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 Hi, my name is George Sinclair. I'm the lead pastor of Church of the Messiah. It is wonderful

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 that you would like to check out some of the sermons done by Church of the Messiah, either

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 by myself or some of the others. Listen, just a couple of things. First of all, would you pray

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 for us that we will open God's Word well to His glory and for the good of people like yourself?

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 The second thing is, if you aren't connected to a church and if you are a Christian, we really,

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 I would really like to encourage you to find a good local church where they believe the Bible,

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 they preach the gospel, and if you have some trouble finding that, send us an email. We will

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 do what we can to help connect you with a good local church wherever you are. And if you're a

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 non-Christian checking us out, we're really, really, really glad you're doing that. Don't

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 hesitate to send us questions. It helps me actually to know, as I'm preaching, how to deal with the

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 types of things that you're really struggling with. So God bless.

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 Father, we confess before you, because we're sort of in a bit of a good space, we confess before you,

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 Father, that we are prone to sometimes see specks in other people's eyes and not notice the log in our

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 own eyes, that we are sometimes not at all self-aware of who we are. We thank you, Father,

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 that your Word is both a mirror that helps us to see ourselves, a light that helps us to see ourselves,

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 and it's also a window, and that by your light we can look out that window and learn more of you

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 and more of ourselves. So Father, we ask that your Holy Spirit would gently bring your Word

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 deeply into our hearts this morning, and we ask this in Jesus' name. Amen. Please be seated.

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 So some of you know that I was a priest, a presbyter, in the Anglican Church of Canada for over 22 years,

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 and one of the things that you did as a presbyter is you'd have a meeting once a month called

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 Clericus. It was where all of the clergy in a certain region would get together. You'd do that

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 like you wouldn't meet in July and August and maybe not meet in December or something like that. So

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 you know, it'd be eight, nine, ten times a year. And when I was in Ottawa Centre, that was where I was

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 last, you might wonder what did we do when we all got together once a month? Well, what we did

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 or what happened is they mainly talked about politics, and namely at the time about how bad

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 the government was or how bad this policy was or whatever. And they probably would have said,

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 I didn't join in very much. I was usually in a minority position when it came to what they thought

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 was terrible or what they thought was spectacularly good. They would have seen it as being, of course,

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 prophetic and biblical and, you know, blah, blah, woof, woof. But that's what we talked about.

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 We didn't talk about the Bible, or if we did, it would quickly veer into political issues of the day.

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 I mention this because the text that we're going to be looking at this morning, if I'm not careful

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 with myself, I could talk a lot about politics. This would be one of those texts that could be used

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 as a springboard to talk about all sorts of political things. And given that a lot of the

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 people in this room have political opinions, it might very well be that in coffee time afterwards,

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 you can talk about some of these political things, but you can pray that I don't, that we'll look at

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 some other things in the text which are very important. But by the way, let's look at the text.

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 So if you have your Bibles, it's Acts chapter 5, verses 17 and following. Acts chapter 5, verses 17 and

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 following. And what's just happened, you know, there was a, we spent several weeks, a story of God uses,

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 you know, Peter and John have a man healed in the name of Jesus who's never been able to walk. It draws a

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 crowd. They do a sermon. They go and they get thrown in jail. They get let out. They, you know, and then after

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 they get let out, they tell everybody about what happened in the congregation, rather than being

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 frightened, is encouraged, the people. And then last week we looked at the terrifying story of God

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 striking Ananias and Sapphira dead. But despite that, that the church grew. And now this is the next

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 story. Now, the book of Acts is an eyewitness-based history of the first 30-some-odd years of the

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 Christmas, the Christmas, the Christmas movement, the Jesus movement. And we don't know how long after

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 the last event, this event happened. It might have just been a couple of weeks. It might have been a

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 couple of months. Most scholars think that the person that we now know of as Paul, but at the time

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 was called Saul, and we're going to meet him in a couple of weeks, that he probably became a Christian

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 probably in the year 34. It might be 35, might even be the end of 33. It depends a little bit on when

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 the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus happened, whether it was the year 30 or 33.

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 But if Jesus died on the cross and was raised from the dead in the year 33,

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 then, you know, maybe within about a year of that, Paul becomes a Christian. And so this, we know that

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 this isn't like two or three or four or five years after, because Paul is still not in the picture.

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 But a couple of months later, it's not specific, this particular event happens, and here's how it

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 goes. Verse 17. But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him, that is the party of the

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 Sadducees, and filled with jealousy, they arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison.

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 Now, just a couple of things here. I read a lot of novels with cops and all of that, and one of the

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 things they talk about in those American novels, I don't know how many of you are familiar with it,

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 is this idea of the perp walk. And if you don't know what a perp walk is, there's two different

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 versions of it. But what happens is, if the police want to embarrass you, or somebody in the police,

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 you know, community wants to embarrass you, it would be as if they were going to arrest me for some

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 reason. And they don't want to just arrest me, they don't want to pull up to my house at 10 o'clock

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 at night and arrest me, just privately. They'd come into the service. And not only would they come

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 into the service to arrest me, they'd make sure that Global News and CTV and CFRA and other groups

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 like that knew that I was going to be arrested, and the reporters would be all there. Or after I'd

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 been charged, as I'm leaving the court, after having been charged, the police would have leaked to

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 people that I'm being, when I'm leaving, so that the press could take pictures of me. And it's a way

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 to further embarrass the people who've been charged, type of a power play. And that's what's going on

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 here. It's more obvious in the original language that it's not just that they arrest the apostles

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 and put them in jail, but they do it in a very public way to show their power. Now, a couple of

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 things that are going on here in the text, and it's one of the reasons that Canadians have a hard

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 time with understanding books like Acts and what's just happened, is, well, I think if you were to

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 look, I bet that Gaza, under Hamas, has laws. I bet they're all written down. I bet if you went to

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 Syria, and you looked, they have laws. How many people think that Hamas cares what the laws say?

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 Or in Syria, that they care what the laws say? Or in China? I could keep naming countries.

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 The fact of the matter is that there might be laws, but the real law is that the powerful do

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 whatever they want. And if you piss off the powerful, they'll arrest you. That's, in fact,

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 how it is for the majority of the people who live on this planet today, and it's how most people

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 throughout history have lived, where basically if you upset the powerful, they'll arrest you.

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 It doesn't matter what the laws are, and that's what's going on here. They're powerful people.

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 The apostles representing the Christians are massively, massively, massively bothering them.

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 In fact, it's even more than that in a moment. And so they just go ahead and arrest them.

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 And one of the things that we have problems with when we look at it, we think, okay, well,

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 what law did they break? In fact, even when I read commentaries, they talk about whether they've

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 broken law. No, no, you guys don't understand it. They didn't break any laws. They just said,

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 you're not allowed to do this. Why? Well, you're not allowed to do this. The why is because I'm the

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 boss. That's why. And because I'm the boss, you're not allowed to do it. Like, it's as simple as that.

