famish

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.799
 all the gods of the earth

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.439
 and to him

00:26:23.439 --> 00:26:24.419
 shall bow down

00:26:24.419 --> 00:26:25.879
 each in its place

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:27.619
 all the lands

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.759
 of the nations.

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:31.019
 There it is again

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.480
 from a minor prophet.

00:26:33.439 --> 00:26:34.599
 Let's look in the New Testament

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.679
 together now.

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.379
 Notice I'm doing

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:37.039
 the very same thing

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.500
 Paul did.

00:26:37.939 --> 00:26:39.019
 Now I get the advantage

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.759
 of the New Testament.

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.379
 Paul didn't have that

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.019
 at his disposal

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.019
 in this time.

00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:44.319
 Letting the Scripture

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.719
 speak for itself.

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:47.059
 Notice the theme.

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.879
 Let's look at a Gospel.

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:49.759
 John,

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.619
 chapter 3,

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.619
 verse 16.

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:08.459
 And I use this one

00:27:08.459 --> 00:27:09.480
 specifically to show you

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.279
 that the theme

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:11.199
 carries on.

00:27:11.199 --> 00:27:11.599
 Okay?

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.579
 For God so loved the world

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:15.359
 that he gave his only Son

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.899
 that whoever believes in him

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:17.899
 should not perish

00:27:17.899 --> 00:27:19.519
 but have eternal life.

00:27:20.179 --> 00:27:21.279
 For God did not send his Son

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.699
 into the world

00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:22.480
 to condemn the world

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.759
 but in order that the world

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.939
 might be saved

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:25.699
 through him.

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:27.179
 Whoever believes in him

00:27:27.179 --> 00:27:28.179
 is not condemned.

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.539
 Whoever does not believe

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.459
 is condemned already

00:27:30.459 --> 00:27:31.719
 because he has not believed

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.559
 in the name

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:34.920
 of the only Son of God.

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:36.860
 The point of the text being

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:38.860
 the point of it being

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:40.559
 Jesus here is recorded

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:42.920
 talking to a Jewish audience

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:44.240
 and he's saying

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.259
 this salvation

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.420
 the Son of Man

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.960
 did not come just for you.

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:51.140
 He came for all the nations.

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:54.380
 Stop thinking you're so special Israel.

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:56.460
 It goes beyond your borders.

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:58.100
 This is what Jesus is saying

00:27:58.100 --> 00:27:58.900
 in this text.

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.920
 It's beautiful

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.660
 and it's precious

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.559
 because in this

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.559
 is our salvation.

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.119
 Right?

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.519
 It expands beyond

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.480
 just the Jews.

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.500
 Me as a

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.240
 I don't even know

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.919
 where I'm from.

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:09.779
 I think maybe England.

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.599
 I'm guessing.

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.700
 Maybe I'm of like

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.460
 Norman descent.

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:13.359
 Dad would probably tell you

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:14.319
 exactly where we're from.

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.599
 Not now, Dad.

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.599
 I don't know.

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:18.519
 But it doesn't really matter.

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.679
 I'm not of Jewish descent.

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.460
 Okay?

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:22.000
 But the promises of God

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.200
 are yes to me

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:24.659
 in Christ.

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:25.679
 Right?

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.819
 And let's look at

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:28.859
 some New Testament prophecy.

00:28:29.159 --> 00:28:29.659
 Let's turn to the book

00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:30.119
 of Revelation.

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:32.639
 See how this all works out

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.279
 in the end.

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:38.039
 Revelation chapter 5.

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.919
 Verse 9 and 10.

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:44.699
 John gets to peer into heaven

00:28:44.699 --> 00:28:48.779
 at the end of things.

00:28:49.199 --> 00:28:50.119
 And this is what he observes.

00:28:50.239 --> 00:28:52.199
 Chapter 9 of chapter 5.

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:52.759
 Excuse me.

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:54.039
 Verse 9 of chapter 5.

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:55.759
 And they sang a new song

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.339
 saying,

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.839
 Worthy are you

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.980
 to take the scroll

00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:00.000
 and to open its seals.

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.220
 For you were slain

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.019
 and by your blood

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:03.399
 you ransomed people for God

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:04.539
 from every tribe

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.740
 and language

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.379
 and people

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:07.259
 and nation.

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.220
 And you have made them

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:08.639
 a kingdom

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.420
 and priests

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.220
 to our God

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:11.339
 and they shall reign

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:12.359
 on the earth.

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.619
 And then again,

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.619
 chapter 7

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:16.339
 verses 9 and 10.

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:16.960
 Verse 9 of chapter 5.

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:18.480
 Verse 9 of chapter 5.

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.579
 Verse 9 of chapter 5.

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.019
 And then again,

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:39.359
 So it's accomplished.

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.400
 From the beginning

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:41.480
 this was God's intent.

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:44.000
 And in the end

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:45.200
 it's accomplished.

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.720
 Now people have debated

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.559
 throughout time

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.159
 what is meant

00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:50.879
 by these different things,

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.419
 the tribes,

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:51.899
 the nations.

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:53.259
 What is meant by this?

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:54.079
 And I really,

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.639
 honestly,

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.480
 don't know.

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.579
 We tend as Baptists

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.019
 to believe

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:59.440
 that this will represent

00:29:59.440 --> 00:29:59.980
 there will be

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:02.220
 those named in heaven

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:04.059
 amongst every people group.

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:07.139
 Every tribe,

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.619
 nation,

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:07.980
 language.

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.599
 But you know

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.440
 what's the really important thing?

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.079
 Really important thing

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:12.539
 is that Christ hasn't returned

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.639
 so it's not done yet.

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.480
 We can bank on that.

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:17.579
 We know we're not finished yet.

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.879
 God's mission in this world

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:20.240
 is still being carried out

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.759
 because Christ hasn't returned.

