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 Human societies have never been a monolith in terms of ideas and religion.

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 There have always been multiple and often conflicting belief systems

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 that have been tolerated so long as they are subservient to the prevailing religion or philosophy.

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 So, example, in ancient Rome, there were many different religions,

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 but there was only one state religion that was connected to the gods and the cult of Caesar.

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 But the other religions, the other ones that were on the periphery,

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 were tolerated unless they messed with the temple economy or with peace or the sacredness of Caesar.

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 In many Muslim countries today and throughout history,

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 there have been Christians and Jews that have been tolerated so long as they pay a tax

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 and ensure that their churches or synagogues or places of worship are not higher than the local mosques,

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 and especially if proselytizing doesn't happen, evangelizing doesn't happen.

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 And here in the post-Christian West, we seem to tolerate all religions only if they are kept private.

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 They remain in a closeted state not to infringe upon our individualism and expressive personhood.

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 Or, to put it another way, as long as your religion doesn't interfere with me living my truth.

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 So the idea of living one's truth, by and large, has been seen as a positive idea in our day.

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 Folks who may have been excluded or marginalized or don't find themselves fitting

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 can find, in a sense, meaning and belonging that would be elusive otherwise.

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 But the problem with living your truth, as it often is expressed,

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 causes people to ignore the truth.

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 Truth becomes relativized.

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 This moral compromise due to moral relativism seeps in and allows this permissibility of all things

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 as long as it allows me to reach my goal.

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 As long as I have happiness or perceived happiness

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 or people look at me as a happy or fulfilled person.

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 In many ways, this is the folk religion of our day.

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 And the reason why all religions are tolerated as long as they don't infringe upon me living my truth

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 is because living my truth is, in fact, our state religion.

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 Peter and John will be arrested.

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 If you remember last week,

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 this man, he was a lame beggar from birth.

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 Acts chapter 3, he was at the beautiful gate begging for money.

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 And Peter and John walk by him.

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 He's looking for coins.

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 Peter and John get his gaze, look at him,

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 and command him in the name of Jesus to rise up and walk.

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 And he certainly does.

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 Peter takes the opportunity to proclaim that it wasn't by his hand,

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 but Christ who healed the man.

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 In fact, Jesus, whom you crucified, he says to the people,

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 in ignorance along with your leaders,

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 he bids you to repent.

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 And by the way, if you repent and turn to him,

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 your sins will be blotted out.

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 You will have times of refreshing, it says,

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 and then there will be a promise of the return of Christ to right all wrongs.

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 This is what we learned about last week in Acts chapter 3.

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 Well, Acts chapter 4 begins with them being arrested for this very act.

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 They will be interrogated.

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 And yet in this interrogation,

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 they will be bold as well as they proclaim

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 that there is no other name by which salvation can come apart from Christ.

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 But they're not arrested by just any old group.

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 It is by the Sanhedrin,

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 the religious and civic leaders of their time.

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 In fact, it's going to be by the hand of the very people

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 that arrested and sought the crucifixion of Christ.

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 Peter's sermon that he will preach to these people

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 will obliterate the idea of living your truth.

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 Something that was incredibly provocative in his day,

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 but it also is incredibly provocative in our day as well.

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 But Peter doesn't simply tear down something

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 without offering a better option,

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 because he certainly does that.

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 In fact, he will proclaim the gospel of Christ

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 to the Sanhedrin,

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 and they will be left with a decision to make.

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 What Peter will do is he will proclaim the truth,

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 not a truth.

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 If Peter is correct,

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 then moral relativism is completely wrong.

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 And if Peter is correct,

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 then other religious traditions

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 that do not confess Christ as Savior and Lord are wrong.

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 And if Peter is correct,

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 then the ethos that informs much of our political

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 and cultural leaders in this post-Christian Canada,

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 they're wrong.

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 Not just wrong in the here and now,

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 but eternally wrong.

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 So this is a hot take.

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 This is a hot take.

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 But the scriptures tell us that it is true,

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 and that it is good news for us today.

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 So our commitment to the scriptures

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 is to always walk towards the difficult passages,

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 the uncomfortable passages.

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 And this morning,

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 we'll break our text into three sections,

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 asking the question,

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 how does the gospel of Christ

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 free us from living our truth?

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 So before we jump into it,

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 let me pray and ask the Lord's blessing.

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 Lord, we come to your word this morning,

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 and we ask that you help us to come to it humbly.

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 Lord, that we would be curious people,

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 the curiosity that leads to truth.

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 And by your Holy Spirit,

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 that you would open our eyes if they need opening.

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 Lord, help us to receive

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 if we are struggling to receive.

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 We pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So I alluded to the arrest.

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 Let's read it.

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 Acts chapter 4, verses 1 to 6.

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 And as they were speaking to the people,

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 that is the apostles, Peter and John,

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 the priests and the captain of the temple

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 and the Sadducees came upon them,

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 greatly annoyed

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 because they were teaching the people

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 and proclaiming in Jesus

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 the resurrection from the dead.

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 If you remember,

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 the Sadducees were this Jewish sect

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 that did not believe in the resurrection at all.

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 They had their power base in the temple.

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 They were a very powerful group.

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 In addition to the Sadducees,

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 there were priests as well and scribes,

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 people that would comprise this Sanhedrin,

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 this ruling body.

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 Let's continue reading.

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 Verse 3.

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 And they arrested them

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 and put them in custody until the next day,

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 for it was already evening.

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 But many of those who had heard the word believed

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 and the number of the men came to about 5,000.

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 So 3,000 from the Pentecost sermon.

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 Not sure how much time has elapsed

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 between then and Acts chapter 3,

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 but another 2,000.

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 It says men.

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 Presumably there were more.

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 But here Luke tells us

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 that 5,000 people have come to faith,

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 if not more,

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 since the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost.

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 Verse 5 and 6.

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 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes

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 gathered together in Jerusalem

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 with Annas, the high priest,

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 and Caiaphas, that's his son-in-law,

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 and John and Alexander,

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 and all who were of the high priestly family.

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 The religious and civic leaders and authorities,

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 they have heard this proclamation of Christ

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 rising from the grave,

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 and they are greatly annoyed.

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 They're greatly annoyed

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 because they are people that are in power

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 and this message threatens that.

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 So we'll pick up in verse 7

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 and we'll look first at our first point.

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 I didn't tell you guys my points.

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 That's a bit of a faux pas.

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 So we'll look at the first point

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 and the first point is the good news

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 of the name of Christ.

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 So we'll look at verse 7 to 12.

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 We'll start in verse 7 here.

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 And when they had set them,

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 that is Peter and John,

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 in their midst,

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 they inquired,

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 by what power or by what name

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 did you do this?

