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 Please return to your seats when you get a chance, and we will continue our worship

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 this evening.

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 We will continue our worship this evening with the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Welcome to all of you.

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 My name is Sean.

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 I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church, and it is my joy and privilege to

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 preach God's Word to you this evening.

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 We have been going through the Book of Acts.

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 We took a two-week break from the series, and we are now returning to the Book of Acts.

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 We're in Chapter 14 today, so please turn with me to Acts Chapter 14.

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 Amen.

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 Let's pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, we incline the ears of our hearts to your Word, because we believe that

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 in it you speak to us, dress us as your people, because we know that it is able to make us

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 wise unto salvation in Jesus Christ.

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 And we pray that as we listen to your Word this evening, that you would so build up our

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 faith in your Word, it would make each of us bold evangelists, bold gospelizers, people

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 who share the good news of Jesus Christ with those around them with confidence that you yourself

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 will move in power.

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 And bear witness to your Word.

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 And we ask that you would exalt the name of your Son, Jesus, our Savior.

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 Magnify the grace and glory that you reveal to us in Jesus, that we might stand in awe of

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 Him, worship Him, and love Him more than we ever have.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Acts chapter 14, verses 1 to 28.

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 Now at Iconium, they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that

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 a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

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 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

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 So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word

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 of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

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 But the people of the city were divided.

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 Some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.

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 When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews with their rulers to mistreat them and to stone

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 them, they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia,

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 and to the surrounding country.

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 And there they continued to preach the gospel.

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 Now, at Lystra, there was a man sitting who could not use his feet.

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 He was crippled from birth and had never walked.

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 He listened to Paul speaking, and Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith

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 to be made well, said in a loud voice, Stand upright on your feet.

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 And he sprang up and began walking.

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 And when the crowd saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian,

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 The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men.

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 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

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 And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and

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 garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

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 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out

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 into the crowd, crying out, Men, why are you doing these things?

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 We also are men of like nature with you.

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 And we bring you good news that you should turn from these vain things to a living God

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 who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

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 In past generations, he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.

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 Yet he did not leave himself without witness.

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 For he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts

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 with food and gladness.

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 Even with these words, they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.

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 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul

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 and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

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 But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the

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 next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.

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 When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned

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 to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them

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 to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom

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 of God.

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 And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting, they

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 committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

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 Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.

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 And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Atalia.

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 And from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God

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 for the work that they had fulfilled.

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 And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done

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 with them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

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 And they remained no little time with the disciples.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 God has a funny way of telling us to do things that we are not able to do.

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 He tells us to join him in Christ's mission of seeking and saving the lost, but we are unable

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 to do so.

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 For he says in Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8, by grace you have been saved through faith.

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 And this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God.

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 God tells us to consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.

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 But then in 1 Thessalonians 3 verse 12 says that it is the Lord who makes us increase and

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 abound in love.

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 God tells us to work for one another's progress in the faith.

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 faith.

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 And yet we are told in 1 Timothy chapter 1 verse 14 that faith overflows to us by the grace

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 of our Lord.

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 God tells us to impart his wisdom to one another, and yet Ephesians 1 verse 17 tells us that

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 it is the Father of glory who gives us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge

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 of him.

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 God tells us to work for one another's joy in the Lord.

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 And yet we are told in Romans 15 verse 13 that it is God who fills us with joy, with all joy.

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 In other words, all these things that God commands us to do, we cannot do by ourselves.

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 But he does this, he commands us in this way, not because he wants us to fail, but because

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 God intends to help us, because he wants us to join him in the work that he is doing.

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 As the 20th century evangelist Billy Graham once said, the will of God will not take us where

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 the grace of God cannot sustain us.

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 That's what we see going on here throughout the book of Acts.

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 Though the full title of the book is Acts of the Holy Apostles by Luke the Evangelist, it

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 may aptly also be called the Acts of the Holy Spirit.

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 Because as the apostles are bearing witness to Jesus and to the Word, it's God himself who

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 confirms their witness by his own witness.

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 As we bear witness to him, God authenticates our proclamation.

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 And that's the main exhortation of today's passage, that we are to speak the gospel of

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 grace, trusting God to authenticate the proclamation of his word.

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 God does this through the witness of signs, which we see in verses 1 to 10, the witness of creation,

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 verses 11 to 18, and the witness of the suffering church in verses 19 to 28.

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 In chapter 13, if you recall, Barnabas and Saul, who were called by God to be missionaries,

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 were set apart and sent out by the church in Antioch.

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 This is the Antioch in Syria, which is different from the Antioch in Pisidia that's mentioned

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 throughout this chapter, chapter 14.

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 And here in chapter 14, they are entering Iconium.

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 Iconium is the ancient name of the modern city of Konya, which is a major city in Turkey.

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 It was a politically important city at the time.

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 And it says in verse 1,

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 Now at Iconium, they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way

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 that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

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 Paul and Barnabas, as was their custom, first entered the Jewish synagogue to preach the gospel

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 because they know that they already have a lot of common ground with the Jews.

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 And it says that they spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

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 So that means the manner in which they spoke was persuasive and winsome.

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 As we will see later in verse 27, the ultimate credit for this success in their missions work

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 belongs to God because they say that God had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

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 They just look at what God has done with us or more literally through us.

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 But that doesn't mean that it doesn't matter how we minister.

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 It matters how we as God's people go about speaking the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 We could be winsome or we could be abrasive.

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 We could be persuasive or we could be unpersuasive.

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 We could be well prepared or we could be ill prepared.

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 We could be humble or we could be arrogant.

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 God's sovereign work does not preclude human responsibility.

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 And it matters how we bear witness to Jesus.

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 That's why he says that they spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

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 Paul and Barnabas were effective in their ministry.

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 And it says that not only the Jews but also the Greeks believed.

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 The Greeks likely refers to the God-fearers, the Gentile God-fearers, since they were speaking in the synagogues.

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 And you will find at times God-fearers there.

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 God-fearers are Greeks who worshipped the God of the Jews but who had not yet fully converted to Judaism.

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 These people were very responsive to the gospel.

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 But it says in verse 2,

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 The unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

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 The unbelieving Jews were contradicting and slandering the Christians among the Gentiles

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 in order to make them think badly about Christians.

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 This happens all the time in our context as well, doesn't it?

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 Whether it's in the news or other media, whether it's politicians or pundits,

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 whether it's friends or family members,

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 it is not uncommon to find people who have settled prejudices against Christians.

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 Sometimes their judgments are warranted.

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 They have seen hypocritical and terrible things done by Christians.

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 But often, or those who claim to be Christians,

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 but often their judgments are not warranted.

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 They are based on hearsay, generalizations, caricatures, suspicions, misrepresentations,

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 and at times based on downright falsehoods.

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 But nonetheless, they spread their judgments,

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 and in doing so they poisoned other people's minds against Christians.

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 That's what the unbelieving Jews in Iconium were doing.

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 And how did Paul and Barnabas respond to that?

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 It says in verse 3,

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 So, and this is surprising,

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 So, they remained for a long time speaking boldly for the Lord,

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 who bore witness to the word of His grace,

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 granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

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 This prevailing prejudice among them does not cower Paul and Barnabas into silence.

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 Instead, they dig in their heels,

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 recognizing that the newly converted Christians in the city need their support all the more.

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 And so they remained for a long time speaking boldly for the Lord.

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 And as they did that, as they bore witness to the Lord,

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 the Lord Himself bears witness by giving them signs and wonders.

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 Notice who's bearing witness in verse 3.

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 It's not Paul and Barnabas.

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 So they remained for a long time speaking boldly for the Lord,

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 who bore witness to the word of His grace.

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 The Lord Himself is bearing witness to the word,

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 to His word that Paul and Barnabas are proclaiming.

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 And He does this by granting signs and wonders.

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 Luke is careful to know throughout the book of Acts

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 that it is always God who performs signs and wonders.

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 It's never meant.

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 God works through men to perform signs and wonders.

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 Especially in missionary contexts where the gospel is new or foreign to the audience,

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 God Himself often bears witness to the word of His grace,

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 granting signs and wonders.

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 But it's not.

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 It happens here as well,

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 it tends to be very common in missionary contexts especially.

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 And with such signs and wonders,

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 you might expect everyone that was there to come to faith,

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 whose mind had been poisoned by the unbelieving Jews,

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 that you'd think that they would all change their minds,

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 but that's not the case.

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 We know this because people often say

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 that if they were to see miracles

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 like the ones written about in the scriptures,

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 that they would have no trouble believing in God.

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 But that's not true.

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 It says in verse 4,

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 But the people of the city were divided.

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 Some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.

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 Only some respond with faith to Paul and Barnabas' teaching,

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 even after God's witness of signs.

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 Others still don't convert,

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 still don't change their mind,

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 and remain in their unbelief.

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 And some of these who remained in their unbelief

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 were not content to just oppose the message.

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 They also sought to persecute the messengers.

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 It says in verses 5 to 7,

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 When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews

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 with their rulers to mistreat them and to stone them,

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 they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe,

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 cities of Lycaonia,

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 and to the surrounding country,

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 and there they continued to preach the gospel.

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 In Jewish context, as most of you know by now,

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 it's been going through the book of Acts,

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 death by stoning was reserved for blasphemers,

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 false teachers.

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 But the Jews, under Roman rule,

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 did not have the authority to mete out capital punishment,

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 so they had to get the Roman authorities involved.

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 But here, they partner with the Gentiles

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 and enlist the help of their rulers

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 in order to mistreat them and to stone them.

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 Paul and Barnabas, however, get wind of this,

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 probably from those who had converted

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 and knew about the plot,

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 and so they flee to Lystra and Derbe.

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 And because they just narrowly escaped

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 serious bodily harm and possible death by stoning,

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 and that was happening to them,

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 that kind of persecution,

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 because they were preaching the gospel,

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 you might think that they would stop preaching the gospel.

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 But it says they continued to preach the gospel

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 in Lycaonia and to the surrounding country.

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 Why is that?

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 Why is that?

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 That's because in chapter 13,

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 who called Paul and Barnabas

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 and sent them out on this missionary journey?

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 The Holy Spirit called them and sent them out.

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 God himself called them and sent them out

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 to preach the gospel.

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 So they could choose to go elsewhere

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 to preach the gospel,

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 especially if they know that they are under mortal threat,

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 but they cannot choose whether or not to speak or remain silent.

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 That's not an option that is open to them.

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 God has called them and sent them to speak the gospel.

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 God has called them and sent them out.

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 God has called them and sent them out.

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 God has called them and sent them out.

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 So despite the hostility and danger,

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 they continued to preach the gospel wherever they went.

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 No matter what kind of threats we face,

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 no matter what kind of setbacks we experience as a church,

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 as witnesses of Jesus Christ,

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 we too must continue to preach the gospel.

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 Verses 8 to 10 relate to us what happened

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 when Paul and Barnabas arrived in Lystra.

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 He says,

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 Now at Lystra there was a man sitting

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 who could not use his feet.

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 He was crippled from birth and had never walked.

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 He listened to Paul speaking.

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 And Paul, looking intently at him

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 and seeing that he had faith to be made well,

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 said in a loud voice,

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 Stand upright on your feet.

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 And he sprang up and began walking.

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 This is an amazing account

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 of miraculous healing of a man lame from birth.

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 And it parallels closely the account in chapter 3

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 where Peter also makes a man lame from birth walk.

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 Lameness, especially one that's not due to injury

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 but from birth,

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 was deemed incurable by the best ancient physicians.

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 So this detail notes the severity of the man's condition

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 and the exceptional character of this miraculous healing.

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 Paul noticed the lame man listening to his sermon

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 and it says in verse 9

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 that he saw that he had faith to be made well.

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 God heals in response to the faith

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 of the lame man.

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 And so he tells him, commands him,

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 Stand upright on your feet.

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 And he sprang up and began walking.

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 Telling a lame man who has never walked in his life

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 to stand upright on your feet

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 is of course crazy and foolish in human terms.

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 But it makes sense in this context

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 only because God is at work

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 and God has revealed to Paul

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 he intends to heal this man.

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 And it says he sprang up and began walking.

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 It's a complete miraculous healing.

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 I mentioned when we were in chapter 3

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 that this was a fulfillment of the prophecy

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 in Isaiah 35 verse 6

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 that in the messianic age

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 that the lame man shall leap like a deer.

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 Jesus fulfilled that prophecy

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 and now the Lord Jesus continues

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 to make the lame leap like a deer

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 through the hands of his apostles.

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 And speaking of apostles,

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 note that in verse 4 and in verse 14

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 Paul and Barnabas are called apostles.

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 Which shows that traveling missionaries

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 other than the 12 apostles

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 were also sometimes called apostles

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 in the early church.

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 Luke normally reserves that title for the 12

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 but here in chapter 14

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 after Paul and Barnabas were commissioned

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 for their missionary journey in chapter 13

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 right at the juncture

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 where the focus of the book of Acts

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 shifts from Peter's missionary work

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 to Paul's missionary work

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 Luke intentionally attributes the title

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 apostle to Paul and Barnabas.

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 Similarly, he intentionally recounts

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 a miracle that is very similar

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 to the miracle that Peter performed

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 early in chapter 3

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 and I think he's doing this

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 all of this intentionally

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 as a way of certifying

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 to his audience

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 to his readers

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 to his hearers

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 that Paul and Barnabas

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 are genuine apostles

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 who preach the same apostolic message

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 of the 12 apostles.

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 We must remember that that is our call

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 also

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 to preach that same

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 apostolic message.

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 We do not have the option

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 of choosing for ourselves

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 what message to preach.

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 There are too many people

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 in the world

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 who claim to be Christians

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 or claim to be a follower of Jesus

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 and yet deny the very gospel

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 that Jesus himself entrusted

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 to his 12 apostles.

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 They should freely admit instead

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 that they are innovators

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 inventors of a new religion

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 rather than laying claim

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 on historic Christianity.

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 True Christians are disciples

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 of Jesus Christ

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 who preach the same gospel

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 that he himself entrusted

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 to his 12 apostles.

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 That's why Acts 2.42 said

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 that the early Christians

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 were devoted

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 to the apostles' teaching

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 and it is this apostolic gospel

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 that God himself authenticates

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 by granting signs and wonders.

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 In addition to the witness of signs

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 we see the witness of creation

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 in verses 11 to 18.

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 It says in verses 11 to 13

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 and when the crowd saw

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 what Paul had done

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 they lifted up their voices

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 saying in Lycaonian

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 the gods have come down to us

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 in the likeness of men.

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 Barnabas they called Zeus

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 and Paul Hermes

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 because he was the chief speaker

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 and the priest of Zeus

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 whose temple was at the entrance

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 to the city

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 brought oxen and garlands

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 to the gates

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 and wanted to offer sacrifices

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 with the crowds.

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 Luke notes that

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 the crowds here

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 were not speaking Greek

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 but actually speaking Lycaonian

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 even though after

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 Alexander the Great

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 conquered this region

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 around 334-333 BC

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 Greek became the language

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 of the people.

