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as<00:10:19.240><c> it</c><00:10:19.500><c> grows,</c><00:10:20.279><c> as</c><00:10:20.500><c> it</c><00:10:20.759><c> gets</c><00:10:20.980><c> from</c><00:10:21.860><c> Pentecost</c>

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and<00:10:23.159><c> all</c><00:10:23.299><c> that</c><00:10:23.460><c> goes</c><00:10:23.639><c> on</c><00:10:24.019><c> there</c>

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and<00:10:25.120><c> through</c><00:10:25.519><c> the</c><00:10:26.320><c> healing</c><00:10:26.580><c> of</c><00:10:27.240><c> the</c><00:10:27.360><c> lame</c><00:10:27.559><c> man</c>

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we<00:10:33.879><c> really</c><00:10:34.100><c> do</c><00:10:34.240><c> have</c><00:10:34.360><c> to</c><00:10:34.440><c> look</c><00:10:34.580><c> at</c><00:10:34.759><c> Ananias</c><00:10:35.139><c> and</c><00:10:35.320><c> Sapphira</c>

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because<00:10:35.919><c> Stephen</c><00:10:36.179><c> is</c><00:10:36.419><c> such</c><00:10:36.519><c> an</c><00:10:36.759><c> amazing</c><00:10:37.120><c> contrast</c><00:10:37.700><c> to</c><00:10:38.399><c> them.</c>

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So<00:10:39.259><c> it</c><00:10:39.320><c> says</c><00:10:39.519><c> in</c><00:10:39.679><c> the</c><00:10:39.759><c> beginning</c><00:10:40.039><c> of</c><00:10:40.240><c> Acts</c><00:10:40.440><c> chapter</c><00:10:40.740><c> five,</c>

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verses<00:10:41.600><c> one</c><00:10:41.820><c> and</c><00:10:42.000><c> two,</c><00:10:42.220><c> it</c><00:10:42.360><c> says,</c>

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but<00:10:44.139><c> a</c><00:10:44.320><c> certain</c><00:10:44.500><c> man</c><00:10:44.779><c> named</c><00:10:45.039><c> Ananias</c><00:10:45.740><c> with</c><00:10:46.059><c> Sapphira,</c><00:10:46.639><c> his</c><00:10:46.840><c> wife,</c>

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sold<00:10:47.879><c> the</c><00:10:48.200><c> possession</c><00:10:48.559><c> and</c><00:10:49.539><c> kept</c><00:10:49.779><c> part</c><00:10:50.080><c> of</c><00:10:50.220><c> the</c><00:10:50.440><c> price,</c>

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his<00:10:51.919><c> wife</c><00:10:52.120><c> also</c><00:10:52.539><c> being</c><00:10:52.960><c> privy</c><00:10:53.259><c> to</c><00:10:53.480><c> it</c>

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and<00:10:54.980><c> brought</c><00:10:55.200><c> a</c><00:10:55.519><c> certain</c><00:10:55.799><c> part</c>

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and<00:10:57.200><c> laid</c><00:10:57.340><c> it</c><00:10:57.580><c> at</c><00:10:57.820><c> the</c><00:10:58.100><c> apostles'</c><00:10:59.039><c> feet.</c>

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Now<00:11:02.080><c> these</c><00:11:02.279><c> events</c><00:11:02.539><c> immediately</c><00:11:03.120><c> follow</c><00:11:03.700><c> the</c><00:11:04.120><c> end</c><00:11:04.259><c> of</c><00:11:04.399><c> Acts</c>

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chapter<00:11:04.759><c> four,</c><00:11:05.000><c> we</c><00:11:05.100><c> didn't</c><00:11:05.220><c> look</c><00:11:05.460><c> at</c><00:11:05.580><c> it,</c>

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but<00:11:05.799><c> you</c><00:11:05.960><c> know</c><00:11:06.059><c> the</c><00:11:06.279><c> story</c><00:11:06.519><c> of</c><00:11:06.740><c> Barnabas</c>

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who<00:11:08.320><c> does</c><00:11:08.559><c> this</c><00:11:08.919><c> exact</c><00:11:09.179><c> same</c><00:11:09.419><c> thing,</c>

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only<00:11:09.940><c> Barnabas</c><00:11:10.440><c> lays</c><00:11:10.740><c> it</c><00:11:11.019><c> all</c><00:11:11.740><c> before</c><00:11:12.299><c> their</c><00:11:12.659><c> feet.</c>

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And<00:11:13.840><c> one</c><00:11:13.919><c> of</c><00:11:14.039><c> the</c><00:11:14.080><c> interesting</c><00:11:14.340><c> things</c>

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that<00:11:14.759><c> I</c><00:11:14.759><c> found</c><00:11:14.879><c> about</c><00:11:15.080><c> Barnabas,</c>

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you<00:11:15.659><c> know,</c><00:11:16.039><c> his</c><00:11:16.220><c> name</c><00:11:16.419><c> means</c><00:11:16.600><c> son</c><00:11:16.840><c> of</c><00:11:17.100><c> consolation,</c>

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but<00:11:17.759><c> that</c><00:11:17.940><c> word</c><00:11:18.080><c> of</c><00:11:18.340><c> consolation</c><00:11:18.840><c> carries</c><00:11:19.159><c> the</c><00:11:19.419><c> idea</c>

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of<00:11:20.759><c> somebody</c><00:11:21.039><c> being</c><00:11:21.480><c> called</c><00:11:22.200><c> to</c><00:11:22.600><c> do</c><00:11:22.899><c> something.</c>

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He<00:11:25.899><c> was</c><00:11:26.220><c> called</c><00:11:26.480><c> by</c><00:11:26.840><c> God</c><00:11:27.179><c> and</c><00:11:27.659><c> totally</c><00:11:28.179><c> willingly</c>

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And<00:11:33.299><c> yet</c><00:11:33.559><c> Ananias</c><00:11:34.159><c> and</c><00:11:34.340><c> Sapphira</c><00:11:35.259><c> kept</c><00:11:35.820><c> back</c><00:11:36.460><c> part</c><00:11:36.799><c> of</c><00:11:36.980><c> the</c><00:11:37.179><c> price.</c>

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they<00:11:55.879><c> were</c><00:11:56.259><c> answerable</c><00:11:57.179><c> directly</c><00:11:57.860><c> to</c><00:11:58.100><c> the</c><00:11:58.299><c> Almighty</c>

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it<00:12:08.700><c> is</c><00:12:09.480><c> the</c><00:12:09.679><c> Lord</c><00:12:09.980><c> God</c><00:12:10.360><c> Almighty</c><00:12:10.740><c> through</c><00:12:11.100><c> his</c><00:12:11.460><c> son</c>

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In<00:12:25.480><c> an</c><00:12:25.779><c> institution,</c><00:12:27.000><c> you</c><00:12:27.039><c> have</c><00:12:27.600><c> leaders</c><00:12:28.080><c> who</c><00:12:28.360><c> are</c><00:12:28.600><c> in</c><00:12:28.860><c> charge</c>

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and<00:12:29.500><c> has</c><00:12:29.799><c> leaders</c><00:12:30.299><c> that</c><00:12:30.519><c> you</c><00:12:30.700><c> are</c><00:12:31.039><c> answerable</c><00:12:31.559><c> to</c>

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moving<00:12:54.059><c> their</c><00:12:54.399><c> priests</c><00:12:54.620><c> from</c><00:12:54.940><c> parish</c><00:12:55.279><c> to</c><00:12:55.600><c> parish</c>

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because<00:12:56.820><c> the</c><00:12:57.200><c> institution</c><00:12:57.840><c> was</c><00:12:58.200><c> more</c><00:12:58.539><c> important</c><00:12:59.200><c> than</c><00:12:59.559><c> the</c><00:12:59.820><c> people.</c>

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as<00:13:06.639><c> if</c><00:13:06.759><c> they</c><00:13:06.940><c> were</c><00:13:07.100><c> serving</c><00:13:07.440><c> an</c><00:13:07.700><c> institution</c>

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and<00:13:08.879><c> not</c><00:13:09.159><c> as</c><00:13:09.480><c> ones</c><00:13:09.659><c> that</c><00:13:09.879><c> had</c><00:13:10.039><c> been</c><00:13:10.279><c> called</c><00:13:10.639><c> out.</c>

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how<00:13:14.720><c> can</c><00:13:15.059><c> we</c><00:13:15.740><c> secretly</c><00:13:16.240><c> hold</c><00:13:16.740><c> back</c><00:13:18.159><c> money</c><00:13:18.600><c> from</c><00:13:18.820><c> God?</c>

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Clearly,<00:13:21.240><c> he's</c><00:13:21.440><c> gonna</c><00:13:21.700><c> know</c><00:13:23.059><c> how</c><00:13:23.620><c> much</c><00:13:23.860><c> we</c><00:13:24.460><c> sold</c><00:13:24.700><c> the</c><00:13:24.860><c> land</c><00:13:25.240><c> for.</c>

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They<00:13:44.159><c> didn't</c><00:13:44.500><c> consider</c><00:13:44.919><c> that</c><00:13:45.179><c> Peter</c><00:13:45.440><c> was</c><00:13:46.019><c> one</c><00:13:46.320><c> with</c><00:13:46.559><c> Christ.</c>

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That's<00:13:47.679><c> what</c><00:13:47.960><c> that</c><00:13:48.320><c> one</c><00:13:48.580><c> mind</c><00:13:48.919><c> and</c><00:13:49.159><c> one</c><00:13:49.340><c> body</c><00:13:49.679><c> is</c><00:13:49.840><c> all</c><00:13:50.080><c> about.</c>

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And<00:13:51.700><c> so</c><00:13:51.940><c> Peter</c><00:13:52.139><c> says</c><00:13:52.419><c> this.</c>

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Ananias<00:13:55.299><c> said,</c><00:13:55.539><c> Ananias,</c><00:13:56.139><c> why</c><00:13:56.500><c> hath</c><00:13:57.000><c> Satan</c>

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filled<00:13:59.440><c> my</c><00:13:59.779><c> heart</c><00:14:00.240><c> to</c><00:14:00.740><c> lie</c><00:14:01.039><c> to</c><00:14:01.220><c> the</c><00:14:01.419><c> Holy</c><00:14:01.679><c> Spirit</c>

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and<00:14:02.240><c> to</c><00:14:02.440><c> keep</c><00:14:02.740><c> back</c><00:14:03.100><c> part</c><00:14:03.320><c> of</c><00:14:03.480><c> the</c><00:14:03.720><c> price</c><00:14:04.100><c> of</c><00:14:04.379><c> the</c><00:14:04.580><c> land?</c>

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Now,<00:14:05.580><c> the</c><00:14:05.820><c> fact</c><00:14:06.059><c> that</c><00:14:06.440><c> Peter</c><00:14:06.720><c> mentioned</c><00:14:07.159><c> Satan</c>

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means<00:14:09.019><c> that</c><00:14:09.740><c> Ananias</c><00:14:10.299><c> and</c><00:14:10.519><c> Sapphira</c><00:14:11.080><c> were</c><00:14:11.539><c> assuredly</c><00:14:12.500><c> called</c><00:14:12.799><c> out.</c>

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There's<00:14:13.399><c> no</c><00:14:13.720><c> doubt</c><00:14:13.919><c> about</c><00:14:14.279><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:14:15.279><c> otherwise,</c><00:14:15.840><c> Peter</c><00:14:15.860><c> would</c><00:14:16.039><c> have</c><00:14:16.220><c> never</c><00:14:16.480><c> used</c>

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the<00:14:18.460><c> concept</c><00:14:18.940><c> of</c><00:14:19.860><c> some</c><00:14:20.860><c> other</c><00:14:21.220><c> worldly</c><00:14:21.820><c> devil.</c>

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That's<00:14:22.659><c> not</c><00:14:22.860><c> what</c><00:14:22.940><c> he's</c><00:14:23.139><c> talking</c><00:14:23.500><c> about.</c>

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He's<00:14:24.899><c> talking</c><00:14:25.279><c> about</c><00:14:25.620><c> that</c><00:14:26.159><c> adversarial</c><00:14:27.159><c> thinking</c>

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that<00:14:28.980><c> those</c><00:14:29.320><c> who</c><00:14:29.559><c> are</c><00:14:29.820><c> called</c><00:14:30.080><c> out</c><00:14:30.500><c> understand</c><00:14:31.299><c> is</c><00:14:31.679><c> there,</c>

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recognize<00:14:33.220><c> it's</c><00:14:33.500><c> there.</c>

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We<00:14:34.379><c> recognize</c><00:14:34.940><c> it</c><00:14:35.120><c> at</c><00:14:35.299><c> our</c><00:14:35.519><c> baptism,</c>

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that<00:14:36.759><c> there</c><00:14:36.960><c> is</c><00:14:37.259><c> adversarial</c><00:14:38.080><c> thinking</c><00:14:38.480><c> in</c><00:14:38.840><c> our</c><00:14:39.120><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:14:40.279><c> Peter</c><00:14:40.419><c> says,</c><00:14:40.679><c> why</c><00:14:41.179><c> would</c><00:14:41.419><c> you</c><00:14:41.700><c> allow</c><00:14:42.100><c> it?</c>

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Why<00:14:42.960><c> did</c><00:14:43.120><c> you</c><00:14:43.279><c> allow</c><00:14:43.559><c> it</c><00:14:43.820><c> to</c><00:14:44.059><c> fill</c><00:14:44.279><c> your</c><00:14:44.639><c> heart?</c>

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Their<00:14:47.919><c> sin</c><00:14:48.100><c> was</c><00:14:48.960><c> not</c><00:14:49.340><c> in</c><00:14:49.519><c> keeping</c><00:14:49.720><c> back</c><00:14:50.059><c> part</c><00:14:50.320><c> of</c><00:14:50.419><c> the</c><00:14:50.559><c> money,</c>

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though<00:14:51.080><c> that</c><00:14:51.320><c> would</c><00:14:51.519><c> have</c><00:14:51.659><c> shown</c><00:14:52.059><c> a</c><00:14:52.519><c> lack</c><00:14:52.759><c> of</c><00:14:53.019><c> commitment,</c>

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I<00:14:53.480><c> suppose.</c>

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Their<00:14:54.899><c> sin</c><00:14:55.179><c> lie</c><00:14:55.460><c> in</c><00:14:55.659><c> saying</c><00:14:56.000><c> that</c><00:14:56.679><c> it</c><00:14:56.799><c> was</c><00:14:57.000><c> the</c><00:14:57.139><c> full</c><00:14:57.379><c> cost.</c>

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So<00:15:00.899><c> why</c><00:15:01.059><c> did</c><00:15:01.179><c> they</c><00:15:01.320><c> do</c><00:15:01.559><c> it?</c>

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It<00:15:02.220><c> wasn't</c><00:15:02.539><c> a</c><00:15:02.679><c> slip</c><00:15:02.779><c> of</c><00:15:02.919><c> the</c><00:15:03.159><c> tongue.</c>

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Remember,<00:15:03.840><c> the</c><00:15:04.000><c> wife</c><00:15:04.179><c> knew</c><00:15:04.399><c> about</c><00:15:04.639><c> it</c><00:15:04.759><c> as</c><00:15:04.879><c> well.</c>

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It<00:15:05.100><c> was</c><00:15:05.360><c> already</c><00:15:05.779><c> planned.</c>

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And<00:15:07.820><c> all</c><00:15:08.519><c> because</c><00:15:09.360><c> they</c><00:15:09.639><c> were</c><00:15:09.980><c> called</c><00:15:10.220><c> out,</c>

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because<00:15:11.059><c> they</c><00:15:11.240><c> understood</c><00:15:11.940><c> what</c><00:15:12.240><c> Satan</c><00:15:12.539><c> represents</c><00:15:13.279><c> within</c><00:15:14.019><c> them.</c>

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All<00:15:17.240><c> during</c><00:15:17.559><c> the</c><00:15:17.840><c> planning</c><00:15:18.139><c> process,</c>

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they<00:15:19.019><c> had</c><00:15:19.379><c> the</c><00:15:19.559><c> opportunity</c><00:15:20.539><c> to</c><00:15:21.600><c> consider</c>

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the<00:15:22.320><c> negative</c><00:15:22.679><c> ramifications</c><00:15:23.379><c> of</c><00:15:23.639><c> their</c><00:15:23.779><c> actions.</c>

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It<00:15:24.980><c> was</c><00:15:25.240><c> right</c><00:15:25.539><c> there</c><00:15:25.820><c> for</c><00:15:25.879><c> them</c><00:15:26.080><c> to</c><00:15:26.440><c> consider.</c>

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But<00:15:28.879><c> they</c><00:15:29.159><c> never</c><00:15:29.519><c> expected</c><00:15:29.960><c> that</c><00:15:30.179><c> the</c><00:15:30.379><c> spirit</c><00:15:30.580><c> was</c><00:15:30.799><c> God</c>

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was<00:15:31.360><c> the</c><00:15:31.580><c> same</c><00:15:31.779><c> spirit</c><00:15:32.100><c> in</c><00:15:32.379><c> Peter.</c>

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The<00:15:34.919><c> praises</c><00:15:35.220><c> of</c><00:15:35.440><c> men</c><00:15:35.679><c> was</c><00:15:35.980><c> more</c><00:15:36.440><c> meaningful</c><00:15:36.919><c> to</c><00:15:37.100><c> them</c>

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than<00:15:38.899><c> their</c><00:15:39.139><c> connection</c><00:15:39.519><c> to</c><00:15:39.799><c> their</c><00:15:40.100><c> father.</c>

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And<00:15:41.799><c> that's</c><00:15:42.080><c> really</c><00:15:42.679><c> important</c><00:15:43.320><c> to</c><00:15:43.659><c> understand.</c>

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They<00:15:46.419><c> did</c><00:15:46.620><c> it</c><00:15:46.759><c> because</c><00:15:47.039><c> Barnabas</c><00:15:47.480><c> had</c><00:15:47.759><c> received</c><00:15:49.059><c> great</c><00:15:49.440><c> praise</c>

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for<00:15:50.000><c> what</c><00:15:50.159><c> he</c><00:15:50.299><c> had</c><00:15:50.500><c> done.</c>

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And<00:15:51.919><c> they</c><00:15:52.100><c> wanted</c><00:15:52.399><c> that</c><00:15:52.779><c> praise,</c>

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and<00:15:53.299><c> that</c><00:15:53.559><c> was</c><00:15:53.779><c> more</c><00:15:54.120><c> important</c><00:15:54.879><c> to</c><00:15:55.600><c> them</c>

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than<00:15:57.659><c> their</c><00:15:57.919><c> connection</c><00:15:58.200><c> to</c><00:15:58.419><c> the</c><00:15:58.600><c> father.</c>

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And<00:16:00.980><c> we</c><00:16:01.139><c> don't</c><00:16:01.320><c> want</c><00:16:01.419><c> to</c><00:16:01.519><c> ever</c><00:16:01.700><c> make</c><00:16:01.899><c> that</c><00:16:02.100><c> mistake.</c>

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We<00:16:02.860><c> are</c><00:16:03.299><c> called</c><00:16:03.779><c> by</c><00:16:04.299><c> the</c><00:16:04.539><c> father.</c>

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He<00:16:05.100><c> is</c><00:16:05.440><c> trying</c><00:16:05.720><c> to</c><00:16:06.039><c> have</c><00:16:06.639><c> a</c><00:16:07.100><c> relationship</c><00:16:07.679><c> with</c><00:16:08.440><c> you.</c>

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And<00:16:10.159><c> therefore,</c><00:16:11.340><c> you</c><00:16:11.720><c> are</c><00:16:12.120><c> answerable</c><00:16:12.559><c> to</c><00:16:12.720><c> him.</c>

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David<00:16:13.259><c> understood</c><00:16:13.679><c> that,</c><00:16:14.120><c> right?</c>

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David<00:16:14.639><c> says,</c><00:16:15.039><c> against</c><00:16:15.259><c> thee,</c><00:16:15.700><c> and</c><00:16:16.000><c> thee</c><00:16:16.240><c> only</c><00:16:16.620><c> have</c><00:16:16.899><c> I</c><00:16:17.139><c> sinned.</c>

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Certainly<00:16:17.940><c> Jesus</c><00:16:18.399><c> understood</c><00:16:18.960><c> it.</c>

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Father,<00:16:19.620><c> not</c><00:16:19.899><c> my</c><00:16:20.279><c> will,</c><00:16:20.600><c> but</c><00:16:20.759><c> thine</c><00:16:21.039><c> be</c><00:16:21.320><c> done.</c>

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But<00:16:23.399><c> it's</c><00:16:23.740><c> the</c><00:16:23.960><c> same</c><00:16:24.200><c> for</c><00:16:24.419><c> the</c><00:16:24.679><c> Ananiases</c><00:16:25.299><c> of</c><00:16:25.539><c> the</c><00:16:25.779><c> world</c>

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and<00:16:26.200><c> for</c><00:16:26.399><c> the</c><00:16:26.600><c> Jim</c><00:16:26.940><c> Sullivans</c><00:16:27.279><c> of</c><00:16:27.500><c> the</c><00:16:27.799><c> world,</c><00:16:28.179><c> and</c><00:16:28.500><c> for</c><00:16:28.779><c> you.</c>

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And<00:16:30.639><c> it</c><00:16:30.899><c> can</c><00:16:31.139><c> be</c><00:16:31.340><c> a</c><00:16:31.460><c> little</c><00:16:31.600><c> scary,</c><00:16:32.139><c> know</c><00:16:32.299><c> that</c><00:16:32.440><c> about</c><00:16:32.779><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:35.159><c> Peter</c><00:16:35.179><c> says,</c><00:16:35.659><c> you</c><00:16:35.659><c> lied</c><00:16:35.899><c> not</c><00:16:36.120><c> to</c><00:16:36.320><c> men.</c>

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You<00:16:36.860><c> didn't</c><00:16:36.980><c> lie</c><00:16:37.120><c> to</c><00:16:37.200><c> me.</c>

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You<00:16:39.120><c> lied</c><00:16:39.299><c> to</c><00:16:39.460><c> God.</c>

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It<00:16:42.820><c> doesn't</c><00:16:43.179><c> matter</c><00:16:43.600><c> what</c><00:16:44.120><c> you</c><00:16:44.340><c> say</c><00:16:44.500><c> to</c><00:16:44.659><c> me,</c><00:16:45.039><c> Peter</c><00:16:45.440><c> is</c><00:16:45.679><c> saying.</c>

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This<00:16:46.879><c> is</c><00:16:47.200><c> a</c><00:16:47.360><c> calling</c><00:16:47.679><c> by</c><00:16:48.220><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:49.419><c> we</c><00:16:49.600><c> are</c><00:16:49.980><c> answerable,</c><00:16:51.240><c> and</c><00:16:51.659><c> you</c><00:16:51.960><c> are</c><00:16:52.259><c> answerable,</c><00:16:53.220><c> to</c><00:16:53.580><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:54.820><c> I</c><00:16:54.879><c> think,</c><00:16:55.100><c> by</c><00:16:55.259><c> the</c><00:16:55.360><c> way,</c>

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that<00:16:55.639><c> is</c><00:16:55.799><c> something</c><00:16:56.080><c> Stephen</c><00:16:56.440><c> understood</c><00:16:57.019><c> in</c><00:16:57.259><c> a</c><00:16:57.360><c> very</c><00:16:57.679><c> intimate</c><00:16:57.940><c> way.</c>

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Well,<00:16:58.639><c> hopefully</c><00:16:58.879><c> we'll</c><00:16:59.100><c> be</c><00:16:59.179><c> able</c><00:16:59.340><c> to</c><00:16:59.419><c> get</c><00:16:59.539><c> to</c><00:16:59.759><c> see</c><00:16:59.899><c> that.</c>

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And<00:17:04.339><c> notice</c><00:17:04.579><c> this,</c><00:17:05.019><c> Ananias</c><00:17:05.519><c> hearing</c><00:17:05.900><c> these</c><00:17:06.279><c> words</c><00:17:06.680><c> fell</c><00:17:07.039><c> down</c>

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and<00:17:07.720><c> gave</c><00:17:08.000><c> up</c><00:17:08.220><c> the</c><00:17:08.400><c> ghost.</c>

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Notice<00:17:09.000><c> that</c><00:17:10.500><c> Stephen</c><00:17:11.720><c> doesn't</c><00:17:12.000><c> kill,</c>

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I<00:17:12.359><c> mean,</c><00:17:12.920><c> Peter</c><00:17:12.980><c> doesn't</c><00:17:13.259><c> kill</c><00:17:13.539><c> him.</c>

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Peter<00:17:14.400><c> doesn't</c><00:17:14.680><c> declare</c><00:17:15.200><c> him</c><00:17:15.500><c> dead.</c>

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Peter<00:17:16.119><c> says,</c><00:17:16.440><c> what</c><00:17:16.599><c> are</c><00:17:16.759><c> you</c><00:17:16.859><c> doing?</c>

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And<00:17:18.380><c> the</c><00:17:18.539><c> judgment</c><00:17:18.779><c> is</c><00:17:18.960><c> left</c><00:17:19.140><c> up</c><00:17:19.319><c> to</c><00:17:19.500><c> God</c>

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because<00:17:20.299><c> God</c><00:17:20.799><c> makes</c><00:17:21.220><c> that</c><00:17:22.059><c> judgment</c>

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that<00:17:23.359><c> what</c><00:17:23.680><c> you</c><00:17:23.960><c> have</c><00:17:24.220><c> done</c><00:17:24.640><c> is</c><00:17:25.579><c> irreparable.</c>

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Now,<00:17:27.400><c> when</c><00:17:28.000><c> Sapphira</c><00:17:28.460><c> comes,</c>

