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 Thank you, Ellen, and thank you, Agnes, for sharing that for us.

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 Last week was fun.

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 Got to hear Joyce and just the stuff that they do.

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 Again, I said she's not a superhero.

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 She's just a simple person who said a simple yes

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 That ended up doing supernatural things.

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 And that's all of us here.

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 That's all of us here.

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 Whether you're called to the Congo,

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 or whether you're called to Admiralty,

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 or whether you're called to Aberdeen,

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 it really doesn't matter.

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 The question really is,

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 are you saying yes to God?

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 But let me just give you one quick warning now

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 when it comes to that.

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 Please don't do any of those things

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 out of the goodness of your own heart.

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 Don't do it because you just want to be a good person.

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 Hey, I just want to do this because I got money.

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 They don't.

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 I got time.

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 They don't.

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 I got skills.

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 They don't.

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 Let me just help you because I'm better than you.

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 Don't do it out of the goodness of your own heart.

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 Does anyone remember?

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 Last week I asked Joyce,

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 what was the secret to doing all of this?

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 And it was her last point.

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 Does anyone remember what the secret was?

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 Yes, cue on.

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 Falling in love with God.

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 Don't do it out of the goodness of your own heart.

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 Do it because you are deeply loved.

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 And there is a love that's inside you

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 that you can't help but express out.

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 That you can't help but have it overflow

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 into the different settings that God is calling you to.

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 The question really is,

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 how do you get that love?

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 There was a quote that she quoted

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 that I'll paraphrase now by a guy called Paul Washer.

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 And it was this,

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 a passion for souls comes from a passion for Christ.

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 A passion for mission comes from a passion for Christ.

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 If you don't have a passion for Christ,

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 you don't really have a passion for anything.

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 And so all of this has to come from that place of love.

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 The question I have for us today is,

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 how do we have that love?

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 How do we get to that place

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 where we are truly in knowledge of that kind of love?

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 And really it comes down to one thing,

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 the gospel.

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 The gospel.

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 Who grew up in the church here?

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 Just put your hand up if you grew up in the church.

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 You will, well I hope, I think,

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 you will know what the gospel means.

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 I usually like to pick on Gabs.

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 I want to carry on with that trend right here.

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 Gabs, if I asked you what the,

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 how you would define the gospel

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 in just one sentence or two,

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 what would you say?

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 Yeah.

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 I put him on the spot to do that.

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 And one, I know because I know that he can.

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 But two, really, we all should be able to do that.

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 If someone goes to us and says,

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 what's the good news?

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 Would you be able to say it?

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 We are more broken than we actually understand,

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 but we're actually far more loved.

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 That's so similar to what Keller says.

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 That we are far worse than we ever imagined,

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 but far more loved than we ever dare dream.

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 There's something about that that is so important

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 when it comes to what the gospel is in your own heart.

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 Keep on, what's the gospel for you?

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 What's the good news for you?

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 The story of the creator of the universe

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 coming down to die.

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 Of course, ever the director,

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 there's a story.

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 That's what it is.

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 We're real people with real problems

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 in need of a real savior.

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 And that is the gospel.

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 We've been going through the book of Acts.

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 If you look at the book of Acts,

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 actually a third of it is speeches.

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 It's actually people explaining what the gospel is.

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 Whether it's Peter,

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 which is what we're going to go through today,

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 or whether it's Paul,

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 or whether it's Stephen,

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 just before he gets killed,

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 there is a speech that is delivered.

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 St. Francis of Assisi was the one who said,

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 preach the gospel at all times,

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 use words when necessary,

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 to the effect of,

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 hey, we should be preaching the gospel with our lives.

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 It should be just the way we live.

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 And so a lot of us Christians,

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 especially the ones who are a little bit more scared

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 and cautious,

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 we'll be like,

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 oh, well, I'll just preach the gospel

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 just with the way I live.

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 And that's enough.

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 And I can tell you here,

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 actually, that's not,

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 if I was just to add that,

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 and someone else added this,

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 it wasn't me,

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 preach the gospel at all times,

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 use words when necessary,

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 and it is always necessary.

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 How good are we at actually using our words

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 to communicate what the gospel is?

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 And I'm not talking about

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 standing in front of a group of people,

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 talking for 30, 40 minutes on a sermon.

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 I'm not talking about that.

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 I'm saying,

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 can you,

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 in two sentences or less,

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 tell people why the good news is the good news

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 and why it's changed your life?

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 That is essential

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 because we're in a time and a place

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 where there is a deep, deep need for that.

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 And you see Peter here doing that.

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 Just to recap,

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 just to rewind your mind of what has happened.

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 The day of Pentecost happened.

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 Boom,

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 a reversal of the Tower of Babel.

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 Boom,

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 a reversal of the law coming.

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 Now the Spirit comes

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 and it's not just on one person.

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 It's not just on Moses.

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 It's on everyone.

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 And they start speaking

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 all these different languages.

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 Any language you can think of,

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 anything under the earth,

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 they're speaking it

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 and you're like,

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 wow,

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 the people there are like,

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 whoa,

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 what's going on here?

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 What's the commotion?

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 What's the chaos?

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 The Holy Spirit has come upon them.

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 Actually,

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 it's interesting.

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 The crowd,

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 when they spill out of the upper room

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 onto the streets,

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 the crowd are just like,

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 what is going on?

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 And the words that are used

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 to describe them

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 in Acts chapter 2

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 are,

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 they're astonished,

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 they're bewildered,

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 they're perplexed,

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 they're amazed,

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 they mock.

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 These guys must be drunk.

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 And it's at that point,

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 Peter,

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 impulsive,

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 uneducated,

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 Peter,

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 the one who betrayed,

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 who said to Jesus

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 in front of everyone,

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 God,

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 where Jesus,

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 wherever you go,

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 I will go.

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 And then 10 minutes later,

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 gets scared when a little girl

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 asks him,

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 aren't you with Jesus?

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 And he's like,

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 no,

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 no,

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 that wasn't me.

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 That Peter,

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 that Peter who gets restored

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 by Jesus by the fireplace,

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 stands up and explains

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 to the people,

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 hey,

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 these guys aren't drunk,

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 it's 9 o'clock in the morning.

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 Something else has happened.

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 Today

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 is the birthday

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 of the church.

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 Today,

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 there is no turning back.

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 And then he explains,

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 and he gives this speech.

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 And it's interesting,

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 these people go from mocking

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 and being perplexed

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 and being astonished

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 to suddenly being cut to the heart

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 is Acts 2.37.

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 What did he say?

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 And I'll tell you,

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 as we were worshipping there,

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 I was praying,

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 I was like,

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 God,

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 don't let me say anything

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 that you aren't saying here.

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 I'm going to treat these next,

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 this next time here,

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 what we're about to read,

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 what I'm about to open up

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 as just the words of God

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 that led people

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 from being perplexed

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 and mocking

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 to being cut to the heart.

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 And I'm going to ask Julian

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 to come up to read it for us.

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 Can I invite you to stand

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 for the word of the Lord?

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 But Peter,

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 standing with the eleven,

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 lifted up his voice

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 and addressed them,

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 Men of Judea

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 and all who dwell in Jerusalem,

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 let this be known to you

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 and give ear to my words.

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 For these people are not drunk,

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 as you suppose,

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 since it is only

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 the third hour of the day.

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 But this is what was uttered

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 through the prophet Joel.

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 And in the last days

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 it shall be,

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 God declares,

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 that I will pour out

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 my spirit on all flesh

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 and your sons

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 and your daughters

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 shall prophesy

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 and your young men

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 shall see visions

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 and your old men

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 shall dream dreams

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 even on my male servants

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 and female servants.

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 In those days,

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 I will pour out my spirit

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 and they shall prophesy.

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 And I will show wonders

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 in the heavens above

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 and signs on the earth below,

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 blood and fire

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 and vapor of smoke.

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 The sun shall be turned

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 to darkness

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 and the moon to blood

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 before the day of the Lord comes,

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 the great and magnificent day.

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 And it shall come to pass

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 that everyone who calls

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 upon the name of the Lord

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 shall be saved.

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 Men of Israel,

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 hear these words,

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 a man attested to you

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 by God with mighty works

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 and wonders and signs

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 that God did through him

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 in your midst,

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 as you yourselves know.

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 This Jesus delivered up

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 according to the definite plan

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 and foreknowledge of God,

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 you crucified and killed

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 by the hands of lawless men.

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 God raised him up,

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 loosing the pangs of death

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 because it was not possible

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 for him to be held by it.

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 For David says concerning him,

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 I saw the Lord always before me,

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 for he is at my right hand,

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 that I may not be shaken.

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 Therefore my heart was glad

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 and my tongue rejoiced.

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 My flesh also will dwell in hope,

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 for you will not abandon

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 my soul to Hades

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 or let your Holy One

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 see corruption.

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 You have made known to me

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 the paths of life.

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 You will make me full of gladness

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 with your presence.

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 Brothers, I may say to you

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 with confidence

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 about the patriarch David

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 that he both died

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 and was buried

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 and his tomb is with us

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 to this day.

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 Being therefore a prophet

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 and knowing that God

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 had sworn with an oath to him

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 that he would set

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 one of his descendants

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 on his throne,

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 he foresaw

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 and spoke about

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 the resurrection of the Christ,

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 that he was not abandoned

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 to Hades

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 nor did his flesh

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 see corruption.

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 This Jesus God raised up

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 and of that

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 we all are witnesses.

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 Being therefore exalted

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 at the right hand of God

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 and having received

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 from the Father

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 the promise of the Holy Spirit,

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 he was poured out

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 this that you yourselves

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 are seeing and hearing.

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 For David did not ascend

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 into the heavens,

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 but he himself says,

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 the Lord said to my Lord,

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 sit at my right hand

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 until I make your enemies

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 your footstool.

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 Let all the house of Israel

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 therefore know for certain

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 that God has made him

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 both Lord and Christ,

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 this Jesus whom you crucified.

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 Now when they heard this,

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 they were cut to the heart

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 and said to Peter

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 and the rest of the apostles,

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 brothers,

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 what shall we do?

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 And Peter said to them,

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 repent and be baptized

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 every one of you

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 in the name of Jesus Christ

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 for the forgiveness

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 of your sins

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 and you will receive

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 the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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 For the promise is for you

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 and for your children

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 and for all who are far off,

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 every one whom the Lord

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 our God calls to himself.

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 And with many other words,

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 he bore witness

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 and continued to exhort them,

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 saying,

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 save yourselves

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 from this crooked generation.

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 So those who received

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 his word were baptized

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 and there were added that day

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 about 3,000 souls.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Please take a seat.

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 Thank you, Julian.

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 Holy Spirit,

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 we are eager to hear from you.

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 Not my words.

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 In the same spirit

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 that spoke through Peter,

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 be the same spirit

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 that speaks here.

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 You know our hearts.

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 You know our thoughts.

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 You know our context.

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 You know the anxieties we have,

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 the pride that we have.

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 So Holy Spirit,

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 would you speak today

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 to my friends,

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 to my brothers and sisters.

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 It's in your name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Peter stands up

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 and he just displays this courage.

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 He's able to articulate

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 something that causes

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 3,000 people

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 to be just cut to the heart.

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 What was it that he actually showed?

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 It was the gospel.

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 People,

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 this sermon today

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 is on a sermon

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 and we're just going to go

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 through the sermon.

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 It's called the Kerygma.

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 It's called the simplest

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 proclamation of the gospel

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 and I hope that as we come

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 away from here,

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 you and I

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 will all be able to

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 at least in two,

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 three sentences

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 be able to share

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 what the gospel actually is

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 and I'll show you

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 some of the different parts

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 of the gospel

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 here that we can see.

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 I remember so clearly,

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 I don't know if Hank remembers,

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 Hank,

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 we had lunch

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 maybe a few months back

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 a half year ago

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 and Hank,

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 by the way,

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 is the chairman

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 of the deacons board

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 so when Agnes comes up

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 to the stage,

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 you know it's something important.

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 If there's ever a day

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 that Hank has to come up

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 and say something,

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 that's going to be

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 a really serious,

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 very important conversation

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 to have.

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 But there's one thing

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 that actually,

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 I don't even know

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 if he remembers

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 that he said.

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 He was like,

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 I just have a prayer

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 and I hope

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 that our pastors

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 and our leaders

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 in the church

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 have a deeper understanding

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 of the gospel.

