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 now can you turn with me in your bibles to the book of acts acts chapter 14 in the church bible

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 that's page 1 1 0 9 as we continue to gain lessons from the life of barnabas as we continue to follow

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 paul and barnabas on their mission we come to iconium this morning and let's again hear god's

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 words at iconium paul and barnabas went as usual into the jewish synagogue there they spoke so

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 effectively that a great number of jews and greeks believed but the jews who refused to believe

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 stirred up the other gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers so paul and barnabas

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 spent considerable time there speaking boldly for the lord who confirmed the message of his grace by

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 enabling them to perform signs and wonders the people of the city were divided some sided with

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 the jews others with the apostles there was a plot a foot among both gentiles and jews together with

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 their leaders to ill treat them and stone them but they found out but they found out about it and fled

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 to the lycanian cities of lystra and derby and to the surrounding country where they continued to preach

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 the gospel i mean so this morning we're thinking about the message of god's grace as it comes to this

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 city this city that is then thrown upside down that begins to riot in some places sadly we've been

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 familiar haven't we in recent years with rioting cities we were in paris in the summer at the tail

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 end of those riots but as we watch our news and as we are sometimes there we see destruction we

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 recognize fear there are many causes sometimes it's racism sometimes it's an unlawful killing sometimes it's

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 political protest but there are many factors causing citizens to come onto the street and to see chaos

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 emerge well iconium stands quite different to that doesn't it because there is still riot and there is

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 chaos but its cause is quite different here we find barnabas and paul coming on their mission

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 a mission to speak god's grace to speak about god's love and god's kindness and god's forgiveness

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 and there's two very different reactions there's one group and they're united together in love for

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 this message and in love for the lord jesus as they come to discover him as the savior but then there's

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 this other group a mixed group are united by hate and by opposition there's an old saying i think

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 was the puritans that used to say the same sun that melts the ice also hardens the clay and we see that

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 same softening and hardening in those different heart responses to jesus back then and still we see it today

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 today we have a chance to slow down and to ask ourselves about grace what's so amazing about grace

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 what is it about the grace of god that would cause people in iconium to utterly change their lives to

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 gladly give up everything for the sake of following jesus what would cause john newton the former slave

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 trader to sing about it maybe the the world's most popular hymn why is it that 2 000 years after these

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 events do men and women and boys and girls still find joy and hope from the grace of god

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 that's what we're going to think about today we're going to get some encouragement remember barnabas his

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 name means son of encouragement here's how barnabas can encourage us today as we find ourselves in the

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 city of iconium which is right in the heart of modern day turkey barnabas is going to encourage us

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 to believe to believe to believe that god's grace really is amazing he's going to encourage us to

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 stand firm against bitter opposition and he's going to encourage us to boldly live for jesus

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 in a hostile world but we're going to spend most of our time thinking about barnabas encouraging us

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 to believe just how amazing god's grace is so back to our text verse one we are in iconium it's in the

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 the roman region of galatia and paul and barnabas they follow their usual pattern and they go first

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 to the jewish synagogue they begin speaking to religious people those who were looking to find

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 when their messiah would come but they don't just speak to the jewish religious folks they speak so

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 effectively that a great number of jews and greeks believed here we're seeing again that god's kingdom

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 grows that god's kingdom is wide they're a mixed group of people from different backgrounds and

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 cultures and religious backgrounds are being brought in to trust in jesus as lord now we're told they're

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 speaking effectively causing people to believe so we need to ask ourselves what was their message

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 and luke just gives us a summary sometimes we get details sometimes we get summary in verse one

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 and we did verse one we're told they spoke effectively in verse three we're told they're

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 speaking boldly for the lord who confirmed the message of his grace the message they bring

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 is of god's grace so that's what we need to think about today let's let's go by way of definition

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 first what is grace grace is one of those words that we hear a lot in church we also hear about it in

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 our world it's not an uncommon words biblically speaking grace is the love of god shown freely

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 salvation given freely through jesus to guilty sinners and that love comes freely not based on

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 our merit and that love that saves us despite our lack of merit so the grace of god is his love shown

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 freely to us and giving us salvation even though we are guilty sinners and it's not because we earn it

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 or deserve it it's because god chooses to be kind to us okay so that's grace and that's the message

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 that's doing two things in this city does always those two things in people's hearts it's it's

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 turning lives right side up because now there are people who are believing in jesus now they know god's

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 love now they're back in relationship with god it's what we're made for but it's also turning the city

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 upside down because some people fiercely oppose god and his grace and his works

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 i had a call with a missionary friend this week and we were talking about this and that and at one

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 point he stopped and he said you know what if if the city where i live if the society in which i am now

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 living if they would discover the doctrines of grace they would discover god's grace he said that would

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 change everything in this nation he was right god's grace is wonderful it's transforming we can think

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 about god's grace being like a precious diamond think about precious diamond it it does two things it

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 sparkles with beauty but we also know a diamond is is strong and powerful as we're going to think

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 about grace being like that diamond strong powerful and sparklingly beautiful and we're going to use

