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 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast.

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 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you.

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 Thank you for joining us today.

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 So we're turning to Acts chapter 5. We're continuing in Acts.

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 We're going to finish up the chapter this morning. I did want to mention there is one other announcement

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 that I would like to share. I don't know if we have that frame,

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 but our local church, Manko Bible Fellowship, we do a lot of things with them.

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 In fact, many of the men were at the men's breakfast yesterday morning, and they asked us to kind of promote a

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 program they're having at their church in August for children's evangelism fellowship.

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 So do you have that frame with Mark Skilpian, or I can't pronounce his name, but he's an evangelist.

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 No? Okay. All right. Never mind about all that.

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 If you, well, forget about it.

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 Anyway, we'll put this up next week, but praise the Lord.

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 Anyway, so yeah, turn to Acts chapter 5, and today's message, the Word of Life will not be silenced.

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 Amen. You know, unrelated, I just noticed that I am a fanatic about washing my hands.

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 I don't know, maybe even more so after COVID, but I'm always thinking about it.

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 I shake somebody's hand, I'm like, note to self, wash your hands.

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 No offense, no offense to anybody here.

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 But for some reason, I don't know about you, you know, you could nod your head if you're kind of the same way.

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 But I think about it because, you know, a lot of germs are passed through hand touching and so forth.

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 And so, and then sometimes I'll just come out of the bathroom, I'll shake somebody's hand, it's sopping wet, my hand is.

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 And I'm like, sorry about that, I just washed my hands.

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 Nothing else happened in there, I washed my hands.

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 But anyway, it's just, you know, I'm kind of a fanatic about it.

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 I think we all kind of are, you know, because we're aware that not washing your hands passes on a lot of contamination.

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 And I've been in hospitals a lot lately for myself and visiting people.

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 And if you ever notice, when the doctor comes in, they wash their hands every single time.

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 And they're always putting on the antiseptic and so forth.

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 And it's just, it's just common practice, isn't it?

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 And yet in the 1800s, doctors would go from one surgery to the next and not wash their hands.

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 They would deliver babies, they would just come from like an autopsy.

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 And because they did everything back then, and they would go right in and deliver a baby after having contaminated hands.

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 And you're like, wow, you know, you can't fathom that nowadays.

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 But that's what happened until a man named Ignis Semmelweis.

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 Do you have that frame?

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 There he is.

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 Kind of looks like Jerry Dover a little bit, but a little more importantly anyway.

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 But he was in the 1800s and he realized, okay, that he was a physician and a scientist.

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 And he realized that he worked in the maternity ward and there was one war that was up to 18% fatality, that the women were just dying.

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 It was a condition that was a baby death syndrome, but it wasn't the baby.

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 It was the mother was dying after a given birth and it was 18% of the women given birth were dying.

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 And it was hungry Budapest is where he was raised and he worked in the Vienna hospital and he's like, what is going on here?

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 Like this shouldn't be like women are just dying.

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 And so finally he discovered off time to explain how, but he discovered through the death of his partner in the in the practice.

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 He realized when his partner died, it was through contamination from this virus that these women are getting.

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 And he realized, wait a minute.

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 Wait, wait, wait.

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 All we have to do is wash our hands.

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 And he really was saying, let's start washing our hands with various things, chlorinated lime and so forth.

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 So he was washing his hands and his ward dropped from 18 to 1% deaths in his, in his ward.

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 So he started telling other doctors, Hey, you have to do this.

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 And they all said, are you, are you suggesting that we are causing the deaths in women giving birth?

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 Like how dare they were offended.

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 So no one listened to him.

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 In fact, no one really, it really take on except in his little local practice until after his death.

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 Finally, people started trying.

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 Hey, you know what we should do?

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 Why don't we wash our hands?

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 You know, something we just take for granted.

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 And since then it is just normal practice.

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 And the reason why I bring that little antidote up is that in this passage today, the apostles are going

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 to share words of life, just like Ignat Sembelweis did, that he was sharing to the medical community.

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 We need antiseptic practices when we, when we give medical care, because diseases are being

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 Well, the apostles were saying, you know what we need instead of like our, our bodies being

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 cleansed so that we don't catch disease.

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 Our souls need to be cleansed so that our souls no longer carry the disease of sin.

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 And this is what they were sharing.

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 They're saying, look, we, you need Jesus Christ for the, for forgiveness, for

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 repentance and forgiveness of your sins to be washed clean.

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 And only Jesus Christ provides that.

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 And what do you think the religious community we're doing?

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 Well, just like Ignatius medical community, are you suggesting that we mankind are

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 causing this worthy answer, the religious community?

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 They were saying, well, no, they were saying only Jesus Christ cleanses souls from sins.

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 And so, and they weren't listening and yet they were sharing the words of life.

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 And in the same way, of course, you and I carry that same message into the world in

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 the same way we're saying, look, your souls are contaminated.

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 There's only one way to be cleansed from that sin.

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 And it's through Jesus Christ.

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 He is the only way truth in life.

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 He is the antidote for your soul's contamination to rid yourself of the sin

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 It's only through Jesus Christ.

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 Now we believers just take that for granted.

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 Like, yeah, no, doll.

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 Just like washing your hands.

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 You mean this Jesus Christ?

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 How does he cleanse my sins?

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 And so we carry that same message as the apostles did.

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 Today, I want to talk about three kingdom priorities.

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 Three kingdom priorities that I'd love us to grasp.

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 And that is obedience to God is greater than approval of man, right?

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 That greater sign you took mathematics.

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 You know what I mean by that arrow.

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 Obedience to God is greater than approval of men.

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 Faithful persistence is greater than fearful pressure.

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 And then finally, eternal reward is greater than earthly regret.

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 And we're going to get into those things as we read on.

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 And so we're going to start in Acts chapter five in verse 17.

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 And just to set the stage, uh, last week we saw how there were signs and

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 wonders at the hands of the apostles.

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 There were miracles.

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 There were healings and there were deliverances.

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 And how about last week?

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 Wasn't that awesome?

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 We came to the center and received prayer from those around us.

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 And we just accepted in faith that the Lord wanted to heal us.

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 And some of you came forward and actually said, I was healed of something.

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 I'm still getting healed on my shoulder.

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 I believe it is healed.

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 It's just a matter of a couple little more prayers.

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 And it's going to be gone.

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 Amen.

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 But like the Lord demonstrated his power.

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 So many of us have been healed of things.

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 And so at some point we'll have an opportunity in the future to give testimonies.

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 Because I believe if you weren't healed last week, the Lord is still working on

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 it because Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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 He doesn't change tactics.

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 He's the same way.

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 And like the whole city was in, like just elated with the glorious things that

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 People were coming from the cities surrounding Jerusalem, bringing all their

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 sick and say, there's healing going on.

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 They're carrying them on stretchers and, and whatever way they could get them

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 It's amazing.

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 The enemy always wants to put a stop to something glorious.

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 And so that's where we're going to pick this up in verse 17.

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 And what we're going to do is just really dial in because we're going to

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 It's a narrative.

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 It's a story.

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 We're not going to break at all.

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 And we're just going to go right through it, but really concentrate on this

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 So father God, we asked you Lord, to open up our minds and hearts,

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 to sharpen ourselves.

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 Lord God, we want to truly receive your word, Lord, so that you can

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 cut into us, Lord God, and you can cut into the soul and the spirit,

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 the bone and the marrow and the thoughts and the intentions of the heart.

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 Lord God, we want to be transformed by the renewing of our mind so we can

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 prove the good, acceptable, perfect will of you, Lord.

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 So we asked you Lord, to do your surgery on us today, Lord God, and

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 just cleanse us of any wrong thinking.

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 Then the high priest rose up and all those who were with him, which is the

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 sect of the Sadducees and they were filled with indignation and laid their

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 hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

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 But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought

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 them out and said, go stand in the temple and speak to the people all

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 the words of this life and verse 21.