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 I don't know if you,

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 do you remember

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 saying that?

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 You're like,

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 sure,

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 give me credit for that.

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 And I was struck

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 and I was like,

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 what if,

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 what if as pastors,

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 what if as leaders

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 didn't truly have

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 an understanding

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 of what the gospel is

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 in the very depths

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 of our heart?

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 I'll tell you

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 what it looks like

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 if people don't have

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 a true understanding

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 of the gospel,

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 you hold on to bitterness

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 longer than you should.

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 You find it hard

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 to forgive people.

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 You still gossip,

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 you still compare.

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 Because you don't truly

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 understand the gospel.

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 And so here we see

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 he explains

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 what is the kerygman.

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 I want to show

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 a couple parts.

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 We won't go through

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 verse by verse

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 because we only have

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 till 1230.

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 So the first thing

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 he does here is

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 he brings the history

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 into the present.

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 He brings history

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 into the present.

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 He's saying,

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 hey guys,

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 what just happened,

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 what is happening

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 isn't because

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 we've been just drinking

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 all night

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 and we were playing

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 board games

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 and then we were

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 playing poker

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 and then we all

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 got a little bit excited

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 and now we're coming out

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 and it's all a little bit crazy.

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 We're not making this up.

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 It's not like,

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 oh,

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 we had a great worship time

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 upstairs in that room

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 and now we're coming out

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 and we're going to

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 start something

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 because it was just,

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 you should have been there.

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 It was so good.

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 It wasn't that.

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 He's saying,

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 hey guys,

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 this has been foretold

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 for a very,

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 very long time.

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 There are prophecies

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 from the Old Testament

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 and he knows his crowd.

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 He's talking to the Jews.

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 So he quotes scriptures

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 that they would have known

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 and he said,

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 hey,

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 you've grown up

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 learning about these things

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 and it's finally happening.

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 This is it.

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 You remember the prophet Joel, guys?

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 Remember what he said

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 in chapter two?

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 This is it.

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 It's happening.

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 Joel foresaw

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 that the Spirit

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 will be poured on all people

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 and that everyone

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 who calls on the name

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 of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 Do you realize

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 how big those two things are

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 for the Jewish people

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 who actually were

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 a very inward-looking group?

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 They were very proud-looking

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 group.

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 They were a group

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 that were very hurt

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 and oppressed

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 for so many years

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 that everything for them

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 was,

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 they were the chosen people

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 but they didn't feel chosen.

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 And so they,

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 so for them to say,

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 hey,

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 the Spirit's going to pour out

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 on all people

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 and everyone

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 who calls on the name

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 of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 He's saying,

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 hey,

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 we're not making this up.

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 This has been brewing

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 for a very long time.

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 He's saying,

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 these prophecies

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 are now happening today.

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 And then he goes

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 and talks about David.

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 He talks about David

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 in Psalm 16.

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 He talks about David

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 in Psalm 110.

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 He's saying,

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 you know David,

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 the man after God's own heart.

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 King David,

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 the greatest king Israel

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 has ever known.

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 Do you know that David

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 wasn't talking about himself?

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 David was talking about this day.

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 So he was bringing the history

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 into the present

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 and he was trying to explain

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 to people in their context.

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 Reminds me of Paul

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 in Acts 17

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 when he goes to Athens

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 and he speaks to them

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 in their context.

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 and he goes,

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 hey,

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 I know how you guys think.

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 I know what you guys know

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 and I'm here to point you

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 to Jesus.

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 I'm reminded that Jesus himself

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 was multilingual.

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 He spoke Aramaic

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 and Hebrew and Greek

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 and he would choose

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 to speak to the people

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 in a language

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 that they would understand.

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 The question for us

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 is in Hong Kong,

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 I mean,

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 don't you think

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 it's actually interesting

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 and weird

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 that you are here

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 in Hong Kong

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 and there is a

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 Chinese looking person

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 speaking to you

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 in English

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 about the gospel.

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 That would not have happened

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 were it not for this day.

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 Pentecost coming

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 and the effects

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 that that had

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 on just the history

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 of the world.

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 And so Peter stands up

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 and brings the history

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 into the present

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 and says,

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 hey,

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 we're not making this up.

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 Something else

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 I find interesting,

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 he's speaking,

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 being spirit-filled here

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 but he uses scripture.

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 It reminds me

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 that as I was on my journey

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 going,

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 God,

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 I want to hear you.

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 Do you have that?

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 God,

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 I want to hear your voice.

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 I want to hear more of you.

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 I found the moment

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 I started reading more scripture,

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 knowing more scripture,

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 memorizing more scripture,

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 that scripture club

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 is still alive and well.

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 Thank you,

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 Paul,

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 for leading us in that.

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 The more I found

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 myself memorizing scripture,

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 the more I found

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 I could hear from God.

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 So I'll encourage you,

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 if you're wondering,

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 oh God,

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 I want to hear from God,

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 these people seem

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 to be hearing from God,

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 then just get into scripture

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 because they would be aligned

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 because it's the same

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 because it's his word.

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 And so you see Peter

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 being filled with the spirit.

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 I'm not even sure

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 he knows what he's saying

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 at this point.

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 He's just,

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 it just comes out of his mouth

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 and what comes out?

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 Scripture.

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 What comes out is saying,

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 making sense of the present

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 by looking at the history.

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 Something else he does

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 is he brings clarity

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 because people,

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 no doubt,

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 are confused

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 because you've got this person

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 over here speaking this language

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 and this guy over here

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 speaking Hakka

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 and this guy here

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 speaking Pudhuwa

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 and then suddenly

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 he's going to be like,

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 what is going on?

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 And he's saying,

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 hey guys,

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 calm down.

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 It's okay.

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 We bring clarity

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 into the situation.

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 It makes me think,

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 those of us who hold

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 the good news,

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 who are bearers of the gospel,

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 do we bring clarity

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 to any situation

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 that exists

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 in this context

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 that we have here?

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 We have colleagues,

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 we have friends,

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 we have family

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 who are confused,

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 who are hurt,

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 who are broken.

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 I don't know why

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 that's happening.

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 I don't understand

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 why that is happening

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 in the world right now.

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 Can we bring clarity

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 into those situations?

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 Can we speak truth

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 into those situations?

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 Can we help people

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 understand what's happening

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 in the world

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 by pointing them

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 to Jesus?

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 C.S. Lewis was the one

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 who said,

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 I believe in Christianity

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 like I believe in the sun,

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 not only because I see it,

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 but because by it

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 I see everything else.

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 You and I,

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 I'm absolutely sure

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 that you and I

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 are surrounded by people

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 who are confused,

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 who are angry

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 about the world,

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 who are confused

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 about themselves.

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 Do we

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 have the knowledge

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 of God

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 and the spirit

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 of God

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 and the mindset

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 to be able to speak

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 into their situation

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 and go,

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 hey,

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 this is why it's happening.

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 This is why you're feeling

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 maybe this way.

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 Again,

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 with humility,

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 we're not saying

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 that we know everything,

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 but then point them

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 to Jesus.

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 Point them

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 to clarity.

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 Can we do that?

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 And so he really

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 points them to,

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 and it's really

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 quite simple.

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 So if you're sat there

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 going,

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 well,

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 James,

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 I can't preach this

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 and I've never

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 done a talk before,

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 I've never been able

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 to share the gospel

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 before,

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 but it really,

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 as long as you say

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 that simple yes,

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 then you'll say,

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 there's a favorite story

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 that I've been reading

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 this last week

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 and it's in John 9

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 about the guy

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 who was born blind

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 and then he gets healed

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 and then he sees,

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 which is quite appropriate

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 given what we shared

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 last week from Joyce,

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 and he sees and then,

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 this is this whole commotion

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 in chapter 9.

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 First his neighbors go,

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 is he the guy?

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 We've seen this guy before,

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 he's been blind

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 for the whole of his life,

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 why is he looking around at us?

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 That's creepy,

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 that's weird.

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 And then they take him

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 to the Pharisees

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 and the Pharisees are like,

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 why are you seeing?

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 Why would this happen

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 on the Sabbath?

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 Let's ignore the fact

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 that now your life

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 has changed forever

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 and that you can actually see us.

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 We're more concerned

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 that someone did it

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 on the Sabbath.

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 And then they go

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 to his family,

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 do you remember

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 they go to his parents?

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 And his parents are like,

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 well,

00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:33.520
 they know what's happening here

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 and they're like,

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 hey,

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 yep,

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 that is our son.

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 And yes,

00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:37.080
 correct,

00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:38.000
 he didn't see before

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 and you don't know

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 the challenges we've lived

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 as a family

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 but now he is of age

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 and now he does see.

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 But then they say,

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 hey,

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 just ask him.

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 Just ask him.

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 And it's funny

00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:51.400
 because the way

00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:52.180
 he responds to them

00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:53.180
 when they keep chasing him down

00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:54.120
 is actually quite comical.

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.700
 It's actually quite true.

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 And he's like,

00:18:56.580 --> 00:18:57.799
 why do you keep asking me

00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.740
 questions about this guy?

00:18:58.880 --> 00:18:59.759
 Do you want to believe in him?

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 Do you want to follow him?

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.819
 So this guy

00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:04.200
 who's blind

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.579
 who doesn't,

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:05.900
 obviously he's never read

00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:06.359
 scripture,

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:07.519
 who doesn't know anything yet.

00:19:07.620 --> 00:19:08.920
 He says the most profound things

00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:09.259
 and he's like,

00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:09.420
 look,

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:10.220
 I don't know who he is.

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:10.700
 I don't know what

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.519
 all the commotion is

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:11.920
 with you guys.

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:13.099
 I'll tell you this though.

00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:13.620
 I was blind

00:19:13.620 --> 00:19:14.240
 but now I see.

00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:17.819
 And then he meets Jesus

00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:18.700
 and he just follows him.

00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:19.620
 I don't know

00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:20.299
 if it's that hard.

00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.880
 When we set out

00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.140
 to go,

00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:23.259
 hey,

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.720
 we're going to share

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.279
 the good news,

00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:25.799
 I don't know

00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:26.700
 if it needs to be

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 that hard.

00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:29.220
 I think it's just like

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:29.940
 that song that we sang,

00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.559
 thank you Jesus

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 for the blood,

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 that actually,

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.259
 I was here

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:34.519
 and then I met him

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:36.460
 and now I'm here.

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.360
 It has to be

00:19:38.360 --> 00:19:39.360
 a personal experience

00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:41.860
 but when the spirit

00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:42.380
 fills you

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:43.340
 and you start knowing

00:19:43.340 --> 00:19:43.900
 the word of God,

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 I believe the words

00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.860
 will flow out of your mouth.

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 You look at Paul

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.519
 talks about in 1 Corinthians,

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 he said it's not lofty

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:49.080
 speech or wisdom.

00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:49.799
 You're not here

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.600
 to try and debate

00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:51.640
 with your family member

00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.299
 or to debate

00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:52.819
 with your friend

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.319
 or your colleague

00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:54.279
 and talk to them

00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:55.319
 about apologetics

00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:56.400
 which actually,

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.380
 there is a space

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:57.700
 for that

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.360
 and this summer

00:19:58.360 --> 00:19:58.980
 we're going to go through

00:19:58.980 --> 00:20:00.039
 some of the tough questions

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:01.240
 about the faith

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:02.380
 such as if there was

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:02.819
 a good God

00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:03.580
 then why is there evil

00:20:03.580 --> 00:20:04.059
 in this world?

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:05.600
 Then let's equip ourselves,

00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:07.039
 brackets by the way,

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:08.400
 AI is of great help.

00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:09.860
 If you have,

00:20:10.340 --> 00:20:12.180
 my friend who came here

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.620
 last week

00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:12.980
 and he said,

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.240
 he's just been going

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:15.080
 through these questions

00:20:15.080 --> 00:20:15.559
 with his wife

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.680
 who's not quite a believer yet

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.580
 and he was like,

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.519
 my biggest gift

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.200
 to my wife

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:21.460
 was to sign up

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.580
 for ChatGPT Plus

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:26.859
 and then she asks ChatGPT questions

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.379
 and of course,

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.240
 I was like,

00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:28.759
 well how do you know

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.299
 that it's always right?

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:29.500
 He's like,

00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:30.859
 it knows more than I do.

