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 Please turn with me in your Bibles to Acts chapter 8, verses 26 to 40.

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 It's good to see all of you guys. I can't see those of you who are joining via Zoom, but thanks for joining us.

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 It's been good the last couple of weeks to see some of the faces we haven't seen in a little while in person to join us again.

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 Thank you guys for joining us. We look forward to having more of you back in the coming months.

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 In the coming weeks.

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 We're in Acts chapter 8, verses 26 to 40.

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

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 Heavenly Father,

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 Heavenly Father,

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 because you so loved the world,

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 you sent your only Son.

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 And the Son you sent

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 died

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 for our sins, was raised,

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 ascended,

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 and he sent his Holy Spirit.

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 That we too might be sent ones

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 on mission

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 that you have given us.

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 But Lord, we confess that we often lose sight and forget

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 the mission given to us by our Lord Jesus.

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 We need to remember

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 and we seek

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 to be filled

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 more and more

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 and again and again

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 with your Holy Spirit.

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 So we ask that you do that this evening.

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 speak to us now.

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 Speak to us now.

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 Glorify your name.

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 Conform us to your will.

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 Lord,

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 pray that those of us who are dry

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 in the wilderness

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 will bubble up again

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 with springs of life

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 as your Word washes over them.

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 in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Acts chapter 8,

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 verse 26 to 40.

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 Now an angel of the Lord

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 said to Philip,

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 rise and go toward the south

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 to the road

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 that goes down

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 from Jerusalem

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 to Gaza.

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 This is a desert place.

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 And he rose and went.

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 And there was an Ethiopian,

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 a eunuch,

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 a court official of Candace,

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 queen of the Ethiopians,

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 who was in charge

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 of all her treasure.

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 He had come to Jerusalem

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 to worship

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 and was returning

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 seated in his chariot

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 and he was reading

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 the prophet Isaiah.

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 And the Spirit said to Philip,

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 go over

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 and join this chariot.

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 So Philip ran

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 to him

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 and heard him

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 reading Isaiah the prophet

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 and asked,

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 do you understand

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 what you are reading?

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 And he said,

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 how can I

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 unless someone

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 guides me?

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 And he invited Philip

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 to come up

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 and sit with him.

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 Now the passage

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 of the scripture

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 that he was reading

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 was this,

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 like a sheep

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 he was led

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 to the slaughter

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 and like a lamb

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 before a shearer

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 is silent

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 so he opens not

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 his mouth.

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 in his humiliation

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 justice

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 was denied him.

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 Who can describe

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 his generation

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 for his life

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 is taken away

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 from the earth?

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 And the eunuch

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 said to Philip,

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 about whom I ask you

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 does the prophet

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 say this,

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 about himself

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 or about someone else?

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 Then Philip

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 opened his mouth

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 and beginning

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 with this scripture

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 he told him

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 the good news

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 about Jesus.

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 And as they were

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 going along the road

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 they came to some water

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 and the eunuch said

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 see here is water

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 what prevents me

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 from being baptized?

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 And he commanded

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 the chariot to stop

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 and they both went

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 down into the water

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 Philip and the eunuch

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 and he baptized him

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 and when they came up

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 out of the water

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 the spirit of the Lord

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 carried Philip away

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 and the eunuch

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 saw him no more

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 and went on his way

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 rejoicing.

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 But Philip found himself

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 at Azotus

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 and as he passed through

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 he preached the gospel

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 to all the towns

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 until he came

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 to Caesarea.

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 This is God's holy

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 and authoritative word.

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 The word mission

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 is a buzzword nowadays

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 in the church

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 everything from

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 in the world as well

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 everything from cafes

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 to schools

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 have a mission

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 mission statement now.

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 And if we were to ask

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 Christians what they think

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 is the mission

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 of the church

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 we're likely to get

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 various answers.

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 Some will take

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 the wording from

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 the Westminster Confession

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 and say that the mission

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 of the church

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 is to glorify God

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 and enjoy him forever.

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 Others will say

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 that it's to love God

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 with our whole heart

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 and love our neighbors

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 as ourselves.

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 And still others

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 might use the words

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 of the famous hymn

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 to say that our mission

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 simply is to trust

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 and obey.

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 Of course these are all

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 true and biblical statements

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 but they're so expansive

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 and encompassing

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 that they include

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 all of Christian life.

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 Not just the church

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 but what every Christian

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 should do

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 in every aspect

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 every second of their life.

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 And precisely because

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 they're so inclusive

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 they don't help us

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 to narrow down

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 and focus.

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 Should Christians care

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 about alleviating poverty?

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 Of course.

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 Should Christians care

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 about abolishing

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 human trafficking?

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 Of course.

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 Should Christians care

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 about improving

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 public education?

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 Of course.

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 Should Christians care

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 about being good husbands

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 and wives

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 and fathers

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 and mothers?

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 Of course.

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 But are all of those things

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 the mission

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 of the church?

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 And if so

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 considering

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 that everything

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 including our

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 energy,

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 money,

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 and time

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 are finite

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 how do we

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 prioritize?

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 How do we decide

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 what to allocate

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 our resources to?

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 Missiologist

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 just a fancy name

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 for someone

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 who studies missions

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 Stephen Neal

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 makes an important point

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 he says

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 quote

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 if everything

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 is mission

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 nothing

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 is mission

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 if what I'm

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 doing at home

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 providing for my family

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 trying to be a good dad

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 and good husband

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 is mission

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 then I don't have to

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 do anything else

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 I'm doing mission

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 the word mission

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 by definition

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 implies someone

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 who sends us

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 to fulfill

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 a specific

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 task

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 and there is

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 a specific

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 task

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 that the Lord

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 Jesus

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 has sent

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 his church

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 out to do

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 and that's what

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 we find

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 in Matthew

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 28

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 18-20

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 Mark

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 13-10

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 14-9

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 Luke 24-44-49

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 Acts 1-8

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 John 20-21

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 all at the

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 end of the gospel

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 accounts

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 at the climactic moment

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 Jesus gives

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 this great commission

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 the most famous one

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 being the one we know

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 from Matthew 28

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 go therefore

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 and make disciples

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 of all nations

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 baptizing them

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 in the name

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 of the Father

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 and of the Son

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 and of the Holy Spirit

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 teaching them

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 to observe all

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 that I have

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 commanded you

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 that's

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 the great commission

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 and that's

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 precisely what

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 we see

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 the early church

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 doing

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 over and over

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 again

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 throughout the

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 book of Acts

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 Pastor Kevin

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 DeYoung

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 and Greg Gilbert

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 put it helpfully

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 in their book

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 what is the mission

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 of the church

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 they say

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 the early church

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 in Acts

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 show us

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 that there is

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 something worse

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 than death

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 and something

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 better

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 than human

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 flourishing

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 the early church

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 understood

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 that their mission

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 was something

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 higher

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 than preventing

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 human death

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 and promoting

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 human flourishing

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 it's something

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 more than that

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 in Acts 8

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 26 to 40

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 we see

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 Philip fulfilling

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 the great commission

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 that God

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 and his Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 gave him

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 and it really

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 follows the outline

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 of Matthew 28

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 verse 19

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 so we can use

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 that as an outline

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 of our passage

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 first

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 teaches us to go

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 as directed

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 by the spirit

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 teaches us to make

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 disciples of Jesus

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 Christ

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 teaches us to baptize

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 into the church

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 and

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 and this passage

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 main point

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 is that we too

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 must go

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 wherever the spirit

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 of God sends us

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 to open the scriptures

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 to speak of Jesus

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 and to baptize

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 those who repent

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 and believe

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 so let's talk about

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 this in turn

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 first we are to go

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 as the spirit

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 of God

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 directs us

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 it says in verse 26

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 now an angel

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 of the Lord

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 said to Philip

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 rise and go

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 toward the south

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 to the road

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 that goes down

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 from Jerusalem

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 to Gaza

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 this is a desert

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 place

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 we don't know

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 exactly how

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 the angel

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 of the Lord

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 spoke to Philip

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 whether he appeared

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 physically to him

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 or in a vision

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 as in Acts chapter 10

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 verse 3

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 but either way

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 Philip receives

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 a directive

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 from the angel

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 of the Lord

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 notice in verse 29

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 it's the spirit

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 who speaks to Philip

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 since an angel

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 is simply a messenger

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 of the Lord

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 and represents

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 and serves

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 the spirit

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 of the Lord

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 there isn't really

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 a substantive difference

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 it's the Lord

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 who is giving him

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 this directive

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 and so the agency

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 of the spirit

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 in directing

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 the mission

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 is prominent

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 throughout this passage

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 later again

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 in verse 39

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 it's the spirit

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 of the Lord

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 that carries Philip

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 away to another location

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 to preach the gospel

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 and Luke

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 tells us

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 that Philip's

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 obedience

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 was prompt

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 the angel

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 of the Lord

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 says in verse 26

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 rise and go

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 and it says

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 in verse 27

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 he rose and went

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 again it says

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 in verse 29

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 go over

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 and join this chariot

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 and it says

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 in verse 30

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 that Philip

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 ran to him

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 it's kind of

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 a funny scene

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 to imagine

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 if you think about it

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 he probably

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 had to run

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 in order to

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 catch up to the chariot

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 and he's kind of

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 running along the chariot

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 trying to listen in

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 to see what

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 how the spirit

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 leads him

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 to witness

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 to this Ethiopian eunuch

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 this pattern

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 of command

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 and obedience

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 emphasizes

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 God's authority

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 and our need

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 to obey

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 to submit to him

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 to promptly

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 follow him

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 and Philip's

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 obedience

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 I don't think

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 was necessarily

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 easy

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 if you look

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 at verse 25

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 which immediately

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 precedes this passage

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 it says

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 now when they

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 that's Peter and John

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 had testified

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 and spoken

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 the word of the Lord

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 they returned

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 to Jerusalem

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 preaching the gospel

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 to many villages

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 of the Samaritans

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 and then verse 26

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 says

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 now an angel

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 of the Lord

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 said to Philip

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 rise and go

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 toward the south

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 to the road

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 that goes down

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 from Jerusalem

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 to Gaza

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 the conjunction

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 there in verse 26

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 translated now

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 is also frequently

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 translated

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 but

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 it notes

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 a contrast

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 Peter and John

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 verse 25

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 return to Jerusalem

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 but

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 the angel

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 of the Lord

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 directs Philip

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 to go elsewhere

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 Jerusalem

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 is a midpoint

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 between the city

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 of Samaria

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 where Philip

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 Peter and John

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 were just

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 ministering

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 and

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 Gaza

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 and so

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 it would have

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 been very tempting

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 for Philip

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 on the way

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 to stop in Jerusalem

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 to stay

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 with the rest

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 of the apostles

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 stay with the

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 apostles

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 but the angel

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 of the Lord

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 directs him

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 to go somewhere else

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 and notice

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 where he tells

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 him to go

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 he says

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 at the end

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 of verse 26

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 this is a desert

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 place

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 recall that

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 Philip was enjoying

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 an amazing

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 reception

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 in Samaria

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 there was

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 successful

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 mass evangelism

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 happening in Samaria

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 the crowds

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 with one accord

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 paid attention

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 to what was being

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 said by Philip

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 he said in chapter 8

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 verse 6

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 many men and women

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 were coming to faith

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 in the gospel

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 and getting baptized

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 and here

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 that Philip

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 is told by the

00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:44.519
 Holy Spirit

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 to go to the

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 middle of a desert

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 to minister

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 to one person

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 it would have

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 been so easy

00:13:54.540 --> 00:13:55.240
 for Philip

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 to rationalize

00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:56.720
 away this

00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:57.180
 command from

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 the Holy Spirit

00:13:57.759 --> 00:13:58.940
 well

00:13:58.940 --> 00:14:00.139
 that can't

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 possibly be

00:14:01.019 --> 00:14:01.600
 from the Lord

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 why would I

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 go to a desert

00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:05.800
 place

00:14:05.800 --> 00:14:07.360
 where there is

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 hardly a soul

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 when the

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 Samaritans

00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:11.419
 are so responsive

