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let<00:12:41.940><c> your</c><00:12:42.179><c> light</c><00:12:42.360><c> shine</c><00:12:42.779><c> before</c><00:12:43.240><c> others.</c><00:12:43.799><c> Legion</c><00:12:44.000><c> certainly</c>

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did<00:12:44.679><c> that,</c><00:12:44.960><c> as</c><00:12:45.159><c> you</c><00:12:45.360><c> described,</c><00:12:46.039><c> Luke.</c>

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this<00:12:52.200><c> great</c><00:12:52.519><c> commission</c><00:12:53.059><c> to</c><00:12:53.539><c> his</c><00:12:53.860><c> followers.</c>

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9.<00:13:06.179><c> This</c><00:13:06.379><c> is</c><00:13:07.379><c> an</c><00:13:07.600><c> interesting</c><00:13:08.120><c> passage,</c>

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and<00:13:09.100><c> it's</c><00:13:10.039><c> the</c><00:13:10.240><c> apostle</c><00:13:10.620><c> Paul</c><00:13:11.200><c> that's</c><00:13:11.840><c> writing</c><00:13:12.200><c> here,</c><00:13:12.600><c> of</c><00:13:12.820><c> course.</c><00:13:14.120><c> And</c>

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he<00:13:16.259><c> describes</c><00:13:17.259><c> in</c><00:13:17.799><c> this</c><00:13:18.659><c> section</c>

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sort<00:13:19.620><c> of</c><00:13:19.940><c> the</c><00:13:20.740><c> psyche</c><00:13:21.100><c> that</c><00:13:21.360><c> he</c><00:13:21.559><c> has,</c><00:13:22.159><c> you</c><00:13:22.159><c> know,</c><00:13:22.440><c> the</c><00:13:22.899><c> feeling</c>

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he<00:13:23.740><c> has</c><00:13:24.799><c> about</c><00:13:25.580><c> proclaiming</c><00:13:26.639><c> the</c><00:13:26.840><c> gospel</c>

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message,<00:13:28.419><c> how</c><00:13:28.659><c> it</c><00:13:28.879><c> was</c><00:13:29.120><c> built</c><00:13:29.440><c> into</c><00:13:29.799><c> him.</c><00:13:30.500><c> And</c><00:13:30.940><c> I'll</c><00:13:31.139><c> have</c><00:13:31.279><c> you</c>

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turn<00:13:31.759><c> to</c><00:13:32.240><c> chapter</c><00:13:32.679><c> 9,</c><00:13:33.419><c> and</c><00:13:34.100><c> we'll</c><00:13:34.340><c> look</c><00:13:34.559><c> at</c><00:13:34.820><c> the</c><00:13:35.539><c> 16th</c>

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verse.<00:13:40.200><c> That</c><00:13:40.899><c> is</c><00:13:41.299><c> not,</c><00:13:41.639><c> oh,</c><00:13:41.899><c> let's</c><00:13:42.120><c> see.</c><00:13:45.399><c> He</c><00:13:45.620><c> says</c><00:13:45.879><c> in</c><00:13:46.139><c> verse</c><00:13:46.500><c> 15,</c><00:13:47.179><c> but</c><00:13:47.299><c> I</c>

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have<00:13:47.700><c> not</c><00:13:47.919><c> used</c><00:13:48.179><c> any</c><00:13:48.480><c> of</c><00:13:48.620><c> these</c><00:13:48.899><c> right.</c>

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Verse<00:13:52.700><c> 16,</c><00:13:53.399><c> yet</c><00:13:53.740><c> when</c><00:13:54.080><c> I</c><00:13:54.500><c> preach</c><00:13:54.740><c> the</c><00:13:55.019><c> gospel,</c><00:13:56.879><c> I</c><00:13:57.419><c> cannot</c><00:13:57.879><c> boast,</c><00:13:59.580><c> for</c>

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I<00:14:00.440><c> am</c><00:14:01.059><c> compelled</c><00:14:01.899><c> to</c><00:14:02.620><c> preach.</c>

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The<00:14:04.360><c> apostle</c><00:14:04.720><c> Paul</c><00:14:05.120><c> felt</c><00:14:05.379><c> this,</c><00:14:05.799><c> you</c><00:14:05.919><c> know,</c><00:14:06.279><c> he</c><00:14:06.559><c> just</c><00:14:06.840><c> felt</c><00:14:07.059><c> compelled,</c><00:14:07.659><c> and</c><00:14:07.840><c> there</c><00:14:07.899><c> was</c><00:14:08.139><c> something</c><00:14:08.460><c> in</c><00:14:08.820><c> him</c>

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that<00:14:10.179><c> drove</c><00:14:10.720><c> him,</c><00:14:11.639><c> that</c><00:14:11.840><c> gave</c><00:14:12.059><c> him</c><00:14:12.259><c> this</c><00:14:12.580><c> desire</c><00:14:13.460><c> that</c><00:14:14.299><c> he</c><00:14:14.580><c> was,</c><00:14:14.919><c> you</c>

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know,<00:14:15.399><c> as</c><00:14:15.539><c> he</c><00:14:15.799><c> says,</c><00:14:16.320><c> compelled</c><00:14:17.080><c> to</c><00:14:17.840><c> preach.</c>

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And<00:14:19.399><c> then</c><00:14:19.539><c> he</c><00:14:19.700><c> says,</c><00:14:20.120><c> woe</c><00:14:20.460><c> to</c><00:14:20.679><c> me</c><00:14:20.980><c> if</c><00:14:21.179><c> I</c><00:14:21.360><c> do</c><00:14:21.620><c> not</c><00:14:21.899><c> preach</c><00:14:22.220><c> the</c><00:14:22.460><c> gospel,</c><00:14:23.139><c> right?</c><00:14:23.980><c> So</c>

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it<00:14:24.580><c> was</c><00:14:24.919><c> this,</c><00:14:25.240><c> you</c><00:14:25.360><c> know,</c>

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he<00:14:25.639><c> just</c><00:14:25.860><c> felt</c><00:14:26.039><c> compelled,</c><00:14:26.659><c> and</c><00:14:26.980><c> he</c><00:14:27.179><c> felt</c><00:14:27.320><c> like</c><00:14:27.559><c> if</c><00:14:27.679><c> he</c><00:14:27.860><c> didn't</c>

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preach<00:14:28.440><c> the</c><00:14:28.840><c> gospel,</c><00:14:29.460><c> it</c><00:14:29.639><c> was</c><00:14:29.919><c> to</c><00:14:30.139><c> his</c><00:14:30.419><c> detriment,</c>

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it<00:14:31.039><c> was</c><00:14:31.259><c> just</c><00:14:31.519><c> like</c><00:14:31.879><c> breaking</c><00:14:32.120><c> him</c><00:14:32.399><c> apart.</c><00:14:33.840><c> And</c><00:14:34.480><c> when</c><00:14:35.100><c> we're</c>

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beginning<00:14:35.740><c> this</c><00:14:36.080><c> discussion</c><00:14:36.659><c> tonight,</c>

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and<00:14:37.559><c> as</c><00:14:37.740><c> we</c><00:14:38.100><c> have</c><00:14:38.360><c> this</c><00:14:38.700><c> conversation,</c><00:14:40.500><c> I</c><00:14:40.840><c> want</c><00:14:41.139><c> to</c><00:14:41.600><c> frame</c><00:14:42.019><c> this</c><00:14:42.600><c> class</c><00:14:43.220><c> as</c>

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one<00:14:45.779><c> of</c><00:14:46.360><c> encouragement,</c>

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not<00:14:48.899><c> one</c><00:14:49.200><c> of</c><00:14:49.480><c> guilt.</c><00:14:51.480><c> Okay,</c><00:14:51.820><c> I</c><00:14:51.980><c> want</c><00:14:52.120><c> to</c><00:14:52.279><c> say</c><00:14:52.440><c> that</c><00:14:52.659><c> again.</c><00:14:52.940><c> This</c><00:14:53.259><c> class</c><00:14:53.620><c> is</c>

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about<00:14:54.139><c> encouragement,</c><00:14:55.360><c> not</c><00:14:55.559><c> guilt.</c>

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Scripture<00:14:57.559><c> never</c><00:14:58.580><c> presents</c><00:14:59.639><c> witness</c><00:15:00.960><c> as</c><00:15:02.860><c> pressure.</c><00:15:04.840><c> It</c><00:15:04.840><c> never</c><00:15:05.240><c> describes,</c><00:15:06.159><c> you</c><00:15:06.159><c> know,</c>

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participation<00:15:09.019><c> in</c><00:15:09.860><c> what,</c><00:15:10.259><c> you</c><00:15:10.419><c> know,</c><00:15:10.679><c> it</c><00:15:11.139><c> never</c><00:15:11.460><c> describes</c>

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in<00:15:15.539><c> any</c><00:15:15.840><c> way</c><00:15:16.120><c> other</c><00:15:16.440><c> than</c><00:15:16.659><c> an</c><00:15:17.059><c> opportunity</c><00:15:17.840><c> for</c><00:15:18.519><c> us</c><00:15:18.940><c> to</c><00:15:19.820><c> participate</c><00:15:20.899><c> in</c><00:15:21.179><c> what</c><00:15:21.419><c> God</c>

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right?<00:15:31.980><c> It's</c><00:15:32.679><c> easy</c><00:15:33.139><c> to</c><00:15:33.539><c> sort</c><00:15:33.799><c> of</c><00:15:34.059><c> beat</c><00:15:34.360><c> down</c><00:15:34.879><c> on</c><00:15:35.179><c> ourselves</c><00:15:35.679><c> and</c><00:15:35.940><c> say,</c><00:15:36.159><c> I</c>

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should<00:15:36.720><c> be</c><00:15:36.980><c> doing</c><00:15:37.240><c> more.</c>

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this<00:15:46.600><c> idea</c><00:15:46.899><c> of</c><00:15:47.399><c> preaching,</c><00:15:47.940><c> this</c><00:15:48.080><c> idea</c><00:15:48.419><c> of</c><00:15:48.840><c> sharing</c><00:15:49.179><c> the</c><00:15:49.480><c> gospel</c><00:15:50.019><c> as</c><00:15:50.679><c> a</c>

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privilege,<00:15:52.659><c> being</c><00:15:53.000><c> invited</c><00:15:53.860><c> by</c><00:15:54.440><c> God</c>

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to<00:15:55.460><c> participate</c><00:15:56.399><c> in</c><00:15:56.720><c> his</c><00:15:57.100><c> work.</c><00:15:58.500><c> God</c><00:15:58.840><c> doesn't</c><00:15:59.519><c> need</c><00:16:00.340><c> you,</c><00:16:01.039><c> he</c>

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doesn't<00:16:01.820><c> need</c><00:16:02.580><c> me</c><00:16:03.179><c> to</c><00:16:03.659><c> spread</c><00:16:03.899><c> the</c><00:16:04.139><c> gospel,</c>

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but<00:16:05.779><c> he</c><00:16:06.159><c> chooses</c><00:16:06.960><c> to</c><00:16:08.179><c> use</c><00:16:08.519><c> us.</c><00:16:09.799><c> And</c><00:16:10.019><c> for</c><00:16:10.200><c> me,</c><00:16:10.919><c> just</c><00:16:11.860><c> that</c><00:16:12.639><c> thought</c><00:16:13.179><c> takes</c>

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it<00:16:14.659><c> from</c><00:16:15.220><c> obligation</c>

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to<00:16:17.679><c> a</c><00:16:17.940><c> joy.</c><00:16:18.580><c> And</c><00:16:18.779><c> I</c><00:16:18.940><c> think</c><00:16:19.139><c> that's</c><00:16:19.480><c> how</c><00:16:19.940><c> Paul</c><00:16:20.279><c> was</c><00:16:20.539><c> able</c><00:16:20.779><c> to</c><00:16:21.000><c> get</c>

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where<00:16:23.399><c> he</c><00:16:23.620><c> felt</c><00:16:23.779><c> this</c><00:16:24.159><c> like</c><00:16:24.539><c> pleasure</c><00:16:25.000><c> in</c><00:16:25.360><c> what</c><00:16:25.500><c> he</c><00:16:25.740><c> was</c><00:16:25.980><c> doing.</c><00:16:27.759><c> So</c><00:16:27.759><c> in</c>

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our,<00:16:29.320><c> you</c><00:16:29.879><c> know,</c><00:16:29.940><c> that's</c><00:16:30.399><c> really</c><00:16:30.879><c> the</c>

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subject.<00:16:36.120><c> It's</c><00:16:36.320><c> not</c><00:16:36.519><c> about</c><00:16:36.779><c> making</c><00:16:37.159><c> anybody</c><00:16:37.559><c> feel</c>

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guilty<00:16:38.519><c> or</c><00:16:39.419><c> about</c><00:16:39.740><c> making</c><00:16:40.100><c> anybody</c><00:16:40.519><c> feel</c><00:16:40.940><c> inadequate</c><00:16:41.759><c> or</c><00:16:42.600><c> pressured</c><00:16:43.059><c> because</c><00:16:43.480><c> scripture</c><00:16:43.980><c> never</c><00:16:44.600><c> presents</c><00:16:45.059><c> it</c>

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mean,<00:16:50.879><c> you</c><00:16:51.000><c> know,</c><00:16:51.139><c> just</c><00:16:51.559><c> look</c><00:16:51.799><c> around,</c>

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we<00:17:00.580><c> love</c><00:17:00.860><c> the</c><00:17:01.159><c> truth.</c>

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The<00:17:04.160><c> fact</c><00:17:04.440><c> that</c><00:17:04.640><c> we're</c><00:17:05.000><c> even</c><00:17:05.440><c> here</c><00:17:05.880><c> tonight,</c><00:17:07.059><c> thinking</c><00:17:07.500><c> about</c>

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this<00:17:08.160><c> topic</c><00:17:08.579><c> is</c><00:17:09.019><c> evidence</c><00:17:09.559><c> of</c><00:17:10.319><c> the</c><00:17:10.599><c> fact</c>

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that<00:17:11.680><c> we</c><00:17:11.940><c> love</c><00:17:12.160><c> the</c><00:17:12.500><c> truth,</c><00:17:13.299><c> that</c><00:17:13.480><c> we</c><00:17:13.740><c> feel</c><00:17:14.000><c> blessed</c><00:17:14.500><c> to</c><00:17:14.839><c> have</c>

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been<00:17:15.299><c> called</c><00:17:15.720><c> to</c><00:17:16.259><c> have</c><00:17:16.619><c> this</c><00:17:17.119><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:17:18.539><c> the</c><00:17:18.740><c> coming</c><00:17:19.079><c> kingdom.</c><00:17:20.119><c> So</c><00:17:20.380><c> tonight</c><00:17:20.660><c> isn't</c><00:17:21.000><c> about,</c><00:17:21.759><c> you</c><00:17:21.980><c> know,</c><00:17:22.779><c> why</c><00:17:23.279><c> aren't</c><00:17:23.500><c> we</c>

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doing<00:17:24.079><c> enough?</c>

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It's<00:17:26.059><c> about</c><00:17:26.279><c> how</c><00:17:26.559><c> God</c><00:17:27.000><c> gently</c><00:17:27.460><c> works</c><00:17:28.279><c> through</c><00:17:29.559><c> ordinary</c><00:17:30.460><c> people</c><00:17:31.319><c> like</c>

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you<00:17:32.259><c> and</c><00:17:32.500><c> me.</c>

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How<00:17:33.859><c> God</c><00:17:34.119><c> gently</c><00:17:34.700><c> works</c><00:17:35.200><c> with</c><00:17:35.599><c> people</c><00:17:36.000><c> who</c><00:17:36.259><c> are</c><00:17:36.500><c> sometimes</c><00:17:37.259><c> hesitant</c><00:17:38.059><c> to</c>

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share<00:17:39.700><c> the</c><00:17:40.140><c> good</c><00:17:40.400><c> news</c>

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for<00:17:42.079><c> whatever</c><00:17:42.539><c> reason.</c><00:17:43.900><c> And</c><00:17:44.099><c> so</c><00:17:44.220><c> I</c><00:17:44.319><c> think</c><00:17:44.539><c> that's</c><00:17:45.019><c> really</c><00:17:45.319><c> where</c><00:17:45.680><c> I'm</c>

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trying<00:17:46.279><c> to</c><00:17:46.599><c> go.</c><00:17:50.759><c> Thoughts?</c>

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Steve,<00:17:53.980><c> I</c><00:17:54.140><c> think</c><00:17:54.339><c> it</c><00:17:54.440><c> is</c><00:17:54.740><c> important</c><00:17:55.240><c> to</c><00:17:55.759><c> see</c><00:17:56.579><c> this</c><00:17:56.880><c> as,</c><00:17:57.539><c> to</c><00:17:57.859><c> see</c>

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this<00:17:58.480><c> as</c><00:17:59.420><c> God</c><00:17:59.880><c> at</c><00:18:00.200><c> work.</c><00:18:01.220><c> You</c><00:18:01.440><c> know,</c>

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you<00:18:01.779><c> cited</c><00:18:01.980><c> those</c><00:18:02.359><c> last</c><00:18:02.759><c> verses</c><00:18:03.180><c> of</c><00:18:03.740><c> Matthew</c><00:18:04.079><c> 28,</c><00:18:05.380><c> you</c><00:18:05.460><c> know,</c>

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lo,<00:18:06.640><c> I</c><00:18:06.779><c> am</c><00:18:06.940><c> with</c><00:18:07.019><c> you</c><00:18:07.299><c> always,</c><00:18:07.740><c> even</c><00:18:08.059><c> to</c><00:18:08.259><c> the</c><00:18:08.440><c> end</c>

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of<00:18:08.759><c> the</c><00:18:08.960><c> age.</c><00:18:10.599><c> And</c><00:18:11.200><c> God</c><00:18:11.559><c> is</c><00:18:11.759><c> at</c><00:18:11.960><c> work</c><00:18:12.119><c> in</c><00:18:12.339><c> his</c><00:18:12.640><c> son,</c><00:18:14.019><c> intimately</c>

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in<00:18:16.180><c> our</c><00:18:16.460><c> lives.</c><00:18:17.980><c> And</c><00:18:18.579><c> I</c><00:18:19.279><c> think</c><00:18:19.480><c> we</c><00:18:19.720><c> need</c>

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to<00:18:20.019><c> realize</c><00:18:20.460><c> it's</c><00:18:20.880><c> not</c><00:18:21.079><c> just</c><00:18:21.339><c> a</c><00:18:21.519><c> human</c><00:18:21.740><c> enterprise,</c><00:18:22.420><c> as</c><00:18:22.519><c> you</c>

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pointed<00:18:22.980><c> out</c><00:18:23.279><c> earlier.</c><00:18:24.019><c> You</c><00:18:24.180><c> know,</c><00:18:24.259><c> it's</c><00:18:24.400><c> just</c><00:18:24.700><c> not</c>

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a<00:18:25.059><c> human</c><00:18:25.200><c> enterprise.</c><00:18:26.220><c> We</c><00:18:26.400><c> are</c><00:18:26.759><c> part</c><00:18:27.140><c> of</c><00:18:27.579><c> this</c><00:18:28.680><c> enormous</c><00:18:29.539><c> process</c><00:18:30.880><c> that</c>

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God<00:18:31.779><c> is</c><00:18:32.119><c> carrying</c><00:18:32.380><c> out</c><00:18:32.720><c> to</c><00:18:32.960><c> bring</c><00:18:33.079><c> people</c>

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to<00:18:33.599><c> a</c><00:18:33.660><c> new</c><00:18:33.819><c> life.</c><00:18:34.700><c> And</c><00:18:34.880><c> I</c><00:18:35.359><c> think</c><00:18:35.519><c> that's</c><00:18:35.740><c> very</c><00:18:35.960><c> important.</c><00:18:36.920><c> It's</c><00:18:37.140><c> very</c><00:18:37.440><c> easy</c><00:18:37.900><c> to</c>

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say,<00:18:38.619><c> well,</c><00:18:38.759><c> I</c><00:18:38.880><c> know</c><00:18:39.019><c> how</c><00:18:39.259><c> I</c><00:18:39.420><c> came</c>

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into<00:18:39.720><c> the</c><00:18:40.039><c> truth.</c><00:18:40.660><c> You</c><00:18:40.740><c> know,</c><00:18:41.220><c> this</c><00:18:41.500><c> brother,</c><00:18:42.019><c> you</c><00:18:42.299><c> know,</c><00:18:42.980><c> met</c>

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me,<00:18:43.420><c> said,</c><00:18:43.940><c> talk</c><00:18:44.079><c> to</c><00:18:44.339><c> me,</c><00:18:44.720><c> encourage</c><00:18:45.079><c> me,</c>

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and<00:18:46.240><c> we</c><00:18:46.240><c> can</c><00:18:46.740><c> see</c><00:18:46.880><c> it</c><00:18:47.039><c> totally</c><00:18:47.279><c> as</c><00:18:47.539><c> a</c><00:18:47.640><c> human</c><00:18:47.819><c> enterprise.</c><00:18:48.980><c> We</c>

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just<00:18:49.279><c> need</c><00:18:49.759><c> to</c><00:18:50.000><c> see</c><00:18:50.140><c> that</c><00:18:50.380><c> as</c><00:18:50.680><c> part</c><00:18:51.059><c> of</c><00:18:51.839><c> the</c><00:18:52.359><c> entire</c>

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process<00:18:53.759><c> that</c><00:18:54.220><c> the</c><00:18:54.380><c> Lord</c><00:18:54.579><c> Jesus</c><00:18:54.960><c> is</c><00:18:55.539><c> orchestrating</c><00:18:56.259><c> in</c><00:18:56.500><c> our</c>

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lives<00:18:57.259><c> with</c><00:18:57.880><c> the</c><00:18:58.099><c> power</c><00:18:58.259><c> of</c><00:18:58.460><c> his</c><00:18:58.619><c> father.</c>

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And<00:18:59.579><c> so</c><00:18:59.700><c> the</c><00:18:59.960><c> points</c><00:19:00.099><c> you</c><00:19:00.339><c> made</c><00:19:00.519><c> there</c><00:19:00.759><c> about</c><00:19:01.039><c> God's</c><00:19:02.440><c> working,</c>

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I<00:19:03.799><c> think</c><00:19:04.019><c> is</c><00:19:04.339><c> critical</c><00:19:04.799><c> for</c><00:19:04.940><c> us</c><00:19:05.119><c> to</c><00:19:05.319><c> see.</c>

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So<00:19:06.019><c> no</c><00:19:06.119><c> matter</c><00:19:06.299><c> how</c><00:19:06.640><c> hesitant</c><00:19:06.900><c> we</c><00:19:07.200><c> are,</c><00:19:07.839><c> he's</c><00:19:08.319><c> able</c><00:19:08.480><c> to</c><00:19:08.680><c> pull</c>

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the<00:19:09.059><c> strings.</c>

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He<00:19:11.040><c> is.</c><00:19:12.880><c> You</c><00:19:12.960><c> know,</c><00:19:13.180><c> and</c><00:19:13.339><c> Jesus</c><00:19:13.619><c> is</c><00:19:14.019><c> working.</c><00:19:15.319><c> And</c><00:19:15.940><c> we</c><00:19:16.900><c> are</c><00:19:17.039><c> being</c><00:19:17.319><c> invited</c><00:19:17.799><c> to</c>

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share<00:19:18.500><c> in</c><00:19:18.700><c> that</c><00:19:18.940><c> work.</c>