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 It doesn't matter what the laws say. Now, what this says here in this particular text,

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 so here, that's the world they're living in. So it's very likely that, for instance, we might have

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 a bit of a problem with it. And if we have commentators writing from our perspective,

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 they try to look at what laws might or might not have been broken. And I'm reading them and think,

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 you guys don't know anything. You know, I can be opinionated when I'm reading commentaries.

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 I just think to myself, I bet a commentator in China wouldn't ask that question,

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 because they just know how the world works. But here's the other part, and it's really important

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 for the rest of the story. You'll notice again in verse 17, they were filled with jealousy. Now,

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 that word in the original language is sort of a, it includes three or a couple of different areas,

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 and there's no really proper English word for it. It's a sort of a rare word. It only occurs one

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 other place in the New Testament. What it's talking about is religiously or ideologically motivated rage.

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 Religiously or ideologically motivated rage. They're not just jealous. They are consumed

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 with rage. And the rage is driven by religious and or ideological purposes. Another way to understand

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 it is that they are filled with a punitive zeal. They are filled with zeal to punish.

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 Another way to understand it is they have been consumed with fierceness of indignation.

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 Another way to understand it is they are filled with envy. An envy that wants to punish.

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 And that's what's all being captured with this simple word, jealousy, but what's there in the

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 original language. Now, this is very, very, this is a profound human problem.

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 And it's made worse when you have power. It doesn't matter whether it's political power, social power,

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 religious power, cultural power, family power, maybe a power of a husband over a wife, or in some cases a

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 wife over a husband. And so what is envy? Envy is,

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 envy is one of those sins that we don't often recognize that we have, and it's not talked about very much in our culture.

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 It's sort of a perversion of good ambition.

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 So good ambition would be,

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 you know, one of you is a lawyer.

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 And you look at some other lawyer, and you just marvel at how skilled she is.

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 And you think to yourself, I'd love, like that, she's such a good lawyer.

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 Like the way she handles questions, her knowledge of the case law, that her knowledge of the law,

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 the way she handles things, the way she handles things in court.

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 Or, I'd love to be a lawyer like that someday.

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 Or maybe somebody in the civil service, and you, you know, you see your boss's boss's boss,

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 and you see how they handle meetings, and how they handle conflict, and how they handle staff.

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 And you say to yourself, you know, I'd really like to be like that.

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 I'd really like to be like him someday.

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 You know, maybe even, you know, could I call them or talk to them and maybe get some pointers.

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 But I'm just going to be like that person someday.

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 Or maybe you know, I'd really like to be like that person someday.

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 You know, for me, it would be like, I'd really like to be able to preach like that man,

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 or lead like that man, or counsel like that person.

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 But instead, I'd look at that person, and I say,

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 I'm just as good as him.

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 I'm just as good as her

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 and the fact that I think I'm just as good as them

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 and they're getting those things that I don't have

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 fills me with envy

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 and at the heart of envy

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 I want to bring them down

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 I want to knock them down

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 not just one peg or two peg

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 I'd love to see them humiliated

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 I can get to the point where I'd like to see them lose everything

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 you see it's not even a zero something

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 that I could take their position and they could be down

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 it wouldn't matter if I get any type of position

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 or get any better as long as they get destroyed

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 as long as they get completely and utterly gone

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 and those are very powerful things

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 and obviously those are extreme things

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 but it's what envy can grow into

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 and so what we see here

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 it's in a sense a combination of envy and anger

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 and anger is the same type of thing

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 and one of the things about both envy and anger

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 is that one of the reasons there's such profound human problems

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 is we often don't recognize them in ourselves

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 I've had talks with people who have been angry

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 and gosh

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 I mean you don't have to be a rocket scientist

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 to figure out that they're angry

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 their face is red

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 they're gripping the seat or whatever

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 or maybe their hands are shaking

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 and you say you know I think you're angry

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 they say no I'm not

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 in a really angry way

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 I yell it right back at you

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 no I'm not angry

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 you know

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 by the way I always recognize my envy and my anger

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 and I'm just joking

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 I'm you know

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 here's the thing about this text

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 which is so powerful

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 and it's

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 if you remember this

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 especially for the book of Acts

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 but all the way through narratives

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 is that the book of Acts

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 every text in the book of Acts

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 is both a mirror

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 and a window

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 it's a mirror and a window

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 it's a way to see ourselves

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 but it's also a way to see hope

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 to see who God is

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 and it's always both at the same time

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 and what we need to understand

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 and one of the reasons that the Bible

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 and the biblical

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 one of the reasons I love Christianity

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 it's so beautiful

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 and it's so powerful

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 is that the Bible doesn't other

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 other people

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 so it's not here

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 the way to interpret this text

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 is not to say

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 oh yeah

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 look at those bad people

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 look at those bad people

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 we're the good people

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 look at those bad people

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 that's what happens when you have power

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 that you know

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 look at those

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 you know whatever

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 look at those Jewish people

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 or look at those millionaires

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 or there were billionaires

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 or those deputy ministers

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 no

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 the fact of the matter is

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 is that when we're reading the text of the story

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 we're not just to say

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 how bad these people in power are

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 we are to ask ourselves

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 is it me Lord

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 like do I have an anger problem

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 do I have an envy problem

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 I might think that I'm concerned with justice

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 I'm concerned with

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 I'm concerned with the good running of the organization

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 but is it in fact that

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 that's not really the case

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 that what really is going on

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 is that I have envy

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 and I would be just as happy

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 if things didn't work very well

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 as long as that person gets kicked out of their position

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 is that me

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 and the text doesn't just dump on you

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 you see that's what was so wonderful

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 that when you read the biblical narratives

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 and you read them in light of the gospel

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 then you see because on one hand

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 I am sometimes these people

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 I am sometimes angry and envious

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 and I am sometimes blind to it

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 but I'm also sometimes like the apostles

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 you see and that's why the thing

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 which is so powerful about these biblical narratives

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 is that they

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 when you understand them as a mirror and a window

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 and when as you read them in light of the gospel

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 the comfort that the gospel gives you

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 you can look at those different aspects of yourself

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 and not just get caught in othering people

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 or just patting yourself on the back

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 as if you're just unbelievably brilliant all of the time

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 and that's just the way it has to be

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 or both

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 but what's going on here

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 is a very powerful case

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 of anger and envy

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 and we'll see that as the text goes on

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 and we'll see how it works as the text goes on

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 so

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 and so actually

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 what's going to happen next is

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 you can ask me about it over coffee

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 or if you're watching this online

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 you can send me an email

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 maybe I could have a chat with you

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 I'm not going to defend it

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 I believe the next bit happened

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 I don't think there's anything problematic

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 with the next thing happening

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 but what happens next

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 let's look

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 verse 19

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 so the apostles are arrested

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 they're put in public prison

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 verse 19

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 but during the night

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 but during the night

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 an angel of the Lord

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 opened the prison doors

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 and brought them out

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 the angels obviously also

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 made the guards fall asleep

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 or whatever

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 and said

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 the angel says to the apostles

