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 I'm fascinated by this little man, Zacchaeus.

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 And I'm fascinated because Zacchaeus never knew about the cross,

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 didn't know about salvation,

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 never read any of Paul's epistles,

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 partly because they'd never been written.

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 I mean, that would have been tricky, agreed.

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 But something dramatically changed in him.

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 And you can bet, I mean, I know you're not gambling people,

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 but you can bet your bottom dollar

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 that when a tax man says he's going to give all the money back,

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 he's ripped people off, something's changed.

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 I have a friend who lives in the U.S.

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 who was the legal correspondent of the Chicago Tribune

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 and an intellectual atheist.

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 By intellectual, he wouldn't claim to be intellectual,

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 but he was the kind of person, because he was a legal correspondent,

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 who could marshal an argument that would put in jeopardy

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 the idea that God even existed,

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 never mind that he was interested in the lives of ordinary human beings.

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 And then something in Lee's mind went wrong,

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 and his wife was converted to the Christian faith.

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 He said that he noticed such a difference in her

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 after she was converted

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 that he couldn't help but go back over the ground

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 that had led him to the point where he had decided

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 that there was no God,

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 that there was no such thing as a religious thought.

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 It was all kind of socially constructed mumbo-jumbo.

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 The way his wife was

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 left him with a question in his head.

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 The question was,

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 is there more to this

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 than meets the eye?

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 Listen, if you've been here since four o'clock,

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 you've heard me droning on

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 about a spoken witness.

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 And I said at the beginning of that,

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 it was my kind of exclusion clause,

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 that of course I believe that the words we use

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 when we're given opportunity

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 and sensitively in the power of the Spirit

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 to try and influence others for Christ

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 are opportunities that we should seize.

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 But I also said,

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 it's not just about the words.

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 It's about the life as well that's lived.

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 We don't know a huge amount about Zacchaeus.

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 But we do know three things about him.

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 The first thing is,

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 we know he was little.

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 He was short.

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 That's the reason why,

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 in a kind of ridiculously comic way,

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 he had to climb up into a tree

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 just to get a sight of Jesus.

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 The second thing we know about Zacchaeus

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 was he was loathed.

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 Nobody liked him.

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 And there was a reason for this.

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 I mean, you know,

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 I'll be careful how I say this.

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 I mean,

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 I make jokes on the expensive,

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 you know,

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 last time I did it,

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 I made jokes at the expense of tax collectors.

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 It turns out there's somebody

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 from Majesty's Revenue and Customs

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 sitting on the front row

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 and didn't play out that well.

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 This is...

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 Look, you know,

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 let's just say

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 that probably they're not

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 top of everybody's Christmas card list.

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 But of course,

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 with Zacchaeus,

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 there was this added

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 kind of issue.

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 And that was,

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 he didn't just collect taxes

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 on behalf of the Roman occupying troops.

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 And they were extremely extortionate taxes.

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 But he also put 10% in his own back pocket.

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 And of course,

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 because he was a Jew,

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 he was considered to be a traitor

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 amongst his own people.

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 You only have to read your newspaper,

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 sadly,

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 a bit too often

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 to see

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 how people can construct hatred

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 in their hearts

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 and their minds

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 towards people

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 who they regard as traitors.

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 At least to violence

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 and to,

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 you know,

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 frenzied activity

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 on social media,

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 all that stuff.

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 Of course,

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 Zacchaeus didn't have to put up

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 with Twitter.

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 But what he had to put up with

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 is a load of people

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 who didn't like him.

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 That's why it was

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 that when Jesus invited him

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 around for tea,

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 sorry,

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 when Jesus invited himself

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 around for tea,

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 it says,

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 the crowd muttered.

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 You know what?

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 I have to say this

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 to you, church,

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 but the people of God

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 have been quite good

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 at muttering

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 for a long time now.

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 Zacchaeus

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 was very unpopular.

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 He was little.

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 He was loathed.

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 And the third thing we know,

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 because of his

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 deceptive habits,

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 he was also loaded.

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 As Harry Enfield would put it,

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 he had loads of money.

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 But there must have been

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 something about him

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 that felt a little incomplete,

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 maybe a little unfulfilled.

