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 It's always a blessing, isn't it?

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 To come and worship the Lord together,

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 to be encouraged in the music that we sing.

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! It's so Christ-centered and so biblical.

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! Reminds us what's really important.

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 And just such a blessing.

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 Thank you, John.

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 Appreciate also your vulnerability.

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 Especially this morning when we talk about

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 grace-filled community.

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 And particularly in kind of preparation

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 for our small groups that we'll be starting up

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 beginning next week.

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 And working through the little epistle

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 of Thessalonians together.

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 And looking really at what does

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 a grace-filled community look like.

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 And we're going to begin on that this morning

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 not from 1 Thessalonians,

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 but we're going to take a look at

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 what does a grace-filled community look like

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 in the book of Acts.

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 We could go to Acts chapter 2, of course.

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 And that's very familiar.

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 Kind of the beginnings of the church

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 and how it all takes place.

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 But I thought it might be beneficial,

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 especially for us in our context,

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 to take it out of the Jewish element

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 and put it into the Gentile element.

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 Maybe we can begin to relate a little bit

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 to see that grace-filled communities

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 can happen even outside of the apostleship

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 of Peter and John and James

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 and all of those gifted men

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 who were commissioned in Jerusalem

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 by Christ to do this work.

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 And we actually will see this morning

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 this splinter group,

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 this fractured group of individuals

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 broken and scattered

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 because of the persecution

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 happening there in Jerusalem.

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 Some of them making their way

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 to this little place of Antioch

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 and this church beginning to grow

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 right there in Antioch.

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 A grace-filled community, I would say.

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 But I think it would be important

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 for us to begin with this question.

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 What does it take

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 to be a grace-filled community?

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 Well, you've got to have grace.

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 But where does grace come from?

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 How do you get grace?

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 And what does grace look like?

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 What does grace do?

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 We're going to look at that

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 a little bit more in our passage today.

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 But I think the beginnings of grace

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 starts with an understanding

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 of your desperate need for grace.

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 Grace does not arrive from you.

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 It does not originate with you.

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 Grace comes to you

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 because of the God of grace

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 who gives His grace to you

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 and not so that you can

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 hold on to that grace for yourself,

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 but so that grace can be communicated

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 and dispensed to the world around you.

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 But how do you begin

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 to really appreciate,

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 really begin to recognize

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 your desperation for grace?

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 Well, it's a work of God

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 on your heart, of course.

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 But as I began to think

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 a little bit about

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 the significance of small groups

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 and I began to think about

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 how did God work grace

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 into my own heart?

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 How did He give me

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 a deeper appreciation

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 and recognition

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 for my need for grace?

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 Well, if I were to be really honest,

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 it happened through the context

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 of relationship.

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 It happened because of people

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 that I love and respect

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 who were willing to be vulnerable,

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 willing to be transparent with me

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 about their own struggles.

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 And were willing to be

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 a little candid with me

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 about the flaws

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 and the blind spots

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 that I had in my own life.

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 It helped me understand

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 my desperation for grace.

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 And as I watched grace

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 show up in their lives,

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 their grace for me,

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 their compassion for me,

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 their interest in my own

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 spiritual life,

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 it began to help me understand

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 the significance of grace

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 and my need for grace

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 so that I could also be a person,

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 a conduit of grace to others.

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 I'm reminded of

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 when I was a high schooler

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 and Dr. Dixon,

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 who was the president

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 of Cedarville University

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 at the time,

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 had a small group

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 of high school students,

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 about 20 of us in all,

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 who he invited to his house

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 for like a six-week series

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 on what it means

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 to study the Bible

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 and why that is so significant.

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 I still have those notes

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 because it was so impactful.

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 That small,

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 intimate setting

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 with this prominent feature,

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 this important guy

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 who was willing to invest

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 in some no-name high schoolers

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 who he had no idea

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 what was going to happen

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 in their future.

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 But that didn't matter

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 because he wanted to invest

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 in us as individuals.

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 I think of my experience

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 as an employee

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 at Boeing Satellite Systems

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 and for the first time

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 being part of a Bible study at work

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 and being with a group of individuals

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 who had a pretty diverse theology,

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 but to see the continuity

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 of lives

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 that believe in the essential things

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 of the gospel.

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 And regardless of the differences

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 in theology,

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 there was this laser-like passion

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 for Jesus Christ.

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 And it was the first time

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 I got to know

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 that there are other people

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 outside of Baptist circles

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 that are actually Christians.

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 I had no idea.

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 And, you know,

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 there were some people

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 you're like,

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 there's no way

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 if they believe that

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 they can be a Christian.

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 But those are the people

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 that actually

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 helped me see Jesus

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 in a new way

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 for the first time.

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 I think of a little

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 junior high,

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 seventh and eighth grade

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 class that I was helping

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 to lead.

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 And this group of five kids,

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 I still remember

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 most of their names,

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 and they had such

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 a hunger for the scriptures,

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 this infectious desire

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 to know more,

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 insatiable desire

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 to know more about the word.

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 It was compelling,

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 and it helped to identify

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 and expose in my own heart

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 this complacency about me,

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 this apathy

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 about the scriptures.

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 They had this hunger

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 that I just didn't have,

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 and it was so refreshing

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 to see the seventh

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 and eighth grade group of boys

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 out in California

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 who just loved the Bible

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 and pushed me

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 into deeper love

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 for the scriptures myself.

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 And then as we moved

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 to Illinois,

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 this community

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 of pastors

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 that I got to

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 spend time with

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 and to hear

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 and to know

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 their heart for the gospel

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 and to see it show up

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 in various ways,

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 it was refreshing

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 and also inspirational

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 to me.

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 These small,

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 intimate,

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 fellowshipping groups.

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 Now,

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 let's be honest.

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 There may be a handful

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 of sermons

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 that you remember

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 over the decades of time

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 that you've spent

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 in the church.

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 Now,

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 we understand the significance

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 of the morning

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 corporate instruction time.

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 We recognize that,

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 but when it really

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 comes down to it,

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 the moments

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 where grace

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 pours into our life

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 the most,

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 the moments

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 where we spend time

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 with people

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 on an intimate level,

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 beginning to understand

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 the scriptures together,

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 sharpening one another

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 in those smaller,

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 intimate settings.

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 And that's why

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 small groups

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 for us

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 as a church

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 are so significant.

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 And why we encourage

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 you to be part

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 of a small group

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 in some way

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 or the other.

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 We're going to have

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 a small group setting

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 here on Sunday morning

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 beginning next week

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 for those of you

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 who are not part

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 of a small group.

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 And so those of you

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 who might be new

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 to Maranatha,

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 I would encourage you.

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 We're going to be meeting

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 right down the hallway.

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 We're going to be going

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 through this study together

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 so we can just encourage

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 one another with that.

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 But those of you

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 who are part

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 of a small group,

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 my heart's desire

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 is we're going to be able

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 to look into the scriptures,

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 to dig a little deeper,

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 to apply it to our lives,

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 to work out

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 some of those nuances

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 that seem unfamiliar

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 and inaccessible

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 and we're going to grow.

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 My heart and prayer

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 is that we grow

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 in our relationship

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 and love for Jesus

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 like we have never

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 grown before.

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 Even this morning

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 as Pastor David

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 and I were interacting today,

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 our prayer

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 for this church

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 is that there would be

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 such an awakening

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 in our hearts

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 that we see Jesus

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 in new ways

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 and we get the privilege

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 and joy

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 of seeing new people

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 come to faith

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 What could be better

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 than that?

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 What could be better

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 than that?

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 So this morning

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 I want to encourage you

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 if you would please

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 to turn

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 to Acts chapter 11.

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 Acts chapter 11.

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 There is this

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 founding of a church,

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 the church of Antioch.

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 And I want to point out

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 a few things

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 about this church

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 and I want you

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 to understand

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 that yes,

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 we're going to be

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 talking about

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 the founding

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 of a church

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 and the development

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 of a church

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 as a body,

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 but as a function

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 of that body

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 and a way

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 to begin to express

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 and work out

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 the things

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 that we see

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 in that body,

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 it has to come

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 to a smaller,

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 more intimate

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 setting.

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 It can't just happen

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 on a corporate level.

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 It has to happen

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 as we're interacting

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 with and rubbing shoulders

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 on a consistent

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 and intimate basis.

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 I want to just read

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 the first several verses

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 for you

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 by way of context

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 and then we'll jump

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 into this passage together.

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 Acts chapter 11.

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 If you're a guest with us,

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 it's on page 920

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 in the Pew Bible

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 in front of you.