00:14:11.419 --> 00:14:12.079
 to the gospel

00:14:12.079 --> 00:14:16.959
 complacency

00:14:16.959 --> 00:14:17.419
 makes us

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 resistant

00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:18.579
 to change

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 and when

00:14:19.259 --> 00:14:20.019
 the circumstances

00:14:20.019 --> 00:14:20.539
 that God

00:14:20.539 --> 00:14:21.139
 calls us

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 to seem

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 unfavorable

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 to us

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 it is very

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 easy to

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 rationalize

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 it away

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 even when

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 it is a

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 clear direction

00:14:28.079 --> 00:14:28.459
 from the

00:14:28.459 --> 00:14:28.699
 Lord

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 when have

00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:31.279
 you been

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 tempted

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 to do

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 the same

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 maybe you're

00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:34.719
 on a plane

00:14:34.719 --> 00:14:35.159
 and you feel

00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:35.639
 the spirit

00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:36.379
 leading

00:14:36.379 --> 00:14:37.480
 to start

00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:37.720
 up a

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 conversation

00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:38.539
 with the

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 person

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 sitting next

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 to you

00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:39.860
 and to

00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:40.279
 share the

00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:40.580
 gospel

00:14:40.580 --> 00:14:41.019
 with him

00:14:41.019 --> 00:14:41.360
 and then

00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:42.879
 you rationalize

00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:43.860
 well God

00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:44.240
 doesn't want

00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:44.519
 me to do

00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:44.899
 that

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 I don't

00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:46.720
 know him

00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:47.980
 and the

00:14:47.980 --> 00:14:48.419
 conversation

00:14:48.419 --> 00:14:48.919
 won't go

00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:49.320
 anywhere

00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:49.799
 anyway

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:52.279
 or maybe

00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:52.779
 I have so

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 much work

00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:53.460
 to do

00:14:53.460 --> 00:14:53.860
 before I

00:14:53.860 --> 00:14:54.360
 arrive at

00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:54.799
 my next

00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:55.539
 destination

00:14:55.539 --> 00:14:56.879
 or I've

00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:57.299
 had a long

00:14:57.299 --> 00:14:57.700
 week

00:14:57.700 --> 00:14:58.100
 and I've

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 been looking

00:14:58.399 --> 00:14:58.919
 forward to

00:14:58.919 --> 00:14:59.340
 relaxing

00:14:59.340 --> 00:14:59.899
 and just

00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:00.940
 reading a

00:15:00.940 --> 00:15:01.299
 book on

00:15:01.299 --> 00:15:01.860
 this plan

00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:03.000
 all week

00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:06.980
 or maybe

00:15:06.980 --> 00:15:07.659
 God places

00:15:07.659 --> 00:15:08.080
 a foreign

00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:08.580
 nation

00:15:08.580 --> 00:15:09.419
 and a

00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:10.059
 people group

00:15:10.059 --> 00:15:10.740
 on your

00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.179
 heart

00:15:11.179 --> 00:15:12.840
 and calls

00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:13.340
 you to

00:15:13.340 --> 00:15:13.940
 pack up

00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:14.620
 and move

00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:15.059
 there to

00:15:15.059 --> 00:15:15.539
 proclaim the

00:15:15.539 --> 00:15:15.879
 gospel

00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:18.240
 but then you

00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:18.779
 rationalize

00:15:18.779 --> 00:15:20.039
 well that

00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:20.440
 wouldn't be

00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:21.000
 good for my

00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:21.500
 children

00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:24.460
 that wouldn't

00:15:24.460 --> 00:15:24.820
 get a good

00:15:24.820 --> 00:15:25.419
 education

00:15:25.419 --> 00:15:28.139
 and surely

00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:28.500
 that's not

00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:28.840
 what God

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 wants

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 I studied

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 and worked

00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:32.259
 hard for the

00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:32.960
 last decade

00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:33.419
 to earn

00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:34.019
 this PhD

00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:35.819
 it would

00:15:35.819 --> 00:15:36.299
 be such a

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 waste

00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:37.220
 for me

00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:37.639
 to give

00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:38.200
 this up

00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:38.980
 in my

00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:39.360
 promising

00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:39.720
 career

00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:40.100
 to become

00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:40.559
 a missionary

00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:44.139
 surely

00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:44.740
 God wouldn't

00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:45.039
 want me

00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:45.379
 to waste

00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:45.899
 the talents

00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:46.220
 he has

00:15:46.220 --> 00:15:46.759
 given me

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 I'm sure

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 you can

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 think of

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 a hundred

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 more scenarios

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 where we

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 can be

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 tempted to

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 rationalize

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 away clear

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 directions

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 from the

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 Holy Spirit

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 of course

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 we need

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 to reckon

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 with the

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 possibility

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 that some

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 of us

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 do not

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 hear

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 the

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 directions

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 of the

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 Holy Spirit

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 maybe not

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 because he's

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 not speaking

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 but because

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 we're not

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 listening

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 because we're

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 reluctant to

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 obey

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 and because

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 we're reluctant

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 to obey

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 we're not

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 attentive

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 to listen

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 instead our

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 posture should

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 be the same

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 as that of

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 Samuel and

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 1st Samuel

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 3 10

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 speak

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 speak Lord

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 for your

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 servant

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 is listening

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 yes we

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 are commanded

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 to test

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 prophecies

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 in 1st

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 Thessalonians

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 5 21

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 but we

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 are also

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 commanded

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 not to

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 quench

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 the spirit

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 or despise

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 prophecies

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 in 1st

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 Thessalonians

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 5 19

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 to 20

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 whether it's

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 a prophecy

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 or a vision

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 or a dream

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 if after

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 weighing them

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 and considering

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 their merit

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 by checking

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 them against

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 scripture

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 and getting

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 counsel from

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 mature believers

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 in the church

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 and if we

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 determine that

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 the spirit

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 of God

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 is indeed

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 speaking to

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 us

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 and leading

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 us

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 our response

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 should not

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 be but

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 and what

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 if

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 but here

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 I am

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 send me

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 not every

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 Christian is

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 sent out as

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 foreign missionaries

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 if that were

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 the case

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 there would

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 be no church

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 left at home

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 to send them

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 but God

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 gives to the

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 church

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 apostles

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 prophets

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 evangelists

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 shepherds

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 and teachers

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 even if you

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 are not

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 sent out

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 that's

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 what an

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 apostle is

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 when it's

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 sent out

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 you ought

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 to be

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 prophesying

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 or evangelizing

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 or shepherding

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 or teaching

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 whether that's

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 formally or

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 informally

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 if you are

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 a Christian

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 the great

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 commission

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 is a

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 command

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 for you

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 go

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 therefore

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 make

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 disciples

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 of all

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 nations

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 baptizing

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 in the name

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 of the

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 father and

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 the son

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 and the

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 holy

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 spirit

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 and teaching

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 them

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 to be

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 everything

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 I have

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 commanded

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 you

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 so in

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 what

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 ways

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 are you

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 contributing

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 to making

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 disciples

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 of all

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 nations

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 we have

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 a few

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 members

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 who are

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 considering

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 going into

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 long term

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 for missions

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 that you'll

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 be called

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 upon to

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 pray for

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 and to

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 support

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 financially

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 we have

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 two missionaries

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 visiting us

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 we were here

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 last week

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 as well

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 Mr. and Mrs.