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And<00:19:19.440><c> I</c><00:19:19.559><c> think</c><00:19:20.039><c> that's</c><00:19:20.559><c> the</c><00:19:20.559><c> best</c><00:19:20.559><c> thing.</c>

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We've<00:19:20.920><c> become</c><00:19:21.119><c> part</c><00:19:21.380><c> of</c><00:19:21.519><c> it.</c>

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Yeah.<00:19:22.779><c> Yeah.</c><00:19:22.859><c> Yeah.</c><00:19:23.799><c> Yeah.</c>

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Yeah.<00:19:25.740><c> Brother</c><00:19:25.740><c> Richard.</c>

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What<00:19:27.660><c> came</c><00:19:27.920><c> to</c><00:19:28.099><c> my</c><00:19:28.319><c> mind</c><00:19:28.539><c> when</c><00:19:29.740><c> you</c><00:19:29.960><c> mentioned</c><00:19:30.279><c> about</c><00:19:31.180><c> Brother</c>

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Paul<00:19:32.720><c> saying</c><00:19:33.000><c> that</c><00:19:33.259><c> he</c><00:19:33.380><c> was</c><00:19:33.660><c> compelled</c>

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to<00:19:36.119><c> preach</c><00:19:36.359><c> the</c><00:19:36.680><c> gospel.</c><00:19:37.640><c> What</c><00:19:37.839><c> came</c><00:19:38.119><c> to</c><00:19:38.319><c> my</c><00:19:38.500><c> mind,</c><00:19:38.880><c> I</c><00:19:39.079><c> was</c><00:19:39.240><c> just</c><00:19:39.559><c> wondering,</c><00:19:41.200><c> the</c>

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road<00:19:41.640><c> that</c><00:19:42.759><c> Paul,</c>

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whose<00:19:43.720><c> name</c><00:19:43.960><c> was</c><00:19:44.279><c> Saul,</c><00:19:45.259><c> first,</c><00:19:48.099><c> when</c><00:19:48.759><c> he</c><00:19:49.200><c> found</c><00:19:49.539><c> out</c><00:19:50.140><c> the</c><00:19:50.339><c> road</c><00:19:50.559><c> that</c><00:19:50.759><c> he</c>

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was<00:19:51.200><c> on,</c>

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and<00:19:54.140><c> then</c><00:19:54.480><c> Jesus</c><00:19:55.859><c> manifested</c><00:19:57.140><c> the</c><00:19:58.359><c> way.</c><00:20:00.839><c> To</c><00:20:01.200><c> me,</c><00:20:03.119><c> the</c><00:20:03.299><c> road</c><00:20:03.440><c> that</c><00:20:03.700><c> I</c>

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was<00:20:04.059><c> on</c>

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and<00:20:08.339><c> now</c><00:20:08.779><c> that</c><00:20:09.019><c> I</c><00:20:10.240><c> know</c><00:20:10.539><c> the</c><00:20:10.759><c> gospel</c><00:20:11.119><c> that</c><00:20:11.319><c> was</c><00:20:11.539><c> before,</c><00:20:11.920><c> peace</c>

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be<00:20:12.299><c> upon</c><00:20:12.500><c> Abraham,</c>

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it's<00:20:14.900><c> overwhelming.</c><00:20:16.160><c> I</c><00:20:16.960><c> feel</c><00:20:17.339><c> that,</c>

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uh,<00:20:19.220><c> at</c><00:20:19.839><c> the</c><00:20:20.039><c> drop</c><00:20:20.160><c> of</c><00:20:20.460><c> a</c><00:20:20.579><c> hat</c><00:20:21.359><c> that</c><00:20:22.220><c> when</c><00:20:23.200><c> I</c><00:20:23.380><c> get</c><00:20:23.500><c> in</c><00:20:23.680><c> a</c><00:20:23.920><c> conversation</c><00:20:24.380><c> with</c>

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anybody<00:20:26.920><c> that</c>

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says<00:20:29.559><c> something,</c><00:20:30.660><c> God</c><00:20:31.019><c> has</c><00:20:31.279><c> given</c><00:20:31.440><c> me</c><00:20:31.759><c> the</c><00:20:32.000><c> ability</c><00:20:32.700><c> to</c><00:20:33.539><c> take</c>

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whatever<00:20:34.220><c> they</c><00:20:34.619><c> say</c><00:20:35.099><c> and</c><00:20:35.759><c> I</c><00:20:35.880><c> can</c><00:20:36.019><c> go</c><00:20:36.160><c> to</c>

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scripture<00:20:36.660><c> with</c><00:20:36.920><c> it</c><00:20:37.380><c> and</c><00:20:39.039><c> make</c><00:20:40.460><c> it</c><00:20:40.779><c> relative</c><00:20:41.259><c> to</c><00:20:41.799><c> even</c><00:20:42.319><c> though</c>

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if<00:20:43.059><c> it</c><00:20:43.240><c> had</c><00:20:43.559><c> nothing</c><00:20:43.900><c> to</c><00:20:44.140><c> do</c><00:20:44.299><c> with,</c><00:20:44.799><c> for</c><00:20:44.960><c> instance,</c>

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um,<00:20:47.039><c> boy,</c><00:20:47.279><c> today</c><00:20:47.519><c> was</c><00:20:47.740><c> a</c><00:20:47.940><c> bad</c><00:20:48.099><c> day.</c><00:20:50.200><c> Boy,</c><00:20:51.380><c> I</c><00:20:51.480><c> get</c><00:20:51.720><c> that</c><00:20:52.019><c> a</c><00:20:52.279><c> lot</c>

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sometimes.<00:20:53.799><c> My</c><00:20:54.180><c> thought,</c><00:20:54.559><c> my</c><00:20:54.920><c> answer</c><00:20:55.259><c> on</c><00:20:55.619><c> that</c>

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is<00:20:56.819><c> usually,</c><00:20:58.000><c> but</c><00:20:58.220><c> a</c><00:20:58.339><c> better</c><00:20:58.519><c> day</c><00:20:58.740><c> is</c><00:20:58.960><c> coming.</c>

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Yeah.<00:21:00.859><c> Yeah.</c><00:21:01.500><c> Yeah.</c>

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That<00:21:02.779><c> you</c><00:21:03.160><c> understand</c><00:21:03.519><c> what</c><00:21:03.680><c> I'm</c><00:21:03.839><c> trying</c><00:21:03.980><c> to</c><00:21:04.160><c> say?</c>

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Absolutely,<00:21:05.319><c> Richard.</c><00:21:05.700><c> You</c><00:21:05.799><c> know,</c><00:21:05.920><c> and</c><00:21:06.119><c> I</c><00:21:06.299><c> think,</c><00:21:06.920><c> like,</c><00:21:07.039><c> I</c>

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remember<00:21:07.500><c> you</c><00:21:07.759><c> telling</c><00:21:08.000><c> the</c><00:21:08.299><c> story</c><00:21:08.500><c> about,</c>

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you<00:21:09.099><c> know,</c><00:21:09.599><c> Brother</c><00:21:09.759><c> Phil</c><00:21:10.119><c> Hazard</c><00:21:10.579><c> teaching</c><00:21:11.019><c> you</c><00:21:11.380><c> the</c><00:21:11.559><c> gospel</c>

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and<00:21:12.279><c> sort</c><00:21:12.500><c> of,</c><00:21:12.779><c> you</c><00:21:12.920><c> know,</c><00:21:12.980><c> looking</c><00:21:13.279><c> out</c><00:21:13.579><c> for</c>

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you<00:21:14.079><c> and</c><00:21:14.160><c> trying</c><00:21:14.440><c> to</c><00:21:14.740><c> find</c><00:21:14.920><c> ways</c><00:21:15.319><c> to</c><00:21:16.180><c> introduce</c><00:21:16.819><c> you</c><00:21:17.160><c> to</c><00:21:17.599><c> the</c>

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word<00:21:18.240><c> and,</c><00:21:19.559><c> you</c><00:21:20.039><c> know,</c><00:21:20.039><c> you</c><00:21:20.319><c> talked</c><00:21:20.559><c> about,</c><00:21:21.440><c> um,</c>

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you<00:21:22.819><c> know,</c><00:21:23.720><c> stall</c><00:21:23.960><c> becoming</c><00:21:24.559><c> Paul.</c><00:21:25.980><c> So</c><00:21:26.440><c> let's</c><00:21:27.000><c> just,</c><00:21:27.619><c> uh,</c><00:21:28.539><c> just</c><00:21:29.059><c> as</c>

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an<00:21:29.660><c> aside,</c><00:21:30.140><c> let's</c><00:21:30.359><c> turn</c><00:21:30.579><c> to</c><00:21:30.859><c> Acts</c><00:21:31.160><c> chapter</c><00:21:31.599><c> nine</c>

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because<00:21:33.140><c> when</c><00:21:33.339><c> we</c><00:21:33.660><c> talk</c><00:21:33.859><c> about</c><00:21:34.319><c> witnessing,</c><00:21:35.019><c> when</c><00:21:35.160><c> we</c><00:21:35.440><c> talk</c>

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about<00:21:36.019><c> personal</c><00:21:37.160><c> evangelism,</c>

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I<00:21:39.680><c> think</c><00:21:39.960><c> it</c><00:21:40.240><c> really</c><00:21:40.960><c> is</c><00:21:41.660><c> about</c><00:21:42.160><c> relationships,</c>

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that<00:21:44.400><c> act</c><00:21:44.759><c> of</c><00:21:45.240><c> intentionally</c><00:21:45.839><c> sharing</c><00:21:46.460><c> the</c><00:21:46.740><c> message</c><00:21:47.119><c> of</c><00:21:47.319><c> Jesus</c><00:21:47.799><c> with</c>

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:51.079
an<00:21:48.480><c> individual,</c><00:21:49.140><c> sort</c><00:21:49.220><c> of</c><00:21:49.599><c> one</c><00:21:49.819><c>-on</c><00:21:50.180><c>-one.</c>

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It's<00:21:51.359><c> not,</c><00:21:52.039><c> it</c><00:21:52.359><c> doesn't</c><00:21:52.619><c> have</c><00:21:53.000><c> to</c><00:21:53.180><c> be</c><00:21:53.380><c> viewed</c><00:21:53.579><c> as,</c><00:21:53.859><c> you</c><00:21:53.940><c> know,</c>

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the<00:21:54.700><c> beautiful</c><00:21:55.180><c> words</c><00:21:55.720><c> of</c><00:21:55.940><c> an</c><00:21:56.259><c> orator</c><00:21:56.799><c> standing</c>

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on<00:21:57.759><c> a</c><00:21:57.880><c> lectern,</c><00:21:58.359><c> you</c><00:21:58.420><c> know,</c><00:21:58.759><c> giving</c><00:21:59.019><c> this</c><00:21:59.240><c> wonderful</c><00:21:59.980><c> lecture.</c><00:22:00.940><c> It's</c>

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about<00:22:01.680><c> the</c><00:22:02.200><c> individual</c><00:22:02.799><c> conversations</c>

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that<00:22:04.000><c> you</c><00:22:04.140><c> might</c><00:22:04.420><c> have</c><00:22:04.960><c> with</c><00:22:05.339><c> someone.</c><00:22:06.559><c> And</c><00:22:07.240><c> it's</c><00:22:08.259><c> about</c><00:22:08.920><c> being</c><00:22:09.640><c> with</c>

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that<00:22:10.279><c> person,</c><00:22:10.819><c> the</c><00:22:11.259><c> relationship</c>

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that<00:22:12.380><c> you</c><00:22:12.579><c> have</c><00:22:12.839><c> with</c><00:22:13.059><c> that</c><00:22:13.359><c> person.</c><00:22:15.299><c> So</c><00:22:15.619><c> Richard</c><00:22:15.960><c> mentioned</c>

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Saul<00:22:18.319><c> and</c><00:22:20.119><c> his</c><00:22:20.799><c> conversion</c><00:22:21.619><c> on</c><00:22:22.339><c> the</c><00:22:22.579><c> road.</c>

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So<00:22:23.619><c> in</c><00:22:23.960><c> Acts</c><00:22:24.240><c> chapter</c><00:22:24.720><c> nine,</c><00:22:25.500><c> we're</c><00:22:25.660><c> going</c><00:22:25.859><c> to</c><00:22:26.140><c> read</c><00:22:26.420><c> about</c>

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that<00:22:27.099><c> and</c><00:22:27.200><c> I'll</c><00:22:27.440><c> have</c><00:22:27.619><c> you,</c><00:22:28.819><c> um,</c>

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we're<00:22:29.279><c> going</c><00:22:29.400><c> to</c><00:22:29.460><c> look</c><00:22:29.619><c> at</c><00:22:29.819><c> one</c><00:22:30.099><c> verse</c><00:22:30.460><c> really.</c><00:22:32.440><c> Um,</c><00:22:33.259><c> and</c><00:22:33.420><c> it's,</c><00:22:33.960><c> it's</c>

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in,<00:22:35.140><c> I</c><00:22:35.319><c> think</c><00:22:35.460><c> it's</c><00:22:35.880><c> 27</c><00:22:36.880><c> Acts</c><00:22:37.759><c> chapter</c><00:22:38.240><c> nine</c>

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and<00:22:45.240><c> we'll</c><00:22:45.460><c> look</c><00:22:45.660><c> at</c><00:22:46.000><c> the</c><00:22:46.299><c> 26th</c><00:22:47.259><c> verse.</c>

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When<00:22:49.819><c> he</c><00:22:50.019><c> came</c><00:22:50.319><c> to</c><00:22:50.579><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:22:51.160><c> he</c><00:22:51.519><c> tried</c><00:22:51.960><c> to</c><00:22:52.359><c> join</c><00:22:52.779><c> the</c><00:22:53.259><c> disciples.</c><00:22:53.779><c> This</c>

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is<00:22:55.480><c> Saul,</c>

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the<00:22:56.759><c> one</c><00:22:57.059><c> who</c><00:22:57.220><c> had</c><00:22:57.380><c> been</c><00:22:57.539><c> out</c><00:22:57.900><c> trying</c><00:22:58.140><c> to</c><00:22:58.480><c> murder</c><00:22:58.779><c> these</c><00:22:59.119><c> men</c>

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for<00:23:01.279><c> their</c><00:23:01.599><c> faith</c><00:23:01.880><c> in</c><00:23:02.099><c> Jesus.</c><00:23:02.740><c> Now</c><00:23:03.079><c> he's</c><00:23:03.299><c> been</c>

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converted.<00:23:04.619><c> He</c><00:23:04.799><c> comes</c><00:23:05.180><c> to</c><00:23:05.440><c> Jerusalem</c><00:23:06.059><c> and</c><00:23:06.740><c> verse</c><00:23:07.059><c> 26</c><00:23:07.640><c> says</c><00:23:07.880><c> when</c><00:23:08.039><c> he</c>

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came<00:23:08.539><c> to</c><00:23:08.819><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:23:09.619><c> he</c><00:23:09.859><c> tried</c><00:23:10.240><c> to</c><00:23:10.640><c> join</c>

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the<00:23:11.619><c> disciples,</c><00:23:12.700><c> but</c><00:23:12.960><c> they</c><00:23:13.180><c> were</c><00:23:13.420><c> all</c><00:23:13.700><c> afraid</c><00:23:14.140><c> of</c><00:23:14.319><c> him,</c><00:23:16.240><c> not</c><00:23:16.640><c> believing</c><00:23:17.220><c> that</c><00:23:17.779><c> he</c><00:23:18.099><c> really</c><00:23:18.579><c> was</c><00:23:19.359><c> a</c><00:23:19.660><c> disciple.</c>

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And<00:23:21.240><c> in</c><00:23:21.480><c> verse</c><00:23:21.759><c> 27,</c><00:23:22.460><c> we</c><00:23:22.759><c> see</c><00:23:23.000><c> this</c><00:23:23.359><c> personal</c><00:23:24.119><c> evangelism.</c><00:23:25.000><c> It's</c><00:23:25.319><c> not</c>

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the<00:23:26.079><c> words</c><00:23:26.500><c> that</c><00:23:26.740><c> are</c><00:23:27.019><c> spoken</c><00:23:27.319><c> by</c><00:23:27.640><c> Barnabas</c>

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here,<00:23:29.779><c> but</c><00:23:30.099><c> it's</c><00:23:30.400><c> the</c><00:23:30.819><c> friendship.</c><00:23:31.640><c> It's</c><00:23:31.819><c> the</c><00:23:32.299><c> standing</c><00:23:32.740><c> beside</c><00:23:33.680><c> this</c>

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man,<00:23:34.579><c> this</c><00:23:35.000><c> new</c><00:23:35.539><c> convert,</c><00:23:36.140><c> this</c><00:23:36.480><c> one</c><00:23:36.779><c> who</c>

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was,<00:23:37.619><c> you</c><00:23:38.079><c> know,</c><00:23:38.259><c> just</c><00:23:38.799><c> trying</c><00:23:39.019><c> to</c><00:23:39.440><c> find</c><00:23:39.720><c> his</c><00:23:40.019><c> way</c><00:23:40.220><c> in</c><00:23:40.440><c> the</c><00:23:40.700><c> community.</c><00:23:42.019><c> Verse</c><00:23:42.279><c> 27</c>

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says,<00:23:43.940><c> but</c><00:23:44.039><c> Barnabas</c><00:23:44.740><c> took</c><00:23:45.079><c> him</c>

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and<00:23:46.440><c> brought</c><00:23:46.859><c> him</c><00:23:47.400><c> to</c><00:23:48.140><c> the</c><00:23:48.460><c> apostles</c><00:23:49.099><c> and</c><00:23:50.000><c> told</c><00:23:50.519><c> them</c><00:23:50.799><c> how</c><00:23:51.259><c> Saul</c><00:23:51.720><c> on</c>

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his<00:23:52.359><c> journey</c><00:23:52.680><c> had</c><00:23:53.019><c> seen</c><00:23:53.380><c> the</c><00:23:53.720><c> Lord</c><00:23:53.960><c> and</c><00:23:54.140><c> that</c>

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the<00:23:54.660><c> Lord</c><00:23:54.880><c> had</c><00:23:55.200><c> spoken</c><00:23:55.559><c> to</c><00:23:56.000><c> him</c><00:23:56.460><c> and</c><00:23:56.799><c> how</c><00:23:57.119><c> in</c><00:23:57.400><c> Damascus</c><00:23:58.000><c> he</c><00:23:58.180><c> had</c>

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preached<00:23:58.779><c> fearlessly</c><00:23:59.460><c> in</c><00:23:59.700><c> the</c><00:23:59.859><c> name</c><00:24:00.039><c> of</c><00:24:00.259><c> Jesus.</c>

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So<00:24:01.799><c> Saul</c><00:24:02.140><c> stayed</c><00:24:02.640><c> with</c><00:24:02.920><c> them</c><00:24:03.200><c> and</c><00:24:03.480><c> moved</c><00:24:03.740><c> about</c><00:24:04.180><c> freely</c><00:24:04.640><c> in</c><00:24:05.000><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:24:05.480><c> speaking</c><00:24:06.019><c> boldly</c><00:24:06.819><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:07.519><c> name</c><00:24:07.940><c> of</c><00:24:08.240><c> the</c><00:24:08.440><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:24:09.559><c> I</c><00:24:09.680><c> guess</c><00:24:09.799><c> the</c><00:24:10.160><c> point</c><00:24:10.359><c> I'm</c><00:24:10.599><c> trying</c><00:24:10.839><c> to</c><00:24:11.140><c> bring</c><00:24:11.259><c> out</c><00:24:11.640><c> here</c><00:24:11.960><c> is</c>

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this<00:24:12.500><c> idea</c><00:24:13.039><c> that</c><00:24:13.440><c> evangelism</c><00:24:14.279><c> isn't</c><00:24:14.700><c> just</c>

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words.<00:24:15.900><c> It</c><00:24:16.079><c> can</c><00:24:16.339><c> involve</c><00:24:16.779><c> standing</c><00:24:17.400><c> beside</c><00:24:18.180><c> someone</c><00:24:18.740><c> new</c><00:24:19.460><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:19.880><c> faith</c><00:24:20.240><c> and</c><00:24:21.019><c> helping</c><00:24:21.400><c> them</c><00:24:21.720><c> to</c><00:24:21.980><c> be</c><00:24:22.339><c> accepted</c>

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and<00:24:25.160><c> discipled.</c><00:24:26.099><c> You</c><00:24:26.240><c> know,</c><00:24:26.319><c> is</c><00:24:26.460><c> that</c><00:24:26.579><c> a</c><00:24:26.740><c> word?</c><00:24:27.240><c> Right?</c><00:24:28.380><c> So</c>

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again,<00:24:29.660><c> it's</c><00:24:30.140><c> about</c><00:24:30.400><c> these</c><00:24:30.920><c> relationships</c><00:24:31.619><c> that</c><00:24:31.940><c> are</c>

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being<00:24:32.480><c> formed.</c><00:24:33.599><c> And</c><00:24:33.960><c> I</c><00:24:34.200><c> think</c><00:24:34.400><c> Brother</c><00:24:34.720><c> Phil</c><00:24:35.000><c> did</c><00:24:35.220><c> that</c><00:24:35.500><c> for</c>

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you,<00:24:36.019><c> Richard,</c><00:24:36.460><c> right?</c><00:24:37.480><c> You</c><00:24:37.859><c> were</c><00:24:38.140><c> this</c>

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crazy<00:24:40.000><c> jazz</c><00:24:40.859><c> musician.</c><00:24:42.259><c> Well,</c><00:24:42.900><c> how</c><00:24:43.000><c> are</c><00:24:43.200><c> we</c><00:24:43.200><c> going</c><00:24:43.279><c> to</c><00:24:43.380><c> let</c><00:24:43.480><c> a</c>

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jazz<00:24:44.180><c> musician</c><00:24:44.680><c> into</c><00:24:45.500><c> our</c><00:24:46.220><c> community,</c>

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right?<00:24:47.220><c> You</c><00:24:47.359><c> know,</c><00:24:47.519><c> we've</c><00:24:47.900><c> heard</c><00:24:48.039><c> about</c><00:24:48.240><c> what</c><00:24:48.440><c> these</c><00:24:48.799><c> jazz</c>

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musicians<00:24:49.880><c> do,</c><00:24:50.380><c> right?</c>

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And<00:24:52.339><c> you</c><00:24:52.539><c> got</c><00:24:52.700><c> somebody</c><00:24:53.220><c> standing</c><00:24:53.680><c> there,</c><00:24:54.259><c> you</c><00:24:54.279><c> know,</c><00:24:55.759><c> loving</c>

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you.<00:24:56.920><c> That's</c><00:24:57.359><c> evangelism.</c><00:24:58.599><c> That's</c><00:24:59.119><c> witnessing.</c>

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That's<00:25:00.400><c> sharing</c><00:25:00.660><c> the</c><00:25:00.940><c> gospel,</c><00:25:01.460><c> not</c><00:25:01.599><c> just</c><00:25:01.839><c> by</c><00:25:02.079><c> what's</c><00:25:02.500><c> said,</c>

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but<00:25:02.859><c> making</c><00:25:03.180><c> sure</c><00:25:03.460><c> that</c><00:25:03.680><c> the</c><00:25:03.880><c> person</c><00:25:04.200><c> is</c><00:25:04.839><c> able</c>

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to<00:25:05.359><c> integrate</c><00:25:05.960><c> into</c><00:25:06.279><c> the</c><00:25:06.559><c> community</c><00:25:07.119><c> and,</c><00:25:08.000><c> you</c><00:25:08.640><c> know,</c><00:25:09.500><c> feel</c>

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connected<00:25:10.319><c> to</c><00:25:10.799><c> Christ</c><00:25:11.420><c> and</c><00:25:11.980><c> to</c><00:25:12.160><c> the</c><00:25:12.359><c> body.</c>

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Yeah.<00:25:18.240><c> Comments?</c>

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For<00:25:19.180><c> the</c><00:25:19.380><c> Steve.</c><00:25:20.420><c> Yeah.</c>

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For<00:25:21.940><c> the</c><00:25:22.160><c> Paul</c><00:25:22.319><c> Gatanis.</c>

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Nice<00:25:22.779><c> to</c><00:25:23.099><c> hear.</c>

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Yeah,<00:25:25.519><c> really</c><00:25:25.859><c> good.</c>

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It's<00:25:27.359><c> so</c><00:25:27.519><c> wonderful</c><00:25:27.819><c> to</c><00:25:28.000><c> see</c><00:25:28.099><c> Bob</c><00:25:28.359><c> and</c><00:25:28.519><c> Nancy.</c>

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.039
Yeah.