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 go and stand in the temple

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 and speak to the people

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 all the words of this life

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 this life

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 and that's really interesting

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 because it shows

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 that one of the ways

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 that the early Christians

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 understood themselves

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 is that they were followers

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 of the life

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 and it's really important

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 to understand

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 that that's what Christianity offers us

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 it offers us life

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 it offers us a perspective

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 to be thankful

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 for the gift of life

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 for ourselves

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 the gift of life

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 for others

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 it's a way for us

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 to understand

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 that when Jesus

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 comes into our lives

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 that what he offers us

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 is life

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 that we begin to get

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 his life

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 eternal life

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 life of the future

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 in our lives right now

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 and that when we die

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 it is not the end of us

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 but that we walk

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 into greater life

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 in a sense

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 a greater life

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 overwhelms

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 and swallows us

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 from the world's point of view

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 death has swallowed us

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 but when we are in Christ

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 life has swallowed us

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 and we enter into

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 greater life

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 and

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 and that's

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 that's what the message is

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 now

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 what happens

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 as a result

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 now

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 this whole bit

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 by the way

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 is filled

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 the whole story

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 is filled with irony

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 and sort of sarcasm

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 in fact

00:19:21.080 --> 00:19:22.420
 Monty Python

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 would be the perfect people

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 to act this out

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 they would probably

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 nail it perfectly

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 in terms of getting

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 how the different

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 the soldiers

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 and others

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 are reacting

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 to everything

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 that happens

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 and just see

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.820
 what happens next

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 so the angels

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 let them out

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 verse 21

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 and when they heard this

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 that's the apostles

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 they entered the temple

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 at daybreak

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 and began to teach

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 now when the high priest

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 came

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 and those who were with him

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 they called together

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 the council

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 all the senate

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 of the people of Israel

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 and sent to the prison

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 to have them brought

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 but when the officers

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 came

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 they did not find

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 the apostles

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 in the prison

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 so they returned

00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:57.940
 and reported

00:19:57.940 --> 00:20:00.000
 we found the prison

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 securely locked

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 and the guards

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 standing at the doors

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 but when

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.879
 we opened

00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:05.680
 the doors

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 we found no one inside

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 now when the captain

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 of the temple

00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:10.919
 and the chief priest

00:20:10.919 --> 00:20:11.879
 heard these words

00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:12.579
 they were greatly

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.899
 perplexed about them

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 wondering what

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 this would come to

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 and someone came

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 and told them

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 look

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 the men

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 whom you put in prison

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 are standing

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 in the temple

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 and teaching

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 the people

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 are teaching

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 the people

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 and the captain

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 with the officers

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 went and brought them

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 that's the apostles

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 but not by force

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:34.279
 for they were afraid