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 And when they had heard that they entered the temple early in the

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 morning and taught, but the high priest and those with him came and

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 called the council together with all the elders of the children of

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 Israel and sent to the prison to have them brought, but when the

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 officers came and did not find them in the prison, they returned and

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 reported saying, indeed, we found the prison shut securely and the

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 without violence, for they feared the people less they should be

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 stoned and when they had brought them, they set them before the

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 council and the high priest asked them saying, did we not strictly

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 command you not to teach in this name?

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 God rather than men and the God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom

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 you murdered by hanging on a tree.

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 Him, God has exalted to his right hand to be prince and

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 savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

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 And we are all, I'm sorry, we are his witnesses to these things.

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 of the law held in respect by all the people and commanded them

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 to put the apostles outside for a little while.

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 And he said to them, men of Israel, take heed to yourselves

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 what you intend to do regarding these men.

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 A number of men, about 400 joined him.

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 He was slain and all who obeyed him were scattered and came to

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 He also perished and all who obeyed him were dispersed.

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 they should not speak in the name of Jesus and let them go.

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 of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to

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 suffer shame for his name and daily in the temple and in

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 the Roman government and they were really more all about

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 sect and and so they were the rulers of the people and

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 are following this guy who died and left rather than

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 They captured them, they throw them in jail and then

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 this life, all the words of this life.

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 an ask that is.

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 OK, now they had just been arrested.

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 OK, I don't know about you.

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 I've never been arrested.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 OK, and what does the angel give them a message from

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 God to do?

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 OK, not to go and leave Jerusalem, OK, not to hide

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 out in some house, but to go into the temple.

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 In fact, we have another picture of the temple.

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 I've been showing this a lot.

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 This is actually a model in Jerusalem you can go

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 here in Solomon's Portico.

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 It was like an outside church in a sense.

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 the city, right, healing people and so forth.

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 back and don't go out here.

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 Don't go there.

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 Go there and even go there.

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 You know, that's right in the face of the

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 Sadducees and the Pharisees.

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 it, you know, and that was huge.

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 wouldn't mind maybe hiding at one of these

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 little houses out here and like doing my little

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 thing. OK, and and, you know, but like here

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 and, you know, as I was thinking about this, it

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 kind of reminds me when the Lord tells me to go

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 show the words of this life to people I'm a

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 little intimidated by, like your boss, like your

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 boss, you know, I remember when I was newly

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 saved and my boss needed to get saved, man, he

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 was just like, he just, you know, he was so

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 off in his theology.

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 Right. I got to go straight him out.

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 I remember people in my home fellowship

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 saying, just settle down, you know, just before

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 you go in there, you know, like you need to be

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 prayed up and really, you know, you still want

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 your job, don't you, at the end of this?

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 And they're kind of trying to settle me down.

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 And they did.

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 They kind of restructured how I was going to

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 approach this because I was so zealous I

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 could have got myself into some trouble.

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 Right. But like still the zeal and the

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 purpose was there.

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 I ended up talking to him and speaking to him

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 about things.

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 to go to hell if you don't have Jesus Christ.

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 Now, if any of you are hearing that for the

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 first time, you know, it's true.

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 It's true.

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 You need Jesus Christ to be saved.

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 He is the only way truth and life to

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 salvation and that's it, you know, it's,

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 he's the narrow way.

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 So many people hear about the Broadway,

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 the gateway, you know, that, you know,

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 there must be other ways.

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 No, no, there really isn't.

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 It's narrow and it's simple.

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 It's one man and God, Jesus Christ.

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 He is the doorway.

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 Right. And so I remember saying to him,

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 I said, you know, yeah, but you need Jesus

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 to to go to heaven.

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 He's like, you're not suggesting like

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 that people don't believe in Jesus

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 aren't going to heaven.

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 Like, well, yeah, you know,

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 I'll see you later.

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 I didn't go much further than that.

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 OK, but like sometimes you want to be out here,

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 but the Lord sends you right in there.

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 OK, right in the face of your family members

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 that you know are going to argue with you

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 that they know everything.

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 They're know it all.

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 Does anybody have a know it all family member?

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 You know, if they're next to you,

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 I don't want you to point them out.

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 OK, but but really, you know, it's like,

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 you know, the last thing you want to do

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 is debate with someone that, you know,

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 is going to come up with more facts

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 than you know and all that kind of stuff.

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 You know, but it's like the Lord is sending

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 it's saying to them, no, you go back there.

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 verse 25, they said, look, the men

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 whom you put in prison are standing

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 in the temple teaching the people.

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 Can you imagine that?

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 They're like, like what?

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 Like they weren't afraid to do that.

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 You know, the boldness of that,

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 you know, the arrogance, you know,

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 to defy what we are telling them to do.

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 And so they go and they get them again

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 and they bring them in.

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 goes to that little story

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 when they said, did we not strictly

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 command you not to teach in his name?

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 And look, you have filled Jerusalem

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 with your doctrine and intend to bring

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 this man's blood on us.

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 I love this.

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 This is this is where I want to live

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 day in and day out.

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 You ought to obey God rather than men.

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 Amen.

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 I mean, that is so profound.

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 Yesterday, a couple of us

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 went out on the street for Lansdale Day

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 and we came across, you know,

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 and I'm just going to say it.

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 All right, you don't mind it.

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 Don't tell anybody, OK?

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 It's between us.

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 But, you know, man on Main Street.

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 Now, that was a Christian organization.

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 OK, it it came from a Christian church.

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 OK, and in the name matter,

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 who's the matter?

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 You know, Jesus, right?

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 So there they are giving out stuff.

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 And and I know their board comprises

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 a lot of variety of religions now

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 and so forth, and it's it's it's not religious.

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 It's not Christian any longer.

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 And I realize that.

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 So just for kicks, I went over

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 and I'm talking and the guy there was wonderful.

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 He's like, oh, yeah, you know,

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 I come from, you know, this church and

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 and actually I'm born again, too.

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 And all that. So that's awesome.

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 Well, you wouldn't mind if I put some tracks

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 here to give out about Jesus Christ, would you?

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 Oh, yes, sorry.

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 I can't I can't you know,

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 I just can't do that.

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 And he's on the board.

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 And I'm like, I knew the answer.

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 I already knew the answer.

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 I'm like, like, really?

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 Like, you can't or you won't.

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 Like, what's going to happen to you?

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 They're going to kick you off the board.

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 It's free anyway.

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 You're you're a volunteer

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 and you're not even going to push

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 the envelope a little bit.

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 Now, God bless.

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 You know, I'm not.

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 I'm just saying

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 it was Christian.

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 The why and what a.

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 See, what's the see?

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 Is it still, you know, it's like,

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 what is that the enemy intrudes

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 and then all of a sudden

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 what was once about Jesus Christ

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 isn't any longer, you know.

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 And that's when you when you obey

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 man rather than God, you know.

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 And so and then they went on from there

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 and they said him,

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 God has exalted to his right hand

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 to be prince and savior,

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 to give repentance to Israel

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 and forgiveness of sins.

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 That's to all of us. Amen.

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 But the reason they're saying

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 specifically Israel is

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 because they're talking

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 to Israel's leaders,

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 you know, the Jewish leaders.

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 And they're saying, yeah,

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 this is for you.

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 First and foremost to you,

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 then the rest of all those dogs

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 out there, the Gentiles.

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 But first to you, right?

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 This is for you.

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 You know, and then from there

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 and we are his witnesses

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 to these things.

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 And so also is the Holy Spirit

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 whom God has given to those

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 who obey him.

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 By the way, was it by their own

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 strength and power and boldness

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 and strength they were doing this?

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 It was the Holy Spirit.

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 The Holy Spirit was saying,

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 you're not going to go back

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 and oh, that's it's gone.

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 You're not going to go back

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 into some house up on the hill.

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 You're going into the temple.