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Peter<00:17:29.059><c> already</c><00:17:29.299><c> knows</c><00:17:29.519><c> what</c><00:17:29.759><c> the</c><00:17:29.940><c> judgment</c><00:17:30.180><c> is.</c>

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And<00:17:30.640><c> so</c><00:17:30.759><c> he</c><00:17:31.279><c> says</c><00:17:31.539><c> to</c><00:17:31.700><c> her,</c>

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they're<00:17:32.720><c> gonna</c><00:17:32.880><c> carry</c><00:17:33.140><c> you</c><00:17:33.319><c> out</c><00:17:33.440><c> the</c><00:17:33.559><c> way</c>

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they<00:17:33.799><c> carry</c><00:17:34.000><c> out</c><00:17:34.180><c> your</c><00:17:34.299><c> husband.</c>

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But<00:17:35.799><c> he</c><00:17:35.900><c> doesn't</c><00:17:36.059><c> say</c><00:17:36.240><c> it</c><00:17:37.140><c> to</c><00:17:37.500><c> Ananias.</c>

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That's<00:17:38.400><c> left</c><00:17:38.559><c> up</c><00:17:38.740><c> to</c><00:17:38.880><c> God</c>

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because<00:17:39.420><c> it's</c><00:17:39.680><c> a</c><00:17:39.900><c> relationship</c><00:17:40.359><c> between</c><00:17:40.720><c> Ananias</c><00:17:41.319><c> and</c><00:17:41.500><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:42.859><c> notice</c><00:17:43.000><c> it</c><00:17:43.200><c> says</c><00:17:43.319><c> he</c><00:17:43.500><c> gave</c><00:17:43.779><c> up</c><00:17:44.059><c> the</c><00:17:44.400><c> ghost.</c>

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Why<00:17:45.119><c> is</c><00:17:45.339><c> it</c><00:17:45.579><c> put</c><00:17:45.759><c> that</c><00:17:46.140><c> way?</c>

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Why<00:17:46.500><c> doesn't</c><00:17:46.640><c> it</c><00:17:46.700><c> just</c><00:17:46.880><c> say</c><00:17:47.079><c> he</c><00:17:47.279><c> fell</c><00:17:47.680><c> down</c><00:17:48.059><c> and</c><00:17:48.319><c> died?</c>

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Why<00:17:49.200><c> does</c><00:17:49.359><c> it</c><00:17:49.460><c> talk</c><00:17:49.619><c> about</c><00:17:49.779><c> gave</c><00:17:50.019><c> up</c><00:17:50.220><c> the</c><00:17:50.460><c> ghost?</c>

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Because<00:17:52.140><c> that's</c><00:17:52.640><c> what,</c><00:17:53.099><c> yes,</c><00:17:54.140><c> his</c><00:17:54.660><c> breath</c><00:17:54.980><c> went</c><00:17:55.180><c> out</c><00:17:55.440><c> and</c><00:17:55.640><c> he</c><00:17:55.859><c> died.</c>

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He<00:17:56.599><c> gave</c><00:17:56.619><c> up</c><00:17:56.839><c> the</c><00:17:57.039><c> spirit</c><00:17:57.279><c> in</c><00:17:57.500><c> that</c><00:17:57.759><c> way.</c>

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But<00:17:59.819><c> by</c><00:18:00.140><c> committing</c><00:18:00.500><c> this</c><00:18:00.900><c> sin,</c>

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he<00:18:02.480><c> gave</c><00:18:02.799><c> up</c><00:18:03.079><c> the</c><00:18:03.339><c> same</c><00:18:03.700><c> spirit</c>

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that<00:18:04.900><c> he'd</c><00:18:05.200><c> been</c><00:18:05.400><c> offered</c><00:18:05.759><c> at</c><00:18:05.980><c> his</c><00:18:06.279><c> baptism</c>

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when<00:18:07.799><c> he</c><00:18:08.019><c> took</c><00:18:08.259><c> on</c><00:18:08.660><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:18:11.039><c> rejected</c><00:18:11.539><c> it,</c><00:18:11.759><c> he</c><00:18:12.039><c> gave</c><00:18:12.319><c> it</c><00:18:12.539><c> away</c><00:18:12.920><c> for</c><00:18:13.660><c> the</c><00:18:13.859><c> praises</c><00:18:14.119><c> of</c><00:18:14.400><c> men.</c>

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That's<00:18:15.039><c> why</c><00:18:15.200><c> it</c><00:18:15.240><c> says</c><00:18:15.420><c> he</c><00:18:15.559><c> gave</c><00:18:15.799><c> up</c><00:18:16.000><c> the</c><00:18:16.240><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:18:16.880><c> notice</c><00:18:17.059><c> it</c><00:18:17.200><c> says,</c>

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and<00:18:17.539><c> the</c><00:18:17.700><c> fear</c><00:18:17.900><c> came</c><00:18:18.220><c> on</c><00:18:18.460><c> all</c><00:18:18.839><c> of</c><00:18:18.960><c> them</c><00:18:19.079><c> that</c><00:18:19.279><c> heard</c><00:18:19.400><c> these</c><00:18:19.720><c> things.</c>

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Well,<00:18:20.740><c> I</c><00:18:20.900><c> bet</c><00:18:20.900><c> it</c><00:18:21.119><c> did.</c>

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So<00:18:22.339><c> let</c><00:18:22.460><c> me</c><00:18:22.539><c> get</c><00:18:22.680><c> this</c><00:18:22.920><c> straight.</c>

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The<00:18:23.880><c> guy</c><00:18:24.279><c> sells</c><00:18:24.880><c> some</c><00:18:25.740><c> land.</c>

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He<00:18:26.680><c> gives</c><00:18:26.680><c> it</c><00:18:26.779><c> to</c><00:18:26.980><c> the</c><00:18:27.119><c> church</c><00:18:27.400><c> and</c><00:18:28.099><c> he</c><00:18:28.359><c> dies?</c>

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Well,<00:18:30.299><c> yeah,</c><00:18:30.640><c> but</c><00:18:30.740><c> he</c><00:18:30.839><c> didn't</c><00:18:31.039><c> give</c><00:18:31.200><c> all</c><00:18:31.420><c> of</c><00:18:31.500><c> it.</c>

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So<00:18:31.920><c> because</c><00:18:32.180><c> he</c><00:18:32.279><c> didn't</c><00:18:32.539><c> give</c><00:18:32.980><c> all</c><00:18:33.339><c> of</c><00:18:33.480><c> it,</c><00:18:34.500><c> he</c><00:18:34.799><c> dies?</c>

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No,<00:18:37.940><c> he</c><00:18:38.079><c> dies</c><00:18:38.299><c> because</c><00:18:38.640><c> he</c><00:18:38.779><c> said</c><00:18:39.019><c> he</c><00:18:39.119><c> gave</c><00:18:39.380><c> all</c><00:18:39.660><c> of</c><00:18:39.759><c> it.</c>

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And<00:18:41.180><c> when</c><00:18:41.339><c> he</c><00:18:41.500><c> said</c><00:18:41.599><c> he</c><00:18:41.700><c> gave</c><00:18:41.880><c> all</c><00:18:42.119><c> of</c><00:18:42.220><c> it,</c>

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he<00:18:42.519><c> knew</c><00:18:42.839><c> the</c><00:18:43.099><c> only</c><00:18:43.380><c> person</c><00:18:43.759><c> that</c><00:18:43.920><c> would</c><00:18:44.079><c> know</c>

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that<00:18:44.420><c> that</c><00:18:44.640><c> wasn't</c><00:18:44.900><c> correct</c><00:18:45.299><c> was</c><00:18:45.579><c> the</c><00:18:45.799><c> Lord</c><00:18:46.099><c> God</c><00:18:46.519><c> Almighty.</c>

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And<00:18:49.140><c> he</c><00:18:49.319><c> didn't</c><00:18:49.660><c> take</c><00:18:49.900><c> that</c><00:18:50.140><c> into</c><00:18:50.400><c> consideration</c>

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or<00:18:51.599><c> that</c><00:18:51.900><c> wasn't</c><00:18:52.220><c> important</c><00:18:52.700><c> to</c><00:18:52.920><c> him.</c>

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And<00:18:53.940><c> I</c><00:18:54.000><c> think</c><00:18:54.119><c> the</c><00:18:54.319><c> fact</c><00:18:54.480><c> that</c><00:18:54.640><c> he</c><00:18:54.819><c> died</c>

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was<00:18:55.339><c> that</c><00:18:55.559><c> that</c><00:18:55.920><c> was</c><00:18:56.220><c> not</c><00:18:56.559><c> important</c><00:18:57.220><c> to</c><00:18:57.480><c> him.</c>

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And<00:18:59.660><c> then</c><00:18:59.799><c> of</c><00:18:59.900><c> course</c><00:19:00.019><c> his</c><00:19:00.180><c> wife</c><00:19:00.380><c> comes</c><00:19:00.660><c> in</c>

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and<00:19:01.339><c> the</c><00:19:01.480><c> same</c><00:19:01.660><c> thing</c><00:19:01.859><c> happens</c><00:19:02.099><c> to</c><00:19:02.319><c> her.</c>

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So<00:19:02.660><c> let</c><00:19:02.799><c> me</c><00:19:02.920><c> ask</c><00:19:03.039><c> you</c><00:19:03.240><c> a</c><00:19:03.279><c> question.</c>

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Why<00:19:05.619><c> is</c><00:19:06.059><c> this</c><00:19:07.039><c> story</c><00:19:07.619><c> here?</c>

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Is<00:19:11.559><c> it</c><00:19:11.700><c> here</c><00:19:11.819><c> to</c><00:19:12.099><c> scare</c><00:19:12.259><c> us?</c>

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Well,<00:19:12.880><c> maybe</c><00:19:13.099><c> a</c><00:19:13.259><c> little</c><00:19:13.440><c> bit.</c>

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You<00:19:14.220><c> know,</c><00:19:14.440><c> it</c><00:19:14.559><c> says</c><00:19:14.640><c> the</c><00:19:14.880><c> fear</c><00:19:15.019><c> came</c><00:19:15.299><c> on</c><00:19:15.460><c> all</c><00:19:15.700><c> of</c><00:19:15.859><c> them</c>

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both<00:19:16.279><c> in</c><00:19:16.599><c> the</c><00:19:16.779><c> faith</c><00:19:16.980><c> and</c><00:19:17.420><c> out</c><00:19:17.579><c> of</c><00:19:17.740><c> the</c><00:19:17.940><c> faith.</c>

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You<00:19:18.819><c> know,</c><00:19:19.140><c> there</c><00:19:19.440><c> are</c><00:19:19.980><c> quotes</c><00:19:20.200><c> in</c><00:19:20.440><c> scripture</c>

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about<00:19:21.299><c> being</c><00:19:21.960><c> in</c><00:19:22.500><c> the</c><00:19:22.799><c> wrong</c><00:19:23.119><c> place.</c>

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You<00:19:24.140><c> know,</c><00:19:24.640><c> I</c><00:19:25.099><c> can't</c><00:19:25.319><c> remember</c><00:19:25.619><c> how</c><00:19:25.819><c> they</c><00:19:26.160><c> go</c><00:19:26.339><c> now,</c>

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but,<00:19:27.099><c> you</c><00:19:27.259><c> know,</c><00:19:27.299><c> be</c><00:19:27.559><c> fearful</c><00:19:27.839><c> of</c><00:19:28.059><c> the</c><00:19:28.200><c> judgment</c><00:19:28.460><c> of</c><00:19:28.819><c> God.</c>

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Did<00:19:31.319><c> it</c><00:19:32.099><c> bring</c><00:19:32.220><c> attention</c><00:19:32.700><c> to</c><00:19:33.220><c> that</c><00:19:33.579><c> sect?</c>

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Boy,<00:19:34.059><c> it</c><00:19:34.259><c> sure</c><00:19:34.420><c> did,</c><00:19:35.720><c> no</c><00:19:35.859><c> doubt</c><00:19:36.019><c> about</c><00:19:36.319><c> it.</c>

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People<00:19:36.759><c> were</c><00:19:37.000><c> like,</c><00:19:37.119><c> wow,</c><00:19:37.460><c> I'm</c><00:19:37.559><c> gonna</c><00:19:37.799><c> stay</c><00:19:38.180><c> away</c><00:19:38.339><c> from</c><00:19:38.519><c> those</c><00:19:38.779><c> guys.</c>

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Or<00:19:39.740><c> some</c><00:19:40.019><c> said,</c><00:19:40.700><c> what</c><00:19:40.980><c> is</c><00:19:41.160><c> this</c><00:19:41.380><c> all</c><00:19:41.539><c> about?</c>

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So<00:19:42.920><c> yeah,</c><00:19:43.059><c> maybe</c><00:19:43.359><c> there's</c><00:19:43.660><c> a</c><00:19:43.759><c> little</c><00:19:43.940><c> bit</c><00:19:44.160><c> of</c><00:19:44.339><c> it</c><00:19:44.559><c> being</c>

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an<00:19:46.220><c> emphasis</c><00:19:46.700><c> on</c><00:19:47.500><c> getting</c><00:19:48.079><c> the</c><00:19:48.339><c> church</c><00:19:48.579><c> noticed.</c>

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But<00:19:49.680><c> I</c><00:19:49.880><c> believe</c><00:19:49.980><c> the</c><00:19:50.200><c> reason</c><00:19:50.519><c> why</c><00:19:50.839><c> this</c><00:19:51.200><c> story</c><00:19:51.440><c> is</c><00:19:51.799><c> here</c>

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is<00:19:53.119><c> to</c><00:19:53.680><c> emphasize</c><00:19:54.740><c> that</c><00:19:56.200><c> to</c><00:19:56.380><c> be</c><00:19:56.640><c> called</c><00:19:56.839><c> out</c>

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is<00:19:59.839><c> ultimately</c><00:20:00.359><c> on</c><00:20:01.920><c> the</c><00:20:02.099><c> one</c><00:20:02.220><c> who</c><00:20:02.339><c> was</c><00:20:02.660><c> called.</c>

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In<00:20:03.759><c> other</c><00:20:03.960><c> words,</c><00:20:05.619><c> we're</c><00:20:05.700><c> all</c><00:20:05.960><c> gonna</c><00:20:06.160><c> stand</c><00:20:07.180><c> at</c><00:20:07.319><c> the</c><00:20:07.480><c> judgment</c><00:20:07.700><c> seat</c>

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and<00:20:09.400><c> we're</c><00:20:09.519><c> gonna</c><00:20:09.619><c> be</c><00:20:09.920><c> answerable</c><00:20:10.259><c> to</c><00:20:10.440><c> the</c><00:20:10.599><c> fact</c>

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that<00:20:10.900><c> God</c><00:20:11.160><c> has</c><00:20:11.519><c> called</c><00:20:11.940><c> us</c><00:20:12.140><c> out</c><00:20:12.420><c> and</c><00:20:12.640><c> how</c><00:20:12.859><c> we</c><00:20:13.160><c> respond.</c>

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In<00:20:14.500><c> the</c><00:20:14.740><c> end,</c><00:20:14.920><c> it's</c><00:20:15.200><c> a</c><00:20:15.339><c> one</c><00:20:15.500><c>-on</c><00:20:15.720><c>-one</c><00:20:15.920><c> relationship.</c>

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That's<00:20:16.859><c> exactly</c><00:20:17.220><c> what</c><00:20:17.420><c> we</c><00:20:17.599><c> see</c><00:20:17.740><c> with</c><00:20:17.960><c> Stephen</c><00:20:18.420><c> at</c><00:20:19.099><c> his</c><00:20:19.359><c> death,</c>

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that<00:20:20.220><c> it's</c><00:20:20.500><c> a</c><00:20:20.720><c> one</c><00:20:20.880><c>-on</c><00:20:21.059><c>-one</c><00:20:21.220><c> relationship</c>

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between<00:20:22.119><c> him</c><00:20:22.619><c> and</c><00:20:23.200><c> the</c><00:20:23.440><c> father</c><00:20:23.779><c> through</c><00:20:24.059><c> the</c><00:20:24.299><c> son.</c>

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That's<00:20:25.019><c> why</c><00:20:25.240><c> he</c><00:20:25.619><c> sees</c><00:20:25.960><c> them.</c>

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That's<00:20:27.000><c> why</c><00:20:27.099><c> they</c><00:20:27.380><c> reveal</c><00:20:27.839><c> themselves</c><00:20:28.559><c> from</c><00:20:29.940><c> heaven.</c>

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So<00:20:32.119><c> this</c><00:20:32.400><c> calling</c><00:20:32.660><c> is</c><00:20:32.920><c> between</c><00:20:33.259><c> God</c><00:20:33.619><c> and</c><00:20:33.819><c> you.</c>

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Notice<00:20:35.660><c> with</c><00:20:36.180><c> Ananias,</c><00:20:36.700><c> nobody</c><00:20:36.900><c> else</c><00:20:37.180><c> died.</c>

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It<00:20:38.700><c> wasn't</c><00:20:38.960><c> like,</c><00:20:39.220><c> you</c><00:20:39.259><c> know,</c><00:20:39.519><c> a</c><00:20:39.660><c> plague</c><00:20:39.859><c> came</c><00:20:40.099><c> on</c><00:20:40.319><c> the</c><00:20:40.579><c> room</c>

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and<00:20:41.000><c> 10</c><00:20:41.240><c>,000</c><00:20:41.640><c> died</c><00:20:41.880><c> like</c><00:20:42.079><c> we</c><00:20:42.279><c> see</c><00:20:42.400><c> sometimes</c><00:20:42.799><c> in</c><00:20:42.960><c> the</c><00:20:43.099><c> Old</c><00:20:43.279><c> Testament.</c>

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There's<00:20:44.140><c> nobody</c><00:20:44.380><c> charged</c><00:20:44.720><c> with</c><00:20:44.940><c> murder</c>

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because<00:20:45.480><c> what</c><00:20:45.839><c> are</c><00:20:45.980><c> you</c><00:20:45.980><c> gonna</c><00:20:46.140><c> charge</c><00:20:46.420><c> somebody</c><00:20:46.700><c> with?</c>

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You<00:20:47.099><c> just</c><00:20:47.299><c> dropped</c><00:20:47.559><c> dead</c><00:20:47.740><c> in</c><00:20:47.980><c> front</c><00:20:48.079><c> of</c><00:20:48.220><c> me,</c><00:20:48.440><c> right?</c>

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They<00:20:50.180><c> hurt</c><00:20:50.299><c> nobody</c><00:20:50.539><c> else</c><00:20:50.759><c> but</c><00:20:50.920><c> themselves.</c>

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Now<00:20:54.420><c> that</c><00:20:54.619><c> truth</c><00:20:54.960><c> can</c><00:20:55.259><c> be</c><00:20:56.440><c> scary,</c><00:20:56.960><c> you</c><00:20:56.980><c> know</c><00:20:57.140><c> that</c><00:20:57.259><c> about</c><00:20:57.579><c> it,</c>

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because<00:20:58.839><c> we</c><00:20:59.059><c> are</c><00:20:59.299><c> weak</c><00:20:59.579><c> and</c><00:20:59.839><c> because</c><00:21:00.160><c> we</c><00:21:00.500><c> sin</c>

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and<00:21:01.579><c> because</c><00:21:01.980><c> we</c><00:21:02.119><c> can</c><00:21:02.359><c> see</c><00:21:02.519><c> ourselves</c><00:21:03.000><c> making</c><00:21:03.359><c> stupid</c><00:21:03.779><c> mistakes,</c>

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even<00:21:04.680><c> in</c><00:21:04.940><c> our</c><00:21:05.140><c> walk</c><00:21:05.339><c> in</c><00:21:05.579><c> faith,</c><00:21:06.779><c> but</c><00:21:07.160><c> it</c><00:21:07.299><c> can</c><00:21:07.539><c> also</c><00:21:07.880><c> be</c><00:21:08.359><c> freeing</c>

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because<00:21:10.220><c> what</c><00:21:11.359><c> is</c><00:21:11.779><c> offered</c><00:21:12.339><c> with</c><00:21:13.400><c> acceptance</c><00:21:13.960><c> of</c><00:21:14.259><c> that</c>

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is<00:21:15.980><c> everlasting</c><00:21:16.500><c> life.</c>

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We<00:21:18.299><c> have</c><00:21:18.559><c> accepted</c><00:21:19.420><c> the</c><00:21:19.859><c> challenge</c><00:21:20.680><c> of</c><00:21:21.980><c> crucifying</c><00:21:22.619><c> this</c><00:21:22.900><c> flesh.</c>

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Now<00:21:24.480><c> we're</c><00:21:24.640><c> gonna</c><00:21:24.779><c> fall</c><00:21:25.119><c> short</c><00:21:25.700><c> and</c><00:21:26.299><c> we're</c><00:21:26.460><c> not</c><00:21:26.680><c> gonna</c><00:21:26.839><c> die</c>

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for<00:21:28.119><c> it,</c>

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but<00:21:29.440><c> we're</c><00:21:29.759><c> also</c><00:21:30.099><c> never</c><00:21:30.420><c> going</c><00:21:30.700><c> to</c><00:21:31.039><c> reject</c><00:21:31.559><c> God,</c>

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the<00:21:33.259><c> way</c><00:21:33.359><c> Ananias</c><00:21:33.940><c> did,</c><00:21:34.319><c> because</c><00:21:34.859><c> our</c><00:21:35.680><c> faith</c><00:21:35.960><c> is</c><00:21:36.220><c> strong</c><00:21:36.380><c> enough.</c>

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I<00:21:37.039><c> hope</c><00:21:37.279><c> we're</c><00:21:37.460><c> never</c><00:21:37.640><c> going</c><00:21:37.839><c> to</c><00:21:38.180><c> reject</c><00:21:38.700><c> God.</c>

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I<00:21:39.920><c> believe</c><00:21:40.319><c> in</c><00:21:40.519><c> you</c><00:21:40.700><c> and</c><00:21:40.960><c> I</c><00:21:41.519><c> hope</c><00:21:41.720><c> you</c><00:21:41.960><c> believe</c><00:21:42.160><c> in</c><00:21:42.400><c> me.</c>

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So<00:21:44.279><c> moving</c><00:21:44.440><c> on.</c>

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It<00:21:45.359><c> says</c><00:21:47.140><c> this,</c><00:21:48.779><c> and</c><00:21:49.079><c> great</c><00:21:49.559><c> fear</c><00:21:49.920><c> came</c><00:21:50.200><c> upon</c><00:21:50.559><c> all</c><00:21:50.980><c> the</c><00:21:51.200><c> church.</c>

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I'm<00:21:52.559><c> sure</c><00:21:52.839><c> of</c><00:21:53.000><c> it.</c>

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And<00:21:53.960><c> upon</c><00:21:54.099><c> as</c><00:21:54.359><c> many</c><00:21:54.559><c> as</c><00:21:54.839><c> heard</c><00:21:55.019><c> these</c><00:21:55.359><c> things,</c>

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you<00:21:55.779><c> can</c><00:21:56.000><c> imagine</c><00:21:56.299><c> those</c><00:21:56.519><c> people</c><00:21:56.740><c> hearing</c><00:21:56.940><c> outside</c><00:21:57.400><c> saying,</c>

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wow,<00:21:58.180><c> this</c><00:21:59.099><c> is</c><00:21:59.259><c> some</c><00:21:59.519><c> intense</c><00:22:00.079><c> stuff.</c>

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And<00:22:01.099><c> by</c><00:22:01.299><c> the</c><00:22:01.500><c> hands</c><00:22:01.720><c> of,</c><00:22:02.059><c> now</c><00:22:02.400><c> what</c><00:22:02.700><c> I</c><00:22:02.839><c> want</c><00:22:02.920><c> you</c><00:22:03.039><c> to</c><00:22:03.180><c> notice</c><00:22:03.380><c> is</c>

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how<00:22:03.799><c> there's</c><00:22:04.359><c> like</c><00:22:04.559><c> two</c><00:22:04.720><c> things</c><00:22:04.900><c> going</c><00:22:05.140><c> on</c><00:22:05.259><c> at</c><00:22:05.420><c> the</c><00:22:05.460><c> same</c><00:22:05.619><c> time.</c>

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You<00:22:05.839><c> have</c><00:22:05.920><c> this</c><00:22:06.099><c> great</c><00:22:06.440><c> fear,</c>

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but<00:22:07.460><c> then</c><00:22:07.619><c> you</c><00:22:07.839><c> have</c><00:22:07.940><c> by</c><00:22:08.180><c> the</c><00:22:08.339><c> hands</c><00:22:08.480><c> of</c><00:22:08.660><c> the</c><00:22:08.799><c> apostles,</c>

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there<00:22:09.359><c> were</c><00:22:09.539><c> many</c><00:22:09.880><c> signs</c><00:22:10.200><c> and</c><00:22:10.460><c> wonders</c><00:22:10.759><c> wrought</c><00:22:11.039><c> among</c><00:22:11.299><c> the</c><00:22:11.559><c> people.</c>

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So<00:22:12.220><c> by</c><00:22:12.440><c> the</c><00:22:12.640><c> hands</c><00:22:12.799><c> of</c><00:22:13.000><c> the</c><00:22:13.160><c> apostles,</c>

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there<00:22:14.660><c> were</c><00:22:14.859><c> so</c><00:22:15.059><c> Peter</c><00:22:15.440><c> and</c><00:22:15.940><c> James</c><00:22:16.380><c> and</c><00:22:16.619><c> John,</c>

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there<00:22:17.799><c> were</c><00:22:17.980><c> these</c><00:22:18.380><c> great</c><00:22:18.900><c> signs</c><00:22:19.319><c> and</c><00:22:19.599><c> wonders.</c>

