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 We're going to read some sections in Acts of how the gospel spread to and from Antioch.

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 And we're going to start in Acts 11, starting in verse 19, going to verse 26, and then we'll read a couple in Acts 13.

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 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen,

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 travelled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.

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 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

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 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

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 The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

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 When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose.

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 For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith.

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 And a great many people were added to the Lord.

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 So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch.

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 For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people.

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 And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

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 Now we'll read from Acts 13, 1-3.

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 Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon, who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manan, a lifelong friend of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul.

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 While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,

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 Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

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 Then after fasting and praying, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

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 And now verses 47-49.

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 Well, the things Dave said to us earlier, wonderful principles, and yet they set the bar impossibly high, it seems to me.

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 Since the goal of mission is to create true worship.

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 That is to see people everywhere in our world discover true joy and gladness in the greatness and love of God.

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 Since that's part of mission.

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 And since the fuel of mission is worship.

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 That is, we can't commend that which we don't already cherish for ourselves.

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 And the third thing that Dave mentioned is that people aren't neutral.

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 The people we will speak to in their natural born state are hardwired to autonomy.

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 To rebellion against God.

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 Determined to pursue their own glory, not God's glory.

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 Determined to seek life apart from God, not in God.

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 Determined to seek life apart from God's glory.

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 Since those three things are already on the table, then the question we have to ask is,

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 Who on earth can have the confidence to do mission?

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 What people, what person, what community could think they could possibly do mission?

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 Why would we possibly think and proceed with confidence to make people see and do that which they neither want to see nor do?

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 In the moment, can we venture with confidence into this new partnership with Matt and Grace in a far away land?

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 Well, the answer, thankfully, this morning is a resounding yes.

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 We can have confidence.

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 And I want just briefly to reference the church in Antioch that Jess has just read to us about this morning as a model for our confidence.

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 And it works like this.

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 We get God's sovereign purpose in salvation dovetailing precisely with what the ordinary believers were doing on the ground.

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 The backstory of the church of Antioch catalogues a series of unremarkable people.

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 Unremarkable people who had been confronted by the gospel of Jesus, spoken to them by equally unremarkable people.

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 Some of them Jewish, some of them non-Jewish.

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 But in common, they were followers of Christ.

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 And they were all fleeing persecution.

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 And wherever they went, and particularly into the city of Antioch in Syria, they just naturally overflowed.

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 They gossiped the gospel.

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 We believe it was a relatively young church at this stage.

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 But when you flick to Acts 13, verse 1, we see immediately this church was quite ethnically and culturally diverse.

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 And in the day, that would have been a recipe for disaster and division.

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 But notably in this church, it was their new identity in Christ that dominated their thinking.

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 In Acts 11, verse 26, we're told that for the first time, they were united around the term Christian.

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 Each a servant of Jesus, each a believer, each a Christian, that trumped all other natural divisions, ethnically, culturally, and even gender terms.

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 And it was the basis, this new identity in Christ was the basis for a deep unity.

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 A unity of mind and purpose in a diverse community.

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 And we see that another thing about this church, therefore, because of their backstory,

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 they were actually deliberately and prayerfully missional in outlook.

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 What does that mean?

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 Well, it means very, very simply.

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 They were so excited by the gospel that they'd experienced themselves and so radically changed them from the inside out.

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 That, as Dave said, their excitement just overflowed.

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 And overflowed into a passionate desire to hand on the baton.

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 To be on mission for Jesus.

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 To see others experience the same thing that they themselves had experienced when the gospel came to them.

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 And the new delight in the Lord as their greatest treasure was not just expressed by a few individuals,

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 but it characterized the church.

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 The church got together and under the leading of the Holy Spirit,

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 determined to send out Paul and Barnabas.

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 To repeat the job that they had experienced for themselves in Antioch.

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 At a very, very practical level, I think we can say this,

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 that the believers in Antioch were passionate to do what they could do.

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 That is, pull the resources, pick suitable people,

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 and send them out to wherever they could go to speak about Jesus,

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 to speak about gospel.

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 Now, why did they do that?

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 Well, I think the other side of the story, the other side of the coin,

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 the dovetail part,

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 is that they did it because they were confident

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 that the Lord would do what only he could do.

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 The Lord would do what only he could do.

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 That is, change hearts.

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 Give new life to spiritually dead people.

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 And we're told in Acts chapter 11,

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 that many were converted in Antioch

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 as God's purposes in salvation

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 and the efforts of the believers dovetailed.

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 That's Acts chapter 11.

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 Then when we come to Acts chapter 13,

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 we see the same thing happening down the track.

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 Acts chapter 13, verse 47, 48, and 49.

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 And as many as were appointed for eternal life believed.

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 Brothers and sisters, Matt and Grace,

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 these are the principles to hang our hats on.

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 These principles are still true today.