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.179
 When it's finished

00:30:23.179 --> 00:30:24.099
 he'll come back.

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.399
 We're guaranteed that.

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.559
 So we're still

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.960
 to be about the work

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:29.539
 however it's defined.

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.519
 We're still meant

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.259
 to be advancing

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:32.220
 the gospel

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:33.419
 in this world.

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.339
 So

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:36.720
 back in

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:38.139
 Romans chapter 15

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:40.639
 the important question

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.480
 for you to ask

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:43.879
 and not in an irreverent way

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.740
 is so what?

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:47.180
 Why?

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.960
 Why is the case

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.740
 being made to us?

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:50.099
 What are we meant

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.680
 to do

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.880
 with this information?

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.519
 Why have I spent

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.220
 all this time

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.120
 sharing it with you?

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.099
 Proving the point.

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:57.259
 Hopefully pressing it

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.339
 through your mind

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:59.380
 into your heart.

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.220
 There's two things

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.140
 at least two things

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.900
 that we ought to be doing

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.779
 with this kind of info.

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.880
 First

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:06.759
 we need to be

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.700
 praising God

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.819
 for his goodness

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.500
 to us

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.500
 in Christ.

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.880
 Praising God

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.600
 for his goodness

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:14.140
 to us

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.980
 in Christ.

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:16.120
 This is the gospel

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:17.100
 ladies and gentlemen.

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:19.600
 The fact that God

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:20.340
 has chosen

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:21.640
 to make himself known

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.760
 to display

00:31:22.760 --> 00:31:23.940
 his mercy

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.360
 to us

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:25.020
 verse 9

00:31:25.020 --> 00:31:26.120
 in this way

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:27.220
 is such

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.200
 a blessing.

00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:30.320
 That God

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:31.200
 as he's zealous

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:32.340
 for his own glory

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:33.820
 to make himself

00:31:33.820 --> 00:31:35.140
 look more like he is

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.980
 to show himself

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.900
 to this world

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.620
 has chosen

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.120
 to let us

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:39.180
 be the benefactors

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.280
 of it

00:31:40.280 --> 00:31:41.240
 is such

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.980
 a blessing.

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.720
 The gospel

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.080
 is not

00:31:44.080 --> 00:31:44.880
 first and foremost

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.520
 primarily

00:31:45.520 --> 00:31:46.440
 about us.

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.760
 It's firstly

00:31:48.760 --> 00:31:49.820
 about God

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:51.700
 and we get

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.180
 to benefit.

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.140
 Praise God

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:54.800
 that he decided

00:31:54.800 --> 00:31:55.840
 to work this out

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:56.820
 in this way.

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.180
 That he chose

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:59.240
 to show mercy

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.200
 to us

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:01.160
 so that we'll

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:02.700
 sing to his name.

00:32:04.760 --> 00:32:05.640
 Do you

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.400
 praise God

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:07.040
 the way the

00:32:07.040 --> 00:32:08.620
 saints in Revelation

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.620
 praise God?

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:09.659
 God.

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.500
 Notice the

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.279
 emotion

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.939
 that we

00:32:13.939 --> 00:32:14.559
 poured into that.

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:15.019
 We read that

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.419
 kind of stuff

00:32:15.419 --> 00:32:16.099
 so boring

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.399
 sometimes.

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.899
 I hope I

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.279
 didn't just

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:18.059
 do the

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.479
 very thing

00:32:18.479 --> 00:32:19.319
 I'm

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.919
 accusing us

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.299
 of doing.

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.500
 Emotionless.

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:23.500
 It's a great

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.459
 passion poured

00:32:24.459 --> 00:32:24.979
 into the praise

00:32:24.979 --> 00:32:25.419
 of God

00:32:25.419 --> 00:32:25.859
 because of

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.239
 what he's

00:32:26.239 --> 00:32:26.739
 accomplished

00:32:26.739 --> 00:32:28.199
 on our behalf.

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.699
 So firstly,

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.000
 we ought to

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.579
 praise God

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.159
 for his goodness

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.699
 to us

00:32:31.699 --> 00:32:32.219
 in Christ.

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.639
 Today,

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.119
 now,

00:32:33.239 --> 00:32:33.619
 sitting in your

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:33.819
 seat,

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:34.039
 you ought to

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.779
 be praising God

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.700
 for his goodness

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.559
 to you

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.480
 in Christ.

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.019
 You,

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.960
 a Gentile.

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.480
 You,

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.319
 one of the

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.720
 peoples

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.940
 of the

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.240
 earth.

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.460
 Secondly,

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:46.779
 we need to

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.559
 recognize that

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.779
 we are the

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:50.399
 tools by

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:51.099
 which God

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.980
 accomplishes

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.859
 this task.

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.420
 This task,

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.019
 making himself

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.819
 known to all

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.180
 the peoples

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.700
 of the world.

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.240
 See,

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.539
 this to be

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.899
 accomplished

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:57.259
 in the book

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.759
 of Revelation.

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.519
 How is it

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.980
 that he does

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.220
 that?

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:00.019
 He uses

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:01.440
 his church

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:02.480
 to accomplish

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.920
 this.

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.200
 He uses

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.619
 his church.

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.099
 I like to

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.439
 think of it

00:33:05.439 --> 00:33:05.979
 like this.

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.639
 And somebody

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:07.219
 said this.

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.619
 I can't

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.279
 remember who.

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:08.879
 Somebody smarter

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.259
 than me

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.959
 said,

00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:11.219
 God has not

00:33:11.219 --> 00:33:11.759
 given a

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.319
 mission to

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.839
 the church,

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:14.259
 but rather

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.139
 he's given

00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:15.699
 the church

00:33:15.699 --> 00:33:16.279
 to his

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.619
 mission.

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.419
 Got a cool

00:33:18.419 --> 00:33:18.799
 way of thinking

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.219
 about it?