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 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit,

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 said to them,

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 rulers of the people and elders,

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 if we are being examined today

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 concerning a good deed done to a crippled man,

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 by what means this man has been healed,

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 let it be known to all of you

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 and to all the people of Israel

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 that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,

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 whom you crucified,

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 whom God raised from the dead,

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 by him this man is standing before you well.

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 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you,

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 the builders,

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 which has become the cornerstone.

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 Much like in Mark chapter 2,

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 if you remember the story of the paralytic

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 who was lowered through the roof,

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 who was healed by Jesus,

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 much like the paralytic

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 who was healed in a way

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 to proclaim the divinity of Jesus,

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 so too the healing of the lame beggar

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 in Acts 3 testifies to Jesus' power

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 and authority over all things

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 as the conqueror of death

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 and the redeemer of mankind.

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 I mean, wonderful that the man got healed.

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 We find out at the end of this section,

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 in verse 22,

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 it was 40 years,

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 good for that guy.

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 I'm not downplaying it.

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 But it was used, in a sense,

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 to proclaim that this Christ,

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 this Jesus,

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 has risen from the grave

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 and all authority is his.

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 So, in a sense,

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 the crippled man

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 is not a prop, so to speak,

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 but a means by which

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 Christ's power and authority

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 is testified.

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 In fact, Peter says that

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 Jesus is the chief cornerstone,

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 the very foundation

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 upon which all of salvation rests.

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 Christ is the only one

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 who could win salvation,

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 for he alone

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 could both atone for the sins

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 of the world

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 and offer new life.

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 He is fully man and fully God,

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 and in the incarnation,

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 he bridges the gap

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 between sinful humanity

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 and the perfect,

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 all-powerful God.

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 This is what Jesus does.

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 Verse 12 hammers this home

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 all the more.

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 This is what it says,

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 and there is salvation

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 in no one else,

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 for there is no other name

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 under heaven

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 given among men

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 by which we must be saved.

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 There's no other name.

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 That's what they say.

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 No other system of belief,

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 no amount of financial

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 or career success,

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 no amount of charitable giving,

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 no amount of good,

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 important self-help,

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 no other vision of utopia,

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 no other religion,

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 no other truth,

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 no other Savior,

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 nothing under the sun

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 apart from Christ

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 can win us salvation.

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 That's what Peter is saying.

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 Very provocative thing to say.

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 He's saying to the Sanhedrin,

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 all of the hard work,

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 in a sense,

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 that you have done

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 to secure your family

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 as a high priestly family

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 in the temple,

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 all of the hard work

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 you've done

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 to consolidate your power,

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 to know the Scriptures

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 inside and out,

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 to devote your life to it,

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 it's not going to save you.

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 Only the name of Christ

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 can bring salvation.

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 This is an uncomfortable truth

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 for a city like ours,

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 is it not?

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 Ours is a city

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 made up of multiple religions,

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 multiple spiritualities,

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 multiple belief systems.

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 So to say that it is only

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 Jesus' name and no other,

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 I mean,

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 that's a very uncomfortable

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 thing to say.

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 I maybe caution you

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 from going around

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 and just blurting it out

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 everywhere,

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 tact is an important aspect

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 of being a respectable

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 human being,

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 but nevertheless,

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 there is only one name

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 that brings salvation.

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 So to say that,

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 in a sense,

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 it's only Jesus' name

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 is to claim that

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 everything else

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 that claims salvation

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 or some kind of salvific

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 end or some kind of utopia

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 like heaven

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 is false.

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 but as uncomfortable

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 as this is,

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 it's still very good news.

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 How?

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 To say that there is no hope

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 of salvation

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 apart from Christ

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 is to recognize

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 that although humanity

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 is capable of great things,

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 it's this doctrine

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 of common grace,

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 it's very important.

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 Humanity's capable

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 of many great things.

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 The one thing

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 that we are incapable of

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 is solving the problem

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 of evil,

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 the prevalence

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 of disease and death

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 and the problem

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 of sin and shame.

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 We are incapable

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 of solving this problem.

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 We put balm on it.

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 We deal with the symptoms

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 and that's not a bad thing

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 necessarily,

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 but we can't deal

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 with the root issue.

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 We just can't get clear

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 of these things

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 no matter how hard we try,

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 no matter how ingenious

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 our innovations are,

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 we can't conquer

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 the unconquerable.

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 The idea isn't unique

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 to Christianity.

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 Other faiths

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 can recognize this,

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 that there's a big problem

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 in a sense.

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 Maybe they think

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 that they see it

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 as a glaring issue.

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 There's some similarities.

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 However,

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 only Christianity

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 contends that

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 the solution

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 for this

00:14:41.479 --> 00:14:43.279
 unconquerable issue

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 does not reside in us,

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 in our willpower,

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 our strength,

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 our ability

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 to pull up our bootstraps,

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 to manifest it

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 if we speak it

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 into the universe.

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 We cannot do it

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 and only Christianity

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 contends

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 that salvation

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 must be

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 from Christ alone.

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 And this salvation

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 in a sense

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 is this marriage

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 between justice

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 and mercy.

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 It's an expression

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 of God's divine love

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 and only something

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 that God himself

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 can do

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 so that God,

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 the Son of God,

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 he unites himself

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 to mankind

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 in the person of Jesus,

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 fully man

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 and fully God

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 so that in Christ

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 all the justice

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 is poured out

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 on mankind

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 as our representative,

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 fully man.

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 And all of the mercy

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 that ought to be

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 extended

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 in a sense

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 to us

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 is given.

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 That we get

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 the place of Christ

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 even though

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 we don't deserve it.

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 Friends,

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 this is called

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 the doctrine of grace.

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 This is what

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 Peter is referring to

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 when he calls Christ

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 the chief cornerstone.

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 And he's the chief

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 cornerstone

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 because he can withstand

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 the weight

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 of our sin

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 and our fear

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 and our self-righteousness

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 and the pride

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 that bubbles up

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 inside of us

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 every single day.

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 Imagine a home

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 whose foundation

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 is made

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 of reinforced concrete

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 with rebar,

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 the best materials,

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 for that foundation.

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 It's built strong

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 and to last.

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 In many ways

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 this building

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 is a testament

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 to a good foundation.

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 It has lasted.

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 The capstone

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 says 1888.

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 It's capable

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 of withstanding

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 many tons

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 of material,

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 many years

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 of wear.

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 And consider

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 a foundation

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 that's built of

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 and I'm trying

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 to think of something

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 that is brittle,

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 like the most brittle.

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 Imagine a foundation

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 that is made

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 of dried

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 angel hair pasta.