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 of being stoned

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 by the people

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 and when they had

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 brought them

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 they set them

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 before the council

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 and the high priest

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 questioned them

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 now

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 you know

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 as I said

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 I'm not

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 well

00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.839
 here's the

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 here's the impact

00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.500
 of envy

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 and anger

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 in our lives

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 when you are

00:21:01.860 --> 00:21:02.360
 filled with

00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:03.460
 envy and anger

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 when I am

00:21:04.800 --> 00:21:05.340
 filled with

00:21:05.340 --> 00:21:06.620
 envy or anger

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 I am not

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 interested in the

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.580
 truth

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 and I'm not

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 interested in

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 justice

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:16.040
 now I would

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 deny it

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 when I'm

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 caught with

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.220
 envy

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 and I would

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 deny it

00:21:20.060 --> 00:21:20.759
 when I'm

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.120
 caught up

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 with anger

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 but the fact

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.259
 of the matter

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.519
 is

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.180
 we can see

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 it in

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 others

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 when they're

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 filled with

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:25.779
 envy

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 or when

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 they're

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.700
 filled with

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 anger

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.639
 that their

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 interest

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.359
 in the

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:28.819
 truth

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.879
 vanishes

00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:30.799
 as envy

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.440
 goes up

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.220
 anger

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.839
 goes up

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.519
 a concern

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.180
 for truth

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.900
 goes down

00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.859
 it goes

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.299
 down

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 and down

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.639
 and down

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 you'd think

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:41.799
 that what

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.960
 the high priest

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.279
 is going to

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.779
 ask the

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.960
 guys is

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:46.099
 how did

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.259
 you get

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.539
 out

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:48.539
 now they

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:48.940
 said

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.940
 well an

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.420
 angel got

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:50.779
 us out

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.680
 I mean

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.039
 these guys

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.240
 are in

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.639
 the religious

00:21:52.639 --> 00:21:53.259
 business

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:53.779
 they should

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.240
 say like

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.660
 really an

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:54.980
 angel

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:57.379
 like gosh

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:58.559
 like maybe

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:58.899
 I should

00:21:58.899 --> 00:21:59.519
 reconsider

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.279
 my anger

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:03.619
 or or

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.639
 maybe they

00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.359
 could say

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:09.440
 wow I

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:09.819
 mean that's

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.220
 a bit of a

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:10.720
 justification

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.420
 that maybe

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.180
 God's on

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:12.759
 your side

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.579
 and I

00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:14.200
 we should

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:14.740
 maybe not

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.240
 have arrested

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.599
 you

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:17.639
 maybe we

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:17.799
 should

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.359
 reconsider

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:18.899
 that whole

00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:19.379
 resurrection

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:19.779
 thing

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.079
 could we

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.519
 go back

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:20.859
 I'd just

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.119
 like to

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:21.419
 ask you

00:22:21.419 --> 00:22:21.579
 some

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:21.959
 questions

00:22:21.959 --> 00:22:22.299
 like I'm

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.639
 just really

00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:23.480
 stuck now

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.319
 with the

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:24.779
 fact that you

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.279
 got out in

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:25.659
 such a

00:22:25.659 --> 00:22:26.019
 fashion

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.459
 and

00:22:26.459 --> 00:22:31.819
 we haven't

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.179
 been able to

00:22:32.179 --> 00:22:32.439
 find the

00:22:32.439 --> 00:22:32.799
 body

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.219
 Peter

00:22:33.219 --> 00:22:33.759
 and all

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.740
 and so

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.079
 did you

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.599
 really see

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:35.959
 Jesus

00:22:35.959 --> 00:22:36.919
 like you

00:22:36.919 --> 00:22:37.439
 really didn't

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:37.859
 steal the

00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.099
 body

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.439
 did you

00:22:38.439 --> 00:22:38.859
 really see

00:22:38.859 --> 00:22:39.199
 Jesus

00:22:39.199 --> 00:22:39.639
 alive

00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:39.980
 did you

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.419
 really see

00:22:40.419 --> 00:22:40.819
 him ascend

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.039
 into

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.279
 heaven

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.679
 like and

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:43.019
 what about

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.439
 that thing

00:22:43.439 --> 00:22:44.019
 with Pentecost

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.679
 did that

00:22:44.679 --> 00:22:45.399
 really happen

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.060
 we've heard

00:22:46.060 --> 00:22:46.759
 rumors that

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.060
 like there

00:22:47.060 --> 00:22:47.460
 was something

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:47.820
 that looked

00:22:47.820 --> 00:22:48.519
 like fire

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.040
 and there's

00:22:49.040 --> 00:22:49.480
 the wind

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.780
 and like

00:22:49.780 --> 00:22:50.060
 did that

00:22:50.060 --> 00:22:50.800
 really happen

00:22:50.800 --> 00:22:52.500
 and

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.519
 and

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:55.080
 you know

00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:56.720
 we

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.280
 we want

00:22:57.280 --> 00:22:57.480
 to

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.019
 obviously

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.800
 we want

00:22:58.800 --> 00:22:59.140
 to have

00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.519
 people

00:22:59.519 --> 00:22:59.880
 worship

00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:00.280
 the God

00:23:00.280 --> 00:23:00.700
 of Israel

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.060
 and you

00:23:01.060 --> 00:23:01.759
 keep saying

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.100
 that the

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:02.420
 God of

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:02.660
 Israel

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:02.960
 is the

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.320
 one doing

00:23:03.320 --> 00:23:03.660
 all of

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:03.860
 these

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.160
 things

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.360
 and

00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:05.280
 and you

00:23:05.280 --> 00:23:05.620
 preach

00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:05.900
 with a

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.240
 type of

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.540
 power

00:23:06.540 --> 00:23:06.820
 that we

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 just

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.259
 don't

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.580
 have

00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:07.800
 and you

00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:07.920
 have

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.019
 an

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.640
 attractiveness

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:08.940
 that we

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.060
 don't

00:23:09.060 --> 00:23:09.220
 have

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.519
 like could

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:09.820
 you tell

00:23:09.820 --> 00:23:10.180
 us a little

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.540
 bit more

00:23:10.540 --> 00:23:10.759
 about

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.060
 that

00:23:11.060 --> 00:23:14.840
 well no

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.879
 they could

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.379
 have done

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:16.819
 all of

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.519
 those things

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.459
 but they

00:23:18.459 --> 00:23:19.079
 are filled

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:20.679
 with envy

00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:21.819
 they are

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.240
 filled

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:23.240
 with anger

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.839
 they would

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.759
 be happier

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:27.440
 to have

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.220
 the apostles

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.019
 destroyed

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.559
 and people

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.039
 be less

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.599
 observant

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.059
 Jews

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:33.279
 than for

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.619
 them to

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.079
 thrive

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:35.740
 they'd be

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.140
 happy

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:37.359
 to see

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:37.619
 these

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.059
 Christians

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.660
 destroyed

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:40.140
 even if

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.420
 it means

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.000
 less people

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.339
 come to

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.720
 the temple

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.319
 than before

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:44.180
 because

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.700
 they're filled

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.279
 with envy

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.879
 and envy

00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.420
 wants to

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.819
 tear the

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.599
 other down

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:50.879
 anger

00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:51.400
 wants to

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:51.819
 tear the

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.480
 other down

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.559
 and envy

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:53.960
 and anger

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.240
 aren't

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.619
 concerned

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:54.960
 with the

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.259
 truth

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.579
 and you

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:55.940
 see this

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.460
 perfectly

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.000
 modeled

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.839
 in the

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.119
 story

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.500
 look at

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.059
 the question

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.379
 that he

00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.720
 asks

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.700
 in verse

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.259
 28

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:03.379
 we strictly

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:04.059
 charge you

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.519
 not to

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:04.960
 teach in

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.440
 this name

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.140
 yet here

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.579
 you have

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:06.819
 filled

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.259
 Jerusalem

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.640
 with your

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.240
 teaching

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.900
 and you

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.259
 intend

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.640
 to bring

00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:10.259
 this man's

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.519
 blood

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.640
 upon us

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:15.579
 well there's

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.000
 no law

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.379
 that says

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.779
 you can't

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.180
 do these

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.500
 things

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.000
 the only

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.299
 law

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.740
 is

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:21.099
 I'm

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.680
 the boss

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:23.180
 I have

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:24.299
 the hold

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.859
 of power

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:27.179
 you

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:27.579
 guys are

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.179
 nobodies

00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:30.199