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 They're the only reason for confidence in a world,

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 as we speak the gospel,

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 into a world that doesn't want to hear it.

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 It's the reason we have confidence

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 to speak the gospel into our own families,

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 into our local community here,

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 and into a faraway land.

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 It's the confidence we have

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 underpinning this partnership

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 that we're still early days,

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 but we're growing into

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 and excited about with Matt and Grace.

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 It seems to us a very simple thing.

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 We are sending them out.

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 That's what we can do.

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 That's what they can do.

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 And our confidence is

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 that that will dovetail

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 with God's purposes in salvation,

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 with as many as are appointed to believe

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 in that particular part of the world.

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 We have a wonderful motivation

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 and unlimited opportunity.

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 The whole of the story of Acts,

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 especially Acts chapter 1,

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 is about, as Dave's already highlighted,

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 our God is committed

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 to making his name great

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 in his own world.

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 He's a missionary God.

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 We see in Acts 1,

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 he's got big plans,

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 a big horizon,

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 his whole world,

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 the ends of the earth.

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 He will be worshipped.

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 He will be adored

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 by a vast multitude

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 of redeemed sinners or rebels.

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 He will,

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 as he tells us

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 in other parts of Scripture,

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 build a great resurrection community

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 called the church,

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 a community of died-for people,

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 each individually brought in

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 through the process of the gospel,

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 brought into the kingdom.

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 So, my friends,

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 our mission,

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 our engagement and mission,

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 must have the same big horizons.

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 We must be bold

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 and have the same big plans

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 to the ends of the earth.

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 Why?

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 Well, because it simply reflects

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 who we are in Christ.

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 God.

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 And it's a reflection

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 of our great God in us.

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 And as Dave said before,

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 as those who have experienced

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 the full extent

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 of God's saving grace,

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 even when we were lost,

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 even when we were

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 in full pursuit of autonomy

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 and not in the least interested

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 in worshipping the Lord,

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 for those who have experienced

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 God's grace in that situation,

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 well,

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 we would naturally,

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 we will naturally

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 overflow with desire

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 to see others in our world

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 experience exactly the same

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 rescue and renewal.

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 people.

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 So, my friends,

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 we ought never to think

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 about mission

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 primarily in terms of duty

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 or responsibility.

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 that just won't last.

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 that just won't last.

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 Mission is primarily

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 about ourselves

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 overflowing

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 in worship.

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 a particular expression

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 of that worship

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 is in our partnership

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 forming and growing

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 and deepening

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 with Matt and Grace.

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 And my friends,

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 it also means

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 that mission

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 is not just

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 for keen beings

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 for the people

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 who might just have

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 a particular bent

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 for mission

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 in the church.

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 Mission is

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 for all of God's people

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 because it's something

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 that should overflow

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 from each of us.

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 we shouldn't have

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 to drum up support.

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 We shouldn't have

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 to whip people

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 into ongoing

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 resilient

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 continuation

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 of this stuff.

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 It should be

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 bubbling up.

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 And we can be confident

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 in that situation

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 that God will gather

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 his people powerfully

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 through ordinary folk.

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 I just think

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 this is a beautiful

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 scenario here

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 in Antioch.

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 The believers,

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 and I remember

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 I said at the start

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 that they were unremarkable.

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 The unremarkable

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 believers

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 in Antioch,

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 in the church

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 of Antioch,

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 had every qualification

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 necessary

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 for mission.

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 What are those

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 qualifications?

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 Well, they themselves

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 had experienced

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 forgiveness

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 and renewal

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 in Christ.

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 they themselves

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 had experienced

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 the joy

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 of turning

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 to the Lord

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 in thankfulness

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 and new delight

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 for new life.

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 They spoke

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 out of the overflow

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 of their hearts.

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 They knew the gospel.

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 They knew

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 that it worked.

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 They felt resourced

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 and equipped

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 by Paul and Barnabas

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 in Acts chapter 11.

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 They were there

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 and taught them

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 for a year.

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 It's not told

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 specifically what

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 they's taught,

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 but my guess is

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 that Paul and Barnabas

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 filled in the gaps

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 with,

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 well, now you're Christians.

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 Let's go back

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 and look at the back story

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 from the very start

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 from Genesis

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 and see God's plan

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 right the way through.

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 These guys now felt

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 resourced and equipped

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 having been instructed

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 in God's plan

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 of salvation

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 focused on the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 We're told in Acts 13

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 verse 2

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 they were in tune

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 with the powerful

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 work of the Holy Spirit

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 within them

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 and leading them

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 as a church family.

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 They overflowed

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 in prayer

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 asking the Lord

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 to act for his own glory

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 by rescuing

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 and renewing

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 many others

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 through their efforts

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 to get the gospel

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 out far and wide.

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 Do you hear

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 what the qualifications were?