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:31.960
I<00:25:30.240><c> miss</c><00:25:30.380><c> seeing</c><00:25:30.579><c> you</c><00:25:30.839><c> so</c><00:25:31.140><c> much.</c>

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:35.859
So<00:25:32.519><c> for</c><00:25:32.680><c> those</c><00:25:32.940><c> that</c><00:25:33.200><c> don't</c><00:25:33.380><c> know,</c><00:25:33.779><c> Paul</c><00:25:33.920><c> Gatanis</c><00:25:34.660><c> was</c><00:25:35.099><c> a</c><00:25:35.400><c> member</c><00:25:35.660><c> of</c>

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:38.180
the<00:25:36.000><c> Boston</c><00:25:36.480><c> Ecclesia</c><00:25:37.019><c> many</c><00:25:37.339><c> years</c><00:25:37.680><c> ago,</c>

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:41.680
and<00:25:38.640><c> you</c><00:25:39.039><c> were</c><00:25:39.460><c> attending</c><00:25:39.799><c> college</c><00:25:40.460><c> in</c><00:25:40.700><c> the</c><00:25:40.859><c> area,</c><00:25:41.259><c> right?</c><00:25:41.380><c> Was</c><00:25:41.500><c> it</c>

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.880
at<00:25:41.839><c> U</c><00:25:42.000><c> Lowell?</c>

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:46.279
Yeah,<00:25:43.539><c> you</c><00:25:43.819><c> have</c><00:25:43.920><c> great</c><00:25:44.140><c> memory.</c><00:25:44.680><c> Yes,</c><00:25:44.880><c> that's</c><00:25:45.160><c> right.</c><00:25:45.759><c> And</c>

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:49.180
that<00:25:46.680><c> is</c><00:25:47.700><c> where,</c><00:25:48.299><c> by</c><00:25:48.339><c> God's</c><00:25:48.799><c> grace,</c>

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:57.099
I<00:25:49.900><c> ran</c><00:25:50.119><c> into</c><00:25:50.380><c> a</c><00:25:50.579><c> brother.</c><00:25:52.079><c> Or</c><00:25:52.460><c> he</c><00:25:52.720><c> ran</c><00:25:52.920><c> into</c><00:25:53.119><c> me,</c><00:25:53.599><c> as</c><00:25:54.720><c> it</c><00:25:55.000><c> was.</c><00:25:56.019><c> And</c><00:25:56.380><c> it</c><00:25:56.519><c> was</c><00:25:57.000><c> a</c>

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:59.099
horrible<00:25:57.480><c> time</c><00:25:57.720><c> in</c><00:25:57.900><c> my</c><00:25:58.099><c> life,</c><00:25:58.359><c> just</c>

00:25:59.099 --> 00:26:03.539
hopeless.<00:25:59.619><c> You</c><00:25:59.619><c> know,</c><00:25:59.819><c> if</c><00:26:00.359><c> you</c><00:26:00.500><c> don't</c><00:26:00.619><c> have</c><00:26:00.779><c> hope,</c><00:26:01.059><c> you're</c><00:26:01.240><c> not</c><00:26:01.420><c> really</c><00:26:01.660><c> alive.</c><00:26:02.119><c> You</c><00:26:02.319><c> know,</c><00:26:03.119><c> a</c><00:26:03.200><c> difficult</c>

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:05.619
time<00:26:03.759><c> in</c><00:26:03.920><c> my</c><00:26:04.119><c> life.</c><00:26:04.339><c> And</c><00:26:04.440><c> I,</c><00:26:04.900><c> even</c><00:26:04.980><c> though</c><00:26:05.099><c> I'd</c><00:26:05.259><c> grown</c><00:26:05.339><c> up</c><00:26:05.460><c> in</c>

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:08.099
a,<00:26:05.740><c> quote,</c><00:26:05.940><c> church</c><00:26:06.259><c> environment,</c><00:26:07.420><c> that</c><00:26:07.720><c> consisted</c>

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:10.579
of<00:26:08.279><c> going</c><00:26:08.460><c> and</c><00:26:08.920><c> watching</c><00:26:09.119><c> the</c><00:26:09.359><c> priest</c><00:26:09.519><c> go</c><00:26:09.660><c> through</c><00:26:09.839><c> his</c><00:26:10.039><c> motions.</c><00:26:10.359><c> And</c>

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.720
then<00:26:11.000><c> at</c><00:26:11.299><c> the</c><00:26:11.319><c> end</c><00:26:11.319><c> of</c><00:26:11.460><c> the</c><00:26:11.559><c> service,</c>

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:14.380
you<00:26:11.900><c> leave</c><00:26:12.319><c> and</c><00:26:13.119><c> didn't</c><00:26:13.259><c> read</c><00:26:13.400><c> the</c><00:26:13.579><c> Bible</c><00:26:13.779><c> at</c><00:26:13.980><c> all.</c><00:26:14.220><c> It</c><00:26:14.220><c> wasn't</c>

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:17.500
encouraged.<00:26:15.619><c> But</c><00:26:15.980><c> anyway,</c><00:26:16.380><c> but,</c><00:26:17.180><c> you</c><00:26:17.400><c> know,</c>

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:20.559
this<00:26:17.700><c> brother</c><00:26:17.940><c> took</c><00:26:18.119><c> it</c><00:26:18.299><c> upon</c><00:26:18.559><c> himself</c><00:26:19.200><c> to</c><00:26:19.980><c> preach</c><00:26:20.180><c> the</c><00:26:20.440><c> word.</c>

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:22.460
And<00:26:20.660><c> for</c><00:26:20.839><c> some</c><00:26:21.099><c> reason</c><00:26:21.420><c> I</c><00:26:21.660><c> responded</c>

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:28.440
out<00:26:22.940><c> of</c><00:26:23.039><c> mere</c><00:26:23.259><c> curiosity.</c><00:26:25.579><c> And</c><00:26:25.579><c> I</c><00:26:27.099><c> resisted</c><00:26:27.539><c> for</c><00:26:27.700><c> quite</c><00:26:27.940><c> a</c><00:26:28.079><c> while.</c><00:26:28.440><c> But</c>

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:32.279
finally,<00:26:29.920><c> what</c><00:26:29.920><c> convinced</c><00:26:30.980><c> me</c><00:26:31.180><c> was</c><00:26:31.339><c> that</c><00:26:31.559><c> he,</c>

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:35.039
when<00:26:32.680><c> I</c><00:26:32.799><c> had</c><00:26:32.920><c> a</c><00:26:33.099><c> question,</c><00:26:33.339><c> which</c><00:26:33.519><c> I</c><00:26:33.619><c> had</c><00:26:33.720><c> many,</c><00:26:34.539><c> he</c><00:26:34.740><c> went</c><00:26:34.900><c> to</c>

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:37.319
the<00:26:35.220><c> word</c><00:26:35.400><c> of</c><00:26:35.619><c> God</c><00:26:35.880><c> and</c><00:26:36.279><c> showed</c><00:26:36.480><c> me</c><00:26:36.700><c> the</c><00:26:36.960><c> answer,</c>

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:42.180
which<00:26:37.660><c> flabbergasted</c><00:26:38.339><c> me.</c><00:26:40.940><c> You</c><00:26:41.019><c> know,</c><00:26:41.160><c> it's</c><00:26:41.240><c> like,</c><00:26:41.519><c> that's</c><00:26:41.619><c> in</c><00:26:41.799><c> there.</c><00:26:42.039><c> I</c>

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:43.539
mean,<00:26:42.180><c> how</c><00:26:42.200><c> do</c><00:26:42.519><c> you</c><00:26:42.519><c> know</c><00:26:42.740><c> this?</c>

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:50.160
And<00:26:45.460><c> by</c><00:26:45.900><c> God's</c><00:26:46.339><c> grace,</c><00:26:46.619><c> my</c><00:26:46.880><c> thick</c><00:26:47.079><c> skull</c><00:26:47.380><c> was</c><00:26:47.680><c> finally</c><00:26:47.980><c> opened.</c><00:26:49.539><c> And</c><00:26:49.759><c> I</c>

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:51.779
realized,<00:26:50.859><c> you</c><00:26:51.220><c> know,</c>

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:54.920
God<00:26:52.019><c> didn't</c><00:26:52.220><c> need</c><00:26:52.279><c> me.</c><00:26:52.519><c> I</c><00:26:52.640><c> needed</c><00:26:52.900><c> him.</c><00:26:53.680><c> And</c><00:26:54.019><c> then</c><00:26:54.420><c> the</c><00:26:54.740><c> hope</c>

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:57.359
of<00:26:55.059><c> the</c><00:26:55.259><c> truth,</c><00:26:55.640><c> the</c><00:26:55.859><c> gospel,</c><00:26:56.460><c> the</c><00:26:56.599><c> hope</c><00:26:56.759><c> of</c><00:26:57.019><c> eternal</c>

00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:01.059
life,<00:26:58.359><c> was</c><00:26:58.460><c> something</c><00:26:58.680><c> real</c><00:26:59.019><c> and</c><00:26:59.339><c> tangible</c><00:26:59.720><c> that</c><00:27:00.039><c> the</c><00:27:00.259><c> churches</c><00:27:00.579><c> did</c>

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:04.380
not<00:27:01.279><c> teach.</c><00:27:02.900><c> So,</c><00:27:04.160><c> yeah.</c>

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So<00:27:04.880><c> what</c><00:27:04.980><c> was</c><00:27:05.319><c> it,</c><00:27:05.619><c> Paul,</c><00:27:05.779><c> that</c><00:27:05.960><c> you</c><00:27:06.180><c> found</c><00:27:06.519><c> most</c><00:27:06.940><c> compelling?</c>

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:09.259
Was<00:27:07.799><c> it</c><00:27:07.960><c> the</c><00:27:08.180><c> fact</c><00:27:08.400><c> that</c><00:27:08.619><c> this</c><00:27:08.920><c> brother,</c>

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like,<00:27:10.740><c> had</c><00:27:10.980><c> all</c><00:27:11.220><c> the</c><00:27:11.400><c> answers</c><00:27:11.799><c> from</c><00:27:12.380><c> the</c><00:27:12.579><c> Bible?</c><00:27:13.740><c> Or</c><00:27:13.740><c> is</c><00:27:14.619><c> that</c>

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:16.119
what<00:27:15.160><c> you're</c><00:27:15.380><c> saying?</c>

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Yeah,<00:27:17.000><c> well,</c><00:27:17.180><c> a</c><00:27:17.180><c> combination</c><00:27:17.519><c> of</c><00:27:17.740><c> that.</c><00:27:17.980><c> He</c><00:27:18.079><c> was</c><00:27:18.220><c> very</c><00:27:18.480><c> smart.</c>

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:21.240
And<00:27:19.599><c> so,</c><00:27:19.940><c> and</c><00:27:20.259><c> plus,</c><00:27:20.400><c> he</c><00:27:20.539><c> had</c><00:27:20.680><c> the</c><00:27:20.839><c> honesty</c><00:27:21.079><c> to</c>

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say,<00:27:22.779><c> when</c><00:27:23.099><c> he</c><00:27:23.279><c> didn't</c><00:27:23.500><c> know</c><00:27:23.720><c> the</c><00:27:23.920><c> answer</c><00:27:24.140><c> offhand,</c><00:27:24.960><c> I'll</c><00:27:25.200><c> find</c><00:27:25.460><c> it</c>

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:27.859
for<00:27:25.920><c> you.</c><00:27:26.240><c> And</c><00:27:26.539><c> he</c><00:27:26.759><c> did,</c><00:27:27.019><c> but</c><00:27:27.200><c> he</c><00:27:27.380><c> pointed</c><00:27:27.579><c> it</c><00:27:27.779><c> to</c>

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:34.480
me<00:27:27.980><c> in</c><00:27:28.180><c> black</c><00:27:28.380><c> and</c><00:27:28.700><c> white.</c><00:27:32.140><c> And</c><00:27:32.579><c> that</c><00:27:33.059><c> was</c><00:27:33.380><c> just</c><00:27:33.720><c> seeing</c><00:27:33.980><c> it</c><00:27:34.140><c> with</c><00:27:34.259><c> my</c>

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:36.819
eyes.<00:27:34.839><c> It</c><00:27:34.839><c> was</c><00:27:35.319><c> like,</c><00:27:35.720><c> you</c><00:27:36.099><c> know,</c><00:27:36.099><c> wow.</c>

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:39.299
And<00:27:36.900><c> then</c><00:27:37.319><c> I</c><00:27:37.599><c> never</c><00:27:37.799><c> heard</c><00:27:37.960><c> of</c><00:27:38.059><c> the</c><00:27:38.259><c> kingdom,</c><00:27:38.740><c> really,</c><00:27:39.000><c> per</c>

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:41.059
se.<00:27:40.039><c> You</c><00:27:40.140><c> know,</c><00:27:40.180><c> you</c><00:27:40.359><c> say</c><00:27:40.420><c> the</c><00:27:40.579><c> Lord's</c><00:27:40.940><c> prayer,</c>

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:43.240
but<00:27:41.299><c> you</c><00:27:41.440><c> don't</c><00:27:41.539><c> even</c><00:27:41.920><c> think</c><00:27:42.200><c> what</c><00:27:42.460><c> the</c><00:27:42.720><c> word</c><00:27:42.859><c> you're</c><00:27:43.000><c> saying.</c>

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:45.519
You<00:27:43.380><c> just</c><00:27:43.619><c> say</c><00:27:43.819><c> it</c><00:27:43.980><c> just</c><00:27:44.519><c> to</c><00:27:44.839><c> recite</c><00:27:45.240><c> it</c><00:27:45.440><c> and</c>

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:50.319
that<00:27:45.819><c> brings</c><00:27:46.119><c> righteousness</c><00:27:46.619><c> of</c><00:27:46.900><c> some</c><00:27:47.180><c> sort.</c><00:27:48.960><c> And</c><00:27:48.960><c> the</c><00:27:50.039><c> hope,</c>

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:52.579
you<00:27:50.460><c> know,</c><00:27:51.220><c> the</c><00:27:51.599><c> hope</c>

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:56.759
that<00:27:53.480><c> we</c><00:27:53.680><c> have</c><00:27:53.920><c> through</c><00:27:54.180><c> our</c><00:27:54.380><c> Lord</c><00:27:54.759><c> and</c><00:27:55.259><c> just</c><00:27:55.599><c> knowing</c><00:27:55.960><c> our</c><00:27:56.319><c> Lord.</c><00:27:56.759><c> I</c>

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:59.089
mean,<00:27:57.059><c> in</c><00:27:57.299><c> the</c><00:27:57.500><c> church,</c><00:27:57.980><c> the</c><00:27:58.140><c> Lord</c><00:27:58.319><c> was</c>

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:01.859
someone<00:27:59.720><c> with</c><00:27:59.980><c> a</c><00:27:59.980><c> menacing</c><00:28:00.279><c>-looking</c><00:28:00.640><c> image</c><00:28:01.059><c> on</c><00:28:01.279><c> the</c><00:28:01.519><c> wall</c><00:28:01.720><c> who</c>

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:03.160
was<00:28:02.039><c> looking</c><00:28:02.259><c> at</c><00:28:02.619><c> you</c><00:28:02.779><c> like,</c>

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:06.019
I<00:28:03.640><c> know</c><00:28:03.880><c> what</c><00:28:04.000><c> you've</c><00:28:04.200><c> done</c><00:28:04.460><c> and</c><00:28:04.619><c> I'm</c><00:28:05.240><c> going</c><00:28:05.400><c> to</c><00:28:05.519><c> get</c><00:28:05.660><c> revenge</c>

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:07.720
on<00:28:06.240><c> you,</c><00:28:06.660><c> you</c><00:28:06.819><c> know,</c>

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:10.359
and<00:28:07.960><c> not</c><00:28:08.140><c> a</c><00:28:08.240><c> loving</c><00:28:08.480><c> Savior</c><00:28:08.940><c> who</c><00:28:09.119><c> gave</c><00:28:09.339><c> himself</c><00:28:09.660><c> for</c><00:28:09.980><c> us.</c>

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:15.099
So<00:28:11.079><c> when</c><00:28:11.220><c> I</c><00:28:11.480><c> think</c><00:28:11.680><c> of</c><00:28:11.980><c> your</c><00:28:12.740><c> story</c><00:28:13.359><c> here,</c><00:28:13.900><c> Paul,</c><00:28:14.240><c> it</c><00:28:14.740><c> reminds</c>

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:18.559
me<00:28:15.339><c> in</c><00:28:15.579><c> some</c><00:28:15.819><c> ways</c><00:28:16.259><c> of</c><00:28:16.880><c> what</c><00:28:17.799><c> we</c><00:28:18.160><c> find</c>

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:22.440
in<00:28:19.640><c> Acts</c><00:28:19.980><c> chapter</c><00:28:20.460><c> eight.</c><00:28:20.900><c> So</c><00:28:21.059><c> we're</c><00:28:21.259><c> in</c><00:28:21.440><c> Acts</c><00:28:21.640><c> chapter</c><00:28:22.059><c> nine</c>

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:25.859
right<00:28:22.759><c> now.</c><00:28:23.460><c> But</c><00:28:24.140><c> if</c><00:28:24.339><c> we</c><00:28:24.460><c> go</c><00:28:24.660><c> over</c><00:28:24.799><c> to</c><00:28:25.019><c> Acts</c><00:28:25.279><c> chapter</c>

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:30.720
eight,<00:28:27.000><c> we</c><00:28:27.299><c> read</c><00:28:27.539><c> the</c><00:28:27.880><c> story</c><00:28:28.099><c> of</c><00:28:28.500><c> Philip</c><00:28:29.180><c> and</c><00:28:29.920><c> the</c><00:28:30.119><c> Ethiopian</c>

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:32.480
eunuch.<00:28:31.180><c> Remember</c><00:28:31.440><c> that?</c>

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Let's<00:28:33.319><c> just,</c><00:28:33.720><c> let's</c><00:28:34.140><c> jump</c><00:28:34.380><c> in</c><00:28:34.599><c> there.</c><00:28:34.759><c> So</c><00:28:35.019><c> it's,</c><00:28:35.420><c> it's</c><00:28:35.799><c> found</c>

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in<00:28:36.339><c> the</c><00:28:36.440><c> third</c><00:28:36.740><c> verse</c>

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:43.680
and<00:28:39.519><c> it</c><00:28:39.740><c> says,</c><00:28:40.299><c> Philip</c><00:28:40.500><c> ran</c><00:28:40.799><c> up</c><00:28:41.039><c> to</c><00:28:41.220><c> the</c><00:28:41.539><c> chariot</c><00:28:42.440><c> and</c><00:28:43.440><c> heard</c>

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:46.819
the<00:28:43.940><c> man</c><00:28:44.200><c> reading</c><00:28:44.660><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:45.299><c> the</c><00:28:45.819><c> prophet.</c>

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And<00:28:48.240><c> he</c><00:28:48.480><c> asks</c><00:28:48.660><c> a</c><00:28:48.940><c> question.</c><00:28:51.319><c> There's</c><00:28:51.660><c> no,</c><00:28:51.900><c> like,</c><00:28:52.480><c> oratory.</c>

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:55.839
There's<00:28:53.559><c> no,</c><00:28:54.200><c> like,</c><00:28:54.559><c> he's</c><00:28:54.940><c> just</c><00:28:55.259><c> curious.</c>

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:59.000
Do<00:28:56.299><c> you</c><00:28:56.640><c> understand</c><00:28:57.279><c> what</c><00:28:57.480><c> you're</c><00:28:57.740><c> reading?</c><00:28:58.299><c> See</c><00:28:58.500><c> where</c><00:28:58.700><c> he</c>

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.559
says<00:28:59.220><c> that?</c><00:28:59.519><c> Do</c><00:28:59.720><c> you</c><00:28:59.940><c> understand</c><00:29:00.400><c> what</c>

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:05.720
you're<00:29:00.720><c> reading?</c><00:29:01.059><c> Philip</c><00:29:01.400><c> asked.</c><00:29:02.519><c> How</c><00:29:02.759><c> can</c><00:29:03.160><c> I?</c><00:29:03.579><c> He</c><00:29:03.579><c> said,</c><00:29:04.140><c> unless</c><00:29:04.420><c> someone</c><00:29:04.759><c> explains</c><00:29:05.319><c> it</c>

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to<00:29:05.920><c> me.</c>

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So<00:29:07.140><c> he</c><00:29:07.380><c> invited</c><00:29:07.759><c> Philip</c><00:29:08.099><c> to</c><00:29:08.299><c> come</c><00:29:08.500><c> up</c><00:29:08.819><c> and</c><00:29:09.079><c> sit</c><00:29:09.279><c> with</c><00:29:09.559><c> him.</c><00:29:10.500><c> And</c>

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the<00:29:10.740><c> eunuch</c><00:29:10.920><c> was</c><00:29:11.160><c> reading</c><00:29:11.440><c> this</c><00:29:11.779><c> passage</c><00:29:12.180><c> of</c>

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:16.119
scripture.<00:29:14.000><c> And</c><00:29:14.000><c> the,</c><00:29:14.180><c> you</c><00:29:14.240><c> know,</c><00:29:14.339><c> the</c><00:29:14.819><c> account</c><00:29:15.220><c> goes</c><00:29:15.579><c> on</c><00:29:15.960><c> and</c>

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:18.180
it<00:29:16.359><c> talks</c><00:29:16.619><c> about</c><00:29:16.900><c> how</c><00:29:17.220><c> Philip</c><00:29:17.460><c> sort</c><00:29:17.700><c> of</c><00:29:17.980><c> opened</c>

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this,<00:29:18.660><c> opened</c><00:29:18.859><c> it</c><00:29:19.059><c> up</c><00:29:19.259><c> to</c><00:29:19.440><c> him</c><00:29:19.619><c> and</c><00:29:19.839><c> helped</c><00:29:20.059><c> the</c><00:29:20.299><c> man</c><00:29:20.539><c> understand.</c><00:29:21.720><c> And</c><00:29:21.880><c> I</c><00:29:22.039><c> think</c><00:29:22.200><c> in</c>

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some<00:29:22.819><c> ways,</c>

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Paul,<00:29:24.359><c> that</c><00:29:24.660><c> was</c><00:29:24.920><c> your</c><00:29:25.240><c> experience,</c><00:29:25.900><c> right?</c>

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Um,<00:29:29.619><c> yeah,</c><00:29:29.859><c> even</c><00:29:29.980><c> though</c><00:29:30.119><c> I</c><00:29:30.279><c> really</c><00:29:30.460><c> wasn't,</c><00:29:30.759><c> yeah,</c><00:29:31.900><c> looking</c>

