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He<00:14:33.679><c> formed</c><00:14:34.299><c> a</c><00:14:34.860><c> number</c><00:14:35.120><c> of</c><00:14:35.399><c> ecclesias.</c>

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That's<00:15:07.519><c> how</c><00:15:07.720><c> he</c><00:15:07.899><c> lived</c><00:15:08.019><c> his</c><00:15:08.299><c> life.</c>

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This<00:15:18.100><c> time</c><00:15:18.360><c> of</c><00:15:18.600><c> Paul's</c><00:15:19.080><c> life</c><00:15:19.320><c> is</c><00:15:19.559><c> a</c><00:15:19.740><c> reminder</c><00:15:20.080><c> to</c><00:15:20.320><c> us</c><00:15:20.720><c> that</c>

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we<00:15:22.639><c> can</c><00:15:22.860><c> be</c><00:15:23.860><c> useful</c><00:15:24.399><c> in</c><00:15:24.620><c> our</c><00:15:24.860><c> service</c><00:15:25.159><c> to</c><00:15:25.360><c> the</c><00:15:25.519><c> Lord</c><00:15:25.679><c> in</c><00:15:25.879><c> whatever</c><00:15:26.299><c> our</c><00:15:26.799><c> circumstances,</c>

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whether<00:15:29.080><c> we're</c><00:15:29.379><c> rich</c><00:15:29.620><c> or</c><00:15:29.919><c> poor,</c><00:15:30.419><c> young</c><00:15:30.460><c> or</c><00:15:30.720><c> old,</c><00:15:31.039><c> healthy</c><00:15:31.399><c> or</c>

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struggling<00:15:32.860><c> with</c><00:15:33.159><c> the</c><00:15:33.379><c> infirmities</c>

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of<00:15:33.960><c> the</c><00:15:34.179><c> flesh,</c><00:15:35.659><c> brothers</c><00:15:35.740><c> and</c><00:15:36.019><c> sisters,</c><00:15:36.320><c> we</c><00:15:36.500><c> always</c><00:15:37.279><c> have</c><00:15:37.759><c> something</c><00:15:38.059><c> to</c><00:15:38.440><c> offer.</c>

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The<00:15:40.019><c> truth.</c>

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The<00:15:41.799><c> word.</c>

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The<00:15:43.399><c> gift</c><00:15:43.580><c> of</c><00:15:43.820><c> life.</c>

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One<00:15:47.500><c> of</c><00:15:47.639><c> my</c><00:15:47.899><c> favorite</c><00:15:48.539><c> encounters</c><00:15:49.220><c> in</c><00:15:49.580><c> the</c><00:15:49.720><c> book</c><00:15:49.860><c> of</c><00:15:50.139><c> Acts,</c><00:15:50.340><c> and</c><00:15:50.440><c> we're</c><00:15:50.620><c> going</c><00:15:50.700><c> to</c>

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go<00:15:51.019><c> off</c><00:15:51.179><c> of</c><00:15:51.379><c> Paul</c>

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And<00:15:56.059><c> we're</c><00:15:56.259><c> going</c><00:15:56.320><c> to</c><00:15:56.460><c> talk</c><00:15:56.679><c> about</c><00:15:56.919><c> Peter</c><00:15:57.220><c> just</c><00:15:57.480><c> for</c><00:15:57.720><c> a</c><00:15:57.840><c> second,</c><00:15:58.000><c> just</c><00:15:58.240><c> because</c><00:15:58.539><c> I</c>

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like<00:15:59.139><c> this</c><00:15:59.419><c> encounter</c><00:15:59.879><c> so</c><00:16:00.220><c> much.</c>

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Acts<00:16:02.559><c> chapter</c><00:16:02.899><c> three,</c><00:16:03.379><c> if</c><00:16:03.559><c> you</c><00:16:03.679><c> can</c><00:16:03.820><c> go</c><00:16:04.000><c> to</c><00:16:04.179><c> verse</c><00:16:04.500><c> three,</c>

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and<00:16:06.299><c> Peter</c><00:16:06.580><c> meets</c><00:16:07.100><c> a</c><00:16:07.460><c> lame</c><00:16:07.639><c> man</c><00:16:07.840><c> outside</c><00:16:08.259><c> the</c><00:16:08.500><c> temple,</c><00:16:08.919><c> and</c>

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you<00:16:09.600><c> all</c><00:16:09.799><c> know</c><00:16:09.960><c> this</c><00:16:10.259><c> very</c><00:16:10.620><c> well,</c><00:16:10.860><c> but</c>

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it's<00:16:12.899><c> just</c><00:16:13.120><c> a</c><00:16:13.379><c> reminder</c><00:16:13.659><c> to</c><00:16:13.980><c> me</c><00:16:14.279><c> that,</c>

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you<00:16:16.759><c> know,</c><00:16:17.360><c> it's</c><00:16:17.600><c> just</c><00:16:17.860><c> a</c><00:16:18.019><c> great</c><00:16:18.200><c> reminder,</c><00:16:18.659><c> I</c><00:16:18.779><c> think,</c><00:16:18.960><c> to</c><00:16:19.159><c> all</c>

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of<00:16:19.440><c> us.</c>

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Acts<00:16:21.980><c> three,</c><00:16:22.340><c> verse</c><00:16:22.539><c> three,</c><00:16:23.139><c> the</c><00:16:23.399><c> lame</c><00:16:23.620><c> man</c><00:16:23.840><c> who,</c><00:16:24.179><c> seeing</c><00:16:24.340><c> Peter</c><00:16:24.659><c> and</c>

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John<00:16:25.139><c> about</c><00:16:25.480><c> to</c><00:16:25.639><c> go</c><00:16:25.779><c> into</c><00:16:25.919><c> the</c><00:16:26.139><c> temple,</c>

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asked<00:16:27.460><c> in</c><00:16:27.720><c> arms.</c>

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He<00:16:29.379><c> was</c><00:16:29.580><c> hoping</c><00:16:29.820><c> to</c><00:16:30.059><c> get</c><00:16:30.279><c> some</c><00:16:30.519><c> money.</c>

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And<00:16:32.519><c> Peter,</c><00:16:33.059><c> fastening</c><00:16:33.399><c> his</c><00:16:33.659><c> eyes</c><00:16:33.879><c> upon</c><00:16:34.159><c> him</c><00:16:34.320><c> with</c><00:16:34.539><c> John,</c><00:16:34.960><c> said,</c><00:16:35.220><c> Look</c><00:16:35.320><c> on</c><00:16:35.559><c> us.</c>

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And<00:16:37.639><c> he</c><00:16:37.779><c> gave</c><00:16:38.059><c> heed</c><00:16:38.279><c> unto</c><00:16:38.559><c> them,</c><00:16:38.960><c> expecting</c><00:16:39.340><c> to</c><00:16:39.639><c> receive</c><00:16:40.019><c> something</c><00:16:40.379><c> of</c><00:16:40.639><c> them.</c>

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an<00:16:46.759><c> excitation</c><00:16:47.240><c> once</c><00:16:47.519><c> on</c><00:16:47.740><c> this,</c><00:16:48.019><c> how</c><00:16:48.080><c> he</c><00:16:48.200><c> goes</c><00:16:48.399><c> into</c><00:16:48.659><c> work,</c><00:16:48.919><c> and</c><00:16:49.039><c> he</c>

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passes<00:16:49.460><c> by</c>

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And,<00:16:59.840><c> you</c><00:16:59.899><c> know,</c><00:17:00.019><c> they</c><00:17:00.220><c> reach</c><00:17:00.480><c> out,</c><00:17:00.740><c> and</c><00:17:00.840><c> do</c><00:17:00.960><c> you</c><00:17:01.120><c> have</c><00:17:01.399><c> spare</c>

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change?<00:17:01.980><c> If</c><00:17:02.120><c> you</c><00:17:02.240><c> walk</c><00:17:02.480><c> the</c><00:17:02.659><c> streets</c><00:17:02.799><c> of</c><00:17:02.940><c> Boston,</c><00:17:03.320><c> you</c><00:17:03.559><c> see</c><00:17:03.759><c> them.</c>

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And<00:17:04.920><c> that's</c><00:17:05.259><c> what</c><00:17:05.420><c> I</c><00:17:05.640><c> think</c><00:17:05.799><c> of</c><00:17:05.980><c> when</c><00:17:06.140><c> I</c><00:17:06.339><c> read</c><00:17:06.460><c> this.</c>

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So<00:17:07.819><c> Peter's</c><00:17:08.259><c> response</c><00:17:08.660><c> is,</c><00:17:08.980><c> Silver</c><00:17:09.140><c> and</c><00:17:09.339><c> gold</c><00:17:09.660><c> have</c><00:17:09.920><c> I</c><00:17:10.180><c> none.</c>

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But<00:17:13.799><c> such</c><00:17:14.240><c> as</c><00:17:14.480><c> I</c><00:17:15.140><c> have,</c><00:17:15.599><c> give</c><00:17:15.720><c> I</c><00:17:15.980><c> thee.</c>

