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 I really have enjoyed being with you.

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 The Lord took Jacob on a long trip

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 to get to a place called Bethel.

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 And he had heart dealings with him

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 and he saw angels ascending and descending.

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 And the Lord brought me on a long trip

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 halfway across the country to Parker.

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 And I will just say, to me,

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 this is a house of God.

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 God.

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 He's wonderfully in this place.

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 And if you have been plagued

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 with the monotony of the regular,

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 just, I want to stir you up.

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 This is a special place that you have here.

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 Thank you for your ministry.

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 All of you in my own soul.

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 I came to Denver for the first time ever in 1974.

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 I was a Roman Catholic.

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 And my righteousness was my own.

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 Jehovah said, can you?

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 The Lord our righteousness.

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 It meant nothing to me.

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 In fact, I came with my brother,

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 two of my best friends,

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 and a Roman Catholic priest.

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 And we headed about 11 o'clock p.m.

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 toward Denver.

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 Where is it?

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 Where is it?

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 Where is it?

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 And went over the ridge of the mountain

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 and looked down.

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 Denver!

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 Sparkling, enormous city.

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 But Jehovah said, can you?

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 It meant nothing to me.

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 It was all Mark's righteousness.

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 But then, in 1976, I went to a fellowship of Christian athletes camp

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 at Central Michigan University.

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 Preaching of the word of God came to my heart.

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 Exposed my sin.

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 And Jehovah said, can you?

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 The Lord our righteousness meant all things to me.

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 And so now I come back to this big city of Denver,

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 and I have a message that's significant.

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 In fact, the message is, take your Bibles with me and turn to Romans 1, 16.

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 We'll just primarily focus on one verse here.

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 Romans 1, 16.

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 Look what it says there.

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 For I am not ashamed of the gospel.

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 Paul was approaching a big city as well, of Rome.

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 I'm not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God

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 for salvation to everyone who believes,

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 to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Our Heavenly Father, we have prepared all the kindling,

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 and we ask that you would bring the fire.

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 Come, Holy Spirit, we pray.

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 May we leave this place and say like those on the road to Emmaus,

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 did not our hearts burn within us as the scriptures were opened?

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Constantine became the emperor of Rome in 311 A.D.,

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 and he provided Christianity with Caesar's protection,

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 bringing over two centuries of persecution to an end.

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 But then, 25 years later, after Constantine died,

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 one Julian, the emperor, nicknamed Julian the Apostate, the new Caesar,

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 he became the emperor.

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 And for Julian, hating Christianity,

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 he didn't return to the policy of persecution with sword and fire and lions

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 for fear that martyrdom would energize Christianity instead of crushing it.

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 Instead, Julian cunningly fought the church by writing treatises against Christianity

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 and by removing Christians from positions of influence

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 and by forbidding education of Christian youth

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 and by robbing Christians of their possessions.

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 But during a night battle in 363,

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 Caesar Julian was struck by an arrow at a venture.

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 And as he was there dying,

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 because it gave him a mortal wound,

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 legend has it that the last words were spoken in surrender

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 by Emperor Julian to King Jesus,

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 against whom he had fought bitterly all his life.

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 And he said,

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 Galilean, thou hast conquered.

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 And since then, arguably,

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 the influence of Christianity has dominated the Western world.

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 That was in 363.

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 But dial back with me about three centuries earlier to 57 AD.

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 Here, the Apostle Paul anticipated his soon arrival in,

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 not Denver,

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 but in a big pagan city named Rome.

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 That was the capital of Caesar's power.

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 And he, Paul,

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 was captain of just this motley

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 and pitiable-looking army of King Jesus.

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 You see, King Jesus was a rival ruler

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 who sought supreme allegiance

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 in the hearts of men

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 over the emperor Caesar,

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 who was Nero at that time.

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 And we see that Paul's lone weapon

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 as he approached this huge city of Rome

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 was this flimsy-looking little sling

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 of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And surely it seemed as he approached that big city

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 like he was on a fool's errand.

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 So these thoughts kind of warm our minds

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 to the first century conflict

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 residing in Paul's words

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 when he says there, 116,

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 I'm not ashamed of the gospel,

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 for it's the power of God for salvation

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 to everyone who believes,

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 to the Jew first,

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 and then also to the Greek.

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 That's a text we want to focus in on.

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 We want to do it under three main headings here.

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 Three main headings.

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 And the first is

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 Paul's gospel confidence stated.

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 The second is

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 Paul's gospel confidence reasoned.

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 And the third is

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 Paul's gospel confidence applied.

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 Three main headings

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 and we go to the table.

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 I hope this is an appetite wedding

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 hors d'oeuvre of the word

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 before we dine on the table.

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 So consider Paul's gospel confidence stated.

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 Look, he says there,

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 I'm not ashamed of the gospel.

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 He's saying,

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 I'm not embarrassed about it.

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 I'm not afraid it's going to bring me ridicule.

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 I don't shrink back

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 because of the gospel.

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 He says that because

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 he's kind of in the face of scorning here.

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 Think of the context.

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 Paul's writing from Corinth.

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 And if you could look directly

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 across the Adriatic Sea

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 to the Italian peninsula

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 where Rome resided,

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 there he would be looking at

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 the capital of world power.

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 It was the residence of all the great people.

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 The who's who of the globe.

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 That's what Rome was at this time.

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 There in Rome was the pomp and ceremony

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 of the Roman emperor's court.

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 In Rome there were senators

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 and philosophers and orators

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 and writers and intellectuals.

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 Rome was a very intimidating,

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 sparkling place.

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 And Paul, as he stood in his sandals though,

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 he had a message to bring to Rome.

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 And the message was to Rome that,

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 listen to this now,

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 the savior of the whole world

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 is a Jewish carpenter from Nazareth.

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 Jesus, who by the way,

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 whose life campaign climaxed

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 in his being crucified on a Roman cross.

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 And believe me,

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 those in Rome knew

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 what a Roman cross was

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 and the kind of humiliation it brought.

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 That was Paul's message

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 to this great city of Rome.

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 This sophisticated and learning city.

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 How would they respond to him

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 if you were thinking in Paul's sandals there?

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 Paul, as he approaches Rome,

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 thinks,

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 they're going to laugh me

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 and scorn me out of town.

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 And left to myself,

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 they're going to say,

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 look at this funny little man.

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 Look at this amusing fellow

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 with the hooked nose,

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 the bald head,

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 and the bowed legs.

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 What are you little man doing

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 coming to Rome?

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 Are you auditioning to be

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 the court jester of Caesar's palace

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 to tell us that Jesus

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 is the savior of the world

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 and all of us need to knuckle under

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 to his message?

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 Remember how Paul,

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 he had Athens in his rearview mirror.

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 How did the sophisticated

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 big city of Athens

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 treat the apostle Paul?

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 Well, in Acts 17,

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 in verse 18,

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 it says,

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 after Paul preached there

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 in the Areopagus

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 and then there on Mars Hill,

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 how did they respond to him?

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 They said,

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 wow, that's quite a message.

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 We need to really take that seriously.

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 It says that the Epicurean

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 and Stoic philosophers

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 called him an idle babbler.

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 They called him basically

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 a seed-picking hick.

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 It says in verse 32 of Acts 17

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 that they sneered at him

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 when he spoke about this idea

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 of somebody being raised from the dead.

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 He's telling us fairy tales

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 and stories.

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 Now understand,

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 the apostle Paul,

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 we think,

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 well, that didn't bother him

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 because he was a mighty apostle.

