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 Acts 17. Nick is going to come and read that for us. We did Acts 16 last week. We've jumped

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 the visit to Thessalonica and we're going to jump to Athens. Partly because during the

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 summer you remember we went through the book of Thessalonians, so we've kind of covered

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 that a little bit. So, yeah, Nick is going to read for us now. You can just give the page

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 numbers and the letters. Thanks.

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 So I'm reading from Acts chapter 17 and starting at verse 13 to the end of the chapter and that's

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 on page 1113 in the Red Church Bible. Burgundy colour, I suppose. Thank you.

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 When the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea,

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 they went there too, agitating the crowd and stirring them up. The brothers immediately

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 sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. The men who escorted Paul brought

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 him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

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 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full

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 of idols. So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the

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 marketplace, day by day with those who happened to be there. A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers

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 began to dispute with him. Some of them asked, what is this babbler trying to say? Others remarked, he seems

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 to be advocating foreign gods. This was because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the

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 resurrection. Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him,

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 may we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? You are bringing some strange ideas

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 to our ears and we want to know more, to know what they mean. All the Athenians and the foreigners

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 who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.

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 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, men of Athens, I see that in every way

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 you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship,

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 I even found an altar with this inscription to an unknown god. Now what you worship as something

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 unknown? I am going to proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of

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 heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And he is not served by human hands as if

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 he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man

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 he made every nation of men that they should inhabit the whole earth. And he determined the time set for

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 them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps

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 reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from them. For in him we live and move and have our

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 being. As some of your own poets have said, we are his offspring. Therefore, since we are God's offspring,

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 we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by man's design

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 and skill. In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

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 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of

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 this to all men by raising him from the dead. When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them

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 sneered and others said, we want to hear more on this subject. At that, Paul left the council. A few men became

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 followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysus, a member of the Areopagus, and also a woman named

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 Damaris, and a number of others.

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 Thank you.

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 Thanks very much, Nick.

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 Kirstie's just handing around some pens and sheets there if anybody would like to take notes.

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 And again, if there's any questions that arise from this morning, please feel free to talk with me

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 afterwards. Or at least you can raise them on our Wednesday evening studies where we follow up

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 on the section. There's further questions about it and application and how it applies to us. So you can

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 have a look at that. Or you can meet with us on Wednesday as we do that.

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 Father, thank you for your word. Thank you for this book of Acts. Thank you for everything that is there for us to read and to learn. We pray that it would not just be history, just mere information, but that these words would be life-changing.

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 We pray that we would be life-changing. We pray that we will be different people from what we hear today, that your spirit would change us. And we pray for your help in this this morning. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 well, I think you all have heard of Albert Einstein, responsible for E equals MC2 or MC squared, is it? See, when they introduce letters into maths, it gets a bit confusing.

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 but Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists, one of the most brilliant minds that the world has ever known.

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 He's also famous for writing what has become known as the God Letter.

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 You might have seen it on some of the news channels.

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 It went on sale this week on eBay and the bidding started at $3 million if you're interested in buying his letter.

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 Well, in the letter he wrote this.

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 The word God is for me nothing more than an expression and product of human weaknesses.

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 The Bible, a collection of honourable but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.

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 No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can for me change this.

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 A great mind expressing his views on God.

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 Now, I think that reflects the general mind of people living in Ireland today.

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 We've come of age, we've graduated from childish thinking.

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 We've moved on from God.

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 We've no reason for God.

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 We've learned to live without God.

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 But that's actually nothing new.

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 Because this was the culture that Paul found himself in when he went to Athens.

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 Athens was the intellectual capital of the Roman Empire.

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 It was the place where all the big universities were.

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 It was home to great philosophers like Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.

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 It was the gathering place for the great minds and thinkers to hang out.

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 Verse 21.

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 All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.

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 I think that has to be one of the best descriptions of university and college life, doesn't it?

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 Spending their time doing nothing but drinking coffee and talking.

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 Spending their time doing nothing but thinking about the way, if you're in university, you can get me back afterwards.

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 But for all of their thinking and for all of their talking, it seems that they just had no place for God.

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 They were living their life without any reference to God.

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 He was simply pushed out of the box.