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 You know, you're not going

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 to chicken out.

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 You know, we have that same

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 Holy Spirit in us

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 and he's ready to be unleashed

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 in us, you know.

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 But so often we allow

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 the fear of man

502
00:26:05,839 --> 00:26:07,400
 to just press in on us

503
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,220
 and keep us in that prison,

504
00:26:09,299 --> 00:26:09,940
 even though the door

505
00:26:09,940 --> 00:26:11,480
 is already open, we stay there.

506
00:26:11,660 --> 00:26:13,140
 Oh, no, you know, you know,

507
00:26:13,140 --> 00:26:14,200
 I don't want to I don't want

508
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:15,359
 to offend anybody.

509
00:26:15,559 --> 00:26:16,359
 I don't want to hurt it.

510
00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:17,759
 Well, Jesus is the chief

511
00:26:17,759 --> 00:26:19,079
 cornerstone that everybody

512
00:26:19,079 --> 00:26:21,000
 trips over and kicks

513
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,000
 and swears and gets angry

514
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,059
 because they don't want to submit

515
00:26:25,059 --> 00:26:26,000
 to the rock.

516
00:26:26,339 --> 00:26:27,440
 Jesus Christ, right?

517
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,339
 He is an offense, you know.

518
00:26:29,859 --> 00:26:31,799
 And so I love what

519
00:26:31,799 --> 00:26:34,460
 how the the apostles responded.

520
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,799
 And so after that,

521
00:26:38,500 --> 00:26:40,059
 Gamaliel comes along

522
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,980
 and Gamaliel is was a Pharisee

523
00:26:43,980 --> 00:26:45,400
 as opposed to the Sadducees.

524
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,519
 But he really knew his stuff.

525
00:26:47,859 --> 00:26:49,859
 I mean, he everybody respected

526
00:26:49,859 --> 00:26:51,380
 the words of Gamaliel.

527
00:26:51,759 --> 00:26:52,619
 You know, he was like Samuel

528
00:26:52,619 --> 00:26:53,559
 on his day, you know,

529
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:54,779
 Gamaliel is speaking.

530
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:55,920
 You know, in fact,

531
00:26:56,039 --> 00:26:57,160
 Paul makes that part

532
00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:57,880
 of his defense

533
00:26:58,419 --> 00:26:59,940
 when he was in Jerusalem in Acts

534
00:26:59,940 --> 00:27:00,900
 22, and he's like

535
00:27:00,900 --> 00:27:01,880
 arguing with them.

536
00:27:01,980 --> 00:27:03,299
 He's like, look, I was taught

537
00:27:03,299 --> 00:27:05,339
 at the feet of Gamaliel.

538
00:27:06,180 --> 00:27:07,359
 So, you know, I know

539
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:08,720
 more than y'all

540
00:27:09,479 --> 00:27:11,279
 because I was taught by him.

541
00:27:11,519 --> 00:27:13,279
 Right. So this guy is respected.

542
00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:15,940
 And he says, well, what are you doing?

543
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,000
 I mean, that's some wisdom, isn't it?

544
00:27:18,500 --> 00:27:19,579
 Because he realized, look,

545
00:27:19,759 --> 00:27:20,579
 I mean, there's some peculiar

546
00:27:20,579 --> 00:27:21,720
 things happening out there

547
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:22,319
 in Jerusalem

548
00:27:22,799 --> 00:27:24,200
 I've never seen before.

549
00:27:24,460 --> 00:27:25,880
 And he warns them

550
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,019
 if this is of God,

551
00:27:27,220 --> 00:27:28,420
 you don't want to be fighting

552
00:27:28,420 --> 00:27:29,720
 against God.

553
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:30,779
 We see this in verses

554
00:27:31,959 --> 00:27:33,319
 41 and 42.

555
00:27:34,539 --> 00:27:35,859
 I'm sorry, 38 and 39.

556
00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:37,140
 And then

557
00:27:37,899 --> 00:27:38,819
 and then finally

558
00:27:38,819 --> 00:27:40,000
 they bring them back in.

559
00:27:40,099 --> 00:27:40,579
 They're like, OK,

560
00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:41,940
 all right, you can go

561
00:27:41,940 --> 00:27:43,339
 after we give you a whooping.

562
00:27:44,859 --> 00:27:46,559
 Like, I mean, that's a beating.

563
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,119
 Now that word they used for beating,

564
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:50,839
 it means broken skin.

565
00:27:51,339 --> 00:27:52,799
 OK, it's not just like, all right,

566
00:27:52,859 --> 00:27:53,400
 come here, let me give you

567
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:54,420
 a little smack in the butt.

568
00:27:54,519 --> 00:27:55,019
 Now get out there.

569
00:27:55,019 --> 00:27:56,099
 Don't do that again now.

570
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:57,519
 It's like we're talking

571
00:27:57,519 --> 00:27:59,259
 they beat them up, OK?

572
00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:01,599
 Now, I'm not saying with the rods

573
00:28:01,599 --> 00:28:02,700
 that Paul was later

574
00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:04,460
 with beaten thirty nine times.

575
00:28:04,519 --> 00:28:05,059
 I'm not saying that

576
00:28:05,059 --> 00:28:06,740
 but they were beaten up.

577
00:28:06,940 --> 00:28:08,859
 You know, I've never been beaten up

578
00:28:08,859 --> 00:28:09,559
 for the gospel.

579
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:10,920
 You know, I'm sure some day

580
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:12,319
 we may all be.

581
00:28:12,559 --> 00:28:12,960
 I don't know.

582
00:28:13,579 --> 00:28:14,779
 But they beat them.

583
00:28:14,980 --> 00:28:16,680
 And then as they left 40

584
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,220
 verses 41 or 42.

585
00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:21,819
 As they departed from the presence

586
00:28:21,819 --> 00:28:23,640
 of the council rejoicing

587
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:25,519
 that they were counted worthy

588
00:28:25,519 --> 00:28:29,200
 to suffer shame for his name

589
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:31,539
 and daily in the temple

590
00:28:31,539 --> 00:28:32,859
 and in every house.

591
00:28:32,859 --> 00:28:34,920
 They did not cease teaching

592
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,759
 and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

593
00:28:38,559 --> 00:28:41,579
 So there's some significant boldness.

594
00:28:42,420 --> 00:28:45,299
 And I believe when that angel,

595
00:28:45,359 --> 00:28:46,440
 remember when the angel came

596
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:47,980
 and they said, you must go

597
00:28:47,980 --> 00:28:48,980
 into the temple

598
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,900
 and speak the words of this life.

599
00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:54,900
 Isn't that a different way to phrase?

600
00:28:55,180 --> 00:28:55,960
 I mean, it's not.

601
00:28:56,119 --> 00:28:56,980
 It's a little unusual.

602
00:28:57,460 --> 00:28:58,839
 But I really believe

603
00:28:59,340 --> 00:29:02,700
 when the angel said that to Peter

604
00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:03,759
 in particular,

605
00:29:04,620 --> 00:29:06,539
 something resonated in Peter

606
00:29:06,539 --> 00:29:09,259
 because in in John, chapter six,

607
00:29:09,839 --> 00:29:12,039
 when when Jesus was talking

608
00:29:12,039 --> 00:29:13,799
 about how he is the bread

609
00:29:13,799 --> 00:29:15,240
 from come down from heaven.

610
00:29:15,799 --> 00:29:16,980
 And unless you eat his flesh

611
00:29:16,980 --> 00:29:17,799
 and drink his blood,

612
00:29:17,819 --> 00:29:18,920
 you have no life in you.

613
00:29:19,319 --> 00:29:19,920
 And he was talking

614
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:20,779
 on something like this guy

615
00:29:20,779 --> 00:29:23,279
 is talking about being eaten by us,

616
00:29:23,380 --> 00:29:24,579
 you know, like cannibalized.