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:20.959
 God didn't

00:33:20.959 --> 00:33:21.500
 have a church

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.819
 that said,

00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:22.079
 now,

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.599
 I've got to

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:22.839
 get them

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.279
 busy doing

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.739
 something.

00:33:25.239 --> 00:33:25.639
 Oh,

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:27.339
 proclaiming

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:27.679
 my goodness

00:33:27.679 --> 00:33:28.119
 to the world.

00:33:28.179 --> 00:33:28.500
 That's the

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:28.879
 task I'm

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:28.979
 going to

00:33:28.979 --> 00:33:29.219
 put him

00:33:29.219 --> 00:33:29.399
 to.

00:33:30.199 --> 00:33:30.879
 He's about

00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.299
 proclaiming

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.539
 his goodness

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.019
 to the world.

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.699
 He's about

00:33:32.699 --> 00:33:33.299
 making himself

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.219
 known amongst

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.799
 all peoples,

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.579
 and he

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.400
 called us

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.759
 together,

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.720
 he formed

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.160
 the church

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:38.900
 so that

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.559
 we could be

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.079
 the tool

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.740
 by which

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.000
 that's

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.579
 accomplished.

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:43.900
 Every time

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.600
 I say this,

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.220
 I'm also

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.779
 going to say,

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.839
 God does

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.559
 not need

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.039
 us.

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.900
 He could

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.140
 do it

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.700
 another way.

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.079
 He could

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.380
 do it

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:50.759
 on his

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:50.940
 own,

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.299
 but he's

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.740
 chosen

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.759
 to use

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.220
 us because

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.660
 he loves

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.000
 us.

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:55.100
 He's chosen

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:55.799
 to let

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.220
 us get

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.819
 caught up

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.519
 with him

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.299
 in accomplishing

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.680
 this thing,

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.500
 to experience

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.220
 him in

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:01.039
 this way

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.899
 because

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.259
 he loves

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.680
 us.

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:03.980
 Romans

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.700
 chapter 10.

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:05.819
 You can

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.259
 flip back

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.500
 a little

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.940
 bit here.

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.820
 Verse 14,

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.880
 how then will

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.239
 they call

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:13.719
 on him

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:14.059
 in whom

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.340
 they have

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.500
 not

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.039
 believed?

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.759
 And how

00:34:15.759 --> 00:34:15.920
 are they

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.279
 to believe

00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:16.659
 in him

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.019
 of whom

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.279
 they have

00:34:17.279 --> 00:34:17.579
 never

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.360
 heard?

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.059
 And how

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.259
 are they

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.699
 to hear

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:19.960
 without

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.559
 someone

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.119
 preaching?

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.960
 And how

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.159
 are they

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.840
 to preach

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.500
 unless

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.340
 they are

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.779
 sent?

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.880
 As it

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.179
 is written,

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:26.880
 how beautiful

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.699
 are the feet

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.440
 of those

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.059
 who preach

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.920
 the good

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.299
 news?

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:32.340
 God is

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:33.119
 zealous

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.659
 for his

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.179
 own glory.

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.159
 And in the

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.639
 same way,

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.199
 as children

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.539
 of the

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.019
 Most High,

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.360
 those who

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:37.480
 have been

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.980
 delivered,

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:38.719
 welcomed

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.719
 by Christ,

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:40.719
 we're just

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:41.400
 talking about

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:41.759
 the beginning

00:34:41.759 --> 00:34:42.139
 of chapter

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.679
 15,

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:43.980
 we also

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.460
 ought to

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.380
 be zealous

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.199
 for his

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:46.820
 name to

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.460
 be proclaimed

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.440
 amongst

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.539
 the nations.

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.039
 Do we

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.400
 go to

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.840
 peoples,

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.599
 our neighbors,

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:54.119
 our co-workers,

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.019
 those we sit

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.500
 in class

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.719
 with,

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.440
 and those

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.799
 at the

00:34:56.799 --> 00:34:57.940
 very furthest

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.699
 possible place

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:58.980
 we can

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.359
 imagine

00:34:59.359 --> 00:34:59.659
 in the

00:34:59.659 --> 00:34:59.879
 earth

00:34:59.879 --> 00:35:00.319
 because

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:00.839
 we love

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.059
 them?

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.679
 Absolutely.

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.859
 But the

00:35:03.859 --> 00:35:04.199
 lesser

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.980
 includes

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.199
 the

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.559
 greater,

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.199
 the greater

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.719
 being

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.399
 that we're

00:35:07.399 --> 00:35:07.779
 zealous

00:35:07.779 --> 00:35:08.639
 for God's

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:09.059
 name to

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.739
 be proclaimed

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.559
 among

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:12.179
 all peoples.

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.659
 We serve

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.539
 a great

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.019
 and a

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.379
 glorious

00:35:15.379 --> 00:35:15.899
 God,

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:16.699
 and we

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.119
 want,

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.699
 I hope

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:17.960
 I can

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.399
 say this

00:35:18.399 --> 00:35:18.980
 with confidence,

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:20.359
 we want

00:35:20.359 --> 00:35:21.019
 his name

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.199
 to be

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.619
 proclaimed

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.619
 everywhere.

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:23.939
 We want

00:35:23.939 --> 00:35:24.719
 people to

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:25.399
 serve him

00:35:25.399 --> 00:35:26.079
 and bow

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.639
 in adoration

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.079
 of him

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:28.139
 and speak

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.940
 the truth

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.239
 of the

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:29.619
 gospel.

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.539
 Our

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.559
 vision statement

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:32.980
 for our

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.420
 church,

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.199
 Christ's

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.420
 family

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.879
 church

00:35:34.879 --> 00:35:35.659
 exists

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:37.039
 to glorify

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.500
 God

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.639
 by

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.879
 experiencing,

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.279
 proclaiming,

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.400
 and displaying

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.219
 the supremacy

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.900
 of Jesus

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.359
 Christ

00:35:44.359 --> 00:35:45.000
 in all

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.500
 things

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.500
 to all

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.019
 peoples.