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:34.599
for<00:29:33.339><c> truth</c><00:29:33.500><c> as</c><00:29:33.759><c> it</c><00:29:33.900><c> were,</c><00:29:34.140><c> you</c><00:29:34.299><c> know,</c>

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yeah,<00:29:35.220><c> just,</c><00:29:35.579><c> you</c><00:29:35.740><c> know,</c><00:29:35.839><c> just</c><00:29:36.140><c> kind</c><00:29:36.400><c> of</c><00:29:36.539><c> out</c><00:29:36.640><c> of</c><00:29:36.799><c> curiosity</c><00:29:37.420><c> and</c><00:29:37.640><c> I</c>

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looked<00:29:37.920><c> into</c><00:29:38.119><c> the</c><00:29:38.339><c> occult,</c>

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:45.859
things<00:29:38.839><c> like</c><00:29:39.160><c> that,</c><00:29:39.440><c> you</c><00:29:39.500><c> know,</c><00:29:40.400><c> you</c><00:29:40.400><c> know,</c><00:29:40.819><c> you</c><00:29:41.000><c> know,</c><00:29:42.480><c> whatever,</c><00:29:44.380><c> but.</c>

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:50.359
And<00:29:46.940><c> then</c><00:29:47.500><c> the</c><00:29:48.119><c> question,</c><00:29:48.380><c> like</c><00:29:48.559><c> when</c><00:29:48.759><c> I</c><00:29:49.039><c> think</c><00:29:49.200><c> of,</c>

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:56.279
when<00:29:51.799><c> I</c><00:29:52.099><c> think</c><00:29:52.279><c> of</c><00:29:52.480><c> things</c><00:29:52.660><c> like</c><00:29:52.920><c> that,</c><00:29:53.059><c> I</c><00:29:53.259><c> remember</c><00:29:53.720><c> when</c><00:29:54.099><c> I</c><00:29:54.460><c> was</c><00:29:54.720><c> younger</c><00:29:55.279><c> and</c><00:29:56.160><c> I</c>

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.599
felt<00:29:56.400><c> like</c><00:29:56.579><c> I</c><00:29:56.619><c> didn't</c><00:29:56.839><c> have</c><00:29:57.099><c> any</c><00:29:57.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:57.759><c> answers</c><00:29:58.259><c> and</c><00:29:59.900><c> I</c><00:30:00.180><c> didn't</c><00:30:00.539><c> want</c><00:30:01.079><c> to</c><00:30:01.319><c> go</c><00:30:01.539><c> there</c><00:30:01.839><c> because</c><00:30:02.160><c> I</c>

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:05.440
didn't<00:30:02.700><c> want</c><00:30:02.920><c> to</c><00:30:03.099><c> be</c><00:30:03.380><c> exposed</c><00:30:04.039><c> as</c><00:30:04.359><c> not</c><00:30:04.799><c> knowing</c><00:30:05.099><c> the</c>

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:09.299
answers.<00:30:06.599><c> And</c><00:30:07.000><c> imagine</c><00:30:07.400><c> I'm</c><00:30:07.599><c> not</c><00:30:07.920><c> alone</c><00:30:08.319><c> in</c><00:30:08.619><c> that,</c><00:30:09.059><c> right?</c>

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You<00:30:09.740><c> know,</c><00:30:09.740><c> sometimes,</c><00:30:10.299><c> you</c><00:30:10.500><c> know,</c><00:30:10.779><c> some</c><00:30:10.920><c> people</c><00:30:11.279><c> are</c>

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good<00:30:12.059><c> at</c><00:30:12.339><c> sort</c><00:30:12.480><c> of</c><00:30:12.880><c> recall</c><00:30:13.519><c> and</c><00:30:13.859><c> memory</c><00:30:14.500><c> and</c><00:30:15.720><c> being</c><00:30:16.319><c> able</c><00:30:16.640><c> to</c>

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:19.599
go<00:30:17.019><c> from</c><00:30:17.279><c> one</c><00:30:17.619><c> passage</c><00:30:18.180><c> to</c><00:30:18.500><c> the</c><00:30:18.759><c> other.</c>

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And<00:30:21.299><c> others</c><00:30:21.640><c> of</c><00:30:21.880><c> us,</c><00:30:22.279><c> you</c><00:30:22.380><c> know,</c><00:30:22.460><c> that's</c><00:30:22.759><c> not</c><00:30:23.079><c> our</c><00:30:23.420><c> skill</c><00:30:23.700><c> set</c>

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:27.059
necessarily.<00:30:25.700><c> And</c><00:30:25.940><c> I</c><00:30:26.079><c> think</c><00:30:26.240><c> what</c><00:30:26.420><c> I'd</c><00:30:26.660><c> like</c><00:30:26.759><c> to</c>

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:31.359
emphasize<00:30:27.579><c> next</c><00:30:28.200><c> is</c><00:30:28.940><c> when</c><00:30:29.119><c> we</c><00:30:29.380><c> look</c><00:30:29.539><c> at</c><00:30:29.859><c> examples</c><00:30:30.299><c> of</c><00:30:30.720><c> people</c>

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sharing<00:30:32.140><c> their</c><00:30:33.000><c> faith</c><00:30:33.400><c> in</c><00:30:33.640><c> the</c><00:30:33.819><c> Bible,</c>

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:38.700
sort<00:30:34.440><c> of</c><00:30:34.640><c> being</c><00:30:34.960><c> that</c><00:30:35.480><c> light</c><00:30:35.799><c> on</c><00:30:36.200><c> the</c><00:30:36.420><c> hill,</c><00:30:37.339><c> it's</c><00:30:37.759><c> not</c><00:30:38.140><c> always</c>

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:40.900
about<00:30:39.059><c> being</c><00:30:39.400><c> the</c><00:30:39.599><c> Bible</c><00:30:40.039><c> answer</c><00:30:40.559><c> man.</c>

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OK,<00:30:42.579><c> sometimes</c><00:30:43.599><c> we</c><00:30:44.380><c> find</c><00:30:44.700><c> examples</c><00:30:45.500><c> where</c><00:30:45.940><c> we</c><00:30:46.339><c> see</c><00:30:46.859><c> individuals</c><00:30:47.839><c> sharing</c>

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and<00:30:50.599><c> witnessing,</c>

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you<00:30:52.579><c> know,</c><00:30:53.940><c> what</c><00:30:54.200><c> has</c><00:30:55.440><c> happened</c><00:30:55.980><c> in</c><00:30:56.180><c> their</c><00:30:56.460><c> lives.</c><00:30:57.759><c> So</c><00:30:58.019><c> I'll</c><00:30:58.259><c> give</c><00:30:58.420><c> you</c><00:30:58.720><c> a</c>

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couple<00:30:59.619><c> examples</c><00:31:00.319><c> from</c><00:31:00.619><c> the</c>

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beginning<00:31:01.119><c> of</c><00:31:01.339><c> the</c><00:31:01.500><c> Gospel</c><00:31:01.940><c> of</c><00:31:02.160><c> John.</c><00:31:02.880><c> We're</c><00:31:03.000><c> going</c><00:31:03.099><c> to</c><00:31:03.299><c> see</c>

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:06.980
Andrew<00:31:04.119><c> and</c><00:31:04.400><c> Peter</c><00:31:04.859><c> and</c><00:31:05.819><c> we'll</c><00:31:06.099><c> see</c><00:31:06.319><c> Philip</c><00:31:06.720><c> and</c>

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Samuel.<00:31:08.220><c> Let's</c><00:31:08.720><c> just</c><00:31:09.119><c> turn</c><00:31:09.440><c> there</c><00:31:09.700><c> because,</c><00:31:10.680><c> you</c><00:31:10.680><c> know,</c><00:31:10.839><c> at</c>

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:14.759
this<00:31:11.559><c> stage</c><00:31:12.019><c> in</c><00:31:12.680><c> these</c><00:31:13.259><c> brothers'</c><00:31:14.559><c> lives,</c>

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:18.539
they<00:31:15.380><c> didn't</c><00:31:15.640><c> have</c><00:31:15.940><c> the</c><00:31:16.180><c> answers.</c><00:31:16.660><c> They</c><00:31:16.859><c> didn't</c><00:31:17.160><c> have</c><00:31:17.559><c> the</c><00:31:17.839><c> ability</c><00:31:18.240><c> to</c>

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:21.119
go<00:31:19.039><c> to</c><00:31:19.579><c> the</c><00:31:19.819><c> Old</c><00:31:20.059><c> Testament</c><00:31:20.539><c> scriptures</c>

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:25.299
and<00:31:21.539><c> point</c><00:31:21.960><c> out</c><00:31:22.339><c> that</c><00:31:22.579><c> Jesus</c><00:31:23.039><c> was</c><00:31:23.319><c> the</c><00:31:23.579><c> long</c><00:31:23.880><c> promised</c><00:31:24.259><c> Messiah</c><00:31:24.839><c> based</c>

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:28.460
on<00:31:25.900><c> the</c><00:31:26.299><c> prophet's</c><00:31:26.920><c> writings,</c><00:31:27.339><c> right?</c>

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:34.599
But<00:31:28.880><c> what</c><00:31:29.099><c> they</c><00:31:29.420><c> could</c><00:31:29.660><c> do</c><00:31:30.099><c> is</c><00:31:30.880><c> they</c><00:31:31.039><c> could</c><00:31:31.440><c> bring</c><00:31:31.920><c> people.</c><00:31:33.240><c> They</c><00:31:33.599><c> could</c><00:31:33.880><c> say,</c><00:31:34.140><c> this</c><00:31:34.380><c> is</c>

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:36.559
what<00:31:34.799><c> I</c><00:31:35.160><c> saw</c><00:31:35.579><c> and</c><00:31:35.799><c> I</c><00:31:36.059><c> want</c><00:31:36.299><c> you</c>

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:40.380
to<00:31:36.940><c> see</c><00:31:36.940><c> the</c><00:31:37.200><c> same</c><00:31:37.579><c> thing.</c><00:31:37.920><c> So</c><00:31:38.099><c> let's</c><00:31:38.339><c> go</c><00:31:38.599><c> to</c><00:31:38.779><c> John,</c><00:31:40.259><c> Chapter</c>

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1,<00:31:41.720><c> and</c><00:31:42.119><c> we'll</c><00:31:42.400><c> start</c><00:31:42.599><c> in</c><00:31:42.759><c> the</c><00:31:42.940><c> 41st</c><00:31:43.759><c> verse.</c>

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And<00:31:44.880><c> this</c><00:31:45.099><c> is</c><00:31:45.480><c> where</c><00:31:46.900><c> Andrew</c><00:31:47.559><c> goes</c><00:31:48.460><c> to</c><00:31:48.799><c> Peter</c><00:31:49.240><c> and</c><00:31:50.640><c> he</c><00:31:50.859><c> says,</c>

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Andrew,<00:31:52.059><c> Simon</c><00:31:52.380><c> Peter's</c><00:31:52.960><c> brother,</c><00:31:53.259><c> verse</c><00:31:53.700><c> 40,</c>

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was<00:31:54.559><c> one</c><00:31:54.819><c> of</c><00:31:54.960><c> the</c><00:31:55.200><c> two</c><00:31:55.440><c> who</c><00:31:55.720><c> heard</c><00:31:56.079><c> what</c><00:31:56.359><c> John</c><00:31:56.579><c> had</c><00:31:56.900><c> said</c><00:31:57.220><c> and</c>

00:31:57.480 --> 00:32:01.220
who<00:31:57.759><c> had</c><00:31:58.099><c> followed</c><00:31:58.480><c> Jesus.</c><00:32:00.140><c> Verse</c><00:32:00.519><c> 41,</c>

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:06.039
the<00:32:01.619><c> first</c><00:32:02.339><c> thing</c><00:32:03.319><c> Andrew</c><00:32:04.000><c> did</c><00:32:04.460><c> was</c><00:32:04.799><c> to</c><00:32:05.200><c> find</c><00:32:05.480><c> his</c><00:32:05.759><c> brother</c>

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:08.660
Simon<00:32:06.559><c> and</c><00:32:07.420><c> tell</c><00:32:07.740><c> him,</c>

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we've<00:32:09.539><c> found</c><00:32:09.799><c> the</c><00:32:10.059><c> Messiah.</c><00:32:11.400><c> So</c><00:32:11.740><c> there's</c><00:32:11.920><c> like</c><00:32:12.220><c> no</c><00:32:12.700><c> long</c><00:32:13.019><c> explanation.</c><00:32:14.259><c> It's</c>

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just<00:32:14.839><c> proclaiming.</c><00:32:16.019><c> He's</c><00:32:16.440><c> proclaiming</c>

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to<00:32:17.339><c> his</c><00:32:17.619><c> brother,</c><00:32:19.279><c> you</c><00:32:19.460><c> know,</c><00:32:20.279><c> we've</c><00:32:21.220><c> found</c><00:32:21.420><c> the</c><00:32:21.680><c> Messiah.</c><00:32:23.279><c> When</c><00:32:23.539><c> we</c>

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:27.400
look<00:32:23.900><c> at</c><00:32:24.079><c> verse</c><00:32:24.400><c> 45,</c><00:32:25.519><c> we</c><00:32:26.160><c> see</c><00:32:26.339><c> a</c><00:32:26.559><c> similar</c><00:32:26.900><c> thing.</c>

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:31.960
Philip<00:32:28.359><c> found</c><00:32:28.740><c> Nathaniel</c><00:32:29.880><c> and</c><00:32:30.259><c> told</c><00:32:30.480><c> him,</c><00:32:30.980><c> we</c><00:32:30.980><c> found</c><00:32:31.480><c> the</c><00:32:31.779><c> one</c>

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:34.279
who<00:32:32.160><c> Moses</c><00:32:32.619><c> wrote</c><00:32:32.980><c> about</c><00:32:33.279><c> in</c><00:32:33.440><c> the</c><00:32:33.680><c> law</c>

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:39.740
about<00:32:35.380><c> whom</c><00:32:36.000><c> the</c><00:32:36.400><c> prophets</c><00:32:36.660><c> also</c><00:32:37.240><c> wrote,</c><00:32:37.460><c> Jesus</c><00:32:37.920><c> of</c><00:32:38.140><c> Nazareth,</c><00:32:39.119><c> the</c><00:32:39.380><c> son</c>

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:41.859
of<00:32:40.039><c> Joseph.</c><00:32:40.960><c> In</c><00:32:41.240><c> both</c><00:32:41.480><c> cases,</c>

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:45.200
they're<00:32:42.059><c> saying,</c><00:32:42.299><c> you</c><00:32:42.380><c> know,</c><00:32:42.960><c> come</c><00:32:43.180><c> and</c><00:32:43.559><c> see.</c><00:32:44.559><c> They're</c><00:32:44.799><c> just</c>

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:47.680
providing<00:32:45.799><c> this</c><00:32:46.259><c> invitation.</c><00:32:47.420><c> They're</c><00:32:47.420><c> saying,</c>

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:53.140
this<00:32:48.000><c> is</c><00:32:49.440><c> what</c><00:32:49.559><c> I</c><00:32:50.220><c> think.</c><00:32:51.019><c> I</c><00:32:51.220><c> want</c><00:32:51.380><c> to</c><00:32:51.759><c> share</c><00:32:51.980><c> this</c><00:32:52.240><c> with</c><00:32:52.500><c> you.</c>

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:56.259
And<00:32:53.740><c> perhaps</c><00:32:54.240><c> that's</c><00:32:55.099><c> a</c><00:32:55.220><c> lesson</c><00:32:55.579><c> for</c><00:32:55.880><c> us,</c>

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:59.660
that<00:32:56.460><c> when</c><00:32:56.700><c> we're</c><00:32:57.059><c> talking</c><00:32:57.420><c> about</c><00:32:57.980><c> proclaiming</c><00:32:58.859><c> the</c><00:32:59.099><c> gospel,</c>

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.759
it's<00:33:00.500><c> about</c><00:33:00.799><c> bringing</c><00:33:01.240><c> people.</c>

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:04.680
It's<00:33:02.420><c> about</c><00:33:02.640><c> bringing</c><00:33:03.039><c> people</c><00:33:03.420><c> to</c><00:33:03.680><c> someone</c><00:33:03.960><c> else</c><00:33:04.279><c> that</c><00:33:04.480><c> might</c>

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:06.920
be<00:33:04.960><c> able</c><00:33:05.140><c> to</c><00:33:05.660><c> share,</c><00:33:06.299><c> you</c><00:33:06.500><c> know,</c>

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:09.839
doctrinal<00:33:07.480><c> viewpoints</c><00:33:08.039><c> or</c><00:33:08.440><c> answer</c><00:33:08.839><c> the</c><00:33:09.119><c> questions</c><00:33:09.460><c> that</c><00:33:09.660><c> we</c>

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:13.180
might<00:33:10.039><c> not</c><00:33:10.259><c> be</c><00:33:10.539><c> comfortable</c><00:33:10.960><c> doing.</c><00:33:12.140><c> Again,</c>

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:20.059
God<00:33:13.940><c> is</c><00:33:14.440><c> inviting</c><00:33:14.900><c> you.</c><00:33:15.400><c> He's</c><00:33:15.839><c> inviting</c><00:33:16.279><c> me</c><00:33:16.599><c> to</c><00:33:17.180><c> share</c><00:33:17.599><c> in</c><00:33:18.039><c> this</c><00:33:18.400><c> work.</c><00:33:19.700><c> And</c>

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:21.440
it<00:33:20.240><c> doesn't</c><00:33:20.380><c> mean</c><00:33:20.619><c> we</c><00:33:20.799><c> have</c><00:33:21.079><c> to</c><00:33:21.240><c> do</c>

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:27.960
it<00:33:21.980><c> all.</c><00:33:22.019><c> It</c><00:33:22.339><c> just</c><00:33:22.680><c> means</c><00:33:22.900><c> we</c><00:33:23.119><c> have</c><00:33:23.480><c> to,</c><00:33:24.440><c> we</c><00:33:24.859><c> can</c><00:33:25.500><c> make</c><00:33:26.359><c> a</c><00:33:26.819><c> connection</c><00:33:27.240><c> with</c>

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:29.700
our<00:33:28.259><c> friends</c><00:33:28.539><c> and</c><00:33:28.779><c> neighbors.</c>

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:32.180
You<00:33:30.019><c> know,</c><00:33:30.299><c> brothers</c><00:33:30.400><c> and</c><00:33:30.619><c> sisters,</c><00:33:30.880><c> I</c><00:33:31.059><c> got</c><00:33:31.299><c> word</c><00:33:31.559><c> today</c><00:33:31.920><c> that</c>

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:34.240
a<00:33:32.420><c> friend</c><00:33:32.579><c> of</c><00:33:32.759><c> mine</c><00:33:32.980><c> died,</c>

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:40.839
one<00:33:35.539><c> of</c><00:33:35.680><c> my</c><00:33:35.940><c> cycling</c><00:33:36.319><c> buddies.</c><00:33:37.900><c> And,</c><00:33:38.400><c> you</c><00:33:39.900><c> know,</c><00:33:40.079><c> it</c><00:33:40.500><c> saddens</c>

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:44.839
me<00:33:41.160><c> because</c><00:33:41.920><c> he's</c><00:33:43.299><c> not</c><00:33:43.500><c> in</c><00:33:43.680><c> the</c><00:33:43.920><c> faith.</c>

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:49.619
And<00:33:45.619><c> I</c><00:33:45.740><c> don't</c><00:33:46.000><c> know,</c><00:33:46.240><c> you</c><00:33:46.279><c> know,</c><00:33:48.019><c> it</c><00:33:48.339><c> sure</c><00:33:48.519><c> would</c><00:33:48.680><c> have</c><00:33:48.779><c> made</c><00:33:48.920><c> me</c><00:33:49.240><c> feel</c><00:33:49.440><c> a</c>

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:52.119
little<00:33:49.799><c> bit</c><00:33:49.940><c> more</c><00:33:50.359><c> confident</c><00:33:50.839><c> and,</c>

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:57.400
you<00:33:53.460><c> know,</c><00:33:53.759><c> peaceful</c><00:33:54.180><c> about</c><00:33:55.200><c> his</c><00:33:55.519><c> death</c><00:33:55.940><c> if</c><00:33:56.660><c> I</c><00:33:56.920><c> knew</c><00:33:57.079><c> that</c><00:33:57.259><c> he</c>

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:58.980
had<00:33:57.579><c> been</c><00:33:57.839><c> baptized</c><00:33:58.380><c> into</c><00:33:58.680><c> the</c>

00:33:58.980 --> 00:34:05.759
saving<00:33:59.279><c> name</c><00:33:59.680><c> of</c><00:33:59.759><c> Jesus</c><00:34:00.220><c> Christ,</c><00:34:01.039><c> right?</c><00:34:04.559><c> And</c><00:34:05.079><c> this</c><00:34:05.380><c> is</c><00:34:05.599><c> sort</c>

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:08.079
of<00:34:05.819><c> what</c><00:34:05.960><c> we're</c><00:34:06.220><c> talking</c><00:34:06.539><c> about.</c><00:34:06.839><c> This</c><00:34:07.039><c> is</c><00:34:07.339><c> the</c>

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:12.679
opportunity<00:34:09.039><c> that</c><00:34:09.920><c> I</c><00:34:10.059><c> think</c><00:34:10.340><c> we</c><00:34:10.559><c> are</c><00:34:10.820><c> given</c><00:34:11.079><c> that</c><00:34:11.340><c> we</c><00:34:11.559><c> can</c><00:34:12.000><c> share</c><00:34:12.380><c> the</c>

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:14.480
good<00:34:12.900><c> news</c><00:34:13.159><c> with</c><00:34:13.460><c> others.</c><00:34:13.840><c> Why?</c>

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:19.099
Not<00:34:14.980><c> out</c><00:34:15.179><c> of</c><00:34:15.300><c> a</c><00:34:15.480><c> sense</c><00:34:15.619><c> of</c><00:34:15.960><c> obligation,</c><00:34:17.059><c> but</c><00:34:17.500><c> out</c><00:34:17.780><c> of</c><00:34:18.019><c> a</c><00:34:18.739><c> duty,</c>

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:22.480
a<00:34:19.599><c> joy</c><00:34:19.980><c> of</c><00:34:20.480><c> sharing</c><00:34:20.840><c> the</c><00:34:21.079><c> good</c><00:34:21.320><c> news</c><00:34:21.639><c> that</c><00:34:21.980><c> others,</c>

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:27.840
too,<00:34:23.860><c> might</c><00:34:24.059><c> be</c><00:34:24.420><c> saved.</c><00:34:25.659><c> And</c><00:34:26.300><c> that's</c><00:34:26.659><c> the</c><00:34:26.880><c> hope.</c>

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.440
Comments?