00:20:32.939 --> 00:20:33.819
 But the point is,

00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:35.299
 are we even willing

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.980
 to be prepared?

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.359
 Because actually,

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.439
 there are simple ways

00:20:38.439 --> 00:20:39.179
 for us to learn

00:20:39.179 --> 00:20:40.220
 and to equip ourselves

00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:40.980
 to be able to share

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.359
 the gospel

00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:42.240
 in a simple,

00:20:42.659 --> 00:20:43.259
 succinct way

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.799
 that is piercing.

00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:45.179
 And I wanted to present

00:20:45.179 --> 00:20:46.899
 to us two very simple things

00:20:46.899 --> 00:20:47.919
 that Peter is doing here

00:20:47.919 --> 00:20:49.059
 that maybe we can take.

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.759
 When we present the gospel,

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.779
 I want you to remember

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.279
 two things,

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:52.919
 there are two S's.

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.940
 One is sin

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:55.440
 and the other is a saviour.

00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:55.960
 That's it.

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.659
 Because if you can point

00:20:57.659 --> 00:20:58.679
 to these two things,

00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:00.019
 we're on the right track

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:01.519
 and let the Holy Spirit

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 and let the Word of God

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 fill in the rest for you.

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 But if you can communicate across,

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.240
 there are two things here,

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 friend,

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 family member,

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 sin,

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 and a saviour,

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 I think we're in the right place.

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 Verse 22,

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 if you're going to follow along

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 with me here,

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 it says this,

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 Men of Israel,

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 hear these words,

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 a man attested to you.

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 Another version is attributed to you.

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 So given to you by God

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 with mighty works

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 and wonders and signs

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 that God did through him

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 in your midst,

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 as you yourselves know,

00:21:28.139 --> 00:21:29.079
 this Jesus,

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 delivered up according

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 to the definite plan

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 and foreknowledge of God,

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 you crucified and killed

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 by the hands of lawless men.

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 So he introduces Jesus.

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 He says,

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 when you talk about the gospel,

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 you can't avoid Jesus.

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 When you talk about sin

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 and the saviour,

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 it has to involve Jesus.

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 Jesus is the beginning

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 and the end.

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 So make sure when you're talking

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 about these things,

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 you talk about these,

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 you talk about all of it

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 through the lens

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 in the context of Jesus

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 and he introduces Jesus

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 and he says,

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 hey,

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 you know Jesus.

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 He was given to you by God.

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 He was with you

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 and here's your problem.

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 You crucified him.

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 You did this.

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 What is he doing?

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 He's presenting to them

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 their sin.

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 He's presenting to them

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 the crime

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 that they've committed.

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 Now,

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.680
 these people sat there

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 that may not have been,

00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.060
 hey,

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 I didn't crucify him.

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 But that's the point.

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 They're saying,

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 actually,

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 every time you choose

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 to not trust God,

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 every time you choose

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 to not follow him,

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 to follow the way,

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 that is sin.

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 And really,

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 when we're talking

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 about the gospel,

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 it starts with the ownership

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 of actually,

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 what have we done here?

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 The awareness

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 and acknowledgement

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 of our own sin.

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 We have to.

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 That concern

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:42.120
 that Hank had of,

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 do we truly understand

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 what the gospel is?

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 I think it starts with,

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:47.240
 do we truly understand

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 how wretched we are?

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 Do we truly understand

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 how broken we are?

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 It has to start there.

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 And there's some people

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 who,

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 oh,

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 well,

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 I don't know

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 about this whole singing.

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 I don't know

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 about this whole worship.

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 Well,

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 then the question is,

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 do you truly

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 actually know the gospel?

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 Because that's important.

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.579
 The journey

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.240
 of the Christian faith

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:08.099
 as you mature

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:09.160
 is that you realize

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.880
 that when you sin,

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 it's not that you

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.620
 are breaking the rules,

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 it's that you are

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.240
 breaking God's heart.

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 There is a difference.

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 Because when you truly

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 understand the gospel,

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 that man,

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.380
 what I did

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:19.980
 is actually breaking

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 God's heart

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 and not just the rules.

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 It's not just my actions,

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.099
 but it's my thoughts.

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 That it's a relationship

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 that he's after.

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.099
 That's when you start

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 to understand.

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 That's the first step

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 to being cut to the heart.

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.859
 That's the first step

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.640
 in falling in love

00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:34.160
 with God

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 is actually just knowing

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 where you're at.

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 Knowing your own sin.

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 And we talked about this

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.680
 a couple months ago

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 when we were going through

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:40.319
 the spiritual disciplines

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:41.559
 and confession was one of them.

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 It starts with us

00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:44.579
 being able to articulate

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 what it is

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.740
 that we're struggling with.

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 When was the last time

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:49.500
 you were able to articulate

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.539
 your sin?

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 The last time

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:54.019
 you gave in to temptation,

00:23:54.179 --> 00:23:55.259
 were you able to articulate

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.359
 actually why it is?

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 Not just to feel bad

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.379
 for what you've done,

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.240
 but to realize

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 the deepest thing,

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 the reason for why

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.139
 you got there.

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 I fell into this temptation

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 not just because

00:24:06.020 --> 00:24:07.180
 I was being,

00:24:07.280 --> 00:24:08.100
 oh, it might be

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:09.280
 an issue of procrastination.

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.340
 It might be an issue

00:24:10.340 --> 00:24:11.259
 of loneliness.

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 It might be an issue

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.460
 of going,

00:24:12.520 --> 00:24:13.759
 God, I don't actually trust

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:15.240
 that you have

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.420
 my best interests at heart.

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 There's one quote

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.440
 that said,

00:24:18.520 --> 00:24:19.120
 actually sin,

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.980
 really what it is

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:21.220
 is that you don't believe

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.880
 that God wants you

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.380
 to be happy.

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:26.140
 That's where the sin is.

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:28.080
 How are we able

00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:29.120
 when we throw ourselves

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.759
 into work,

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:31.060
 when we throw ourselves

00:24:31.060 --> 00:24:32.120
 into trying to climb up

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:32.439
 the ladder

00:24:32.439 --> 00:24:33.379
 to get the achievements

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:33.779
 that we want,

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.939
 how able are we

00:24:34.939 --> 00:24:35.639
 to say actually

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:37.000
 my sin is actually

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.039
 I am seeking

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:39.199
 the approval of man.

00:24:39.739 --> 00:24:40.959
 I am still trying

00:24:40.959 --> 00:24:42.439
 to prove to my dad

00:24:42.439 --> 00:24:43.179
 that I am worth it.

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.679
 When you're trying

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.379
 to get power,

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:46.939
 when you're trying

00:24:46.939 --> 00:24:47.599
 to get that promotion

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.519
 so you can exhort

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.819
 authority over people,

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.099
 can you actually,

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.119
 are you able

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.679
 to articulate

00:24:52.679 --> 00:24:53.699
 that my sin

00:24:53.699 --> 00:24:56.899
 is that I need

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.559
 to be in control?

00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.359
 Can we get

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:00.899
 to that point

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.479
 where we actually

00:25:01.479 --> 00:25:02.099
 know what our

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.559
 sin is

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.579
 and why we have

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:03.919
 that sin?

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.459
 I think that's

00:25:05.459 --> 00:25:06.019
 the first step.

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.619
 I think we have

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.000
 to be able to,

00:25:07.179 --> 00:25:07.839
 if we want to

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.919
 understand the good news,

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.599
 we have to be able

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.319
 to understand

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.259
 the bad news.

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.639
 That's why the good

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.179
 news is good.

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.459
 Because if not,

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.939
 if you're sad

00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:16.219
 that yeah,

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.480
 I don't know,

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.500
 well that's because

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:19.500
 my beloved brother,

00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:20.379
 let me introduce

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:21.079
 you to the bad news.

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.119
 You think you're doing

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.319
 well,

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:22.879
 you think you're

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.500
 doing alright,

00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:25.039
 but the truth is

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.379
 we're not.

00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:28.939
 That's the beginning.

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:31.539
 But the sin of man

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.580
 does not trump

00:25:32.580 --> 00:25:33.700
 the sovereignty of God.

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.320
 Verse 23,

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.940
 it says this,

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:37.180
 this Jesus delivered up

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.759
 according to the

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.660
 definite plan

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.559
 and foreknowledge of God,

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.519
 you crucified

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.680
 and killed him.

00:25:41.820 --> 00:25:42.600
 Since the fall,

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.539
 there has been

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.920
 this plan of redemption.

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.880
 Since the fall,

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.740
 when Adam and Eve

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.480
 turned their backs

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.080
 on him and said,

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.279
 God,

00:25:48.320 --> 00:25:48.799
 I don't know

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.539
 if you truly know

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:51.380
 what is best for us.

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.200
 So we're going to eat

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.600
 that apple

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.420
 and we're going to go

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.940
 because I think

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.779
 we're just going to

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.300
 take this matter

00:25:55.300 --> 00:25:55.940
 into our own hands,

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.240
 thank you.

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.340
 I think we're going

00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:58.420
 to do what's best for us.

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:00.060
 Since that moment,

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.920
 God has been orchestrating

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.940
 this plan to bring

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.900
 his children back

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:05.519
 to him.

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.259
 All of this sits

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.340
 under the sovereignty

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:10.120
 of God

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:11.360
 and all the way

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:12.019
 from the Old Testament

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:13.220
 it talks about the sacrifices

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.320
 that priests would have to give

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:15.279
 and now you have

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.880
 someone who's the

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.600
 great high priest

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:17.519
 who's greater than Moses,

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.519
 Jesus who pays

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.160
 that sacrifice.

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.660
 So because even though

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.519
 we all fall short

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.320
 of the glory of God,

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.460
 we are now all

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.500
 justified freely

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.259
 by his grace

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.279
 as a gift.

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.359
 This is the finale.

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.359
 This is the climax.

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.599
 You were messed up.

00:26:30.659 --> 00:26:31.159
 You were broken.

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.759
 You were wretched.

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.679
 You were blind.

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.539
 You were lost.

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.299
 But Jesus came.

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.779
 But Jesus came to save you

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:39.179
 because despite your sin,

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.139
 God is still in control.

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.240
 Despite your sin,

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:44.839
 God is still in control.

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.779
 Verse 24,

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:47.119
 God raised him up,

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.460
 loosing the pangs of death.

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.500
 I can imagine

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.200
 there's a but here.

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.740
 But God,

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:53.140
 you crucified him.

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.960
 You did this.

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:55.440
 But God raised him up.

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.319
 It reminds me of Ephesians 2

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.660
 when he says,

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.859
 you were dead in your trespasses

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.180
 and sins.

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.480
 You were following this world

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:02.140
 and you were heading down

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.279
 this path that would lead

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.839
 to destruction.

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:06.140
 But, but, but God,

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.660
 being rich in mercy

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.819
 because of the great love

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:10.000
 that he had for you,

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.859
 saved you.

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.680
 To understand the gospel,

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.880
 to understand the good news,

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.980
 we have to be able

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.519
 to articulate

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.980
 and understand the bad news

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:21.839
 and then understand

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:23.099
 God's intervention.

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.559
 But God raised him up,

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.619
 loosing the pangs of death

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.599
 because it was not possible

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:29.059
 for him to be held by it.

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.480
 And then he goes into this passage

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.319
 where he quotes David.

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:33.379
 Where he goes to the Old Testament,

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.000
 goes to history

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.259
 and goes,

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.980
 this is what it is.

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.220
 You guys respect David.

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:37.039
 You guys love David.

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.319
 But let me tell you about David.

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.319
 David's dead.

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.960
 His tomb's just down there.

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:44.120
 You thought David

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.779
 may have been talking

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.340
 about himself

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:46.039
 that he would never die

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:47.200
 but David did die

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.500
 and now his tomb is there

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.100
 but I'll tell you about

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.920
 someone who did die

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:52.100
 but then came back to life again

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:53.319
 is what he said.

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:53.759
 And he's saying,

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:55.380
 hey, it's not about David.

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.799
 It's about Jesus.

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.200
 And then he points to proof.

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.400
 He's saying,

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.039
 I'm stood here

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.900
 because I'm a witness.

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.860
 What am I a witness to?

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.819
 That someone died

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.500
 and rose again

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.579
 and there is an empty tomb

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:06.079
 to prove it.