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 Maybe he'd heard some news

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 about Jesus,

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 but whatever it was,

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 something made him want

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 to put his eyes

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 on this man.

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 So he climbs into a tree.

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 I mean,

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 it's pretty comic,

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 isn't it?

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 Funny little guy

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 up in a tree

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 trying to see Jesus.

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 And Jesus is walking along,

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 and it says he looked up.

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 And in the

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 Greek New Testament,

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 when it says Jesus looked up,

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 the verb is very interesting.

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 What it means is

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 that Jesus fixed Zacchaeus

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 in his stare.

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 And something happened.

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 We don't quite know

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 what happened,

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 but what we do know is

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 that as a result

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 of whatever went on

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 in that exchange,

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 this man's life

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 was changed.

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 I like to think

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 that maybe

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 this little,

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 loathed,

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 and loaded

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 human being,

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 for the first time

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 in his life,

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 felt the grace of God

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 in the face

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 And something changed.

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 Let me say this

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 very clearly to you,

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 friends.

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 I said it earlier,

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 but it's worth repeating.

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 You will never

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 take up your responsibility

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 to be a witness

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 for Jesus,

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 either with your lips

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 or with your lives,

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 until you have been warmed

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 by the grace of God.

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 Friend,

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 if that's not happened

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 to you thus far,

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 if you're going to church,

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 has just been a matter

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 of sitting on,

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 I mean,

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 not every church

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 has business class seats

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 like this.

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 Sitting on hard pews,

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 thinking that maybe tomorrow

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 something might happen

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 for you.

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 Let me tell you,

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 I'm praying that something

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 might happen to you tonight,

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 might whisper in your ear,

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 and the grace of God

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 might warm your heart

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 and you might understand

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 that Jesus Christ

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 calls all his people

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 to be witnesses.

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 And look,

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 here's the evidence.

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 Four o'clockers,

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 forgive me for a moment's repetition,

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 but I said this afternoon

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 that you know what,

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 you can argue

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 against God.

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 You can argue

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 with clergy,

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 and you know,

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 my colleagues

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 have got the stripes

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 on their back

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 to evidence that.

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 You can argue

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 with bishops.

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 I've got a filing cabinet

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 full of letters.

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 You can argue,

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 but one of the things

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 you cannot argue against

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 is to transform life.

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 I think that's what

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 we see in Zacchaeus.

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 How do we know

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 his life was changed?

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 Listen to me.

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 I can't even work out

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 the maths.

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 I think that,

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 if I understand

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 the maths correctly

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 in Zacchaeus' little

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 restorative equation here,

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 I think he might have

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 ended up in debt

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 at the end of it.

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 It says here,

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 here and I give half

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 of my possession

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 of the poor,

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 and if I have cheated

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 anyone out of anything,

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 I will pay back

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 four times the amount.

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 I mean,

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 I can't work that out.

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 I'm sure Zacchaeus

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 didn't have a figure

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 in mind when he said it.

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 Something's happened.

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 And friends,

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 if the church

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 is ever going to be

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 the witness

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 that God calls us to be,

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 something needs to happen.

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 And what needs to happen

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 is you need to be

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 so warmed

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 by the grace of God

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 that you almost

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 cannot stop yourself

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 from taking those

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 God-given opportunities

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 for a word in season,

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 for taking those

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 God-given opportunities

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 to live the life.

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 I don't think

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 my friend

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 Leastro Bell's wife

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 said anything to him,

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 but the life she lived

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 was so different

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 after her heart

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 was worn

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 by the grace of God

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 that this

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 hard-bitten atheist

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 could do no more,

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 no less

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 than start to ask

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 the question,

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 is there

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 more than this

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 than I have

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 up-to-date

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 thought?

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 We'd all be

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 agreed,

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 wouldn't we,

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 that

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 although

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 we're constantly

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 reading in

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 newspapers

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 in the Western world

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 about the

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 flight away

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 from the Christian

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 faith,

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 you know,

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 when we did

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 the national census,

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 you know,

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 what it looked like

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 is that

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 belief in God

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 was rescinding.

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 We can all

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 read about that

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 stuff,

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 but listen to me,

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 when you read

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 the papers,

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 isn't it born

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 more on your

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 heart?