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 we don't have much as i said we've only got look somebody here in the book of acts we're going to use

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 a letter that i the people in iconium would have read the letter to the galatians to help us to

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 consider different faces of that diamond of god's grace that we might see and appreciate more of it so

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 paul just a short amount of time after these visits then wrote a letter to the churches in galatia

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 and iconium is one of those churches so we're going to turn to the book of galatians for a few moments

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 to think about how amazing god's grace is first of all we're going to go to galatians chapter 1

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 verses 3 and 4 to recognize how amazing it is that in god's grace there is rescue there is great hope

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 and freedom from god so i'm going to read galatians 1 verses 3 and 4 which says to us grace and peace to

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 you from god our father and the lord jesus christ who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the

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 present evil age according to the will of our god and father before we get to that text there's a problem

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 that you and i share and we share it with all of humanity and that problem is guilt and our sense of

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 guilt perhaps it's because of things in the past perhaps it's because of things in the present

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 but our conscience we know this our conscience will tell us

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 maybe our family or our friends will tell us of our guilt and certainly if we read the bible openly

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 and honestly it will tell us that there are parts of our life where all is not well

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 all is not right between us and other people and ultimately between us and our god

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 but the challenge that we have in our day is that while guilt still remains

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 a lot of people in our society have lost a sense of god the reality of god therefore have lost a sense

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 that there is a god who forgives and so we're losing a sense of forgiveness which i think is why

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 you're much more likely to hear about people being cancelled than debts being cancelled

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 where people are as likely to pursue revenge as they are to seek reconciliation

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 and so we have this problem of guilt and we need to discover where is freedom from guilt to be found

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 well if we take that problem to to the bible and to the message of the bible we need to discover

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 first of all who god is and we discover that god is our creator that god is utterly holy he is without sin

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 and he's called us to be holy too to be sinless to be perfect and again as we examine our hearts we know

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 that we fail that test that we miss those targets the bible calls that sin the bible calls it sin when we turn

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 our backs on relationship with god the bible calls it sin when we break god's law the bible calls it sin when we choose

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 to worship created things rather than our creator and so the truth that we all need to face up to

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 is that according to god and his word that guilt that we experience that guilt is real

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 that we do stand guilty we do stand under judgment that we carry that burden of guilt with us and the

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 question remains how can we be free of it

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 as i was thinking about this i was thinking about the difference between traveling by airplane

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 and a backpacking holiday or euro star so i i we took the euro star to france and the euro star is

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 wonderful but the one drawback of euro star is there's never a point where you get to put your

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 luggage on the carousel and wave it goodbye you know a wonderful moment of relief i always carry a

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 backpack that moment of there was never that relief so rather than that you have this burden that just

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 gets heavier especially when you come back from holiday bags always get heavier the burden remains

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 life can feel like that because of our guilt where can we lay our burden down where can we see it being

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 removed on the carousel and that's where god's grace comes in that's where galatians chapter one

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 comes in verse three grace and peace to you there is grace from god our father and the lord jesus christ

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 how does this grace come it comes because jesus willingly gave himself for our sins to rescue us

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 and that salvation that rescue that freedom from guilt comes because of the will of our god and father

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 god chooses to love us freely and to remove our guilt when we don't earn it or deserve it the father

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 wills to save us jesus's son wills to sacrifice himself to take our sin to bear our burden of guilt to pay the

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 price in full so that when we trust in him by grace that burden of our guilt and our sin

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 it is removed not just on a carousel it's thrown to the bottom of the ocean and so jesus speaks grace

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 of freedom and rescue he says come to me all you who are weary and burdened and i will give you rest

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 how does he give us rest by dying for our sins to remove our guilt to rescue us from spiritual slavery

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 so that's one way that grace is amazing because it gives hope and freedom of an escape from the guilt

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 that we feel the second face of that diamond of grace takes us to the idea of acceptance and to galatians

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 chapter 2 verse 16 where paul says know that a person is not justified by the works of the law

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 but by faith in jesus christ

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 there's amazing security in god's grace an amazing sense of belonging and acceptance in the good news of what jesus has done

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 the story of your life and mine i imagine if we were to think about it in this way

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 is one where we're often seeking acceptance

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 that begins in childhood what behavior is acceptable

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 to my parents in a classroom

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 to this group of people i want to be friends with

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 that sense of seeking acceptance builds as we become teenagers

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 becomes really important to figure out really challenging how do i fit in

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 style matters music matters events matter

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 but it doesn't stop there does it it continues as adults

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 how do i fit in as i begin this new job as i try and find my place in the workplace

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 how do i find acceptance from my peers and in wider society

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 maybe we've discovered the problem that acceptance

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 can be really hard to win and at the same time really easy to lose

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 one false move

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 can be the end of a friendship

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 can mean exclusion from the group

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 can be a cause of real anxiety

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 what if i am unmasked

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 what if people discover something terrible about me and they want nothing

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 to do with me

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 and so we can find ourselves longing