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:40.199
Most<00:34:37.639><c> biblical,</c><00:34:38.300><c> did</c><00:34:38.500><c> anybody</c><00:34:38.719><c> have</c><00:34:38.880><c> their</c><00:34:39.039><c> hand</c><00:34:39.440><c> up?</c><00:34:39.960><c> Yeah,</c>

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:43.199
Stephen,<00:34:41.019><c> brother</c><00:34:41.199><c> Stephen,</c><00:34:42.260><c> you're</c><00:34:42.420><c> on</c><00:34:42.519><c> mute.</c>

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:51.219
Yep.<00:34:46.340><c> One</c><00:34:46.619><c> of</c><00:34:46.840><c> the</c><00:34:47.039><c> things</c><00:34:47.300><c> also</c><00:34:47.900><c> is</c><00:34:49.059><c> it</c><00:34:49.340><c> says,</c><00:34:49.739><c> let</c><00:34:49.840><c> your</c><00:34:50.099><c> light</c><00:34:50.320><c> shine</c><00:34:50.599><c> before</c><00:34:50.960><c> men,</c>

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.800
then<00:34:51.460><c> men</c>

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:54.599
might<00:34:52.119><c> glorify</c><00:34:52.619><c> their</c><00:34:52.780><c> father,</c><00:34:53.099><c> which</c><00:34:53.280><c> is</c><00:34:53.500><c> in</c><00:34:53.699><c> heaven.</c><00:34:54.380><c> And</c>

00:34:54.599 --> 00:35:01.219
so<00:34:55.179><c> by</c><00:34:55.659><c> our</c><00:34:55.980><c> actions,</c><00:34:57.900><c> they</c><00:34:58.280><c> can</c><00:34:58.500><c> go</c><00:34:58.980><c> and</c><00:35:00.460><c> bring</c><00:35:00.860><c> people</c>

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:06.539
to<00:35:01.460><c> God.</c><00:35:03.639><c> And</c><00:35:03.639><c> a</c><00:35:04.119><c> lot</c><00:35:04.199><c> of</c><00:35:04.380><c> the</c><00:35:04.539><c> times,</c><00:35:05.480><c> you</c><00:35:05.619><c> know,</c><00:35:05.820><c> too</c><00:35:06.139><c> often,</c>

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:09.139
you<00:35:06.800><c> know,</c><00:35:07.039><c> if</c><00:35:07.179><c> we</c><00:35:07.360><c> don't</c><00:35:07.599><c> feel</c><00:35:07.780><c> we</c><00:35:08.300><c> had</c><00:35:08.840><c> the</c>

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:15.260
ability,<00:35:09.760><c> but</c><00:35:09.840><c> we</c><00:35:10.079><c> can</c><00:35:10.340><c> all</c><00:35:11.260><c> show</c><00:35:11.920><c> God's</c><00:35:12.380><c> love.</c><00:35:13.239><c> And</c><00:35:13.659><c> that's</c>

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:20.000
something<00:35:15.460><c> we</c><00:35:15.719><c> can</c><00:35:15.960><c> do,</c><00:35:16.760><c> you</c><00:35:17.159><c> know,</c><00:35:18.079><c> and</c><00:35:18.440><c> hopefully</c>

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:22.440
somebody<00:35:20.860><c> will</c><00:35:21.159><c> scratch</c><00:35:21.340><c> their</c><00:35:21.559><c> head</c><00:35:21.659><c> and</c><00:35:21.780><c> say,</c><00:35:21.960><c> why</c><00:35:22.139><c> are</c><00:35:22.300><c> you</c>

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:25.460
doing<00:35:22.760><c> this?</c><00:35:23.699><c> I</c><00:35:23.920><c> remember</c><00:35:24.280><c> one</c><00:35:24.539><c> person</c><00:35:24.900><c> asking</c>

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:28.820
me<00:35:25.780><c> that.</c><00:35:25.980><c> And</c><00:35:26.099><c> I</c><00:35:26.199><c> said,</c><00:35:26.300><c> because</c><00:35:26.679><c> Christ</c><00:35:27.000><c> told</c><00:35:27.300><c> me</c><00:35:27.599><c> to.</c><00:35:28.619><c> And</c>

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:30.679
now<00:35:29.219><c> they're</c><00:35:29.480><c> going</c><00:35:29.579><c> to</c><00:35:29.719><c> go</c><00:35:29.860><c> and</c><00:35:30.079><c> scratch</c><00:35:30.260><c> your</c><00:35:30.519><c> head</c>

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:36.099
and<00:35:30.900><c> maybe</c><00:35:31.159><c> look</c><00:35:31.360><c> into</c><00:35:31.539><c> the</c><00:35:31.719><c> Bible.</c><00:35:33.619><c> Yeah.</c><00:35:35.300><c> And</c><00:35:35.420><c> you</c><00:35:35.460><c> know,</c><00:35:35.780><c> Stephen,</c><00:35:36.039><c> I</c>

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:39.420
think<00:35:36.320><c> that</c><00:35:37.659><c> it's</c><00:35:37.880><c> the</c><00:35:38.039><c> expression,</c><00:35:38.539><c> it</c><00:35:38.539><c> says,</c>

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:45.579
good<00:35:40.380><c> works</c><00:35:40.659><c> in</c><00:35:40.940><c> my</c><00:35:41.260><c> name,</c><00:35:43.119><c> right?</c><00:35:43.719><c> It's</c><00:35:44.239><c> not</c><00:35:44.579><c> just</c><00:35:45.079><c> the</c><00:35:45.300><c> good</c>

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:48.860
work.<00:35:46.780><c> It's</c><00:35:47.199><c> as</c><00:35:47.360><c> you</c><00:35:47.619><c> describe,</c><00:35:48.460><c> it's</c><00:35:48.599><c> like,</c>

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:51.960
because<00:35:49.139><c> Christ</c><00:35:49.559><c> told</c><00:35:49.860><c> me</c><00:35:50.139><c> to,</c><00:35:50.679><c> you</c><00:35:50.820><c> know,</c><00:35:51.059><c> I'm</c><00:35:51.380><c> doing</c><00:35:51.639><c> this</c>

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:56.219
in<00:35:52.519><c> Jesus'</c><00:35:53.500><c> honor.</c><00:35:54.619><c> I'm</c><00:35:55.079><c> doing</c><00:35:55.239><c> this</c><00:35:55.480><c> for</c><00:35:55.739><c> Jesus'</c>

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:59.800
sake,<00:35:56.800><c> because</c><00:35:57.019><c> Jesus</c><00:35:57.500><c> asked</c><00:35:57.820><c> me</c><00:35:58.079><c> to</c><00:35:58.260><c> do</c><00:35:58.480><c> this.</c><00:35:58.960><c> There</c><00:35:59.219><c> are</c><00:35:59.619><c> a</c>

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:01.980
lot<00:36:00.019><c> of</c><00:36:00.219><c> good</c><00:36:00.380><c> people</c><00:36:00.760><c> in</c><00:36:00.960><c> the</c><00:36:01.139><c> world</c><00:36:01.320><c> that</c><00:36:01.599><c> do</c>

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:06.559
wonderful<00:36:02.300><c> things,</c><00:36:03.119><c> right?</c><00:36:04.360><c> And</c><00:36:04.539><c> I</c><00:36:04.719><c> think</c><00:36:05.000><c> what</c><00:36:05.280><c> we're</c><00:36:05.659><c> trying</c><00:36:05.920><c> to</c><00:36:06.199><c> do</c>

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:10.280
is<00:36:07.440><c> explain,</c><00:36:08.699><c> as</c><00:36:09.000><c> you,</c><00:36:09.460><c> I</c><00:36:09.699><c> think,</c><00:36:10.000><c> rightly</c>

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:18.440
point<00:36:10.639><c> out,</c><00:36:11.420><c> the</c><00:36:11.579><c> motivation</c><00:36:12.340><c> for</c><00:36:12.659><c> doing</c><00:36:12.900><c> these</c><00:36:13.239><c> good</c><00:36:13.500><c> things.</c><00:36:15.360><c> And</c><00:36:15.920><c> that</c><00:36:16.159><c> motivation</c><00:36:16.860><c> is,</c><00:36:17.340><c> yes,</c><00:36:17.719><c> it's</c><00:36:17.980><c> to</c><00:36:18.179><c> help</c>

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:22.079
individuals,<00:36:19.059><c> but</c><00:36:19.280><c> it's</c><00:36:19.599><c> also</c><00:36:19.900><c> to</c><00:36:20.219><c> honor</c><00:36:20.500><c> Jesus'</c><00:36:21.260><c> teaching.</c>

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:25.079
Well,<00:36:22.559><c> a</c><00:36:22.659><c> lot</c><00:36:22.860><c> of</c><00:36:23.059><c> times</c><00:36:23.300><c> when</c><00:36:23.480><c> we</c><00:36:23.679><c> do</c><00:36:23.960><c> something,</c>

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:29.139
we<00:36:26.460><c> have</c><00:36:26.699><c> to</c><00:36:26.840><c> do</c><00:36:27.039><c> it</c><00:36:27.579><c> and</c><00:36:27.960><c> think</c><00:36:28.179><c> we're</c><00:36:28.320><c> doing</c><00:36:28.480><c> it</c><00:36:28.619><c> for</c><00:36:28.800><c> Christ,</c>

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:31.960
because<00:36:29.480><c> that</c><00:36:29.719><c> person</c><00:36:30.039><c> may</c><00:36:30.719><c> not</c><00:36:30.940><c> respond.</c>

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:34.780
But<00:36:32.480><c> it</c><00:36:32.559><c> doesn't</c><00:36:32.820><c> matter.</c><00:36:33.440><c> It</c><00:36:33.639><c> doesn't</c><00:36:33.860><c> mean</c><00:36:34.119><c> that</c><00:36:34.300><c> we're</c><00:36:34.480><c> going</c><00:36:34.559><c> to</c>

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:36.360
stop.<00:36:35.000><c> It</c><00:36:35.099><c> just</c><00:36:35.360><c> means</c>

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:40.300
that<00:36:36.980><c> Christ</c><00:36:37.340><c> didn't</c><00:36:37.579><c> call</c><00:36:37.860><c> them.</c><00:36:38.860><c> You</c><00:36:38.920><c> know,</c><00:36:39.059><c> that's</c><00:36:39.440><c> all.</c>

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:42.899
But<00:36:40.719><c> it</c><00:36:40.860><c> doesn't</c><00:36:41.159><c> mean</c><00:36:41.280><c> we</c><00:36:41.519><c> stop.</c><00:36:41.780><c> We</c><00:36:42.019><c> do</c><00:36:42.179><c> it</c><00:36:42.420><c> because</c><00:36:42.659><c> we</c>

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:47.019
do<00:36:42.980><c> it</c><00:36:43.099><c> for</c><00:36:43.760><c> the</c><00:36:43.900><c> love</c><00:36:44.059><c> of</c><00:36:44.260><c> Christ.</c><00:36:44.599><c> That's</c><00:36:44.820><c> what</c><00:36:44.940><c> we're</c><00:36:45.139><c> doing.</c><00:36:46.519><c> Yeah.</c>

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:49.820
Brother<00:36:47.320><c> Richard?</c><00:36:48.400><c> Yeah.</c><00:36:48.980><c> I</c><00:36:49.360><c> think</c><00:36:49.639><c> what</c>

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:52.639
I'm<00:36:50.000><c> going</c><00:36:50.059><c> to</c><00:36:50.199><c> say</c><00:36:50.320><c> now,</c><00:36:51.059><c> Brother</c><00:36:51.320><c> Steve,</c><00:36:51.880><c> you</c><00:36:52.099><c> can</c><00:36:52.260><c> relate</c>

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:59.760
to<00:36:52.900><c> it.</c><00:36:54.179><c> Brother</c><00:36:54.380><c> Conway,</c><00:36:57.320><c> who</c><00:36:57.519><c> used</c><00:36:59.460><c> to</c><00:36:59.599><c> come</c>

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:04.800
and<00:36:59.880><c> hear</c><00:36:59.960><c> my</c><00:37:00.519><c> band</c><00:37:00.980><c> all</c><00:37:01.260><c> the</c><00:37:01.460><c> time.</c><00:37:03.199><c> And</c><00:37:03.440><c> Bill</c><00:37:03.659><c> Hazard,</c><00:37:04.679><c> who</c>

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:08.780
is<00:37:04.940><c> asleep</c><00:37:05.260><c> now,</c><00:37:06.400><c> who</c><00:37:06.659><c> we</c><00:37:06.719><c> was</c><00:37:07.380><c> talking</c><00:37:07.699><c> about</c><00:37:08.019><c> just</c>

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:20.619
recently.<00:37:15.079><c> His</c><00:37:15.739><c> wife's</c><00:37:17.940><c> sister</c><00:37:18.260><c> was</c><00:37:18.579><c> getting</c><00:37:18.840><c> married,</c><00:37:20.360><c> and</c>

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:23.320
I<00:37:20.800><c> was</c><00:37:21.019><c> invited,</c><00:37:21.579><c> so</c><00:37:21.820><c> I</c><00:37:21.840><c> went</c><00:37:22.119><c> to</c><00:37:22.300><c> them.</c>

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:29.039
And<00:37:24.920><c> Brother</c><00:37:25.119><c> Conway</c><00:37:25.719><c> also</c><00:37:26.280><c> came</c><00:37:26.619><c> there.</c><00:37:27.300><c> He</c><00:37:27.480><c> wasn't</c><00:37:27.760><c> a</c><00:37:27.940><c> brother</c><00:37:28.139><c> then.</c>

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:30.860
And<00:37:29.579><c> he</c><00:37:30.460><c> asked</c><00:37:30.659><c> me,</c>

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:37.420
what<00:37:31.019><c> was</c><00:37:31.219><c> I</c><00:37:31.480><c> doing</c><00:37:31.739><c> there?</c><00:37:32.960><c> And</c><00:37:33.119><c> I</c><00:37:33.280><c> said,</c><00:37:34.340><c> my</c><00:37:34.960><c> brother,</c><00:37:36.239><c> his</c>

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:40.539
wife's<00:37:38.079><c> sister</c><00:37:38.480><c> is</c><00:37:39.039><c> getting</c><00:37:39.280><c> married.</c><00:37:40.219><c> He</c><00:37:40.460><c> said,</c>

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:44.539
what<00:37:40.739><c> do</c><00:37:40.960><c> you</c><00:37:40.980><c> mean?</c><00:37:42.099><c> He</c><00:37:42.179><c> said,</c><00:37:42.639><c> Bill</c><00:37:42.760><c> Hazard,</c><00:37:43.360><c> he</c><00:37:43.500><c> said,</c><00:37:44.260><c> he's</c>

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:48.579
not<00:37:44.719><c> your</c><00:37:44.980><c> brother.</c><00:37:47.340><c> I</c><00:37:47.539><c> said,</c><00:37:47.780><c> yes,</c><00:37:48.079><c> he</c><00:37:48.219><c> is.</c><00:37:48.380><c> He's</c>

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:52.579
my<00:37:48.820><c> brother</c><00:37:49.079><c> in</c><00:37:49.320><c> Christ.</c><00:37:50.539><c> He</c><00:37:50.679><c> said,</c><00:37:50.940><c> what</c><00:37:51.039><c> do</c><00:37:51.179><c> you</c><00:37:51.280><c> mean?</c><00:37:52.440><c> I</c>

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:56.440
said,<00:37:54.460><c> we've</c><00:37:54.539><c> been</c><00:37:54.679><c> baptized</c><00:37:55.219><c> into</c><00:37:55.500><c> the</c><00:37:55.739><c> same</c><00:37:56.000><c> gospel.</c>

00:37:56.440 --> 00:38:01.480
So<00:37:56.860><c> he</c><00:37:57.079><c> said,</c><00:37:57.880><c> are</c><00:37:58.119><c> you</c><00:37:58.480><c> playing</c><00:37:59.039><c> in</c><00:37:59.780><c> your</c><00:37:59.980><c> band</c><00:38:00.159><c> anymore?</c><00:38:00.619><c> I</c><00:38:00.780><c> said,</c><00:38:00.860><c> no.</c><00:38:01.280><c> I</c>

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:03.159
said,<00:38:01.480><c> I</c><00:38:01.619><c> gave</c><00:38:01.840><c> that</c><00:38:02.119><c> up</c><00:38:02.440><c> for</c><00:38:02.880><c> a</c><00:38:02.980><c> better</c>

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:08.460
life.<00:38:04.300><c> He</c><00:38:04.539><c> said,</c><00:38:04.860><c> you</c><00:38:04.900><c> gave</c><00:38:05.239><c> up</c><00:38:06.559><c> the</c><00:38:07.460><c> way</c><00:38:07.659><c> you</c><00:38:07.980><c> played.</c><00:38:08.280><c> You</c>

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:11.400
could<00:38:08.679><c> have</c><00:38:08.860><c> been</c><00:38:09.000><c> somebody,</c><00:38:09.599><c> and</c><00:38:09.820><c> you</c><00:38:10.000><c> gave</c><00:38:10.179><c> that</c><00:38:10.539><c> up.</c>

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:16.460
And<00:38:11.739><c> I</c><00:38:11.940><c> said,</c><00:38:12.179><c> yes,</c><00:38:12.360><c> I</c><00:38:12.519><c> did.</c><00:38:13.440><c> And</c><00:38:13.579><c> so</c><00:38:14.119><c> Richard,</c><00:38:14.480><c> what</c><00:38:14.599><c> you're</c><00:38:14.900><c> describing</c><00:38:15.500><c> there,</c><00:38:16.159><c> I</c>

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.099
want<00:38:16.659><c> to</c><00:38:16.820><c> just</c><00:38:16.980><c> sort</c>

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:22.159
of<00:38:17.239><c> bring</c><00:38:17.320><c> it</c><00:38:17.619><c> back</c><00:38:17.880><c> to</c><00:38:18.340><c> some</c><00:38:18.739><c> examples</c><00:38:19.340><c> that</c><00:38:19.659><c> we've</c><00:38:20.480><c> drawn</c><00:38:20.780><c> from.</c><00:38:22.159><c> So</c>

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:25.880
we<00:38:22.559><c> looked</c><00:38:22.840><c> at</c><00:38:24.860><c> Andrew</c><00:38:25.320><c> and</c><00:38:25.599><c> Peter,</c>

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:30.400
who<00:38:26.019><c> were</c><00:38:26.199><c> just</c><00:38:26.380><c> saying,</c><00:38:27.300><c> look</c><00:38:27.340><c> at</c><00:38:27.460><c> what</c><00:38:27.579><c> we</c><00:38:27.920><c> found.</c><00:38:29.219><c> We</c><00:38:29.400><c> talked</c><00:38:29.719><c> about</c>

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.920
Philip<00:38:30.960><c> and</c><00:38:31.139><c> the</c><00:38:31.400><c> Ethiopian,</c>

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:37.179
who's<00:38:32.380><c> sort</c><00:38:32.420><c> of</c><00:38:32.800><c> reasoning</c><00:38:33.119><c> with</c><00:38:33.420><c> the</c><00:38:33.639><c> scriptures,</c><00:38:34.380><c> answering</c><00:38:35.039><c> questions.</c><00:38:36.659><c> And</c><00:38:37.000><c> what</c>

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:38.340
you<00:38:37.440><c> just</c><00:38:37.760><c> described</c>

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:42.420
in<00:38:38.619><c> sort</c><00:38:38.800><c> of</c><00:38:38.980><c> having</c><00:38:39.179><c> this</c><00:38:39.519><c> conversation</c><00:38:40.460><c> with</c><00:38:41.059><c> Mike</c><00:38:41.460><c> Conway</c>

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:45.400
is<00:38:43.280><c> sort</c><00:38:43.539><c> of</c><00:38:43.639><c> this</c><00:38:43.980><c> testimony</c><00:38:44.579><c>-based</c>

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:50.820
witnessing,<00:38:46.519><c> where</c><00:38:46.639><c> you</c><00:38:46.840><c> are</c><00:38:47.260><c> sharing</c><00:38:47.639><c> your</c><00:38:48.599><c> testimony.</c><00:38:49.559><c> You're</c><00:38:49.719><c> sharing,</c><00:38:50.440><c> I</c>

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:52.659
gave<00:38:51.159><c> up</c><00:38:51.480><c> one</c><00:38:51.800><c> way</c><00:38:52.099><c> of</c><00:38:52.320><c> life</c>

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:57.400
for<00:38:53.059><c> something</c><00:38:53.519><c> better.</c><00:38:54.960><c> And</c><00:38:55.119><c> I</c><00:38:55.260><c> think</c><00:38:55.500><c> that's</c><00:38:55.820><c> what,</c><00:38:56.860><c> was</c><00:38:57.079><c> it</c>

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:59.079
Luke<00:38:57.579><c> that</c><00:38:57.960><c> talked</c><00:38:58.239><c> about</c>

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:03.980
Legion,<00:39:00.780><c> right?</c><00:39:01.420><c> Legion</c><00:39:01.880><c> goes,</c><00:39:02.719><c> instead</c><00:39:03.239><c> of</c><00:39:03.340><c> getting</c><00:39:03.599><c> in</c><00:39:03.800><c> the</c>

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:06.639
boat<00:39:04.139><c> with</c><00:39:04.380><c> Jesus,</c><00:39:04.940><c> he</c><00:39:05.079><c> goes</c><00:39:05.340><c> back</c><00:39:05.760><c> to</c><00:39:05.980><c> these</c><00:39:06.280><c> people</c>

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:12.840
who<00:39:07.019><c> are</c><00:39:07.599><c> not</c><00:39:08.579><c> fans</c><00:39:09.219><c> of</c><00:39:10.460><c> the</c><00:39:10.840><c> Lord.</c><00:39:11.559><c> And</c><00:39:11.860><c> he</c><00:39:12.079><c> proclaims</c><00:39:12.679><c> what</c>

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:16.019
Jesus<00:39:13.280><c> has</c><00:39:13.579><c> done</c><00:39:13.840><c> for</c><00:39:14.039><c> them,</c><00:39:14.340><c> for</c><00:39:14.619><c> him.</c><00:39:15.539><c> And</c><00:39:15.820><c> then</c>

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:21.539
Jesus<00:39:16.539><c> comes</c><00:39:16.860><c> back,</c><00:39:18.039><c> he</c><00:39:18.500><c> receives</c><00:39:19.099><c> a</c><00:39:20.239><c> warm</c><00:39:20.460><c> welcome,</c><00:39:21.280><c> right?</c>

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:25.699
So<00:39:22.079><c> in</c><00:39:22.159><c> that</c><00:39:22.480><c> case,</c><00:39:23.619><c> Legion</c><00:39:24.039><c> is</c><00:39:24.599><c> sharing</c><00:39:25.300><c> this</c>

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:30.539
testimony.<00:39:26.320><c> And</c><00:39:26.360><c> there</c><00:39:26.539><c> are</c><00:39:26.800><c> other</c><00:39:27.059><c> examples</c><00:39:27.639><c> like</c><00:39:28.000><c> that.</c><00:39:28.219><c> And</c><00:39:28.280><c> I'll</c><00:39:28.480><c> draw</c><00:39:28.719><c> your</c><00:39:29.719><c> attention</c><00:39:30.119><c> to</c>

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:31.500
two<00:39:31.119><c> more.</c>

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:37.400
One<00:39:32.199><c> is</c><00:39:32.460><c> the</c><00:39:32.719><c> Samaritan</c><00:39:33.280><c> woman</c><00:39:33.619><c> in</c><00:39:33.840><c> John</c><00:39:34.239><c> chapter</c><00:39:34.780><c> four.</c><00:39:36.320><c> You're</c><00:39:36.820><c> nodding</c><00:39:37.159><c> your</c>

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:38.079
head.<00:39:37.679><c> So</c><00:39:37.800><c> you</c><00:39:37.900><c> were</c>

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:43.559
thinking<00:39:38.320><c> of</c><00:39:38.519><c> that,</c><00:39:38.739><c> right?</c><00:39:39.800><c> So</c><00:39:40.460><c> let's</c><00:39:41.099><c> go</c><00:39:41.360><c> to</c><00:39:41.539><c> John</c><00:39:41.860><c> four.</c><00:39:42.980><c> What</c><00:39:43.280><c> we</c>

