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 Turn to the book of Acts chapter 1.

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 Our text for today will be verses 12-26.

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! Beloved, this is God's word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises.

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 And obey its commands.

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 I read from verse 12.

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 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet,

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 which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

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 When they had entered, they went up to the upper room where they were staying,

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 Peter and John and James and Andrew,

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 Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew,

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 James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the zealot and Judas the son of James.

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 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer together with the women

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 and Mary, the mother of Jesus and his brothers.

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 In those days, Peter stood up among the brothers.

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 The company of persons was in all about 120 and said,

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 Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled,

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 which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas,

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 who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

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 For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.

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 Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness,

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 and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.

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 And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

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 so that the field was called in their own language,

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 Akaldama, that is, field of blood.

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 For it is written in the book of Psalms,

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 May his camp become desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it,

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 and let another take his office.

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 So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the times of the Lord Jesus

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 went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John

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 until the day when he was taken up from us,

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 one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.

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 And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas,

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 who was also called Justice, and Matthias.

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 And they prayed and said,

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 You Lord, who knows the hearts of all,

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 show which one of these two you have chosen to take the place in this ministry

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 and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.

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 And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias,

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 and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

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 Now the text before us today, on first glance,

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 may seem fairly insignificant.

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 It seems like a simple historic sidebar of inconsequential facts

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 leading up to the great day of Pentecost.

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 Last week we looked at the ascension of Jesus Christ,

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 and we find ourselves in this ten-day waiting period.

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 The disciples are now waiting for the Spirit of God to come upon them,

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 and some amazing things begin to happen in chapter 2.

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 So, rushing past this, we can just see it as that.

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 Just some statement of fact.

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 What was going on in those days?

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 Well, here's some stuff that they did.

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 Let's get on to chapter 2.

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 But upon a more careful reading,

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 we can note the very early activity of the church of Christ.

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 And there are a number of things that they were doing that are worth our attention.

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 And so this morning, I want us to note five things together from verses 12-26.

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 And the first of those is that they were obedient.

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 They were obedient.

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 Now, you may miss this if we don't back up to Acts 1, verses 4-5.

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 If you're just picking up in our study today with us,

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 what were they obedient to?

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 Verse 4 says,

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 So they were told by Christ before He ascended

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 to stay in Jerusalem and wait for the Spirit of God.

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 Stay and wait.

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 This was the command that was given to them.

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 And this is the command that they are being obedient to here in our text.

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 Verse 12,

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 Then they returned to Jerusalem.

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 They were with Jesus on the mount called Olivet.

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 They returned about a half a mile back to Jerusalem.

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 And they stop and they stay in the upper room.

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 It was the place that they were habitating at the time.

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 We get this list in verse 13 and 14 and into 15

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 of the people that were there.

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 They were obedient.

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 The they I speak of is recorded for us by Luke.

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 Verse 13,

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 The remaining eleven apostles.

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 Those who had traveled with Christ minus Judas.

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 Eleven apostles left.

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 We see that the women.

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 And this is likely referring to Mary Magdalene.

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 Mary the wife of Clopas.

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 Mary and Martha.

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 And Salome among others.

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 Likely other women that were part of the band of disciples.

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 Not apostles.

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 Disciples.

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 Might have been a troubling thing to have the name Mary in this day.

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 Of special note amongst the women,

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 we see that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was amongst them.

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 And I hope that hearing that blesses your heart.

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 If I were the Messiah,

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 I certainly would want my mother to believe the truth concerning me.

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 And we see this evidence here

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 that she is still counted amongst those who followed Christ.

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 And it shouldn't really be a surprise to us

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 that before Jesus' birth,

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 Mary fully comprehended and understood who Jesus is.

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 Her song of praise recorded by Luke in Luke 1.

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 Verse 46 and 47.

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 This is the beginning of the Magnificat,

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 which is Latin for my soul magnifies.

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 So it's the magnification of Christ by Mary.

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 Verse 46 says,

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 And Mary said,

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 My soul magnifies the Lord,

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 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

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 And here we see here,

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 they're doing this very thing.

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 We also see a special note,

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 Jesus' brothers.

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 There's a later mention of a total company of persons

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 numbering 120.

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 But in the midst of that are Jesus' brothers.

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 And Luke's not referring to his spiritual brothers,

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 but rather his biological brothers.

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 The brothers who had doubted who he was.

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 You can read about that in Mark 5.

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 Mark 6.3 gives us their names.

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 James,

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 Joseph,

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 Judas,

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 and poor Simon didn't get a J name in that mix.

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 James and Judas,

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 later known as Jude,

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 authored part of the New Testament.

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 So his brothers have come to faith,

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 and they are now following him.

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 And so this is the they plus some others,

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 numbering 120.

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 They were obedient to stay and to wait

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 for what God had promised would come.

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 Many of us need to learn

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 the incredibly important lesson

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 of waiting on the Lord.

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 The Lord's timing is impeccable.

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 He is never early,

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 and He is never late.

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 He is always right on time.

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 We are often so impatient,

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 and we will not wait on the Lord.

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 What would you have done

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 with ten days?

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 They've seen Him ascended.

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 He has given the command,

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 stay and wait.

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 And I just have to tell you,

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 because I'm not a very patient person,

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 I would have had a really difficult time

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 doing nothing but wait for ten days.

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 It would have been very difficult for me

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 not to go,

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 look, He gave us commands,

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 let's go.

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 He said He's sending the Spirit,

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 but it hasn't happened yet.

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 We've got things to do.

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 The time is short and urgent.

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 But they stayed,

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 and they waited.

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 And they were exactly where God

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 desired them to be

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 when He struck a match,

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 placed it in their midst,

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 and set a fire of gospel renewal ablaze.

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 Praise God, the apostles stayed and waited.

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 And we get to see in chapter 2

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 what happens when the Spirit of God

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 is sent upon them.

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 So they were obedient.

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 They were also together.

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 They were obedient,

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 this is secondly,

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 they were obedient together

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 as a group,

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 as a body.

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 Beloved, this is the early church.

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 Of all the thousands that had followed Christ around

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 and heard His teaching,

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 this is the faithful few.

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 And they are gathered together.

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 Now, no one has ever been saved

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 by someone else's faith.

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 By being a member of a Bible-believing congregation,

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 you aren't necessarily a Christian.

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 No one has ever been saved

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 by someone else's faith.

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 When we stand before God

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 in the final analysis,

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 we will rise or fall

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 on the basis

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 of our individual faith in Christ

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 or lack thereof.

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 In that way,

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 and only in that way,

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 is redemption personal.

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 But,

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 when we are saved,

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 we are saved into a body.

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 We become part of a global faith family.

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 We are Christ's church.

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 Is there an essence of which Christ died for you?

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 Yes.

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 But Christ ultimately died for His church.

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 The notion of a Christianity

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 apart from the life of the church

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 is completely foreign

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 to the pages of the New Testament.

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 And it is so for good reason.

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 Beloved,

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 we need one another.

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 No one has grown to the point

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 that they no longer need the church.

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 The church is a grace to us.

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 It is a tool in the hands of the Almighty

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 to help bring about our sanctification.

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 To have us pursue holiness.

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 We need one another.

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 I will not grow tired of saying this

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 because we all need to hear it.

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 The more I mature in Christ,

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 the more aware I become

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 of my need of the church.

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 Not that I ever didn't need it.

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 I don't come to realize,

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 hey, I now need the church.

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 I've always needed the church.

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 But the more I grow in Christ,

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 the more painfully aware I become

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 of my need of You.

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 We need one another.

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 And that need extends beyond mere attendance.

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 Just coming in right at 10.30 or 5.

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 Sitting down.

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 Hearing sermons preached.

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 Hearing songs sung.

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 These are good things

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 and these are valuable things

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 for the Christian life.

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 But it is not the expression

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 of what the church is meant

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 to be doing together.

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 Afterward, you say a couple hellos

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 and out the door you go.

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 We need to be in life together.

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 We need to be sharing

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 what's happening in us

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 by the grace of God.

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 We need to be expressing

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 those places in which we're challenged

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 that we might be encouraged

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 and sharpened to live more holy.

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 We have to be sharing life together.

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 College students,

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 many of you have seen the need for this.

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 You have planted yourself

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 and you've stayed put.

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 For those of you who are guests

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 with us this morning

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 and haven't heard me say it yet,

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 you're in a transitionary period

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 of your time and I get that.

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 I remember those days.

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 But you were up here

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 nine months out of the year.

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 Get invested in a local congregation.

