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Sorry?

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become<00:11:07.720><c> the</c><00:11:08.039><c> Apostle</c><00:11:08.500><c> Paul?</c>

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that<00:11:21.519><c> Paul</c><00:11:21.799><c> was</c><00:11:22.039><c> one</c><00:11:22.259><c> who'd</c><00:11:22.720><c> seen</c><00:11:23.139><c> the</c><00:11:23.720><c> risen</c><00:11:24.039><c> Lord,</c><00:11:24.419><c> which</c><00:11:24.620><c> was</c><00:11:24.980><c> a</c>

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A<00:12:37.120><c> little</c><00:12:37.360><c> box</c><00:12:37.919><c> about</c><00:12:38.559><c> how</c><00:12:39.639><c> Paul,</c><00:12:40.740><c> Saul</c><00:12:41.100><c> had</c><00:12:41.940><c> seen</c><00:12:42.480><c> the</c><00:12:42.720><c> risen</c><00:12:42.919><c> Lord.</c>

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Well,<00:13:02.480><c> it</c><00:13:02.500><c> does</c><00:13:02.779><c> depend</c><00:13:03.000><c> on</c><00:13:03.139><c> the</c><00:13:03.279><c> type</c><00:13:03.419><c> of</c><00:13:03.600><c> Bible</c><00:13:03.779><c> you</c><00:13:03.980><c> have,</c><00:13:04.360><c> I</c>

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know,<00:13:04.940><c> yes?</c>

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there's<00:13:18.779><c> all</c><00:13:18.940><c> this</c><00:13:19.179><c> glorious</c><00:13:20.059><c> space</c><00:13:20.580><c> sitting,</c><00:13:21.120><c> waiting</c><00:13:21.320><c> at</c>

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who<00:13:29.700><c> had</c><00:13:29.960><c> seen</c><00:13:30.299><c> the</c><00:13:30.500><c> risen</c><00:13:30.720><c> Lord.</c>

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and<00:13:38.159><c> now</c><00:13:38.360><c> we're</c><00:13:38.620><c> just</c><00:13:38.879><c> listing</c><00:13:39.159><c> a</c><00:13:39.259><c> set</c><00:13:39.460><c> of</c><00:13:39.740><c> references</c><00:13:40.059><c> to</c><00:13:40.379><c> show</c><00:13:40.539><c> how</c>

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Here's<00:14:47.159><c> another</c><00:14:47.419><c> reference</c><00:14:47.840><c> in</c><00:14:48.019><c> Acts,</c><00:14:48.679><c> chapter</c><00:14:48.679><c> 26,</c><00:14:50.179><c> in</c><00:14:50.399><c> Acts</c>

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which,<00:14:53.580><c> by</c><00:14:53.759><c> the</c><00:14:53.919><c> way,</c><00:14:54.059><c> is</c><00:14:54.299><c> the</c><00:14:54.600><c> third</c><00:14:54.980><c> occasion</c><00:14:55.539><c> in</c><00:14:55.700><c> the</c><00:14:55.840><c> Acts</c>

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and<00:15:44.519><c> could</c><00:15:44.799><c> testify</c><00:15:45.379><c> to</c><00:15:45.639><c> the</c><00:15:45.779><c> fact</c><00:15:45.919><c> that</c><00:15:46.100><c> he</c><00:15:46.259><c> was</c><00:15:46.559><c> alive</c><00:15:47.139><c> again.</c>

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When<00:16:05.799><c> did</c><00:16:05.919><c> he</c><00:16:06.139><c> see</c><00:16:06.460><c> Christ?</c><00:16:07.139><c> And</c><00:16:07.220><c> the</c><00:16:07.299><c> answer</c><00:16:07.620><c> is,</c>

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he<00:16:08.840><c> saw</c><00:16:09.320><c> him</c><00:16:09.960><c> on</c><00:16:10.340><c> the</c><00:16:10.539><c> Damascus</c><00:16:11.220><c> Road</c><00:16:11.500><c> journey</c><00:16:11.980><c> of</c><00:16:12.220><c> Acts,</c><00:16:12.679><c> chapter</c><00:16:12.940><c> 9,</c>

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in<00:16:14.100><c> the</c><00:16:14.320><c> midst</c><00:16:14.600><c> of</c><00:16:14.899><c> that</c><00:16:15.179><c> light</c><00:16:15.480><c> that</c><00:16:15.879><c> blinded</c><00:16:16.320><c> him</c><00:16:16.580><c> so</c><00:16:16.899><c> much.</c>

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And<00:16:17.820><c> the</c><00:16:17.899><c> last</c><00:16:18.200><c> one</c><00:16:18.379><c> is</c><00:16:18.620><c> in</c><00:16:18.779><c> 1st</c><00:16:19.059><c> of</c><00:16:19.179><c> Corinthians,</c><00:16:19.559><c> since</c>

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we're<00:16:20.039><c> still</c><00:16:20.320><c> there,</c>

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in<00:16:21.240><c> the</c><00:16:21.419><c> 1st</c><00:16:21.679><c> of</c><00:16:21.779><c> Corinthians,</c><00:16:22.279><c> chapter</c><00:16:22.679><c> 15,</c>

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we're<00:16:24.279><c> told</c><00:16:24.519><c> this</c><00:16:25.039><c> in</c><00:16:25.820><c> reading</c><00:16:26.360><c> from</c><00:16:26.659><c> verse</c><00:16:26.879><c> 7</c><00:16:27.299><c> for</c><00:16:27.659><c> connection.</c>

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1st<00:16:30.059><c> of</c><00:16:30.120><c> Corinthians,</c><00:16:30.500><c> 15,</c><00:16:31.019><c> verse</c><00:16:31.360><c> 7,</c><00:16:32.279><c> says,</c>

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After<00:16:33.200><c> that</c><00:16:33.480><c> he</c><00:16:33.679><c> was</c><00:16:34.360><c> seen</c><00:16:34.759><c> of</c><00:16:35.240><c> James,</c><00:16:36.539><c> then</c><00:16:36.700><c> of</c><00:16:36.840><c> all</c><00:16:37.120><c> the</c><00:16:37.379><c> apostles,</c>

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and<00:16:38.720><c> last</c><00:16:39.179><c> of</c><00:16:39.399><c> all,</c><00:16:40.519><c> says</c><00:16:40.600><c> Paul,</c><00:16:41.639><c> he</c><00:16:41.879><c> was</c><00:16:42.700><c> seen</c><00:16:43.320><c> of</c><00:16:44.120><c> me</c><00:16:44.659><c> also.</c>

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He<00:16:45.379><c> was</c><00:16:45.720><c> seen</c><00:16:45.960><c> of</c><00:16:46.179><c> me,</c><00:16:46.500><c> he</c><00:16:46.799><c> says.</c>

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So<00:16:47.779><c> all</c><00:16:47.980><c> of</c><00:16:48.120><c> these</c><00:16:48.320><c> references</c><00:16:48.740><c> take</c><00:16:49.039><c> us</c><00:16:49.179><c> back</c><00:16:49.399><c> to</c><00:16:49.559><c> Acts,</c><00:16:50.059><c> chapter</c><00:16:50.059><c> 9.</c>

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So<00:16:51.200><c> when</c><00:16:51.440><c> it</c><00:16:51.700><c> says</c><00:16:51.980><c> that</c><00:16:52.179><c> he</c><00:16:52.340><c> fell</c><00:16:52.679><c> to</c><00:16:53.840><c> his</c><00:16:54.080><c> feet</c><00:16:54.279><c> and</c><00:16:54.539><c> that</c>

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this<00:16:55.379><c> light</c>

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shined<00:16:56.519><c> about</c><00:16:56.899><c> him</c><00:16:57.080><c> in</c><00:16:57.139><c> Acts,</c><00:16:57.519><c> chapter</c><00:16:57.700><c> 9,</c>

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inside<00:16:59.659><c> the</c><00:17:00.100><c> light</c><00:17:00.580><c> was</c><00:17:01.500><c> the</c><00:17:01.820><c> face</c><00:17:02.139><c> and</c><00:17:02.340><c> the</c><00:17:02.580><c> body</c><00:17:02.799><c> of</c><00:17:03.139><c> the</c><00:17:03.299><c> man.</c>

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Now,<00:17:04.539><c> by</c><00:17:04.700><c> the</c><00:17:04.819><c> way,</c><00:17:05.019><c> can</c><00:17:05.079><c> you</c><00:17:05.200><c> just</c><00:17:05.400><c> imagine</c><00:17:05.779><c> how</c><00:17:06.099><c> profound,</c>

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well,<00:17:06.539><c> tell</c><00:17:06.619><c> me</c><00:17:06.720><c> what</c><00:17:06.839><c> you</c><00:17:07.019><c> think</c><00:17:07.119><c> it</c><00:17:07.240><c> must</c><00:17:07.420><c> have</c><00:17:07.559><c> been</c><00:17:07.680><c> like,</c>

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if<00:17:08.960><c> you</c><00:17:09.059><c> remember</c><00:17:09.140><c> what</c><00:17:09.299><c> we</c><00:17:09.460><c> said</c><00:17:09.539><c> in</c><00:17:09.759><c> our</c><00:17:09.960><c> last</c><00:17:10.319><c> session,</c>

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that<00:17:11.299><c> we</c><00:17:11.440><c> think</c><00:17:12.240><c> it</c><00:17:12.680><c> more</c><00:17:12.920><c> than</c><00:17:13.359><c> probable</c><00:17:14.079><c> that</c><00:17:15.180><c> Saul</c><00:17:15.680><c> had</c><00:17:16.460><c> met</c><00:17:17.000><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:17:18.799><c> heard</c><00:17:19.299><c> him</c><00:17:19.759><c> in</c><00:17:20.099><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Saul,<00:17:22.160><c> of</c><00:17:22.220><c> course,</c><00:17:22.440><c> was</c><00:17:22.660><c> a</c><00:17:22.839><c> Pharisee,</c>

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and<00:17:24.160><c> all</c><00:17:24.500><c> good</c><00:17:24.779><c> Pharisees</c><00:17:25.359><c> would</c><00:17:25.539><c> always</c><00:17:25.900><c> be</c><00:17:26.240><c> present</c><00:17:26.559><c> at</c><00:17:26.880><c> the</c>

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feasts<00:17:27.519><c> in</c><00:17:27.859><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:17:29.460><c> you</c><00:17:29.579><c> remember</c><00:17:29.839><c> that</c><00:17:30.140><c> parable</c><00:17:30.500><c> of</c><00:17:30.700><c> the</c><00:17:30.880><c> vineyard,</c>

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and<00:17:31.440><c> we</c><00:17:31.680><c> suggested</c><00:17:31.940><c> that</c><00:17:32.160><c> the</c><00:17:32.299><c> phrase,</c><00:17:32.980><c> God</c><00:17:33.000><c> forbid,</c>

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is<00:17:33.980><c> perhaps</c><00:17:34.380><c> a</c><00:17:34.619><c> clue</c><00:17:34.720><c> that</c><00:17:34.940><c> Saul</c><00:17:35.160><c> was</c><00:17:35.380><c> there</c><00:17:35.519><c> on</c><00:17:35.720><c> that</c><00:17:35.859><c> occasion.</c>

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So<00:17:36.779><c> he</c><00:17:36.940><c> had</c><00:17:37.200><c> perhaps</c><00:17:37.500><c> seen</c><00:17:37.920><c> Christ</c><00:17:38.400><c> and</c><00:17:38.559><c> he'd</c><00:17:39.140><c> heard</c><00:17:39.359><c> his</c><00:17:39.640><c> voice.</c>

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Imagine<00:17:41.299><c> how</c><00:17:41.779><c> Saul</c><00:17:42.019><c> would</c><00:17:42.240><c> have</c><00:17:42.420><c> felt,</c><00:17:42.700><c> do</c><00:17:42.819><c> you</c><00:17:42.960><c> think?</c>

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You<00:17:43.319><c> tell</c><00:17:43.500><c> me.</c>

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How<00:17:44.279><c> do</c><00:17:44.440><c> you</c><00:17:44.460><c> think</c><00:17:44.599><c> Saul</c><00:17:44.880><c> would</c><00:17:45.059><c> have</c><00:17:45.440><c> thought</c>

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when<00:17:48.400><c> in</c><00:17:48.779><c> the</c><00:17:49.059><c> shining</c><00:17:49.339><c> light</c><00:17:49.759><c> that</c><00:17:50.000><c> was</c><00:17:50.299><c> brighter</c><00:17:50.559><c> than</c><00:17:50.779><c> the</c>

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noonday<00:17:51.400><c> sun</c>

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he<00:17:53.480><c> saw</c><00:17:53.720><c> a</c><00:17:53.940><c> face</c><00:17:54.160><c> he</c><00:17:54.519><c> recognized</c><00:17:55.140><c> and</c><00:17:57.039><c> heard</c><00:17:57.240><c> a</c><00:17:57.420><c> voice</c><00:17:57.700><c> he</c><00:17:58.000><c> knew?</c>

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He<00:18:00.500><c> knew</c><00:18:00.700><c> to</c><00:18:00.859><c> be</c><00:18:01.019><c> the</c><00:18:01.099><c> voice</c><00:18:01.339><c> of</c><00:18:01.559><c> Christ.</c>

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How<00:18:03.180><c> do</c><00:18:03.240><c> you</c><00:18:03.240><c> think</c><00:18:03.339><c> he</c><00:18:03.460><c> must</c><00:18:03.680><c> have</c><00:18:03.960><c> felt</c><00:18:04.400><c> when</c><00:18:06.180><c> the</c><00:18:06.380><c> light</c><00:18:06.539><c> shone?</c>

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Describe<00:18:09.299><c> his</c><00:18:09.519><c> emotions.</c>

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Smitten?

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Well,<00:18:18.380><c> that's</c><00:18:18.480><c> a</c><00:18:18.599><c> very</c><00:18:18.900><c> sneaky</c><00:18:19.259><c> answer,</c>

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because<00:18:19.660><c> you</c><00:18:19.779><c> know</c><00:18:19.960><c> that</c><00:18:20.099><c> the</c><00:18:20.220><c> speaker</c><00:18:20.400><c> has</c><00:18:20.640><c> to</c><00:18:20.839><c> agree</c><00:18:21.039><c> with</c><00:18:21.259><c> that,</c>

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since<00:18:21.619><c> that</c><00:18:21.740><c> was</c><00:18:21.900><c> yesterday's</c><00:18:22.500><c> title.</c>

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So,<00:18:22.819><c> yes,</c><00:18:22.960><c> I</c><00:18:23.019><c> have</c><00:18:23.220><c> to</c><00:18:23.319><c> agree</c><00:18:23.440><c> with</c><00:18:23.619><c> that.</c>

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Yes,<00:18:25.799><c> Smitten?</c>

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How<00:18:27.099><c> else</c><00:18:27.200><c> would</c><00:18:27.299><c> he</c><00:18:27.460><c> feel?</c>

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Astonished.