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In<00:17:17.440><c> the</c><00:17:17.619><c> name</c><00:17:17.779><c> of</c><00:17:17.980><c> Jesus</c><00:17:18.359><c> Christ</c><00:17:18.700><c> of</c><00:17:18.880><c> Nazareth,</c><00:17:19.680><c> rise</c><00:17:19.700><c> up</c><00:17:19.920><c> and</c><00:17:20.140><c> walk.</c>

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And<00:17:22.119><c> he</c><00:17:22.279><c> took</c><00:17:22.440><c> them</c><00:17:22.640><c> by</c><00:17:22.880><c> the</c><00:17:23.099><c> hand,</c><00:17:23.420><c> and</c><00:17:23.500><c> lifted</c><00:17:23.680><c> them</c><00:17:23.900><c> up,</c><00:17:24.200><c> and</c>

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immediately<00:17:24.720><c> his</c><00:17:24.980><c> feet</c><00:17:25.140><c> and</c><00:17:25.339><c> ankle</c><00:17:25.579><c> bones</c><00:17:25.859><c> received</c><00:17:26.299><c> strength.</c>

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And<00:17:27.940><c> he,</c><00:17:28.140><c> leaping</c><00:17:28.480><c> up,</c><00:17:28.900><c> stood</c><00:17:28.960><c> and</c><00:17:29.279><c> walked,</c><00:17:29.619><c> and</c><00:17:29.720><c> entered</c><00:17:29.940><c> with</c><00:17:30.140><c> them</c><00:17:30.279><c> into</c><00:17:30.480><c> the</c><00:17:30.700><c> temple.</c>

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Walking,<00:17:33.400><c> and</c><00:17:33.619><c> leaping,</c><00:17:35.420><c> and</c><00:17:35.660><c> praising</c><00:17:35.900><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:17:38.640><c> I</c><00:17:38.700><c> know</c><00:17:39.099><c> one</c><00:17:39.339><c> of</c><00:17:39.460><c> your</c><00:17:39.579><c> first</c><00:17:39.859><c> thoughts</c><00:17:40.119><c> may</c><00:17:40.400><c> be,</c><00:17:40.819><c> we</c><00:17:40.819><c> don't</c><00:17:41.119><c> have</c>

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the<00:17:41.799><c> power</c><00:17:42.059><c> to</c><00:17:42.339><c> heal</c><00:17:42.500><c> as</c><00:17:42.720><c> Peter</c><00:17:42.920><c> did,</c><00:17:43.819><c> but</c>

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Peter<00:17:44.259><c> did</c><00:17:44.500><c> more</c><00:17:44.859><c> than</c><00:17:45.140><c> heal</c><00:17:45.339><c> this</c><00:17:45.599><c> man</c><00:17:45.839><c> physically.</c>

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He<00:17:47.579><c> healed</c><00:17:47.759><c> him</c><00:17:48.039><c> spiritually.</c>

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Through<00:17:50.279><c> the</c><00:17:50.500><c> knowledge</c><00:17:50.779><c> of</c><00:17:51.000><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:17:52.839><c> we</c><00:17:52.980><c> can</c><00:17:53.119><c> do</c><00:17:53.279><c> the</c><00:17:53.480><c> same.</c>

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We<00:17:55.539><c> can</c><00:17:55.700><c> do</c><00:17:55.859><c> the</c><00:17:56.079><c> same.</c>

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Let's<00:17:59.700><c> get</c><00:17:59.880><c> back</c><00:18:00.099><c> to</c><00:18:00.319><c> Paul.</c>

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is<00:18:04.859><c> found</c><00:18:05.059><c> in</c><00:18:05.240><c> Acts</c><00:18:05.460><c> chapter</c><00:18:05.819><c> 21.</c>

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But<00:18:25.720><c> that</c><00:18:25.799><c> was</c><00:18:25.940><c> just</c><00:18:26.140><c> one</c><00:18:26.319><c> guy.</c>

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Paul<00:18:30.240><c> suffered</c><00:18:30.660><c> beatings</c><00:18:31.339><c> after</c><00:18:31.599><c> beatings,</c><00:18:32.380><c> and</c><00:18:32.500><c> stonings,</c><00:18:33.660><c> and</c>

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I<00:18:41.640><c> mean,</c><00:18:41.960><c> that</c><00:18:42.039><c> just</c><00:18:42.480><c> blows</c><00:18:42.660><c> me.</c>

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what,<00:18:45.660><c> I</c><00:18:45.859><c> can't</c><00:18:46.099><c> do</c><00:18:46.240><c> this</c><00:18:46.480><c> anymore.</c>

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He<00:18:49.740><c> keeps</c><00:18:50.000><c> going.</c><00:18:50.420><c> Acts</c><00:18:50.660><c> 21.</c>

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And<00:18:54.480><c> let's</c><00:18:54.779><c> look</c><00:18:55.000><c> at</c><00:18:55.220><c> verse</c><00:18:56.000><c> 17.</c>

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Let's<00:19:02.660><c> see</c><00:19:02.779><c> what</c><00:19:02.940><c> it</c><00:19:03.200><c> says.</c>

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us<00:19:06.500><c> gladly.</c>

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And<00:19:07.640><c> the</c><00:19:07.799><c> day</c><00:19:08.079><c> following,</c><00:19:08.539><c> Paul</c><00:19:08.839><c> went</c><00:19:09.059><c> in</c><00:19:09.279><c> with</c><00:19:09.420><c> us</c><00:19:09.619><c> under</c><00:19:09.859><c> James,</c><00:19:10.839><c> and</c>

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And<00:19:13.259><c> when</c><00:19:13.400><c> he</c><00:19:13.579><c> had</c><00:19:13.779><c> saluted</c><00:19:14.099><c> them,</c><00:19:14.400><c> he</c><00:19:14.579><c> declared</c><00:19:14.960><c> particularly</c><00:19:15.680><c> what</c><00:19:15.980><c> things</c>

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God<00:19:16.579><c> had</c><00:19:16.859><c> wrought</c><00:19:17.140><c> among</c><00:19:17.420><c> the</c><00:19:17.660><c> Gentiles</c><00:19:18.400><c> by</c><00:19:18.759><c> his</c><00:19:19.039><c> ministry.</c>

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Where<00:19:25.160><c> everyone</c><00:19:25.460><c> gets</c><00:19:25.740><c> together,</c><00:19:27.200><c> reminisces,</c><00:19:28.559><c> hugs</c><00:19:28.859><c> and</c><00:19:29.079><c> kisses.</c>

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I<00:19:29.680><c> mean,</c><00:19:29.839><c> it</c><00:19:29.920><c> was</c><00:19:30.059><c> a</c><00:19:30.299><c> great</c><00:19:30.500><c> week</c><00:19:31.000><c> for</c><00:19:31.380><c> Paul.</c>

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After<00:19:32.720><c> all</c><00:19:32.960><c> he'd</c><00:19:33.240><c> been</c><00:19:33.299><c> through.</c>

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But<00:19:37.619><c> we</c><00:19:38.299><c> know</c><00:19:38.480><c> it</c><00:19:38.660><c> doesn't</c><00:19:38.880><c> last,</c><00:19:39.440><c> does</c><00:19:39.480><c> it?</c>

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Jewish<00:19:49.599><c> leaders.</c>

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And<00:20:21.160><c> further,</c><00:20:21.660><c> he</c><00:20:21.920><c> brought</c><00:20:22.039><c> Greeks</c><00:20:22.460><c> also</c><00:20:22.920><c> into</c><00:20:23.160><c> the</c><00:20:23.380><c> temple</c>

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And<00:20:57.900><c> what</c><00:20:58.019><c> an</c><00:20:58.059><c> amazing</c><00:20:58.480><c> thing</c><00:20:58.720><c> about</c><00:20:58.960><c> the</c><00:20:59.160><c> Bible</c><00:20:59.480><c> is</c><00:21:00.319><c> they</c><00:21:00.759><c> have</c><00:21:01.539><c> discovered</c><00:21:02.140><c> in</c>

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caught<00:21:09.339><c> doing</c><00:21:09.680><c> so,</c>

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blame<00:21:15.859><c> that</c><00:21:16.319><c> his</c><00:21:16.579><c> death</c><00:21:16.900><c> ensues.</c>

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Well,<00:21:21.640><c> that</c><00:21:21.900><c> brings</c><00:21:22.220><c> us</c><00:21:22.700><c> to</c><00:21:22.839><c> why</c><00:21:23.099><c> they</c><00:21:23.420><c> rioted</c><00:21:23.880><c> so</c><00:21:24.140><c> severely</c><00:21:24.539><c> thinking</c><00:21:25.359><c> that</c><00:21:25.660><c> Paul</c><00:21:25.839><c> had</c><00:21:26.079><c> brought</c><00:21:26.200><c> a</c>

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Greek<00:21:26.539><c> into</c><00:21:26.740><c> the</c><00:21:26.940><c> temple</c><00:21:27.200><c> area.</c>