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.500
 We want

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.539
 that to be

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:49.900
 true of our

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.339
 own lives.

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.699
 We want

00:35:50.699 --> 00:35:50.879
 to be

00:35:50.879 --> 00:35:51.319
 truly

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:51.879
 regenerate

00:35:51.879 --> 00:35:52.159
 believers.

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.359
 We want

00:35:52.359 --> 00:35:52.960
 to experience

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.480
 the supremacy

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.920
 of Christ

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.179
 in our

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.440
 own

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.799
 living.

00:35:55.319 --> 00:35:55.799
 We want

00:35:55.799 --> 00:35:55.960
 it to

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.420
 affect

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.960
 how we

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.539
 respond to

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:57.699
 things.

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:57.919
 We want

00:35:57.919 --> 00:35:58.199
 to affect

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.480
 how we

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.839
 feel.

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.299
 We want

00:35:59.299 --> 00:35:59.439
 it to

00:35:59.439 --> 00:35:59.739
 affect

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.179
 what we

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.679
 hold to

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:00.960
 in this

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.299
 world.

00:36:02.939 --> 00:36:03.480
 But not

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.019
 just that.

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.460
 It can't

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:04.759
 just be

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:05.439
 for us.

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:06.679
 It needs

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:06.879
 to be

00:36:06.879 --> 00:36:07.439
 for everybody.

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.739
 So we

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.099
 want to

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.439
 proclaim

00:36:08.439 --> 00:36:08.659
 it.

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:08.879
 We want

00:36:08.879 --> 00:36:09.279
 to speak

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:09.619
 the truth

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:09.839
 of the

00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.039
 gospel.

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.199
 The

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.539
 gospel is

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.899
 necessary

00:36:10.899 --> 00:36:11.419
 to be

00:36:11.419 --> 00:36:11.819
 heard,

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.319
 for a

00:36:12.319 --> 00:36:12.460
 heart

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.699
 to be

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:12.960
 pricked

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.500
 to believe.

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:13.960
 We want

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.279
 to speak

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:14.559
 the gospel.

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.739
 We want

00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:15.159
 to proclaim

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.379
 it.

00:36:15.939 --> 00:36:16.159
 And we

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.359
 want to

00:36:16.359 --> 00:36:16.779
 display

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:18.119
 it with

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.460
 acts

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:18.919
 of mercy.

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.239
 We want

00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:19.579
 to carry

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.059
 the gospel

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.659
 in our

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:21.679
 actions to

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.019
 the world

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.799
 around us.

00:36:22.839 --> 00:36:23.139
 In all

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:23.500
 things.

00:36:23.839 --> 00:36:24.879
 To all

00:36:24.879 --> 00:36:25.899
 peoples.

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.339
 It's a

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:29.219
 great website

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:29.759
 I'll encourage

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:30.119
 you to go

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.379
 to.

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.099
 There may

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.319
 be a

00:36:31.319 --> 00:36:31.719
 better one,

00:36:31.839 --> 00:36:32.099
 but I've

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.940
 used one

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.219
 called

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:33.599
 Joshua

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.000
 Project.

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:34.779
 You can

00:36:34.779 --> 00:36:35.059
 Google

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:36.159
 Joshua

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:36.639
 Project.

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.000
 And according

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.339
 to Joshua

00:36:38.339 --> 00:36:38.799
 Project,

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.819
 in the world

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:40.259
 right now,

00:36:40.339 --> 00:36:40.539
 there are

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:42.980
 16,594

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:44.119
 people groups.

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:47.659
 Of those,

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:49.819
 7,162

00:36:49.819 --> 00:36:50.879
 are unreached.

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.500
 Now the way

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.840
 the Joshua

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.559
 Project defines

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.700
 unreached is

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:54.079
 that less

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.880
 than 2%

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.220
 of the

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:56.099
 population are

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.539
 confessing

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.940
 Christians.

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.579
 And even

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:58.960
 at that

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.380
 point we

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.780
 could say,

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.280
 are they

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:00.660
 really

00:37:00.660 --> 00:37:01.140
 Christians?

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.720
 They've

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:02.340
 confessed it,

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:02.800
 are they

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.640
 regenerate,

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:03.900
 are they

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.539
 bearing fruit?

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.500
 But that's

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:06.800
 the way they

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.000
 do it.

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.240
 They had to

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:07.420
 pick a

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.599
 number.

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.119
 So less

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.780
 than 2%

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.480
 are unreached.

00:37:09.720 --> 00:37:09.920
 That's

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:11.860
 43.2%

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:13.160
 of the

00:37:13.160 --> 00:37:13.820
 people groups

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.820
 in the

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.059
 world.

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.380
 You break

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:16.579
 it down

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.380
 by population,

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.079
 and again,

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.280
 we're talking

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:20.660
 about

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.379
 those who

00:37:21.379 --> 00:37:22.779
 confess to

00:37:22.779 --> 00:37:23.259
 be Christian,

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.599
 60%

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.420
 of the

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:25.639
 world's

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.079
 population.

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.199
 It's a

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.619
 huge,

00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:30.179
 huge number.

00:37:30.879 --> 00:37:31.199
 And it

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.599
 can be so

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.339
 staggering at

00:37:32.339 --> 00:37:33.339
 times that it

00:37:33.339 --> 00:37:34.179
 cripples us.

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:34.579
 We don't even

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.859
 know.

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:36.199
 How do we

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.480
 get that

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.839
 accomplished?

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.859
 You know what

00:37:37.859 --> 00:37:38.179
 the great

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.679
 thing is?

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:39.239
 It's God's

00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:39.519
 mission.