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 Is there something

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 more brittle?

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 One brick,

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 the thing,

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 crack,

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 crack,

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 crack,

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 crack,

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 crack,

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 it's done,

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 it's gone.

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 Our best efforts,

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 our best attempts

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 at perfect religion

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 and modern visions

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 of utopia

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 brought about

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 by our own hand

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 are as capable

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 of extending

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 eternal salvation

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 to us

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 as the angel hair

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 foundation

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 is capable

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 of supporting

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 brick and mortar.

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 Christ and Christ

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 alone is the

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 cornerstone.

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 He is the foundation.

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 He is the only one

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 that can withstand

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 life.

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 He is the only one

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 who can extend

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 salvation.

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 This is what Peter

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 is sharing

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 with the religious

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 establishment.

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 The very ones

00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:22.519
 who control

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 religious life

00:17:23.379 --> 00:17:23.879
 in Jerusalem

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 and all of Israel.

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 Peter isn't just

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 exposing them

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 in a sense

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 to how

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.839
 misguided

00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:31.359
 they are.

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 He's not just

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 tearing down

00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:33.299
 their worldview

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 but he is inviting

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 them into the truth

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 to trust in Christ,

00:17:38.699 --> 00:17:39.679
 the hope of Israel,

00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:41.439
 the prophesied Messiah

00:17:41.439 --> 00:17:43.439
 that they would have

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 heard about

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 and read about

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 and in a sense

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 devoted their life

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 to seeing.

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 And if you remember

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 in Acts chapter 3

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 Peter,

00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:52.899
 speaking to

00:17:52.899 --> 00:17:53.740
 the crowd,

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 said that

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 the crowd

00:17:55.439 --> 00:17:56.119
 crucified

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 Jesus

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 and their leaders

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 but it was done

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 in ignorance.

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 That's what he says.

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 I believe it's

00:18:02.939 --> 00:18:03.639
 verse 16

00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:04.759
 of Acts chapter 3.

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 It was done

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 in ignorance.

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 Well now

00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:08.019
 they know

00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:09.220
 and now

00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:10.000
 they have proof

00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:11.059
 in a sense

00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:12.419
 because this man

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 is standing right there.

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 Who else

00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:15.139
 can heal

00:18:15.139 --> 00:18:15.899
 a man

00:18:15.899 --> 00:18:16.539
 that everybody

00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:17.220
 in the temple

00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:17.659
 precinct

00:18:17.659 --> 00:18:18.139
 would have known?

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 40 years crippled,

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 how long

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 he was begging,

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 now he's standing

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:22.799
 there and he's

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.299
 strong.

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 How can they

00:18:24.959 --> 00:18:25.559
 deny it?

00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.559
 And Peter and John

00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:27.279
 are attributing it

00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:28.279
 to Jesus

00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:29.599
 because he rose

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 from the dead

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 because he's

00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:31.440
 the creator

00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:31.899
 of life

00:18:31.899 --> 00:18:33.299
 because this man

00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:34.879
 is also God

00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:36.099
 and salvation

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:36.859
 has come.

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 They're not

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.259
 ignorant anymore,

00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.660
 are they?

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 They're not

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:39.879
 ignorant anymore,

00:18:39.879 --> 00:18:41.779
 are they?

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 Verse 13 and 14

00:18:46.399 --> 00:18:47.039
 says this,

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 Now when they,

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 that is,

00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:51.119
 the members

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 of the council

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:53.159
 or the Sanhedrin,

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 Now when they

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 saw the boldness

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.299
 of Peter and John

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 and perceived

00:18:56.879 --> 00:18:57.519
 that they were

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.899
 uneducated common men,

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 they were astonished

00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:01.420
 and they recognized

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:02.339
 that they had been

00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:03.079
 with Jesus.

00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:04.980
 But seeing the man

00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.579
 who was healed

00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:06.759
 standing beside them,

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.700
 they had nothing

00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:09.200
 to say in opposition.

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 What will they do?

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 This brings us

00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:13.720
 to the second point,

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:15.019
 the problem of pride.

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:19.319
 If the members

00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:20.059
 of the Sanhedrin

00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:20.559
 were to believe

00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.079
 in Christ,

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:23.159
 it would undoubtedly

00:19:23.159 --> 00:19:24.599
 mean a loss

00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:26.099
 of their prestige.

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 It would mean

00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.359
 that they would

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:27.819
 have to admit

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.599
 that they were wrong

00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:30.859
 in putting Christ

00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:31.319
 to death

00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:33.399
 because you don't

00:19:33.399 --> 00:19:34.559
 crucify the Messiah.

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 They would have

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:38.039
 to, in a sense,

00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:39.799
 lose their standing

00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.619
 in the community,

00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:42.279
 their perks,

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.319
 their money,

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.720
 everything,

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.680
 in a sense,

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.599
 that they held

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.619
 dear,

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.980
 not to mention

00:19:48.980 --> 00:19:51.139
 that their religious

00:19:51.139 --> 00:19:52.879
 and civic duties

00:19:52.879 --> 00:19:54.039
 would likely

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:55.299
 cease to be.

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.539
 It would cost them

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:56.879
 a lot.

00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:59.339
 No more kickbacks,

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.319
 no more honor.

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.619
 Instead,

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.119
 they would have

00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:03.180
 to follow the leadership

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:05.159
 of these uneducated

00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:05.720
 commoners.

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 Whether or not

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.259
 they could read,

00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.099
 I mean,

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.339
 it's flip a coin,

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:09.700
 maybe,

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.319
 maybe not.

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.319
 Unlikely

00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:12.659
 that these fishermen

00:20:12.659 --> 00:20:13.139
 could read.

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:13.659
 They would likely

00:20:13.659 --> 00:20:14.259
 have heard

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:15.180
 the Bible

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.579
 read,

00:20:16.379 --> 00:20:17.079
 maybe they could.

00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:19.539
 The text doesn't say it,

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:20.019
 it just says that

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:21.200
 they are uneducated

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 commoners.

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:25.160
 But Jesus chose

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:26.660
 them,

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:28.279
 he saved them,

00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:29.039
 he chose them,

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.859
 and he chose them

00:20:29.859 --> 00:20:30.640
 also to lead

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 his church.

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 And in a sense,

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 worse than all

00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:35.359
 of the things

00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:35.660
 that they would

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.839
 have to lose,

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.240
 they would have

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:37.599
 to follow

00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.379
 those guys.

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 These were the

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:39.960
 religious

00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:41.700
 and civic elites,

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.299
 these were the

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.200
 educated folk,

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:43.660
 and they would

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.220
 have to follow

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:45.059
 fishermen from

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 the Galilee.

