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 A good church is always learning to live large and live little.

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 A good church is always learning to live little and live large.

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 A few years ago, I don't know, four, five, six years ago,

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 an organization that I am a part of,

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 we organized a group of bishops from the Anglican Church of Canada

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 to meet with me and a couple of other people before,

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 no, I guess it was after the House of Bishops met.

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 And so there were 13 bishops, if memory serves me correctly,

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 that were going to meet with me and with a professor who teaches at Regent College

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 and two other people, all far more important and smart,

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 smarter than me and all that stuff.

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 And there were some problems getting cabs in Quebec City,

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 which is where the meeting was taking place.

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 And finally, I came in the very last cab.

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 I was making sure that everybody got there.

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 And so I came in the last cab with two bishops.

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 And I get in the room and I come in and sit down.

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 And as soon as I sit down, these 13 bishops and this learned theologian

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 and these other important people, they all get silent and they look to me.

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 And I have this moment of stark terror when I realize that they're waiting for me to say something

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 and that I've gathered them together.

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 And I'm just really used to those types of people telling me what to do.

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 And it was just this moment of complete and utter stark terror.

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 And then I realized, well, at least I do have an agenda.

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 And we were able to go on.

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 Many of us have been parts of groups where the very first thing that they do

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 when the group gets together is somebody asks the question,

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 what should we do?

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 And if you've ever been a part of that type of group,

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 you all sort of look around and say, well, I don't know what on earth we're going to do.

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 And the church, if it's to be a good church and a healthy church,

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 not only has to provide times when a large number of people gather like this for public worship,

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 but it also has to provide times when smaller groups of people gather together to do things.

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 And let's say we were just to understand that and try to get together.

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 We'd say, okay, well, now we're together.

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 What on earth do we do?

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 Well, today we're going to look and see what the Bible tells us that we should be doing.

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 Please turn in your Bibles to page 944.

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 Page 944.

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 And some of you who are guests this morning,

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 in some ways the month of January is focusing,

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 for four weeks we're really focusing,

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 on Acts chapter 2, verses 40 to 47.

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 And in particular, a couple of aspects of this.

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 Because these texts show,

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 this text shows sort of in a very brief form,

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 sort of the very, very heart of what the church is to be.

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 And so it's really important for us time and time and time again

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 to go right back to the scriptures,

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 to a key text like this,

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 that we can be, in a sense, formed and reformed and corrected and deepened

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 in the fundamental things that we should be about.

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 Peter has just preached the first Christian sermon,

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 and it goes like this.

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 And with many other words, he testified and exhorted them, saying,

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 Be saved from this perverse generation.

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 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized,

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 and that day about 3,000 souls were added to them.

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 And here in verse 42 are the four of the key marks of the church.

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 They continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine

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 and fellowship,

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 in the breaking of bread,

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 and in the prayers.

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 Then fear came upon every soul,

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 and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.

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 Now all who believed were together

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 and had all things in common,

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 and sold their possessions and goods

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 and divided them among all as anyone had need.

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 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple

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 and breaking bread from house to house,

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 they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

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 praising God and having favor with all the people.

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 And the Lord added to the church daily

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 those who were being saved.

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 So we see that there are four marks of the church in verse 42,

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 that they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine or teaching.

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 They continued steadfastly in koinonia or fellowship,

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 which is what I'm going to look at next week,

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 in the breaking of bread,

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 and in the prayers.

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 So what does it mean that every sort of daily,

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 look at verse 46.

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 You know, I began the sermon by saying,

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 a good church is always learning to live large and live little.

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 That's verse 46.

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 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple

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 and breaking bread from house to house,

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 they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart.

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 They continued daily with one accord in the temple,

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 that's living large,

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 and breaking bread from house to house,

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 that's living little.

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 You see, they both had big public worship,

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 and they had smaller gatherings where they met in house to house.

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 And what do you do when you gather in a house?

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 Like, what should we be doing?

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 Well, we should be trying to do, even there,

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 the marks of the church.

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 We should be gathering around apostolic teaching.

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 It's one of the things which should mark our little gatherings.

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 Some people from this church

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 have moved to another city for a period of time,

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 and they were talking to me.

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 They've been talking to me several times since they've moved,

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 and one of the problems they've had

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 in finding the church in their new city

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 is the church has some small groups and fellowship groups.

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 In fact, they were very, very friendly in inviting them.

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 I might get some of these analogies a little bit,

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 some of these examples a little bit wrong,

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 but, you know, one of the groups goes to a spa on a regular basis.

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 You know, another one sort of listens to music.

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 Another one tastes wine or does that.

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 Like, they all just do all of these social types of things,

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 but none of the groups there do any of the four things

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 which should mark the life of a healthy church,

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 which is gathering around apostolic teaching,

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 being involved in fellowship or koinonia,

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 the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers.

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 So the first thing that,

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 when we're learning how to live little,

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 one of the first things that little groups have to do

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 is that they have to open the Bible.

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 What we're going to do today is,

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 look, you still have page 944 and 945 open,

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 and at the very, very top of page 944,

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 we get the beginning of Peter's sermon.

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 And we're going to read that

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 as a way for us to understand

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 what exactly apostolic testimony or apostolic teaching is.

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 Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem,

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 let this be known to you,

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 and heed my words.

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 For these are not drunk.

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 Just sort of pause there.

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 The Holy Spirit has just fallen upon the 120 disciples,

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 and they've started to engage

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 in this really, really odd behavior

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 of speaking out loud

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 and sort of praising God out loud

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 and seeming to speak in all sorts of different languages.

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 And so the crowd has thought that they're all drunk.

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 Peter says,

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 These are not drunk, as you suppose,

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 since it is only the third hour of the day.

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 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel.

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 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,

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 that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.

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 Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.

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 Your young men shall see visions.

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 Your old men shall dream dreams.