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 My goodness,

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 we might be

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 sophisticated,

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 we might be able

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 to split atoms,

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 we might be able

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 to do this,

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 we might be able

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 to do that,

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 but my goodness,

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 there's a lot of

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 need in this world.

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 You know,

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 tonight,

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 probably within

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 yards of this

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 church,

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 or your church,

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 wherever it is,

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 there'll be people

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 who are aching

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 with loneliness.

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 There'll be some

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 people,

00:11:24.199 --> 00:11:24.919
 we see,

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 my wife and I

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 see,

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 you know,

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 not infrequently

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 down the hill,

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 who clearly have

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 issues of poverty.

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 There are people

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 who are going

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 through relational

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 breakdown.

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 Some of them

00:11:40.939 --> 00:11:42.019
 might be in the

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 house tonight.

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 There are people

00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:45.679
 who suffer from

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 depression.

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 There are people

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 who are just

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 in need.

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 And friends,

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 if our witness

00:11:56.319 --> 00:11:57.479
 as a church

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 is simply to walk

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 past those who

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 are in need,

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 then I think

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 we will never

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 be the witnessing

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 community

00:12:05.859 --> 00:12:08.039
 that surely

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 somewhere deep

00:12:08.959 --> 00:12:09.939
 down inside us,

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 if we're healthy

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 disciples,

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 we would like to

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 see.

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 Sitting there

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 saying,

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 so,

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 you know what,

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 have you got a list

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 of great suggestions

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 for us?

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 Well,

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 my answer is,

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 you know,

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 I could give you

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 some suggestions,

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 but what I wanted

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 to happen for you

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 tonight

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 is for you

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 just to be

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 honest before

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 God

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 and for you

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 just to be

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 open to the

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 Holy Spirit

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 whispering in

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 your ear

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 and telling you

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 to wake up

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 and get the

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 coffee on.

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 And friend,

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 if your heart's

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 cold,

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 don't give up

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 at that.

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 Pray tonight

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 that the fire

00:12:52.959 --> 00:12:53.479
 of God

00:12:53.479 --> 00:12:54.979
 might come

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 upon you

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 and warm

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 your heart

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 in order

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 that you

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 might catch

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 fire.

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 I used to

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 work in

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 Slough

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 and we had

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 a guy in

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 our congregation

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 called Ken

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 and Ken

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 was a very

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 committed Christian.

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 He was,

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 I'll admit,

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 a bit rough

00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:15.679
 and ready

00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:18.059
 and he was

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 a bus driver,

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 he got in

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 trouble with

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 the bus

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 company

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 because he'd

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 stop the bus

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 and try and

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 preach the

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 gospel to

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 people who

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 wanted to

00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:24.840
 get to

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 work.

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 And,

00:13:28.180 --> 00:13:29.040
 you know,

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 you kind of

00:13:30.300 --> 00:13:31.920
 say of Ken,

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 he was high

00:13:33.620 --> 00:13:36.019
 on passion,

00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:37.180
 probably low

00:13:37.180 --> 00:13:37.920
 on strategy.

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 And I remember

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 one day,

00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:40.879
 our church,

00:13:40.940 --> 00:13:41.399
 the little church

00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:42.160
 got burnt out

00:13:42.160 --> 00:13:43.320
 twice whilst I

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 was there.

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 Local kids

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 coming in,

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 you know,

00:13:46.300 --> 00:13:46.980
 making a pile

00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:47.560
 of hymn books

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 and setting fire

00:13:48.340 --> 00:13:48.779
 to them.

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 And the second

00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:51.079
 time we're

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 all sitting

00:13:51.659 --> 00:13:52.159
 there in

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 this kind

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 of stinking

00:13:53.319 --> 00:13:54.539
 smoking mess

00:13:54.539 --> 00:13:55.579
 thinking,

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 this is great

00:13:56.579 --> 00:13:58.279
 because the

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 insurance company

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 will cough

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 and we'll

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 end up with

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 even better

00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:01.279
 hymn books

00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:01.919
 and Bibles.

00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:04.939
 That kind

00:14:04.939 --> 00:14:05.519
 of godly

00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:06.379
 thinking was,

00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:07.459
 you know,

00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:09.099
 taking mastery

00:14:09.099 --> 00:14:09.719
 of the hour.