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 If you remember

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.259
 in Acts chapter 2,

00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:49.380
 they were made

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:50.559
 fun of because

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.819
 they were Galileans,

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:53.000
 they're low status,

00:20:53.600 --> 00:20:54.240
 and yet these

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.920
 are the people

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:56.720
 that we would

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.680
 have to follow,

00:20:58.100 --> 00:20:58.819
 let alone

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.940
 follow Christ

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.400
 who we had

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:01.880
 crucified.

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 So what

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.519
 did they do?

00:21:06.080 --> 00:21:06.900
 Let's look at

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:08.140
 verse 15 to 18.

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 But when they

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.200
 had commanded

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.759
 them to leave

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.319
 the council,

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.799
 they conferred

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.380
 with one another,

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 saying,

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 What shall we

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.380
 do with these

00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:15.660
 men?

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.220
 For that a

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:18.100
 notable sign

00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:18.559
 has been

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.420
 performed through

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.319
 them is evident

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:21.000
 to all the

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.740
 inhabitants of

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.080
 Jerusalem,

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 and we cannot

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.259
 deny it.

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 But in order

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.360
 that it may

00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:27.360
 spread no further

00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:27.880
 among the

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:28.240
 people,

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 let us warn

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.559
 them to speak

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.680
 no more to

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 anyone in

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:32.840
 this name.

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 So they called

00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.480
 them and charged

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 them not to

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:36.180
 speak or teach

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.940
 at all in the

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.600
 name of Jesus.

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 this little bit

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:43.879
 from verse 15

00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:44.339
 to 18,

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 it helps us

00:21:45.699 --> 00:21:46.139
 to understand

00:21:46.139 --> 00:21:46.839
 a very important

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.199
 truth.

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.379
 Unbelief

00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:50.639
 is not

00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:51.899
 an issue

00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:52.500
 merely

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.719
 of

00:21:53.719 --> 00:21:57.259
 considering

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:58.199
 facts

00:21:58.199 --> 00:21:58.539
 and then

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:58.759
 making

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.259
 decisions,

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 weighing

00:21:59.959 --> 00:22:01.099
 truth

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:02.539
 and lies

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.079
 or

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:05.099
 likelihoods

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.259
 or

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.099
 rationality.

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.399
 Unbelief

00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:08.159
 isn't

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:08.960
 an issue

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.659
 of just

00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:10.259
 confronting,

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:10.899
 in a sense,

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.680
 our

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:13.779
 presuppositions.

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:16.619
 But rather,

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.740
 unbelief

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.579
 is the

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.139
 decision

00:22:19.139 --> 00:22:20.460
 to forsake

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.139
 Christ and

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:21.759
 hold fast

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.180
 to one's

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.619
 belief and

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.159
 way of life.

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 The evidence

00:22:25.899 --> 00:22:26.359
 is here.

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.359
 These are

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:28.420
 educated people.

00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:29.839
 Maybe they

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.159
 would have

00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.799
 known the

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.139
 scriptures

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:32.220
 that would

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.900
 have said,

00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:33.779
 in a sense,

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.019
 when the

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:35.100
 Messiah would

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.480
 come,

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.319
 that the

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.640
 lame would

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.000
 walk.

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.259
 Or they

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.759
 would know

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.900
 that Jesus

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.660
 would open

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.079
 the eyes

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.559
 of the blind

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:42.980
 and remember

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.440
 the scriptures

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.180
 that prophesied

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.579
 the blind

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.019
 would see.

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.579
 Or they

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.039
 would have

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.380
 in their

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:48.860
 minds

00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:50.100
 the four

00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:50.839
 servant

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.620
 songs of

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.059
 Isaiah

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.660
 culminating

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.059
 in Isaiah

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.680
 53,

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:54.839
 that it

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.839
 pleased God

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.960
 to pour

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.220
 out his

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.839
 wrath on

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.480
 his servant.

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:01.019
 They have

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.640
 the evidence

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:03.400
 and yet

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.700
 evidence is

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.060
 not enough.

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.560
 Evidence is

00:23:05.560 --> 00:23:06.040
 important.

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.240
 It's very

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.660
 important.

00:23:08.300 --> 00:23:08.940
 Many people

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.540
 have come to

00:23:09.540 --> 00:23:10.100
 faith through

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:10.880
 excellent

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:12.240
 ministries of

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.100
 apologetics,

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.680
 looking at

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.540
 the legitimacy

00:23:14.540 --> 00:23:16.100
 of the

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.900
 Bible and

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:18.320
 the facts

00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:18.640
 on the

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.100
 ground of

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:20.420
 the eyewitnesses

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:20.640
 of the

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.240
 resurrection of

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.740
 the Christ.

00:23:22.780 --> 00:23:24.360
 But facts

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:24.880
 clearly

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:26.460
 aren't

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:26.880
 enough.

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:28.420
 unbelief

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.780
 here

00:23:28.780 --> 00:23:30.160
 is the

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.840
 decision to

00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.220
 forsake

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.800
 Christ and

00:23:31.800 --> 00:23:32.360
 hold fast

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:33.660
 to one's

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.120
 beliefs,

00:23:34.260 --> 00:23:34.500
 one's

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.020
 worldview

00:23:35.020 --> 00:23:35.980
 and way

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.360
 of life,

00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:36.900
 to remain

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.440
 on, in

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.720
 a sense,

00:23:37.780 --> 00:23:38.240
 the throne

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.500
 of our

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:38.860
 own little

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:39.620
 mini-kingdom,

00:23:40.300 --> 00:23:40.780
 to not let

00:23:40.780 --> 00:23:41.740
 Christ himself

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.680
 take his

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.420
 rightful spot.

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.660
 Unbelief is

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.260
 the result of

00:23:46.260 --> 00:23:46.800
 pride and

00:23:46.800 --> 00:23:47.240
 it's a

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.680
 dangerous,

00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:48.120
 dangerous

00:23:48.120 --> 00:23:48.440
 thing.

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.820
 If the

00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:50.460
 Sanhedrin,

00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:51.180
 like I

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.420
 mentioned,

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.940
 admitted that

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.520
 Jesus was

00:23:52.520 --> 00:23:52.940
 truly the

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.380
 Messiah,

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.540
 they would

00:23:54.540 --> 00:23:55.020
 admit,

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.880
 have to admit

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.300
 to take

00:23:56.300 --> 00:23:56.860
 the blame

00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:57.700
 and put

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.360
 Christ on

00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:58.820
 the cross.