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 Some of the indigenous languages

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 still survived for a time

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 and as you can see here

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 one of them was Lycaonian.

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 The Greeks mocked foreign speech

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 as sounding like

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 bar, bar, bar, bar, bar

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 and so that's why

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 they were called barbarians.

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 And they called all foreigners

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 barbarians

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 so Lycaonians were barbarians.

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 And soon thereafter

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 in history

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 the word barbarian

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 took on deeply pejorative connotations

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 because many prideful Greeks

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 viewed foreigners

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 as uncivilized

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 and uncultured.

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 But even while

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 the Greeks

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 made such distinction

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 the early church

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 did not make

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 only the Jews

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 and Greeks

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 the object

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 of their missionary efforts.

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 They went

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 to every nation

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 even to the so-called

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 barbarians.

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 So Paul says

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 in Romans 1 verse 14

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 I am under obligation

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 both to Greeks

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 and to barbarians.

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 In Colossians chapter 3 verse 11

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 he writes that in Christ

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 there is not

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 Greek and Jew

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 circumcised and uncircumcised

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 barbarians

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 Scythians

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 slave free

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 but Christ is all

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 and in all.

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 We see this universal principle

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 at work here.

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 Paul and Barnabas

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.200
 make no distinction

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:36.100
 between Jew and Gentile

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 between Greek

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 and barbarian.

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 They preach the gospel

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 indiscriminately to all

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 because it's the only message

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.320
 that saves.

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 Unfortunately however

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.880
 the crowds in Lystra

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.920
 conclude that Paul

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.580
 and Barnabas

00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:51.960
 are gods

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:53.180
 who have come down

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:54.299
 in the likeness of men.

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 They are right

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.000
 to conclude

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.140
 that healing a man

00:25:59.140 --> 00:26:00.200
 who is lame from birth

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.920
 is something that

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:02.220
 only a divine being

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:02.759
 can do.

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.700
 They were correct

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.480
 in their conclusion.

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:06.400
 But they were wrong

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:07.039
 to conclude

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:08.160
 that it was in fact

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:09.259
 Paul and Barnabas

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.660
 themselves

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:11.059
 who have done this.

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.480
 We know from verse 3

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.380
 that it was God

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:16.200
 who was granting

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.019
 signs and wonders

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.400
 to be done

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.420
 by their hands.

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.000
 And it's this misunderstanding

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.160
 that makes the crowd

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:23.039
 hail Paul as Hermes

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.700
 and Barnabas as Zeus.

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:29.000
 These people worshipped

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:30.860
 Zeus as the chief god

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:32.099
 the sky father

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:32.880
 as they called him

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.779
 their highest god.

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.420
 They believed

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.740
 that Zeus gathered rain

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.500
 and sent

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.860
 gathered clouds

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.700
 and then sent rain

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.120
 and lightning

00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:40.620
 and thunder.

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:42.500
 They also worshipped

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.939
 Hermes

00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:44.159
 whom they said

00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:45.139
 was Zeus' son.

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.979
 Hermes served

00:26:46.979 --> 00:26:47.659
 as the messenger

00:26:47.659 --> 00:26:48.259
 of Zeus

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:49.979
 who traversed lands

00:26:49.979 --> 00:26:50.459
 of the living

00:26:50.459 --> 00:26:51.059
 and the dead.

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.879
 And since they believed

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.639
 that Hermes served

00:26:53.639 --> 00:26:55.099
 as Zeus' mouthpiece

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.879
 they conclude

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:57.359
 that Paul must be Hermes

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.579
 because he is talking

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.039
 the most.

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:03.599
 There was a local legend

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.379
 in that area

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:05.139
 at the time

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:06.119
 that two gods

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.959
 had wandered

00:27:06.959 --> 00:27:08.019
 among people

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.859
 in their region.

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:10.479
 and the legend goes

00:27:10.479 --> 00:27:12.240
 that nobody offered

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.979
 these two gods

00:27:12.979 --> 00:27:13.719
 any hospitality

00:27:13.719 --> 00:27:14.979
 until Philemon

00:27:14.979 --> 00:27:15.799
 and Bousis

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:17.199
 an older couple

00:27:17.199 --> 00:27:18.000
 did.

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.819
 Subsequently

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.519
 the gods

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.559
 rewarded the couple

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:23.279
 and made them

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.719
 priests

00:27:23.719 --> 00:27:24.240
 in the temple

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.679
 of Zeus

00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.759
 and punished

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.479
 the other people

00:27:26.479 --> 00:27:27.000
 who showed them

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.759
 no hospitality.

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.439
 This is a legend

00:27:29.439 --> 00:27:30.079
 that was circulating

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.740
 at the time.

00:27:31.459 --> 00:27:32.159
 And considering this

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:33.179
 it's easy to see

00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:35.099
 how this grave

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.719
 misunderstanding

00:27:35.719 --> 00:27:36.259
 about Paul

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.179
 and Barnabas arose.

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:38.480
 the people

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.060
 of Lystra

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:40.160
 don't want

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.560
 to miss

00:27:40.560 --> 00:27:41.680
 another opportunity

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.560
 to show hospitality

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:43.539
 to the gods.

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.340
 And so they go

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:45.880
 and fetch

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:47.160
 the priest of Zeus

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:48.680
 who brings oxen

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.140
 and garlands

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.580
 to the gates

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:50.799
 to offer sacrifice

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.519
 with the crowds.

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.560
 Barnabas and Paul

00:27:53.560 --> 00:27:54.360
 are not happy

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:54.840
 about this

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:55.240
 of course

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.299
 it says in verse 14

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.640
 but when the apostles

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:58.480
 Barnabas and Paul

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.000
 heard of it

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.539
 they tore their garments

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.820
 and rushed out

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.519
 into the crowd.

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:05.759
 If they were charlatans

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.700
 out for their own

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.759
 glory and profit

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.559
 they would have

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:10.259
 basked in their

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:11.180
 newfound glory

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.859
 and fame.

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:14.220
 But because

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.680
 they were apostles

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:18.900
 messengers

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.839
 sent out

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.599
 by God

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.480
 accountable

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.420
 to God

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.900
 they are deeply

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.420
 upset

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:26.160
 and they show

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.920
 their indignation

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.519
 by tearing

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.059
 their garments

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.819
 they cry out

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.480
 in verse 15

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.879
 men

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:31.019
 why are you

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:32.119
 doing these things?

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.740
 we also are

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:35.119
 men of like nature

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.619
 with you

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:37.579
 and we bring you

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.400
 good news

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.900
 that you should

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.720
 turn from

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.879
 these vain things

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:42.240
 to a living God

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:43.460
 who made the heaven

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.059
 and the earth

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.539
 and the sea

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.700
 and all that is in them.

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:48.160
 We're humans

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.359
 we're mortals

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.220
 just like you

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.000
 why are you

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.900
 doing these things?

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:54.279
 What they assume

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.680
 of course

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.460
 is the truth

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.779
 that only a divine

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.660
 being is

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:59.039
 worthy of worship.

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:02.039
 Human beings

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.859
 are not

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:04.200
 worthy of worship.

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:07.000
 After communicating

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.440
 this

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.480
 Paul and Barnabas

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.099
 tell the people

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.480
 that they are

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.299
 merely messengers

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.519
 who bring good news

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.619
 the news

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:12.960
 that you should

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.519
 turn from

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.180
 these vain things

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.960
 to a living God.

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.180
 There's some

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:18.779
 major implications

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.619
 to what they're saying

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.480
 because the implication

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.920
 of course

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.740
 is that the gods

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.619
 that these people

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.059
 of Lystra

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.519
 worship

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:25.119
 are not living.

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.659
 They're inanimate

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:30.480
 imaginary beings.

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.900
 There is one

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:34.080
 creator of the cosmos

00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.840
 and he alone

00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:36.019
 deserves to be worshipped

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:38.320
 and so they're

00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:39.000
 correcting them.

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.320
 I think if we're

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:42.120
 honest with ourselves

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.940
 we still have

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.620
 this tendency

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.900
 to deify

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.720
 human beings.

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.500
 Look at the Olympics

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.440
 for example.

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:54.720
 The Olympics

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.860
 first started

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.559
 in ancient Greece

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.220
 as a display

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.360
 of religious devotion

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:59.120
 and worship

00:29:59.120 --> 00:29:59.860
 to none other

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.600
 than Zeus.

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.620
 Athletes

00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:03.039
 paraded

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.799
 into the stadium

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.840
 past the line

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.820
 of priests

00:30:05.820 --> 00:30:07.440
 and frequently

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.180
 dedicated their

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.580
 performance

00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:08.900
 to their

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.360
 respected

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:10.340
 patron gods.

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:11.940
 And then

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.240
 winners

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.880
 received

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.600
 olive reeds

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.059
 made from

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.500
 trees

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.240
 in a grove

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.680
 that was

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.299
 dedicated

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.940
 to Zeus.

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:18.660
 and these

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.480
 winning athletes

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.220
 thereafter

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:21.160
 were revered

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.799
 like

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.759
 demigods

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:24.240
 people who

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.519
 had been

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.920
 touched

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.700
 by divinity

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.460
 and have

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.080
 transcended

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:27.620
 the status

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:27.960
 of mere

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.420
 mortals.

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:31.059
 The ancient

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.700
 Olympic games

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.400
 were abolished

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.200
 in 393

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.180
 by Theodosius

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.720
 I

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.440
 who was a

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.180
 Christian emperor

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.519
 who wanted

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.920
 to end

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.360
 the pagan

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:38.080
 rituals.

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.640
 It was resumed

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.779
 in 1896

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.200
 ironically

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.840
 by another

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.480
 Christian man

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.880
 who tried

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.620
 to Christianize

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:43.740
 it

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.400
 and sanitize

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.620
 it

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.900
 and give

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.240
 people

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.680
 opportunities

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.200
 to develop

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.880
 holistic

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:49.019
 holiness

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.480
 or whatnot

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.400
 by exercising

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:51.560
 and excelling

00:30:51.560 --> 00:30:52.240
 in physical

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.779
 activities.

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:58.320
 And nowadays

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:59.519
 it's mostly

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.320
 secularized

00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:01.680
 but it's

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.400
 still kind of

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:03.380
 like a secularized

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:04.160
 civic religion

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.620
 of sorts

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.240
 with its own

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.900
 ceremonies

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.500
 rituals

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:08.019
 oaths.

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.180
 Sometimes

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.000
 people use

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.580
 adjectives

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:11.600
 like divine

00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.460
 to describe

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.980
 people's

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.480
 performances.

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.019
 And athletes

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.279
 who are

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.759
 particularly

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.259
 dominant

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.839
 in their

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.259
 sport

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.980
 are revered

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.420
 almost

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:20.500
 like divine

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.420
 superhuman

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.200
 figures.

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.940
 This

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.319
 phenomenon

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.700
 is not

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.059
 limited

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.779
 to the

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.079
 Olympic

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.819
 athletes.

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.220
 Other

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.819
 famous

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.660
 athletes

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.599
 movie stars

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.480
 etc.

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.779
 are sought

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.200
 out for

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.059
 endorsements.

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.359
 Statues

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:35.960
 are made

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.420
 of them.

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.000
 People

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.059
 pay homage

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.539
 to them.

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.339
 Stand

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:40.119
 in all

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.700
 of them.

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.059
 And their

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.779
 paraphernalia

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.420
 are sold

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:44.240
 for millions

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.960
 of dollars.

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.740
 Perhaps

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.340
 this is not

00:31:50.340 --> 00:31:50.900
 surprising

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.519
 because human

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.019
 beings are

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.560
 created in

00:31:52.560 --> 00:31:52.840
 the image

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.340
 of God.

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.220
 We were

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.840
 created to

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:56.580
 represent Him

00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:57.140
 and resemble

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.460
 Him.

00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:00.120
 This is why

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.960
 Jewish tradition

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.759
 forbade the

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.500
 visual depiction

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.039
 of even

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.940
 human beings

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.600
 in art.

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.360
 Even when

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.880
 they were not

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.480
 objects of

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:07.779
 worship

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.500
 because they

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.060
 judged that

00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:09.560
 it came

00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:10.259
 perilously

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.000
 close to

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.720
 idolatry

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.500
 considering

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:12.920
 that human

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.559
 beings are

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:13.960
 made in

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.400
 the glorious

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:14.920
 image of

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.200
 God.

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.579
 But no

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.140
 matter how

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.660
 much of a

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:20.299
 genius a

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.860
 person might

00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:22.039
 be or

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.779
 how seemingly

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.620
 superhuman

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.240
 their athletic

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.960
 feats might

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.980
 be, we

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.640
 must remember

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.120
 that they

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.740
 are just

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.299
 men.

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.420
 Humans

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:32.880
 like you

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.220
 and me.

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.819
 How many

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.299
 of us, I

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.440
 wonder, if

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.680
 we were

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.299
 afforded an

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.039
 opportunity to

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.720
 have dinner

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.440
 with or even

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.079
 just take a

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.899
 selfie with

00:32:41.899 --> 00:32:42.939
 Alison

00:32:42.939 --> 00:32:43.899
 Felix or

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.859
 Caleb Dressel

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:46.059
 or LeBron

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.960
 James or

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.359
 Lionel

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.019
 Messi or

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.699
 Robert Downey

00:32:48.699 --> 00:32:49.259
 Jr. or

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.639
 Scarlett

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:51.019
 Johansson or

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.939
 Ed Sheeran or

00:32:51.939 --> 00:32:52.879
 Ariana Grande

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.960
 would skip

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.799
 Sunday worship

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.599
 in a heartbeat

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.879
 to do so.

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.399
 Do we

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:04.480
 really realize

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.379
 that when

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:06.139
 we worship

00:33:06.139 --> 00:33:06.639
 we are in

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:07.099
 the presence

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.559
 of the

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.500
 living God

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:10.640
 who created

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.099
 the heavens

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.460
 and the

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:11.779
 earth?

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.380
 Do we

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.099
 realize that

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:17.000
 here God

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:18.539
 personally speak

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.539
 to us from

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.220
 his word?

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.180
 Do we

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.740
 realize that

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.099
 the very

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:23.059
 spirit of God

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:24.019
 fills us more

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.559
 and more as

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.359
 we sing

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:26.200
 praises to

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.519
 him?

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.779
 Do we

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:28.779
 God?

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.779
 Do we

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.519
 know that

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.619
 how many of

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:32.399
 us spend

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:33.599
 more hours

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.359
 and days

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:35.440
 admiring

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.779
 mere humans,

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.500
 learning about

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.759
 mere humans,

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.819
 following mere

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.399
 humans,

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.099
 and watching

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:44.319
 mere humans

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:45.119
 than the

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:46.379
 one true

00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:47.160
 God?

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.960
 How many

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.899
 of us aspire

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.820
 to be like

00:33:55.820 --> 00:33:56.180
 them?

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.060
 To be

00:33:58.060 --> 00:33:58.620
 famous,

00:33:58.780 --> 00:33:58.980
 to be

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.600
 adored and

00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:00.360
 respected and

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:01.300
 paid like

00:34:01.300 --> 00:34:02.060
 demigods?