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 And Ken,

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 so I'd be like,

00:14:13.319 --> 00:14:14.039
 let's have a time

00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:14.399
 of prayer.

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 Ken starts

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 off.

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 And actually,

00:14:17.580 --> 00:14:18.419
 it's my prayer

00:14:18.419 --> 00:14:20.179
 for you.

00:14:20.460 --> 00:14:20.639
 Why?

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 Because you're

00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:22.120
 the church.

00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:23.139
 Why?

00:14:23.259 --> 00:14:24.000
 Because each

00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:24.799
 one of you,

00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:27.519
 each one of you

00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:29.620
 could be a

00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:30.399
 meaning maker

00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:32.159
 in the life

00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:32.600
 of another

00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:33.399
 human being.

00:14:35.299 --> 00:14:36.179
 Might be

00:14:36.179 --> 00:14:37.340
 through your

00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:38.600
 verbal witness.

00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:41.679
 Might be

00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:43.099
 through the

00:14:43.099 --> 00:14:44.159
 way you

00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:44.759
 live your

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 life.

00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.659
 It doesn't

00:14:47.659 --> 00:14:48.219
 really matter

00:14:48.219 --> 00:14:48.859
 which way.

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 But what

00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:51.299
 matters is we

00:14:51.299 --> 00:14:52.000
 will become

00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:53.659
 meaning makers.

00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:56.139
 And friends,

00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:56.699
 the thing

00:14:56.699 --> 00:14:57.159
 about the

00:14:57.159 --> 00:14:58.000
 gospel is,

00:14:58.139 --> 00:14:58.539
 the thing

00:14:58.539 --> 00:14:59.120
 about a

00:14:59.120 --> 00:14:59.859
 verbal witness

00:14:59.859 --> 00:15:00.179
 is,

00:15:00.599 --> 00:15:01.159
 people want

00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:01.719
 to hear

00:15:01.719 --> 00:15:03.419
 about what's

00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:04.219
 changed in

00:15:04.219 --> 00:15:04.979
 your life

00:15:04.979 --> 00:15:07.120
 as a result

00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:07.479
 of your

00:15:07.479 --> 00:15:08.399
 discipleship

00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:09.339
 in Jesus

00:15:09.339 --> 00:15:09.899
 Christ.

00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:10.019
 Christ.

00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:11.980
 They don't

00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:12.459
 just want to

00:15:12.459 --> 00:15:13.139
 hear about

00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:13.439
 that,

00:15:13.779 --> 00:15:14.139
 they want

00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:14.419
 to see

00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:15.000
 some evidence

00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:15.579
 of it.

00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:18.259
 I've got a

00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:19.019
 friend and

00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:20.539
 he asks this

00:15:20.539 --> 00:15:21.340
 deeply painful

00:15:21.340 --> 00:15:21.919
 question.

00:15:22.340 --> 00:15:22.539
 He says,

00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:22.939
 what do you

00:15:22.939 --> 00:15:23.360
 like when

00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:23.840
 no one's

00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:24.179
 looking?

00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:26.840
 You know,

00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:27.340
 think about

00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:27.620
 that.

00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:28.000
 What do you

00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.539
 like when

00:15:28.539 --> 00:15:29.319
 you get

00:15:29.319 --> 00:15:29.779
 behind the

00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:30.279
 wheel of a

00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:30.860
 motor car?

00:15:32.860 --> 00:15:33.699
 My wife's

00:15:33.699 --> 00:15:34.360
 always offering

00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:35.059
 me corrective

00:15:35.059 --> 00:15:35.819
 therapy on

00:15:35.819 --> 00:15:36.379
 that theme,

00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:36.620
 you know,

00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:37.340
 calm down.

00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:38.699
 Right?

00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:41.799
 What do you

00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:42.480
 like when

00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:43.319
 life takes

00:15:43.319 --> 00:15:44.039
 a downturn?

00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:46.840
 Do you

00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:47.459
 hang on to

00:15:47.459 --> 00:15:48.079
 Jesus or

00:15:48.079 --> 00:15:48.579
 do you run

00:15:48.579 --> 00:15:49.139
 for cover

00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:49.620
 and get

00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.319
 embittered?