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.799
 This reminds me

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.740
 of 1 Corinthians 15

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.720
 about the resurrection

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.740
 I think that Flo just read.

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.920
 When Paul says,

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.120
 he said,

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:13.559
 this is the only important thing.

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.620
 If you forget everything else

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.299
 I say today,

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:16.500
 if you forget everything else

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.220
 this Bible says,

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.340
 1 Corinthians 15,

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.460
 Jesus died

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.759
 and now he lives.

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.900
 And there is a tomb

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.700
 to prove it.

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.440
 And for thousands of years

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.519
 they've tried to disprove it

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.340
 and yet they can't.

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:30.039
 The empty tomb remains.

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:31.799
 They say someone stole the body.

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.960
 Who stole the body?

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:35.220
 Did the disciples steal the body?

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:37.740
 Because maybe they were just so sad

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.279
 about Jesus.

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.400
 Maybe they stole it

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:40.319
 and created a whole story

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.360
 but then why were they willing

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.279
 to die for it?

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:45.419
 Well maybe the Pharisees

00:28:45.419 --> 00:28:46.359
 stole the body

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.299
 because they thought

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.399
 something like Christianity

00:28:48.399 --> 00:28:49.299
 would be born and happen.

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.559
 Well when it started

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.740
 to gain momentum

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.559
 why didn't they bring

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.359
 the body back out?

00:28:54.439 --> 00:28:55.459
 Well maybe it was the Romans.

00:28:55.699 --> 00:28:56.359
 Well do you know

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:57.159
 what would happen

00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:58.279
 to those Roman guards

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:59.819
 because they didn't do their job

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.479
 and they didn't look

00:29:00.479 --> 00:29:01.099
 after that body?

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:03.699
 It doesn't make sense.

00:29:05.439 --> 00:29:06.759
 We're sat here

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:08.939
 this Chinese man

00:29:08.939 --> 00:29:10.399
 English speaking man

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:12.000
 speaking to you in Hong Kong

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.799
 about the gospel.

00:29:13.439 --> 00:29:14.879
 This is here

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.719
 right now

00:29:15.719 --> 00:29:16.899
 is because that tomb

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.480
 is empty.

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.559
 And that message

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.559
 has been passed

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.879
 through generations

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.879
 through countries

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.959
 through continents

00:29:23.959 --> 00:29:26.759
 that someone defied the grave.

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:29.140
 and Peter's saying

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.839
 it wasn't David.

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.859
 We're not making this up

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.359
 we're witnesses

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.819
 and anyway

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.599
 if we're going to make up

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:35.059
 a story in that time

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:36.220
 we wouldn't use

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.960
 the first witness

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.559
 to be a woman

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:40.140
 because in this context

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:41.640
 they're not trusted in court

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.900
 so if we're to make up

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.220
 a story

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.220
 we wouldn't use her

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.740
 but yet this is the truth

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.759
 this is how it happened.

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.500
 The resurrection

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:52.220
 is what he points to.

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:54.019
 And then he says

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.539
 well look

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.259
 David also

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.380
 did not ascend

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.120
 verse 34

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:58.519
 David did not ascend

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.019
 into the heavens

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.960
 for he himself says

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.799
 the Lord said to my Lord

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.640
 sit at my right hand.

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.140
 He's saying

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:03.220
 David did not fly

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.980
 into the sky

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:05.039
 but Jesus did

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.160
 and we are all witnesses.

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:09.019
 So he goes to history

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.500
 he goes to proof

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:12.480
 he talks about sin

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:14.860
 and he points to the Savior.

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:17.319
 All of this hinges on

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.360
 who Jesus Christ is

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:19.299
 and the fact that

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.920
 he is alive.

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:21.140
 And this last verse

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:22.160
 of his speech

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:23.460
 let all the house

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.940
 of Israel

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.580
 therefore know

00:30:24.580 --> 00:30:25.040
 for certain

00:30:25.040 --> 00:30:25.900
 that God has made him

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.820
 both Lord and Christ

00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:27.620
 this Jesus

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:28.460
 whom you crucified.

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:30.100
 Again just to hammer home

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:30.740
 you did this.

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.900
 This was our sin

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.420
 that put him

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:35.100
 on the cross.

00:30:36.560 --> 00:30:37.800
 That last sentence

00:30:37.800 --> 00:30:39.240
 I can imagine

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.580
 Jesus

00:30:39.580 --> 00:30:41.440
 Peter is probably

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:42.720
 getting pretty loud.

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:44.279
 You can't imagine

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.920
 him say that

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:46.519
 without conviction.

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.960
 Let all the house

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.380
 of Israel

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.340
 therefore know

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:50.400
 for certain

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:52.019
 that God

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:53.019
 has made him

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.560
 both Lord

00:30:53.560 --> 00:30:54.480
 and Christ

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.180
 this Jesus

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:56.519
 whom you crucified.

00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.200
 The Christ

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.800
 means Messiah

00:30:58.800 --> 00:30:59.200
 which means

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.880
 the anointed one

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.220
 which means

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.700
 the Savior.

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.259
 But I want to focus

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.759
 just a little bit

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.180
 on Lord

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:06.040
 because Jesus

00:31:06.040 --> 00:31:06.860
 is the Savior

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.660
 from our sin

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:10.300
 and he did die

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:10.980
 for our sins

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.740
 because the wages

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.420
 of sin is death.

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:15.320
 But then he resurrected

00:31:15.320 --> 00:31:16.160
 and what does he say

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.860
 when he's resurrected?

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.299
 He says

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:19.439
 now all authority

00:31:19.439 --> 00:31:19.859
 in heaven

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.219
 on earth

00:31:20.219 --> 00:31:21.219
 has been given to me.

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.299
 He is now

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.399
 not just Savior

00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:25.179
 he is Lord.

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.939
 This would have been

00:31:27.939 --> 00:31:29.479
 we skim over that now

00:31:29.479 --> 00:31:29.959
 because we're like

00:31:29.959 --> 00:31:30.339
 yeah of course

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:30.919
 Jesus is Lord

00:31:30.919 --> 00:31:32.259
 and we see crosses

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.619
 everywhere

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.459
 and it's cool.

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.759
 Can you understand

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.419
 what he said

00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:37.099
 at that time

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:38.359
 when Caesar

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.819
 was supposed

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.319
 to be Lord?

00:31:41.419 --> 00:31:42.519
 Let's not skim over

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.899
 for that

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.819
 that he said

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.279
 that now

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.799
 Jesus

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.819
 is Lord.

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.200
 Did you know

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.039
 that people died

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:48.319
 for that fact there?

00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.559
 It's one thing

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.980
 that Jesus

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.599
 is your Savior

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:52.299
 it's another thing

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.639
 that Jesus

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:53.259
 is your Lord.

00:31:54.919 --> 00:31:55.779
 What does that mean?

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.399
 It means that

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:57.779
 he is now King

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.819
 he is in control

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.440
 of your life.

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.940
 If we're honest

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.480
 with ourselves

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.379
 Jesus we love

00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:03.139
 that he's our Savior

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:03.779
 he saved us

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.399
 when we were drowning

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:06.220
 but do we believe

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.819
 that he is Lord?

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.559
 If someone was

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.539
 to come into your life

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.279
 and observe

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.059
 the way you lived

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:13.460
 and just took notes

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.180
 for a whole week

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:15.360
 would they come up

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.840
 with a summary

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:16.340
 that Jesus

00:32:16.340 --> 00:32:17.080
 is your Lord?

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.519
 If AI

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.779
 was to listen

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.240
 to everything

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.980
 that you said

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.980
 every conversation

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.640
 that you had

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.259
 every meeting

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.880
 that you had

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:26.080
 and was to summarize

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:27.200
 this person

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.120
 or these conversations

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:29.279
 would it summarize

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.259
 that this person

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.140
 believes that Jesus

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.580
 is Lord?

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:35.180
 That's a different thing.

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.500
 When we present

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.980
 the gospel

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:39.019
 we talk about sin

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.600
 the bad news

00:32:39.600 --> 00:32:40.100
 we talk about

00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:40.720
 the good news

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.320
 that there is

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.859
 a Savior

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:44.399
 but then we also

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:45.399
 have to mention

00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:46.460
 that he is now

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.379
 Lord.

00:32:48.379 --> 00:32:48.879
 C.S. Lewis

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.319
 was the one

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.619
 who said

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.639
 Jesus is either

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.179
 a lunatic

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:51.799
 or a liar

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:53.019
 or he's Lord

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:54.279
 and if he's

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:55.099
 Lord of your life

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.819
 that means he

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:57.639
 that means you do

00:32:57.639 --> 00:32:58.299
 what he says.

00:32:59.119 --> 00:32:59.700
 Jesus says

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.279
 when he was there

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.559
 he was like

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.039
 well you guys

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.460
 call me Lord

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.759
 but you don't

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.419
 do anything I say

00:33:02.419 --> 00:33:03.559
 so I'm not really Lord.

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.279
 Is he

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.099
 your Lord?