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 so while Paul was in Athens waiting for his team to come there'd been persecution in Thessalonica

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 so he had to leave there and go down to Athens and as he's waiting for his team to join him

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 he begins to engage with these great thinkers to talk with them debate with them discuss with them

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 and there's three things that we're going to look at this morning just to kind of

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 keep it all together the first is this how we replace God the reason for God and our response

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 to God so three things how we replace God the reason we need God and then our response to this God

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 so first of all how we replace God look at verse 16 while Paul was waiting for them in Athens he was

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 greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols literally everywhere you looked every corner

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 that you turned there was an idol representing a certain God they had sex gods they had war gods

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 they had money gods they had work gods they had every kind of God and with every God there was an idol

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 and we're told there that Paul was greatly distressed it means he was he was really angry

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 he was bubbling up inside he wasn't temper like he didn't go around smashing them

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 but he was deeply upset inside himself that the people of this great city had replaced God

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 with their own gods and isn't that exactly what we have in Ireland today

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 we don't just remove God we replace him with something else or someone else

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 there's a book it's a collection of essays called no gods but God and one of the authors

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 Richard keys he writes this and I think it just sums it up so clearly he says when we cease

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 to worship God we do not worship nothing we worship anything we do not just eliminate God in other

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 words we don't just push God out of out of the way we don't just close them outside the door

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 he says we erect God's substitutes in his place and these God's substitutes are what we call idols

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 and it seems the whole city had not only removed God but they had replaced God with something else

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 we see this in verse 18 there were a group of epicurean and stoic philosophers who began to dispute with Paul

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 now epicureans were people who believed that there were gods who kind of maybe started the world but

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 they were kind of a way out there they were just remote and and took no interest in the world or interest in

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 people's affairs a little bit like people today then there were the stoics they were people who believed

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 that the world was controlled by the gods but they were impersonal and you couldn't relate to them

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 and so they entered into this debate this discussion with Paul and some of them asked what is this babbler

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 trying to say they thought Paul was a little bit uneducated what kind of degree does he have to be

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 talking to us others remarked he seems to be advocating foreign gods he's got another one it's not just

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 we've got a few here he's bringing another god along they said this because Paul was preaching the good

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 news about Jesus and the resurrection you see these great thinkers with these brilliant minds being able

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 to grasp great big issues had not only removed Jesus Christ from their thinking but they had replaced Christ

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 with a whole lot of ideologies we might call it intellectual idols it was simply their human attempt to try and

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 explain life the world the universe without any kind of reference to God whatsoever

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 somebody like Richard Dawkins or any of his atheist followers would fit into that category

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 and I don't think that the people of our land today are any different and we're no different

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 and you might say well Johnny I haven't got any idol if you go and look in my garden you might kind of

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 find a little gnome or something like that but that's about it I don't have a carved or or sculpted image

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 in my garden or in my house but we've all got idols again the author Richard Keyes he explains it like this

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 he says an idol can be a physical object it could be your car it could be a property your home a person

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 your spouse or one of your children it could be an activity sport or some other hobby it could be a role

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 an institution it could be an institution it could be the church a hope an image an idea a pleasure

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 or a hero anything can substitute for God

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 now none of these things that I've mentioned are wrong but when they become more important to you

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 than God then they become an idol because you're making it as important as God

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 so instead of looking to God for meaning and purpose

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 well we look to our own little idols the things that are important to us

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 we look to things like friends and family hoping that in them they'll satisfy us

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 maybe if I could get a wife or a husband or a boyfriend or a girlfriend if I could have that

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 then I'll be satisfied

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 or maybe we work to we look to work and leisure and if I can get that degree if I can get that

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 qualification if I can have that job if I can have that salary if I can have those things

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 then my life will be fulfilled and it seems like we stuff our lives with idols with God's substitutes

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 longing for peace longing for happiness longing for joy if only we could get that then I will be okay

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 you see for all of our clever thinking and talking we've not just removed God

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 we've just replaced God with something else or someone else

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 but you know what when we replace God with with something else

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 it's it's something counterfeit it's it's not the real thing

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 it's always going to fail you it's never going to deliver what it promises you

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 because it can't because it's not God it's a replacement it's instead of

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 look at verse 22

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 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and he said

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 men of Athens I see that in every way you are very religious

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 now I'm sure some of these great philosophers and thinkers were a bit put out by

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 that you wouldn't want to describe yourself as being religious religious is a dirty word

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 nobody wants to be thought of religious nobody wants to be called a holy Joe anymore

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 because we've moved on we've grown up we've we've moved away from childish thinking

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 we've we've managed to live life without God we don't need him anymore

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 but you know what we actually are all religious

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 and the reason is is because we all worship something

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 look at what Paul says in verse 23

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 he says for as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship

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 I even found an altar with this inscription to an unknown God

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 now what you worship is something unknown I'm going to proclaim to you