617
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,059
 You know, they didn't understand it.

618
00:29:26,420 --> 00:29:27,960
 And he would have explained further.

619
00:29:28,259 --> 00:29:29,680
 But they just started leaving.

620
00:29:30,119 --> 00:29:34,319
 OK, and we read this in John 666 to 69.

621
00:29:34,759 --> 00:29:35,660
 And for that time,

622
00:29:36,339 --> 00:29:38,079
 many of his disciples went back

623
00:29:38,079 --> 00:29:40,019
 and walked with him no more.

624
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:41,440
 A lot of people just said,

625
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:42,279
 I can't take this.

626
00:29:42,359 --> 00:29:43,339
 This is just too weird.

627
00:29:43,900 --> 00:29:45,839
 I can't grasp what he's trying to say.

628
00:29:46,579 --> 00:29:47,960
 And then Jesus said to the twelve,

629
00:29:48,079 --> 00:29:50,240
 do you also want to go away?

630
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,079
 But Simon Peter, there he is,

631
00:29:53,279 --> 00:29:54,359
 answered him, Lord,

632
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,380
 to whom shall we go?

633
00:29:56,779 --> 00:30:01,279
 You have the words of eternal life.

634
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,259
 Also, we have come to believe that

635
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,319
 and know that you are the Christ,

636
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,779
 the son of the living God.

637
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,180
 You know, Peter, I believe

638
00:30:12,180 --> 00:30:13,359
 when that angel said,

639
00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:16,200
 go and speak the words of this life.

640
00:30:17,339 --> 00:30:18,700
 Don't you think that triggered

641
00:30:18,700 --> 00:30:19,980
 and Peter's my like,

642
00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:22,339
 wow, this is really the Lord

643
00:30:22,339 --> 00:30:23,980
 just saying, no, I got you.

644
00:30:24,700 --> 00:30:25,359
 Go back.

645
00:30:26,140 --> 00:30:27,200
 Where else can you go?

646
00:30:27,819 --> 00:30:29,480
 But be the serving me

647
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,740
 and hearing my word.

648
00:30:32,339 --> 00:30:34,539
 I mean, though, Jesus said,

649
00:30:34,660 --> 00:30:36,000
 you know, those who follow me,

650
00:30:36,119 --> 00:30:36,819
 they know my voice.

651
00:30:36,980 --> 00:30:38,099
 Remember the shepherd in John,

652
00:30:38,299 --> 00:30:39,500
 Chapter 10, and he said,

653
00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:40,720
 those who hear my voice,

654
00:30:41,079 --> 00:30:43,119
 they follow me and

655
00:30:43,679 --> 00:30:45,200
 and he brings them out of the sheep

656
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:46,279
 and he goes before them

657
00:30:46,279 --> 00:30:47,480
 and the sheep follow him,

658
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,339
 for they know his voice, right?

659
00:30:50,660 --> 00:30:52,319
 They don't know someone else's voice.

660
00:30:53,259 --> 00:30:54,180
 They know his voice.

661
00:30:54,380 --> 00:30:56,000
 And, you know, as I was thinking about this,

662
00:30:56,220 --> 00:30:57,119
 I know you're going to think

663
00:30:57,119 --> 00:30:58,460
 this is a weird connection,

664
00:30:59,079 --> 00:31:00,880
 but as I was thinking about this,

665
00:31:00,940 --> 00:31:02,579
 I couldn't help but think about

666
00:31:02,579 --> 00:31:04,339
 my son, Jake, down in Tennessee,

667
00:31:05,059 --> 00:31:07,880
 and he has a hunting dog named Gunner.

668
00:31:08,359 --> 00:31:09,220
 There he is now.

669
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,420
 My son, Jake, is an extreme hunter

670
00:31:13,420 --> 00:31:15,279
 and, you know, he just

671
00:31:15,279 --> 00:31:16,519
 he loves hunting birds,

672
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,160
 duck, turkey, deer,

673
00:31:19,759 --> 00:31:20,920
 you name it, okay?

674
00:31:21,420 --> 00:31:24,980
 And he like leaves nothing for waste,

675
00:31:25,079 --> 00:31:26,039
 all you animal lovers.

676
00:31:26,599 --> 00:31:28,980
 He literally butchers it in the woods,

677
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,099
 shrink wraps the meat in plastic

678
00:31:33,799 --> 00:31:35,019
 and takes it out of the woods

679
00:31:35,019 --> 00:31:36,299
 and leaves the rest there for,

680
00:31:36,660 --> 00:31:37,460
 you know, bury some

681
00:31:37,460 --> 00:31:39,599
 and leaves the rest for the scavenger animals.

682
00:31:39,779 --> 00:31:43,960
 So he's very environmentally conscious, okay?

683
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:45,500
 I don't want you to judge him,

684
00:31:45,799 --> 00:31:47,960
 but he's just the real deal.

685
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:49,420
 I mean, like wherever you go,

686
00:31:49,559 --> 00:31:50,619
 he always shoots the most,

687
00:31:50,980 --> 00:31:53,039
 he always catches the most on a fishing pole.

688
00:31:53,259 --> 00:31:56,420
 He just has this magnet for game, right?

689
00:31:56,779 --> 00:31:58,259
 And he has freezers full of it

690
00:31:58,259 --> 00:31:59,000
 and he eats it all.

691
00:31:59,359 --> 00:32:01,799
 But anyway, he has a dog named Gunner

692
00:32:02,299 --> 00:32:04,259
 and this dog is so cool.

693
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:05,700
 I mean, it's high strung.

694
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:07,579
 I mean, when it bumps in, you're like,

695
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,799
 ow, like your quad is like sore, you know?

696
00:32:11,039 --> 00:32:11,819
 He's like, yeah.

697
00:32:12,599 --> 00:32:14,259
 And he hasn't been, what do you call it,

698
00:32:14,359 --> 00:32:16,000
 neutered or spaded or whatever it is.

699
00:32:16,380 --> 00:32:18,559
 He hasn't been, so he's even more jacked, you know?

700
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:19,299
 It's like, what are we gonna do?

701
00:32:19,519 --> 00:32:21,240
 Jake, what are we gonna, what do we got going?

702
00:32:21,799 --> 00:32:26,619
 And so he is so intense and he's all about Jake.

703
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,200
 Like Jake is his Yahweh, you know?

704
00:32:29,299 --> 00:32:31,500
 It's like whatever Jake says, he follows him.

705
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:33,859
 So Jake says, you know, heal

706
00:32:34,359 --> 00:32:37,819
 and Gunner runs up and stands right next to him

707
00:32:37,819 --> 00:32:39,240
 at attention, okay?

708
00:32:39,339 --> 00:32:40,119
 There he is on the,

709
00:32:40,819 --> 00:32:42,680
 there he is on the duck boat, right?

710
00:32:43,940 --> 00:32:45,279
 But he just stands here, right?

711
00:32:46,079 --> 00:32:47,099
 And then he says, post.

712
00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:50,819
 And Gunner runs up on like a spot where he's looking,

713
00:32:51,140 --> 00:32:53,880
 you know, if he has a spot in the little duck shack,

714
00:32:54,059 --> 00:32:55,859
 whatever that thing's called or whatever,

715
00:32:56,079 --> 00:32:57,039
 and he's waiting, like,

716
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,779
 you know something's about to happen, right?

717
00:32:59,200 --> 00:32:59,420
 Okay?

718
00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:01,180
 And then when he says fetch,

719
00:33:01,900 --> 00:33:03,819
 it doesn't matter what Gunner's doing,

720
00:33:03,980 --> 00:33:06,480
 even if he wasn't even, he was chewing on a toy, fetch.

721
00:33:07,799 --> 00:33:08,240
 Boom.

722
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,880
 I mean, he's just, boom, burst into action.

723
00:33:12,319 --> 00:33:13,240
 And he's just running.