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:09.240
 I think that

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.779
 is the straw

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.219
 that breaks

00:33:10.219 --> 00:33:10.799
 the camel's back

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:12.039
 and suddenly

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.319
 they're like

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.919
 oh my goodness

00:33:12.919 --> 00:33:15.119
 I get my sin

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.539
 because I'm

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.179
 surrounded by it

00:33:16.179 --> 00:33:17.439
 I love the fact

00:33:17.439 --> 00:33:17.879
 that someone's

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.359
 saving me

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:19.779
 but now he's

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.139
 Lord

00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:22.000
 that means

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.339
 I have to

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.419
 give up everything

00:33:23.419 --> 00:33:24.459
 and follow him

00:33:24.459 --> 00:33:25.000
 that means I have to

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.959
 say yes to anything

00:33:25.959 --> 00:33:26.659
 that he says

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:27.779
 because he is

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.599
 Lord

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.899
 and then they say

00:33:29.899 --> 00:33:30.259
 now

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.619
 verse 37

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:32.399
 and now when they

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:32.799
 heard this

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.519
 they were cut

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:35.079
 to the heart

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:36.319
 see when you're

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.919
 filled with the

00:33:36.919 --> 00:33:37.119
 spirit

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.579
 and when you

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.119
 understand the

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.480
 word of God

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.779
 and when you

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.299
 understand the

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.579
 gospel

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.460
 first thing it

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.819
 does is it

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.220
 changes your

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.460
 mind

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.720
 and then it

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.240
 changes and

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.759
 drops down into

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.019
 your heart

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.339
 and then it

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.740
 changes your

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:44.980
 heart

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.639
 and after that

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:46.159
 it changes

00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:46.799
 your life

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:48.879
 that's the

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.339
 Lord piece

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:51.039
 and they're

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.339
 cut to the

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:51.480
 heart

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.019
 and they go

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.779
 brothers

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.619
 what shall

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.059
 we do

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.619
 they're not

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.099
 saying hey

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:55.740
 is there a

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.179
 Bible study

00:33:56.179 --> 00:33:56.599
 that I can

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:56.939
 go to

00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:57.599
 is there a

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:57.899
 life group

00:33:57.899 --> 00:33:58.199
 that I can

00:33:58.199 --> 00:33:58.519
 go to

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.279
 is there a

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.659
 prayer meeting

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:00.059
 that I can

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.480
 show up to

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:00.919
 is there a

00:34:00.919 --> 00:34:01.460
 Bible reading

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.220
 devotional plan

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.919
 on you

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.360
 version that

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:03.600
 I can

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:03.880
 follow

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:05.279
 when they

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.700
 say brothers

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.060
 what shall

00:34:06.060 --> 00:34:06.320
 we do

00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:06.660
 it's one

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.259
 of desperation

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.660
 it's saying

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.380
 okay I

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.980
 acknowledge I

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.320
 have messed

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:09.740
 up I

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.200
 acknowledge that

00:34:10.200 --> 00:34:10.460
 I'm a

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.599
 sinner

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:12.099
 oh my

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.300
 goodness

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.079
 Jesus did

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.599
 save me

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.240
 and now

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:14.900
 he's Lord

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.280
 he's sat

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:15.720
 here what

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:16.300
 do I need

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:16.740
 to do

00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:17.300
 to follow

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:17.619
 him

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.860
 is what

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.420
 they're

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.680
 saying

00:34:19.680 --> 00:34:21.360
 has the

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.659
 gospel

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.760
 stayed in

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.360
 well actually

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:23.599
 has the

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.039
 gospel even

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.360
 gone into

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.700
 your ears

00:34:24.700 --> 00:34:25.139
 have you had

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.480
 the gospel

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.920
 told to

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.300
 you before

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.740
 that you

00:34:26.740 --> 00:34:28.260
 are falling

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:29.059
 short of

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.360
 the glory

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.700
 of God

00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:30.180
 that you

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:30.800
 on your

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:31.380
 current path

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.400
 are heading

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:32.820
 down a

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.140
 road of

00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:33.539
 destruction

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:35.380
 and you

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.700
 might say

00:34:35.700 --> 00:34:36.460
 well I'm

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.840
 doing it

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:38.100
 I don't

00:34:38.100 --> 00:34:38.420
 know about

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:38.780
 this whole

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.539
 Lord stuff

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:43.740
 to you I

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.100
 say well

00:34:44.100 --> 00:34:46.980
 when you

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.780
 make yourself

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.180
 the center

00:34:48.180 --> 00:34:48.480
 of your

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.000
 own life

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:51.780
 actually just

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.220
 look around

00:34:52.220 --> 00:34:52.780
 this world

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.920
 as people

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:55.180
 make themselves

00:34:55.180 --> 00:34:55.640
 the center

00:34:55.640 --> 00:34:55.920
 of their

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.280
 own life

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.019
 when they

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.539
 act on

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.200
 any and

00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:58.780
 every desire

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.100
 that they

00:34:59.100 --> 00:34:59.320
 have

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.700
 themselves

00:34:59.700 --> 00:35:00.080
 how's that

00:35:00.080 --> 00:35:00.559
 working out

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:03.279
 how's the

00:35:03.279 --> 00:35:03.799
 contentment

00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:04.380
 there

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:06.199
 how's the

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.380
 peace

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:06.719
 that you

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.400
 start to

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.659
 realize

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.380
 life is

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:08.739
 not just

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:08.940
 about

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.279
 myself

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.719
 life is

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.039
 just not

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.559
 about me

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:10.960
 satisfying

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.480
 the desires

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.759
 of my

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.159
 own heart

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:13.239
 I've

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:13.599
 satisfied

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.039
 them for

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.279
 a little

00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:14.619
 bit and

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.059
 then it

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.460
 starts to

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.840
 wane and

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.320
 then I'm

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.519
 in the

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.920
 same place

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.179
 again

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:19.239
 but Jesus

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.639
 says if you

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:19.980
 make me

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.500
 Lord if you

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.079
 follow me

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.920
 if you

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.340
 make me

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.779
 your shepherd

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.219
 I will give

00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.559
 you life

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.840
 and life

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.079
 to the

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.239
 fool

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:24.679
 the thief

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:24.679


00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.099
 make me

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.340
 Lord

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:32.340
 I'm not

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:32.519
 going to

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.059
 Lord over

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.199
 you I

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:33.360
 want to

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.960
 lift you

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.320
 up so

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.659
 you can

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.179
 live a

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.500
 life

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.039
 that is

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.179
 worth

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.380
 living

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.759
 but you

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.019
 must

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.420
 follow me

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.860
 you must

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.539
 take up

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:38.940
 your cross

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.279
 and follow

00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:39.639
 me you

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.279
 must count

00:35:40.279 --> 00:35:41.119
 the cost

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.420
 is what

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.380
 Joyce was

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.820
 talking about

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.279
 last week

00:35:43.279 --> 00:35:44.119
 and there

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:44.799
 is a

00:35:44.799 --> 00:35:45.139
 cost

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:47.039
 every good

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.460
 thing has

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:47.860
 a cost

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:49.420
 but there

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:49.980
 is something

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.679
 of ultimate

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.119
 value

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:52.759
 do we

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.019
 truly

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.420
 understand

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:53.619
 that

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:53.900
 and then

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.179
 Peter

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.920
 responds to

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.059
 their

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.460
 question

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.659
 and he

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:56.900
 says

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.559
 repent

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:59.980
 turn around

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:01.300
 stop doing

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.639
 what you're

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:01.860
 doing

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:03.539
 go the

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.039
 other way

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:06.019
 because that

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.579
 way leads

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:06.980
 to a dead

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.240
 end

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:08.820
 repent

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.500
 he says

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.860
 two things

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.119
 repent

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.740
 and be

00:36:10.740 --> 00:36:11.059
 baptized

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.659
 when you

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.119
 baptize

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.579
 basically

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.920
 you are

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.440
 identifying

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:14.199
 with Christ's

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.480
 death

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.500
 and his

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:15.900
 resurrection

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.360
 and you

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:17.219
 are dying

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.940
 to yourself

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.559
 and now

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.840
 it is no

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.260
 longer you

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:19.619
 who live

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.099
 but Christ

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.460
 who lives

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.039
 inside you

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.480
 now long

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.860
 it is not

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.300
 old

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:22.860
 the old

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.199
 has gone

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:23.679
 but the

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:23.920
 new

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.400
 has come

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.820
 you are

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.199
 a new

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.940
 creation

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.440
 you are

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:26.719
 baptized

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.219
 there is a

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:27.539
 public

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.380
 declaration of

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.579
 faith

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.820
 is what

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.180
 he's saying

00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:31.420
 publicly