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 Don't float from place to place to place

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 for the next four years

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 because I guarantee you

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 your walk with Christ will suffer if you do.

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 Find a people to invest your life into

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 for the mission of God.

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 Be there and be with them

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 and be sharpened by them.

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 This reminds me of a story

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 I once heard John MacArthur tell.

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 I've heard other people tell it too,

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 but I've got to give somebody the credit.

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 So John MacArthur gets it this morning.

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 He does it like this.

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 A member of a certain church

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 who previously had been attending services regularly

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 stopped going.

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 After a few weeks,

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 the pastor decided to visit him.

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 It was a chilly evening.

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 The pastor found the man at home alone

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 sitting before a blazing fire.

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 Guessing the reason for the pastor's visit,

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 the man welcomed him,

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 led him to a big chair near the fireplace,

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 and waited.

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 The pastor made himself comfortable

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 but said nothing.

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 In the grave silence,

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 he contemplated the play of the flames

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 around the burning lungs.

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 After some minutes,

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 the pastor took the fire tongs,

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 carefully picked up a brightly burning ember,

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 and placed it to one side of the hearth,

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 all alone.

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 Then he sat back in his chair,

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 still silent.

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 The host watched all this

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 in quiet fascination.

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 As the one lone ember's flame diminished,

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 there was a momentary glow,

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 and then its fire was no more.

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 Soon,

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 it was cold

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 and dead.

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 Not a word had been spoken

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 since the initial greeting.

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 Just before the pastor was ready to leave,

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 he picked up the cold,

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 dead ember

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 and placed it back

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 in the middle of the fire.

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 Immediately,

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 it began to glow once more

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 with the light and warmth

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 of the burning coals around it.

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 As the pastor reached the door to leave,

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 his host said,

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 Thank you so much for your visit,

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 and especially for the fiery sermon.

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 I shall be back in church next Sunday.

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 We need one another.

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 We need to be preaching the gospel

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 to one another

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 that our hearts would stay warm to it.

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 And note that they were not just together,

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 but in verse 14,

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 they were together with one accord.

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 This is modeled for us,

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 the type of unity that they had,

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 even before the Spirit of God

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 is poured out on the people of God.

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 They are so concerned

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 with the mission of God in the world,

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 the purpose of God in the world,

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 that they're together,

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 unified around that,

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 just that teaching they're unified around.

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 It's better.

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 It's higher for us today.

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 Later, Paul writes to the Ephesians,

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 chapter 4, verse 1 through 6,

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 I therefore,

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 a prisoner for the Lord,

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 urge you to walk in a manner

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 worthy of the calling

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 to which you have been called,

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 with all humility and gentleness,

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 with patience,

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 bearing with one another in love,

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 eager to maintain

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 the unity of the Spirit.

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 Not create,

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 but to maintain,

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 which is a work,

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 it's a discipline,

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 but it's a maintenance

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 of the unity of the Spirit

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 in the bond of peace,

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 which already exists in Christ.

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 There is one body

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 and one Spirit,

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 just as you were called to the hope,

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 one hope that belongs to your call.

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 One Lord,

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 one faith,

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 one baptism,

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 one God and Father of all

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 who is over all,

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 and through all,

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 and in all.

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 So this is a discipline for us.

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 It's not a thing

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 that just happens naturally.

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 We are to work

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 to maintain

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 the unity

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 of the Spirit.

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 It's a discipline.

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 You've got to pick it up

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 and you've got to practice it.

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 And you've got to do this

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 day in

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 and day out.

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 I know

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 that church

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 can be so

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 frustrating.

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 You know how I know that?

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 Because I know you guys.

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 I'm not immune to that.

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 I'm not unaware

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 of the challenges

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 that face you

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 in your involvement

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 with the church.

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 The church

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 is a magnificent

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 mess.

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 It's a mess

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 because it's made of people.

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 And it's magnificent

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 because it is made of people

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 who have been recipients

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 of God's grace

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 and who are growing

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 in God's grace.

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 None of us have arrived.

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 None of us are perfect.

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 But if we are the church,

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 we are pictures

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 of God's redemptive

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 purpose.

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 I can look at you

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 and I can see Christ

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 because I see Him

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 at work

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 amongst you.

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 The existence

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 of the church

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 is a miracle.

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 And it should be viewed

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 as such.

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 The fact that

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 any of us care

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 at all

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 about the things of God

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 this morning

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 is a miracle.

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 We do not love

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 the things of God

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 or the work of God

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 apart from

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 His intervention.

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 On the front

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 of your bulletin

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 there's a quotation

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 from Martin Lloyd-Jones.

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 We must cease

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 to think of the church

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 as a gathering

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 of institutions

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 and organizations

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 and we must get back

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 to the notion

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 that we are

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 the people

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 of God.

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 If you go to

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 your favorite restaurant

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 and you're treated rudely

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 and the food

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 isn't cooked well,

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 go someplace else.

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 I encourage it.

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 I love the free market.

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 It put bad businesses

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 out of business.

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 That is not

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 the church.

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 We're a people

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 called together

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 by God's grace

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 for His glory

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 and we are in

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 process.

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 We need

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 to love

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 one another

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 in that process.

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 Don't expect

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 perfection

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 from me

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 or anyone else

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 in this congregation

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 because you will

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 always be sadly

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 disappointed.

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 So they were

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 obedient

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 and they were

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 together

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 and thirdly,

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 they were

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 prayerful.

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 They were together

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 and they were,

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 verse 14,

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 devoting

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 themselves

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 to prayer.

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 The Greek word

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 for devoting

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 is a very

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 strong

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 word.

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 Here in ESV,

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 which I'm preaching

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 from,

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 it simply says

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 devoting.

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 The New American

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 Standard Bible

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 renders this

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 continually

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 devoting.

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 The verb has

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 a continual

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 action.

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 I would add

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 to it

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 continually

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 and fervently

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 devoting

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 themselves

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 to prayer.

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 This was

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 the major

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 part of

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 their activity

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 in this

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 time of

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 waiting.

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 What were

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 they praying

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 for?

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 Some have

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 suggested the

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 Spirit

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 and that

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 that becomes

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 part of the

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 equation for

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 us as

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 Christians.

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 A second

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 baptism and

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 we must pray

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 that God

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 would give

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 us the

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 Spirit.

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 We are

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 granted the

00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:46.720
 Spirit of

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 God when

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 we place

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 faith in

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 Christ.

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 And they

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 were not

00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.339
 told to

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 pray for

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 the Spirit.

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 They were

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 told to

00:19:52.379 --> 00:19:53.480
 wait for

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 the Spirit.

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 So what

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 were they

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 praying?

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 And we

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 cannot know

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 for sure.

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 We see

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 some evidence

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 that they

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 certainly

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 asked the

00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:02.179
 Lord who

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 should replace

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 Judas.

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 That's

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 evidence of

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 a specific

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 thing that

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 they prayed

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 for.

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 We don't

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 know with

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 confidence,

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 but I

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 suggest that

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 they were

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 praying the

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 way that

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 they were

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 taught to

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 pray.

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 They asked

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 the Lord,

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 how should

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 we pray?

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 He said

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 to them in

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 Matthew 6,

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 9-13,

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 Our Father

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 in heaven,

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 hallowed be

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 your name.

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 Your kingdom

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 come,

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 your will be

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 done on

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 earth as

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 it is in

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 heaven.

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 Give us

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 this day

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 our daily

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 bread and

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 forgive us

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 our debts

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 as we

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 also have

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 forgiven

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 our debtors.

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 And lead

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 us not

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 into temptation,

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 but deliver

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 us from

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 evil.

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 Jesus was

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 teaching them

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 how they

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 should pray.

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 He wasn't

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.779
 saying pray

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 this,

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 He was

00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.079
 saying pray

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 like this.

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 Which doesn't

00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:47.019
 make praying

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:47.379
 the Lord's

00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:48.619
 prayer wrong

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 if your

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 heart is

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.359
 in it

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 and you

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 desire

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.139
 these things

00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:52.639
 to come

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 to bear.

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 But what

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 He was

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.259
 giving for

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 them was

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 a pattern

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 of how

00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.279
 they should

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 pray.

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 These are

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 the things

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.319
 you should

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 be concerned

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:01.079
 about and

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.799
 lifting up

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.519
 to me.

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 If we

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.339
 don't view

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:03.740
 this this

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 way,

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 it's possible

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:04.599
 what,

00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:04.799
 did they

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.660
 just recant

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.000
 this thing

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.359
 over and

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:06.660
 over and

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.339
 over again?

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 I don't

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.319
 believe so.