00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:51.919
 See,

00:15:51.980 --> 00:15:52.379
 what I love

00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:53.259
 about Zacchaeus

00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:53.439
 is,

00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:54.259
 and I'm

00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:54.500
 going to

00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:54.899
 look him

00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:55.279
 up in

00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:55.579
 heaven,

00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:57.299
 what I

00:15:57.299 --> 00:15:57.840
 love about

00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:58.439
 him is,

00:15:59.279 --> 00:15:59.939
 his heart

00:15:59.939 --> 00:16:00.620
 was warmed

00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:03.120
 and he

00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.659
 decided

00:16:03.659 --> 00:16:05.419
 he needed

00:16:05.419 --> 00:16:05.939
 to do

00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:06.559
 something

00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:08.439
 as evidence

00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:09.460
 that his

00:16:09.460 --> 00:16:09.980
 heart was

00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:10.400
 warmed.

00:16:12.400 --> 00:16:12.840
 And if

00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.600
 God ever

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.360
 needed his

00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:14.940
 church to

00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:15.600
 stand up,

00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:16.580
 speak up,

00:16:17.280 --> 00:16:17.940
 and live

00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:19.000
 up to

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.620
 the faith

00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:20.080
 that we

00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:20.580
 proclaim,

00:16:23.020 --> 00:16:24.500
 surely it's

00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.160
 such a time

00:16:25.160 --> 00:16:25.720
 as this.

00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:25.759
 church.

00:16:29.180 --> 00:16:30.139
 I remember

00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:32.300
 preaching

00:16:32.300 --> 00:16:34.019
 in this

00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:35.019
 really kind

00:16:35.019 --> 00:16:35.379
 of

00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:36.180
 intimidating

00:16:36.180 --> 00:16:37.100
 church in

00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:37.800
 Oxford called

00:16:37.800 --> 00:16:38.240
 St. Mary

00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:38.840
 the Virgin,

00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:39.460
 which is the

00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.060
 university

00:16:40.060 --> 00:16:40.639
 church.

00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:41.920
 And at the

00:16:41.920 --> 00:16:42.480
 back of the

00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:42.720
 church,

00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:42.940
 there are

00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:43.639
 these great

00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:44.080
 wooden

00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.720
 thrones,

00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:45.720
 which I

00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.060
 was really

00:16:46.060 --> 00:16:46.580
 hoping were

00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:46.840
 for the

00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:47.340
 bishop to

00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:47.759
 sit in,

00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.320
 but apparently

00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:48.639
 not.

00:16:49.180 --> 00:16:49.519
 They're for

00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:50.100
 the chancellor

00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:50.379
 of the

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:51.139
 university and

00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:51.580
 the vice

00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:52.200
 chancellor and

00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:52.920
 the pro-vice

00:16:52.920 --> 00:16:53.660
 chancellors.

00:16:53.659 --> 00:16:56.199
 On, I

00:16:56.199 --> 00:16:56.659
 think it

00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:57.120
 was the

00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:58.120
 11th of

00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:58.559
 July,

00:16:58.679 --> 00:16:58.879
 where's

00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.319
 Russ,

00:16:59.439 --> 00:16:59.899
 in the

00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:01.679
 year 1746,

00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:03.779
 a young

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.240
 preacher

00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:05.000
 stepped into

00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:05.680
 the pulpit.

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 He

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 announced

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 this text

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 from the

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 book of

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 Acts.

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 It was

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 the words

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 of one

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 of the

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 governors

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 who had

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 just heard

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 Paul give

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 an account

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 of the

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 gospel.

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 And this

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 governor

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 said,

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 Sir,

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 thou

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 almost

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 persuadest

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 me.

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 That

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 sermon

00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.720
 we have

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 in its

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 entirety

00:17:28.560 --> 00:17:29.120
 was preached

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 by John

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 Wesley,

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 and it

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 transpires

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 that it

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 was the

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 last

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 time that

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 Wesley,

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 who of

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 course was a

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 respectable

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 Anglican,

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 didn't believe

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 in stuff

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 like fire,

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 it was the

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 last time

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 that Wesley

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 preached in

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 an Oxford

00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:47.980
 church,

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 which was

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 slightly tricky

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 for somebody

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 who'd been

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 chaplain

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 of an Oxford

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 college.