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 for someone who knows us

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 who really knows us

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 but who won't walk away

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 who will see the worst but will stay committed to us

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 and that again is what god offers to us

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 in the gospel

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 because our acceptance is not based on us

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 it's based on our perfect savior jesus

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 we too have put our faith in christ jesus

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 that we may be justified by faith in christ

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 and not by the works of the law

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 how are we justified

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 how are we accepted by god

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 how are we approved of by a holy god

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 the good news is that it's not based on what we do

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 it's not based on our works

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 if it was we would have no hope

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 but it is based on what jesus has done

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 and our putting our faith in him

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 god's acceptance of us is not earned

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 it's not earned by your holiness

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 it's not earned by your religious efforts

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 that acceptance comes only by grace

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 the love of god freely shown to sinful people

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 who do not deserve it

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 and the good news is because it's grace

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 god's acceptance of us in christ

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 cannot be lost

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 even

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 even when believers sin

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 and we do sin

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 all of us

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 god's grace can't be lost

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 our approval can't be lost

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 because it's not about me

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 it's about jesus

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 and my faith in him

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 do we hear the

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 hear the strength of that truth

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 do we appreciate the beauty of that truth

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 when we're searching for acceptance

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 here is the voice of the king of the universe

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 here is the one voice that matters

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 here's the one audience to live for

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 and he says

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 if you're trusting in jesus

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 i love you

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 you're mine

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 you belong to me

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 and that's permanent

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 our friends and our families

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 maybe you've discovered this

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 when you become a christian

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 they may not approve

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 and that can be a hard

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 loss to bear

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 but to understand god's grace

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 and to understand the acceptance

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 that we have in jesus

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 that's a grace that can help to bear that

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 and any other loss

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 that we experience

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 one more face

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 in this diamond of grace

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 that we need to consider

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 and it's that of identity

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 galatians chapter 3

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 and verse 26

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 speaks to us

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 of our amazing privilege

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 so in christ jesus

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 you are all children of god

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 through faith

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 think about what this says

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 to our identity

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 but before we get there

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 we need to talk about taylor swift

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 for a moment

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 and i am not

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 let me just put it out there

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 i'm not a taylor swift fan

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 but i did discover

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 interesting fact

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 in her recent

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 i don't know how recent

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 two of the eras

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 16 wardrobe changes

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 in one concert

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 16 wardrobe changes

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 i doubt if i do that in a year

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 she can do it in two hours

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 amazing

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 do you know what it says

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 apart from the fact

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 she's good at changing clothes

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 it says the image

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 and identity matters

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 really matters

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 and we know

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 many of us

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 that that can be a source

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 of pressure

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 and confusion

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 and anxiety

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 again as we have lost

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 that sense

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 that we are made

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 in the image of god

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 as we've lost

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 that sense

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 that that's where

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 our identity

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 is to rest

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 even as christians

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 sometimes we forget

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 that we belong

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 to him through jesus

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:16.680
 we can be profoundly

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.539
 insecure

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:20.180
 about our identity

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:22.299
 and then we hear

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:23.779
 the modern message

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.579
 again and again

00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:26.379
 you can be anything

00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:27.059
 you want

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:28.659
 you can be

00:21:28.659 --> 00:21:30.139
 anyone you want

00:21:30.139 --> 00:21:31.819
 you can be free

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.939
 to redefine

00:21:32.939 --> 00:21:33.799
 your identity

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:35.519
 over and over

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.699
 in any way you want

00:21:36.699 --> 00:21:37.779
 a message

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.439
 that is both

00:21:38.439 --> 00:21:39.039
 untrue

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:41.220
 and really unkind

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 and so the question

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:43.980
 then is

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:45.799
 haunting our culture

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:47.819
 what do my classmates

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.919
 say is okay

00:21:48.919 --> 00:21:49.599
 this week

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:51.799
 what do my colleagues

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.919
 what does my culture

00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:55.019
 say is acceptable

00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:57.159
 this month

00:21:57.159 --> 00:21:58.519
 this year

00:21:58.519 --> 00:22:01.240
 so much anxiety

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:03.639
 because of this question

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:04.519
 of identity

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:08.500
 think about what god's grace

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.460
 has to say

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:12.599
 to our sense of identity

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:14.720
 in christ jesus

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:17.619
 you are all children

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:18.919
 of god

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:20.679
 that's how we are

00:22:20.679 --> 00:22:21.399
 to see

00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:22.500
 ourselves

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:26.139
 who am i

00:22:26.139 --> 00:22:27.959
 in christ jesus

00:22:27.959 --> 00:22:29.159
 i'm a child

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:29.779
 of god

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:31.719
 i live with god

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 he lives in me

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 if we had a spiritual

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.259
 passport

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.799
 it would say

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.759
 child of god

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.779
 citizen of heaven

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 that's who we truly are

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:41.319
 above and beyond

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 anything else

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.439
 that defines us

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:47.920
 and that by god's grace

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:49.460
 our prayer should be

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.180
 that it would help us

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:51.140
 to live out

00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:52.039
 that true

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:53.380
 identity

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:56.360
 so that when we struggle