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.019
 I believe

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.599
 they were

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.000
 praying

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:12.019
 things in

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.559
 the will

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.019
 of the

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.500
 Father as

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.220
 outlined by

00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:15.200
 the Lord's

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 prayer.

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 They were

00:21:16.560 --> 00:21:17.200
 continually

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:18.620
 and fervently

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 devoting

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.140
 themselves to

00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:20.740
 pray for

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.560
 the things

00:21:21.560 --> 00:21:22.620
 of God.

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 That His

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.980
 kingdom come,

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.580
 that He bring

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 about holiness

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:25.779
 in their lives,

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 that they be

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.600
 able to

00:21:26.600 --> 00:21:27.580
 resist evil.

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 And rightly

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 so,

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.279
 as they were

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 the people

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 of God.

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 They were

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 a church.

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 Again,

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.759
 on the front

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:36.960
 of your

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 bulletin,

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 another Spurgeon

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.000
 quotation,

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 the condition

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 of the church

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:42.440
 may be very

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:43.820
 accurately gauged

00:21:43.820 --> 00:21:44.860
 by its prayer

00:21:44.860 --> 00:21:45.400
 meetings.

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.720
 Let this

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 sink into

00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:47.660
 you.

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.660
 The condition

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.560
 of the church

00:21:50.560 --> 00:21:51.720
 may be very

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:53.000
 accurately gauged

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:54.120
 by its prayer

00:21:54.120 --> 00:21:54.640
 meetings.

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 So is the

00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:57.259
 prayer meeting

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 a grace-o-meter,

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 and from it

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 we may judge

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.140
 of the amount

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:01.900
 of divine

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:03.100
 working among

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 a people.

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 If God

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.820
 be near a

00:22:05.820 --> 00:22:06.279
 church,

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.340
 it must

00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:07.779
 pray.

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.779
 And if He

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.740
 be not there,

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.299
 one of the

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.259
 first tokens

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.700
 of His

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.299
 absence

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.139
 will be

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:14.039
 a slothfulness

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:15.919
 in prayer.

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:18.319
 Why do the

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.759
 people of

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.159
 God

00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.919
 pray?

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.440
 The people

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:21.720
 of God

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:23.319
 pray because

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.299
 they desire

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:24.980
 with their

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.899
 very being

00:22:25.899 --> 00:22:26.859
 all that

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.319
 they are,

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.200
 all that

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.819
 they want,

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.720
 is to see

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.339
 the purposes

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.720
 of God

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.339
 accomplished.

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 And they

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.899
 know that

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 this will

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:34.200
 not happen

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:35.460
 apart from

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 the power

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.919
 of God.

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 I'll say that

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.619
 to you again.

00:22:38.699 --> 00:22:38.939
 The people

00:22:38.939 --> 00:22:39.219
 of God

00:22:39.219 --> 00:22:40.139
 pray because

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.619
 they desire

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:40.959
 to see the

00:22:40.959 --> 00:22:41.419
 purposes of

00:22:41.419 --> 00:22:41.559
 God

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.039
 accomplished,

00:22:42.459 --> 00:22:42.839
 and they

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.299
 know that

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.819
 this will

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.979
 not happen

00:22:44.979 --> 00:22:46.199
 apart from

00:22:46.199 --> 00:22:46.779
 the power

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.879
 of God.

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.500
 There's a

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.619
 thing that

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.219
 we want to

00:22:50.219 --> 00:22:50.939
 see done,

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.500
 and we know

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.059
 it cannot

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.819
 be done

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.759
 unless God

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.699
 does it.

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.099
 And He gives

00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:56.500
 to us the

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.119
 tool of

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.500
 prayer.

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.279
 He uses

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.799
 His people

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.219
 because He

00:22:59.219 --> 00:22:59.879
 loves us

00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:00.399
 to accomplish

00:23:00.399 --> 00:23:01.039
 His will.

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.259
 So He moves

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.979
 us to pray

00:23:02.979 --> 00:23:03.479
 that He will

00:23:03.479 --> 00:23:04.019
 act.

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.059
 And that is

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.959
 why the

00:23:05.959 --> 00:23:06.879
 people of

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.299
 God

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.839
 pray.

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.919
 Beloved, we

00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:11.500
 have opportunities

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.139
 to gather

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.779
 and pray

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.379
 corporately.

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.799
 Your personal

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.539
 prayer life is

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.099
 of vital

00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:16.839
 importance to

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.099
 you.

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:17.960
 What this

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.539
 old saint

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.480
 called closet

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.240
 prayer, that

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:21.279
 quiet time,

00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:21.879
 you and the

00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.899
 Lord praying

00:23:22.899 --> 00:23:23.559
 together.

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:23.859
 And I

00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.759
 encourage that.

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 But now,

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.819
 in this text,

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.119
 I want to

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:28.480
 encourage corporate

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.440
 prayer.

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.159
 We pray in

00:23:31.159 --> 00:23:31.539
 our community

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.180
 outreach group

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.419
 meetings.

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:32.819
 If you're not

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.379
 part of one,

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.159
 you should be.

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.720
 We have

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.440
 prayer meetings

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.299
 every Sunday

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:37.779
 morning at

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.299
 nine o'clock.

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.140
 That's not

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.640
 early.

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.920
 Six a.m.

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.340
 is early.

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.480
 Nine a.m.

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.000
 is not

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.400
 early.

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.019
 You can get

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.519
 up and make

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.120
 it to this.

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.100
 Come and

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:48.840
 join God's

00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:50.120
 people in

00:23:50.120 --> 00:23:50.519
 prayer.

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.700
 Form prayer

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.100
 meetings.

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:53.759
 Do it

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.460
 any time.

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.200
 I don't care

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.620
 when it

00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.100
 happens.

00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:57.259
 You just

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.620
 can't pull

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:58.019
 it off on

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.240
 Sunday

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.480
 morning?

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.240
 Find another

00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.140
 time that

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.460
 you can get

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:00.900
 a group of

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.480
 people together

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.420
 and pray

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.180
 that God

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.860
 would accomplish

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.779
 His purposes

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.460
 in our

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.799
 world.

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.920
 You recall

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.379
 that after

00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:08.980
 Jesus cleared

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.440
 the temple

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:09.980
 of money

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.460
 changers,

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.539
 He reminded

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.099
 the people

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.799
 in Matthew

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.680
 21-13,

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.779
 My house

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.720
 shall be

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.200
 called a

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.559
 house of

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:17.879
 prayer.

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.440
 And He

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:18.879
 was not

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.740
 referring to

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.559
 this building

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.079
 or any

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.460
 other.

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.299
 He was

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.579
 saying,

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:24.000
 My people

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.940
 will be a

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.960
 people who

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.240
 pray.

00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:28.779
 So they

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.359
 were obedient.

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.660
 They were

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:31.240
 together.

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.920
 They were

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.759
 prayerful.

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:35.700
 And fourthly,

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.220
 they were

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:38.019
 scripturally

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.579
 concerned,

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:40.200
 or scriptural

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.519
 if you

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.359
 prefer.

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.279
 They were

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.960
 concerned about

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.559
 what it was

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.059
 the Scriptures

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:45.140
 had to say.

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.700
 They had

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.500
 already turned

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.180
 their attention

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:48.480
 to the Old

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:48.980
 Testament

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.359
 text.

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.259
 Beginning

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.640
 in verse

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.799
 16,

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.319
 Peter stands

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.960
 up and

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.559
 makes a

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.259
 speech

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.140
 amongst

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:59.539
 the 120

00:24:59.539 --> 00:24:59.980
 who are

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.319
 gathered

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.759
 there.

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:01.680
 Brothers,

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.319
 the Scripture

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:04.119
 had to

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.500
 be

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.279
 fulfilled.

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.200
 There's

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.559
 an element

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:06.879
 of which

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.139
 it has

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:07.539
 already

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:07.759
 been

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.159
 fulfilled.

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.500
 Judas

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:08.700
 has

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.119
 already

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.579
 betrayed

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.179
 Christ.

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.099
 And there

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.539
 is an

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.179
 action

00:25:12.179 --> 00:25:12.379
 that's

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:12.539
 about

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:12.659
 to

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:12.779
 take

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.019
 place

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.200
 where

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.399
 it

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:13.759
 will

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.579
 continue

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:14.899
 to be

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.179
 fulfilled.

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:15.379
 It

00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:16.099
 has

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.579
 to be

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:16.960
 fulfilled.

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.279
 God

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.439
 does

00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:17.659
 not

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.119
 lie.