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 Well, no,

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 he wasn't a man of steel.

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 He wasn't invulnerable

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 to being scorned

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 and criticized.

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 He was really quite shaken up about it.

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 In fact, it says

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 in 1 Corinthians 2.1,

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 having gone from Athens,

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 he came then to Corinth

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 where it says

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 in 1 Corinthians 2.1,

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 he says,

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 I came to you in Corinth

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 in weakness,

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 in fear,

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 and much trembling.

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 Why?

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 Because his world had been mocked.

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 It had been rocked.

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 They had scorned him.

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 Yet still now,

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 when he came to Corinth,

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 even though he'd been criticized

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 and scorned,

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 his jaw was set.

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 For I came among you in Corinth

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 determined to know nothing else

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 but Jesus Christ

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 and him crucified.

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 You think after dealing

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 with the philosophers of Athens,

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 he would change his gospel message

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 and maybe start to use

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 some philosophy

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 and the wisdom of the world.

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 But no,

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 he wouldn't change at all.

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 He just came

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 with this little sling

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 of the gospel

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 standing before

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 the giant Goliath-like city

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 of Corinth

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 and then eventually Rome.

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 You see,

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 Paul was a man

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 of mighty intellect.

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 And he had the cerebral muscle

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 to be able to fence

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 and joust

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 with the greatest

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 of the intellectuals

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 of his day.

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 But Paul refused

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 to change his message,

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 to use worldly methods.

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 Though people looked

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 at his gospel,

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 it's just the hokey foolishness

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 of the gospel.

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 And he was tempted,

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 just like many in our day,

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 to bring a more palatal,

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 a more tasty message

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 to the unbeliever's mind,

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 to remove the offense

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 of the cross

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 and its related themes.

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 But instead,

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 Paul says,

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 I'm not ashamed

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 of this gospel

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 as he spoke it

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 in the face of scorning.

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 But we're looking at,

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 again,

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 that first main heading,

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 Paul's gospel confidence

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 stated,

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 yeah,

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 in the face of scorning,

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 but also,

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 look,

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 with a voice of daring.

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 With a voice of daring.

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 I'm not ashamed

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 of the gospel.

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 You see,

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 this wasn't spoken

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 with a Nicodemus-like sheepishness

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 who came to Jesus at night

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 so nobody would see him.

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 He wasn't cowardly and weak.

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 Jesus may have said

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 to Nicodemus,

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 are you ashamed of me?

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 Nicodemus coming at night

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 like this?

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 And Nicodemus may say,

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 no,

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 I'm not ashamed.

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 But he really was.

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 No, no.

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 Paul,

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 on the other hand,

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 he spoke this

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 with a voice of daring

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 when he says,

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 I'm not ashamed

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 of the gospel.

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 It was spoken

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 like a defiant David.

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 Must be a David here.

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 Is there a David here somewhere?

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 All right.

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 David was that little

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 pitiable runt of a boy

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 who in the valley of Elah,

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 remember he was looking up

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 the nostrils of Goliath

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 as he stood toe to toe

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 with him.

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 He was being taunted

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 and mocked by Goliath.

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 But David said there,

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 he said,

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 I am not ashamed

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 of this little sling

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 that I have.

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 You may have that big spear,

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 that big shield,

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 that big helmet,

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 but David tossing

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 the little pedal

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 up and down.

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 I'm not ashamed

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 of this sling

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 that I have here

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 because David said

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 to Goliath

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 in 1 Samuel 17,

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 because the battle

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 is the Lord's

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 and I will strike you down,

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 David says,

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 and I will remove

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 your head.

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 And that's what Paul felt like

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 as he was facing

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 the giant of Rome.

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 Like the giant of Denver,

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 like you all are facing.

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 He's not ashamed

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 of this gospel.

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 McLaren says this

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 in his commentary.

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 He says,

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 the danger of coming to Rome

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 and all the consequences

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 that could result.

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 He says,

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 the danger was an attraction

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 to Paul's chivalrous spirit.

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 Paul believed in flying

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 at the head

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 when you're fighting

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 with a serpent.

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 And he knew

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 that influence

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 exerted in Rome

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 would thrill

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 throughout the whole empire.

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 Paul knew,

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 like Julian eventually found

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 that the Galilean,

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 that he would triumph.

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 And so,

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 Paul,

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 armed with the flimsy

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 looking sling

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 of the gospel

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 and the smooth stones

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 of its key doctrines,

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 he made his approach

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 to Rome.

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 That's Paul's gospel

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 confidence stated,

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 our first of three main headings.

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 So come out with me

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 secondly to

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 the second main heading,

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 which is

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 the gospel's confidence

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 reasoned.

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 Paul's gospel confidence

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 reasoned.

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 You see,

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 Paul gives the reason

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 why he's not ashamed.

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 Four.

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 It is the power of God

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 for salvation

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 to everyone who believes,

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 to the Jew first,

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 then also

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 to the Greek.

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 So he's reasoning

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 why he's not ashamed.

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 There are three reasons

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 he gives here.

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 Notice.

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 First,

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 because it announces salvation.

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 I'm not ashamed

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 of the gospel

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 for it is the power

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 of God

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 for salvation.

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 That word salvation

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 is the Greek word

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 soterion,

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 which means

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 it brings deliverance.

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 It brings preservation.

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 It brings safety

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 from something

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 that's dangerous

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 and deadly.

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 In fact,

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 the same word,

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 soterion,

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 this idea of salvation,

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 is used

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 in the Greek translation

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 of the Old Testament,

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 Exodus 14, 13,

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 when Moses is standing

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 by the Red Sea

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 and all of the nation

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 of Israel

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 is behind him

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 up against the Red Sea

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 and the chariots

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 and the horsemen

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 of Egypt

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 are mowing down,

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 coming down

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 to mow them down.

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 And Moses stands

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 and says,

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 stand by,

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 says to Israel,

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 and you will see

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 the what?

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 The salvation

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 of the Lord.

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 In other words,

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 the deliverance

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 of the Lord,

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 the rescue

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 of the Lord.

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 Pharaoh's chariots

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 were pushing down

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 on them.

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 They were doomed

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 to be massacred.

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 They'd already endured

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 the whip of Egypt.

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 Now they were going

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 to have the sword

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 of Egypt run

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 through them.

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 But Moses takes

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 this pathetic looking

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 wooden staff

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 and he shows

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 the way,

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 the one way

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 of salvation,

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 the one way

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 of deliverance

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 that's going to be

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 blown open

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 by the Lord.

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 You see that picture

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 there of that

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 nation of people

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 standing before

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 this vast army

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 that's going to

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 mow them down

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 and massacre them.

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 This is kind of

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 a depiction

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 of the whole race

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 of humanity

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 standing in a

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 doomed state.

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 You ever watch

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 Lord of the Rings?

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 Tolkien?

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 Battle of Helm's Deep?

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 You ever see

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 the orcs?

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 And then the horsemen

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 coming down

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 led by Gandalf?

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 This is a picture

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 from Revelation 19.

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 And the Lord Jesus

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 will return

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 with all the hosts

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 of heaven

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 to mow down

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 not the orcs

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 but all of sinful

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 humanity.

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 That's us.

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 Do you see your face

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 in one of those orcs?

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 This is what is happening.

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 We are all in a doomed

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 state to be mowed down

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 by the hosts of heaven.

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 But with the gospel

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 of the apostle Paul

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 there is the one way

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 of escape

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 the one salvation.