00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:57.940
 with who we are

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:59.799
 when we struggle

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:01.019
 with what we see

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:02.080
 in the mirror

00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:04.059
 that we would remind

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.840
 ourselves of god's grace

00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:07.279
 that transforms

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:08.059
 our identity

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.920
 so that we become

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:10.380
 new creations in christ

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:11.500
 that we are loved

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.860
 by our father

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:14.379
 that we would tell

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:15.759
 ourselves over and over

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:17.419
 the story of the prodigal son

00:23:17.419 --> 00:23:19.619
 and the story

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.759
 that jesus told

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:23.399
 of the the son

00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:24.099
 who rebelled

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.919
 against his father

00:23:24.919 --> 00:23:25.719
 wished his father

00:23:25.719 --> 00:23:26.199
 was dead

00:23:26.199 --> 00:23:26.939
 took his share

00:23:26.939 --> 00:23:27.359
 of the money

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.059
 wanted to create

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:29.539
 his own identity

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.419
 living wild

00:23:30.419 --> 00:23:31.000
 and free

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.959
 and made a wreck

00:23:31.959 --> 00:23:32.759
 and a mess

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.719
 of everything

00:23:33.719 --> 00:23:35.559
 and came home

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.539
 in shame

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.719
 and disgrace

00:23:37.719 --> 00:23:39.459
 and confessing

00:23:39.459 --> 00:23:40.119
 his sorrow

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:41.479
 how does his father

00:23:41.479 --> 00:23:42.279
 receive him

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:44.139
 he runs to me

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:45.920
 through his arms

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.639
 around him

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.779
 through a feast

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.240
 for him

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.759
 give him every sign

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.579
 of honor

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:52.339
 and welcome

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:55.019
 that's grace

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:58.059
 j.i. packer

00:23:58.059 --> 00:24:00.200
 a famous theologian

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.599
 who died

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.680
 just a year or two ago

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.500
 he said

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.660
 christians need to learn

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.680
 to tell themselves

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.660
 these truths

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.619
 every day

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:08.200
 to understand

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.960
 our identity

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:10.160
 i am loved

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:11.360
 by my father

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:13.160
 do we believe that

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:15.100
 i am a child

00:24:15.100 --> 00:24:16.360
 of god

00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:18.039
 do we know

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:19.340
 that's who we truly are

00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:20.299
 heaven

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:22.079
 is my home

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:25.340
 jesus

00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:27.220
 is my brother

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:29.940
 and every christian

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:31.160
 is my brother

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.740
 or sister

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:34.799
 grace is amazing

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:36.339
 in the rescue

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:36.919
 that we have

00:24:36.919 --> 00:24:37.500
 in jesus

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.559
 in the acceptance

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.220
 we have

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.799
 in jesus

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.579
 in the new

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.240
 identity

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.919
 we have

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.460
 in jesus

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.119
 it came to

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.980
 iconium

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:46.180
 changed everything

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:48.419
 what about for us

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:48.680
 today

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.259
 has it changed

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.240
 everything for us

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.579
 are we believing

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.500
 this to be true

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:54.159
 are we resting

00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:55.159
 and receiving

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:57.180
 jesus

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.859
 and him alone

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.720
 for salvation

00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:01.680
 are we enjoying

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.319
 him today

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:05.799
 barnabas encourages