00:23:59.080 --> 00:24:01.320
 But if

00:24:01.320 --> 00:24:01.680
 they did

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:01.840
 that,

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.100
 they would

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.580
 have understood

00:24:02.580 --> 00:24:02.920
 that this

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.340
 was God's

00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:03.880
 plan all

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.760
 along and

00:24:04.760 --> 00:24:06.160
 that forgiveness

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:08.840
 was offered to

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:09.420
 them if they

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.000
 would have only

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.540
 repented.

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.200
 But they

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.540
 would have had

00:24:12.540 --> 00:24:13.160
 to eat crow.

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.040
 They would

00:24:15.040 --> 00:24:15.400
 have had to

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:15.880
 take a humble

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.360
 position.

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.500
 They would

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:17.980
 lose the

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.480
 things that

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:18.860
 they held

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.320
 on to.

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:19.960
 You see,

00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:21.260
 unbelief is

00:24:21.260 --> 00:24:21.900
 a result of

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.400
 pride,

00:24:22.540 --> 00:24:23.020
 primarily.

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:24.720
 They do

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.300
 not understand

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:26.099
 the grandeur

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.339
 and the

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:27.259
 great benefit

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.879
 of God

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.480
 and especially

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.319
 not in

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.180
 Jesus Christ

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:31.099
 for all

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:31.539
 they see

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.319
 is loss.

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.379
 It's loss.

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:33.919
 It costs

00:24:33.919 --> 00:24:34.480
 too much.

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:35.139
 I will

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.579
 not,

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.539
 it might

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.079
 even sound

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.279
 good,

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:37.579
 but I'm

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:37.940
 not going

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.119
 to go

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.419
 for it

00:24:38.419 --> 00:24:38.659
 because I'm

00:24:38.659 --> 00:24:38.799
 going to

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.259
 lose too

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.599
 much.

00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:41.240
 I'm

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.319
 going to

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.480
 have to

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.879
 confess

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:42.460
 too much.

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.619
 Do we

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.079
 not struggle

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.500
 with this

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:48.720
 kind of

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.159
 unbelief?

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.019
 Do we

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.259
 not,

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.240
 as Christians,

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:53.859
 in a sense,

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.799
 want to

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.299
 submit our

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:55.779
 lives to

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.359
 Christ and

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.039
 to follow

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.379
 him,

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.779
 but there's

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.240
 a pride

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.699
 that wells

00:24:59.699 --> 00:25:00.039
 up in

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.379
 us that

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:00.719
 says,

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.299
 surely he's

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.619
 not good

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:02.939
 enough.

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.799
 Whatever I

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.579
 will lose,

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.579
 he will not

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.139
 give me

00:25:08.139 --> 00:25:08.699
 more.

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.839
 He will not

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.959
 fulfill me in

00:25:11.959 --> 00:25:12.479
 the ways that I

00:25:12.479 --> 00:25:12.859
 need to be

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.119
 fulfilled.

00:25:13.199 --> 00:25:14.279
 If I confess

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.019
 my sins,

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.959
 I will be

00:25:16.959 --> 00:25:17.859
 exposed as a

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.039
 sinner.

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.299
 Friends,

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.639
 this is my

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.060
 heart.

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.940
 This is what's

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.759
 going on inside

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.259
 of your

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.680
 pastor.

00:25:26.040 --> 00:25:26.600
 I'm sure it's

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.460
 going on inside

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:27.820
 of you.

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.820
 There's a

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.700
 pride that is

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:31.060
 inherent in

00:25:31.060 --> 00:25:31.680
 humanity.

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.940
 We struggle

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.880
 with unbelief.

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.920
 It's because

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.600
 of pride.

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.740
 We may think

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.580
 Jesus is a

00:25:38.580 --> 00:25:39.220
 great leader

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:40.160
 and a moral

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.680
 authority,

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.320
 but if he

00:25:41.320 --> 00:25:41.740
 isn't the

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.200
 Christ,

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.540
 then he is

00:25:43.540 --> 00:25:44.400
 nothing and

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:45.040
 has no claim

00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:45.820
 on our lives.

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.320
 But if he

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:46.740
 is,

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:47.860
 friends,

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.720
 he requires

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.320
 everything.

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.700
 That is hard.

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:52.559
 And it

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.819
 is a

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.380
 hard thing,

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.580
 especially if

00:25:54.580 --> 00:25:54.840
 we are

00:25:54.840 --> 00:25:55.500
 enjoying the

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.140
 bliss and

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:57.200
 benefit of

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.980
 false saviors.

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.940
 Not bad

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.279
 things,

00:25:59.360 --> 00:25:59.779
 but things

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.460
 that are

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.380
 improperly

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.960
 ordered in

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.500
 our lives,

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:02.940
 that take

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.700
 precedent,

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.240
 that take

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.140
 priority over

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.580
 Christ.

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.920
 But these

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.259
 things are

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.100
 momentary and

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.500
 fleeting,

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.779
 and I'll

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.200
 tell you,

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.660
 according to

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.200
 the scriptures,

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:13.200
 and I'm

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.779
 sure if we

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.279
 had a time

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.880
 of testimony,

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.580
 people could

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.700
 stand up and

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.019
 share.

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.319
 Whatever you

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.000
 have lost for

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.460
 Christ,

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.019
 where you

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:21.140
 say in

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.559
 humility,

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.340
 by God's

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:22.740
 strength,

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.740
 I'm giving

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.180
 this to

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.480
 you,

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.819
 has he

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.680
 not given

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.579
 you abundantly

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.940
 more than

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.519
 whatever you

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.200
 have lost?

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.340
 And once

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:33.799
 again,

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.559
 friends,

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:36.160
 it is hard,

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.779
 we understand

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.360
 this,

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:40.720
 but I

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.120
 want to

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.980
 share with

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.940
 you another

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.620
 religious leader

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.420
 who,

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:44.920
 unlike the

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.559
 Sanhedrin,

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:46.840
 encountered

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:48.100
 Christ and

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.880
 laid his

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.920
 life down

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.860
 for his

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.200
 Savior.

00:26:51.560 --> 00:26:51.760
 And this

00:26:51.760 --> 00:26:52.400
 is the

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.040
 Apostle Paul

00:26:53.040 --> 00:26:53.980
 in Philippians

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.680
 chapter 3,

00:26:54.800 --> 00:26:55.800
 4 to 11.

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.340
 This is what

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.820
 he says,

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.380
 Though I

00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:00.000
 myself have

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.500
 reason for

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.140
 confidence in

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.620
 the flesh,

00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:02.580
 if anyone

00:27:02.580 --> 00:27:03.360
 else thinks he

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:04.000
 has reason for

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.600
 confidence in

00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:04.940
 the flesh,

00:27:05.020 --> 00:27:05.500
 I have more.