00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:40.539
 God's

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:41.159
 accomplishing it,

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.519
 and he just

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.940
 wants to

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.539
 use you

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.920
 in some

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:45.039
 way to

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.379
 accomplish

00:37:45.379 --> 00:37:45.719
 that.

00:37:46.359 --> 00:37:47.039
 It doesn't

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.460
 mean that

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.599
 you're

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.239
 necessarily

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:48.559
 going to

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.139
 be called

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.980
 to go

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.539
 to a

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:50.699
 people

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:50.879
 group

00:37:50.879 --> 00:37:51.059
 that's

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.539
 unreached.

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:52.779
 But it

00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:53.139
 could,

00:37:53.879 --> 00:37:54.339
 and I

00:37:54.339 --> 00:37:54.799
 really hope

00:37:54.799 --> 00:37:55.079
 that you're

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:55.639
 opening yourself

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.099
 up and being

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.659
 available for

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:56.940
 that.

00:37:57.859 --> 00:37:58.259
 You being

00:37:58.259 --> 00:37:58.679
 obedient to

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:58.879
 God's

00:37:58.879 --> 00:37:59.219
 call in your

00:37:59.219 --> 00:37:59.659
 life could

00:37:59.659 --> 00:37:59.980
 mean that

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.279
 you live

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:00.739
 right here

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:01.219
 in Dahlonega,

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:02.279
 and you're

00:38:02.279 --> 00:38:02.739
 a valuable

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:03.239
 member of

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:03.759
 our church,

00:38:03.919 --> 00:38:04.359
 and you

00:38:04.359 --> 00:38:04.759
 work a

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.079
 job,

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.299
 and you

00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:05.779
 create

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:06.179
 money,

00:38:06.319 --> 00:38:06.459
 and you

00:38:06.459 --> 00:38:06.859
 have a

00:38:06.859 --> 00:38:07.179
 family,

00:38:07.319 --> 00:38:07.480
 and you

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.699
 raise

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.019
 them up

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.179
 in the

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:08.459
 way of

00:38:08.459 --> 00:38:08.639
 God,

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.259
 all those

00:38:09.259 --> 00:38:09.679
 things are

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.199
 a huge

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.679
 possibility

00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:11.000
 for your

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.219
 life.

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:12.119
 Absolutely.

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.579
 That may

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.319
 be exactly

00:38:14.319 --> 00:38:15.019
 what God

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.559
 wants for

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:15.739
 you.

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:16.959
 But he

00:38:16.959 --> 00:38:17.599
 also may,

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:18.459
 on the

00:38:18.459 --> 00:38:18.799
 other end

00:38:18.799 --> 00:38:19.019
 of the

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.319
 spectrum,

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.319
 want you

00:38:20.319 --> 00:38:20.739
 to go and

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:21.139
 spend your

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:21.739
 life on

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.019
 the mission

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.359
 field.

00:38:22.899 --> 00:38:23.199
 He may

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.500
 want you

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.919
 to go and

00:38:23.919 --> 00:38:24.559
 be martyred

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:25.199
 in a place

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:25.879
 that's

00:38:25.879 --> 00:38:26.519
 dangerous,

00:38:26.919 --> 00:38:27.199
 that the

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.699
 gospel has

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.859
 yet to be

00:38:28.859 --> 00:38:29.579
 proclaimed.

00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:33.439
 We're

00:38:33.439 --> 00:38:33.559
 excited about

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:33.719
 it.

00:38:33.779 --> 00:38:33.879
 In

00:38:33.879 --> 00:38:34.419
 verse 20

00:38:34.419 --> 00:38:34.599
 of

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.299
 chapter 15,

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.519
 Paul says,

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:37.039
 And thus I

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.639
 make it my

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.339
 ambition to

00:38:38.339 --> 00:38:38.719
 preach the

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:39.079
 gospel,

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:39.959
 not where

00:38:39.959 --> 00:38:40.480
 Christ has

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:41.019
 already been

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.339
 named,

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.059
 lest I

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:42.399
 build on

00:38:42.399 --> 00:38:42.919
 someone else's

00:38:42.919 --> 00:38:43.319
 foundation,

00:38:43.439 --> 00:38:44.000
 but as it

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.399
 is written,

00:38:44.939 --> 00:38:45.259
 those who

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.599
 have never

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.139
 been told of

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.359
 him will

00:38:46.359 --> 00:38:46.519
 see,

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.099
 and those

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.519
 who have

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:48.059
 never heard

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:49.019
 will understand.

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.679
 Paul was

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:51.779
 zealous for

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:52.659
 the name of

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:53.339
 Christ to

00:38:53.339 --> 00:38:54.000
 be named

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.839
 amongst the

00:38:54.839 --> 00:38:55.399
 Gentiles.

00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:56.599
 That's why

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:56.899
 he went,

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.599
 look in the

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.079
 appendix of

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.359
 your Bible,

00:38:58.459 --> 00:38:59.079
 there's probably

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.739
 a little

00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:00.639
 cool map of

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:00.779
 his

00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:01.119
 missionary

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.679
 journeys.

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.159
 That's why

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.759
 he traveled

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.980
 far and

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.779
 wide to

00:39:04.779 --> 00:39:05.619
 share this

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:06.019
 gospel.

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.279
 So God

00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:08.599
 may call

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.119
 you to

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:09.359
 do that

00:39:09.359 --> 00:39:10.179
 very thing,

00:39:10.299 --> 00:39:11.460
 to go to

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:12.259
 an unreached

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:13.739
 people somewhere

00:39:13.739 --> 00:39:14.219
 in the world.

00:39:14.299 --> 00:39:14.779
 I learned of

00:39:14.779 --> 00:39:15.299
 a new one.

00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:16.319
 I try to

00:39:16.319 --> 00:39:18.059
 keep my

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:19.039
 mind into

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.539
 unreached

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:19.900
 peoples.