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Do<00:18:38.980><c> you</c><00:18:39.019><c> know</c><00:18:39.079><c> that's</c><00:18:39.299><c> a</c><00:18:39.440><c> very</c><00:18:39.720><c> good</c><00:18:39.920><c> answer?</c>

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Do<00:18:40.359><c> you</c><00:18:40.359><c> know</c><00:18:40.460><c> why</c><00:18:40.559><c> that's</c><00:18:40.759><c> a</c><00:18:40.839><c> good</c><00:18:40.980><c> answer?</c>

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Because<00:18:42.420><c> it's</c><00:18:42.660><c> a</c><00:18:42.819><c> scriptural</c><00:18:43.279><c> word,</c>

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because<00:18:44.099><c> doesn't</c><00:18:44.460><c> Acts</c><00:18:44.779><c> chapter</c><00:18:45.079><c> 9</c><00:18:45.420><c> and</c><00:18:45.599><c> verse</c><00:18:45.859><c> 6</c><00:18:46.160><c> say,</c>

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isn't<00:18:46.519><c> he</c><00:18:46.839><c> trembling</c><00:18:47.299><c> and</c><00:18:47.880><c> astonished</c><00:18:48.660><c> said?</c>

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So<00:18:49.819><c> I</c><00:18:49.980><c> have</c><00:18:50.240><c> to</c><00:18:50.400><c> agree</c><00:18:50.559><c> with</c><00:18:50.779><c> that,</c>

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because<00:18:51.220><c> that's</c><00:18:51.480><c> exactly</c><00:18:51.740><c> what</c><00:18:51.900><c> Acts</c><00:18:52.059><c> 9</c><00:18:52.319><c> says.</c>

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He<00:18:52.779><c> was</c><00:18:53.059><c> astonished,</c><00:18:53.839><c> as</c><00:18:54.039><c> well</c><00:18:54.160><c> he</c><00:18:54.259><c> might</c><00:18:54.519><c> be.</c><00:18:55.299><c> Astonished.</c>

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Think<00:18:55.740><c> of</c><00:18:57.420><c> another</c><00:18:57.599><c> word,</c><00:18:58.119><c> though.</c>

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Smitten,<00:18:58.619><c> astonished,</c><00:18:59.099><c> give</c><00:18:59.200><c> me</c><00:18:59.440><c> a</c><00:18:59.579><c> wider</c><00:18:59.779><c> range</c><00:19:00.140><c> of</c><00:19:00.339><c> emotions</c>

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that<00:19:01.099><c> Saul</c><00:19:01.299><c> might</c><00:19:01.619><c> have</c><00:19:01.799><c> felt</c><00:19:01.960><c> on</c><00:19:02.180><c> that</c><00:19:02.319><c> occasion</c>

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when<00:19:03.579><c> the</c><00:19:03.799><c> light</c><00:19:03.940><c> shone.</c>

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The<00:19:04.339><c> man</c><00:19:04.599><c> saw,</c><00:19:04.819><c> yes?</c>

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Guilty.

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Guilty,<00:19:06.920><c> yes.</c>

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Okay,<00:19:07.880><c> guilty</c><00:19:08.059><c> of</c><00:19:08.259><c> what?</c>

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Yes,<00:19:11.920><c> guilty</c><00:19:12.180><c> of</c><00:19:12.319><c> trying</c><00:19:12.559><c> to</c><00:19:12.859><c> destroy</c><00:19:13.180><c> the</c><00:19:13.400><c> followers</c><00:19:13.660><c> of</c>

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this<00:19:14.019><c> man.</c>

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Yes.

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So<00:19:15.180><c> guilty</c><00:19:15.339><c> is</c><00:19:15.480><c> a</c><00:19:15.500><c> good</c><00:19:15.660><c> word.</c>

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Yes,<00:19:15.960><c> what</c><00:19:16.099><c> else?</c>

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Overwhelmed.

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Overwhelmed.

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Overwhelmed<00:19:19.099><c> in</c><00:19:19.279><c> what</c><00:19:19.480><c> sense?</c>

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Overwhelmed<00:19:21.119><c> in</c><00:19:21.180><c> the</c><00:19:21.259><c> sense</c><00:19:21.420><c> of</c><00:19:21.700><c> what</c><00:19:21.819><c> he</c><00:19:21.920><c> just</c><00:19:22.200><c> saw</c><00:19:22.380><c> that</c><00:19:23.160><c> blew</c><00:19:23.400><c> his</c><00:19:23.700><c> mind.</c>

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Yep.

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I<00:19:25.519><c> know</c><00:19:25.660><c> that's</c><00:19:25.900><c> a</c><00:19:25.980><c> bit</c><00:19:26.039><c> of</c><00:19:26.180><c> a</c><00:19:26.240><c> sort</c><00:19:26.359><c> of</c><00:19:26.480><c> like</c><00:19:26.680><c> a,</c>

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it's<00:19:27.599><c> a</c><00:19:27.759><c> modern</c><00:19:28.019><c> expression,</c><00:19:28.740><c> isn't</c><00:19:28.859><c> it?</c>

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Blew<00:19:29.480><c> his</c><00:19:29.819><c> mind.</c>

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But<00:19:31.359><c> I</c><00:19:31.660><c> know</c><00:19:31.819><c> what</c><00:19:32.019><c> you</c><00:19:32.220><c> mean.</c>

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And<00:19:32.880><c> sometimes,</c><00:19:33.400><c> you</c><00:19:33.619><c> know,</c>

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because<00:19:33.980><c> we</c><00:19:34.099><c> haven't</c><00:19:34.240><c> got</c><00:19:34.420><c> quite</c><00:19:34.660><c> the</c><00:19:34.799><c> right</c><00:19:34.980><c> words,</c>

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we<00:19:35.380><c> use</c><00:19:35.559><c> a</c><00:19:35.759><c> modern</c><00:19:36.000><c> expression,</c><00:19:36.579><c> blew</c><00:19:36.759><c> his</c><00:19:37.059><c> mind.</c>

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In<00:19:37.900><c> a</c><00:19:38.039><c> sense,</c><00:19:38.279><c> that's</c><00:19:38.680><c> true.</c>

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Because<00:19:39.839><c> what</c><00:19:40.059><c> was</c><00:19:40.220><c> in</c><00:19:40.299><c> his</c><00:19:40.519><c> mind?</c>

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And<00:19:42.200><c> the</c><00:19:42.279><c> answer</c><00:19:42.559><c> is,</c>

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the<00:19:43.359><c> old</c><00:19:43.660><c> way</c><00:19:43.880><c> of</c><00:19:44.140><c> life</c><00:19:44.359><c> of</c><00:19:44.519><c> being</c><00:19:44.779><c> a</c><00:19:45.200><c> good</c><00:19:45.460><c> Pharisee,</c>

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where<00:19:46.279><c> you</c><00:19:46.480><c> kept</c><00:19:46.700><c> the</c><00:19:46.900><c> law</c><00:19:47.019><c> of</c><00:19:47.180><c> Moses.</c>

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And<00:19:48.240><c> as</c><00:19:48.460><c> for</c><00:19:48.579><c> this</c><00:19:48.799><c> imposter,</c><00:19:49.559><c> Jesus</c><00:19:49.880><c> of</c><00:19:50.059><c> Nazareth,</c>

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and<00:19:50.599><c> now</c><00:19:50.720><c> all</c><00:19:50.839><c> of</c><00:19:51.000><c> a</c><00:19:51.000><c> sudden</c><00:19:51.160><c> he's</c><00:19:51.519><c> seen</c><00:19:51.660><c> him,</c>

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shining<00:19:52.599><c> in</c><00:19:52.920><c> the</c><00:19:53.099><c> light</c><00:19:53.259><c> so</c><00:19:53.559><c> dazzling</c><00:19:53.920><c> that</c><00:19:54.079><c> his</c><00:19:54.200><c> eyes</c><00:19:54.400><c> are</c><00:19:54.660><c> blinded,</c>

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and<00:19:55.579><c> it</c><00:19:55.859><c> blew</c><00:19:56.039><c> out</c><00:19:56.259><c> of</c><00:19:56.359><c> his</c><00:19:56.559><c> mind</c><00:19:56.819><c> all</c><00:19:57.079><c> his</c><00:19:57.200><c> old</c><00:19:57.539><c> Pharisaic</c><00:19:58.140><c> teaching,</c>

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and<00:19:59.079><c> left</c><00:19:59.319><c> him</c><00:19:59.720><c> blank</c><00:20:00.019><c> and</c><00:20:00.299><c> astonished</c><00:20:00.799><c> and</c><00:20:01.099><c> trembling,</c>

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thinking,<00:20:01.740><c> what</c><00:20:01.880><c> do</c><00:20:02.180><c> I</c><00:20:02.220><c> do?</c>

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Where<00:20:02.799><c> do</c><00:20:02.980><c> I</c><00:20:03.140><c> go?</c>

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And<00:20:04.559><c> now</c><00:20:04.799><c> he's</c><00:20:05.039><c> in</c><00:20:05.259><c> that</c><00:20:06.119><c> state</c><00:20:06.440><c> of</c><00:20:06.819><c> humility,</c>

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whereby<00:20:08.480><c> the</c><00:20:09.099><c> Lord</c><00:20:09.339><c> can</c><00:20:09.720><c> teach</c><00:20:10.059><c> him</c><00:20:10.440><c> as</c><00:20:10.859><c> to</c><00:20:10.980><c> what</c><00:20:11.180><c> he</c><00:20:11.460><c> should</c><00:20:11.599><c> do.</c>

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So<00:20:12.200><c> all</c><00:20:12.400><c> yes,</c><00:20:12.940><c> the</c><00:20:13.119><c> Apostle</c><00:20:13.559><c> Paul,</c>

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as<00:20:14.339><c> he's</c><00:20:14.579><c> later</c><00:20:14.799><c> going</c><00:20:14.980><c> to</c><00:20:15.279><c> become,</c>

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was<00:20:16.799><c> partly</c><00:20:17.420><c> an</c><00:20:17.799><c> apostle</c><00:20:18.140><c> because</c><00:20:18.480><c> he</c><00:20:18.759><c> had</c><00:20:19.079><c> seen</c><00:20:19.500><c> the</c><00:20:19.779><c> risen</c><00:20:20.140><c> Lord.</c>

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It<00:20:20.640><c> was</c><00:20:20.819><c> a</c><00:20:20.980><c> requirement</c><00:20:21.500><c> of</c><00:20:21.640><c> his</c><00:20:21.859><c> apostleship</c><00:20:22.339><c> that</c><00:20:22.460><c> that</c><00:20:22.619><c> be</c>

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the<00:20:22.940><c> case.</c>

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But<00:20:23.500><c> I'll</c><00:20:23.619><c> tell</c><00:20:23.619><c> you</c><00:20:23.740><c> something</c><00:20:23.960><c> else.</c>

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Saul<00:20:26.700><c> didn't</c><00:20:26.920><c> just</c><00:20:27.200><c> see</c><00:20:27.319><c> the</c><00:20:27.519><c> risen</c><00:20:27.720><c> Lord,</c>

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he<00:20:29.519><c> saw</c><00:20:29.839><c> the</c><00:20:30.180><c> Lord</c><00:20:30.559><c> in</c><00:20:31.420><c> glory.</c>

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You<00:20:33.319><c> see,</c><00:20:33.480><c> the</c><00:20:33.599><c> other</c><00:20:33.859><c> apostles</c><00:20:34.279><c> had</c><00:20:34.519><c> seen</c><00:20:34.720><c> the</c><00:20:34.880><c> risen</c><00:20:35.079><c> Lord</c>

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walking<00:20:35.720><c> amongst</c><00:20:36.099><c> them</c><00:20:36.299><c> and</c><00:20:36.500><c> talking</c><00:20:36.799><c> and</c><00:20:37.160><c> speaking</c>

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for<00:20:37.900><c> the</c><00:20:38.140><c> 40</c><00:20:38.380><c> days</c><00:20:38.759><c> that</c><00:20:38.960><c> Acts</c><00:20:39.180><c> chapter</c><00:20:39.460><c> 1</c><00:20:39.720><c> mentions.</c>

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But<00:20:40.859><c> that's</c><00:20:41.079><c> not</c><00:20:41.339><c> the</c><00:20:41.539><c> Lord,</c>

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that's<00:20:42.039><c> not</c><00:20:42.220><c> the</c><00:20:42.380><c> risen</c><00:20:42.559><c> Lord</c><00:20:42.819><c> that</c><00:20:43.160><c> Saul</c><00:20:43.539><c> saw</c>

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on<00:20:44.420><c> the</c><00:20:44.599><c> Damascus</c><00:20:44.980><c> road</c><00:20:45.200><c> of</c><00:20:45.339><c> Acts</c><00:20:45.579><c> chapter</c><00:20:45.839><c> 9.</c>

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The<00:20:46.700><c> risen</c><00:20:47.000><c> Lord</c><00:20:47.319><c> that</c><00:20:47.720><c> Saul</c><00:20:48.180><c> saw</c><00:20:48.599><c> was</c><00:20:49.079><c> the</c><00:20:49.519><c> glorified</c><00:20:50.339><c> Lord,</c>

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was<00:20:50.940><c> it</c><00:20:51.119><c> not?</c>

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Not<00:20:52.619><c> just</c><00:20:52.839><c> risen</c><00:20:53.160><c> up</c><00:20:53.480><c> onto</c><00:20:53.740><c> his</c><00:20:54.059><c> feet,</c>

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but<00:20:54.619><c> risen</c><00:20:54.880><c> to</c><00:20:55.900><c> the</c><00:20:56.059><c> heavens.</c>

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Now<00:20:57.660><c> who</c><00:20:57.940><c> saw</c><00:20:58.339><c> the</c><00:20:58.859><c> glorified</c><00:20:59.980><c> Lord</c><00:21:00.539><c> from</c><00:21:02.240><c> the</c><00:21:02.440><c> heavens</c><00:21:02.640><c> itself?</c>

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I<00:21:03.700><c> think</c><00:21:03.859><c> there's</c><00:21:04.000><c> only</c><00:21:04.319><c> three</c><00:21:04.700><c> men</c><00:21:05.039><c> who</c><00:21:05.339><c> saw</c><00:21:05.579><c> him.</c>

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Who<00:21:07.000><c> were</c><00:21:07.240><c> they?</c>

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Stephen,<00:21:10.980><c> Acts</c><00:21:11.220><c> chapter</c><00:21:11.500><c> 7.</c>

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And<00:21:12.940><c> looking</c><00:21:13.119><c> up</c><00:21:13.339><c> into</c><00:21:13.500><c> heaven,</c><00:21:13.920><c> he</c><00:21:14.059><c> saw</c><00:21:14.319><c> the</c><00:21:14.440><c> Son</c><00:21:14.619><c> of</c><00:21:14.799><c> Man.</c>

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Stephen<00:21:16.480><c> saw</c><00:21:16.759><c> the</c><00:21:16.880><c> risen</c><00:21:17.160><c> Lord</c><00:21:17.519><c> in</c><00:21:18.039><c> glory.</c>

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I<00:21:19.500><c> think</c><00:21:19.819><c> Saul</c><00:21:20.200><c> is</c><00:21:20.420><c> the</c><00:21:20.480><c> next</c><00:21:20.819><c> man,</c><00:21:21.420><c> Acts</c><00:21:21.660><c> chapter</c><00:21:21.940><c> 9.</c>

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He<00:21:22.420><c> saw</c><00:21:22.640><c> the</c><00:21:22.900><c> risen</c><00:21:23.220><c> Lord</c><00:21:23.680><c> in</c><00:21:24.519><c> glory,</c>

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like<00:21:25.539><c> no</c><00:21:25.819><c> other</c><00:21:26.000><c> man</c><00:21:26.180><c> before</c><00:21:26.740><c> him</c><00:21:27.079><c> had</c><00:21:27.319><c> seen</c><00:21:27.500><c> apart</c><00:21:28.119><c> from</c><00:21:28.420><c> Stephen.</c>

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And<00:21:29.039><c> there's</c><00:21:29.339><c> one</c><00:21:29.599><c> more</c><00:21:29.839><c> to</c><00:21:30.059><c> come.</c>

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Who's<00:21:30.920><c> the</c><00:21:31.019><c> third</c><00:21:31.279><c> one,</c><00:21:31.539><c> do</c><00:21:31.700><c> you</c><00:21:31.779><c> think?</c>

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Sorry?