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:07.319
 us to believe

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.120
 that grace is

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.500
 amazing

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.220
 very briefly

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.980
 two more things

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.480
 that barnabas

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.140
 encourages us to

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.600
 when we're going

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:12.839
 back to iconium

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.839
 in acts chapter 14

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:15.460
 he also encourages

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.420
 us to stand firm

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:17.019
 against bitter

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.600
 opposition

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:20.240
 iconium does

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.980
 many things for us

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.880
 it also reminds us

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.519
 that the christian

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.360
 life is a battle

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:23.660
 ground

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.420
 not a playground

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.880
 that spiritual

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.460
 opposition

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:28.279
 is real

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:30.180
 so we see

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.740
 that the church

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.319
 is working

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.139
 that god's grace

00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.920
 is transforming

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.519
 as the word

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.220
 is being preached

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.220
 but we also see

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.680
 the devil

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.440
 is resisting

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:39.680
 what shape

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.220
 did it take

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.680
 in the first

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.180
 century

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.839
 in turkey

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:43.420
 do we see

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.019
 parallels

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:45.299
 to our own

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.619
 day

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:47.139
 verse 2

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:49.359
 the jews

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:49.899
 who refused

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:50.599
 to believe

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.539
 stirred up

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.379
 the other gentiles

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:53.460
 and poisoned

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.359
 their minds

00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:54.879
 against their

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.299
 brothers

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:56.779
 poisoned their

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.339
 minds

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:58.740
 see that

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.279
 barnabas

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.720
 and paul

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.240
 they're false

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.740
 teachers

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.439
 that jesus

00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:02.959
 they're talking

00:26:02.959 --> 00:26:03.220
 about

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.980
 he's not the

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.399
 son of god

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:04.819
 he's not the

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.000
 savior

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.779
 he's a false

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.500
 messiah

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:08.480
 they're really

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.199
 narrow-minded

00:26:09.199 --> 00:26:09.859
 saying that the

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.559
 only way to be

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.159
 saved is through

00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:12.220
 faith in jesus

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:14.539
 they're bad

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.299
 members of

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.879
 society

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.819
 their values

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.839
 don't match

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.359
 up to

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.079
 society's

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.579
 values

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:22.059
 they gang

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.379
 up

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:24.159
 on paul

00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:24.720
 and barnabas

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.139
 the people

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:25.620
 of the city

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.320
 were divided

00:26:26.320 --> 00:26:27.600
 some sided

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.200
 with the jews

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.400
 others

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:28.740
 with the

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.200
 apostles

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.560
 and there

00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:29.820
 was a

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.460
 plot

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.980
 to ill

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.440
 treat

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.080
 and to

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.800
 stone

00:26:33.800 --> 00:26:35.040
 paul

00:26:35.040 --> 00:26:36.440
 and barnabas

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.380
 so the

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.900
 gospel of

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.160
 grace

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:39.020
 wonderfully

00:26:39.020 --> 00:26:40.200
 breaks down

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.700
 divisions

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.660
 within society

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.560
 so jews

00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:43.120
 and gentiles

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.640
 together

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.660
 understand that

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.360
 jesus is the

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:45.860
 savior for

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.200
 them

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.180
 but the

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.700
 gospel of

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:47.960
 grace

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.440
 also

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.420
 causes people

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:49.860
 to come

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.480
 together

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.280
 into a

00:26:51.280 --> 00:26:51.540
 mob

00:26:51.540 --> 00:26:51.920
 to try

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.600
 and destroy

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.619
 the message

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:53.939
 and the

00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:54.579
 messengers

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:56.480
 and so

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:56.939
 barnabas

00:26:56.939 --> 00:26:57.619
 and paul

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:59.240
 they had to

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.639
 flee

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.699
 according to

00:27:00.699 --> 00:27:01.219
 verse 6

00:27:01.219 --> 00:27:01.939
 they flee to

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:02.619
 the lycanian

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:03.299
 cities of

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.579
 lystra

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.059
 and derby

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.559
 but notice

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.059
 what they do

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.759
 in verse 7

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.959
 they continue

00:27:06.959 --> 00:27:07.480
 to preach

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.099
 the gospel

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:10.279
 they're running

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.879
 for their lives

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.139
 and they're

00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:11.599
 preaching the

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.059
 message of

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.500
 grace as

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.039
 they go

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:15.159
 barnabas

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:15.799
 encourages us

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.219
 to stand

00:27:16.219 --> 00:27:16.819
 firm against

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.779
 bitter opposition

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:20.920
 acts

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:22.639
 can helpfully

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:23.059
 be thought

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.379
 of as

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.480
 part 2

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.660
 of

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.660
 luke's

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.039
 work

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.639
 that we

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.339
 find in

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.859
 the bible

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:30.119
 part 1

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.539
 of course

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.039
 is his

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.839
 gospel

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:33.480
 and in luke's

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.799
 gospel

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.440
 in part 1

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.720
 of his

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.099
 work

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:36.099
 as we

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.440
 discover

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.799
 jesus

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.139
 mission