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But<00:21:29.680><c> it</c><00:21:29.819><c> also</c><00:21:30.160><c> gives</c><00:21:30.440><c> credence</c><00:21:30.819><c> to</c><00:21:31.059><c> Paul's</c><00:21:31.440><c> words</c><00:21:31.599><c> in</c><00:21:31.799><c> Ephesians</c><00:21:32.339><c> 2.</c>

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And<00:21:34.240><c> you</c><00:21:34.299><c> don't</c><00:21:34.420><c> have</c><00:21:34.599><c> to</c><00:21:34.720><c> look</c><00:21:34.839><c> this</c><00:21:35.059><c> up,</c><00:21:36.339><c> but</c><00:21:36.500><c> Ephesians</c><00:21:36.960><c> 2,</c>

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It's<00:21:58.579><c> an</c><00:21:58.660><c> incredible</c><00:21:59.059><c> thing</c><00:21:59.359><c> when</c><00:21:59.539><c> you</c><00:21:59.700><c> can</c><00:21:59.940><c> look</c><00:22:00.140><c> at</c><00:22:00.319><c> an</c><00:22:00.519><c> event</c><00:22:00.819><c> in</c>

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one<00:22:01.240><c> part</c><00:22:01.420><c> of</c><00:22:01.579><c> the</c><00:22:01.700><c> Bible</c><00:22:01.980><c> and</c><00:22:02.240><c> tie</c><00:22:02.440><c> it</c><00:22:02.700><c> in</c><00:22:03.319><c> to</c><00:22:03.660><c> words</c><00:22:03.880><c> that</c><00:22:04.079><c> were</c><00:22:04.259><c> spoken</c><00:22:04.900><c> in</c>

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be<00:22:19.240><c> killed.</c>

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what<00:22:29.559><c> he</c><00:22:29.720><c> had</c><00:22:29.880><c> done.</c>

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The<00:22:33.059><c> inquiry</c><00:22:33.380><c> of</c><00:22:33.640><c> Paul</c><00:22:33.759><c> only</c><00:22:34.099><c> elicited</c><00:22:34.599><c> confused</c><00:22:35.180><c> outcries</c><00:22:35.920><c> and</c><00:22:36.380><c> the</c><00:22:36.759><c> chief</c><00:22:37.079><c> captain</c><00:22:37.539><c> seems</c><00:22:38.059><c> to</c><00:22:38.839><c> have</c><00:22:39.180><c> thought</c><00:22:39.380><c> at</c><00:22:39.539><c> one</c><00:22:39.720><c> point</c><00:22:39.900><c> that</c><00:22:40.079><c> Paul</c><00:22:40.359><c> might</c><00:22:40.599><c> have</c><00:22:40.759><c> been</c><00:22:40.900><c> a</c>

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certain<00:22:41.339><c> Egyptian</c><00:22:41.900><c> we</c><00:22:42.579><c> read</c><00:22:42.680><c> in</c><00:22:42.859><c> the</c><00:22:43.079><c> account.</c>

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There<00:22:44.839><c> was,</c><00:22:45.259><c> I</c><00:22:45.279><c> guess,</c><00:22:45.819><c> recently</c><00:22:45.960><c> an</c><00:22:46.180><c> Egyptian</c><00:22:46.619><c> pretender</c><00:22:47.140><c> who</c><00:22:47.460><c> stirred</c><00:22:47.599><c> up</c>

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the<00:22:48.000><c> people</c><00:22:48.579><c> and</c><00:22:49.079><c> it</c><00:22:49.339><c> caused</c><00:22:49.579><c> all</c><00:22:49.859><c> sorts</c><00:22:50.099><c> of</c><00:22:50.339><c> trouble.</c>

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But<00:22:52.140><c> Paul</c><00:22:52.619><c> quickly</c><00:22:53.220><c> convinces</c><00:22:53.819><c> him</c><00:22:54.160><c> that</c><00:22:54.900><c> he</c><00:22:55.180><c> is</c><00:22:55.400><c> not</c><00:22:55.599><c> the</c><00:22:55.819><c> Egyptian.</c>

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Paul's<00:22:58.839><c> discourse</c><00:22:59.180><c> to</c><00:22:59.420><c> the</c><00:22:59.640><c> crowd</c><00:22:59.880><c> is</c><00:23:00.160><c> found</c><00:23:00.359><c> in</c><00:23:00.559><c> Acts</c><00:23:00.740><c> chapter</c><00:23:01.099><c> 22</c><00:23:01.579><c> and</c>

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he<00:23:02.640><c> begins,</c><00:23:03.339><c> as</c><00:23:03.720><c> he</c><00:23:03.940><c> does</c><00:23:04.200><c> in</c><00:23:04.420><c> all</c><00:23:04.619><c> his</c><00:23:04.980><c> discourses</c><00:23:05.519><c> seemingly,</c><00:23:06.539><c> telling</c>

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them<00:23:07.019><c> about</c><00:23:07.819><c> his</c><00:23:08.460><c> life</c><00:23:08.819><c> before</c><00:23:09.220><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:23:11.880><c> the</c><00:23:12.099><c> crowd</c><00:23:12.319><c> was</c><00:23:12.759><c> very</c><00:23:13.140><c> intently</c><00:23:13.519><c> listening</c><00:23:13.960><c> to</c><00:23:14.220><c> him</c><00:23:14.619><c> when</c>

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he<00:23:15.299><c> spoke</c><00:23:15.480><c> of</c><00:23:15.660><c> that.</c>

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And<00:23:17.920><c> then</c><00:23:18.039><c> he</c><00:23:18.240><c> talked</c><00:23:18.400><c> about</c><00:23:18.599><c> his</c><00:23:18.839><c> conversion.</c>

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And<00:23:21.359><c> then</c><00:23:21.500><c> he</c><00:23:21.700><c> talked</c><00:23:21.859><c> about</c><00:23:22.119><c> his</c><00:23:22.400><c> mission,</c><00:23:23.400><c> about</c><00:23:23.619><c> how</c><00:23:23.839><c> he</c><00:23:24.000><c> was</c><00:23:24.180><c> supposed</c><00:23:24.440><c> to</c>

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go<00:23:24.700><c> to</c><00:23:24.859><c> the</c><00:23:24.960><c> Gentiles.</c>

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And<00:23:27.259><c> the</c><00:23:27.400><c> crowd</c><00:23:27.640><c> did</c><00:23:27.839><c> a</c><00:23:27.980><c> 180.</c><00:23:29.119><c> They</c><00:23:29.660><c> totally</c><00:23:30.059><c> flipped</c><00:23:30.359><c> out</c><00:23:30.640><c> on</c><00:23:30.779><c> him.</c>

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It<00:23:34.140><c> is</c><00:23:34.359><c> not</c><00:23:34.660><c> fit</c><00:23:34.819><c> that</c><00:23:35.000><c> he</c><00:23:35.119><c> should</c><00:23:35.319><c> live,</c><00:23:35.619><c> they</c><00:23:35.900><c> yelled,</c><00:23:37.200><c> and</c>

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they<00:23:37.680><c> wanted</c><00:23:37.839><c> to</c><00:23:38.099><c> kill</c><00:23:38.220><c> him.</c>

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Once<00:23:41.940><c> again</c><00:23:42.220><c> the</c><00:23:42.359><c> Roman</c><00:23:42.779><c> commander,</c><00:23:43.680><c> seeing</c><00:23:44.180><c> the</c><00:23:44.440><c> uprising,</c>

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carried<00:23:45.319><c> Paul</c><00:23:45.660><c> off</c><00:23:45.940><c> and</c><00:23:46.099><c> gave</c><00:23:46.380><c> orders</c><00:23:46.779><c> that</c><00:23:47.900><c> they</c><00:23:48.119><c> should</c><00:23:48.359><c> scourge</c><00:23:48.779><c> him</c>

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and<00:23:49.319><c> try</c><00:23:49.539><c> to</c><00:23:49.700><c> get</c><00:23:49.819><c> the</c><00:23:50.039><c> truth</c><00:23:50.180><c> from</c><00:23:50.380><c> him.</c>

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And<00:23:52.500><c> if</c><00:23:52.640><c> you</c><00:23:52.819><c> read</c><00:23:53.039><c> through</c><00:23:53.259><c> scripture,</c><00:23:53.640><c> just</c><00:23:53.880><c> as</c><00:23:54.119><c> a</c><00:23:54.279><c> side</c><00:23:54.460><c> note,</c><00:23:54.900><c> it</c>

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is<00:23:55.140><c> amazing</c><00:23:55.599><c> how</c><00:23:56.019><c> well</c><00:23:56.799><c> the</c><00:23:57.099><c> Roman</c><00:23:57.460><c> officers</c><00:23:57.920><c> are</c><00:23:58.299><c> usually</c><00:23:58.720><c> described</c><00:23:59.299><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:00.039><c> New</c><00:24:00.240><c> Testament.</c>