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 now people might be moving on in their thinking in our land

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 and people might stop worshipping God as we would say

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 they might stop going to church

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 they might read their Bible

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 they might think the value of praying anymore

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 they kind of have left all of that behind

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 but actually people continue to be very religious

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 they still worship other things

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 to worship something

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 simply means to give your life to something

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 in the hope

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 that our emptiness will be fulfilled

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 and our longings will be satisfied

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 we're all worshippers

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 we are all religious people

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 it's just we worship different things

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 but being fulfilled and being satisfied

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 these are only things that God can provide

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 when we worship him

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 so first of all Paul kind of sets out his stall

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 and he shows us how we have all replaced God

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 with something else or someone else

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 and now he shows us the reason for God

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 he shows us who God is

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 and why we actually need God

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 we can't afford to replace him

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 three things

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 first God is the creator of all life

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 verse 24

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 the God who made the world and everything in it

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 is the Lord of heaven and earth

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 and does not live in temples built by hands

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 now

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 to say that in a university setting

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 to talk that way to your friends

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 to say that God created the world

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 whoa

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 people just can't handle that anymore

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 God

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 don't be so silly

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 don't talk like that

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 and they simply want to remove God

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 out of the equation

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 well let's go down that route for a minute

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 let's remove God

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 from the equation of how the world came to be

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 and what are we left with?

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 I'll tell you what we're left with

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 chance

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 we're a random collection of atoms

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 that came from nowhere

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 and somehow all came together

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 and then exploded into this life giving force

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 all by itself

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 and the end product

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 which is all these multiple forms of life

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 all over the place

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 in all their wonderful design

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 and everything else

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 are just here

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 but they're under nobody's control

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 it all just happens

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 it's all an accident

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 it's all random

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 that means you and I are all accidents

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 we've come from nowhere

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 and we're going nowhere

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 but just open our eyes

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 and our ears

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 look at the delicate beauty

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 that there is

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 from the smallest flower

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 to the intricate design

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 and order

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 of our huge universe

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 and the galaxy

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 it all points to a creator

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 to somebody who's in control

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 even scientists are beginning

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 to step over

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 and they're beginning to say

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 yes there is

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 an intelligent designer

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 they mightn't say it's God

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 but there is intelligent design

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 and look what it says

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 at the end of verse 24

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 and God does not live

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 in temples built by hands

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 God the creator

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 can't be man managed

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 or downsized

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 so that we can put him

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 into a little box

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 or fit him into

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 into some little cupboard

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 and shut the door

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 when we don't need him

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 when it comes to thinking

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 about how the world came to be

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 let's shove God away

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 to one side

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 we can't do that

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 he is our creator

00:23:31.659 --> 00:23:33.539
 and he controls

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.359
 the world

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.799
 in which we live

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:38.859
 we can't remove God

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:41.220
 we need God

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:43.339
 otherwise life is just chance

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:44.419
 it's random

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:45.559
 it's an accident

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:49.220
 the second thing he says

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:50.119
 is that God is

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:51.299
 the centre

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.500
 of all life

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.259
 or we might say

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.980
 the source

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:55.000
 of all life

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.819
 verse 25

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:58.339
 and he is not served

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:59.500
 by human hands

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.819
 as if he needed anything

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:03.500
 because he himself

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:05.140
 gives all people

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:06.539
 life and breath

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:08.420
 and everything else

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:11.859
 God is at the very centre

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:14.420
 he sustains

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:15.759
 and he maintains

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.920
 all of life

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:18.819
 he is the source

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.839
 of life

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:21.599
 and again

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.880
 if you're to talk to people

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:24.559
 they just can't handle that

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:26.799
 people don't like

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.319
 to think

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.419
 that somehow

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:29.139
 God is

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:30.359
 the giver of life

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.240
 and at the centre

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.759
 of life

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:33.000
 and they want to

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.940
 replace God

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:35.019
 and kind of move him

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.919
 out of the picture

00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:37.940
 well again

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:39.159
 let's do that

00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:39.679
 for a minute

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:41.740
 let's replace God

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.399
 and well

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:43.019
 who are we going

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.039
 to put instead

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:45.679
 into the centre

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.899
 well let's put ourselves

00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:47.799
 into the centre

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:49.619
 and what do we get

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.799
 when we're at the centre

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.259
 of life

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:53.720
 we get disorder

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:55.379
 and chaos

00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:58.079
 let me give an example

00:24:58.079 --> 00:25:00.460
 the way the planets

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.119
 are set out

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.819
 the sun

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:04.019
 in our solar system