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And<00:22:21.259><c> they</c><00:22:21.420><c> were</c><00:22:21.720><c> all</c><00:22:22.000><c> with</c><00:22:22.240><c> one</c><00:22:22.500><c> accord</c><00:22:22.759><c> in</c><00:22:23.039><c> Solomon's</c><00:22:23.700><c> porch,</c>

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the<00:22:24.319><c> porch</c><00:22:24.460><c> of</c><00:22:24.740><c> wisdom.</c>

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And<00:22:27.039><c> of</c><00:22:27.759><c> the</c><00:22:28.000><c> rest,</c><00:22:28.539><c> no</c><00:22:28.740><c> man</c><00:22:29.079><c> joined</c><00:22:29.380><c> himself</c><00:22:29.819><c> to</c><00:22:30.079><c> them</c>

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because<00:22:30.740><c> they</c><00:22:30.880><c> were</c><00:22:31.099><c> afraid.</c>

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I'm<00:22:32.160><c> not</c><00:22:32.319><c> surprised,</c><00:22:33.099><c> but</c><00:22:33.319><c> look</c><00:22:33.460><c> what</c><00:22:33.559><c> it</c><00:22:33.799><c> says.</c>

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But<00:22:35.279><c> the</c><00:22:35.480><c> people</c><00:22:35.779><c> magnified</c><00:22:36.500><c> them.</c>

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In<00:22:36.940><c> other</c><00:22:37.140><c> words,</c><00:22:37.400><c> there</c><00:22:37.619><c> was</c><00:22:37.940><c> something</c><00:22:38.640><c> remarkable</c><00:22:39.660><c> going</c>

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on<00:22:40.400><c> here</c>

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and<00:22:41.900><c> they</c><00:22:42.259><c> recognized</c><00:22:42.859><c> it.</c>

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A<00:22:43.380><c> man</c><00:22:43.539><c> doesn't</c><00:22:43.940><c> just</c><00:22:44.319><c> die</c><00:22:44.960><c> the</c><00:22:45.119><c> way</c><00:22:45.299><c> Ananias</c><00:22:45.900><c> did.</c>

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And<00:22:46.339><c> then</c><00:22:46.480><c> his</c><00:22:46.640><c> wife</c><00:22:46.920><c> drops</c><00:22:47.220><c> right</c><00:22:47.440><c> behind</c><00:22:47.779><c> him,</c><00:22:48.480><c> doesn't</c><00:22:49.019><c> happen.</c>

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It<00:22:50.420><c> happened</c><00:22:50.579><c> here.</c>

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But<00:22:51.480><c> then</c><00:22:51.680><c> notice</c><00:22:51.859><c> it</c><00:22:51.960><c> says,</c>

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and<00:22:52.519><c> believers</c><00:22:53.220><c> were</c><00:22:53.819><c> the</c><00:22:54.019><c> more</c><00:22:54.359><c> added</c><00:22:54.839><c> to</c><00:22:55.200><c> the</c><00:22:55.500><c> Lord,</c>

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multitudes<00:22:57.119><c> both</c><00:22:57.539><c> of</c><00:22:57.799><c> men</c><00:22:58.099><c> and</c><00:22:58.480><c> women.</c>

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So<00:22:59.099><c> there</c><00:22:59.359><c> were</c><00:22:59.619><c> people</c><00:23:00.180><c> in</c><00:23:00.740><c> the</c><00:23:00.920><c> midst</c><00:23:01.140><c> of</c><00:23:01.339><c> this</c>

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frightening<00:23:02.180><c> situation</c><00:23:03.039><c> that</c><00:23:03.720><c> said,</c>

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I<00:23:04.000><c> need</c><00:23:04.180><c> to</c><00:23:04.339><c> be</c><00:23:04.460><c> a</c><00:23:04.619><c> part</c><00:23:04.740><c> of</c><00:23:04.880><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:23:07.500><c> calling.</c>

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Because<00:23:09.740><c> that's</c><00:23:10.180><c> a</c><00:23:10.339><c> willingness</c><00:23:10.779><c> to</c><00:23:11.339><c> face</c><00:23:11.599><c> your</c><00:23:11.839><c> weakness.</c>

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That's<00:23:13.240><c> a</c><00:23:13.380><c> willingness</c><00:23:13.900><c> recognizing</c>

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that<00:23:15.400><c> there's</c><00:23:15.680><c> something</c><00:23:16.160><c> remarkable</c><00:23:17.019><c> going</c><00:23:17.380><c> on,</c>

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just<00:23:18.079><c> like</c><00:23:18.299><c> we</c><00:23:18.619><c> hopefully</c><00:23:18.980><c> recognized</c><00:23:19.660><c> ourselves</c>

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as<00:23:20.579><c> we</c><00:23:20.740><c> were</c><00:23:20.940><c> studying</c><00:23:21.220><c> the</c><00:23:21.519><c> word,</c>

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as<00:23:21.920><c> we</c><00:23:22.079><c> were</c><00:23:22.740><c> going</c><00:23:22.900><c> to</c><00:23:23.200><c> the</c><00:23:23.420><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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as<00:23:24.140><c> we</c><00:23:24.359><c> were</c><00:23:24.359><c> being</c><00:23:24.640><c> a</c><00:23:24.799><c> part</c><00:23:24.940><c> of</c><00:23:25.160><c> everything.</c>

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Yeah,<00:23:26.319><c> it</c><00:23:26.400><c> can</c><00:23:26.539><c> be</c><00:23:26.700><c> a</c><00:23:26.779><c> little</c><00:23:26.960><c> scary.</c>

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Sometimes<00:23:28.559><c> it</c><00:23:28.660><c> can</c><00:23:28.759><c> be</c><00:23:28.900><c> a</c><00:23:28.940><c> little</c><00:23:29.140><c> overwhelming,</c>

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but<00:23:30.759><c> there's</c><00:23:31.019><c> something</c><00:23:31.319><c> really</c><00:23:31.819><c> different</c><00:23:32.140><c> going</c><00:23:32.500><c> on.</c>

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And<00:23:33.579><c> I</c><00:23:33.779><c> need</c><00:23:33.960><c> to</c><00:23:34.140><c> be</c><00:23:34.299><c> a</c><00:23:34.480><c> part</c><00:23:34.640><c> of</c><00:23:34.740><c> it</c>

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because<00:23:36.799><c> I</c><00:23:37.279><c> recognize,</c><00:23:38.119><c> right?</c>

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Blessed<00:23:38.799><c> are</c><00:23:38.980><c> the</c><00:23:39.200><c> poor</c><00:23:39.380><c> in</c><00:23:39.660><c> spirit.</c>

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I<00:23:40.319><c> recognize</c><00:23:40.759><c> the</c><00:23:41.000><c> poorness</c><00:23:41.339><c> of</c><00:23:41.519><c> my</c><00:23:41.759><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:23:42.819><c> I</c><00:23:42.940><c> recognize</c><00:23:43.559><c> there's</c><00:23:43.839><c> something</c><00:23:44.180><c> special</c><00:23:44.640><c> here.</c>

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And<00:23:45.380><c> Stephen</c><00:23:45.579><c> is</c><00:23:45.759><c> going</c><00:23:45.920><c> to</c><00:23:46.119><c> magnify</c><00:23:46.579><c> that</c>

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more<00:23:47.799><c> than</c><00:23:47.980><c> anybody</c><00:23:48.500><c> at</c><00:23:49.059><c> the</c><00:23:49.259><c> time.</c>

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So<00:23:50.940><c> continuing</c><00:23:51.259><c> on.</c>

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Picking<00:23:54.000><c> up</c><00:23:54.200><c> in</c><00:23:54.400><c> chapter</c><00:23:54.779><c> six.</c>

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And<00:23:57.759><c> in</c><00:23:57.980><c> those</c><00:23:58.380><c> days,</c>

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when<00:24:00.539><c> the</c><00:24:00.700><c> number</c><00:24:00.900><c> of</c><00:24:01.099><c> the</c><00:24:01.240><c> disciples</c><00:24:01.559><c> was</c><00:24:02.039><c> multiplied,</c>

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there<00:24:04.880><c> was</c><00:24:05.079><c> a</c><00:24:05.400><c> murmuring</c><00:24:05.880><c> of</c><00:24:06.099><c> the</c><00:24:06.359><c> Grecians</c><00:24:06.799><c> against</c><00:24:07.220><c> the</c><00:24:07.539><c> Hebrews</c>

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because<00:24:08.240><c> their</c><00:24:08.519><c> widows</c><00:24:08.779><c> were</c><00:24:09.079><c> neglected</c>

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in<00:24:10.299><c> the</c><00:24:10.519><c> daily</c><00:24:10.920><c> ministration.</c>

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So<00:24:11.779><c> let's</c><00:24:12.420><c> first</c><00:24:12.740><c> of</c><00:24:12.900><c> all</c><00:24:13.039><c> describe,</c>

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and<00:24:13.759><c> I</c><00:24:14.160><c> know</c><00:24:14.319><c> you</c><00:24:14.440><c> know</c><00:24:14.599><c> this,</c><00:24:14.859><c> but</c><00:24:15.099><c> so</c><00:24:15.299><c> we're</c><00:24:15.380><c> all</c><00:24:15.480><c> on</c><00:24:15.619><c> the</c>

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same<00:24:15.839><c> page,</c>

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who<00:24:17.279><c> the</c><00:24:17.460><c> players</c><00:24:17.799><c> are</c><00:24:18.339><c> here.</c>

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:24.160
You<00:24:20.980><c> have</c><00:24:21.539><c> this</c><00:24:22.440><c> sect</c><00:24:22.839><c> of</c><00:24:23.619><c> the</c><00:24:23.880><c> Jews,</c>

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:27.359
which<00:24:24.460><c> later</c><00:24:24.720><c> comes</c><00:24:24.980><c> to</c><00:24:25.140><c> be</c><00:24:25.319><c> known</c><00:24:25.579><c> as</c><00:24:26.220><c> Christians.</c>

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:29.819
They're<00:24:28.259><c> meeting</c><00:24:28.539><c> in</c><00:24:28.839><c> Solomon's</c><00:24:29.579><c> ports.</c>

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:32.740
There's<00:24:30.819><c> 10</c><00:24:31.160><c>,000</c><00:24:31.700><c> maybe</c><00:24:31.960><c> at</c><00:24:32.180><c> this</c><00:24:32.380><c> point.</c>

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:36.259
There's<00:24:33.200><c> more</c><00:24:33.460><c> than</c><00:24:33.640><c> 8</c><00:24:34.180><c>,120</c><00:24:35.099><c> now.</c>

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:38.319
There's<00:24:36.700><c> a</c><00:24:36.799><c> whole</c><00:24:36.940><c> multitude</c><00:24:37.440><c> of</c><00:24:37.720><c> them.</c>

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And<00:24:38.819><c> they're</c><00:24:39.180><c> meeting</c><00:24:39.180><c> over</c><00:24:39.480><c> there,</c>

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:44.160
and<00:24:40.160><c> they</c><00:24:41.119><c> believe</c><00:24:41.799><c> in</c><00:24:42.299><c> the</c><00:24:42.519><c> resurrection</c><00:24:43.039><c> of</c><00:24:43.259><c> Jesus</c><00:24:43.700><c> Christ.</c>

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:49.720
But<00:24:44.700><c> there's</c><00:24:44.960><c> two</c><00:24:45.299><c> sets</c><00:24:45.819><c> of</c><00:24:47.380><c> believing</c><00:24:47.799><c> Jews</c><00:24:48.299><c> over</c><00:24:48.680><c> there.</c>

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:51.480
And<00:24:50.240><c> some</c><00:24:50.460><c> of</c><00:24:50.559><c> them</c><00:24:50.700><c> are</c><00:24:50.960><c> Hebrews.</c>

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:54.759
Those<00:24:52.140><c> are</c><00:24:52.380><c> people</c><00:24:52.640><c> born</c><00:24:52.980><c> and</c><00:24:53.259><c> raised</c><00:24:53.619><c> in</c><00:24:53.859><c> the</c><00:24:53.940><c> land</c><00:24:54.099><c> of</c><00:24:54.279><c> Israel.</c>

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.579
And<00:24:55.380><c> some</c><00:24:55.599><c> of</c><00:24:55.759><c> them</c><00:24:55.880><c> are</c><00:24:56.099><c> Grecians,</c>

00:24:56.920 --> 00:25:01.339
those<00:24:57.180><c> that</c><00:24:57.380><c> are</c><00:24:57.539><c> born</c><00:24:57.759><c> and</c><00:24:57.980><c> raised</c><00:24:58.319><c> outside</c><00:24:59.279><c> the</c><00:25:00.019><c> land</c><00:25:00.200><c> of</c><00:25:00.359><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:25:01.940><c> within</c><00:25:02.180><c> the</c><00:25:02.539><c> Jewish</c><00:25:02.940><c> church,</c>

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it's<00:25:05.140><c> very</c><00:25:05.619><c> common</c><00:25:05.960><c> to</c><00:25:06.220><c> have</c><00:25:06.339><c> these</c><00:25:06.680><c> two</c><00:25:06.880><c> groups</c>

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separated<00:25:07.839><c> somewhat.</c>

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They're<00:25:09.160><c> the</c><00:25:09.400><c> same</c><00:25:09.660><c> religion,</c>

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but<00:25:11.900><c> they're</c><00:25:12.140><c> never</c><00:25:12.359><c> fully</c><00:25:12.640><c> connected.</c>

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There's<00:25:13.460><c> prejudices</c><00:25:14.640><c> and</c><00:25:15.359><c> there's</c><00:25:15.880><c> synagogues,</c>

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as<00:25:17.140><c> we'll</c><00:25:17.440><c> see</c><00:25:17.539><c> in</c><00:25:17.720><c> just</c><00:25:18.240><c> a</c><00:25:18.579><c> couple</c><00:25:18.740><c> of</c><00:25:18.940><c> minutes,</c>

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:23.140
that<00:25:19.940><c> separate</c><00:25:20.359><c> these</c><00:25:21.599><c> two</c><00:25:21.900><c> groups</c><00:25:22.160><c> out.</c>

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:28.339
And<00:25:24.200><c> now</c><00:25:24.539><c> within</c><00:25:25.380><c> that</c><00:25:25.940><c> very</c><00:25:27.059><c> Solomon's</c><00:25:27.720><c> porch</c><00:25:27.859><c> group,</c>

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:31.420
there's<00:25:28.920><c> now</c><00:25:29.299><c> murmurings</c><00:25:29.880><c> in</c><00:25:30.140><c> that</c><00:25:30.440><c> group.</c>

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:37.019
That's<00:25:31.940><c> saying,</c><00:25:32.319><c> okay,</c><00:25:33.759><c> the</c><00:25:33.880><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:34.319><c> Jewish</c><00:25:36.559><c> Christians,</c>

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:38.960
if<00:25:37.279><c> you</c><00:25:37.859><c> understand</c><00:25:38.299><c> what</c><00:25:38.400><c> I</c><00:25:38.559><c> mean</c><00:25:38.640><c> by</c><00:25:38.819><c> that,</c>

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because<00:25:39.079><c> they're</c><00:25:39.259><c> not</c><00:25:39.440><c> called</c><00:25:39.660><c> Christians</c><00:25:39.980><c> yet,</c>

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:45.180
the<00:25:41.279><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:41.660><c> Jewish</c><00:25:42.039><c> Christians</c><00:25:42.839><c> are</c><00:25:43.480><c> in</c><00:25:43.720><c> charge</c><00:25:43.900><c> of</c><00:25:44.039><c> the</c><00:25:44.180><c> money,</c>

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:48.519
and<00:25:45.920><c> it</c><00:25:46.180><c> looks</c><00:25:46.519><c> like</c><00:25:46.920><c> they're</c><00:25:47.299><c> taking</c><00:25:47.539><c> care</c><00:25:47.839><c> of</c><00:25:48.119><c> theirs</c>

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:51.220
better<00:25:48.940><c> than</c><00:25:49.220><c> they're</c><00:25:49.480><c> taking</c><00:25:49.779><c> care</c><00:25:50.019><c> of</c><00:25:50.299><c> ours.</c>

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:54.680
That's<00:25:53.200><c> basically</c><00:25:53.599><c> what</c><00:25:53.859><c> the</c><00:25:54.180><c> murmuring</c><00:25:54.539><c> is.</c>

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No,<00:25:55.220><c> notice</c><00:25:55.500><c> it</c><00:25:55.579><c> doesn't</c><00:25:55.839><c> say</c><00:25:56.039><c> that</c><00:25:56.220><c> that</c><00:25:56.440><c> was</c><00:25:56.660><c> happening.</c>

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It<00:25:57.700><c> says</c><00:25:57.900><c> that</c><00:25:58.099><c> there's</c><00:25:58.440><c> murmurings</c><00:25:59.200><c> about</c><00:25:59.640><c> it.</c>

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We<00:26:00.720><c> all</c><00:26:01.019><c> know</c><00:26:01.200><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:26:02.000><c> human</c><00:26:02.220><c> nature</c><00:26:02.839><c> creeping</c><00:26:03.799><c> into</c><00:26:04.359><c> this</c><00:26:05.119><c> one</c><00:26:05.579><c> unified</c><00:26:06.319><c> body.</c>

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:11.220
Now<00:26:07.420><c> that</c><00:26:07.599><c> you've</c><00:26:07.900><c> had</c><00:26:08.099><c> this</c><00:26:09.079><c> fear</c><00:26:09.700><c> and</c><00:26:09.880><c> this</c><00:26:10.200><c> conflict</c><00:26:10.619><c> take</c><00:26:10.940><c> place</c>

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with<00:26:11.500><c> Ananias</c><00:26:12.059><c> and</c><00:26:12.279><c> Sapphira,</c>

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:17.059
you<00:26:13.500><c> now</c><00:26:13.940><c> have</c><00:26:14.660><c> the</c><00:26:15.200><c> fear</c><00:26:15.539><c> and</c><00:26:16.539><c> consequence</c>

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:22.759
or<00:26:17.319><c> fear</c><00:26:17.579><c> and</c><00:26:18.200><c> doubt</c><00:26:18.440><c> creeping</c><00:26:18.900><c> into</c><00:26:20.019><c> this</c><00:26:21.359><c> institution.</c>

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:26.279
And<00:26:24.759><c> we</c><00:26:24.839><c> know</c><00:26:25.000><c> that</c><00:26:25.160><c> decisions</c><00:26:25.640><c> that</c><00:26:25.859><c> they</c><00:26:26.079><c> made,</c>

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:27.339
we'll<00:26:26.420><c> look</c><00:26:26.619><c> at</c><00:26:26.740><c> that</c><00:26:26.920><c> in</c><00:26:27.019><c> a</c><00:26:27.160><c> minute,</c>

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:32.240
how<00:26:27.519><c> they</c><00:26:28.019><c> chose</c><00:26:28.420><c> seven</c><00:26:28.839><c> Grecian</c><00:26:31.859><c> Jews</c>

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to<00:26:32.559><c> handle</c><00:26:33.019><c> the</c><00:26:33.859><c> daily</c><00:26:34.119><c> ministrations</c>

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:37.819
to<00:26:34.960><c> make</c><00:26:35.240><c> sure</c><00:26:35.940><c> that</c><00:26:37.000><c> that</c><00:26:37.319><c> group</c><00:26:37.380><c> of</c><00:26:37.619><c> people</c>

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wasn't<00:26:38.099><c> being</c><00:26:39.279><c> neglected.</c>

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But<00:26:41.259><c> I</c><00:26:41.359><c> wanna</c><00:26:41.400><c> make</c><00:26:41.660><c> two</c><00:26:41.960><c> quick</c><00:26:42.180><c> observations.</c>

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:48.660
The<00:26:45.519><c> first</c><00:26:45.759><c> is,</c><00:26:46.900><c> I</c><00:26:47.279><c> think</c><00:26:47.519><c> Stephen</c><00:26:47.880><c> is</c><00:26:48.119><c> the</c><00:26:48.319><c> one</c>

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:50.700
who<00:26:49.000><c> brought</c><00:26:49.180><c> the</c><00:26:49.420><c> issue</c><00:26:49.579><c> to</c><00:26:49.779><c> the</c><00:26:49.960><c> table.</c>

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:53.180
I<00:26:51.279><c> don't</c><00:26:51.420><c> think</c><00:26:51.519><c> Stephen</c><00:26:51.759><c> was</c><00:26:51.900><c> one</c><00:26:52.039><c> of</c><00:26:52.119><c> the</c><00:26:52.259><c> murmurings.</c>

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:55.799
I<00:26:53.539><c> think</c><00:26:53.660><c> it</c><00:26:53.799><c> was</c><00:26:54.019><c> Stephen</c><00:26:54.559><c> that</c><00:26:55.099><c> brought</c><00:26:55.240><c> the</c><00:26:55.539><c> issue</c>

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:59.019
to<00:26:57.160><c> Peter</c><00:26:57.700><c> and</c><00:26:57.960><c> James</c><00:26:58.319><c> and</c><00:26:58.579><c> John</c>

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:01.660
and<00:26:59.440><c> the</c><00:26:59.599><c> other</c><00:26:59.799><c> leaders</c><00:27:00.240><c> of</c><00:27:01.000><c> the</c><00:27:01.240><c> church.</c>

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:05.539
And<00:27:02.460><c> what</c><00:27:02.680><c> he</c><00:27:03.000><c> said</c><00:27:03.180><c> was,</c><00:27:04.000><c> we</c><00:27:04.079><c> can't</c><00:27:04.680><c> have</c><00:27:05.140><c> this.</c>

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:09.440
Not<00:27:06.339><c> just</c><00:27:06.859><c> we</c><00:27:07.059><c> can't</c><00:27:07.440><c> have</c><00:27:07.740><c> one</c><00:27:08.299><c> side</c><00:27:08.559><c> taken</c><00:27:08.799><c> care</c><00:27:09.099><c> of</c>

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:11.059
and<00:27:09.660><c> the</c><00:27:09.779><c> other</c><00:27:09.920><c> side</c><00:27:10.039><c> not</c><00:27:10.319><c> taken</c><00:27:10.539><c> care</c><00:27:10.819><c> of.</c>

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:16.559
We<00:27:11.519><c> can't</c><00:27:11.839><c> have</c><00:27:12.140><c> murmuring</c><00:27:13.279><c> in</c><00:27:14.579><c> this</c><00:27:15.440><c> church,</c>

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:23.460
in<00:27:17.119><c> this</c><00:27:17.480><c> ecclesia,</c><00:27:18.700><c> because</c><00:27:19.480><c> everyone's</c><00:27:20.680><c> calling</c><00:27:21.099><c> is</c><00:27:22.220><c> the</c><00:27:22.559><c> same.</c>

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:28.039
I<00:27:23.980><c> believe</c><00:27:24.220><c> one</c><00:27:24.440><c> of</c><00:27:24.579><c> the,</c><00:27:25.839><c> whether</c><00:27:27.039><c> he</c><00:27:27.259><c> ever</c><00:27:27.599><c> articulated</c>

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:29.980
this<00:27:28.380><c> way</c><00:27:28.539><c> or</c><00:27:28.740><c> not,</c><00:27:29.059><c> probably</c><00:27:29.539><c> not,</c>

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:32.380
but<00:27:30.299><c> one</c><00:27:30.460><c> of</c><00:27:30.579><c> the</c><00:27:30.740><c> keys</c><00:27:30.960><c> to</c><00:27:31.200><c> understanding</c><00:27:31.880><c> Stephen,</c>

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:37.519
I<00:27:32.740><c> believe</c><00:27:33.420><c> fully,</c><00:27:34.920><c> is</c><00:27:35.140><c> that</c><00:27:35.400><c> Stephen</c><00:27:35.759><c> fully</c><00:27:36.299><c> believed,</c>

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:41.079
and<00:27:38.059><c> he</c><00:27:38.200><c> was</c><00:27:38.420><c> fully</c><00:27:38.599><c> correct,</c><00:27:39.359><c> that</c><00:27:39.539><c> in</c><00:27:39.799><c> this</c><00:27:40.180><c> one</c><00:27:40.619><c> calling,</c>

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:45.160
this<00:27:41.440><c> one</c><00:27:41.839><c> mind</c><00:27:42.240><c> of</c><00:27:42.420><c> Christ,</c><00:27:43.680><c> there</c><00:27:43.819><c> is</c><00:27:44.019><c> neither</c><00:27:44.240><c> Jew</c><00:27:44.539><c> nor</c><00:27:44.819><c> Greek,</c>

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:47.039
there<00:27:45.640><c> is</c><00:27:45.859><c> neither</c><00:27:46.039><c> bond</c><00:27:46.339><c> nor</c><00:27:46.660><c> free,</c>

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:49.140
there<00:27:47.460><c> is</c><00:27:47.680><c> neither</c><00:27:47.900><c> male</c><00:27:48.319><c> nor</c><00:27:48.619><c> female,</c>

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:52.059
we<00:27:49.359><c> are</c><00:27:49.720><c> all</c><00:27:50.079><c> one</c><00:27:50.500><c> in</c><00:27:51.099><c> Christ</c><00:27:51.519><c> Jesus.</c>

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:57.240
This<00:27:52.700><c> is</c><00:27:53.019><c> different</c><00:27:53.779><c> than</c><00:27:54.559><c> the</c><00:27:54.759><c> Jewish</c><00:27:55.160><c> church</c><00:27:55.640><c> right</c><00:27:56.099><c> there,</c>

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:59.200
right<00:27:57.599><c> beside</c><00:27:58.019><c> us</c><00:27:58.279><c> in</c><00:27:58.579><c> the</c><00:27:58.779><c> temple.</c>