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Yes,<00:21:35.240><c> absolutely</c><00:21:35.519><c> right.</c>

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John,<00:21:36.259><c> whereabouts?</c>

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What<00:21:39.000><c> chapter?</c>

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Revelation<00:21:42.299><c> chapter</c><00:21:42.700><c> 1.</c>

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I<00:21:43.920><c> turned</c><00:21:44.140><c> to</c><00:21:44.319><c> hear</c><00:21:44.440><c> the</c><00:21:44.619><c> voice</c><00:21:44.880><c> that</c><00:21:45.200><c> spake</c><00:21:45.339><c> to</c><00:21:45.500><c> me,</c>

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and<00:21:45.740><c> I</c><00:21:45.960><c> saw</c><00:21:46.140><c> one</c><00:21:46.339><c> like</c><00:21:46.599><c> the</c><00:21:46.740><c> Son</c><00:21:46.880><c> of</c><00:21:47.000><c> Man</c><00:21:47.140><c> who</c><00:21:47.380><c> burned</c><00:21:47.660><c> with</c><00:21:48.039><c> fire.</c>

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And<00:21:48.799><c> when</c><00:21:48.960><c> I</c><00:21:49.220><c> saw</c><00:21:49.420><c> him,</c><00:21:49.599><c> I</c><00:21:49.880><c> fell</c><00:21:50.079><c> at</c><00:21:50.259><c> my</c><00:21:50.559><c> face</c><00:21:50.839><c> as</c><00:21:51.039><c> if</c><00:21:51.240><c> dead,</c>

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says<00:21:51.759><c> John</c><00:21:52.059><c> in</c><00:21:52.480><c> Revelation</c><00:21:52.940><c> chapter</c><00:21:53.259><c> 1.</c>

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He<00:21:53.519><c> saw</c><00:21:53.759><c> the</c><00:21:54.259><c> risen</c><00:21:54.579><c> Lord</c><00:21:55.019><c> in</c><00:21:55.660><c> glory.</c>

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Only<00:21:57.140><c> three</c><00:21:57.500><c> men</c><00:21:57.839><c> saw</c><00:21:58.119><c> that,</c><00:21:59.420><c> and</c><00:21:59.660><c> Saul's</c><00:21:59.940><c> one</c><00:22:00.079><c> of</c><00:22:00.180><c> them.</c>

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You<00:22:01.319><c> know,</c><00:22:01.380><c> I</c><00:22:01.440><c> think</c><00:22:01.539><c> he</c><00:22:01.660><c> would</c><00:22:01.839><c> probably</c><00:22:02.059><c> never,</c>

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ever<00:22:02.839><c> forget</c><00:22:03.079><c> that</c><00:22:03.319><c> experience</c><00:22:03.740><c> all</c><00:22:03.960><c> his</c><00:22:04.180><c> life.</c>

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Just<00:22:04.900><c> like</c><00:22:05.079><c> someone</c><00:22:05.319><c> else</c><00:22:05.539><c> has</c><00:22:05.660><c> had</c><00:22:05.779><c> a</c><00:22:06.019><c> dream</c><00:22:06.279><c> at</c><00:22:06.539><c> night,</c>

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this<00:22:07.279><c> man</c><00:22:07.519><c> saw</c><00:22:07.779><c> a</c><00:22:07.940><c> vision</c><00:22:08.099><c> at</c><00:22:08.400><c> noonday,</c>

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and<00:22:08.960><c> he'd</c><00:22:09.339><c> never,</c><00:22:09.619><c> ever</c><00:22:10.160><c> forget</c><00:22:10.519><c> that</c><00:22:10.799><c> moment</c><00:22:11.019><c> in</c><00:22:11.180><c> his</c><00:22:11.339><c> life.</c>

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It<00:22:11.839><c> totally</c><00:22:12.380><c> transformed</c><00:22:13.039><c> him.</c>

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Well,<00:22:14.099><c> I</c><00:22:14.180><c> hope</c><00:22:14.359><c> that</c><00:22:14.559><c> we</c><00:22:14.700><c> all</c><00:22:14.920><c> have</c><00:22:15.099><c> that</c><00:22:15.339><c> moment,</c>

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because<00:22:15.759><c> I</c><00:22:15.900><c> can</c><00:22:16.119><c> remember</c><00:22:16.440><c> mine.</c>

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I'll<00:22:18.140><c> never</c><00:22:18.339><c> forget</c><00:22:18.660><c> that</c><00:22:18.920><c> moment.</c>

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It<00:22:20.039><c> was</c><00:22:20.319><c> a</c><00:22:20.539><c> turning</c><00:22:20.819><c> point</c><00:22:21.140><c> in</c><00:22:21.279><c> my</c><00:22:21.519><c> life.</c>

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And<00:22:23.539><c> God,</c><00:22:23.859><c> by</c><00:22:23.960><c> the</c><00:22:24.119><c> way,</c><00:22:24.259><c> in</c><00:22:24.319><c> his</c><00:22:24.460><c> own</c><00:22:24.619><c> good</c><00:22:24.880><c> time,</c>

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can<00:22:25.400><c> bring</c><00:22:25.539><c> us</c><00:22:25.740><c> all</c><00:22:25.880><c> to</c><00:22:26.039><c> that</c><00:22:26.279><c> turning</c><00:22:26.619><c> point.</c>

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So<00:22:27.299><c> if</c><00:22:27.720><c> you</c><00:22:27.980><c> feel</c><00:22:28.140><c> that</c><00:22:28.319><c> you</c><00:22:28.480><c> haven't</c><00:22:28.680><c> got</c><00:22:28.960><c> there</c><00:22:29.279><c> yet,</c>

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don't<00:22:30.099><c> worry.</c>

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I<00:22:32.119><c> promise</c><00:22:32.359><c> you</c><00:22:32.539><c> the</c><00:22:32.740><c> corner</c><00:22:33.000><c> will</c><00:22:33.279><c> come.</c>

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Just<00:22:35.980><c> keep</c><00:22:36.220><c> walking</c><00:22:36.779><c> and</c><00:22:38.660><c> asking</c><00:22:38.980><c> the</c><00:22:39.220><c> Father</c><00:22:39.380><c> to</c><00:22:39.619><c> help.</c>

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So<00:22:41.559><c> coming</c><00:22:41.819><c> back</c><00:22:42.019><c> to</c><00:22:42.119><c> Acts</c><00:22:42.299><c> chapter</c><00:22:42.559><c> 9,</c><00:22:42.980><c> it</c><00:22:43.140><c> says</c><00:22:43.420><c> this,</c><00:22:44.359><c> verse</c><00:22:44.660><c> 7.</c>

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And<00:22:45.599><c> the</c><00:22:45.619><c> men</c><00:22:45.859><c> which</c><00:22:46.220><c> journeyed</c><00:22:46.599><c> with</c><00:22:46.799><c> him</c>

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:49.140
stood<00:22:47.319><c> speechless,</c><00:22:47.960><c> hearing</c><00:22:48.319><c> a</c><00:22:48.559><c> voice,</c>

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but<00:22:49.599><c> seeing</c><00:22:49.819><c> no</c><00:22:50.099><c> man.</c>

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:53.059
So<00:22:51.779><c> they</c><00:22:52.019><c> didn't</c><00:22:52.279><c> see</c><00:22:52.440><c> anything</c><00:22:52.680><c> at</c><00:22:52.900><c> all.</c>

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:56.559
The<00:22:53.200><c> only</c><00:22:53.400><c> person</c><00:22:53.700><c> who</c><00:22:53.920><c> actually</c><00:22:54.359><c> saw</c><00:22:54.920><c> the</c><00:22:55.259><c> man</c>

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was<00:22:57.480><c> Saul</c><00:22:57.680><c> himself.</c>

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All<00:22:59.099><c> the</c><00:22:59.220><c> others</c><00:22:59.380><c> heard</c><00:22:59.559><c> a</c><00:22:59.819><c> sound,</c><00:23:00.160><c> a</c><00:23:00.400><c> noise.</c>

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:03.079
They<00:23:01.099><c> couldn't</c><00:23:01.279><c> even</c><00:23:01.559><c> make</c><00:23:01.720><c> out</c><00:23:01.900><c> the</c><00:23:02.099><c> words</c><00:23:02.339><c> of</c><00:23:02.539><c> the</c><00:23:02.720><c> voice.</c>

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:05.000
Only<00:23:03.680><c> Saul</c><00:23:03.980><c> heard</c><00:23:04.240><c> the</c><00:23:04.539><c> words,</c>

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.799
and<00:23:05.380><c> only</c><00:23:05.599><c> Saul</c><00:23:05.940><c> saw</c><00:23:06.240><c> the</c><00:23:06.460><c> man.</c>

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.759
But<00:23:07.200><c> the</c><00:23:07.359><c> others</c><00:23:07.519><c> knew</c><00:23:07.700><c> that</c><00:23:07.940><c> something</c><00:23:08.200><c> was</c><00:23:08.440><c> happening</c>

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:10.299
because<00:23:09.039><c> they</c><00:23:09.279><c> heard</c><00:23:09.559><c> noise.</c>

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They<00:23:10.819><c> heard</c><00:23:11.140><c> sound.</c>

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But<00:23:13.319><c> they</c><00:23:13.500><c> didn't</c><00:23:13.779><c> comprehend</c><00:23:14.220><c> what</c><00:23:14.500><c> in</c><00:23:14.619><c> fact</c>

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was<00:23:14.920><c> happening</c><00:23:15.240><c> beyond</c><00:23:15.640><c> that.</c>

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And<00:23:16.099><c> verse</c><00:23:16.380><c> 8</c><00:23:16.700><c> says,</c><00:23:17.180><c> and</c><00:23:17.180><c> Saul</c><00:23:17.420><c> arose</c><00:23:18.140><c> from</c><00:23:18.420><c> the</c><00:23:18.619><c> earth.</c>

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:21.180
So<00:23:19.180><c> he</c><00:23:19.299><c> had</c><00:23:19.539><c> fallen</c><00:23:19.799><c> flat</c><00:23:20.059><c> on</c><00:23:20.220><c> his</c><00:23:20.400><c> face,</c><00:23:20.759><c> hadn't</c><00:23:20.839><c> he?</c>

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Fallen<00:23:21.759><c> flat</c><00:23:22.019><c> on</c><00:23:22.200><c> his</c><00:23:22.400><c> face.</c>

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:25.960
Just<00:23:23.700><c> as</c><00:23:23.880><c> John</c><00:23:24.180><c> does</c><00:23:24.480><c> in</c><00:23:24.920><c> Revelation</c><00:23:25.359><c> chapter</c><00:23:25.700><c> 1.</c>

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:27.660
And<00:23:26.299><c> when</c><00:23:26.460><c> his</c><00:23:26.619><c> eyes</c><00:23:26.819><c> were</c><00:23:27.059><c> opened,</c>

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:30.160
ah,<00:23:28.539><c> so</c><00:23:28.799><c> his</c><00:23:29.000><c> eyes</c><00:23:29.440><c> were</c><00:23:29.720><c> opened,</c>

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:34.200
so<00:23:30.680><c> therefore</c><00:23:31.000><c> his</c><00:23:31.240><c> eyes</c><00:23:31.539><c> must</c><00:23:31.819><c> have</c><00:23:32.039><c> been</c><00:23:33.339><c> closed.</c>

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What<00:23:34.559><c> closed</c><00:23:35.059><c> Saul's</c><00:23:35.680><c> eyes?</c>

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:41.400
The<00:23:39.720><c> brightness</c><00:23:40.079><c> of</c><00:23:40.299><c> the</c><00:23:40.460><c> light.</c>

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In<00:23:41.759><c> the</c><00:23:41.880><c> end,</c><00:23:42.099><c> the</c><00:23:42.180><c> vision</c><00:23:42.339><c> was</c><00:23:42.799><c> so</c><00:23:43.440><c> dazzling</c>

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:45.039
that<00:23:44.000><c> he</c><00:23:44.039><c> had</c><00:23:44.200><c> to</c><00:23:44.380><c> close</c><00:23:44.599><c> his</c><00:23:44.839><c> eyes.</c>

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:46.960
And<00:23:45.160><c> when</c><00:23:45.279><c> he</c><00:23:45.460><c> opened</c><00:23:45.640><c> them,</c>

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:51.839
it<00:23:48.220><c> says</c><00:23:48.500><c> he</c><00:23:48.799><c> saw</c><00:23:49.460><c> no</c><00:23:50.880><c> man.</c>

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:54.400
Now<00:23:52.539><c> why</c><00:23:52.819><c> was</c><00:23:53.039><c> it</c><00:23:53.160><c> that</c><00:23:53.279><c> he</c><00:23:53.460><c> saw</c><00:23:53.700><c> no</c><00:23:54.019><c> man,</c>

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:56.799
do<00:23:54.579><c> you</c><00:23:54.640><c> think,</c><00:23:54.880><c> in</c><00:23:54.960><c> Acts</c><00:23:55.180><c> chapter</c><00:23:55.480><c> 9,</c><00:23:56.220><c> verse</c><00:23:56.500><c> 8?</c>