 do what

00:24:30.199 --> 00:24:30.639
 I say

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:33.319
 and you

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.779
 see

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:35.439
 here's the

00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:35.779
 other thing

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.139
 about the

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:36.539
 power of

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.099
 this story

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:38.279
 what did

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.559
 they say

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:38.919
 again

00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.619
 you're trying

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:39.939
 to make

00:24:39.939 --> 00:24:40.319
 it look

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.779
 like we

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.259
 had this

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.639
 person

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.159
 killed

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:43.019
 well actually

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.379
 they did

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:43.779
 have this

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.099
 person

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.419
 killed

00:24:44.419 --> 00:24:44.859
 like that's

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.419
 the truth

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:48.039
 you see

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:49.759
 once again

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.120
 this is

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:50.480
 not a

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:50.779
 story

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.140
 where we

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.440
 other

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:51.920
 people

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:55.960
 I bet

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.720
 every one

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.200
 of us

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.060
 would have

00:24:58.060 --> 00:24:58.539
 a friend

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:58.980
 or a

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.340
 husband

00:24:59.340 --> 00:24:59.840
 or a

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:00.160
 wife

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.600
 who would

00:25:00.600 --> 00:25:01.100
 say to

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.340
 us

00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:01.660
 that there

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:01.940
 had been

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.519
 times in

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.279
 our lives

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.480
 when we've

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.060
 been wrong

00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:06.220
 or done

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.759
 something

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.380
 and we've

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:08.300
 denied it

00:25:08.300 --> 00:25:10.960
 refused to

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.560
 acknowledge it

00:25:11.560 --> 00:25:12.100
 was true

00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:13.379
 it's a

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:13.639
 human

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.219
 problem

00:25:14.219 --> 00:25:19.000
 some of

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.240
 us are

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.740
 maybe far

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.240
 more prone

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.559
 to it

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.079
 than others

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.139
 and we're

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:22.480
 definitely

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.039
 far more

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.519
 prone to

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:23.939
 others

00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:24.539
 to do

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:24.859
 this

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.559
 when we're

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.000
 filled with

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.419
 envy or

00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:26.740
 anger

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:29.099
 and we get

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.759
 completely and

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.439
 utterly blind

00:25:30.439 --> 00:25:30.980
 to what we've

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.299
 in fact

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:32.079
 actually done

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:36.299
 and you see

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.879
 this is also

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.219
 going to be

00:25:37.219 --> 00:25:37.539
 one of the

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.019
 things which

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.859
 helps to

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.179
 show the

00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:39.740
 real beauty

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.019
 and the

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.419
 wonder of

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:41.000
 the gospel

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.339
 because you

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:43.039
 see if

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:44.339
 you being

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.940
 made right

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.619
 with God

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.319
 or if you

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:46.960
 trying to

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.480
 reach your

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.440
 ideal self

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:49.119
 or if you

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.720
 trying to

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.279
 reach these

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.819
 types of

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.700
 you know

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:53.099
 we want to

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.579
 have the

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.640
 applause and

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.279
 the acclaim

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.359
 and the

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.180
 well doing

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.880
 of people

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.579
 thinking certain

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.160
 things about

00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.380
 us

00:25:59.380 --> 00:26:00.279
 and if

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.740
 that's our

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.160
 goal

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:01.900
 then to

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.500
 have people

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.160
 point out

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.619
 the things

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:03.880
 in our

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.440
 lives which

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.940
 are wrong

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.920
 it's sort

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.119
 of an

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:06.720
 unbearable

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.339
 type of

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.619
 thing

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.160
 because we

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.579
 need to

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.160
 achieve

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.660
 and we

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:09.980
 need to

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.480
 maintain

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.900
 these

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.259
 things

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.099
 and it's

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.539
 only when

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.160
 the gospel

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.480
 helps us

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.099
 to understand

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:15.799
 that God

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.500
 knows every

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.079
 bad thing

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.559
 we've done

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.019
 and still

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.640
 he loves

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.200
 us and he

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.740
 loves us

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.039
 we're going to

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.559
 see this in a

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.160
 moment and that

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:22.059
 starts to begin

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.779
 as the gospel

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.460
 becomes more

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.039
 true and real

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.720
 to our heart

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:26.180
 a place for me

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:27.539
 to actually say

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.860
 actually it is me

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.539
 oh Lord who did

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:29.819
 that

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:33.000
 it's still going

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:34.140
 against our

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:35.079
 human nature

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:36.339
 our fallen

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:37.120
 human nature

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.960
 but there begins

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.500
 to be a

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.000
 place

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:40.240
 that we

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.900
 can stand

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.860
 and see

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.340
 ourselves

00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:42.880
 as God

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.340
 has seen

00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:43.740
 us and

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.279
 both see

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.799
 the grace

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.100
 that he's

00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:45.600
 offered to

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:45.940
 us in

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.279
 Christ

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.740
 which is

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:48.740
 so deep

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.120
 and so

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.600
 broad and

00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.100
 extensive

00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:50.740
 that everything

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.180
 has been

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:51.480
 forgiven

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.960
 every sin

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.259
 has been

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.680
 forgiven

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.600
 and then

00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:54.240
 maybe to be

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.640
 able to say

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.240
 well actually

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.400
 I did

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:56.660
 kill

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.180
 I was

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.660
 responsible

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.240
 for killing

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.660
 Jesus

00:26:58.660 --> 00:27:00.980
 I was

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:03.779
 and see

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.120
 one of the

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:04.500
 things which

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.799
 is so

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:06.539
 wonderful

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.220
 about the

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.579
 gospel

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.160
 look what

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.880
 happens

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.519
 here we

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.059
 see what's

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.539
 so wonderful

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:10.920
 about the

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.380
 many of the

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:11.680
 things that

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:11.940
 are so

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.240
 wonderful

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.640
 about the

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:12.860
 gospel

00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:13.259
 how does

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.140
 Peter respond

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:15.460
 verse 29

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.180
 he says

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:17.059
 but Peter

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.279
 and the

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.640
 apostles

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.120
 answered

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:19.319
 we must

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.940
 obey God

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.440
 rather than

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.720
 men

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:24.940
 the God

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.579
 of our

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.200
 fathers

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.400
 no other

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:27.599
 thing

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:30.839
 you guys

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.119
 who

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.240
 you're

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.919
 Jewish

00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:33.559
 people

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.299
 like us

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:36.000
 Abraham

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.599
 Isaac

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.039
 Jacob

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.519
 the God

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:37.939
 of Abraham

00:27:37.939 --> 00:27:38.459
 and Isaac

00:27:38.459 --> 00:27:39.019
 and Jacob

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:40.619
 your God

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.419
 and my

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:41.959
 God

00:27:41.959 --> 00:27:48.099
 he raised

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.839
 Jesus

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:52.179
 he raised

00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:52.779
 Jesus

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:54.699
 whom you

00:27:54.699 --> 00:27:55.259
 killed

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.500
 by hanging

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.000
 him on a

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.219
 tree

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:59.220
 God

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.779
 exalted

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.400
 him

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.279
 verse 31

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.960
 at his

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.519
 right hand

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.039
 as leader

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.759
 or prince

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.360
 and savior

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:06.100
 and here's

00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:06.680
 this wonderful

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.079
 thing

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:08.759
 he's saying

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.279
 this to the

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:10.059
 men who

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.740
 literally

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.839
 were responsible

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.339
 for the

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.779
 killing of

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.100
 Jesus

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:14.559
 now

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:16.600
 one of the

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.220
 things every

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.059
 well instructed

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.700
 Christian has

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.460
 to understand

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.240
 is that it

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.519
 could have

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.960
 been my

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.740
 hands that

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.160
 nailed

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.660
 Jesus'