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Because<00:27:59.779><c> in</c><00:27:59.920><c> that</c><00:28:00.160><c> church,</c><00:28:00.500><c> there's</c><00:28:00.859><c> division.</c>

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In<00:28:02.880><c> this</c><00:28:03.160><c> church,</c><00:28:03.400><c> there</c><00:28:03.619><c> can</c><00:28:04.039><c> be</c><00:28:04.640><c> no</c><00:28:05.000><c> division</c>

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because<00:28:05.920><c> there's</c><00:28:06.440><c> no</c><00:28:06.900><c> division</c><00:28:07.680><c> in</c><00:28:08.319><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:14.019
Just<00:28:09.400><c> like</c><00:28:09.640><c> there</c><00:28:09.839><c> should</c><00:28:10.099><c> be</c><00:28:10.400><c> no</c><00:28:10.759><c> division</c><00:28:11.480><c> in</c><00:28:12.160><c> our</c><00:28:12.759><c> community</c>

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:17.720
because<00:28:15.160><c> there's</c><00:28:15.680><c> no</c><00:28:16.180><c> division</c><00:28:16.740><c> in</c><00:28:17.099><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:19.579
And<00:28:18.220><c> when</c><00:28:18.299><c> we</c><00:28:18.480><c> look</c><00:28:18.599><c> at</c><00:28:18.740><c> the</c><00:28:18.900><c> speech</c><00:28:19.119><c> of</c><00:28:19.380><c> Stephen,</c>

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:22.299
we're<00:28:19.759><c> gonna</c><00:28:19.960><c> see</c><00:28:20.220><c> him,</c><00:28:20.940><c> the</c><00:28:21.279><c> way</c><00:28:21.480><c> that</c><00:28:21.720><c> he</c><00:28:21.839><c> does</c><00:28:22.140><c> it,</c>

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:25.740
he<00:28:22.500><c> makes</c><00:28:22.759><c> that</c><00:28:23.099><c> point</c><00:28:23.319><c> over</c><00:28:23.859><c> and</c><00:28:24.079><c> over</c><00:28:24.460><c> and</c><00:28:24.599><c> over</c><00:28:25.000><c> and</c><00:28:25.140><c> over</c><00:28:25.460><c> again,</c>

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:28.279
we<00:28:26.299><c> all</c><00:28:26.740><c> have</c><00:28:27.000><c> the</c><00:28:27.359><c> same</c><00:28:27.799><c> fathers,</c>

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:31.059
the<00:28:28.619><c> same</c><00:28:29.039><c> fathers,</c><00:28:29.440><c> the</c><00:28:29.759><c> same</c><00:28:30.119><c> fathers.</c>

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:33.059
There's<00:28:31.819><c> no</c><00:28:32.099><c> division</c><00:28:32.480><c> in</c><00:28:32.759><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:36.140
And<00:28:33.500><c> so</c><00:28:33.640><c> he</c><00:28:33.960><c> brings</c><00:28:34.279><c> it,</c><00:28:34.619><c> and</c><00:28:35.119><c> I</c><00:28:35.380><c> say</c><00:28:35.480><c> that</c><00:28:35.720><c> he's</c><00:28:35.960><c> the</c><00:28:36.059><c> one</c>

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:38.740
that<00:28:36.339><c> brings</c><00:28:36.460><c> it</c><00:28:36.680><c> because</c><00:28:36.900><c> I</c><00:28:37.099><c> believe</c><00:28:37.259><c> it</c><00:28:37.539><c> plays</c><00:28:37.700><c> a</c><00:28:37.960><c> big</c><00:28:38.160><c> role</c>

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:42.059
when<00:28:39.119><c> he</c><00:28:39.500><c> starts</c><00:28:39.700><c> speaking</c><00:28:40.099><c> to</c><00:28:40.460><c> the</c><00:28:40.680><c> Grecian</c><00:28:41.119><c> Jews</c>

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:44.299
and<00:28:42.720><c> has</c><00:28:43.059><c> conversations</c><00:28:43.660><c> about</c><00:28:44.000><c> them</c>

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:47.380
between<00:28:44.599><c> the</c><00:28:44.900><c> difference</c><00:28:45.140><c> between</c><00:28:45.720><c> our</c><00:28:46.700><c> community</c>

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:50.799
or<00:28:47.839><c> our</c><00:28:48.539><c> one</c><00:28:48.839><c> hope</c><00:28:49.240><c> and</c><00:28:49.960><c> your</c><00:28:50.319><c> religion.</c>

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:53.720
In<00:28:51.279><c> your</c><00:28:51.579><c> religion,</c><00:28:52.460><c> there's</c><00:28:52.720><c> separation.</c>

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:58.180
In<00:28:54.099><c> our</c><00:28:54.420><c> religion,</c><00:28:55.240><c> there</c><00:28:55.440><c> cannot</c><00:28:55.980><c> be</c><00:28:56.900><c> separation.</c>

00:28:58.400 --> 00:29:00.880
If<00:28:59.000><c> there</c><00:28:59.259><c> is,</c><00:28:59.599><c> then</c><00:28:59.759><c> we've</c><00:29:00.160><c> created</c><00:29:00.500><c> it,</c>

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:02.920
not<00:29:01.240><c> the</c><00:29:01.500><c> institution</c><00:29:01.940><c> itself.</c>

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:06.900
The<00:29:05.440><c> other</c><00:29:05.599><c> thing</c><00:29:05.700><c> I</c><00:29:05.859><c> said,</c><00:29:06.019><c> there</c><00:29:06.119><c> was</c><00:29:06.200><c> two</c><00:29:06.420><c> observations.</c>

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:09.059
The<00:29:07.140><c> other</c><00:29:07.339><c> observation</c><00:29:07.819><c> is</c><00:29:08.059><c> I</c><00:29:08.180><c> think,</c><00:29:08.539><c> obviously,</c>

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:12.200
I<00:29:09.599><c> think</c><00:29:09.880><c> the</c><00:29:10.740><c> leaders</c><00:29:11.039><c> made</c><00:29:11.279><c> a</c><00:29:11.519><c> smart</c><00:29:11.720><c> decision</c>

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:17.200
in<00:29:12.460><c> putting</c><00:29:13.180><c> seven</c><00:29:15.079><c> Grecian</c><00:29:15.920><c> Jews</c><00:29:16.339><c> in</c><00:29:16.759><c> charge</c>

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:20.359
of<00:29:18.019><c> the</c><00:29:18.740><c> daily</c><00:29:19.039><c> ministrations,</c>

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:22.759
but<00:29:20.859><c> I'm</c><00:29:21.000><c> not</c><00:29:21.220><c> so</c><00:29:21.500><c> sure</c><00:29:21.740><c> about</c><00:29:22.019><c> the</c><00:29:22.319><c> reasoning</c>

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:25.200
that<00:29:23.420><c> they</c><00:29:24.299><c> use</c><00:29:24.579><c> for</c><00:29:25.000><c> it.</c>

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.680
I<00:29:25.539><c> know</c><00:29:25.720><c> we've</c><00:29:25.940><c> had</c><00:29:26.000><c> a</c><00:29:26.039><c> lot</c><00:29:26.319><c> of,</c>

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:28.559
probably<00:29:26.940><c> heard</c><00:29:27.099><c> a</c><00:29:27.160><c> lot</c><00:29:27.359><c> of</c><00:29:27.640><c> conversations</c><00:29:28.000><c> over</c><00:29:28.259><c> the</c><00:29:28.380><c> years</c>

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:32.000
about<00:29:28.779><c> the</c><00:29:29.140><c> reasonings</c><00:29:29.539><c> and</c><00:29:30.240><c> this</c><00:29:30.599><c> is</c><00:29:30.740><c> what</c><00:29:30.859><c> it</c><00:29:31.140><c> says.</c>

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:36.660
Then<00:29:34.279><c> the</c><00:29:34.460><c> 12,</c><00:29:35.400><c> they're</c><00:29:35.519><c> the</c><00:29:35.700><c> apostles,</c>

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:40.640
called<00:29:37.720><c> the</c><00:29:37.900><c> multitude</c><00:29:38.319><c> of</c><00:29:38.519><c> the</c><00:29:38.660><c> disciples</c><00:29:39.019><c> onto</c><00:29:39.339><c> them</c><00:29:39.599><c> and</c><00:29:39.859><c> said,</c>

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:46.500
it<00:29:41.440><c> is</c><00:29:41.779><c> not</c><00:29:42.160><c> reason</c><00:29:42.960><c> that</c><00:29:44.079><c> we</c><00:29:44.299><c> should</c><00:29:44.480><c> leave</c><00:29:44.819><c> the</c><00:29:45.079><c> word</c><00:29:45.220><c> of</c><00:29:45.500><c> God</c>

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:48.559
and<00:29:47.059><c> serve</c><00:29:47.400><c> tables.</c>

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:52.119
Now,<00:29:51.160><c> obviously</c><00:29:51.640><c> in</c><00:29:51.880><c> English,</c>

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:55.299
the<00:29:52.359><c> concept</c><00:29:52.740><c> of</c><00:29:53.039><c> serving</c><00:29:53.319><c> tables</c><00:29:53.799><c> is</c><00:29:54.200><c> a</c><00:29:54.460><c> real,</c>

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.480
I<00:29:55.519><c> wanna</c><00:29:55.700><c> say</c><00:29:55.900><c> pejorative,</c>

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.839
but<00:29:56.599><c> I</c><00:29:56.799><c> don't</c><00:29:56.799><c> really</c><00:29:56.980><c> know</c><00:29:57.079><c> what</c><00:29:57.180><c> that</c><00:29:57.359><c> word</c><00:29:57.559><c> means.</c>

00:29:57.859 --> 00:30:00.420
So<00:29:58.039><c> I'll</c><00:29:58.200><c> just</c><00:29:58.420><c> say,</c><00:29:58.940><c> it</c><00:29:59.019><c> sounds</c><00:29:59.240><c> like</c><00:29:59.400><c> an</c><00:29:59.599><c> insult.</c>

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:06.539
And<00:30:02.559><c> I've</c><00:30:03.000><c> heard</c><00:30:03.079><c> many,</c><00:30:04.579><c> a</c><00:30:05.259><c> speaker</c><00:30:05.460><c> or</c><00:30:05.700><c> at</c><00:30:05.779><c> least</c><00:30:05.940><c> a</c><00:30:06.099><c> few</c><00:30:06.220><c> anyway,</c>

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:09.380
over<00:30:06.779><c> the</c><00:30:06.960><c> years</c><00:30:07.160><c> say,</c><00:30:07.779><c> that's</c><00:30:07.859><c> not</c><00:30:08.059><c> really</c><00:30:08.240><c> what's</c><00:30:08.579><c> meant.</c>

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:11.680
Handling<00:30:10.099><c> the</c><00:30:10.279><c> money</c><00:30:10.420><c> is</c><00:30:10.579><c> an</c><00:30:10.799><c> important</c><00:30:11.079><c> job</c>

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:14.299
and<00:30:12.200><c> that's</c><00:30:12.480><c> really</c><00:30:12.660><c> what</c><00:30:12.779><c> they're</c><00:30:13.059><c> talking</c><00:30:13.359><c> about.</c>

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:17.960
And<00:30:14.819><c> maybe</c><00:30:15.940><c> that's</c><00:30:16.980><c> true,</c>

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:23.039
but<00:30:18.960><c> they</c><00:30:19.160><c> do</c><00:30:19.279><c> something</c><00:30:19.640><c> here</c><00:30:20.420><c> that</c><00:30:21.059><c> I</c><00:30:22.099><c> question.</c>

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:24.740
I<00:30:23.759><c> can't</c><00:30:24.019><c> say</c><00:30:24.180><c> it</c><00:30:24.299><c> was</c><00:30:24.480><c> wrong</c>

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:28.259
because<00:30:25.440><c> there's</c><00:30:26.140><c> a</c><00:30:26.240><c> lot</c><00:30:26.440><c> of</c><00:30:27.200><c> suggestions</c><00:30:27.700><c> in</c><00:30:27.900><c> the</c><00:30:28.059><c> words</c>

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.839
that<00:30:28.519><c> maybe</c><00:30:28.819><c> it</c><00:30:29.420><c> was</c><00:30:29.579><c> right.</c>

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:32.099
But<00:30:30.140><c> my</c><00:30:30.619><c> problem</c><00:30:30.920><c> is</c><00:30:31.200><c> this,</c>

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:37.119
it's<00:30:34.019><c> one</c><00:30:34.420><c> column,</c><00:30:35.799><c> we</c><00:30:36.119><c> are</c><00:30:36.400><c> all</c><00:30:36.599><c> called</c><00:30:36.799><c> to</c><00:30:37.019><c> one.</c>

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:41.160
Yes,<00:30:37.400><c> we</c><00:30:37.599><c> all</c><00:30:37.799><c> have</c><00:30:38.039><c> different</c><00:30:38.420><c> roles</c><00:30:39.079><c> in</c><00:30:39.900><c> that</c><00:30:40.220><c> column,</c>

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:44.740
but<00:30:42.599><c> what</c><00:30:42.819><c> the</c><00:30:43.079><c> disciples</c><00:30:43.420><c> do</c><00:30:43.680><c> here</c><00:30:44.079><c> is</c><00:30:44.240><c> they</c><00:30:44.480><c> say,</c>

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:49.339
this<00:30:45.059><c> will</c><00:30:45.259><c> be</c><00:30:45.500><c> our</c><00:30:45.779><c> job</c><00:30:46.440><c> and</c><00:30:47.119><c> that'll</c><00:30:47.519><c> be</c><00:30:47.740><c> your</c><00:30:48.119><c> job.</c>

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:52.400
And<00:30:50.720><c> what</c><00:30:50.960><c> happens</c><00:30:51.480><c> is,</c>

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:55.900
Stephen<00:30:53.019><c> gets</c><00:30:53.339><c> the</c><00:30:53.660><c> job</c><00:30:53.980><c> of</c><00:30:54.259><c> daily</c><00:30:54.500><c> ministrations</c>

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:58.799
and<00:30:56.160><c> yet</c><00:30:56.420><c> Stephen's</c><00:30:56.920><c> the</c><00:30:57.019><c> one</c><00:30:57.160><c> that</c><00:30:57.339><c> does</c><00:30:57.539><c> their</c><00:30:57.839><c> job.</c>

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:02.539
So<00:30:59.640><c> they</c><00:30:59.880><c> said,</c><00:31:00.119><c> there's</c><00:31:00.259><c> gonna</c><00:31:00.359><c> be</c><00:31:00.539><c> this</c><00:31:00.819><c> job</c><00:31:01.079><c> and</c><00:31:01.279><c> this</c><00:31:01.539><c> job.</c>

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:04.500
And<00:31:02.920><c> Stephen</c><00:31:03.160><c> says,</c><00:31:03.460><c> yeah,</c><00:31:03.619><c> I'll</c><00:31:03.880><c> do</c><00:31:04.039><c> this</c><00:31:04.319><c> job.</c>

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:06.359
And<00:31:04.680><c> by</c><00:31:04.799><c> everything</c><00:31:05.059><c> we</c><00:31:05.240><c> know,</c><00:31:05.440><c> Stephen</c><00:31:05.720><c> did</c><00:31:05.880><c> a</c><00:31:06.019><c> good</c><00:31:06.200><c> job.</c>

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:08.180
We're<00:31:06.559><c> not</c><00:31:06.700><c> told</c><00:31:06.859><c> he</c><00:31:07.059><c> did</c><00:31:07.079><c> a</c><00:31:07.240><c> bad</c><00:31:07.420><c> job.</c>

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:11.339
The<00:31:08.599><c> issue</c><00:31:08.880><c> of</c><00:31:09.039><c> the</c><00:31:09.180><c> murmurings</c><00:31:09.480><c> never</c><00:31:09.680><c> comes</c><00:31:09.880><c> up</c><00:31:10.079><c> again.</c>

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:15.599
And<00:31:11.900><c> yet</c><00:31:12.140><c> Stephen</c><00:31:12.460><c> is</c><00:31:12.779><c> out</c><00:31:13.940><c> preaching</c><00:31:14.220><c> the</c><00:31:14.500><c> word</c>

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:17.420
and<00:31:16.460><c> creating</c><00:31:16.980><c> converts.</c>

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:19.839
So<00:31:17.599><c> they</c><00:31:17.779><c> say,</c><00:31:18.059><c> we're</c><00:31:18.480><c> gonna</c><00:31:18.619><c> split</c><00:31:18.900><c> this</c><00:31:19.200><c> up</c>

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:21.740
because<00:31:20.240><c> it's</c><00:31:20.460><c> too</c><00:31:20.720><c> much</c><00:31:20.880><c> for</c><00:31:21.059><c> us,</c>

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:25.740
but<00:31:22.240><c> it</c><00:31:22.380><c> wasn't</c><00:31:22.519><c> too</c><00:31:22.779><c> much</c><00:31:23.299><c> for</c><00:31:23.700><c> Stephen</c><00:31:24.160><c> at</c><00:31:24.839><c> all.</c>

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:28.279
And<00:31:26.259><c> so</c><00:31:26.420><c> I</c><00:31:26.539><c> wonder</c><00:31:26.880><c> if,</c>

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:30.779
because<00:31:29.140><c> the</c><00:31:29.680><c> other</c><00:31:29.859><c> thing</c><00:31:29.980><c> that</c><00:31:30.220><c> happens</c><00:31:30.460><c> is,</c>

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:33.980
at<00:31:31.220><c> this</c><00:31:31.519><c> point,</c><00:31:31.900><c> Stephen</c><00:31:32.380><c> takes</c><00:31:32.660><c> over</c><00:31:32.920><c> the</c><00:31:33.119><c> narrative.</c>

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:35.920
The<00:31:34.200><c> guy</c><00:31:34.440><c> he</c><00:31:34.559><c> put</c><00:31:34.640><c> in</c><00:31:34.779><c> charge</c><00:31:34.960><c> of</c><00:31:35.140><c> daily</c><00:31:35.319><c> ministrations</c>

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:38.779
takes<00:31:36.299><c> over</c><00:31:36.500><c> the</c><00:31:36.759><c> narrative</c><00:31:37.039><c> of</c><00:31:37.299><c> preaching</c><00:31:37.519><c> the</c><00:31:37.680><c> word</c><00:31:37.799><c> of</c><00:31:38.000><c> God.</c>

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:41.640
So<00:31:40.039><c> I'm</c><00:31:40.099><c> not</c><00:31:40.299><c> sure</c><00:31:40.400><c> it</c><00:31:40.480><c> was</c><00:31:40.599><c> the</c><00:31:40.779><c> wisest</c><00:31:41.200><c> decision.</c>

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:43.480
I<00:31:42.160><c> know</c><00:31:42.380><c> that</c><00:31:42.579><c> might</c><00:31:42.859><c> fly</c><00:31:43.119><c> in</c><00:31:43.279><c> the</c><00:31:43.359><c> face.</c>

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:46.420
I'm<00:31:43.660><c> not</c><00:31:43.799><c> looking</c><00:31:44.079><c> to</c><00:31:44.960><c> step</c><00:31:45.339><c> on</c><00:31:45.539><c> anybody's</c><00:31:46.200><c> toes.</c>

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:49.799
I<00:31:46.920><c> haven't</c><00:31:47.779><c> gone</c><00:31:48.259><c> in</c><00:31:48.559><c> and</c><00:31:49.039><c> looked</c><00:31:49.200><c> at</c><00:31:49.460><c> everything</c>

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:51.359
anybody's<00:31:50.339><c> ever</c><00:31:50.519><c> written</c><00:31:50.740><c> on</c><00:31:50.960><c> the</c><00:31:51.099><c> subject.</c>

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:55.039
And<00:31:51.640><c> probably</c><00:31:51.940><c> people</c><00:31:52.259><c> speak</c><00:31:52.519><c> a</c><00:31:52.660><c> lot</c><00:31:52.900><c> better</c><00:31:53.220><c> of</c><00:31:53.400><c> it</c><00:31:54.240><c> than</c><00:31:54.619><c> I</c><00:31:54.900><c> can,</c>

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:59.200
but<00:31:55.200><c> that's</c><00:31:55.500><c> just</c><00:31:56.200><c> sort</c><00:31:56.380><c> of</c><00:31:56.519><c> the</c><00:31:56.599><c> way</c><00:31:56.940><c> it</c><00:31:57.599><c> reads</c><00:31:58.259><c> to</c><00:31:58.779><c> me.</c>

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:00.599
Whether<00:31:59.599><c> serving</c><00:31:59.920><c> tables</c><00:32:00.279><c> or</c><00:32:00.480><c> not</c>

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:02.140
means<00:32:00.859><c> something</c><00:32:01.240><c> insulting</c><00:32:01.680><c> or</c><00:32:01.940><c> not,</c>

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:03.400
which<00:32:02.299><c> it</c><00:32:02.480><c> probably</c><00:32:02.839><c> doesn't.</c>

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:06.240
It<00:32:03.559><c> would</c><00:32:03.740><c> be</c><00:32:03.960><c> completely</c><00:32:04.319><c> out</c><00:32:04.539><c> of</c><00:32:04.740><c> character</c><00:32:05.119><c> for</c><00:32:05.380><c> them.</c>

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:08.319
But<00:32:06.700><c> I</c><00:32:07.000><c> think</c><00:32:07.240><c> creating</c><00:32:07.619><c> that</c><00:32:07.940><c> division</c>

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:11.720
is<00:32:08.660><c> almost</c><00:32:09.259><c> institutionalizing</c><00:32:10.440><c> the</c><00:32:10.640><c> process.</c>

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:15.640
And<00:32:12.579><c> the</c><00:32:12.819><c> calling</c><00:32:13.059><c> out</c><00:32:13.359><c> is</c><00:32:13.680><c> not</c><00:32:14.059><c> institutionalized.</c>

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:18.579
We<00:32:15.839><c> make</c><00:32:16.119><c> it</c><00:32:16.400><c> institutionalized</c><00:32:16.900><c> and</c><00:32:17.059><c> we</c><00:32:17.180><c> need</c><00:32:17.980><c> structure</c>

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:20.980
and<00:32:18.900><c> guidance</c><00:32:19.200><c> and</c><00:32:19.420><c> all</c><00:32:19.559><c> that</c><00:32:19.759><c> kind</c><00:32:19.980><c> of</c><00:32:20.180><c> stuff.</c>

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:26.680
But<00:32:21.940><c> again,</c><00:32:23.220><c> that</c><00:32:23.440><c> structure</c><00:32:23.859><c> that</c><00:32:24.160><c> we</c><00:32:24.559><c> have</c><00:32:24.980><c> in</c><00:32:25.259><c> our</c><00:32:25.539><c> community</c>

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:29.799
is<00:32:27.079><c> there</c><00:32:27.339><c> to</c><00:32:27.740><c> guide</c><00:32:28.240><c> our</c><00:32:28.619><c> relationship</c>

00:32:30.040 --> 00:32:32.400
with<00:32:30.660><c> the</c><00:32:30.859><c> Father</c><00:32:31.140><c> through</c><00:32:31.380><c> the</c><00:32:31.640><c> Son.</c>

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:34.299
It<00:32:32.579><c> should</c><00:32:32.880><c> never</c><00:32:33.119><c> be</c><00:32:33.359><c> the</c><00:32:33.500><c> other</c><00:32:33.680><c> way</c><00:32:33.900><c> around.</c>

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:37.500
Sometimes<00:32:34.900><c> we</c><00:32:35.160><c> can</c><00:32:35.460><c> make</c><00:32:35.680><c> it</c><00:32:35.880><c> the</c><00:32:36.039><c> other</c><00:32:36.200><c> way</c><00:32:36.420><c> around,</c><00:32:36.819><c> by</c><00:32:37.019><c> the</c><00:32:37.180><c> way,</c>

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:40.440
but<00:32:38.000><c> it</c><00:32:38.140><c> should</c><00:32:38.319><c> never</c><00:32:38.619><c> be</c><00:32:38.880><c> the</c><00:32:39.079><c> other</c><00:32:39.279><c> way</c><00:32:39.480><c> around.</c>

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:43.400
The<00:32:41.619><c> calling</c><00:32:41.900><c> comes</c><00:32:42.279><c> first.</c>

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:46.619
And<00:32:43.700><c> the</c><00:32:44.059><c> institution,</c><00:32:44.680><c> if</c><00:32:44.819><c> you</c><00:32:44.960><c> want</c><00:32:45.099><c> to</c><00:32:45.259><c> call</c><00:32:45.440><c> it</c><00:32:45.599><c> that,</c>

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:50.779
supports<00:32:47.259><c> the</c><00:32:47.599><c> calling,</c><00:32:48.819><c> not</c><00:32:49.119><c> the</c><00:32:49.319><c> other</c><00:32:49.519><c> way</c><00:32:49.720><c> around.</c>

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:53.339
And<00:32:51.140><c> I</c><00:32:51.299><c> think</c><00:32:51.440><c> they</c><00:32:51.720><c> take</c><00:32:51.940><c> a</c><00:32:52.200><c> step</c><00:32:52.380><c> in</c><00:32:52.579><c> the</c><00:32:52.720><c> wrong</c><00:32:52.880><c> direction</c>

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:56.680
and<00:32:53.660><c> Stephen's</c><00:32:54.119><c> the</c><00:32:54.299><c> one</c><00:32:54.660><c> who</c><00:32:55.259><c> brings</c><00:32:55.500><c> them</c><00:32:55.759><c> back.</c>

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:02.779
Did<00:33:01.200><c> that</c><00:33:01.440><c> move?</c><00:33:01.880><c> It</c><00:33:01.880><c> didn't,</c><00:33:02.079><c> okay.</c>