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.600
 Here's his

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.040
 religious

00:27:07.040 --> 00:27:07.680
 credentials.

00:27:09.060 --> 00:27:09.780
 Circumcised on

00:27:09.780 --> 00:27:10.360
 the eighth day

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:10.820
 of the people

00:27:10.820 --> 00:27:11.340
 of Israel,

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.100
 the tribe of

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.480
 Benjamin,

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.800
 a Hebrew of

00:27:13.800 --> 00:27:14.300
 Hebrews,

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.480
 as to the

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:15.880
 law of

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.480
 Pharisee,

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.339
 as to

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.839
 zeal,

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.059
 a persecutor

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.319
 of the

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.559
 church,

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.680
 as to

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.180
 righteousness

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.900
 under the

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.160
 law,

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.000
 blameless,

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.420
 but whatever

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.480
 gain I

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:25.960
 had I

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.539
 counted as

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.339
 lost for

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.640
 the sake

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:28.019
 of Christ.

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.220
 Verse 8,

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.299
 Indeed I

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.900
 count everything

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.539
 as lost

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.480
 because of

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.380
 the surpassing

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.880
 worth of

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.519
 knowing Christ

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.180
 Jesus my

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.460
 Lord.

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:37.099
 For his

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.599
 sake I

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.059
 have suffered

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.480
 the loss

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.839
 of all

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.380
 things and

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:39.900
 count them

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.640
 as rubbish

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.480
 in order

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.039
 that I

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.640
 may gain

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.220
 Christ and

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.620
 be found

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:43.980
 in him.

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:45.059
 not having

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.640
 a righteousness

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.180
 of my

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.819
 own that

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.259
 comes from

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.819
 the law

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.960
 but that

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.519
 which comes

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.120
 through faith

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.819
 in Christ,

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.200
 the righteous,

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.319
 the righteousness

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.960
 from God

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.519
 that depends

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.019
 on faith,

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:55.860
 that I

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.299
 may know

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.079
 him and

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.539
 the power

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:57.779
 of his

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.259
 resurrection

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.660
 and may

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.640
 share his

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.120
 sufferings

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.779
 becoming like

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.559
 him in

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.039
 his death,

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.880
 that by any

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.700
 means possible

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:05.180
 I may attain

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.740
 the resurrection

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.200
 from the

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.420
 dead.

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.240
 Verse 8,

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.279
 Indeed I

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.960
 count everything

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.640
 as lost

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.180
 because of

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.940
 the surpassing

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.860
 worth of

00:28:11.860 --> 00:28:12.620
 knowing Christ

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.939
 Jesus my

00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:14.339
 Lord.

00:28:15.739 --> 00:28:16.299
 Whatever you

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.959
 lose,

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.659
 you gain

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.279
 in Christ

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:21.279
 because you

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.739
 are now

00:28:21.739 --> 00:28:22.819
 connected to

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.099
 the very

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.539
 one who

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:23.919
 created

00:28:23.919 --> 00:28:24.639
 everything

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.799
 and it

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.319
 does not

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.539
 have an

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.399
 expiry date.

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.519
 It doesn't

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.959
 rust,

00:28:29.179 --> 00:28:29.959
 it doesn't

00:28:29.959 --> 00:28:30.959
 grow mold,

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.739
 your relationship

00:28:31.739 --> 00:28:32.299
 with Christ

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.859
 is eternal.

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.599
 His grip

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.299
 on you

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:36.439
 is way

00:28:36.439 --> 00:28:37.079
 stronger than

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.619
 your grip

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.039
 on him

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.299
 and he

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.659
 will not

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:38.979
 let you

00:28:38.979 --> 00:28:39.199
 go.

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:44.019
 Pride

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.479
 is a

00:28:44.479 --> 00:28:44.759
 killer

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.419
 for it

00:28:45.419 --> 00:28:45.979
 ignores

00:28:45.979 --> 00:28:47.239
 the truth

00:28:47.239 --> 00:28:48.239
 but if

00:28:48.239 --> 00:28:48.819
 we receive

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.279
 the message

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.979
 with humility

00:28:49.979 --> 00:28:51.239
 ours is

00:28:51.239 --> 00:28:51.699
 the kingdom.

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.759
 It really

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.439
 truly is.

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:54.959
 So how

00:28:54.959 --> 00:28:55.399
 then do

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.839
 we overcome

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.339
 our pride?

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.000
 How does

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.359
 Peter,

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:58.879
 John,

00:28:58.959 --> 00:28:59.279
 and now

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.919
 we see

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.579
 the Apostle

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:00.899
 Paul,

00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:01.879
 how do

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.199
 they say

00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:02.639
 yes to

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:02.939
 Christ

00:29:02.939 --> 00:29:03.459
 even though

00:29:03.459 --> 00:29:03.879
 it costs

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.359
 them greatly

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:04.739
 but the

00:29:04.739 --> 00:29:05.199
 members of

00:29:05.199 --> 00:29:05.859
 the Sanhedrin

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.579
 they say

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.419
 no at

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:07.899
 their eternal

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.259
 peril.

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.339
 This is

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.679
 the last

00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:10.019
 point.

00:29:10.719 --> 00:29:10.959
 This is

00:29:10.959 --> 00:29:11.399
 the spirit

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:11.739
 of truth.

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.079
 Look with

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.279
 me.

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.239
 At the

00:29:13.239 --> 00:29:13.699
 text once

00:29:13.699 --> 00:29:13.919
 more,

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.599
 verse 18

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.119
 and following.

00:29:15.979 --> 00:29:16.359
 So they

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:19.019
 called them

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.859
 and charged

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.539
 them not

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.039
 to speak

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.559
 or teach

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.399
 at all

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:22.679
 in the

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:22.979
 name of

00:29:22.979 --> 00:29:23.279
 Jesus.

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.899
 But Peter

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.639
 and John

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.319
 answered them,

00:29:26.979 --> 00:29:27.599
 whether it

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.059
 is right

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.539
 in the sight

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.959
 of God

00:29:28.959 --> 00:29:29.399
 to listen

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:29.859
 to you

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.439
 rather than

00:29:30.439 --> 00:29:31.479
 to God

00:29:31.479 --> 00:29:31.899
 you must

00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:32.259
 judge

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.379
 for we

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:33.559
 cannot

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.179
 but speak

00:29:34.179 --> 00:29:34.519
 of what

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.819
 we have

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.119
 seen

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.539
 and heard.