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 And on my menservants and on my maidservants,

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 I will pour out my Spirit in those days,

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 and they shall prophesy.

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 I will show wonders in heaven above

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 and signs in the earth beneath,

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 blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

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 The sun shall be turned into darkness

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 and the moon into blood

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 before the coming of the great and notable day of the Lord.

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 And it shall come to pass

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 that whoever calls on the name of the Lord

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 shall be saved.

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 Now, one of the four marks of the church

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 is that they gather around a gospel church,

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 a good church gathers around the apostolic teaching

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 or the apostolic testimony.

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 This sermon is the very first example we see

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 of the apostolic testimony or the apostolic teaching.

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 And the really remarkable thing about this

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 is that the very first thing that we see

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 is that the apostles open the Bible.

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 The apostles open the Bible.

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 They could have talked about how

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 they could have gotten up there

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 and just strutted their stuff.

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 They could have said,

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 well, folks, now that we've got your attention,

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 we want you to know

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 that we are one of only a very select group of people

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 who've actually seen Jesus rise from the dead.

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 Or they could have gotten up

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 and talked about their profound mystical visions

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 or their profound times that they'd had with Jesus.

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 Or they could have gotten up and talked about philosophy

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 or they could have talked about tradition.

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 Or they could have done all sorts of things.

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 But the very, very first time

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 when we can see what the apostles testified to,

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 we see that almost immediately what they do

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 is open the Bible.

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 Because that passage,

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 when I was just reading Acts chapter 2,

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 the very, very first thing they do

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 is they go to the book of Joel.

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 And as we read through the rest of the summary

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 of Peter's sermon,

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 we'll see that Peter not only looks to Joel,

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 but he looks to two different passages in the Psalms.

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 This is really, really important for us.

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 At the very, very first thing

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 that the apostles do in their testimony

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 is open the Bible.

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 That's what they do first.

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 They don't do anything else

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 other than have them all, in a sense,

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 figuratively speaking,

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 because they wouldn't have had Bibles there.

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 The people would have just memorized it.

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 They, in a sense, immediately open the Bible.

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 And the second thing they do

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 is they explain it

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 and they understand it.

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 Now, we, many, many years after the apostles,

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 have another advantage over them

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 because we now understand

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 that, in a sense,

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 the summary of the teaching of the apostles

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 is what we now call the New Testament.

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 You see, the New Testament itself

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 is an interpretation.

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 The New Testament itself is an explanation.

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 God wrote, had it written

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 so that we would understand.

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 He doesn't want us to be ignorant.

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 He doesn't want us to be foolish.

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 He wants to speak to us.

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 And so the New Testament itself

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 is apostolic testimony,

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 and it is apostolic testimony,

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 which explains.

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 It explains itself.

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 It explains Jesus.

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 It explains the Old Testament.

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 So the first thing the apostles do

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 is they point us to the Bible.

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 And one of the things

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 which is so wonderful

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 about being part of a small group

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 when a church learns how to live little

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 is one of the wonderful things

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 about being in a small group

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 that studies the Bible

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 is that's where you can get

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 the real questions.

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 Like already today,

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 probably some of you

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 might have some questions.

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 Is that really the way

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 that this should go

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 or that should go?

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 And that introduction

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 wasn't very good.

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 And how would you deal with this?

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 And what exactly does blood and fire

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 and towers of smoke mean?

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 And some of you might have

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 all of those questions,

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 but you don't have any opportunity

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 to ask me any of them.

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 One of the wonderful things

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 about having a small group

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 that gathers around the Bible

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 is that the real questions

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 of the people

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 who are gathering around

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 to study the Bible

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 can come out.

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 Somebody can share.

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 I remember so much.

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 And these real questions

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 can be ones

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 that completely surprise us.

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 In my first church

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 where I was the pastor,

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 not an assistant,

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 but the pastor,

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 I was taking a couple of men

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 through the Gospel of Mark.

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 And there's a story in Mark

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 of Jesus being asleep in the boat

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 in the midst of a storm.

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 And one of the men

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 in the Bible study

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 had become a Christian

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 just about a year earlier

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 and he was really,

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 really, really growing.

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 And he accepted the Bible.

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 He believed in the resurrection.

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 Like he believed

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 it was God's word written.

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 And it was a delight

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 to teach him the Bible

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 and to study the Bible with him.

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 But as soon as we came

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 to that story,

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 he said to me,

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 George, I don't believe that story.

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 And I was completely,

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 utterly shocked.

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 He was an old Navy guy,

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 a retired Navy guy.

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 And he said,

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 George, I've been out in the water

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 when there's a big storm.

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 And I just don't believe

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 that anybody could stay asleep

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 in the midst of a big storm

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 in a little boat.

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 And the question completely

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 and utterly floored me.

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 And that's good.

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 Because his question

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 forced all of us

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 to look at the text

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 far more concretely

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 and to think about

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 who Jesus was

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 and what was going on

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 in that story,

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 it forced us to look

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 far more deeply

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 into the text.

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 And it came

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 because we were gathered

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 around the scriptures

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 and we were in

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 a little group

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 where people

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 can ask questions

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 and that we can

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 all together

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 try to figure out

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 what the answer is.

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 When we gather

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 in large groups

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 like this,

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 part of my job

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 is to try to equip you

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 to understand the Bible.

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 If five years

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 or after you've been

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 coming to the church

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 for several years,

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 if you are

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 more ignorant

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 of the Bible

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 than when you came,

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 I have completely

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 and utterly failed.

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 If you feel

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 after you have been

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 in this church

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 for a while

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 that you can't possibly

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 ever understand

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 the Bible,

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 that you need me

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 to explain it to you,

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 then I have failed.

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 But if after you've been

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 in this church

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 you have a sense

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 that the Bible

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 is God's word written

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 and that he has

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 written it for you

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 and me

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 and for ordinary people

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 and that God

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 delights in us

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 coming to his word

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 and reading it

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 and that he trusts

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 ordinary people

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 to come to his word

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 and learn from it.