00:34:06.560 --> 00:34:07.519
 It's easy

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.079
 to dismiss

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.539
 the people

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.019
 of Lystra

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.800
 as gullible

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:11.300
 and superstitious,

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.000
 but we

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.559
 moderns are

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.139
 actually not

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.480
 all that

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.900
 different.

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.500
 Men,

00:34:19.720 --> 00:34:20.460
 why are

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.980
 you doing

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.880
 these things?

00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:22.559
 They are

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.700
 mere mortals.

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:26.180
 We are

00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:27.000
 mere

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.880
 humans.

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.099
 And here's

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.539
 the good

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.960
 news that

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.240
 we should

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:31.820
 cling to.

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.180
 Instead,

00:34:32.740 --> 00:34:33.019
 we may

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.800
 turn from

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.480
 these vain

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.860
 things to

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.440
 a living

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.000
 God.

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.760
 Worship of

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.460
 false gods

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.960
 is vain.

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.300
 It is

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.720
 worthless,

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.380
 useless.

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.740
 They have

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:43.559
 no power

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:43.940
 to make

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.380
 a lame

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.059
 man walk.

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:45.840
 They have

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.400
 no power

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:46.880
 to make

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.420
 the sinner

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:47.960
 clean.

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:48.539
 They have

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.039
 no power

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.460
 to make

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.760
 those who

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.320
 are spiritually

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.400
 dead alive

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.900
 again.

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:53.260
 Only God

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.660
 can do

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:54.000
 that.

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:58.579
 Paul

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.039
 continues

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.460
 his message

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.800
 in verse

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.160
 16.

00:35:00.240 --> 00:35:00.599
 In past

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.180
 generations,

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.099
 he allowed

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.539
 all the

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.079
 nations to

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.559
 walk in

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:03.960
 their own

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.460
 ways.

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.260
 Prior to

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:06.619
 the coming

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:07.180
 of Jesus,

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.940
 the various

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.340
 nations

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.800
 worshipped

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.519
 other gods,

00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:10.180
 and God

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:10.559
 certainly

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.360
 didn't approve

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:11.680
 of their

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:12.180
 idolatry,

00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:12.500
 but he

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.079
 didn't

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.960
 interfere

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:15.240
 with it.

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.519
 He allowed

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.000
 all the

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.400
 nations to

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:17.720
 walk in

00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:18.039
 their own

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.280
 ways,

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:18.700
 it says.

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:19.880
 However,

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.440
 now,

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.280
 with the

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:21.840
 coming of

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.519
 Jesus and

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.180
 the commissioning

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:23.440
 of his

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:24.039
 apostles,

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:25.460
 those times

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.039
 have come

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.440
 to an

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.699
 end.

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.440
 Now,

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:28.940
 we are to

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.119
 make

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.719
 disciples of

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.579
 all nations.

00:35:30.779 --> 00:35:31.099
 Now,

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.980
 all nations

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.519
 are commended

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.099
 to repent

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.500
 of their

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.119
 sinful ways

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.739
 and turn

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:35.159
 to the

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:36.119
 only true

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:36.519
 God.

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.739
 Now,

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.659
 we are to

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.259
 be witnesses

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:40.219
 in Jerusalem,

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.599
 in all

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:41.980
 Judea and

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.360
 Samaria,

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.159
 and to the

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.759
 end of the

00:35:43.759 --> 00:35:44.079
 earth.

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:47.019
 God

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.539
 .

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.360
 But even

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.799
 in past

00:35:48.799 --> 00:35:49.319
 generations,

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.799
 it says in

00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:50.519
 verse 17,

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.279
 God did

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:52.000
 not leave

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.799
 himself without

00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:53.380
 witness,

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.679
 for he did

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:55.340
 good by

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:55.860
 giving you

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.500
 rains from

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.019
 heaven and

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.340
 fruitful

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.920
 seasons,

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.099
 satisfying your

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.639
 hearts with

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.340
 food and

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.980
 gladness.

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:03.799
 Here,

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.400
 Paul is

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.920
 directly

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.819
 confronting the

00:36:05.819 --> 00:36:07.039
 Lycaonian and

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.860
 Greek traditions,

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:08.799
 because they

00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:09.440
 believe that

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:10.299
 Zeus provided

00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:10.759
 rain,

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:12.179
 but Zeus is

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.920
 no God at

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.059
 all.

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.340
 It has

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:13.940
 always been

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.299
 the Lord

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:14.900
 God who

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.480
 has provided

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:16.079
 them rain

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.500
 for the

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:16.799
 earth,

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.579
 and they

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.079
 should have

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.719
 known that,

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:19.259
 Paul says.

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.679
 For Zeus was

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:21.299
 a figment of

00:36:21.299 --> 00:36:21.639
 the human

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.259
 imagination.

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.799
 He was a

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.579
 God who

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.159
 was created

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.699
 in the image

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.340
 of man,

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.119
 not the

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.500
 God who

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.279
 created man

00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:27.739
 in his

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:28.159
 image.

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:31.179
 Paul argues

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.659
 that God

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.480
 has left us

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.079
 a witness

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.739
 in his

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:34.400
 creation.

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.719
 Farmers in

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:37.099
 the ancient

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:38.320
 world tilled

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:38.779
 the ground

00:36:38.779 --> 00:36:39.759
 and planted

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:40.380
 seeds,

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.340
 but it was

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:41.960
 God who

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.480
 shone the

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:42.759
 sun,

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.639
 it was

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.739
 God who

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:45.320
 rained down

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:45.759
 water,

00:36:46.279 --> 00:36:46.559
 it was

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.199
 God who

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:47.619
 made the

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.340
 plants grow.

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:50.579
 God has

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.599
 woven into,

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.900
 woven our

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.699
 creaturely

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:55.840
 dependence on

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.500
 the creator,

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.539
 he has woven

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.420
 that reality,

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.039
 that dependence

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.820
 right into the

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.460
 fabric of the

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:01.000
 fabric of the

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.420
 universe,

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:04.400
 so that from

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:04.960
 the beginning

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.599
 our very

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.500
 survival

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:08.179
 depended on

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.679
 things that

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.340
 were outside

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:09.739
 of our

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:10.179
 control.

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:14.699
 all creation

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:15.359
 in this

00:37:15.359 --> 00:37:16.399
 sense bears

00:37:16.399 --> 00:37:17.319
 witness to

00:37:17.319 --> 00:37:17.759
 God,

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:19.039
 tells us

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.980
 about God.

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.119
 Paul says

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.619
 something very

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.219
 similar in

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.739
 Romans 1,

00:37:22.779 --> 00:37:23.539
 19 to 20,

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:23.779
 he says,

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.840
 for what can

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.240
 be known

00:37:25.240 --> 00:37:25.880
 about God

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.460
 is plain

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:26.920
 to them

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.740
 because God

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.380
 has shown

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.740
 it to

00:37:28.740 --> 00:37:29.040
 them.

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:29.820
 For his

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.420
 invisible

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.040
 attributes,

00:37:31.160 --> 00:37:31.740
 namely his

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:33.040
 eternal power

00:37:33.040 --> 00:37:33.620
 and divine

00:37:33.620 --> 00:37:34.140
 nature,

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:34.800
 have been

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.220
 clearly

00:37:35.220 --> 00:37:35.860
 perceived

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.800
 ever since

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:37.300
 the creation

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:37.820
 of the world

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.360
 in the things

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.840
 that have

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:39.480
 been made,

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.240
 so they

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:40.900
 are without

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.720
 excuse.

00:37:43.120 --> 00:37:43.780
 The heavens

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.560
 declare the

00:37:44.560 --> 00:37:45.300
 glory of God,

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.880
 the sky

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:47.320
 proclaim his

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:48.019
 handiwork.

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.079
 work.

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.199
 There are

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.920
 19

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:54.500
 independent

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.380
 fundamental

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.880
 physical

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:56.659
 constants that

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.059
 keep the

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.579
 world running.

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.139
 That's about

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.880
 all I know

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.239
 about them,

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:01.599
 so if you

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.019
 really want to

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.320
 know more

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:02.579
 about them,

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:02.920
 ask the

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.219
 physicists

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:03.739
 in our

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:04.420
 church.

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.579
 But the

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:06.940
 speed of

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.280
 light,

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:08.380
 the

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:08.940
 gravitational

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.500
 constant,

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.360
 the electric

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:10.860
 constant,

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:13.039
 if any

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.500
 one of

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.179
 these constants

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.719
 were off

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.139
 by even

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.960
 one part

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.360
 in a

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:16.739
 million,

00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:19.019
 or some

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.459
 of them

00:38:19.459 --> 00:38:20.819
 one part

00:38:20.819 --> 00:38:21.219
 in a

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:21.639
 million,

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.379
 million,

00:38:23.379 --> 00:38:24.299
 the universe

00:38:24.299 --> 00:38:25.179
 would cease

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.739
 to exist

00:38:25.739 --> 00:38:26.099
 as we

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.500
 know it,

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:26.939
 and our

00:38:26.939 --> 00:38:27.299
 lives

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:27.679
 would not

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:27.859
 be

00:38:27.859 --> 00:38:28.259
 possible.

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.379
 The

00:38:31.379 --> 00:38:31.759
 sovereign

00:38:31.759 --> 00:38:32.119
 God

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.479
 has

00:38:32.479 --> 00:38:33.559
 fine-tuned

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:33.919
 this

00:38:33.919 --> 00:38:34.379
 universe

00:38:34.379 --> 00:38:35.099
 so that

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:35.759
 we might

00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:36.199
 live in

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:36.439
 it.

00:38:37.439 --> 00:38:38.039
 All

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.699
 creation

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:39.199
 bears

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:39.779
 witness

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.439
 to God,

00:38:40.979 --> 00:38:41.599
 and yet

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:42.279
 so many

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:42.839
 people in

00:38:42.839 --> 00:38:43.279
 the world

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:44.099
 live without

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.739
 honoring

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.739
 God as

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.399
 God.

00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:47.319
 They

00:38:47.319 --> 00:38:47.459
 have

00:38:47.459 --> 00:38:48.039
 exchanged

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.619
 the glory

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:48.939
 of the

00:38:48.939 --> 00:38:49.359
 immortal

00:38:49.359 --> 00:38:49.899
 God for

00:38:49.899 --> 00:38:50.179
 images

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:50.779
 resembling

00:38:50.779 --> 00:38:51.119
 mortal

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.719
 men and

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:52.279
 birds and

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:53.139
 animals and

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.479
 creeping

00:38:53.479 --> 00:38:53.959
 things.

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.619
 Instead

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:56.839
 of

00:38:56.839 --> 00:38:57.279
 worshiping

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:57.419
 the

00:38:57.419 --> 00:38:57.759
 creator,

00:38:57.859 --> 00:38:57.959
 they

00:38:57.959 --> 00:38:58.219
 worship

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:58.419
 the

00:38:58.419 --> 00:38:58.779
 creatures.

00:38:59.679 --> 00:38:59.979
 Instead

00:38:59.979 --> 00:39:00.159
 of

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.359
 looking

00:39:00.359 --> 00:39:00.599
 to

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.000
 God

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.339
 as

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:01.539
 their

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:02.139
 provider,

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:02.699
 they

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:02.879
 look

00:39:02.879 --> 00:39:03.000
 to

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.159
 the

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.699
 products

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:03.919
 he

00:39:03.919 --> 00:39:04.119
 has

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.539
 made

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:04.759
 to

00:39:04.759 --> 00:39:05.059
 provide

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.279
 for

00:39:05.279 --> 00:39:05.500
 them.

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.639
 Instead

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:07.859
 of

00:39:07.859 --> 00:39:08.119
 looking

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.319
 to

00:39:08.319 --> 00:39:08.619
 God

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:08.779
 as

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:08.919
 the

00:39:08.919 --> 00:39:09.139
 giver

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.299
 of

00:39:09.299 --> 00:39:09.559
 all

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:09.819
 good

00:39:09.819 --> 00:39:10.099
 gifts,

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:10.319
 we

00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:10.759
 enjoy

00:39:10.759 --> 00:39:11.059
 his

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.559
 gifts

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:11.919
 without

00:39:11.919 --> 00:39:12.479
 acknowledging

00:39:12.479 --> 00:39:12.659
 the

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:12.939
 one

00:39:12.939 --> 00:39:13.299
 who

00:39:13.299 --> 00:39:13.419
 has

00:39:13.419 --> 00:39:13.919
 graciously

00:39:13.919 --> 00:39:14.279
 given

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.460
 them

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.680
 all

00:39:14.680 --> 00:39:14.940
 to

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.260
 us.

00:39:16.100 --> 00:39:16.640
 This

00:39:16.640 --> 00:39:16.960
 is the

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.320
 folly

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:17.480
 of

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.060
 unbelief.

00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:20.820
 What

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.019
 are

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.220
 the

00:39:21.220 --> 00:39:21.640
 vain,

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.240
 empty

00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:22.840
 things

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.800
 in your

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.240
 life

00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:24.960
 you're

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.240
 tempted

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:25.480
 to

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:25.740
 turn

00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:25.960
 to

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.260
 instead

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.460
 of

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.720
 turning

00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:26.920
 to

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.180
 God?

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.660
 In

00:39:29.660 --> 00:39:29.920
 what

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.460
 ways

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:30.960
 have

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.420
 the

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.060
 creatures

00:39:32.060 --> 00:39:33.480
 displaced

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:33.880
 the

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.340
 creator

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:34.560
 in

00:39:34.560 --> 00:39:34.780
 your

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:35.200
 life

00:39:35.200 --> 00:39:35.940
 as

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.160
 the

00:39:36.160 --> 00:39:36.600
 central

00:39:36.600 --> 00:39:37.200
 object

00:39:37.200 --> 00:39:37.700
 of

00:39:37.700 --> 00:39:38.160
 affection

00:39:38.160 --> 00:39:38.740
 and

00:39:38.740 --> 00:39:39.240
 aspiration?

00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:48.580
 This

00:39:48.580 --> 00:39:48.720
 is

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:48.940
 human

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.340
 folly

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:49.540
 that

00:39:49.540 --> 00:39:49.620
 is

00:39:49.620 --> 00:39:49.960
 difficult

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.180
 to

00:39:50.180 --> 00:39:50.460
 tame

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:50.620
 and

00:39:50.620 --> 00:39:50.720
 so

00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:50.800
 it

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:50.920
 says

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.060
 in

00:39:51.060 --> 00:39:51.240
 verse

00:39:51.240 --> 00:39:51.580
 18

00:39:51.580 --> 00:39:51.860
 even

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.180
 with

00:39:52.180 --> 00:39:52.440
 these

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:52.780
 words

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:53.000
 they

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.740
 scarcely

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.240
 restrain

00:39:54.240 --> 00:39:54.380
 the

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:54.640
 people

00:39:54.640 --> 00:39:54.860
 from

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.180
 offering

00:39:55.180 --> 00:39:55.700
 sacrifice

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:56.019
 to

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.220
 them.