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 Here's what it says.

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 Now those who were scattered

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 because of the persecution

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 that arose over Stephen

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 traveled as far as Phoenicia

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 and Cyprus

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 and Antioch,

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 speaking the word

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 to no one

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 except the Jews.

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 But there were some

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 of them,

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 men of Cyprus

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 and Cyrene,

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 who on coming

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 to Antioch

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 spoke to the Hellenists

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 also,

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 preaching the Lord Jesus.

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 And the hand

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 of the Lord

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 was with them,

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 and a great number

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 who believed

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 turned to the Lord.

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 This morning,

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 I want to begin,

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 I want us to walk

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 through three

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 kind of headings,

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 major headings

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 through our study together.

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 My desire is to begin

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 with the beginning

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 of the process

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 and then show you

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 the end of the process

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 and then focus

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 some more of our time

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 on the middle

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 of the process

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 to help you recognize

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 how we can be

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 this kind of church.

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 How can we be

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 a grace-filled community?

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 And why should we be

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 a grace-filled community

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 to begin with?

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 What's the significance?

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 What does it do?

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 So first,

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 I want to point

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 our attention

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 to the foundation

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 of a grace-filled community.

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 The foundation

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 of a grace-filled community.

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 Now,

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 I don't know about you,

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 but this is so encouraging

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 to me.

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 As we walk through

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 these verses briefly,

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 and I point out

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 what's taking place here,

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 my hope is

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 that all of you

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 will come to the point

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 where you say,

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 I can do that!

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 God can use me!

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 I can be

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 a significant participant

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 and member

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 of this body

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 to help make this

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 happen for Maranatha.

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 What is the foundation

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 of a grace-filled community?

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 We see the starts of it

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 there in verses 19 and 20,

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 and it is

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 gospel preaching.

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 Gospel preaching.

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 Now,

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 notice these first two groups.

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 We see them in verses 19 and 20.

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 What stands out to you

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 about these two groups?

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 What do you notice?

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 Do you notice?

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 Do you notice

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 any names listed?

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 Do you notice

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 any specific

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 positions

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 who were listed?

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 Do you see

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 any particular gifts

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 of these individuals

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 that are described?

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 Those who were scattered?

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 Now,

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 that's not a huge

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 selling point.

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 That's not something

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 you put on your resume.

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 That's not a credential

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 that qualifies you

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 to be a church planter.

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 But isn't it amazing

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 what God can do

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 through faithful,

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 scattered people?

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 Wow!

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 It's awesome

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 to see

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 what God will do

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 through faithful people.

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 And notice

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 how it describes

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 these faithful individuals.

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 We don't even know

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 who they are.

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 We don't know

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 how many there were.

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 But there was something

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 that was compelling

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 about them.

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 Something that unified

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 them as a bunch.

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 And it is

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 that although

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 they were scattered

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 because of the persecution

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 that happened

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 in Jerusalem,

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 they came to Antioch

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 speaking the word.

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 Speaking the word.

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 Now,

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 what word

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 did they speak?

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 Well,

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 the Greek,

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 maybe a little

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 unlike the English,

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 uses this definite article,

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 the word,

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 so that we understand

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 that it is

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 a specific word.

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 And when it's talking

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 about the word

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 or the message,

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 it's referring,

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 of course,

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 to the message

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 of the power of God

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 in working

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 in the hearts

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 of people

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 to accomplish

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 his work

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 in their lives.

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 It is the message

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 of grace,

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 you might say.

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 It is the message

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 about the Messiah.

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 Now,

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 how can we

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 say that?

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 Well,

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 it's because

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 they're speaking

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 the word

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 to no one

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 except for who?

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 The Jews.

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 Now,

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 at this point

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 in the story,

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 Peter hasn't yet

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 gone to Cornelius.

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 At least,

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 they're not familiar

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 with that

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 because they've been

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 scattered from

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 the persecution

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 that happened

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 at the end

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 of Acts chapter 7

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 and the beginning

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 of Acts chapter 8.

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 And as soon

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 as that persecution

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 began to happen,

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 they were out

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 of Jerusalem.

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 And then after

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 they had left

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 Jerusalem,

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 then Peter

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 in chapter 10

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 goes to Cornelius.

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 Then he has

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 this vision

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 that says,

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 no,

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 the door is open

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 to Jews

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 and Gentiles.

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 He comes back

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 at the beginning

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 of chapter 11,

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 reports that

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 to the church.

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 They say,

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 wow,

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 what an amazing story.

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 But these individuals

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 hadn't yet heard

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 that message.

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 So,

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 they're being faithful

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 to the word

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 and consistently

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 sharing that word

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 to the Jews

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 wherever they go.

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 Not really,

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 not really a great

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 strategy for church planting,

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 would you say?

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 It's not the kind

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 of people we would

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 probably put on

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 our missions team

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 and send

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 to other places.

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 we wouldn't

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 really say,

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 well,

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 hey,

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 you've been

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 persecuted,

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 you don't really

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 have any credentials,

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 but you're willing,

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 so why don't you go?

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 But that's what

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 these people did.

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 And because

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 of their faithfulness

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 to go

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 and to share

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 the word,

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 what does God do?

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 God allows

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 many

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 to come

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 to faith.

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 There is this

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 second group.

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 The second group

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 that kind of

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 fits within

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 the same

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 sphere.

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 Those who

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 preach to the Jews,

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 but then the second

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 group in verse 20,

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 it says,

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 some of them,

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 men of Cyprus

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 and Cyrene,

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 who on coming

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 to Antioch,

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 spoke

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 to the Hellenists,

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 also

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 preaching

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 the Lord Jesus.

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 Now,

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 this preaching

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 is a little different.

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 It's the word

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 for explanation.

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 It's the word

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 for defending

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 the message,

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 the teaching

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 of the Lord Jesus.

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 Because those

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 who were Hellenists,

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 those who were Greek,

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 outside of the Jewish

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 community,

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 wouldn't have had

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 any context

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 for who this Messiah

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 was going to be.

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 So they needed

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 a little bit more

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 information.

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 And those who were

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 from Cyprus

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 and Cyrene

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 had this burden

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 on their heart

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 to speak to those

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 who were Hellenists,

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 those who were

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 outside of the

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 Jewish community,

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 and to speak

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 to them about

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 the message

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 of the gospel.

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 What I find

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 truly amazing

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 about this

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 is,

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 again,

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 in the providence

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 of God,

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 these men

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 who had come

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 from Cyprus,

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 this mixed

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 community

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 of individuals,

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 perhaps many

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 of their own

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 family members

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 in different parts

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 of their branches

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 of their family

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 were also Gentiles.

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 So God

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 using

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 this

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 sensitivity

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 to those

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 who were outside

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 of the Jewish

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 context,

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 using them

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 and their hearts

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 for those people

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 to then begin

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 to share

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 this same message

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 to them as well.

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 And as a result

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 of their

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 bold teaching

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 of the Lord,

00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:03.760
 many come to faith

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 in Christ.

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.759
 Antioch would

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 have been

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 a natural

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 setting

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 for the Gentile

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 mission to begin.

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 It's thought

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 that there may

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 have been as many

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 as 500 to 800,000

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 people that lived

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 in this city.

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 It would have been

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 the third largest

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 city in the Roman

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 Empire,

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 exceeded only

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 by Rome

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 in Alexandria.

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 They came

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 and preached,

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 proclaimed

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 the good news,

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 and as a result

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 God

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 gave

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 deliverance.

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 God

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 brought salvation

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 to the hearts

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 of the people.

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 Now I don't know

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 about you

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 but I find

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 some comfort

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 in that.

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 I find comfort

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 in knowing

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 that people

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 who aren't

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 named,

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 who have

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 no credentials,

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 who are scattered

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 because of persecution,

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 show up

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 and preach

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 the gospel

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 and God

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 shows up.

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 because

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 God's word

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 does its work.

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 That's why

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 the apostle Paul

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 can say,

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 for I am not ashamed

00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:11.879
 of the gospel

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 of Christ

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 for it

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:15.740
 is the power

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 of God

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 to everyone

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 who believes.

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 Do you believe

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 in the power

00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:21.899
 of God

00:20:21.899 --> 00:20:22.660
 to accomplish

00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:23.980
 its work?

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 Take heart.

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 Notice

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 the significance

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 of what God

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 did

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 through

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 these

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 willing

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 vessels

00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:33.820
 to begin

00:20:33.820 --> 00:20:34.519
 to plant

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 this church

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 here

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 in Antioch.