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.479
 And when

00:29:37.479 --> 00:29:37.959
 they had

00:29:37.959 --> 00:29:38.379
 further

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:38.699
 threatened

00:29:38.699 --> 00:29:38.879
 them

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.199
 they let

00:29:39.199 --> 00:29:39.579
 them go

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.000
 finding

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.359
 no way

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.779
 to punish

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.039
 them

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:42.159
 because of

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.500
 the people

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.019
 for all

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.580
 were praising

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:44.680
 God for

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.180
 what had

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.620
 happened.

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.700
 Look at

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.400
 that boldness.

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.500
 You judge

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.960
 whether it

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.279
 is right

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.600
 for us

00:29:51.600 --> 00:29:51.920
 to listen

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.220
 to you

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.680
 or God

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:52.960
 Peter

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.380
 says to

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:53.580
 them.

00:29:54.540 --> 00:29:56.580
 That takes

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:57.240
 some chutzpah

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.720
 that takes

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:59.580
 some real

00:29:59.580 --> 00:30:00.279
 boldness.

00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:02.259
 But we

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.740
 must remember

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.180
 this is the

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.660
 same Peter

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.400
 okay just

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.900
 pause for a

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.259
 second think

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.759
 about this.

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:07.019
 Peter and

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.519
 John are

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.200
 before the

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.759
 entire

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.400
 religious

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:10.100
 establishment

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:11.420
 and they

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.740
 are saying

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.059
 listen

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:13.400
 if it's

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:13.779
 between

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.660
 you

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.660
 or God

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.160
 I'm

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.440
 listening

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:16.920
 to God.

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.539
 This is

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:18.940
 the same

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.580
 Peter who

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:21.259
 a few

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:22.700
 weeks prior

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.660
 couldn't

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.480
 muster up

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.360
 enough courage

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:26.759
 to confront

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.279
 and stand

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.900
 for Christ

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:29.120
 in the face

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:29.880
 of a servant

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:31.100
 girl in

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.539
 the high

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.940
 priest's

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.319
 courtyard.

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:36.279
 How on

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.720
 earth is

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.079
 this the

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.679
 same person?

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:39.700
 How does

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.839
 Peter have

00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:41.759
 this kind

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.519
 of boldness?

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.179
 Remember

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:44.139
 this isn't

00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:44.599
 just the

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:45.000
 scary

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.799
 Sanhedrin

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.159
 who has

00:30:46.159 --> 00:30:46.359
 a lot

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:46.879
 of power

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:48.819
 this is

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.599
 the scary

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.259
 Sanhedrin

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.359
 that crucified

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.980
 Christ.

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.759
 Would they

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.339
 be crucified

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.919
 as well?

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.379
 I mean

00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:56.819
 we have

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.200
 the second

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:58.399
 part of

00:30:58.399 --> 00:31:00.359
 chapter 4

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.700
 we know

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.019
 that they

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.339
 don't get

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:01.779
 crucified

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:03.579
 but what

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.000
 would stop

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.619
 the Sanhedrin

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.279
 from stringing

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.660
 these guys

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.200
 up as well?

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.539
 They had

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:06.980
 no idea

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.299
 what was

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:07.500
 going to

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.720
 happen

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.319
 yet we

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.920
 see this

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.480
 incredible

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.599
 boldness

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:13.379
 confidence

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:14.279
 so much

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.779
 so that it

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.119
 says that

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.859
 the leaders

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.899
 were astonished

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.619
 what accounts

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.000
 for this

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.799
 change?

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.740
 Verse 7

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.119
 if you want

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.720
 to turn

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.119
 back

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:22.139
 verses 7

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:22.440
 and 8

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.759
 it says

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.160
 this

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:24.420
 and when

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.720
 they had

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.359
 set them

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.079
 in the

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.359
 midst

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:26.940
 they inquired

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.299
 by what

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.720
 power

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.139
 or by

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.359
 what

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:28.839
 name

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.220
 did you

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.740
 do this?