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:45.860
see<00:39:43.780><c> here</c><00:39:44.139><c> is</c><00:39:44.420><c> Jesus</c><00:39:45.079><c> is</c><00:39:45.480><c> sort</c><00:39:45.579><c> of</c>

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:49.900
breaking<00:39:46.159><c> with</c><00:39:46.519><c> cultural</c><00:39:47.159><c> norms.</c><00:39:48.460><c> He's</c><00:39:48.900><c> preaching</c><00:39:49.340><c> to</c><00:39:49.659><c> this</c>

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:55.860
woman<00:39:50.159><c> in</c><00:39:50.579><c> Samaria,</c><00:39:52.260><c> and</c><00:39:52.980><c> he</c><00:39:53.800><c> shares</c><00:39:54.199><c> this</c><00:39:54.599><c> message</c>

00:39:55.480 --> 00:40:09.320
with<00:39:56.099><c> her.</c><00:40:01.880><c> And</c><00:40:01.880><c> verse</c><00:40:02.739><c> 39,</c><00:40:06.980><c> many</c><00:40:07.579><c> of</c><00:40:07.920><c> the</c><00:40:08.239><c> Samaritans</c><00:40:09.019><c> from</c>

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:13.380
that<00:40:09.840><c> town</c><00:40:10.599><c> believed</c><00:40:11.559><c> in</c><00:40:12.119><c> him</c>

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:23.460
because<00:40:15.019><c> of</c><00:40:15.699><c> the</c><00:40:15.920><c> woman's</c><00:40:16.599><c> testimony,</c><00:40:18.579><c> right?</c><00:40:20.079><c> She,</c><00:40:20.900><c> like</c><00:40:21.159><c> Legion,</c><00:40:21.619><c> was</c><00:40:21.880><c> able</c><00:40:22.199><c> to</c><00:40:22.559><c> say,</c>

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:28.639
this<00:40:23.599><c> man</c><00:40:23.980><c> told</c><00:40:24.420><c> me</c><00:40:25.340><c> all</c><00:40:27.079><c> about</c><00:40:27.519><c> it.</c><00:40:27.820><c> He</c><00:40:28.000><c> didn't</c><00:40:28.179><c> know</c><00:40:28.460><c> about</c>

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:31.420
me.<00:40:29.460><c> He</c><00:40:29.639><c> didn't</c><00:40:29.719><c> know</c><00:40:29.960><c> me,</c><00:40:30.139><c> but</c><00:40:30.300><c> he</c><00:40:30.420><c> knew</c><00:40:30.579><c> me.</c>

00:40:33.220 --> 00:40:37.719
She<00:40:33.900><c> shared</c><00:40:34.460><c> with</c><00:40:34.699><c> the</c><00:40:34.980><c> people</c><00:40:35.340><c> what</c><00:40:35.679><c> Jesus</c><00:40:36.340><c> had</c><00:40:36.760><c> done</c><00:40:37.039><c> to</c><00:40:37.400><c> her</c>

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and<00:40:38.079><c> for</c><00:40:38.460><c> her.</c><00:40:39.260><c> And</c><00:40:39.460><c> that's</c><00:40:39.800><c> a</c><00:40:40.059><c> great</c><00:40:40.300><c> thing</c><00:40:40.659><c> that</c><00:40:40.900><c> we</c>

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can<00:40:41.420><c> do.</c><00:40:41.559><c> And</c><00:40:41.619><c> I</c><00:40:41.619><c> think,</c><00:40:42.039><c> Richard,</c><00:40:42.219><c> you</c><00:40:42.659><c> sort</c><00:40:42.860><c> of</c><00:40:42.960><c> got</c><00:40:43.079><c> a</c><00:40:43.380><c> modern</c><00:40:43.699><c> day</c><00:40:44.059><c> example</c><00:40:44.579><c> of</c><00:40:44.860><c> that.</c><00:40:45.500><c> My</c><00:40:45.900><c> life</c><00:40:46.239><c> is</c><00:40:46.579><c> better.</c><00:40:46.820><c> I</c>

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gave<00:40:47.519><c> up</c><00:40:47.880><c> life</c><00:40:48.360><c> in</c><00:40:48.579><c> the</c><00:40:48.840><c> clubs</c><00:40:49.159><c> because</c><00:40:49.960><c> I'm</c><00:40:50.280><c> looking</c><00:40:50.639><c> for</c><00:40:51.079><c> a</c><00:40:51.480><c> greater</c><00:40:51.739><c> day.</c><00:40:52.960><c> What</c><00:40:53.139><c> a</c>

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terrible<00:40:53.760><c> day</c><00:40:54.039><c> it</c><00:40:54.159><c> is.</c><00:40:54.519><c> Yes,</c>

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but<00:40:54.980><c> a</c><00:40:55.219><c> better</c><00:40:55.420><c> day</c><00:40:55.699><c> is</c><00:40:55.980><c> coming,</c><00:40:56.460><c> as</c><00:40:56.719><c> you</c><00:40:56.940><c> say,</c><00:40:57.099><c> Richard,</c><00:40:57.579><c> right?</c><00:40:58.280><c> And</c>

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these<00:40:58.699><c> are</c><00:40:58.960><c> things</c><00:40:59.219><c> that</c><00:41:00.679><c> people</c><00:41:01.360><c> have</c><00:41:01.679><c> been</c>

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doing<00:41:02.639><c> for</c><00:41:03.880><c> generations.</c><00:41:05.019><c> And</c><00:41:05.139><c> we</c><00:41:05.380><c> need</c><00:41:05.659><c> to,</c><00:41:06.260><c> and</c><00:41:06.500><c> we</c><00:41:06.639><c> have</c><00:41:06.800><c> an</c>

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opportunity<00:41:07.599><c> to</c><00:41:07.880><c> sort</c><00:41:08.059><c> of</c><00:41:08.219><c> do</c><00:41:08.360><c> the</c><00:41:08.679><c> same.</c><00:41:08.940><c> So</c>

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the<00:41:09.659><c> Samaritan</c><00:41:10.440><c> woman</c><00:41:10.920><c> is</c><00:41:11.320><c> one</c><00:41:11.539><c> example.</c><00:41:12.739><c> The</c><00:41:13.019><c> man</c><00:41:13.320><c> born</c><00:41:13.599><c> blind,</c><00:41:14.099><c> we</c>

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talked<00:41:14.559><c> about</c><00:41:14.840><c> that</c><00:41:15.119><c> at</c><00:41:15.360><c> meeting</c><00:41:15.579><c> on</c><00:41:15.940><c> Sunday.</c>

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That's<00:41:16.599><c> in</c><00:41:16.800><c> John</c><00:41:17.039><c> chapter</c><00:41:17.519><c> nine,</c><00:41:19.079><c> verse</c><00:41:19.500><c> 25.</c><00:41:20.460><c> We'll</c><00:41:20.559><c> just</c><00:41:20.800><c> take</c><00:41:21.019><c> a</c>

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look<00:41:21.239><c> at</c><00:41:21.400><c> that</c><00:41:21.659><c> one.</c>

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Here<00:41:27.559><c> it</c><00:41:27.739><c> is,</c><00:41:27.980><c> chapter</c><00:41:28.360><c> nine,</c><00:41:29.780><c> verse</c><00:41:30.119><c> 25.</c><00:41:31.400><c> This</c><00:41:31.960><c> man</c><00:41:32.260><c> is</c><00:41:32.460><c> sort</c>

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of<00:41:32.699><c> being</c><00:41:32.980><c> questioned</c><00:41:33.699><c> and</c>

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and

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and<00:41:38.639><c> he</c><00:41:38.840><c> responds</c><00:41:39.500><c> to</c><00:41:39.739><c> this</c><00:41:40.019><c> crowd</c><00:41:40.360><c> that's</c><00:41:41.039><c> antagonistic</c><00:41:41.820><c> towards</c><00:41:42.219><c> Jesus</c><00:41:42.760><c> and</c><00:41:43.139><c> says,</c>

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whether<00:41:43.659><c> he's</c><00:41:43.960><c> a</c><00:41:44.079><c> sinner</c><00:41:44.239><c> or</c><00:41:44.420><c> not,</c><00:41:44.539><c> I</c><00:41:44.659><c> don't</c><00:41:44.920><c> know.</c><00:41:45.179><c> One</c><00:41:45.400><c> thing</c>

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I<00:41:45.760><c> do</c><00:41:46.000><c> know,</c><00:41:46.199><c> I</c><00:41:46.380><c> was</c><00:41:46.639><c> blind,</c>

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but<00:41:47.980><c> now</c><00:41:48.280><c> I</c><00:41:48.579><c> see</c><00:41:48.880><c> this</c><00:41:49.239><c> is</c><00:41:49.440><c> what</c><00:41:49.579><c> Jesus</c><00:41:49.960><c> has</c><00:41:50.199><c> done</c><00:41:50.380><c> for</c><00:41:50.599><c> me</c><00:41:51.480><c> by</c>

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implication.<00:41:53.840><c> And</c><00:41:54.239><c> this</c><00:41:54.420><c> is</c><00:41:54.579><c> what</c><00:41:54.679><c> he</c><00:41:54.840><c> can</c><00:41:54.960><c> do</c><00:41:55.159><c> for</c><00:41:55.420><c> you</c>

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too.<00:41:56.420><c> So</c><00:41:56.900><c> those</c><00:41:57.280><c> are</c><00:41:57.500><c> some</c><00:41:57.699><c> examples.</c><00:42:01.699><c> I</c><00:42:01.760><c> want</c><00:42:02.619><c> to</c><00:42:03.260><c> transition</c>

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for<00:42:04.960><c> a</c><00:42:05.260><c> second</c><00:42:05.579><c> because</c>

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we<00:42:07.619><c> can</c><00:42:07.860><c> look</c><00:42:08.099><c> at</c><00:42:08.400><c> examples</c><00:42:08.880><c> like</c><00:42:09.239><c> this,</c><00:42:09.699><c> right?</c><00:42:09.940><c> Whether</c><00:42:10.159><c> it's</c><00:42:10.800><c> Legion</c><00:42:11.239><c> or</c>

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whether<00:42:11.960><c> it's</c><00:42:12.300><c> the</c><00:42:12.539><c> Samaritan</c><00:42:13.099><c> woman</c>

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or<00:42:14.039><c> whether</c><00:42:14.440><c> it's</c><00:42:15.159><c> Philip</c><00:42:15.460><c> in</c><00:42:15.699><c> the</c><00:42:15.940><c> Ethiopian.</c><00:42:16.900><c> And</c><00:42:16.940><c> we</c><00:42:17.039><c> see</c>

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all<00:42:17.519><c> these</c><00:42:17.780><c> wonderful</c><00:42:18.300><c> examples</c><00:42:18.940><c> of</c><00:42:19.199><c> people</c>

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proclaiming<00:42:20.219><c> their</c><00:42:20.500><c> faith.</c><00:42:21.539><c> And</c><00:42:22.000><c> then</c><00:42:22.099><c> we</c><00:42:22.219><c> look</c><00:42:22.340><c> at</c><00:42:22.480><c> our</c><00:42:22.719><c> own</c>

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lives<00:42:23.300><c> and</c><00:42:23.480><c> we</c><00:42:23.659><c> say,</c><00:42:24.320><c> how</c><00:42:24.420><c> come</c>

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:30.179
it<00:42:25.940><c> doesn't</c><00:42:26.280><c> come</c><00:42:26.800><c> more</c><00:42:27.760><c> naturally</c><00:42:28.519><c> to</c><00:42:29.219><c> me?</c>

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:36.780
I<00:42:33.780><c> think</c><00:42:33.940><c> one</c><00:42:34.139><c> of</c><00:42:34.239><c> the</c><00:42:34.519><c> reassuring</c><00:42:35.280><c> parts</c><00:42:35.760><c> of</c><00:42:36.059><c> scripture</c><00:42:36.400><c> for</c>

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me<00:42:37.159><c> is</c><00:42:37.340><c> how</c><00:42:37.820><c> honest</c><00:42:38.519><c> it</c><00:42:39.139><c> is.</c>

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:48.159
The<00:42:41.019><c> Bible</c><00:42:41.400><c> doesn't</c><00:42:41.800><c> just</c><00:42:42.239><c> show</c><00:42:42.559><c> us</c><00:42:44.219><c> bold,</c><00:42:46.019><c> fearless</c><00:42:46.639><c> witnesses.</c>

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:54.760
It<00:42:49.639><c> shows</c><00:42:49.880><c> us</c><00:42:50.119><c> the</c><00:42:50.380><c> reluctant</c><00:42:50.840><c> ones</c><00:42:51.280><c> too,</c><00:42:52.019><c> brothers</c><00:42:52.219><c> and</c><00:42:52.519><c> sisters.</c><00:42:53.900><c> It</c>

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shows<00:42:55.019><c> us</c><00:42:55.239><c> the</c><00:42:55.599><c> uncertain</c><00:42:56.239><c> ones.</c>

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We<00:42:58.800><c> read</c><00:42:59.000><c> about</c><00:42:59.260><c> people</c><00:42:59.619><c> who</c><00:43:00.019><c> hesitated,</c><00:43:02.079><c> people</c><00:43:02.340><c> who</c><00:43:02.739><c> questioned</c><00:43:03.340><c> themselves,</c><00:43:04.420><c> people</c>

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who<00:43:05.039><c> sometimes</c><00:43:05.480><c> even</c>

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failed,<00:43:07.179><c> right?</c><00:43:11.940><c> Hesitation,</c><00:43:12.800><c> you</c><00:43:12.980><c> know,</c><00:43:13.079><c> when</c><00:43:13.260><c> we</c><00:43:13.619><c> hesitate</c>

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to<00:43:14.500><c> proclaim</c><00:43:15.199><c> the</c><00:43:15.840><c> gospel,</c>

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I<00:43:20.059><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:20.360><c> say</c><00:43:20.699><c> that</c><00:43:20.880><c> that's</c><00:43:21.679><c> disqualifying.</c><00:43:23.920><c> I</c><00:43:24.119><c> would</c><00:43:24.579><c> encourage</c><00:43:25.079><c> you</c>

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to<00:43:25.480><c> think</c><00:43:25.639><c> of</c><00:43:25.760><c> it</c><00:43:25.940><c> as</c>

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a<00:43:28.559><c> starting</c><00:43:28.940><c> point.</c><00:43:31.559><c> I'd</c><00:43:32.019><c> like</c><00:43:32.199><c> you</c><00:43:33.079><c> to</c><00:43:33.139><c> think,</c><00:43:33.360><c> okay,</c><00:43:33.719><c> I'm</c>

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hesitating<00:43:34.699><c> right</c><00:43:35.139><c> now,</c><00:43:35.460><c> but</c><00:43:35.719><c> what's</c><00:43:36.199><c> one</c><00:43:36.480><c> thing</c>

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:42.639
I<00:43:36.920><c> can</c><00:43:37.139><c> do</c><00:43:37.420><c> to</c><00:43:37.639><c> sort</c><00:43:37.840><c> of</c><00:43:37.980><c> get</c><00:43:38.139><c> over</c><00:43:38.440><c> the</c><00:43:38.639><c> hump?</c><00:43:40.159><c> And</c><00:43:40.480><c> we</c><00:43:40.699><c> see</c><00:43:41.000><c> many</c><00:43:41.559><c> examples</c><00:43:42.380><c> in</c>

00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:44.539
the<00:43:42.800><c> Bible</c><00:43:43.219><c> where</c><00:43:43.739><c> we</c><00:43:44.199><c> have</c>

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:51.159
great<00:43:45.360><c> men</c><00:43:45.619><c> and</c><00:43:45.880><c> women</c><00:43:46.239><c> who</c><00:43:47.079><c> were</c><00:43:47.559><c> reluctant.</c><00:43:49.239><c> You</c><00:43:49.320><c> know,</c><00:43:49.579><c> Moses,</c><00:43:50.719><c> I'm</c>

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not<00:43:51.440><c> qualified</c><00:43:52.159><c> to</c><00:43:52.539><c> speak.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:43:54.760><c> says,</c><00:43:55.360><c> I'm</c><00:43:55.719><c> not</c><00:43:55.980><c> ready.</c><00:43:57.760><c> Jonah,</c><00:43:58.579><c> he</c><00:43:58.820><c> didn't</c><00:43:59.019><c> want</c>

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to<00:43:59.360><c> go</c><00:43:59.500><c> to</c><00:43:59.719><c> Nineveh.</c>

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Gideon<00:44:03.460><c> showed</c><00:44:03.780><c> doubt</c><00:44:04.340><c> and</c><00:44:04.719><c> insecurity.</c><00:44:06.760><c> Esther</c><00:44:07.019><c> was</c><00:44:07.320><c> afraid</c>

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of<00:44:07.940><c> sort</c><00:44:08.099><c> of</c><00:44:08.199><c> the</c><00:44:08.500><c> personal</c><00:44:08.840><c> cost</c><00:44:09.440><c> to</c><00:44:09.860><c> her.</c>

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Peter<00:44:12.019><c> had</c><00:44:12.260><c> this</c><00:44:12.579><c> fear</c><00:44:12.960><c> of</c><00:44:13.340><c> association</c><00:44:14.239><c> followed</c><00:44:15.019><c> behind.</c><00:44:15.639><c> I</c>

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don't<00:44:16.000><c> know</c><00:44:16.300><c> the</c><00:44:16.519><c> man,</c><00:44:17.599><c> right?</c>

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Nicodemus<00:44:19.960><c> had</c><00:44:20.199><c> this</c><00:44:20.500><c> quiet</c><00:44:21.000><c> faith.</c><00:44:23.940><c> These</c><00:44:24.579><c> people</c><00:44:24.900><c> are</c><00:44:25.179><c> written</c><00:44:25.360><c> about</c><00:44:25.659><c> in</c>

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the<00:44:26.039><c> Bible</c>

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so<00:44:28.260><c> that</c><00:44:28.440><c> you</c><00:44:28.559><c> know</c><00:44:28.780><c> you're</c><00:44:29.000><c> not</c><00:44:29.260><c> alone,</c><00:44:30.900><c> so</c><00:44:31.579><c> that</c><00:44:31.780><c> you</c><00:44:31.940><c> know,</c>

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okay,<00:44:34.340><c> I</c><00:44:34.619><c> might</c><00:44:34.820><c> be</c><00:44:35.119><c> hesitant,</c>

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but<00:44:36.840><c> others</c><00:44:37.119><c> were</c><00:44:37.340><c> hesitant.</c><00:44:38.619><c> And</c><00:44:39.019><c> I</c><00:44:39.099><c> think</c><00:44:39.179><c> we</c><00:44:39.320><c> can</c><00:44:39.519><c> use</c><00:44:39.840><c> this</c>

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as<00:44:41.099><c> a</c><00:44:41.400><c> launching</c><00:44:41.800><c> point,</c><00:44:42.420><c> brothers</c><00:44:42.579><c> and</c><00:44:42.900><c> sisters.</c>

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When<00:44:46.639><c> we</c><00:44:47.039><c> talk</c><00:44:47.320><c> about</c><00:44:47.860><c> why</c><00:44:48.440><c> we</c><00:44:48.800><c> hesitate,</c><00:44:49.420><c> we're</c><00:44:49.719><c> not</c>

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diagnosing<00:44:51.260><c> spiritual</c><00:44:51.960><c> weakness.</c>

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I<00:44:54.360><c> think</c><00:44:54.579><c> we're</c><00:44:54.900><c> simply</c><00:44:55.400><c> being</c><00:44:55.780><c> honest</c><00:44:56.420><c> about</c><00:44:56.760><c> our</c><00:44:57.159><c> human</c><00:44:57.460><c> experience.</c><00:45:00.099><c> God</c>

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knows<00:45:01.599><c> your</c><00:45:01.980><c> fears.</c>

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God<00:45:05.099><c> knows</c><00:45:05.380><c> what</c><00:45:05.579><c> I'm</c><00:45:05.840><c> afraid</c><00:45:06.280><c> of.</c><00:45:07.579><c> And</c><00:45:07.800><c> the</c><00:45:07.980><c> beautiful</c><00:45:08.360><c> thing</c>

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is,<00:45:09.139><c> I</c><00:45:09.340><c> think</c><00:45:09.800><c> the</c><00:45:11.059><c> Lord</c><00:45:11.320><c> Jesus</c><00:45:11.880><c> and</c><00:45:12.179><c> his</c><00:45:12.460><c> father,</c>

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they<00:45:13.280><c> work</c><00:45:14.119><c> through</c><00:45:14.539><c> these</c><00:45:14.920><c> things</c><00:45:15.280><c> with</c><00:45:15.599><c> us.</c><00:45:18.099><c> They</c><00:45:18.780><c> don't</c><00:45:19.000><c> necessarily</c><00:45:19.400><c> wait</c><00:45:19.800><c> for</c><00:45:20.039><c> these</c><00:45:20.440><c> fears</c><00:45:20.820><c> to</c>

00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:24.820
completely<00:45:21.679><c> disappear</c><00:45:22.400><c> from</c><00:45:22.679><c> our</c><00:45:22.940><c> lives.</c><00:45:24.099><c> Sometimes</c><00:45:24.539><c> they</c>

00:45:24.820 --> 00:45:28.260
work<00:45:25.199><c> with</c><00:45:25.480><c> us</c><00:45:25.920><c> in</c><00:45:26.139><c> the</c><00:45:26.360><c> middle</c><00:45:26.559><c> of</c><00:45:26.840><c> these</c><00:45:27.139><c> fears</c>

00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:32.880
so<00:45:28.960><c> that</c><00:45:29.500><c> we</c><00:45:30.400><c> find</c><00:45:30.820><c> ourselves</c><00:45:31.380><c> saying</c><00:45:31.900><c> the</c><00:45:32.199><c> things</c><00:45:32.440><c> that</c><00:45:32.659><c> we</c>

00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:36.440
might<00:45:33.199><c> have</c><00:45:34.280><c> worried</c><00:45:34.579><c> about</c><00:45:35.460><c> saying.</c>

00:45:36.720 --> 00:45:41.900
And<00:45:37.400><c> it's,</c><00:45:38.300><c> you</c><00:45:38.400><c> know,</c><00:45:38.579><c> in</c><00:45:38.780><c> my</c><00:45:38.900><c> experience,</c><00:45:39.599><c> when</c><00:45:39.880><c> I</c><00:45:41.340><c> sort</c><00:45:41.539><c> of</c>

00:45:41.900 --> 00:45:44.880
diagnose<00:45:42.380><c> why</c><00:45:43.159><c> I'm</c><00:45:43.559><c> sometimes</c><00:45:44.159><c> hesitant</c>

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:52.699
to<00:45:45.679><c> share</c><00:45:46.059><c> the</c><00:45:46.300><c> gospel,</c><00:45:48.820><c> sometimes</c><00:45:49.280><c> it's</c><00:45:49.619><c> because</c><00:45:50.139><c> in</c><00:45:50.559><c> our</c><00:45:50.980><c> day</c><00:45:51.219><c> and</c><00:45:51.400><c> age,</c><00:45:51.880><c> faith</c><00:45:52.280><c> is</c>

00:45:52.699 --> 00:45:54.119
viewed,<00:45:53.079><c> I</c><00:45:53.880><c> think,</c>