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.679
 I try to

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.539
 pray for

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:21.719
 them.

00:39:21.779 --> 00:39:22.099
 I try to

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.299
 kind of

00:39:22.299 --> 00:39:22.739
 have a

00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:23.319
 global

00:39:23.319 --> 00:39:24.440
 mindset.

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:24.960
 As God

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.199
 has a

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.400
 global

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:25.759
 mindset,

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:26.099
 it's really

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.460
 easy for

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.619
 us to

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:26.880
 get our

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.199
 little

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.619
 small

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.299
 box,

00:39:28.779 --> 00:39:29.179
 Dahlonega

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.619
 slash

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:30.199
 Gainesville,

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.779
 Georgia,

00:39:30.939 --> 00:39:31.179
 and not

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.779
 think about

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:32.359
 God's

00:39:32.359 --> 00:39:32.739
 eternal

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:33.480
 purposes for

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:33.899
 the world.

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:34.399
 So I

00:39:34.399 --> 00:39:34.699
 try to

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:35.279
 read about

00:39:35.279 --> 00:39:35.480
 this,

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:35.679
 and I

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:35.980
 found,

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:36.859
 I get a

00:39:36.859 --> 00:39:37.159
 couple of

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:37.739
 magazines that

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:38.159
 help me with

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.319
 this,

00:39:38.399 --> 00:39:39.519
 but this one

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:39.960
 I found in

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:40.519
 The Bathroom

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:40.819
 Reader.

00:39:41.439 --> 00:39:41.719
 You guys are

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:42.159
 familiar with

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:42.359
 that?

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:42.919
 It's a great

00:39:42.919 --> 00:39:43.239
 book,

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.199
 The Bathroom

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:44.419
 Reader.

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:44.859
 It's just

00:39:44.859 --> 00:39:45.439
 interesting

00:39:45.439 --> 00:39:45.960
 facts,

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.659
 and we keep

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:47.879
 it in the

00:39:47.879 --> 00:39:48.099
 bathroom.

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:50.439
 But I learned

00:39:50.439 --> 00:39:50.839
 about a people

00:39:50.839 --> 00:39:51.779
 group in The

00:39:51.779 --> 00:39:52.419
 Bathroom Reader

00:39:52.419 --> 00:39:54.139
 called the

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:55.339
 Sentinelese.

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:57.120
 They live on

00:39:57.120 --> 00:39:57.840
 an island in

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:58.320
 the Bay of

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.680
 Bengal,

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.620
 which is off

00:39:59.620 --> 00:40:01.360
 the eastern

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:02.240
 coast of

00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:02.559
 India,

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:04.740
 and I'm

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:04.940
 going to say

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.220
 it wrong,

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.760
 Burma.

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.220
 I know it's

00:40:06.220 --> 00:40:06.579
 called something

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.000
 else now.

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:08.780
 Thank you.

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.059
 Okay.

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:10.180
 Off the

00:40:10.180 --> 00:40:10.820
 western coast

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:13.440
 of Myanmar.

00:40:13.680 --> 00:40:14.000
 That's right.

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:14.940
 Thank you,

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.160
 guys.

00:40:15.700 --> 00:40:16.340
 There's a

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:17.240
 little island

00:40:17.240 --> 00:40:17.559
 there.

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.620
 And The Bathroom

00:40:18.620 --> 00:40:18.920
 Reader, of

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:19.360
 course, wasn't

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:20.300
 speaking from a

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:20.559
 missionary

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.019
 perspective,

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.780
 but talked

00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:22.120
 about this

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:22.600
 people group

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:23.239
 that have

00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:24.639
 been encountered

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.599
 in a very

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:26.559
 small way

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.839
 by the rest

00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:28.279
 of the world.

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:29.219
 A very, very

00:40:29.219 --> 00:40:29.719
 small way.

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.819
 In fact, the

00:40:30.819 --> 00:40:33.139
 only real

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.759
 western

00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:34.319
 interaction

00:40:34.319 --> 00:40:34.839
 they've had

00:40:34.839 --> 00:40:35.380
 is the

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:35.839
 British,

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.400
 back in the

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:37.079
 1800s,

00:40:37.259 --> 00:40:37.779
 there was a

00:40:37.779 --> 00:40:38.679
 visiting family

00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:39.400
 from this

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:40.059
 island on a

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.360
 neighboring

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:40.739
 island,

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.179
 and they

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:41.839
 captured them.

00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:42.719
 And the

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:43.400
 hope was that

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:43.599
 they were

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:44.319
 going to make

00:40:44.319 --> 00:40:44.779
 them like

00:40:44.779 --> 00:40:45.159
 them and

00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:45.819
 send them

00:40:45.819 --> 00:40:46.259
 back to

00:40:46.259 --> 00:40:46.719
 their people.

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:47.779
 But in

00:40:47.779 --> 00:40:48.460
 the meantime,

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:49.460
 the two

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.259
 parents died

00:40:50.259 --> 00:40:50.860
 of sickness,

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:51.460
 western

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:52.079
 diseases that

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:52.519
 they weren't,

00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:53.319
 ready for.

00:40:53.799 --> 00:40:54.420
 And so they

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:54.920
 took the

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.480
 kids and

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:55.920
 dropped them

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.319
 off in the

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:57.019
 bay and

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.219
 let the

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:57.579
 kids swim

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.000
 to shore.

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.019
 And that's

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.599
 been about

00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:00.139
 it.

00:41:02.699 --> 00:41:03.819
 The Indian

00:41:03.819 --> 00:41:04.539
 nation for

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:05.339
 a while was

00:41:05.339 --> 00:41:05.980
 working on

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.659
 trying to

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.119
 build some

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:07.719
 rapport with

00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:08.019
 them and

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.579
 connect with

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:08.880
 them and

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.179
 see what

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:09.440
 they could

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:09.819
 accomplish.