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 Jesus said

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 I am the way

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 the truth

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 and the life.

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 No man comes

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 to the Father

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 except through me.

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 So listen

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 Paul is coming to Rome

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 and the sinners of Rome

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 were in a desperate situation.

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 They too

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 all of those inhabitants

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 of Rome

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 they are going to be destroyed

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 by the righteous legions

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 of God.

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 They need to see

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 the salvation

00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:33.420
 of the Lord

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 and Paul is bringing

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 the gospel staff

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 like Moses

00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:37.420
 opening the way

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 of deliverance

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 and so Paul is saying

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 why should anyone

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 be ashamed?

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 Why should I blush

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 or be embarrassed

00:17:43.859 --> 00:17:44.879
 about showing

00:17:44.879 --> 00:17:46.039
 these people in Rome

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:47.079
 the one way

00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:48.200
 to escape

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 in safety?

00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:51.099
 They are all doomed.

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 I am bringing good news.

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 I am not ashamed

00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:53.820
 of the gospel

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 because it is

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 the power of God

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 for salvation.

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 I am going to keep

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 pacing forward

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 to what God

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 called me to do

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 to that leper colony

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 in Rome

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 that is doomed.

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 So Paul's gospel

00:18:07.540 --> 00:18:08.000
 competence

00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.920
 is reasoned

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 because it announces

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 salvation.

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 Secondly

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 I am not ashamed

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 of the gospel

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 because it contains

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 great power.

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 Look it says

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 for it is the power

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 of God

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 for salvation.

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 The word power

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 is dunamis

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 which means

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 strength,

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 ability.

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 You've heard

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 the word dynamite.

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 That's what it's from.

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 Dynamite brings

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 punch

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 and so

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 this staff

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 that he has

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 has power

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 in it.

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 You see

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 Paul had seen

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 the gospel

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 take down

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 giant Goliath

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 sinners

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 like himself.

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 Acts chapter 9

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 he was a Goliath.

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 He was

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 persecuting

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 the church

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 and what happened

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 to him

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 on the Damascus road

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 he was taken down

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 by the gospel

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 in Acts chapter 9

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 and on the island

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 of Cyprus

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 the pro-council

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 on Cyprus

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 was taken down

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 by the gospel

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 and in Acts 16

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 the Philippian jailer

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 was taken down

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 by the gospel

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 and the Corinth

00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:05.960
 synagogue leader

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 in the 18th chapter

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 was taken down

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 by the gospel

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 and listen to this

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 in 1 Corinthians 6

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 all kinds of people

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 murderers,

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 adulterers,

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 homosexuals

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 were taken down

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 by the gospel.

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 Didn't Rosaria Butterfield

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 write about the secrets

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 of an unexpected convert?

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 She was taken

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 the gospel

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 can save

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 it's powerful

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 it has power

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 to it.

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 John Murray says this

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 the gospel

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 is the omnipotence

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 of God

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 operative in salvation.

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 Charles Hodd

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 says this

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 the gospel

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 is that

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 through which

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 God exercises

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 his power.

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 But in what sense

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 does the gospel

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 have power in it?

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 Is it that there

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 somehow power

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 in the little ink

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 and the page

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 that is here?

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 No, no, no, no.

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 It's not that

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 the page

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 and the ink

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 has power.

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 Paul

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 writes there

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 in 1 Thessalonians

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 1.5

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 the gospel

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 does not come to you

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 in word only

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 but in power

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 he says

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 in the presence

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 of the spirit.

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 You see

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 the message

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 of the gospel

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 declares

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 and it unleashes

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 power

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 shielding anybody

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 who believes

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 from the wrath

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 to come.

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 D. Martin

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 Lloyd-Jones

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 ever hear of him?

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 This is your pastor

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 talking about

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 D. Martin

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 Lloyd-Jones.

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 Lloyd-Jones

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 was the queen's

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 physician.

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 He was a doctor

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 and he talks

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 about how

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 when he was a doctor

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 he would give

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 people a prescription

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 scribble it down

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 on a scrap of paper

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 that was to be

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 taken to the pharmacist

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 so that the

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 sick person

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 would get well.

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 Now was there power

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 in that little

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 piece of paper

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 and the ink

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 on the scratching?

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 No, no power at all

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 but the reality

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 is that

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 when it was

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 taken to the pharmacy

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 and the pharmacy

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 gave the

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 toxic

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 or excuse me

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 the tonic

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 and it was taken

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 in, it was ingested

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 it brought health

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 and likewise

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 this gospel

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 when we believe

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 in the realities

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 of the gospel

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 when we take it

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 into our souls

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 by believing

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 the Holy Spirit

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 unleashes

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 a power

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 that imputes

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 a righteousness

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 Jehovah said

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 can you

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 his righteousness

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 is given to us

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 and then the spirit

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 of God gives

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 not only an imputed

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 righteousness

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 but an imparted

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 righteousness

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 with a new birth

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 that gospel

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.740
 is the power

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 of God

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 unto salvation

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 so Paul says this

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 I am

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 I am not ashamed

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 of this prescription

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 that I carry

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 in my pocket

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 this gospel

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 because I know

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 what it can do

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 I know what it's done

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 for me and others

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 and I know

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 what it can do

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 for that leper colony

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 of Rome

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 this great city

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 that I'm approaching

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 right now

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 and though multitudes

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 may laugh at my message

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 and call me a stupid man

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 with a crumpled note

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 yet the apostle

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 is convinced

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 like it says

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 in 1 Corinthians

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 1

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 for the word

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 of the cross

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 is to those

00:21:58.620 --> 00:21:59.319
 who are perishing

00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:00.220
 foolishness

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 but to us

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.620
 who are being saved

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:04.019
 it is the power

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.720
 of God

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 for it's written

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 I will destroy

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 the wisdom

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 of the wise

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 and the cleverness

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.180
 of the clever

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.779
 where is the wise man

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.799
 where is the scribe

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:13.000
 where is the debater

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.980
 of this age

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 has not God

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.940
 made the foolish

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.900
 things of the world

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:17.640
 wisdom

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:19.200
 for since the wisdom

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.779
 of God

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:21.120
 the world

00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.920
 through its wisdom

00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:22.579
 did not come

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.160
 to know God

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.579
 God

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.680
 was well pleased

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.640
 through the foolishness

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.380
 of the message

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:26.819
 preached

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.360
 to save

00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:28.500
 those who believe

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 so we are

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:32.400
 bringing the gospel

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.220
 to this area

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.680
 of Denver

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.460
 because it contains

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 great power

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.860
 but also

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:37.080
 because it saves

00:22:37.080 --> 00:22:37.980
 all kinds

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.880
 it saves

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:40.040
 all kinds

00:22:40.040 --> 00:22:40.660
 look to the Jew

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.120
 first

00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:42.100
 and then also

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:42.800
 to the Greek

00:22:42.800 --> 00:22:44.180
 this is summarized

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.580
 to the Jew

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 first

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 because

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 it would come

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:47.480
 to the Jews

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.440
 who they knew

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:50.180
 of a high priest

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:52.100
 and a scapegoat

00:22:52.100 --> 00:22:54.320
 and a lamb

00:22:54.320 --> 00:22:55.900
 and a Passover

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:57.180
 and Paul could preach

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:58.220
 about blood

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:59.540
 when it's smeared

00:22:59.540 --> 00:23:00.220
 in the doorpost

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.840
 of your soul

00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:01.640
 the wrath of God

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.120
 Passover

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.739
 and the Jew

00:23:02.739 --> 00:23:03.559
 it's just

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.379
 it's like

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:06.339
 an olive branch

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.039
 put back

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:09.279
 in its original stock