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 Well,

00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:39.539
 we transition

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 now to the

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 second part

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 of the story.

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 Not only

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 is there

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.980
 gospel preaching

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 but there is

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 also

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 faithful

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 living.

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 Faithful

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 living

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 that we

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 see

00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:50.160
 in the

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 next

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 couple

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:50.920
 of

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 verses.

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 Beginning

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 in verse

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 22.

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 The report

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 of this

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 came to

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.799
 the ears

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.059
 of the

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 church

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 in

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 Jerusalem

00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.940
 and they

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 sent

00:20:59.139 --> 00:20:59.759
 Barnabas

00:20:59.759 --> 00:20:59.940
 to

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 Antioch.

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 When he

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.139
 came and

00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:02.519
 saw the

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:02.960
 grace of

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 God

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 he was

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 glad

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.899
 and exhorted

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 them all

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 to remain

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.359
 faithful

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:06.819
 to the

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.139
 Lord

00:21:07.139 --> 00:21:07.700
 with

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 steadfast

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.559
 purpose

00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:11.759
 for he

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 was a

00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:12.980
 good man

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:14.099
 full of

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 the Holy

00:21:14.379 --> 00:21:14.779
 Spirit

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 and of

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 faith

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 and a

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 great

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 many

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.519
 people

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 were added

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:20.159
 to the

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:20.339
 Lord.

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 So

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.879
 reports

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:25.099
 of what

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.639
 was happening

00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:26.379
 in Antioch

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:26.840
 reached the

00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.540
 ears of

00:21:27.540 --> 00:21:28.240
 the leaders

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 in Jerusalem

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 some

00:21:30.040 --> 00:21:30.640
 300

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.440
 miles

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:31.960
 away

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 and by

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 the way

00:21:33.340 --> 00:21:33.700
 in ancient

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 times

00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:34.740
 that was

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.440
 a significant

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 distance

00:21:36.080 --> 00:21:38.420
 but what

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:38.860
 was taking

00:21:38.860 --> 00:21:39.300
 place there

00:21:39.300 --> 00:21:39.960
 was so

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.880
 amazing

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:41.960
 that the

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.640
 people

00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.800
 the apostles

00:21:43.800 --> 00:21:44.380
 and leaders

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:44.880
 in Jerusalem

00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:45.500
 hear about it

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:45.940
 and they say

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:47.640
 what are we

00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:47.880
 going to do

00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.440
 about this?

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.980
 How are we

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.380
 going to help

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:51.000
 this church

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.580
 not only

00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:52.180
 survive

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:53.060
 but how are we

00:21:53.060 --> 00:21:53.400
 going to help

00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:53.960
 this church

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.760
 to flourish?

00:21:55.560 --> 00:21:55.980
 So what do

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.200
 they do?