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:05.539
 is at the centre

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:07.539
 of our universe

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:09.700
 and the planets

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:11.099
 all the planets

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.140
 they all orbit

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.559
 the sun

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.220
 the sun is here

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.119
 and all the planets

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.099
 orbit the sun

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 that's what gives us

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.140
 the seasons

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:18.059
 that's what keeps

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:19.200
 everything the way it is

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.340
 and keeps everything

00:25:20.340 --> 00:25:21.000
 in order

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:23.100
 now let's just change

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:24.140
 that order around

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.600
 a little bit

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:25.700
 let's take the sun out

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:27.259
 and let's put the earth

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.920
 into the middle

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:29.380
 and let everything else

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.019
 revolve around

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:31.360
 well what would happen

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:32.480
 you don't have to be

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.460
 a scientist to know

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.960
 that everything

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:35.200
 would just fall apart

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:38.980
 well that's what happens

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:40.259
 when we put ourselves

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:41.380
 at the centre

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.580
 when we move

00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:43.319
 the sun

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:44.539
 s-o-n

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.700
 out of the centre

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.600
 and put ourselves

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.460
 into the middle

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:50.240
 we get chaos

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.059
 and disorder

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:53.620
 but look at who

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.480
 this God is

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.819
 the end of verse 25

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.920
 it says that he gives

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:58.440
 all people

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:59.079
 life

00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:00.059
 and breath

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.559
 and everything else

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:03.579
 God sustains us

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:05.220
 in every way

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:07.460
 not just physically

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:10.539
 but also morally

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:13.360
 God is at the centre

00:26:13.360 --> 00:26:14.220
 of our life

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.160
 without him

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:16.340
 we do not exist

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:18.480
 and without him

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:20.319
 we descend

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:21.379
 into chaos

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:22.899
 and disorder

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:26.119
 we can't replace

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:26.579
 God

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:29.240
 we need God

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:32.959
 the third thing

00:26:32.959 --> 00:26:33.319
 then

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:35.099
 verse 26

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:36.039
 is that God

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.240
 is the purpose

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:38.959
 of all of life

00:26:38.959 --> 00:26:40.959
 he gives us meaning

00:26:40.959 --> 00:26:42.779
 verse 26

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.919
 from one man

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.320
 this is Adam

00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:45.920
 he made

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.880
 every nation

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:47.660
 of people

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:49.120
 that they should

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:50.600
 inhabit the whole earth

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:52.560
 and here for me

00:26:52.560 --> 00:26:54.320
 something so exciting

00:26:54.320 --> 00:26:55.380
 he determined

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:57.640
 the time set for them

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.779
 he determined

00:26:58.779 --> 00:27:00.320
 when each person

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:01.680
 was going to be born

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:04.279
 and if that doesn't

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.360
 blow your minds away

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:06.279
 look at the rest of it

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.519
 and he determined

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:09.080
 the exact places

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:10.620
 where they should live