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:11.639
 but there can be

00:23:11.639 --> 00:23:12.859
 a foreign olive branch

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.619
 maybe not like

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.979
 a Palestinian olive branch

00:23:14.979 --> 00:23:15.379
 but maybe

00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.479
 an Italian olive branch

00:23:16.479 --> 00:23:18.179
 even for Gentiles

00:23:18.179 --> 00:23:19.399
 who Gentiles

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:20.219
 they don't have

00:23:20.219 --> 00:23:21.059
 those categories

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.619
 where the gospel

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.500
 fits right in

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.619
 like the Jew

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.299
 who can be saved

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.579
 but even for the Gentile

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.299
 who has categories

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:28.159
 like not high priest

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:29.979
 and day of atonement

00:23:29.979 --> 00:23:31.059
 they have the idea

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.839
 of Zeus

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.779
 and Poseidon

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.819
 and Hermes

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.779
 and strange

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:36.619
 pagan stories

00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:37.099
 but even

00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:38.659
 their souls

00:23:38.659 --> 00:23:39.940
 can be engrafted

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:41.619
 into the saving stock

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.440
 because the gospel

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.379
 has the power

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:45.419
 to make them alive

00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:47.440
 in Christ Jesus

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.579
 the gospel can save

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:48.960
 not only

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:50.599
 whitewashed tombs

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:52.159
 of Jews

00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:53.740
 who were

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:55.399
 outward in their righteousness

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:56.960
 but even open

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:58.040
 cesspools

00:23:58.040 --> 00:23:59.120
 of unbelievers

00:23:59.120 --> 00:24:00.000
 who were

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.940
 homosexuals

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.400
 and thieves

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.460
 and murderers

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.220
 and adulterers

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.860
 see the gospel

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:05.160
 is the power of God

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:05.840
 for salvation

00:24:05.840 --> 00:24:06.900
 first for the Jew

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:08.100
 and also for the Greek

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:09.640
 and there's nobody here

00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:10.620
 who ain't a Jew

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:11.900
 who ain't a Greek

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.620
 one of those two

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.660
 you're one of those two

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:15.300
 that is Gentile

00:24:15.300 --> 00:24:17.259
 it's able to save

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.960
 all

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:19.019
 so

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:20.380
 this is

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.460
 what we have

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.320
 in Paul's

00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:23.420
 gospel confidence

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.740
 reason

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.140
 but now

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:25.039
 with the time remaining

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.740
 just consider

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:27.960
 Paul's gospel confidence

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.460
 applied

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:32.320
 consider how we can

00:24:32.320 --> 00:24:32.900
 apply this

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.720
 to Christian

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.640
 witnesses

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:36.240
 remember

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.740
 last words

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.420
 of our Savior

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:40.039
 in

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:42.940
 Acts chapter 1

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:44.060
 you're to be

00:24:44.060 --> 00:24:44.720
 my witnesses

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.940
 to Jerusalem

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.440
 Jumea

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.100
 Samaria

00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:48.279
 all the most parts

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.620
 of the earth

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.460
 see all of us

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.720
 are to be witnesses

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.480
 we're to be

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.820
 preaching the gospel

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:54.279
 wherever we go

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.859
 Chris may be

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:58.079
 a principal

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:59.579
 he's shrewd as a serpent

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.339
 innocent as a dove

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:01.599
 he's preaching there

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.839
 and

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:05.119
 our brother

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.559
 Uriel

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.619
 may be a carpenter

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:08.099
 but he is to

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.939
 find a way

00:25:08.939 --> 00:25:09.960
 to preach the gospel

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.500
 there

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.439
 and you think

00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:11.599
 well

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.460
 you know how rough

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.399
 these carpenters are

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:14.139
 they're like Goliaths

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.480
 they ain't gonna pay

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.039
 attention to me

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.619
 oh man

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.480
 you got a sling

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.000
 in your hand

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.359
 Uriel

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:18.799
 don't be ashamed

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.419
 of the gospel

00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:20.740
 preach the gospel

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.319
 of truth

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:22.240
 but you may say

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.679
 you know there are

00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:23.139
 some people

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:23.859
 do you realize

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:25.500
 there are some people

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.519
 Jason

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.859
 who say that

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:29.679
 pastors are the ones

00:25:29.679 --> 00:25:30.659
 like the apostles

00:25:30.659 --> 00:25:31.659
 they were the ones

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.039
 who were told

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:33.200
 to be witnesses

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:35.279
 so you're the guy

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.619
 who's supposed

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.460
 and all these people

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.240
 can comfort themselves

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.500
 in saying

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.720
 are pastors the guy

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.279
 who's supposed

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.159
 to take the gospel

00:25:40.159 --> 00:25:41.179
 besides that

00:25:41.179 --> 00:25:41.960
 we're reformed

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.700
 don't put a guilt

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:44.259
 complex on us

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.919
 for not preaching

00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.480
 the gospel

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.859
 because our pastor

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.319
 will do it

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.099
 or besides that

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.379
 God

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.319
 God elected

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.119
 before the foundation

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.759
 of the world

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.500
 those who would

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.000
 be believed

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.500
 and don't put it

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.059
 on us

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.779
 listen

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:55.619
 the apostle Paul

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.699
 is the one

00:25:56.699 --> 00:25:57.699
 who in Romans

00:25:57.699 --> 00:25:58.559
 chapter 9

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.279
 spoke of

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.919
 Esau

00:25:59.919 --> 00:26:01.139
 I have hated

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:01.839
 and Jacob

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.519
 I have loved

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.479
 he knew about election

00:26:03.479 --> 00:26:04.379
 but he said

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:04.599
 that

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.579
 oh I would

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.759
 that I myself

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.599
 would be accursed

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:09.679
 if my countrymen

00:26:09.679 --> 00:26:10.179
 would be saved

00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:10.779
 so he brought

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.339
 the gospel

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.359
 brought the gospel

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:12.599
 listen

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.739
 do not take

00:26:13.739 --> 00:26:14.419
 the doctrines

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:15.039
 of grace

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:16.559
 as some kind

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.539
 of a Novocaine

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:19.720
 that anesthetizes

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.819
 and numbs

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:22.019
 your shrieking

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.579
 conscience

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.819
 when you're silent

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.720
 didn't we say

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.379
 in the Sunday school

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:25.679
 class

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.579
 he who

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.659
 life and death

00:26:27.659 --> 00:26:28.119
 and the power

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.579
 of the tongue

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.720
 and the best life

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.519
 we can bring to people

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.559
 is by bringing to them

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.619
 the gospel

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.960
 of the Lord Jesus

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.899
 Christ

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:36.480
 and don't

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.039
 don't think

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.619
 yeah but if I

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.539
 if I speak

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.240
 in

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:42.339
 my family context

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.819
 or in my

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:44.200
 professional context

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.259
 they're going to think

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.799
 I'm just some

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.620
 some hokey

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.400
 hilly billy

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.900
 with this silly idea

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.900
 you believe

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.920
 the dead are raised

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.519
 you've got to be

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.160
 kidding me

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.559
 you're trying to be

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.319
 the court jester

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.500
 of the Denver suburbs

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:56.299
 well the reality is