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:37.759
 of salvation

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:39.000
 there

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:40.279
 we also

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.619
 discover

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.240
 many times

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.639
 jesus

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.399
 warning

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:44.119
 christians

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:44.660
 warning his

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.099
 disciples

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.559
 to be

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.200
 ready

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.160
 for

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.980
 bitter opposition

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.519
 here's just a few

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.000
 examples

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.800
 luke chapter 10

00:27:50.800 --> 00:27:51.259
 verse 3

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.920
 i am sending

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.380
 you out

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:53.000
 as lambs

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.840
 among wolves

00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:55.820
 we don't need

00:27:55.820 --> 00:27:56.600
 to know too much

00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:57.200
 about the animal

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.900
 kingdom to know

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.440
 that means that

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.200
 being a christian

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.620
 can be

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.340
 can be

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:01.120
 scary

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:01.460
 it can

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.960
 mean

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.560
 enemies

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:03.400
 and opposition

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:05.400
 chapter 12

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.420
 verse 51

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.100
 jesus said

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.660
 do you think

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.240
 i came to

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.900
 bring peace

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.640
 on earth

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.420
 no

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.680
 i tell you

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.420
 but

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.580
 division

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.600
 exactly what

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.000
 we see

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:16.100
 in iconium

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.620
 there is this

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.439
 battle

00:28:17.439 --> 00:28:18.379
 raging

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:18.939
 spiritual

00:28:18.939 --> 00:28:19.859
 battle

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.679
 jesus does

00:28:20.679 --> 00:28:21.419
 bring peace

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:22.219
 for his

00:28:22.219 --> 00:28:22.839
 people

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.259
 but then

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.579
 there are

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:23.979
 others

00:28:23.979 --> 00:28:24.519
 who are

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:24.959
 divided

00:28:24.959 --> 00:28:25.319
 and who

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.799
 stand

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:27.219
 against him

00:28:27.219 --> 00:28:27.839
 and ultimately

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.799
 everybody is

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.739
 either for

00:28:29.739 --> 00:28:31.179
 or against

00:28:31.179 --> 00:28:31.919
 jesus

00:28:31.919 --> 00:28:33.559
 and we all

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.319
 need to decide

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.139
 where we

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.699
 stand

00:28:35.699 --> 00:28:38.159
 chapter 21

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.859
 of luke's

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.139
 gospel

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:40.039
 verse 17

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:41.179
 jesus puts

00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:41.639
 it very

00:28:41.639 --> 00:28:42.239
 bluntly

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.980
 everyone

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.440
 will

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.880
 hate

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:44.420
 you

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:45.859
 because

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.480
 of me

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.700
 we just

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.000
 need to

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.440
 look at

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:48.599
 what

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.079
 happened

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.599
 to

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.319
 jesus

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:51.859
 rejection

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.579
 and

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.359
 suffering

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:56.000
 before glory

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.120
 to understand

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:57.839
 that that is

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.420
 the pattern

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:58.920
 that we can

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.680
 expect in

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.240
 the christian

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.779
 church

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.559
 too

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:03.099
 and so

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:04.000
 like barnabas

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.940
 we need to

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.380
 stand

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.180
 firm

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:07.980
 we need to

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.519
 continue

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.740
 to speak

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.340
 and to

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:10.779
 live

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.980
 for jesus

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:13.180
 how do we

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.640
 do it

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:15.220
 i think

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.880
 first and

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.200
 foremost

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.880
 we need to

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.840
 really believe

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:19.100
 the gospel

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.880
 of grace

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:21.500
 if we don't

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.340
 really believe

00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:22.799
 that we've been

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.400
 rescued

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.160
 we're accepted

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.759
 by god

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.200
 we got a

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.920
 secure a

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.779
 new identity

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.460
 in christ

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.860
 then maybe

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.340
 we won't

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:30.000
 take a stand

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.420
 maybe we'd

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:30.759
 be tempted

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.460
 to give up

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.320
 but when we

00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:32.940
 believe that

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.440
 in jesus

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.759
 we have

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.640
 everything

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:36.280
 that's the

00:29:36.280 --> 00:29:36.680
 first thing

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:36.980
 we need

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.300
 we also

00:29:37.300 --> 00:29:37.580
 need to

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:37.940
 pray

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.880
 we need

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.320
 to pray

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:40.200
 for help

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.460
 and for

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.700
 courage

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.000
 that's what

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.200
 we're going

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.540
 to do

00:29:41.540 --> 00:29:42.520
 on wednesday

00:29:42.520 --> 00:29:43.120
 please join

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.540
 us if you

00:29:43.540 --> 00:29:43.820
 can

00:29:43.820 --> 00:29:44.140
 we need

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.720
 help

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.520
 to stand

00:29:45.520 --> 00:29:46.200
 firm

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.620
 we need

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.060
 to rely

00:29:48.060 --> 00:29:48.800
 as the

00:29:48.800 --> 00:29:49.180
 apostles

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.540
 did

00:29:49.540 --> 00:29:50.240
 on the

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.520
 spirit

00:29:50.520 --> 00:29:51.180
 of god

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.840
 remember

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.160
 jesus

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:52.640
 said to

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:52.740
 his

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.240
 disciples

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.540
 when you

00:29:54.540 --> 00:29:54.840
 are

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.360
 opposed

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:55.740
 and when

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.200
 you have

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.920
 to give

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.440
 an account

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.840
 in front

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.240
 of enemies

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.680
 the spirit

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.120
 will help

00:29:59.120 --> 00:29:59.400
 you to

00:29:59.400 --> 00:29:59.820
 speak

00:29:59.820 --> 00:30:00.640
 give you

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.020