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:13.119
 when you were born

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:15.479
 and which nation

00:27:15.479 --> 00:27:16.759
 you would be born into

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:18.699
 and which country

00:27:18.699 --> 00:27:19.739
 you were going to live

00:27:19.739 --> 00:27:26.779
 you see what happens

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.939
 when people

00:27:27.939 --> 00:27:29.219
 remove God

00:27:29.219 --> 00:27:30.419
 out of this

00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:31.459
 they say

00:27:31.459 --> 00:27:32.259
 no we don't want

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.739
 the God

00:27:32.739 --> 00:27:33.799
 who kind of controls

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.119
 thing

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:35.039
 and God

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.819
 who determines

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.500
 my life

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.359
 and tells me

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:38.639
 what happened

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.440
 and what's going

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.960
 to happen

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:41.580
 let us be the

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.480
 master of our

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.000
 destiny

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:45.420
 let us be the

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.300
 ones who decide

00:27:46.300 --> 00:27:47.220
 what happens

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.900
 well I'll tell you

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.440
 what happens

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.380
 when we do that

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:51.560
 emptiness

00:27:51.560 --> 00:27:54.340
 remember what we

00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:54.580
 said

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:55.259
 without God

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.980
 we've come from

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.320
 nowhere

00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:57.140
 we're going

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.580
 nowhere

00:27:57.580 --> 00:27:59.840
 and such a view

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.560
 just leaves

00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.700
 all of life

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:03.080
 empty of purpose

00:28:03.080 --> 00:28:03.820
 and meaning

00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:05.060
 we've just

00:28:05.060 --> 00:28:06.020
 arrived here

00:28:06.020 --> 00:28:06.840
 and we're going

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.259
 nowhere

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.720
 but

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:10.019
 verse 26

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.779
 he has

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.539
 determined

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.700
 the time

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.680
 set for us

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.859
 and the exact

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.539
 places

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.299
 where we should

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.660
 live

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:18.420
 that means

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.960
 our whole

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.440
 life

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.259
 has meaning

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.859
 and purpose

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.660
 that means

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.180
 our whole

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.680
 life

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.440
 is in

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.299
 control

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:27.279
 and that

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.940
 purpose

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.900
 look at

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.799
 verse 27

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:33.759
 God did

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.240
 this

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:36.259
 so that

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.700
 people

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.039
 would

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.500
 seek

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:37.819
 him

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:39.519
 and perhaps

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.240
 reach out

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.839
 and find

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.200
 him

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:42.919
 though he

00:28:42.919 --> 00:28:43.339
 is not

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:43.919
 far from

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.419
 each one

00:28:44.419 --> 00:28:45.039
 of us

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:47.099
 God

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:48.000
 has designed

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.680
 and ordered

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.359
 our life

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.680
 and our

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.039
 world

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.619
 in such

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.059
 a way

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:53.519
 that we

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.139
 would reach

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:54.680
 out to the

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.159
 God who

00:28:55.159 --> 00:28:55.599
 gives us

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.099
 purpose

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:57.059
 verse 28

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:58.099
 for in

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.559
 him

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.740
 we live

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.740
 and move

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.619
 and have

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.240
 our being

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.299
 we were

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.099
 made

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.919
 to be in

00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:05.599
 relationship

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.299
 with this

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.019
 creator

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.919
 life

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.639
 giving

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.519
 God

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:11.919
 this is

00:29:11.919 --> 00:29:12.279
 where we

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.799
 find our

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.059
 meaning

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.379
 and our

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.879
 purpose

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.980
 and the

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.460
 good news

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.980
 is at the

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.220
 end of

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.839
 verse 28

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.819
 he's not

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.440
 far from

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:18.899
 each one

00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:19.179
 of us

00:29:19.179 --> 00:29:20.119
 he came

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.399
 in the

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:20.740
 person

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.079
 of his

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.339
 son

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:22.019
 Jesus

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.500
 Christ

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.099
 he's

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.559
 there

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:28.380
 you see

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.859
 we can't

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.240
 reject

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.740
 God

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:31.539
 we can't

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.019
 push him

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.400
 out of

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:33.099
 the equation

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:34.920
 we need

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.740
 God

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.920
 we can't

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.660
 replace him

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:39.559
 because if we

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.420
 are to remove

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:40.859
 God

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.799
 if we are to

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.640
 replace him

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.579
 if we are to

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.400
 reject him

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.319
 then we lose

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.920
 everything

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:47.839
 verse 29

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.859
 therefore

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:50.079
 since we are

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:51.079
 God's offspring

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:52.019
 we should not

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.879
 think that the

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.899
 divine being

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:55.179
 is like gold

00:29:55.179 --> 00:29:55.980
 or silver

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.799
 or stone

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:58.039
 an image

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:59.579
 made by man's

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.039
 design

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:01.039
 and skill

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:02.899
 now isn't

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.619
 it absolutely