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.799
 Everything

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.220
 that the

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.399
 Scripture

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:19.720
 says

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:19.879
 will

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.000
 come

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.119
 to

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.339
 pass

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.740
 will

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.200
 come

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.779
 to

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.079
 pass.

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:22.200
 And

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.339
 they're

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.700
 concerned

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:22.939
 about

00:25:22.939 --> 00:25:23.339
 this.

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.179
 Which

00:25:24.179 --> 00:25:24.379
 the

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:24.659
 Holy

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:24.960
 Spirit

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.359
 spoke

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:25.359


00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:25.700
 before

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:25.960
 him

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.079
 by

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.240
 the

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.559
 mouth

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.099
!

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:28.099
 concerning

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:29.119
 Judas

00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:29.699
 who

00:25:29.699 --> 00:25:29.899
 became

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.039
 a

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.259
 guide

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.399
 to

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:30.759
 those

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.240
 who

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.579
 arrested

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.179
 Jesus.

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.059
 For

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.279
 he

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.500
 was

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:33.980
 numbered

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.399
 among

00:25:34.399 --> 00:25:34.819
 us

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.159
 and

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.279
 was

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.659
 allotted

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:35.819
 to

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.159
 share

00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:37.159
 in

00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:37.319
 his

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.779
 ministry.

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.219
 Now

00:25:39.219 --> 00:25:39.359
 this

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:39.519
 man

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:39.779
 acquired

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:39.980
 a field

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.099
 with

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.299
 reward

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.399
 of

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:40.480
 his

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.459
 wickedness

00:25:41.459 --> 00:25:41.679
 and

00:25:41.679 --> 00:25:41.980
 falling

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.500
 headlong

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:42.679
 he

00:25:42.679 --> 00:25:42.980
 burst

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.399
 open

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.619
 in the

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:43.819
 middle

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.059
 and

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.259
 all

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.359
 of

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:44.459
 his

00:25:44.459 --> 00:25:44.779
 bowels

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.259
 gushed

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.519
 out.

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.240
 And

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.279
 it

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.480
 became

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.740
 known

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:46.859
 to

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.039
 all

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.139
 the

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.459
 inhabitants

00:25:47.459 --> 00:25:47.459


00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.279
 a

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.500
 lot

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.799
 about

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.079
 the

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.459
 particular

00:25:59.459 --> 00:25:59.839
 nature

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.199
 of

00:26:00.199 --> 00:26:00.299
 the

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.559
 way

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:00.859
 that

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.039
 Judas

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.379
 died

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.519
 but

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:01.639
 he

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:01.879
 died

00:26:01.879 --> 00:26:02.299
 horribly.

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.219
 I

00:26:04.219 --> 00:26:04.399
 also

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:04.539
 want

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:04.639
 to

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:04.839
 say

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.079
 that

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.379
 this

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:05.819
 account

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.199
 Luke's

00:26:06.199 --> 00:26:06.519
 account

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:06.679
 in

00:26:06.679 --> 00:26:06.959
 Acts

00:26:06.959 --> 00:26:07.139
 does

00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:07.519
 not

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.980
 contradict

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.480
 Matthew's

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:08.779
 account

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:08.919
 in

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.719
 27.5

00:26:09.719 --> 00:26:09.959
 although

00:26:09.959 --> 00:26:10.139
 it

00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.480
 seems

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.719
 to

00:26:10.719 --> 00:26:10.879
 on

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.019
 the

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.339
 surface

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.079
 27.5

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.399
 says

00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:12.939
 in

00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:13.339
 throwing

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:13.779
 down

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:13.959
 the

00:26:13.959 --> 00:26:14.159
 pieces

00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.319
 of

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.539
 silver

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:14.719
 into

00:26:14.719 --> 00:26:14.879
 the

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.179
 temple

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:16.019
 he

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.559
 departed

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.240
 and

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.359
 he

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:17.679
 went

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.259
 and

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.599
 hanged

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.119
 himself.

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:19.619
 So

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:19.740
 these

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.000
 two

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.619
 separate

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.039
 accounts

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.259
 we

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.459
 need

00:26:21.459 --> 00:26:21.639
 to

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.279
 reconcile

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.699
 is that

00:26:28.699 --> 00:26:29.000
 he

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:30.019
 hung

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.439
 himself

00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:30.959
 poorly

00:26:30.959 --> 00:26:31.779
 so

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:31.899
 that

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:32.019
 he

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.219
 did

00:26:32.219 --> 00:26:32.359
 in

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:32.619
 fact

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.000
 hang

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.379
 himself

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:33.639
 but

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:33.839
 he

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.379
 did

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:34.679
 so

00:26:34.679 --> 00:26:34.819
 in

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:34.939
 a

00:26:34.939 --> 00:26:35.179
 rather

00:26:35.179 --> 00:26:35.959
 shoddy

00:26:35.959 --> 00:26:36.240
 manner

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.519
 maybe

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:36.719
 the

00:26:36.719 --> 00:26:36.959
 knot

00:26:36.959 --> 00:26:37.299
 broke

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.519
 or

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:37.679
 he

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:37.959
 picked

00:26:37.959 --> 00:26:38.179
 a

00:26:38.179 --> 00:26:38.699
 bad

00:26:38.699 --> 00:26:39.259
 branch

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.579
 from

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:39.759
 which

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.000
 to

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.500
 hang

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.079
 himself

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:42.399
 MacArthur

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:42.799
 suggests

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.119
 that

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:43.219
 he

00:26:43.219 --> 00:26:43.419
 hung

00:26:43.419 --> 00:26:43.740
 himself

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:43.899
 on

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.019
 the

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.199
 edge

00:26:44.199 --> 00:26:44.299
 of

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.419
 a

00:26:44.419 --> 00:26:44.839
 cliff

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.480
 so

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.639
 that

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:45.879
 when

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.639
 whatever

00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:47.240
 failed

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.359
 in

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.480
 the

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:47.819
 system

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.279
 failed

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.659
 he

00:26:48.659 --> 00:26:48.879
 actually

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:49.099
 fell

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.419
 off

00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:49.559
 the

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:49.719
 side

00:26:49.719 --> 00:26:49.819
 of

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:49.919
 a

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:50.159
 cliff

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.279
 and

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.379
 he

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:50.639
 cites

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:50.879
 a

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.639
 relief

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:51.780
 in

00:26:51.780 --> 00:26:52.000
 a

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.860
 cathedral

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.560
 who

00:26:53.560 --> 00:26:53.820
 knows

00:26:53.820 --> 00:26:53.940
 if

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.100
 this

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.240
 is

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.500
 true

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.060
 or

00:26:55.060 --> 00:26:55.280
 not

00:26:55.280 --> 00:26:55.380
 but

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:55.460
 it

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.560
 would

00:26:55.560 --> 00:26:55.820
 seem

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.340
 that

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.940
 quite

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.300
 possibly

00:26:57.300 --> 00:26:57.420
 if

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:57.480
 we're

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.580
 going to

00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:57.880
 reconcile

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.060
 these

00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:58.180
 two

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.300
 that

00:26:58.300 --> 00:26:58.380
 he

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:58.600
 hung

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.000
 himself

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.700
 poorly

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.160
 and

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.580
 therefore

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:02.100
 fell

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.700
 when

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:02.860
 he

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.380
 was

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:03.620
 hung

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.180
 he

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.500
 fell

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.940
 and

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.120
 was

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:05.759
 split

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:05.940
 in

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.400
 half

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:06.840
 so

00:27:06.840 --> 00:27:06.960
 that

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.080
 his

00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:07.600
 entrails

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.900
 became

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.040
 his

00:27:09.040 --> 00:27:09.220
 X

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.460
 trails

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:20.360
 sometimes

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:20.680
 I don't

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:20.860
 think

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.040
 before

00:27:21.040 --> 00:27:21.160
 I

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.420
 talk

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:24.519
 and

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.880
 tradition

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.360
 holds

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.600
 that

00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:25.740
 the

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.279
 authorities

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.259
 use

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.440
 the

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:27.720
 money

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.060
 to

00:27:28.060 --> 00:27:28.240
 buy

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.400
 a

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:28.640
 field

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:28.779
 in

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:28.940
 which

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.140
 Judas

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.340
 was

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:29.660
 buried

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.380
 so

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:30.980
 the

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.400
 field

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.580
 was

00:27:31.580 --> 00:27:31.960
 purchased

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.320
 by

00:27:32.320 --> 00:27:32.620
 him

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:32.800
 because

00:27:32.800 --> 00:27:32.900
 it

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:32.980
 was

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.240
 purchased

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.560
 by

00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:33.759
 the

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.060
 money

00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:34.200
 that

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.279
 he

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.420
 was

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.640
 given

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:34.800
 for

00:27:34.800 --> 00:27:34.880
 the

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.180
 betrayal

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.460
 so

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:35.920
 he

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.320
 tosses

00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:36.460
 the

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:36.620
 money

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.000
 back

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.480
 they

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.940
 go

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.060
 and

00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:38.200
 buy

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.340
 him

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:38.460
 a

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:38.720
 field

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:38.880
 and

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.039
 he's

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.320
 buried

00:27:39.320 --> 00:27:39.860
 there

00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:39.960
 in

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.120
 that

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.420
 field

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.580
 and

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:40.680
 so

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:40.960
 that's

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.380
 how

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:41.580
 we

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.180
 reconcile

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.460
 these

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:42.820
 two

00:27:42.820 --> 00:27:42.820


00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.060
 So

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:43.080
!