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.700
 hands to

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.319
 the cross

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.339
 it could

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.620
 have been

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:26.400
 me who

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.819
 put the

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.299
 crown of

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.659
 thorns

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:28.039
 on his

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.379
 brow

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:31.480
 that I

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.419
 am complicit

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:33.319
 that was

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.819
 me

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:35.159
 doing it

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:36.359
 but even

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:37.139
 these men

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:38.439
 who literally

00:28:38.439 --> 00:28:39.639
 were responsible

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.299
 for his

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.659
 death

00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:43.119
 Peter says

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:44.439
 God

00:28:44.439 --> 00:28:44.899
 God exalted

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.500
 him at his

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.879
 right hand

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.219
 as leader

00:28:46.219 --> 00:28:46.639
 and savior

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.459
 to give

00:28:47.459 --> 00:28:48.159
 repentance

00:28:48.159 --> 00:28:48.959
 to Israel

00:28:48.959 --> 00:28:49.500
 and forgiveness

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.019
 of sins

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.479
 he's saying

00:28:50.479 --> 00:28:50.839
 it to the

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.139
 man who

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:51.719
 actually killed

00:28:51.719 --> 00:28:52.239
 Jesus

00:28:52.239 --> 00:28:56.899
 you meant

00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.959
 this for

00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:58.819
 great harm

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.639
 but actually

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.839
 God vindicated

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.459
 Jesus

00:29:01.459 --> 00:29:03.139
 and he

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.759
 rose Jesus

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.339
 and he

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.099
 brought

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.579
 Jesus

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:07.139
 made Jesus

00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:07.719
 resurrected

00:29:07.719 --> 00:29:08.579
 and all of this

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.219
 was done so

00:29:09.219 --> 00:29:09.859
 you could have

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.399
 repentance

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.620
 forgiveness

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.380
 and the

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:11.700
 forgiveness

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.680
 of sins

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:21.660
 this is a

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.360
 very powerful

00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:22.880
 thing

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:25.160
 and in fact

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.680
 as well as that

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.259
 here there's another

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.920
 thing look at verse

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.460
 30 again

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.100
 the God of our

00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:28.820
 fathers raised

00:29:28.820 --> 00:29:29.620
 Jesus whom you

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.140
 killed by

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:31.300
 hanging him

00:29:31.300 --> 00:29:32.120
 on a tree

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:35.579
 now those of you

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:35.859
 who know the

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.599
 Bible a little bit

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.239
 well know that

00:29:37.239 --> 00:29:38.599
 what happened

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.639
 is that the

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.559
 death that

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:42.859
 these people

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.819
 conspired with

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.559
 the Romans to

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.219
 do was a

00:29:45.219 --> 00:29:46.439
 death that

00:29:46.439 --> 00:29:47.439
 by the

00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:47.959
 Tanakh

00:29:47.959 --> 00:29:48.679
 what we call

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:48.979
 the Old

00:29:48.979 --> 00:29:49.399
 Testament

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:50.000
 was a

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.419
 cursed

00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:51.139
 death

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:54.259
 and this is

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.119
 profound good

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.559
 news

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:57.839
 I don't know

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.819
 probably some of

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.559
 you even here

00:29:59.559 --> 00:29:59.939
 today

00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:01.139
 and if not

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:01.639
 right at this

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.000
 moment

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:03.000
 at times in

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.519
 your life

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:05.559
 and if not

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.559
 us right now

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.119
 or times in

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.420
 our life

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:07.720
 there are

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.160
 people we

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.420
 know

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.099
 who walk

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.779
 around feeling

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.160
 as if

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.359
 they're

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.880
 cursed

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:16.400
 their failure

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:18.660
 in marriage

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.319
 their failures

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.799
 maybe in

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.319
 singleness

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.779
 or in

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.299
 parenting

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:22.000
 or in

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.200
 their

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.839
 economic

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.420
 life

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:25.740
 maybe because

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.039
 of the

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.539
 color of

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.200
 your skin

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:29.160
 your educational

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.720
 level

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:31.180
 your caste

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.620
 life

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.019
 if you're

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.140
 in

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.460
 India

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:34.500
 things that

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.660
 you've

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:34.840
 done

00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:35.340
 wrong

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:35.779
 ways

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:35.920
 that

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.060
 you've

00:30:36.060 --> 00:30:36.220
 been

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.680
 shamed

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:36.860
 or

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.840
 embarrassed

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.180
 by

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.680
 others

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:41.140
 you feel

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.480
 like you're

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.920
 under a

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.320
 curse

00:30:42.320 --> 00:30:42.980
 there's

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.299
 something

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.940
 cursed

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:45.140
 about you

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.600
 and it's a

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.299
 very powerful

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:47.700
 human

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.539
 experience

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.920
 and I

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.299
 don't wish

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.680
 it upon

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.159
 any of

00:30:51.159 --> 00:30:51.359
 you

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.240
 and anybody

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:54.000
 I have

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.599
 I have

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.079
 lived under

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.720
 that feeling

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:59.659
 and this

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.559
 is profoundly

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.639
 profoundly

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.740
 good news

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.399
 for those

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:03.759
 of us

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.480
 who feel

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.019
 or have

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.420
 gone through

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:05.899
 a season

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:06.399
 or are

00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:06.859
 going through

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.319
 a season

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:07.799
 of feeling

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.259
 cursed

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:10.379
 because the

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:10.900
 message of

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.500
 the cross

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.079
 is

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:15.519
 you know

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.000
 whether the

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.460
 curses

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.680
 are

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.740
 it's

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.500
 whether that's

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.039
 actually true

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.359
 or it's just

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:20.099
 something imaginary