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.960
And<00:23:57.119><c> of</c><00:23:57.200><c> course</c><00:23:57.279><c> the</c><00:23:57.400><c> answer</c><00:23:57.680><c> is,</c><00:23:57.880><c> well,</c>

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:59.440
because<00:23:58.079><c> it</c><00:23:58.180><c> wasn't</c><00:23:58.339><c> just</c><00:23:58.539><c> that</c><00:23:58.640><c> he</c><00:23:58.759><c> saw</c><00:23:58.960><c> no</c><00:23:59.200><c> man,</c>

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:02.460
he<00:23:59.619><c> saw</c><00:24:00.480><c> no</c><00:24:01.220><c> thing.</c>

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:04.599
He<00:24:02.920><c> couldn't</c><00:24:03.099><c> see</c><00:24:03.240><c> anything</c><00:24:03.400><c> at</c><00:24:03.640><c> all.</c>

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:07.579
He<00:24:05.299><c> was</c><00:24:05.559><c> actually</c><00:24:06.059><c> blind.</c>

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Totally<00:24:08.240><c> blind.</c>

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So<00:24:09.859><c> dazzling</c><00:24:10.380><c> had</c><00:24:10.660><c> the</c><00:24:10.859><c> light</c><00:24:11.059><c> been</c>

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that<00:24:11.480><c> he</c><00:24:11.579><c> was</c><00:24:11.980><c> absolutely</c><00:24:12.740><c> blinded.</c>

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:17.259
And<00:24:13.400><c> the</c><00:24:13.539><c> record</c><00:24:13.799><c> says</c><00:24:14.200><c> they</c><00:24:14.859><c> led</c><00:24:15.240><c> him</c><00:24:15.619><c> by</c><00:24:15.960><c> the</c><00:24:16.319><c> hand,</c>

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.960
and<00:24:17.500><c> they</c><00:24:17.859><c> brought</c><00:24:18.039><c> him</c><00:24:18.200><c> unto</c><00:24:18.359><c> Damascus.</c>

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:21.339
Now<00:24:19.440><c> just</c><00:24:19.619><c> hold</c><00:24:19.859><c> your</c><00:24:20.039><c> hand</c><00:24:20.240><c> in</c><00:24:20.440><c> Acts</c><00:24:20.660><c> chapter</c><00:24:21.000><c> 8,</c>

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.880
and<00:24:21.980><c> Acts</c><00:24:22.180><c> chapter</c><00:24:22.460><c> 9,</c>

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:25.880
and<00:24:23.160><c> come</c><00:24:23.420><c> back</c><00:24:23.700><c> to</c><00:24:23.920><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:24:24.440><c> chapter</c><00:24:24.839><c> 28</c><00:24:25.319><c> for</c><00:24:25.559><c> a</c><00:24:25.700><c> moment.</c>

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:29.539
I<00:24:26.480><c> wonder</c><00:24:26.740><c> if</c><00:24:26.900><c> this</c><00:24:27.220><c> passage</c><00:24:27.940><c> came</c><00:24:28.380><c> into</c><00:24:28.640><c> the</c><00:24:28.920><c> mind</c>

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:32.700
of<00:24:30.359><c> Saul</c><00:24:30.920><c> later</c><00:24:31.500><c> on</c><00:24:31.880><c> in</c><00:24:32.220><c> life,</c>

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:35.140
when<00:24:33.140><c> he</c><00:24:33.319><c> remembered</c><00:24:33.859><c> this</c><00:24:34.119><c> particular</c><00:24:34.660><c> episode</c>

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that<00:24:35.319><c> had</c><00:24:35.480><c> come</c><00:24:35.660><c> upon</c><00:24:35.960><c> him.</c>

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:38.720
Do<00:24:36.900><c> you</c><00:24:36.960><c> know</c><00:24:37.099><c> that</c><00:24:37.259><c> in</c><00:24:37.420><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:24:37.900><c> chapter</c><00:24:38.259><c> 28,</c>

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:40.859
which<00:24:38.960><c> is</c><00:24:39.519><c> the</c><00:24:39.680><c> great</c><00:24:39.980><c> book</c><00:24:40.180><c> of</c><00:24:40.380><c> the</c><00:24:40.559><c> law,</c>

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:43.980
which<00:24:41.440><c> records</c><00:24:41.960><c> the</c><00:24:42.279><c> blessings</c><00:24:42.779><c> and</c><00:24:43.380><c> cursings</c>

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:45.539
that<00:24:44.339><c> would</c><00:24:44.519><c> come</c><00:24:44.720><c> upon</c><00:24:44.940><c> Israel,</c>

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:48.460
it<00:24:46.099><c> says</c><00:24:46.339><c> this</c><00:24:46.619><c> in</c><00:24:46.859><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:24:47.420><c> chapter</c><00:24:47.759><c> 28,</c>

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and<00:24:48.839><c> firstly,</c><00:24:49.319><c> verse</c><00:24:49.500><c> 15.</c>

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It<00:24:51.779><c> says,</c><00:24:52.039><c> But</c><00:24:52.039><c> it</c><00:24:52.240><c> shall</c><00:24:52.339><c> come</c><00:24:52.599><c> to</c><00:24:52.839><c> pass,</c>

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:55.519
if<00:24:53.240><c> thou</c><00:24:53.420><c> wilt</c><00:24:53.700><c> not</c><00:24:54.259><c> hearken</c><00:24:54.619><c> unto</c><00:24:54.900><c> the</c><00:24:55.059><c> voice</c>

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of<00:24:55.920><c> the</c><00:24:56.099><c> Lord</c><00:24:56.299><c> thy</c><00:24:56.579><c> God,</c>

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:58.619
to<00:24:57.079><c> observe</c><00:24:57.500><c> to</c><00:24:57.700><c> do</c><00:24:57.859><c> all</c><00:24:58.000><c> his</c><00:24:58.140><c> commandments</c>

00:24:58.619 --> 00:25:01.319
and<00:24:58.859><c> his</c><00:24:59.119><c> statutes</c><00:24:59.599><c> that</c><00:24:59.759><c> I</c><00:25:00.000><c> command</c><00:25:00.359><c> thee</c><00:25:00.559><c> this</c><00:25:00.900><c> day,</c>

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:05.619
then<00:25:01.940><c> all</c><00:25:03.079><c> these</c><00:25:03.660><c> curses</c><00:25:04.440><c> shall</c><00:25:04.839><c> come</c><00:25:05.079><c> upon</c><00:25:05.400><c> thee</c>

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and<00:25:05.839><c> overtake</c><00:25:06.519><c> thee.</c>

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So<00:25:07.720><c> the</c><00:25:07.859><c> book</c><00:25:08.019><c> of</c><00:25:08.180><c> the</c><00:25:08.299><c> law</c><00:25:08.500><c> said</c><00:25:08.759><c> that</c><00:25:09.119><c> for</c><00:25:09.319><c> the</c><00:25:09.500><c> man</c>

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:12.400
who<00:25:09.839><c> did</c><00:25:10.039><c> not</c><00:25:10.400><c> practice</c><00:25:10.759><c> the</c><00:25:11.019><c> commandments</c><00:25:11.420><c> of</c><00:25:11.660><c> God</c><00:25:11.920><c> properly,</c>

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:15.799
the<00:25:12.960><c> following</c><00:25:13.299><c> things</c><00:25:13.859><c> could</c><00:25:14.180><c> happen</c><00:25:14.619><c> as</c><00:25:15.220><c> curses.</c>

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Verse<00:25:16.180><c> 28</c><00:25:16.559><c> and</c><00:25:16.700><c> 29.</c>

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Listen<00:25:18.079><c> to</c><00:25:18.240><c> this.</c>

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Yahweh<00:25:20.940><c> shall</c><00:25:21.200><c> smite</c><00:25:21.680><c> thee</c><00:25:21.920><c> with</c><00:25:22.259><c> madness</c>

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and<00:25:25.339><c> blindness</c>

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and<00:25:28.279><c> astonishment</c><00:25:29.000><c> of</c><00:25:29.359><c> heart,</c>

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and<00:25:31.299><c> thou</c><00:25:31.559><c> shalt</c><00:25:31.980><c> grope</c><00:25:32.720><c> at</c><00:25:33.039><c> the</c><00:25:33.480><c> noonday</c>

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as<00:25:34.819><c> the</c><00:25:35.160><c> blind</c><00:25:35.720><c> gropeth</c><00:25:36.299><c> in</c><00:25:36.680><c> darkness,</c>

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and<00:25:38.400><c> thou</c><00:25:38.619><c> shalt</c><00:25:38.799><c> not</c><00:25:39.140><c> prosper</c><00:25:39.519><c> in</c><00:25:39.779><c> thy</c><00:25:40.039><c> ways,</c>

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:44.180
and<00:25:41.619><c> thou</c><00:25:41.799><c> shalt</c><00:25:41.920><c> be</c><00:25:42.160><c> only</c><00:25:42.380><c> oppressed</c><00:25:42.859><c> and</c><00:25:43.200><c> spoiled</c><00:25:43.519><c> evermore,</c>

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and<00:25:44.539><c> no</c><00:25:45.000><c> man</c><00:25:45.500><c> shall</c><00:25:45.859><c> save</c><00:25:46.339><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:25:46.700><c> the</c><00:25:46.839><c> law</c><00:25:47.000><c> promised</c><00:25:47.539><c> for</c><00:25:47.920><c> those</c><00:25:48.160><c> that</c><00:25:48.299><c> were</c><00:25:48.480><c> disobedient</c>

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:53.019
that<00:25:49.059><c> they</c><00:25:49.200><c> would</c><00:25:49.460><c> grope</c><00:25:49.779><c> in</c><00:25:50.279><c> the</c><00:25:50.619><c> noonday</c><00:25:51.519><c> as</c><00:25:51.839><c> blind</c><00:25:52.519><c> men.</c>

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:55.940
Why?<00:25:53.720><c> What's</c><00:25:53.960><c> the</c><00:25:54.039><c> very</c><00:25:54.279><c> time</c><00:25:54.579><c> that</c><00:25:54.900><c> Saul's</c><00:25:55.299><c> involved</c><00:25:55.680><c> here</c>

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on<00:25:56.160><c> the</c><00:25:56.339><c> Damascus</c><00:25:56.779><c> road?</c>

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He's<00:25:58.099><c> groping</c><00:25:58.559><c> like</c><00:25:58.859><c> a</c><00:25:59.220><c> blind</c><00:25:59.619><c> man</c><00:26:00.059><c> at</c><00:26:00.480><c> noonday,</c><00:26:01.220><c> is</c><00:26:01.319><c> he</c><00:26:01.480><c> not?</c>

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:05.779
And<00:26:02.039><c> the</c><00:26:02.119><c> law</c><00:26:02.319><c> said,</c><00:26:03.160><c> and</c><00:26:03.160><c> no</c><00:26:03.500><c> man</c><00:26:03.839><c> shall</c><00:26:04.180><c> save</c><00:26:04.660><c> thee.</c>

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:10.819
Well,<00:26:07.240><c> thank</c><00:26:07.440><c> goodness</c><00:26:08.019><c> that</c><00:26:09.599><c> the</c><00:26:09.819><c> teaching</c><00:26:10.099><c> of</c><00:26:10.359><c> Christ</c>

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:12.759
is<00:26:11.200><c> better</c><00:26:11.519><c> than</c><00:26:11.700><c> the</c><00:26:11.900><c> law,</c>

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:14.500
because<00:26:13.319><c> under</c><00:26:13.599><c> the</c><00:26:13.720><c> law</c><00:26:13.819><c> of</c><00:26:14.059><c> Moses,</c>

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:16.859
no<00:26:14.960><c> man</c><00:26:15.279><c> could</c><00:26:15.559><c> have</c><00:26:15.859><c> saved</c><00:26:16.160><c> the</c><00:26:16.420><c> apostle</c>

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:19.059
if<00:26:17.299><c> the</c><00:26:17.539><c> curse</c><00:26:17.720><c> of</c><00:26:17.880><c> the</c><00:26:17.980><c> law</c><00:26:18.099><c> had</c><00:26:18.240><c> come</c><00:26:18.420><c> upon</c><00:26:18.740><c> him.</c>

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:21.099
But<00:26:19.460><c> in</c><00:26:19.640><c> the</c><00:26:19.740><c> case</c><00:26:19.960><c> of</c><00:26:20.119><c> Acts</c><00:26:20.359><c> chapter</c><00:26:20.660><c> 9,</c>

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:24.039
a<00:26:21.519><c> man</c><00:26:21.720><c> was</c><00:26:22.140><c> prepared</c><00:26:22.619><c> to</c><00:26:23.019><c> save</c><00:26:23.539><c> Saul</c>

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:26.119
and<00:26:24.480><c> to</c><00:26:24.720><c> reach</c><00:26:24.960><c> out</c><00:26:25.220><c> and</c><00:26:25.500><c> touch</c><00:26:25.740><c> him,</c>

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:27.579
and<00:26:26.440><c> that</c><00:26:26.640><c> man</c><00:26:26.900><c> was</c><00:26:27.180><c> Christ.</c>

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.960
Arise,<00:26:28.200><c> go</c><00:26:28.380><c> into</c><00:26:28.539><c> the</c><00:26:28.740><c> city,</c>

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:31.839
and<00:26:29.579><c> it</c><00:26:29.759><c> shall</c><00:26:29.920><c> be</c><00:26:30.180><c> told</c><00:26:30.420><c> thee</c><00:26:30.539><c> what</c><00:26:30.720><c> thou</c><00:26:30.920><c> must</c><00:26:31.380><c> do</c>

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:34.019
to<00:26:32.079><c> be</c><00:26:32.460><c> saved</c><00:26:32.960><c> is</c><00:26:33.160><c> the</c><00:26:33.380><c> implication.</c>

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:36.259
So<00:26:34.519><c> coming</c><00:26:34.680><c> back</c><00:26:34.900><c> to</c><00:26:35.000><c> Acts</c><00:26:35.220><c> chapter</c><00:26:35.460><c> 9</c><00:26:35.720><c> and</c><00:26:35.859><c> verse</c><00:26:36.059><c> 8,</c>

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.059
it<00:26:36.420><c> says</c><00:26:36.660><c> this,</c>

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:38.980
And<00:26:37.500><c> Saul</c><00:26:37.819><c> arose</c><00:26:38.380><c> from</c><00:26:38.599><c> the</c><00:26:38.779><c> earth,</c>

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:41.380
and<00:26:39.279><c> when</c><00:26:39.420><c> his</c><00:26:39.579><c> eyes</c><00:26:39.779><c> were</c><00:26:40.000><c> opened</c><00:26:40.240><c> he</c><00:26:40.460><c> saw</c><00:26:40.799><c> no</c><00:26:41.079><c> man,</c>