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.379
 crazy

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:05.399
 it's daft

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:06.259
 of us to

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.159
 think that

00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:08.259
 our idols

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:10.139
 will give

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:10.539
 us

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.879
 what only

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:12.740
 God can

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.399
 give us

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:15.159
 it's ridiculous

00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:16.220
 to think that

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.859
 we would look

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.500
 to something

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.519
 that we would

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.139
 set up as

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.899
 being God

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:21.620
 over and

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.340
 above our

00:30:22.340 --> 00:30:22.920
 creator

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.440
 God

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.800
 we're living

00:30:24.800 --> 00:30:25.420
 a lie

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.320
 if we think

00:30:26.320 --> 00:30:26.920
 our God

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.700
 replacements

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.759
 are going to

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.580
 satisfy us

00:30:29.580 --> 00:30:30.300
 and fill us

00:30:30.300 --> 00:30:32.259
 the gods

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.120
 that we make

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.920
 they can't

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.280
 give us

00:30:34.280 --> 00:30:34.640
 life

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.340
 they don't

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:35.800
 control

00:30:35.800 --> 00:30:36.259
 life

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.840
 they will

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.940
 only destroy

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.560
 our life

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:44.920
 so Paul

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.460
 he sets

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:45.680
 out

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.080
 he says

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:46.380
 look

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:47.820
 we've all

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:48.360
 replaced

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:48.840
 God

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.060
 with

00:30:49.060 --> 00:30:49.640
 something

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.060
 else

00:30:50.060 --> 00:30:50.380
 or

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.820
 someone

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:51.320
 else

00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:52.900
 but let

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.340
 me show

00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:53.940
 you now

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:55.160
 who God

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.580
 is

00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:57.720
 the creator

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.220
 of life

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.840
 the centre

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.340
 of life

00:30:59.340 --> 00:31:00.040
 the purpose

00:31:00.040 --> 00:31:00.480
 of all

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.820
 life

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.760
 we can't

00:31:01.760 --> 00:31:02.140
 do without

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.500
 him

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.400
 we need

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:03.800
 him

00:31:03.800 --> 00:31:06.860
 so third

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.440
 what is our

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.060
 response

00:31:08.060 --> 00:31:08.500
 to this

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.880
 God

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:10.880
 what are we

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.420
 to do

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:13.519
 well verse

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.940
 30

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:17.019
 in the past

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.320
 God

00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:17.800
 overlooked

00:31:17.800 --> 00:31:18.140
 such

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.700
 ignorance

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:20.279
 but now

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.840
 he commands

00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:21.880
 all people

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.740
 everywhere

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:24.680
 to repent

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:27.800
 repentance

00:31:27.800 --> 00:31:28.840
 is not

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:29.360
 just saying

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.880
 sorry

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:31.460
 we can all

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.019
 say sorry

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.420
 and just

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.980
 carry on

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.340
 but it's

00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:33.820
 much more

00:31:33.820 --> 00:31:34.279
 than that

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.220
 repentance

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.700
 is also

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.220
 about

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.259
 replacement

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:39.080
 when you

00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:39.320
 think

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:39.940
 repentance

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:41.019
 think

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.960
 replacement

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:43.460
 it means

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.299
 turning away

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.799
 from our

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.279
 idols

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.299
 and turning

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.820
 to

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.600
 the living

00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:48.080
 Jesus

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:48.799
 something we

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.120
 do

00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.980
 every day

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.400
 it's not

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.880
 just something

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.299
 we do

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.799
 just to

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.240
 become a

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.600
 Christian

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.680
 we have

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.180
 to repent

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.860
 every day

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:56.799
 it means

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.480
 removing

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.320
 our God

00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:59.440
 substitutes

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.940
 it means

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.559
 removing

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.559
 our idols

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.100
 the things

00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:03.420
 that we

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:03.920
 trust

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.620
 the things

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:04.900
 that we

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.440
 build our

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.019
 lives on

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.720
 the things

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:06.980
 that we

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.380
 look to

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.900
 for meaning

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.539
 and purpose

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.140
 we

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:10.180
 turn away

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.740
 from them

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.440
 and we

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.160
 replace

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.540
 them

00:32:12.540 --> 00:32:13.140
 with the

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.420
 living

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:13.900
 Jesus

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.840
 who alone

00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:15.400
 can fill

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:15.759
 us and

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.480
 satisfy us

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.100
 we make

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:17.540
 him

00:32:17.540 --> 00:32:18.300
 the centre

00:32:18.300 --> 00:32:18.640
 of our

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.160
 lives

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:21.420
 and please

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.720
 note

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.300
 this is not

00:32:22.300 --> 00:32:22.980
 an optional

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.660
 extra

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.500
 verse 30

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:27.160
 see what it

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.480
 says

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:29.000
 he commands

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.220
 all people

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.300
 everywhere

00:32:31.300 --> 00:32:32.560
 to repent

00:32:32.560 --> 00:32:33.000
 it's a

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.440
 command

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:35.000
 it's not

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.320