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:21.079
 but the curse

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:22.000
 that was on

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.420
 you

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:23.960
 when Jesus

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.619
 dies on the

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:25.000
 cross

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.980
 he didn't do

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.420
 anything

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.400
 so it's

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:28.180
 he's taking

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:29.319
 your curse

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:30.879
 upon himself

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:32.780
 and as

00:31:32.780 --> 00:31:33.360
 he takes

00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:34.600
 your curse

00:31:34.600 --> 00:31:35.520
 upon himself

00:31:35.520 --> 00:31:37.220
 he's

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.840
 extending

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:38.420
 to you

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.340
 blessedness

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:41.720
 he's

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.140
 extending

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.580
 to you

00:31:42.580 --> 00:31:43.020
 life

00:31:43.020 --> 00:31:46.420
 undeserved

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.900
 blessedness

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:49.360
 undeserved

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:50.100
 life

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:51.760
 is offered

00:31:51.760 --> 00:31:52.280
 to you

00:31:52.280 --> 00:31:55.500
 so if

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.100
 you here

00:31:56.100 --> 00:31:56.800
 or you there

00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:57.360
 are watching

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:57.860
 this and you

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.280
 feel under

00:31:58.280 --> 00:31:58.620
 a curse

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.080
 I want to

00:31:59.080 --> 00:31:59.500
 tell you

00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.800
 that

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:01.539
 that curse

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:03.700
 if you put

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.159
 your hands

00:32:04.159 --> 00:32:04.639
 in the hands

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:05.039
 of Jesus

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.500
 or if you

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.819
 have done

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.240
 that in the

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.559
 past

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:06.799
 and you

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.240
 just haven't

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.899
 realized it

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:09.419
 that curse

00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:10.119
 is on him

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:12.619
 he took

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.279
 that curse

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.819
 because he

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.299
 loves you

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.379
 he loves

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:15.659
 you

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:17.839
 and he

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.299
 offers you

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.059
 blessedness

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:20.559
 undeserved

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.359
 blessedness

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:25.119
 and so here

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.500
 it says

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.960
 when God

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.700
 in verse 31

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.139
 that God

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.839
 exalted him

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.279
 in his right

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.579
 hand

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.019
 his leader

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.500
 and savior

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.839
 to give

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.240
 repentance

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.839
 to Israel

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.359
 and forgiveness

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.059
 of sins

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:33.319
 this is a

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.819
 very very

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.799
 powerful image

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.319
 like how can

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:35.599
 he give

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.079
 repentance

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.759
 well all of

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.180
 us have had

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.819
 experiences

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.500
 similar to

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.119
 feeling cursed

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.420
 and this

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:40.019
 sometimes be

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.400
 part of the

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:40.839
 reason why

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.240
 we feel

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.660
 cursed

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:43.140
 is that

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.579
 when we

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.319
 have wronged

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.740
 somebody

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.140
 and this

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.480
 goes the

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.839
 other way

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.299
 too by the

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.539
 way but

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:46.779
 I'm going to

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.039
 use the

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.579
 example of

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:47.880
 us we

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:48.559
 have wronged

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.880
 somebody

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.240
 and the

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.859
 other person

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.500
 shuts us

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.819
 out

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:52.619
 shuts us

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:52.940
 out

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:55.160
 shuts us

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.859
 out forever

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:57.200
 forever

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:59.940
 there's

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.500
 no amount

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.980
 of amendment

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.620
 of life

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:03.220
 no amount

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.000
 of saying

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.580
 you're sorry

00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:06.380
 no amount

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.539
 of reparations

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.799
 no amount

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:11.100
 of counseling

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:12.539
 will make that

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.279
 other person

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.240
 forgive you

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:16.559
 or make them

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.400
 interested in having

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.980
 anything to do

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.480
 with you again

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.039
 for the rest of

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.460
 their lives

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.860
 you've been

00:33:19.860 --> 00:33:20.900
 completely and

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.319
 utterly

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:22.700
 shut out

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:25.240
 and if we

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.740
 love them

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:28.140
 we wish

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:30.860
 we could

00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:31.460
 repent

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:35.940
 we wish

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.340
 we could

00:33:36.340 --> 00:33:36.900
 repent

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:38.720
 I mean we

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.539
 can repent

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.160
 but repent

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:41.140
 is actually

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.799
 going to work

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.279
 because the

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.819
 other person

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.580
 will say

00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:43.759
 you know

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.299
 I'm open

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.920
 I'm open

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.259
 to that

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:46.360
 I'm offering

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.840
 that as an

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:47.680
 option to

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:47.920
 you

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:50.799
 and so

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.160
 what we

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.740
 see here

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:51.940
 is

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:53.820
 this phrase

00:33:53.820 --> 00:33:54.460
 repentance

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.880
 and the

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.220
 forgiveness

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.799
 of sins

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.360
 because they

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.860
 go together

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.460
 there's no

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.920
 point to say

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.299
 yeah yeah

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.059
 I'll allow

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.799
 you to repent

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.740
 and then once

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.120
 you repent

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:01.440
 they say

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.539
 I'm joking

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.039
 I'm never

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.340
 going to

00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:03.980
 forgive you

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:05.360
 you worm

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:07.000
 no there's

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.680
 this dual

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.220
 promise

00:34:08.220 --> 00:34:08.780
 and it's so

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.260
 powerful

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.700
 and so

00:34:09.700 --> 00:34:10.179
 beautiful

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.800
 it's so

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.599
 emotionally

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.179
 beautiful

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.860
 and powerful

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.780
 that's what

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.159
 I wish

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:15.019
 that people

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.679
 outside the

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:16.099
 faith would

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.780
 understand

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.679
 that as you

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.220
 begin to

00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:18.840
 understand the

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.340
 gospel and

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.920
 text like this

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.500
 it's so

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.119
 beautiful

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:23.359
 it's so

00:34:23.359 --> 00:34:24.000
 beautiful

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:25.880
 and so one

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.219
 of the ways

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.539
 that we can

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.019
 understand what

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.480
 the gospel

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.000
 is it's the

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.539
 gospel is

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.619
 the Jesus

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.239
 comes to

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.960
 George

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.859
 he comes

00:34:31.859 --> 00:34:32.400
 to you

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.079
 and he

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.599
 says I'm

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:33.819
 going to

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.559
 offer you

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:36.039
 a coin

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.920
 of

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:38.279
 uncompare

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:40.900
 unfathomable

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:42.279
 unfathomable

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:42.900
 value

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:46.980
 and it

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.920
 means you'll

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.760
 be reconciled

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.059
 to me

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.400
 it means

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.700
 you have

00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:50.139
 life

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.539
 it means

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:50.760
 you're

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.980
 forgiven

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:53.300
 it means

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.519
 you have

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.820
 the Holy

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.200
 Spirit

00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:55.019
 I'm offering

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.460
 you this

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.740
 thing

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.220
 and when

00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:56.760
 it says

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:56.960
 that you

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.280
 have to

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:57.599
 obey

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.220
 obey

00:34:58.220 --> 00:34:58.720
 just means

00:34:58.720 --> 00:34:59.119
 that God

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.559
 is making

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.119
 this offer

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.440
 to you

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.639
 I'm going

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:00.860
 to give

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.180
 you this

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:01.639
 coin of

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.519
 unbelievable

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.059
 value

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.460
 I just

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.880
 hope you

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.480
 take it

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.420
 I want

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.680
 you to

00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:06.260
 take it

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:07.579
 you know

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:09.519
 and so

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.960
 so we

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.059
 do and

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.480
 when we

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.900
 get the

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:11.279
 coin

00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:12.619
 we look

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:12.860
 at the

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.139
 coin

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.500
 and on

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.059
 one side

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.279
 of the

00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:14.519
 coin

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.079
 it says

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:15.980
 repent

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:17.019
 and believe

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:18.259
 and trust

00:35:18.259 --> 00:35:19.360
 into Jesus

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:19.980
 the Messiah

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.500
 that's what it

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.000
 says on one

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.380
 side of the

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.619
 coin

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:23.119
 repent and

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.619
 believe

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:25.139
 and trust

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:26.079
 into Jesus

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.739
 the Messiah

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:28.199
 and then we

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:28.599
 look at the

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:29.019
 other side

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.219
 of the

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.579
 coin

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.579
 and the

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.019
 other side

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.199
 of the

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.440
 coin

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.940
 says your

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.259
 sins

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:32.799
 are forgiven

00:35:32.799 --> 00:35:34.039
 and life

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.440
 is given

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.059
 to you

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.819
 in Jesus

00:35:35.819 --> 00:35:36.480
 the Messiah

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:38.420
 just one coin

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:40.500
 we take that coin in our hands

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:43.679
 of unfathomable value

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:46.300
 and that's what the coin says on both sides

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:57.900
 you see

00:35:57.900 --> 00:36:02.900
 the teaching of envy

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:04.199
 and the teacher of anger

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:07.819
 to play with a modern slogan

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:11.079
 there's a modern slogan that you do you

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:14.779
 but the bible says

00:36:14.779 --> 00:36:16.839
 you blind you

00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:19.980
 you blind you

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:21.559
 through your envy and your anger

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:24.859
 and refusal to repent

00:36:24.859 --> 00:36:28.799
 and one of the things which is so wonderful about the gospel

00:36:28.799 --> 00:36:32.439
 you see you have here the picture of the opposite of envy and anger

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:37.360
 envy wants to pull down

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:41.059
 Jesus comes down to lift you up

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:44.980
 envy wants you to

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:47.940
 what leads you to pull down others

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:51.900
 Jesus calls you to look up to him

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:53.920
 and by looking up to him

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:56.559
 to see goodness and beauty and excellence in others

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:59.059
 that anger

00:36:59.059 --> 00:37:02.340
 makes you want to hurt and kill

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:05.720
 but Jesus takes

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:11.960
 that proper anger that God has

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:13.500
 towards the wrongdoing you've done

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:15.720
 and that we have towards wrongdoing it's done

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:17.139
 and he has that

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:19.379
 he has that anger fall on him

00:37:19.379 --> 00:37:25.839
 so that we might know life and love

00:37:25.839 --> 00:37:34.139
 and our anger begins to see that

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:38.460
 that allows us to look at why other people might be angry at ourselves