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:44.299
but<00:26:41.660><c> they</c><00:26:42.380><c> led</c><00:26:42.779><c> him</c><00:26:43.220><c> by</c><00:26:43.559><c> the</c><00:26:43.859><c> hand</c>

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:46.420
and<00:26:44.880><c> brought</c><00:26:45.180><c> him</c><00:26:45.359><c> into</c><00:26:45.660><c> Damascus.</c>

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.839
Quite<00:26:47.160><c> interesting,</c><00:26:47.720><c> really.</c>

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:50.740
Do<00:26:48.039><c> you</c><00:26:48.079><c> know</c><00:26:48.180><c> what</c><00:26:48.420><c> Saul</c><00:26:48.700><c> intended</c><00:26:49.160><c> to</c><00:26:49.380><c> do</c><00:26:49.460><c> on</c><00:26:49.640><c> this</c><00:26:49.839><c> journey?</c>

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.900
Verse<00:26:51.920><c> 2.</c>

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:56.819
He<00:26:54.180><c> desired</c><00:26:54.640><c> of</c><00:26:54.819><c> him</c><00:26:55.200><c> letters</c><00:26:55.720><c> to</c><00:26:56.160><c> Damascus,</c>

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.779
to<00:26:56.980><c> the</c><00:26:57.180><c> synagogues,</c>

00:26:57.799 --> 00:27:00.859
that<00:26:58.220><c> if</c><00:26:58.420><c> he</c><00:26:58.720><c> found</c><00:26:59.180><c> any</c><00:26:59.579><c> of</c><00:26:59.799><c> this</c><00:27:00.119><c> way,</c>

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:03.299
whether<00:27:01.359><c> they</c><00:27:01.579><c> were</c><00:27:02.000><c> men</c><00:27:02.339><c> or</c><00:27:02.880><c> women,</c>

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:05.940
he<00:27:03.599><c> might</c><00:27:03.940><c> bring</c><00:27:04.299><c> them</c><00:27:04.660><c> bound</c><00:27:05.039><c> unto</c><00:27:05.299><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:08.119
So<00:27:06.480><c> you</c><00:27:06.579><c> see,</c><00:27:07.160><c> Saul</c><00:27:07.259><c> saw</c><00:27:07.559><c> himself</c>

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:11.400
as<00:27:08.539><c> the</c><00:27:08.980><c> savior</c><00:27:09.579><c> of</c><00:27:10.259><c> the</c><00:27:10.559><c> Jewish</c><00:27:10.819><c> faith,</c>

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:13.640
and<00:27:12.039><c> he</c><00:27:12.200><c> was</c><00:27:12.400><c> going</c><00:27:12.519><c> to</c><00:27:12.619><c> go</c><00:27:12.799><c> into</c><00:27:13.059><c> Damascus,</c>

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:15.400
and<00:27:13.980><c> he</c><00:27:14.019><c> was</c><00:27:14.180><c> going</c><00:27:14.319><c> to</c><00:27:14.460><c> take</c><00:27:14.640><c> the</c><00:27:14.880><c> men</c><00:27:15.059><c> and</c><00:27:15.200><c> women</c>

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:17.380
that<00:27:15.579><c> had</c><00:27:15.819><c> followed</c><00:27:16.160><c> this</c><00:27:16.700><c> messiah,</c>

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.359
Jesus<00:27:17.759><c> of</c><00:27:17.960><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:21.160
and<00:27:18.920><c> he,</c><00:27:19.500><c> as</c><00:27:19.640><c> the</c><00:27:19.920><c> leader</c><00:27:20.240><c> and</c><00:27:20.740><c> savior</c>

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:22.420
of<00:27:21.440><c> the</c><00:27:21.579><c> Jewish</c><00:27:21.839><c> people,</c>

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:25.180
was<00:27:22.720><c> going</c><00:27:22.920><c> to</c><00:27:23.180><c> lead</c><00:27:23.500><c> them</c><00:27:23.920><c> out</c><00:27:24.380><c> of</c><00:27:24.640><c> Damascus</c>

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:26.920
back<00:27:25.500><c> to</c><00:27:25.660><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:26.140><c> to</c><00:27:26.319><c> be</c><00:27:26.519><c> punished.</c>

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:29.519
He<00:27:27.640><c> would</c><00:27:28.059><c> lead</c><00:27:28.400><c> them.</c>

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:32.900
And<00:27:30.420><c> instead</c><00:27:30.839><c> he</c><00:27:31.019><c> finds</c><00:27:31.339><c> himself</c><00:27:31.740><c> in</c><00:27:31.920><c> Acts</c><00:27:32.099><c> chapter</c><00:27:32.359><c> 9</c>

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:34.980
and<00:27:33.200><c> verse</c><00:27:33.440><c> 8</c><00:27:33.660><c> when</c><00:27:33.819><c> it</c><00:27:34.000><c> says,</c>

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:37.220
When<00:27:35.559><c> his</c><00:27:35.680><c> eyes</c><00:27:35.880><c> were</c><00:27:36.059><c> opened</c><00:27:36.279><c> he</c><00:27:36.420><c> saw</c><00:27:36.680><c> no</c><00:27:36.920><c> man,</c>

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:43.279
and<00:27:38.079><c> they</c><00:27:39.000><c> led</c><00:27:40.240><c> him</c><00:27:41.019><c> by</c><00:27:41.400><c> the</c><00:27:41.660><c> hand</c><00:27:42.180><c> into</c><00:27:42.680><c> Damascus.</c>

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:45.619
It<00:27:43.559><c> was</c><00:27:43.759><c> the</c><00:27:43.880><c> very</c><00:27:44.180><c> opposite</c><00:27:44.539><c> of</c><00:27:44.700><c> what</c><00:27:44.880><c> Saul</c><00:27:45.259><c> thought</c>

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.839
was<00:27:45.819><c> going</c><00:27:45.960><c> to</c><00:27:46.099><c> happen</c><00:27:46.259><c> in</c><00:27:46.400><c> his</c><00:27:46.559><c> life.</c>

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.759
You<00:27:47.319><c> know</c><00:27:47.440><c> that</c><00:27:47.559><c> sometimes</c><00:27:48.039><c> as</c><00:27:48.240><c> young</c><00:27:48.460><c> people,</c>

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:52.779
we<00:27:48.960><c> really</c><00:27:49.500><c> believe</c><00:27:50.119><c> that</c><00:27:50.720><c> we</c><00:27:50.920><c> are</c><00:27:51.259><c> in</c><00:27:51.839><c> control</c>

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:54.680
of<00:27:53.160><c> our</c><00:27:53.420><c> destiny.</c>

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:58.200
Oh,<00:27:56.799><c> no</c><00:27:56.920><c> you're</c><00:27:57.099><c> not.</c>

00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:00.660
Not<00:27:59.420><c> at</c><00:27:59.640><c> all.</c>

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:03.599
This<00:28:02.160><c> is</c><00:28:02.200><c> one</c><00:28:02.380><c> of</c><00:28:02.420><c> those</c><00:28:02.700><c> mad</c><00:28:03.079><c> nightmares</c>

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:06.119
that<00:28:03.940><c> young</c><00:28:04.099><c> people</c><00:28:04.359><c> go</c><00:28:04.640><c> through</c><00:28:04.920><c> for</c><00:28:05.099><c> a</c><00:28:05.240><c> moment,</c>

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:09.000
where<00:28:07.619><c> they</c><00:28:07.880><c> think</c><00:28:08.039><c> that</c><00:28:08.180><c> they're</c><00:28:08.380><c> in</c><00:28:08.680><c> charge</c>

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.839
of<00:28:09.140><c> their</c><00:28:09.319><c> own</c><00:28:09.539><c> lives,</c>

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:12.000
and<00:28:10.000><c> they've</c><00:28:10.259><c> got</c><00:28:10.339><c> it</c><00:28:10.460><c> all</c><00:28:10.559><c> under</c><00:28:10.880><c> control.</c>

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:17.779
And<00:28:14.059><c> one</c><00:28:14.259><c> day</c><00:28:14.480><c> we</c><00:28:14.660><c> have</c><00:28:14.880><c> to</c><00:28:16.660><c> realize</c><00:28:17.259><c> that,</c>

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:20.660
thankfully,<00:28:18.339><c> God</c><00:28:18.599><c> leads</c><00:28:18.900><c> us</c><00:28:19.180><c> by</c><00:28:19.380><c> the</c><00:28:19.539><c> hand,</c>

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:24.720
and<00:28:22.339><c> that</c><00:28:22.420><c> he's</c><00:28:22.599><c> prepared</c><00:28:22.900><c> to</c><00:28:23.099><c> do</c><00:28:23.259><c> that</c>

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:28.420
if<00:28:26.059><c> we're</c><00:28:26.380><c> prepared</c><00:28:26.640><c> to</c><00:28:26.819><c> put</c><00:28:26.960><c> our</c><00:28:27.200><c> hand</c><00:28:27.380><c> in</c><00:28:27.559><c> his.</c>

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:32.079
And<00:28:30.900><c> we</c><00:28:31.000><c> come</c><00:28:31.160><c> to</c><00:28:31.259><c> that</c><00:28:31.440><c> moment</c><00:28:31.619><c> in</c><00:28:31.779><c> our</c><00:28:31.920><c> life</c>

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:33.579
and<00:28:32.200><c> we</c><00:28:32.400><c> realize,</c><00:28:32.900><c> as</c><00:28:33.079><c> I</c><00:28:33.200><c> said</c><00:28:33.299><c> before,</c>

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:36.779
that<00:28:33.740><c> we</c><00:28:33.839><c> don't</c><00:28:34.059><c> know</c><00:28:34.220><c> as</c><00:28:34.359><c> much</c><00:28:34.519><c> as</c><00:28:34.720><c> we</c><00:28:34.940><c> thought</c><00:28:35.160><c> we</c><00:28:35.420><c> did,</c>

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:39.619
and<00:28:37.980><c> that</c><00:28:38.119><c> we're</c><00:28:38.299><c> really</c><00:28:38.720><c> groping</c><00:28:39.119><c> around</c>

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:42.599
like<00:28:40.240><c> blind</c><00:28:40.539><c> men</c><00:28:40.900><c> in</c><00:28:41.099><c> the</c><00:28:41.240><c> noonday.</c>

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:45.839
And<00:28:43.880><c> we'd</c><00:28:44.039><c> very</c><00:28:44.259><c> much</c><00:28:44.559><c> like</c><00:28:44.799><c> someone</c><00:28:45.119><c> to</c><00:28:45.339><c> lead</c><00:28:45.480><c> us</c>

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:49.140
to<00:28:46.200><c> realize</c><00:28:46.200><c> he</c><00:28:46.420><c> was</c><00:28:46.640><c> dead</c><00:28:46.940><c> and</c><00:28:48.640><c> buried.</c>

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.519
And<00:28:50.059><c> what's</c><00:28:50.279><c> going</c><00:28:50.400><c> to</c><00:28:50.460><c> happen</c><00:28:50.700><c> to</c><00:28:50.920><c> Saul</c><00:28:51.160><c> here</c>

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:53.900
is<00:28:51.660><c> he's</c><00:28:51.859><c> going</c><00:28:52.019><c> to</c><00:28:52.299><c> experience</c><00:28:52.779><c> in</c><00:28:53.059><c> his</c><00:28:53.339><c> own</c><00:28:53.599><c> life</c>

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:56.140
a<00:28:54.240><c> typical</c><00:28:54.819><c> death.</c>

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:58.640
He<00:28:56.660><c> was</c><00:28:56.859><c> three</c><00:28:57.039><c> days</c><00:28:57.319><c> without</c><00:28:57.700><c> sight.</c>

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.799
And<00:28:59.980><c> a</c><00:29:00.119><c> typical</c><00:29:00.440><c> burial.</c>

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:02.099
He<00:29:01.079><c> neither</c><00:29:01.339><c> did</c><00:29:01.519><c> eat</c><00:29:01.660><c> nor</c><00:29:01.880><c> drink.</c>

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:04.220
He's<00:29:02.299><c> like</c><00:29:02.500><c> a</c><00:29:02.640><c> dead</c><00:29:02.880><c> man.</c>

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:07.299
And<00:29:06.160><c> eventually</c><00:29:06.519><c> he's</c><00:29:06.700><c> going</c><00:29:06.859><c> to</c><00:29:07.000><c> experience</c>

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.559
a<00:29:07.460><c> typical</c><00:29:07.980><c> resurrection,</c>

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:10.720
because<00:29:08.940><c> Acts</c><00:29:09.160><c> 9</c><00:29:09.440><c> verse</c><00:29:09.720><c> 18</c><00:29:10.220><c> says,</c>

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:12.220
And<00:29:11.160><c> at</c><00:29:11.279><c> the</c><00:29:11.359><c> end</c><00:29:11.519><c> of</c><00:29:11.619><c> the</c><00:29:11.759><c> three</c><00:29:11.960><c> days,</c>

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.900
immediately<00:29:12.720><c> there</c><00:29:12.940><c> fell</c><00:29:13.160><c> from</c><00:29:13.380><c> his</c><00:29:13.579><c> eyes,</c>

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.960
as<00:29:14.160><c> it</c><00:29:14.299><c> had</c><00:29:14.400><c> been</c><00:29:14.680><c> scaled,</c>

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:17.579
and<00:29:15.119><c> he</c><00:29:15.180><c> received</c><00:29:15.680><c> sight</c><00:29:16.099><c> forthwith,</c>

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and<00:29:17.759><c> he</c><00:29:18.259><c> arose.</c>

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So<00:29:19.740><c> there's</c><00:29:19.960><c> a</c><00:29:20.059><c> typical</c><00:29:20.359><c> death.</c>

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.759
He's<00:29:21.579><c> three</c><00:29:21.819><c> days</c><00:29:22.099><c> without</c><00:29:22.519><c> sight.</c>

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.819
There's<00:29:23.000><c> a</c><00:29:23.119><c> typical</c><00:29:23.460><c> burial.</c>

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:26.539
He's<00:29:24.200><c> three</c><00:29:24.519><c> days</c><00:29:24.819><c> without</c><00:29:25.279><c> eat</c><00:29:25.500><c> and</c><00:29:25.680><c> drink.</c>

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:29.000
And<00:29:26.619><c> he</c><00:29:27.839><c> has</c><00:29:28.000><c> a</c><00:29:28.160><c> typical</c><00:29:28.460><c> resurrection.</c>

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:31.380
After<00:29:29.539><c> three</c><00:29:29.859><c> days</c><00:29:30.180><c> he</c><00:29:30.359><c> shall</c><00:29:30.680><c> arise.</c>

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.160
Verse<00:29:31.740><c> 18.</c>

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:34.839
He's<00:29:32.700><c> going</c><00:29:32.839><c> to</c><00:29:33.000><c> go</c><00:29:33.160><c> through</c><00:29:33.380><c> the</c><00:29:33.599><c> very</c><00:29:33.880><c> experience</c>