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.759
 They send

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.319
 a faithful

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:57.640
 man

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.160
 they send

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:59.099
 Barnabas

00:21:59.099 --> 00:21:59.559
 to this

00:21:59.559 --> 00:21:59.940
 church

00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:01.920
 and he

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.579
 shows up

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.319
 and we're

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:03.460
 going to

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:03.680
 look at

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.240
 this a bit

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:06.660
 later here

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.420
 but he

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:07.779
 says

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.460
 when he

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.059
 came he

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.599
 saw the

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.059
 grace of

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.259
 God

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.640
 we're going

00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:10.799
 to look

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.019
 at that

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.279
 in just

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.640
 a moment

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:13.660
 but when

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.500
 he comes

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.799
 he exhorts

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.759
 them to

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.819
 remain faithful

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.740
 to the

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.779
 Lord with

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:21.019
 steadfast

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:22.099
 purpose

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:24.659
 he exhorts

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:24.980
 them

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:26.419
 exhorts

00:22:26.419 --> 00:22:26.799
 them

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.699
 and encourages

00:22:27.699 --> 00:22:28.179
 them

00:22:28.179 --> 00:22:28.659
 in the

00:22:28.659 --> 00:22:28.939
 Lord

00:22:28.939 --> 00:22:30.219
 we had

00:22:30.219 --> 00:22:30.839
 the speaking

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.319
 ministry

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:31.719
 of those

00:22:31.719 --> 00:22:31.939
 who were

00:22:31.939 --> 00:22:32.279
 scattered

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.039
 we had

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.659
 the teaching

00:22:33.659 --> 00:22:34.139
 ministry

00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.519
 of those

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:34.699
 from

00:22:34.699 --> 00:22:35.299
 Cyprus

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:38.399
 and we

00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:39.099
 have the

00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.899
 exhorting

00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.399
 ministry

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:42.059
 of Barnabas

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.679
 who comes

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:44.459
 and exhorts

00:22:44.459 --> 00:22:45.179
 and encourages

00:22:45.179 --> 00:22:46.099
 these people

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:47.419
 the word

00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:47.879
 of God

00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:48.719
 had grown

00:22:48.719 --> 00:22:50.480
 they had

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.259
 been faithful

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.079
 to teach

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.599
 one another

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:53.019
 the things

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.259
 that they

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.579
 knew

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.819
 the hand

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.279
 of God

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.779
 continued

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.919
 to bless

00:22:56.919 --> 00:23:00.299
 and then

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:00.899
 Barnabas

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:01.319
 comes

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:03.179
 now certainly

00:23:03.179 --> 00:23:03.559
 there were

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.059
 things that

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.619
 were wrong

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.259
 about this

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.619
 church

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.799
 certainly

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.179
 there was

00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:07.899
 immaturity

00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:08.939
 clearly

00:23:08.939 --> 00:23:09.480
 there was

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.419
 no leadership

00:23:10.419 --> 00:23:11.619
 probably

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.759
 not organized

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.339
 in their

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.819
 gathering

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.719
 with no

00:23:14.719 --> 00:23:15.799
 real strategy

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.940
 for development

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:18.159
 probably

00:23:18.159 --> 00:23:19.019
 some cliques

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.539
 had begun

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.059
 to form

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.519
 those who

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.059
 were of

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.440
 the Jews

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:21.879
 and those

00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.139
 who were

00:23:22.139 --> 00:23:22.460
 of the

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.899
 Hellenists

00:23:22.899 --> 00:23:24.319
 but when

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:24.980
 Barnabas

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.839
 shows up

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:27.279
 he sees

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.819
 what God

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.279
 is doing

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.599
 in their

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.000
 lives

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.619
 and he

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.440
 was encouraged

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:30.960
 and he

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.399
 begins

00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:32.099
 to encourage

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.799
 the things

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.399
 that he

00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:34.059
 can commend

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.299
 they were

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.740
 together

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.819
 they were

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.319
 growing

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.180
 they were

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.559
 sharing

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.180
 the word

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:40.119
 and they

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.839
 were multiplying

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.680
 as a church

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:43.539
 he commends

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.079
 them to

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.639
 continued

00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:45.379
 faithful

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:46.120
 living

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:47.520
 there was

00:23:47.520 --> 00:23:48.240
 a sensitivity

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.900
 to the

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.400
 scriptures

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.800
 Barnabas

00:23:50.800 --> 00:23:51.300
 saw that

00:23:51.300 --> 00:23:53.280
 but he

00:23:53.280 --> 00:23:53.880
 understands

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.220
 they need

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.540
 more

00:23:54.540 --> 00:23:55.520
 and that's

00:23:55.520 --> 00:23:55.740
 what he

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:55.980
 does

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.420
 next

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:57.720
 not only

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.240
 is there

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.940
 gospel

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.400
 preaching

00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:00.620
 and not

00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.140
 only is

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.300
 there

00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:01.860
 faithful

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.520
 living

00:24:02.520 --> 00:24:03.120
 but there's

00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:03.500
 also

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.220
 in-depth

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.880
 teaching

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:06.060
 we see

00:24:06.060 --> 00:24:06.500
 that here

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.460
 in verse

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.320
 25

00:24:08.320 --> 00:24:09.240
 and 26

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:11.000
 so Barnabas

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.460
 went to

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:11.860
 Tarsus

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.260
 to look

00:24:12.260 --> 00:24:12.840
 for Saul

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.859
 when he

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.319
 had found

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:14.500
 him

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.919
 he brought

00:24:14.919 --> 00:24:15.099
 him

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.240
 to

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.699
 Antioch

00:24:15.699 --> 00:24:15.980
 for a

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.159
 whole

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:16.459
 year

00:24:16.459 --> 00:24:17.899
 they met

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.399
 with the

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:18.799
 church

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.799
 and taught

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.559
 a great

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.259
 many people

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.859
 and in

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.439
 Antioch

00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:24.039
 the disciples

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.699
 were first

00:24:24.699 --> 00:24:25.240
 called

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.099
 Christians

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:28.500
 so Paul

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.279
 excuse me

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.819
 Barnabas

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.480
 recognizes

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.980
 there's a

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.439
 deficiency

00:24:31.439 --> 00:24:32.759
 even though

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.199
 Barnabas

00:24:33.199 --> 00:24:33.500
 was a

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.879
 Levite

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.319
 even though

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.679
 he was

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:35.339
 instructed

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:35.740
 in the

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.119
 things

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:36.579
 that the

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:36.939
 apostles

00:24:36.939 --> 00:24:37.419
 had shared

00:24:37.419 --> 00:24:38.339
 in Jerusalem

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:39.399
 he recognizes

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:39.959
 his own

00:24:39.959 --> 00:24:40.639
 deficiency

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.860
 he begins

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.259
 to think

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.960
 how in the

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.200
 world

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.520
 can I

00:24:43.520 --> 00:24:43.880
 take

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.400
 this

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:44.860
 church

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.300
 to the

00:24:45.300 --> 00:24:45.500
 next

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.840
 level

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:46.860
 well the

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.259
 only way

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.520
 for that

00:24:47.520 --> 00:24:47.980
 to happen

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.200
 is to

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:50.140
 teach them

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:50.800
 in depth

00:24:50.800 --> 00:24:51.480
 the scriptures

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:53.259
 now who

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.540
 would be

00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:54.380
 best qualified

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:54.880
 for that

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:56.220
 who's available

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.800
 for that

00:24:56.800 --> 00:24:57.740
 all the

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.140
 apostles

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:59.160
 are busy

00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:00.400
 in Jerusalem

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:02.640
 but I know

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:04.040
 I know

00:25:04.040 --> 00:25:05.000
 there's a

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.340
 guy

00:25:05.340 --> 00:25:06.320
 in Tarsus

00:25:06.320 --> 00:25:07.600
 he was sent

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.120
 away

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.880
 10 years

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.320
 ago

00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:10.080
 by the

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:10.560
 apostles

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.319
 in Jerusalem

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.079
 because he

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.539
 was creating

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:12.879
 a little

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.779
 controversy

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.159
 there

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:15.039
 in Jerusalem

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:16.579
 and for

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.700
 10 years

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:19.659
 Saul

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.240
 who would

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.679
 later be

00:25:20.679 --> 00:25:21.000
 called

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.859
 the apostle

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.299
 Paul

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:24.299
 was shelved

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.859
 in Tarsus

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:27.379
 until God

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:28.639
 began to

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:30.480
 begin this

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.139
 process of

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.720
 using him

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.319
 in Antioch

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.659
 and then as

00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:33.079
 we know

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.859
 later on

00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.819
 sending him

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.019
 to the

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.480
 mission field

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:38.379
 Saul comes

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:39.619
 he and

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.119
 Barnabas

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.739
 for an

00:25:40.739 --> 00:25:41.039
 entire

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.439
 year

00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:42.219
 are meeting

00:25:42.219 --> 00:25:42.859
 with the

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.219
 people

00:25:43.219 --> 00:25:44.500
 and you

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:44.819
 get the

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.199
 sense that

00:25:45.199 --> 00:25:45.699
 this is more

00:25:45.699 --> 00:25:46.500
 than just a

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.479
 once in a

00:25:47.479 --> 00:25:48.119
 while or once

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.719
 in a week

00:25:48.719 --> 00:25:49.739
 kind of thing

00:25:49.739 --> 00:25:51.559
 this is the

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.299
 kind of training

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.899
 that is taking

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:53.979
 place on a

00:25:53.979 --> 00:25:54.879
 consistent and

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.939
 daily basis

00:25:55.940 --> 00:26:00.000
 the desire of

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.700
 the people to

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.620
 know the word

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:03.019
 this insatiable

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.980
 appetite to

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:05.400
 be fed and

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.220
 to grow in

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:07.220
 their relationship

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.840
 with God

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:08.539
 and for an

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.299
 entire year

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.519
 we see this

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.720
 church digging

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.340
 into the

00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:12.740
 scriptures

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:14.299
 being taught by

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.779
 Paul and

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.279
 Barnabas

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.080
 and growing

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:17.460
 in their

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:17.880
 faith

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:20.320
 finally we see

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:21.720
 this is a

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.099
 faith

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:23.139
 filled

00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:23.799
 loving

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.500
 church

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.700
 a church

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.679
 that has

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:27.419
 faith

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:28.240
 filled

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.119
 loving

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:31.339
 this final

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.659
 group

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:32.899
 we find in

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.899
 verses 27

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.939
 to 30

00:26:34.939 --> 00:26:36.399
 in the

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:36.939
 days

00:26:36.939 --> 00:26:37.939
 or in

00:26:37.939 --> 00:26:38.419
 these days

00:26:38.419 --> 00:26:38.779
 prophets

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.379
 came down

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:40.019
 from Jerusalem

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.759
 to Antioch

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.899
 one of them

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.759
 named Agabus

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.439
 stood up

00:26:43.439 --> 00:26:44.200
 and foretold

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.899
 by the spirit

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.779
 that there would

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.480
 be a great

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.259
 famine over

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:48.000
 all the world

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:49.559
 this took place

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.140
 in the days

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.799
 of Claudius

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:52.359
 so that the

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.420
 disciples determined

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:54.720
 everyone according

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.619
 to his ability

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:57.440
 to send relief

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:58.319
 to the brothers

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:59.740
 living in Judea

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:01.500
 and they did so

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.559
 sending it

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.539
 to the elders

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.799
 by the hand

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:06.220
 of Barnabas

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.920
 and Saul

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:09.359
 here's another

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.579
 group of people

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.380
 from Jerusalem

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:12.380
 they're not actually

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.720
 sent from Jerusalem

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.779
 but they hear

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.640
 what's taking place

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:16.019
 there too

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.380
 I think

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:17.279
 maybe want to be

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.160
 part of the action

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:19.819
 they want to

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.879
 encourage this church

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.359
 as well

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:22.399
 they hear

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.460
 the significance

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.200
 of what God

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.680
 is working

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.160
 in the hearts

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.619
 of people

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.559
 and they say

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.500
 how can we

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.039
 contribute

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:29.839
 to this story

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:32.399
 what is really

00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:33.740
 fascinating to me

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.839
 about the church

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.500
 of Antioch

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.859
 is a willingness

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:38.220
 to receive

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.460
 a new group

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.119
 of individuals

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:42.200
 there was not

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:43.259
 this spirit

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.519
 of competition

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:46.639
 but a willingness

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:48.140
 to welcome

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:49.400
 in people

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.060
 of different

00:27:50.060 --> 00:27:50.660
 gifts

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.880
 people who

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.480
 could continue

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.560
 to contribute

00:27:53.560 --> 00:27:54.560
 the word of God

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:55.900
 into the lives

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.460
 and the life

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.340
 of this church

00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:57.759
 body

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:59.700
 and then to

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.580
 listen carefully

00:28:00.580 --> 00:28:02.100
 and to do

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:03.100
 what these prophets