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:32.140
 declare

00:36:32.140 --> 00:36:32.720
 that you

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.059
 acknowledge

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.480
 your sin

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:33.800
 that you

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.120
 know who

00:36:34.120 --> 00:36:34.559
 your saviour

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:34.860
 is and

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.300
 now from

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:36.160
 this moment

00:36:36.160 --> 00:36:36.860
 onwards you

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.440
 are following

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:37.740
 him

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:39.300
 repent

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:39.820
 stop

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.400
 change

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.240
 direction

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:43.720
 and commit

00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:44.760
 is what

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.100
 he's saying

00:36:45.100 --> 00:36:46.080
 and if you

00:36:46.080 --> 00:36:46.580
 do that

00:36:46.580 --> 00:36:47.800
 if you do

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.580
 that you

00:36:48.580 --> 00:36:48.760
 will have

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:49.240
 two things

00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:49.620
 given to

00:36:49.620 --> 00:36:49.880
 you and

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.160
 they're two

00:36:50.160 --> 00:36:50.620
 great things

00:36:50.620 --> 00:36:51.019
 one is

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.260
 you'll be

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:51.519
 forgiven

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:53.800
 the forgiveness

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.280
 of sins

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.760
 and the second

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.220
 is you will

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.780
 receive the gift

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:56.100
 of the holy

00:36:56.100 --> 00:36:56.400
 spirit

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:58.019
 because here's

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:59.519
 here's the

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.760
 trick

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:01.900
 there is no

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.400
 such thing

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.940
 as a good

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.400
 christian who

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.780
 does good

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.059
 works

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.380
 there is

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.780
 just someone

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.500
 who acknowledges

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.180
 their sin

00:37:06.180 --> 00:37:06.519
 and that they

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.140
 have a saviour

00:37:07.140 --> 00:37:08.740
 and that is the

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:09.160
 holy spirit

00:37:09.160 --> 00:37:09.559
 who's living

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.180
 inside them

00:37:10.180 --> 00:37:10.920
 who is compelling

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.580
 them drawing

00:37:11.580 --> 00:37:12.100
 them to god

00:37:12.100 --> 00:37:12.539
 that's it

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.720
 the moment you

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:14.380
 think you can

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:14.980
 work your way

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.500
 to being a good

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:15.860
 christian

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.380
 you've missed

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:16.660
 the point

00:37:16.660 --> 00:37:17.300
 the moment you

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:18.260
 think that

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:19.240
 actually i'm

00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:19.460
 going to be

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:19.860
 allowed into

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.380
 heaven because

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.820
 of my good

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:21.140
 behavior

00:37:21.140 --> 00:37:22.019
 because i go

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.700
 to aberdeen

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.620
 every wednesday

00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:24.320
 to do something

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:25.519
 because i actually

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.059
 took a trip

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.559
 to congo

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:28.639
 that's what's

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:28.940
 going to allow

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.219
 me to go

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.539
 to heaven

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.039
 you have

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.360
 missed the

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.659
 point you

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:30.940
 have missed

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.320
 the gospel

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:31.719
 again

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:36.299
 repent and

00:37:36.299 --> 00:37:36.860
 be baptized and

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:37.779
 you'll receive

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.679
 forgiveness of

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:40.079
 sins and you'll

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:41.079
 receive the gift

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.619
 of the holy

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.039
 spirit and the

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.639
 promise isn't

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.380
 just for you

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:44.360
 but it's for

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.159
 your children and

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.519
 it's for those

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:45.900
 who are really

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.320
 far off

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.980
 think of the

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.539
 biggest jerk

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.079
 that you know

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:49.099
 the biggest

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.739
 sinner that you

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:50.619
 know is going

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:51.139
 to be for them

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.360
 too

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:53.039
 it's for

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.640
 everyone let

00:37:53.640 --> 00:37:54.519
 everyone who

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.519
 calls on the

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:55.820
 name of the

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.680
 lord be

00:37:56.680 --> 00:37:57.160
 saved

00:37:57.160 --> 00:38:01.059
 and they

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.780
 do and they

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.200
 respond

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:04.059
 3,000 people

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:05.200
 don't be shy

00:38:05.200 --> 00:38:05.620
 you can go

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:06.440
 you look like

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.880
 you have some

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:08.019
 important sporting

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.700
 event to go to

00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:10.660
 crush them

00:38:10.660 --> 00:38:12.599
 with grace and

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.740
 love and mercy

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:18.500
 are you the

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.380
 GU youth that

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:19.620
 are going to

00:38:19.620 --> 00:38:20.180
 play basketball

00:38:20.180 --> 00:38:20.680
 with us next

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:20.900
 week

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:23.059
 alright alright

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:24.180
 alright you

00:38:24.180 --> 00:38:24.820
 walk on you

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:26.099
 go alright I

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.619
 see you

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:28.240
 I see you

00:38:28.240 --> 00:38:30.380
 I see you

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:34.920
 when the

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.300
 holy spirit

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.860
 comes he's

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.420
 coming to wreck

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:36.780
 you and then

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.180
 he's coming to

00:38:37.180 --> 00:38:37.900
 rebuild you

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:40.460
 he's coming to

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.039
 change your mind

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.639
 change your heart

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:42.139
 and then change

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:42.519
 your life

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:45.519
 he's coming to

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.059
 heal you

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:48.099
 he's going to

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.599
 be piercing

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:51.099
 he's coming to

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:51.579
 heal you but

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:52.319
 not hurt you

00:38:52.319 --> 00:38:54.880
 allow yourself

00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:55.480
 to be cut to

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:55.799
 the heart

00:38:55.799 --> 00:38:59.400
 to allow your

00:38:59.400 --> 00:38:59.839
 mind to be

00:38:59.839 --> 00:39:00.199
 changed your

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:00.559
 heart to be

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:00.940
 changed and

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.480
 your life to

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:01.920
 be changed

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:03.159
 there is hope

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.719
 for you those

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:04.219
 of you who have

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:05.179
 been far off

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:06.799
 and you're like

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:07.339
 okay well I

00:39:07.339 --> 00:39:07.860
 don't know

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:09.039
 because the

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.539
 stuff I did

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.000
 this year

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:11.279
 no good

00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:12.800
 if Jesus

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.420
 found out

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.960
 it would

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.120
 be

00:39:14.120 --> 00:39:16.860
 Jesus

00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:17.280
 said you

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.560
 missed the

00:39:17.560 --> 00:39:17.960
 point again

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.700
 it's not

00:39:18.700 --> 00:39:19.000
 about what

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.320
 you did

00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:19.519
 it's about

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.760
 what I

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:19.960
 did

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:23.680
 it's not

00:39:23.680 --> 00:39:24.140
 what you've

00:39:24.140 --> 00:39:24.500
 done but

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:24.720
 it's what

00:39:24.720 --> 00:39:25.120
 I've done

00:39:25.120 --> 00:39:26.260
 and it's my

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.680
 spirit that's

00:39:26.680 --> 00:39:27.100
 looking to live

00:39:27.100 --> 00:39:27.580
 inside you

00:39:27.580 --> 00:39:27.980
 would you

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.380
 commit

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:29.000
 would you

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:30.200
 trust me

00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:30.580
 would you

00:39:30.580 --> 00:39:31.440
 reverse the

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.400
 curse from

00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:32.780
 Adam and

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:33.160
 Eve where

00:39:33.160 --> 00:39:33.540
 they didn't

00:39:33.540 --> 00:39:33.820
 trust

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.180
 would you

00:39:34.180 --> 00:39:34.660
 come back

00:39:34.660 --> 00:39:35.019
 to me

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.400
 and would

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:35.560
 you

00:39:35.560 --> 00:39:36.240
 trust

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:36.980
 me

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.960
 and when

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.420
 you trust

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:38.660
 me

00:39:38.660 --> 00:39:39.560
 and when

00:39:39.560 --> 00:39:40.019
 you call

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.460
 on my name

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:40.820
 that's the

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.519
 only requirement

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:42.180
 if you call

00:39:42.180 --> 00:39:42.700
 on my name

00:39:42.700 --> 00:39:43.620
 you will be

00:39:43.620 --> 00:39:43.900
 saved

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:45.860
 that is the

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:46.260
 message of

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:46.539
 grace

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.940
 that is the

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.340
 message of

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:49.080
 truth that

00:39:49.080 --> 00:39:49.460
 he gives

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:51.300
 and I'll

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:51.700
 finish here

00:39:51.700 --> 00:39:52.140
 the question

00:39:52.140 --> 00:39:52.539
 that I have

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.780
 then

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:56.220
 is Jesus

00:39:56.220 --> 00:39:56.780
 truly

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:57.620
 truly your

00:39:57.620 --> 00:39:57.840
 Lord

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:59.519
 is he

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.100
 your message

00:40:00.100 --> 00:40:02.000
 if they

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.580
 if someone

00:40:02.580 --> 00:40:03.059
 cut you

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:03.559
 open would

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:03.780
 it be

00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:04.039
 Jesus

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.500
 that comes

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:04.720
 through

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:06.519
 be honest

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:06.980
 with yourself

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:09.180
 is that the

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:09.780
 true message

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:10.500
 of your life

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:13.400
 do you

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:13.860
 ooze

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.260
 of the

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:14.719
 good news

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:16.260
 or are

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:16.599
 you actually

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:17.079
 still living

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.300
 in the

00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:17.719
 bad news

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:18.420
 or worse

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:18.800
 you still

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.119
 think you're

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:19.619
 doing okay

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:24.659
 my prayer

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:25.019
 is would

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:25.760
 Jesus be

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:26.480
 the central

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.320
 message of

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:27.980
 our lives

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.780
 when the

00:40:28.780 --> 00:40:29.219
 Holy Spirit

00:40:29.219 --> 00:40:29.780
 comes when

00:40:29.780 --> 00:40:30.159
 you open

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:30.420
 up his

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:30.900
 word what

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:31.139
 does it

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:31.480
 point to

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:31.920
 it points

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.260
 to him

00:40:32.260 --> 00:40:33.219
 it points

00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:33.559
 to him

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:33.840
 and it's

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.099
 not the

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.539
 one who

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:34.860
 was a

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.320
 nice guy

00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:36.139
 who died

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:36.460
 for a few

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:36.760
 people

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.539
 he died

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:37.860
 and then he

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.260
 rose again

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.719
 and he lives

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.139
 and he lives

00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:39.639
 inside us

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:40.039
 that's why

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:40.420
 we are

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:40.659
 all

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.299
 individually

00:40:41.299 --> 00:40:42.000
 burning

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.279
 bushes

00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:42.759
 because his

00:40:42.759 --> 00:40:43.219
 spirit has