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 Bishop

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 who are also

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 raising funds

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 right now

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 for Kosovo

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 that you can

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 support

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 you can pray

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 for

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 how is the

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 spirit of God

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 directing you

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 and as we

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 are going

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 we are to

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 make disciples

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 it's what

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 verses 30

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 to 35

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 show us

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 and central

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 to this

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 effort of

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 making

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 disciples

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 is the

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 opening up

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 of God's

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 word

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 scriptures

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 and that

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 scriptures

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 are mentioned

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 repeatedly

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 throughout

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 this passage

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 in verses

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 32 to

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 35

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 this is

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 why

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 Bible

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 translation

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 has been

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 so central

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 to Christian

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 missionary

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 efforts

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 and in

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 certain

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 cases

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 Christian

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 missionaries

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 have

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 introduced

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 writing

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 a language

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 a writing

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 a written

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 language

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 to cultures

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 that they

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 were in

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 to illiterate

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 cultures

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 in order

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 that they

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 might be

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 furnished

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 with their

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 own

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 Bibles

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 to read

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 scripture

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 does not

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 merely contain

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 God's

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 revelation

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 to humanity

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 it is

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 God's

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 revelation

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 and it's

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 the normative

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 and authoritative

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 means by which

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 God speaks

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 to us

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 and is

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 therefore

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 essential

00:19:49.120 --> 00:19:49.480
 for

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 Christian

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 discipleship

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 so

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 Philip

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 obeys

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 the spirit

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 runs

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 along

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 by the

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 chariot

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 and it

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 says in

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 verse 30

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 that he

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 heard

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 the Ethiopian

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 eunuch

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 reading Isaiah

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 the prophet

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 and asked

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 do you

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 understand

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 what you

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 are reading

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 and the

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 eunuch

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 responds

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 honestly

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 and humbly

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 in verse 31

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 how can I

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 unless someone

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 guides me

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 and he

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 invited

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 Philip

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 to come up

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 and sit

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 with him

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 if your

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 knowledge of

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 scripture

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 is not

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 where you

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 want it

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 to be

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 this kind

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 of humble

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 and humble

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 admission

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 is healthy

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 humility

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 is the

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 posture of

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 learning

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:36.039
 in their

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 book

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 how to

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 read the

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 bible

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 for all

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 it's

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 worth

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 Gordon

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 Fee

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 and

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 Douglas

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 Stewart

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 say

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 this

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 quote

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 the single

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 most

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 serious

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 problem

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.299
 people

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 have

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 with

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 the

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 bible

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 is

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 not

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 with

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 the

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 lack

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 of

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 understanding

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 but

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 with

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 the

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 fact

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 that

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 they

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 understand

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 most

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 things

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 too

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 well

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 it's

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 because

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 we

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 already

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 think

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 we

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 understand

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 it

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 all

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 it's

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 because

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 we

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 already

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 assume

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 there's

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 nothing

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 new

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 to

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 learn

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 that

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 we

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 don't

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 learn

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 as

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 we

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 open

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 up

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 God's

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 word

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 and

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 so

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 this

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 question

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 is

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 actually

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 a

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 very

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 good

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 question

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 that

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 this

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 eunuch

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 asks

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 how

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 can

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 I

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 unless

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 someone

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 guides

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 me

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 he

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 wants

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 to

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 learn

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 he

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 wants

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 to

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 grow

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 he

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 acknowledged

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 the

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 incompleteness

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 of his

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 knowledge

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 and he

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 asks

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 for a

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 teacher

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 if you

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 read the

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 bible

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 regularly

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 you

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 have

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 likely

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 had

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 the

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 same

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 thought

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 as

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 the

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 eunuch

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 at

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 times

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 how

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 can

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 I

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 understand

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 unless

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 someone

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 guides

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 me

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 this

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 is

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 not

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 to

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 say

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 that

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 the

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 bible

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 is

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 impossible

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 to

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 understand

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 the

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 bible

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 is

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 sufficiently

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 clear

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 to be

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 able

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 to make

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 everyone

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 wise

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 to anyone

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 wise

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 for salvation

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 through faith

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 in christ

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 jesus

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 it's

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 profitable

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 for

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 everyone

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 this is

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 the

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 doctrine

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 of

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 scripture

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 called

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 the

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 clarity

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 of

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 scripture

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 or the

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 perspicuity

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 of

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 scripture

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 scripture

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 everywhere

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 assumes

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 that

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 people

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 can

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 understand

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 god's

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 word

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 through

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 ordinary

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 means

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 which

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 is

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 why

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 later

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 in

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 chapter

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 17

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 the

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 bereans

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 are

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 commended

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 after

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 hearing

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 paul's

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 sermon

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 to go

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 because

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 they

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 go

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 and

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 check

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 the

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 scriptures

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 examine

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 the

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 scriptures

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 daily

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 to see

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 if

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 these

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 things

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 were

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 so

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 it

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 would

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 have

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 if

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 they

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 were

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 not

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 able

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 to

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 understand

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 it

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 to

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 see

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 if

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 what

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 paul

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 said

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 was

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 true

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 the

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 scriptures

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 are

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 clear

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 however

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 that

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 doesn't

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 mean

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 that

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 every

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 part

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 of

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 scripture

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 is

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 equally

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 or

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 completely

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 transparent

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 even

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 the

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 apostle

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 peter

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 himself

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 admits

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 in

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 2

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 peter

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 chapter

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 3

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 verse

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 16

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 that

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 some

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 of

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 the

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 scriptures

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 written

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 by

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 the

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 apostle

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 paul

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 are

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 hard

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 to

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 understand

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 and

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 this

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 is

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 why

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 there

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 is

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 still

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 need

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 for

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 teachers

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 in

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 the

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 church

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 and

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 the

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 ethiopian

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 eunuch

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 puts it

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 very

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 pointedly

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 how

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 can

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 I

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.460
 understand

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 unless

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 someone

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:46.379
 guides

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 me

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.039
 this

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 is

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 an

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 invitation

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 for

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 teachers

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 in

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 the

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 church

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 to

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 rise

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 up

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 there

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 are

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 people

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 in

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 our

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 church

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 and

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 in

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 our

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 neighborhoods

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 and

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 among

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 the

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 nations

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 who

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 are

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 asking

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 this

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 very

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 same

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.399
 question

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 how

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 can

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:02.879
 I

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:03.399
 understand

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.480
 unless

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 someone

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 guides

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.440
 me

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 Paul

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 exhorts

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 Timothy

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 in

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 2nd

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 Timothy

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 2

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 15

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 to

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 be

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 a

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 worker

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 who

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 rightly

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 handles

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 the

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 truth

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 it's

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 possible

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 to

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 handle

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 the

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 scriptures

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.400
 wrongly

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 so

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 it's

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 important

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 that we

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 are

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 trained

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 to

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 handle

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 them

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 rightly

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 this

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 is

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 why

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 we

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 have

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 been

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 offering

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 bible

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:26.080
 interpretation

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 help

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.660
 to our

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 men's

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 and women's

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 ministries

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 this

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 is

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 why

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 we

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 are

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 starting

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 up

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 the

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 preaching

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 cohort

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 that can

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 be

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 used

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 to

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 train

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 up

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 and

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 assess

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 men

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 with

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 pastoral

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 aspirations

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 that can

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 be

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 called

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 potentially

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 to

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 formal

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 teaching

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 ministry

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:39.839
 some

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 of you

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 are

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 very

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 clearly

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 gifted

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 to

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 church

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 sorry

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 gifted

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 to

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 teach

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 hopefully

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 you're

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 all gifted

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 to

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 church

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 as well

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 huh

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 even

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 if

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 you

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 do

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 not

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 have

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 a

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 pronounced

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 teaching

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 gift

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 there

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 will

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 be

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 times

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 you

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 will

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 be

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 called

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 upon

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 to

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 teach

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 and

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 this

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 could

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 be

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 formal

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 or

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 informal

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 when

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 you're

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 unbelieving

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 family

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 or

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 friend

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 asks

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 you

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 a

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 question

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 about

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 the

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 Bible

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 can

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 you

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 guide

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 them

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 to

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 Jesus

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 if

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 you're

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 not

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 able

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 to

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 do

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 so

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 presently

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 it's

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 okay

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 to

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 say

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 I

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 don't

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 know

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 but

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 then

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 that

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 should

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 make

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 you

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 press

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 into

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 the

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 local

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 church

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 even

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 more

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 so

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 you

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 can

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 learn

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 how

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 to

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 guide

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 your

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 unbelieving

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 friend

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 so

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 that

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 you

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 might

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 connect

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 him

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 or

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 her

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 with

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 others

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 who

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 can

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 help

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 and

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 so

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 that

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 you

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 question

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 next

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 time

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 it's

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 asked

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 to

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 you

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 in

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 the

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 future

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 some

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 of

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 you

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 are

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 relatively

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 new

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.880
 believers

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 and

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 you

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 might

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 feel

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 ill

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 equipped

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 in

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 your

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 knowledge

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 of

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 scriptures

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 hopefully

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 this

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 is

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 a

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 great

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 incentive

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 for

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 you

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 to

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 delve

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 more

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 into

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 your

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 study

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 of

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 God's

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 word

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 with

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 others

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 in

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 the

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 church

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 the

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 passage

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 that

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 the

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 Ethiopian

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 eunuch

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 was

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 struggling

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 to

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 understand

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 was

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 a

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 passage

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 about

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 the

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 suffering

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 servant

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 in

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 Isaiah

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 52

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 to

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 53

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 it's

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 one

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 of

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 the

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 most

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 famous

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 Old

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 Testament

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 passages

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 which

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 describes

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 the

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 Messiah

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 a

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 servant

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 who

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 suffers

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 unjust

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 humiliation

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 and oppression

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 and

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 nevertheless

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 he dies

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 willingly

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 for the

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 sins

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 of God's

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 people

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 so that

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 they might

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 be

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 healed

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 by his

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 wounds

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 and

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 though

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 this

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 servant

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 was

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 cut off

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 from the

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 earth

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 as it

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 says in

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 that

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 passage

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 without

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 any

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 descendants

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 to continue

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 his

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 line

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 he's

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 eventually

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 vindicated

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 and honored

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 by God

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 himself

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 and the

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 two

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 specific

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 verses

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 that

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 that

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 the

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 eunuch

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 was

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.180
 reading

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 that are

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 cited

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 here

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 in

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 verses

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 32

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 and

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 33

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 are

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 Isaiah

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 53

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 verses

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 7

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 to

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 8

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 please

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 read

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 along

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 with me

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 verse

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 32

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 and

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 33

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 it

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 says

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 like a

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 sheep

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 he was

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 led

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 to

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 the

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 slaughter

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 and

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 like a

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 lamb

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 before

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 his

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 shearer

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 is

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 silent

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 so

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 he

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 opens

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 not

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 his

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 mouth

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 in

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 his

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 humiliation

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.940
 justice

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 for his

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 life

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 is

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 taken

00:25:59.800 --> 00:26:00.220
 away

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 from

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 the

00:26:00.780 --> 00:26:01.100
 earth

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:02.600
 the

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:02.860
 eunuch

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.060
 was

00:26:03.060 --> 00:26:03.480
 evidently

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:03.780
 reading

00:26:03.780 --> 00:26:04.040
 this

00:26:04.040 --> 00:26:04.280
 out

00:26:04.280 --> 00:26:04.519
 loud

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:04.740
 which

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:04.940
 was

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.080
 the

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.380
 custom

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:05.660
 back

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:05.780
 in

00:26:05.780 --> 00:26:05.940
 those

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.240
 days

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.019
 and

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.160
 it's

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.320
 no

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 coincidence

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.220
 that

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.420
 he's

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:08.720
 reading

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:08.960
 this

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.400
 this

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:09.860
 particular

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.300
 passage

00:26:10.300 --> 00:26:10.860
 as

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.160
 Philip

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.340
 is

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 running

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 alongside

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 his

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.920
 chariot

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:15.000
 he

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.380
 didn't

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 understand

00:26:16.060 --> 00:26:16.840
 whether

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.220
 what he

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.380
 was

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.740
 reading

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.080
 was

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.519
 about

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.300
 prophet

00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:20.019
 Isaiah

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.720
 or

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:20.980
 about

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.280
 someone

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 else

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:21.900
 as

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.000
 he

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.320
 asks

00:26:22.320 --> 00:26:22.600
 in

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:22.800
 verse

00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:23.340
 34

00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:24.580
 and

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:24.700
 it

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:24.860
 says

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:24.980
 in

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.120
 verse

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.600
 35

00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:25.780
 that

00:26:25.780 --> 00:26:26.120
 Philip

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:32.960
 tells

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.220
 this

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.580
 eunuch

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:33.900
 that

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.320
 this

00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:34.980
 prophecy

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.380
 of

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.780
 Isaiah

00:26:35.780 --> 00:26:36.019
 does

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 not

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.640
 refer

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:36.880
 to

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 Isaiah

00:26:37.360 --> 00:26:38.019
 but

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.200
 to

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.620
 Jesus

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:40.400
 and

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.500
 there

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.600
 are

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:40.720
 two

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 important

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.640
 things

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.120
 that

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.740
 these

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.240
 two

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.519
 verses

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:43.740
 from

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:43.960
 Isaiah

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.380
 53

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:44.720
 tell

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:44.840
 us

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.040
 about

00:26:45.040 --> 00:26:45.360
 Jesus

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:46.560
 first

00:26:46.560 --> 00:26:47.000
 is

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.320
 his

00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:47.700
 willing

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.519
 sacrifice

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.820
 like

00:26:49.820 --> 00:26:50.000
 a

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.320
 sheep

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:50.500
 he

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.660
 was

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:50.900
 led

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.019
 to

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.160
 the

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.500
 slaughter

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:51.700
 and

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:51.900
 like

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.080
 a

00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:52.400
 lamb

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.740
 before

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:52.920
 a

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.280
 shearer

00:26:53.280 --> 00:26:53.460
 is

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:53.960
 silent

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.600
 so

00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:54.759
 he

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.200
 opens

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.560
 not

00:26:55.560 --> 00:26:55.880
 his

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.259
 mouth

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:58.099
 a

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.440
 sheep

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.799
 is

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.240
 innocent

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.759
 and

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.519
 submissive

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.319
 and

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.500
 if

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.960
 positioned

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.579
 correctly

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.500
 it

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.640
 will

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:03.900
 not

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.460
 resist

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.720
 or

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.059
 try

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.240
 to

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.599
 escape

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.000
 even

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.359
 when

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.640
 it's

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:06.900
 being

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.400
 sheared

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:10.879
 all

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.200
 four

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.559
 gospel

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:11.940
 accounts

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.480
 tell us

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.779
 that

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.079
 Jesus

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.379
 did

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:13.640
 not

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.259
 protest

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.759
 or

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.279
 resist

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.940
 during

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.140
 his

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.500
 trials

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.480
 he

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.799
 remained

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.440
 silent

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:21.259
 gave

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.500
 no

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:21.920
 answer

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.200
 this

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.319
 is

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.619
 because

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:22.839
 as

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.059
 Jesus

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.319
 says

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.480
 in

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.680
 John

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.039
 10

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.359
 18

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.240
 no

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.480
 one

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:25.879
 takes

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.140
 my

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.460
 life

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.680
 from

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:26.860
 me

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.060
 but

00:27:27.060 --> 00:27:27.200
 I

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.520
 lay

00:27:27.520 --> 00:27:27.720
 it

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.100
 down

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.460
 of

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.700
 my

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.080
 own

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:29.540
 accord

00:27:29.540 --> 00:27:30.980
 Jesus

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.260
 was

00:27:31.260 --> 00:27:31.460
 not

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.780
 being

00:27:31.780 --> 00:27:32.360
 forced

00:27:32.360 --> 00:27:32.520
 to

00:27:32.520 --> 00:27:32.640
 the

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:32.980
 slaughter

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.260
 he

00:27:33.260 --> 00:27:33.560
 went

00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:34.680
 voluntarily

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.260
 because

00:27:35.260 --> 00:27:36.120
 as

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.240
 the

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.500
 rest

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:36.680
 of

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:36.920
 Isaiah

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.380
 53

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:37.660
 verse

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:37.860
 8

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.120
 says

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.240
 he

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.380
 was

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.600
 cut

00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:38.880
 off

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.060
 from

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.200
 the

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.480
 land

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.600
 of

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:39.720
 the

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.020
 living

00:27:40.020 --> 00:27:40.740
 stricken

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.240
 for

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.480
 the

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.300
 transgression

00:27:42.300 --> 00:27:43.200
 of

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.800
 my

00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:44.220
 people

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:46.300
 the

00:27:46.300 --> 00:27:46.600
 sheep

00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:46.800
 was

00:27:46.800 --> 00:27:46.940
 one

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.040
 of

00:27:47.040 --> 00:27:47.140
 the

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.340
 most

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:47.820
 frequently

00:27:47.820 --> 00:27:48.320
 used

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:48.940
 sacrificial

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.360
 animals

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:49.520
 in

00:27:49.520 --> 00:27:49.620
 the

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:49.740
 Old

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.100
 Testament

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.320
 and

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:50.460
 it's

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.640
 for

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:50.880
 that

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.360
 reason

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:51.980
 that

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.200
 John

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.339
 the

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:52.579
 Baptist

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:52.920
 says

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.059
 of

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.400
 Jesus

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:53.759
 in

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.000
 John

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.339
 1

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.759
 29

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.500
 behold

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.000
 the

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.480
 lamb

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.680
 of

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:56.960
 God

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.120
 who

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.440
 takes