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:05.080
 encouraged them

00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.460
 to do

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.640
 now

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:08.400
 I want us

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.000
 to think

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.720
 really seriously

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.380
 about this

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.840
 okay

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:14.480
 here's a prophet

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:16.060
 he comes to

00:28:16.060 --> 00:28:16.760
 a church

00:28:16.760 --> 00:28:18.480
 he is telling

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.840
 them that there's

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.220
 going to be a

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.020
 great famine

00:28:20.020 --> 00:28:21.440
 that's going to be

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.500
 coming in the

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.480
 next couple of

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.880
 years

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:25.280
 and it's going to

00:28:25.280 --> 00:28:26.300
 affect the whole

00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:26.800
 world

00:28:26.800 --> 00:28:28.560
 so tell me

00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:30.000
 what is then

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:31.200
 our strategy

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:32.020
 as a church

00:28:32.020 --> 00:28:34.940
 it is

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.580
 okay

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:37.080
 I guess we need

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.540
 to begin to

00:28:37.540 --> 00:28:38.080
 stockpile

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:39.740
 I guess we need

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.500
 to begin to

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.059
 think about the

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.699
 needs of our

00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:42.079
 people

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:44.059
 we understand

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.559
 there's going to

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.460
 be something

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.119
 taking place

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.480
 in a couple

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.119
 years from now

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:48.199
 what can we do

00:28:48.199 --> 00:28:48.939
 to minister

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.980
 to ourselves

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.740
 right

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:52.339
 and I think

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.099
 that's appropriate

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:56.259
 but do you find

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.539
 it

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:58.240
 truly amazing

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.799
 what this church

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.439
 did instead

00:29:00.439 --> 00:29:02.059
 what did they

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.500
 do

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.939
 they didn't

00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:04.839
 stockpile

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.779
 they said

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:08.779
 our fellow

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.419
 brothers and

00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:10.019
 sisters in

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.480
 Jerusalem

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.079
 and in

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.559
 Judea

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.459
 are going to

00:29:12.459 --> 00:29:13.439
 really need

00:29:13.439 --> 00:29:14.079
 some help

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:15.039
 what can we

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.500
 do

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.919
 to take the

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.839
 burden off

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.419
 of our

00:29:18.419 --> 00:29:19.199
 brothers and

00:29:19.199 --> 00:29:19.759
 sisters who

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.079
 are living

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.359
 there

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:22.220
 this faith

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.000
 filled

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.679
 loving

00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:25.279
 that was

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.899
 willing to

00:29:25.899 --> 00:29:27.819
 receive a

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.500
 measure of

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.379
 personal discomfort

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:30.119
 for the sake

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:31.779
 of benefiting

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.419
 others

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:35.200
 and again

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.000
 now a fifth

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.320
 group

00:29:36.320 --> 00:29:37.800
 of gifted

00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:38.480
 individuals

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.060
 speaking

00:29:39.060 --> 00:29:40.400
 from the

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.700
 Lord

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.539
 into this

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.060
 church

00:29:42.060 --> 00:29:44.300
 and the

00:29:44.300 --> 00:29:44.500
 church

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.220
 continuing to

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.580
 grow and

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.300
 respond

00:29:46.300 --> 00:29:47.340
 to the

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:47.800
 word

00:29:47.800 --> 00:29:48.259
 that they

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.740
 received

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:51.620
 the first

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.039
 group shows

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.820
 up and speaks

00:29:52.820 --> 00:29:53.259
 the word

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:55.440
 and there is

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.140
 receptivity

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.400
 and there's

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.080
 a response

00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:57.539
 to that

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.539
 the next

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.140
 group comes

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.420
 and they

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.420
 preach

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.539
 the Lord

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.000
 Jesus

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:03.500
 Barnabas

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.019
 comes and

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:05.039
 he exhorts

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.000
 them in

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.460
 the Lord

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:08.259
 and now

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:11.059
 Saul and

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.980
 Barnabas

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.779
 then teach

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.099
 for an

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.619
 entire year

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.279
 and this

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.940
 final group

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:16.839
 comes and

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.619
 they tell

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.460
 about what

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.839
 God is asking

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.279
 them to do

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.839
 as a church

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:22.660
 and at every

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.799
 point along

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.380
 the way

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.299
 there is a

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:26.160
 willingness to

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:27.019
 hear the

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.799
 word of God

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:29.079
 and a desire

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.940
 to obey

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.900
 and put it

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.400
 to work in

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.880
 their life

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:33.880
 that's what

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.160
 a grace

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.340
 filled

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:34.700
 community

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.220
 looks like

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.740
 a grace

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.320
 filled

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:37.880
 community

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.580
 is a

00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:38.920
 community

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.300
 that not

00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:40.080
 only knows

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.620
 the word

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:42.100
 but desires

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:43.700
 to receive

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.220
 the word

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.780
 and put

00:30:44.780 --> 00:30:45.400
 the word

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.440
 to work

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:50.080
 so it

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:50.600
 was a church

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:50.980
 that was

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.560
 founded

00:30:51.560 --> 00:30:52.960
 on grace

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.780
 the foundation

00:30:53.780 --> 00:30:54.960
 of a grace

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.480
 filled

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.300
 community

00:30:56.300 --> 00:30:56.960
 that is

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:58.020
 founded on

00:30:58.020 --> 00:30:58.740
 the ministry

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.460
 of the word

00:30:59.460 --> 00:30:59.819
 itself

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:02.039
 now briefly

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.740
 let's look at

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.559
 the fruit

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.559
 of a grace

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.400
 filled community

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:06.859
 the fruit

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.599
 of a grace

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.259
 filled community

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:09.420
 I want you

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.019
 to notice

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.740
 that there

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.620
 is new

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.620
 life

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.859
 in Christ

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:15.059
 because

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:16.140
 of a grace

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:17.059
 filled community

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:18.420
 a grace

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.380
 filled community

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.279
 is marked

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.259
 by new

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.759
 life

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.299
 because

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.079
 grace

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.759
 doesn't come

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.740
 from us

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.480
 it comes

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.319
 to us

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:28.279
 by the hand

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.619
 of God

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:30.099
 we are

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.659
 recipients

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:31.779
 of grace

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.339
 and truly

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.460
 this is a church

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.059
 that was

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.619
 recipients

00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:35.759
 of grace

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:37.039
 notice

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.759
 on three

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.240
 occasions

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.899
 we see

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.859
 the significance

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.700
 of this new

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.099
 life

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:41.879
 that is taking

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.399
 place

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:43.240
 in this church

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:44.659
 we see it

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:45.119
 as a result

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:45.519
 of the

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.139
 ministry

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:46.679
 of the first

00:31:46.679 --> 00:31:47.359
 two groups

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:48.639
 right there

00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:49.339
 at the end

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.759
 of

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:51.000
 at the beginning

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.720
 of verse 21

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.720
 and the hand

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.740
 of the Lord

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:55.099
 was with them

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:56.159
 and a great

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:56.599
 number

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.439
 who believed

00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:57.939
 turned

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:58.659
 to the Lord

00:31:58.659 --> 00:32:02.000
 grace

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.740
 filled

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.639
 communities

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:05.339
 have life

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:06.099
 because

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:07.500
 of the hand

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.339
 of the Lord

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:11.879
 grace

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.299
 filled

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:13.099
 communities

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:14.319
 recognize

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.219
 their need

00:32:15.219 --> 00:32:15.899
 for grace

00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:17.439
 and there

00:32:17.439 --> 00:32:17.939
 is new

00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:18.459
 life

00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:19.559
 that comes

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.299
 as a result

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.379
 they are not

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:21.899
 the same

00:32:21.899 --> 00:32:22.379
 as they were

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:22.779
 before

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:24.899
 Barnabas

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.299
 comes

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.099
 and he

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:27.119
 encourages

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:28.660
 their faithfulness

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:30.180
 and we see

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.879
 at the end

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.859
 of verse 24

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:33.460
 and a great

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.339
 many people

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.920
 were added

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:36.079
 to the Lord

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:38.279
 this continuing

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.319
 ministry

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:40.279
 of encouragement

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.759
 continues to grow

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.240
 through the

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.000
 faithfulness

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.420
 of the people

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.940
 who are there

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:45.660
 their purposefulness