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I<00:24:01.559><c> mean,</c><00:24:01.779><c> you</c><00:24:01.799><c> would</c><00:24:02.000><c> think</c><00:24:02.200><c> that</c><00:24:02.359><c> they</c><00:24:02.460><c> would</c><00:24:02.839><c> be</c><00:24:03.180><c> derided</c>

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and<00:24:04.299><c> put,</c><00:24:05.000><c> but</c><00:24:05.220><c> they</c><00:24:05.420><c> are</c><00:24:05.420><c> really</c><00:24:05.740><c> not.</c>

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I<00:24:06.339><c> mean,</c><00:24:06.519><c> if</c><00:24:06.700><c> you</c><00:24:06.859><c> read</c><00:24:07.160><c> most</c><00:24:07.420><c> of</c><00:24:07.579><c> the</c><00:24:07.680><c> accounts,</c><00:24:09.359><c> you</c><00:24:09.720><c> don't</c>

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really<00:24:10.380><c> read</c><00:24:10.579><c> too</c><00:24:10.779><c> many</c><00:24:10.960><c> bad</c><00:24:11.180><c> things</c><00:24:11.440><c> about</c><00:24:11.720><c> the</c><00:24:11.920><c> Roman</c><00:24:12.160><c> officers,</c><00:24:13.380><c> the</c><00:24:13.559><c> captains.</c>

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They<00:24:14.900><c> are</c><00:24:14.960><c> usually</c><00:24:15.259><c> pretty</c><00:24:15.640><c> fair</c><00:24:15.960><c> and</c><00:24:16.220><c> they</c><00:24:17.099><c> seem</c><00:24:17.299><c> to</c><00:24:17.579><c> treat</c>

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Paul<00:24:18.180><c> and</c><00:24:18.980><c> others</c><00:24:19.279><c> well.</c>

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And<00:24:19.740><c> I</c><00:24:19.940><c> just</c><00:24:20.180><c> thought</c><00:24:20.299><c> that</c><00:24:20.480><c> was</c><00:24:20.640><c> an</c><00:24:20.880><c> interesting</c><00:24:21.259><c> side</c><00:24:21.599><c> note.</c>

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So<00:24:27.440><c> they</c><00:24:27.660><c> all</c><00:24:27.859><c> had</c><00:24:28.400><c> conspired</c><00:24:28.960><c> together,</c><00:24:29.420><c> and</c><00:24:29.579><c> the</c><00:24:29.740><c> next</c><00:24:30.000><c> day</c>

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Paul<00:24:30.400><c> was</c><00:24:30.700><c> brought</c><00:24:30.920><c> before</c><00:24:31.279><c> the</c><00:24:31.500><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:24:32.240><c> and</c><00:24:32.619><c> the</c><00:24:32.819><c> chief</c>

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priest,<00:24:34.900><c> those</c><00:24:35.259><c> who</c><00:24:35.539><c> banded</c><00:24:35.980><c> together</c><00:24:36.380><c> to</c><00:24:36.819><c> try</c><00:24:37.099><c> to</c><00:24:37.359><c> kill</c><00:24:37.500><c> an</c>

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innocent<00:24:37.940><c> man.</c>

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Sounds<00:24:40.160><c> familiar.</c><00:24:41.640><c> They</c><00:24:42.000><c> did</c><00:24:42.160><c> the</c><00:24:42.359><c> same</c><00:24:42.500><c> to</c><00:24:42.720><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:24:45.039><c> Paul's</c><00:24:45.579><c> words</c><00:24:45.859><c> divided</c><00:24:46.339><c> the</c><00:24:46.539><c> multitude</c><00:24:47.039><c> and</c><00:24:47.339><c> the</c><00:24:47.559><c> soldiers</c><00:24:47.920><c> led</c>

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Paul<00:24:48.480><c> away.</c>

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And<00:24:51.440><c> in</c><00:24:51.759><c> a</c><00:24:52.200><c> timely,</c><00:24:53.160><c> because</c><00:24:53.359><c> you</c><00:24:53.500><c> can</c><00:24:53.660><c> imagine</c><00:24:54.000><c> at</c><00:24:54.160><c> this</c><00:24:54.359><c> point</c><00:24:54.500><c> how</c>

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exhausted<00:24:55.519><c> Paul</c><00:24:55.799><c> must</c><00:24:56.059><c> have</c><00:24:56.259><c> been.</c>

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If<00:24:58.180><c> you</c><00:24:58.359><c> skip</c><00:24:58.640><c> over</c><00:24:58.940><c> to</c><00:24:59.259><c> chapter</c><00:24:59.579><c> 23</c><00:25:00.099><c> verse</c><00:25:00.460><c> 11,</c><00:25:00.839><c> and</c><00:25:01.000><c> it's</c><00:25:01.220><c> kind</c><00:25:01.440><c> of</c>

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just<00:25:01.900><c> thrown</c><00:25:02.059><c> in</c><00:25:02.299><c> there,</c><00:25:03.240><c> you</c><00:25:03.460><c> can</c><00:25:03.700><c> miss</c><00:25:03.940><c> this</c><00:25:04.440><c> verse</c><00:25:04.680><c> very</c><00:25:05.140><c> easily.</c>

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The<00:25:07.579><c> night</c><00:25:07.940><c> following,</c><00:25:09.559><c> the</c><00:25:09.660><c> Lord</c><00:25:10.140><c> stood</c><00:25:10.599><c> by</c><00:25:10.960><c> him,</c><00:25:11.279><c> meaning</c><00:25:11.559><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:25:13.480><c> the</c><00:25:13.640><c> Lord</c><00:25:13.920><c> said,</c><00:25:14.480><c> Be</c><00:25:14.519><c> of</c><00:25:14.720><c> good</c><00:25:14.940><c> cheer,</c><00:25:15.240><c> Paul,</c><00:25:16.819><c> for</c><00:25:16.960><c> as</c><00:25:17.119><c> thou</c><00:25:17.259><c> hast</c><00:25:17.559><c> testified</c><00:25:18.099><c> of</c>

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me<00:25:18.500><c> in</c><00:25:18.640><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:25:20.319><c> so</c><00:25:20.480><c> must</c><00:25:20.720><c> thou</c><00:25:20.940><c> bear</c><00:25:21.119><c> witness</c><00:25:21.519><c> also</c><00:25:22.059><c> at</c><00:25:22.319><c> Rome.</c>

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Just<00:25:24.680><c> a</c><00:25:24.960><c> quick</c><00:25:25.380><c> verse</c><00:25:25.980><c> thrown</c><00:25:26.319><c> in</c><00:25:26.559><c> there,</c><00:25:26.779><c> but</c><00:25:27.039><c> how</c><00:25:27.440><c> powerful</c>

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it<00:25:28.059><c> must</c><00:25:28.259><c> have</c><00:25:28.480><c> been</c><00:25:29.059><c> for</c><00:25:29.519><c> Paul.</c>

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Now<00:25:33.500><c> we</c><00:25:33.700><c> know</c><00:25:34.039><c> after</c><00:25:35.039><c> this</c><00:25:35.339><c> event</c><00:25:35.660><c> that</c><00:25:35.819><c> there</c><00:25:35.960><c> was</c><00:25:36.160><c> a</c><00:25:36.319><c> plot</c><00:25:36.480><c> discovered</c><00:25:37.000><c> that</c><00:25:37.220><c> more</c><00:25:37.420><c> than</c><00:25:37.619><c> 40</c>

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Jews<00:25:38.279><c> had</c><00:25:38.839><c> gotten</c><00:25:39.019><c> together</c><00:25:39.579><c> and</c><00:25:40.059><c> made</c><00:25:40.279><c> an</c><00:25:40.480><c> oath</c><00:25:40.660><c> that</c><00:25:40.819><c> they</c>

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would<00:25:41.420><c> not</c><00:25:41.619><c> eat</c><00:25:41.839><c> or</c><00:25:42.019><c> drink</c><00:25:42.220><c> until</c><00:25:42.500><c> they</c><00:25:42.720><c> had</c><00:25:42.940><c> killed</c><00:25:43.099><c> Paul.</c>

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So<00:25:46.319><c> then</c><00:25:46.599><c> the</c><00:25:46.819><c> chief</c><00:25:47.059><c> captain,</c><00:25:47.980><c> Claudius</c><00:25:48.339><c> Licicis,</c><00:25:49.119><c> determines</c><00:25:49.519><c> to</c><00:25:49.779><c> send</c>

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Paul<00:25:50.180><c> to</c><00:25:50.420><c> Caesarea</c><00:25:50.900><c> to</c><00:25:51.660><c> Felix,</c><00:25:52.660><c> who</c><00:25:52.759><c> is</c><00:25:52.960><c> the</c><00:25:53.140><c> governor</c><00:25:53.640><c> of</c><00:25:54.039><c> Judea.</c>

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And<00:25:56.220><c> that's</c><00:25:56.460><c> where</c><00:25:56.559><c> I'd</c><00:25:56.779><c> like</c><00:25:56.839><c> to</c><00:25:57.059><c> pick</c><00:25:57.200><c> it</c><00:25:57.339><c> up</c><00:25:57.440><c> now</c><00:25:57.759><c> is</c><00:25:57.960><c> Paul</c>