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 His

00:17:54.080 --> 00:17:54.500
 ministry

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.040
 went on

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 to

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 prosper.

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 The

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 sermon

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 is called

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 The

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 Almost

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 Christian.

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 Wesley

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 says the

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 almost

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 Christian

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 goes to

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 church.

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 He said

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 the almost

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 Christian

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 may even

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 pray on

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 occasions,

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 usually in

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 emergencies,

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 admittedly.

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 The almost

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 Christian gives

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 arms liberally

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 and is a

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 pillar of

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 the community,

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 but there is

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 one thing

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 that the

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 almost

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 Christian

00:18:20.660 --> 00:18:21.160
 lacks.

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 He's not

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 in love

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 with God.

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 Let me

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 ask you,

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 don't shout

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 out,

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 could you

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 say you're

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 in love

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 with God

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 or are you

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 in love

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 with a

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 certain way

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 of doing

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 religion?

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 Or are you

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 in love

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 with virtue

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 signaling,

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 as they call

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 it these

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 days,

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 trying to

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 make out

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 you're a

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 really cool

00:18:49.899 --> 00:18:50.480
 person?

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 Or are you

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 in love

00:18:53.219 --> 00:18:53.819
 with God?

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:56.740
 Wesley

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.139
 had been

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 ordained

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 for years

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 before it

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 said in

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 the church

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 in London

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 that Wesley

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 who at that

00:19:05.459 --> 00:19:05.939
 point was

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 reading the

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 introduction

00:19:08.719 --> 00:19:10.740
 to Luther's

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 commentary on

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 the epistle

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 to the

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 Romans.

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 I think

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 we'd agree,

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 it's not

00:19:16.219 --> 00:19:16.439
 what you

00:19:16.439 --> 00:19:16.779
 call a

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 potboiler,

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 right?

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 And as

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 he read

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 it,

00:19:21.199 --> 00:19:22.319
 he said,

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 my heart

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 was strangely

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 warmed

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 and I

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 knew

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 that I

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 was saved.

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 Friend,

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 whoever

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 you are,

00:19:36.379 --> 00:19:36.740
 however

00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:37.500
 old you

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:37.759
 are,

00:19:37.919 --> 00:19:38.279
 however

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.759
 young

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.000
 you

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.339
 are,

00:19:41.199 --> 00:19:41.559
 however

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.539
 introverted

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:43.039
 you are,

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 however

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.659
 extroverted

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 you are,

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 you are,

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 you are a

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 disciple of

00:19:48.760 --> 00:19:49.060
 Jesus,

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 he has a

00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:50.760
 call on

00:19:50.760 --> 00:19:51.520
 your life

00:19:51.520 --> 00:19:53.240
 and it is

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.720
 to be a

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.220
 witness,

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 the witness

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 of lips

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 and the

00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.540
 witness of

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 lives.

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:02.100
 And for

00:20:02.100 --> 00:20:02.900
 some of you,

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.220
 you've been

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:05.000
 doing that for

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.500
 a while,

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:07.400
 God bless you,

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:08.400
 God bless you,

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:08.940
 you are a

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.400
 man,

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.440
 but some of

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:11.960
 us need to

00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.560
 wake up,

00:20:13.840 --> 00:20:15.280
 some of us

00:20:15.280 --> 00:20:16.040
 need to

00:20:16.040 --> 00:20:17.940
 understand that

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.380
 if we're going

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:19.000
 to do this,

00:20:19.080 --> 00:20:19.660
 we need the

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.480
 fire of God

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:21.720
 in our souls.

00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:23.720
 And do you know

00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:24.480
 the great thing

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.019
 is?

00:20:25.780 --> 00:20:26.800
 The great thing

00:20:26.800 --> 00:20:28.160
 is we can seek

00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:28.980
 that anointing,

00:20:29.080 --> 00:20:29.920
 we can seek

00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.700
 that fire.

00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:32.660
 Why?

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:34.940
 Because God's

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.620
 not looking for

00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.500
 your ability.

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.660
 What he's

00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:39.380
 looking for

00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:40.360
 is your

00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:41.000
 availability.

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.240
 Who tonight

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:46.160
 will answer

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:46.740
 the call?