00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:59.000
as<00:45:54.380><c> a</c><00:45:54.659><c> private</c><00:45:55.000><c> matter.</c><00:45:55.840><c> You</c><00:45:56.079><c> know,</c><00:45:56.260><c> it's</c><00:45:56.539><c> like</c><00:45:57.340><c> you</c><00:45:58.300><c> don't</c><00:45:58.599><c> bring</c><00:45:58.780><c> up</c>

00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:02.019
your<00:45:59.340><c> faith</c><00:45:59.619><c> at,</c><00:46:00.059><c> you</c><00:46:01.059><c> know,</c><00:46:01.559><c> at</c><00:46:01.820><c> certain</c>

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:07.039
events.<00:46:02.480><c> You</c><00:46:03.059><c> don't</c><00:46:03.360><c> talk</c><00:46:03.739><c> about,</c><00:46:04.159><c> you</c><00:46:04.599><c> know,</c><00:46:04.639><c> faith</c><00:46:04.840><c> and</c><00:46:05.159><c> religion</c><00:46:05.619><c> or</c>

00:46:07.039 --> 00:46:08.780
politics<00:46:07.719><c> and</c><00:46:08.039><c> religion,</c><00:46:08.420><c> right?</c>

00:46:08.780 --> 00:46:15.119
These<00:46:09.079><c> are</c><00:46:09.300><c> the</c><00:46:09.440><c> things</c><00:46:09.719><c> that,</c><00:46:10.059><c> you</c><00:46:10.179><c> know,</c><00:46:10.699><c> in</c><00:46:10.880><c> polite</c><00:46:11.360><c> company,</c><00:46:11.860><c> you</c><00:46:12.199><c> don't</c><00:46:12.559><c> talk</c><00:46:12.920><c> about.</c><00:46:13.800><c> And</c><00:46:13.900><c> so</c><00:46:14.099><c> sometimes</c>

00:46:15.300 --> 00:46:19.480
there's<00:46:15.880><c> that.</c><00:46:16.639><c> I</c><00:46:16.639><c> think</c><00:46:16.840><c> sometimes</c><00:46:17.360><c> there's,</c><00:46:17.820><c> for</c><00:46:18.159><c> me,</c><00:46:18.539><c> a</c><00:46:18.820><c> fear</c><00:46:19.039><c> of</c>

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:21.539
awkwardness<00:46:20.000><c> or</c><00:46:20.300><c> rejection.</c>

00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:31.800
You<00:46:26.559><c> know,</c><00:46:26.800><c> maybe</c><00:46:27.360><c> you</c><00:46:27.880><c> have</c><00:46:28.119><c> felt</c><00:46:28.360><c> the</c><00:46:28.619><c> same</c><00:46:28.940><c> thing,</c><00:46:29.360><c> but</c><00:46:30.000><c> these</c><00:46:31.539><c> are</c>

00:46:31.800 --> 00:46:34.300
some<00:46:32.019><c> of</c><00:46:32.179><c> the</c><00:46:32.320><c> reasons</c><00:46:32.739><c> that</c><00:46:33.219><c> we</c><00:46:33.860><c> hesitate.</c>

00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:37.739
And<00:46:34.460><c> I</c><00:46:34.519><c> guess</c><00:46:34.679><c> the</c><00:46:35.039><c> point</c><00:46:35.239><c> I'm</c><00:46:35.559><c> trying</c><00:46:35.800><c> to</c><00:46:36.139><c> emphasize</c><00:46:36.840><c> is</c><00:46:37.239><c> that</c>

00:46:37.739 --> 00:46:42.360
despite<00:46:38.280><c> these</c><00:46:38.800><c> things,</c><00:46:39.840><c> God</c><00:46:40.159><c> can</c><00:46:40.840><c> and</c><00:46:41.820><c> does</c>

00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:48.219
work<00:46:43.039><c> with</c><00:46:43.320><c> us</c><00:46:43.940><c> in</c><00:46:44.500><c> our</c><00:46:45.039><c> inadequacies.</c><00:46:47.420><c> Let</c><00:46:47.679><c> me</c><00:46:47.820><c> open</c><00:46:48.019><c> it</c><00:46:48.119><c> up</c>

00:46:48.219 --> 00:46:50.659
to<00:46:48.400><c> some</c><00:46:48.699><c> questions</c><00:46:49.179><c> or</c><00:46:49.480><c> thoughts.</c><00:46:49.760><c> Anybody?</c>

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:58.519
Brother<00:46:52.500><c> Steve?</c><00:46:54.099><c> Yeah,</c><00:46:54.659><c> look,</c><00:46:55.340><c> I</c><00:46:55.440><c> see</c><00:46:55.960><c> that</c><00:46:56.199><c> you</c><00:46:56.559><c> shared</c><00:46:56.840><c> about</c><00:46:57.360><c> awkwardness</c><00:46:58.099><c> or</c>

00:46:58.519 --> 00:47:00.219
being<00:46:58.760><c> afraid</c><00:46:59.059><c> of</c><00:46:59.260><c> rejection.</c>

00:47:00.420 --> 00:47:04.579
So<00:47:00.920><c> the</c><00:47:01.420><c> certain</c><00:47:01.659><c> men</c><00:47:01.940><c> that</c><00:47:02.159><c> God</c><00:47:02.340><c> brought</c><00:47:02.599><c> into</c><00:47:02.880><c> my</c><00:47:03.219><c> life</c><00:47:04.019><c> to</c>

00:47:04.579 --> 00:47:07.400
eventually<00:47:05.119><c> get</c><00:47:05.920><c> me</c><00:47:06.079><c> to</c><00:47:06.219><c> open</c><00:47:06.320><c> the</c><00:47:06.539><c> Bible.</c>

00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:12.800
I<00:47:08.800><c> was,</c><00:47:09.480><c> he</c><00:47:09.699><c> was</c><00:47:09.960><c> my</c><00:47:10.639><c> maybe</c><00:47:11.380><c> dearest</c><00:47:11.739><c> friend</c><00:47:12.039><c> for</c><00:47:12.260><c> about</c><00:47:12.460><c> three</c>

00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:16.059
years.<00:47:13.780><c> I</c><00:47:14.159><c> never</c><00:47:14.420><c> knew</c><00:47:14.519><c> he</c><00:47:14.719><c> was</c><00:47:14.940><c> a</c><00:47:15.079><c> Christian.</c>

00:47:16.679 --> 00:47:21.199
He<00:47:17.199><c> never</c><00:47:17.480><c> revealed</c><00:47:18.019><c> that</c><00:47:18.260><c> he</c><00:47:18.340><c> had</c><00:47:18.559><c> any</c><00:47:18.820><c> faith</c><00:47:18.980><c> in</c><00:47:19.159><c> Christ</c><00:47:19.519><c> whatsoever.</c><00:47:21.000><c> I</c>

00:47:21.199 --> 00:47:23.440
didn't<00:47:21.420><c> see</c><00:47:21.659><c> it,</c><00:47:22.420><c> didn't</c><00:47:22.800><c> hear</c><00:47:23.000><c> it</c><00:47:23.239><c> from</c>

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:28.179
him.<00:47:24.800><c> And</c><00:47:25.199><c> one</c><00:47:25.380><c> day,</c><00:47:25.659><c> I</c><00:47:25.780><c> guess</c><00:47:26.079><c> I</c><00:47:26.199><c> was</c><00:47:26.639><c> in</c><00:47:26.920><c> the</c><00:47:27.019><c> real</c><00:47:27.300><c> deep</c><00:47:27.880><c> funk</c>

00:47:28.179 --> 00:47:32.519
of<00:47:28.380><c> a</c><00:47:28.619><c> depression.</c><00:47:29.840><c> And</c><00:47:30.360><c> he</c><00:47:31.739><c> let</c><00:47:31.940><c> it</c><00:47:32.059><c> out</c><00:47:32.179><c> that</c><00:47:32.340><c> he</c>

00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:37.900
thought<00:47:32.699><c> the</c><00:47:32.900><c> Persian</c><00:47:33.199><c> Gulf</c><00:47:33.420><c> War</c><00:47:33.659><c> was</c><00:47:33.920><c> a</c><00:47:34.059><c> sign</c><00:47:34.159><c> of</c><00:47:34.380><c> Christ's</c><00:47:34.800><c> return.</c><00:47:36.099><c> It's</c><00:47:36.239><c> like</c><00:47:36.519><c> the</c><00:47:36.820><c> angel</c><00:47:36.960><c> gave</c><00:47:37.199><c> him</c><00:47:37.440><c> a</c><00:47:37.559><c> poke,</c>

00:47:38.280 --> 00:47:41.940
a<00:47:38.360><c> little</c><00:47:38.559><c> bit</c><00:47:38.739><c> of</c><00:47:38.920><c> courage</c><00:47:39.179><c> to</c><00:47:39.480><c> speak</c><00:47:39.920><c> up.</c><00:47:41.139><c> It</c><00:47:41.440><c> gave</c><00:47:41.500><c> me</c><00:47:41.659><c> some</c>

00:47:41.940 --> 00:47:45.539
encouragement.<00:47:43.619><c> There's</c><00:47:44.139><c> hope.</c><00:47:45.360><c> It</c><00:47:45.539><c> had</c>

00:47:45.539 --> 00:47:48.420
happened<00:47:45.860><c> to</c><00:47:46.000><c> be</c><00:47:46.079><c> my</c><00:47:46.280><c> birthday,</c><00:47:47.099><c> too.</c><00:47:47.420><c> That</c><00:47:47.659><c> was</c><00:47:47.900><c> my</c><00:47:48.099><c> birthday</c>

00:47:48.420 --> 00:47:50.579
gift.<00:47:48.699><c> He</c><00:47:49.019><c> told</c><00:47:49.179><c> me</c><00:47:49.320><c> about</c><00:47:49.500><c> the</c><00:47:49.699><c> kingdom.</c>

00:47:50.719 --> 00:47:53.539
He<00:47:51.099><c> didn't</c><00:47:51.300><c> know</c><00:47:51.480><c> anything</c><00:47:51.760><c> about</c><00:47:52.099><c> the</c><00:47:52.340><c> kingdom,</c><00:47:52.659><c> but</c><00:47:53.019><c> he</c><00:47:53.219><c> told</c><00:47:53.360><c> me</c>

00:47:53.539 --> 00:47:58.179
about<00:47:53.760><c> it.</c><00:47:55.019><c> Yeah.</c><00:47:55.460><c> Yeah.</c><00:47:56.039><c> And,</c><00:47:56.440><c> okay.</c>

00:47:58.880 --> 00:48:02.199
What<00:47:59.280><c> do</c><00:47:59.400><c> you</c><00:47:59.460><c> know</c><00:47:59.639><c> about</c><00:47:59.840><c> this</c><00:48:00.119><c> stuff,</c><00:48:00.420><c> Pete?</c><00:48:01.559><c> Didn't</c><00:48:01.960><c> know</c>

00:48:02.199 --> 00:48:04.820
a<00:48:02.340><c> whole</c><00:48:02.480><c> lot.</c><00:48:03.599><c> But</c><00:48:03.780><c> he</c><00:48:03.880><c> had</c><00:48:04.000><c> been</c><00:48:04.199><c> to</c><00:48:04.500><c> a</c><00:48:04.599><c> Christ</c>

00:48:04.820 --> 00:48:06.840
dolphin<00:48:05.019><c> hall</c><00:48:05.320><c> and</c><00:48:05.460><c> he</c><00:48:05.639><c> brought</c><00:48:05.800><c> home</c><00:48:06.019><c> the</c><00:48:06.239><c> literature.</c><00:48:06.659><c> And</c>

00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:08.780
then<00:48:06.920><c> he</c><00:48:07.099><c> passed</c><00:48:07.380><c> that</c><00:48:07.539><c> on</c><00:48:07.619><c> to</c><00:48:07.780><c> me</c><00:48:07.960><c> after</c><00:48:08.280><c> he</c><00:48:08.480><c> got</c><00:48:08.579><c> me</c>

00:48:08.780 --> 00:48:13.739
to<00:48:08.820><c> read.</c><00:48:09.880><c> So</c><00:48:10.380><c> he</c><00:48:11.440><c> was</c><00:48:11.699><c> afraid</c><00:48:12.039><c> to</c><00:48:12.260><c> speak</c><00:48:12.519><c> up</c><00:48:12.780><c> because</c><00:48:13.239><c> people</c>

00:48:13.739 --> 00:48:18.860
had<00:48:14.659><c> ridiculed</c><00:48:15.139><c> him.</c><00:48:16.699><c> And</c><00:48:16.980><c> then</c><00:48:17.280><c> someone</c><00:48:18.519><c> needed</c>

00:48:18.860 --> 00:48:21.820
to<00:48:19.079><c> hear</c><00:48:19.179><c> the</c><00:48:19.340><c> message</c><00:48:19.800><c> and</c><00:48:20.320><c> he</c><00:48:20.679><c> spoke</c><00:48:20.940><c> up.</c><00:48:21.300><c> And</c><00:48:21.539><c> that's</c><00:48:21.699><c> what</c>

00:48:21.820 --> 00:48:25.900
we<00:48:22.099><c> got</c><00:48:22.199><c> to</c><00:48:22.320><c> do.</c><00:48:22.440><c> We</c><00:48:22.619><c> got</c><00:48:22.800><c> to</c><00:48:23.840><c> see</c><00:48:24.820><c> those</c><00:48:25.260><c> opportunities</c>

00:48:25.900 --> 00:48:30.199
and<00:48:26.239><c> conversation</c><00:48:26.900><c> where</c><00:48:27.280><c> we</c><00:48:27.500><c> could</c><00:48:28.000><c> slip</c><00:48:28.440><c> it</c><00:48:28.639><c> in</c><00:48:29.119><c> that</c><00:48:29.920><c> our</c>

00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:33.059
Lord<00:48:30.340><c> is</c><00:48:30.559><c> coming.</c><00:48:31.000><c> Yeah.</c><00:48:31.780><c> So</c><00:48:32.219><c> what</c><00:48:32.420><c> I'd</c><00:48:32.659><c> like</c><00:48:32.699><c> to</c><00:48:32.920><c> do</c>

00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:35.380
is<00:48:33.239><c> we</c><00:48:33.420><c> sort</c><00:48:33.539><c> of</c><00:48:33.679><c> come</c><00:48:33.780><c> to</c><00:48:33.960><c> the</c><00:48:34.079><c> end</c><00:48:34.219><c> of</c><00:48:34.380><c> our</c><00:48:34.639><c> time</c><00:48:34.880><c> is</c><00:48:35.059><c> I'd</c><00:48:35.260><c> like</c>

00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:38.400
to<00:48:35.699><c> talk</c><00:48:35.920><c> about</c><00:48:36.320><c> some</c><00:48:36.860><c> lessons</c><00:48:37.360><c> from</c><00:48:37.639><c> the</c><00:48:37.900><c> biblical</c>

00:48:38.400 --> 00:48:41.380
examples<00:48:39.199><c> that</c><00:48:39.519><c> we've</c><00:48:39.820><c> looked</c><00:48:40.000><c> at.</c><00:48:40.579><c> And</c><00:48:40.699><c> Luke,</c><00:48:40.800><c> I</c><00:48:40.940><c> think</c><00:48:41.139><c> you</c>

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:42.579
bring<00:48:41.539><c> up</c><00:48:41.719><c> some</c><00:48:41.960><c> of</c><00:48:42.099><c> the</c><00:48:42.239><c> lessons</c>

00:48:42.579 --> 00:48:47.480
that<00:48:42.880><c> we</c><00:48:44.179><c> want</c><00:48:44.460><c> to</c><00:48:44.659><c> talk</c><00:48:44.880><c> about.</c><00:48:45.219><c> One</c><00:48:45.440><c> is</c><00:48:45.880><c> when</c><00:48:46.139><c> we</c><00:48:46.360><c> think</c><00:48:46.539><c> about</c><00:48:47.079><c> this</c>

00:48:47.480 --> 00:48:49.539
personal<00:48:48.039><c> evangelism,</c>

00:48:49.679 --> 00:48:53.980
the<00:48:50.000><c> personal</c><00:48:50.559><c> interactions</c><00:48:51.500><c> that</c><00:48:51.860><c> we</c><00:48:52.219><c> have</c><00:48:52.480><c> one</c><00:48:52.780><c>-on</c><00:48:53.119><c>-one</c><00:48:53.440><c> with</c><00:48:53.760><c> the</c>

00:48:53.980 --> 00:48:55.460
next<00:48:54.280><c> door</c><00:48:54.440><c> neighbor,</c>

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part<00:49:22.340><c> of</c><00:49:22.780><c> Club</c><00:49:23.099><c> Christadelfia</c>

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gift<00:49:30.840><c> of</c><00:49:31.940><c> eternal</c><00:49:32.360><c> life.</c>

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sisters.<00:50:00.199><c> When</c><00:50:00.460><c> we</c><00:50:00.719><c> think</c><00:50:00.860><c> of</c><00:50:01.179><c> the</c><00:50:01.760><c> Samaritan</c><00:50:02.239><c> woman,</c><00:50:02.559><c> Jesus</c>

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this<00:50:06.380><c> amazing</c><00:50:06.920><c> grace.</c><00:50:09.139><c> And</c><00:50:09.480><c> similarly,</c><00:50:09.900><c> the</c><00:50:10.300><c> Good</c><00:50:10.619><c> Samaritan,</c><00:50:11.280><c> when</c><00:50:11.500><c> the</c>

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obligation.<00:50:21.219><c> And</c><00:50:21.380><c> so</c><00:50:21.559><c> sometimes</c><00:50:21.980><c> that</c><00:50:22.360><c> act</c>

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motivated<00:50:27.659><c> by</c><00:50:28.139><c> compassion</c><00:50:29.059><c> towards</c><00:50:29.579><c> them,</c>

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interest<00:50:46.079><c> in</c><00:50:46.360><c> their</c><00:50:46.760><c> wellbeing.</c><00:50:48.760><c> And</c><00:50:49.019><c> I</c><00:50:49.099><c> think</c><00:50:49.300><c> this</c><00:50:50.039><c> compassion</c><00:50:51.260><c> really</c>

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has<00:50:52.099><c> to</c><00:50:52.440><c> flow</c><00:50:52.860><c> across</c><00:50:53.420><c> cultural,</c>

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social,<00:50:54.980><c> religious</c><00:50:55.300><c> boundaries.</c><00:50:56.079><c> We've</c><00:50:56.500><c> got</c><00:50:56.639><c> to</c><00:50:57.440><c> be</c><00:50:57.619><c> compassionate</c><00:50:58.360><c> to</c><00:50:58.719><c> all</c>

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of<00:50:59.179><c> those</c><00:50:59.400><c> that</c><00:50:59.599><c> we</c><00:50:59.880><c> see.</c>

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sharing<00:51:03.920><c> the</c><00:51:04.159><c> gospel,</c><00:51:04.579><c> it's</c><00:51:04.860><c> not</c><00:51:05.159><c> about</c>

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winning<00:51:05.980><c> arguments.</c><00:51:06.820><c> It's</c><00:51:07.059><c> not</c><00:51:07.400><c> about</c><00:51:07.920><c> my</c><00:51:09.739><c> Bible</c><00:51:10.239><c> verse</c><00:51:10.579><c> against</c><00:51:10.920><c> your</c>

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Bible<00:51:11.659><c> verse.</c><00:51:12.039><c> It's</c><00:51:12.400><c> about</c>

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winning<00:51:13.599><c> the</c><00:51:14.099><c> lives</c><00:51:14.539><c> of</c><00:51:14.860><c> these</c><00:51:15.139><c> individuals</c><00:51:15.940><c> so</c><00:51:16.599><c> that</c><00:51:16.920><c> they</c>

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can<00:51:17.739><c> be</c><00:51:18.599><c> part</c><00:51:18.940><c> of</c><00:51:19.179><c> the</c><00:51:19.559><c> gift</c><00:51:20.039><c> that</c><00:51:21.099><c> God</c><00:51:21.340><c> has</c><00:51:21.639><c> given</c><00:51:21.820><c> us.</c>

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stories<00:51:29.019><c> that</c><00:51:29.400><c> these</c><00:51:29.840><c> examples</c><00:51:30.579><c> that</c><00:51:30.880><c> we</c><00:51:31.119><c> have,</c>

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our<00:51:33.860><c> motivation</c><00:51:34.519><c> to</c><00:51:35.059><c> preach</c><00:51:35.260><c> is</c><00:51:35.579><c> based</c><00:51:35.880><c> on</c><00:51:36.199><c> compassion.</c><00:51:37.940><c> I</c><00:51:38.159><c> think</c><00:51:38.360><c> one</c><00:51:38.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:51:38.760><c> lessons</c><00:51:39.099><c> that</c><00:51:39.300><c> we</c><00:51:39.440><c> need</c><00:51:39.579><c> to</c><00:51:39.880><c> learn</c>

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is<00:51:40.260><c> that</c><00:51:40.599><c> courage</c><00:51:41.039><c> is</c><00:51:41.440><c> important.</c><00:51:42.599><c> One</c><00:51:42.840><c> of</c><00:51:42.980><c> my</c><00:51:43.219><c> favorite</c><00:51:43.760><c> passages</c><00:51:44.500><c> in</c>

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scriptures<00:51:45.840><c> comes</c><00:51:46.239><c> from</c><00:51:46.559><c> the</c><00:51:46.739><c> Old</c><00:51:46.960><c> Testament</c>

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where<00:51:48.679><c> Moses</c><00:51:49.340><c> says</c><00:51:49.820><c> to</c><00:51:50.119><c> Joshua,</c><00:51:50.639><c> be</c><00:51:51.099><c> strong</c><00:51:51.860><c> and</c><00:51:52.360><c> courageous.</c>

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The<00:51:54.139><c> Lord</c><00:51:54.440><c> commands</c><00:51:55.139><c> you</c><00:51:55.400><c> to</c><00:51:55.519><c> be</c>

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strong<00:51:56.280><c> and</c><00:51:56.679><c> courageous.</c><00:51:57.159><c> And</c><00:51:57.360><c> sometimes</c><00:51:57.960><c> courage</c><00:51:58.500><c> is</c><00:51:59.000><c> required.</c><00:52:01.340><c> From</c>

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Philip<00:52:02.280><c> approaching</c><00:52:02.860><c> this</c><00:52:03.300><c> stranger</c>

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on<00:52:04.159><c> a</c><00:52:05.000><c> desert</c><00:52:05.320><c> road</c><00:52:05.679><c> to</c><00:52:06.000><c> Peter</c><00:52:06.280><c> boldly</c><00:52:07.719><c> proclaiming</c><00:52:08.539><c> and</c><00:52:08.820><c> preaching</c><00:52:09.139><c> Jesus</c><00:52:09.719><c> at</c>

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Pentecost,<00:52:11.059><c> we</c><00:52:11.519><c> see</c><00:52:12.000><c> that</c>

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sharing<00:52:12.880><c> the</c><00:52:13.159><c> gospel</c><00:52:13.619><c> often</c><00:52:14.719><c> involves</c><00:52:15.519><c> stepping</c><00:52:16.059><c> out</c><00:52:16.360><c> of</c><00:52:16.460><c> our</c>

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comfort<00:52:17.079><c> zones.</c>

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biblical<00:52:24.679><c> figures</c><00:52:25.280><c> that</c><00:52:25.519><c> we</c><00:52:25.739><c> read</c><00:52:25.900><c> about,</c>

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they<00:52:26.420><c> faced</c><00:52:26.639><c> rejection.</c><00:52:28.500><c> They</c><00:52:28.940><c> faced</c><00:52:29.320><c> misunderstanding.</c><00:52:30.340><c> We</c>