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:59.260
 So

00:39:59.260 --> 00:39:59.480
 God

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.160
 authenticates

00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:00.500
 the truth

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:00.620
 of

00:40:00.620 --> 00:40:00.740
 his

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:00.920
 word

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.080
 with

00:40:01.080 --> 00:40:01.180
 the

00:40:01.180 --> 00:40:01.380
 witness

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:01.560
 of

00:40:01.560 --> 00:40:02.040
 signs

00:40:02.040 --> 00:40:02.380
 and

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.519
 with

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:02.660
 the

00:40:02.660 --> 00:40:02.920
 witness

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.220
 of

00:40:03.220 --> 00:40:03.720
 creation

00:40:03.720 --> 00:40:04.460
 and

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:04.540
 we

00:40:04.540 --> 00:40:04.720
 also

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:05.040
 see

00:40:05.040 --> 00:40:05.200
 in

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:05.380
 verses

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:05.760
 19

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:05.880
 to

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.160
 28

00:40:06.160 --> 00:40:06.320
 that

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:06.500
 God

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:07.140
 authenticates

00:40:07.140 --> 00:40:07.320
 his

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:07.519
 word

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:07.660
 by

00:40:07.660 --> 00:40:07.820
 the

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:08.100
 witness

00:40:08.100 --> 00:40:08.340
 of

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:08.500
 the

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.900
 suffering

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:09.400
 church.