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:57.960
 away

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.460
 the

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.720
 sin

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:58.839
 of

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:58.940
 the

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.240
 world

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:01.079
 the

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.519
 lamb

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.720
 that

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:01.880
 is

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.460
 sacrificed

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.779
 to

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.180
 atone

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.660
 for

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:03.900
 the

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.200
 sins

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.339
 of

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:04.680
 people

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.400
 becomes

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.599
 a

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:05.839
 vivid

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.279
 picture

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.559
 of

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:06.740
 the

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.140
 death

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:07.660
 and

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.460
 bloodshed

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.720
 that

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.039
 they

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.660
 deserved

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.880
 but

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.140
 was

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.599
 spared

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:11.900
 of

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:13.640
 because

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:13.880
 the

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.220
 lamb

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.519
 took

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:14.700
 their

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.140
 place

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:16.880
 Jesus

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.400
 is

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:17.680
 that

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.039
 lamb

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.299
 for

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.680
 us

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:21.340
 every

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:22.220
 lashing

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.960
 we

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.240
 should

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.480
 have

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.100
 received

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:24.820
 fell

00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:25.060
 on

00:28:25.060 --> 00:28:25.380
 Jesus

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:27.539
 the

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:27.920
 weight

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.140
 of

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:28.420
 sin

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:28.640
 that

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:28.880
 should

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.180
 have

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.700
 crushed

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.240
 us

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.660
 was

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.060
 carried

00:28:32.060 --> 00:28:32.519
 by

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.180
 Jesus

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:35.340
 even

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:35.620
 our

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.000
 most

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.660
 heinous

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:36.980
 sins

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.160
 that

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.279
 you

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.420
 can

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:37.660
 think

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:37.799
 of

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:37.980
 the

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.180
 sins

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.320
 that

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:38.400
 you

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.519
 are

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:38.880
 most

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.700
 ashamed

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.060
 of

00:28:40.060 --> 00:28:41.519
 the

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:41.779
 things

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:41.920
 you

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.039
 have

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.299
 hidden

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.600
 from

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:42.740
 the

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:42.920
 rest

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.019
 of

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.120
 the

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.460
 world

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.360
 Jesus

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.700
 took

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.120
 upon

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:45.279
 it

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.779
 himself

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.980
 when

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.120
 he

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.420
 died

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:47.560
 on

00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:47.700
 the

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.000
 cross

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.120
 so

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:48.240
 that

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.500
 we

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.859
 might

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.119
 be

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.539
 forgiven

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.279
 and

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.900
 freed

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.880
 forever

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:54.559
 no

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:54.759
 one

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.180
 forced

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.519
 Jesus

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:55.720
 to

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:55.839
 do

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.059
 that

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:57.059
 he

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.539
 went

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.660
 to

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:57.779
 the

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.180
 cross

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.960
 without

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.599
 protesting

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:01.119
 he

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:01.500
 endured

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.700
 the

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.019
 cross

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.619
 despising

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:02.799
 the

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.039
 shame

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.180
 it

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.339
 says

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.480
 in

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:03.660
 Hebrews

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.019
 12

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.259
 verse

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.559
 2

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.160
 for

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.380
 the

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:05.900
 joy

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.140
 that

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.299
 was

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:06.759
 set

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.900
 before

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.240
 him

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:10.220
 can

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.319
 you

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.640
 imagine

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:10.960
 that

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.579
 the

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:11.859
 thought

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.019
 of

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.440
 cleansing

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:12.759
 us

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:12.900
 of

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.099
 our

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.660
 sins

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:15.039
 erasing

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.859
 our

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.259
 debt

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.359
 consecrating

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:17.640
 us

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.259
 as his

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.820
 special

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:19.400
 inheritance

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:21.480
 removing

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.759
 our

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.320
 shame

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:23.860
 making

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.220
 us a

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.520
 people

00:29:24.520 --> 00:29:24.900
 for his

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.340
 special

00:29:25.340 --> 00:29:25.860
 possession

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:27.920
 that

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.520
 happy

00:29:28.520 --> 00:29:29.220
 prospect

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.980
 filled

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.460
 Jesus

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.880
 with

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.340
 such

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:32.140
 excitement

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.780
 and

00:29:32.780 --> 00:29:33.440
 anticipation

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.060
 that he

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.600
 was willing

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:35.580
 to endure

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:36.280
 the shame

00:29:36.280 --> 00:29:37.340
 and pain

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:38.020
 of the

00:29:38.020 --> 00:29:38.500
 cross

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.560
 for the

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:40.020
 joy

00:29:40.020 --> 00:29:40.759
 that was

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:40.940
 set

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.259
 before

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.600
 him

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:45.139
 our

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:45.619
 redemption

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:45.939
 and

00:29:45.939 --> 00:29:46.379
 salvation

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.719
 is

00:29:46.719 --> 00:29:47.179
 his

00:29:47.179 --> 00:29:48.079
 joy

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.579
 that's

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:49.719
 the

00:29:49.719 --> 00:29:50.000
 good

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.519
 news

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:50.939
 for

00:29:50.939 --> 00:29:51.259
 us

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.480
 this

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.579
 is

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 the

00:29:51.719 --> 00:29:52.159
 first

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:52.399
 thing

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:52.559
 that

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 Isaiah

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 53

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 78

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 tell

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.299
 us

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:56.359
 the

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 second

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:56.859
 thing

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:56.959
 it

00:29:56.959 --> 00:29:57.199
 tells

00:29:57.199 --> 00:29:57.319
 us

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.500
 about

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.819
 Jesus

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.059
 is

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.219
 this

00:29:58.219 --> 00:29:58.439
 verse

00:29:58.439 --> 00:29:58.939
 33

00:29:58.939 --> 00:29:59.199
 in

00:29:59.199 --> 00:29:59.519
 his

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.240
 humiliation

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.159
 justice

00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:01.480
 was

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.939
 denied

00:30:01.939 --> 00:30:02.359
 him

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:03.000
 who

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.199
 can

00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:03.799
 describe

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.019
 his

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 generation

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.259
 for

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.539
 his

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.899
 life

00:30:05.899 --> 00:30:06.059
 is

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.399
 taken

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:06.879
 away

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.159
 from

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 the

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.599
 earth

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.539
 Jesus

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 was

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 denied

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.639
 justice

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:09.899
 and

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.659
 humiliated

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:11.419
 his

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:11.819
 life

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:11.980
 was

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 taken

00:30:12.219 --> 00:30:12.519
 away

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:12.740
 from

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 the

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 earth

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 that's

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 a way

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 of

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 referring

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 to

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 his

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 death

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 he

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.480
 was

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.740
 cut

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.099
 off

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.359
 from

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 the

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 land

00:30:16.719 --> 00:30:16.839
 of

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 the

00:30:16.939 --> 00:30:17.179
 living

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:18.259
 so

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.639
 who

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:19.059
 can

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.619
 describe

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:19.859
 his

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 generation

00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:21.279
 that's

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.740
 a rhetorical

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.199
 question

00:30:22.199 --> 00:30:23.500
 no one

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.759
 can

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.419
 describe

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:24.619
 his

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.139
 generation

00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:26.179
 Jesus

00:30:26.179 --> 00:30:26.879
 has

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.179
 no

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:27.919
 progeny

00:30:27.919 --> 00:30:28.579
 no

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.439
 descendant

00:30:29.439 --> 00:30:29.859
 that

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.179
 anyone

00:30:30.179 --> 00:30:30.399
 can

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:30.759
 speak

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:30.980
 of

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 because

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.439
 he

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:31.659
 was

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:31.959
 taken

00:30:31.959 --> 00:30:32.419
 away

00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:32.719
 from

00:30:32.719 --> 00:30:32.879
 the

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.179
 earth

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:34.839
 unjustly

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.059
 this

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.559
 interpretation

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.899
 is

00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:36.240
 confirmed

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.620
 by a

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:36.859
 similar

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.240
 passage

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.460
 in

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:37.740
 Jeremiah

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 11

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 19

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.420
 where

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:39.700
 prophet

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.019
 Jeremiah

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 describes

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:40.880
 himself

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.160
 in this

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.359
 way

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:41.539
 but

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.400
 I

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.900
 was

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.359
 like

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:43.539
 a

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:43.839
 gentle

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.140
 lamb

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.339
 led

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.460
 to

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.579
 the

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:44.859
 slaughter

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.039
 I

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.180
 did

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.339
 not

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:45.579
 know

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:45.759
 it

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:45.880
 was

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.220
 against

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.579
 me

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:46.799
 they

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.339
 devised

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.859
 schemes

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.220
 saying

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.539
 let us

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:48.960
 destroy

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.180
 the

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.620
 tree

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:50.259
 with

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.460
 its

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:50.880
 fruit

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:51.940
 let us

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.220
 cut

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.359
 him

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.539
 off

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:52.680
 from

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:52.799
 the

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.000
 land

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.120
 of

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.220
 the

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.400
 living

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:53.539
 that

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:53.660
 his

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:53.859
 name

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:53.980
 be

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.480
 remembered

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.019
 no

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.359
 more

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:57.180
 Jeremiah's

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.400
 enemy

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.740
 sought

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:57.920
 to

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.140
 kill

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.359
 him

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.519
 so

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:58.660
 that

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:58.859
 the

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.539
 tree

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.420
 that's

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:00.759
 Jeremiah

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.200
 along

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.460
 with

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.720
 its

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.240
 fruit

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.879
 that's

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.039
 his

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.460
 future

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:03.940
 prospect

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.680
 progeny

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.259
 would be

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.740
 destroyed

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:07.539
 meaning

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.259
 Jeremiah

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.619
 would have

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.220
 no offspring

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.779
 surviving

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.099
 him

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:11.440
 completely

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:11.940
 cut off

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.539
 and no

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:12.859
 more to

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.000
 be

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.379
 remembered

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.520
 in the

00:31:14.520 --> 00:31:14.740
 ancient

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:14.980
 Jewish

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.300
 world

00:31:15.300 --> 00:31:15.480
 to

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.780
 die

00:31:15.780 --> 00:31:16.640
 childless

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.040
 was

00:31:17.040 --> 00:31:17.420
 considered

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:17.620
 a

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:17.880
 most

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.580
 futile

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:19.160
 and

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.620
 cursed

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.300
 existence

00:31:20.300 --> 00:31:22.180
 in the

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.440
 ancient

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.720
 Jewish

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.140
 world

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.380
 to

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.720
 die

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:25.240
 like

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.540
 that

00:31:25.540 --> 00:31:25.740
 the

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.100
 kind

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.200
 of

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.480
 cruel

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.080
 injustice

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:27.480
 that

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.120
 Jesus

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:28.360
 was

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:28.820
 subjected

00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:29.240
 to

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:30.040
 being

00:31:30.040 --> 00:31:30.460
 completely

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:30.740
 cut

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.100
 off

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:32.360
 was

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:32.560
 really

00:31:32.560 --> 00:31:32.720
 the

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.000
 worst

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.220
 thing

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.340
 that

00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:33.420
 you

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.580
 can

00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:33.780
 wish

00:31:33.780 --> 00:31:33.940
 on

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.220
 anyone

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:37.380
 amazingly

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:39.080
 fertility

00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:40.400
 and

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:41.240
 childbearing

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.580
 and

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:42.580
 barrenness

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.199
 are important

00:31:43.199 --> 00:31:43.619
 themes

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:43.960
 in the

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.119
 book

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.259
 of

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.639
 Isaiah

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:46.559
 notably

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.000
 in

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.299
 Isaiah

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.899
 54

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.220
 which

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.579
 immediately

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.059
 follows

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.259
 this

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.799
 passage

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.220
 that

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.359
 the

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:50.579
 eunuch

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:50.740
 is

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.000
 reading

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.240
 from

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.359
 in

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:51.559
 Isaiah

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.099
 53

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:53.019
 it

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.259
 says

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.639
 this

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.720
 sing

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.059
 oh

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.419
 barren

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:55.639
 one

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:55.859
 who

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.079
 did

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.339
 not

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.779
 bear

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.259
 break

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.679
 forth

00:31:57.679 --> 00:31:57.899
 into

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.319
 singing

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.559
 and

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:58.839
 cry

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.240
 aloud

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.879
 you

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.139
 who

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.299
 have

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.539
 not

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:00.740
 been

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:00.899
 in

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.220
 labor

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.159
 for

00:32:02.159 --> 00:32:02.339
 the

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:02.659
 children

00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:02.879
 of

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.000
 the

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.339
 desolate

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:03.619
 one

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:03.799
 will

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:03.939
 be

00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:04.480
 more

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.779
 than

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:04.939
 the

00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:05.339
 children

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.619
 of

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:05.919
 her

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:06.099
 who

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.240
 is

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.539
 married

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:06.799
 says

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:06.960
 the

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.199
 Lord

00:32:07.199 --> 00:32:08.299
 enlarge

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.440
 the

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.700
 place

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:08.839
 of

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:08.960
 your

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.220
 tent

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.359
 and

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.480
 let

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.639
 the

00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:09.940
 curtains

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.119
 of

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.240
 your

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.859
 habitations

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.079
 be

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.480
 stretched

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.859
 out

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.339
 do

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.559
 not

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:12.859
 hold

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.240
 back

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.799
 lengthen

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:13.960
 your

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.319
 cords

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.519
 and

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:14.899
 strengthen

00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:15.139
 your

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:15.460
 stakes

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.000
 for

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.240
 you

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.539
 will

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.019
 spread

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.419
 abroad

00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:17.599
 to

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:17.720
 the

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:17.940
 right

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.079
 and

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.180
 to

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.319
 the

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:18.559
 left

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:18.839
 and

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.119
 your

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.639
 offspring

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.419
 will

00:32:20.419 --> 00:32:20.879
 possess

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.159
 the

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.659
 nations

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:22.240
 and

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.419
 will

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:22.919
 people

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.299
 the

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.839
 desolate

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.579
 cities

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:26.200
 here's

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.339
 a

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.659
 wonderful

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.279
 prophecy

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.559
 and

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.059
 promise

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.319
 that

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.460
 in

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.599
 the

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:28.899
 new

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.240
 covenant

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.639
 age

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.139
 brought

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:30.460
 about

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.779
 by

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.259
 Jesus

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.139
 the

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.720
 barren

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.180
 one

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.700
 referring

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:33.919
 to

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.440
 Israel

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:34.920
 God's

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.320
 people

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:37.300
 Jesus

00:32:37.300 --> 00:32:37.580
 is

00:32:37.580 --> 00:32:37.740
 now

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:37.920
 the

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.240
 new

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.620
 Israel

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:39.060
 representing

00:32:39.060 --> 00:32:39.259
 the

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.500
 people

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.660
 of

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:39.920
 God

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.259
 he

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.420
 will

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.720
 bear

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.600
 innumerable

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.140
 children

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.800
 and

00:32:42.800 --> 00:32:43.300
 possess

00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:43.519
 the

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.940
 nations

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:48.060
 similarly

00:32:48.060 --> 00:32:48.500
 Isaiah

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.240
 56

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.779
 3-7

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.259
 promises

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.480
 that

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.620
 on

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:50.740
 the

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:50.960
 day

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.140
 of

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.580
 salvation

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:51.920
 God

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.039
 will

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.519
 include

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.100
 even

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.360
 the

00:32:53.360 --> 00:32:53.759
 formerly

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.580
 excluded

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:55.140
 foreigner

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.840
 and

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.000
 the

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.560
 childless

00:32:56.560 --> 00:32:57.100
 eunuch

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.640
 in

00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:57.840
 his

00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.140
 covenant

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.740
 blessings

00:32:58.740 --> 00:33:00.220
 he

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.320
 says

00:33:00.320 --> 00:33:00.539
 let

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:00.900
 not

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.120
 the

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.460
 foreigner

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.620
 who

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:01.720
 has

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:01.980
 joined

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.220
 himself

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.380
 to

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.519
 the

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:02.700
 Lord

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.060
 say

00:33:03.060 --> 00:33:03.600
 the

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:03.860
 Lord

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.059
 will

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.379
 surely

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:05.039
 separate

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.240
 me

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.419
 from

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:05.559
 his

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:05.879
 people

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.619
 and

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:06.799
 let

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.000
 not

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.199
 the

00:33:07.199 --> 00:33:07.599
 eunuch

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:07.939
 say

00:33:07.939 --> 00:33:08.399
 behold

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:08.599
 I

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:08.719
 am

00:33:08.719 --> 00:33:08.859
 a

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.240
 dry

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.819
 tree

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.500
 for

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:10.740
 thus

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.000
 says

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.159
 the

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.359
 Lord

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:11.519
 to

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.659
 the

00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:12.000
 eunuch

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.479
 who

00:33:12.479 --> 00:33:12.799
 keep

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.039
 my

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.359
 Sabbath

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:13.559
 who

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:13.859
 choose

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:14.000
 the

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.240
 things

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.399
 that

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:14.659
 please

00:33:14.659 --> 00:33:14.799
 me

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:14.919
 and

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.099
 hold

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.419
 fast

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:15.659
 my

00:33:15.659 --> 00:33:16.000
 covenant

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.559
 I

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.679
 will

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:16.919
 give

00:33:16.919 --> 00:33:17.099
 in

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.359
 my

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:17.740
 house

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:17.879
 and

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.079
 within

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.379
 my

00:33:18.379 --> 00:33:18.779
 walls

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.240
 a

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.619
 monument

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:19.919
 and a

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.119
 name

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:20.439
 better

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:20.659
 than

00:33:20.659 --> 00:33:20.979
 sons

00:33:20.979 --> 00:33:21.199
 and

00:33:21.199 --> 00:33:21.479
 daughters

00:33:21.479 --> 00:33:22.039
 I

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.159
 will

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.319
 give

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.459
 them

00:33:22.459 --> 00:33:22.559
 an

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.000
 everlasting

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.319
 name

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:23.479
 that

00:33:23.479 --> 00:33:23.740
 shall

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.099
 not

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.299
 be

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.480
 cut

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.740
 off

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.219
 and

00:33:25.219 --> 00:33:25.419
 the

00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:25.799
 foreigners

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.039
 who

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.279
 join

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.559
 themselves

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:26.740
 to

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:26.859
 the

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.059
 Lord

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.240
 to

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.519
 minister

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:27.759
 to

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.019
 him

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.439
 to

00:33:28.439 --> 00:33:28.699
 love

00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:28.839
 the

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.079
 name

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.199
 of

00:33:29.199 --> 00:33:29.339
 the

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:29.579
 Lord

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:29.740
 and

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:29.959
 to

00:33:29.959 --> 00:33:30.179
 be

00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:30.419
 his

00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:30.919
 servants

00:33:30.919 --> 00:33:31.740
 and

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:31.859
 to

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:31.980
 be

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.159
 his

00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:32.519
 servants

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.659
 and

00:33:32.659 --> 00:33:32.899
 everyone

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:33.099
 who

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.339
 keeps

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.480
 the

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.759
 Sabbath

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:33.959
 and

00:33:33.959 --> 00:33:34.099
 does

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.299
 not

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.779
 profane

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:34.919
 it

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:35.059
 and

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.319
 hold

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.719
 fast

00:33:35.719 --> 00:33:35.859
 to

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.019
 my

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.319
 covenant

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:37.039
 these

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.219
 I

00:33:37.219 --> 00:33:37.339
 will

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.619
 bring

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:37.779
 to

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:37.939
 my

00:33:37.939 --> 00:33:38.199
 holy

00:33:38.199 --> 00:33:38.539
 mountain

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.719
 and

00:33:38.719 --> 00:33:38.899
 make

00:33:38.899 --> 00:33:39.059
 them

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.480
 joyful

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:39.699
 in

00:33:39.699 --> 00:33:39.859
 my

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.079
 house

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.240
 of

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.500
 prayer

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.159
 their

00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.539
 burnt

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:41.959
 offerings

00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:42.139
 and

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.299
 their

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.859
 sacrifices

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:43.240
 will

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.619
 be

00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:44.299
 accepted

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.659
 on

00:33:44.659 --> 00:33:44.859
 my

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.179
 altar

00:33:45.179 --> 00:33:45.919
 for

00:33:45.919 --> 00:33:46.119
 my

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.579
 house

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.099
 shall

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.279
 be

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.639
 called

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:47.859
 a

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.240
 house

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.459
 of

00:33:48.459 --> 00:33:48.819
 prayer

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.099
 for

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.339
 all

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:49.859
 peoples

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:52.339
 so

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:52.619
 then

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.379
 there

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:53.759
 is

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.240
 a

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.579
 wonderful

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.019
 connection

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.479
 between

00:33:55.479 --> 00:33:56.000
 Jesus

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.979
 and

00:33:56.979 --> 00:33:57.159
 the

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.500
 eunuch

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.759
 here

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.539
 in

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:58.859
 Isaiah

00:33:58.859 --> 00:34:00.439
 Jesus

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:00.859
 is

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.059
 the

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.359
 barren

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:01.619
 one

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:02.759
 the

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.279
 representative

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.619
 of

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:03.959
 God's

00:34:03.959 --> 00:34:04.279
 people

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.879
 the

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.479
 Israelites

00:34:05.479 --> 00:34:06.240
 but

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.399
 though

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:06.539
 he

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:06.699
 was

00:34:06.699 --> 00:34:07.359
 childless

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:07.519
 though

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.619
 he

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:07.779
 was

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.019
 caught

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.319
 off

00:34:08.319 --> 00:34:08.559
 from

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:08.699
 the

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.159
 earth

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.319
 so

00:34:09.319 --> 00:34:09.519
 no

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:09.639
 one

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:09.759
 could

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.019
 speak

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.159
 of

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.359
 his

00:34:10.359 --> 00:34:10.960
 descendants

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.699
 he

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:11.859
 will

00:34:11.859 --> 00:34:12.099
 have

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.480
 many

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.079
 many

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.599
 children

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:13.900
 and

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.119
 his

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.599
 offspring

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.139
 will

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.480
 possess

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:15.719
 the

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.059
 nations

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.260
 and

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:16.400
 will

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.699
 people

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:16.880
 the

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.159
 desolate

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.539
 cities

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:19.260
 so

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.420
 we

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.619
 see

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:19.900
 here

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.159
 that's

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.300
 what

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.480
 we

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:20.659
 see

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:20.840
 here

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:20.920
 in

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.000
 the

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.119
 book

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.240
 of

00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:21.559
 Acts

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.860
 we

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.019
 see

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.179
 the

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.519
 followers

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:22.760
 of

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.059
 Jesus

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.500
 bearing

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.059
 witness

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.300
 to

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:24.539
 Jesus

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:24.800
 among

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:24.980
 the

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.380
 nations

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.820
 and

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.219
 thousands

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.500
 upon

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:26.940
 thousands

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.340
 coming

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.519
 to

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.800
 faith

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.880
 here

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.119
 even

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.280
 an

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.860
 Ethiopian

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.420
 eunuch

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.760
 is

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.099
 coming

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.320
 to

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:31.579
 faith

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:31.760
 in

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:32.079
 Jesus

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:33.199
 in

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.360
 a

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.699
 desolate

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.179
 place

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:36.340
 and

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:36.559
 in

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.940
 Jesus

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.320
 this

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.960
 Ethiopian

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.320
 eunuch

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.500
 though

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.699
 from

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.059
 God's

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.380
 people

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:44.300
 and

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:44.480
 his

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:44.800
 worship

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.019
 is

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.500
 accepted

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.840
 by

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.039
 the

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.300
 Lord

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:48.619
 and

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:48.800
 though

00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:48.960
 he

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.099
 is

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.260
 a

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.559
 eunuch

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:49.740
 which

00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:50.000
 means

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.139
 he

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.280
 was

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:50.420
 a

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.059
 castrated

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.440
 male

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:52.519
 serving

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.139
 Candace

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.820
 Candace

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.099
 is

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.480
 a

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.880
 title

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.679
 for

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:55.860
 the

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.099
 queen

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.380
 mother

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.599
 that

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:56.820
 ruled

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.260
 Ethiopia

00:34:57.260 --> 00:35:00.460
 he's

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.099
 basically

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.519
 a chief

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.940
 financial

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.340
 officer

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.740
 for

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.280
 Ethiopia

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:04.920
 but

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.219
 he's

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:05.820
 castrated

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.440
 to make

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.599
 sure

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.860
 that

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.780
 there's

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:07.940
 no

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.440
 question

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.820
 that

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:08.940
 the

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.380
 dynastic

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.820
 line

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.139
 the royal

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.380
 line

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.699
 hasn't

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:10.860
 been

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.280
 tempered

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:11.500
 with

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:13.579
 so

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:13.780
 he

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.440
 can't

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:14.840
 have

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.039
 any

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.360
 children

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:17.000
 but

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.139
 it

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.420
 says

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.059
 Isaiah

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.599
 promises

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:18.900
 that

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.199
 God

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:19.480
 will

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.940
 grant

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.460
 him

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:21.940
 a

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.420
 monument

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:22.760
 and a

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.039
 name

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.539
 better

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.079
 than

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.579
 sons

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.199
 and

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.519
 daughters

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:27.519
 I

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:27.639
 think

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:27.820
 this

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:27.960
 is

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.460
 precisely

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.960
 why

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.400
 Luke

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.159
 incorporates

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.719
 these

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.139
 two

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.619
 verses

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.019
 into

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.199
 his

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.559
 narrative

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.719
 Jesus

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.079
 did

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.300
 not

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:34.659
 defend

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:34.980
 himself

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.179
 he

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.579
 died

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:35.800
 in

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.420
 silence

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.059
 opening

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.480
 not

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:37.679
 his

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.019
 mouth

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.440
 but

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:38.639
 here

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:38.800
 we

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.000
 see

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.320
 Philip

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.480
 in

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.619
 verse

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.059
 35

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.739
 opening

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.299
 his

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.779
 mouth

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.219
 to

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.399
 bear

00:35:42.399 --> 00:35:42.839
 witness

00:35:42.839 --> 00:35:43.059
 to

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.519
 Jesus

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:45.199
 Jesus

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:45.459
 was

00:35:45.459 --> 00:35:45.959
 vindicated

00:35:45.959 --> 00:35:46.239
 by

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.579
 his

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.099
 resurrection

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.439
 and

00:35:47.439 --> 00:35:47.639
 he's

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.079
 continually

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.659
 vindicated

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:49.019
 by his

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.500
 followers

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.899
 who bear

00:35:49.899 --> 00:35:50.279
 witness

00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:50.739
 to him

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:52.219
 similarly

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.579
 Jesus'

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.019
 life

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.479
 was taken

00:35:53.479 --> 00:35:53.859
 away

00:35:53.859 --> 00:35:54.199
 from the

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.339
 earth

00:35:54.339 --> 00:35:54.639
 so no

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:54.799
 one

00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:54.939
 could

00:35:54.939 --> 00:35:55.199
 speak

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.339
 of

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:55.500
 his

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.099
 progeny

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.719
 and yet

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.079
 Jesus'