00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:43.300
 Luke's

00:27:43.300 --> 00:27:43.600
!

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:43.699
 account

00:27:43.699 --> 00:27:44.399
 doesn't

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:45.000
 contradict

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.559
 then

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.359
 but rather

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.779
 it just

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.559
 augments

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.579
 Matthew's

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.240
 account

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.819
 verse 20

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:52.079
 for it is

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.359
 written in

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.539
 the book

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.200
 of Psalms

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.700
 may his

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.139
 camp

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:54.559
 become

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.119
 desolate

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:56.179
 and let

00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:56.480
 there be

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.139
 no one

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.700
 to dwell

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.059
 in it

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.740
 and let

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.379
 another

00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:00.179
 take

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:00.700
 his

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.119
 office

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.220
 So

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.579
 Peter

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.099
 cites

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.480
 from

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.960
 Psalm

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.159
 three

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.399
 different

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:04.939
 times

00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:06.019
 Psalm

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.359
 55

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.679
 12

00:28:06.679 --> 00:28:07.139
 15

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.939
 predicts

00:28:07.939 --> 00:28:08.119
 the

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.500
 betrayal

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.579
 Psalm

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.079
 69

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.619
 25

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.200
 tells

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.480
 of his

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.960
 removal

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.259
 from

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.419
 his

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:13.200
 apostolic

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.879
 office

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.759
 and

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.000
 Psalm

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.720
 109

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.259
 8

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.960
 promises

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.960
 his

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.960
 replacement

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.439
 and that's

00:28:19.439 --> 00:28:19.659
 where they

00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:20.099
 find

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.659
 themselves

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.560
 so they

00:28:21.560 --> 00:28:21.900
 knew

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.660
 what the

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:22.880
 scripture

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.180
 said

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.640
 concerning

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.040
 Judas

00:28:24.040 --> 00:28:24.380
 that his

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:24.680
 betrayal

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.120
 removal

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 and need

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 for

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 replacement

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 had to

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 be

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 fulfilled

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 so they

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 set about

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 the work

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.560
 of doing

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 that

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 let me

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.180
 ask

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 how aware

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 are we

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 of the

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 predictions

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 and promises

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 of God

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 in the

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 scripture

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 how much

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 time do we

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 set forth

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 to understand

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.960
 the promises

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.920
 of God

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 in the

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 scripture

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 I ask

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.279
 again

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 what would

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 we

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 have

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.420
 done

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 with

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 those

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 ten

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 days

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 I

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 hope

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 the

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.059
 answer

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.599
 would be

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 that we

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 would be

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.379
 here

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 and we

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:56.879
 would be

00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:57.420
 looking

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 we'd be

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.720
 waiting

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 but looking

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 to the

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 scripture

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 what needs

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 to be

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.279
 done

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 how can

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 we better

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.799
 equip

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.599
 ourselves

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.079
 in

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 the

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.399
 waiting

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:08.140
 do

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 do we

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 do we

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.460


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 believe

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:10.300
 that the

00:29:10.300 --> 00:29:10.740
 Bible

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.700
 is a

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.120
 sufficient

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.660
 guide

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.500
 for faith

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.519
 and practice

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 and beloved

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 if we do

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 if we truly

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 believe that

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 that's true

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 we will

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 treat it

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 much

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 differently

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 than I

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 fear we

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 so often

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.880
 do

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 it's a

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 precious

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.600
 book

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.700
 a precious

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.140
 book to

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 be read

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 and believed

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 we don't want

00:29:29.560 --> 00:29:29.860
 to be an

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.280
 illiterate

00:29:30.280 --> 00:29:30.600
 people

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 you remember

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.320
 one of our

00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:31.740
 goals for

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.280
 this study

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.500
 of the

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:32.779
 book of

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.079
 Acts

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.599
 is to

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.759
 better

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.599
 love

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.399
 and understand

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:36.759
 the

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.019
 scripture

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:39.680
 so they

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:39.899
 were

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.539
 scripturally

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 concerned

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 and then

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 fifthly

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 and lastly

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 they were

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 submissive

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.680
 to

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.700
 apostolic

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:50.480
 authority

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:52.359
 they were

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:53.259
 submissive

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.279
 to

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.099
 apostolic

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:56.899
 authority

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:58.639
 so this

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:58.940
 issue

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.319
 is before

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.500
 them

00:29:59.500 --> 00:29:59.720
 that they

00:29:59.720 --> 00:29:59.960
 need to

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.579
 replace

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.299
 Judas

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.519
 the

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.759
 scripture

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.139
 has said

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.480
 that he

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.080
 needs

00:30:03.080 --> 00:30:03.520
 to be

00:30:03.520 --> 00:30:04.520
 replaced

00:30:04.520 --> 00:30:04.820
 and let

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:04.940
 me

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.460
 remind

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:05.680
 you

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.000
 that at

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.180
 this

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.540
 time

00:30:06.540 --> 00:30:06.820
 there

00:30:06.820 --> 00:30:06.980
 are

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.240
 only

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.640
 in this

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:07.940
 text

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.100
 there

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.240
 are

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.840
 eleven

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.420
 by the

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:09.500
 end

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.660
 of the

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:09.900
 text

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.080
 there

00:30:10.080 --> 00:30:10.300
 are

00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:11.000
 twelve

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 who

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:11.560
 are

00:30:11.560 --> 00:30:12.020
 considered

00:30:12.020 --> 00:30:12.759
 apostles

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.520
 the rest

00:30:13.520 --> 00:30:13.740
 of the

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:13.980
 people

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.320
 there

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:14.720
 are

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.100
 not

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:16.180
 at

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.360
 this

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.640
 point

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:16.759
 in

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.000
 time

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.200
 they're

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.540
 considered

00:30:17.540 --> 00:30:18.000
 to be

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.960
 disciples

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.460
 of

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.640
 Jesus

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.020
 Christ

00:30:20.020 --> 00:30:20.280
 there's

00:30:20.280 --> 00:30:20.500
 a

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.240
 distinction

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.100
 made

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.400
 there

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.320
 and so

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:23.660
 as Peter

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:23.980
 stands

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.300
 up

00:30:24.300 --> 00:30:24.700
 and

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.620
 states

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:25.860
 this

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.280
 case

00:30:26.280 --> 00:30:26.500
 they

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.740
 are

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.120
 submitting

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:27.300
 to

00:30:27.300 --> 00:30:27.460
 his

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:27.860
 authority

00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:28.680
!