724
00:33:13,359 --> 00:33:15,079
 Sometimes he doesn't even know what he's running towards.

725
00:33:15,619 --> 00:33:18,240
 He's just running, like looking back, all right?

726
00:33:18,339 --> 00:33:19,680
 What am I looking for here, you know?

727
00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:21,880
 But he just, he's insane, right?

728
00:33:22,220 --> 00:33:24,259
 And it's really cool to watch

729
00:33:24,259 --> 00:33:27,440
 how this dog can, you know,

730
00:33:28,059 --> 00:33:31,559
 consistently transform into this magnificent hunting dog,

731
00:33:31,660 --> 00:33:31,920
 right?

732
00:33:32,279 --> 00:33:33,339
 And as I was thinking about that,

733
00:33:33,339 --> 00:33:36,240
 I'm thinking, well, why am I comparing myself to a dog?

734
00:33:36,619 --> 00:33:37,000
 Okay.

735
00:33:37,559 --> 00:33:39,660
 Well, kind of, kind of,

736
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:41,880
 because he knows Jake's voice.

737
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,740
 Like when I say to Gunner, Gunner, post.

738
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:47,180
 You know, he's like, what?

739
00:33:47,779 --> 00:33:49,180
 You know, Gunner, heal.

740
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:50,960
 For who?

741
00:33:51,519 --> 00:33:53,119
 No, he doesn't talk back,

742
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,680
 but he just, you know, he just isn't interested.

743
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:57,920
 I'm not Jake.

744
00:33:58,640 --> 00:33:59,740
 I don't have Jake's voice.

745
00:34:01,119 --> 00:34:02,319
 He knows Jake's voice,

746
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,339
 and he does exactly what Jake tells him to do.

747
00:34:05,339 --> 00:34:06,500
 And you know why?

748
00:34:07,119 --> 00:34:08,940
 It might seem like, well, this is animal, cool.

749
00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:12,860
 Because Jake has introduced Gunner

750
00:34:12,860 --> 00:34:15,219
 into the greatest things of his life.

751
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,760
 All Gunner wants to do is to be swimming in water,

752
00:34:19,119 --> 00:34:20,340
 is to be out in the outdoors,

753
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,179
 is to be jogging along with him,

754
00:34:22,300 --> 00:34:24,820
 is to be engaged in the wilderness.

755
00:34:25,019 --> 00:34:27,519
 And guess who brought that to fruition for Gunner?

756
00:34:28,099 --> 00:34:28,500
 Jake.

757
00:34:29,340 --> 00:34:32,119
 Jake knows exactly what Gunner loves,

758
00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:34,800
 and Gunner just follows the one

759
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,480
 who leads him into that.

760
00:34:36,579 --> 00:34:37,960
 And the same way you and I,

761
00:34:38,460 --> 00:34:40,980
 you know, Jesus Christ is our shepherd.

762
00:34:41,159 --> 00:34:42,559
 It's like, Lord, like I know

763
00:34:42,559 --> 00:34:44,179
 whatever you're about to tell me to do,

764
00:34:44,300 --> 00:34:45,780
 it's the best thing.

765
00:34:46,139 --> 00:34:47,739
 It's the best thing for me.

766
00:34:48,039 --> 00:34:49,440
 It's the best thing for you.

767
00:34:49,820 --> 00:34:50,800
 I wanna go.

768
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,239
 I wanna do it, Lord.

769
00:34:52,639 --> 00:34:53,960
 You just tell me where to go.

770
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:54,800
 You tell me to heal.

771
00:34:55,019 --> 00:34:55,340
 I'm healing.

772
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:56,840
 Post, I'm posting.

773
00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:58,619
 Fetch, I'm fetching.

774
00:34:59,059 --> 00:35:01,460
 Because Lord, I know this is where,

775
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,559
 this is what my life is for.

776
00:35:04,159 --> 00:35:07,619
 You know, Gunner was trained to be a hunting goal.

777
00:35:08,139 --> 00:35:11,260
 I am trained to be a servant of the Lord Most High.

778
00:35:12,079 --> 00:35:13,139
 I serve Jesus Christ.

779
00:35:13,340 --> 00:35:13,679
 And you know what?

780
00:35:14,340 --> 00:35:18,880
 Willingly, like gladly, joyfully rejoicing,

781
00:35:19,340 --> 00:35:21,500
 because I know what he calls me into

782
00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:24,420
 is the best for him and myself, amen.

783
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:26,440
 And that's the idea,

784
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:29,300
 is that we know his voice,

785
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:31,219
 and we listen to it.

786
00:35:32,220 --> 00:35:32,980
 You know, there's,

787
00:35:33,900 --> 00:35:36,079
 we see this form of censorship

788
00:35:36,079 --> 00:35:38,360
 that the apostles are going through.

789
00:35:39,260 --> 00:35:42,800
 And in this country, at this time,

790
00:35:43,559 --> 00:35:45,699
 we're probably not gonna go through right now

791
00:35:45,699 --> 00:35:48,480
 the same things they went through.

792
00:35:49,099 --> 00:35:51,119
 First, imprisoned, okay?

793
00:35:51,679 --> 00:35:52,980
 And then beaten.

794
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:55,699
 And they're gonna be beaten way worse than this,

795
00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:56,239
 by the way.

796
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:58,139
 And then later, martyred.

797
00:35:58,260 --> 00:35:59,219
 And just two more chapters.

798
00:35:59,219 --> 00:36:01,860
 Dr. Steven is getting stoned to death.

799
00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:03,880
 I mean, that's not a fast death.

800
00:36:04,099 --> 00:36:05,380
 I wouldn't imagine, right?

801
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:07,960
 You know, that's intense.

802
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,280
 What are our forms of censorship?

803
00:36:11,179 --> 00:36:13,219
 Like how we are persecuted.

804
00:36:13,639 --> 00:36:15,420
 And I don't mean to guilt you, okay?

805
00:36:15,539 --> 00:36:17,179
 This isn't like, see how bad they had it?

806
00:36:17,179 --> 00:36:19,960
 How dare you ever get scared of people?

807
00:36:20,500 --> 00:36:21,519
 It's not about this.

808
00:36:21,639 --> 00:36:23,440
 I'm comparing for,

809
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:24,800
 so that we can all grasp,

810
00:36:25,039 --> 00:36:26,260
 like what am I worried about?

811
00:36:26,659 --> 00:36:27,679
 And I fall into it.

812
00:36:27,679 --> 00:36:30,239
 I feel like, ah, this person looks a little this or that.

813
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,099
 I don't wanna, you know, so, right?

814
00:36:33,679 --> 00:36:35,420
 And you look at, what do we go through?

815
00:36:35,639 --> 00:36:37,219
 We go through being judged.

816
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:39,679
 Like, well, if I bring that up,

817
00:36:39,860 --> 00:36:41,500
 I kinda, I know how this person feels.

818
00:36:41,739 --> 00:36:44,460
 I'm gonna hurt my family's feelings and so forth.

819
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,579
 You know, now there's a way to be sensitive, right?

820
00:36:47,639 --> 00:36:50,079
 I'm not just saying, just say stuff, you know?

821
00:36:50,579 --> 00:36:52,599
 And really, it's so much better

822
00:36:52,599 --> 00:36:55,280
 not to get into any issues or political,

823
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,739
 it's never, it's not about that.

824
00:36:58,239 --> 00:36:59,820
 It's not, it's about Jesus Christ.

825
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,500
 He is the one who cleanses our sins,

826
00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:05,599
 washes our sins away.

827
00:37:05,860 --> 00:37:07,739
 He is the one who forgives our sins.

828
00:37:08,019 --> 00:37:10,780
 He is the one who holds our eternal life.

829
00:37:11,119 --> 00:37:13,559
 He holds the keys to the kingdom of God

830
00:37:13,559 --> 00:37:14,699
 and hands them to us.

831
00:37:15,119 --> 00:37:15,960
 It's about Him.