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.739
 spiritual

00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:58.219
 progeny

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.379
 are

00:35:58.379 --> 00:35:58.799
 multiplying

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.100
 all

00:35:59.100 --> 00:35:59.360
 throughout

00:35:59.360 --> 00:35:59.539
 the

00:35:59.539 --> 00:35:59.720
 world

00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:00.000
 among

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.220
 the

00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:00.640
 nations

00:36:00.640 --> 00:36:01.280
 and

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:01.480
 this

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.019
 Ethiopian

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.260
 eunuch

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.539
 is

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.720
 the

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:02.960
 latest

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.519
 example

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:03.740
 of

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.000
 one

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:05.519
 so

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:05.980
 we're

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.360
 seeing

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:07.500
 them

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.760
 make

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:08.340
 disciples

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:08.519
 of

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.660
 all

00:36:08.660 --> 00:36:09.019
 nations

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:11.280
 so

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.480
 we've

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.700
 seen

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.000
 Philip

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.280
 go

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:12.460
 as

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.600
 the

00:36:12.600 --> 00:36:12.800
 spirit

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.180
 directed

00:36:13.180 --> 00:36:13.380
 him

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.480
 and

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:13.660
 we've

00:36:13.660 --> 00:36:13.800
 seen

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:13.940
 him

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.140
 make

00:36:14.140 --> 00:36:14.640
 disciples

00:36:14.640 --> 00:36:14.840
 of

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.039
 Jesus

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.380
 Christ

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:15.539
 and

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:15.680
 now

00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:15.820
 we

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:15.960
 see

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.100
 him

00:36:16.100 --> 00:36:16.840
 baptize

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.120
 the

00:36:17.120 --> 00:36:17.580
 Ethiopian

00:36:17.580 --> 00:36:17.880
 eunuch

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.080
 into

00:36:18.080 --> 00:36:18.240
 the

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.560
 church

00:36:18.560 --> 00:36:19.100
 the

00:36:19.100 --> 00:36:19.320
 body

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:19.460
 of

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.780
 Christ

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:20.780
 says

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:20.900
 in

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.060
 verses

00:36:21.060 --> 00:36:21.560
 36

00:36:21.560 --> 00:36:21.760
 to

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.019
 40

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.539
 please

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:22.760
 follow

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:22.980
 along

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.139
 with

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:23.300
 me

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:23.960
 and

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.099
 as

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.219
 they

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.360
 were

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.619
 going

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:24.920
 along

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.079
 the

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.240
 road

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.420
 they

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.639
 came

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:25.780
 to

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.039
 some

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.400
 water

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:26.559
 and

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:26.699
 the

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:26.940
 eunuch

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.280
 said

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:27.659
 see

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.000
 here

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.179
 is

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:28.599
 water

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.440
 what

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.000
 prevents

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.240
 me

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:30.480
 from

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:30.780
 being

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.240
 baptized

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:32.460
 and

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.559
 he

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:32.920
 commanded

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.119
 the

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.400
 chariot

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:33.539
 to

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:33.900
 stop

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.039
 and

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.159
 they

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.380
 both

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.619
 went

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:34.920
 down

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.119
 into

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:35.260
 the

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:35.539
 water

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.000
 Philip

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.280
 and

00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:36.420
 the

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.639
 eunuch

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:36.800
 and

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:36.940
 he

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.300
 baptized

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:37.820
 him

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.920
 and

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.059
 when

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.240
 they

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:39.460
 came

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:39.599
 up

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:39.800
 out

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:39.880
 of

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:39.980
 the

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.199
 water

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.380
 the

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:40.619
 spirit

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:40.760
 of

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:40.860
 the

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.000
 Lord

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.440
 carried

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.719
 Philip

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:42.019
 away

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.179
 and

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:42.300
 the

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.539
 eunuch

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:42.940
 saw

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.060
 him

00:36:43.060 --> 00:36:43.220
 no

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:43.480
 more

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:44.300
 and

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.580
 went

00:36:44.580 --> 00:36:44.700
 on

00:36:44.700 --> 00:36:44.840
 his

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.039
 way

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.600
 rejoicing

00:36:45.600 --> 00:36:47.120
 Philip

00:36:47.120 --> 00:36:47.320
 and

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.800
 Ethiopian

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.200
 eunuch

00:36:48.200 --> 00:36:48.680
 happen

00:36:48.680 --> 00:36:49.019
 upon

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.200
 a

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.460
 body

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:49.620
 of

00:36:49.620 --> 00:36:49.900
 water

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.080
 in

00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:50.180
 the

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:50.360
 middle

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:50.519
 of

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.620
 a

00:36:50.620 --> 00:36:50.840
 desert

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.260
 place

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:51.900
 and

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.039
 the

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.360
 eunuch

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:52.820
 exclaimed

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.080
 see

00:36:53.080 --> 00:36:53.420
 here's

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:53.820
 water

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.960
 what

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.400
 prevents

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:55.580
 me

00:36:55.580 --> 00:36:55.760
 from

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:55.940
 being

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.320
 baptized

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:57.940
 wonderful

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.519
 question

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.400
 he

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.060
 immediately

00:37:00.060 --> 00:37:00.440
 wants

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:00.560
 to

00:37:00.560 --> 00:37:00.680
 get

00:37:00.680 --> 00:37:01.120
 baptized

00:37:01.120 --> 00:37:01.320
 now

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:01.480
 he's

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.700
 come

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:01.880
 to

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.180
 faith

00:37:02.180 --> 00:37:02.380
 in

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.820
 Jesus

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:04.120
 in

00:37:04.120 --> 00:37:04.460
 obedience

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.660
 to

00:37:04.660 --> 00:37:04.940
 Christ

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.340
 command

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:06.539
 his

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:06.960
 command

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.460
 his

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.280
 comment

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.519
 is

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:08.960
 innocent

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.580
 what

00:37:09.580 --> 00:37:10.000
 prevents

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.180
 me

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:10.339
 from

00:37:10.339 --> 00:37:10.519
 being

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.879
 baptized

00:37:10.879 --> 00:37:11.299
 he's

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:11.739
 basically

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.119
 saying

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.379
 why

00:37:12.379 --> 00:37:12.819
 not

00:37:12.819 --> 00:37:13.440
 here's

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:13.799
 water

00:37:13.799 --> 00:37:15.460
 there's

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.739
 nothing

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.159
 keeping

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.440
 me

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:18.359
 this

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:18.559
 is a

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.039
 profoundly

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.419
 true

00:37:19.419 --> 00:37:19.839
 statement

00:37:19.839 --> 00:37:20.779
 because

00:37:20.779 --> 00:37:21.359
 it's

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:21.659
 true

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:21.960
 that

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.299
 nothing

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:22.719
 prevents

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:22.859
 him

00:37:22.859 --> 00:37:23.000
 from

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.159
 being

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:23.480
 baptized

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:23.879
 because

00:37:23.879 --> 00:37:24.179
 of

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.359
 what

00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:24.679
 Jesus

00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:24.919
 has

00:37:24.919 --> 00:37:25.239
 done

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:26.019
 but

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.639
 historically

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:26.940
 there

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.119
 would

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:27.399
 have

00:37:27.399 --> 00:37:27.659
 been

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.059
 many

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.679
 things

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:29.419
 preventing

00:37:29.419 --> 00:37:29.779
 him

00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:30.239
 from

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.460
 being

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:30.980
 fully

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.819
 included

00:37:31.819 --> 00:37:32.119
 among

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.319
 the

00:37:32.319 --> 00:37:32.619
 covenant

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.359
 community

00:37:33.359 --> 00:37:33.539
 of

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:33.799
 God

00:37:33.799 --> 00:37:36.299
 first

00:37:36.299 --> 00:37:36.460
 he

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.639
 was

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:36.759
 an

00:37:36.759 --> 00:37:37.319
 Ethiopian

00:37:37.319 --> 00:37:37.599
 man

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:39.219
 this

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:39.339
 is

00:37:39.339 --> 00:37:39.599
 not

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.039
 modern

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.239
 day

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:40.659
 Ethiopia

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.519
 but

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.659
 the

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:41.940
 region

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.139
 that

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:42.259
 the

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.519
 ancient

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:42.860
 Greeks

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.239
 called

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:43.779
 Ethiopia

00:37:43.779 --> 00:37:44.440
 which

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:44.639
 was

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:44.960
 south

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.119
 of

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.400
 Egypt

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.860
 modern

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.119
 day

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.400
 Sudan

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:47.900
 it's

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.039
 the

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.360
 area

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:48.579
 that

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:48.739
 the

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:48.940
 Old

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.279
 Testament

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:49.739
 calls

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:50.199
 Kush

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:51.400
 named

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:51.619
 after

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:51.779
 the

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.039
 eldest

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.299
 son

00:37:52.299 --> 00:37:52.440
 of

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.739
 Ham

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.219
 Noah's

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.519
 son

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:55.119
 Ethiopia

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.460
 was

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:55.880
 considered

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:56.179
 in the

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:56.400
 ancient

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:56.719
 world

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.119
 to be

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:57.420
 the

00:37:57.420 --> 00:37:57.759
 southern

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.279
 end

00:37:58.279 --> 00:37:58.639
 of

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:58.799
 the

00:37:58.799 --> 00:37:59.259
 inhabited

00:37:59.259 --> 00:37:59.619
 world

00:37:59.619 --> 00:37:59.799
 the

00:37:59.799 --> 00:38:00.000
 known

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.440
 world

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.239
 and

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:01.400
 one

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:01.480
 of

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:01.599
 the

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:01.860
 most

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:02.519
 common

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.159
 features

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.799
 of

00:38:03.799 --> 00:38:04.759
 Ethiopians

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:04.920
 in

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.259
 ancient

00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.679
 literature

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.219
 was

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.420
 their

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.799
 black

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.139
 skin

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:07.480
 color

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:09.980
 13

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.259
 verse

00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:10.719
 23

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.099
 can

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.299
 the

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:11.960
 Ethiopian

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.539
 change

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:12.799
 his

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.179
 skin

00:38:13.179 --> 00:38:13.619
 or

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:13.799
 the

00:38:13.799 --> 00:38:14.079
 leopard

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.420
 his

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:14.980
 spots

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:16.019
 the

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.279
 answer

00:38:16.279 --> 00:38:16.460
 of

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:16.739
 course

00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:17.039
 is

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.360
 no

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:18.519
 so

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:18.739
 this

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.139
 man

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:19.480
 was

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:19.960
 as

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.480
 foreign

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.699
 as

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:20.860
 he

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.460
 possibly

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:21.839
 can

00:38:21.839 --> 00:38:22.139
 be

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:23.360
 he's

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.599
 quite

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:23.940
 literally

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.319
 from

00:38:24.319 --> 00:38:24.519
 the

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:24.779
 end

00:38:24.779 --> 00:38:24.900
 of

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.019
 the

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.299
 earth

00:38:25.299 --> 00:38:26.319
 and

00:38:26.319 --> 00:38:26.480
 he

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:26.639
 is

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:27.039
 black

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:28.219
 unlike

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:29.000
 Philip

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:30.339
 and

00:38:30.339 --> 00:38:30.659
 the

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:30.819
 other

00:38:30.819 --> 00:38:31.199
 Jews

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:31.659
 living

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:31.819
 in

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:32.139
 Jerusalem

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:34.519
 and

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:34.900
 Ezekiel

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.279
 44

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:35.659
 7

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:36.159
 prohibited

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.579
 admitting

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:37.319
 foreigners

00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:38.539
 uncircumcised

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:38.940
 and hardened

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.400
 flesh

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:39.840
 to be

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.059
 in

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.400