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.579
 Then Peter

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.500
 filled with

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.880
 the Holy

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.279
 Spirit

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.339
 said to

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.559
 them

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.160
 and then

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:34.460
 he goes

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.740
 on

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:36.220
 the act

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.539
 of coming

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:36.960
 to faith

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.519
 is a gift

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.420
 of God

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.799
 himself

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.539
 and when

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.039
 that happens

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.519
 the Holy

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.000
 Spirit

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.559
 sets up

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:42.200
 shop inside

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.859
 of our

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.500
 very soul

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.319
 resides

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:45.240
 inside of

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.660
 us

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.880
 enlivening

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.279
 us to

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.660
 grow

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:49.279
 in our

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.740
 love and

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.359
 affection of

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:50.660
 Christ

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.700
 teaching us

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.839
 truth

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:54.980
 properly

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.619
 ordering

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.839
 the other

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.339
 good things

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.619
 in our

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.099
 lives

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.559
 in such

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:58.799
 a way

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.099
 that they

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:00.559
 don't

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.339
 impede

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.759
 on the

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.099
 throne

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.339
 of

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:02.720
 Christ

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.240
 in our

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.759
 lives

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.519
 we

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.819
 begin

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.059
 to

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.359
 live

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:05.839
 rightly

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.240
 ordered

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.899
 lives

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.940
 and it

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.279
 means that

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.819
 our lives

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.379
 begin to

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:11.579
 live

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:12.179
 according

00:32:12.179 --> 00:32:12.819
 to truth

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.259
 truthful

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.619
 living

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.179
 becomes a

00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.399
 thing

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:14.839
 of the

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.179
 Christian

00:32:15.179 --> 00:32:15.919
 not

00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.460
 perfectly

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.839
 we grow

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.299
 in this

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:18.659
 but the

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:18.879
 Holy

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.240
 Spirit

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.559
 given

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.039
 to us

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:21.019
 gives us

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.200
 great

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.759
 confidence

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.299
 in the

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.659
 truth

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:23.039
 so that

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.339
 we can

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:23.940
 be bold

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:25.119
 in the

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.480
 face of

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.980
 opposition

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.160
 so that

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.460
 we can

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.120
 take hold

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.420
 of

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:28.880
 Christ

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.640
 when the

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:29.860
 other

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.360
 things

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:30.900
 in our

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.319
 lives

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.680
 that are

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.640
 jockeying

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.319
 for the

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.680
 throne of

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:33.819
 our

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.160
 heart

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:35.019
 seem

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.960
 wonderful

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.519
 and good

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.319
 but we

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.839
 know that

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.160
 Christ

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.640
 is better

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:41.380
 Jesus

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.579
 said

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.759
 that the

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.360
 Holy Spirit

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:45.319
 actually is the

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.860
 spirit of

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:46.120
 truth

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.360
 and he

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:46.680
 says it

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:46.920
 in

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:48.279
 John 16

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.400
 verse 13

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:49.960
 and following

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.700
 when the

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.259
 spirit of

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.620
 truth

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.019
 comes

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.319
 he will

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.819
 guide you

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.120
 into

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.880
 all the

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.160
 truth

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.559
 why

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.740
 how

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.359
 for he

00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:56.500
 will

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.419
 not

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:57.839
 speak

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.119
 on his

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.240
 own

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.539
 authority

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:58.759
 but

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.099
 whatever

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.379
 he

00:32:59.379 --> 00:32:59.720
 hears

00:32:59.720 --> 00:32:59.879
 he

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:00.000
 will

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.379
 speak

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:01.159
 and he

00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:01.279
 will

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.659
 declare

00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:02.200
 to you

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.819
 the

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.159
 things

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:03.359
 that

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.579
 are

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:03.799
 to

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.119
 come

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:05.179
 this

00:33:05.179 --> 00:33:05.339
 is

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.480
 what

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.940
 happened

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.419
 to the

00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:06.700
 church

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:06.899
 at

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.440
 Pentecost

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.519
 bearing

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.200
 fruit

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.940
 in

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.379
 Peter

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:11.159
 so that

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.419
 this

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:12.440
 coward

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:13.119
 became

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.500
 this

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.099
 bold

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:15.019
 proclaimer

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.519
 of the

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.059
 resurrection

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:17.940
 friends

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.359
 it's

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.940
 it's

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.059
 our

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.419
 reality

00:33:19.419 --> 00:33:19.659
 as

00:33:19.659 --> 00:33:19.899
 well

00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:22.099
 we

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.460
 will

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.919
 fight

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.519
 pride

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:24.940
 if we

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.160
 look

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.380
 to

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:25.779
 God

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.340
 and

00:33:26.340 --> 00:33:26.680
 ask

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.000
 him

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.200
 for

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.640
 strength

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.460
 we

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.900
 say

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.360
 in a

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:29.640
 sense

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.440
 to

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.820
 God's

00:33:30.820 --> 00:33:31.000
 word

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.259
 I'm

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.580
 choosing

00:33:31.580 --> 00:33:31.820
 to

00:33:31.820 --> 00:33:32.120
 believe

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.440
 you

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:33.600
 God

00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:33.800
 help

00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:33.940
 my

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.460
 unbelief

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:37.880
 and

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.060
 we

00:33:38.060 --> 00:33:38.240
 will

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.600
 see

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.180
 growth

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.539
 because

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:39.800
 he

00:33:39.800 --> 00:33:40.060
 has

00:33:40.060 --> 00:33:40.620
 promised

00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:41.620
 as

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.019
 much

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.460
 that

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:42.700
 we

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.640
 walk

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:43.800
 in

00:33:43.800 --> 00:33:43.940
 the

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.220
 truth

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.420
 he

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:44.660
 is

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.380
 going

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.640
 to

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:46.000
 help

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.200
 us

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.360
 to

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.600
 walk

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:46.720
 in

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:46.860
 the

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.140
 truth

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:48.039
 Christ

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.380
 says

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.600
 in

00:33:48.600 --> 00:33:48.800
 John

00:33:48.800 --> 00:33:49.140
 chapter

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.440
 8

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:50.480
 that

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:50.620
 the

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:50.880
 truth

00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:51.220
 will

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:52.220
 set

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.360
 you

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:52.680
 free

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:54.700
 that

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:54.820
 there

00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:54.960
 is

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.420
 freedom

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.980
 awaiting

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.860
 us

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.600
 that

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:57.720
 we

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:57.880
 can

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.200
 walk

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.519
 in

00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:00.220
 so

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.480
 to

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:00.680
 wrap

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:00.920
 things

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.240
 up

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.240
 to

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.420
 live

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.740
 according

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:02.940
 to

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.080
 the

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.320
 truth

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:03.480
 of

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.820
 God

00:34:03.820 --> 00:34:04.700
 that

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:04.860
 there

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.000
 is

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.220
 no

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.420
 other

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.039
 salvation

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.460
 under

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:06.759
 heaven

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:06.960
 by

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.240
 which

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.900
 we

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:08.139
 may

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.380
 be

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.840
 saved

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.220
 is

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.519
 good

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:09.920
 news

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.079
 and

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.200
 it

00:34:10.200 --> 00:34:10.320
 is

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.460
 a

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.700
 life

00:34:10.700 --> 00:34:10.880
 of

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.260
 freedom

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:12.139
 and

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.220
 it

00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:12.320
 is

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.420
 a

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.559
 life

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:12.720
 of

00:34:12.720 --> 00:34:13.059
 truth

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 let

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 us

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 by

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 God's

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 spirit

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 see

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 our

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 pride

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 grow

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 smaller

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 and

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 smaller

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 and

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 let

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 us

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 trust

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 in

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 the

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 risen

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 for

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 only

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 in

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 him

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 and

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 through

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 him

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 we

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 can

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 be

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 saved

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 let

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 us

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 pray

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 Lord

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 the

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 boldness

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 of

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 your

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 saints

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 Peter

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 and

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 John

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 and

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 Lord

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 help

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 us

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 to

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 remember

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 that

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 that

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 same

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 that

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 you

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 gave

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 them

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 at

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 Pentecost

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 is

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 residing

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 in

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 all

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 of

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 us

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 who

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 have

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 confessed

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 faith

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 and

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 trust

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 in

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 you

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 Lord

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 refresh

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 us

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 this

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 morning

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 give

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 us

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 great

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 confidence

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 in

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 your

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 word

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 this

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 morning

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 help

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 bold

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 and

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 to

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 trust

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 that

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 your

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 ways

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 are

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 always

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 the

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 right

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 ways

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 and

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 that

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 all

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 the

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 other

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 ways

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 do

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 not

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 lead

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 to

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 truth

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 but

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 they

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 lead

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 to

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 lies

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 and

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 confusion

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 and

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 ultimately

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 to

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 their

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 end

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 damnation

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 but

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 Lord

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 you

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.059
 have

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.500
 promised

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 to

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 hold

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 fast

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 to

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 your

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 people

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 and

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 Lord

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.759
 we

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 cling

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 to

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:18.380
 that

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.719
 promise

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:18.940
 this

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.199
 morning

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:21.019
 thank

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.159
 you

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.440
 for

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.739
 your

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.300
 blessed

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:22.719
 son

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.559
 thank

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.679
 you

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:23.840
 for

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 his

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 name

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 by

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 which

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 we

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 can

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.219
 be

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:25.539
 saved

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.539
 amen

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:28.219
 if

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.300
 you

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:28.420
 have

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:28.759
 children

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 now

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.259
 is

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 the

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 time

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 to

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 collect

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 them