832
00:37:16,820 --> 00:37:19,539
 So, yeah, we shouldn't burst into all these issues

833
00:37:19,539 --> 00:37:21,599
 that aren't about Jesus Christ.

834
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,460
 But still, when it comes to Jesus,

835
00:37:25,420 --> 00:37:27,280
 why aren't we talking more about Him?

836
00:37:27,380 --> 00:37:30,079
 It's like, and really, it's just my testimony.

837
00:37:30,860 --> 00:37:33,139
 It's just what He's done for me.

838
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,300
 You know, because my life, I only,

839
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,059
 my life is in Him.

840
00:37:38,619 --> 00:37:40,159
 Like, identity is in Him.

841
00:37:40,619 --> 00:37:41,880
 And what about consequences?

842
00:37:42,780 --> 00:37:46,079
 You know, yeah, will we suffer some consequences?

843
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,800
 And I was reminded and prepared for this

844
00:37:50,539 --> 00:37:54,059
 and I asked Zach, hey, remind me of some of those details,

845
00:37:54,059 --> 00:37:57,800
 but he was in Penn State and he once had this professor

846
00:37:58,340 --> 00:38:02,659
 that was like just a real, just, I won't say the words,

847
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,460
 but just not likable, okay?

848
00:38:05,619 --> 00:38:06,039
 I don't know.

849
00:38:06,599 --> 00:38:10,139
 But he was an atheist and he had all these bad things

850
00:38:10,139 --> 00:38:13,219
 to say about Christians and the hypocrisy

851
00:38:13,739 --> 00:38:15,880
 and Jesus Christ and everything.

852
00:38:16,079 --> 00:38:17,019
 And here he is a professor.

853
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:18,940
 So I was hearing this, I'm like saying,

854
00:38:18,980 --> 00:38:20,000
 you gotta record this.

855
00:38:20,559 --> 00:38:22,780
 Get this on your laptop, remember Zach?

856
00:38:22,780 --> 00:38:27,340
 And I want you to play this back when this course is over.

857
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:31,179
 Get your grade, again, consequences, right?

858
00:38:31,599 --> 00:38:33,579
 Get your grade, but then report them.

859
00:38:33,780 --> 00:38:38,300
 You know, because how dare he share these things

860
00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:40,400
 in class to students.

861
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:41,780
 This has nothing to do with it.

862
00:38:42,019 --> 00:38:43,980
 He's not even supposed to be talking about religion.

863
00:38:44,699 --> 00:38:48,920
 And yet he's vomiting just demonic evil.

864
00:38:49,639 --> 00:38:51,739
 And so I just, you could tell I was seething

865
00:38:51,739 --> 00:38:55,480
 mad 12 years ago or 15, whatever that was.

866
00:38:55,940 --> 00:38:57,300
 I was angry back then, right?

867
00:38:57,780 --> 00:39:00,199
 But like, you know, so, but Zach, you know,

868
00:39:00,420 --> 00:39:03,820
 he just went with the flow and waited for the timing.

869
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,099
 And then finally the guy said something about,

870
00:39:06,660 --> 00:39:08,300
 is there any Christians here?

871
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:10,559
 And Zach raised his hand, he's the only one

872
00:39:10,559 --> 00:39:13,780
 in the class of like 30 some, raised his hand.

873
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:15,699
 So why do you believe?

874
00:39:15,820 --> 00:39:17,880
 And he stood up and he gave his testimony

875
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,219
 right there in the class, right in front of like 30 some.

876
00:39:22,300 --> 00:39:25,360
 30 some students and he gave it.

877
00:39:25,539 --> 00:39:27,280
 And you know what happened to him

878
00:39:28,559 --> 00:39:30,460
 as he was walking down the steps

879
00:39:30,460 --> 00:39:32,900
 about to leave the room, professor says, hey, come here.

880
00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,139
 And he says, yeah, I really respect what you just did.

881
00:39:37,039 --> 00:39:41,059
 And from that time on, he never talked negative

882
00:39:41,059 --> 00:39:45,119
 about Christianity or Jesus Christ in that class.

883
00:39:46,139 --> 00:39:46,780
 Isn't that amazing?

884
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,719
 It just silenced, you know, I mean, that's amazing.

885
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,940
 Jesse had a similar situation when his professor was,

886
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,360
 yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, talking all this garbage

887
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:58,480
 about the Bible and the New Testament.

888
00:39:58,980 --> 00:40:02,440
 And Jesse actually straightened her out in a loving way.

889
00:40:02,599 --> 00:40:03,340
 You know, he just said, hey,

890
00:40:03,659 --> 00:40:05,159
 well, that's not actually accurate.

891
00:40:05,539 --> 00:40:07,500
 This happened in this date

892
00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:09,420
 and it was about the apostle Paul.

893
00:40:09,599 --> 00:40:11,159
 She thought the apostle Paul came like

894
00:40:11,159 --> 00:40:13,840
 in this second century AD.

895
00:40:14,099 --> 00:40:15,340
 And he's like, no, actually,

896
00:40:15,340 --> 00:40:17,260
 he was the beginning of the church

897
00:40:17,260 --> 00:40:18,599
 and she didn't even know that.

898
00:40:18,599 --> 00:40:20,699
 And here she is talking just trash

899
00:40:21,279 --> 00:40:24,139
 about our Lord and Savior and the Bible.

900
00:40:24,980 --> 00:40:26,260
 But those are victories.

901
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:27,519
 It could have turned out differently.

902
00:40:28,539 --> 00:40:30,880
 But I think sometimes if we just are sensitive

903
00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,900
 to where they're at and approach it,

904
00:40:34,079 --> 00:40:35,599
 not in a confrontational way.

905
00:40:35,639 --> 00:40:37,940
 In fact, the Lord in the Word even says, you know,

906
00:40:38,340 --> 00:40:40,159
 don't debate and get into arguments.

907
00:40:40,539 --> 00:40:43,400
 Just with, in fact, it says, you know,

908
00:40:43,619 --> 00:40:47,199
 in 1 Peter chapter 3.15, we don't have the verse here,

909
00:40:47,199 --> 00:40:50,500
 but it says, always be prepared to give a reason

910
00:40:50,500 --> 00:40:52,039
 for the hope that is within you

911
00:40:52,039 --> 00:40:55,880
 with gentleness and meekness.

912
00:40:56,139 --> 00:40:58,980
 In other words, like we don't have to win an argument.

913
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,619
 We can tell them the truth in love.

914
00:41:03,159 --> 00:41:05,579
 We don't have to even convince them.

915
00:41:06,019 --> 00:41:07,840
 Just tell them the truth, you know?

916
00:41:08,119 --> 00:41:09,960
 I mean, that goes a long way, doesn't it?

917
00:41:09,980 --> 00:41:11,380
 When we just share the truth.

918
00:41:12,019 --> 00:41:13,179
 And so those are the differences.

919
00:41:13,559 --> 00:41:16,119
 And so we're gonna have communion this morning,

920
00:41:16,119 --> 00:41:18,780
 but I wanted to go over again, just one more time

921
00:41:19,759 --> 00:41:22,400
 about the three kingdom priorities.

922
00:41:23,099 --> 00:41:25,800
 Because I think we can learn through what happened

923
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:29,980
 in this scripture, lessons for ourselves.

924
00:41:30,380 --> 00:41:33,579
 Because the apostles were obedient to God.

925
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:37,519
 They weren't seeking the approval of the Sadducees

926
00:41:37,519 --> 00:41:39,219
 and the rulers of their people.

927
00:41:39,659 --> 00:41:41,639
 And you know, they were intimidating people.

928
00:41:42,039 --> 00:41:43,880
 They knew more than everybody else.

929
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:46,559
 They could make life difficult for you.

930
00:41:46,639 --> 00:41:48,519
 And they could even get you in trouble

931
00:41:48,519 --> 00:41:49,800
 with the Roman government.