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.759
 about living

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:48.379
 consistently

00:32:48.379 --> 00:32:49.779
 and the church

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.519
 continues to

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.039
 experience

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.799
 the benefits

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.659
 of that

00:32:52.659 --> 00:32:54.019
 in God

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.700
 adding to the

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.059
 church

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:56.339
 more individuals

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:58.619
 and as they

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.339
 continue to

00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:00.420
 go deeper

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:01.779
 and to love

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.259
 more

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:04.740
 we see

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.859
 that more

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.759
 people are

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:08.139
 enjoying the

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:08.539
 benefits

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.480
 of the

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.079
 ministry

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:11.159
 of this

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.759
 church

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:13.099
 we see

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.500
 in verse

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.240
 26

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:16.380
 for a

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:16.900
 whole year

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.819
 they met

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.120
 with the

00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:18.460
 church

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.079
 and taught

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:20.000
 a great

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.799
 many

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.599
 people

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:23.140
 new life

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.900
 continues

00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:25.019
 through the

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.420
 ministry

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.359
 of this

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:26.720
 church

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:28.180
 and by the

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.460
 way

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.620
 when Paul

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.180
 and Barnabas

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.880
 are sent

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.660
 they're sent

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.359
 to encourage

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.940
 the church

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:34.240
 in Jerusalem

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:35.140
 notice in

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.880
 chapter 12

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.920
 at the end

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.980
 of verse 24

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:40.099
 but the

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.720
 word of God

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.519
 increased

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.640
 and multiplied

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.759
 and Barnabas

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.099
 and Saul

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.860
 returned from

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.299
 Jerusalem

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.940
 when they

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.900
 had completed

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.539
 their service

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:49.140
 this

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:50.599
 propagation

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:52.559
 of life

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.420
 that is now

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.099
 coming from

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.700
 Antioch

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.759
 to Jerusalem

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:57.980
 the

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.759
 center

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.980
 of gravity

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.460
 in the

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.880
 spiritual

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.579
 world

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:01.960
 is now

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.579
 shifted

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.400
 to Antioch

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:03.759
 and now

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.539
 the church

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.259
 of Antioch

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.940
 begins to

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.360
 be the

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.740
 launch pad

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.579
 for encouragement

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:10.219
 it's

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.880
 unbelievable

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.900
 to see

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.719
 God

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.480
 do this

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.759
 in the

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.039
 life

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.420
 of this

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.739
 body

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.880
 new life

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.659
 in Christ

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.980
 there's also

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:19.059
 new impact

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.420
 in the

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.900
 community

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:21.920
 new impact

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.239
 in the

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:22.639
 community

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.880
 their lives

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.359
 were so

00:34:24.359 --> 00:34:24.839
 distinctive

00:34:24.839 --> 00:34:25.519
 look at

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.239
 what happens

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:28.259
 their lives

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:28.579
 were so

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:28.960
 distinctive

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.900
 they came

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.519
 to know

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.159
 Christ

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:32.239
 so intimately

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:33.599
 that at the

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.119
 end of

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.839
 verse 26

00:34:34.839 --> 00:34:35.219
 what do we

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.480
 see

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.519
 and in

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.260
 Antioch

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:38.320
 the disciples

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:39.139
 were first

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.760
 called

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.639
 Christians

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:43.380
 a phrase

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:43.719
 that was

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.119
 intended

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.659
 to be

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.300
 a criticism

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:47.179
 a phrase

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.539
 that was

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:48.179
 intended

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:48.920
 to be

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.179
 kind of

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.820
 a rebuke

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.500
 and kind

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.900
 of a

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.940
 sarcasm

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.820
 to belittle

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.360
 them as a

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.699
 people

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:55.500
 becomes

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.980
 for this

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.260
 church

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:56.900
 the greatest

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.780
 commendation

00:34:57.780 --> 00:35:00.719
 we're like

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.119
 Christ

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:03.960
 wow

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.420
 what could

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.240
 be said

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.559
 of us

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:05.780
 that we

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.119
 better

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.599
 than that

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.840
 we

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.300
 are

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.539
 little

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.400
 Christs

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.980
 it's

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.599
 exactly

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:10.980
 what we

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.559
 want

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:13.099
 hallelujah

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:14.059
 we'll

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.579
 embrace

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.199
 that term

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:15.840
 and from

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.480
 that point

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.059
 on

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.519
 through

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:18.280
 this

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.159
 very day

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.760
 we are

00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:20.059
 called

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.760
 Christians

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.539
 because

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.159
 of the

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.579
 church

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.039
 of

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.639
 Antioch

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:25.079
 amazing

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:26.500
 what God

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:26.920
 worked

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.480
 in this

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:27.940
 church

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.179
 the

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:29.260
 distinctiveness

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:30.280
 of this

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:30.740
 body

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:31.940
 the impact

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.840
 in their

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.580
 community

00:35:33.580 --> 00:35:34.540
 that was

00:35:34.540 --> 00:35:36.120
 so obvious

00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:36.640
 and so

00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:37.180
 visible

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:38.900
 that that

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.340
 phrase

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:40.160
 that term

00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:40.920
 begins

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.680
 in that

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:41.940
 city

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:43.440
 and then

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.820
 a new

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.400
 passion

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.480
 for the

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.820
 world

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.680
 a new

00:35:46.680 --> 00:35:47.100
 passion

00:35:47.100 --> 00:35:47.420
 for the

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:47.660
 world

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:48.040
 we have

00:35:48.040 --> 00:35:48.320
 to turn

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:48.740
 to chapter

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:49.220
 13

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:49.780
 for that

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:51.440
 the first

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:52.180
 several

00:35:52.180 --> 00:35:52.520
 verses

00:35:52.520 --> 00:35:53.280
 says this

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:54.780
 now there

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.100
 were in

00:35:55.100 --> 00:35:55.480
 the church

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.060
 at Antioch

00:35:56.060 --> 00:35:56.460
 prophets

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.260
 and teachers

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:58.660
 Barnabas

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.679
 Simon

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.039
 who was

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.319
 called

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:00.779
 Niger

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.719
 Lucius

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:01.899
 of

00:36:01.899 --> 00:36:02.519
 Cyrene

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.420
 Menean

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.139
 a lifelong

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.799
 friend of

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:05.199
 Herod the

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.739
 Tetrarch

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.779
 and Saul

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:08.339
 while they

00:36:08.339 --> 00:36:09.099
 were worshipping

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.619
 the Lord

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.319
 and fasting

00:36:10.319 --> 00:36:11.179
 the Holy

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.579
 Spirit

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:11.980
 said

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:13.019
 set apart

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.519
 for me

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:14.679
 Barnabas

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.099
 and Saul

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.440
 for the

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:15.739
 work

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:16.259
 to which

00:36:16.259 --> 00:36:16.599
 I have

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:16.899
 called

00:36:16.899 --> 00:36:17.179
 them

00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:18.139
 then

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.619
 after

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.159
 fasting

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.779
 and praying

00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:20.460
 they laid

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:20.940
 their hands

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.399
 on them

00:36:21.399 --> 00:36:22.239
 and sent

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:22.639
 them

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.079
 off

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:27.199
 one

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:28.019
 commentator

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.360
 puts it

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.739
 this way

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:30.759
 he says

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.579
 the spirit

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.699
 of Christ

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.900
 is the

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.300
 spirit

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.840
 of mission

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:37.000
 the spirit

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.599
 of Christ