 God's

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:40.880
 sanctuary

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.400
 profaning

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.579
 his

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:41.860
 people

00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:44.220
 it's

00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:44.579
 unclear

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:44.920
 whether

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.139
 this

00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:45.440
 man

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:45.720
 was

00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:45.860
 an

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.480
 Ethiopian

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.960
 Jew

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.639
 someone

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:47.840
 who

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:48.240
 worshipped

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:48.720
 Israel's

00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:49.139
 God

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:50.619
 or

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.760
 he was

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:52.420
 I guess

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:52.900
 from the

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.920
 if that's

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.220
 the case

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:54.440
 he would

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:54.900
 be a

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.139
 part of

00:38:55.139 --> 00:38:55.280
 the

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:55.519
 Jewish

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:56.019
 diaspora

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.980
 or

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.400
 he's

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:57.700
 a

00:38:57.700 --> 00:38:58.220
 Gentile

00:38:58.220 --> 00:38:58.360
 who

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.440
 had

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:58.880
 converted

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.099
 to

00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.519
 Judaism

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.200
 becoming

00:39:00.200 --> 00:39:00.420
 a

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:00.619
 Jew

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:00.980
 or

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.179
 whether

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.320
 he

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:01.460
 was

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.619
 just

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:01.780
 a

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.280
 Gentile

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:02.700
 God

00:39:02.700 --> 00:39:03.280
 fearer

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:03.639
 who

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:03.720
 was

00:39:03.720 --> 00:39:04.099
 sympathetic

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.380
 to

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:04.760
 Judaism

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.179
 and worshipped

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:05.639
 Israel's

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:05.800
 God

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:06.179
 but hadn't

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.440
 fully

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:06.900
 converted

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:08.039
 those

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:08.820
 options

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:09.079
 have

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:09.280
 been

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:09.639
 debated

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:10.059
 since

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.400
 the

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.619
 very

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:10.960
 early

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.320
 stages

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:11.500
 of

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:11.679
 church

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:11.980
 history

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.220
 so

00:39:12.220 --> 00:39:12.420
 we

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:12.700
 can't

00:39:12.700 --> 00:39:13.000
 settle

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.300
 that

00:39:13.300 --> 00:39:14.800
 I

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.599
 personally

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:15.880
 think

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.079
 this

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.280
 man

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:16.500
 was

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:16.840
 an

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:17.340
 Ethiopian

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:17.760
 Jew

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:18.920
 mainly

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.480
 because

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.860
 later

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.000
 in

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.220
 Acts

00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:20.579
 10

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:20.960
 Luke

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.240
 makes

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:21.519
 much

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:21.639
 of

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:21.760
 the

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.159
 gospel

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:22.800
 first

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.079
 being

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:23.519
 proclaimed

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:23.900
 among

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.059
 the

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.599
 Gentiles

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.159
 and the

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:25.300
 Holy

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:25.559
 Spirit

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:25.860
 coming

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.099
 upon

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.280
 them

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:26.380
 in

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:26.559
 Acts

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:26.860
 10

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:29.460
 the

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.039
 Ethiopian

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.639
 Orthodox

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.519
 Tewah

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:32.500
 I don't

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:32.639
 know how

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:32.860
 to say

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.039
 that

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:33.679
 one

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:33.800
 of

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:33.980
 the

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.500
 Ethiopian

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:34.860
 Orthodox

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.400
 traditions

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:36.539
 calls

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:36.700
 this

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.599
 Ethiopian

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:37.960
 Jew

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:39.160
 so

00:39:39.160 --> 00:39:39.320
 if

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:39.500
 my

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:39.820
 inference

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.000
 is

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.300
 correct

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:40.559
 this

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:40.880
 man

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.039
 would

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.160
 have

00:39:41.160 --> 00:39:41.280
 been

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:41.860
 ethnically

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:42.400
 Jewish

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:42.700
 but

00:39:42.700 --> 00:39:43.320
 culturally

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:44.500
 Ethiopian

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.599
 a foreigner

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:47.559
 and his

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:47.880
 foreign

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.280
 identity

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:48.900
 is emphasized

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.280
 throughout

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:49.460
 this

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:49.900
 passage

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:51.400
 we

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:51.559
 know

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:51.780
 from

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:51.960
 verse

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.480
 27

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:52.680
 that

00:39:52.680 --> 00:39:52.860
 this

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.079
 man

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.280
 had

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:53.599
 visited

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.000
 Jerusalem

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.220
 to

00:39:54.220 --> 00:39:54.480
 worship

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:54.900
 God

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.280
 and

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:55.460
 the

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:55.840
 distance

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:56.220
 from

00:39:56.220 --> 00:39:56.740
 Shendi

00:39:56.740 --> 00:39:57.460
 which

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:57.599
 is

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:57.900
 near

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.079
 the

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.340
 ancient

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:58.880
 Ethiopian

00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.360
 capital

00:39:59.360 --> 00:39:59.860
 of

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.240
 Moreau

00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:00.940
 to

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.360
 Jerusalem

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:01.519
 is

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:01.680
 about

00:40:01.680 --> 00:40:02.320
 3,000

00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:02.800
 kilometers

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:03.039
 or

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.480
 1900

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:04.139
 miles

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:05.019
 a

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.319
 horse

00:40:05.319 --> 00:40:05.599
 drawn

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:06.039
 chariot

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.199
 or

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:06.639
 carriage

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:06.839
 could

00:40:06.839 --> 00:40:06.980
 have

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.400
 traveled

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:07.739
 maybe

00:40:07.739 --> 00:40:08.019
 100

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.519
 miles

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:08.759
 in

00:40:08.759 --> 00:40:08.980
 one

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:09.279
 day

00:40:09.279 --> 00:40:10.159
 and

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:10.519
 considering

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:10.719
 that

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:11.079
 roads

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.319
 and

00:40:11.319 --> 00:40:11.639
 travel

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:12.000
 conditions

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.219
 back

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:12.379
 then

00:40:12.379 --> 00:40:12.500
 were

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:12.679
 a lot

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:13.019
 worse

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.239
 than

00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:13.639
 today

00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:14.239
 this

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:14.779
 Ethiopian

00:40:14.779 --> 00:40:15.159
 probably

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:15.539
 traveled

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:15.920
 for at

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:16.179
 least

00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:16.359
 a

00:40:16.359 --> 00:40:16.619
 month

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:17.299
 to

00:40:17.299 --> 00:40:17.500
 get

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:17.659
 to

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:18.079
 Jerusalem

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:20.460
 maybe

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:21.019
 months

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.519
 to

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:21.879
 worship

00:40:21.879 --> 00:40:22.219
 there

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:22.539
 and

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:22.679
 then

00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:22.799
 to

00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:22.940
 come

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.259
 back

00:40:23.259 --> 00:40:24.400
 so

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:24.559
 the

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:24.819
 round

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:25.139
 trip

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:25.299
 would

00:40:25.299 --> 00:40:25.400
 have

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:25.619
 taken

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:25.819
 them

00:40:25.819 --> 00:40:26.639
 several

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.039
 months

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:28.480
 and

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:28.739
 yet

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:29.319
 in

00:40:29.319 --> 00:40:29.679
 Jerusalem

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:30.039
 this

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.460
 devout

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:30.900
 man

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:31.260
 would

00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:31.539
 not

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:31.800
 have

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:31.960
 been

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.460
 permitted

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:33.099
 to

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.579
 enter

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:33.840
 the

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.240
 temple

00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:36.079
 due to

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:36.220
 the

00:40:36.220 --> 00:40:36.480
 second

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:36.980
 obstacle

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:38.220
 he

00:40:38.220 --> 00:40:38.340
 was

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:38.480
 a

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:38.920
 eunuch

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:43.180
 Deuteronomy

00:40:43.180 --> 00:40:43.579
 23

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:43.960
 1

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.700
 specifies

00:40:44.700 --> 00:40:45.019
 no

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.460
 one

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:46.039
 whose

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.660
 testicles

00:40:46.660 --> 00:40:46.900
 are

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.320
 crushed

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:47.619
 or

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:47.840
 whose

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:48.119
 male

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.500
 organ

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.680
 is

00:40:48.680 --> 00:40:48.980
 cut

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.340
 off

00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:49.960
 shall

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.340
 enter

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:50.599
 the

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.079
 assembly

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:51.320
 of

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:51.440
 the

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:51.720
 Lord

00:40:51.720 --> 00:40:54.240
 so

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:54.480
 this

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.180
 Ethiopian

00:40:55.180 --> 00:40:55.639
 eunuch

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:56.039
 was

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.740
 doubly

00:40:56.740 --> 00:40:56.980
 an

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:57.539
 outsider

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:59.199
 though

00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.360
 he

00:40:59.360 --> 00:40:59.679
 may

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.019
 have

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.199
 been

00:41:00.199 --> 00:41:00.360
 a

00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:00.659
 Jew

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:01.039
 he

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.259
 was

00:41:01.259 --> 00:41:01.519
 a

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:01.880
 foreigner

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:02.139
 who

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:02.539
 looked

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:03.019
 and

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.440
 spoke

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:03.659
 and

00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:04.039
 acted

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.480
 differently

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:04.759
 from

00:41:04.759 --> 00:41:04.980
 the

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.199
 other

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:05.480
 Jews

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:05.619
 in

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:06.000
 Jerusalem

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.820
 and

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.239
 being

00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:07.519
 a

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:07.960
 eunuch

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:08.860
 he

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.480
 was

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:09.699
 not

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:10.099
 admitted

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.500
 inside

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:10.699
 the

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.039
 temple

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:12.000
 he

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.300
 had

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:12.519
 as

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:12.820
 many

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:13.380
 reasons

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:13.699
 as

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:14.219
 anyone

00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:14.800
 to

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:14.980
 be

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.539
 excluded

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:15.880
 from

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:16.039
 the

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.300
 people

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:16.460
 of

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:16.800
 God

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:17.759
 and

00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:18.059
 yet

00:41:18.059 --> 00:41:18.800
 because

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.420
 Jesus

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:20.500
 breaks

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:20.880
 down

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.079
 the

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.539
 dividing

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:21.960
 wall

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.139
 of

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:22.719
 hostility

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:23.539
 between

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:23.980
 Jews

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:24.360
 and

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:25.039
 Gentiles

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:26.320
 because

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:26.820
 Jesus

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:27.199
 tore

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:27.619
 down

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:28.079
 all

00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:28.319
 that

00:41:28.319 --> 00:41:28.559
 stood

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:28.739
 as

00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:28.899
 a

00:41:28.899 --> 00:41:29.239
 barrier

00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:29.659
 between

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:30.179
 God

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:30.719
 and

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:31.099
 man

00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:31.299
 on

00:41:31.299 --> 00:41:31.419
 the

00:41:31.419 --> 00:41:31.919
 cross

00:41:31.919 --> 00:41:34.439
 what

00:41:34.439 --> 00:41:35.079
 prevents

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.319
 me

00:41:35.319 --> 00:41:35.699
 from

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:36.119
 being

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:36.500
 baptized

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:36.960
 when