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:04.039
There<00:33:03.079><c> we</c><00:33:03.240><c> go.</c>

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:06.119
But<00:33:04.859><c> we</c><00:33:05.019><c> will</c><00:33:05.180><c> give</c><00:33:05.339><c> ourselves</c><00:33:05.779><c> again,</c>

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:08.359
I'm<00:33:06.619><c> just</c><00:33:06.839><c> repeating</c><00:33:07.140><c> more</c><00:33:07.460><c> or</c><00:33:07.519><c> less</c><00:33:07.619><c> what</c><00:33:07.759><c> I</c><00:33:07.920><c> talked</c><00:33:08.099><c> about,</c>

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:11.099
continuing<00:33:08.779><c> prayer</c><00:33:09.240><c> into</c><00:33:09.460><c> the</c><00:33:09.700><c> ministry</c><00:33:09.960><c> of</c><00:33:10.140><c> the</c><00:33:10.299><c> Word.</c>

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:13.759
Stephen<00:33:11.880><c> becomes</c><00:33:12.220><c> the</c><00:33:12.460><c> ministry</c><00:33:12.680><c> of</c><00:33:12.839><c> the</c><00:33:12.960><c> Word.</c>

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:16.359
And<00:33:14.200><c> the</c><00:33:14.380><c> saying</c><00:33:14.579><c> pleased</c><00:33:14.960><c> the</c><00:33:15.160><c> whole</c><00:33:15.319><c> multitude.</c>

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:18.700
And<00:33:17.200><c> they</c><00:33:17.380><c> chose</c><00:33:17.640><c> Stephen.</c>

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.740
Notice<00:33:19.200><c> what</c><00:33:19.380><c> it</c><00:33:19.500><c> says,</c>

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:23.079
a<00:33:19.880><c> man</c><00:33:20.160><c> full</c><00:33:20.400><c> of</c><00:33:20.579><c> faith</c><00:33:21.359><c> and</c><00:33:22.119><c> of</c><00:33:22.259><c> the</c><00:33:22.420><c> Holy</c><00:33:22.640><c> Spirit.</c>

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:26.660
So<00:33:23.900><c> he's</c><00:33:24.920><c> a</c><00:33:24.980><c> strong</c><00:33:25.359><c> man</c><00:33:25.599><c> of</c><00:33:25.839><c> faith.</c>

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:28.220
But<00:33:26.799><c> he's</c><00:33:27.000><c> also</c><00:33:27.259><c> said</c><00:33:27.400><c> he's</c><00:33:27.539><c> got</c><00:33:27.619><c> the</c><00:33:27.779><c> Holy</c><00:33:27.960><c> Spirit.</c>

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:29.900
Now,<00:33:28.440><c> is</c><00:33:28.579><c> he</c><00:33:28.680><c> talking</c><00:33:28.839><c> about</c><00:33:29.019><c> the</c><00:33:29.299><c> Spirit</c><00:33:29.579><c> power?</c>

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:32.400
Well,<00:33:30.539><c> they're</c><00:33:31.039><c> not</c><00:33:31.319><c> talking</c><00:33:31.519><c> about</c><00:33:31.779><c> the</c><00:33:32.000><c> Spirit</c><00:33:32.200><c> power</c>

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:34.680
because<00:33:32.660><c> they</c><00:33:32.920><c> lay</c><00:33:33.039><c> hands</c><00:33:33.279><c> on</c><00:33:33.460><c> him</c><00:33:33.660><c> next.</c>

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:39.759
He's<00:33:35.380><c> talking</c><00:33:35.539><c> about</c><00:33:35.799><c> the</c><00:33:36.000><c> fact</c><00:33:36.180><c> that</c><00:33:36.400><c> this</c><00:33:36.660><c> man</c><00:33:37.480><c> had</c><00:33:38.299><c> the</c><00:33:38.660><c> ability,</c>

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:45.259
had<00:33:40.019><c> the</c><00:33:42.539><c> strength</c><00:33:42.940><c> of</c><00:33:43.200><c> faith</c><00:33:43.380><c> and</c><00:33:43.539><c> the</c><00:33:43.740><c> strength</c><00:33:43.900><c> of</c><00:33:44.160><c> dedication</c>

00:33:46.419 --> 00:33:48.759
to<00:33:46.859><c> discern</c><00:33:47.299><c> the</c><00:33:47.900><c> Spirit.</c>

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:50.619
Remember<00:33:49.339><c> what</c><00:33:49.440><c> it</c><00:33:49.599><c> says</c><00:33:49.720><c> about</c><00:33:49.920><c> John</c><00:33:50.140><c> the</c><00:33:50.299><c> Baptist.</c>

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:53.059
It<00:33:50.839><c> says,</c><00:33:51.099><c> John</c><00:33:51.220><c> the</c><00:33:51.460><c> Baptist</c><00:33:51.720><c> from</c><00:33:51.940><c> before</c><00:33:52.319><c> he</c><00:33:52.500><c> was</c><00:33:52.700><c> born</c>

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:54.460
was<00:33:53.500><c> full</c><00:33:53.740><c> of</c><00:33:53.819><c> the</c><00:33:53.960><c> Holy</c><00:33:54.140><c> Spirit.</c>

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:56.339
And<00:33:54.619><c> yet</c><00:33:54.759><c> John</c><00:33:54.960><c> the</c><00:33:55.079><c> Baptist</c><00:33:55.359><c> still</c><00:33:55.619><c> had</c><00:33:55.720><c> things</c><00:33:55.920><c> to</c><00:33:56.140><c> learn.</c>

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:59.339
He<00:33:56.480><c> wasn't</c><00:33:56.799><c> born</c><00:33:57.160><c> perfect</c><00:33:57.599><c> by</c><00:33:57.859><c> any</c><00:33:58.039><c> stretch</c><00:33:58.259><c> of</c><00:33:58.440><c> imagination.</c>

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:03.039
And<00:34:00.099><c> I</c><00:34:00.180><c> think</c><00:34:00.299><c> that's</c><00:34:00.660><c> what</c><00:34:01.299><c> it's</c><00:34:01.920><c> saying</c><00:34:02.059><c> here</c><00:34:02.299><c> about</c><00:34:02.559><c> Stephen.</c>

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.839
He<00:34:03.539><c> was</c><00:34:03.720><c> a</c><00:34:03.819><c> man</c><00:34:03.880><c> of</c><00:34:04.079><c> great</c><00:34:04.380><c> faith.</c>

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:07.519
He<00:34:05.460><c> was</c><00:34:05.680><c> a</c><00:34:05.799><c> man</c><00:34:05.960><c> that</c><00:34:06.140><c> could</c><00:34:06.339><c> discern</c><00:34:06.880><c> the</c><00:34:07.200><c> Word.</c>

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:11.420
He<00:34:08.019><c> was</c><00:34:08.239><c> a</c><00:34:08.360><c> man</c><00:34:08.460><c> that</c><00:34:08.920><c> understood</c><00:34:09.460><c> what</c><00:34:09.719><c> the</c><00:34:09.960><c> right</c><00:34:10.280><c> thing</c><00:34:10.519><c> was</c>

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:14.000
between<00:34:12.139><c> God</c><00:34:12.659><c> and</c><00:34:13.039><c> man.</c>

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:19.219
I<00:34:14.239><c> think</c><00:34:14.400><c> he</c><00:34:14.559><c> was</c><00:34:15.239><c> a</c><00:34:15.659><c> dedicated</c><00:34:16.199><c> man</c><00:34:16.860><c> in</c><00:34:17.840><c> that</c><00:34:18.099><c> respect.</c>

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:24.119
This<00:34:22.840><c> is</c><00:34:23.340><c> verse</c><00:34:23.659><c> 7,</c>

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.519
whom<00:34:24.280><c> they</c><00:34:24.440><c> set</c><00:34:24.639><c> up</c><00:34:24.760><c> before</c><00:34:24.960><c> the</c><00:34:25.119><c> apostles.</c>

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:29.139
And<00:34:25.719><c> when</c><00:34:25.880><c> they</c><00:34:26.099><c> had</c><00:34:26.360><c> prayed,</c><00:34:27.280><c> they</c><00:34:27.579><c> laid</c><00:34:27.940><c> their</c><00:34:28.340><c> hands</c><00:34:28.699><c> on</c><00:34:28.980><c> them.</c>

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:30.900
Well,<00:34:29.320><c> the</c><00:34:29.420><c> only</c><00:34:29.599><c> reason</c><00:34:29.840><c> to</c><00:34:29.960><c> lay</c><00:34:30.039><c> your</c><00:34:30.260><c> hands</c><00:34:30.519><c> on</c><00:34:30.639><c> them,</c>

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:35.460
use<00:34:31.440><c> that</c><00:34:31.679><c> expression,</c><00:34:32.480><c> is</c><00:34:32.719><c> giving</c><00:34:33.019><c> them</c><00:34:33.780><c> the</c><00:34:34.079><c> Spirit</c><00:34:34.420><c> power.</c>

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:38.480
And<00:34:36.659><c> then</c><00:34:36.820><c> it</c><00:34:36.860><c> says,</c><00:34:37.239><c> and</c><00:34:37.239><c> the</c><00:34:37.400><c> Word</c><00:34:37.579><c> of</c><00:34:37.719><c> God</c><00:34:38.000><c> increased.</c>

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:40.639
Well,<00:34:38.699><c> that's</c><00:34:38.860><c> not</c><00:34:39.079><c> surprising</c><00:34:39.500><c> because</c><00:34:39.760><c> these</c><00:34:40.360><c> seven,</c>

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:42.579
especially<00:34:41.239><c> including</c><00:34:41.659><c> Stephen,</c>

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:46.460
now<00:34:42.840><c> have</c><00:34:43.059><c> both</c><00:34:43.300><c> the</c><00:34:43.460><c> hand</c><00:34:43.719><c> of</c><00:34:43.820><c> God</c><00:34:44.400><c> and</c><00:34:45.480><c> with</c><00:34:46.059><c> Stephen,</c>

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:48.679
certainly<00:34:47.019><c> the</c><00:34:47.239><c> Word</c><00:34:47.460><c> of</c><00:34:47.559><c> God</c><00:34:47.920><c> increased.</c>

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:51.519
And<00:34:49.480><c> the</c><00:34:49.539><c> number</c><00:34:49.800><c> of</c><00:34:50.000><c> the</c><00:34:50.219><c> disciples</c><00:34:50.539><c> multiplied</c><00:34:51.340><c> in</c>

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.539
Jerusalem<00:34:52.019><c> greatly.</c>

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:55.159
So<00:34:52.800><c> who</c><00:34:52.980><c> knows</c><00:34:53.360><c> what</c><00:34:53.559><c> the</c><00:34:53.760><c> number</c><00:34:54.000><c> is</c><00:34:54.280><c> now?</c>

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:59.440
And<00:34:55.820><c> a</c><00:34:55.940><c> great</c><00:34:56.219><c> company</c><00:34:56.539><c> of</c><00:34:56.780><c> the</c><00:34:57.099><c> priests</c><00:34:57.719><c> were</c><00:34:58.880><c> obedient</c><00:34:59.239><c> to</c>

00:34:59.440 --> 00:34:59.880
the<00:34:59.679><c> faith.</c>

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:01.119
That's<00:35:00.300><c> really</c><00:35:00.639><c> interesting.</c>

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:04.100
I<00:35:01.300><c> don't</c><00:35:01.519><c> have</c><00:35:01.760><c> a</c><00:35:02.000><c> great</c><00:35:02.239><c> answer</c><00:35:02.559><c> as</c><00:35:02.780><c> to</c><00:35:02.860><c> why</c><00:35:03.079><c> they</c><00:35:03.340><c> mention</c>

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:06.059
priests<00:35:05.539><c> here.</c>

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:10.400
Maybe<00:35:06.480><c> somebody</c><00:35:06.780><c> else</c><00:35:07.139><c> has</c><00:35:07.860><c> a</c><00:35:08.059><c> pretty</c><00:35:08.300><c> good</c><00:35:08.519><c> one,</c><00:35:08.659><c> but</c><00:35:09.119><c> I</c><00:35:09.539><c> don't.</c>

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:13.800
I<00:35:11.780><c> guess</c><00:35:11.980><c> I</c><00:35:12.059><c> could</c><00:35:12.659><c> try</c><00:35:13.039><c> to</c><00:35:13.179><c> make</c><00:35:13.300><c> something</c><00:35:13.579><c> up.</c>

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:15.179
I'd<00:35:14.300><c> rather</c><00:35:14.300><c> not.</c>

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:18.760
But<00:35:16.219><c> notice</c><00:35:16.539><c> how</c><00:35:17.039><c> everything</c><00:35:17.519><c> is</c><00:35:17.840><c> growing.</c>

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:21.760
And<00:35:19.739><c> then</c><00:35:19.880><c> it</c><00:35:19.940><c> says</c><00:35:20.139><c> this</c><00:35:20.360><c> about</c><00:35:20.659><c> Stephen.</c>

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:27.039
And<00:35:23.380><c> Stephen,</c><00:35:25.099><c> full</c><00:35:25.380><c> of</c><00:35:25.679><c> faith</c><00:35:26.079><c> and</c><00:35:26.500><c> power,</c>

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:29.559
so<00:35:27.480><c> now</c><00:35:27.840><c> he's</c><00:35:28.239><c> got</c><00:35:28.800><c> power.</c>

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:31.300
He's<00:35:30.320><c> still</c><00:35:30.639><c> got</c><00:35:30.880><c> faith.</c>

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:33.500
He<00:35:31.960><c> certainly</c><00:35:32.280><c> still</c><00:35:32.500><c> has</c><00:35:32.659><c> the</c><00:35:32.860><c> Holy</c><00:35:33.059><c> Spirit,</c>

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.920
but<00:35:33.699><c> now</c><00:35:34.000><c> he</c><00:35:34.199><c> has</c><00:35:34.539><c> power.</c>

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:38.500
They've<00:35:35.300><c> laid</c><00:35:35.460><c> on</c><00:35:35.800><c> hands</c><00:35:36.059><c> and</c><00:35:36.679><c> great</c><00:35:36.920><c> wonders</c><00:35:37.539><c> and</c><00:35:38.079><c> miracles,</c>

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:41.599
and<00:35:38.739><c> did</c><00:35:38.940><c> great</c><00:35:39.219><c> wonders</c><00:35:39.639><c> and</c><00:35:39.940><c> miracles</c><00:35:40.460><c> among</c><00:35:41.159><c> the</c><00:35:41.400><c> people.</c>

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:43.440
So<00:35:41.820><c> the</c><00:35:41.980><c> very</c><00:35:42.320><c> words</c><00:35:42.559><c> they</c><00:35:42.860><c> just</c><00:35:43.219><c> used,</c>

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:46.940
a<00:35:43.719><c> couple</c><00:35:43.800><c> of</c><00:35:44.039><c> verses</c><00:35:44.159><c> before</c><00:35:44.880><c> about</c><00:35:45.340><c> the</c><00:35:45.599><c> apostles,</c>

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:49.619
is<00:35:47.940><c> now</c><00:35:48.300><c> applied</c><00:35:48.719><c> to</c><00:35:49.199><c> Stephen.</c>

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:52.260
They<00:35:50.260><c> set</c><00:35:50.500><c> themselves</c><00:35:50.960><c> aside</c><00:35:51.500><c> for</c><00:35:51.679><c> the</c><00:35:51.920><c> word</c>

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:54.239
and<00:35:52.820><c> for</c><00:35:53.039><c> the</c><00:35:53.300><c> ministry</c><00:35:53.599><c> of</c><00:35:53.780><c> the</c><00:35:53.940><c> word</c>

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:56.960
and<00:35:54.659><c> left</c><00:35:55.019><c> the</c><00:35:55.559><c> ministry</c><00:35:55.800><c> of</c><00:35:55.960><c> the</c><00:35:56.119><c> tables</c><00:35:56.360><c> to</c><00:35:56.579><c> Stephen,</c>

00:35:57.300 --> 00:36:00.340
and<00:35:57.539><c> he</c><00:35:57.860><c> ministered</c><00:35:58.219><c> the</c><00:35:58.360><c> tables</c><00:35:58.699><c> and</c><00:35:59.099><c> spread</c><00:35:59.400><c> the</c><00:35:59.579><c> word.</c>

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:02.760
He<00:36:00.800><c> did</c><00:36:01.079><c> exactly</c><00:36:01.500><c> what</c><00:36:01.719><c> they</c><00:36:02.059><c> had</c><00:36:02.280><c> been</c><00:36:02.519><c> doing,</c>

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:04.620
and<00:36:02.920><c> they</c><00:36:03.159><c> said</c><00:36:03.280><c> it</c><00:36:03.380><c> was</c><00:36:03.599><c> too</c><00:36:03.860><c> much,</c>

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:07.039
and<00:36:05.280><c> it</c><00:36:05.519><c> wasn't</c><00:36:05.820><c> too</c><00:36:06.179><c> much</c><00:36:06.460><c> for</c><00:36:06.699><c> Stephen.</c>

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:09.760
By<00:36:07.900><c> the</c><00:36:08.559><c> way,</c><00:36:08.679><c> I</c><00:36:08.860><c> love</c><00:36:09.239><c> this</c><00:36:09.480><c> picture.</c>

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:11.480
I<00:36:09.920><c> have</c><00:36:10.119><c> no</c><00:36:10.300><c> idea</c><00:36:10.539><c> where</c><00:36:10.679><c> it</c><00:36:10.820><c> comes</c><00:36:11.079><c> from.</c>

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:17.460
I<00:36:11.920><c> just</c><00:36:12.260><c> punched</c><00:36:12.519><c> up</c><00:36:12.920><c> the</c><00:36:13.019><c> name</c><00:36:13.340><c> Stephen</c><00:36:13.900><c> and</c><00:36:15.079><c> the</c><00:36:16.559><c> apostle</c><00:36:16.980><c> Stephen,</c>

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:19.000
and<00:36:18.000><c> this</c><00:36:18.300><c> came</c><00:36:18.719><c> up.</c>

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:22.119
But<00:36:19.320><c> I</c><00:36:19.579><c> love</c><00:36:19.760><c> it</c><00:36:20.440><c> because</c><00:36:20.900><c> I</c><00:36:21.039><c> think</c><00:36:21.199><c> it</c><00:36:21.519><c> exemplifies</c>

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:24.860
what<00:36:22.380><c> I</c><00:36:22.780><c> see</c><00:36:22.960><c> at</c><00:36:23.079><c> least</c><00:36:23.380><c> as</c><00:36:23.619><c> the</c><00:36:23.920><c> character</c><00:36:24.280><c> of</c><00:36:24.579><c> Stephen.</c>

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:28.699
He<00:36:25.559><c> was</c><00:36:25.920><c> a</c><00:36:26.320><c> vibrant</c><00:36:27.420><c> character.</c>

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:31.139
He<00:36:29.300><c> was</c><00:36:29.739><c> a</c><00:36:30.119><c> lively</c><00:36:30.559><c> character.</c>

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:34.119
He<00:36:31.519><c> was</c><00:36:31.820><c> a</c><00:36:32.039><c> man</c><00:36:32.199><c> that</c><00:36:32.579><c> knew</c><00:36:32.860><c> what</c><00:36:33.280><c> he</c><00:36:33.539><c> was</c><00:36:33.840><c> doing</c>

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:36.079
and<00:36:34.420><c> why</c><00:36:34.820><c> he</c><00:36:35.099><c> was</c><00:36:35.420><c> doing</c><00:36:35.719><c> it</c>

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:38.840
and<00:36:36.400><c> where</c><00:36:36.760><c> he</c><00:36:37.119><c> stood</c><00:36:37.360><c> between</c><00:36:37.780><c> God</c><00:36:38.199><c> and</c><00:36:38.400><c> himself</c>

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:40.739
and<00:36:39.019><c> the</c><00:36:39.139><c> Lord</c><00:36:39.360><c> Jesus</c><00:36:39.760><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:46.419
I<00:36:41.420><c> think</c><00:36:41.699><c> part</c><00:36:42.019><c> of</c><00:36:42.139><c> that</c><00:36:42.460><c> is</c><00:36:42.699><c> because</c><00:36:43.840><c> he</c><00:36:44.539><c> recognized</c><00:36:45.260><c> his</c><00:36:45.519><c> position</c>

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:52.360
as<00:36:47.699><c> that</c><00:36:48.179><c> Grecian</c><00:36:48.940><c> Jew</c><00:36:49.480><c> between</c><00:36:50.880><c> the</c><00:36:51.139><c> Hebrews</c><00:36:51.380><c> and</c><00:36:51.559><c> the</c><00:36:51.739><c> Grecians.</c>

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:55.199
Remember,<00:36:53.119><c> he</c><00:36:53.619><c> goes</c><00:36:53.840><c> and</c><00:36:54.039><c> he</c><00:36:54.159><c> starts</c><00:36:54.280><c> speaking</c><00:36:54.579><c> to</c><00:36:54.820><c> the</c><00:36:55.000><c> Greeks,</c>

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:57.400
which<00:36:55.460><c> we'll</c><00:36:55.639><c> look</c><00:36:55.860><c> at</c><00:36:55.980><c> in</c><00:36:56.059><c> just</c><00:36:56.260><c> a</c><00:36:56.420><c> minute.</c>

00:36:58.320 --> 00:37:00.820
It<00:36:58.480><c> says</c><00:36:58.800><c> that</c><00:36:59.280><c> later</c><00:36:59.699><c> on</c><00:36:59.980><c> that</c><00:37:00.099><c> they</c><00:37:00.300><c> saw</c><00:37:00.500><c> him,</c>

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:04.599
and<00:37:01.059><c> it</c><00:37:01.380><c> says</c><00:37:01.559><c> that</c><00:37:01.800><c> he</c><00:37:02.679><c> had</c><00:37:02.920><c> a</c><00:37:03.000><c> face</c><00:37:03.219><c> like</c><00:37:03.440><c> an</c><00:37:03.659><c> angel.</c>

00:37:04.690 --> 00:37:09.820
And<00:37:05.000><c> I</c><00:37:05.179><c> was</c><00:37:06.239><c> watching</c><00:37:06.619><c> one</c><00:37:08.360><c> video</c><00:37:08.920><c> by</c><00:37:09.500><c> a</c><00:37:09.639><c> brother</c>

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:13.400
who<00:37:10.000><c> was</c><00:37:10.239><c> saying</c><00:37:10.440><c> that</c><00:37:10.699><c> that</c><00:37:10.860><c> was</c><00:37:11.079><c> talking</c><00:37:11.420><c> about</c><00:37:11.900><c> his</c><00:37:12.440><c> face</c><00:37:12.780><c> was...</c>

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:16.739
Oh,<00:37:13.920><c> he</c><00:37:14.099><c> suggested</c><00:37:14.579><c> the</c><00:37:14.840><c> possibility,</c><00:37:15.539><c> I</c><00:37:16.039><c> should</c><00:37:16.260><c> say,</c>

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:22.279
that<00:37:17.400><c> his</c><00:37:17.659><c> face</c><00:37:17.980><c> was</c><00:37:18.599><c> glowing</c><00:37:19.159><c> like</c><00:37:20.019><c> Moses's</c><00:37:20.820><c> face</c><00:37:21.300><c> glowed,</c>

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:28.019
shined<00:37:25.460><c> after</c><00:37:26.079><c> Sinai.</c>

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:30.340
I<00:37:28.880><c> don't</c><00:37:29.699><c> think</c><00:37:29.800><c> that's</c><00:37:30.179><c> correct.</c>

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.300
No<00:37:30.579><c> offense</c><00:37:30.800><c> to</c><00:37:30.980><c> that</c><00:37:31.099><c> brother,</c>

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:33.780
but<00:37:31.880><c> I</c><00:37:32.019><c> don't</c><00:37:32.159><c> think</c><00:37:32.300><c> that's</c><00:37:32.559><c> what</c><00:37:32.699><c> it</c><00:37:32.880><c> was.</c>

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:37.719
I<00:37:34.320><c> think</c><00:37:34.579><c> much</c><00:37:34.840><c> like</c><00:37:35.099><c> when</c><00:37:35.260><c> we</c><00:37:35.480><c> talked</c><00:37:35.699><c> about</c><00:37:36.099><c> the</c><00:37:36.320><c> word</c><00:37:36.519><c> beautiful,</c>

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:40.360
I<00:37:38.219><c> think</c><00:37:38.480><c> the</c><00:37:38.980><c> glow</c><00:37:39.380><c> that</c><00:37:39.739><c> Stephen</c><00:37:39.980><c> had</c>

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:42.900
was<00:37:40.619><c> the</c><00:37:40.880><c> glow</c><00:37:41.079><c> that</c><00:37:41.400><c> comes</c><00:37:41.699><c> from</c><00:37:42.039><c> within.</c>

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:47.639
It<00:37:43.699><c> is</c><00:37:44.119><c> a</c><00:37:44.480><c> glow</c><00:37:44.780><c> of</c><00:37:45.699><c> contentment,</c><00:37:46.519><c> a</c><00:37:46.679><c> glow</c><00:37:46.820><c> of</c><00:37:47.179><c> peace,</c>

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:51.800
a<00:37:48.260><c> glow</c><00:37:48.539><c> of</c><00:37:49.039><c> assurity</c><00:37:50.699><c> that</c><00:37:51.139><c> Stephen</c><00:37:51.500><c> had.</c>

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:53.780
That's<00:37:52.019><c> why</c><00:37:52.219><c> I</c><00:37:52.340><c> like</c><00:37:52.460><c> this</c><00:37:53.380><c> picture.</c>