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.739
 is the

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.300
 spirit

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:40.440
 of mission

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:42.039
 and the

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.840
 nearer we

00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:43.579
 get to him

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:44.719
 the more

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.519
 intensely

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.480
 missionary

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.639
 we become

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:49.400
 I love

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:50.039
 that phrase

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:53.039
 the spirit

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.699
 of Christ

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.239
 is the

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:54.639
 spirit

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.400
 of missions

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.180
 and the

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:56.720
 nearer

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:57.160
 we get

00:36:57.160 --> 00:36:57.639
 to him

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.320
 the more

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:59.059
 intensely

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.980
 missionary

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:01.260
 we become

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:04.039
 oh how

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.400
 true

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.780
 that is

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:07.079
 and oh

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.480
 how true

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:07.820
 it was

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.220
 for this

00:37:08.220 --> 00:37:08.639
 church

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.840
 this church

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.619
 of Antioch

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.880
 a group

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.619
 of individuals

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.460
 who had

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.860
 committed

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:14.539
 themselves

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:15.720
 to worship

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:16.220
 God

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:16.880
 and to say

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.340
 what do you

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.900
 have for us

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.240
 next

00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:19.099
 what is the

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:20.079
 next step

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.840
 for the church

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.559
 of Antioch

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.539
 Lord what would

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.059
 you have us

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.300
 do

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.579
 you say it

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.079
 will do

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.360
 it

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:28.000
 and five

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.579
 names

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.380
 are mentioned

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:31.099
 and the only

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.900
 reason why we

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.319
 know two

00:37:32.319 --> 00:37:33.059
 really

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:34.340
 is because

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:34.980
 what God

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.400
 does

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:36.360
 as a result

00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:37.039
 of this

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.759
 church's

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:38.599
 faith filled

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.179
 passion

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:40.179
 for the world

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:40.960
 in sending

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:42.000
 these two

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.860
 men out

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.659
 now to be

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.860
 the church

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.539
 planters

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.319
 for the world

00:37:46.319 --> 00:37:48.559
 now from a

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.319
 human perspective

00:37:49.319 --> 00:37:49.940
 this was not

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.420
 supposed to

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:50.840
 happen in

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.319
 Antioch

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:52.619
 it was supposed

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:53.079
 to happen

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.759
 in Jerusalem

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:55.140
 and Jerusalem

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:55.800
 did play a

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.040
 part

00:37:56.040 --> 00:37:56.980
 so don't

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.220
 get me

00:37:57.220 --> 00:37:57.460
 wrong

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:59.400
 but can

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.900
 you imagine

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.980
 this Gentile

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.660
 church now

00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:02.480
 being the

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.460
 platform

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:04.340
 the ground

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:05.360
 zero for

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:05.940
 worldwide

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.520
 missions

00:38:06.520 --> 00:38:08.800
 and if

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.700
 my guess

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:10.840
 if all of

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.360
 us were to

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:12.360
 trace our

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:14.040
 spiritual

00:38:14.040 --> 00:38:14.800
 ancestry

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.860
 back to a

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:16.260
 place

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:16.660
 it would

00:38:16.660 --> 00:38:17.160
 probably be

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:17.580
 back to

00:38:17.580 --> 00:38:17.960
 the place

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.540
 of Antioch

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:20.460
 and the

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:22.159
 spiritual

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:24.360
 vision

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.559
 and strategy

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.960
 that the

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.619
 Holy Spirit

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.279
 placed on

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:28.679
 the hearts

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.279
 the burden

00:38:29.279 --> 00:38:29.860
 he placed

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:30.139
 on the

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.539
 hearts

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.920
 of these

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.619
 men

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:34.139
 to do

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:34.739
 something

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:35.800
 great for

00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:36.099
 God

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:37.320
 another step

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:37.639
 in the

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.199
 direction of

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.599
 obedience

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:40.039
 because of

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.599
 the previous

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.079
 obedience

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:42.500
 and faithfulness

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:42.800
 to live

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.199
 according to

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:43.440
 the word

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:44.119
 now they

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.480
 were ready

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.820
 to do

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:45.239
 something

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:46.059
 even more

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:47.719
 they had

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:48.259
 been faithful

00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:48.579
 with the

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.139
 little things

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:50.079
 and now

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.279
 they could

00:38:50.279 --> 00:38:50.699
 be faithful

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.299
 with much

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:52.619
 finally

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:54.059
 the features

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:55.619
 of a grace

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.579
 filled ministry

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.940
 the features

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.500
 of a grace

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:59.219
 filled ministry

00:38:59.219 --> 00:39:01.480
 as we have

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.299
 worked through

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:03.599
 this we have

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.219
 seen these

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:05.000
 things show up

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.360
 already

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:06.679
 I want to

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:07.279
 just point them

00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:07.980
 out to you

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:09.159
 and we'll just

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:10.480
 kind of summarize

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:11.320
 them together

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:13.000
 first is we see

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.679
 the power

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.759
 of God

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:15.360
 at work

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:16.720
 the power

00:39:16.720 --> 00:39:17.500
 of God

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:18.099
 at work

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:19.860
 now notice

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:21.320
 we see that

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.760
 of course

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.940
 in the beginning

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.340
 verses

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:24.220
 but especially

00:39:24.220 --> 00:39:25.720
 when Barnabas

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:26.500
 shows up

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:28.019
 he points

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.820
 something out

00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.360
 about this

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:29.800
 church

00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:30.380
 he says

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:31.400
 in verse 23

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:32.800
 when he came

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.800
 and he saw

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:34.800
 the grace

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.579
 of God

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:38.440
 he was glad

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:41.880
 what is the

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.500
 grace of God

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:44.240
 of course

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:45.039
 it's undeserved

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:45.400
 favor

00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:46.719
 it's the

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:47.579
 unmerited

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:48.400
 blessing

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.960
 of God

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.259
 on our

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:49.699
 lives

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:51.259
 but what

00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:51.800
 does the

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:52.259
 grace

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.900
 of God

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:53.559
 accomplish

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:55.480
 what does

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:55.920
 the grace

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.300
 of God

00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:57.019
 accomplish

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:58.119
 for you

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:59.219
 and how

00:39:59.219 --> 00:39:59.699
 was it

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.259
 visible

00:40:00.259 --> 00:40:02.820
 how did

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:03.320
 Barnabas

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:03.739
 come to

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:04.219
 this church

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:04.840
 and he

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:05.400
 saw

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:06.360
 the grace

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:06.840
 of God

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.099
 I mean

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:08.259
 what is that

00:40:08.259 --> 00:40:08.779
 all about

00:40:08.779 --> 00:40:09.719
 how does

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:10.039
 that take

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.619
 place

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:12.159
 well

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.480
 something

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:12.739
 very

00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:13.139
 similar

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:13.559
 happens

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:13.739
 in

00:40:13.739 --> 00:40:13.980
 Acts

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.219
 chapter

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:14.579
 4

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:16.679
 in

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:17.219
 verse 32

00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:17.599
 it says

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.019
 the full

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.319
 member

00:40:18.319 --> 00:40:18.699
 of those

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:18.839
 who

00:40:18.839 --> 00:40:19.299
 believed

00:40:19.299 --> 00:40:19.639
 were of

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:19.819
 one

00:40:19.819 --> 00:40:20.059
 heart

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.539
 and soul

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:21.339
 and no

00:40:21.339 --> 00:40:21.500
 one

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:21.839
 said

00:40:21.839 --> 00:40:22.019
 that

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.400
 anything

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:22.799
 of the

00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:22.960
 things

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.079
 that

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.400
 belonged

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:23.599
 to him

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:23.900
 was his

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.239
 own

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:24.779
 but they

00:40:24.779 --> 00:40:24.900
 had

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.279
 everything

00:40:25.279 --> 00:40:25.579
 in

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:25.920
 common

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.820
 and with

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:27.260
 great

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:27.760
 power

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:28.500
 the

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:28.960