 if you

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:35.740
 would like

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.020
 to

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:38.519
 an absolute

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.220
 and radical

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.660
 call

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.359
 to change

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:40.920
 our lives

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:42.980
 to reorientate

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.539
 our lives

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:43.960
 to make

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.460
 Jesus

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.039
 central

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:47.039
 that means

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.700
 that Jesus

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.480
 becomes more

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.420
 valuable to

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.240
 you than

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.200
 any relationship

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.839
 that you are

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.460
 in or could

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.059
 wish for

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:54.440
 it means

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:55.099
 that Jesus

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.579
 is more

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.339
 precious to

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.039
 you than

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.859
 any desire

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.619
 or any

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.279
 other dream

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.660
 that you

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.319
 might have

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:02.460
 rather than

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.859
 worship

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.940
 something else

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:05.340
 or someone

00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:05.860
 else

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:07.460
 we are to

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.039
 worship

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:09.259
 the risen

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:10.100
 Jesus

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.740
 Christ

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:13.700
 and the

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.400
 reason we

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:14.799
 are to

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.380
 repent

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:17.120
 look at

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.799
 verse 31

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:21.100
 is because

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:22.080
 God promises

00:33:22.080 --> 00:33:23.920
 to judge

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.559
 the world

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:26.880
 verse 31

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.480
 for he

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.940
 has set

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.460
 a day

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.860
 when he

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.400
 will judge

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.940
 the world

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.880
 with justice

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:33.220
 by the

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.840
 man he

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.600
 has appointed

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:36.040
 who's that

00:33:36.040 --> 00:33:36.360
 man

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:37.760
 well he

00:33:37.760 --> 00:33:38.180
 has given

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.760
 proof of

00:33:38.760 --> 00:33:39.160
 this to

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:39.960
 all people

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:41.260
 by raising

00:33:41.260 --> 00:33:42.020
 him from

00:33:42.020 --> 00:33:42.540
 the dead

00:33:42.540 --> 00:33:43.980
 it's Jesus

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.520
 Christ

00:33:44.520 --> 00:33:46.700
 and this

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.100
 is not

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:47.740
 fantasy

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:49.740
 this is

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.440
 reality

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.400
 God

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.380
 has set

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:53.260
 a day

00:33:53.260 --> 00:33:56.060
 just as

00:33:56.060 --> 00:33:56.900
 the children's

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.500
 referendum

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.380
 is going to

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:59.100
 take place

00:33:59.100 --> 00:33:59.940
 on Saturday

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:01.080
 the 11th

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:01.700
 of November

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:03.140
 2012

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:04.140
 the day

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.600
 has been

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:04.940
 set

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.720
 the referendum

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.259
 is going

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.860
 to happen

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:09.019
 so God

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.360
 has set

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.679
 a day

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.079
 in his

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.460
 diary

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:14.980
 and this

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.280
 is not

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:15.780
 just for a

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.400
 few people

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.059
 it's for

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.659
 everyone

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.740
 look at what

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.099
 it says

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.780
 verse 31

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.960
 God will

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.460
 judge

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.500
 the world

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:24.480
 no race

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.280
 or religion

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:25.720
 will be

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:26.300
 excluded

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:27.760
 all people

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:29.019
 will face

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.960
 the judgment

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:31.240
 no one

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:32.059
 is going

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.400
 to be

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.340
 excused

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:36.320
 go back

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:36.599
 to the

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.860
 beginning

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.280
 of verse

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:37.639
 30

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.019
 it says

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.300
 in the

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:38.619
 past

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:38.900
 God

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.519
 overlooked

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.340
 such

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:41.119
 ignorance

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:43.019
 God in

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.679
 his mercy

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.699
 did not

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.260
 give us

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:45.760
 what we

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.280
 deserve

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:47.639
 but now

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.119
 that he's

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.880
 told us

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.559
 that his

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:49.920
 judgment

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.500
 is coming

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.340
 now that

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.720
 Jesus

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.679
 has risen

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.099
 from the

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.300
 dead

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.699
 now that

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:53.940
 he's

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.440
 given us

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:54.900
 proof

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:56.599
 there's

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:56.980
 no more

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.539
 excuses

00:34:57.539 --> 00:35:00.340
 the world

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.200
 needs

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:02.280
 to repent

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:04.860
 you see

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.420
 removing

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.920
 God

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.539
 replacing

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:07.119
 God

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:08.599
 is not

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.059
 just a

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.380
 way of

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.619
 life

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:09.980
 it's not

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.599
 just another

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.260
 option

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:12.019
 that we

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.680
 can take