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.219
 And so

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:11.019
 they sent

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.619
 throughout the

00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:12.099
 80s and

00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:12.519
 90s,

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:13.079
 they sent

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:13.619
 out boats

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:14.659
 regularly who

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:15.199
 just simply

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:15.639
 went into

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:15.920
 the little

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.380
 bay and

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:16.619
 threw

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:17.279
 things overboard

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:17.819
 for them

00:41:17.819 --> 00:41:18.980
 to wash

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.299
 up on

00:41:19.299 --> 00:41:19.619
 shore.

00:41:19.799 --> 00:41:20.299
 Because if

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:20.619
 they went

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:21.019
 on shore,

00:41:21.279 --> 00:41:21.659
 they were

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:22.579
 likely to be

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:22.860
 killed.

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:26.299
 So this is

00:41:26.299 --> 00:41:27.440
 people that

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:28.219
 have been

00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:28.940
 accessed in

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:29.480
 such a

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.019
 limited way.

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:30.400
 How are

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.659
 they going to

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:30.940
 believe in

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.239
 the gospel

00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:31.500
 if someone

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:31.880
 doesn't preach

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.119
 it to them?

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:32.619
 They won't.

00:41:33.299 --> 00:41:33.960
 The gospel

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.440
 needs to be

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:35.219
 carried to

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:36.179
 this people

00:41:36.179 --> 00:41:36.480
 group.

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:40.119
 people who

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:41.240
 really have

00:41:41.240 --> 00:41:42.000
 been isolated

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.619
 for the

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:43.760
 last thousands

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:44.300
 of years

00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:45.400
 will probably

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:45.940
 die as

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.500
 neighboring

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:47.119
 tribes have

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.599
 died on

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:48.199
 other islands

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:48.519
 if they're

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.139
 exposed to

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:49.480
 western

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:49.960
 diseases.

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:51.340
 And now

00:41:51.340 --> 00:41:52.240
 India has

00:41:52.240 --> 00:41:52.559
 seen it

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:53.139
 fruitless.

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:54.219
 Somebody just

00:41:54.219 --> 00:41:54.639
 one day said,

00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:55.059
 why are we

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.300
 trying to

00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:55.740
 do this?

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:56.940
 These are

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.420
 tribal people

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:57.760
 living on

00:41:57.760 --> 00:41:58.059
 this island.

00:41:58.119 --> 00:41:58.420
 Why are we

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:58.760
 trying to be

00:41:58.760 --> 00:41:59.119
 friends with

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.579
 them exactly?

00:41:59.679 --> 00:41:59.880
 This is

00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:00.460
 costing a lot

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:00.780
 of money.

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:01.340
 We're throwing

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.719
 a lot of

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:02.139
 coconuts

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:02.539
 into their

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.920
 bay for no

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.280
 reason.

00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:04.619
 What are we

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:04.859
 doing?

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.279
 So they

00:42:05.279 --> 00:42:05.859
 just stopped

00:42:05.859 --> 00:42:06.339
 and in fact

00:42:06.339 --> 00:42:06.779
 now they

00:42:06.779 --> 00:42:07.779
 enforce a

00:42:07.779 --> 00:42:08.299
 three mile

00:42:08.299 --> 00:42:09.759
 radius with

00:42:09.759 --> 00:42:11.420
 planes and

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:11.920
 boats.

00:42:12.259 --> 00:42:12.819
 They enforce

00:42:12.819 --> 00:42:13.319
 a radius

00:42:13.319 --> 00:42:13.759
 around the

00:42:13.759 --> 00:42:14.099
 island so

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.359
 that people

00:42:14.359 --> 00:42:14.839
 can't touch

00:42:14.839 --> 00:42:15.019
 it.

00:42:15.299 --> 00:42:15.519
 So they

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:15.859
 can't get

00:42:15.859 --> 00:42:16.099
 there.

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:18.039
 How does

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:18.500
 the gospel

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:19.079
 of God

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:20.119
 get to the

00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:20.739
 Sentinelese

00:42:20.739 --> 00:42:21.659
 on North

00:42:21.659 --> 00:42:22.279
 Sentinel Island

00:42:22.279 --> 00:42:22.739
 in the Bay

00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:23.099
 of Bengal?

00:42:24.799 --> 00:42:25.460
 I don't

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:25.739
 know.

00:42:26.339 --> 00:42:26.719
 I actually

00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:27.199
 for fun have

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:27.420
 been trying

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:27.900
 to rack my

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.759
 brain about

00:42:28.759 --> 00:42:29.239
 how in the

00:42:29.239 --> 00:42:30.059
 world you

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:30.299
 would even

00:42:30.299 --> 00:42:30.739
 get there

00:42:30.739 --> 00:42:31.139
 and how

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:31.420
 you would

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:31.920
 accomplish

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:32.799
 people who

00:42:32.799 --> 00:42:33.339
 probably speak

00:42:33.339 --> 00:42:33.659
 a language

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:34.259
 that no

00:42:34.259 --> 00:42:34.579
 one

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:34.900
 else in

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:35.179
 this world

00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:35.460
 knows.

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:35.840
 How do

00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:36.159
 you do

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:36.759
 this type

00:42:36.759 --> 00:42:37.099
 of work?

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:37.920
 And you've

00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:39.019
 got a nation

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.799
 India actually

00:42:39.799 --> 00:42:40.759
 enforcing it

00:42:40.759 --> 00:42:41.500
 keeping you

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.519
 away from

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:42.639
 it.

00:42:42.699 --> 00:42:43.779
 How is the

00:42:43.779 --> 00:42:44.159
 gospel going

00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:44.460
 to be carried?