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:11.540
 Paul

00:40:11.540 --> 00:40:11.700
 and

00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:12.039
 Barnabas

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.259
 just

00:40:12.259 --> 00:40:12.759
 barely

00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:13.299
 succeeded

00:40:13.299 --> 00:40:13.480
 in

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.079
 restraining

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.419
 the

00:40:14.419 --> 00:40:14.679
 people

00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:14.799
 of

00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:15.059
 Lystra

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.259
 from

00:40:15.259 --> 00:40:15.559
 offering

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:16.059
 sacrifice

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.359
 to

00:40:16.359 --> 00:40:16.539
 them

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:16.679
 and

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:17.119
 worshiping

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.379
 them

00:40:17.379 --> 00:40:18.139
 but

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:18.299
 then

00:40:18.299 --> 00:40:18.559
 look at

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:18.699
 what

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:19.079
 happens

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.239
 in

00:40:19.239 --> 00:40:19.439
 verse

00:40:19.439 --> 00:40:20.000
 19

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:21.259
 but

00:40:21.259 --> 00:40:21.599
 Jews

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:21.899
 came

00:40:21.899 --> 00:40:22.079
 from

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.619
 Antioch

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:22.719
 and

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.199
 Iconium

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:23.379
 and

00:40:23.379 --> 00:40:23.639
 having

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:24.239
 persuaded

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:24.439
 the

00:40:24.439 --> 00:40:24.739
 crowds

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:24.939
 they

00:40:24.939 --> 00:40:25.460
 stoned

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:25.919
 Paul

00:40:25.919 --> 00:40:26.359
 and

00:40:26.359 --> 00:40:26.799
 dragged

00:40:26.799 --> 00:40:27.000
 him

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.239
 out

00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:27.339
 of

00:40:27.339 --> 00:40:27.500
 the

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:27.739
 city

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:28.359
 supposing

00:40:28.359 --> 00:40:28.519
 that

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:28.639
 he

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:28.839
 was

00:40:28.839 --> 00:40:29.199
 dead

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:30.599
 the

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:31.079
 crowds

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.399
 that

00:40:31.399 --> 00:40:31.659
 not

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:31.919
 long

00:40:31.919 --> 00:40:32.279
 ago

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:32.619
 were

00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:33.719
 blaspheming

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:34.199
 hailing

00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:34.579
 Paul

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:34.759
 and

00:40:34.759 --> 00:40:35.159
 Barnabas

00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.339
 to

00:40:35.339 --> 00:40:35.500
 be

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:35.919
 gods

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:36.440
 are

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:36.680
 now

00:40:36.680 --> 00:40:37.200
 persuaded

00:40:37.200 --> 00:40:37.460
 by

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:37.619
 the

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.079
 unbelieving

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.500
 Jews

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:38.680
 who

00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:38.760
 had

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:38.920
 come

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.119
 from

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.460
 Pisidian

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.079
 Antioch

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.180
 and

00:40:40.180 --> 00:40:40.599
 Iconium

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:40.800
 to

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:41.380
 stone

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:41.800
 Paul

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:42.740
 which

00:40:42.740 --> 00:40:42.840
 is

00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:42.960
 the

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:43.340
 punishment

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:43.760
 reserved

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:44.000
 for

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:44.780
 blasphemers

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:46.420
 how

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:46.940
 fickle

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:47.240
 people

00:40:47.240 --> 00:40:47.559
 are

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:51.099
 this

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:51.240
 is

00:40:51.240 --> 00:40:51.559
 why

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:51.740
 we

00:40:51.740 --> 00:40:51.940
 must

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.300
 ultimately

00:40:52.300 --> 00:40:52.500
 look

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:52.659
 to

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:52.980
 God

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.119
 and

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.480
 depend

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:53.700
 on

00:40:53.700 --> 00:40:54.119
 him

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.280
 and

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.480
 not

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.659
 on

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:54.980
 man

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:56.639
 the

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:57.099
 crowds

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:57.360
 that

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:57.740
 turn

00:40:57.740 --> 00:40:58.059
 to

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.440
 you

00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:58.800
 can

00:40:58.800 --> 00:40:59.200
 just

00:40:59.200 --> 00:40:59.480
 as

00:40:59.480 --> 00:40:59.800
 quickly

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.260
 turn

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:00.700
 against

00:41:00.700 --> 00:41:01.099
 you

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:04.519
 apparently

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:04.880
 Paul

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:05.079
 has

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:05.460
 sustained

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:06.039
 significant

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.460
 injuries

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:06.800
 because

00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:07.000
 the

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.380
 mob

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:08.260
 leaves

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:08.440
 him

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:08.639
 for

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:08.880
 dead

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.059
 they

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.300
 think

00:41:09.300 --> 00:41:09.460
 he

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:09.619
 could

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:09.760
 be

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:10.059
 dead

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:11.159
 but

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:11.460
 God

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:11.639
 did

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:11.800
 not

00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:12.119
 have

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:12.220
 it

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.320
 in

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:12.480
 his

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:12.880
 plans

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.039
 to

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.220
 have

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:13.539
 Paul

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:13.900
 die

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.159
 that

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:14.460
 day

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:15.900
 so

00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:16.019
 it

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:16.179
 says

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:16.300
 in

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:16.460
 verse

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:16.800
 20

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:17.019
 but

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.280
 when

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:17.440
 the

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.840
 disciples

00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:18.300
 gathered

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.639
 about

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:18.920
 him

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.480
 he

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:19.820
 rose

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:20.079
 up

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.220
 and

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:20.500
 entered

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:20.699
 the

00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:20.960
 city

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:21.480
 and

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:21.639
 on

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:21.760
 the

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:22.019
 next

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.220
 day

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:22.380
 he

00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:22.599
 went

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:22.780
 on

00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:22.940
 with

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:23.420
 Barnabas

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.980
 to

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:24.340
 Derbe

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:25.400
 it

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:25.679
 seems

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:25.960
 like

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.320
 Paul

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:26.539
 may

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:26.900
 have

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:28.619
 done

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:28.840
 some

00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:29.059
 great

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.519
 acting

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:30.360
 possibly

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:35.720
 he

00:41:35.720 --> 00:41:35.940
 was

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:37.079
 surrounded

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.420
 by

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:37.599
 the

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:38.039
 disciples

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:39.079
 and

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.220
 then

00:41:39.220 --> 00:41:39.340
 it

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:39.460
 says

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:39.599
 he

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:39.860
 rose

00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:40.159
 up

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.400
 and

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:40.760
 entered

00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:40.980
 the

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.199
 city

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:42.280
 and

00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:42.480
 since

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:42.599
 he

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:42.720
 was

00:41:42.720 --> 00:41:42.980
 well

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.220
 enough

00:41:43.220 --> 00:41:43.380
 to

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:43.740
 travel

00:41:43.740 --> 00:41:43.900
 on

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.019
 the

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.300
 following

00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:44.659
 day

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:45.079
 his

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:46.199
 injury

00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:46.500
 probably

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:46.720
 was

00:41:46.720 --> 00:41:46.920
 not

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:47.480
 critical

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:50.920
 and

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.079
 of

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:51.320
 course

00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:51.780
 what

00:41:51.780 --> 00:41:52.000
 else

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.119
 do

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:52.199
 you

00:41:52.199 --> 00:41:52.539
 expect

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:52.800
 them

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:52.960
 to

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.280
 do

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:53.639
 when

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:53.800
 they

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:54.320
 arrive

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:55.000
 next

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:55.159
 in

00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:55.440
 Derbe

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:56.639
 it

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:56.820
 says

00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:56.980
 in

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.179
 verses

00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:57.599
 21

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:57.740
 to

00:41:57.740 --> 00:41:58.119
 22

00:41:58.119 --> 00:41:58.440
 when

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:58.579
 they

00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:58.740
 had

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:59.000
 preached

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.179
 the

00:41:59.179 --> 00:41:59.440
 gospel

00:41:59.440 --> 00:41:59.619
 to

00:41:59.619 --> 00:41:59.760
 that

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.019
 city

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.159
 and

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:00.320
 had

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:00.500
 made

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:00.800
 many

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:01.340
 disciples

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:02.059
 they

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.480
 returned

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:02.680
 to

00:42:02.680 --> 00:42:03.059
 Lystra

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:03.320
 and

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:03.420
 to

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.820
 Iconium

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:03.980
 and

00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.100
 to

00:42:04.100 --> 00:42:04.559
 Antioch

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:05.180
 strengthening

00:42:05.180 --> 00:42:05.500
 the

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:05.780
 souls

00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:05.920
 of

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.019
 the

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:06.500
 disciples

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:07.720
 encouraging

00:42:07.720 --> 00:42:08.039
 them

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:08.220
 to

00:42:08.220 --> 00:42:08.700
 continue

00:42:08.700 --> 00:42:08.880
 in

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.000
 the

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.280
 faith

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:09.760
 and

00:42:09.760 --> 00:42:10.059
 saying

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:10.280
 that

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:10.519
 through

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:10.900
 many

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:11.620
 tribulations

00:42:11.620 --> 00:42:11.920
 we

00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:12.280
 must

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:12.680
 enter

00:42:12.680 --> 00:42:12.900
 the

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:13.160
 kingdom

00:42:13.160 --> 00:42:13.400
 of

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:13.680
 God

00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:15.820
 this

00:42:15.820 --> 00:42:16.220
 narrative

00:42:16.220 --> 00:42:16.460
 is

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:16.720
 written

00:42:16.720 --> 00:42:16.980
 with

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.240
 no

00:42:17.240 --> 00:42:17.760
 dramatic

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:18.200
 flair

00:42:18.200 --> 00:42:18.460
 it's

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:18.640
 just

00:42:18.640 --> 00:42:19.360
 straightforward

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:19.980
 reporting

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.860
 and

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.000
 yet

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.140
 I

00:42:21.140 --> 00:42:21.480
 find

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:21.660
 this

00:42:21.660 --> 00:42:22.019
 account

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:22.320
 so

00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:22.700
 moving

00:42:22.700 --> 00:42:24.559
 having

00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:24.980
 preached

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.180
 the

00:42:25.180 --> 00:42:25.539
 gospel

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:25.920
 in

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.340
 Derbe

00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:26.920
 Paul

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.100
 and

00:42:27.100 --> 00:42:27.579
 Barnabas

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:28.400
 returned

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:28.720
 the

00:42:28.720 --> 00:42:29.079
 way

00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:29.460
 they

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:29.920
 came

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:31.320
 back

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:31.760
 to

00:42:31.760 --> 00:42:32.200
 Lystra

00:42:32.200 --> 00:42:33.079
 where

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.380
 Paul

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:33.599
 was

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.000