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.720
 in

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.019
 addition

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.259
 to

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.579
 that

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:31.279
 they're

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.839
 submitting

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.440
 themselves

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.920
 to

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.440
 this

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.180
 laid

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.440
 out

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.180
 criteria

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.720
 for

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.500
 apostleship

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.680
 here

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:36.920
 in our

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.220
 text

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.420
 so

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:37.559
 verse

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:37.779
 twenty

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.079
 one

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:39.000
 so

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.160
 one

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.319
 of the

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.480
 men

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:39.579
 who

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:39.660
 have

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:39.980
 accompanied

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.180
 us

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.480
 during

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.799
 all

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:40.960
 the

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.240
 times

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.380
 the

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.519
 Lord

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.700
 Jesus

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:41.900
 went

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.039
 in

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.120
 and

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.220
 out

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.400
 among

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.720
 us

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.500
 beginning

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.779
 from

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:43.940
 the

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.299
 baptism

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.539
 of

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:44.920
 John

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.500
 until

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.720
 the

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:45.880
 day

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.019
 when

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.100
 he

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.220
 was

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.440
 taken

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.600
 up

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:46.819
 from

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.000
 us

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.279
 one

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.420
 of

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.579
 these

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:47.819
 men

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.079
 must

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.420
 become

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:48.680
 with

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.019
 us

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.480
 a

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.920
 witness

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.480
 to

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.860
 his

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:51.700
 resurrection

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.980
 so

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.319
 there's

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.980
 criteria

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.399
 laid

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:54.740
 out

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:54.980
 by

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.319
 Peter

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.919
 here

00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:56.619
 for

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.839
 apostleship

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:57.839


00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.460
 Firstly

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.859
 they must

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.099
 have been

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:00.519
 part

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:00.859
 of the

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.099
 band

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.220
 of

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.639
 disciples

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.399
 from

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:02.559
 the

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:02.960
 beginning

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.139
 of

00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.319
 Jesus'

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:03.899
 ministry

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.379
 that's

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:04.460
 what

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.559
 he's

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:04.839
 referring

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.019
 to

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.119
 when

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.159
 he

00:31:05.159 --> 00:31:05.319
 talks

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.460
 about

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.599
 the

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.000
 baptism

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.299
 of

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.799
 John

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.019
 and

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.419
 remained

00:31:08.419 --> 00:31:08.639
 with

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:09.039
 Jesus

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.700
 to

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:09.859
 the

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.079
 end

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.179
 of

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.299
 his

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.679
 ministry

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:11.200
 he

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.359
 didn't

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.480
 get

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:11.599
 to

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:11.759
 be

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:11.919
 one

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:11.980
 of

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.119
 the

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.720
 disciples

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:12.859
 that

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:12.939
 are

00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:13.240
 recorded

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.399
 that

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:13.819
 blanked

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:13.980
 out

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.139
 on

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.259
 him

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.879
 he

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.079
 talks

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.240
 about

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.439
 eating

00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:15.500
!

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.919
 Notice

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:24.139
 that

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.299
 none

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.460
 of

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:24.899
 Jesus'

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.419
 brothers

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:26.460
 are

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.679
 asked

00:31:26.679 --> 00:31:26.759
 to

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:26.839
 be

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.179
 apostles

00:31:27.179 --> 00:31:31.799
 Secondly

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.339
 they must

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.539
 have

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:32.759
 been

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:32.960
 an

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.539
 eyewitness

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.559
 to

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:34.679
 the

00:31:34.679 --> 00:31:35.179
 resurrection

00:31:35.179 --> 00:31:36.000
 at

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.159
 the

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.399
 end

00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:36.539
 of

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:36.779
 verse

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.339
 22

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:37.740
 one

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:37.819
 of

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:37.939
 these

00:31:37.939 --> 00:31:38.099
 men

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.299
 must

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.619
 become

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:38.899
 with

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.139
 us

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.359
 a

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.679
 witness

00:31:39.679 --> 00:31:40.559
 to

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.019
 his

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.939
 resurrection

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:42.359
 they

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.519
 must

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.639
 have

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.039
 actually

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.639
 seen

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.019
 him

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.819
 physically

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.559
 post

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:45.980
 resurrection

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:47.899
 and

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.419
 thirdly

00:31:48.419 --> 00:31:50.159
 they

00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:50.439
 must

00:31:50.439 --> 00:31:50.599
 have

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:50.879
 been

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.480
 commissioned

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.599
 by

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.639
 God

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:55.119
 Jesus

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:56.439
 selected

00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:56.719
 the

00:31:56.719 --> 00:31:57.240
 twelve

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.699
 Judas

00:31:57.699 --> 00:31:58.439
 departs

00:31:58.439 --> 00:31:58.579
 from

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:58.740
 his

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.219
 office

00:31:59.219 --> 00:32:01.279
 Matthias

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:02.019
 chosen

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.699
 through

00:32:02.699 --> 00:32:03.139
 the

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:03.579
 casting

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:04.779
 of

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.199
 lots

00:32:05.199 --> 00:32:06.459
 verse

00:32:06.459 --> 00:32:06.819
 23

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.539
 they

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:07.719
 put

00:32:07.719 --> 00:32:08.000
 forward

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.439
 two

00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:08.779
 they

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.079
 selected

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.359
 two

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.699
 men

00:32:09.699 --> 00:32:10.159
 who

00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:10.359
 fit

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.539
 these

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.019
 criteria

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.240
 there

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.519
 may

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.699
 have

00:32:11.699 --> 00:32:11.859
 been

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.079
 more

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.480
 there

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.039
 but

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.139
 the

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.439
 apostles

00:32:13.439 --> 00:32:13.859
 selected

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.199
 two

00:32:14.199 --> 00:32:14.379
 they

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:14.559
 thought

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:14.719
 were

00:32:14.719 --> 00:32:15.119
 worthy

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.599
 of

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:15.719
 the

00:32:15.719 --> 00:32:16.119
 office

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.839
 Joseph

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.339
 called

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:18.099
 Barsabbas

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.279
 who

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.399
 was

00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:18.619
 also

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:18.879
 called

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.279
 Justice

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.839
 and

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:21.119
 Matthias

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:22.599
 and

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:22.719
 they

00:32:22.719 --> 00:32:22.899
 prayed

00:32:22.899 --> 00:32:23.019
 and

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.159
 said

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:23.379
 you

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:23.899
 Lord

00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.639
 who

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:24.759
 know

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:24.899
 the

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.119
 hearts

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.279
 of

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.519
 all

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.879
 show

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.179
 which

00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:26.359
 one

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:26.459
 of

00:32:26.459 --> 00:32:26.639
 these

00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:26.879
 two

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.179
 you

00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:27.639
 have

00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:28.659
 chosen

00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:28.899
 to

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.059
 take

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.179
 the

00:32:29.179 --> 00:32:29.439
 place

00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:29.539
 in

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:29.659
 this

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.039
 ministry

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.199
 and

00:32:30.199 --> 00:32:30.799
 apostleship

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:30.939
 from

00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:31.119
 which

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.359
 Judas

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:31.579
 turned

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:31.799
 aside

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:31.919
 to

00:32:31.919 --> 00:32:32.119
 go

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.699
 to

00:32:32.699 --> 00:32:32.799
 his

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:32.919
 own

00:32:32.919 --> 00:32:33.139
 place

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.359
 and

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.539
 they

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.039
 cast

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.819
 lots

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.000
 for

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.339
 them

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.000
 and

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.119
 the

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.319
 lot

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:36.679
 fell

00:32:36.679 --> 00:32:36.979
 on

00:32:36.979 --> 00:32:37.559
 Matthias

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:37.759
 and

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:37.879
 he

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.039
 was

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.419
 numbered

00:32:38.419 --> 00:32:39.019
 with

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.139
 the

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.479
 eleven

00:32:39.479 --> 00:32:40.159
 apostles

00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:40.679
 now

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:41.019
 this

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.299
 morning

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:42.379
 for

00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:42.799
 time

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.059
 and

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.299
 because

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.519
 I'm

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.639
 just

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:43.799
 not

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.059
 sure

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.579
 lots

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:51.839
 and

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.000
 it

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.279
 made

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.399
 me

00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:52.899
 uncomfortable

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:54.539
 I

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.779
 wasn't

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:54.919
 so

00:32:54.919 --> 00:32:55.039
 sure

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.239
 about

00:32:55.239 --> 00:32:55.439
 it

00:32:55.439 --> 00:32:55.819
 but

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:57.839
 historically

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.500
 we should

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.779
 understand

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.059
 why

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.239
 they

00:32:59.239 --> 00:32:59.379
 did

00:32:59.379 --> 00:32:59.519
 it

00:32:59.519 --> 00:32:59.919
 here

00:32:59.919 --> 00:33:00.879
 and

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.479
 R.C.