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:43.659
 come along

00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:44.739
 inside of us

00:40:44.739 --> 00:40:45.299
 and descended

00:40:45.299 --> 00:40:45.960
 onto us

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.960
 and that's why

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.339
 we gather

00:40:47.339 --> 00:40:47.659
 and we

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:47.960
 scatter

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:50.719
 but once

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:51.779
 and only once

00:40:51.779 --> 00:40:52.319
 we've truly

00:40:52.319 --> 00:40:52.819
 understood the

00:40:52.819 --> 00:40:53.500
 gospel can we

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.139
 be empowered

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:54.940
 to do these

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.219
 things

00:40:55.219 --> 00:40:56.759
 is Jesus

00:40:56.759 --> 00:40:57.940
 your central

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.679
 message

00:40:58.679 --> 00:41:01.039
 are you able

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.579
 to talk about

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:02.219
 sin and

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:02.759
 savior to

00:41:02.759 --> 00:41:03.179
 people around

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:03.379
 you

00:41:03.379 --> 00:41:05.539
 just

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:07.400
 just a

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:07.639
 word of

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:07.840
 warning

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:08.059
 there

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:09.320
 when you

00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:09.619
 talk to

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:10.219
 people who

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:11.099
 aren't

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.599
 familiar with

00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:11.800
 the good

00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:12.000
 news

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:13.500
 start off

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:13.800
 with your

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.179
 own bad

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:14.440
 news

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:15.340
 don't point

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:15.699
 out their

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:16.199
 bad news

00:41:16.199 --> 00:41:17.139
 straight away

00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:18.840
 when people

00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:19.199
 are well

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:21.139
 why don't we

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:21.579
 just pray that

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:22.159
 we get to

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.840
 we get to

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.380
 live in a way

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:23.820
 where people

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.199
 will look at

00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:24.400
 it and go

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:24.880
 why are you

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.920
 I'm so amazed

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.380
 by you

00:41:26.380 --> 00:41:27.739
 I'm confused

00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:28.579
 I'm perplexed

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:29.000
 why do you

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.380
 still have

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:29.840
 this hope

00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:31.680
 why do you

00:41:31.680 --> 00:41:32.079
 still have

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:32.579
 this joy

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:35.720
 and you

00:41:35.720 --> 00:41:35.960
 say well

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.720
 and then you

00:41:36.720 --> 00:41:37.039
 say well

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.519
 you should

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:37.760
 have met

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:38.780
 me two

00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:39.180
 years ago

00:41:39.180 --> 00:41:40.220
 five years

00:41:40.220 --> 00:41:40.440
 ago

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.420
 ten years

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:41.600
 ago

00:41:41.600 --> 00:41:42.240
 but something

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:43.220
 happened to

00:41:43.220 --> 00:41:43.320
 me

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:43.559
 remember

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:44.400
 Joyce's

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.720
 story

00:41:44.720 --> 00:41:45.920
 about her

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:46.140
 husband

00:41:46.140 --> 00:41:46.380
 Henri

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:47.640
 how he

00:41:47.640 --> 00:41:48.400
 lives now

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:49.559
 completely

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:50.220
 fearless

00:41:50.220 --> 00:41:52.260
 which I

00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:52.680
 can imagine

00:41:52.680 --> 00:41:53.220
 if you

00:41:53.220 --> 00:41:54.019
 were kidnapped

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:55.079
 in Africa

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:56.720
 and had to

00:41:56.720 --> 00:41:57.700
 walk through

00:41:57.700 --> 00:41:58.240
 the forest

00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:58.900
 for 12

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.600
 hours in

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.000
 the dark

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:01.139
 and you

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.619
 still don't

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:01.900
 die

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:03.039
 yeah

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.579
 nothing

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:03.980
 can kill

00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.219
 you

00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:05.960
 and he

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:06.360
 lives

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:07.360
 with that

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:07.799
 courage

00:42:07.799 --> 00:42:10.460
 we should

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:10.719
 live with

00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:11.179
 that courage

00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:12.900
 because someone

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:13.579
 died and rose

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:14.179
 again for us

00:42:14.179 --> 00:42:15.400
 why are we so

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:15.860
 afraid of what

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:16.360
 people think

00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:16.759
 about us

00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:17.400
 when someone

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:17.819
 died

00:42:17.819 --> 00:42:18.860
 loved us

00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:19.179
 enough

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:19.699
 to die

00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:20.039
 for us

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:21.279
 and now

00:42:21.279 --> 00:42:21.579
 he lives

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:21.920
 and he

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:22.339
 stood right

00:42:22.339 --> 00:42:22.880
 next to us

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.839
 it should

00:42:23.839 --> 00:42:24.920
 fill us

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.339
 with courage

00:42:25.339 --> 00:42:25.880
 to live

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:26.380
 with abandon

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:26.739
 that we're

00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:27.219
 not worried

00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:27.539
 about what

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.019
 people think

00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:31.320
 would you

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:31.780
 follow him

00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:32.719
 would you

00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:33.259
 trust him

00:42:33.259 --> 00:42:36.440
 would we

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:36.780
 be cut

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:37.019
 to the

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.219
 heart

00:42:37.219 --> 00:42:39.099
 I want us

00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:39.360
 to spend

00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:39.639
 a moment

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:39.880
 as I

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:40.239
 invite

00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:41.519
 Flo and

00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:42.259
 Paul and

00:42:42.259 --> 00:42:42.539
 the team

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:42.800
 to come

00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:42.940
 up

00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:44.480
 I would

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:44.980
 like to

00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:45.260
 give us

00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:45.619
 a chance

00:42:45.619 --> 00:42:46.240
 to respond

00:42:46.240 --> 00:42:49.420
 this was

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:50.579
 my fear

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:50.780
 and this

00:42:50.780 --> 00:42:50.980
 was my

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:51.420
 hesitation

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:51.860
 when I

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:52.260
 began to

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:52.360
 pray

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:52.519
 I was

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:52.639
 like

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:53.280
 Lord

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:54.860
 I think

00:42:54.860 --> 00:42:55.079
 you're

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:55.380
 already

00:42:55.380 --> 00:42:55.820
 speaking

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.380
 to people

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:56.599
 here

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:56.860
 and I

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:57.000
 don't

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.280
 want to

00:42:57.280 --> 00:42:57.720
 distract

00:42:57.720 --> 00:42:57.960
 them

00:42:57.960 --> 00:42:58.340
 from what

00:42:58.340 --> 00:42:58.559
 you're

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:58.860
 saying

00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.700
 to them

00:42:59.700 --> 00:43:02.220
 as we

00:43:02.220 --> 00:43:02.559
 open up

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:02.880
 the words

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:03.079
 of what

00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:03.400
 Peter said

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:03.700
 and Peter

00:43:03.700 --> 00:43:04.159
 says many

00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:04.440
 things

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:04.860
 literally

00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:05.099
 that's

00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:05.400
 what Luke

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:05.639
 says

00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:06.019
 he says

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:06.420
 many more

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:06.700
 things

00:43:06.700 --> 00:43:08.000
 but his

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:08.340
 main thing

00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:08.820
 is save

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:09.079
 yourself

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:09.480
 from this

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:09.679
 crooked

00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:10.200
 generation

00:43:10.200 --> 00:43:10.500
 another

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:10.800
 version

00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:11.179
 is save

00:43:11.179 --> 00:43:11.440
 yourself

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:11.820
 from this

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:12.200
 corrupted

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:12.759
 generation

00:43:12.759 --> 00:43:13.480
 you look

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:13.659
 at the

00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:13.799
 word

00:43:13.799 --> 00:43:14.079
 and you

00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:14.460
 see the

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:14.859
 crookedness

00:43:14.859 --> 00:43:15.179
 you see

00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:15.719
 the corruptness

00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:16.339
 and you

00:43:16.339 --> 00:43:17.759
 see your

00:43:17.759 --> 00:43:18.239
 own life

00:43:18.239 --> 00:43:18.579
 that you

00:43:18.579 --> 00:43:18.919
 followed

00:43:18.919 --> 00:43:19.319
 along

00:43:19.319 --> 00:43:22.319
 he says

00:43:22.319 --> 00:43:22.599
 save

00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:22.919
 yourself

00:43:22.919 --> 00:43:23.879
 from it

00:43:23.879 --> 00:43:25.019
 he doesn't

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.539
 mean you

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:25.960
 can climb

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.219
 out of

00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:26.519
 this hole

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:26.899
 he means

00:43:26.899 --> 00:43:27.359
 someone has

00:43:27.359 --> 00:43:27.759
 climbed into

00:43:27.759 --> 00:43:28.000
 the hole

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.379
 with you

00:43:28.379 --> 00:43:29.039
 and would

00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:29.359
 you cling

00:43:29.359 --> 00:43:29.639
 on to

00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:29.919
 him

00:43:29.919 --> 00:43:30.339
 and by

00:43:30.339 --> 00:43:30.799
 doing so

00:43:30.799 --> 00:43:31.059
 save

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:31.359
 yourself

00:43:31.359 --> 00:43:34.539
 so I'm

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:34.939
 praying that

00:43:34.939 --> 00:43:35.519
 you may be

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:35.919
 cut to the

00:43:35.919 --> 00:43:36.139
 heart

00:43:36.139 --> 00:43:36.839
 in some

00:43:36.839 --> 00:43:37.079
 way

00:43:37.079 --> 00:43:39.219
 and it

00:43:39.219 --> 00:43:39.399
 will be

00:43:39.399 --> 00:43:39.779
 wrong for

00:43:39.779 --> 00:43:39.960
 me

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:40.519
 I'm not

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:41.159
 an evangelist

00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:41.759
 but it

00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:41.900
 will be

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:42.200
 wrong for

00:43:42.200 --> 00:43:42.320
 me

00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:42.600
 to not

00:43:42.600 --> 00:43:43.000
 give you

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:43.400
 a chance

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.880
 to respond

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:46.380
 whether you

00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:46.740
 are someone

00:43:46.740 --> 00:43:47.340
 you're here

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:47.580
 for the

00:43:47.580 --> 00:43:48.060
 very first

00:43:48.060 --> 00:43:48.400
 time in

00:43:48.400 --> 00:43:48.560
 church

00:43:48.560 --> 00:43:48.920
 and you

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:49.300
 are like

00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:49.580
 oh

00:43:49.580 --> 00:43:50.820
 this good

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:51.240
 news is

00:43:51.240 --> 00:43:51.660
 something

00:43:51.660 --> 00:43:52.080
 serious

00:43:52.080 --> 00:43:52.920
 or whether

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.280
 you've been

00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:53.700
 in church

00:43:53.700 --> 00:43:53.960
 for the

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:54.320
 whole of

00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:54.700
 your life

00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:54.940
 and you're

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.060
 like

00:43:55.060 --> 00:43:55.380
 actually

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:55.620
 you know

00:43:55.620 --> 00:43:55.760
 what

00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:56.100
 I'm not

00:43:56.100 --> 00:43:56.520
 sure I

00:43:56.520 --> 00:43:57.140
 truly understood

00:43:57.140 --> 00:43:57.580
 the gospel

00:43:57.579 --> 00:44:00.639
 I'll tell

00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:00.920
 you this

00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:01.139
 that's

00:44:01.139 --> 00:44:01.519
 completely

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:01.920
 okay

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:05.039
 can this

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.279
 be the

00:44:05.279 --> 00:44:05.500
 moment

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:05.840
 can this

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:06.099
 be the

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:06.259
 day

00:44:06.259 --> 00:44:06.599
 where there

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:06.840
 is no

00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:07.039
 turning

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:07.259
 back

00:44:07.259 --> 00:44:09.259
 can this

00:44:09.259 --> 00:44:09.559
 be the

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:09.739
 moment

00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:10.059
 where you

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:10.440
 allow the

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:10.840
 Holy Spirit

00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:11.239
 to work

00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:11.840
 inside you

00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:12.559
 for you

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:13.000
 to be cut

00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:13.219
 to the

00:44:13.219 --> 00:44:13.380
 heart

00:44:13.380 --> 00:44:13.679
 for you

00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:14.400
 to respond

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:15.480
 in a way

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:16.880
 and say

00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:17.360
 what must

00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:17.779
 I do

00:44:17.779 --> 00:44:18.500
 Jesus

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:18.840
 you are

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:19.199
 my Lord

00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:19.440
 you are

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:19.819
 my Savior

00:44:19.819 --> 00:44:20.319
 I follow

00:44:20.319 --> 00:44:20.639
 you

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:22.319
 can I

00:44:22.319 --> 00:44:22.599
 invite us

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:22.859
 to pray

00:44:22.859 --> 00:44:25.079