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.400
 we are not ashamed

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.880
 of the gospel

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:59.019
 it is the power

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.960
 of God

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:01.059
 for salvation

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:02.620
 speak that word

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.559
 there's an account

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:03.860
 given

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.920
 of a

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:06.120
 man

00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:07.600
 whose name was

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.920
 Howell Harris

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:10.019
 it's in Dallimore's

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:11.160
 biography of

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.960
 Whitefield

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.480
 and it was said

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.840
 of a

00:27:12.840 --> 00:27:14.039
 very prominent

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.740
 man in the

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.119
 community

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:15.700
 back in

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.480
 England

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.960
 it was said

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.899
 of Howell Harris

00:27:17.899 --> 00:27:19.240
 that he was

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.779
 a dice playing

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.879
 drinking

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:23.159
 gossiping

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:24.279
 love making

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.019
 fop

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.819
 of a man

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:27.279
 he was a dandy

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:29.000
 everybody thought

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.399
 he was

00:27:29.399 --> 00:27:31.000
 all that

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:32.220
 in his culture

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.339
 and society

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.819
 but then

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:35.279
 he came into

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.899
 a church

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:36.720
 on a

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.720
 Palm Sunday

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.700
 and he heard

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.180
 the pastor

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.859
 say this

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:41.839
 if you're not

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.539
 fit to come

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.159
 to the Lord's

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.500
 table

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.920
 you're not

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.740
 fit to live

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.700
 and you're

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.119
 not fit

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.700
 to die

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:49.740
 and that

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.299
 little pebble

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.720
 from the

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.240
 sling of that

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.700
 pastor

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.259
 hit him

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.640
 right in the

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:52.980
 forehead

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.960
 and it

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.680
 staggered him

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:56.240
 and he went

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.660
 home

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.019
 and within

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.799
 three days

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.180
 he fell

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.759
 at the feet

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.839
 of the Lord

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.539
 Jesus Christ

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.319
 by the power

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:03.039
 of the gospel

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:04.240
 what I'm saying

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.740
 is listen

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:06.339
 you don't need

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.920
 to bring to

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.240
 someone

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.640
 Uriel

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.560
 the whole

00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:10.759
 all of the

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.200
 systematic

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.960
 theology

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:13.580
 because sometimes

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:13.940
 we say

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.800
 I don't have

00:28:14.800 --> 00:28:15.660
 time to give

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.300
 the whole gospel

00:28:16.300 --> 00:28:16.600
 to somebody

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.240
 sometimes it's

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.140
 just one

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:19.320
 pebble of truth

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:19.860
 that we're

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.360
 speaking

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:21.080
 we're always

00:28:21.080 --> 00:28:22.680
 speaking seasoned

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.320
 with salt

00:28:23.320 --> 00:28:24.140
 and everything

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:25.440
 that we say

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.780
 and maybe

00:28:25.780 --> 00:28:26.560
 it's just a

00:28:26.560 --> 00:28:26.920
 matter of

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.820
 you're sitting

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:29.000
 outside of a

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:30.080
 construction facility