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:01.739
 Sproul

00:33:01.739 --> 00:33:01.979
 wrote

00:33:01.979 --> 00:33:02.239
 this

00:33:02.239 --> 00:33:02.659
 concerning

00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:02.859
 it

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.000
 in

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.319
 choosing

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.739
 lots

00:33:03.739 --> 00:33:03.939
 they

00:33:03.939 --> 00:33:04.099
 were

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.659
 following

00:33:04.659 --> 00:33:05.759
 an

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.199
 ancient

00:33:06.199 --> 00:33:06.739
 tradition

00:33:06.739 --> 00:33:06.979
 in

00:33:06.979 --> 00:33:07.079
 the

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.259
 Old

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.679
 Testament

00:33:07.679 --> 00:33:08.839
 involving

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.099
 the

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.399
 use

00:33:09.399 --> 00:33:09.699
 of

00:33:09.699 --> 00:33:09.899
 the

00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:10.339
 urim

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.859
 and

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.299
 thumim

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.500
 which

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:11.759
 were

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.599
 symbols

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:12.799
 on

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:12.919
 the

00:33:12.919 --> 00:33:13.299
 breastplate

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.299


00:33:13.419 --> 00:33:14.399
 When

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:14.659
 Old

00:33:14.659 --> 00:33:14.879
 Testament

00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:15.199
 priests

00:33:15.199 --> 00:33:15.379
 were

00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:15.679
 unable

00:33:15.679 --> 00:33:15.839
 to

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.159
 discern

00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:16.299
 the

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.419
 will

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:16.559
 of

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.759
 God

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:16.939
 they

00:33:16.939 --> 00:33:17.579
 prayerfully

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.179
 cast

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:18.480
 lots

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.659
 the

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.119
 outcome

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.339
 of

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.619
 which

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.379
 was

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:20.879
 determined

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.679
 by

00:33:21.679 --> 00:33:21.839
 the

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.419
 providence

00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:22.879
 of

00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:23.139
 God

00:33:23.139 --> 00:33:24.139
 so

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.259
 the

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.559
 apostles

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.019
 used

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.199
 this

00:33:25.199 --> 00:33:25.480
 old

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:25.899
 practice

00:33:25.899 --> 00:33:26.119
 which

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.259
 they

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.639
 still

00:33:26.639 --> 00:33:27.259
 believed

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.460
 and

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:27.839
 apparently

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.099
 it

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.519
 was

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.019
 otherwise

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.460
 I

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:29.619
 believe

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:29.799
 God

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:29.919
 would

00:33:29.919 --> 00:33:30.000
 have

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.539
 intervened

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:30.679
 in

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:30.779
 the

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.279
 process

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:32.179
 an

00:33:32.179 --> 00:33:32.559
 appropriate

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.019
 practice

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.299
 in

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.480
 this

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.899
 case

00:33:33.899 --> 00:33:34.359
 and

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:34.519
 this

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.619
 is

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:34.759
 the

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.019
 way

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.199
 that

00:33:35.199 --> 00:33:35.379
 God

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:35.759
 showed

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.000
 them

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.220
 whether

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.419
 they

00:33:36.419 --> 00:33:36.639
 should

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.199
 select

00:33:37.199 --> 00:33:37.599
 between

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.039
 these

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.240
 two

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.419
 men

00:33:38.419 --> 00:33:38.679
 Joseph

00:33:38.679 --> 00:33:38.960
 called

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.579
 Barsabbas

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.179
 also

00:33:40.179 --> 00:33:40.500
 Justice

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.199
 and

00:33:41.199 --> 00:33:42.079
 Matthias

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.240
 and

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.359
 the

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:42.559
 lot

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.960
 falls

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.199
 let me

00:33:48.199 --> 00:33:48.319
 say

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.439
 that

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:48.559
 we

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:48.939
 often

00:33:48.939 --> 00:33:49.279
 use

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.460
 the

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.000
 term

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:51.179
 disciple

00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:52.819
 and

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.599
 capital

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:54.059
 A

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.799
 apostle

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.379
 the

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:55.960
 office

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.159
 of

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.679
 apostle

00:33:56.679 --> 00:33:58.359
 interchangeably

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.500
 in

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.839
 referring

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.099
 to

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.279
 the

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.819
 twelve

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.639
 we

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:00.919
 preach

00:34:00.919 --> 00:34:01.279
 through

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.199
 Mark's

00:34:02.199 --> 00:34:02.619
 gospel

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.240
 and

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.519
 I

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:03.740
 believe

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:03.879
 I

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.000
 did

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.139
 that

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.259
 a

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.579
 lot

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:05.000
 I'm

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.220
 guilty

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.439
 of

00:34:05.439 --> 00:34:05.799
 doing

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.079
 so

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.240
 just

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.720
 interchanging

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.119
 disciple

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.519
 apostle

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.000
 back

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.139
 and

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.380
 forth

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.779
 but

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:08.980
 this

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.340
 can

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.500
 be

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.599
 a

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:09.980
 mistake

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.440
 it's

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.779
 possible

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:10.960
 that

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.119
 this

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.340
 is

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.699
 a

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.079
 mistake

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:13.559
 disciple

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.739
 the

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:13.920
 Greek

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.199
 for it

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.480
 simply

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.840
 means

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.039
 a

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.639
 student

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.599
 or a

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:16.880
 learner

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:18.500
 the

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.900
 idea

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.119
 of

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.800
 apostle

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.940
 uppercase

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.640
 is

00:34:21.640 --> 00:34:22.000
 much

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.599
 weightier

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.599
 an

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.119
 apostle

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.240
 uppercase

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:25.740
 Greek

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.260
 was an

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:26.920
 ambassador

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:28.099
 commissioned

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.420
 by a

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.780
 king

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:31.119
 so

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.320
 it has

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:31.420
 a

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.720
 greater

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.099
 deal

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.260
 of

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:32.460
 weight

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:32.780
 to it

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.000
 so

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.700
 all

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:33.860
 of

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.119
 the

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.740
 capital

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:34.920
 A

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.360
 apostles

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.740
 were

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:36.280
 disciples

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:37.480
 but

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.680
 not

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:37.860
 all

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:37.980
 of

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.059
 the

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.559
 disciples

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.740
 were

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.039
 or

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.500
 are

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.079
 capital

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.500
 A

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.559
 apostles

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.800
 so

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:43.980
 you

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.119
 hear

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.260
 me

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:44.559
 clearly

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:44.960
 there

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.380
 now

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:45.559
 there

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:45.680
 is

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:45.860
 a

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.240
 sense

00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:46.559
 of

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:46.880
 which

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.179
 we

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.460
 now

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.639
 as

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.079
 Christians

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.840
 are

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.639
 ambassadors

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.159
 for

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.420
 Christ

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:50.639
 we've

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:50.759
 been

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:51.019
 made

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.639
 ministers

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.139
 of

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:53.099
 reconciliation

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.639
 there

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.079
 is an

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:55.219
 apostolic

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:55.860
 sense

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.360
 to what

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.880
 we do

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:58.179
 but we

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:58.639
 are not

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.320
 and never

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.820
 will be

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.340
 anybody

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.820
 today

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.380
 capital

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.820
 A

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.860
 apostles

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:04.119
 okay

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:05.360
 so

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.299
 here's

00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:06.420
 these

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.840
 criteria

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.099
 I've

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.380
 laid out

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:07.779
 for you

00:35:07.779 --> 00:35:08.000
 the

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.440
 three

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:09.099
 find

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.199
 them

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.320
 here

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.440
 in

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.619
 this

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.159
 text

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:11.079
 what

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.340
 about

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.259
 Paul

00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:13.519
 the

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.039
 thirteenth

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.980
 we

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.440
 refer

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:17.559
 to

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:17.860
 Paul

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.039
 as

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.139
 an

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:18.639
 apostle

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.139
 capital

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.500
 A

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.320
 as

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.440
 he

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:20.679
 does

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.059
 so

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.960
 himself

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.800
 in

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.079
 fact

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.259
 he

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.500
 takes

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.059
 great

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.599
 labor

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.159
 and

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:25.500
 Luke

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:25.759
 takes

00:35:25.759 --> 00:35:26.000
 great

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.320
 labor

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.659
 a number

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:26.840
 of

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.219
 times

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.599
 in

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.500
 Acts

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.119
 to

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.840
 present

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.079
 him

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.420
 as

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.599
 an

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.019
 apostle

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.920
 capital

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.860