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 If you have learned

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 these things,

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 whether you can put them

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 into words or not,

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 then I have been

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 doing my job.

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 And one of the things

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 that you can pray for me

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 is that

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 not only me

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 and other people

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 who preach in public

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 like this

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 in this pulpit

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 is pray

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 that as we

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 open the scriptures

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 together

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 in this large setting

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 that you will not only

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 grow in love with Jesus

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 but grow in confidence

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 of God's word

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 and a confidence

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 that you yourselves

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 can plunge into it

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 and can know.

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 So,

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 many people

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 are gifted

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 to open up

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 the Bible

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 and to teach it.

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 It's not dependent

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 only upon clergy

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 like me.

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 You see,

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 as our church

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 learns to live large

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 and live little,

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 part of what it means

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 to learn to live little

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 is that there's going

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 to be,

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 and hopefully

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 as a result of this sermon

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 some of you will say,

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 you know what,

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 maybe I should be

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 starting a Bible study group

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 in my neighborhood.

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 Maybe I should be

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 talking to Nat

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 over the next week

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 and trying to gather

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 a couple of people

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 that I've met here

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 in this church

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 together

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 so that we can

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 open the Bible

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 and we can study it together.

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 And the fact is

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 that I can't go

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 to all of these groups

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 and I shouldn't go

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 to all of these groups

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 because God,

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 through His Holy Spirit,

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 has gifted many people

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 with the ability

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 to teach.

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 And God desires

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 that the Bible

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 be opened

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 and He desires

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 that we,

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 in a sense,

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 look at the text

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 of Scripture

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 and we come to Scripture

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 and we read

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 and we learn together

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 and it's not

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 dependent upon me.

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 When the Communists

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 took over China,

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 there were

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 one million Christians

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 and when they took

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 over China,

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 they persecuted

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 the church

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 quite strongly

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 and they put

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 many of the leaders

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 of the Christian church

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 in China

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 into jail

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 and they cast

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 all of the foreign

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 missionaries

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 and seminary professors,

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 they kicked them

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 all out of the country.

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 And humanly speaking,

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 we would then think

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 only a million Chinese Christians,

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 great persecution,

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 all of the leaders

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 and all of the pastors

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 and ministers

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 put in jail

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 or kicked out

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 of the country.

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 The church has no hope.

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 Today,

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 there are

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 over a hundred million

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 Christians in China

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 and it all came

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 because ordinary people

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 would gather

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 in small gatherings

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 and they would

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 open the Bible

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 and they would

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 desire to know Jesus.

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 And so we see

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 that the very first thing

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 about living large

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 and living little

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 is that when we gather

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 together,

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 we gather to open

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 the Bible.

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 Let's just continue

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 very briefly

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 with this sermon,

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 verse 22.

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 Paul has just,

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 I mean,

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 not Paul,

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 Peter has just quoted

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 the book of Joel.

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 He then says,

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 Men of Israel,

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 hear these words.

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 a man attested by God

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 to you by miracles,

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 wonders,

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 and signs,

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 which God did

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 through him

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 in your midst,

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 as you yourselves

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 also know.

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 Him,

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 being delivered

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 by the determined

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 counsel

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 and foreknowledge

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 of God,

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 you have taken

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 by lawless hands,

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 have crucified

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 and put to death,

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 whom God raised up,

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 having loosed

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 the pains of death,

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 because it was not

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 possible that he

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 should be held by it.

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 Just want to pause

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 there and draw

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 two things

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 to our attention

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 about the apostolic

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 testimony.

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 Remember,

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 when we live little

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 and we live large,

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 we gather around

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 the apostles' teaching,

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 which means that

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 we gather around

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 the New Testament,

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 we gather and

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 we open the Bible,

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 and when we open

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 the Bible,

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 what we fundamentally

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 want to do

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 is we want to

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 focus on Jesus.

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 We want to know

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 Jesus.

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 You don't want to know

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 what John Maxwell

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 has to say.

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 You don't want to know

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 what,

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 oh,

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 I can't think of

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 famous,

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 you don't want to know

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 what Billy Graham

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 has to say.

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 You don't want to know

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 what George Sinclair

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 has to say.

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 You want to know

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 Jesus.

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 That's the whole point

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 of gathering together.

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 That's the whole point

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 of church.

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 It's the whole point

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 of gathering together.

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 Yesterday,

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 I did a funeral,

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 and some of you

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 have been to some

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 of the funerals

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 that I have led,

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 and this was a funeral

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 in a funeral home,

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 and every time I do

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 a funeral home funeral,

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 I say something

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 along these lines

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 in my very brief sermon.

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 I say,

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 I know,

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 after the scriptures

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 have been read,

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 I say,

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 I know that there

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 are many people here

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 who maybe aren't Christians.

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 Maybe you're a member

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 of some great faith

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 which is not Christian,

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 maybe you are

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 inventing your own

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 or seeking out

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 your own particular way,

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 but I would just like

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 to take a few moments

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 to share with you

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 what my faith is

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 as a Christian.

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 I would just like

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 to share with you

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 personally

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 what my faith is

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 as a Christian

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 in the face of death.

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 And then I go on

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 to tell them

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 about Jesus.

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 I go on to tell them

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 about how he died

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 upon the cross,

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 how he tasted

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 all there is

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 to taste of death,

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 and how on the third day

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 he conquered death

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 and conquered sin.

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 And I even do this

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 in a modern culture

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 and I say,

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 and he conquers

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 all the hostile

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 spiritual powers

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 which bind us

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 and keep us from God.

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 And that it really happened.

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 And then I say,

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:37.720
 you know,

00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.720
 my hope

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:40.000
 in the funeral

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 that I did yesterday,

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 it was for Desiree Jirawar.