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:31.380
 and you've got

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.880
 your brown bag

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.440
 and he's got

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.380
 his brown bag

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:35.020
 and you say

00:28:35.020 --> 00:28:35.320
 you know

00:28:35.320 --> 00:28:36.500
 why don't you

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.940
 come to my

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.540
 church on

00:28:37.540 --> 00:28:38.180
 Sunday

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.520
 and the person

00:28:38.520 --> 00:28:38.900
 says ah

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.180
 you know

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.380
 it would be

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.960
 so creepy

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.540
 for me

00:28:41.540 --> 00:28:43.120
 I feel so

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.520
 guilty

00:28:43.520 --> 00:28:44.280
 to go to

00:28:44.280 --> 00:28:44.760
 church on

00:28:44.760 --> 00:28:45.100
 Sunday

00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:45.420
 I'm just

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.560
 going to

00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:46.080
 stay away

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:46.560
 and he laughs

00:28:46.560 --> 00:28:46.880
 laughs

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.300
 laughs

00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:47.940
 and maybe

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.180
 Uriel

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.620
 just says

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:48.960
 this

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:50.260
 well you know

00:28:50.260 --> 00:28:51.320
 if you're

00:28:51.320 --> 00:28:51.740
 not fit

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.280
 to come to

00:28:52.280 --> 00:28:52.740
 church on

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.160
 a Sunday

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:54.400
 you're not

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.980
 fit to live

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.760
 and you're

00:28:55.760 --> 00:28:56.100
 not fit

00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:56.560
 to die

00:28:56.560 --> 00:28:58.780
 and that's

00:28:58.780 --> 00:28:59.000
 it

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.120
 a little

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:00.620
 piece

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.840
 of the gospel

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:03.080
 and that

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:04.280
 and that

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.039
 gnarly

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.720
 faced

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.500
 construction

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.039
 worker

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.019
 within hours

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.379
 can be

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:09.119
 fallen at

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.460
 the foot

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.660
 of the

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.139
 Lord Jesus

00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:10.599
 Christ

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.899
 so this

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.319
 is this

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.599
 is for

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:12.940
 Christian

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.339
 witnesses

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.920
 isn't it

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:15.339
 but also

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.399
 this is

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:17.480
 for Christian

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.059
 ministers

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:20.420
 and Jason

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:22.039
 other men

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.779
 who may be

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.339
 elders in

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.879
 this place

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:25.039
 don't be

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.740
 ashamed of

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.240
 the gospel

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.759
 MacArthur

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.440
 long ago

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.980
 wrote a book

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.779
 ashamed of

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.379
 the gospel

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:30.519
 he talked

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.819
 about a

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.579
 generation of

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.259
 ministers who

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.940
 are cowed

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.600
 and intimidated

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:35.140
 by a

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.779
 sophisticated

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:37.380
 society

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:39.039
 but people

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.500
 are unwilling

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.019
 to give

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.620
 the old

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.180
 biblical

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.779
 gospel

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.180
 because it's

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.200
 unsophisticated

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.700
 there's even

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.140
 been something

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.759
 recently

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.480
 there's this

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:47.380
 winsome

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:48.200
 third way

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.600
 ism

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.600
 there are

00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:50.000
 people who

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.200
 say

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.220
 don't preach

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.620
 the rough

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.160
 edges of the

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:52.700
 gospel to

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.160
 people because

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.580
 you'll offend

00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:53.720
 them

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.259
 you'll turn

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.740
 them off

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.960
 don't talk

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.299
 about the

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.160
 absolutes of

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.680
 the gospel

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.640
 give the soft

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.039
 sides of the

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.299
 gospel

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:00.100
 get them saved

00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:00.600
 and tell them

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:00.900
 the tough

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.480
 stuff later

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:03.099
 don't talk

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.299
 about

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.339
 one pastor

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.599
 would say

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.319
 I never

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:06.039
 preach about

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.640
 abortion

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:08.160
 or I don't

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.779
 preach about

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.759
 sexuality

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:11.460
 or transgenderism

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.799
 or homosexuality

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.579
 and I try not

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.039
 to use the

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.500
 H word

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.120
 the hell word

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.480
 because some

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.900
 people might

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.480
 be offended

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.360
 by that

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:20.380
 you realize

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:21.680
 that the

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.339
 gospel has

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:23.360
 certain bitter

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.059
 elements of

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.240
 it

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.319
 you think of

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.660
 even the

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:26.279
 idea of

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:28.700
 remember

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.140
 COVID

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:30.780
 and think

00:30:30.780 --> 00:30:31.200
 if it was

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.680
 true that

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.200
 if people

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.600
 had O

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.020
 positive

00:30:33.020 --> 00:30:33.380
 blood

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.900
 and were

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.840
 diabetics

00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:36.300
 that they

00:30:36.300 --> 00:30:37.620
 would die

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:39.140
 for sure

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:40.360
 maybe you

00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:41.280
 had a son

00:30:41.280 --> 00:30:42.259
 or maybe

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.720
 your wife

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:44.560
 had died

00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:45.100
 because she

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:45.360
 had O

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:45.740
 positive

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:47.320
 and she

00:30:47.320 --> 00:30:47.600
 was a

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:47.980
 diabetic

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.420
 and she

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:48.800
 had COVID

00:30:48.800 --> 00:30:49.060
 and she

00:30:49.060 --> 00:30:49.960
 was going

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.520
 to die

00:30:50.520 --> 00:30:51.060
 but then

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:52.200
 you

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:53.480
 you

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.520
 had gone

00:30:54.520 --> 00:30:55.040
 to a

00:30:55.040 --> 00:30:55.900
 Latvian

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.980
 nutritionist

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:58.500
 who had

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.380
 a certain

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.759
 formula

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.839
 for health

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.539
 and the

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:03.180
 formula was

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.700
 a prescription

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.140
 that had

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:04.380
 in it

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:04.680
 listen to

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:04.839
 this

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.460
 certain herbs

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.759
 sneeze

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.120
 wart

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.940
 toad flax

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.400
 and goose

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:08.700
 foot

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:10.500
 embarrassing

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.299
 stuff

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.460
 but

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.640
 but

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:12.880
 but

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.099
 your

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:14.019
 your

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.680
 your

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.000
 wife

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.500
 took it

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.259
 and she

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.880
 she survived

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.579
 she lived

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:18.559
 then let's

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:18.720
 say

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.599
 three weeks

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.000
 later you

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.200
 were in

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.680
 the mall

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.259
 here in

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.779
 Denver

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.599
 and you

00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:23.160
 saw someone

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.559
 wheeling

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.000
 the sun

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.279
 you say

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.500
 oh he

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.680
 looks

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.180
 he looks

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.500
 like he's

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.960
 very sick

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:27.059
 yes he's

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.720
 oh positive

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.299
 diabetic

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.840
 and he only

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:29.319
 has maybe

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.920
 hours to

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.059
 live

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.299
 I just

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.539
 want him

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.819
 to see

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.100
 certain

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.519
 things

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.000
 that are

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.420
 pleasant

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:33.360
 and you

00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:33.779
 have in

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.460
 your pocket

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.559
 the

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:35.880
 the

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.740
 the

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:38.559
 ingredients

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:38.940
 of

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.559
 of sneeze

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:39.799
 wart

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.319
 toad flax

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.680
 and goose

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:40.819
 fit

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.319
 but but

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:41.779
 you don't

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:41.980
 want to

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.220
 give it

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.519
 because you're

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.019
 so afraid

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.819
 some pastors

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.180
 are like

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.480
 that

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:46.279
 we need

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.539
 to be

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.079
 willing to

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.519
 preach the

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:47.900
 whole

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.740
 counsel of

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.259
 God

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.160
 may it

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.420
 be that

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.840
 that this

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.279
 church

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.539
 as it

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.420
 brings the

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:52.940
 gospel

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.840
 that it

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.220
 would not

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.519
 seek

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.380
 and in

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.620
 Holland

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:55.980
 Michigan

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.260
 there was

00:31:56.260 --> 00:31:57.160
 Hope College

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:57.540
 was the

00:31:57.540 --> 00:31:57.820
 Christian

00:31:57.820 --> 00:31:58.280
 college

00:31:58.280 --> 00:31:58.860
 in order

00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.300
 to get a

00:31:59.300 --> 00:32:00.020
 place at the

00:32:00.020 --> 00:32:00.620
 cool table

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.340
 at Hope College

00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:02.320
 you had to be

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:03.360
 with it

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:04.240
 and winsome

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.760
 in culture

00:32:04.760 --> 00:32:05.560
 and society

00:32:05.560 --> 00:32:06.300
 and if you gave

00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:07.000
 hard things

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.840
 then you were

00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:08.400
 one of those

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.760
 old Neanderthals

00:32:09.760 --> 00:32:10.620
 or the Holland

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:11.020
 Sentinel

00:32:11.020 --> 00:32:12.500
 I could print an

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.040
 article in the

00:32:13.040 --> 00:32:13.640
 Holland Sentinel

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.560
 as long as I was

00:32:14.560 --> 00:32:15.460
 nice and sweet

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:15.960
 and kind

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.460
 but if I ever

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.020
 talked about

00:32:17.020 --> 00:32:17.700
 the judgment of

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:17.840
 God

00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:18.140
 and the need

00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:18.680
 for repentance

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.480
 they wouldn't

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.180
 print my article

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:22.500
 don't be like

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.039
 that here

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.600
 in Denver

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:24.940
 be faithful

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.920
 be faithful

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.519
 in preaching

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.920
 the gospel

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.700
 do not

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.539
 be ashamed

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:31.000
 of the gospel

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.460
 but also

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.940
 there's a word

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.360
 here not only

00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:34.360
 to Christian

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.840
 witnesses

00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:35.539
 and to

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:38.400
 Christian ministers

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:39.060
 but there's also

00:32:39.060 --> 00:32:39.680
 a word here

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.519
 to doubting

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.060
 saints

00:32:41.060 --> 00:32:43.000
 to doubting

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.400
 saints

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.060
 and by that

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:44.440
 I mean

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:46.160
 sometimes

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.820
 this being

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.440
 ashamed of the

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.820
 gospel

00:32:47.820 --> 00:32:48.400
 doesn't only

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.860
 undermine

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.180
 our own

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.880
 evangelism

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.780
 sometimes

00:32:50.780 --> 00:32:51.760
 it undermines

00:32:51.760 --> 00:32:52.520
 our faith

00:32:52.520 --> 00:32:53.640
 in our souls

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.460
 being ashamed

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.200
 of the gospel

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.700
 because

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.860
 you know

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:58.220
 the deceiver

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:59.540
 is ever about

00:32:59.540 --> 00:33:00.220
 he shoots

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:02.160
 fiery darts

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.280
 to set our

00:33:03.280 --> 00:33:04.220
 souls ablaze

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.100
 and fever us

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:05.660
 so that we'll

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.920
 discontinue

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:08.100
 believing the gospel