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:56.659
That's<00:37:54.380><c> why</c><00:37:54.559><c> I</c><00:37:54.619><c> like</c><00:37:54.780><c> that</c><00:37:55.059><c> idea</c><00:37:55.380><c> of</c><00:37:56.139><c> that</c><00:37:56.460><c> glow</c>

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:59.599
that<00:37:56.920><c> comes</c><00:37:57.079><c> from</c><00:37:57.380><c> within</c><00:37:57.639><c> that</c><00:37:57.860><c> is</c><00:37:58.119><c> placed</c><00:37:58.460><c> there</c><00:37:58.639><c> by</c><00:37:58.880><c> the</c><00:37:59.159><c> word</c>

00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:02.679
and<00:38:00.159><c> by</c><00:38:00.559><c> our</c><00:38:00.840><c> relationship</c><00:38:01.440><c> with</c><00:38:01.679><c> Jesus</c><00:38:02.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:05.000
And<00:38:03.480><c> it</c><00:38:03.920><c> shines</c><00:38:04.440><c> out.</c>

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:07.159
And<00:38:05.400><c> it</c><00:38:05.659><c> shined</c><00:38:05.880><c> out</c><00:38:06.199><c> more</c><00:38:06.539><c> with</c><00:38:06.840><c> Stephen</c>

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:08.880
than<00:38:07.320><c> probably</c><00:38:07.659><c> with</c><00:38:07.960><c> anybody</c><00:38:08.320><c> else.</c>

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:12.539
And<00:38:09.500><c> this</c><00:38:09.659><c> guy</c><00:38:09.840><c> with</c><00:38:10.059><c> his</c><00:38:11.000><c> vibrant</c><00:38:11.500><c> smile,</c>

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:16.400
and<00:38:13.639><c> I</c><00:38:13.679><c> think</c><00:38:13.980><c> in</c><00:38:14.199><c> his</c><00:38:14.739><c> youthful</c><00:38:15.239><c> appearance,</c>

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:18.800
I<00:38:16.659><c> think</c><00:38:16.880><c> really,</c><00:38:17.739><c> for</c><00:38:17.980><c> me,</c>

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:23.559
really<00:38:19.480><c> stands</c><00:38:19.780><c> for</c><00:38:19.960><c> what</c><00:38:21.699><c> Peter</c><00:38:22.019><c> is</c><00:38:22.300><c> talking</c><00:38:22.619><c> about.</c>

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:26.739
And<00:38:24.360><c> then</c><00:38:25.039><c> it</c><00:38:25.159><c> goes</c><00:38:25.219><c> on</c><00:38:25.440><c> and</c><00:38:25.440><c> says</c><00:38:25.619><c> this.</c>

00:38:28.140 --> 00:38:31.840
Then<00:38:28.860><c> there</c><00:38:29.079><c> arose</c><00:38:29.340><c> a</c><00:38:29.579><c> certain</c><00:38:29.880><c> of</c><00:38:30.280><c> the</c><00:38:30.679><c> synagogue,</c>

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:34.460
which<00:38:32.099><c> is</c><00:38:32.360><c> called</c><00:38:32.539><c> the</c><00:38:32.780><c> synagogue</c><00:38:33.340><c> of</c><00:38:33.579><c> the</c><00:38:33.780><c> Libertines</c>

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:38.039
and<00:38:34.780><c> Cyrenians</c><00:38:36.480><c> and</c><00:38:37.219><c> Alexandrians,</c>

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:44.119
and<00:38:38.320><c> of</c><00:38:38.500><c> them</c><00:38:38.960><c> of</c><00:38:39.139><c> Cilicia</c><00:38:41.780><c> and</c><00:38:42.980><c> of</c><00:38:43.219><c> Asia,</c>

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:47.159
disputing<00:38:45.639><c> with</c><00:38:46.079><c> Stephen.</c>

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:50.139
So<00:38:48.560><c> I</c><00:38:49.280><c> didn't</c><00:38:49.519><c> emphasize</c><00:38:49.940><c> it,</c>

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:52.539
but<00:38:50.219><c> as</c><00:38:50.420><c> you</c><00:38:50.559><c> know,</c><00:38:50.760><c> they</c><00:38:51.159><c> chose</c><00:38:51.579><c> seven</c><00:38:52.179><c> men</c>

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:55.519
for<00:38:53.420><c> ministrations,</c><00:38:54.260><c> Stephen</c><00:38:54.599><c> first</c><00:38:54.960><c> and</c><00:38:55.159><c> foremost,</c>

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:56.780
which<00:38:55.760><c> is</c><00:38:55.940><c> another</c><00:38:56.079><c> reason</c><00:38:56.340><c> why</c><00:38:56.539><c> I</c><00:38:56.659><c> think</c>

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:58.519
he's<00:38:57.000><c> the</c><00:38:57.099><c> guy</c><00:38:57.219><c> that</c><00:38:57.440><c> brought</c><00:38:57.559><c> it</c><00:38:57.679><c> to</c><00:38:57.780><c> them.</c>

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.880
All<00:39:02.000><c> with</c><00:39:02.239><c> Greek</c><00:39:02.480><c> names.</c>

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:05.139
Therefore,<00:39:03.639><c> they</c><00:39:03.679><c> most</c><00:39:03.940><c> assuredly,</c>

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:06.960
it's<00:39:05.840><c> not</c><00:39:06.039><c> difficult</c><00:39:06.420><c> to</c><00:39:06.679><c> presume</c>

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:10.360
that<00:39:07.199><c> they</c><00:39:07.400><c> were</c><00:39:07.639><c> Grecian</c><00:39:08.579><c> Jews</c><00:39:08.960><c> in</c><00:39:09.300><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:12.980
So<00:39:11.559><c> they're</c><00:39:11.699><c> in</c><00:39:11.880><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:16.739
And<00:39:14.079><c> now</c><00:39:14.300><c> you</c><00:39:14.500><c> have</c><00:39:14.679><c> this</c><00:39:16.039><c> synagogue</c>

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:18.760
of<00:39:17.119><c> the</c><00:39:17.340><c> Libertines</c><00:39:17.840><c> and</c><00:39:18.059><c> the</c><00:39:18.239><c> Cyrenians,</c>

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:20.039
et<00:39:18.980><c> cetera,</c><00:39:19.280><c> et</c><00:39:19.480><c> cetera,</c><00:39:19.519><c> et</c><00:39:19.820><c> cetera.</c>

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:23.699
And<00:39:20.599><c> these</c><00:39:20.880><c> are</c><00:39:21.260><c> all</c><00:39:21.900><c> Grecian</c><00:39:22.559><c> Jews.</c>

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:25.900
Now,<00:39:24.079><c> this</c><00:39:24.239><c> is</c><00:39:24.440><c> the</c><00:39:24.619><c> interesting</c><00:39:25.000><c> thing.</c>

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:27.960
It<00:39:26.420><c> mentions</c><00:39:26.780><c> synagogue.</c>

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:29.860
These<00:39:28.960><c> are</c><00:39:29.239><c> Grecian</c><00:39:29.599><c> Jews.</c>

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:32.079
And<00:39:30.079><c> what</c><00:39:30.199><c> they</c><00:39:30.539><c> had</c><00:39:31.079><c> was</c><00:39:31.679><c> they</c><00:39:31.860><c> had</c>

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:35.519
their<00:39:32.420><c> own</c><00:39:32.920><c> synagogues</c><00:39:34.400><c> in</c><00:39:34.840><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:39.079
so<00:39:36.099><c> that</c><00:39:36.280><c> when</c><00:39:36.559><c> they</c><00:39:36.820><c> went</c><00:39:37.000><c> to</c><00:39:37.219><c> Jerusalem</c><00:39:37.619><c> for</c><00:39:37.860><c> the</c><00:39:38.219><c> feasts,</c>

00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:43.159
they<00:39:40.880><c> would</c><00:39:41.159><c> meet</c><00:39:41.460><c> together</c><00:39:42.340><c> separately</c>

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:45.460
in<00:39:44.019><c> their</c><00:39:44.400><c> own</c><00:39:44.860><c> synagogues,</c>

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.980
synagogues<00:39:46.059><c> of</c><00:39:46.239><c> the</c><00:39:46.460><c> Libertines</c>

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:49.619
and<00:39:47.179><c> the</c><00:39:47.360><c> Cyrenians</c><00:39:47.920><c> and</c><00:39:48.139><c> the</c><00:39:48.460><c> Alexandrians.</c>

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:55.340
They<00:39:52.599><c> had</c><00:39:52.860><c> their</c><00:39:53.260><c> own</c><00:39:53.639><c> place</c><00:39:54.079><c> to</c><00:39:54.519><c> meet.</c>

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:58.699
And<00:39:57.460><c> I</c><00:39:57.639><c> believe</c><00:39:57.900><c> very</c><00:39:58.360><c> strongly,</c>

00:39:58.719 --> 00:40:00.739
this<00:39:59.079><c> is</c><00:39:59.360><c> the</c><00:39:59.500><c> point</c><00:39:59.639><c> that</c><00:40:00.000><c> Stephen</c><00:40:00.099><c> picks</c><00:40:00.400><c> out</c><00:40:00.639><c> on.</c>

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:02.760
I<00:40:00.780><c> think</c><00:40:00.980><c> this</c><00:40:01.219><c> is</c><00:40:01.380><c> why</c><00:40:01.539><c> we're</c><00:40:01.719><c> told.</c>

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:04.360
Because<00:40:03.420><c> one</c><00:40:03.900><c> of</c><00:40:04.000><c> the</c><00:40:04.099><c> questions</c>

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:05.420
you<00:40:04.500><c> have</c><00:40:04.679><c> to</c><00:40:04.760><c> ask</c><00:40:05.059><c> yourself,</c>

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:08.480
why<00:40:05.920><c> is</c><00:40:06.519><c> Stephen</c><00:40:07.000><c> here?</c>

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:11.920
Why<00:40:09.139><c> is</c><00:40:09.480><c> this</c><00:40:10.099><c> power</c><00:40:10.739><c> in</c><00:40:11.099><c> this</c><00:40:11.500><c> story</c>

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:14.519
and<00:40:12.159><c> everything</c><00:40:12.880><c> given</c><00:40:13.980><c> to</c><00:40:14.199><c> this</c><00:40:14.380><c> man</c>

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:16.659
that<00:40:14.619><c> we</c><00:40:14.820><c> never</c><00:40:15.099><c> heard</c><00:40:15.380><c> of</c><00:40:15.539><c> until</c><00:40:15.780><c> a</c><00:40:15.960><c> chapter</c><00:40:16.280><c> ago?</c>

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:20.179
It's<00:40:17.500><c> not</c><00:40:17.719><c> like</c><00:40:17.900><c> there</c><00:40:18.119><c> aren't</c><00:40:18.639><c> many</c><00:40:19.079><c> other</c><00:40:19.559><c> apostles.</c>

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:26.199
You<00:40:20.400><c> know,</c><00:40:22.739><c> the</c><00:40:22.739><c> Bartholomew</c><00:40:23.739><c> or</c><00:40:24.360><c> the</c><00:40:24.719><c> other</c><00:40:25.760><c> Judas</c>

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:29.119
or<00:40:26.699><c> James</c><00:40:27.079><c> the</c><00:40:27.340><c> Lesser</c><00:40:27.539><c> or</c><00:40:27.920><c> whoever</c>

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:33.699
that<00:40:30.500><c> played</c><00:40:30.920><c> this</c><00:40:31.260><c> role</c><00:40:31.659><c> that</c><00:40:32.039><c> Stephen</c><00:40:32.260><c> ended</c><00:40:32.519><c> up</c><00:40:32.860><c> playing.</c>

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:36.039
So<00:40:34.000><c> why</c><00:40:34.440><c> is</c><00:40:34.760><c> he</c><00:40:35.019><c> there?</c>

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:38.049
Why<00:40:36.280><c> is</c><00:40:36.460><c> he</c><00:40:36.739><c> brought</c><00:40:37.199><c> in?</c>

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:40.159
Well,<00:40:38.579><c> he</c><00:40:38.780><c> brought</c><00:40:39.000><c> in</c><00:40:39.300><c> because</c><00:40:39.539><c> he's</c><00:40:39.920><c> showing</c>

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:43.079
the<00:40:40.559><c> development</c><00:40:41.280><c> of</c><00:40:42.039><c> the</c><00:40:42.219><c> early</c><00:40:42.480><c> church.</c>

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:45.980
And<00:40:43.719><c> what</c><00:40:43.980><c> Stephen</c><00:40:44.300><c> represents</c><00:40:45.039><c> is</c><00:40:45.719><c> that</c>

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:49.300
it's<00:40:46.260><c> not</c><00:40:46.699><c> just</c><00:40:47.079><c> a</c><00:40:47.380><c> church</c><00:40:47.699><c> for</c><00:40:48.019><c> the</c><00:40:48.320><c> Hebrew</c><00:40:48.820><c> Jews.</c>

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:50.480
It's<00:40:49.579><c> not</c><00:40:49.760><c> just</c><00:40:50.039><c> a</c><00:40:50.260><c> church,</c>

00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:54.019
even<00:40:51.199><c> for</c><00:40:51.500><c> just</c><00:40:51.800><c> that</c><00:40:52.179><c> area</c><00:40:52.500><c> and</c><00:40:52.820><c> that</c><00:40:53.239><c> sect.</c>

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:58.079
This<00:40:54.360><c> is</c><00:40:54.880><c> a</c><00:40:55.599><c> calling</c><00:40:55.940><c> of</c><00:40:56.900><c> everyone.</c>

00:40:58.219 --> 00:41:01.400
And<00:40:58.340><c> here</c><00:40:58.599><c> is</c><00:40:59.139><c> Stephen,</c><00:41:00.440><c> this</c><00:41:00.719><c> Grecian</c><00:41:01.139><c> Jew.</c>

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.940
You<00:41:01.559><c> know</c><00:41:01.739><c> what?</c>

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:04.820
The<00:41:02.380><c> Grecian</c><00:41:02.699><c> Jews</c><00:41:02.960><c> had</c><00:41:03.280><c> all</c><00:41:03.599><c> kinds</c><00:41:03.840><c> of</c><00:41:04.079><c> different</c><00:41:04.340><c> ideas</c>

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:05.760
than<00:41:05.039><c> the</c><00:41:05.239><c> Hebrew</c><00:41:05.539><c> Jews.</c>

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:08.360
He<00:41:06.039><c> created</c><00:41:06.500><c> prejudices</c><00:41:07.139><c> between</c><00:41:07.480><c> the</c><00:41:07.699><c> two</c><00:41:07.860><c> groups</c>

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:11.599
because<00:41:09.039><c> they</c><00:41:09.300><c> brought</c><00:41:09.480><c> in</c><00:41:10.119><c> all</c><00:41:10.320><c> those</c><00:41:10.559><c> Grecian</c><00:41:11.139><c> ideas</c>

00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:14.179
of<00:41:11.880><c> Socrates</c><00:41:12.440><c> and</c><00:41:12.699><c> Plato</c><00:41:13.079><c> and</c><00:41:13.280><c> all</c><00:41:13.440><c> that</c><00:41:13.679><c> kind</c><00:41:13.880><c> of</c><00:41:14.019><c> stuff.</c>

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:17.539
That's<00:41:15.059><c> not</c><00:41:15.500><c> the</c><00:41:15.659><c> way</c><00:41:15.820><c> the</c><00:41:16.159><c> calling</c><00:41:16.440><c> works.</c>

00:41:18.120 --> 00:41:20.179
That's<00:41:18.800><c> not</c><00:41:19.159><c> the</c><00:41:19.199><c> way</c><00:41:19.440><c> Christ</c><00:41:19.760><c> works.</c>

00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:23.260
And<00:41:20.440><c> it</c><00:41:20.460><c> doesn't</c><00:41:20.800><c> matter</c><00:41:21.239><c> if</c><00:41:21.400><c> you're</c><00:41:21.599><c> from</c><00:41:22.199><c> a</c><00:41:22.519><c> Hebrew</c><00:41:22.900><c> home</c>

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:29.840
or<00:41:23.500><c> a</c><00:41:23.679><c> Grecian</c><00:41:24.039><c> home</c><00:41:24.539><c> or</c><00:41:25.139><c> an</c><00:41:25.739><c> Irish</c><00:41:26.219><c> home</c><00:41:27.000><c> or</c><00:41:27.820><c> a</c><00:41:28.099><c> Chinese</c><00:41:28.900><c> home.</c>

00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:33.360
There's<00:41:30.880><c> no</c><00:41:31.380><c> change</c><00:41:32.079><c> to</c><00:41:32.320><c> the</c><00:41:32.539><c> calling.</c>

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:37.139
And<00:41:34.320><c> Stephen</c><00:41:34.519><c> is</c><00:41:34.719><c> going</c><00:41:34.960><c> to</c><00:41:35.340><c> exemplify</c><00:41:36.599><c> that.</c>

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:39.119
He's<00:41:37.880><c> going</c><00:41:38.019><c> to</c><00:41:38.199><c> speak</c><00:41:38.420><c> to</c><00:41:38.599><c> the</c><00:41:38.780><c> Grecians.</c>

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:41.019
I<00:41:39.539><c> believe</c><00:41:39.920><c> what</c><00:41:40.059><c> he</c><00:41:40.239><c> talked</c><00:41:40.420><c> to</c><00:41:40.579><c> them</c><00:41:40.699><c> about.</c>

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:47.519
And<00:41:41.380><c> of</c><00:41:41.440><c> course,</c><00:41:43.059><c> chapter</c><00:41:43.139><c> 7</c><00:41:43.639><c> gives</c><00:41:44.900><c> us</c><00:41:45.639><c> basically</c><00:41:46.300><c> his</c><00:41:46.659><c> speech</c>

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:50.920
where<00:41:47.880><c> he</c><00:41:48.119><c> explains</c><00:41:48.599><c> to</c><00:41:48.760><c> them</c><00:41:48.920><c> what</c><00:41:49.079><c> he's</c><00:41:49.199><c> been</c><00:41:49.460><c> talking</c><00:41:49.840><c> about.</c>

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:54.920
And<00:41:52.559><c> he's</c><00:41:52.760><c> saying</c><00:41:52.860><c> to</c><00:41:53.039><c> them,</c><00:41:53.219><c> why</c><00:41:53.579><c> are</c><00:41:53.820><c> you</c><00:41:54.059><c> separate?</c>

00:41:56.280 --> 00:42:02.320
In<00:41:56.880><c> your</c><00:41:57.340><c> understanding,</c><00:41:58.360><c> you</c><00:41:58.599><c> go</c><00:41:58.900><c> meet</c><00:41:59.099><c> with</c><00:41:59.460><c> other</c><00:42:01.619><c> libertarians,</c>

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:04.199
other<00:42:02.619><c> libertines</c><00:42:03.179><c> and</c><00:42:03.360><c> other</c><00:42:03.539><c> Cyrenians.</c>

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:05.840
You<00:42:04.659><c> go</c><00:42:04.860><c> meet</c><00:42:05.039><c> over</c><00:42:05.360><c> there.</c>

00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:07.860
Why<00:42:06.559><c> are</c><00:42:06.760><c> you</c><00:42:07.019><c> separate?</c>

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:11.099
With<00:42:08.699><c> God,</c><00:42:08.980><c> there</c><00:42:09.360><c> is</c><00:42:09.820><c> no</c><00:42:10.219><c> separate.</c>

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:14.199
And<00:42:12.000><c> then</c><00:42:12.760><c> he</c><00:42:13.039><c> explains</c><00:42:13.679><c> to</c><00:42:13.900><c> them</c>

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:16.659
through<00:42:14.699><c> the</c><00:42:15.019><c> story</c><00:42:15.260><c> of</c><00:42:15.460><c> the</c><00:42:15.659><c> fathers.</c>

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:18.739
How<00:42:17.460><c> there's</c><00:42:17.780><c> no</c><00:42:18.199><c> separation.</c>

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:22.519
The<00:42:19.000><c> only</c><00:42:19.440><c> separation</c><00:42:20.199><c> lies</c><00:42:20.840><c> in</c><00:42:21.460><c> whether</c><00:42:21.639><c> you</c><00:42:21.920><c> believe</c>

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:23.719
or<00:42:22.800><c> whether</c><00:42:22.960><c> you</c><00:42:23.239><c> reject.</c>

00:42:23.860 --> 00:42:25.639
That's<00:42:24.199><c> the</c><00:42:24.340><c> only</c><00:42:24.599><c> separation.</c>

00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:29.039
Within,<00:42:26.880><c> it's</c><00:42:27.300><c> all</c><00:42:27.760><c> the</c><00:42:28.079><c> same.</c>

00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:34.280
And<00:42:29.340><c> this</c><00:42:29.639><c> is</c><00:42:29.900><c> what</c><00:42:30.179><c> he</c><00:42:31.239><c> exemplifies</c><00:42:32.539><c> in</c><00:42:33.079><c> what</c><00:42:33.380><c> he</c><00:42:33.760><c> says.</c>

00:42:34.739 --> 00:42:37.239
And<00:42:34.900><c> notice</c><00:42:35.039><c> what</c><00:42:35.179><c> it</c><00:42:35.360><c> says</c><00:42:35.619><c> about</c><00:42:36.260><c> him.</c>

00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:40.739
And<00:42:39.780><c> they</c><00:42:39.960><c> were</c><00:42:40.159><c> not</c><00:42:40.400><c> able</c><00:42:40.619><c> to...</c>

00:42:40.739 --> 00:42:42.199
Oh,<00:42:41.000><c> one</c><00:42:41.320><c> thing</c><00:42:41.519><c> about</c><00:42:41.760><c> this.</c>

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:43.760
I'm<00:42:42.800><c> sorry,</c><00:42:43.039><c> I</c><00:42:43.199><c> skipped</c><00:42:43.360><c> one</c><00:42:43.639><c> point.</c>

00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:46.500
About<00:42:43.980><c> this</c><00:42:44.179><c> word</c><00:42:44.420><c> here,</c><00:42:45.719><c> disputing.</c>

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:47.559
Certainly<00:42:46.960><c> it</c><00:42:47.059><c> was</c><00:42:47.199><c> called...</c>

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:49.099
I<00:42:48.019><c> guess</c><00:42:48.199><c> it</c><00:42:48.260><c> was</c><00:42:48.420><c> in</c><00:42:48.519><c> the</c><00:42:48.659><c> previous</c><00:42:48.940><c> one.</c>

00:42:49.179 --> 00:42:51.159
In<00:42:49.320><c> other</c><00:42:49.340><c> words,</c><00:42:49.820><c> disputing</c><00:42:50.139><c> with</c><00:42:50.360><c> Stephen.</c>

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:54.599
That<00:42:52.119><c> word</c><00:42:52.340><c> disputing</c><00:42:52.920><c> is</c><00:42:53.119><c> not</c><00:42:53.360><c> having</c><00:42:53.619><c> a</c><00:42:53.840><c> fight</c><00:42:53.980><c> or</c><00:42:54.099><c> an</c><00:42:54.340><c> argument.</c>

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:57.260
It's<00:42:55.280><c> about</c><00:42:55.420><c> having</c><00:42:55.639><c> a</c><00:42:55.820><c> conversation,</c><00:42:56.380><c> having</c><00:42:56.599><c> a</c><00:42:56.800><c> disagreement,</c>

00:42:57.360 --> 00:43:00.960
having<00:42:57.599><c> a</c><00:42:57.820><c> discussion</c><00:42:58.440><c> about</c><00:42:59.139><c> what</c><00:42:59.480><c> you</c><00:42:59.760><c> believe</c><00:43:00.019><c> and</c><00:43:00.119><c> what</c><00:43:00.300><c> I</c><00:43:00.559><c> believe.</c>

00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:04.059
And<00:43:01.519><c> that's</c><00:43:01.780><c> important</c><00:43:02.099><c> to</c><00:43:02.280><c> understand</c><00:43:02.579><c> when</c><00:43:02.699><c> it</c><00:43:02.840><c> comes</c><00:43:03.059><c> to</c><00:43:03.260><c> Stephen.</c>

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:07.219
Stephen<00:43:05.239><c> was</c><00:43:05.519><c> literally</c><00:43:06.000><c> just</c><00:43:06.360><c> asking</c><00:43:06.739><c> them</c><00:43:06.920><c> questions,</c>

00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:10.679
just<00:43:07.480><c> like</c><00:43:08.400><c> the</c><00:43:08.619><c> Lord</c><00:43:08.820><c> Jesus</c><00:43:09.219><c> Christ</c><00:43:09.500><c> was</c><00:43:09.739><c> doing</c><00:43:09.900><c> at</c><00:43:10.099><c> 12</c><00:43:10.360><c> years</c>

00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:11.440
old<00:43:10.820><c> in</c><00:43:11.000><c> the</c><00:43:11.139><c> temple.</c>

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:13.760
Asking<00:43:12.340><c> questions</c><00:43:12.780><c> and</c><00:43:12.940><c> providing</c><00:43:13.420><c> answers.</c>

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:16.360
That's<00:43:14.159><c> exactly</c><00:43:14.699><c> what</c><00:43:15.000><c> Stephen</c><00:43:15.320><c> was</c><00:43:15.579><c> doing.</c>

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:18.480
But<00:43:17.159><c> they</c><00:43:17.280><c> didn't</c><00:43:17.539><c> like</c><00:43:17.780><c> his</c><00:43:18.000><c> answers,</c>

00:43:18.739 --> 00:43:20.500
and<00:43:18.860><c> they</c><00:43:19.000><c> couldn't</c><00:43:19.260><c> disprove</c><00:43:19.679><c> his</c><00:43:19.900><c> answers,</c><00:43:20.260><c> right?</c>