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 Some of you know her.

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 She was a wonderful woman.

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 And I can easily say

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 that she was,

00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:48.539
 you know,

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 in fact I began

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 the sermon by saying

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 that, you know,

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 when I'm 95

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 I hope I'm as nice

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 as she is,

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 she was.

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 You know,

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 I hope I don't get

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 grumpy and crotchety

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 as I get older.

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 I hope I get

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 slow to anger

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 and gracious

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 and gentle

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 like she grew

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 as she got older.

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 And I shared,

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:05.680
 you know,

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.640
 my hope in the face

00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.039
 of death

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.759
 isn't that I will

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 someday be

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 as nice

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 as Desiree was.

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 And Desiree's hope

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 in the face of death

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:14.519
 wasn't that she was nice.

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 Our hope

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:17.660
 in the face of death

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:19.460
 is that we have said

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 yes to Jesus' invitation

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 to come to him.

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 And by coming to him

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 we share

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:27.759
 in his triumph

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 over death

00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.819
 and sin

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 and hostile

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 spiritual powers.

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 That's the fundamental

00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:35.759
 Christian hope

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:37.660
 that Jesus really

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 exists,

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 existed

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 and still exists,

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 that he lived

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 a human life,

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 that he walked

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 among us,

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 that he died

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 on the cross,

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 that he died

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 and tasted

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 all there is

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 to taste

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 of death

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 with nothing

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 left out,

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 that on the third

00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:53.440
 day he rose

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 triumphant

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 over sin

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 and death

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 and hell

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 and all hostile

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 spiritual,

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 evil spiritual powers,

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 and that he didn't

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 do that

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 in some remarkable

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 way just for himself

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 so that we could

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 all marvel

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.400
 at one person

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 could do something

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 like that,

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 but that he does

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.500
 it for you

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 and for me

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 and he does

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 it for you

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.480
 and for me

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 not for himself

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 and he does

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.019
 it for you

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 and for me

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 and he says

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 to you

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 and to me

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 he says it

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 to us

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 whether we're

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 gay or straight

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 old or young

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 well educated

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 or poorly educated

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 whether we're

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 good looking

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 or ugly

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 smart or dumb

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 he says

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 to every one

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 of us

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 come to me

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 all who labor

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.240
 and are heavy laden

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.460
 and I will give you rest

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 take my yoke upon you

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 and learn from me

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 for I am gentle

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:35.240
 and lowly of heart

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 and you will find

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.360
 rest for your souls

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 for my yoke is easy

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 and my burden is light

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:43.180
 and Jesus defeats

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.440
 sin and death

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.960
 and hell

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.759
 and all hostile

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.860
 spiritual powers

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 not as some marvelous

00:22:48.040 --> 00:22:48.840
 thing that he's able

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.400
 to accomplish

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.180
 by himself

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:51.420
 but he does it

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:52.420
 for you and for me

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 and he invites

00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:55.220
 ordinary people

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:56.060
 like you and me

00:22:56.060 --> 00:22:57.100
 to share

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:58.680
 in his triumph

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 that's what I say

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 in funerals

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 and I say it

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 in funerals

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.359
 because nothing

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.559
 focuses the mind

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.279
 like death

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:08.359
 that is the basic

00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:09.159
 fundamental

00:23:09.159 --> 00:23:10.099
 Christian hope

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 and so

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:12.220
 the heart

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:13.259
 of the apostolic

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.940
 testimony

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:16.700
 is expressed

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.659
 in the New Testament

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 and the apostles

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 when we're together

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.019
 to understand

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:22.119
 the apostolic testimony

00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:23.259
 we are to open

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 our Bibles

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 and we are to read

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 them confident

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.779
 that God

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.839
 wants to speak

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.399
 to us

00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:30.799
 through his word

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 that he is not

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.159
 sort of playing

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:32.899
 some type of

00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:33.399
 peekaboo

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.140
 game with us

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.960
 but he desires

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.860
 us to know

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 and that he

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 welcomes us

00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:38.480
 bringing our

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.420
 questions to the

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:40.300
 text of scripture

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 and as we open

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.900
 the text of scripture

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:44.080
 the first and foremost

00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:44.940
 thing that we want