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:44.779
 And I don't

00:42:44.779 --> 00:42:45.739
 know but praise

00:42:45.739 --> 00:42:46.360
 God we serve

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:47.279
 a sovereign

00:42:47.279 --> 00:42:49.619
 God who is

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:50.199
 in control of

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:50.739
 these things.

00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:52.000
 He knows

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.980
 right?

00:42:54.259 --> 00:42:55.099
 And he knows

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.659
 that maybe

00:42:55.659 --> 00:42:56.099
 someone in

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:56.779
 this room is

00:42:56.779 --> 00:42:57.819
 going to go

00:42:57.819 --> 00:42:58.199
 to the

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:58.799
 Sentinelese

00:42:58.799 --> 00:42:59.420
 and find a

00:42:59.420 --> 00:43:00.420
 way to

00:43:00.420 --> 00:43:00.719
 preach the

00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:01.259
 gospel there.

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:02.799
 There are

00:43:02.799 --> 00:43:03.779
 countless

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:04.560
 others

00:43:04.560 --> 00:43:06.640
 7162

00:43:06.640 --> 00:43:08.080
 as qualified

00:43:08.080 --> 00:43:08.440
 by the

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:09.100
 Joshua Project

00:43:09.100 --> 00:43:10.080
 people who

00:43:10.080 --> 00:43:10.540
 have never

00:43:10.540 --> 00:43:11.860
 heard the

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:12.700
 gospel of

00:43:12.700 --> 00:43:13.100
 Christ.

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:16.120
 God has

00:43:16.120 --> 00:43:16.600
 not given

00:43:16.600 --> 00:43:17.820
 a mission

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:18.120
 to the

00:43:18.120 --> 00:43:18.560
 church but

00:43:18.560 --> 00:43:19.780
 rather the

00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:20.580
 church to

00:43:20.580 --> 00:43:21.019
 his mission.

00:43:21.580 --> 00:43:22.840
 And whether

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:24.460
 we stay

00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:25.340
 here or go

00:43:25.340 --> 00:43:25.740
 there,

00:43:26.580 --> 00:43:27.820
 we're all

00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:28.440
 called to be

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:29.120
 caught up in

00:43:29.120 --> 00:43:29.760
 this, to be

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:30.580
 zealous for

00:43:30.579 --> 00:43:32.279
 Christ's name

00:43:32.279 --> 00:43:32.719
 to be

00:43:32.719 --> 00:43:33.179
 proclaimed

00:43:33.179 --> 00:43:34.599
 everywhere.

00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:37.139
 So don't

00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:37.559
 think that if

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:37.759
 you're not

00:43:37.759 --> 00:43:38.079
 called to

00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:38.559
 foreign missions

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:40.019
 that you're

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:40.319
 in a different

00:43:40.319 --> 00:43:40.840
 category.

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.299
 The term

00:43:41.299 --> 00:43:41.819
 missionary was

00:43:41.819 --> 00:43:42.219
 invented.

00:43:42.659 --> 00:43:43.059
 It's not in

00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:43.420
 the scriptures

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:43.860
 anywhere.

00:43:44.819 --> 00:43:45.420
 We see

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:46.119
 followers of

00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:46.460
 Christ.

00:43:46.579 --> 00:43:46.860
 We see

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:47.739
 perseverers.

00:43:48.299 --> 00:43:48.679
 We see

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:49.219
 disciples.

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:52.500
 We're all

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:53.159
 meant to be

00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:54.139
 missionaries if

00:43:54.139 --> 00:43:54.380
 you want to

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:54.840
 think about it

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.400
 in that term.

00:43:55.980 --> 00:43:56.440
 It's okay

00:43:56.440 --> 00:43:56.759
 that we've

00:43:56.759 --> 00:43:57.259
 created a term

00:43:57.259 --> 00:43:57.739
 for people who

00:43:57.739 --> 00:43:58.059
 spend their

00:43:58.059 --> 00:43:58.559
 full time,

00:43:58.639 --> 00:43:59.400
 it's a vocation

00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:00.059
 to go

00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:00.340
 overseas.

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:00.920
 It's okay

00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:01.619
 that we do

00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:01.840
 that.

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:02.360
 But the

00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:03.460
 danger of

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:03.820
 it is that

00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:04.639
 we cease to

00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:05.160
 do anything

00:44:05.160 --> 00:44:05.500
 because we're

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:06.139
 not missionaries.

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:07.200
 We're not

00:44:07.200 --> 00:44:07.840
 radical like

00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:08.240
 that.

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:09.960
 We're all

00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:10.599
 called to

00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:11.720
 serve God

00:44:11.720 --> 00:44:12.360
 in this

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:12.760
 way.

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:14.900
 The things

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:15.180
 of this

00:44:15.180 --> 00:44:15.900
 earth are

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:16.539
 fading away.

00:44:16.660 --> 00:44:16.760
 They're

00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:17.200
 turning to

00:44:17.200 --> 00:44:17.480
 dust.

00:44:17.700 --> 00:44:17.880
 They're

00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:18.340
 passing.

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:19.200
 Soon

00:44:19.200 --> 00:44:20.280
 they will

00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:21.340
 be gone.

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:22.639
 Do you

00:44:22.639 --> 00:44:23.340
 spend your

00:44:23.340 --> 00:44:24.079
 energies on

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:24.720
 those things,

00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:25.039
 on the

00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:25.400
 finite,

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.440
 or are you

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:27.119
 spending your

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:27.660
 energy on

00:44:27.660 --> 00:44:28.579
 the infinite?

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:30.200
 joy,

00:44:30.200 --> 00:44:30.480
 joy,

00:44:30.820 --> 00:44:31.840
 abounding joy

00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:33.200
 will be yours

00:44:33.200 --> 00:44:33.740
 if you do.

00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:34.539
 Verse 13,

00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:35.119
 we'll talk about

00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:36.860
 that next week.

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:37.599
 Let's pray

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:37.880
 together.