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:08.960
 let me give you

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.320
 a little

00:33:09.320 --> 00:33:10.800
 confession

00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:12.800
 I was watching

00:33:12.800 --> 00:33:13.740
 the History Channel

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:15.200
 a while back

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.860
 and it was about

00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:16.660
 the Great Wall

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.160
 of China

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:18.280
 and all the

00:33:18.280 --> 00:33:18.740
 centuries

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.520
 of Chinese

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.019
 history

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:21.539
 and China

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.579
 is Hindu

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.700
 and there's

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.440
 Confucianism

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:24.740
 there

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.099
 and there's

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.759
 Taoism

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.039
 there

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.480
 all kinds

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.980
 of religion

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.759
 and I admit

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.319
 as I watched

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.799
 that I thought

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.279
 to myself

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.519
 really

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.220
 I believe

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.240
 that Jesus

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:33.660
 of Nazareth

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.619
 must be believed

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.240
 by everybody

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.720
 in the globe

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.720
 if they're to be

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:36.960
 saved

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.379
 everybody

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:38.700
 and I began

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.059
 to think

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.940
 wow

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:41.220
 is that really

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.599
 true

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.139
 because there's

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:43.279
 this vast

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.799
 culture

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.180
 they knew

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.900
 nothing of

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.220
 Jesus

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.740
 could God

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.200
 have ever

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:47.039
 left them

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.539
 in such

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.000
 darkness

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.400
 this must

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:49.220
 be really

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:50.259
 silly

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:51.100
 and in this

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:51.920
 fiery dark

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.400
 thought

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:53.340
 how foolish

00:33:53.340 --> 00:33:53.960
 and naive

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.580
 you are

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:55.319
 to think

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.100
 that all

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:56.680
 the world

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.420
 has to believe

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:58.759
 in a Jewish

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.640
 carpenter

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.160
 come on

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.539
 Mark

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:02.700
 my mind

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.580
 was fevered

00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:04.420
 with disbelief

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:05.039
 come on

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.380
 Mark

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:06.420
 born of a

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:06.799
 virgin

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.940
 come on

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.280
 Mark

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:09.199
 in a stable

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:10.460
 with shepherds

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.019
 and angels

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.539
 come on

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:11.699
 Mark

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.440
 a Galilean

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.860
 teacher

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.500
 who was

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.039
 barely a

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.400
 blip

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:15.440
 in secular

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.320
 history

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:17.179
 he was

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.559
 nailed

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:17.980
 to a

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.220
 Roman

00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:18.920
 cross

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.519
 and his

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.139
 resurrection

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.780
 verified

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.059
 that he

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.320
 was the

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.840
 real deal

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.400
 but who

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.900
 verified

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.099
 it

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.460
 his own

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.960
 disciples

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.800
 you believe

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.619
 that nonsense

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.079
 Mark

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:27.019
 is he ablaze

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.340
 that was a

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:28.179
 dumpster fire

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:29.019
 of unbelief

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.659
 you ever have

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.059
 moments of

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.420
 unbelief

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.940
 like that

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:32.340
 I do

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:33.960
 but to come

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.460
 back and

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.200
 and to take

00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:36.000
 this passage

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.559
 like this

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.639
 and remove

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.720
 the dart

00:34:38.720 --> 00:34:40.360
 of this

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:41.659
 lie

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:42.219
 by this

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.920
 passage

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.099
 by the

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.639
 pliers

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.139
 pull it

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.359
 out

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:45.639
 and say

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:45.980
 I am

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.539
 not ashamed

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.799
 of the

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.179
 gospel

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:48.099
 it's

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.679
 it's

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.119
 the power

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.619
 of God

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.519
 for

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.799
 salvation

00:34:51.799 --> 00:34:52.599
 come on

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:52.899
 you're real

00:34:52.899 --> 00:34:53.259
 where else

00:34:53.259 --> 00:34:53.539
 are we going

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.920
 to go

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:55.699
 Christ

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.019
 alone

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.359
 has the

00:34:56.359 --> 00:34:56.460
 will

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.539
 where else

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.359
 where else

00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:58.719
 shall we

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.299
 go

00:34:59.299 --> 00:35:01.659
 resist the

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:01.879
 devil

00:35:01.879 --> 00:35:02.119
 he will

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.659
 flee from

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.799
 you

00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:05.739
 to doubting

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:06.199
 saints

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.819
 the power

00:35:06.819 --> 00:35:08.139
 of the

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.519
 gospel

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.039
 don't be

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.399
 ashamed

00:35:09.399 --> 00:35:09.679
 of it

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.000
 and don't

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.420
 be ashamed

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.899
 lastly

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:11.760
 just to

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.139
 lost

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.599
 sinners

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:14.059
 to

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.619
 lost

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.599
 sinners

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.500
 you know

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:16.840
 you might

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.300
 be thinking

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:18.019
 this is the

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.360
 gospel

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.800
 yeah I've

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.059
 heard it

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.340
 and I know

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.980
 listen I

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.400
 believe I was

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.700
 saved in

00:35:20.700 --> 00:35:21.300
 1976

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.860
 but you know

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.079
 what

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:23.480
 I need to

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.200
 keep believing

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:24.920
 the gospel

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:26.420
 and listen

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:27.539
 you believe the

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.220
 gospel right now

00:35:28.220 --> 00:35:28.500
 today

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.079
 I don't care

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.420
 if it's the

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.980
 first time

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.220
 you've

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.539
 believed

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.019
 or the

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.740
 10,000th

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.119
 and first

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.579
 time you

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.059
 believed

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.880
 believe

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:35.420
 the gospel

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:37.180
 right here

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:38.139
 I believe

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:38.360
 our

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.619
 paths

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.300
 have crossed

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.700
 for a

00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:41.060
 purpose

00:35:41.060 --> 00:35:42.000
 somebody

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.500
 here

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.660
 I hear

00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:43.900
 even

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.360
 but others

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.740
 here

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:46.019
 need to

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.340
 hear the

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.700
 gospel

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:46.940
 there's

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.180
 somebody

00:35:47.180 --> 00:35:47.500
 here in

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.220
 an unconverted

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.680
 state

00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:49.320
 you know

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.820
 people have

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.240
 this idea

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:50.460
 of the

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.840
 gospel

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:52.820
 it's just

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.280
 all sweet

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:53.820
 God loves

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.100
 you and has

00:35:54.100 --> 00:35:54.400
 a wonderful

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.900
 plan for

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.280
 your life

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:56.860
 is that the

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.519
 gospel Paul

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.200
 wrote in

00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:58.539
 Romans

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.660
 he begins

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.100
 not with

00:36:00.100 --> 00:36:00.880
 God loves

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.100
 you and has

00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:01.340
 a wonderful

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:01.800
 plan for

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.000
 your life