 apostles

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.500
 were giving

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:29.740
 their

00:40:29.740 --> 00:40:30.200
 testimony

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:30.960
 to the

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.460
 resurrection

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:32.320
 of the

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.519
 Lord

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:32.840
 Jesus

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:33.840
 and great

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:35.079
 grace

00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:36.260
 was upon

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:37.200
 them all

00:40:37.200 --> 00:40:40.059
 Paul

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.539
 in speaking

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:41.000
 about the

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.420
 grace of

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:41.639
 God

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:42.019
 he says

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:42.220
 in

00:40:42.220 --> 00:40:42.900
 Ephesians

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.599
 chapter 4

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:45.079
 but to

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.500
 each

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.000
 one of

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.240
 us

00:40:46.240 --> 00:40:46.780
 grace

00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:47.440
 was given

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.240
 according

00:40:48.240 --> 00:40:48.639
 to the

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:48.920
 measure

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.099
 of

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.519
 Christ's

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:49.880
 gift

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:51.500
 therefore

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:51.980
 he says

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.420
 when he

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.820
 ascended

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.320
 on high

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:53.960
 he led

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.480
 captivity

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.940
 captive

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.780
 he gave

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:56.240
 gifts

00:40:56.240 --> 00:40:56.920
 to men

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.820
 and he

00:40:57.820 --> 00:40:58.280
 himself

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:58.540
 gave

00:40:58.540 --> 00:40:58.740
 some

00:40:58.740 --> 00:40:58.940
 to be

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.340
 apostles

00:40:59.340 --> 00:41:00.019
 some

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.519
 prophets

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:01.000
 some

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.660
 evangelists

00:41:01.660 --> 00:41:02.000
 and some

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.460
 pastors

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:03.160
 and teachers

00:41:03.160 --> 00:41:05.160
 a little

00:41:05.160 --> 00:41:05.600
 later on

00:41:05.600 --> 00:41:05.920
 in chapter

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:06.180
 4

00:41:06.180 --> 00:41:06.519
 he says

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:06.940
 let no

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.380
 corrupt

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:07.720
 word

00:41:07.720 --> 00:41:08.140
 proceed

00:41:08.140 --> 00:41:08.400
 out of

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:08.519
 your

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.820
 mouth

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.519
 but what

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.200
 is good

00:41:10.200 --> 00:41:10.760
 for

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:11.280
 necessary

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:11.920
 edification

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.480
 that it

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:12.740
 may

00:41:12.740 --> 00:41:13.340
 impart

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:14.560
 grace

00:41:14.560 --> 00:41:15.200
 to

00:41:15.200 --> 00:41:15.800
 the

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.500
 hearers

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:18.680
 and

00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:18.960
 then

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:20.800
 to

00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:21.100
 Timothy

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:21.780
 he says

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:22.700
 but by

00:41:22.700 --> 00:41:23.340
 the grace

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:24.040
 of God

00:41:24.040 --> 00:41:24.760
 I am

00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:25.080
 what I

00:41:25.080 --> 00:41:25.420
 am

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:26.619
 in his

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:27.000
 grace

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:27.360
 towards

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:27.619
 me

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:27.840
 did

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:28.039
 not

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.380
 prove

00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:28.619
 in

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:28.980
 vain

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.599
 but I

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:29.960
 labored

00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:30.240
 even

00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:30.559
 more

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:30.720
 than

00:41:30.720 --> 00:41:31.019
 all

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.159
 of

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:31.320
 them

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:31.519
 yet

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:31.720
 not

00:41:31.720 --> 00:41:32.119
 I

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:32.700
 but the

00:41:32.700 --> 00:41:33.139
 grace

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:33.920
 of God

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:34.420
 within

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:34.700
 me

00:41:34.700 --> 00:41:38.099
 what

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:38.639
 in the

00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:39.280
 world

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:39.800
 is the

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:40.099
 grace

00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:40.500
 of God

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.019
 and what

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.380
 does

00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:41.940
 Barnabas

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.280
 see

00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:44.139
 what he

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:44.480
 sees

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:45.280
 is the

00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:46.000
 evidence

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:47.099
 of the

00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:47.680
 indwelling

00:41:47.680 --> 00:41:48.400
 power

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:48.800
 of the

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:49.019
 Holy

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.500
 Spirit

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:50.519
 showing up

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:50.800
 in their

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:51.159
 life

00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:51.519
 to

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.099
 totally

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:53.159
 transform

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:53.539
 them

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:54.099
 as a

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:54.460
 people

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:55.440
 they

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:55.619
 were

00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:56.319
 not

00:41:56.319 --> 00:41:56.759
 the

00:41:56.759 --> 00:41:57.279
 same

00:41:57.279 --> 00:41:58.480
 God's

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:59.019
 grace

00:41:59.019 --> 00:41:59.659
 was so

00:41:59.659 --> 00:42:00.399
 clear

00:42:00.399 --> 00:42:00.960
 and evident

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.539
 it had

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:02.159
 transformed

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:02.819
 them

00:42:02.819 --> 00:42:03.279
 from the

00:42:03.279 --> 00:42:03.579
 people

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:03.940
 that they

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.319
 were

00:42:04.319 --> 00:42:05.119
 and the

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:05.839
 fruit

00:42:05.839 --> 00:42:06.179
 of the

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:06.480
 Spirit

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:07.059
 was showing

00:42:07.059 --> 00:42:07.359
 up

00:42:07.359 --> 00:42:07.879
 and the

00:42:07.879 --> 00:42:08.319
 power

00:42:08.319 --> 00:42:08.859
 of God

00:42:08.859 --> 00:42:09.659
 was pouring

00:42:09.659 --> 00:42:10.079
 out of

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:10.219
 their

00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:10.699
 life

00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:11.420
 the

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:11.960
 gifts

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.779
 in serving

00:42:12.779 --> 00:42:13.420
 one another

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:14.639
 the courage

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.500
 to proclaim

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:16.279
 the gospel

00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:16.679
 to their

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:17.179
 communities

00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:17.980
 it was

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.199
 the

00:42:18.199 --> 00:42:18.639
 evident

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.259
 power

00:42:19.259 --> 00:42:20.139
 of God's

00:42:20.139 --> 00:42:20.619
 grace

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:21.159
 on their

00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:21.619
 life

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:22.159
 that was

00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:22.819
 so visible

00:42:22.819 --> 00:42:24.039
 and Barnabas

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:24.419
 saw it

00:42:24.419 --> 00:42:24.899
 and when he

00:42:24.899 --> 00:42:25.359
 saw it

00:42:25.359 --> 00:42:25.919
 he says

00:42:25.919 --> 00:42:27.000
 nothing else

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.619
 really matters

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:27.940
 at this

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.179
 point

00:42:28.179 --> 00:42:28.899
 all I need

00:42:28.899 --> 00:42:29.139
 to do

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:29.839
 is celebrate

00:42:29.839 --> 00:42:30.759
 this grace

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:31.099
 that I

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:31.399
 see

00:42:31.399 --> 00:42:32.319
 I'm going

00:42:32.319 --> 00:42:32.619
 to just

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:33.319
 be encouraged

00:42:33.319 --> 00:42:34.159
 that however

00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:34.779
 much

00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:35.460
 dysfunction

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:36.019
 I see

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.339
 in this

00:42:36.339 --> 00:42:36.599
 church

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:37.179
 I can

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:37.719
 celebrate

00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:38.279
 that God

00:42:38.279 --> 00:42:38.799
 is here

00:42:38.799 --> 00:42:39.879
 and if

00:42:39.879 --> 00:42:40.319
 God is

00:42:40.319 --> 00:42:40.599
 here

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:41.159
 he will

00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:42.359
 not only

00:42:42.359 --> 00:42:42.859
 continue

00:42:42.859 --> 00:42:43.419
 but he will

00:42:43.419 --> 00:42:44.019
 complete

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:44.559
 the work

00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:44.839
 that he

00:42:44.839 --> 00:42:45.219
 started

00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:46.659
 I can

00:42:46.659 --> 00:42:47.739
 just take

00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:48.460
 some confidence

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:48.920
 in that

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:50.219
 he saw

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:51.059
 the power

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.619
 of God

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:53.359
 we see

00:42:53.359 --> 00:42:54.319
 secondly

00:42:54.319 --> 00:42:55.159
 the presence

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:55.879
 of godly

00:42:55.879 --> 00:42:56.319
 leaders

00:42:56.319 --> 00:42:57.899
 we see

00:42:57.899 --> 00:42:58.219
 that all

00:42:58.219 --> 00:42:58.440
 the way

00:42:58.440 --> 00:42:58.719
 through

00:42:58.719 --> 00:43:00.159
 the necessity

00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:00.879
 of sending

00:43:00.879 --> 00:43:01.539
 leaders

00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:02.940
 to Antioch

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.659
 to help

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:04.159
 encourage

00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:04.940
 and strengthen

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:05.599
 their faith

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:06.619
 we see

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:07.319
 the practice

00:43:07.319 --> 00:43:08.559
 of discipleship

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:09.319
 not only

00:43:09.319 --> 00:43:10.539
 as Barnabas

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:11.379
 brings Paul

00:43:11.379 --> 00:43:11.980
 along

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:12.799
 but now

00:43:12.799 --> 00:43:13.379
 as the two

00:43:13.379 --> 00:43:13.639
 of them

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:14.639
 begin to work

00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:15.779
 with the people

00:43:15.779 --> 00:43:16.219
 there in

00:43:16.219 --> 00:43:16.739
 Antioch

00:43:16.739 --> 00:43:17.319
 to build

00:43:17.319 --> 00:43:17.839
 into their

00:43:17.839 --> 00:43:18.179
 lives

00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:18.699
 and to

00:43:18.699 --> 00:43:19.059
 equip

00:43:19.059 --> 00:43:19.319
 them

00:43:19.319 --> 00:43:19.939
 for ministry

00:43:19.939 --> 00:43:22.079
 and then

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:22.359
 we see

00:43:22.359 --> 00:43:22.839
 the provision

00:43:22.839 --> 00:43:23.519
 for the saints

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:24.239
 we looked

00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:24.539
 at this

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:24.799
 a bit

00:43:24.799 --> 00:43:25.259
 already

00:43:25.259 --> 00:43:26.699
 but by

00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:27.019
 now

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:27.639
 this truth

00:43:27.639 --> 00:43:28.199
 should be

00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:29.059
 inescapable

00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:31.319
 those who

00:43:31.319 --> 00:43:31.879
 truly

00:43:31.879 --> 00:43:32.639
 love

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:33.099
 God

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:33.639
 will

00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:34.659
 love

00:43:34.659 --> 00:43:35.359
 others

00:43:35.359 --> 00:43:38.000
 it so

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.899
 dominates

00:43:38.899 --> 00:43:39.619
 a life

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:40.259
 that is

00:43:40.259 --> 00:43:41.299
 so filled

00:43:41.299 --> 00:43:42.739
 with God

00:43:42.739 --> 00:43:43.639
 that it

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:44.379
 pours out

00:43:44.379 --> 00:43:45.139
 in echoing

00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:45.559
 the heart

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:46.000
 of God

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.279
 for the

00:43:46.279 --> 00:43:46.619
 people

00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:47.759
 that are

00:43:47.759 --> 00:43:48.460
 around us

00:43:48.460 --> 00:43:49.400
 the love

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:49.980
 that God

00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:50.460
 has given

00:43:50.460 --> 00:43:50.960
 to us

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.559
 is a love

00:43:51.559 --> 00:43:52.259
 then that we

00:43:52.259 --> 00:43:53.440
 communicate

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:54.420
 and dispense

00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:55.579
 to others

00:43:55.579 --> 00:43:57.980
 as

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:57.980


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