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:40.500
 and why we're even angry at ourselves

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:43.379
 and to understand that Jesus has dealt with all that's

00:37:43.379 --> 00:37:47.239
 really properly anger causing

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:50.279
 by having all that sin fall on himself

00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:52.299
 and we begin to have a place

00:37:52.299 --> 00:37:56.619
 where we can so hear the scriptures in light of Jesus

00:37:56.619 --> 00:38:01.839
 that rather than having you blind you

00:38:01.839 --> 00:38:05.359
 we can see that the scriptures bring light

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:07.659
 they bring a mirror

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:09.839
 for me to see myself

00:38:09.839 --> 00:38:12.480
 and I can start to see myself

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:15.579
 and I can only do that in the comfort

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:18.279
 that anything I see in myself

00:38:18.279 --> 00:38:19.839
 which is so ugly

00:38:19.839 --> 00:38:21.380
 and so terrible

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:24.099
 and so deserving of shame

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:24.839
 and anger

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:27.160
 that Jesus knew that about me

00:38:27.160 --> 00:38:28.880
 when he died for me on the cross

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:31.600
 that there's nothing in my past

00:38:31.600 --> 00:38:32.840
 and nothing in my future

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:34.320
 that Jesus didn't know about

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:36.039
 when he died on the cross for me

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:38.800
 and still he loved me

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:39.820
 and loves me

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:40.920
 and died for me

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:44.180
 and so it's not just that I have a story

00:38:44.180 --> 00:38:46.600
 that changes how I can understand myself

00:38:46.600 --> 00:38:47.960
 and begin to see myself

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:49.500
 but I have Jesus with me

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:51.820
 I have the Holy Spirit with me

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:54.539
 to bring their light and their truth

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.300
 into my life

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:56.539
 and I can begin to look

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:57.900
 and acknowledge these things

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:59.300
 and begin to accept

00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:01.099
 that I don't have to be ashamed

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.239
 and I'm not cursed

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:03.500
 that that fell on him

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:05.480
 my shame fell on him

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:08.480
 that I might have honor in life

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:10.579
 and that's the beauty

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:12.119
 and the power of the gospel

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:15.539
 that's the beauty

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.279
 and the power

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:17.559
 of the gospel

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:23.000
 there's a text in the book of Hebrews

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:26.059
 chapter 12

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:27.019
 verses 1 and 2

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:28.400
 it's not going to be on your screen

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:30.039
 because I didn't think of it

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:31.179
 early enough to send it

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:33.400
 and it goes like this

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:36.400
 therefore since we are surrounded

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:37.960
 by so great a cloud of witnesses

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:39.340
 that's partially by the witnesses

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:40.259
 we learn in the Bible

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:42.639
 let us also lay aside

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.920
 every weight and sin

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:45.259
 which clings so closely

00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:46.760
 and let us run with endurance

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:48.400
 the race that is set before us

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:49.920
 looking to Jesus

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:51.900
 the founder and perfecter

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.560
 of our faith

00:39:52.560 --> 00:39:53.900
 who for the joy

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:55.100
 that was set before him

00:39:55.100 --> 00:39:56.120
 endured the cross

00:39:56.120 --> 00:39:57.840
 despising the shame

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:58.860
 and is seated

00:39:58.860 --> 00:40:00.100
 at the right hand

00:40:00.100 --> 00:40:01.080
 of the throne of God

00:40:01.080 --> 00:40:02.260
 and in Christ

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:03.560
 our destiny

00:40:03.560 --> 00:40:04.840
 is to be before

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:05.980
 the throne of God

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.560
 above

00:40:06.560 --> 00:40:08.000
 without shame

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:09.540
 without cursedness

00:40:09.540 --> 00:40:10.660
 without sin

00:40:10.660 --> 00:40:12.520
 made righteous in him

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:13.920
 and nothing

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.960
 nothing

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:17.440
 can shake us

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:18.159
 from his hand

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:19.280
 when we put our trust

00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:19.679
 in him

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:21.119
 invite you to stand

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:21.519
 please

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:29.280
 bow our heads in prayer

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:35.099
 father we thank you

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.679
 that your word

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:36.300
 is a mirror

00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:37.019
 and a window

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:38.840
 we thank you father

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.739
 that it's not just

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:40.800
 that the Bible

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:41.880
 says there were always

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:43.160
 exactly like these

00:40:43.160 --> 00:40:44.240
 people caught up

00:40:44.240 --> 00:40:44.800
 with envy

00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:45.620
 and anger

00:40:45.620 --> 00:40:47.740
 and untruths

00:40:47.740 --> 00:40:48.400
 that sometimes

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:49.340
 father as well

00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:50.460
 we are able to speak

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:50.880
 the truth

00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:52.280
 we are able to bear witness

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:53.800
 and we give you

00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:54.560
 thanks and praise

00:40:54.560 --> 00:40:55.440
 father that when we

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.560
 bear witness to Jesus

00:40:56.560 --> 00:40:57.680
 it's not just us

00:40:57.680 --> 00:40:58.360
 bearing witness

00:40:58.360 --> 00:40:59.380
 but the Holy Spirit

00:40:59.380 --> 00:41:00.640
 bearing witness as well

00:41:00.640 --> 00:41:01.900
 that it's not just

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:02.900
 up to our ability

00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:05.080
 to persuade

00:41:05.080 --> 00:41:07.440
 or the power

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:08.760
 of our eloquence

00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:09.680
 or the lack of it

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:10.679
 and we thank

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:11.299
 and praise you

00:41:11.299 --> 00:41:12.119
 father for Jesus

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:12.839
 and what he did

00:41:12.839 --> 00:41:13.639
 and for his mighty

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:15.299
 death upon the cross

00:41:15.299 --> 00:41:16.239
 and mighty resurrection

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:17.139
 and his great love

00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:17.579
 for us

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.379
 and we ask father

00:41:18.379 --> 00:41:19.079
 that you would make

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:19.759
 these truths

00:41:19.759 --> 00:41:21.000
 more and more real

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.500
 to us

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.440
 so that we might

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.299
 begin to see us

00:41:23.299 --> 00:41:24.119
 as we really are

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:25.000
 that your word

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.859
 would be that mirror

00:41:25.859 --> 00:41:26.759
 into our lives

00:41:26.759 --> 00:41:28.359
 but not just a mirror

00:41:28.359 --> 00:41:29.039
 that it would also

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:29.799
 be that window

00:41:29.799 --> 00:41:30.699
 by which we might

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:31.779
 understand how just

00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:33.359
 beautiful and loving

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 you are

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 and how beautiful

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 and loving Christ is

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 and how beautiful

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 and powerful

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 the gospel is

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 and that we might

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 father live out

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 of that beauty

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 that we might walk

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 in the beauty

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 of holiness

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 after we have put

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 our hands

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 in the hands

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 of Jesus

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 our Savior

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 and Lord

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 and we ask this

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 father in the name

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 of Jesus

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 your son

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 and our Savior

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 Amen

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 and we ask

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 you