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.360
 he begins

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.840
 with this

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:04.019
 the wrath

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.519
 of God

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.800
 is revealed

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:07.019
 against the

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.880
 unrighteousness

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.880
 and ungodliness

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.400
 of men

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.280
 who suppress

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:10.760
 the truth

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.940
 and unrighteousness

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:13.640
 listen the truth

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:14.619
 the truth of the

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.240
 matter is

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:16.619
 you apart from

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.160
 the Lord Jesus

00:36:17.160 --> 00:36:17.579
 Christ

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.579
 you are in

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:18.940
 desperate

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.460
 trouble

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:23.220
 you are part

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:23.619
 of

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:25.320
 a vast

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.940
 race

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.840
 of humanity

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.960
 you and I

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.340
 left to

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.720
 ourselves

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.320
 are orc

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:29.640
 like

00:36:29.640 --> 00:36:30.980
 I'm telling

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.500
 you that

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.960
 the hosts

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.579
 of heaven

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.559
 are going to

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.140
 be led by

00:36:35.140 --> 00:36:35.720
 a rider

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.559
 who has a

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.399
 sword coming

00:36:37.399 --> 00:36:37.819
 out of his

00:36:37.819 --> 00:36:38.159
 mouth

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:38.739
 he will

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.419
 slay all

00:36:39.419 --> 00:36:39.659
 of his

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.019
 enemies

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:41.379
 they're coming

00:36:41.379 --> 00:36:42.359
 they're coming

00:36:42.359 --> 00:36:43.019
 for you

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.899
 and your

00:36:43.899 --> 00:36:44.619
 never dying

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.099
 soul

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.879
 and you

00:36:45.879 --> 00:36:46.199
 and I

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.699
 left to

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:47.179
 ourselves

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:47.679
 will be

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.099
 thrown into

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.419
 the lake

00:36:48.419 --> 00:36:48.819
 of fire

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.459
 which is a

00:36:49.459 --> 00:36:49.779
 place

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:50.079
 which is

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.379
 not a

00:36:50.379 --> 00:36:50.619
 happy

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.059
 place

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:52.019
 it's a

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.259
 place

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.500
 where we

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:52.659
 will

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.219
 weep

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:54.359
 and wail

00:36:54.359 --> 00:36:54.899
 because we

00:36:54.899 --> 00:36:55.819
 cannot bear

00:36:55.819 --> 00:36:56.359
 another

00:36:56.359 --> 00:36:56.879
 moment

00:36:56.879 --> 00:36:58.279
 of the

00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:59.719
 pain

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.379
 and sorrow

00:37:00.379 --> 00:37:01.519
 but we

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.079
 will gnash

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.619
 our teeth

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.119
 because we

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.559
 know that

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.119
 we must

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.839
 endure it

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:06.320
 for eternity

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:07.760
 and I'm

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.240
 just saying

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:10.280
 the Lord

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:11.039
 Jesus Christ

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.640
 is able to

00:37:11.640 --> 00:37:12.539
 save all

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.260
 kinds

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.980
 anyone

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:15.220
 believe in

00:37:15.220 --> 00:37:15.519
 the Lord

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.019
 Jesus and

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.519
 you will be

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:16.720
 saved

00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:16.980
 you need to

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.400
 right now

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.720
 take

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.940
 take the

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.620
 the blood

00:37:19.620 --> 00:37:20.100
 coming to

00:37:20.100 --> 00:37:20.600
 this table

00:37:20.600 --> 00:37:21.760
 this is the

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:22.640
 blood

00:37:22.640 --> 00:37:23.680
 that is

00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:24.820
 emblemized

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:25.140
 here

00:37:25.140 --> 00:37:25.760
 you must

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:26.140
 take the

00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:26.620
 blood and

00:37:26.620 --> 00:37:27.059
 smear it in

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.400
 the door

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:27.880
 post of

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:28.380
 your soul

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.920
 so that

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.380
 when those

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.800
 angels

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:30.380
 come

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.280
 there's a

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:32.079
 passage

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:33.340
 in the

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.820
 prophets

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.220
 where it

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.660
 speaks of

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:35.000
 they're

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.319
 coming

00:37:35.319 --> 00:37:36.000
 and they're

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.599
 seeing

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:37.940
 men who

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.179
 have a

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.699
 mark on

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.339
 their forehead

00:37:39.339 --> 00:37:40.299
 and angels

00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:41.000
 coming down

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.879
 to destroy

00:37:41.879 --> 00:37:42.739
 and with a

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:43.079
 rope in

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.659
 their hand

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.899
 to lasso you

00:37:44.899 --> 00:37:45.960
 and pull you

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.679
 and throw you

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:47.339
 like a fire

00:37:47.339 --> 00:37:47.699
 but if you

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.019
 have the

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.559
 blood of the

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:48.859
 lamb

00:37:48.859 --> 00:37:49.879
 smeared in

00:37:49.879 --> 00:37:50.179
 your door

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:50.639
 post it

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:50.960
 says they

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:52.039
 will pass

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.719
 over you

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:53.059
 they'll look

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.319
 at you

00:37:53.319 --> 00:37:53.619
 and say

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.899
 you are

00:37:54.899 --> 00:37:55.399
 not a

00:37:55.399 --> 00:37:55.839
 son of

00:37:55.839 --> 00:37:56.179
 Satan

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:57.579
 you are

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:57.980
 a brother

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.539
 of Christ

00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:58.879
 and a

00:37:58.879 --> 00:37:59.399
 child of

00:37:59.399 --> 00:37:59.719
 the king

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.279
 I'll see

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:00.879
 you soon

00:38:00.879 --> 00:38:01.379
 in eternal

00:38:01.379 --> 00:38:01.819
 glory

00:38:01.819 --> 00:38:02.099
 and they'll

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.639
 ride on

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.779
 you need

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:04.199
 the blood

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:04.420
 of the

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.579
 Lord

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:04.940
 Jesus

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.460
 Christ

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.519
 you need

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:06.839
 the blood

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:07.039
 of the

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.179
 Lord

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.420
 Jesus

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:07.779
 Christ

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.219
 made on

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:08.500
 your soul

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.139
 believe

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:10.179
 this hour

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:11.099
 in the

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.359
 Lord

00:38:11.359 --> 00:38:11.799
 Jesus

00:38:11.799 --> 00:38:12.379
 Christ

00:38:12.379 --> 00:38:12.980
 and you

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.319
 will be

00:38:13.319 --> 00:38:13.539
 saved

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.000
 may that

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.480
 be like

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.960
 that little

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.480
 pebble

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.659
 take it

00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:17.980
 contemplate

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.119
 it

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:19.019
 consider it

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.920
 and fall

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.279
 at the

00:38:20.279 --> 00:38:20.559
 feet

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:21.159
 of the

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.339
 Lord

00:38:21.339 --> 00:38:21.639
 Jesus

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.039
 Christ

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.339
 while

00:38:22.339 --> 00:38:22.980
 we're

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:24.199
 eating

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:24.920
 and drinking

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:26.539
 be praying

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.500
 and believing

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:28.259
 in the

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.460
 Lord

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:28.799
 Jesus

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.460
 let's

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:29.980
 close

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.300
 with a

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:30.420
 word

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:30.560
 of

00:38:30.560 --> 00:38:30.780
 prayer

00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:34.539
 our

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:34.840
 father

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.060
 we

00:38:35.060 --> 00:38:35.340
 thank

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:35.460
 you

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:35.620
 for

00:38:35.620 --> 00:38:35.760
 the

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.160
 gospel

00:38:36.160 --> 00:38:37.880
 we

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.120
 thank

00:38:38.120 --> 00:38:38.220
 you

00:38:38.220 --> 00:38:38.320
 that

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.440
 it's

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.600
 the

00:38:38.600 --> 00:38:39.039
 power

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:40.180
 of

00:38:40.180 --> 00:38:40.640
 God

00:38:40.640 --> 00:38:41.480
 for

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.080
 salvation

00:38:42.080 --> 00:38:43.120
 and we

00:38:43.120 --> 00:38:43.560
 ask that

00:38:43.560 --> 00:38:43.760
 this

00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:44.100
 would be

00:38:44.100 --> 00:38:44.680
 the day

00:38:44.680 --> 00:38:45.480
 of

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.080
 salvation

00:38:46.080 --> 00:38:47.580
 for

00:38:47.580 --> 00:38:48.280
 a soul

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:48.700
 here

00:38:48.700 --> 00:38:49.980
 and may

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.420
 for the

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:50.860
 rest of

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:51.060
 us

00:38:51.060 --> 00:38:51.380
 may it

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:51.560
 be

00:38:51.560 --> 00:38:52.100
 spurring

00:38:52.100 --> 00:38:52.280
 us

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:52.620
 on

00:38:52.620 --> 00:38:53.780
 to

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:54.860
 serve

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.000
 you

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.140
 with

00:38:55.140 --> 00:38:55.420
 all of

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.519
 our

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:55.740
 heart

00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:55.900
 and

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.220
 strength

00:38:56.220 --> 00:38:56.560
 and soul

00:38:56.560 --> 00:38:56.960
 we pray

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.500
 in Jesus

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:57.940
 name

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.400
 amen

00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:16.980
 good

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.099
s