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:21.500
That's<00:43:20.659><c> what</c><00:43:20.780><c> it</c><00:43:20.960><c> says</c><00:43:21.099><c> here.</c>

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:27.280
And<00:43:21.960><c> they</c><00:43:22.019><c> were</c><00:43:22.219><c> not</c><00:43:22.440><c> able</c><00:43:22.679><c> to</c><00:43:22.980><c> resist</c><00:43:23.440><c> the</c><00:43:24.559><c> wisdom</c><00:43:25.340><c> and</c><00:43:26.679><c> the</c><00:43:27.000><c> spirit.</c>

00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:31.900
So<00:43:27.599><c> he</c><00:43:27.739><c> had</c><00:43:27.980><c> both</c><00:43:28.260><c> the</c><00:43:28.659><c> wisdom</c><00:43:29.079><c> by</c><00:43:29.420><c> explaining</c><00:43:29.940><c> from</c><00:43:31.000><c> the</c><00:43:31.599><c> writings,</c>

00:43:31.940 --> 00:43:35.360
the<00:43:32.139><c> Old</c><00:43:32.360><c> Testament,</c><00:43:32.739><c> as</c><00:43:32.920><c> he</c><00:43:33.079><c> does</c><00:43:33.480><c> later</c><00:43:33.840><c> in</c><00:43:34.019><c> chapter</c><00:43:34.340><c> 7,</c>

00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:38.239
but<00:43:35.900><c> also</c><00:43:36.179><c> the</c><00:43:36.519><c> spirit</c><00:43:36.800><c> of</c><00:43:37.059><c> it.</c>

00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:42.639
The<00:43:39.500><c> very</c><00:43:40.440><c> love</c><00:43:40.980><c> by</c><00:43:41.239><c> which</c><00:43:41.440><c> he</c><00:43:41.559><c> was</c><00:43:41.800><c> speaking</c><00:43:42.079><c> to</c><00:43:42.360><c> them.</c>

00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:48.579
The<00:43:43.219><c> very</c><00:43:43.699><c> contentment</c><00:43:44.480><c> and</c><00:43:44.980><c> assurity</c><00:43:46.320><c> by</c><00:43:46.599><c> which</c><00:43:46.780><c> he</c><00:43:46.880><c> was</c><00:43:47.099><c> speaking</c><00:43:47.440><c> to</c><00:43:47.639><c> them.</c>

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:51.079
They<00:43:49.719><c> weren't</c><00:43:49.960><c> able</c><00:43:50.239><c> to</c><00:43:50.480><c> resist</c><00:43:50.920><c> it.</c>

00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:53.119
That's<00:43:51.300><c> why</c><00:43:51.480><c> they</c><00:43:51.659><c> see</c><00:43:51.920><c> the</c><00:43:52.300><c> angel</c><00:43:52.760><c> face.</c>

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:56.039
That's<00:43:53.400><c> why</c><00:43:53.619><c> they</c><00:43:53.960><c> recognize</c><00:43:54.440><c> something</c><00:43:54.860><c> different.</c>

00:43:57.340 --> 00:44:02.019
But<00:43:58.060><c> just</c><00:43:58.780><c> like</c><00:43:59.059><c> the</c><00:43:59.219><c> Lord</c><00:43:59.420><c> Jesus</c><00:43:59.780><c> Christ,</c><00:44:01.079><c> they</c><00:44:01.440><c> hated</c><00:44:01.679><c> him</c>

00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:03.239
for<00:44:02.239><c> it.</c>

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:08.699
And<00:44:04.360><c> I've</c><00:44:04.699><c> used</c><00:44:04.840><c> the</c><00:44:05.099><c> analogy</c><00:44:05.460><c> many</c><00:44:05.820><c> times</c><00:44:06.400><c> of</c><00:44:06.960><c> light,</c><00:44:08.260><c> right?</c>

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:10.000
Light<00:44:09.360><c> shines.</c>

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:11.480
That's<00:44:10.380><c> what</c><00:44:10.659><c> light</c><00:44:11.000><c> does.</c>

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:13.400
It<00:44:12.000><c> shines.</c>

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:20.659
The<00:44:15.739><c> wisdom</c><00:44:16.280><c> and</c><00:44:16.519><c> the</c><00:44:16.800><c> spirit</c><00:44:17.280><c> of</c><00:44:18.000><c> Stephen</c><00:44:18.380><c> shine</c><00:44:19.280><c> before</c><00:44:19.780><c> them.</c>

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:26.039
But<00:44:21.139><c> darkness</c><00:44:21.659><c> hates</c><00:44:22.519><c> the</c><00:44:23.179><c> light</c><00:44:23.579><c> because</c><00:44:24.380><c> it</c><00:44:24.679><c> exposes</c><00:44:25.099><c> them.</c>

00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:30.039
And<00:44:26.659><c> so</c><00:44:26.780><c> what</c><00:44:27.039><c> darkness</c><00:44:27.500><c> does</c><00:44:28.159><c> is</c><00:44:28.719><c> darkness</c><00:44:29.159><c> tries</c><00:44:29.519><c> to</c><00:44:29.820><c> spread</c>

00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:30.719
the<00:44:30.340><c> darkness.</c>

00:44:30.780 --> 00:44:32.280
That's<00:44:31.059><c> what</c><00:44:31.260><c> it</c><00:44:31.320><c> does.</c>

00:44:33.099 --> 00:44:37.099
And<00:44:33.460><c> for</c><00:44:33.679><c> those</c><00:44:34.000><c> who</c><00:44:34.199><c> are</c><00:44:34.500><c> called</c><00:44:34.900><c> and</c><00:44:35.059><c> have</c><00:44:35.320><c> a</c><00:44:35.440><c> full</c><00:44:35.699><c> understanding,</c>

00:44:37.159 --> 00:44:40.760
whether<00:44:37.440><c> you</c><00:44:37.820><c> take</c><00:44:38.099><c> this</c><00:44:38.460><c> body</c><00:44:39.119><c> and</c><00:44:40.019><c> stone</c><00:44:40.260><c> it,</c>

00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:45.320
you<00:44:41.380><c> can</c><00:44:41.920><c> never</c><00:44:43.320><c> cover</c><00:44:43.820><c> the</c><00:44:44.539><c> light.</c>

00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:48.539
The<00:44:45.719><c> darkness</c><00:44:46.019><c> can</c><00:44:46.400><c> never</c><00:44:46.780><c> overtake</c><00:44:47.960><c> the</c><00:44:48.380><c> light.</c>

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:52.579
You<00:44:48.719><c> can</c><00:44:48.940><c> hide</c><00:44:49.159><c> from</c><00:44:49.380><c> it,</c><00:44:50.179><c> but</c><00:44:50.699><c> you</c><00:44:50.880><c> can't</c><00:44:51.199><c> overtake</c><00:44:51.619><c> it.</c>

00:44:52.699 --> 00:44:55.900
So<00:44:52.980><c> they</c><00:44:53.239><c> suborned</c><00:44:53.920><c> men,</c><00:44:54.199><c> or</c><00:44:54.360><c> they</c><00:44:54.820><c> gathered</c><00:44:55.079><c> men,</c><00:44:55.480><c> which</c><00:44:55.679><c> said,</c>

00:44:56.219 --> 00:45:01.159
we<00:44:56.340><c> have</c><00:44:56.599><c> heard</c><00:44:57.059><c> him</c><00:44:57.460><c> speak</c><00:44:57.860><c> blasphemous</c><00:44:58.599><c> words</c><00:44:58.960><c> against</c><00:44:59.320><c> Moses</c><00:44:59.980><c> and</c>

00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:03.320
against<00:45:02.099><c> God.</c>

00:45:07.259 --> 00:45:13.219
And<00:45:07.739><c> then</c><00:45:07.960><c> it</c><00:45:08.039><c> says</c><00:45:08.260><c> in</c><00:45:08.360><c> verse</c><00:45:08.619><c> 15,</c><00:45:09.880><c> that</c><00:45:12.739><c> when</c><00:45:12.900><c> they</c><00:45:13.039><c> looked</c>

00:45:13.219 --> 00:45:14.619
upon<00:45:13.559><c> him,</c>

00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:16.900
they<00:45:15.639><c> saw</c><00:45:15.860><c> an</c><00:45:16.019><c> angel.</c>

00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:21.559
So<00:45:17.840><c> what</c><00:45:18.039><c> was</c><00:45:18.340><c> the</c><00:45:18.539><c> argument</c><00:45:19.380><c> that</c><00:45:20.079><c> Stephen</c><00:45:20.380><c> used,</c><00:45:20.820><c> right?</c>

00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:24.579
They<00:45:22.019><c> come</c><00:45:22.300><c> to</c><00:45:22.539><c> him,</c><00:45:22.840><c> they</c><00:45:23.260><c> bring</c><00:45:23.460><c> him</c><00:45:23.599><c> before</c><00:45:23.900><c> the</c><00:45:24.139><c> Jews,</c><00:45:24.440><c> and</c>

00:45:24.579 --> 00:45:24.800
they<00:45:24.699><c> said,</c>

00:45:24.840 --> 00:45:28.980
we've<00:45:25.099><c> heard</c><00:45:25.139><c> him</c><00:45:25.320><c> say</c><00:45:25.460><c> things</c><00:45:25.760><c> against</c><00:45:26.659><c> Moses</c><00:45:27.260><c> and</c><00:45:27.539><c> against</c><00:45:27.940><c> God,</c>

00:45:29.640 --> 00:45:33.500
that<00:45:30.240><c> this</c><00:45:30.840><c> man</c><00:45:31.159><c> Jesus</c><00:45:31.500><c> is</c><00:45:31.739><c> going</c><00:45:31.900><c> to</c><00:45:32.059><c> tear</c><00:45:32.239><c> down</c><00:45:32.539><c> this</c><00:45:33.139><c> temple</c>

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:34.500
in<00:45:33.719><c> three</c><00:45:33.960><c> days.</c>

00:45:34.699 --> 00:45:37.880
Same<00:45:35.099><c> argument</c><00:45:35.760><c> they</c><00:45:36.320><c> used</c><00:45:36.480><c> against</c><00:45:36.780><c> Jesus.</c>

00:45:38.820 --> 00:45:43.420
Not<00:45:39.420><c> surprising,</c><00:45:41.420><c> because</c><00:45:41.800><c> he</c><00:45:41.980><c> is</c><00:45:42.219><c> of</c><00:45:42.420><c> the</c><00:45:42.559><c> spirit</c><00:45:42.920><c> of</c><00:45:43.079><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:45.440
He's<00:45:43.920><c> gutted</c><00:45:44.179><c> in</c><00:45:44.360><c> his</c><00:45:44.599><c> heart.</c>

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:51.960
And<00:45:48.760><c> they</c><00:45:48.920><c> said</c><00:45:49.099><c> this,</c><00:45:50.360><c> Stephen</c><00:45:50.679><c> says</c><00:45:51.059><c> this.</c>

00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:55.940
Now<00:45:52.360><c> understand,</c><00:45:53.239><c> he's</c><00:45:53.519><c> got</c><00:45:53.699><c> no</c><00:45:54.019><c> time</c><00:45:54.320><c> to</c><00:45:54.599><c> prepare</c><00:45:54.900><c> an</c><00:45:55.159><c> argument.</c>

00:45:56.179 --> 00:45:58.099
Okay,<00:45:56.679><c> I'm</c><00:45:56.840><c> going</c><00:45:56.900><c> to</c><00:45:56.900><c> have</c><00:45:57.000><c> to</c><00:45:57.000><c> go</c><00:45:57.079><c> a</c><00:45:57.079><c> little</c><00:45:57.260><c> faster.</c>

00:45:58.480 --> 00:46:00.539
He's<00:45:58.940><c> got</c><00:45:59.039><c> no</c><00:45:59.179><c> time</c><00:45:59.340><c> to</c><00:45:59.519><c> prepare</c><00:45:59.659><c> an</c><00:45:59.840><c> argument.</c>

00:46:00.860 --> 00:46:03.760
They've<00:46:01.260><c> grabbed</c><00:46:01.460><c> him,</c><00:46:01.699><c> and</c><00:46:01.780><c> they've</c><00:46:02.599><c> dragged</c><00:46:02.760><c> him</c><00:46:02.960><c> before</c>

00:46:03.760 --> 00:46:05.800
the<00:46:04.579><c> Jewish</c><00:46:04.880><c> leaders.</c>

00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:09.400
And<00:46:06.699><c> they</c><00:46:06.820><c> said</c><00:46:06.960><c> this</c><00:46:07.159><c> man</c><00:46:07.500><c> is</c><00:46:08.099><c> preaching</c><00:46:08.360><c> against</c><00:46:08.800><c> Moses</c><00:46:09.199><c> and</c>

00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:10.320
against<00:46:09.719><c> the</c><00:46:09.900><c> law,</c>

00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:11.539
and<00:46:10.719><c> he's</c><00:46:10.920><c> got</c><00:46:11.079><c> no</c><00:46:11.380><c> time.</c>

00:46:11.539 --> 00:46:14.880
So<00:46:11.719><c> the</c><00:46:11.840><c> first</c><00:46:12.079><c> sentence</c><00:46:12.440><c> that</c><00:46:12.639><c> he</c><00:46:12.840><c> uses</c><00:46:13.579><c> when</c><00:46:14.099><c> he</c><00:46:14.360><c> speaks</c>

00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:19.000
is<00:46:15.480><c> going</c><00:46:15.699><c> to</c><00:46:15.860><c> be</c><00:46:15.980><c> the</c><00:46:16.340><c> foundation</c><00:46:17.099><c> statement</c><00:46:17.559><c> of</c><00:46:17.719><c> what</c><00:46:17.860><c> he</c><00:46:17.980><c> has</c><00:46:18.260><c> to</c><00:46:18.500><c> say,</c>

00:46:19.260 --> 00:46:22.199
because<00:46:19.639><c> he</c><00:46:19.840><c> can</c><00:46:20.099><c> only</c><00:46:20.400><c> build</c><00:46:20.659><c> upon</c><00:46:20.940><c> that</c><00:46:21.320><c> statement.</c>

00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:25.440
He<00:46:22.800><c> said,</c><00:46:23.099><c> you</c><00:46:23.099><c> know,</c><00:46:23.300><c> brothers</c><00:46:23.760><c> and</c><00:46:24.500><c> leaders,</c>

00:46:25.899 --> 00:46:30.300
the<00:46:26.219><c> God</c><00:46:26.719><c> of</c><00:46:27.219><c> glory</c><00:46:27.800><c> appeared</c><00:46:29.159><c> unto</c><00:46:29.440><c> our</c><00:46:29.619><c> father</c><00:46:29.940><c> Abraham.</c>

00:46:30.619 --> 00:46:35.199
There's<00:46:31.260><c> that</c><00:46:31.579><c> light,</c><00:46:33.139><c> the</c><00:46:33.280><c> God</c><00:46:33.559><c> of</c><00:46:33.840><c> light,</c><00:46:34.119><c> the</c><00:46:34.260><c> God</c><00:46:34.519><c> of</c><00:46:34.840><c> glory,</c>

00:46:35.599 --> 00:46:39.199
the<00:46:35.780><c> one</c><00:46:36.139><c> on</c><00:46:36.539><c> whom</c><00:46:36.739><c> all</c><00:46:37.159><c> other</c><00:46:37.519><c> things</c><00:46:37.980><c> shine.</c>

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:45.400
The<00:46:40.599><c> God</c><00:46:40.900><c> of</c><00:46:41.139><c> glory</c><00:46:41.780><c> appeared</c><00:46:42.559><c> unto</c><00:46:43.059><c> our</c><00:46:43.880><c> father</c><00:46:44.480><c> Abraham,</c><00:46:45.260><c> a</c>

00:46:45.400 --> 00:46:46.840
man<00:46:45.659><c> of</c><00:46:45.840><c> faith,</c>

00:46:47.019 --> 00:46:50.000
when<00:46:47.199><c> he</c><00:46:47.280><c> was</c><00:46:47.500><c> in</c><00:46:47.699><c> Mesopotamia</c><00:46:48.519><c> before</c><00:46:48.900><c> he</c><00:46:49.179><c> dwelt</c><00:46:49.400><c> in</c><00:46:49.659><c> Haran.</c>

00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:54.360
In<00:46:50.139><c> other</c><00:46:50.420><c> words,</c><00:46:52.039><c> he's</c><00:46:52.300><c> speaking</c><00:46:52.639><c> to</c><00:46:52.860><c> the</c><00:46:53.039><c> diaspora,</c><00:46:53.579><c> right?</c>

00:46:54.360 --> 00:46:58.119
He<00:46:54.719><c> said,</c><00:46:54.920><c> look,</c><00:46:55.340><c> the</c><00:46:55.500><c> whole</c><00:46:55.699><c> thing</c><00:46:55.860><c> started</c><00:46:56.500><c> with</c><00:46:56.860><c> the</c><00:46:57.099><c> diaspora.</c>

00:46:58.380 --> 00:47:01.360
Lord<00:46:58.619><c> appeared</c><00:46:58.880><c> to</c><00:46:59.019><c> Abraham</c><00:46:59.380><c> in</c><00:46:59.599><c> Haran</c><00:47:00.039><c> and</c><00:47:00.460><c> took</c><00:47:00.699><c> him</c><00:47:00.900><c> under</c><00:47:01.059><c> there.</c>

00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:02.480
That's<00:47:01.639><c> where</c><00:47:01.760><c> it</c><00:47:01.880><c> all</c><00:47:02.079><c> started.</c>

00:47:02.760 --> 00:47:04.780
And<00:47:02.900><c> yet,</c><00:47:03.159><c> he's</c><00:47:03.360><c> not</c><00:47:03.900><c> separate.</c>

00:47:05.820 --> 00:47:09.380
He's<00:47:06.159><c> literally</c><00:47:06.519><c> the</c><00:47:06.619><c> foundation</c><00:47:07.159><c> of</c><00:47:07.820><c> the</c><00:47:07.960><c> beginning</c><00:47:08.260><c> of</c><00:47:09.260><c> the</c>

00:47:09.380 --> 00:47:10.559
whole<00:47:09.679><c> story.</c>

00:47:11.300 --> 00:47:14.239
Get<00:47:11.539><c> thee</c><00:47:11.800><c> out</c><00:47:12.079><c> of</c><00:47:12.239><c> thy</c><00:47:12.420><c> country</c><00:47:12.880><c> and</c><00:47:13.139><c> from</c><00:47:13.380><c> thy</c><00:47:13.679><c> kindred,</c>

00:47:14.719 --> 00:47:19.019
and<00:47:14.820><c> come</c><00:47:15.039><c> into</c><00:47:15.260><c> a</c><00:47:15.500><c> land</c><00:47:15.840><c> which</c><00:47:16.280><c> I</c><00:47:16.880><c> shall</c><00:47:17.679><c> show</c><00:47:18.119><c> thee.</c>

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:23.619
And<00:47:20.639><c> his</c><00:47:20.880><c> speech</c><00:47:21.280><c> is</c><00:47:21.840><c> building</c><00:47:22.400><c> from</c><00:47:23.300><c> there.</c>

00:47:23.619 --> 00:47:25.519
It<00:47:23.860><c> builds</c><00:47:24.059><c> on</c><00:47:24.300><c> the</c><00:47:24.599><c> fathers.</c>

00:47:25.760 --> 00:47:30.539
It<00:47:26.000><c> builds</c><00:47:26.340><c> on</c><00:47:26.619><c> this</c><00:47:26.840><c> idea</c><00:47:27.340><c> of</c><00:47:28.340><c> the</c><00:47:29.719><c> one</c><00:47:29.960><c> Israel.</c>

00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:32.920
But<00:47:31.260><c> it</c><00:47:31.460><c> also</c><00:47:31.639><c> builds</c><00:47:31.880><c> on</c><00:47:32.099><c> two</c><00:47:32.300><c> other</c><00:47:32.599><c> things.</c>

00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:39.960
And<00:47:33.159><c> that</c><00:47:33.400><c> is</c><00:47:34.599><c> the</c><00:47:34.900><c> constant</c><00:47:35.400><c> rejection,</c><00:47:37.260><c> the</c><00:47:38.079><c> call</c><00:47:38.500><c> of</c><00:47:38.739><c> the</c><00:47:38.960><c> chosen,</c>

00:47:40.340 --> 00:47:44.500
like<00:47:40.739><c> Abraham</c><00:47:41.539><c> and</c><00:47:42.360><c> Joseph</c><00:47:43.039><c> and</c><00:47:43.300><c> Moses,</c>

00:47:44.659 --> 00:47:49.679
and<00:47:45.480><c> the</c><00:47:45.719><c> constant</c><00:47:46.179><c> rejection</c><00:47:46.980><c> of</c><00:47:47.719><c> the</c><00:47:47.920><c> Lord's</c><00:47:48.800><c> chosen.</c>

00:47:50.260 --> 00:47:53.420
So<00:47:50.599><c> you</c><00:47:50.820><c> have</c><00:47:51.639><c> the</c><00:47:52.119><c> story</c><00:47:52.320><c> of</c><00:47:52.539><c> Joseph.</c>

00:47:53.619 --> 00:47:55.380
And<00:47:53.920><c> how</c><00:47:54.079><c> his</c><00:47:54.219><c> brethren</c><00:47:54.539><c> rejected</c><00:47:55.079><c> him.</c>

00:47:55.820 --> 00:47:56.800
You<00:47:55.900><c> have</c><00:47:56.019><c> the</c><00:47:56.119><c> story</c><00:47:56.320><c> of</c><00:47:56.380><c> Moses.</c>

00:47:57.019 --> 00:48:01.659
And<00:47:57.280><c> repeatedly,</c><00:47:57.780><c> he</c><00:47:57.880><c> goes</c><00:47:58.300><c> through</c><00:47:58.780><c> a</c><00:47:58.940><c> whole</c><00:47:59.199><c> bunch</c><00:47:59.460><c> of</c><00:47:59.659><c> different</c><00:47:59.920><c> stories</c><00:48:00.380><c> with</c><00:48:01.139><c> Moses.</c>

00:48:01.780 --> 00:48:03.699
And<00:48:01.960><c> it's</c><00:48:02.139><c> just</c><00:48:02.460><c> again</c><00:48:02.900><c> and</c><00:48:02.980><c> again</c><00:48:03.320><c> and</c><00:48:03.400><c> again.</c>

00:48:03.800 --> 00:48:05.079
The<00:48:03.960><c> Lord</c><00:48:04.239><c> calls</c><00:48:04.619><c> Moses.</c>

00:48:05.199 --> 00:48:06.480
The<00:48:05.380><c> Lord</c><00:48:05.639><c> directs</c><00:48:06.219><c> Moses.</c>

00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:07.920
The<00:48:06.800><c> Lord</c><00:48:07.079><c> guides</c><00:48:07.420><c> Moses.</c>

00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:11.300
He<00:48:08.559><c> brings</c><00:48:08.840><c> it</c><00:48:08.940><c> to</c><00:48:09.119><c> the</c><00:48:09.300><c> people,</c><00:48:09.599><c> and</c><00:48:09.739><c> the</c><00:48:09.960><c> people</c><00:48:10.159><c> reject</c><00:48:10.579><c> him.</c>

00:48:11.699 --> 00:48:15.579
Even<00:48:12.019><c> the</c><00:48:12.300><c> angel</c><00:48:12.539><c> at</c><00:48:12.840><c> Sinai,</c><00:48:13.940><c> Stephen</c><00:48:14.300><c> makes</c><00:48:14.980><c> a</c><00:48:15.239><c> point</c><00:48:15.420><c> that</c>

00:48:15.579 --> 00:48:19.260
they<00:48:17.000><c> reject</c><00:48:17.679><c> even</c><00:48:18.199><c> him.</c>

00:48:20.760 --> 00:48:23.659
And<00:48:21.400><c> of</c><00:48:21.619><c> course,</c><00:48:21.820><c> they</c><00:48:22.000><c> rejected</c><00:48:23.199><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:25.760
So<00:48:24.260><c> then</c><00:48:24.579><c> he</c><00:48:24.760><c> says</c><00:48:25.260><c> this.</c>

00:48:25.780 --> 00:48:29.480
I'm<00:48:26.139><c> going</c><00:48:26.480><c> quickly</c><00:48:27.260><c> now</c><00:48:27.519><c> so</c><00:48:27.619><c> we</c><00:48:27.760><c> can</c><00:48:27.860><c> get</c><00:48:27.980><c> to</c><00:48:28.219><c> the</c><00:48:28.460><c> point.</c>

00:48:30.960 --> 00:48:34.400
Howbeit<00:48:31.300><c> the</c><00:48:31.500><c> Most</c><00:48:31.800><c> High</c><00:48:31.960><c> dwelleth</c><00:48:32.480><c> not</c><00:48:33.019><c> in</c><00:48:33.519><c> temples</c><00:48:33.940><c> made</c>

00:48:34.400 --> 00:48:35.139
with<00:48:34.699><c> hands.</c>

00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:38.960
In<00:48:35.679><c> other</c><00:48:35.900><c> words,</c><00:48:36.219><c> you</c><00:48:36.539><c> can't</c><00:48:37.119><c> contain</c><00:48:37.900><c> God.</c>

00:48:39.079 --> 00:48:41.840
You<00:48:39.300><c> can't</c><00:48:39.840><c> contain</c><00:48:40.539><c> the</c><00:48:40.960><c> light.</c>

00:48:44.099 --> 00:48:46.980
As<00:48:44.739><c> saith</c><00:48:45.000><c> the</c><00:48:45.199><c> prophet,</c><00:48:45.619><c> heaven</c><00:48:45.940><c> is</c><00:48:46.199><c> my</c><00:48:46.480><c> throne.</c>