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Acts<00:26:10.720><c> chapters</c><00:26:11.140><c> 24,</c><00:26:12.640><c> 25,</c><00:26:14.099><c> and</c><00:26:14.240><c> 26</c><00:26:14.799><c> tell</c><00:26:15.039><c> us</c><00:26:15.259><c> of</c><00:26:15.400><c> the</c><00:26:15.539><c> events</c><00:26:15.779><c> of</c>

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Paul's<00:26:16.480><c> trials</c><00:26:16.900><c> before</c><00:26:18.259><c> Felix,</c><00:26:19.859><c> before</c><00:26:20.279><c> Festus,</c><00:26:22.359><c> and</c><00:26:22.759><c> then</c>

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finally<00:26:23.480><c> King</c><00:26:23.880><c> Agrippa</c><00:26:24.240><c> II,</c><00:26:24.779><c> which</c><00:26:24.960><c> we</c><00:26:25.160><c> read</c><00:26:25.279><c> this</c><00:26:25.559><c> morning.</c>

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Let's<00:26:28.299><c> look</c><00:26:28.480><c> at</c><00:26:28.720><c> Felix</c><00:26:29.119><c> briefly.</c>

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And<00:26:32.380><c> from</c><00:26:32.579><c> what</c><00:26:32.859><c> little</c><00:26:33.019><c> we</c><00:26:33.220><c> know</c><00:26:33.440><c> about</c><00:26:33.759><c> Felix,</c><00:26:34.200><c> if</c><00:26:34.380><c> you</c><00:26:34.700><c> look</c>

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back<00:26:35.220><c> in</c><00:26:35.380><c> any</c><00:26:35.619><c> history</c><00:26:35.960><c> books,</c><00:26:37.319><c> Felix</c><00:26:37.940><c> was</c><00:26:38.759><c> a</c><00:26:38.880><c> personal,</c><00:26:40.079><c> personally</c><00:26:40.460><c> and</c>

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officially<00:26:42.339><c> in</c><00:26:42.539><c> his</c><00:26:42.740><c> job</c><00:26:43.019><c> title,</c><00:26:44.480><c> he</c><00:26:44.579><c> was</c><00:26:44.779><c> deemed</c><00:26:45.000><c> a</c><00:26:45.240><c> failure.</c>

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According<00:26:47.940><c> to</c><00:26:48.180><c> Josephus,</c><00:26:48.819><c> he</c><00:26:48.960><c> was</c><00:26:49.220><c> a</c><00:26:49.380><c> mean</c><00:26:49.579><c> tyrant.</c><00:26:51.460><c> His</c><00:26:51.660><c> wife,</c><00:26:52.240><c> whom</c>

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we<00:26:52.539><c> read</c><00:26:52.740><c> about</c><00:26:53.039><c> also</c><00:26:53.380><c> in</c><00:26:53.640><c> scripture,</c><00:26:54.019><c> Drusilla,</c><00:26:55.579><c> was</c><00:26:55.839><c> a</c><00:26:56.019><c> Jewess</c><00:26:56.980><c> and</c>

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probably<00:26:57.720><c> kept</c><00:26:58.019><c> Felix</c><00:26:58.420><c> well</c><00:26:58.740><c> informed</c><00:26:59.119><c> of</c><00:26:59.279><c> what</c><00:26:59.460><c> was</c><00:26:59.660><c> going</c>

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on<00:27:00.500><c> with</c><00:27:00.839><c> the</c><00:27:01.019><c> Jewish</c><00:27:01.220><c> people.</c>

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Felix<00:27:04.940><c> did</c><00:27:05.519><c> some</c><00:27:05.960><c> good,</c><00:27:06.160><c> I</c><00:27:06.279><c> mean</c><00:27:06.400><c> he</c><00:27:06.539><c> did</c><00:27:06.859><c> see</c><00:27:07.079><c> to</c><00:27:07.200><c> it</c><00:27:07.339><c> that</c><00:27:07.519><c> Paul</c><00:27:07.700><c> was</c>

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cared<00:27:08.200><c> for</c><00:27:08.900><c> while</c><00:27:09.140><c> being</c><00:27:09.440><c> guarded.</c><00:27:10.680><c> He</c><00:27:10.880><c> protected</c><00:27:11.359><c> Paul</c><00:27:11.779><c> from</c>

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the<00:27:12.220><c> Jewish</c><00:27:12.480><c> mobs.</c>

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Paul<00:27:14.019><c> had</c><00:27:14.279><c> limited</c><00:27:14.700><c> freedom.</c><00:27:16.940><c> He</c><00:27:17.500><c> could</c><00:27:17.720><c> have</c><00:27:17.859><c> visitors.</c>

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We<00:27:20.700><c> don't</c><00:27:20.920><c> really</c><00:27:21.200><c> know</c><00:27:21.359><c> what</c><00:27:21.539><c> Paul's</c><00:27:22.440><c> ministry</c><00:27:22.779><c> life</c><00:27:23.019><c> was</c><00:27:23.299><c> like</c><00:27:23.480><c> while</c><00:27:23.700><c> he</c>

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was<00:27:24.059><c> imprisoned</c><00:27:24.400><c> under</c><00:27:24.720><c> Felix,</c><00:27:25.119><c> but</c><00:27:25.839><c> I'm</c><00:27:26.240><c> sure</c><00:27:26.519><c> we</c><00:27:26.700><c> can</c><00:27:26.960><c> all</c>

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safely<00:27:27.700><c> assume</c><00:27:28.420><c> that</c><00:27:29.119><c> he</c><00:27:29.279><c> was</c><00:27:29.559><c> quite</c><00:27:29.819><c> active.</c>

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After<00:27:35.400><c> hearing</c><00:27:35.799><c> of</c><00:27:36.059><c> Paul's</c><00:27:36.500><c> accusers</c><00:27:36.900><c> and</c><00:27:37.079><c> the</c><00:27:37.240><c> Apostles'</c><00:27:37.759><c> defense</c><00:27:38.059><c> the</c><00:27:38.299><c> first</c><00:27:38.559><c> time,</c><00:27:39.519><c> Felix</c><00:27:39.799><c> made</c><00:27:40.799><c> an</c>

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excuse<00:27:41.359><c> and</c><00:27:41.579><c> put</c><00:27:41.819><c> off</c><00:27:42.099><c> Paul.</c>

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But<00:27:45.259><c> then</c><00:27:45.599><c> Felix</c><00:27:45.900><c> wanted</c><00:27:46.200><c> to</c><00:27:46.420><c> talk</c><00:27:46.579><c> to</c><00:27:46.740><c> Paul</c><00:27:46.960><c> again</c><00:27:47.339><c> and</c><00:27:48.160><c> it</c><00:27:48.660><c> must</c><00:27:48.920><c> have</c><00:27:49.079><c> been</c><00:27:49.200><c> at</c>

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the<00:27:49.539><c> urging</c><00:27:49.740><c> of</c><00:27:49.960><c> his</c><00:27:50.140><c> wife</c><00:27:50.579><c> that</c><00:27:51.140><c> Felix</c><00:27:51.579><c> gave</c><00:27:51.839><c> Paul</c><00:27:52.200><c> another</c><00:27:52.460><c> hearing.</c>

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Without<00:27:56.960><c> looking</c><00:27:57.420><c> it</c><00:27:57.700><c> up,</c><00:27:58.400><c> Paul's</c><00:27:58.980><c> sermon</c><00:27:59.140><c> to</c><00:27:59.440><c> Felix</c><00:27:59.900><c> and</c><00:28:00.299><c> his</c>

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wife<00:28:00.859><c> hit</c><00:28:01.059><c> at</c><00:28:01.259><c> home,</c><00:28:02.480><c> for</c><00:28:02.619><c> Paul</c><00:28:02.920><c> spoke</c><00:28:03.259><c> about</c><00:28:03.579><c> righteousness,</c>

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self<00:28:05.240><c>-control</c><00:28:05.720><c> and</c><00:28:05.920><c> the</c><00:28:06.099><c> judgment</c><00:28:06.359><c> to</c><00:28:06.619><c> come.</c>

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How<00:28:09.240><c> bold</c><00:28:09.980><c> could</c><00:28:11.799><c> we</c><00:28:12.019><c> be,</c><00:28:12.359><c> brothers</c><00:28:12.480><c> and</c><00:28:12.759><c> sisters,</c><00:28:13.279><c> to</c><00:28:13.500><c> speak</c>

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to<00:28:13.960><c> a</c><00:28:14.099><c> leader</c><00:28:14.259><c> like</c><00:28:14.619><c> that</c><00:28:14.940><c> about</c><00:28:15.299><c> righteousness,</c><00:28:16.759><c> self</c><00:28:17.099><c>-control</c><00:28:17.660><c> and</c><00:28:17.960><c> judgment?</c>