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.240
 to know

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.840
 is we want

00:23:45.840 --> 00:23:46.820
 to know Jesus

00:23:46.820 --> 00:23:48.780
 and if you go

00:23:48.780 --> 00:23:49.500
 through all of

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.259
 Peter's sermon

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.259
 you'll see that

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.500
 you see Jesus

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.160
 is the one

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:53.800
 who unlocks

00:23:53.800 --> 00:23:54.519
 it's because of

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.500
 Jesus' triumph

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.140
 that the gift

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.019
 of the Holy Spirit

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.519
 comes

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.700
 it is because

00:23:58.700 --> 00:24:00.200
 of Jesus' triumph

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.960
 that we can know

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.559
 the Father

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.319
 you know

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:04.180
 and Jesus

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.840
 is the one

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.819
 who opens up

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.460
 all of these

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:06.819
 things

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.460
 and so as we

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.200
 open up the

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.660
 scriptures

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:10.420
 the second part

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.220
 of the apostolic

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.779
 testimony

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.400
 and gathering

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:13.500
 is focusing

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.380
 on Jesus

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:17.000
 and you know

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.360
 and this

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:17.980
 this is

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:20.120
 this is so

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.600
 wonderful

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.600
 in a small group

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.980
 I have learned

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.840
 so much more

00:24:23.840 --> 00:24:24.519
 about being a

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:24.920
 Christian

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:26.319
 by being in

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:27.100
 some small

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:27.700
 gathering

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.319
 where I'm with

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.059
 other people

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:30.179
 because you see

00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:30.579
 one of the

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:31.599
 wonderful things

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.279
 about the

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.079
 Christian faith

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.779
 and about

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.200
 Jesus

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:35.419
 is that it's

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:35.919
 not just

00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:36.419
 what we're

00:24:36.419 --> 00:24:36.960
 taught

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:38.119
 but what we

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.759
 catch

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.579
 Christianity

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.480
 is not just

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.159
 taught

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:43.439
 it's caught

00:24:43.439 --> 00:24:45.379
 and you catch

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:46.740
 it by being

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.519
 in small groups

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.299
 with other people

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.299
 I don't have

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.759
 the time

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.319
 but one of the

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:51.000
 turning points

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.679
 in my life

00:24:51.679 --> 00:24:52.119
 when I was

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.839
 in high school

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:54.179
 and you know

00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:55.019
 I'm not sure

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.859
 now in hindsight

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.720
 whether I became

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.259
 a Christian

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.839
 when I was

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.519
 in grade 12

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.119
 or whether I

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.839
 just reclaimed

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.500
 my Christian

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.839
 faith

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.839
 and that's

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.279
 something that

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.980
 I might puzzle

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.639
 about but God

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.199
 doesn't care

00:25:04.199 --> 00:25:04.779
 the main thing

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.139
 is that I

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:06.059
 became a Christian

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:08.599
 and I can tell

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.079
 you that the

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.740
 turning points

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.500
 in my life

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.759
 that were so

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.439
 fundamental

00:25:12.439 --> 00:25:13.399
 was this aspect

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:14.379
 of catching

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.279
 Christianity

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.859
 from others

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.899
 in a small group

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:19.019
 and seeing

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:20.059
 Jesus in them

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:22.879
 and that comes

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.720
 as we open

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.240
 the Bible

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.319
 as we focus

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.119
 on Jesus

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:27.339
 the third

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:27.799
 thing

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:29.039
 and this

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.559
 is a harder

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:29.959
 thing

00:25:29.959 --> 00:25:30.959
 is that

00:25:30.959 --> 00:25:32.000
 as we

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.879
 open the Bible

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.279
 and as we

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.959
 focus on

00:25:33.959 --> 00:25:34.299
 Jesus

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.959
 the Bible

00:25:34.959 --> 00:25:35.699
 will convict

00:25:35.699 --> 00:25:36.439
 us of sin

00:25:36.439 --> 00:25:39.359
 listen to what

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:40.379
 Peter is very

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:40.979
 very bold

00:25:40.979 --> 00:25:41.799
 just look back

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.500
 here at verse

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.099
 23

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.579
 he's just

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.079
 talked about

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.379
 Jesus

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:45.959
 and then he

00:25:45.959 --> 00:25:46.199
 says

00:25:46.199 --> 00:25:46.619
 him

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:47.659
 being delivered

00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:48.059
 by the

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.579
 determined

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.619
 counsel

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.539
 and foreknowledge

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.019
 of God

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:52.199
 you have

00:25:52.199 --> 00:25:52.899
 taken by

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:53.759
 lawless hands

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.459
 have crucified

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.120
 and put

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.640
 to death

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:59.840
 the apostolic

00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.340
 testimony

00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:01.240
 goes right

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.720
 to the

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.240
 sin

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.860
 of the

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.360
 hearers

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:04.259
 let me

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.600
 tell you

00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:04.880
 this

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.799
 I'm very

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.340
 Canadian

00:26:06.340 --> 00:26:07.819
 if I

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.220
 had been

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.759
 back there

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.380
 with Peter

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:10.299
 I probably

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.579
 would have

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:10.740
 said

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.660
 oh Peter

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.720
 don't say

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.519
 that

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.200
 okay

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.180
 you're gonna

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.799
 make them

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.279
 upset

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.240
 you're gonna

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.799
 make them

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.299
 mad

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.640
 you're gonna

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.220
 turn them

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.700
 off

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:19.980
 you're gonna

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.480
 do all

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:20.819
 of these

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.340
 types of

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:21.539
 things

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:21.720
 like

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.400
 Peter

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.400
 just focus

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.780
 on the

00:26:23.780 --> 00:26:24.360
 positives

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:24.840
 okay

00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.280
 like

00:26:25.280 --> 00:26:26.480
 leave this

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:26.960
 little

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.660
 problem

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.440
 of conscience

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.940
 and what

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.500
 they've done

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.160
 just to the

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.540
 side

00:26:30.540 --> 00:26:31.180
 and you

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.280
 know

00:26:31.280 --> 00:26:31.860
 talk about

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.759
 how wonderful

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.220
 the Holy

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.140
 Spirit is

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.460
 and just

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:34.900
 how wonderful

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:35.120
 like

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.800
 just do

00:26:35.800 --> 00:26:36.259
 all these

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.820
 positive

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:37.280
 type of

00:26:37.280 --> 00:26:37.440
 things

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.580
 don't focus

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.380
 on sin

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:39.840
 Peter

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.140
 is what

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.360
 I would

00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:40.840
 have said

00:26:40.840 --> 00:26:41.720
 if you

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:41.980
 go all

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.200
 the way

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.360
 through

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.840
 the sermon

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.140
 at the

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.320
 end

00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:43.560
 of the

00:26:43.560 --> 00:26:43.800
 sermon

00:26:43.800 --> 00:26:44.220
 the summary

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.440
 of the

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.640
 sermon

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.820
 3,000

00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:46.540
 people

00:26:46.540 --> 00:26:47.960
 come to

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.300
 faith

00:26:48.300 --> 00:26:50.620
 3,000

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.460
 if I

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:51.840
 had been

00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:52.080
 there

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.659
 and Peter

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.059
 had listened

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.359
 to my

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.740
 advice

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.039
 maybe

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.259
 there

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.399
 would

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:54.500
 have

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:54.659
 been

00:26:54.659 --> 00:26:54.980
 one

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.299
 I

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.439
 don't

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:55.579
 know

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:55.839
 maybe

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.039
 there

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.179
 would

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:56.279
 have

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.419
 been

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:56.839
 nobody

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.339
 you see

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:58.339
 because

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:59.619
 we

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.339
 modern

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:01.000
 Canadians

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.679
 get really

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:02.359
 uncomfortable

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:03.000
 with this

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.539
 idea of

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.720
 being

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.359
 confronted

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:04.740
 about

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.159