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:37.199
 he

00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:37.519
 asked

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:37.719
 that

00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:38.119
 question

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:38.319
 the

00:41:38.319 --> 00:41:38.679
 answer

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:39.119
 is

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:40.239
 nothing

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:42.399
 absolutely

00:41:42.399 --> 00:41:43.939
 nothing

00:41:43.939 --> 00:41:47.960
 even

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.259
 this

00:41:48.259 --> 00:41:48.759
 Ethiopian

00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:49.259
 eunuch

00:41:49.259 --> 00:41:49.799
 can

00:41:49.799 --> 00:41:50.039
 have

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.500
 full

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:51.000
 fellowship

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.839
 with

00:41:51.839 --> 00:41:52.039
 the

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.539
 triune

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:52.980
 God

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.639
 and

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:53.939
 with

00:41:53.939 --> 00:41:54.259
 his

00:41:54.259 --> 00:41:54.639
 people

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:55.099
 through

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.539
 repentance

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:56.319
 and

00:41:56.319 --> 00:41:56.719
 faith

00:41:56.719 --> 00:41:56.919
 in

00:41:56.919 --> 00:41:57.480
 Jesus

00:41:57.480 --> 00:42:02.739
 baptism

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:03.619
 signifies

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.000
 and

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.559
 confirms

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:04.799
 the

00:42:04.799 --> 00:42:05.119
 washing

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:05.459
 away

00:42:05.459 --> 00:42:05.699
 of

00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:06.059
 guilt

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.739
 and

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:06.879
 the

00:42:06.879 --> 00:42:07.399
 purifying

00:42:07.399 --> 00:42:07.559
 of

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:07.679
 our

00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:08.219
 conscience

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:10.239
 it

00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:10.739
 represents

00:42:10.739 --> 00:42:11.019
 our

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.419
 union

00:42:11.419 --> 00:42:11.699
 with

00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:12.079
 Jesus

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.379
 in

00:42:12.379 --> 00:42:12.759
 his

00:42:12.759 --> 00:42:13.139
 death

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:13.299
 and

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:13.699
 resurrection

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:13.939
 we're

00:42:13.939 --> 00:42:14.139
 saying

00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:14.399
 we no

00:42:14.399 --> 00:42:14.619
 longer

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:14.939
 live

00:42:14.939 --> 00:42:15.099
 to

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:15.679
 ourselves

00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:16.139
 now

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.299
 we

00:42:16.299 --> 00:42:16.500
 live

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:16.679
 to

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:17.159
 Christ

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:17.819
 we've

00:42:17.819 --> 00:42:18.079
 died

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:18.339
 with

00:42:18.339 --> 00:42:18.519
 him

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:18.719
 have

00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:18.859
 been

00:42:18.859 --> 00:42:19.199
 raised

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:19.439
 with

00:42:19.439 --> 00:42:19.679
 him

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:21.219
 and

00:42:21.219 --> 00:42:21.519
 finally

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:21.679
 it

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:21.959
 also

00:42:21.959 --> 00:42:22.679
 demonstrates

00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:23.059
 our

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.659
 inclusion

00:42:23.659 --> 00:42:23.919
 in

00:42:23.919 --> 00:42:24.079
 the

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:24.439
 covenant

00:42:24.439 --> 00:42:24.919
 community

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.119
 of

00:42:25.119 --> 00:42:25.440
 God

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:26.619
 it

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:26.800
 says

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:26.940
 in

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.099
 1

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:27.480
 Corinthians

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:27.780
 12

00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:28.220
 13

00:42:28.220 --> 00:42:28.460
 for

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:28.599
 in

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:28.860
 one

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:29.159
 spirit

00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:29.320
 we

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:29.440
 were

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:29.700
 all

00:42:29.700 --> 00:42:30.220
 baptized

00:42:30.220 --> 00:42:30.700
 into

00:42:30.700 --> 00:42:31.240
 one

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:32.139
 body

00:42:32.139 --> 00:42:32.720
 that's

00:42:32.720 --> 00:42:32.860
 the

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:33.159
 church

00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:33.360
 the

00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:33.599
 body

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:33.740
 of

00:42:33.740 --> 00:42:34.099
 Christ

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.880
 Jews

00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:35.159
 or

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:35.539
 Greeks

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:35.960
 slaves

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.220
 or

00:42:36.220 --> 00:42:36.599
 free

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:37.059
 and

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:37.340
 all

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:37.519
 were

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:37.700
 made

00:42:37.700 --> 00:42:37.820
 to

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.019
 drink

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:38.159
 of

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:38.300
 the

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:38.579
 one

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:39.059
 spirit

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.880
 when

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:40.099
 we

00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:40.280
 are

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:40.700
 baptized

00:42:40.700 --> 00:42:41.039
 we

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.519
 become

00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:42.119
 members

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.500
 all

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:42.820
 each

00:42:42.820 --> 00:42:43.000
 of

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.180
 us

00:42:43.180 --> 00:42:43.400
 of

00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:43.579
 the

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:44.000
 one

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.720
 body

00:42:44.720 --> 00:42:44.900
 of

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.119
 Christ

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:45.320
 the

00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:46.079
 universal

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:46.860
 apostolic

00:42:46.860 --> 00:42:47.300
 church

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:48.980
 by

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.760
 baptizing

00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:50.039
 this

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:50.559
 Ethiopian

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:50.860
 eunuch

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:51.180
 Philip

00:42:51.180 --> 00:42:51.460
 is

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:51.860
 showing

00:42:54.920 --> 00:42:55.079
 this

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:55.599
 man

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:56.539
 too

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:57.139
 is

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:57.300
 a

00:42:57.300 --> 00:42:57.639
 full

00:42:57.639 --> 00:42:58.079
 member

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:59.420
 of

00:42:59.420 --> 00:42:59.559
 the

00:42:59.559 --> 00:42:59.840
 body

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:00.000
 of

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.360
 Christ

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:03.460
 what

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:04.059
 prevents

00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:04.519
 you

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:05.220
 from

00:43:05.220 --> 00:43:05.440
 being

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:05.840
 baptized

00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:09.139
 are

00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:09.260
 you

00:43:09.260 --> 00:43:09.500
 not

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:09.780
 yet

00:43:09.780 --> 00:43:09.980
 a

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:10.260
 follower

00:43:10.260 --> 00:43:10.460
 of

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:10.700
 Jesus

00:43:10.700 --> 00:43:13.280
 do

00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:13.400
 you

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:13.639
 feel

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:13.800
 that

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:13.940
 there

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.079
 are

00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:14.500
 barriers

00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:14.700
 that

00:43:14.700 --> 00:43:14.800
 you

00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:14.960
 could

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.200
 never

00:43:15.200 --> 00:43:15.840
 overcome

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:18.700
 maybe

00:43:18.700 --> 00:43:19.139
 you're

00:43:19.139 --> 00:43:19.960
 a

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:20.480
 transgender

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:20.940
 man

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.200
 having

00:43:21.200 --> 00:43:21.480
 gone

00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:21.820
 through

00:43:21.820 --> 00:43:22.240
 sex

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:22.800
 reassignment

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:23.300
 surgery

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:26.100
 so that

00:43:26.100 --> 00:43:26.240
 you're

00:43:26.240 --> 00:43:26.880
 castrated

00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:27.460
 like

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:27.720
 this

00:43:27.720 --> 00:43:28.240
 Ethiopian

00:43:28.240 --> 00:43:28.620
 eunuch

00:43:28.620 --> 00:43:33.240
 you

00:43:33.240 --> 00:43:33.560
 regret

00:43:33.560 --> 00:43:33.880
 it

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:37.720
 you

00:43:37.720 --> 00:43:37.860
 want

00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:37.940
 to

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:38.340
 repent

00:43:38.340 --> 00:43:39.120
 believe

00:43:39.120 --> 00:43:39.260
 in

00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:39.460
 Jesus

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:39.620
 and

00:43:39.620 --> 00:43:39.780
 follow

00:43:39.780 --> 00:43:39.880
 him

00:43:39.880 --> 00:43:40.000
 but

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.100
 you

00:43:40.100 --> 00:43:40.260
 feel

00:43:40.260 --> 00:43:40.400
 like

00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:40.519
 you

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:41.680
 can't

00:43:41.680 --> 00:43:47.420
 maybe

00:43:47.420 --> 00:43:47.780
 you're

00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:48.260
 part

00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:48.360
 of

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:48.460
 a

00:43:48.460 --> 00:43:49.120
 despised

00:43:49.120 --> 00:43:49.640
 ethnic

00:43:49.640 --> 00:43:50.039
 group

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:54.940
 you've

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.099
 been

00:43:55.099 --> 00:43:56.039
 discriminated

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.440
 against

00:43:56.440 --> 00:43:56.719
 or

00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:58.559
 or

00:43:58.559 --> 00:43:58.779
 maybe

00:43:58.779 --> 00:43:58.940
 you

00:43:58.940 --> 00:43:59.239
 think

00:43:59.239 --> 00:44:00.239
 that

00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:00.400
 you're

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:00.579
 a

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:00.920
 foreigner

00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:02.259
 in

00:44:02.259 --> 00:44:02.420
 your

00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:02.940
 culture

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.739
 in

00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:03.880
 your

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:04.239
 family

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:04.619
 nobody

00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:05.119
 follows

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:05.619
 Jesus

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:10.519
 maybe

00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:10.759
 you've

00:44:10.759 --> 00:44:11.039
 committed

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:11.420
 some

00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:12.219
 heinous

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:13.179
 crimes

00:44:13.179 --> 00:44:13.920
 or

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:14.539
 sins

00:44:14.539 --> 00:44:15.500
 maybe

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:15.739
 you've

00:44:15.739 --> 00:44:15.940
 served

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.259
 time

00:44:16.259 --> 00:44:16.440
 in

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:16.840
 prison

00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:19.320
 whatever

00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:20.559
 you

00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:20.860
 have

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:21.340
 done

00:44:21.340 --> 00:44:22.960
 wherever

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:23.620
 you

00:44:23.620 --> 00:44:23.900
 have

00:44:23.900 --> 00:44:24.300
 come

00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:24.700
 from

00:44:24.700 --> 00:44:25.420
 whoever

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:26.600
 you

00:44:26.600 --> 00:44:27.000
 are

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:28.559
 the

00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:29.059
 promise

00:44:29.059 --> 00:44:29.240
 of

00:44:29.240 --> 00:44:29.519
 Acts

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:29.800
 2

00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:30.260
 38

00:44:30.260 --> 00:44:30.960
 is

00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:31.300
 true

00:44:31.300 --> 00:44:31.559
 for

00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:31.940
 you

00:44:31.940 --> 00:44:33.000
 repent

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:33.740
 and

00:44:33.740 --> 00:44:33.940
 be

00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:34.420
 baptized

00:44:34.420 --> 00:44:35.340
 every

00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:35.980
 one

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:36.160
 of

00:44:36.160 --> 00:44:36.400
 you

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:36.800
 in

00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:36.960
 the

00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:37.300
 name

00:44:37.300 --> 00:44:37.500
 of

00:44:37.500 --> 00:44:37.780
 Jesus

00:44:37.780 --> 00:44:38.460
 Christ

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:39.539
 and

00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:39.860
 for

00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:40.019
 the

00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:40.440
 forgiveness

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:40.800
 of

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:41.220
 sins

00:44:41.220 --> 00:44:41.840
 and

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:42.019
 you

00:44:42.019 --> 00:44:42.480
 will

00:44:42.480 --> 00:44:43.200
 receive

00:44:43.200 --> 00:44:43.620
 the

00:44:43.620 --> 00:44:44.019
 gift

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.620
 of

00:44:44.620 --> 00:44:44.820
 the

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.079
 Holy

00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:45.559
 Spirit

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:47.880
 have

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:48.039
 you

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:48.400
 asked

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:48.920
 yourself

00:44:48.920 --> 00:44:49.599
 what

00:44:49.599 --> 00:44:50.219
 prevents

00:44:50.219 --> 00:44:50.460
 me

00:44:50.460 --> 00:44:50.840
 from

00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:51.119
 being

00:44:51.119 --> 00:44:51.539
 baptized

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:52.900
 nothing

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:54.320
 absolutely

00:44:54.320 --> 00:44:55.239
 nothing

00:44:55.239 --> 00:44:55.799
 prevents

00:44:55.799 --> 00:44:56.039
 you

00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:56.320
 from

00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:56.599
 being

00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:57.159
 baptized

00:44:57.159 --> 00:45:02.320
 come

00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:02.539
 to

00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:02.880
 Jesus

00:45:02.880 --> 00:45:03.119
 he

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:03.279
 has

00:45:03.279 --> 00:45:03.659
 made

00:45:03.659 --> 00:45:04.219
 a

00:45:04.219 --> 00:45:04.460
 way

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:04.719
 for

00:45:04.719 --> 00:45:05.099
 you

00:45:05.099 --> 00:45:05.559
 so

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:05.699
 that

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:06.019
 you

00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:06.340
 don't

00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:06.679
 have

00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:06.860
 to

00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:07.219
 make

00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:07.440
 a

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:07.619
 way

00:45:07.619 --> 00:45:08.199
 yourself

00:45:08.199 --> 00:45:13.059
 all

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:13.219
 you

00:45:13.219 --> 00:45:13.380
 need

00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:13.500
 to

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:13.699
 do

00:45:13.699 --> 00:45:13.860
 is

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:14.099
 take

00:45:14.099 --> 00:45:14.259
 your

00:45:14.259 --> 00:45:14.659
 eyes

00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:15.199
 off

00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:15.339
 of

00:45:15.339 --> 00:45:15.759
 yourself

00:45:15.759 --> 00:45:16.579
 and

00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:17.059
 fix

00:45:17.059 --> 00:45:17.299
 your

00:45:17.299 --> 00:45:17.679
 eyes

00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:17.980
 on

00:45:17.980 --> 00:45:18.419
 Jesus

00:45:18.419 --> 00:45:18.939
 Christ

00:45:18.939 --> 00:45:20.079
 and

00:45:20.079 --> 00:45:20.299
 say

00:45:20.299 --> 00:45:20.579
 there's

00:45:20.579 --> 00:45:21.019
 nothing

00:45:21.019 --> 00:45:21.319
 in

00:45:21.319 --> 00:45:21.859
 myself

00:45:21.859 --> 00:45:22.539
 that

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:22.899
 deserves

00:45:22.899 --> 00:45:23.460
 salvation

00:45:23.460 --> 00:45:24.099
 but

00:45:24.099 --> 00:45:24.460
 there is

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:25.039
 everything

00:45:25.039 --> 00:45:25.739
 in

00:45:25.739 --> 00:45:26.119
 Jesus

00:45:26.119 --> 00:45:26.819
 for

00:45:26.819 --> 00:45:27.079
 my

00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:27.559
 salvation

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:31.859
 faith

00:45:31.859 --> 00:45:32.419
 is not

00:45:32.419 --> 00:45:32.799
 a

00:45:32.799 --> 00:45:33.559
 meritorious

00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:34.000
 act

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:34.679
 it's

00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:34.859
 not

00:45:34.859 --> 00:45:35.259
 something

00:45:35.259 --> 00:45:35.439
 that

00:45:35.439 --> 00:45:35.599
 we

00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:36.199
 contribute

00:45:36.199 --> 00:45:36.460
 to

00:45:36.460 --> 00:45:36.639
 our

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:36.879
 own

00:45:36.879 --> 00:45:37.439
 salvation

00:45:37.439 --> 00:45:38.119
 rather

00:45:38.119 --> 00:45:38.579
 faith

00:45:38.579 --> 00:45:38.799
 is

00:45:38.799 --> 00:45:38.939
 an

00:45:38.939 --> 00:45:39.399
 admission

00:45:39.399 --> 00:45:40.019
 of

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:40.239
 our

00:45:40.239 --> 00:45:41.119
 helplessness

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:41.859
 God

00:45:41.859 --> 00:45:42.159
 I

00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:42.719
 can

00:45:42.719 --> 00:45:43.099
 do

00:45:43.099 --> 00:45:43.719
 nothing

00:45:43.719 --> 00:45:44.699
 God

00:45:44.699 --> 00:45:44.939
 I

00:45:44.939 --> 00:45:45.339
 cannot

00:45:45.339 --> 00:45:45.899
 save

00:45:45.899 --> 00:45:46.419
 myself

00:45:46.419 --> 00:45:48.519
 so

00:45:48.519 --> 00:45:48.639
 I

00:45:48.639 --> 00:45:48.899
 bring

00:45:48.899 --> 00:45:49.079
 my

00:45:49.079 --> 00:45:49.299
 whole

00:45:49.299 --> 00:45:49.599
 self

00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:49.819
 to

00:45:49.819 --> 00:45:50.079
 you

00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:50.279
 with

00:45:50.279 --> 00:45:50.500
 all

00:45:50.500 --> 00:45:50.719
 my

00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:50.980
 sins

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:51.119
 so

00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:51.279
 that

00:45:51.279 --> 00:45:51.579
 you

00:45:51.579 --> 00:45:51.879
 might

00:45:51.879 --> 00:45:52.399
 save

00:45:52.399 --> 00:45:52.779
 me

00:45:52.779 --> 00:45:53.759
 that's

00:45:53.759 --> 00:45:54.039
 faith

00:45:54.039 --> 00:45:57.659
 and

00:45:57.659 --> 00:45:57.959
 look at

00:45:57.959 --> 00:45:58.119
 what

00:45:58.119 --> 00:45:58.500
 happens

00:45:58.500 --> 00:45:58.839
 immediately

00:45:58.839 --> 00:45:59.099
 after

00:45:59.099 --> 00:45:59.339
 Philip

00:45:59.339 --> 00:45:59.959
 baptizes

00:45:59.959 --> 00:46:00.480