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Can<00:28:19.599><c> you</c><00:28:19.759><c> imagine</c><00:28:20.160><c> if</c><00:28:20.299><c> you</c><00:28:20.440><c> had</c><00:28:20.579><c> the</c><00:28:20.680><c> opportunity</c><00:28:21.119><c> to</c><00:28:21.339><c> speak</c><00:28:21.539><c> to</c><00:28:21.720><c> a</c>

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governor<00:28:22.400><c> or</c><00:28:23.980><c> a</c><00:28:24.400><c> congressman</c><00:28:25.420><c> and</c><00:28:25.720><c> spoke</c><00:28:25.960><c> to</c><00:28:26.059><c> them</c><00:28:26.240><c> about</c><00:28:26.519><c> righteousness,</c><00:28:27.700><c> self</c><00:28:28.000><c>-control</c><00:28:28.680><c> and</c>

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the<00:28:29.900><c> resurrection?</c>

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How<00:28:31.880><c> bold</c><00:28:32.359><c> was</c><00:28:32.720><c> Paul</c><00:28:32.920><c> to</c><00:28:33.119><c> do</c><00:28:33.299><c> so?</c><00:28:36.359><c> And</c><00:28:36.519><c> it</c><00:28:36.599><c> was</c><00:28:36.779><c> no</c><00:28:37.059><c> coincidence</c>

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that<00:28:37.779><c> Paul</c><00:28:38.059><c> spoke</c><00:28:38.400><c> on</c><00:28:38.579><c> these</c><00:28:38.819><c> topics.</c>

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For<00:28:41.339><c> Felix</c><00:28:41.680><c> was</c><00:28:41.940><c> an</c><00:28:42.099><c> unscrupulous</c><00:28:42.819><c> official.</c><00:28:44.200><c> He</c><00:28:44.460><c> lied,</c><00:28:44.920><c> he</c>

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cheated,<00:28:46.640><c> he</c><00:28:46.940><c> took</c><00:28:47.200><c> bribes</c><00:28:47.700><c> and</c><00:28:47.799><c> even</c><00:28:48.180><c> committed</c><00:28:48.579><c> murder</c><00:28:48.980><c> if</c>

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it<00:28:49.339><c> would</c><00:28:49.480><c> help</c><00:28:49.640><c> him</c><00:28:49.880><c> pursue</c><00:28:50.160><c> his</c><00:28:50.380><c> own</c><00:28:50.619><c> goals.</c>

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His<00:28:52.599><c> wife,</c><00:28:53.140><c> Drusilla,</c><00:28:53.460><c> was</c><00:28:53.759><c> Felix's</c><00:28:54.359><c> third</c><00:28:54.579><c> wife</c><00:28:54.920><c> and</c><00:28:55.539><c> she</c><00:28:55.859><c> divorced</c><00:28:56.259><c> her</c><00:28:56.519><c> husband</c><00:28:56.880><c> to</c>

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move<00:28:57.539><c> up</c><00:28:58.759><c> socially</c><00:28:59.259><c> on</c><00:28:59.759><c> the</c><00:29:00.000><c> scale</c><00:29:00.259><c> in</c><00:29:00.920><c> marrying</c><00:29:01.259><c> Felix.</c>

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History<00:29:04.539><c> books</c><00:29:04.759><c> say</c><00:29:05.059><c> that</c><00:29:05.279><c> Drusilla</c><00:29:05.619><c> lived</c><00:29:06.059><c> as</c><00:29:06.319><c> though</c><00:29:06.519><c> God</c>

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had<00:29:07.119><c> never</c><00:29:07.460><c> given</c><00:29:07.799><c> the</c><00:29:08.059><c> Ten</c><00:29:08.279><c> Commandments.</c><00:29:10.319><c> That's</c><00:29:10.599><c> how</c><00:29:11.319><c> she</c>

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lived<00:29:11.940><c> her</c><00:29:12.220><c> life.</c>

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And<00:29:14.720><c> upon</c><00:29:14.940><c> hearing</c><00:29:15.259><c> Paul's</c><00:29:15.759><c> words,</c><00:29:16.920><c> Governor</c><00:29:17.180><c> Felix</c><00:29:17.579><c> became</c>

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afraid<00:29:18.779><c> and</c><00:29:20.259><c> he</c><00:29:20.500><c> sent</c><00:29:20.619><c> Paul</c><00:29:20.980><c> away.</c>

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In<00:29:22.900><c> his</c><00:29:23.119><c> words</c><00:29:23.339><c> are,</c><00:29:23.799><c> until</c><00:29:23.960><c> I</c><00:29:24.200><c> have</c><00:29:24.359><c> a</c><00:29:24.700><c> convenient</c><00:29:25.019><c> time</c><00:29:25.420><c> for</c>

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you,<00:29:26.460><c> I</c><00:29:27.140><c> will</c><00:29:27.359><c> not</c><00:29:27.579><c> hear</c><00:29:28.240><c> of</c><00:29:28.859><c> this</c><00:29:29.119><c> matter</c><00:29:29.359><c> again.</c>

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Those<00:29:33.160><c> words</c><00:29:33.460><c> kind</c><00:29:33.740><c> of</c><00:29:33.859><c> ring</c><00:29:33.980><c> a</c><00:29:34.140><c> bell,</c><00:29:34.720><c> until</c><00:29:34.900><c> I</c><00:29:35.160><c> have</c><00:29:35.359><c> a</c><00:29:35.559><c> convenient</c><00:29:36.000><c> time.</c>

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How<00:29:38.700><c> many</c><00:29:38.960><c> people</c><00:29:39.279><c> have</c><00:29:39.480><c> we</c><00:29:39.740><c> spoken</c><00:29:40.059><c> to</c><00:29:40.779><c> about</c><00:29:41.900><c> the</c><00:29:42.099><c> gospel</c><00:29:42.480><c> message</c><00:29:42.900><c> and</c><00:29:43.059><c> they</c><00:29:43.420><c> express</c><00:29:43.940><c> their</c><00:29:44.559><c> rejection</c><00:29:45.099><c> in</c>

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this<00:29:45.660><c> way?</c>

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He<00:29:47.140><c> doesn't</c><00:29:47.420><c> come</c><00:29:47.680><c> out</c><00:29:48.019><c> and</c><00:29:48.279><c> say,</c><00:29:48.640><c> you</c><00:29:48.740><c> know</c><00:29:48.900><c> what,</c><00:29:49.500><c> I</c><00:29:50.059><c> reject</c>

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what<00:29:50.720><c> you're</c><00:29:51.000><c> saying,</c><00:29:52.720><c> but</c><00:29:53.480><c> now</c><00:29:53.720><c> is</c><00:29:53.779><c> not</c><00:29:54.019><c> a</c><00:29:54.200><c> convenient</c><00:29:54.500><c> time.</c>

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We'll<00:29:56.180><c> discuss</c><00:29:56.480><c> this</c><00:29:56.720><c> later.</c>

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Well,<00:29:59.920><c> brothers</c><00:30:00.059><c> and</c><00:30:00.299><c> sisters,</c><00:30:00.579><c> if</c><00:30:00.839><c> we</c><00:30:02.420><c> had</c><00:30:03.900><c> ever</c><00:30:04.740><c> waited</c><00:30:05.279><c> for</c>

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a<00:30:05.839><c> convenient</c><00:30:06.140><c> time</c><00:30:06.539><c> to</c><00:30:06.720><c> put</c><00:30:06.839><c> on</c><00:30:07.079><c> Christ,</c><00:30:08.640><c> you</c><00:30:08.799><c> could</c><00:30:08.940><c> be</c><00:30:09.180><c> waiting</c><00:30:09.700><c> for</c>

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eternity<00:30:11.380><c> and</c><00:30:11.799><c> not</c><00:30:12.039><c> having</c><00:30:12.319><c> God</c><00:30:12.519><c> in</c><00:30:12.660><c> your</c><00:30:12.880><c> life.</c>

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And<00:30:15.779><c> that's</c><00:30:16.039><c> a</c><00:30:16.160><c> message</c><00:30:16.480><c> for</c><00:30:16.720><c> all</c><00:30:16.940><c> of</c><00:30:17.079><c> us</c><00:30:17.220><c> out</c><00:30:17.440><c> there</c><00:30:17.579><c> who</c><00:30:17.900><c> are</c>

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considering<00:30:18.640><c> being</c><00:30:18.960><c> baptized.</c>

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Please<00:30:23.400><c> give</c><00:30:24.000><c> it</c><00:30:24.279><c> serious</c><00:30:24.640><c> thought</c><00:30:24.859><c> and</c><00:30:25.160><c> prayer</c><00:30:25.680><c> and</c><00:30:27.759><c> don't</c><00:30:28.019><c> use</c><00:30:28.259><c> the</c><00:30:28.619><c> excuse</c><00:30:28.920><c> of</c><00:30:29.299><c> it's</c><00:30:29.720><c> not</c><00:30:29.859><c> a</c>

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convenient<00:30:30.380><c> time.</c>