932
00:41:49,980 --> 00:41:52,019
 They could do all kinds of things.

933
00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,460
 And yet the apostles said, no, it is more important

934
00:41:55,460 --> 00:42:00,000
 to obey God rather than to be approved by you.

935
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,840
 And then the next thing is faithful persistence.

936
00:42:04,420 --> 00:42:07,300
 Go back to the temple and preach.

937
00:42:07,900 --> 00:42:10,139
 You know, that could have been easy

938
00:42:10,139 --> 00:42:12,619
 to just have fearful pressure and say,

939
00:42:12,619 --> 00:42:14,659
 you know what, I'd rather not go, okay?

940
00:42:15,099 --> 00:42:16,380
 I'd rather stop here.

941
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:17,360
 I'm still alive.

942
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,920
 I only have some stripes on my back.

943
00:42:20,019 --> 00:42:21,219
 I can survive with that.

944
00:42:21,639 --> 00:42:24,000
 But no, they move forward.

945
00:42:24,039 --> 00:42:25,840
 If the worship team could come up too.

946
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,460
 And then finally, eternal reward

947
00:42:31,339 --> 00:42:34,119
 is greater than earthly regret.

948
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:38,739
 I know I shared this before in the past,

949
00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:41,960
 but there was a time when someone I knew

950
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,659
 from work, like this work colleague,

951
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,679
 she was a real, I was a mortgage person.

952
00:42:48,559 --> 00:42:49,880
 And she was dying.

953
00:42:50,039 --> 00:42:50,780
 She was in the hospital.

954
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:51,519
 She was terminal.

955
00:42:52,260 --> 00:42:55,780
 And I was born again, maybe only a year or two or something.

956
00:42:56,519 --> 00:42:58,239
 And someone told me about her.

957
00:42:58,320 --> 00:42:59,360
 She was a friendly lady.

958
00:42:59,820 --> 00:43:00,719
 I think I have one.

959
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:02,679
 We might, oh, you all have one?

960
00:43:03,980 --> 00:43:05,260
 Yeah, we're good, thank you.

961
00:43:08,159 --> 00:43:11,519
 And so I just sense this unction,

962
00:43:11,519 --> 00:43:16,659
 this angst, this urge from the Holy Spirit.

963
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:19,179
 You have to go and tell her about Jesus Christ.

964
00:43:19,340 --> 00:43:20,079
 She's gonna die.

965
00:43:21,079 --> 00:43:23,239
 Anyone ever get an urge from the Holy Spirit?

966
00:43:23,340 --> 00:43:24,099
 I know most of you.

967
00:43:24,380 --> 00:43:25,440
 Do you know what I'm talking about?

968
00:43:25,619 --> 00:43:28,500
 That urge, that pressure,

969
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:31,219
 that good pressure from above saying,

970
00:43:31,519 --> 00:43:33,119
 come on, you could do this.

971
00:43:33,820 --> 00:43:34,480
 You could do this.

972
00:43:34,780 --> 00:43:37,599
 This is what I would do if I were there

973
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:40,179
 and I am there because I'm in you.

974
00:43:40,820 --> 00:43:44,219
 So I want to do this in you, right?

975
00:43:44,599 --> 00:43:47,440
 Just like we were singing about,

976
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:48,719
 that we are his temple.

977
00:43:49,500 --> 00:43:51,119
 He resides in us.

978
00:43:52,099 --> 00:43:54,300
 He's saying, look, I wanna go do this.

979
00:43:55,300 --> 00:43:55,679
 Let's go.

980
00:43:55,780 --> 00:43:57,480
 You ever have a kid tugging on you saying,

981
00:43:57,900 --> 00:43:59,219
 can we go, can we go, can we?

982
00:43:59,420 --> 00:44:01,400
 I want you, I want the Holy Spirit saying,

983
00:44:02,039 --> 00:44:03,460
 can we go, can we go?

984
00:44:03,639 --> 00:44:05,559
 And we're like, no, no, no, no, no, no, shh.

985
00:44:05,980 --> 00:44:08,980
 The Holy Spirit's saying, let's do this.

986
00:44:09,579 --> 00:44:12,280
 And I was saying, I don't want to.

987
00:44:13,659 --> 00:44:15,760
 Cause I don't know her that well.

988
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:18,639
 I mean, I'm not buddies with her.

989
00:44:18,780 --> 00:44:20,099
 And even if I were, it's weird.

990
00:44:20,460 --> 00:44:21,739
 She's in the hospital.

991
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:23,619
 She's gonna have family members there.

992
00:44:24,219 --> 00:44:25,000
 I don't know.

993
00:44:25,300 --> 00:44:27,900
 I'm not eloquent at talking about the Bible.

994
00:44:28,300 --> 00:44:30,260
 I don't know how to do this stuff, you know?

995
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:32,099
 And again, I was a newer believer.

996
00:44:32,579 --> 00:44:34,139
 I don't know what to do.

997
00:44:34,860 --> 00:44:39,420
 And so I just was like pushing it down

998
00:44:39,420 --> 00:44:40,539
 and I just didn't wanna do it.

999
00:44:40,820 --> 00:44:41,500
 And she died.

1000
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:44,840
 And I'll never forget like hearing she died

1001
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:47,099
 and say, let's say, you know, that's a shame.

1002
00:44:48,059 --> 00:44:49,880
 But it was more than that for me.

1003
00:44:52,039 --> 00:44:53,360
 I felt regret.

1004
00:44:55,559 --> 00:44:59,739
 I felt like I resisted the Holy Spirit

1005
00:45:00,300 --> 00:45:02,880
 and basically said, no, but I don't want,

1006
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:05,500
 you might want to, but I don't want to.

1007
00:45:07,360 --> 00:45:10,059
 And I just tried to press it out of my mind.

1008
00:45:10,199 --> 00:45:14,019
 And finally, I just was so humbled and repentant.

1009
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:15,320
 And I said, all right, Lord,

1010
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:18,239
 if you ever give me an opportunity to do that again,

1011
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:20,260
 I'll do it.

1012
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:24,239
 I'll tell you what, within a year,

1013
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:28,139
 about three more people, this one's mom,

1014
00:45:28,340 --> 00:45:30,559
 this one's dad, they're dying.

1015
00:45:31,159 --> 00:45:33,940
 Their own child doesn't know what to do with that.

1016
00:45:34,940 --> 00:45:36,500
 And I said, well, you know, if you want,

1017
00:45:36,539 --> 00:45:37,380
 I'll come and visit.

1018
00:45:38,099 --> 00:45:39,320
 And it was like almost like, all right,

1019
00:45:39,380 --> 00:45:40,139
 you said you would.

1020
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:43,199
 All right, I have these scheduled appointments for you now.

1021
00:45:43,860 --> 00:45:45,760
 And I just recruited you.

1022
00:45:46,420 --> 00:45:47,780
 And I said, yes.

1023
00:45:48,460 --> 00:45:49,599
 And you know what is amazing?

1024
00:45:49,860 --> 00:45:54,920
 Every time I went, I was more and more emboldened

1025
00:45:55,659 --> 00:45:58,039
 and encouraged by the Holy Spirit to say, no, no,

1026
00:45:58,039 --> 00:45:59,400
 I am doing this.

1027
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:03,719
 Just show up and just follow my lead.

1028
00:46:04,159 --> 00:46:08,119
 Let the Holy Spirit speak through you.

1029
00:46:08,940 --> 00:46:10,780
 And I'll give you the words to say.

1030
00:46:11,079 --> 00:46:12,280
 And it was magnificent.

1031
00:46:12,780 --> 00:46:17,920
 It really, in a huge way, just reset my whole,

1032
00:46:19,679 --> 00:46:22,239
 my whole confidence in the Lord.