 words

00:30:01.020 --> 00:30:01.320
 when you

00:30:01.320 --> 00:30:01.520
 need

00:30:01.520 --> 00:30:01.840
 them

00:30:01.840 --> 00:30:03.960
 we also

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.240
 need to

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.940
 draw strength

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.500
 from the

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.000
 church

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.599
 we need

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:06.839
 to draw

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.400
 strength

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.799
 from one

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.059
 another

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.519
 not to

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.160
 live in

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.940
 isolation

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.359
 because

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:11.400
 opposition

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:12.359
 is hard

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.940
 and we

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.120
 need to

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.339
 have our

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.960
 hope set

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:16.120
 in final

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.700
 victory

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.880
 barnabas

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.539
 encourages us

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:18.940
 to stand

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.539
 firm against

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.420
 bitter opposition

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:22.680
 and then the

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.240
 last thing

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.299
 that i want

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.839
 us to notice

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.299
 and again

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.700
 this is just

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.000
 brief

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.579
 is that

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.039
 barnabas

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.920
 encourages us

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:29.059
 to boldly

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.620
 live for

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.059
 jesus

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:31.200
 in a

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.659
 hostile

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:32.779
 world

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:34.339
 thinking

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:34.559
 about

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.220
 iconium

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.419
 i got

00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:36.759
 to thinking

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.039
 about

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.759
 john g

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.539
 paten

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.639
 some of

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:39.960
 you don't

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.299
 know who

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.700
 john g

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.079
 paten

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.379
 was he

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:41.720
 was a

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.240
 missionary

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.659
 a scottish

00:30:43.659 --> 00:30:44.000
 missionary

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.339
 in the

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.940
 mid-19th

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.659
 century to

00:30:45.659 --> 00:30:46.819
 what was

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.279
 then called

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.599
 the new

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.059
 hebrides

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.519
 which is

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.000
 now called

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.779
 vanuatu

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:51.220
 and to

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.440
 read

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.019
 paten's

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.579
 story is

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:52.980
 to read

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.619
 a story

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:55.220
 of courageous

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.659
 faith

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.919
 because he

00:30:56.919 --> 00:30:57.519
 went to

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.399
 work among

00:30:58.400 --> 00:31:00.300
 people known

00:31:00.300 --> 00:31:00.780
 to be

00:31:00.780 --> 00:31:01.640
 cannibals

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.800
 man-eating

00:31:02.800 --> 00:31:03.300
 people

00:31:03.300 --> 00:31:04.700
 and he

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.259
 was warned

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.820
 before he

00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:06.440
 left

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.380
 scotland

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:08.880
 don't go

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.980
 it will

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.940
 literally

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.560
 eat you

00:31:11.560 --> 00:31:12.060
 alive

00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:13.860
 you've got

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:14.200
 a really

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:15.100
 vital ministry

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.540
 going on

00:31:15.540 --> 00:31:15.900
 here in

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.259
 glasgow

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:17.000
 why would

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.380
 you go

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.560
 over there

00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:19.480
 when you're

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.920
 doing useful

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.480
 things over

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.019
 here

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:22.680
 and what

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.000
 you see

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.660
 in paten's

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.080
 life

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.940
 is someone

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.440
 who is ready

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.880
 both to

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.220
 live

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:27.019
 and to

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.480
 die

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.420
 for the

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.059
 lord jesus

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:31.360
 to read

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:31.779
 his story

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:31.940
 he was

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.240
 attacked

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.779
 often

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:34.240
 many of

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.799
 the tribes

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.440
 people tried

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.240
 to poison

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.579
 him

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:38.220
 they tried

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.559
 to use

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.220
 black magic

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.779
 on him

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.579
 he could

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.079
 tell story

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.660
 after story

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:41.920
 of being

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.279
 hunted

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.019
 by gangs

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.500
 wielding

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.160
 machetes

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:45.480
 but paten

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.099
 was a man

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:47.360
 who boldly

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:48.120
 lived

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:49.160
 for jesus

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.620
 and over

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.460
 time people

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.880
 became christians

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.900
 and churches

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:55.180
 were established

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:56.180
 and one

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.900
 historian

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.860
 reckons

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.660
 that paten's

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.299
 influence

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.880
 was such

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.420
 in the

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.060
 region

00:32:01.060 --> 00:32:02.660
 that towards

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.000
 the end of

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.600
 the 19th

00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:03.940
 century

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.820
 one in six

00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:05.259
 of all

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.779
 ministers

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.820
 in australia

00:32:06.820 --> 00:32:08.180
 followed paten

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.980
 in going

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.500
 on

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.460
 mission

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:12.820
 that's

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.440
 someone

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.259
 living

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:15.160
 boldly

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.940
 for jesus

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.299
 in a

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.660
 hostile

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.240
 world

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.820
 that's the

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.519
 pattern

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.880
 of barnabas

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.860
 and saul

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:23.099
 and it's

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.679
 always encouraging

00:32:23.679 --> 00:32:24.039
 i think

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.639