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Felix's<00:30:34.839><c> lone</c><00:30:34.980><c> motivation</c><00:30:35.660><c> was</c><00:30:35.980><c> greed</c><00:30:36.220><c> and</c><00:30:36.420><c> he</c><00:30:36.559><c> hoped</c><00:30:36.740><c> that</c><00:30:37.079><c> Paul</c><00:30:37.359><c> would</c><00:30:38.339><c> pay</c><00:30:38.539><c> him</c><00:30:38.740><c> off.</c><00:30:39.000><c> He</c><00:30:39.000><c> was</c><00:30:39.220><c> looking</c><00:30:39.480><c> for</c><00:30:39.799><c> a</c><00:30:40.000><c> bribe.</c>

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Felix<00:30:42.900><c> refused</c><00:30:43.359><c> to</c><00:30:43.579><c> release</c><00:30:43.839><c> Paul,</c><00:30:44.259><c> wanting</c><00:30:44.720><c> the</c><00:30:45.440><c> Jews</c><00:30:45.720><c> a</c><00:30:46.019><c> favor.</c>

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It's<00:30:47.400><c> amazing,</c><00:30:47.859><c> even</c><00:30:48.119><c> in</c><00:30:48.299><c> this</c><00:30:48.539><c> day</c><00:30:48.680><c> when</c><00:30:48.880><c> we</c><00:30:49.079><c> think</c><00:30:49.259><c> of</c><00:30:49.660><c> politics</c><00:30:49.960><c> and</c><00:30:50.160><c> how</c><00:30:50.380><c> everyone's</c><00:30:51.240><c> washing</c><00:30:51.539><c> each</c><00:30:51.839><c> other's</c><00:30:52.259><c> back,</c><00:30:53.559><c> you</c><00:30:53.720><c> know,</c><00:30:53.839><c> you</c><00:30:54.019><c> do</c><00:30:54.140><c> me</c><00:30:54.400><c> a</c>

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favor,<00:30:54.720><c> I'll</c><00:30:54.900><c> do</c><00:30:55.000><c> you</c><00:30:55.259><c> a</c><00:30:55.400><c> favor.</c>

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It<00:30:56.359><c> was</c><00:30:56.599><c> the</c><00:30:56.779><c> same</c><00:30:56.960><c> back</c><00:30:57.740><c> in</c><00:30:58.660><c> 50</c><00:30:59.000><c> AD,</c><00:31:00.500><c> wanted</c><00:31:00.759><c> to</c><00:31:00.960><c> do</c><00:31:01.119><c> everyone</c>

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a<00:31:01.680><c> favor.</c>

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Didn't<00:31:02.740><c> matter</c><00:31:03.019><c> if</c><00:31:03.140><c> it</c><00:31:03.240><c> was</c><00:31:03.359><c> right</c><00:31:03.559><c> or</c><00:31:03.779><c> wrong,</c><00:31:04.619><c> you</c><00:31:04.839><c> take</c><00:31:05.039><c> care</c>

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of<00:31:05.319><c> me</c><00:31:05.539><c> and</c><00:31:05.579><c> I'll</c><00:31:05.859><c> take</c><00:31:06.019><c> care</c><00:31:06.220><c> of</c><00:31:06.319><c> you.</c>

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There<00:31:14.819><c> had</c><00:31:14.960><c> been</c><00:31:15.180><c> two</c><00:31:15.480><c> years</c><00:31:16.400><c> that</c><00:31:17.299><c> Felix</c><00:31:17.640><c> had</c><00:31:17.900><c> left</c><00:31:18.059><c> Paul</c><00:31:18.460><c> in</c><00:31:18.660><c> prison.</c>

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A<00:31:21.180><c> new</c><00:31:21.380><c> governor</c><00:31:21.759><c> had</c><00:31:22.039><c> moved</c><00:31:22.359><c> into</c><00:31:22.680><c> Judea</c><00:31:23.079><c> by</c><00:31:23.279><c> the</c><00:31:23.359><c> name</c><00:31:23.559><c> of</c><00:31:23.799><c> Festus.</c>

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And<00:31:25.339><c> right</c><00:31:25.500><c> away</c><00:31:25.759><c> the</c><00:31:26.039><c> Jews</c><00:31:26.380><c> informed</c><00:31:26.940><c> Festus</c><00:31:27.400><c> about</c><00:31:27.680><c> Paul</c><00:31:28.180><c> and</c><00:31:28.619><c> wanted</c><00:31:28.839><c> him</c><00:31:29.140><c> to</c>

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send<00:31:29.680><c> Paul</c><00:31:30.000><c> to</c><00:31:30.200><c> Jerusalem</c><00:31:30.640><c> for</c><00:31:30.960><c> trial.</c>

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But<00:31:34.779><c> Festus</c><00:31:35.119><c> would</c><00:31:35.339><c> not</c><00:31:35.539><c> comply</c><00:31:35.880><c> to</c><00:31:36.059><c> the</c><00:31:36.180><c> request.</c><00:31:36.680><c> He</c><00:31:36.819><c> says,</c>

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no,<00:31:38.339><c> you</c><00:31:38.519><c> can</c><00:31:38.740><c> come</c><00:31:38.940><c> to</c><00:31:39.140><c> Caesarea</c><00:31:39.740><c> and</c><00:31:42.500><c> come</c><00:31:42.759><c> here</c><00:31:43.039><c> for</c><00:31:43.299><c> a</c><00:31:43.480><c> trial.</c>

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x
Now<00:31:44.519><c> I</c><00:31:44.539><c> don't</c><00:31:44.819><c> know</c><00:31:45.039><c> if</c><00:31:45.240><c> Festus</c><00:31:45.740><c> knew</c><00:31:46.099><c> of</c><00:31:46.940><c> the</c><00:31:47.200><c> plot</c><00:31:47.339><c> against</c>

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Paul<00:31:47.960><c> or</c><00:31:48.180><c> not,</c><00:31:48.519><c> but</c><00:31:49.619><c> he</c><00:31:50.420><c> said</c><00:31:50.599><c> no</c><00:31:50.960><c> to</c><00:31:51.160><c> Paul</c><00:31:51.359><c> going</c><00:31:51.579><c> to</c><00:31:51.799><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:31:52.900><c> once</c><00:31:53.160><c> again</c><00:31:53.440><c> the</c><00:31:53.660><c> Jews</c><00:31:54.160><c> could</c><00:31:54.599><c> not</c><00:31:54.839><c> prove</c><00:31:55.079><c> any</c><00:31:55.339><c> of</c><00:31:55.460><c> their</c><00:31:55.619><c> charges.</c>

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And<00:31:57.900><c> Paul</c><00:31:58.140><c> answered</c><00:31:58.500><c> for</c><00:31:58.779><c> himself,</c><00:31:59.400><c> neither</c><00:31:59.599><c> against</c><00:32:00.059><c> the</c><00:32:00.319><c> law</c><00:32:00.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:32:00.940><c> Jews,</c><00:32:03.779><c> nor</c><00:32:03.960><c> against</c><00:32:04.240><c> the</c><00:32:04.519><c> temple,</c><00:32:05.799><c> nor</c><00:32:06.059><c> against</c><00:32:06.460><c> Caesar</c>

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have<00:32:07.819><c> I</c><00:32:08.099><c> offended</c><00:32:08.519><c> in</c><00:32:08.920><c> anything</c><00:32:09.400><c> at</c><00:32:09.839><c> all.</c>

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Though<00:32:12.779><c> he</c><00:32:12.880><c> was</c><00:32:13.099><c> a</c><00:32:13.220><c> good</c><00:32:13.359><c> man,</c><00:32:13.960><c> Festus</c><00:32:14.140><c> also</c><00:32:14.519><c> understood</c><00:32:14.980><c> that</c>

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it<00:32:15.259><c> was</c><00:32:15.460><c> important</c><00:32:15.819><c> for</c><00:32:16.039><c> him</c><00:32:16.420><c> to</c><00:32:17.559><c> keep</c><00:32:17.720><c> a</c><00:32:17.940><c> good</c><00:32:18.160><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:32:19.000><c> the</c><00:32:19.160><c> Jewish</c><00:32:19.380><c> people</c><00:32:19.759><c> in</c><00:32:19.940><c> his</c><00:32:20.160><c> province.</c>

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And<00:32:23.039><c> Festus</c><00:32:23.420><c> found</c><00:32:23.700><c> it</c><00:32:23.920><c> truly</c><00:32:24.119><c> difficult</c><00:32:24.680><c> to</c><00:32:24.980><c> decide</c><00:32:25.240><c> the</c><00:32:25.480><c> case.</c>

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And<00:32:27.519><c> I</c><00:32:27.619><c> think</c><00:32:27.839><c> that</c><00:32:28.140><c> Paul's</c><00:32:28.900><c> standing</c><00:32:29.180><c> and</c><00:32:29.460><c> coming</c><00:32:29.599><c> out</c><00:32:29.900><c> and</c><00:32:30.140><c> saying,</c><00:32:31.019><c> I'm</c><00:32:31.079><c> a</c>