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talked<00:52:30.840><c> about</c><00:52:31.059><c> the</c><00:52:31.300><c> man</c><00:52:31.519><c> born</c><00:52:31.800><c> blind</c><00:52:32.340><c> and</c><00:52:32.679><c> he</c><00:52:32.940><c> and</c><00:52:33.019><c> his</c>

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parents<00:52:33.480><c> were</c><00:52:33.860><c> thrown</c><00:52:34.199><c> out</c><00:52:34.440><c> of</c><00:52:34.559><c> the</c><00:52:34.800><c> synagogue.</c><00:52:36.039><c> It</c><00:52:36.360><c> takes</c><00:52:36.719><c> courage</c><00:52:37.500><c> to</c>

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stand<00:52:39.199><c> up</c><00:52:39.699><c> and</c><00:52:40.340><c> to</c><00:52:40.719><c> share</c><00:52:40.920><c> your</c><00:52:41.300><c> faith</c>

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in<00:52:41.860><c> examples</c><00:52:42.199><c> like</c><00:52:42.619><c> that.</c><00:52:43.500><c> But</c><00:52:43.739><c> their</c><00:52:44.000><c> courage</c><00:52:44.360><c> came</c><00:52:44.699><c> not</c><00:52:44.980><c> from</c><00:52:45.239><c> this</c><00:52:45.619><c> self</c><00:52:45.940><c>-confidence.</c><00:52:46.599><c> It</c>

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didn't<00:52:47.099><c> come</c><00:52:47.440><c> from</c><00:52:47.679><c> like</c>

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I<00:52:48.260><c> can</c><00:52:48.579><c> muscle</c><00:52:48.940><c> my</c><00:52:49.280><c> way</c><00:52:49.500><c> through</c><00:52:49.820><c> this.</c><00:52:50.139><c> It</c><00:52:50.380><c> came</c><00:52:50.719><c> from</c><00:52:51.440><c> trust</c>

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in<00:52:53.039><c> God's</c><00:52:53.519><c> message</c><00:52:54.019><c> and</c><00:52:55.659><c> from</c><00:52:56.159><c> the</c><00:52:56.460><c> mission,</c>

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from<00:52:57.920><c> the</c><00:52:58.199><c> belief</c><00:52:58.820><c> that</c><00:52:59.760><c> we</c><00:53:00.219><c> are</c><00:53:00.480><c> to</c><00:53:00.639><c> go</c><00:53:00.900><c> out</c><00:53:01.119><c> and</c><00:53:01.280><c> be</c><00:53:01.480><c> that</c><00:53:01.860><c> light</c><00:53:02.059><c> on</c>

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the<00:53:02.539><c> world,</c><00:53:03.360><c> that</c><00:53:03.619><c> light</c><00:53:03.820><c> to</c><00:53:04.039><c> the</c><00:53:04.260><c> world.</c>

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And<00:53:05.579><c> I</c><00:53:05.760><c> think</c><00:53:06.059><c> modern</c><00:53:06.760><c> evangelism</c><00:53:07.519><c> doesn't</c><00:53:07.820><c> mean</c><00:53:08.099><c> that</c><00:53:08.260><c> we're</c>

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going<00:53:08.579><c> to</c><00:53:08.719><c> be</c><00:53:09.000><c> thrown</c><00:53:09.260><c> out</c><00:53:09.500><c> of</c><00:53:09.619><c> the</c><00:53:09.880><c> synagogue,</c>

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but<00:53:11.239><c> it</c><00:53:11.460><c> does</c><00:53:12.039><c> require</c><00:53:12.619><c> that</c><00:53:12.840><c> we</c><00:53:13.139><c> cultivate</c><00:53:13.659><c> some</c><00:53:14.099><c> form</c><00:53:14.340><c> of</c><00:53:14.679><c> courage,</c><00:53:15.500><c> willing</c><00:53:15.800><c> to</c>

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speak<00:53:16.380><c> up</c><00:53:16.719><c> in</c><00:53:17.480><c> workplaces</c>

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or<00:53:18.579><c> in</c><00:53:18.880><c> families</c><00:53:19.239><c> that</c><00:53:19.500><c> might</c><00:53:19.780><c> not</c><00:53:20.239><c> want</c><00:53:20.420><c> to</c><00:53:20.639><c> be</c><00:53:21.000><c> receptive</c><00:53:21.420><c> at</c>

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first.<00:53:24.619><c> Courage,</c><00:53:25.239><c> as</c><00:53:25.380><c> they</c><00:53:25.699><c> say,</c><00:53:26.079><c> is</c><00:53:26.159><c> not</c><00:53:26.440><c> the</c>

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absence<00:53:27.360><c> of</c><00:53:28.420><c> fear,</c><00:53:30.300><c> but</c><00:53:30.460><c> it's</c><00:53:30.940><c> the</c><00:53:31.179><c> obedience</c><00:53:31.659><c> in</c><00:53:32.159><c> spite</c><00:53:32.360><c> of</c>

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that<00:53:32.880><c> fear.</c><00:53:33.940><c> And</c><00:53:34.320><c> so</c><00:53:34.460><c> we</c><00:53:34.599><c> are</c><00:53:34.780><c> to</c><00:53:34.960><c> be</c><00:53:35.199><c> obedient,</c>

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brothers<00:53:35.960><c> and</c><00:53:36.280><c> sisters.</c><00:53:38.460><c> I</c><00:53:38.539><c> think</c><00:53:38.739><c> a</c><00:53:39.039><c> third</c><00:53:39.280><c> lesson</c><00:53:39.659><c> that</c><00:53:39.860><c> I</c>

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get<00:53:40.179><c> from</c><00:53:40.500><c> these</c><00:53:41.039><c> examples</c><00:53:41.699><c> that</c><00:53:41.960><c> we've</c><00:53:42.400><c> explored</c>

00:53:42.719 --> 00:53:49.699
tonight<00:53:43.159><c> is</c><00:53:43.559><c> that</c><00:53:44.599><c> effective</c><00:53:45.420><c> evangelism</c><00:53:46.960><c> is</c><00:53:48.059><c> about</c><00:53:48.639><c> presenting</c><00:53:49.440><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:53:50.300><c> clearly,</c>

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without<00:53:53.620><c> unnecessary</c><00:53:54.300><c> complexity.</c><00:53:56.119><c> It's</c><00:53:56.800><c> about</c><00:53:57.059><c> proclaiming</c><00:53:57.800><c> Jesus</c><00:53:58.340><c> Christ</c><00:53:59.340><c> and</c>

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him<00:54:00.179><c> crucified.</c>

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It's<00:54:04.659><c> about</c><00:54:04.920><c> the</c><00:54:05.119><c> name</c><00:54:05.579><c> of</c><00:54:05.800><c> Jesus</c><00:54:06.239><c> Christ</c><00:54:06.960><c> and</c><00:54:07.659><c> the</c><00:54:07.900><c> kingdom</c>

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of<00:54:08.519><c> God.</c><00:54:09.960><c> It</c><00:54:10.519><c> doesn't</c><00:54:10.820><c> have</c><00:54:11.159><c> to</c><00:54:11.380><c> be</c>

00:54:13.780 --> 00:54:17.860
too<00:54:14.460><c> complicated.</c><00:54:15.519><c> It's</c><00:54:15.860><c> not</c><00:54:16.099><c> above</c><00:54:16.360><c> your</c><00:54:16.679><c> pay</c><00:54:17.019><c> grade,</c><00:54:17.300><c> I</c><00:54:17.539><c> guess</c><00:54:17.739><c> is</c>

00:54:17.860 --> 00:54:20.059
what<00:54:18.019><c> I'm</c><00:54:18.219><c> trying</c><00:54:18.460><c> to</c><00:54:18.719><c> say.</c><00:54:18.980><c> When</c><00:54:19.179><c> Jesus</c>

00:54:20.059 --> 00:54:27.099
explained<00:54:20.920><c> salvation</c><00:54:21.619><c> in</c><00:54:21.920><c> Nicodemus</c><00:54:22.599><c> or</c><00:54:22.960><c> when</c><00:54:23.440><c> Paul</c><00:54:23.980><c> preached</c><00:54:24.380><c> in</c><00:54:24.780><c> Athens,</c><00:54:26.119><c> Jesus</c><00:54:26.559><c> and</c><00:54:26.820><c> Paul,</c>

00:54:27.099 --> 00:54:31.300
they<00:54:27.420><c> used</c><00:54:27.679><c> language</c><00:54:28.280><c> that</c><00:54:28.519><c> was</c><00:54:28.940><c> understood</c><00:54:29.599><c> by</c><00:54:30.440><c> their</c><00:54:30.719><c> audience,</c><00:54:31.119><c> that</c>

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they<00:54:31.480><c> could</c><00:54:31.719><c> understand.</c>

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And<00:54:33.739><c> so</c><00:54:34.639><c> these</c><00:54:35.440><c> are</c><00:54:35.679><c> the</c><00:54:35.900><c> things</c><00:54:36.579><c> that</c><00:54:37.280><c> I'm</c><00:54:37.679><c> trying</c><00:54:38.000><c> to</c><00:54:39.000><c> implement</c><00:54:39.619><c> in</c><00:54:39.840><c> my</c>

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life<00:54:40.460><c> more.</c><00:54:41.579><c> And</c><00:54:41.940><c> when</c><00:54:42.139><c> brother</c><00:54:42.420><c> Dave</c>

00:54:43.019 --> 00:54:51.840
shared<00:54:43.880><c> this</c><00:54:46.559><c> editorial</c><00:54:47.920><c> and</c><00:54:49.019><c> he</c><00:54:49.400><c> exhorted</c><00:54:49.739><c> us</c><00:54:50.139><c> all</c><00:54:50.579><c> to</c><00:54:51.320><c> view</c>

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personal<00:54:52.480><c> evangelism</c><00:54:53.400><c> as</c><00:54:53.739><c> a</c><00:54:54.099><c> responsibility,</c>

00:54:54.860 --> 00:54:58.800
not<00:54:55.239><c> to</c><00:54:55.460><c> be</c><00:54:55.800><c> delegated</c><00:54:56.360><c> to</c><00:54:56.619><c> the</c><00:54:56.860><c> ecclesia</c><00:54:57.280><c> or</c><00:54:57.480><c> to</c><00:54:57.619><c> the</c><00:54:57.880><c> CBMA</c><00:54:58.539><c> or</c>

00:54:58.800 --> 00:55:00.760
to<00:54:59.039><c> some</c><00:54:59.260><c> organization</c><00:55:00.039><c> that's</c><00:55:00.380><c> going</c><00:55:00.500><c> to</c><00:55:00.659><c> do</c>

00:55:00.760 --> 00:55:04.880
it<00:55:00.960><c> for</c><00:55:01.300><c> us,</c><00:55:02.179><c> it</c><00:55:02.500><c> resonated</c><00:55:02.880><c> with</c><00:55:03.179><c> me.</c><00:55:03.920><c> And</c><00:55:04.219><c> I</c><00:55:04.360><c> hope</c><00:55:04.500><c> it</c><00:55:04.719><c> does</c>

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with<00:55:05.159><c> you.</c><00:55:06.059><c> And</c><00:55:06.320><c> so</c><00:55:06.619><c> as</c><00:55:06.900><c> we</c><00:55:07.360><c> leave</c><00:55:07.619><c> class</c><00:55:08.039><c> tonight,</c>

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I'd<00:55:10.199><c> like</c><00:55:10.320><c> to</c><00:55:12.559><c> encourage</c><00:55:13.000><c> you</c><00:55:13.340><c> as</c><00:55:13.579><c> I</c><00:55:14.000><c> hope</c><00:55:14.139><c> to</c><00:55:14.380><c> encourage</c><00:55:14.699><c> myself</c><00:55:15.340><c> to</c>

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begin<00:55:17.059><c> having</c><00:55:17.619><c> more</c>

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open<00:55:19.739><c> and</c><00:55:20.219><c> honest,</c><00:55:21.280><c> meaningful</c><00:55:21.739><c> dialogues</c><00:55:22.420><c> with</c><00:55:22.699><c> people,</c>

00:55:23.179 --> 00:55:25.800
not<00:55:23.460><c> rehearsed</c><00:55:24.340><c> conversations</c><00:55:25.000><c> necessarily.</c>

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Jesus<00:55:26.559><c> talked</c><00:55:26.960><c> with</c><00:55:27.199><c> people</c><00:55:27.539><c> in</c><00:55:27.800><c> everyday</c><00:55:28.199><c> settings,</c><00:55:29.000><c> at</c><00:55:29.159><c> wells</c><00:55:29.500><c> and</c>

00:55:30.119 --> 00:55:32.980
in<00:55:30.400><c> homes</c><00:55:30.699><c> and</c><00:55:30.860><c> on</c><00:55:31.099><c> the</c><00:55:31.360><c> roads.</c><00:55:32.420><c> He</c><00:55:32.699><c> asked</c>

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questions<00:55:33.599><c> and</c><00:55:34.079><c> he</c><00:55:34.360><c> responded</c><00:55:34.980><c> thoughtfully.</c><00:55:36.320><c> And</c><00:55:36.519><c> I</c><00:55:36.639><c> think</c>

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that's<00:55:37.019><c> what</c><00:55:37.159><c> I</c><00:55:37.400><c> want</c><00:55:37.539><c> to</c><00:55:37.739><c> try</c><00:55:37.960><c> and</c><00:55:38.119><c> do.</c>

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When<00:55:39.039><c> people</c><00:55:39.380><c> worry</c><00:55:39.840><c> about</c><00:55:40.079><c> what's</c><00:55:40.519><c> happening</c><00:55:40.739><c> in</c><00:55:40.960><c> the</c><00:55:41.119><c> country</c><00:55:41.480><c> today,</c><00:55:42.219><c> simply</c><00:55:42.820><c> ask</c>

00:55:43.119 --> 00:55:43.800
the<00:55:43.380><c> question,</c>

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where<00:55:44.320><c> do</c><00:55:44.539><c> you</c><00:55:44.539><c> think</c><00:55:44.699><c> this</c><00:55:44.960><c> is</c><00:55:45.139><c> going?</c><00:55:46.099><c> What</c><00:55:46.320><c> do</c><00:55:46.480><c> you</c><00:55:46.539><c> think</c>

00:55:46.679 --> 00:55:49.440
the<00:55:46.880><c> answers</c><00:55:47.260><c> are?</c><00:55:48.280><c> And</c><00:55:48.480><c> inevitably</c><00:55:49.019><c> they'll</c>

00:55:49.440 --> 00:55:51.360
come<00:55:49.639><c> back</c><00:55:49.880><c> and</c><00:55:50.000><c> say,</c><00:55:50.139><c> well,</c><00:55:50.320><c> how</c><00:55:50.500><c> about</c><00:55:50.659><c> you,</c><00:55:51.019><c> Steve?</c><00:55:51.179><c> What</c>

00:55:51.360 --> 00:55:55.019
do<00:55:51.480><c> you</c><00:55:51.719><c> think?</c><00:55:53.099><c> And</c><00:55:53.579><c> just</c><00:55:53.900><c> having</c><00:55:54.199><c> these</c><00:55:54.539><c> open,</c>

00:55:55.320 --> 00:55:57.860
genuine<00:55:55.559><c> conversations,</c><00:55:56.420><c> I</c><00:55:56.619><c> think</c><00:55:56.800><c> is</c><00:55:56.880><c> something</c><00:55:57.179><c> that</c><00:55:57.380><c> I</c><00:55:57.539><c> want</c><00:55:57.679><c> to</c>

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try<00:55:58.000><c> and</c><00:55:58.219><c> do</c><00:55:58.360><c> more.</c><00:55:59.219><c> I</c><00:55:59.460><c> want</c><00:55:59.599><c> to</c><00:55:59.880><c> share</c><00:56:00.039><c> my</c>

00:56:00.440 --> 00:56:04.440
story<00:56:00.840><c> more.</c><00:56:01.739><c> I</c><00:56:01.880><c> want</c><00:56:02.079><c> to</c><00:56:02.360><c> pray</c><00:56:02.719><c> for</c><00:56:03.099><c> boldness,</c><00:56:03.980><c> brothers</c><00:56:04.119><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:56:04.800><c> that</c><00:56:04.960><c> I</c><00:56:05.099><c> can</c><00:56:05.300><c> have</c><00:56:05.559><c> the</c><00:56:05.840><c> courage</c>

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to<00:56:07.440><c> do</c><00:56:07.699><c> this</c><00:56:08.039><c> more.</c><00:56:08.760><c> And</c><00:56:09.019><c> perhaps</c><00:56:09.320><c> even</c><00:56:09.619><c> offer</c><00:56:09.920><c> to</c><00:56:10.219><c> pray</c><00:56:10.460><c> with</c>

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the<00:56:10.940><c> people</c><00:56:11.119><c> that</c><00:56:11.300><c> are</c><00:56:11.559><c> important</c><00:56:11.900><c> in</c><00:56:12.079><c> my</c><00:56:12.340><c> life,</c>

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that<00:56:12.699><c> aren't</c><00:56:12.940><c> part</c><00:56:13.239><c> of</c><00:56:13.480><c> the</c><00:56:13.659><c> faith.</c><00:56:14.960><c> People</c><00:56:15.219><c> who</c><00:56:15.480><c> are</c><00:56:15.519><c> going</c>

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through<00:56:15.980><c> life's</c><00:56:16.619><c> difficulties.</c>

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I<00:56:19.300><c> had</c><00:56:19.500><c> a</c><00:56:19.739><c> conversation</c><00:56:20.199><c> with</c><00:56:20.420><c> a</c><00:56:20.599><c> friend</c><00:56:20.719><c> of</c><00:56:20.860><c> mine.</c><00:56:20.960><c> He's</c><00:56:21.119><c> not</c>

00:56:21.320 --> 00:56:23.840
a<00:56:21.500><c> chrysodolphian,</c><00:56:22.119><c> but</c><00:56:22.260><c> he</c><00:56:22.380><c> was</c><00:56:22.559><c> telling</c><00:56:22.800><c> me</c><00:56:23.119><c> that</c>

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one<00:56:25.579><c> of</c><00:56:25.739><c> his</c><00:56:25.980><c> friends</c><00:56:26.179><c> was</c><00:56:26.440><c> diagnosed</c><00:56:26.940><c> with</c><00:56:27.199><c> cancer.</c><00:56:28.420><c> And</c><00:56:28.639><c> his</c>

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friend<00:56:28.980><c> was</c><00:56:29.280><c> sharing</c><00:56:29.639><c> this</c><00:56:29.940><c> with</c><00:56:30.119><c> him.</c><00:56:30.239><c> And</c>

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afterwards<00:56:30.800><c> he</c><00:56:31.019><c> said</c><00:56:31.239><c> to</c><00:56:31.320><c> him,</c><00:56:31.699><c> said,</c><00:56:32.519><c> John,</c><00:56:32.920><c> you</c><00:56:33.000><c> know</c><00:56:33.219><c> I'm</c><00:56:33.400><c> a</c>

00:56:33.480 --> 00:56:35.480
man<00:56:33.679><c> of</c><00:56:33.920><c> faith.</c><00:56:34.139><c> Would</c><00:56:34.280><c> you</c><00:56:34.460><c> like</c><00:56:34.599><c> me</c><00:56:34.739><c> to</c><00:56:35.019><c> pray</c><00:56:35.199><c> with</c>

00:56:35.480 --> 00:56:49.679
you?<00:56:39.019><c> And</c><00:56:39.980><c> John</c><00:56:40.179><c> said,</c><00:56:40.500><c> yeah.</c><00:56:42.619><c> I</c><00:56:43.579><c> don't</c><00:56:43.800><c> know</c><00:56:43.920><c> how</c><00:56:44.059><c> to</c><00:56:44.159><c> pray</c><00:56:44.400><c> for</c><00:56:44.619><c> myself.</c><00:56:46.619><c> And</c><00:56:46.840><c> this</c><00:56:47.119><c> just</c><00:56:47.659><c> opened</c><00:56:48.699><c> up</c>

00:56:50.239 --> 00:56:57.679
the<00:56:50.719><c> desire,</c><00:56:52.480><c> the</c><00:56:52.760><c> need,</c><00:56:54.079><c> the</c><00:56:54.280><c> wish.</c><00:56:55.699><c> So</c><00:56:56.199><c> we</c><00:56:56.340><c> can</c><00:56:56.599><c> pray</c><00:56:57.119><c> for</c>

00:56:57.679 --> 00:57:00.659
boldness<00:56:58.079><c> for</c><00:56:58.340><c> ourselves</c><00:56:58.920><c> and</c><00:56:59.179><c> pray</c><00:56:59.639><c> for</c><00:57:00.159><c> the</c><00:57:00.440><c> people</c>

00:57:00.659 --> 00:57:04.800
we're<00:57:00.920><c> with.</c><00:57:02.059><c> I</c><00:57:02.099><c> think</c><00:57:02.260><c> we</c><00:57:02.380><c> need</c><00:57:02.519><c> to</c><00:57:02.739><c> listen</c><00:57:03.039><c> well.</c><00:57:04.480><c> So</c><00:57:04.639><c> let's</c>

00:57:04.800 --> 00:57:06.760
just<00:57:05.159><c> close</c><00:57:05.440><c> with</c><00:57:05.679><c> these</c><00:57:05.940><c> thoughts.</c>

00:57:06.840 --> 00:57:13.800
Personal<00:57:07.539><c> evangelism</c><00:57:09.840><c> is</c><00:57:10.539><c> a</c><00:57:10.880><c> vital</c><00:57:11.380><c> and</c><00:57:12.619><c> timeless</c><00:57:13.039><c> way</c><00:57:13.519><c> that</c>

00:57:13.800 --> 00:57:18.480
God<00:57:14.059><c> reaches</c><00:57:14.500><c> hearts,</c><00:57:16.000><c> one</c><00:57:16.380><c> person</c><00:57:17.059><c> at</c><00:57:17.420><c> a</c><00:57:17.619><c> time.</c>

00:57:19.159 --> 00:57:23.099
I<00:57:19.340><c> think</c><00:57:19.500><c> the</c><00:57:19.739><c> Bible</c><00:57:20.000><c> gives</c><00:57:20.280><c> us</c><00:57:20.539><c> a</c><00:57:20.619><c> lot</c><00:57:20.820><c> of</c><00:57:21.139><c> great</c><00:57:21.320><c> examples</c><00:57:22.059><c> of</c>

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ordinary<00:57:23.659><c> people</c><00:57:24.659><c> sharing</c><00:57:25.300><c> the</c>

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extraordinary<00:57:26.679><c> message</c><00:57:27.300><c> of</c><00:57:27.820><c> Jesus</c><00:57:28.400><c> in</c><00:57:28.900><c> the</c><00:57:29.059><c> coming</c><00:57:29.320><c> kingdom.</c>

00:57:30.679 --> 00:57:32.539
So<00:57:30.900><c> let's</c><00:57:31.199><c> use</c><00:57:31.400><c> this</c><00:57:31.679><c> as</c><00:57:31.940><c> motivation</c>

00:57:32.539 --> 00:57:36.840
tomorrow<00:57:33.199><c> morning</c><00:57:33.659><c> when</c><00:57:34.059><c> we</c><00:57:34.300><c> wake</c><00:57:34.480><c> up</c><00:57:34.800><c> and</c><00:57:35.579><c> start</c><00:57:35.820><c> interacting</c><00:57:36.400><c> with</c><00:57:36.679><c> the</c>

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world<00:57:37.059><c> again.</c>