 to see

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:25.879
 this kind

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.419
 of life

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:26.939
 to read

00:32:26.939 --> 00:32:27.759
 those kind

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.479
 of stories

00:32:28.479 --> 00:32:29.119
 to see

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:30.179
 the impact

00:32:30.179 --> 00:32:30.759
 of men

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.579
 and women

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.219
 who have

00:32:32.219 --> 00:32:32.659
 faith

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.439
 in god

00:32:33.439 --> 00:32:33.919
 and who

00:32:33.919 --> 00:32:34.359
 act

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:35.219
 with courage

00:32:35.219 --> 00:32:36.539
 so verse

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.879
 three

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:38.859
 we see

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:40.699
 that after

00:32:40.699 --> 00:32:42.519
 people have

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.059
 been stirred

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.559
 up and

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.240
 after minds

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.479
 have been

00:32:44.479 --> 00:32:44.879
 poisoned

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.459
 against the

00:32:45.459 --> 00:32:45.759
 brothers

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.839
 paul and

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.359
 barnabas

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.439
 spent considerable

00:32:48.439 --> 00:32:49.199
 time there

00:32:49.199 --> 00:32:50.419
 speaking boldly

00:32:50.419 --> 00:32:51.159
 for the lord

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:52.360
 no one's

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:52.779
 going to stop

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.259
 them sharing

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.900
 the good news

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.360
 of god's

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.660
 love

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:56.240
 no one's

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.440
 going to

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.860
 stop them

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.420
 talking about

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.240
 god's grace

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.080
 that saves

00:32:59.080 --> 00:32:59.680
 sinners

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.620
 it's too

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:00.960
 amazing

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.360
 they won't

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.860
 stop

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:03.680
 verse three

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.200
 we see them

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.800
 boldly living

00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:05.240
 out their

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.600
 faith

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.400
 and god

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:06.920
 confirmed

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.460
 the message

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:07.779
 of his

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.080
 grace

00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:08.800
 by enabling

00:33:08.800 --> 00:33:09.340
 them to

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:09.759
 perform

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.400
 signs and

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.820
 wonders

00:33:10.820 --> 00:33:11.960
 here's the

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.519
 wonderful thing

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.279
 god wants

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.759
 people to

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.380
 be saved

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:15.720
 and so god

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.620
 turned people's

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.120
 hearts

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:18.259
 by his spirit

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.880
 working in

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.380
 power so

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:20.019
 miracles were

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.400
 happening

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:21.080
 to give

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.699
 evidence that

00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:22.519
 yes people

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.199
 should listen

00:33:23.199 --> 00:33:23.759
 to baul and

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.220
 barnabas

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:26.359
 and as we

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:26.939
 saw in verse

00:33:26.939 --> 00:33:27.659
 seven even as

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.259
 their lives are

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.859
 threatened as

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:29.319
 they're on the

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.099
 run they

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:31.119
 can't stop

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:31.740
 speaking they

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.639
 continue to

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.439
 preach the

00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:34.059
 gospel

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:38.419
 in romans

00:33:38.419 --> 00:33:38.980
 chapter one

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.599
 verse 16

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.240
 paul said

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.759
 this and i'm

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.619
 sure barnabas

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.559
 would agree

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:44.720
 i am not

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.679
 ashamed of the

00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:47.619
 gospel for it

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.339
 is the power

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:50.119
 of god that

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:51.299
 brings salvation

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.980
 for everyone

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:54.720
 who believes

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:56.740
 barnabas and

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.659
 paul saw the

00:33:57.659 --> 00:33:59.159
 power of god's

00:33:59.159 --> 00:34:00.439
 gospel at work

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:02.099
 they saw lives

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.519
 they saw

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.519
 cities they

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.619
 saw cultures

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:06.399
 being transformed

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:08.579
 do we believe

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:10.819
 that the gospel

00:34:10.819 --> 00:34:12.340
 has that same

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:14.099
 power today

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:17.059
 do we believe it

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:18.219
 for ourselves

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:21.339
 that god's grace

00:34:21.339 --> 00:34:22.639
 can change me

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.400
 from the inside

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:23.719
 out

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:25.679
 do we believe

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.900
 that god can

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:28.079
 change our city

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.579
 and our nation

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.860
 and the nations

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.500
 of the world

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:34.500
 to read the book

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.380
 of acts to look

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:36.019
 at the life of

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.819
 barnabas and paul

00:34:36.819 --> 00:34:37.500
 is to be

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.380
 encouraged

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.900
 to be encouraged

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.960
 to pray

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:43.079
 that god would

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.160
 work by his

00:34:44.160 --> 00:34:44.880
 power and

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:45.420
 through his

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:46.300
 grace to save

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.700
 many

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.920
 again come

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.760
 on wednesday

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:50.180
 pray do the

00:34:50.180 --> 00:34:51.039
 work of god

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:53.960
 barnabas encourages

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.539
 us doesn't he

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.740
 to speak

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:57.860
 to proclaim

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:59.960
 jesus's good

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.440
 news

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.680
 to people who

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:02.200
 are anxious

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:02.740
 to people who

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.480
 are confused

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.280
 to people who

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.940
 don't know

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:06.240
 what the bible

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:06.720
 teaches

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:08.879
 and barnabas

00:35:08.879 --> 00:35:10.339
 encourages us

00:35:10.339 --> 00:35:11.099
 to practice

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:12.119
 what we preach

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:13.699
 to let our

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.339
 light shine

00:35:14.339 --> 00:35:15.419
 so that men

00:35:15.419 --> 00:35:16.039
 might see our

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.579
 good deeds

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.099
 so as to

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:18.619
 glorify our

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:20.000
 father in

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.399
 heaven

00:35:20.399 --> 00:35:21.559
 because the

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.399
 world needs

00:35:22.399 --> 00:35:23.559
 the message

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.179
 of god's

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.500
 grace

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.739
 we need

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:26.919
 the message

00:35:26.919 --> 00:35:27.559
 of god's

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.000
 grace

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.980
 let's pray

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.319
 together