 stoned

00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:35.800
 back

00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:36.300
 to

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:36.920
 Iconium

00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:37.240
 and

00:42:37.240 --> 00:42:37.360
 to

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:37.820
 Pisidian

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.639
 Antioch

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:39.139
 where

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:39.260
 they

00:42:39.260 --> 00:42:39.420
 were

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:39.740
 driven

00:42:39.740 --> 00:42:40.079
 out

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.420
 by

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:41.019
 hostile

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.639
 crowds

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:43.639
 why

00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:44.099
 did

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:44.320
 they

00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:44.720
 take

00:42:44.720 --> 00:42:45.220
 this

00:42:45.220 --> 00:42:45.880
 risky

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:46.539
 route

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:47.400
 back

00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:49.800
 it

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:50.019
 says

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:50.180
 in

00:42:50.180 --> 00:42:50.360
 verse

00:42:50.360 --> 00:42:50.780
 22

00:42:50.780 --> 00:42:51.220
 that

00:42:51.220 --> 00:42:51.440
 they

00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:51.740
 were

00:42:51.740 --> 00:42:52.720
 strengthening

00:42:52.720 --> 00:42:53.079
 the

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:53.420
 souls

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:53.599
 of

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:53.700
 the

00:42:53.700 --> 00:42:54.139
 disciples

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:55.200
 encouraging

00:42:55.200 --> 00:42:55.500
 them

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:55.680
 to

00:42:55.680 --> 00:42:56.099
 continue

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:56.260
 in

00:42:56.260 --> 00:42:56.380
 the

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:56.619
 faith

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:57.059
 and

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.380
 saying

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:57.559
 that

00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:57.760
 through

00:42:57.760 --> 00:42:58.159
 many

00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:58.840
 tribulations

00:42:58.840 --> 00:42:59.099
 we

00:42:59.099 --> 00:42:59.380
 must

00:42:59.380 --> 00:42:59.680
 enter

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.099
 kingdom

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:00.320
 of

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:00.579
 God

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:03.119
 when

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:03.280
 you

00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:03.720
 repent

00:43:03.720 --> 00:43:03.960
 of

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.099
 your

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.460
 sins

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:04.680
 and

00:43:04.680 --> 00:43:05.059
 believe

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:05.240
 in

00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:05.460
 Jesus

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:05.880
 Christ

00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:06.039
 and

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:06.119
 you

00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:06.240
 are

00:43:06.240 --> 00:43:06.619
 baptized

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:07.000
 you

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:07.240
 are

00:43:07.240 --> 00:43:08.099
 indwelled

00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:08.500
 by

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:08.720
 the

00:43:08.720 --> 00:43:08.980
 Holy

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:09.400
 Spirit

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:09.880
 and

00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:09.960
 you

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:10.119
 are

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:10.440
 born

00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:10.880
 again

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.260
 into

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:11.500
 the

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:11.840
 family

00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:12.019
 of

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:12.220
 God

00:43:12.220 --> 00:43:12.480
 that's

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:12.619
 what

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:12.800
 it

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:13.220
 means

00:43:13.220 --> 00:43:13.619
 to

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:13.880
 become

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:14.180
 a

00:43:14.180 --> 00:43:14.599
 Christian

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:16.200
 but

00:43:16.200 --> 00:43:16.480
 just

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:16.619
 as

00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:16.820
 a

00:43:16.820 --> 00:43:17.119
 mother

00:43:17.119 --> 00:43:18.039
 after

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:18.460
 giving

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:18.960
 birth

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:19.139
 to

00:43:19.139 --> 00:43:19.280
 a

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:19.579
 child

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:19.960
 doesn't

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:20.340
 say

00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:21.260
 my

00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:22.539
 work

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:22.700
 is

00:43:22.700 --> 00:43:23.019
 done

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:24.480
 good

00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:24.800
 luck

00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:25.320
 with

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:25.460
 the

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:25.639
 rest

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:25.760
 of

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:25.860
 your

00:43:25.860 --> 00:43:26.240
 life

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:30.739
 but

00:43:30.739 --> 00:43:31.059
 instead

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:31.679
 takes the

00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:32.059
 child

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:32.759
 nurses

00:43:32.759 --> 00:43:33.000
 the

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.379
 child

00:43:33.379 --> 00:43:33.839
 takes

00:43:33.839 --> 00:43:34.299
 care of

00:43:34.299 --> 00:43:34.419
 the

00:43:34.419 --> 00:43:34.699
 child

00:43:34.699 --> 00:43:35.139
 until

00:43:35.139 --> 00:43:35.939
 he has

00:43:35.939 --> 00:43:36.559
 matured

00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:36.759
 into

00:43:36.759 --> 00:43:37.359
 adulthood

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:39.579
 being

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:39.940
 born

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.320
 again

00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:40.700
 into

00:43:40.700 --> 00:43:40.900
 the

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:41.220
 family

00:43:41.220 --> 00:43:41.400
 of

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:41.599
 God

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:41.780
 is

00:43:41.780 --> 00:43:42.120
 only

00:43:42.120 --> 00:43:42.380
 the

00:43:42.380 --> 00:43:42.900
 beginning

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:43.220
 of

00:43:43.220 --> 00:43:43.360
 the

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:43.700
 Christian

00:43:43.700 --> 00:43:44.180
 life

00:43:44.180 --> 00:43:46.500
 baptism

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:47.220
 is

00:43:47.220 --> 00:43:47.480
 the

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.019
 starting

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:48.440
 line

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:48.740
 not

00:43:48.740 --> 00:43:48.980
 the

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.260
 finish

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:49.539
 line

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:52.400
 and

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:52.579
 we

00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:52.800
 as

00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:53.140
 Christians

00:43:53.140 --> 00:43:53.360
 are

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:53.620
 supposed

00:43:53.620 --> 00:43:53.860
 to

00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:54.200
 grow

00:43:54.200 --> 00:43:54.500
 and

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:54.920
 mature

00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:55.140
 in

00:43:55.140 --> 00:43:55.500
 Christ

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:55.940
 likeness

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:56.160
 for

00:43:56.160 --> 00:43:56.360
 the

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:56.880
 rest

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:57.120
 of

00:43:57.120 --> 00:43:57.260
 our

00:43:57.260 --> 00:43:57.680
 lives

00:43:57.680 --> 00:43:58.440
 and

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:58.539
 it

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:58.640
 is

00:43:58.640 --> 00:43:58.860
 for

00:43:58.860 --> 00:43:59.220
 this

00:43:59.220 --> 00:43:59.660
 reason

00:43:59.660 --> 00:43:59.880
 that

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:00.079
 Paul

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:00.220
 and

00:44:00.220 --> 00:44:00.579
 Barnabas

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:00.820
 take

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:01.380
 pains

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:01.640
 to

00:44:01.640 --> 00:44:02.460
 revisit

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:02.860
 the

00:44:02.860 --> 00:44:03.260
 churches

00:44:03.260 --> 00:44:04.260
 that

00:44:04.260 --> 00:44:04.380
 they

00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:04.539
 have

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:04.960
 planted

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:06.160
 the

00:44:06.160 --> 00:44:06.460
 believers

00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:06.640
 that

00:44:06.640 --> 00:44:06.720
 they

00:44:06.720 --> 00:44:06.840
 have

00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:07.160
 gathered

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:07.319
 them

00:44:07.319 --> 00:44:07.399
 to

00:44:07.399 --> 00:44:07.599
 these

00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:07.940
 cities

00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:08.139
 so

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:08.239
 that

00:44:08.239 --> 00:44:08.359
 they

00:44:08.359 --> 00:44:08.559
 might

00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:09.199
 strengthen

00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:09.480
 their

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:09.839
 souls

00:44:09.839 --> 00:44:10.000
 and

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:10.399
 encourage

00:44:10.399 --> 00:44:10.579
 them

00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:10.719
 to

00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:11.059
 continue

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.199
 in

00:44:11.199 --> 00:44:11.299
 the

00:44:11.299 --> 00:44:11.559
 faith

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:14.219
 those

00:44:14.219 --> 00:44:14.379
 in

00:44:14.379 --> 00:44:14.519
 the

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:14.779
 church

00:44:14.779 --> 00:44:15.139
 need

00:44:15.139 --> 00:44:15.279
 to

00:44:15.279 --> 00:44:15.420
 be

00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:15.859
 encouraged

00:44:15.859 --> 00:44:16.099
 to

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:16.399
 continue

00:44:16.399 --> 00:44:16.539
 in

00:44:16.539 --> 00:44:16.659
 the

00:44:16.659 --> 00:44:16.839
 faith

00:44:16.839 --> 00:44:17.119
 because

00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:17.500
 not

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:17.960
 all

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:18.359
 do

00:44:18.359 --> 00:44:20.359
 there

00:44:20.359 --> 00:44:20.500
 are

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:20.859
 people

00:44:20.859 --> 00:44:21.159
 who

00:44:21.159 --> 00:44:21.579
 by

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:22.219
 every

00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:22.699
 appearance

00:44:22.699 --> 00:44:23.119
 seem

00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:23.299
 to

00:44:23.299 --> 00:44:23.460
 be

00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:23.920
 Christian

00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:24.119
 and

00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:24.319
 yet

00:44:24.319 --> 00:44:24.819
 fall

00:44:24.819 --> 00:44:25.119
 away

00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:25.359
 from

00:44:25.359 --> 00:44:25.519
 the

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:25.819
 faith

00:44:25.819 --> 00:44:27.119
 thereby

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:27.659
 proving

00:44:27.659 --> 00:44:27.920
 that

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.059
 they

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.399
 didn't

00:44:28.399 --> 00:44:28.719
 belong

00:44:28.719 --> 00:44:28.899
 to

00:44:28.899 --> 00:44:29.199
 Christ

00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:29.500
 after

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:29.799
 all

00:44:29.799 --> 00:44:31.960
 so

00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:32.159
 we

00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:32.559
 must

00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:33.259
 encourage

00:44:33.259 --> 00:44:33.480
 one

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:33.819
 another

00:44:33.819 --> 00:44:34.559
 spur

00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:34.819
 on

00:44:34.819 --> 00:44:34.980
 one

00:44:34.980 --> 00:44:35.199
 another

00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:35.400
 and

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:35.920
 strengthen

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.159
 one

00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:36.440
 another

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:36.639
 and

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:36.900
 that's

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:37.059
 the

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:37.500
 role

00:44:37.500 --> 00:44:37.659
 of

00:44:37.659 --> 00:44:37.780
 the

00:44:37.780 --> 00:44:38.039
 local

00:44:38.039 --> 00:44:38.500
 church

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:39.880
 it

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:40.059
 says

00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:40.179
 in

00:44:40.179 --> 00:44:40.320
 verse

00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:40.760
 23

00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:41.000
 that

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.159
 when

00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:41.320
 they

00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:41.460
 had

00:44:41.460 --> 00:44:41.840
 appointed

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:42.300
 elders

00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:42.619
 for

00:44:42.619 --> 00:44:42.820
 them

00:44:42.820 --> 00:44:42.920
 in

00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:43.320
 every

00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:43.740
 church

00:44:43.740 --> 00:44:44.300
 with

00:44:44.300 --> 00:44:44.719
 prayer

00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:44.960
 and

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:45.460
 fasting

00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:45.679
 they

00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:46.019
 committed

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.300
 them

00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:46.440
 to

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:46.599
 the

00:44:46.599 --> 00:44:46.860
 Lord

00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:47.039
 in

00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:47.400
 whom

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:47.639
 they

00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:48.019
 had

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:48.659
 believed

00:44:48.659 --> 00:44:49.940
 Paul

00:44:49.940 --> 00:44:50.139
 and

00:44:50.139 --> 00:44:50.539
 Barnabas

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:51.179
 organized

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:51.380
 the

00:44:51.380 --> 00:44:51.780
 converts

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:52.219
 from

00:44:52.219 --> 00:44:52.519
 their

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:53.199
 evangelistic

00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:53.599
 efforts

00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:54.159
 and

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:54.340
 they

00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:54.679
 gathered

00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:54.860
 them

00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:55.199
 together

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:55.400
 and

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:55.559
 then

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:56.000
 appoint

00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:56.699
 elders

00:44:56.699 --> 00:44:57.280
 for

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:57.639
 them

00:44:57.639 --> 00:44:58.480
 to

00:44:58.480 --> 00:44:58.880
 lead

00:44:58.880 --> 00:44:59.199
 them

00:44:59.199 --> 00:44:59.960
 to

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:00.360
 exercise

00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:00.880
 authority

00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:01.099
 over

00:45:01.099 --> 00:45:01.259
 them

00:45:01.259 --> 00:45:01.539
 so

00:45:01.539 --> 00:45:01.880
 that

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:02.079
 they

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:02.259
 might

00:45:02.259 --> 00:45:02.759
 function

00:45:02.759 --> 00:45:03.079
 as

00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:03.599
 local

00:45:03.599 --> 00:45:04.339
 churches

00:45:04.339 --> 00:45:07.380
 this

00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:07.519
 is

00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:07.639
 the

00:45:07.639 --> 00:45:07.819
 way

00:45:07.819 --> 00:45:08.079
 God

00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:08.219
 has

00:45:08.219 --> 00:45:08.539
 designed

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:09.039
 Christians

00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:09.239
 to

00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:09.500
 grow

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:09.719
 and

00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:10.339
 persevere

00:45:10.339 --> 00:45:10.539
 in

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:10.819
 faith

00:45:10.819 --> 00:45:10.940
 and

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:11.299
 obedience

00:45:11.299 --> 00:45:11.639
 it

00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:12.079
 doesn't

00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:12.679
 happen

00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:13.159
 in

00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:13.799