 the Ethiopian

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:00.779
 eunuch

00:46:00.779 --> 00:46:01.079
 it says

00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:01.459
 in verses

00:46:01.459 --> 00:46:02.079
 39 to

00:46:02.079 --> 00:46:02.339
 40

00:46:02.339 --> 00:46:02.599
 and when

00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:02.739
 they

00:46:02.739 --> 00:46:03.139
 came up

00:46:03.139 --> 00:46:03.319
 out

00:46:03.319 --> 00:46:03.419
 of

00:46:03.419 --> 00:46:03.539
 the

00:46:03.539 --> 00:46:03.859
 water

00:46:03.859 --> 00:46:04.559
 the

00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:04.819
 spirit

00:46:04.819 --> 00:46:04.959
 of

00:46:04.959 --> 00:46:05.059
 the

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:05.279
 Lord

00:46:05.279 --> 00:46:05.699
 carried

00:46:05.699 --> 00:46:06.019
 Philip

00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:06.399
 away

00:46:06.399 --> 00:46:06.919
 and

00:46:06.919 --> 00:46:07.059
 the

00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:07.279
 eunuch

00:46:07.279 --> 00:46:07.619
 saw

00:46:07.619 --> 00:46:07.819
 him

00:46:07.819 --> 00:46:08.019
 no

00:46:08.019 --> 00:46:08.319
 more

00:46:08.319 --> 00:46:08.939
 and

00:46:08.939 --> 00:46:09.179
 went

00:46:09.179 --> 00:46:09.339
 on

00:46:09.339 --> 00:46:09.500
 his

00:46:09.500 --> 00:46:09.679
 way

00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:10.379
 rejoicing

00:46:10.379 --> 00:46:10.939
 but

00:46:10.939 --> 00:46:11.199
 Philip

00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:11.559
 found

00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:11.980
 himself

00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:12.159
 at

00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:12.659
 Azotus

00:46:12.659 --> 00:46:12.779
 and

00:46:12.779 --> 00:46:12.899
 he

00:46:12.899 --> 00:46:13.339
 preached

00:46:13.339 --> 00:46:15.139
 the

00:46:15.139 --> 00:46:15.439
 gospel

00:46:15.439 --> 00:46:15.639
 to

00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:15.799
 all

00:46:15.799 --> 00:46:15.939
 the

00:46:15.939 --> 00:46:16.139
 towns

00:46:16.139 --> 00:46:16.359
 until

00:46:16.359 --> 00:46:16.519
 he

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:16.759
 came

00:46:16.759 --> 00:46:16.939
 to

00:46:16.939 --> 00:46:17.339
 Caesarea

00:46:17.339 --> 00:46:18.239
 I

00:46:18.239 --> 00:46:18.439
 love

00:46:18.439 --> 00:46:18.619
 this

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:19.079
 detail

00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:19.719
 Philip

00:46:19.719 --> 00:46:20.439
 is whisked

00:46:20.439 --> 00:46:20.699
 away

00:46:20.699 --> 00:46:21.059
 by the

00:46:21.059 --> 00:46:21.219
 Holy

00:46:21.219 --> 00:46:21.500
 Spirit

00:46:21.500 --> 00:46:21.919
 as soon

00:46:21.919 --> 00:46:22.119
 as

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.259
 the

00:46:22.259 --> 00:46:22.639
 Ethiopian

00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:22.960
 eunuch

00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:23.439
 is

00:46:23.439 --> 00:46:23.859
 baptized

00:46:23.859 --> 00:46:24.659
 which

00:46:24.659 --> 00:46:25.139
 means

00:46:25.139 --> 00:46:25.699
 this

00:46:25.699 --> 00:46:26.419
 Ethiopian

00:46:26.419 --> 00:46:26.960
 eunuch

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:27.439
 was

00:46:27.439 --> 00:46:27.619
 the

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:28.199
 sole

00:46:28.199 --> 00:46:28.779
 visible

00:46:28.779 --> 00:46:29.399
 reason

00:46:29.399 --> 00:46:29.919
 why

00:46:29.919 --> 00:46:30.119
 the

00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:30.339
 Spirit

00:46:30.339 --> 00:46:30.539
 of

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:30.759
 God

00:46:30.759 --> 00:46:31.460
 commanded

00:46:31.460 --> 00:46:32.019
 Philip

00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:32.519
 to

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:32.820
 go

00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:33.420
 to

00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:33.800
 this

00:46:33.800 --> 00:46:34.539
 desert

00:46:34.539 --> 00:46:35.079
 place

00:46:35.079 --> 00:46:36.039
 to

00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:36.539
 leave

00:46:36.539 --> 00:46:36.980
 all

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:37.179
 of

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:37.679
 Samaria

00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:37.980
 that

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:38.220
 he

00:46:38.220 --> 00:46:38.380
 was

00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:38.740
 enjoying

00:46:38.740 --> 00:46:39.039
 so

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:39.260
 much

00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:39.639
 successful

00:46:39.639 --> 00:46:40.059
 ministry

00:46:40.059 --> 00:46:40.300
 and

00:46:40.300 --> 00:46:40.599
 to

00:46:40.599 --> 00:46:40.760
 go

00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:40.900
 to

00:46:40.900 --> 00:46:41.079
 this

00:46:41.079 --> 00:46:41.480
 desolate

00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:41.840
 place

00:46:41.840 --> 00:46:42.019
 to

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:42.199
 run

00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:42.420
 along

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:42.679
 this

00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:43.360
 one

00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:44.019
 chariot

00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:44.639
 to

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:44.960
 find

00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:45.360
 this

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:46.079
 one

00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:47.480
 eunuch

00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:53.240
 it's

00:46:53.240 --> 00:46:53.579
 mind

00:46:53.579 --> 00:46:54.059
 boggling

00:46:54.059 --> 00:46:58.539
 reminds

00:46:58.539 --> 00:46:58.780
 me of

00:46:58.780 --> 00:46:58.900
 the

00:46:58.900 --> 00:46:59.159
 parable

00:46:59.159 --> 00:46:59.380
 of the

00:46:59.380 --> 00:46:59.639
 lost

00:46:59.639 --> 00:46:59.980
 sheep

00:46:59.980 --> 00:47:00.199
 in

00:47:00.199 --> 00:47:00.360
 Luke

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:00.880
 15

00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:01.700
 Jesus

00:47:01.700 --> 00:47:02.400
 or

00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:02.720
 the

00:47:02.720 --> 00:47:03.000
 shepherd

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:03.300
 that's

00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:03.380
 in

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:03.480
 the

00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:03.720
 parable

00:47:03.720 --> 00:47:04.200
 leaves

00:47:04.200 --> 00:47:04.840
 the

00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:05.280
 99

00:47:05.280 --> 00:47:06.119
 sheep

00:47:06.119 --> 00:47:06.680
 behind

00:47:06.680 --> 00:47:08.160
 to

00:47:08.160 --> 00:47:08.380
 go

00:47:08.380 --> 00:47:08.619
 after

00:47:08.619 --> 00:47:08.820
 the

00:47:08.820 --> 00:47:09.220
 one

00:47:09.220 --> 00:47:10.200
 lost

00:47:10.200 --> 00:47:10.820
 sheep

00:47:10.820 --> 00:47:14.619
 it

00:47:14.619 --> 00:47:15.180
 reveals

00:47:15.180 --> 00:47:15.740
 God's

00:47:15.740 --> 00:47:16.019
 heart

00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:16.340
 for the

00:47:16.340 --> 00:47:16.740
 lost

00:47:16.740 --> 00:47:17.840
 if

00:47:17.840 --> 00:47:18.079
 you

00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:18.240
 are

00:47:18.240 --> 00:47:18.559
 here

00:47:18.559 --> 00:47:18.700
 or

00:47:18.700 --> 00:47:18.880
 you're

00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:19.200
 listening

00:47:19.200 --> 00:47:19.400
 and

00:47:19.400 --> 00:47:19.519
 you're

00:47:19.519 --> 00:47:19.760
 not

00:47:19.760 --> 00:47:19.920
 yet

00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:20.059
 a

00:47:20.059 --> 00:47:20.260
 follower

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:20.420
 of

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:20.660
 Jesus

00:47:20.660 --> 00:47:21.079
 that's

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:21.280
 not

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:21.500
 this

00:47:21.500 --> 00:47:21.640
 is

00:47:21.640 --> 00:47:21.820
 not

00:47:21.820 --> 00:47:22.079
 some

00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:22.640
 chance

00:47:22.640 --> 00:47:23.420
 event

00:47:23.420 --> 00:47:23.920
 the

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.220
 living

00:47:24.220 --> 00:47:24.680
 God

00:47:24.680 --> 00:47:24.880
 who

00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:25.579
 orchestrates

00:47:25.579 --> 00:47:25.780
 the

00:47:25.780 --> 00:47:26.200
 entire

00:47:26.200 --> 00:47:26.740
 cosmos

00:47:26.740 --> 00:47:27.440
 has

00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:27.619
 been

00:47:27.619 --> 00:47:28.039
 watching

00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:28.500
 you

00:47:28.500 --> 00:47:29.360
 has

00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:29.500
 been

00:47:29.500 --> 00:47:29.820
 caring

00:47:29.820 --> 00:47:30.220
 for

00:47:30.220 --> 00:47:30.599
 you

00:47:30.599 --> 00:47:30.839
 and

00:47:30.839 --> 00:47:31.159
 leading

00:47:31.159 --> 00:47:31.699
 you

00:47:31.699 --> 00:47:32.400
 and

00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:32.639
 paying

00:47:32.639 --> 00:47:33.099
 attention

00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:33.440
 to

00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:33.860
 you

00:47:33.860 --> 00:47:34.839
 and

00:47:34.839 --> 00:47:35.159
 wants

00:47:35.159 --> 00:47:35.400
 to

00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:35.880
 save

00:47:35.880 --> 00:47:36.759
 you

00:47:36.759 --> 00:47:43.339
 how can

00:47:43.339 --> 00:47:43.779
 this be

00:47:43.780 --> 00:47:47.540
 and

00:47:47.540 --> 00:47:47.680
 if

00:47:47.680 --> 00:47:47.880
 you're

00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:48.220
 already

00:47:48.220 --> 00:47:48.840
 a

00:47:48.840 --> 00:47:49.160
 Christian

00:47:49.160 --> 00:47:50.460
 don't

00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:50.740
 forget

00:47:50.740 --> 00:47:50.980
 this

00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:51.340
 relentless

00:47:51.340 --> 00:47:51.680
 love

00:47:51.680 --> 00:47:51.840
 of

00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:52.060
 God

00:47:52.060 --> 00:47:52.280
 for

00:47:52.280 --> 00:47:52.540
 you

00:47:52.540 --> 00:47:53.960
 you're

00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:54.160
 not

00:47:54.160 --> 00:47:54.420
 just

00:47:54.420 --> 00:47:54.860
 one

00:47:54.860 --> 00:47:55.540
 among

00:47:55.540 --> 00:47:55.780
 the

00:47:55.780 --> 00:47:56.180
 masses

00:47:56.180 --> 00:47:56.560
 that

00:47:56.560 --> 00:47:56.860
 God

00:47:56.860 --> 00:47:57.400
 saves

00:47:57.400 --> 00:47:59.720
 God

00:47:59.720 --> 00:47:59.960
 has

00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:00.600
 singled

00:48:00.600 --> 00:48:01.100
 you

00:48:01.100 --> 00:48:01.480
 out

00:48:01.480 --> 00:48:02.519
 God

00:48:02.519 --> 00:48:03.000
 knows

00:48:03.000 --> 00:48:03.280
 you

00:48:03.280 --> 00:48:03.600
 by

00:48:03.600 --> 00:48:04.100
 name

00:48:04.100 --> 00:48:04.900
 he

00:48:04.900 --> 00:48:05.160
 has

00:48:05.160 --> 00:48:05.340
 the

00:48:05.340 --> 00:48:05.700
 hairs

00:48:05.700 --> 00:48:05.940
 of

00:48:05.940 --> 00:48:06.080
 your

00:48:06.080 --> 00:48:06.420
 head

00:48:06.420 --> 00:48:07.040
 all

00:48:07.040 --> 00:48:07.519
 numbered

00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:08.180
 he

00:48:08.180 --> 00:48:08.360
 has

00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:08.840
 purchased

00:48:08.840 --> 00:48:09.120
 you

00:48:09.120 --> 00:48:09.300
 by

00:48:09.300 --> 00:48:09.519
 the

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:09.920
 precious

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.440
 blood

00:48:10.440 --> 00:48:10.940
 of

00:48:10.940 --> 00:48:11.120
 his

00:48:11.120 --> 00:48:11.519
 own

00:48:11.519 --> 00:48:12.040
 son

00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:12.559
 and

00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:12.679
 he

00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:12.880
 has

00:48:12.880 --> 00:48:13.340
 sealed

00:48:13.340 --> 00:48:13.539
 you

00:48:13.539 --> 00:48:13.739
 with

00:48:13.739 --> 00:48:14.079
 his

00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:14.559
 very

00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:15.039
 own

00:48:15.039 --> 00:48:15.400
 Holy

00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:15.900
 Spirit

00:48:15.900 --> 00:48:17.000
 to

00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:17.440
 declare

00:48:17.440 --> 00:48:18.000
 you

00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:18.800
 are

00:48:18.800 --> 00:48:19.699
 mine

00:48:19.699 --> 00:48:24.279
 when

00:48:24.279 --> 00:48:24.399
 you

00:48:24.399 --> 00:48:24.619
 know

00:48:24.619 --> 00:48:24.839
 this

00:48:24.839 --> 00:48:25.019
 good

00:48:25.019 --> 00:48:25.179
 news

00:48:25.179 --> 00:48:25.339
 of

00:48:25.339 --> 00:48:25.599
 Jesus

00:48:25.599 --> 00:48:25.859
 you

00:48:25.859 --> 00:48:26.179
 can't

00:48:26.179 --> 00:48:26.399
 help

00:48:26.399 --> 00:48:26.779
 but

00:48:26.779 --> 00:48:27.319
 rejoice

00:48:27.319 --> 00:48:28.619
 so we

00:48:28.619 --> 00:48:28.839
 see

00:48:28.839 --> 00:48:29.159
 here

00:48:29.159 --> 00:48:29.899
 verse 39

00:48:29.899 --> 00:48:30.359
 Ethiopian

00:48:30.359 --> 00:48:30.699
 eunuch

00:48:30.699 --> 00:48:31.000
 went

00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:31.339
 away

00:48:31.339 --> 00:48:32.219
 rejoicing

00:48:32.219 --> 00:48:33.119
 similar

00:48:33.119 --> 00:48:33.439
 to how

00:48:33.439 --> 00:48:33.779
 there was

00:48:33.779 --> 00:48:34.059
 much

00:48:34.059 --> 00:48:34.659
 joy

00:48:34.659 --> 00:48:35.039
 in the

00:48:35.039 --> 00:48:35.159
 city

00:48:35.159 --> 00:48:35.259
 of

00:48:35.259 --> 00:48:35.539
 Samaria

00:48:35.539 --> 00:48:35.879
 earlier

00:48:35.879 --> 00:48:36.059
 in

00:48:36.059 --> 00:48:36.219
 verse

00:48:36.219 --> 00:48:36.539
 8

00:48:36.539 --> 00:48:37.099
 when

00:48:37.099 --> 00:48:37.319
 Philip

00:48:37.319 --> 00:48:37.599
 preached

00:48:37.599 --> 00:48:37.759
 the

00:48:37.759 --> 00:48:38.019
 gospel

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:38.259
 to

00:48:38.259 --> 00:48:38.500
 them

00:48:38.500 --> 00:48:39.639
 and

00:48:39.639 --> 00:48:39.799
 when

00:48:39.799 --> 00:48:39.919
 you

00:48:39.919 --> 00:48:40.079
 know

00:48:40.079 --> 00:48:40.259
 this

00:48:40.259 --> 00:48:40.439
 good

00:48:40.439 --> 00:48:40.619
 news

00:48:40.619 --> 00:48:40.779
 of

00:48:40.779 --> 00:48:41.019
 Jesus

00:48:41.019 --> 00:48:41.239
 you

00:48:41.239 --> 00:48:41.439
 also

00:48:41.439 --> 00:48:41.839
 can't

00:48:41.839 --> 00:48:42.119
 help

00:48:42.119 --> 00:48:42.319
 but

00:48:42.319 --> 00:48:42.659
 share

00:48:42.659 --> 00:48:43.239
 it

00:48:43.239 --> 00:48:45.679
 so

00:48:45.679 --> 00:48:45.939
 Philip

00:48:45.939 --> 00:48:46.099
 is

00:48:46.099 --> 00:48:46.379
 taken

00:48:46.379 --> 00:48:46.659
 away

00:48:46.659 --> 00:48:47.099
 again

00:48:47.099 --> 00:48:47.359
 by

00:48:47.359 --> 00:48:47.480
 the

00:48:47.480 --> 00:48:47.619
 Holy

00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:47.899
 Spirit

00:48:47.899 --> 00:48:48.079
 to

00:48:48.079 --> 00:48:48.639
 Azotus

00:48:48.639 --> 00:48:48.819
 which

00:48:48.819 --> 00:48:48.940
 is

00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:49.079
 the

00:48:49.079 --> 00:48:49.519
 ancient

00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:50.799
 Philistine

00:48:50.799 --> 00:48:51.239
 capital

00:48:51.239 --> 00:48:51.559
 of

00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:52.119
 Ashdod

00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:52.819
 to

00:48:52.819 --> 00:48:53.059
 once

00:48:53.059 --> 00:48:53.239
 again

00:48:53.239 --> 00:48:53.639
 preach

00:48:53.639 --> 00:48:53.840
 the

00:48:53.840 --> 00:48:54.219
 gospel

00:48:54.219 --> 00:48:54.779
 there

00:48:54.779 --> 00:48:54.940
 to

00:48:54.940 --> 00:48:55.179
 people

00:48:55.179 --> 00:48:55.319
 who

00:48:55.319 --> 00:48:55.460
 have

00:48:55.460 --> 00:48:55.679
 not

00:48:55.679 --> 00:48:55.920
 heard

00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:56.159
 it

00:48:56.159 --> 00:48:58.900
 and

00:48:58.900 --> 00:48:59.159
 through

00:48:59.159 --> 00:48:59.319
 the

00:48:59.319 --> 00:48:59.519
 book

00:48:59.519 --> 00:48:59.659
 of

00:48:59.659 --> 00:48:59.980
 Acts

00:48:59.980 --> 00:49:00.179
 the

00:49:00.179 --> 00:49:00.420
 book

00:49:00.420 --> 00:49:00.579
 of

00:49:00.579 --> 00:49:00.779
 Acts

00:49:00.779 --> 00:49:01.139
 doesn't

00:49:01.139 --> 00:49:01.400
 self

00:49:01.400 --> 00:49:01.679
 tell

00:49:01.679 --> 00:49:01.960
 us

00:49:01.960 --> 00:49:02.619
 second

00:49:02.619 --> 00:49:03.000
 century

00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:03.299
 church

00:49:03.299 --> 00:49:03.619
 father

00:49:03.619 --> 00:49:04.279
 Irenaeus

00:49:04.279 --> 00:49:05.019
 as well

00:49:05.019 --> 00:49:05.159
 as

00:49:05.159 --> 00:49:05.299
 the

00:49:05.299 --> 00:49:05.500
 third

00:49:05.500 --> 00:49:05.860
 century

00:49:05.860 --> 00:49:06.119
 church

00:49:06.119 --> 00:49:06.519
 historian

00:49:06.519 --> 00:49:07.079
 Eusebius

00:49:07.079 --> 00:49:07.400
 both

00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:07.699
 tell

00:49:07.699 --> 00:49:07.940
 us

00:49:07.940 --> 00:49:08.400
 that

00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:08.639
 this

00:49:08.639 --> 00:49:09.219
 Ethiopian

00:49:09.219 --> 00:49:09.679
 eunuch

00:49:09.679 --> 00:49:10.199
 became

00:49:10.199 --> 00:49:10.420
 the

00:49:10.420 --> 00:49:10.719
 first

00:49:10.719 --> 00:49:11.179
 missionary

00:49:11.179 --> 00:49:11.460
 to

00:49:11.460 --> 00:49:11.900
 Ethiopia

00:49:11.900 --> 00:49:19.519
 I'm

00:49:19.519 --> 00:49:19.639
 going to

00:49:19.639 --> 00:49:19.960
 challenge

00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:20.260
 you

00:49:20.260 --> 00:49:21.039
 to do

00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:21.280
 this

00:49:21.280 --> 00:49:21.800
 one

00:49:21.800 --> 00:49:22.180
 thing

00:49:22.180 --> 00:49:23.639
 as we

00:49:23.639 --> 00:49:23.980
 close

00:49:23.980 --> 00:49:24.380
 Philip

00:49:24.380 --> 00:49:24.920
 ministered

00:49:24.920 --> 00:49:25.119
 to the

00:49:25.119 --> 00:49:25.440
 entire

00:49:25.440 --> 00:49:25.700
 city

00:49:25.700 --> 00:49:25.840
 of

00:49:25.840 --> 00:49:26.180
 Samaria

00:49:26.180 --> 00:49:26.500
 in the

00:49:26.500 --> 00:49:27.119
 previous

00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:27.619
 passage

00:49:27.619 --> 00:49:28.700
 but here

00:49:28.700 --> 00:49:29.220
 he ministers

00:49:29.220 --> 00:49:29.920
 to one

00:49:29.920 --> 00:49:30.340
 man

00:49:30.340 --> 00:49:34.340
 why don't

00:49:34.340 --> 00:49:34.760
 you start

00:49:34.760 --> 00:49:35.340
 by writing

00:49:35.340 --> 00:49:35.780
 down

00:49:35.780 --> 00:49:36.260
 in your

00:49:36.260 --> 00:49:36.660
 journals

00:49:36.660 --> 00:49:37.200
 or maybe

00:49:37.200 --> 00:49:37.460
 on a

00:49:37.460 --> 00:49:37.880
 sticky note

00:49:37.880 --> 00:49:38.079
 that you

00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:38.380
 can put

00:49:38.380 --> 00:49:38.700
 on your

00:49:38.700 --> 00:49:39.059
 desk

00:49:39.059 --> 00:49:40.440
 a name

00:49:40.440 --> 00:49:40.860
 of

00:49:40.860 --> 00:49:41.500
 one

00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:41.860
 neighbor

00:49:41.860 --> 00:49:43.719
 or one

00:49:43.719 --> 00:49:44.259
 friend

00:49:44.259 --> 00:49:45.159
 that you

00:49:45.159 --> 00:49:45.579
 can pray

00:49:45.579 --> 00:49:45.920
 for

00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:46.400
 every

00:49:46.400 --> 00:49:46.739
 day

00:49:46.739 --> 00:49:48.759
 just

00:49:48.759 --> 00:49:49.079
 one

00:49:49.079 --> 00:49:49.420
 man

00:49:49.420 --> 00:49:50.239
 one

00:49:50.239 --> 00:49:50.639
 woman

00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:54.739
 ask

00:49:54.739 --> 00:49:55.139
 God

00:49:55.139 --> 00:49:55.960
 to direct

00:49:55.960 --> 00:49:56.299
 you

00:49:56.299 --> 00:49:57.059
 as the

00:49:57.059 --> 00:49:57.360
 spirit

00:49:57.360 --> 00:49:57.840
 directed

00:49:57.840 --> 00:49:58.179
 Philip

00:49:58.179 --> 00:49:59.480
 ask

00:49:59.480 --> 00:49:59.759
 God

00:49:59.759 --> 00:49:59.900
 to

00:49:59.900 --> 00:50:00.440
 embolden

00:50:00.440 --> 00:50:00.759
 you

00:50:00.759 --> 00:50:01.139
 give

00:50:01.139 --> 00:50:01.219
 you

00:50:01.219 --> 00:50:01.599
 opportunities

00:50:01.599 --> 00:50:02.000
 to share

00:50:02.000 --> 00:50:02.500
 the gospel

00:50:02.500 --> 00:50:02.920
 with him

00:50:02.920 --> 00:50:03.320
 or her

00:50:03.320 --> 00:50:04.480
 God

00:50:04.480 --> 00:50:04.779
 will

00:50:04.779 --> 00:50:05.059
 answer

00:50:05.059 --> 00:50:05.279
 that

00:50:05.279 --> 00:50:05.519
 prayer

00:50:05.519 --> 00:50:11.699
 let's

00:50:11.699 --> 00:50:12.380
 pray

00:50:12.380 --> 00:50:12.780
 together

00:50:12.780 --> 00:50:15.579
 heavenly

00:50:15.579 --> 00:50:16.019
 father

00:50:16.019 --> 00:50:17.119
 that is

00:50:17.119 --> 00:50:17.460
 what we

00:50:17.460 --> 00:50:17.940
 desire

00:50:17.940 --> 00:50:24.019
 God

00:50:24.019 --> 00:50:24.380
 we are

00:50:24.380 --> 00:50:25.139
 overwhelmed

00:50:25.139 --> 00:50:26.759
 by the

00:50:26.759 --> 00:50:27.280
 love you

00:50:27.280 --> 00:50:27.820
 have shown

00:50:27.820 --> 00:50:28.320
 us

00:50:28.320 --> 00:50:30.519
 what

00:50:30.519 --> 00:50:31.099
 mercy

00:50:31.099 --> 00:50:35.779
 how can

00:50:35.779 --> 00:50:36.219
 it be

00:50:36.219 --> 00:50:36.480
 that

00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:36.719
 thou

00:50:36.719 --> 00:50:36.980
 my

00:50:36.980 --> 00:50:37.279
 God

00:50:37.279 --> 00:50:37.500
 should

00:50:37.500 --> 00:50:38.099
 die

00:50:38.099 --> 00:50:38.659
 for

00:50:38.659 --> 00:50:39.059
 me

00:50:39.059 --> 00:50:46.079
 that

00:50:46.079 --> 00:50:46.199
 we

00:50:46.199 --> 00:50:46.360
 should

00:50:46.360 --> 00:50:46.659
 have

00:50:46.659 --> 00:50:46.880
 an

00:50:46.880 --> 00:50:47.440
 interest

00:50:47.440 --> 00:50:48.960
 in

00:50:48.960 --> 00:50:49.179
 your

00:50:49.179 --> 00:50:49.659
 blood

00:50:49.659 --> 00:50:50.239
 being

00:50:50.239 --> 00:50:50.579
 shed

00:50:50.579 --> 00:50:50.759
 for

00:50:50.759 --> 00:50:56.599
 oh

00:50:56.599 --> 00:50:57.119
 God

00:50:57.119 --> 00:51:00.460
 don't

00:51:00.460 --> 00:51:00.940
 let

00:51:00.940 --> 00:51:01.259
 us

00:51:01.259 --> 00:51:01.579
 keep

00:51:01.579 --> 00:51:01.839
 this

00:51:01.839 --> 00:51:02.019
 to

00:51:02.019 --> 00:51:02.400
 ourselves

00:51:02.400 --> 00:51:07.239
 make

00:51:07.239 --> 00:51:07.380
 us

00:51:07.380 --> 00:51:07.539
 a

00:51:07.539 --> 00:51:07.779
 church

00:51:07.779 --> 00:51:08.019
 on

00:51:08.019 --> 00:51:08.319
 mission

00:51:08.319 --> 00:51:10.139
 to

00:51:10.139 --> 00:51:10.519
 go

00:51:10.519 --> 00:51:11.359
 to

00:51:11.359 --> 00:51:11.519
 make

00:51:11.519 --> 00:51:12.119
 disciples

00:51:12.119 --> 00:51:12.900
 to

00:51:12.900 --> 00:51:13.599
 baptize

00:51:13.599 --> 00:51:14.380
 to

00:51:14.380 --> 00:51:14.900
 teach

00:51:14.900 --> 00:51:22.019
 and as

00:51:22.019 --> 00:51:22.279
 we do

00:51:22.279 --> 00:51:22.500
 that

00:51:22.500 --> 00:51:22.699
 Lord

00:51:22.699 --> 00:51:22.980
 not

00:51:22.980 --> 00:51:23.199
 to

00:51:23.199 --> 00:51:23.619
 us

00:51:23.619 --> 00:51:24.839
 Lord

00:51:24.839 --> 00:51:25.139
 not

00:51:25.139 --> 00:51:25.400
 to

00:51:25.400 --> 00:51:25.799
 us

00:51:25.800 --> 00:51:26.420
 but

00:51:26.420 --> 00:51:26.620
 to

00:51:26.620 --> 00:51:26.960
 your

00:51:26.960 --> 00:51:27.260
 name

00:51:27.260 --> 00:51:27.480
 be

00:51:27.480 --> 00:51:27.660
 the

00:51:27.660 --> 00:51:27.980
 glory

00:51:27.980 --> 00:51:34.180
 in

00:51:34.180 --> 00:51:34.460
 Jesus

00:51:34.460 --> 00:51:34.900
 name

00:51:34.900 --> 00:51:35.080
 we

00:51:35.080 --> 00:51:35.320
 pray

00:51:35.320 --> 00:51:36.519
 amen