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 They wanted

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 what God wanted

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 and they used

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 the spiritual tools

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 that the Lord

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 had provided them.

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 That's not too complicated

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 is it?

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 Their excitement

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 and determination

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 to be on mission

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 for Jesus

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 dovetails

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 as I said before

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 with God's purpose

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 and plan of salvation.

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 Let me bring you back

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 to Acts 13

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 47 to 49 again.

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 And we see the scope

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 again

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 of mission

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 picking up

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 a quotation

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 from Isaiah.

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 I have made you

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 a light

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 for the Gentiles

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 that you may

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 bring salvation

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 to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 God's long time

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 plan

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 for salvation

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 God's big horizon

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 and when the Gentiles

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 heard this

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 they began rejoicing

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 and glorifying

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 the word of the Lord

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 and as many

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 as were appointed

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 to eternal life

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 believed

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 and the word

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 of the Lord

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 was spreading

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 throughout the whole region.

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 the church

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 in Antioch

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 pretty young

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 sent Paul

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 and Barnabas

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 out

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 to speak

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 the gospel

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 to long

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 that people

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 might experience

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 the same gospel

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 renewal

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 that they had

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 experienced

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 to be converted

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 to see new

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 resurrection

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 communities

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 or the church

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 birthed

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 and what do we see?

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 God graciously

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 used their efforts

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 to bring the gospel

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 to specific people

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 appointed to salvation

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 and eternal life.

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 the church's job

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 get people

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 to hear

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 about Jesus

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 that's something

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 we can do

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 the Lord's job

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 bring them

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 through Jesus

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 into the kingdom

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 forever

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 how good is that

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 Triss?

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 and so

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 we see

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 a repeat

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 the very thing

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 that they

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 themselves

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 had experienced

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 as these

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 rag tag people

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 coming into

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 Antioch

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 fleeing persecution

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 from down around

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 the Judean region

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 they just walked

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 into town

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 and suddenly

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 they were hearing

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 this guy

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 called Jesus

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 and suddenly

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 they were converted

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 and suddenly

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 there was a church

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 and then suddenly

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 the church

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 was taken up

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 and they wanted

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 to repeat it

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 and here it is

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 they're reproducing

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 themselves

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 as it were

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 and nothing

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 brings greater

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 glory to the Lord

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 that's Paul's

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 point repeatedly

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 in Ephesians

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 when he writes

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 to the believers

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 at Ephesus

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 particularly in

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 chapter 1

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 we see over

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 and over again

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 he says

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 all spiritual

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 blessings are

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 ours in Christ

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 to the praise

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 of God's glory

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 everything in the

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 world has been

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 made for the

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 sake of Christ

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 and the church

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 to the praise

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 of God's glory

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 and so it goes

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 on and on

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 over and over

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 again

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 every church

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 has formed

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 according to

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 Ephesians

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 that crosses

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 the natural

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 boundaries of

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 hostility and

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 division

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 and brings a

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 new unity

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 in identity

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 in Christ

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 in Christianity

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 for the praise

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 of his glory

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 Matt and

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 Grace

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 brothers and

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 sisters in

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 this church

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 family

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 we can

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 reach out

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 boldly

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 and with

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 confidence

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 with the

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 renewing

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 freeing

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 gospel of

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 Jesus

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 knowing very

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 well that our

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 world is not

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 interested in the

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 message it most

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 needs to hear

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 and most likely

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 will despise

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 when they first

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 hear it

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 why

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 well

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 because God

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 will go before

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 us

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 to create

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 his own

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 glory

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 we have

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 great motivation

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 we have

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 wonderful

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 opportunity

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 both in our

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 local community

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 and in a

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 distant land

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 now with

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 Matt and

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 Grace

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 we have all

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 the weapons

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 required

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 for the task

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 the living

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 word of God

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 the enabling

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 power of the

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 Holy Spirit

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 blasting

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 unbelief

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 out of hard

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 hearts

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 weapon of

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 prayer

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 so my

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 friends

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 let's

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 let's be

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 excited

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 let's be

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 bold

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 in our

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 commitment

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 commitment

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 to and

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 support of

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 Matt and

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 Grace

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 make no

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 mistake

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 it will

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 cost us

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 but in

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 my

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 experience

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 and I

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 presume in

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 your

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 experience

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 we don't

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 quibble

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 over the

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 cost of

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 things that

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 we're really

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 passionate about

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 there always

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 seems to be

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 money for

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 those things

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 doesn't

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 there

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 so that

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 means the

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 question is

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 what's our

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 passion

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 we

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 commend

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 that and

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 grace

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 to God's

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 goodness

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 and God's

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 keeping in

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 the next

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 weeks and

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 months

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 and we

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 urge them

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 to

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 pursue

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 faithfulness

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 rather than

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 success in

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 our world's

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 terms

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