 I know

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:25.319
 we're the

00:44:25.319 --> 00:44:25.619
 gathering

00:44:25.619 --> 00:44:26.039
 and we

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:26.599
 emphasize

00:44:26.599 --> 00:44:27.199
 community

00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:27.739
 and people

00:44:27.739 --> 00:44:28.420
 around us

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:30.219
 would you

00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:30.519
 allow me

00:44:30.519 --> 00:44:30.960
 just for a

00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:31.400
 second here

00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:31.819
 just to

00:44:31.819 --> 00:44:33.159
 just to

00:44:33.159 --> 00:44:33.400
 make it

00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:34.059
 between you

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:35.799
 and the

00:44:35.799 --> 00:44:36.179
 living God

00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:38.940
 and if your

00:44:38.940 --> 00:44:39.599
 mind is racing

00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:40.099
 already and

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:40.460
 you're really

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:40.980
 not sure

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:42.460
 what to be

00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:42.639
 thinking

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:43.000
 what to be

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:43.219
 doing

00:44:43.219 --> 00:44:43.559
 can I

00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:43.940
 ask you

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:44.339
 just to

00:44:44.339 --> 00:44:46.980
 just to

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:47.179
 say

00:44:47.179 --> 00:44:47.799
 Holy Spirit

00:44:47.799 --> 00:44:49.420
 speak

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:51.619
 I'm going

00:44:51.619 --> 00:44:51.960
 to ask

00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:52.320
 you to

00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:53.059
 ponder on

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:54.840
 a few

00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:55.519
 very simple

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:56.019
 questions

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:58.059
 and remember

00:44:58.059 --> 00:44:59.200
 the Spirit

00:44:59.200 --> 00:44:59.619
 of the Lord

00:44:59.619 --> 00:45:00.340
 is not here

00:45:00.340 --> 00:45:00.880
 to

00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:03.659
 destroy you

00:45:03.659 --> 00:45:03.960
 or to

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:04.240
 make you

00:45:04.240 --> 00:45:04.740
 feel bad

00:45:04.740 --> 00:45:06.240
 in prayer

00:45:06.240 --> 00:45:06.700
 earlier

00:45:06.700 --> 00:45:07.740
 before service

00:45:07.740 --> 00:45:08.260
 Gabs prayed

00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:09.139
 that the Spirit

00:45:09.139 --> 00:45:09.500
 of the Lord

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:09.860
 is there

00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:11.099
 is freedom

00:45:11.099 --> 00:45:15.159
 the great

00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:15.460
 surgeon

00:45:15.460 --> 00:45:15.840
 wants to

00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:16.099
 act

00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:18.880
 wants to

00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:19.079
 heal

00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:21.480
 but only

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:21.739
 if we

00:45:21.739 --> 00:45:22.139
 allow him

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:22.340
 to

00:45:22.340 --> 00:45:23.920
 so I'd

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:24.340
 love for us

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:24.599
 all to

00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:24.860
 just to

00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:25.239
 ponder for

00:45:25.239 --> 00:45:25.639
 a second

00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:26.299
 and ask the

00:45:26.299 --> 00:45:26.739
 Holy Spirit

00:45:26.739 --> 00:45:27.259
 to show us

00:45:27.259 --> 00:45:27.980
 is there any

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:28.500
 sin

00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:30.299
 in our

00:45:30.299 --> 00:45:30.639
 lives

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:32.519
 is there

00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:33.000
 any bad

00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:33.360
 news that

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:33.659
 is in

00:45:33.659 --> 00:45:34.119
 desperate

00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:34.559
 need

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:34.920
 of good

00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:35.179
 news

00:45:35.179 --> 00:45:37.579
 remember

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:37.840
 this is

00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:38.079
 between

00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:38.500
 you and

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:38.860
 the Lord

00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:39.960
 with every

00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:40.739
 eye closed

00:45:40.739 --> 00:45:43.500
 every head

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:43.880
 bowed

00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:45.340
 if there

00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:45.819
 is sin

00:45:45.819 --> 00:45:46.340
 in your

00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:46.559
 heart

00:45:46.559 --> 00:45:46.860
 and in your

00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:47.179
 life

00:45:47.179 --> 00:45:47.639
 would you

00:45:47.639 --> 00:45:48.639
 acknowledge that

00:45:48.639 --> 00:45:49.279
 can I

00:45:49.279 --> 00:45:49.599
 invite

00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:50.319
 anyone

00:45:50.319 --> 00:45:50.699
 who has

00:45:50.699 --> 00:45:50.819
 that

00:45:50.819 --> 00:45:51.139
 just to

00:45:51.139 --> 00:45:51.279
 raise

00:45:51.279 --> 00:45:51.519
 their hand

00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:51.719
 I'm not

00:45:51.719 --> 00:45:51.879
 going to

00:45:51.879 --> 00:45:52.420
 embarrass you

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:54.139
 just simply

00:45:54.139 --> 00:45:54.599
 a simple

00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:55.079
 act of

00:45:55.079 --> 00:45:55.559
 acknowledgement

00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:57.139
 if there

00:45:57.139 --> 00:45:57.519
 is sin

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:57.940
 that you

00:45:57.940 --> 00:45:58.259
 want to

00:45:58.259 --> 00:45:58.559
 give up

00:45:58.559 --> 00:45:58.980
 and you

00:45:58.980 --> 00:45:59.239
 want to

00:45:59.239 --> 00:45:59.619
 confess

00:45:59.619 --> 00:46:01.359
 and with

00:46:01.359 --> 00:46:01.799
 that sin

00:46:01.799 --> 00:46:02.519
 I pray

00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:02.900
 that you

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:03.379
 would see

00:46:03.379 --> 00:46:03.739
 that you

00:46:03.739 --> 00:46:04.379
 can approach

00:46:04.379 --> 00:46:04.900
 that throne

00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:05.739
 with confidence

00:46:05.739 --> 00:46:06.799
 you don't

00:46:06.799 --> 00:46:07.179
 have to be

00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:07.900
 sheepish about

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:08.259
 it because

00:46:08.259 --> 00:46:08.879
 grace and

00:46:08.879 --> 00:46:09.539
 mercy awaits

00:46:09.539 --> 00:46:09.859
 you there

00:46:09.859 --> 00:46:10.359
 is a loving

00:46:10.359 --> 00:46:10.940
 father who

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:11.819
 runs down

00:46:11.819 --> 00:46:12.219
 from his

00:46:12.219 --> 00:46:12.539
 throne

00:46:12.539 --> 00:46:13.319
 to wrap

00:46:13.319 --> 00:46:13.599
 you in

00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:14.019
 his arms

00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:15.900
 despite

00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:16.539
 that sin

00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:20.400
 that's the

00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:20.619
 truth

00:46:20.619 --> 00:46:20.960
 that's the

00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:21.460
 beauty of

00:46:21.460 --> 00:46:21.840
 the gospel

00:46:21.840 --> 00:46:33.360
 and for

00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:33.639
 those of

00:46:33.639 --> 00:46:33.920
 you who

00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:34.280
 did put

00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:34.599
 up your

00:46:34.599 --> 00:46:34.920
 hands

00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:35.480
 to confess

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:35.759
 that sin

00:46:35.759 --> 00:46:36.179
 I encourage

00:46:36.179 --> 00:46:36.480
 you don't

00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:36.960
 stop there

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.440
 we won't

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:37.699
 do it

00:46:37.699 --> 00:46:38.079
 right now

00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:39.159
 but find

00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:40.019
 people who

00:46:40.019 --> 00:46:40.480
 you know

00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:41.139
 who know

00:46:41.139 --> 00:46:41.420
 you

00:46:41.420 --> 00:46:42.659
 who love

00:46:42.659 --> 00:46:42.880
 you

00:46:42.880 --> 00:46:45.500
 and share

00:46:45.500 --> 00:46:45.760
 it with

00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:45.940
 them

00:46:45.940 --> 00:46:46.800
 don't be

00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:47.260
 afraid

00:46:47.260 --> 00:46:48.820
 oh my

00:46:48.820 --> 00:46:49.019
 goodness

00:46:49.019 --> 00:46:49.380
 the other

00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:49.920
 side is

00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:50.400
 freedom

00:46:50.400 --> 00:46:54.619
 what's

00:46:54.619 --> 00:46:55.099
 been weighing

00:46:55.099 --> 00:46:55.460
 on you

00:46:55.460 --> 00:46:56.079
 is heavy

00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:57.480
 but Jesus

00:46:57.480 --> 00:46:57.900
 has come

00:46:57.900 --> 00:46:58.200
 to me

00:46:58.200 --> 00:46:58.700
 because my

00:46:58.700 --> 00:46:59.119
 burden is

00:46:59.119 --> 00:46:59.599
 light

00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:08.340
 Jesus

00:47:08.340 --> 00:47:08.780
 we

00:47:08.780 --> 00:47:09.660
 crucified

00:47:09.660 --> 00:47:10.019
 you

00:47:10.019 --> 00:47:13.119
 every time

00:47:13.119 --> 00:47:13.400
 we

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:14.059
 choose to

00:47:14.059 --> 00:47:15.199
 follow the

00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:15.460
 world

00:47:15.460 --> 00:47:16.320
 to not

00:47:16.320 --> 00:47:16.599
 trust

00:47:16.599 --> 00:47:16.820
 you

00:47:16.820 --> 00:47:17.199
 we

00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:18.019
 we

00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:22.159
 we

00:47:22.159 --> 00:47:22.559
 turn our

00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:22.960
 backs on

00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:23.099
 you

00:47:23.099 --> 00:47:23.420
 and we're

00:47:23.420 --> 00:47:23.719
 sorry

00:47:23.719 --> 00:47:36.239
 but praise

00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:36.679
 God that

00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:37.280
 even though

00:47:37.280 --> 00:47:37.619
 there is

00:47:37.619 --> 00:47:37.840
 sin

00:47:37.840 --> 00:47:39.159
 there is

00:47:39.159 --> 00:47:39.539
 a savior

00:47:39.539 --> 00:47:44.759
 if you're

00:47:44.759 --> 00:47:45.139
 sat here

00:47:45.139 --> 00:47:45.539
 with us

00:47:45.539 --> 00:47:45.820
 today

00:47:45.820 --> 00:47:46.239
 and you've

00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:46.539
 never

00:47:46.539 --> 00:47:47.079
 responded

00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:47.659
 to the

00:47:47.659 --> 00:47:47.980
 gospel

00:47:47.980 --> 00:47:51.779
 I want

00:47:51.779 --> 00:47:52.099
 to tell you

00:47:52.099 --> 00:47:52.559
 once again

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:53.039
 about a

00:47:53.039 --> 00:47:53.259
 savior

00:47:53.259 --> 00:47:55.400
 a savior

00:47:55.400 --> 00:47:55.820
 who loves

00:47:55.820 --> 00:47:56.480
 you

00:47:56.480 --> 00:47:59.480
 whose love

00:47:59.480 --> 00:47:59.840
 for you

00:47:59.840 --> 00:48:00.519
 covers any

00:48:00.519 --> 00:48:01.139
 mistake that

00:48:01.139 --> 00:48:01.500
 you've ever

00:48:01.500 --> 00:48:01.739
 made

00:48:01.739 --> 00:48:03.039
 whose love

00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:03.380
 for you

00:48:03.380 --> 00:48:03.940
 drives out

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:04.380
 any fear

00:48:04.380 --> 00:48:04.599
 that you

00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:04.900
 have in

00:48:04.900 --> 00:48:05.019
 your

00:48:05.019 --> 00:48:05.279
 heart

00:48:05.280 --> 00:48:09.160
 but don't

00:48:09.160 --> 00:48:09.600
 just trust

00:48:09.600 --> 00:48:10.080
 him because

00:48:10.080 --> 00:48:10.880
 he was a

00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:11.340
 good person

00:48:11.340 --> 00:48:11.600
 or had

00:48:11.600 --> 00:48:12.100
 good teaching

00:48:12.100 --> 00:48:12.620
 trust him

00:48:12.620 --> 00:48:13.580
 because he

00:48:13.580 --> 00:48:14.060
 said he

00:48:14.060 --> 00:48:14.500
 would die

00:48:14.500 --> 00:48:15.580
 for your

00:48:15.580 --> 00:48:16.000
 mistakes

00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:16.940
 and that he

00:48:16.940 --> 00:48:17.280
 would rise

00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:17.519
 again

00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:18.019
 and he

00:48:18.019 --> 00:48:18.460
 did

00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:18.960
 and there

00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:19.220
 is an

00:48:19.220 --> 00:48:19.519
 empty

00:48:19.519 --> 00:48:19.840
 tomb

00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:20.220
 to prove

00:48:20.220 --> 00:48:20.640
 it

00:48:20.640 --> 00:48:22.900
 would you

00:48:22.900 --> 00:48:23.280
 surrender

00:48:23.280 --> 00:48:23.820
 any

00:48:23.820 --> 00:48:26.160
 remaining

00:48:26.160 --> 00:48:26.480
 fear

00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:26.720
 that you

00:48:26.720 --> 00:48:26.980
 have

00:48:26.980 --> 00:48:31.160
 recognize

00:48:31.160 --> 00:48:31.460
 his

00:48:31.460 --> 00:48:31.820
 spirit

00:48:31.820 --> 00:48:32.380
 is here

00:48:32.380 --> 00:48:32.780
 now

00:48:32.780 --> 00:48:33.780
 speaking

00:48:33.780 --> 00:48:34.140
 words

00:48:34.140 --> 00:48:34.620
 of love

00:48:34.620 --> 00:48:35.240
 over you

00:48:35.240 --> 00:48:36.680
 would you

00:48:36.680 --> 00:48:37.140
 respond

00:48:37.140 --> 00:48:37.760
 to this

00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:38.039
 savior

00:48:38.039 --> 00:48:48.220
 and so

00:48:48.220 --> 00:48:48.480
 if you've

00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:48.760
 never

00:48:48.760 --> 00:48:49.700
 made that

00:48:49.700 --> 00:48:50.039
 decision

00:48:50.039 --> 00:48:50.500
 to trust

00:48:50.500 --> 00:48:50.780
 in him

00:48:50.780 --> 00:48:51.120
 before

00:48:51.120 --> 00:48:51.559
 can I

00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:51.980
 ask you

00:48:51.980 --> 00:48:54.179
 to give

00:48:54.179 --> 00:48:54.420
 you an

00:48:54.420 --> 00:48:54.800
 opportunity

00:48:54.800 --> 00:48:55.340
 to just

00:48:55.340 --> 00:48:56.019
 lift up

00:48:56.019 --> 00:48:56.400
 your hand

00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:56.760
 and say

00:48:56.760 --> 00:48:57.760
 Jesus

00:48:57.760 --> 00:48:58.380
 I recognize

00:48:58.380 --> 00:48:58.639
 you are

00:48:58.639 --> 00:48:59.099
 my savior

00:48:59.099 --> 00:48:59.420
 and I

00:48:59.420 --> 00:49:00.420
 follow you

00:49:00.420 --> 00:49:14.240
 I see

00:49:14.240 --> 00:49:14.420
 you

00:49:14.420 --> 00:49:24.240
 and finally

00:49:24.240 --> 00:49:26.079
 if you

00:49:26.079 --> 00:49:26.460
 recognize

00:49:26.460 --> 00:49:26.840
 your sin

00:49:26.840 --> 00:49:27.059
 if you

00:49:27.059 --> 00:49:27.559
 recognize

00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:28.159
 your savior

00:49:28.159 --> 00:49:28.760
 but actually

00:49:28.760 --> 00:49:29.119
 he's not

00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:29.579
 your lord

00:49:29.579 --> 00:49:31.539
 I invite

00:49:31.539 --> 00:49:31.840
 you

00:49:31.840 --> 00:49:33.780
 would you

00:49:33.780 --> 00:49:34.380
 declare him

00:49:34.380 --> 00:49:34.960
 and follow him

00:49:34.960 --> 00:49:35.400
 and submit

00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:35.659
 to him

00:49:35.659 --> 00:49:36.039
 as lord

00:49:36.039 --> 00:49:36.380
 today

00:49:36.380 --> 00:49:41.619
 rest assured

00:49:41.619 --> 00:49:42.000
 there will

00:49:42.000 --> 00:49:42.400
 come a day

00:49:42.400 --> 00:49:42.820
 where every

00:49:42.820 --> 00:49:43.119
 knee will

00:49:43.119 --> 00:49:43.280
 bow

00:49:43.280 --> 00:49:43.619
 and every

00:49:43.619 --> 00:49:43.820
 tongue

00:49:43.820 --> 00:49:44.280
 will confess

00:49:44.280 --> 00:49:44.640
 that he

00:49:44.640 --> 00:49:45.039
 is lord

00:49:45.039 --> 00:49:46.260
 the question

00:49:46.260 --> 00:49:46.539
 is whether

00:49:46.539 --> 00:49:46.860
 you do

00:49:46.860 --> 00:49:47.280
 it today

00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:48.380
 or whether

00:49:48.380 --> 00:49:48.640
 you do

00:49:48.640 --> 00:49:48.840
 it that

00:49:48.840 --> 00:49:49.120
 day

00:49:49.120 --> 00:49:52.400
 and if

00:49:52.400 --> 00:49:52.580
 there are

00:49:52.580 --> 00:49:52.920
 those of

00:49:52.920 --> 00:49:53.280
 you who

00:49:53.280 --> 00:49:54.320
 have not

00:49:54.320 --> 00:49:54.740
 truly

00:49:54.740 --> 00:49:55.220
 surrendered

00:49:55.220 --> 00:49:56.019
 and not

00:49:56.019 --> 00:49:56.300
 truly

00:49:56.300 --> 00:49:56.820
 recognized

00:49:56.820 --> 00:49:57.140
 him as

00:49:57.140 --> 00:49:57.380
 lord

00:49:57.380 --> 00:49:59.460
 but want

00:49:59.460 --> 00:50:00.039
 to commit

00:50:00.039 --> 00:50:00.420
 to that

00:50:00.420 --> 00:50:00.760
 today

00:50:00.760 --> 00:50:01.320
 can I

00:50:01.320 --> 00:50:01.580
 ask you

00:50:01.580 --> 00:50:01.900
 to raise

00:50:01.900 --> 00:50:02.260
 your hand

00:50:02.260 --> 00:50:03.260
!

00:50:03.260 --> 00:50:10.620
 again this

00:50:10.620 --> 00:50:10.980
 is between

00:50:10.980 --> 00:50:11.280
 you and

00:50:11.280 --> 00:50:11.580
 the lord

00:50:11.580 --> 00:50:18.700
 thank you

00:50:18.700 --> 00:50:19.640
 thank you

00:50:19.640 --> 00:50:21.920
 it's between

00:50:21.920 --> 00:50:22.240
 you and the

00:50:22.240 --> 00:50:22.600
 lord but I

00:50:22.600 --> 00:50:23.100
 promise you

00:50:23.100 --> 00:50:23.820
 if you are

00:50:23.820 --> 00:50:24.140
 able to

00:50:24.140 --> 00:50:24.500
 share that

00:50:24.500 --> 00:50:24.940
 with someone

00:50:24.940 --> 00:50:25.400
 who you

00:50:25.400 --> 00:50:25.760
 know and

00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:25.960
 love

00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:28.019
 it will

00:50:28.019 --> 00:50:28.340
 make that

00:50:28.340 --> 00:50:29.099
 journey so

00:50:29.099 --> 00:50:29.559
 much better

00:50:29.559 --> 00:50:30.960
 so much

00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:31.220
 easier

00:50:31.220 --> 00:50:36.179
 let us

00:50:36.179 --> 00:50:36.519
 today

00:50:36.519 --> 00:50:37.340
 recognize

00:50:37.340 --> 00:50:38.720
 our sin

00:50:38.720 --> 00:50:39.820
 our saviour

00:50:39.820 --> 00:50:40.740
 and that he

00:50:40.740 --> 00:50:41.480
 now sits on

00:50:41.480 --> 00:50:41.860
 his throne

00:50:41.860 --> 00:50:42.360
 as lord

00:50:42.360 --> 00:50:44.440
 we'll have

00:50:44.440 --> 00:50:44.900
 Florence and

00:50:44.900 --> 00:50:45.160
 the team

00:50:45.160 --> 00:50:45.539
 sing one

00:50:45.539 --> 00:50:46.099
 final song

00:50:46.099 --> 00:50:46.400
 to us

00:50:46.400 --> 00:50:47.539
 as we

00:50:47.539 --> 00:50:47.960
 ponder on

00:50:47.960 --> 00:50:48.280
 the cross

00:50:48.280 --> 00:50:48.740
 before we

00:50:48.740 --> 00:50:48.920
 leave