1033
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,159
 I realized that, no, this is,

1034
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:26,119
 if he calls me to do this,

1035
00:46:26,759 --> 00:46:30,199
 I will have regret, earthly regret if I don't do it.

1036
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:31,880
 But I said, yes.

1037
00:46:32,219 --> 00:46:33,699
 You know, just the same thing with Peter,

1038
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:34,960
 like, you know, do you love me?

1039
00:46:35,039 --> 00:46:35,480
 Do you love me?

1040
00:46:35,559 --> 00:46:36,079
 Do you love me?

1041
00:46:36,460 --> 00:46:38,179
 It's because he said, I don't know him,

1042
00:46:38,199 --> 00:46:39,820
 I don't know him, I don't know him, right?

1043
00:46:40,679 --> 00:46:43,840
 But he wants to, he wants to reconcile.

1044
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:47,280
 You know, you can fail to obey the Lord.

1045
00:46:47,559 --> 00:46:49,719
 He'll give you more options to reset,

1046
00:46:50,599 --> 00:46:52,639
 to be reconciled.

1047
00:46:52,639 --> 00:46:55,820
 Like, don't judge your past on your past failures,

1048
00:46:56,300 --> 00:47:00,780
 your past rejection to be led by the Holy Spirit.

1049
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:02,460
 Don't judge that.

1050
00:47:03,300 --> 00:47:07,199
 Say, Lord, I'm acknowledged because that is exactly

1051
00:47:07,199 --> 00:47:09,559
 why I'm gonna say yes next time.

1052
00:47:09,780 --> 00:47:13,639
 This feeling of regret is gonna be a thing of my past.

1053
00:47:14,420 --> 00:47:17,119
 Because it's what got me to the next level

1054
00:47:17,119 --> 00:47:18,960
 of saying yes to you, Lord.

1055
00:47:19,260 --> 00:47:21,039
 Yes, I wanna go.

1056
00:47:21,860 --> 00:47:23,559
 Please send me.

1057
00:47:24,420 --> 00:47:25,019
 I'm ready.

1058
00:47:27,179 --> 00:47:27,480
 Amen.

1059
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:30,480
 We're of communion now.

1060
00:47:31,579 --> 00:47:36,840
 And our family, you know, we have a son,

1061
00:47:36,940 --> 00:47:39,559
 I just mentioned Tennessee with Destiny, his wife,

1062
00:47:39,699 --> 00:47:41,159
 and their daughter, Vienna,

1063
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:45,619
 and my son-in-law, Tevin, and Morgan,

1064
00:47:46,380 --> 00:47:49,420
 and their two sons, Kingston and Coase, in Orlando.

1065
00:47:50,059 --> 00:47:52,320
 Of course, Jesse and Zach and their families up here.

1066
00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:56,260
 And I say this because sometimes it's hard to get together,

1067
00:47:56,260 --> 00:47:59,860
 but what we try to do is whenever anyone has a birthday,

1068
00:48:00,659 --> 00:48:07,519
 we try to somehow navigate a trip to be all together

1069
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,300
 and have a dinner together, you know?

1070
00:48:10,679 --> 00:48:14,059
 And it's like we celebrate their birthday together.

1071
00:48:14,199 --> 00:48:15,820
 It doesn't always land near.

1072
00:48:16,039 --> 00:48:17,420
 Sometimes we have to kind of cheat

1073
00:48:17,420 --> 00:48:18,780
 and group two of them together,

1074
00:48:18,780 --> 00:48:23,559
 but we come together and we have a birthday meal together.

1075
00:48:24,460 --> 00:48:26,139
 And it's just a time to celebrate

1076
00:48:26,139 --> 00:48:28,119
 that person in our family.

1077
00:48:28,820 --> 00:48:32,079
 And I was relating that to this communion table,

1078
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:37,659
 how this is a celebration that we're enjoying together

1079
00:48:37,659 --> 00:48:39,260
 because we are a family.

1080
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:41,800
 And even if you're a visitor here,

1081
00:48:42,219 --> 00:48:44,880
 we welcome you to be part of this family

1082
00:48:45,519 --> 00:48:49,239
 because this is, in a sense, like a birthday meal.

1083
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:52,619
 If you've been born again, it's a birthday meal.

1084
00:48:52,739 --> 00:48:53,739
 You've been born again.

1085
00:48:53,860 --> 00:48:58,079
 We're celebrating our birthdays in Jesus Christ.

1086
00:48:59,159 --> 00:49:02,940
 And so as we have this celebration,

1087
00:49:03,739 --> 00:49:06,739
 I just wanna invite you today, if you're sitting here,

1088
00:49:06,860 --> 00:49:10,079
 you've never given your life to Jesus Christ.

1089
00:49:12,820 --> 00:49:15,179
 I implore you, don't wait any longer.

1090
00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:16,000
 This is it.

1091
00:49:17,019 --> 00:49:18,260
 This is the life.

1092
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:20,539
 This is the words of this life.

1093
00:49:21,699 --> 00:49:23,579
 That when you become born again,

1094
00:49:23,820 --> 00:49:26,340
 you are a new creation.

1095
00:49:26,900 --> 00:49:28,019
 You think differently.

1096
00:49:28,460 --> 00:49:29,619
 You feel differently.

1097
00:49:30,019 --> 00:49:31,159
 You love differently.

1098
00:49:31,519 --> 00:49:32,639
 You act differently.

1099
00:49:33,039 --> 00:49:34,360
 It's a whole new life.

1100
00:49:34,500 --> 00:49:36,800
 It's a whole new experience by the blood here today.

1101
00:49:37,260 --> 00:49:39,019
 But I'm inviting you, if you're here,

1102
00:49:39,019 --> 00:49:40,780
 say yes to the Lord.

1103
00:49:41,019 --> 00:49:43,420
 Just say, Lord, I am a sinner

1104
00:49:44,860 --> 00:49:48,320
 and I have a diseased soul.

1105
00:49:51,340 --> 00:49:52,619
 I am contaminated.

1106
00:49:55,420 --> 00:50:00,159
 And I need to be washed clean by the blood of Jesus.

1107
00:50:00,659 --> 00:50:05,219
 Today, I wanna just die with you, Lord, on that cross.

1108
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:12,659
 And I ask you to forgive all of my sins

1109
00:50:13,260 --> 00:50:17,039
 and fill me with your Holy Spirit.

1110
00:50:18,119 --> 00:50:19,840
 In Jesus' name, amen.

1111
00:50:20,460 --> 00:50:23,519
 And the word said that if you pray in that way,

1112
00:50:23,679 --> 00:50:25,800
 confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord

1113
00:50:26,380 --> 00:50:28,340
 and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,

1114
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:30,360
 you will be saved.

1115
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:32,559
 All who call upon the name of the Lord

1116
00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:35,739
 will be saved.

1117
00:50:36,380 --> 00:50:40,820
 Anyone who calls upon the Lord will be saved.

1118
00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:42,980
 And that's us.

1119
00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:45,980
 I don't know about you, but I totally don't deserve heaven.

1120
00:50:47,519 --> 00:50:48,579
 And yet I'm going there.

1121
00:50:49,300 --> 00:50:50,079
 Isn't that awesome?

1122
00:50:50,860 --> 00:50:51,579
 Praise the Lord.

1123
00:50:52,059 --> 00:50:52,880
 So let's all stand.

1124
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,780
 We're gonna worship just for a refrain or two.

1125
00:50:56,219 --> 00:50:58,159
 And then we're gonna have communion together.

1126
00:50:58,900 --> 00:51:00,780
 So let's worship the Lord.

1127
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:10,079
 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church

1128
00:51:10,079 --> 00:51:12,619
 as we praise God and discuss his word.

1129
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:16,360
 Don't forget to join us for Worship Lives Sunday mornings

1130
00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:18,760
 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube.

1131
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:21,840
 Be blessed and have a great day.

1132
00:51:30,780 --> 00:51:31,320
 Amen.