 sin

00:27:05.159 --> 00:27:05.980
 but you

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.139
 see

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.339
 the

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.960
 apostolic

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.519
 testimony

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.179
 opens

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:08.399
 the

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:08.819
 Bible

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.899
 points

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.099
 us

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.299
 to

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.759
 Jesus

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:12.519
 and

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:12.799
 then

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:14.379
 of

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.099
 necessity

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:16.980
 the

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.460
 Bible

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.139
 and

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:18.559
 Christ

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.159
 himself

00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:19.799
 will

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.199
 point

00:27:20.199 --> 00:27:20.460
 out

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.079
 to us

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.480
 the

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.019
 gap

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:23.159
 between

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:24.559
 being

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:24.779
 in

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.179
 Christ

00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:25.639
 and

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:25.879
 not

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.159
 being

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:26.359
 in

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:26.759
 Christ

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:28.500
 like

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.679
 that

00:27:28.679 --> 00:27:29.119
 just

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:30.039
 comes

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:31.599
 and

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.059
 so

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:33.299
 in a

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.659
 small

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:33.960
 group

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.379
 this is

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:34.659
 very

00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:34.939
 very

00:27:34.939 --> 00:27:35.240
 very

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.720
 hard

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:37.180
 in

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.200
 in

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.559
 many

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.000
 ways

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.740
 what

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.220
 happens

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.339
 in

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:39.480
 a

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.880
 larger

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.259
 group

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.500
 like

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.720
 this

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:41.960
 I

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.339
 can

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.559
 maybe

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:42.900
 talk

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.120
 about

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.460
 sins

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:43.799
 a little

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.019
 bit

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.240
 more

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.660
 easily

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.019
 because

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.299
 it's

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.819
 not

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:45.980
 as

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.400
 obvious

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.620
 that

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:46.779
 I'm

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.259
 speaking

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.539
 about

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:47.740
 the

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.100
 person

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.440
 sitting

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.579
 on

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:48.759
 the

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.200
 couch

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.860
 right

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.299
 there

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.640
 whereas

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:50.980
 you're

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.220
 talking

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.420
 about

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:51.660
 certain

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:51.980
 sins

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.100
 and

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:52.279
 there's

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.559
 five

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:52.880
 people

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.000
 in

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.120
 the

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.339
 room

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:53.519
 and

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:53.680
 we

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:53.839
 all

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.019
 know

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.139
 who

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:54.279
 the

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.460
 only

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.660
 one

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:54.819
 is

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:54.940
 who

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.160
 does

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.680
 that

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:55.940
 you

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.200
 know

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:58.279
 we

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.420
 all

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:58.680
 look

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.039
 around

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.240
 the

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.460
 other

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.940
 way

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.139
 you

00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.420
 know

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.099
 that

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.339
 can

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.460
 be

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.579
 a

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:01.700
 little

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:01.920
 bit

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.460
 awkward

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.720
 and

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.279
 uncomfortable

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:03.720
 and

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.240
 a

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.460
 bigger

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.039
 gathering

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.240
 it's

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.440
 a bit

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.139
 safer

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.539
 you

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:06.819
 know

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:08.639
 inwardly

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.220
 a person

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.480
 might

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.680
 be

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:09.980
 thinking

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.480
 gosh

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:10.740
 that

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.220
 passage

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.460
 of

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.779
 scripture

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.160
 just

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.420
 hit

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:12.759
 me

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:12.940
 you

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.139
 know

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:13.460
 and

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.799
 others

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:13.980
 are

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.339
 thinking

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.319
 gosh

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.480
 I

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.660
 wonder

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:15.859
 who

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:15.980
 on

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.099
 earth

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.240
 would

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.400
 ever

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.599
 do

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:16.980
 something

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.279
 like

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.599
 that

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:17.799
 and

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:17.980
 and

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.119
 we're

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.299
 all

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.899
 blessedly

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.200
 unaware

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.519
 of

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:19.659
 the

00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:19.859
 other

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.059
 and

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.319
 that's

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.519
 part

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.720
 of the

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:20.980
 reason

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.240
 why

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.599
 church

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:21.740
 is

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.019
 to be

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.559
 large

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.559
 and

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.319
 little

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.220
 but

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.599
 just

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:27.000
 and

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.460
 so

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:27.740
 while

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.039
 in a

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.319
 small

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.559
 group

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:28.879
 we have

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.139
 to be

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:29.339
 very

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.099
 careful

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.480
 about

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.740
 the

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.259
 convicting

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.480
 of

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.940
 sin

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:33.019
 but

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.180
 by

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.379
 the

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:33.639
 same

00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:34.119
 token

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.519
 just

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:34.740
 as

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:34.940
 the

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.419
 scriptures

00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:35.759
 are

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.220
 read

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.919
 and

00:28:36.919 --> 00:28:37.180
 as

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:38.159
 Jesus

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.639
 is

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.139
 pointed

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.559
 to

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.799
 the

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.279
 scriptures

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.019
 themselves

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.279
 and

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.619
 Jesus

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.220
 himself

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.619
 even

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:43.940
 in a

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.240
 small

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.559
 group

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:44.779
 will

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.180
 prick

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.539
 us

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.779
 in

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:45.960
 our

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.700
 conscience

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:49.000
 that

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.319
 this

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.519
 is

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.840
 me

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:51.319
 and

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.640
 that's

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:51.940
 good

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:53.000
 apostolic

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.559
 testimony

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.200
 convicts

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.340
 of

00:28:54.340 --> 00:28:54.680
 sin

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:57.080
 the

00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:57.660
 fourth

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.059
 thing

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:59.080
 very

00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.480
 briefly

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.840
 because

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.059
 my

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.440
 time

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.700
 has

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.420
 gone

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.640
 out

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:01.840
 is

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.559
 let's

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:02.779
 look

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:02.960
 at

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.039
 the

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.220
 very

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.480
 end

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:03.580
 of

00:29:03.580 --> 00:29:03.740
 the

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.080
 sermon

00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:06.720
 verse

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.380
 38

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:08.720
 then

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.039
 Peter

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.340
 said

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.500