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:14.280
 it's an

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:14.880
 act of

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.500
 serious

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.280
 rebellion

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:18.000
 it is

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.539
 rejecting

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.180
 God's

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.700
 good and

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:20.480
 loving rule

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.079
 over our

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.480
 lives

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.039
 it's

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.639
 resisting

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.000
 his

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.660
 kind

00:35:23.660 --> 00:35:23.960
 and

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.360
 generous

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.820
 care

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.640
 over our

00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:26.100
 world

00:35:26.100 --> 00:35:27.700
 and God

00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:28.320
 looks down

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.580
 on him

00:35:28.580 --> 00:35:28.700
 and he

00:35:28.700 --> 00:35:29.100
 says I'm

00:35:29.100 --> 00:35:29.519
 not going

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.059
 to allow

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.940
 you to

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.900
 remove me

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.640
 and to

00:35:32.640 --> 00:35:33.480
 replace me

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.000
 forever

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:35.860
 I'm not

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.240
 going to

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.740
 allow the

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:37.280
 disorder

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.760
 and the

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.220
 chaos

00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:39.019
 to continue

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:41.460
 I will

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.940
 not be

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.400
 treated

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.220
 as second

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:43.720
 best

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:44.340
 I will

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:44.860
 not be

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.200
 pushed

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.640
 out

00:35:45.640 --> 00:35:48.280
 it's

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:49.039
 my world

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.440
 and you

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.860
 are my

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.360
 people

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:52.420
 and I

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:52.840
 will come

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.500
 and judge

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:55.860
 and so

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.239
 we all

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:56.659
 need to

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.039
 repent

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:59.280
 and replace

00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:00.420
 our idols

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:01.260
 our God

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:02.260
 substitutes

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:03.179
 with the

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:03.579
 risen

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.719
 Jesus

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:07.179
 he is the

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.940
 only one

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:09.579
 who can

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.340
 fulfill our

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.719
 deepest

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.420
 longings

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.699
 he is the

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.579
 only one

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:15.039
 who can

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.860
 forgive us

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.880
 when we

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.280
 fail

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:21.340
 so he

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:21.780
 sets it

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.240
 out very

00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:22.700
 clearly

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:25.900
 these are

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.340
 the gods

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:26.880
 that we

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:28.280
 replace

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:29.860
 we remove

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.400
 God out

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.680
 and we

00:36:30.680 --> 00:36:31.100
 set up

00:36:31.100 --> 00:36:31.460
 our own

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:31.880
 gods

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:33.440
 but look

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.740
 at who

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.280
 God is

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:35.000
 the creator

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.519
 of life

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.420
 the sustainer

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.180
 the giver

00:36:37.180 --> 00:36:37.700
 of all life

00:36:37.700 --> 00:36:38.019
 he gives

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.600
 us purpose

00:36:38.600 --> 00:36:39.440
 we can't

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:39.960
 afford to

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.320
 leave him

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.640
 out

00:36:40.640 --> 00:36:43.060
 and what's

00:36:43.060 --> 00:36:43.660
 our response

00:36:43.660 --> 00:36:44.200
 to this

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:46.480
 we need

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.179
 to repent

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:49.460
 to remove

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:51.019
 the things

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.439
 that we

00:36:51.439 --> 00:36:52.839
 hold so

00:36:52.839 --> 00:36:53.359
 dearly

00:36:53.359 --> 00:36:54.899
 and put

00:36:54.899 --> 00:36:55.379
 Jesus

00:36:55.379 --> 00:36:55.960
 the risen

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.379
 Jesus

00:36:56.379 --> 00:36:57.500
 at the

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.179
 very centre

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:59.259
 of our

00:36:59.259 --> 00:36:59.779
 lives

00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:03.199
 well let's

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.619
 do that

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:03.960
 now

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:05.500
 in the

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.119
 quietness

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:06.779
 as we

00:37:06.779 --> 00:37:07.099
 pray

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:09.440
 let's

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:09.880
 just make

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.219
 this

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:12.000
 a personal

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.900
 time of

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.500
 confession

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:15.360
 of repentance

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:19.039
 turning away

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.500
 from

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.980
 what we

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.440
 see is

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:22.159
 important

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:24.639
 and making

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.279
 Jesus

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:26.639
 the very

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.139
 centre

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:28.059
 of our

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.599
 lives

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:31.659
 let's

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.019
 just do

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.500
 that now

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:32.759
 in the

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.360
 quietness

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:35.160
 so

00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:36.640
 there

00:37:36.640 --> 00:37:38.599
 if

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.380
 you

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:43.120
 can

00:37:43.120 --> 00:37:43.480
 say

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:43.599
 only

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.280
 to

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:45.280
 just do

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:46.300
 and

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:47.099
 like

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.519
 a

00:37:47.700 --> 00:37:48.300
 better

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:49.039
 so

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.380
 to

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:49.539
 can

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.320
 and

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.420
 it

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:52.300
 so

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:52.440
 and

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.059
 it

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:54.099
 especially

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.599
 you

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:56.480
 and

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:57.099
 you

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:58.780
 and

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:59.440
 you

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.400
 a

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:01.200
 the

00:38:01.200 --> 00:38:01.579
 every

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:01.740
 very

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:02.320
 day