 A

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.380
 for

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:33.619
 the

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:33.940
 sake

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.380
 of

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:35.039
 his

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.679
 apostolic

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.119
 authority

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:36.679
 to speak

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.340
 on behalf

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.579
 of

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.000
 God

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.739
 amongst

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:38.960
 the

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.360
 churches

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.220
 of

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:40.340
 the

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:40.980
 Gentiles

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:42.099
 one

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.620
 example

00:35:42.620 --> 00:35:43.460
 him

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.960
 stating

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.240
 this

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:44.660
 Galatians

00:35:44.660 --> 00:35:44.900
 1

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.180
 1

00:35:45.180 --> 00:35:45.700
 Paul

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:46.280
 an

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:46.820
 apostle

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:48.380
 capital

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:48.680
 A

00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:49.280
 not

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.579
 from

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:49.960
 men

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.320
 nor

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.860
 through

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.400
 man

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:52.180
 but

00:35:52.180 --> 00:35:52.579
 through

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.000
 Jesus

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.680
 Christ

00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:53.960
 and

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.220
 God

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:54.400
 the

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.820
 Father

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.099
 who

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.539
 raised

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.960
 him

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:57.039
 from

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.200
 the

00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:57.539
 dead

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.900
 Paul

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.079
 did

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.280
 not

00:35:59.280 --> 00:35:59.720
 possess

00:35:59.720 --> 00:35:59.940
 the

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.300
 first

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.720
 two

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.440
 criteria

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.099
 he

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.240
 had

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.440
 not

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.620
 been

00:36:02.620 --> 00:36:02.960
 with

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.360
 Jesus

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.599
 through

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:03.740
 the

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.039
 entirety

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.220
 of

00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:04.320
 his

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:04.660
 ministry

00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:04.860
 in

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.019
 fact

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.120
 he

00:36:05.120 --> 00:36:05.200
 had

00:36:05.200 --> 00:36:05.300
 not

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:05.420
 been

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:05.539
 with

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:05.720
 Jesus

00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:06.019
 during

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.440
 any

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.220
 of

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:07.320
 his

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.599
 earthly

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.039
 ministry

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:09.699
 and

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:09.880
 he

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.000
 had

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.239
 not

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.539
 been

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.739
 an

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.179
 eyewitness

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.840
 to

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:11.960
 the

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.380
 resurrection

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.779
 he

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:12.940
 had

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.239
 not

00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:13.779
 seen

00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.360
 Jesus

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.059
 post

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.639
 resurrection

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.300
 pre

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:16.800
 ascension

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.900
 he

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.259
 sees a

00:36:18.259 --> 00:36:18.539
 vision

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:18.880
 of him

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.119
 on the

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.279
 road

00:36:19.279 --> 00:36:19.380
 to

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.940
 Damascus

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.420
 but

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:20.539
 he

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:20.759
 didn't

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:20.980
 see

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.159
 him

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.480
 in

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.639
 the

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.019
 flesh

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:23.400
 post

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.840
 resurrection

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.800
 pre

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.599
 ascension

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.820
 however

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.059
 he

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.239
 did

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:27.519
 possess

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:27.759
 the

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.059
 third

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.259
 he

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:28.639
 was

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.139
 commissioned

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:30.099
 by

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:31.000
 God

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.599
 by

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.000
 Christ

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.420
 himself

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.920
 on

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.300
 the

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:33.960
 Damascus

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.519
 road

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.739
 and

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.119
 told

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:35.360
 to

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.639
 go

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.239
 take

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:36.380
 the

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.699
 gospel

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.559
 to

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:37.719
 the

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:38.419
 Gentiles

00:36:38.419 --> 00:36:40.719
 so

00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:40.980
 those are

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.259
 the criteria

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:41.439
 for

00:36:41.439 --> 00:36:41.699
 Paul

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.039
 right

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.639
 why

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.119
 can

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.319
 no

00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:43.539
 one

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:43.859
 today

00:36:43.859 --> 00:36:44.039
 if

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.179
 those

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.239
 are

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:44.319
 the

00:36:44.319 --> 00:36:44.639
 criteria

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:44.819
 he

00:36:44.819 --> 00:36:45.000
 meets

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.419
 one

00:36:45.419 --> 00:36:45.659
 of

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:45.799
 the

00:36:45.799 --> 00:36:46.199
 three

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.719
 why

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:46.959
 can

00:36:46.959 --> 00:36:47.139
 no

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.279
 one

00:36:47.279 --> 00:36:47.480
 today

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:48.099
 claim

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.299
 to

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:48.599
 be

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.079
 an

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.419
 apostle

00:36:49.419 --> 00:36:49.799
 why

00:36:49.799 --> 00:36:49.959
 can

00:36:49.959 --> 00:36:50.059
 I

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.179
 not

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:50.359
 come

00:36:50.359 --> 00:36:50.519
 to

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.619
 you

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:50.759
 and

00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.019
 say

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.480
 I

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:51.659
 had

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:51.799
 a

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:52.139
 vision

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.799
 on

00:36:52.799 --> 00:36:52.959
 my

00:36:52.959 --> 00:36:53.359
 drive

00:36:53.359 --> 00:36:53.599
 from

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:53.939
 here

00:36:53.939 --> 00:36:54.139
 to

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.319
 my

00:36:54.319 --> 00:36:54.759
 house

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:55.879
 Jesus

00:36:55.879 --> 00:36:56.439
 Christ

00:36:56.439 --> 00:36:56.779
 told

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:56.939
 me

00:36:56.939 --> 00:36:57.079
 that

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.500
 I

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:57.919
 am

00:36:57.919 --> 00:36:58.299
 an

00:36:58.299 --> 00:36:58.819
 apostle

00:36:58.819 --> 00:36:59.399
 and

00:36:59.399 --> 00:36:59.519
 I

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.699
 now

00:36:59.699 --> 00:37:00.139
 speak

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:00.159
!

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:00.279
 on

00:37:00.279 --> 00:37:00.579
 behalf

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:00.759
 of

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.000
 God

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.139
 and

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:07.879
 be

00:37:07.879 --> 00:37:08.219
 very

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.459
 very

00:37:08.459 --> 00:37:08.699
 very

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.079
 wary

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:09.459
 beloved

00:37:09.459 --> 00:37:09.619
 of

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:09.859
 anyone

00:37:09.859 --> 00:37:10.059
 who

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.239
 does

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:10.619
 this

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:12.619
 the

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.079
 reason

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.759
 is

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:13.980
 because

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.559
 Paul

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:15.259
 was

00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:15.899
 confirmed

00:37:15.899 --> 00:37:16.599
 by

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.159
 other

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:18.619
 apostles

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:20.879
 Galatians

00:37:20.879 --> 00:37:21.659
 chapter 2

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.359
 verses 1

00:37:22.359 --> 00:37:22.759
 through 10

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:28.099
 I'm not going to go to the text or read the text but I want you to get these notes down and look at the text together

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.119
!

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:30.039
 Again here for the sake of time

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:32.000
 but I want you to note the following verse 2

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:48.019
 Paul did this to be sure that is received the confirmation that he was truly teaching and preaching the truth.

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:52.539
 So God tells him go to Jerusalem make sure get this confirmation from the elders.

00:37:53.059 --> 00:38:01.159
 In verse 6 the elders in Jerusalem did not add anything or take anything away from the message that Paul taught or preached.

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:02.579
 Verse 7

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:10.399
 the elders recognized that God had entrusted to Paul the preaching and teaching of the gospel to the Gentiles.

00:38:10.799 --> 00:38:19.259
 And then in verse 9 James, John, and Peter confirmed God's call upon the life of Paul.

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:29.980
 So this is how Paul, a single person in history, gets around those first two requirements because he was confirmed his teaching and everything he was doing,

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:34.519
 his ministry to the Gentiles was confirmed by living, capital A apostles.

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:37.079
 He was confirmed by those with higher credentials

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:41.519
 and no men of that caliber are alive today.

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:43.400
 No capital A apostles live anymore.

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:44.679
 Therefore,

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:47.000
 we can't be confirmed by them.

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:48.599
 That's an impossibility now.

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:51.079
 And so capital A apostles

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:53.079
 no longer exist.

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:54.400
 So,

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:56.900
 they were submissive

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:59.059
 to apostolic authority

00:38:59.059 --> 00:39:00.179
 in the selection

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:01.840
 of Matthias.

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.380
 And further,

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:05.279
 in Acts 2.42

00:39:05.279 --> 00:39:07.840
 we see the church devoted to the teaching

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:09.360
 of the apostles

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.679
 as messengers,

00:39:11.259 --> 00:39:13.019
 those who spoke with authority

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.799
 on behalf

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:15.059
 of Christ.

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:17.139
 And today,

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:20.360
 because we don't have those men walking amongst us today,

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:22.860
 we have the canonized Scripture

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:24.079
 before us.

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 This book,

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 God's 66 books

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 written for us,

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 for His glory and our good,

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 we should listen to it

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 in order to believe His promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 We should devote ourselves

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 to the study of it.

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 This is the right

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 and proper activity

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 of the church.

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 In the first chapter

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 of the book of Acts,

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 before things

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 just blow up

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 in chapter 2

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 in the most glorious way,

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 we already gain a glimpse

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 of the work

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 of the early church

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 which sets forth

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 patterns

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 for us to observe

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 and to follow.

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 They were obedient.

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 They were together.

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 They were prayerful.

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 They were scripturally concerned

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 and they were submissive

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 to apostolic authority.

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 Let's pray together.