 to

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.640
 them

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.080
 repent

00:29:10.080 --> 00:29:10.799
 and

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:10.960
 let

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.259
 every

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.519
 one

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:11.680
 of

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:11.779
 you

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:11.980
 be

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 baptized

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 in

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 for

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 the

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 remission

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 of

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 sins

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 and

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 you

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 shall

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 receive

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 the

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 gift

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 of

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 for

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 the

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 promises

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 to

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 you

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 and

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 to

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 your

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 children

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 and

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 to

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 all

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 who

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 are

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 far

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 off

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 as

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 many

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 as

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 the

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 Lord

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 our

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 God

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 will

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 call

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 you

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 see

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 the

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 apostolic

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 testimony

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 says

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 you hear

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 all this

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 stuff about

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 the triumph

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 of

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 Jesus

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 over

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 sin

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 and

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 over

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 death

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 and

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 over

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 hell

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 whoa

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 is that

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 ever

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 dramatic

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 sound

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 effects

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 eh

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 the

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 snow

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 falling

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 off

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 the

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 roof

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 you

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 know

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 it's

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 like

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 the

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 light

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 of

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 God's

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 word

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 falling

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 upon

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 us

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 and

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 all

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 that

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 cold

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 yucky

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 snow

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 that's

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 in

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 capturing

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 our

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 covering

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 up

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 our

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 soul

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 and

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 making

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 it

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 frozen

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 and

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 hardened

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 shriveled

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 and as

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 the

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 light

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 of

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 the

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 holy

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 comes

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 and as

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 convicts

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 us

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 all

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 that

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 ice

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 falls

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 away

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 I

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 just

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 thought

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 of

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 that

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 right

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 now

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 but

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 you

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 know

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 it's

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 pretty

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 true

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 that's

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 that's

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 what

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 you

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 know

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 you

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.620
 know

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 the

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 Bible

00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:23.560
 itself

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:24.120
 convicts

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 us

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 of

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 sin

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 Jesus

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 convicts

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 us

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 of

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 sin

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 not

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 to

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 make

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 us

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 grovel

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 but

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 to

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 make

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 us

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 know

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 that

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 he

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 loves

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 us

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 and

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 that

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 he

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 can

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 be

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 our

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 savior

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 and

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 wants

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 to

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 be

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 our

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 savior

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 and

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 this

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 part

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 at

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 the

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 end

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 that

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 I

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 was

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 reading

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 before

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 I

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 got

00:30:39.199 --> 00:30:39.579
 interrupted

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 by

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 these

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 dramatic

00:30:40.459 --> 00:30:41.459
 snow

00:30:41.459 --> 00:30:42.259
 slides

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.419
 is

00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:43.619
 that

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:43.740
 you

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:43.919
 see

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:44.099
 the

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:44.419
 Bible

00:30:44.419 --> 00:30:45.159
 constantly

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:45.379
 the

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.919
 apostolic

00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.459
 testimony

00:30:46.459 --> 00:30:47.399
 constantly

00:30:47.399 --> 00:30:47.939
 calls

00:30:47.939 --> 00:30:48.119
 us

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.359
 to

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:48.879
 choose

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 it

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:51.219
 challenges

00:30:51.219 --> 00:30:51.619
 us

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.059
 to

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.719
 choose

00:30:52.719 --> 00:30:53.379
 all

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:53.559
 of

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:53.679
 the

00:30:53.679 --> 00:30:54.059
 time

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.919
 and

00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.339
 I

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:55.559
 can

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:55.759
 tell

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:55.899
 you

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.199
 this

00:30:56.199 --> 00:30:56.839
 that

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.179
 Christ

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:57.500
 only

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.819
 wants

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:57.979
 us

00:30:57.979 --> 00:30:58.139
 to

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:58.419
 choose

00:30:58.419 --> 00:30:58.699
 one

00:30:58.699 --> 00:30:58.979
 way

00:30:58.979 --> 00:31:00.299
 he

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.619
 never

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:00.819
 said

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.019
 I

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.259
 hope

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.419
 he

00:31:01.419 --> 00:31:01.719
 chooses

00:31:01.719 --> 00:31:01.939
 the

00:31:01.939 --> 00:31:02.199
 devil

00:31:02.199 --> 00:31:02.579
 today

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:02.839
 or

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.439
 I

00:31:03.439 --> 00:31:03.619
 hope

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:03.759
 he

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.039
 chooses

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.219
 to

00:31:04.219 --> 00:31:04.399
 be

00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:04.879
 selfish

00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:05.319
 or

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:06.079
 ungenerous

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:07.039
 Jesus

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:08.079
 that

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.279
 for

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.379
 us

00:31:08.379 --> 00:31:08.459
 he

00:31:08.459 --> 00:31:08.539
 is

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.879
 always

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.419
 desiring

00:31:09.419 --> 00:31:10.059
 that

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.139
 we

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:10.279
 be

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.500
 more

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.899
 open

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.439
 to

00:31:11.439 --> 00:31:11.639
 him

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.139
 more

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.459
 open

00:31:12.459 --> 00:31:12.539
 to

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:12.639
 the

00:31:12.639 --> 00:31:12.839
 Holy

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.099
 Spirit

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.359
 more

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:13.879
 generous

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.359
 more

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:14.679
 able

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:14.879
 to

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.079
 love

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.339
 more

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.659
 able

00:31:15.659 --> 00:31:15.879
 to

00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.179
 forgive

00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:16.979
 and

00:31:16.979 --> 00:31:17.159
 one

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:17.240
 of

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.339
 the

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.719
 wonderful

00:31:17.719 --> 00:31:18.159
 things

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.500
 about

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.539
 a

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.319
 small

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.639
 group

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:20.899
 like

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.240
 this

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.879
 is

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.279
 not

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.579
 a

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:22.740