00:48:46.980 --> 00:48:49.960
The<00:48:47.480><c> earth</c><00:48:47.860><c> is</c><00:48:48.380><c> my</c><00:48:48.920><c> footstool.</c>

00:48:50.440 --> 00:48:53.760
What<00:48:50.659><c> house</c><00:48:50.960><c> shall</c><00:48:51.960><c> ye</c><00:48:52.280><c> build</c><00:48:52.679><c> me,</c><00:48:53.159><c> saith</c><00:48:53.239><c> the</c><00:48:53.519><c> Lord?</c>

00:48:53.900 --> 00:48:57.179
Or<00:48:54.019><c> what</c><00:48:54.519><c> is</c><00:48:54.980><c> the</c><00:48:55.199><c> place</c><00:48:55.559><c> of</c><00:48:55.920><c> my</c><00:48:56.260><c> rest?</c>

00:48:57.280 --> 00:49:01.159
Hath<00:48:57.340><c> not</c><00:48:57.719><c> my</c><00:48:58.119><c> hand</c><00:48:58.739><c> made</c><00:48:59.280><c> all</c><00:48:59.780><c> these</c><00:49:00.179><c> things?</c>

00:49:01.820 --> 00:49:04.599
Am<00:49:02.320><c> I</c><00:49:02.559><c> not</c><00:49:02.840><c> the</c><00:49:03.159><c> author</c><00:49:03.659><c> of</c><00:49:04.139><c> everything?</c>

00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:09.860
Does<00:49:05.219><c> it</c><00:49:05.460><c> not</c><00:49:05.920><c> start</c><00:49:06.659><c> and</c><00:49:07.579><c> end</c><00:49:08.300><c> with</c><00:49:08.920><c> me?</c>

00:49:12.360 --> 00:49:14.539
That's<00:49:13.159><c> the</c><00:49:13.320><c> power</c><00:49:13.639><c> of</c><00:49:13.920><c> Stephen's</c><00:49:14.360><c> speech.</c>

00:49:14.539 --> 00:49:18.380
We<00:49:15.039><c> had</c><00:49:15.320><c> our</c><00:49:15.699><c> fathers,</c><00:49:16.219><c> our</c><00:49:16.480><c> fathers,</c><00:49:16.940><c> our</c><00:49:17.199><c> fathers,</c><00:49:17.760><c> our</c><00:49:18.000><c> fathers,</c>

00:49:18.380 --> 00:49:21.880
and<00:49:18.599><c> they</c><00:49:18.860><c> rejected</c><00:49:19.219><c> him</c><00:49:19.760><c> again</c><00:49:20.360><c> and</c><00:49:20.699><c> again</c><00:49:21.179><c> and</c><00:49:21.420><c> again.</c>

00:49:22.320 --> 00:49:24.900
And<00:49:22.739><c> does</c><00:49:22.900><c> it</c><00:49:23.119><c> not</c><00:49:23.420><c> start</c><00:49:23.760><c> with</c><00:49:24.079><c> me?</c>

00:49:25.360 --> 00:49:26.619
Rejected<00:49:26.000><c> them.</c>

00:49:26.619 --> 00:49:28.260
I'm<00:49:26.840><c> going</c><00:49:26.900><c> to</c><00:49:26.900><c> have</c><00:49:27.039><c> to</c><00:49:27.039><c> get</c><00:49:27.199><c> to</c><00:49:27.360><c> the</c><00:49:27.460><c> end.</c>

00:49:28.320 --> 00:49:30.139
And<00:49:28.420><c> then</c><00:49:28.619><c> Stephen</c><00:49:28.860><c> says</c><00:49:29.159><c> this.</c>

00:49:30.780 --> 00:49:33.579
Ye<00:49:30.780><c> stiff</c><00:49:31.239><c>-necked</c><00:49:31.559><c> and</c><00:49:31.760><c> uncircumcised</c><00:49:32.539><c> in</c><00:49:32.760><c> heart</c><00:49:33.039><c> and</c><00:49:33.280><c> ears,</c>

00:49:33.840 --> 00:49:37.000
ye<00:49:33.980><c> do</c><00:49:34.179><c> always</c><00:49:34.699><c> resist</c><00:49:35.320><c> the</c><00:49:35.599><c> Holy</c><00:49:35.920><c> Spirit.</c>

00:49:37.159 --> 00:49:38.940
You're<00:49:37.559><c> resisting</c><00:49:38.119><c> that</c><00:49:38.599><c> calling.</c>

00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:42.099
You've<00:49:39.400><c> resisted</c><00:49:39.840><c> it</c><00:49:40.420><c> as</c><00:49:40.880><c> your</c><00:49:41.659><c> fathers.</c>

00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:46.440
Now<00:49:42.420><c> he</c><00:49:42.539><c> goes</c><00:49:42.800><c> from</c><00:49:43.099><c> our</c><00:49:43.500><c> fathers,</c><00:49:43.940><c> which</c><00:49:44.099><c> he</c><00:49:44.300><c> says</c><00:49:44.519><c> 17</c><00:49:45.320><c> times</c>

00:49:46.579 --> 00:49:50.519
in<00:49:47.079><c> the</c><00:49:47.159><c> whole</c><00:49:47.380><c> passage,</c><00:49:48.179><c> and</c><00:49:48.380><c> now</c><00:49:48.599><c> he</c><00:49:48.699><c> goes</c><00:49:48.920><c> to</c><00:49:49.119><c> your</c><00:49:49.500><c> fathers.</c>

00:49:50.679 --> 00:49:52.179
So<00:49:50.900><c> do</c><00:49:51.239><c> ye.</c>

00:49:53.019 --> 00:49:57.460
Which<00:49:53.320><c> of</c><00:49:53.880><c> the</c><00:49:54.159><c> prophets</c><00:49:54.400><c> hath</c><00:49:54.780><c> not</c><00:49:55.300><c> your</c><00:49:55.719><c> fathers</c><00:49:56.219><c> persecuted</c>

00:49:57.619 --> 00:50:00.780
and<00:49:58.039><c> slain</c><00:49:58.559><c> them</c><00:49:58.840><c> which</c><00:49:59.099><c> showed</c><00:49:59.420><c> before</c><00:49:59.880><c> of</c><00:50:00.079><c> the</c><00:50:00.300><c> coming</c><00:50:00.559><c> of</c>

00:50:00.780 --> 00:50:01.619
the<00:50:01.039><c> just</c><00:50:01.360><c> one,</c>

00:50:01.659 --> 00:50:05.800
his<00:50:01.960><c> Christ,</c><00:50:02.960><c> of</c><00:50:03.280><c> whom</c><00:50:03.639><c> ye</c><00:50:03.980><c> have</c><00:50:04.199><c> been</c><00:50:04.440><c> now</c><00:50:04.800><c> the</c><00:50:05.039><c> betrayers</c>

00:50:05.800 --> 00:50:07.039
and<00:50:06.139><c> murderers,</c>

00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:10.860
who<00:50:07.400><c> have</c><00:50:07.619><c> received</c><00:50:08.119><c> by</c><00:50:08.340><c> the</c><00:50:08.559><c> law</c><00:50:08.760><c> the</c><00:50:09.039><c> dispositions</c><00:50:09.599><c> of</c><00:50:09.900><c> angels</c>

00:50:10.860 --> 00:50:14.039
and<00:50:11.599><c> have</c><00:50:12.320><c> not</c><00:50:12.900><c> kept</c><00:50:13.239><c> it?</c>

00:50:16.719 --> 00:50:19.679
And<00:50:17.239><c> they,</c><00:50:17.619><c> of</c><00:50:17.739><c> course,</c><00:50:18.539><c> stole</c><00:50:18.719><c> him.</c>

00:50:20.139 --> 00:50:22.360
They're<00:50:20.659><c> horrified</c><00:50:21.139><c> by</c><00:50:21.300><c> what</c><00:50:21.460><c> he</c><00:50:21.559><c> has</c><00:50:21.860><c> to</c><00:50:22.099><c> say,</c>

00:50:22.460 --> 00:50:25.320
but<00:50:22.579><c> he</c><00:50:22.699><c> says</c><00:50:22.960><c> nothing</c><00:50:23.320><c> different</c><00:50:23.699><c> than</c><00:50:23.880><c> what</c><00:50:24.139><c> Christ</c><00:50:24.360><c> said.</c>

00:50:26.599 --> 00:50:29.519
And<00:50:26.780><c> he</c><00:50:26.920><c> said</c><00:50:27.039><c> it</c><00:50:27.199><c> with</c><00:50:27.519><c> confidence,</c><00:50:28.039><c> he</c><00:50:28.239><c> said</c><00:50:28.460><c> it</c><00:50:28.639><c> with</c><00:50:28.900><c> understanding</c>

00:50:29.519 --> 00:50:36.199
of<00:50:29.860><c> where</c><00:50:30.139><c> this</c><00:50:30.400><c> was</c><00:50:30.659><c> taking</c><00:50:30.940><c> him,</c><00:50:31.800><c> because</c><00:50:32.780><c> in</c><00:50:35.019><c> Christ</c>

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he<00:50:36.940><c> could</c><00:50:37.099><c> do</c><00:50:37.340><c> all</c><00:50:37.679><c> things,</c><00:50:38.480><c> even</c><00:50:38.840><c> suffer</c><00:50:39.119><c> death.</c>

00:50:39.360 --> 00:50:46.360
Remember,<00:50:40.000><c> his</c><00:50:40.239><c> death</c><00:50:41.099><c> is</c><00:50:41.900><c> just</c><00:50:42.860><c> a</c><00:50:44.860><c> stoppage</c><00:50:45.280><c> in</c><00:50:45.860><c> the</c><00:50:46.039><c> situation.</c>

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Once<00:50:46.900><c> he's</c><00:50:47.199><c> raised,</c><00:50:47.579><c> he's</c><00:50:47.940><c> back</c><00:50:48.239><c> to</c><00:50:48.400><c> being</c><00:50:48.719><c> Stephen.</c>

00:50:50.059 --> 00:50:51.260
That's<00:50:50.280><c> why</c><00:50:50.460><c> it</c><00:50:50.480><c> says</c><00:50:50.639><c> he</c><00:50:50.719><c> fell</c><00:50:50.920><c> asleep.</c>

00:50:51.400 --> 00:50:54.820
So<00:50:51.460><c> here</c><00:50:51.599><c> it</c><00:50:51.679><c> says,</c><00:50:52.019><c> by</c><00:50:52.119><c> he,</c><00:50:52.380><c> being</c><00:50:52.760><c> full</c><00:50:53.059><c> of</c><00:50:53.179><c> the</c><00:50:53.360><c> Holy</c><00:50:53.559><c> Spirit,</c>

00:50:55.960 --> 00:50:58.460
looked<00:50:56.219><c> steadfastly</c><00:50:56.800><c> into</c><00:50:56.980><c> heaven</c><00:50:57.199><c> and</c><00:50:57.300><c> saw</c><00:50:57.480><c> the</c><00:50:57.679><c> glory</c><00:50:58.039><c> of</c><00:50:58.159><c> God</c>

00:50:58.460 --> 00:51:00.719
and<00:50:58.599><c> Jesus</c><00:50:58.940><c> standing</c><00:50:59.280><c> on</c><00:50:59.460><c> the</c><00:50:59.619><c> right</c><00:50:59.840><c> hand</c><00:51:00.019><c> of</c><00:51:00.099><c> God</c><00:51:00.400><c> and</c><00:51:00.500><c> said,</c>

00:51:00.739 --> 00:51:07.380
Behold,<00:51:02.079><c> I</c><00:51:02.360><c> see</c><00:51:02.579><c> the</c><00:51:02.900><c> heavens</c><00:51:03.199><c> open</c><00:51:04.079><c> and</c><00:51:05.639><c> the</c><00:51:05.940><c> Son</c><00:51:06.300><c> of</c><00:51:06.619><c> Man</c>

00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:09.239
standing<00:51:08.119><c> on</c><00:51:08.280><c> the</c><00:51:08.380><c> right</c><00:51:08.619><c> hand</c><00:51:08.820><c> of</c><00:51:08.940><c> God.</c>

00:51:09.239 --> 00:51:10.900
Why<00:51:09.500><c> does</c><00:51:09.719><c> he</c><00:51:09.820><c> say</c><00:51:10.000><c> the</c><00:51:10.199><c> Son</c><00:51:10.480><c> of</c><00:51:10.619><c> Man?</c>

00:51:11.019 --> 00:51:12.360
Why<00:51:11.139><c> doesn't</c><00:51:11.360><c> he</c><00:51:11.460><c> say</c><00:51:11.539><c> the</c><00:51:11.699><c> Son</c><00:51:11.940><c> of</c><00:51:12.099><c> God?</c>

00:51:12.440 --> 00:51:19.179
God<00:51:12.780><c> is</c><00:51:13.079><c> right</c><00:51:13.400><c> there,</c><00:51:15.579><c> because</c><00:51:17.039><c> he</c><00:51:17.239><c> recognizes</c><00:51:17.980><c> what</c><00:51:18.400><c> Jesus</c><00:51:18.820><c> was.</c>

00:51:19.199 --> 00:51:21.420
He<00:51:19.539><c> recognizes</c><00:51:20.119><c> what</c><00:51:20.480><c> the</c><00:51:20.719><c> Atonement</c><00:51:21.059><c> was.</c>

00:51:21.480 --> 00:51:25.539
He<00:51:21.820><c> recognizes</c><00:51:22.460><c> that</c><00:51:22.719><c> there's</c><00:51:23.019><c> a</c><00:51:23.280><c> man</c><00:51:24.239><c> standing</c><00:51:24.940><c> in</c><00:51:25.199><c> heaven,</c>

00:51:25.840 --> 00:51:29.980
the<00:51:26.159><c> Son</c><00:51:26.440><c> of</c><00:51:26.659><c> Man,</c><00:51:27.579><c> the</c><00:51:27.780><c> Lamb</c><00:51:28.000><c> of</c><00:51:28.239><c> God</c><00:51:28.460><c> who</c><00:51:28.639><c> takes</c><00:51:29.000><c> away</c><00:51:29.280><c> the</c><00:51:29.619><c> sin</c><00:51:29.840><c> of</c>

00:51:29.980 --> 00:51:31.099
the<00:51:30.159><c> world,</c>

00:51:31.219 --> 00:51:37.099
standing<00:51:31.599><c> there,</c><00:51:32.619><c> the</c><00:51:33.320><c> star</c><00:51:33.800><c> author</c><00:51:34.179><c> and</c><00:51:34.639><c> finisher</c><00:51:35.039><c> of</c><00:51:35.559><c> all</c><00:51:36.119><c> faith.</c>

00:51:37.259 --> 00:51:40.400
And<00:51:37.639><c> he</c><00:51:37.840><c> has</c><00:51:38.260><c> shown</c><00:51:38.579><c> himself</c><00:51:39.280><c> to</c><00:51:39.900><c> me.</c>

00:51:40.900 --> 00:51:43.760
It's<00:51:41.239><c> just</c><00:51:41.679><c> an</c><00:51:42.000><c> incredible</c><00:51:42.739><c> story.</c>

00:51:44.739 --> 00:51:47.400
And<00:51:45.059><c> they</c><00:51:45.320><c> stoned</c><00:51:45.780><c> Stephen,</c><00:51:46.159><c> calling</c><00:51:46.519><c> upon</c><00:51:46.980><c> God,</c>

00:51:47.800 --> 00:51:52.000
and<00:51:47.940><c> he</c><00:51:48.320><c> calls</c><00:51:48.579><c> upon</c><00:51:48.960><c> God,</c><00:51:49.679><c> saying,</c><00:51:50.159><c> Lord</c><00:51:50.679><c> Jesus,</c>

00:51:52.099 --> 00:51:56.159
notice<00:51:52.320><c> the</c><00:51:52.539><c> unity</c><00:51:52.860><c> between</c><00:51:53.239><c> God</c><00:51:53.599><c> and</c><00:51:53.739><c> Jesus,</c><00:51:54.219><c> receive</c><00:51:54.679><c> my</c><00:51:55.059><c> spirit.</c>

00:51:56.619 --> 00:51:59.679
And<00:51:57.079><c> he</c><00:51:57.219><c> kneeled</c><00:51:57.500><c> down</c><00:51:57.820><c> and</c><00:51:58.059><c> cried</c><00:51:58.239><c> with</c><00:51:58.579><c> a</c><00:51:58.679><c> loud</c><00:51:58.760><c> voice,</c>

00:51:59.760 --> 00:52:03.639
Lord,<00:52:00.380><c> lay</c><00:52:00.599><c> not</c><00:52:00.960><c> this</c><00:52:01.420><c> sin</c><00:52:01.920><c> to</c><00:52:02.760><c> their</c><00:52:03.139><c> charge.</c>

00:52:03.639 --> 00:52:08.780
And<00:52:04.380><c> when</c><00:52:04.960><c> he</c><00:52:05.139><c> had</c><00:52:05.340><c> said</c><00:52:05.519><c> this,</c><00:52:07.159><c> he</c><00:52:07.360><c> fell</c><00:52:07.619><c> asleep.</c>

00:52:10.719 --> 00:52:15.199
So<00:52:11.219><c> what's</c><00:52:11.679><c> the</c><00:52:11.880><c> lesson</c><00:52:12.380><c> of</c><00:52:13.699><c> Stephen</c><00:52:14.159><c> when</c><00:52:14.440><c> we</c><00:52:14.659><c> consider</c><00:52:14.960><c> the</c>

00:52:15.199 --> 00:52:15.800
early<00:52:15.480><c> church?</c>

00:52:15.940 --> 00:52:17.519
And<00:52:15.980><c> I'll</c><00:52:16.119><c> finish</c><00:52:16.400><c> with</c><00:52:16.679><c> this.</c>

00:52:18.980 --> 00:52:21.239
The<00:52:19.119><c> lesson</c><00:52:19.400><c> is</c><00:52:19.619><c> this,</c><00:52:20.039><c> brothers</c><00:52:20.139><c> and</c><00:52:20.380><c> sisters.</c>

00:52:22.059 --> 00:52:25.219
It's<00:52:22.739><c> about</c><00:52:23.059><c> the</c><00:52:23.400><c> calling,</c><00:52:24.119><c> obviously.</c>

00:52:26.179 --> 00:52:29.260
But<00:52:26.500><c> the</c><00:52:26.800><c> calling</c><00:52:27.119><c> is</c><00:52:27.440><c> to</c><00:52:27.780><c> follow</c><00:52:28.139><c> Christ.</c>

00:52:30.179 --> 00:52:33.480
We<00:52:30.559><c> follow</c><00:52:30.920><c> Christ</c><00:52:31.360><c> to</c><00:52:31.739><c> our</c><00:52:32.019><c> own</c><00:52:32.500><c> crucifixion.</c>

00:52:33.480 --> 00:52:36.260
We<00:52:33.679><c> carry</c><00:52:34.039><c> our</c><00:52:34.380><c> cross</c><00:52:34.599><c> every</c><00:52:34.920><c> single</c><00:52:35.280><c> day.</c>

00:52:37.480 --> 00:52:41.179
But<00:52:37.679><c> we</c><00:52:37.920><c> follow</c><00:52:38.320><c> Christ,</c><00:52:38.820><c> Lord</c><00:52:39.139><c> willing,</c><00:52:39.559><c> with</c><00:52:39.760><c> the</c><00:52:40.260><c> confidence</c>

00:52:41.920 --> 00:52:46.539
that<00:52:42.639><c> if</c><00:52:42.800><c> we</c><00:52:43.059><c> follow</c><00:52:43.400><c> him</c><00:52:43.599><c> in</c><00:52:44.000><c> humility</c><00:52:44.599><c> and</c><00:52:44.980><c> in</c><00:52:45.360><c> truth,</c>

00:52:47.159 --> 00:52:51.380
the<00:52:47.440><c> assurity</c><00:52:48.260><c> that</c><00:52:49.219><c> Stephen</c><00:52:49.559><c> mentions</c><00:52:50.039><c> here,</c>

00:52:51.760 --> 00:52:55.739
where<00:52:51.940><c> he</c><00:52:52.199><c> says,</c><00:52:52.539><c> receive</c><00:52:52.880><c> my</c><00:52:53.300><c> spirit</c><00:52:53.900><c> and</c><00:52:54.619><c> don't</c><00:52:55.139><c> count</c><00:52:55.440><c> this</c>

00:52:55.739 --> 00:52:57.179
against<00:52:56.119><c> them,</c>

00:52:57.619 --> 00:53:02.420
the<00:52:57.960><c> assurity</c><00:52:58.480><c> that</c><00:52:58.820><c> it</c><00:52:59.139><c> is</c><00:52:59.519><c> just</c><00:52:59.940><c> a</c><00:53:00.320><c> sleep</c><00:53:00.599><c> when</c><00:53:00.860><c> that</c><00:53:01.139><c> day</c><00:53:01.320><c> comes.</c>

00:53:02.780 --> 00:53:08.780
And<00:53:03.420><c> that</c><00:53:03.659><c> when</c><00:53:03.880><c> the</c><00:53:04.159><c> next</c><00:53:04.500><c> day</c><00:53:04.800><c> comes,</c><00:53:06.300><c> we</c><00:53:06.900><c> will</c><00:53:07.179><c> be</c><00:53:07.480><c> there</c><00:53:07.760><c> with</c><00:53:08.000><c> Jesus</c><00:53:08.539><c> in</c>

00:53:08.780 --> 00:53:10.539
the<00:53:08.940><c> kingdom</c><00:53:09.179><c> of</c><00:53:09.420><c> God.</c>

00:53:10.840 --> 00:53:15.300
Stephen<00:53:11.039><c> is</c><00:53:11.420><c> the</c><00:53:11.820><c> culmination,</c><00:53:12.699><c> if</c><00:53:12.980><c> you</c><00:53:13.219><c> will,</c><00:53:14.159><c> of</c><00:53:14.539><c> what</c><00:53:14.980><c> that</c>

00:53:15.300 --> 00:53:18.300
early<00:53:15.619><c> church</c><00:53:16.000><c> was</c><00:53:16.559><c> coming</c><00:53:17.260><c> to.</c>

00:53:19.000 --> 00:53:25.940
That<00:53:19.519><c> anybody</c><00:53:20.239><c> that</c><00:53:21.480><c> puts</c><00:53:21.739><c> on</c><00:53:22.059><c> Christ</c><00:53:22.719><c> can</c><00:53:24.179><c> have</c><00:53:24.500><c> the</c><00:53:24.780><c> fulfillment</c><00:53:25.440><c> that</c>

00:53:25.940 --> 00:53:26.539
Stephen<00:53:26.219><c> had.</c>

00:53:26.619 --> 00:53:29.780
You<00:53:26.760><c> don't</c><00:53:27.000><c> have</c><00:53:27.219><c> to</c><00:53:27.400><c> be</c><00:53:28.000><c> one</c><00:53:28.320><c> of</c><00:53:28.440><c> the</c><00:53:28.679><c> apostles.</c>

00:53:29.839 --> 00:53:33.200
You<00:53:30.179><c> don't</c><00:53:30.420><c> even</c><00:53:30.719><c> have</c><00:53:30.980><c> to</c><00:53:31.159><c> be</c><00:53:32.079><c> a</c><00:53:32.360><c> Jew.</c>

00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:41.000
Anybody<00:53:35.640><c> who</c><00:53:36.320><c> believes</c><00:53:36.820><c> in</c><00:53:37.099><c> God</c><00:53:37.900><c> and</c><00:53:39.019><c> who</c><00:53:39.239><c> is</c><00:53:39.340><c> full</c><00:53:39.639><c> of</c><00:53:39.780><c> the</c><00:53:40.039><c> Spirit</c>

00:53:41.339 --> 00:53:45.860
and<00:53:41.679><c> puts</c><00:53:41.900><c> their</c><00:53:42.239><c> trust</c><00:53:42.480><c> and</c><00:53:42.739><c> faith</c><00:53:43.019><c> in</c><00:53:43.139><c> them</c><00:53:44.059><c> can</c><00:53:44.579><c> be</c><00:53:44.820><c> as</c><00:53:45.260><c> faithful</c><00:53:45.599><c> as</c>

00:53:45.860 --> 00:53:46.440
the<00:53:46.099><c> man</c>

00:53:46.900 --> 00:53:51.760
who<00:53:47.360><c> was</c><00:53:47.820><c> stoned</c><00:53:48.480><c> for</c><00:53:49.440><c> doing</c><00:53:49.659><c> the</c><00:53:49.860><c> right</c><00:53:50.119><c> thing</c><00:53:50.639><c> and</c><00:53:51.099><c> for</c><00:53:51.400><c> saying</c><00:53:51.539><c> the</c>

00:53:51.760 --> 00:53:52.920
right<00:53:52.000><c> things.</c>

00:53:53.039 --> 00:53:56.119
It's<00:53:53.719><c> a</c><00:53:53.940><c> wonderful,</c><00:53:54.539><c> wonderful</c><00:53:55.079><c> story.</c>

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And<00:53:56.840><c> I</c><00:53:57.280><c> enjoyed</c><00:53:57.659><c> very</c><00:53:58.139><c> much</c><00:53:58.980><c> digging</c><00:53:59.420><c> through</c><00:53:59.860><c> it,</c>

00:54:00.199 --> 00:54:04.420
both<00:54:00.579><c> the</c><00:54:00.840><c> story</c><00:54:01.099><c> of</c><00:54:01.340><c> Stephen</c><00:54:01.559><c> and</c><00:54:02.639><c> the</c><00:54:02.840><c> story</c><00:54:03.039><c> of</c><00:54:03.239><c> the</c><00:54:03.360><c> early</c><00:54:03.539><c> church.</c>