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:38.700
of<00:29:35.279><c> our</c><00:29:35.579><c> Lord</c><00:29:36.019><c> Jesus</c><00:29:36.859><c> Christ</c><00:29:37.420><c> himself.</c>

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:41.099
And<00:29:39.720><c> I</c><00:29:40.019><c> can</c><00:29:40.200><c> just</c><00:29:40.480><c> imagine</c>

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:43.380
what<00:29:41.519><c> those</c><00:29:42.140><c> three</c><00:29:42.480><c> days</c><00:29:42.819><c> must</c><00:29:43.039><c> have</c><00:29:43.160><c> been</c><00:29:43.259><c> like.</c>

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:44.660
Why<00:29:43.519><c> do</c><00:29:43.599><c> you</c><00:29:43.700><c> think</c><00:29:44.380><c> it</c><00:29:44.519><c> says</c>

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:46.059
he<00:29:44.819><c> did</c><00:29:45.079><c> neither</c><00:29:45.259><c> eat</c><00:29:45.480><c> or</c><00:29:45.680><c> drink?</c>

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.259
Any<00:29:46.599><c> thoughts</c><00:29:46.819><c> on</c><00:29:47.000><c> that?</c>

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:49.799
Why<00:29:47.839><c> would</c><00:29:47.980><c> he</c><00:29:48.119><c> neither</c><00:29:48.339><c> eat</c><00:29:48.599><c> or</c><00:29:48.839><c> drink?</c>

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:51.500
Simply<00:29:50.519><c> because</c><00:29:50.680><c> he</c><00:29:50.819><c> was</c><00:29:51.059><c> blind.</c>

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:53.779
Didn't<00:29:51.799><c> mean</c><00:29:51.960><c> he</c><00:29:52.019><c> had</c><00:29:52.160><c> to</c><00:29:52.299><c> stop</c><00:29:52.480><c> eating</c><00:29:52.740><c> and</c><00:29:52.940><c> drinking.</c>

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:57.960
Why<00:29:56.019><c> would</c><00:29:56.220><c> someone</c><00:29:56.400><c> not</c><00:29:56.680><c> eat</c><00:29:56.859><c> or</c><00:29:57.079><c> drink?</c>

00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:01.079
From<00:29:59.299><c> a</c><00:29:59.519><c> scriptural</c><00:29:59.880><c> perspective.</c>

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.579
Well,<00:30:01.980><c> let</c><00:30:02.099><c> me</c><00:30:02.160><c> put</c><00:30:02.279><c> it</c><00:30:02.440><c> to</c><00:30:02.500><c> you.</c>

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:04.019
If<00:30:02.680><c> you</c><00:30:02.819><c> don't</c><00:30:02.980><c> eat</c><00:30:03.140><c> and</c><00:30:03.299><c> drink,</c>

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:06.220
scripturally,<00:30:04.839><c> what's</c><00:30:05.000><c> that</c><00:30:05.240><c> called?</c>

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It's<00:30:08.660><c> fasting.</c>

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.779
You<00:30:09.920><c> say</c><00:30:10.180><c> fast?</c>

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:13.880
We<00:30:10.940><c> say</c><00:30:12.599><c> fast.</c>

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:15.160
But<00:30:14.200><c> it's</c><00:30:14.420><c> the</c><00:30:14.500><c> same</c><00:30:14.680><c> word,</c>

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:17.319
and<00:30:15.720><c> definitely</c><00:30:16.000><c> the</c><00:30:16.180><c> same</c><00:30:16.339><c> idea.</c>

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:20.940
And<00:30:18.480><c> I</c><00:30:18.660><c> think</c><00:30:18.819><c> this</c><00:30:19.019><c> was</c><00:30:19.240><c> the</c><00:30:19.559><c> fast</c><00:30:19.880><c> of</c><00:30:20.180><c> repentance,</c>

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:22.579
wasn't<00:30:21.460><c> it?</c>

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:27.119
It's<00:30:23.700><c> the</c><00:30:23.980><c> fast</c><00:30:24.480><c> of</c><00:30:24.920><c> repentance</c><00:30:25.599><c> in</c><00:30:26.339><c> Saul's</c><00:30:26.779><c> life,</c>

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.460
that<00:30:27.440><c> for</c><00:30:27.619><c> those</c><00:30:27.920><c> three</c><00:30:28.160><c> days</c>

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.680
he<00:30:28.619><c> did</c><00:30:28.819><c> neither</c><00:30:29.059><c> eat</c><00:30:29.299><c> or</c><00:30:29.480><c> drink.</c>

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:31.539
What<00:30:30.019><c> do</c><00:30:30.140><c> you</c><00:30:30.140><c> think</c><00:30:30.220><c> he</c><00:30:30.339><c> was</c><00:30:30.500><c> doing</c><00:30:30.680><c> in</c><00:30:30.819><c> those</c><00:30:31.039><c> three</c><00:30:31.279><c> days,</c>

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:33.319
apart<00:30:31.859><c> from</c><00:30:31.980><c> the</c><00:30:32.039><c> fact</c><00:30:32.140><c> that</c><00:30:32.240><c> he</c><00:30:32.279><c> was</c><00:30:32.460><c> fasting?</c>

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.779
What<00:30:33.480><c> do</c><00:30:33.579><c> you</c><00:30:33.579><c> think</c><00:30:33.700><c> he</c><00:30:33.799><c> was</c><00:30:33.960><c> doing?</c>

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.799
He<00:30:35.400><c> was</c><00:30:35.559><c> what?</c>

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.579
Reflecting.

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.880
Reflecting,<00:30:37.279><c> I</c><00:30:37.400><c> like</c><00:30:37.660><c> that.</c>

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:40.039
Now<00:30:38.160><c> just</c><00:30:38.420><c> expand</c><00:30:38.880><c> on</c><00:30:39.079><c> the</c><00:30:39.180><c> idea</c><00:30:39.420><c> of</c><00:30:39.680><c> reflecting.</c>

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:42.720
Reflecting<00:30:40.900><c> on</c><00:30:41.059><c> probably</c><00:30:41.319><c> a</c><00:30:41.519><c> thousand</c><00:30:41.900><c> different</c><00:30:42.220><c> things,</c>

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:45.200
but<00:30:43.279><c> he</c><00:30:43.400><c> was</c><00:30:43.559><c> doing</c><00:30:43.720><c> more</c><00:30:43.940><c> than</c><00:30:44.140><c> reflecting.</c>

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:47.000
Because<00:30:45.380><c> you</c><00:30:45.640><c> see</c><00:30:45.700><c> what</c><00:30:45.859><c> it</c><00:30:46.119><c> says</c><00:30:46.299><c> later</c><00:30:46.640><c> on,</c>

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.940
in<00:30:47.160><c> Acts</c><00:30:47.380><c> chapter</c><00:30:47.660><c> 9,</c>

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:51.759
it<00:30:48.119><c> says</c><00:30:48.440><c> this,</c><00:30:49.460><c> verse</c><00:30:49.740><c> 11.</c>

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:53.740
And<00:30:51.940><c> the</c><00:30:51.980><c> Lord</c><00:30:52.259><c> said</c><00:30:52.460><c> unto</c><00:30:53.019><c> Ananias,</c>

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:55.880
Arise<00:30:54.160><c> and</c><00:30:54.279><c> go</c><00:30:54.480><c> into</c><00:30:54.660><c> the</c><00:30:54.859><c> street</c><00:30:54.980><c> which</c><00:30:55.140><c> is</c><00:30:55.359><c> called</c><00:30:55.579><c> straight</c>

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:57.279
and<00:30:56.140><c> inquire</c><00:30:56.480><c> in</c><00:30:56.599><c> the</c><00:30:56.720><c> house</c><00:30:56.900><c> of</c><00:30:57.119><c> Judas</c>

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.980
for<00:30:57.440><c> one</c><00:30:57.680><c> called</c><00:30:57.980><c> Saul</c><00:30:58.319><c> of</c><00:30:58.539><c> Tarsus,</c>

00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:02.880
for<00:30:59.220><c> behold,</c><00:31:01.920><c> he</c><00:31:02.299><c> prayeth.</c>

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:04.819
Ah,<00:31:03.740><c> I</c><00:31:03.819><c> think</c><00:31:03.960><c> that's</c><00:31:04.160><c> what</c><00:31:04.279><c> he</c><00:31:04.420><c> was</c><00:31:04.559><c> doing.</c>

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:07.140
He'd<00:31:05.480><c> given</c><00:31:05.619><c> up</c><00:31:05.880><c> eat</c><00:31:06.000><c> and</c><00:31:07.000><c> drink,</c>

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.859
food<00:31:07.420><c> and</c><00:31:07.740><c> drink,</c>

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:11.980
because<00:31:08.160><c> he</c><00:31:08.339><c> wanted</c><00:31:08.599><c> to</c><00:31:08.940><c> focus</c><00:31:09.440><c> his</c><00:31:10.000><c> mind</c><00:31:10.519><c> on</c><00:31:11.220><c> reflection</c>

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:13.859
and<00:31:12.740><c> on</c><00:31:13.099><c> prayer</c><00:31:13.299><c> to</c><00:31:13.460><c> the</c><00:31:13.640><c> Father.</c>

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:17.440
And<00:31:14.079><c> for</c><00:31:14.319><c> three</c><00:31:14.700><c> days</c><00:31:15.339><c> he</c><00:31:15.880><c> prayed</c><00:31:16.440><c> and</c><00:31:17.099><c> prayed</c>

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:20.420
and<00:31:17.880><c> prayed</c><00:31:18.299><c> for</c><00:31:18.559><c> help</c><00:31:18.779><c> from</c><00:31:19.400><c> God.</c>

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:23.119
And<00:31:20.880><c> that's</c><00:31:21.299><c> all</c><00:31:21.559><c> part</c><00:31:21.720><c> of</c><00:31:21.880><c> our</c><00:31:22.140><c> conversion</c><00:31:22.519><c> experience</c>

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:24.619
for<00:31:23.339><c> every</c><00:31:23.480><c> one</c><00:31:23.599><c> of</c><00:31:23.740><c> us.</c>

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:27.000
You<00:31:25.200><c> know</c><00:31:25.359><c> that</c><00:31:25.599><c> prayer</c><00:31:25.759><c> is</c><00:31:25.819><c> one</c><00:31:25.980><c> of</c><00:31:26.059><c> the</c><00:31:26.180><c> hardest</c><00:31:26.440><c> things,</c>

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:28.220
isn't<00:31:27.240><c> it?</c>

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:31.400
Hands<00:31:28.799><c> up</c><00:31:28.940><c> those</c><00:31:29.099><c> that</c><00:31:29.319><c> find</c><00:31:29.480><c> prayer</c><00:31:29.759><c> easy.</c>

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:37.400
Hands<00:31:35.400><c> up</c><00:31:35.539><c> those</c><00:31:35.759><c> that</c><00:31:36.140><c> find</c><00:31:36.299><c> prayer</c><00:31:36.559><c> difficult.</c>

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:42.519
Hands<00:31:40.380><c> up</c><00:31:40.500><c> those</c><00:31:40.700><c> that</c><00:31:40.920><c> find</c><00:31:41.039><c> it</c><00:31:41.220><c> hard</c><00:31:41.380><c> to</c><00:31:41.640><c> start</c><00:31:41.920><c> prayer</c>

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:44.099
or<00:31:42.779><c> to</c><00:31:42.960><c> begin</c><00:31:43.160><c> the</c><00:31:43.380><c> habit</c><00:31:43.579><c> of</c><00:31:43.839><c> prayer</c>

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:45.279
or<00:31:44.259><c> to</c><00:31:44.519><c> develop</c><00:31:44.779><c> the</c><00:31:44.920><c> habit</c><00:31:45.059><c> of</c><00:31:45.200><c> prayer.</c>

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:46.839
We<00:31:45.720><c> all</c><00:31:45.940><c> struggle</c><00:31:46.319><c> with</c><00:31:46.599><c> prayer.</c>

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.440
It's<00:31:47.019><c> not</c><00:31:47.220><c> easy.</c>

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.799
What<00:31:47.700><c> language</c><00:31:48.059><c> should</c><00:31:48.220><c> we</c><00:31:48.480><c> use?</c>

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.940
How<00:31:49.339><c> should</c><00:31:49.500><c> we</c><00:31:49.740><c> pray?</c>

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:51.059
What<00:31:50.200><c> should</c><00:31:50.380><c> we</c><00:31:50.579><c> pray</c><00:31:50.740><c> about?</c>

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:53.200
That's<00:31:51.660><c> another</c><00:31:51.819><c> whole</c><00:31:52.099><c> different</c><00:31:52.460><c> story,</c><00:31:52.819><c> by</c><00:31:53.019><c> the</c><00:31:53.119><c> way.</c>

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:55.000
Do<00:31:53.359><c> you</c><00:31:53.380><c> know</c><00:31:53.500><c> that</c><00:31:53.859><c> in</c><00:31:54.019><c> Old</c><00:31:54.240><c> Testament</c><00:31:54.619><c> times</c>

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.359
the<00:31:55.240><c> Jews</c><00:31:55.420><c> had</c><00:31:55.700><c> three</c><00:31:56.039><c> prayers?</c>

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:58.759
One<00:31:56.599><c> in</c><00:31:56.720><c> the</c><00:31:56.839><c> morning,</c><00:31:57.160><c> one</c><00:31:57.299><c> at</c><00:31:57.539><c> noon</c><00:31:57.759><c> day,</c><00:31:58.019><c> and</c><00:31:58.180><c> one</c><00:31:58.319><c> at</c><00:31:58.559><c> night.</c>

00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:00.859
And<00:31:58.880><c> I</c><00:31:59.119><c> think</c><00:31:59.539><c> that</c><00:31:59.920><c> those</c><00:32:00.240><c> three</c><00:32:00.579><c> prayers</c>

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:02.940
are<00:32:01.079><c> for</c><00:32:01.200><c> three</c><00:32:01.480><c> different</c><00:32:01.839><c> purposes.</c>

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:04.640
That<00:32:03.220><c> our</c><00:32:03.460><c> three</c><00:32:03.839><c> prayers</c><00:32:04.140><c> of</c><00:32:04.359><c> the</c><00:32:04.519><c> day,</c>

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:06.220
I<00:32:04.740><c> think</c><00:32:04.839><c> we</c><00:32:04.960><c> should</c><00:32:05.099><c> have</c><00:32:05.259><c> those</c><00:32:05.619><c> three</c><00:32:05.880><c> prayers.</c>

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:08.579
And<00:32:06.720><c> I</c><00:32:06.779><c> think</c><00:32:06.920><c> each</c><00:32:07.279><c> prayer</c><00:32:07.420><c> is</c><00:32:07.539><c> for</c><00:32:07.700><c> a</c><00:32:07.819><c> different</c><00:32:08.000><c> objective.</c>