 small

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:22.939
 group

00:31:22.939 --> 00:31:23.079
 like

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.199
 this

00:31:23.199 --> 00:31:23.339
 but

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:23.479
 when

00:31:23.479 --> 00:31:23.619
 you're

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:23.719
 in

00:31:23.719 --> 00:31:23.839
 a

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.219
 little

00:31:24.219 --> 00:31:24.659
 group

00:31:24.659 --> 00:31:25.219
 that

00:31:25.219 --> 00:31:27.779
 people

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.179
 can

00:31:28.179 --> 00:31:28.599
 love

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.899
 and

00:31:29.899 --> 00:31:30.139
 can

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.719
 encourage

00:31:30.719 --> 00:31:30.979
 you

00:31:30.979 --> 00:31:31.279
 they

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.500
 can

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.719
 know

00:31:31.719 --> 00:31:31.959
 your

00:31:31.959 --> 00:31:32.419
 struggles

00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:33.559
 and

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:33.959
 in

00:31:33.959 --> 00:31:34.079
 a

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.279
 big

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.500
 group

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.740
 like

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:34.940
 this

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.079
 you

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.240
 might

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.759
 sometimes

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.079
 come

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.240
 and

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.420
 go

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.579
 and

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:36.779
 come

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:36.940
 and

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.059
 go

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.180
 and

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.279
 you

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.399
 can

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:37.539
 do

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.720
 that

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:37.899
 for

00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:38.119
 quite

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.240
 a

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.420
 while

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.639
 and

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.139
 there's

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.359
 nothing

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.660
 wrong

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:39.859
 with

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.079
 that

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:41.160
 sometimes

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.539
 we

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.839
 need

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.680
 anonymity

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:43.879
 and

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:44.000
 we

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.160
 need

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.579
 private

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.139
 space

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:45.660
 but

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:45.879
 we

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.079
 might

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.319
 need

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.519
 that

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.720
 for

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:46.879
 a

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.139
 short

00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.559
 season

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:47.720
 of

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:47.960
 time

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.119
 but

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.819
 fundamentally

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.180
 what

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.399
 we

00:31:49.399 --> 00:31:49.639
 need

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:49.839
 is

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.180
 somebody

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 who

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 knows

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 our

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 name

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 and

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 we

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 can

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 know

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 in

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 our

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 soul

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 that

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 Jesus

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 knows

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 our

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 name

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 but

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 it's

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 love

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 you

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 and

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 they

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 can

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 encourage

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 you

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 and

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 they

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 can

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 help

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 you

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 to

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 make

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 the

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 right

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 choices

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 they

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 can

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 cry

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 with

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 you

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 when

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 you've

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 made

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 a

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 wrong

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 choice

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 and

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 you've

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 realized

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 that

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 you

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 need

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 to

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 repent

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 and

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 they

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 can

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 laugh

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 and

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 celebrate

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 with

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 you

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 when

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 they

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 watch

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 you

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 and

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 you

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 watch

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 them

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 making

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 those

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 wise

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 choices

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 and

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 that's

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 why

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 God

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 in

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 his

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 providence

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 has

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 said

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 that

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 in a

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 good

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 church

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 in a

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 good

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 church

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 gather

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 around

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 the

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 apostles

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 teaching

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 we

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 open

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 the

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 Bible

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 we

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 look

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 to

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 Jesus

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 we're

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 being

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 open

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 to

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 being

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 confronted

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 when

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 where

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 our

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 lives

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 are

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 in

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 contradiction

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 to

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 the

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 perfect

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 love

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 and

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 compassion

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 generosity

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 of

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 God

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 and

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 we

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 are

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 able

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 in

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 that

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 context

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 to

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 hear

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 constantly

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 asking

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 us

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 to

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 choose

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 God

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 choose

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 Christ

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 choose

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 the Holy

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 Spirit

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 choose

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 to allow

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 the snow

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 to fall

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 off

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 our lives

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 so that

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 the sun

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 will

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 warm

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 us

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 and

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 make

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 us

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 shine

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 let's

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 bow

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 our heads

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 in

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 prayer

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 father we

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:27.980
 give you

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 thanks and

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:28.980
 praise

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.639
 that

00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:31.720
 that

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 you

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 love

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 us

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.640
 that

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:34.820
 you

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 love

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 us

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:36.299
 that

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.460
 you

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.880
 desire

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 us

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 ordinary

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 people

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 people

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 with

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 problems

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 and people

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:40.799
 with

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.580
 mortgages

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 and people

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.620
 who wish

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 that they

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 one day

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.860
 can have

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.320
 a mortgage

00:33:44.320 --> 00:33:45.600
 and that

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:47.000
 father you

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.640
 love us

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:49.080
 and that you

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.820
 desire ordinary

00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:50.880
 people like

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 us to

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.980
 actually know

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 you and

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.900
 to actually

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.740
 become wise

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.100
 in your

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:56.620
 ways

00:33:56.619 --> 00:34:10.420
 father we

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.519
 you and

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:19.179
 and Father we are humbled and so grateful at your kindness and your complete and utter

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:25.500
 overturning of elitism that you desire ordinary people like us to know you and to know your word

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:34.420
 and to be used by you in helping others to know. Father thank you for this and we ask that you

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:39.300
 help us as a church to learn how to live large and live little. In Jesus's name, amen.

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.519
 Amen.