 isolation

00:45:13.799 --> 00:45:16.099
 it

00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:16.480
 doesn't

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:16.860
 happen

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:17.119
 without

00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:17.420
 the

00:45:17.420 --> 00:45:17.799
 proper

00:45:17.799 --> 00:45:18.219
 leadership

00:45:18.219 --> 00:45:18.659
 structure

00:45:18.659 --> 00:45:18.940
 that

00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:19.360
 God

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:19.759
 himself

00:45:19.759 --> 00:45:20.059
 has

00:45:20.059 --> 00:45:20.719
 instituted

00:45:20.719 --> 00:45:22.119
 and

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.380
 notice

00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:22.599
 the

00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:23.159
 preposition

00:45:23.159 --> 00:45:23.440
 that

00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:23.839
 he

00:45:23.839 --> 00:45:24.179
 uses

00:45:24.179 --> 00:45:24.480
 they

00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:25.480
 appointed

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:26.099
 elders

00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:26.739
 for

00:45:26.739 --> 00:45:27.219
 them

00:45:27.219 --> 00:45:27.579
 in

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:27.980
 every

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:28.460
 church

00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:29.739
 for

00:45:29.739 --> 00:45:30.339
 them

00:45:30.340 --> 00:45:31.240
 that's

00:45:31.240 --> 00:45:31.700
 for

00:45:31.700 --> 00:45:32.120
 their

00:45:32.120 --> 00:45:32.880
 benefit

00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:33.900
 for

00:45:33.900 --> 00:45:34.559
 their

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.340
 blessing

00:45:35.340 --> 00:45:36.980
 those

00:45:36.980 --> 00:45:37.100
 who

00:45:37.100 --> 00:45:37.460
 exercise

00:45:37.460 --> 00:45:37.960
 authority

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:38.280
 in the

00:45:38.280 --> 00:45:38.620
 church

00:45:38.620 --> 00:45:38.920
 as

00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:39.240
 elders

00:45:39.240 --> 00:45:39.480
 do

00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:39.640
 not

00:45:39.640 --> 00:45:40.019
 exist

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:40.260
 to

00:45:40.260 --> 00:45:40.760
 enrich

00:45:40.760 --> 00:45:41.039
 or

00:45:41.039 --> 00:45:41.680
 indulge

00:45:41.680 --> 00:45:42.260
 themselves

00:45:42.260 --> 00:45:43.500
 they

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:43.900
 exist

00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:44.420
 for

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.700
 the

00:45:44.700 --> 00:45:45.240
 church

00:45:45.240 --> 00:45:48.160
 people

00:45:48.160 --> 00:45:48.600
 often

00:45:48.600 --> 00:45:48.940
 see

00:45:48.940 --> 00:45:49.559
 authority

00:45:49.559 --> 00:45:50.620
 only

00:45:50.620 --> 00:45:50.920
 as

00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:51.100
 a

00:45:51.100 --> 00:45:51.620
 privilege

00:45:51.620 --> 00:45:53.340
 replete

00:45:53.340 --> 00:45:53.640
 with

00:45:53.640 --> 00:45:54.640
 prerogatives

00:45:54.640 --> 00:45:55.440
 and perks

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:56.440
 something

00:45:56.440 --> 00:45:56.700
 that

00:45:56.700 --> 00:45:57.240
 everyone

00:45:57.240 --> 00:45:57.680
 wants

00:45:57.680 --> 00:45:57.840
 to

00:45:57.840 --> 00:45:58.220
 have

00:45:58.220 --> 00:46:00.160
 but

00:46:00.159 --> 00:46:00.639
 Christian

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:01.119
 authority

00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:01.359
 in

00:46:01.359 --> 00:46:01.759
 particular

00:46:01.759 --> 00:46:02.079
 is

00:46:02.079 --> 00:46:02.440
 more

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:03.000
 a

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:03.639
 service

00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:05.679
 full

00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:05.960
 of

00:46:05.960 --> 00:46:06.879
 humiliations

00:46:06.879 --> 00:46:07.299
 and

00:46:07.299 --> 00:46:07.639
 self

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:08.159
 denials

00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:11.699
 something

00:46:11.699 --> 00:46:12.000
 that

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:12.179
 I

00:46:12.179 --> 00:46:12.559
 think

00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:13.179
 most

00:46:13.179 --> 00:46:13.679
 people

00:46:13.679 --> 00:46:14.079
 if

00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:14.219
 they

00:46:14.219 --> 00:46:14.659
 really

00:46:14.659 --> 00:46:15.119
 saw

00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:15.399
 what

00:46:15.399 --> 00:46:15.539
 it

00:46:15.539 --> 00:46:16.019
 entailed

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:17.059
 if

00:46:17.059 --> 00:46:17.199
 they

00:46:17.199 --> 00:46:17.500
 really

00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:17.899
 saw

00:46:17.899 --> 00:46:18.039
 it

00:46:18.039 --> 00:46:18.159
 for

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.339
 what

00:46:18.339 --> 00:46:18.460
 it

00:46:18.460 --> 00:46:18.819
 is

00:46:18.819 --> 00:46:19.599
 I

00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:19.719
 think

00:46:19.719 --> 00:46:19.940
 most

00:46:19.940 --> 00:46:20.159
 people

00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:20.319
 would

00:46:20.319 --> 00:46:20.500
 not

00:46:20.500 --> 00:46:20.759
 want

00:46:20.759 --> 00:46:20.879
 it

00:46:20.879 --> 00:46:21.000
 for

00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:21.440
 themselves

00:46:21.440 --> 00:46:27.780
 so

00:46:27.780 --> 00:46:28.079
 Paul

00:46:28.079 --> 00:46:28.260
 and

00:46:28.260 --> 00:46:28.820
 Barnabas

00:46:28.820 --> 00:46:29.639
 appoint

00:46:29.639 --> 00:46:30.059
 elders

00:46:30.059 --> 00:46:30.320
 for

00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:30.500
 the

00:46:30.500 --> 00:46:30.780
 benefit

00:46:30.780 --> 00:46:30.960
 of

00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:31.099
 the

00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:31.440
 church

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:32.360
 and

00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:32.599
 with

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:32.940
 prayer

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:33.119
 and

00:46:33.119 --> 00:46:33.420
 fasting

00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:33.800
 commit

00:46:33.800 --> 00:46:33.980
 them

00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:34.119
 to

00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:34.280
 the

00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:34.500
 Lord

00:46:34.500 --> 00:46:36.920
 and

00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:37.019
 then

00:46:37.019 --> 00:46:37.280
 after

00:46:37.280 --> 00:46:37.720
 visiting

00:46:37.720 --> 00:46:37.900
 the

00:46:37.900 --> 00:46:38.159
 cities

00:46:38.159 --> 00:46:38.380
 where

00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:38.519
 they

00:46:38.519 --> 00:46:38.659
 had

00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:39.039
 preached

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:39.380
 they

00:46:39.380 --> 00:46:39.880
 returned

00:46:39.880 --> 00:46:40.340
 to

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:41.200
 Antioch

00:46:41.200 --> 00:46:41.659
 says

00:46:41.659 --> 00:46:41.800
 in

00:46:41.800 --> 00:46:41.960
 verse

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.820
 26

00:46:42.820 --> 00:46:44.240
 this

00:46:44.240 --> 00:46:44.380
 is

00:46:44.380 --> 00:46:44.519
 the

00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:44.880
 original

00:46:44.880 --> 00:46:45.340
 Antioch

00:46:45.340 --> 00:46:45.500
 that

00:46:45.500 --> 00:46:45.820
 sent

00:46:45.820 --> 00:46:46.000
 them

00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:46.179
 in

00:46:46.179 --> 00:46:46.559
 Syria

00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:47.019
 where

00:46:47.019 --> 00:46:47.179
 they

00:46:47.179 --> 00:46:47.320
 had

00:46:47.320 --> 00:46:47.460
 been

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:47.880
 commended

00:46:47.880 --> 00:46:48.059
 to

00:46:48.059 --> 00:46:48.200
 the

00:46:48.200 --> 00:46:48.460
 grace

00:46:48.460 --> 00:46:48.639
 of

00:46:48.639 --> 00:46:48.880
 God

00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:49.039
 for

00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:49.159
 the

00:46:49.159 --> 00:46:49.400
 work

00:46:49.400 --> 00:46:49.579
 that

00:46:49.579 --> 00:46:49.720
 they

00:46:49.720 --> 00:46:49.880
 had

00:46:49.880 --> 00:46:50.380
 fulfilled

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:51.019
 and

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.180
 when

00:46:51.180 --> 00:46:51.320
 they

00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:51.740
 arrived

00:46:51.740 --> 00:46:51.920
 and

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.260
 gathered

00:46:52.260 --> 00:46:52.460
 the

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:52.680
 church

00:46:52.680 --> 00:46:53.079
 together

00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:53.300
 they

00:46:53.300 --> 00:46:53.860
 declared

00:46:53.860 --> 00:46:54.220
 all

00:46:54.220 --> 00:46:54.420
 that

00:46:54.420 --> 00:46:54.680
 God

00:46:54.680 --> 00:46:54.860
 had

00:46:54.860 --> 00:46:55.119
 done

00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:55.420
 with

00:46:55.420 --> 00:46:55.640
 them

00:46:55.640 --> 00:46:56.180
 and

00:46:56.180 --> 00:46:56.400
 how

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:56.539
 he

00:46:56.539 --> 00:46:56.660
 had

00:46:56.660 --> 00:46:56.920
 opened

00:46:56.920 --> 00:46:57.119
 the

00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:57.320
 door

00:46:57.320 --> 00:46:57.519
 of

00:46:57.519 --> 00:46:57.700
 faith

00:46:57.700 --> 00:46:57.840
 to

00:46:57.840 --> 00:46:57.960
 the

00:46:57.960 --> 00:46:58.579
 Gentiles

00:46:58.579 --> 00:46:59.380
 and

00:46:59.380 --> 00:46:59.480
 they

00:46:59.480 --> 00:46:59.820
 remained

00:46:59.820 --> 00:47:00.059
 no

00:47:00.059 --> 00:47:00.320
 little

00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:00.740
 time

00:47:00.740 --> 00:47:01.099
 with

00:47:01.099 --> 00:47:01.280
 the

00:47:01.280 --> 00:47:01.680
 disciples

00:47:01.680 --> 00:47:03.480
 they

00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:03.660
 go

00:47:03.660 --> 00:47:03.960
 back

00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:04.119
 to

00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:04.260
 the

00:47:04.260 --> 00:47:04.500
 church

00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:04.700
 that

00:47:04.700 --> 00:47:05.000
 sent

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:05.200
 them

00:47:05.200 --> 00:47:05.320
 in

00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:05.420
 order

00:47:05.420 --> 00:47:05.559
 to

00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:05.800
 give

00:47:05.800 --> 00:47:06.300
 an

00:47:06.300 --> 00:47:06.780
 account

00:47:06.780 --> 00:47:07.500
 of

00:47:07.500 --> 00:47:07.640
 their

00:47:07.640 --> 00:47:07.960
 missionary

00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:08.440
 journey

00:47:08.440 --> 00:47:09.519
 to

00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:09.840
 report

00:47:09.840 --> 00:47:10.119
 back

00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:10.320
 to

00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:10.559
 them

00:47:10.559 --> 00:47:11.019
 because

00:47:11.019 --> 00:47:11.220
 he

00:47:11.220 --> 00:47:11.579
 knew

00:47:11.579 --> 00:47:11.820
 they

00:47:11.820 --> 00:47:12.019
 knew

00:47:12.019 --> 00:47:12.160
 that

00:47:12.160 --> 00:47:12.260
 they

00:47:12.260 --> 00:47:12.360
 were

00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:12.780
 accountable

00:47:12.780 --> 00:47:13.099
 to

00:47:13.099 --> 00:47:13.319
 that

00:47:13.319 --> 00:47:13.679
 church

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:14.219
 that

00:47:14.219 --> 00:47:14.500
 sent

00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:14.799
 them

00:47:14.799 --> 00:47:16.940
 missionaries

00:47:16.940 --> 00:47:17.460
 are not

00:47:17.460 --> 00:47:17.960
 solo

00:47:17.960 --> 00:47:18.420
 Christians

00:47:18.420 --> 00:47:19.179
 but

00:47:19.179 --> 00:47:19.699
 extensions

00:47:19.699 --> 00:47:20.099
 of the

00:47:20.099 --> 00:47:20.360
 local

00:47:20.360 --> 00:47:20.759
 churches

00:47:20.759 --> 00:47:21.079
 that

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:21.440
 send

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:21.739
 them

00:47:21.739 --> 00:47:22.219
 and

00:47:22.219 --> 00:47:22.319
 they

00:47:22.319 --> 00:47:22.420
 are

00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:22.799
 supported

00:47:22.799 --> 00:47:23.239
 by

00:47:23.239 --> 00:47:23.599
 them

00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:24.199
 and

00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:24.500
 report

00:47:24.500 --> 00:47:24.799
 back

00:47:24.799 --> 00:47:25.239
 to

00:47:25.239 --> 00:47:25.500
 them

00:47:25.500 --> 00:47:28.599
 and

00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:28.739
 we

00:47:28.739 --> 00:47:29.179
 need

00:47:29.179 --> 00:47:29.400
 the

00:47:29.400 --> 00:47:29.860
 teaching

00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:30.159
 and

00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:30.699
 strengthening

00:47:30.699 --> 00:47:30.980
 and

00:47:30.980 --> 00:47:31.480
 encouraging

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:31.679
 that

00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:31.860
 take

00:47:31.860 --> 00:47:32.119
 place

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:32.259
 in

00:47:32.259 --> 00:47:32.400
 the

00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:32.759
 context

00:47:32.759 --> 00:47:32.920
 of

00:47:32.920 --> 00:47:33.019
 the

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:33.219
 local

00:47:33.219 --> 00:47:33.599
 church

00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:34.400
 because

00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:34.799
 as

00:47:34.799 --> 00:47:34.960
 it

00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:35.179
 says

00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:35.360
 in

00:47:35.360 --> 00:47:35.500
 verse

00:47:35.500 --> 00:47:35.980
 22

00:47:35.980 --> 00:47:36.380
 God

00:47:36.380 --> 00:47:36.539
 has

00:47:36.539 --> 00:47:37.099
 ordained

00:47:37.099 --> 00:47:37.360
 that

00:47:37.360 --> 00:47:37.659
 through

00:47:37.659 --> 00:47:38.559
 many

00:47:38.559 --> 00:47:39.339
 tribulations

00:47:39.339 --> 00:47:40.319
 we

00:47:40.319 --> 00:47:40.719
 must

00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:41.099
 enter

00:47:41.099 --> 00:47:41.279
 the

00:47:41.279 --> 00:47:41.480
 kingdom

00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:41.699
 of

00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:41.980
 God

00:47:41.980 --> 00:47:44.099
 this

00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:44.659
 is

00:47:44.659 --> 00:47:45.079
 the

00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:45.460
 way

00:47:45.460 --> 00:47:45.699
 that

00:47:45.699 --> 00:47:45.980
 God

00:47:45.980 --> 00:47:46.139
 has

00:47:46.139 --> 00:47:46.599
 ordained

00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:47.159
 for

00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:47.760
 people

00:47:47.760 --> 00:47:48.240
 to

00:47:48.240 --> 00:47:48.579
 enter

00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:48.780
 the

00:47:48.780 --> 00:47:49.000
 kingdom

00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:49.219
 of

00:47:49.219 --> 00:47:49.559
 God

00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:50.400
 it

00:47:50.400 --> 00:47:50.880
 only

00:47:50.880 --> 00:47:51.559
 happens

00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:51.860
 through

00:47:51.860 --> 00:47:52.320
 many

00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:53.480
 tribulations

00:47:53.480 --> 00:47:58.139
 in

00:47:58.139 --> 00:47:58.480
 2nd

00:47:58.480 --> 00:47:58.760
 Timothy

00:47:58.760 --> 00:47:59.099
 3

00:47:59.099 --> 00:47:59.400
 chapter

00:47:59.400 --> 00:47:59.840
 10

00:47:59.840 --> 00:48:00.119
 to

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.659
 chapter

00:48:00.659 --> 00:48:01.079
 3

00:48:01.079 --> 00:48:01.380
 verses

00:48:01.380 --> 00:48:01.659
 10

00:48:01.659 --> 00:48:01.800
 to

00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:02.099
 12

00:48:02.099 --> 00:48:02.260
 I

00:48:02.260 --> 00:48:02.420
 think

00:48:02.420 --> 00:48:02.539
 I

00:48:02.539 --> 00:48:02.719
 have

00:48:02.719 --> 00:48:02.820
 it

00:48:02.820 --> 00:48:02.920
 to

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.159
 project

00:48:03.159 --> 00:48:03.340
 for

00:48:03.340 --> 00:48:03.480
 you

00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:03.719
 guys

00:48:03.719 --> 00:48:04.480
 Paul

00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:04.659
 is

00:48:04.659 --> 00:48:05.260
 describing

00:48:05.260 --> 00:48:05.480
 to

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:05.820
 Timothy

00:48:05.820 --> 00:48:06.340
 how

00:48:06.340 --> 00:48:06.880
 he

00:48:06.880 --> 00:48:07.400
 as

00:48:07.400 --> 00:48:07.519
 a

00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:07.760
 true

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:08.039
 servant

00:48:08.039 --> 00:48:08.179
 of

00:48:08.179 --> 00:48:08.320
 the

00:48:08.320 --> 00:48:08.579
 Lord

00:48:08.579 --> 00:48:08.960
 is

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:09.539
 different

00:48:09.539 --> 00:48:10.099
 from

00:48:10.099 --> 00:48:10.300
 the

00:48:10.300 --> 00:48:10.679
 false

00:48:10.679 --> 00:48:11.099
 teachers

00:48:11.099 --> 00:48:11.380
 who

00:48:11.380 --> 00:48:11.699
 have

00:48:11.699 --> 00:48:12.019
 the

00:48:12.019 --> 00:48:12.539
 appearance

00:48:12.539 --> 00:48:12.739
 of

00:48:12.739 --> 00:48:13.179
 godliness

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:13.819
 and

00:48:13.819 --> 00:48:14.000
 this

00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:14.139
 is

00:48:14.139 --> 00:48:14.359
 how

00:48:14.359 --> 00:48:14.579
 he

00:48:14.579 --> 00:48:15.159
 distinguishes

00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:15.359
 them

00:48:15.359 --> 00:48:15.579
 Paul

00:48:15.579 --> 00:48:15.859
 says

00:48:15.859 --> 00:48:16.379
 you

00:48:16.379 --> 00:48:16.659
 have

00:48:16.659 --> 00:48:17.119
 followed

00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:17.399
 my

00:48:17.399 --> 00:48:18.059
 teaching

00:48:18.059 --> 00:48:18.339
 my

00:48:18.339 --> 00:48:19.059
 conduct

00:48:19.059 --> 00:48:19.599
 my

00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:19.879
 aim

00:48:19.879 --> 00:48:20.039
 in

00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:20.279
 life

00:48:20.279 --> 00:48:20.519
 my

00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:21.019
 faith

00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:21.279
 my

00:48:21.279 --> 00:48:21.879
 patience

00:48:21.879 --> 00:48:22.139
 my

00:48:22.139 --> 00:48:22.579
 love

00:48:22.579 --> 00:48:23.199
 my

00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:24.279
 steadfastness

00:48:24.279 --> 00:48:24.819
 but

00:48:24.819 --> 00:48:25.039
 that's

00:48:25.039 --> 00:48:25.219
 not

00:48:25.219 --> 00:48:25.519
 all

00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:25.699
 he

00:48:25.699 --> 00:48:25.980
 says

00:48:25.980 --> 00:48:26.799
 my

00:48:26.799 --> 00:48:27.939
 persecutions

00:48:27.939 --> 00:48:28.859
 and

00:48:28.859 --> 00:48:29.839
 sufferings

00:48:29.839 --> 00:48:30.219
 that

00:48:30.219 --> 00:48:30.579
 happened

00:48:30.579 --> 00:48:30.980
 to me

00:48:30.980 --> 00:48:31.199
 at

00:48:31.199 --> 00:48:31.879
 Antioch

00:48:31.879 --> 00:48:32.000
 at

00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:32.619
 Iconium

00:48:32.619 --> 00:48:32.799
 and

00:48:32.799 --> 00:48:33.019
 at

00:48:33.019 --> 00:48:33.559
 Lystra

00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:34.319
 which

00:48:34.319 --> 00:48:35.039
 persecutions

00:48:35.039 --> 00:48:35.259
 I

00:48:35.259 --> 00:48:35.819
 endured

00:48:35.819 --> 00:48:36.559
 yet

00:48:36.559 --> 00:48:36.960
 from

00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:37.179