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:11.000
The<00:32:09.099><c> prayer</c><00:32:09.220><c> of</c><00:32:09.380><c> the</c><00:32:09.539><c> morning</c><00:32:09.759><c> is</c><00:32:09.900><c> not</c><00:32:10.039><c> for</c><00:32:10.180><c> the</c><00:32:10.359><c> same</c><00:32:10.619><c> purpose</c>

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:12.140
as<00:32:11.180><c> the</c><00:32:11.359><c> prayer</c><00:32:11.480><c> of</c><00:32:11.660><c> the</c><00:32:11.819><c> evening.</c>

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:14.339
And<00:32:12.660><c> the</c><00:32:12.799><c> prayer</c><00:32:12.920><c> at</c><00:32:13.140><c> noon</c><00:32:13.359><c> day</c><00:32:13.579><c> is</c><00:32:13.779><c> different</c><00:32:14.019><c> again</c>

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:16.680
to<00:32:14.680><c> the</c><00:32:14.940><c> two</c><00:32:15.079><c> at</c><00:32:15.240><c> the</c><00:32:15.400><c> beginning</c><00:32:15.579><c> and</c><00:32:15.940><c> start</c><00:32:16.119><c> of</c><00:32:16.319><c> the</c><00:32:16.460><c> day.</c>

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:19.559
We've<00:32:17.299><c> got</c><00:32:17.339><c> to</c><00:32:17.539><c> develop</c><00:32:17.799><c> the</c><00:32:18.180><c> habit</c><00:32:18.440><c> of</c><00:32:18.740><c> prayer.</c>

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:23.660
And<00:32:20.940><c> Saul</c><00:32:21.279><c> is</c><00:32:21.660><c> going</c><00:32:21.839><c> to</c><00:32:22.200><c> pray</c><00:32:22.420><c> for</c><00:32:22.640><c> that</c><00:32:22.819><c> period</c><00:32:23.099><c> of</c><00:32:23.380><c> time.</c>

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:26.059
And<00:32:24.160><c> so</c><00:32:24.279><c> what</c><00:32:24.460><c> would</c><00:32:24.519><c> he</c><00:32:24.619><c> have</c><00:32:24.680><c> been</c><00:32:24.880><c> praying</c><00:32:25.180><c> for</c><00:32:25.460><c> most</c><00:32:25.740><c> of</c><00:32:25.900><c> all,</c>

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.559
do<00:32:26.220><c> you</c><00:32:26.259><c> think?</c>

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:31.099
What<00:32:26.799><c> do</c><00:32:26.799><c> you</c><00:32:28.640><c> think</c><00:32:28.779><c> he</c><00:32:28.859><c> was</c><00:32:29.059><c> praying</c><00:32:29.299><c> for</c><00:32:29.519><c> most</c><00:32:29.819><c> of</c><00:32:30.000><c> all?</c>

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.400
Probably<00:32:32.339><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:36.720
Because<00:32:34.660><c> now</c><00:32:34.859><c> he</c><00:32:35.059><c> realizes</c><00:32:35.440><c> that</c><00:32:35.660><c> his</c><00:32:35.799><c> life</c><00:32:35.980><c> is</c><00:32:36.180><c> upside</c><00:32:36.519><c> down</c>

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:39.519
and<00:32:36.880><c> inside</c><00:32:37.200><c> out</c><00:32:37.420><c> and</c><00:32:37.579><c> back</c><00:32:37.759><c> to</c><00:32:37.940><c> front</c><00:32:38.059><c> and</c><00:32:38.200><c> the</c><00:32:38.299><c> wrong</c><00:32:38.440><c> way</c><00:32:38.660><c> around.</c>

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:42.559
And<00:32:40.140><c> he</c><00:32:40.460><c> needs</c><00:32:40.819><c> the</c><00:32:41.119><c> Father</c><00:32:41.339><c> to</c><00:32:41.519><c> help</c><00:32:41.700><c> him</c><00:32:41.859><c> out</c><00:32:42.000><c> of</c><00:32:42.140><c> all</c><00:32:42.319><c> this</c>

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:44.839
and<00:32:43.480><c> lead</c><00:32:43.720><c> him</c><00:32:44.000><c> into</c><00:32:44.240><c> the</c><00:32:44.380><c> right</c><00:32:44.599><c> way.</c>

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:48.500
Oh<00:32:45.160><c> yes,</c><00:32:45.680><c> so</c><00:32:45.880><c> he</c><00:32:45.980><c> said</c><00:32:46.140><c> no</c><00:32:46.480><c> food,</c><00:32:47.339><c> no</c><00:32:47.539><c> drink,</c>

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:51.839
lying<00:32:49.079><c> on</c><00:32:49.259><c> his</c><00:32:49.480><c> bed,</c><00:32:50.440><c> sightless</c><00:32:50.740><c> eyes,</c>

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:55.759
involved<00:32:52.640><c> in</c><00:32:52.960><c> the</c><00:32:53.200><c> death</c><00:32:53.420><c> and</c><00:32:53.680><c> burial</c><00:32:54.440><c> of</c><00:32:54.779><c> Christ</c><00:32:55.240><c> typically</c>

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:59.319
and<00:32:56.279><c> busy</c><00:32:56.579><c> praying</c><00:32:56.940><c> for</c><00:32:57.220><c> all</c><00:32:57.519><c> his</c><00:32:57.759><c> life</c><00:32:57.940><c> as</c><00:32:58.079><c> if</c><00:32:58.220><c> his</c><00:32:58.380><c> life</c><00:32:58.579><c> depended</c><00:32:59.000><c> upon</c><00:32:59.200><c> it,</c>

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:03.640
which<00:32:59.920><c> I</c><00:33:00.200><c> suppose</c><00:33:00.440><c> in</c><00:33:00.619><c> a</c><00:33:00.740><c> sense</c><00:33:01.240><c> it</c><00:33:02.819><c> did.</c>

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:10.759
And<00:33:06.759><c> do</c><00:33:06.839><c> you</c><00:33:06.839><c> know</c><00:33:06.880><c> what</c><00:33:07.019><c> I</c><00:33:07.059><c> think</c><00:33:07.420><c> his</c><00:33:09.279><c> blindness</c><00:33:09.799><c> told</c><00:33:10.460><c> Saul</c>

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:12.160
on<00:33:10.940><c> this</c><00:33:11.119><c> occasion?</c>

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:16.099
I<00:33:13.500><c> think</c><00:33:13.660><c> his</c><00:33:13.940><c> blindness</c><00:33:14.380><c> told</c><00:33:14.799><c> Saul</c>

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:21.960
that<00:33:17.599><c> for</c><00:33:17.880><c> all</c><00:33:18.380><c> his</c><00:33:18.700><c> knowledge</c><00:33:19.339><c> of</c><00:33:20.180><c> the</c><00:33:20.339><c> law</c><00:33:20.480><c> of</c><00:33:20.680><c> Moses</c>

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:26.519
he<00:33:24.619><c> was</c><00:33:24.759><c> actually</c><00:33:25.119><c> in</c><00:33:25.319><c> darkness.</c>

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:31.240
For<00:33:28.500><c> all</c><00:33:28.799><c> his</c><00:33:29.019><c> apparent</c><00:33:29.380><c> knowledge</c><00:33:29.660><c> of</c><00:33:29.839><c> the</c><00:33:29.940><c> law</c><00:33:30.039><c> of</c><00:33:30.240><c> Moses,</c>

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:33.779
because<00:33:31.980><c> he</c><00:33:32.019><c> was</c><00:33:32.200><c> a</c><00:33:32.259><c> brilliant</c><00:33:32.599><c> Pharisee,</c><00:33:33.220><c> wasn't</c><00:33:33.279><c> he?</c>

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:35.740
I<00:33:34.180><c> think</c><00:33:34.339><c> that</c><00:33:34.599><c> Paul</c><00:33:34.720><c> was</c><00:33:35.039><c> groomed,</c>

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:40.440
I<00:33:35.839><c> think</c><00:33:36.079><c> that</c><00:33:36.279><c> Paul</c><00:33:36.480><c> was</c><00:33:36.900><c> groomed</c><00:33:37.380><c> to</c><00:33:37.500><c> be</c><00:33:37.660><c> one</c><00:33:37.859><c> of</c><00:33:38.119><c> the</c><00:33:38.339><c> leaders</c><00:33:38.839><c> of</c><00:33:39.200><c> the</c><00:33:39.380><c> Sanhedrin.</c>

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:43.220
I<00:33:40.980><c> think</c><00:33:41.079><c> he</c><00:33:41.180><c> was</c><00:33:41.299><c> one</c><00:33:41.420><c> of</c><00:33:41.559><c> their</c><00:33:41.839><c> top</c><00:33:42.180><c> boys,</c>

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:45.700
one<00:33:43.859><c> of</c><00:33:43.960><c> their</c><00:33:44.180><c> brightest</c><00:33:44.680><c> scholars,</c>

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:49.039
one<00:33:46.619><c> of</c><00:33:46.740><c> the</c><00:33:47.059><c> stars</c><00:33:47.700><c> of</c><00:33:48.259><c> the</c><00:33:48.480><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:50.180
I<00:33:49.200><c> really</c><00:33:49.460><c> believe</c><00:33:49.700><c> that.</c>

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:53.759
One<00:33:50.779><c> of</c><00:33:50.900><c> their</c><00:33:51.079><c> best</c><00:33:51.460><c> men</c><00:33:52.000><c> in</c><00:33:52.319><c> the</c><00:33:52.420><c> law</c><00:33:52.539><c> of</c><00:33:52.700><c> Moses.</c>

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:58.500
And<00:33:56.140><c> he</c><00:33:56.279><c> realizes</c><00:33:56.640><c> that</c><00:33:56.819><c> for</c><00:33:56.960><c> all</c><00:33:57.099><c> his</c><00:33:57.240><c> knowledge</c><00:33:57.660><c> he's</c><00:33:58.099><c> in</c>

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.940
total<00:33:58.799><c> darkness</c>

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:04.299
as<00:34:00.700><c> far</c><00:34:00.859><c> as</c><00:34:01.140><c> really</c><00:34:01.460><c> understanding</c><00:34:02.059><c> what</c><00:34:02.480><c> God</c><00:34:02.680><c> wants</c><00:34:02.960><c> him</c><00:34:03.099><c> to</c><00:34:03.259><c> do.</c>

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:09.199
Well<00:34:06.859><c> I</c><00:34:06.920><c> guess</c><00:34:07.119><c> one</c><00:34:07.359><c> day</c><00:34:07.519><c> we</c><00:34:07.680><c> all</c><00:34:07.819><c> need</c><00:34:07.960><c> to</c><00:34:08.119><c> find</c><00:34:08.500><c> that</c><00:34:08.940><c> sense</c>

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:10.480
of<00:34:09.500><c> darkness</c>

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:15.039
and<00:34:11.460><c> give</c><00:34:11.619><c> ourselves</c><00:34:12.079><c> to</c><00:34:12.400><c> prayer</c><00:34:12.780><c> that</c><00:34:13.880><c> God</c><00:34:14.139><c> will</c><00:34:14.420><c> lead</c><00:34:14.519><c> us</c><00:34:14.800><c> by</c>

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:16.059
the<00:34:15.239><c> hand</c>

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:19.019
out<00:34:16.659><c> of</c><00:34:16.820><c> the</c><00:34:16.980><c> labyrinth</c><00:34:17.659><c> of</c><00:34:17.860><c> that</c><00:34:18.119><c> darkness</c>

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:22.199
into<00:34:20.000><c> understanding</c><00:34:20.659><c> what</c><00:34:21.079><c> it</c><00:34:21.239><c> is</c><00:34:21.420><c> that</c><00:34:21.579><c> he</c><00:34:21.659><c> would</c><00:34:21.820><c> have</c><00:34:22.000><c> us</c>

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:23.519
to<00:34:22.380><c> do.</c>

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:26.019
And<00:34:23.860><c> so</c><00:34:24.000><c> verse</c><00:34:24.300><c> 10</c><00:34:24.699><c> says</c><00:34:25.099><c> in</c><00:34:25.260><c> Acts</c><00:34:25.480><c> chapter</c><00:34:25.739><c> 9,</c>

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:28.780
and<00:34:26.179><c> now</c><00:34:26.320><c> there's</c><00:34:26.739><c> another</c><00:34:26.980><c> man</c><00:34:27.239><c> introduced</c><00:34:27.699><c> into</c><00:34:27.860><c> the</c><00:34:28.079><c> record,</c><00:34:28.519><c> it</c><00:34:28.519><c> says,</c>

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:32.699
And<00:34:29.380><c> there</c><00:34:29.380><c> was</c><00:34:29.760><c> a</c><00:34:29.920><c> certain</c><00:34:30.179><c> disciple</c><00:34:30.699><c> at</c><00:34:30.900><c> Damascus</c><00:34:31.460><c> named</c><00:34:31.940><c> Ananias,</c>

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:36.019
and<00:34:32.840><c> to</c><00:34:32.960><c> him</c><00:34:33.300><c> said</c><00:34:33.480><c> the</c><00:34:33.659><c> Lord</c><00:34:33.980><c> in</c><00:34:34.199><c> a</c><00:34:34.300><c> vision,</c><00:34:35.059><c> Ananias.</c>

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:39.780
And<00:34:36.320><c> he</c><00:34:36.599><c> said,</c><00:34:37.619><c> Behold</c><00:34:38.380><c> I,</c><00:34:39.280><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:44.239
See<00:34:40.039><c> how</c><00:34:40.179><c> the</c><00:34:40.239><c> words</c><00:34:40.500><c> I</c><00:34:41.000><c> am,</c><00:34:41.179><c> or</c><00:34:41.360><c> sorry,</c><00:34:41.739><c> am</c><00:34:42.000><c> here</c><00:34:42.380><c> in</c><00:34:43.000><c> italics.</c>

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:47.579
Now<00:34:44.619><c> in</c><00:34:44.780><c> the</c><00:34:45.659><c> Greek</c><00:34:46.019><c> Septuagint</c><00:34:46.880><c> version,</c>

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:52.179
sorry,<00:34:49.260><c> in</c><00:34:49.300><c> the</c><00:34:50.079><c> Septuagint</c><00:34:50.760><c> version</c><00:34:51.139><c> of</c><00:34:51.380><c> Genesis</c><00:34:51.780><c> chapter</c>

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:53.860
22<00:34:52.619><c> and</c><00:34:52.860><c> verse</c><00:34:53.139><c> 1,</c>

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:56.599
and<00:34:54.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:54.980><c> chapter</c><00:34:55.400><c> 6</c><00:34:55.920><c> verse</c><00:34:56.159><c> 8,</c>