00:20:48.820 --> 00:20:49.600
 Who tonight

00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:50.600
 will say

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:51.700
 yes to God

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.440
 in a new

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:53.160
 way and

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.800
 find your

00:20:53.800 --> 00:20:54.880
 heart strangely

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.400
 warmed?

00:20:57.080 --> 00:20:57.940
 Who tonight

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.800
 will go out

00:20:58.800 --> 00:20:59.279
 from this

00:20:59.279 --> 00:20:59.560
 place?

00:20:59.559 --> 00:20:59.839
 You know,

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.579
 one of the

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:00.899
 things,

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:01.579
 you know,

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:01.799
 I'm not

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.139
 making a

00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:03.039
 point here,

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.579
 those of you

00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:03.700
 who are

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.279
 Anglicans,

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.099
 but,

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.940
 you know,

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.379
 at the end

00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:06.700
 of our

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.079
 communion

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.799
 services,

00:21:08.659 --> 00:21:08.940
 I don't

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.139
 think it's

00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:09.599
 just us

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.000
 that does

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.599
 this anymore,

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.539
 but at the

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:11.839
 end of it,

00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:11.980
 do you

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.500
 remember those

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:12.859
 words,

00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:14.539
 go in

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.159
 peace to

00:21:15.159 --> 00:21:15.720
 love and

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.200
 serve the

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.500
 Lord?

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.799
 Words of

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:22.500
 expulsion,

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.899
 words of

00:21:24.899 --> 00:21:25.619
 propulsion,

00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:27.859
 that's about

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.839
 as liturgically

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.539
 near to get

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.059
 as any

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.699
 respectable

00:21:30.699 --> 00:21:31.419
 Anglican

00:21:31.419 --> 00:21:31.879
 would get

00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.559
 to saying

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.139
 get lost

00:21:33.139 --> 00:21:33.500
 and get

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:33.859
 on with

00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:34.039
 it.

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.439
 I believe

00:21:36.439 --> 00:21:37.059
 God's

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:38.359
 calling his

00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:38.859
 church,

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.459
 and friends,

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:40.959
 his church

00:21:40.959 --> 00:21:41.439
 is you,

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:44.679
 and he

00:21:44.679 --> 00:21:45.539
 wants to

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.379
 anoint you

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:46.839
 for this

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.459
 task,

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.599
 and he

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.059
 wants to

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.619
 warm your

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.039
 heart,

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.500
 that you

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.399
 may be so

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:53.039
 filled with

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.379
 the good

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:53.619
 news,

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.319
 so in

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:54.859
 love with

00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:55.159
 God,

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:55.899
 that you

00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.939
 cannot help

00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:58.840
 but speak

00:21:58.840 --> 00:22:00.480
 it and

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.059
 live it.

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.180
 And friends,

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.580
 when the

00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:04.259
 church wakes

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.700
 up,

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.340
 when the

00:22:06.340 --> 00:22:07.660
 church wakes

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.059
 up,

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:09.840
 the world

00:22:09.840 --> 00:22:11.299
 will take

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.920
 notice.

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:15.259
 We live in

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:15.759
 challenging

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.480
 times,

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.580
 and in

00:22:18.580 --> 00:22:19.039
 challenging

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.720
 times,

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.720
 God challenges

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.539
 his church,

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.860
 doesn't rant

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.539
 about all the

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.059
 ungodly

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.480
 people,

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.039
 the message

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.339
 of the

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:25.559
 Old

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:25.879
 Testament

00:22:25.879 --> 00:22:26.339
 prophets

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:26.700
 is,

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.579
 when the

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:27.940
 nation

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.420
 becomes

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:28.899
 godly,

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.220
 God

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:29.740
 looks at

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:29.920
 his

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.259
 church,

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.599
 you and

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:30.819
 me.

00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:34.159
 Let's

00:22:34.159 --> 00:22:35.579
 seek the

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.319
 heartwarming

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.000
 grace of

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.659
 God tonight.

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.240
 Let's

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.180
 allow ourselves

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:42.019
 to be soaked

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.960
 in it afresh,

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.680
 maybe for the

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.339
 first time,

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.359
 that we may

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.839
 be so in

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.240
 love with

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.500
 him,

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.220
 that the

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.940
 evidence

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:52.779
 in our

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:54.700
 lives is

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 just hard

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 to miss.