 them

00:48:37.179 --> 00:48:37.439
 all

00:48:37.439 --> 00:48:37.639
 the

00:48:37.639 --> 00:48:37.899
 Lord

00:48:37.899 --> 00:48:38.419
 rescued

00:48:38.419 --> 00:48:38.799
 me

00:48:38.799 --> 00:48:39.939
 indeed

00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:41.260
 all

00:48:41.260 --> 00:48:41.539
 who

00:48:41.539 --> 00:48:41.960
 desire

00:48:41.960 --> 00:48:42.460
 to live

00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:42.619
 a

00:48:42.619 --> 00:48:42.980
 godly

00:48:42.980 --> 00:48:43.320
 life

00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:43.539
 in

00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:43.880
 Christ

00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:44.300
 Jesus

00:48:44.300 --> 00:48:45.179
 will

00:48:45.179 --> 00:48:45.760
 be

00:48:45.760 --> 00:48:46.700
 persecuted

00:48:46.700 --> 00:48:49.840
 Paul

00:48:49.840 --> 00:48:50.500
 considered

00:48:50.500 --> 00:48:50.880
 the

00:48:50.880 --> 00:48:51.559
 sufferings

00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:52.039
 and

00:48:52.039 --> 00:48:52.820
 persecutions

00:48:52.820 --> 00:48:53.119
 he

00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:53.659
 endured

00:48:53.659 --> 00:48:54.500
 for the

00:48:54.500 --> 00:48:55.019
 Lord's sake

00:48:55.019 --> 00:48:55.500
 to be

00:48:55.500 --> 00:48:55.840
 the

00:48:55.840 --> 00:48:56.700
 bona fides

00:48:56.700 --> 00:48:57.380
 of his

00:48:57.380 --> 00:48:58.599
 apostleship

00:48:58.599 --> 00:49:00.279
 you

00:49:00.279 --> 00:49:00.519
 want to

00:49:00.519 --> 00:49:00.659
 know

00:49:00.659 --> 00:49:00.940
 how

00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:01.179
 I'm

00:49:01.179 --> 00:49:01.299
 a

00:49:01.299 --> 00:49:01.559
 true

00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:01.960
 apostle

00:49:01.960 --> 00:49:02.239
 of the

00:49:02.239 --> 00:49:02.380
 Lord

00:49:02.380 --> 00:49:02.679
 Jesus

00:49:02.679 --> 00:49:03.299
 look

00:49:03.299 --> 00:49:03.440
 at

00:49:03.440 --> 00:49:03.619
 how

00:49:03.619 --> 00:49:03.900
 I've

00:49:03.900 --> 00:49:04.380
 suffered

00:49:04.380 --> 00:49:05.380
 look

00:49:05.380 --> 00:49:05.519
 at

00:49:05.519 --> 00:49:05.739
 how

00:49:05.739 --> 00:49:05.900
 I

00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:06.059
 was

00:49:06.059 --> 00:49:06.519
 stoned

00:49:06.519 --> 00:49:06.699
 in

00:49:06.699 --> 00:49:07.059
 Lystra

00:49:07.059 --> 00:49:07.639
 look

00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:07.799
 at

00:49:07.799 --> 00:49:08.000
 how

00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:08.239
 I've

00:49:08.239 --> 00:49:08.400
 been

00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:09.079
 persecuted

00:49:09.079 --> 00:49:10.400
 look

00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:10.519
 at

00:49:10.519 --> 00:49:10.679
 how

00:49:10.679 --> 00:49:10.900
 I'm

00:49:10.900 --> 00:49:11.199
 driven

00:49:11.199 --> 00:49:11.519
 out

00:49:11.519 --> 00:49:11.659
 of

00:49:11.659 --> 00:49:11.880
 every

00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:12.179
 city

00:49:12.179 --> 00:49:12.380
 I

00:49:12.380 --> 00:49:12.559
 go

00:49:12.559 --> 00:49:12.739
 to

00:49:12.739 --> 00:49:12.960
 preach

00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:13.099
 the

00:49:13.099 --> 00:49:13.480
 gospel

00:49:13.480 --> 00:49:21.059
 his

00:49:21.059 --> 00:49:21.639
 sufferings

00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:21.860
 bore

00:49:21.860 --> 00:49:22.199
 witness

00:49:22.199 --> 00:49:22.360
 to

00:49:22.360 --> 00:49:22.480
 the

00:49:22.480 --> 00:49:22.819
 gospel

00:49:22.819 --> 00:49:23.360
 because

00:49:23.360 --> 00:49:24.039
 it

00:49:24.039 --> 00:49:24.199
 is

00:49:24.199 --> 00:49:24.360
 a

00:49:24.360 --> 00:49:24.699
 genuine

00:49:24.699 --> 00:49:25.179
 gospel

00:49:25.179 --> 00:49:25.460
 and

00:49:25.460 --> 00:49:25.679
 those

00:49:25.679 --> 00:49:25.839
 who

00:49:25.839 --> 00:49:26.239
 preach

00:49:26.239 --> 00:49:26.759
 Christ

00:49:26.759 --> 00:49:27.059
 to a

00:49:27.059 --> 00:49:27.380
 world

00:49:27.380 --> 00:49:27.860
 that

00:49:27.860 --> 00:49:28.039
 is

00:49:28.039 --> 00:49:28.260
 in

00:49:28.260 --> 00:49:28.740
 rebellion

00:49:28.740 --> 00:49:29.260
 against

00:49:29.260 --> 00:49:29.740
 Christ

00:49:29.740 --> 00:49:30.380
 will

00:49:30.380 --> 00:49:30.700
 be

00:49:30.700 --> 00:49:31.380
 persecuted

00:49:31.380 --> 00:49:32.840
 it's

00:49:32.840 --> 00:49:33.220
 not a

00:49:33.220 --> 00:49:33.519
 question

00:49:33.519 --> 00:49:33.700
 of

00:49:33.700 --> 00:49:33.980
 when

00:49:33.980 --> 00:49:34.460
 it's

00:49:34.460 --> 00:49:34.599
 not

00:49:34.599 --> 00:49:34.720
 a

00:49:34.720 --> 00:49:34.920
 question

00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:35.079
 of

00:49:35.079 --> 00:49:35.360
 if

00:49:35.360 --> 00:49:35.579
 it's

00:49:35.579 --> 00:49:35.680
 a

00:49:35.680 --> 00:49:35.900
 question

00:49:35.900 --> 00:49:36.059
 of

00:49:36.059 --> 00:49:36.300
 when

00:49:36.300 --> 00:49:41.240
 but

00:49:41.240 --> 00:49:41.519
 you

00:49:41.519 --> 00:49:41.680
 don't

00:49:41.680 --> 00:49:41.880
 have

00:49:41.880 --> 00:49:42.000
 to

00:49:42.000 --> 00:49:42.180
 worry

00:49:42.180 --> 00:49:42.400
 about

00:49:42.400 --> 00:49:42.680
 that

00:49:42.680 --> 00:49:46.119
 as

00:49:46.119 --> 00:49:46.300
 we

00:49:46.300 --> 00:49:46.760
 speak

00:49:46.760 --> 00:49:46.940
 the

00:49:46.940 --> 00:49:47.240
 gospel

00:49:47.240 --> 00:49:47.440
 of

00:49:47.440 --> 00:49:47.780
 grace

00:49:47.780 --> 00:49:48.700
 we

00:49:48.700 --> 00:49:48.860
 can

00:49:48.860 --> 00:49:49.220
 trust

00:49:49.220 --> 00:49:49.840
 God

00:49:49.840 --> 00:49:50.079
 to

00:49:50.079 --> 00:49:50.840
 authenticate

00:49:50.840 --> 00:49:51.400
 the

00:49:51.400 --> 00:49:51.820
 proclamation

00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:52.119
 of

00:49:52.119 --> 00:49:52.260
 his

00:49:52.260 --> 00:49:52.559
 word

00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:53.440
 it

00:49:53.440 --> 00:49:53.599
 is

00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:54.039
 God's

00:49:54.039 --> 00:49:54.360
 job

00:49:54.360 --> 00:49:56.240
 to

00:49:56.240 --> 00:49:56.380
 bear

00:49:56.380 --> 00:49:56.720
 witness

00:49:56.719 --> 00:49:56.959
 with

00:49:56.959 --> 00:49:57.480
 signs

00:49:57.480 --> 00:49:58.059
 bear

00:49:58.059 --> 00:49:58.339
 witness

00:49:58.339 --> 00:49:58.519
 with

00:49:58.519 --> 00:49:58.679
 his

00:49:58.679 --> 00:49:59.239
 creation

00:49:59.239 --> 00:49:59.939
 bear

00:49:59.939 --> 00:50:00.459
 witness

00:50:00.459 --> 00:50:01.259
 through

00:50:01.259 --> 00:50:01.539
 our

00:50:01.539 --> 00:50:02.139
 suffering

00:50:02.139 --> 00:50:06.480
 it's

00:50:06.480 --> 00:50:06.739
 our

00:50:06.739 --> 00:50:07.000
 job

00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:07.199
 to

00:50:07.199 --> 00:50:07.579
 proclaim

00:50:07.579 --> 00:50:07.879
 it

00:50:07.879 --> 00:50:10.179
 that's

00:50:10.179 --> 00:50:10.279
 why

00:50:10.279 --> 00:50:10.500
 there's

00:50:10.500 --> 00:50:10.639
 such

00:50:10.639 --> 00:50:10.779
 an

00:50:10.779 --> 00:50:11.139
 emphasis

00:50:11.139 --> 00:50:11.419
 in

00:50:11.419 --> 00:50:11.639
 this

00:50:11.639 --> 00:50:12.119
 passage

00:50:12.119 --> 00:50:12.259
 in

00:50:12.259 --> 00:50:12.419
 this

00:50:12.419 --> 00:50:12.759
 entire

00:50:12.759 --> 00:50:13.079
 passage

00:50:13.079 --> 00:50:13.219
 on

00:50:13.219 --> 00:50:13.339
 the

00:50:13.339 --> 00:50:13.559
 act

00:50:13.559 --> 00:50:13.679
 of

00:50:13.679 --> 00:50:14.359
 proclaiming

00:50:14.359 --> 00:50:14.500
 the

00:50:14.500 --> 00:50:14.859
 gospel

00:50:14.859 --> 00:50:16.539
 just

00:50:16.539 --> 00:50:16.959
 scan

00:50:16.959 --> 00:50:17.239
 the

00:50:17.239 --> 00:50:17.539
 passage

00:50:17.539 --> 00:50:17.719
 with

00:50:17.719 --> 00:50:17.839
 me

00:50:17.839 --> 00:50:18.259
 repeats

00:50:18.259 --> 00:50:18.719
 words

00:50:18.719 --> 00:50:18.879
 and

00:50:18.879 --> 00:50:19.219
 phrases

00:50:19.219 --> 00:50:19.539
 like

00:50:19.539 --> 00:50:20.199
 speaking

00:50:20.199 --> 00:50:20.599
 the

00:50:20.599 --> 00:50:20.919
 word

00:50:20.919 --> 00:50:22.119
 preaching

00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:22.419
 the

00:50:22.419 --> 00:50:22.839
 gospel

00:50:22.839 --> 00:50:23.519
 bearing

00:50:23.519 --> 00:50:24.099
 witness

00:50:24.099 --> 00:50:24.359
 it

00:50:24.359 --> 00:50:24.659
 uses

00:50:24.659 --> 00:50:24.939
 those

00:50:24.939 --> 00:50:25.199
 words

00:50:25.199 --> 00:50:25.359
 and

00:50:25.359 --> 00:50:25.659
 phrases

00:50:25.659 --> 00:50:26.199
 eight

00:50:26.199 --> 00:50:26.739
 times

00:50:26.739 --> 00:50:27.339
 throughout

00:50:27.339 --> 00:50:27.559
 the

00:50:27.559 --> 00:50:28.000
 passage

00:50:28.000 --> 00:50:28.839
 because

00:50:28.839 --> 00:50:29.019
 no

00:50:29.019 --> 00:50:29.159
 matter

00:50:29.159 --> 00:50:29.460
 what

00:50:29.460 --> 00:50:29.960
 obstacles

00:50:29.960 --> 00:50:30.420
 stand

00:50:30.420 --> 00:50:30.559
 in

00:50:30.559 --> 00:50:30.679
 the

00:50:30.679 --> 00:50:30.940
 way

00:50:30.940 --> 00:50:31.219
 this

00:50:31.219 --> 00:50:31.399
 is

00:50:31.399 --> 00:50:31.639
 a

00:50:31.639 --> 00:50:32.000
 mission

00:50:32.000 --> 00:50:32.279
 that

00:50:32.279 --> 00:50:32.480
 we

00:50:32.480 --> 00:50:32.819
 may

00:50:32.819 --> 00:50:33.199
 not

00:50:33.199 --> 00:50:33.940
 forfeit

00:50:33.940 --> 00:50:35.739
 because

00:50:35.739 --> 00:50:36.039
 it is

00:50:36.039 --> 00:50:36.199
 the

00:50:36.199 --> 00:50:36.539
 mission

00:50:36.539 --> 00:50:36.879
 given

00:50:36.879 --> 00:50:37.199
 to us

00:50:37.199 --> 00:50:37.399
 by

00:50:37.399 --> 00:50:37.839
 God

00:50:37.839 --> 00:50:38.059
 to

00:50:38.059 --> 00:50:38.519
 discharge

00:50:38.519 --> 00:50:40.239
 no

00:50:40.239 --> 00:50:40.399
 matter

00:50:40.399 --> 00:50:40.719
 how

00:50:40.719 --> 00:50:41.019
 much

00:50:41.019 --> 00:50:41.579
 pressure

00:50:41.579 --> 00:50:41.819
 we

00:50:41.819 --> 00:50:42.179
 face

00:50:42.179 --> 00:50:42.579
 this

00:50:42.579 --> 00:50:42.699
 is

00:50:42.699 --> 00:50:42.899
 a

00:50:42.899 --> 00:50:43.259
 message

00:50:43.259 --> 00:50:43.480
 that

00:50:43.480 --> 00:50:43.719
 we

00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:44.119
 may

00:50:44.119 --> 00:50:44.639
 not

00:50:44.639 --> 00:50:45.420
 distort

00:50:45.420 --> 00:50:46.179
 for

00:50:46.179 --> 00:50:46.319
 it

00:50:46.319 --> 00:50:46.440
 is

00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:46.579
 the

00:50:46.579 --> 00:50:46.940
 message

00:50:46.940 --> 00:50:47.219
 given

00:50:47.219 --> 00:50:47.420
 to

00:50:47.420 --> 00:50:47.599
 us

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 by

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 God

00:50:48.319 --> 00:50:48.539
 to

00:50:48.539 --> 00:50:48.960
 proclaim

00:50:48.960 --> 00:50:50.099
 that

00:50:50.099 --> 00:50:50.579
 Jesus

00:50:50.579 --> 00:50:50.960
 is

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 the

00:50:51.139 --> 00:50:51.579
 Christ

00:50:51.579 --> 00:50:51.799
 the

00:50:51.799 --> 00:50:52.179
 King

00:50:52.179 --> 00:50:52.659
 the

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 Messiah

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 the

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 Son of

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 God

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 who

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 came

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 and

00:50:55.820 --> 00:50:56.180
 lived

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 the

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 life

00:50:56.600 --> 00:50:56.760
 of

00:50:56.760 --> 00:50:57.080
 perfect

00:50:57.080 --> 00:50:57.480
 holiness

00:50:57.480 --> 00:50:58.180
 and

00:50:58.180 --> 00:50:58.700
 died

00:50:58.700 --> 00:50:59.100
 his

00:50:59.100 --> 00:50:59.360
 death

00:50:59.360 --> 00:50:59.660
 on the

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 cross

00:51:00.100 --> 00:51:00.660
 to

00:51:00.660 --> 00:51:01.000
 bear

00:51:01.000 --> 00:51:01.220
 the

00:51:01.220 --> 00:51:01.600
 punishment

00:51:01.600 --> 00:51:01.880
 for

00:51:01.880 --> 00:51:02.220
 our

00:51:02.220 --> 00:51:02.800
 sins

00:51:02.800 --> 00:51:03.920
 that

00:51:03.920 --> 00:51:04.019
 he

00:51:04.019 --> 00:51:04.240
 was

00:51:04.240 --> 00:51:04.820
 raised

00:51:04.820 --> 00:51:05.080
 for

00:51:05.080 --> 00:51:05.500
 our

00:51:05.500 --> 00:51:06.580
 vindication

00:51:06.580 --> 00:51:06.840
 for

00:51:06.840 --> 00:51:07.100
 our

00:51:07.100 --> 00:51:07.760
 justification

00:51:07.760 --> 00:51:08.680
 to

00:51:08.680 --> 00:51:08.860
 give

00:51:08.860 --> 00:51:09.019
 us

00:51:09.019 --> 00:51:09.580
 eternal

00:51:09.580 --> 00:51:10.539
 life

00:51:10.539 --> 00:51:11.340
 the

00:51:11.340 --> 00:51:11.780
 only

00:51:11.780 --> 00:51:12.300
 message

00:51:12.300 --> 00:51:12.620
 that

00:51:12.620 --> 00:51:13.260
 saves

00:51:13.260 --> 00:51:14.060
 message

00:51:14.060 --> 00:51:14.380
 by

00:51:14.380 --> 00:51:14.660
 which

00:51:14.660 --> 00:51:14.960
 we

00:51:14.960 --> 00:51:15.200
 have

00:51:15.200 --> 00:51:15.340
 been

00:51:15.340 --> 00:51:15.539
 born

00:51:15.539 --> 00:51:15.940
 again

00:51:15.940 --> 00:51:16.500
 into

00:51:16.500 --> 00:51:16.720
 the

00:51:16.720 --> 00:51:17.060
 family

00:51:17.060 --> 00:51:17.260
 of

00:51:17.260 --> 00:51:17.580
 God

00:51:17.580 --> 00:51:18.080
 the

00:51:18.080 --> 00:51:18.460
 message

00:51:18.460 --> 00:51:18.880
 only

00:51:18.880 --> 00:51:19.280
 because

00:51:19.280 --> 00:51:19.480
 of

00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:19.760
 which

00:51:19.760 --> 00:51:20.140
 we

00:51:20.140 --> 00:51:20.500
 have

00:51:20.500 --> 00:51:20.800
 this

00:51:20.800 --> 00:51:21.640
 relationship

00:51:21.639 --> 00:51:22.500
 with

00:51:22.500 --> 00:51:22.900
 our

00:51:22.900 --> 00:51:23.719
 loving

00:51:23.719 --> 00:51:24.319
 father

00:51:24.319 --> 00:51:29.000
 that's

00:51:29.000 --> 00:51:29.179
 the

00:51:29.179 --> 00:51:29.480
 gospel

00:51:29.480 --> 00:51:29.819
 message

00:51:29.819 --> 00:51:30.139
 we

00:51:30.139 --> 00:51:31.079
 preach

00:51:31.079 --> 00:51:33.599
 that's

00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:33.799
 why it

00:51:33.799 --> 00:51:34.139
 is called

00:51:34.139 --> 00:51:34.579
 the word

00:51:34.579 --> 00:51:35.099
 of his

00:51:35.099 --> 00:51:36.119
 grace

00:51:36.119 --> 00:51:37.159
 in verse

00:51:37.159 --> 00:51:37.500
 three

00:51:37.500 --> 00:51:38.679
 the word

00:51:38.679 --> 00:51:39.619
 of God's

00:51:39.619 --> 00:51:40.139
 grace

00:51:40.139 --> 00:51:41.900
 because

00:51:41.900 --> 00:51:42.319
 it's a

00:51:42.319 --> 00:51:42.679
 gift

00:51:42.679 --> 00:51:44.440
 because

00:51:44.440 --> 00:51:44.699
 it's

00:51:44.699 --> 00:51:44.960
 something

00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:45.259
 that we

00:51:45.259 --> 00:51:45.639
 never

00:51:45.639 --> 00:51:46.379
 earned

00:51:46.379 --> 00:51:46.619
 or

00:51:46.619 --> 00:51:47.119
 deserved

00:51:47.119 --> 00:51:47.799
 we

00:51:47.799 --> 00:51:47.960
 were

00:51:47.960 --> 00:51:48.440
 sinners

00:51:48.440 --> 00:51:49.779
 who

00:51:49.779 --> 00:51:51.019
 had

00:51:51.019 --> 00:51:51.559
 forsaken

00:51:51.559 --> 00:51:51.759
 our

00:51:51.759 --> 00:51:52.239
 relationship

00:51:52.239 --> 00:51:52.559
 with

00:51:52.559 --> 00:51:52.839
 God

00:51:52.839 --> 00:51:53.019
 who

00:51:53.019 --> 00:51:53.119
 had

00:51:53.119 --> 00:51:53.539
 abandoned

00:51:53.539 --> 00:51:53.819
 our

00:51:53.819 --> 00:51:54.199
 worship

00:51:54.199 --> 00:51:54.420
 of

00:51:54.420 --> 00:51:54.639
 God

00:51:54.639 --> 00:51:54.900
 our

00:51:54.900 --> 00:51:55.619
 allegiance

00:51:55.619 --> 00:51:55.920
 to

00:51:55.920 --> 00:51:56.179
 God

00:51:56.179 --> 00:51:56.339
 and

00:51:56.339 --> 00:51:56.539
 we

00:51:56.539 --> 00:51:57.179
 rightly

00:51:57.179 --> 00:51:57.639
 deserve

00:51:57.639 --> 00:51:57.859
 the

00:51:57.859 --> 00:51:58.119
 word

00:51:58.119 --> 00:51:58.420
 of

00:51:58.420 --> 00:51:58.960
 judgment

00:51:58.960 --> 00:51:59.679
 the

00:51:59.679 --> 00:51:59.940
 word

00:51:59.940 --> 00:52:00.099
 of

00:52:00.099 --> 00:52:00.940
 condemnation

00:52:00.940 --> 00:52:02.059
 but

00:52:02.059 --> 00:52:02.380
 instead

00:52:02.380 --> 00:52:02.679
 we

00:52:02.679 --> 00:52:03.179
 received

00:52:03.179 --> 00:52:03.380
 the

00:52:03.380 --> 00:52:03.619
 word

00:52:03.619 --> 00:52:03.759
 of

00:52:03.759 --> 00:52:03.940
 his

00:52:03.940 --> 00:52:04.460
 grace

00:52:04.460 --> 00:52:07.199
 his

00:52:07.199 --> 00:52:07.699
 favor

00:52:07.699 --> 00:52:08.839
 his

00:52:08.839 --> 00:52:09.359
 mercy

00:52:09.359 --> 00:52:11.719
 all

00:52:11.719 --> 00:52:12.019
 because

00:52:12.019 --> 00:52:12.199
 of

00:52:12.199 --> 00:52:12.539
 God's

00:52:12.539 --> 00:52:12.759
 love

00:52:12.759 --> 00:52:12.980
 for

00:52:12.980 --> 00:52:13.319
 us

00:52:13.319 --> 00:52:14.500
 all

00:52:14.500 --> 00:52:14.799
 because

00:52:14.799 --> 00:52:14.980
 of

00:52:14.980 --> 00:52:15.119
 what

00:52:15.119 --> 00:52:15.339
 God

00:52:15.339 --> 00:52:15.839
 accomplished

00:52:15.839 --> 00:52:16.139
 for

00:52:16.139 --> 00:52:16.440
 us

00:52:16.440 --> 00:52:17.000
 in

00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:17.300
 Jesus

00:52:17.300 --> 00:52:17.760
 Christ

00:52:17.760 --> 00:52:18.039
 on

00:52:18.039 --> 00:52:18.159
 the

00:52:18.159 --> 00:52:18.559
 cross

00:52:18.559 --> 00:52:21.740
 brothers

00:52:21.740 --> 00:52:21.900
 and

00:52:21.900 --> 00:52:22.139
 sisters

00:52:22.139 --> 00:52:22.380
 there

00:52:22.380 --> 00:52:22.599
 is

00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:22.880
 no

00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:23.320
 higher

00:52:23.320 --> 00:52:23.920
 cause

00:52:23.920 --> 00:52:25.380
 there

00:52:25.380 --> 00:52:25.740
 is

00:52:25.740 --> 00:52:26.220
 no

00:52:26.220 --> 00:52:26.920
 greater

00:52:26.920 --> 00:52:27.880
 message

00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:30.200
 so

00:52:30.200 --> 00:52:30.360
 let

00:52:30.360 --> 00:52:30.480
 us

00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:30.760
 go

00:52:30.760 --> 00:52:30.980
 to

00:52:30.980 --> 00:52:31.200
 all

00:52:31.200 --> 00:52:31.360
 the

00:52:31.360 --> 00:52:31.720
 nations

00:52:31.720 --> 00:52:32.599
 speak

00:52:32.599 --> 00:52:32.780
 the

00:52:32.780 --> 00:52:33.139
 gospel

00:52:33.139 --> 00:52:33.340
 of

00:52:33.340 --> 00:52:33.480
 his

00:52:33.480 --> 00:52:33.860
 grace

00:52:33.860 --> 00:52:35.320
 trusting

00:52:35.320 --> 00:52:36.000
 God

00:52:36.000 --> 00:52:36.559
 himself

00:52:36.559 --> 00:52:36.900
 to

00:52:36.900 --> 00:52:37.700
 authenticate

00:52:37.700 --> 00:52:38.380
 the

00:52:38.380 --> 00:52:38.760
 proclamation

00:52:38.760 --> 00:52:39.019
 of

00:52:39.019 --> 00:52:39.139
 his

00:52:39.139 --> 00:52:39.380
 word

00:52:39.380 --> 00:52:45.619
 please

00:52:45.619 --> 00:52:45.860
 take

00:52:45.860 --> 00:52:45.980
 a

00:52:45.980 --> 00:52:46.260
 moment

00:52:46.260 --> 00:52:46.960
 in

00:52:46.960 --> 00:52:47.400
 silence

00:52:47.400 --> 00:52:48.140
 to

00:52:48.140 --> 00:52:48.520
 reflect

00:52:48.520 --> 00:52:48.740
 on

00:52:48.740 --> 00:52:49.020
 this

00:52:49.020 --> 00:52:49.380
 and

00:52:49.380 --> 00:52:49.500
 to

00:52:49.500 --> 00:52:49.720
 ask

00:52:49.720 --> 00:52:50.060
 yourself

00:52:50.060 --> 00:52:50.260
 what

00:52:50.260 --> 00:52:50.420
 the

00:52:50.420 --> 00:52:50.600
 Holy

00:52:50.600 --> 00:52:50.920
 Spirit

00:52:50.920 --> 00:52:51.100
 is

00:52:51.100 --> 00:52:51.520
 highlighting

00:52:51.520 --> 00:52:51.760
 for

00:52:51.760 --> 00:52:51.920
 you

00:52:51.920 --> 00:52:52.220
 bringing

00:52:52.220 --> 00:52:52.380
 to

00:52:52.380 --> 00:52:52.480
 your

00:52:52.480 --> 00:52:52.820
 attention

00:52:52.820 --> 00:52:56.020
 and

00:52:56.020 --> 00:52:56.400
 after

00:52:56.400 --> 00:52:56.600
 you've

00:52:56.600 --> 00:52:56.740
 done

00:52:56.740 --> 00:52:56.880
 that

00:52:56.880 --> 00:52:57.000
 we're

00:52:57.000 --> 00:52:57.120
 going to

00:52:57.120 --> 00:52:57.500
 respond

00:52:57.500 --> 00:52:57.920
 together

00:52:57.920 --> 00:52:58.280
 by

00:52:58.280 --> 00:52:58.580
 praying

00:52:58.580 --> 00:52:58.840
 as a

00:52:58.840 --> 00:52:59.080
 church

00:52:59.080 --> 00:52:59.540
 out loud

00:53:16.260 --> 00:53:19.200
 out

00:53:19.960 --> 00:53:22.160
 and

00:53:22.160 --> 00:53:22.760
友

00:53:22.760 --> 00:53:22.800
 button

00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:24.020
 everywhere

00:53:24.020 --> 00:53:25.320
 has

00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:25.900
 us

00:53:25.900 --> 00:53:27.880
 to