00:34:56.880 --> 00:35:01.940
the<00:34:57.119><c> expression</c><00:34:57.639><c> is</c><00:34:58.019><c> almost</c><00:34:58.480><c> identical</c><00:34:59.239><c> to</c><00:34:59.760><c> the</c><00:34:59.880><c> one</c><00:35:00.099><c> found</c><00:35:00.400><c> here</c><00:35:00.599><c> in</c><00:35:00.820><c> Acts</c><00:35:01.059><c> chapter</c><00:35:01.380><c> 9</c>

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:03.260
and<00:35:02.340><c> verse</c><00:35:02.699><c> 10.</c>

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:06.199
So<00:35:03.780><c> see</c><00:35:03.920><c> if</c><00:35:04.000><c> you</c><00:35:04.139><c> can</c><00:35:04.340><c> tell</c><00:35:04.480><c> me</c><00:35:04.619><c> from</c><00:35:04.880><c> memory</c><00:35:05.219><c> what</c><00:35:05.460><c> might</c><00:35:05.699><c> be</c><00:35:05.900><c> happening.</c>

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:09.179
Genesis<00:35:06.699><c> 22</c><00:35:07.159><c> verse</c><00:35:07.480><c> 1.</c>

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:14.179
Can<00:35:11.179><c> anyone</c><00:35:11.380><c> tell</c><00:35:11.559><c> me</c><00:35:11.659><c> what</c><00:35:11.780><c> they</c><00:35:12.019><c> think</c><00:35:12.380><c> was</c><00:35:12.699><c> being</c><00:35:13.000><c> said</c><00:35:13.239><c> there?</c>

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:23.039
Genesis<00:35:20.199><c> 22</c><00:35:20.820><c> verse</c><00:35:22.440><c> 1.</c>

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:25.179
How<00:35:23.579><c> does</c><00:35:23.699><c> that</c><00:35:23.900><c> start,</c><00:35:24.219><c> you</c><00:35:24.400><c> know?</c>

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:27.280
What's<00:35:25.880><c> Genesis</c><00:35:26.079><c> 22</c><00:35:26.440><c> about?</c>

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:31.539
It's<00:35:28.820><c> the</c><00:35:29.019><c> offering</c><00:35:29.460><c> of</c><00:35:30.599><c> Isaac,</c>

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:34.159
and<00:35:32.179><c> it</c><00:35:32.340><c> starts</c><00:35:32.539><c> off</c><00:35:32.760><c> with</c><00:35:32.920><c> God</c><00:35:33.239><c> speaking</c><00:35:33.659><c> to</c><00:35:33.980><c> Abram.</c>

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:36.820
He<00:35:34.300><c> calls</c><00:35:34.619><c> Abram,</c><00:35:34.960><c> and</c><00:35:35.099><c> Abram</c><00:35:35.480><c> says,</c>

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:40.380
in<00:35:37.800><c> the</c><00:35:37.940><c> Hebrew,</c><00:35:38.760><c> Behold</c><00:35:39.280><c> I,</c>

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:45.239
which<00:35:41.739><c> really</c><00:35:42.059><c> meant</c><00:35:42.320><c> I'm</c><00:35:42.900><c> ready</c><00:35:43.280><c> to</c><00:35:43.519><c> do</c><00:35:43.639><c> your</c><00:35:43.860><c> bidding,</c><00:35:44.559><c> Lord.</c>

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:49.039
It's<00:35:45.519><c> a</c><00:35:45.659><c> comment</c><00:35:45.880><c> of</c><00:35:46.420><c> humility</c><00:35:46.900><c> and</c><00:35:47.340><c> preparedness</c><00:35:47.699><c> for</c><00:35:48.079><c> service.</c>

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:53.119
And<00:35:49.480><c> in</c><00:35:49.800><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:50.159><c> 6</c><00:35:50.639><c> verse</c><00:35:50.920><c> 8,</c><00:35:51.599><c> isn't</c><00:35:51.760><c> there</c><00:35:51.980><c> a</c><00:35:52.139><c> prophet</c><00:35:52.340><c> who</c><00:35:52.679><c> says,</c>

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:57.239
you<00:35:53.619><c> know,</c><00:35:54.139><c> Here</c><00:35:54.280><c> am</c><00:35:54.440><c> I,</c><00:35:54.699><c> send</c><00:35:54.860><c> me,</c><00:35:55.420><c> behold</c><00:35:55.659><c> I,</c><00:35:56.400><c> send</c><00:35:56.599><c> me,</c><00:35:57.099><c> says</c>

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:58.059
Isaiah<00:35:57.619><c> the</c><00:35:57.820><c> prophet,</c>

00:35:58.380 --> 00:36:01.920
and<00:35:58.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:58.820><c> 6</c><00:35:59.239><c> verse</c><00:35:59.460><c> 8,</c><00:35:59.639><c> and</c><00:35:59.780><c> it's</c><00:35:59.960><c> that</c><00:36:00.519><c> spirit</c><00:36:00.920><c> of</c><00:36:01.500><c> willingness</c>

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and<00:36:02.619><c> readiness</c><00:36:03.659><c> to</c><00:36:04.280><c> serve</c><00:36:04.980><c> in</c><00:36:05.360><c> the</c><00:36:05.480><c> matters</c><00:36:05.679><c> of</c><00:36:05.880><c> the</c><00:36:06.059><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:36:06.320><c> so</c><00:36:06.579><c> Ananias</c><00:36:07.039><c> uses</c><00:36:07.300><c> a</c><00:36:07.500><c> very</c><00:36:07.840><c> similar</c><00:36:08.159><c> expression</c><00:36:08.579><c> here.</c>

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The<00:36:09.760><c> Lord</c><00:36:09.940><c> appeared</c><00:36:10.280><c> to</c><00:36:10.420><c> him</c><00:36:10.500><c> in</c><00:36:10.599><c> a</c><00:36:10.699><c> vision</c><00:36:10.820><c> and</c><00:36:11.019><c> said,</c>

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Ananias,<00:36:11.960><c> and</c><00:36:12.079><c> he</c><00:36:12.300><c> said,</c><00:36:12.599><c> Behold</c><00:36:13.280><c> I,</c><00:36:13.739><c> Lord,</c><00:36:14.800><c> I'm</c><00:36:15.099><c> ready</c><00:36:15.380><c> to</c><00:36:15.579><c> do</c>

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your<00:36:15.980><c> bidding.</c>

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The<00:36:17.320><c> Lord</c><00:36:17.579><c> said</c><00:36:17.760><c> unto</c><00:36:17.980><c> him,</c><00:36:18.219><c> verse</c><00:36:18.460><c> 11,</c>

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Ananias<00:36:32.119><c> coming</c><00:36:32.420><c> in</c><00:36:32.780><c> and</c><00:36:33.079><c> putting</c><00:36:33.340><c> his</c><00:36:33.619><c> hand</c><00:36:34.000><c> on</c><00:36:34.320><c> him</c><00:36:34.860><c> that</c><00:36:35.300><c> he</c>

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might<00:36:35.820><c> receive</c><00:36:36.280><c> his</c><00:36:36.639><c> sight.</c>

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You<00:36:37.960><c> almost</c><00:36:38.239><c> sort</c><00:36:38.340><c> of</c><00:36:38.420><c> get</c><00:36:38.559><c> that</c><00:36:38.900><c> sense,</c><00:36:39.280><c> don't</c><00:36:39.519><c> you,</c>

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that<00:36:39.880><c> the</c><00:36:40.079><c> Lord</c><00:36:40.239><c> deliberately</c><00:36:40.880><c> left</c><00:36:41.280><c> Paul</c><00:36:41.679><c> for</c><00:36:41.960><c> day</c><00:36:42.300><c> one,</c><00:36:43.119><c> night</c><00:36:43.440><c> one,</c><00:36:44.380><c> day</c>

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two,<00:36:45.800><c> night</c><00:36:46.079><c> two,</c>

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day<00:36:47.260><c> three,</c><00:36:48.380><c> night</c><00:36:48.679><c> three,</c><00:36:49.159><c> and</c><00:36:49.739><c> even</c><00:36:50.159><c> though</c><00:36:50.400><c> he'd</c><00:36:50.780><c> called</c>

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Ananias<00:36:51.659><c> in</c><00:36:51.940><c> readiness,</c>

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Saul<00:36:52.559><c> was</c><00:36:52.760><c> going</c><00:36:52.840><c> to</c><00:36:52.940><c> have</c><00:36:53.079><c> to</c><00:36:53.179><c> go</c><00:36:53.420><c> through</c><00:36:53.619><c> that</c><00:36:53.900><c> experience</c>

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before<00:36:54.940><c> Ananias</c><00:36:55.480><c> turned</c><00:36:55.780><c> up.</c>

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:58.360
But<00:36:56.500><c> in</c><00:36:56.699><c> the</c><00:36:56.880><c> providence</c><00:36:57.199><c> of</c><00:36:57.480><c> God,</c>

00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:01.079
everything<00:36:58.920><c> would</c><00:36:59.179><c> work</c><00:36:59.420><c> out</c><00:36:59.679><c> just</c><00:37:00.059><c> perfectly</c><00:37:00.519><c> at</c><00:37:00.739><c> the</c><00:37:00.860><c> right</c>

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:02.739
moment<00:37:01.420><c> of</c><00:37:01.679><c> time</c>

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for<00:37:03.280><c> Ananias</c><00:37:03.800><c> to</c><00:37:04.019><c> have</c><00:37:04.239><c> a</c><00:37:04.519><c> meeting</c><00:37:05.019><c> with</c><00:37:06.760><c> Saul</c><00:37:07.159><c> and</c><00:37:08.440><c> tell</c><00:37:08.679><c> him</c>

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what<00:37:09.159><c> he</c><00:37:09.519><c> needed</c><00:37:09.800><c> to</c><00:37:10.039><c> do.</c>

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:12.340
Do<00:37:10.340><c> you</c><00:37:10.340><c> know</c><00:37:10.380><c> what's</c><00:37:10.559><c> interesting</c><00:37:10.840><c> about</c><00:37:11.079><c> Ananias?</c>

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:16.539
This<00:37:13.599><c> is</c><00:37:13.820><c> the</c><00:37:13.940><c> only</c><00:37:14.239><c> place</c><00:37:14.599><c> in</c><00:37:14.820><c> the</c><00:37:14.920><c> Bible</c><00:37:15.260><c> that</c><00:37:16.099><c> this</c><00:37:16.380><c> man</c>

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will<00:37:16.760><c> ever</c><00:37:17.000><c> appear.</c>

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:20.119
He<00:37:17.599><c> will</c><00:37:17.860><c> never</c><00:37:18.059><c> be</c><00:37:18.280><c> heard</c><00:37:18.480><c> before</c><00:37:18.900><c> this,</c><00:37:19.519><c> and</c><00:37:19.659><c> he'll</c><00:37:19.860><c> never</c>

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:22.059
be<00:37:20.360><c> seen</c><00:37:20.579><c> after</c><00:37:21.119><c> Acts</c><00:37:21.440><c> chapter</c><00:37:21.679><c> 9.</c>

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:26.039
So<00:37:22.659><c> Ananias</c><00:37:23.119><c> appears</c><00:37:23.519><c> into</c><00:37:23.699><c> the</c><00:37:23.880><c> record</c><00:37:24.119><c> for</c><00:37:24.460><c> one</c><00:37:25.139><c> purpose</c><00:37:25.739><c> in</c>

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.900
life<00:37:26.380><c> only.</c>

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He's<00:37:27.579><c> only</c><00:37:27.840><c> there,</c><00:37:28.239><c> as</c><00:37:28.420><c> it</c><00:37:28.539><c> were,</c><00:37:29.019><c> for</c><00:37:29.079><c> one</c><00:37:29.519><c> objective</c><00:37:30.159><c> in</c><00:37:30.500><c> life,</c>

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:33.599
and<00:37:31.420><c> that</c><00:37:31.579><c> is</c><00:37:31.800><c> to</c><00:37:32.000><c> reveal</c><00:37:32.239><c> the</c><00:37:32.460><c> truth</c><00:37:32.659><c> to</c><00:37:32.900><c> Saul.</c>

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:39.980
And<00:37:35.019><c> I</c><00:37:35.159><c> think</c><00:37:35.280><c> that</c><00:37:35.480><c> this</c><00:37:35.659><c> man</c><00:37:35.820><c> was</c><00:37:36.179><c> especially</c><00:37:36.800><c> chosen</c><00:37:37.539><c> by</c><00:37:38.099><c> God</c><00:37:38.619><c> to</c>

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reveal<00:37:40.300><c> this</c><00:37:40.619><c> truth</c><00:37:40.860><c> to</c><00:37:41.099><c> Saul.</c>

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And<00:37:42.719><c> I</c><00:37:42.800><c> think</c><00:37:42.900><c> one</c><00:37:43.119><c> of</c><00:37:43.239><c> the</c><00:37:43.360><c> reasons</c><00:37:43.619><c> he</c><00:37:43.760><c> was</c><00:37:44.039><c> chosen</c><00:37:44.380><c> is,</c><00:37:44.820><c> well,</c><00:37:44.820><c> because</c><00:37:45.059><c> he</c>

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was<00:37:45.380><c> Ananias.</c>

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And<00:37:47.519><c> the</c><00:37:47.659><c> very</c><00:37:47.900><c> meaning</c><00:37:48.139><c> of</c><00:37:48.320><c> his</c><00:37:48.539><c> name</c><00:37:48.820><c> would</c><00:37:49.019><c> be</c><00:37:49.460><c> crucial</c>

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:52.940
to<00:37:50.659><c> the</c><00:37:50.860><c> lesson</c><00:37:51.139><c> that</c><00:37:51.480><c> Saul</c><00:37:51.659><c> had</c><00:37:51.880><c> to</c><00:37:52.119><c> learn</c><00:37:52.280><c> in</c><00:37:52.440><c> order</c><00:37:52.579><c> to</c><00:37:52.739><c> be</c>

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.960
properly<00:37:53.340><c> converted.</c>

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Or,<00:37:54.519><c> yes,</c><00:37:54.659><c> I</c><00:37:54.659><c> think</c><00:37:54.840><c> God</c><00:37:55.099><c> selected</c><00:37:56.159><c> Ananias</c><00:37:57.599><c> to</c><00:37:58.079><c> reveal</c><00:37:58.340><c> the</c>

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truth<00:37:58.780><c> to</c><00:37:59.019><c> Saul</c><00:37:59.219><c> and</c><00:37:59.559><c> none</c><00:37:59.760><c> other.</c>

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So<00:38:01.960><c> why</c><00:38:02.179><c> would</c><00:38:02.360><c> that</c><00:38:02.780><c> be,</c><00:38:02.980><c> do</c><00:38:03.079><c> you</c><00:38:03.219><c> think?</c>

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Well,<00:38:06.780><c> that's</c><00:38:07.039><c> tomorrow's</c><00:38:07.480><c> session.</c>