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Roman<00:32:31.500><c> citizen</c><00:32:31.960><c> seems</c><00:32:32.420><c> to</c><00:32:32.660><c> have</c><00:32:32.859><c> kept</c><00:32:33.059><c> Festus</c><00:32:33.599><c> from</c><00:32:34.339><c> commanding</c><00:32:35.059><c> the</c><00:32:35.259><c> trial</c><00:32:35.539><c> going</c><00:32:35.819><c> to</c><00:32:36.059><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:32:38.680><c> Festus</c><00:32:39.140><c> asked</c><00:32:39.420><c> Paul,</c><00:32:41.619><c> you</c><00:32:41.619><c> know,</c><00:32:42.059><c> Paul,</c><00:32:42.700><c> are</c><00:32:42.839><c> you</c><00:32:43.019><c> willing</c>

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to<00:32:43.400><c> go</c><00:32:43.500><c> to</c><00:32:43.720><c> Jerusalem?</c>

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And<00:32:46.059><c> what</c><00:32:46.220><c> does</c><00:32:46.440><c> Paul</c><00:32:46.619><c> say?</c><00:32:46.980><c> I</c><00:32:47.339><c> stand</c><00:32:47.619><c> at</c><00:32:47.880><c> Caesar's</c><00:32:48.460><c> judgment</c>

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seat<00:32:49.440><c> where</c><00:32:49.980><c> I</c><00:32:50.160><c> ought</c><00:32:50.279><c> to</c><00:32:50.480><c> be</c><00:32:50.680><c> judged.</c><00:32:52.079><c> I</c><00:32:52.380><c> appeal</c><00:32:52.740><c> to</c><00:32:53.039><c> Caesar.</c>

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Well,<00:32:56.759><c> this</c><00:32:57.000><c> appeal</c><00:32:57.299><c> by</c><00:32:57.559><c> Paul</c><00:32:57.799><c> made</c><00:32:58.019><c> a</c><00:32:58.200><c> lot</c><00:32:58.319><c> of</c><00:32:58.480><c> sense.</c><00:32:58.799><c> I</c><00:32:58.799><c> mean,</c><00:32:58.980><c> one,</c>

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he<00:32:59.380><c> knew</c><00:32:59.779><c> that</c><00:33:00.160><c> he</c><00:33:00.339><c> needed</c><00:33:00.519><c> to</c><00:33:00.740><c> go</c><00:33:00.900><c> to</c><00:33:01.059><c> Rome.</c>

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And<00:33:02.720><c> two,</c><00:33:03.059><c> I</c><00:33:03.220><c> think</c><00:33:03.440><c> he</c><00:33:03.599><c> was</c><00:33:03.819><c> pretty</c><00:33:04.119><c> convinced</c><00:33:04.559><c> that</c><00:33:04.779><c> the</c><00:33:05.000><c> evidence</c><00:33:05.259><c> against</c><00:33:05.759><c> him</c>

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or<00:33:06.900><c> the</c><00:33:07.119><c> lack</c><00:33:07.299><c> thereof</c><00:33:08.059><c> was</c><00:33:08.779><c> on</c><00:33:08.980><c> his</c><00:33:09.299><c> side</c><00:33:09.599><c> that</c><00:33:09.799><c> in</c><00:33:10.019><c> a</c><00:33:10.180><c> fair</c><00:33:10.359><c> trial</c><00:33:10.779><c> he</c>

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would<00:33:11.160><c> win.</c>

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And<00:33:13.079><c> I'm</c><00:33:13.279><c> sure</c><00:33:13.500><c> he</c><00:33:13.779><c> also</c><00:33:14.119><c> had</c><00:33:14.339><c> to</c><00:33:14.579><c> wonder</c><00:33:14.759><c> deep</c><00:33:15.079><c> inside</c><00:33:15.960><c> where</c>

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Festus's<00:33:17.359><c> loyalties</c><00:33:18.480><c> really</c><00:33:19.240><c> were</c><00:33:19.900><c> and</c><00:33:20.680><c> if</c><00:33:20.819><c> he</c><00:33:21.000><c> would</c><00:33:21.420><c> turn</c>

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him<00:33:21.960><c> over</c><00:33:22.420><c> to</c><00:33:22.640><c> the</c><00:33:22.859><c> people</c><00:33:23.140><c> to</c><00:33:23.400><c> win</c><00:33:23.519><c> their</c><00:33:23.779><c> favor.</c>

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So<00:33:26.779><c> now</c><00:33:27.099><c> we</c><00:33:27.400><c> turn</c><00:33:27.740><c> toward</c><00:33:28.220><c> today's</c><00:33:29.500><c> readings</c><00:33:29.500><c> where</c><00:33:30.259><c> King</c><00:33:30.500><c> Agrippa</c><00:33:30.880><c> II</c>

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in<00:33:32.640><c> Bernice</c><00:33:33.140><c> come</c><00:33:33.440><c> to</c><00:33:33.680><c> Caesarea</c><00:33:34.140><c> to</c><00:33:34.539><c> congratulate</c><00:33:35.279><c> Festus</c><00:33:36.039><c> on</c>

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his<00:33:37.400><c> promotion</c><00:33:37.799><c> to</c><00:33:38.079><c> governor.</c>

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And<00:33:39.940><c> Festus</c><00:33:40.319><c> right</c><00:33:40.579><c> away</c><00:33:41.339><c> communicates</c><00:33:42.279><c> his</c><00:33:42.480><c> perplexity</c>

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about<00:33:43.380><c> Paul's</c><00:33:43.859><c> case.</c>

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And<00:33:46.039><c> King</c><00:33:46.220><c> Agrippa</c><00:33:46.579><c> expresses</c><00:33:47.059><c> his</c><00:33:47.460><c> desire</c><00:33:47.799><c> to</c><00:33:48.079><c> speak</c><00:33:48.240><c> to</c><00:33:48.460><c> Paul.</c>

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:57.299
x
Now,<00:33:52.140><c> if</c><00:33:52.259><c> you</c><00:33:52.440><c> know</c><00:33:52.660><c> any</c><00:33:52.960><c> of</c><00:33:53.099><c> the</c><00:33:53.299><c> history</c><00:33:54.279><c> of</c><00:33:55.319><c> King</c><00:33:55.880><c> Agrippa</c><00:33:56.279><c> II,</c>

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Paul<00:33:59.400><c> was</c><00:33:59.700><c> now</c><00:34:00.079><c> standing</c><00:34:00.539><c> in</c><00:34:00.859><c> the</c><00:34:01.099><c> presence</c><00:34:01.339><c> of</c><00:34:01.559><c> the</c><00:34:01.720><c> man</c><00:34:01.880><c> whose</c><00:34:02.119><c> father,</c><00:34:03.680><c> King</c>

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Agrippa<00:34:04.240><c> I,</c><00:34:04.740><c> had</c><00:34:04.960><c> martyred</c><00:34:05.319><c> James.</c>

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He<00:34:07.559><c> was</c><00:34:07.900><c> standing</c><00:34:08.159><c> in</c><00:34:08.360><c> front</c><00:34:08.480><c> of</c><00:34:08.619><c> the</c><00:34:08.780><c> man</c><00:34:08.920><c> whose</c><00:34:09.179><c> grandfather</c>

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had<00:34:11.380><c> John</c><00:34:11.679><c> the</c><00:34:11.880><c> Baptist</c><00:34:12.300><c> beheaded.</c>

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He<00:34:14.639><c> was</c><00:34:14.940><c> standing</c><00:34:15.340><c> in</c><00:34:15.659><c> front</c><00:34:15.780><c> of</c><00:34:15.960><c> the</c><00:34:16.139><c> man</c><00:34:16.940><c> whose</c><00:34:17.400><c> great</c><00:34:17.860><c> grandfather</c><00:34:18.659><c> had</c><00:34:19.599><c> tried</c><00:34:19.820><c> to</c><00:34:20.099><c> kill</c><00:34:20.380><c> Jesus</c><00:34:21.039><c> as</c><00:34:21.500><c> a</c><00:34:21.679><c> baby.</c>

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The<00:34:25.440><c> Agrippa</c><00:34:25.820><c> family</c><00:34:26.340><c> history</c><00:34:27.179><c> made</c><00:34:28.440><c> it</c><00:34:28.699><c> pretty</c><00:34:28.980><c> unlikely</c><00:34:29.420><c> that</c><00:34:29.719><c> he</c>

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would<00:34:30.719><c> receive</c><00:34:31.199><c> Paul</c><00:34:31.860><c> warmly</c><00:34:33.000><c> based</c><00:34:33.320><c> on</c><00:34:33.539><c> history.</c>

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If<00:34:36.960><c> we</c><00:34:37.159><c> look</c><00:34:37.340><c> at</c><00:34:37.539><c> our</c><00:34:37.719><c> readings</c><00:34:37.980><c> today</c><00:34:38.280><c> in</c><00:34:38.500><c> Acts</c><00:34:38.699><c> 26,</c><00:34:40.179><c> a</c><00:34:40.340><c> wonderful</c><00:34:40.860><c> verse</c>

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comes<00:34:42.619><c> right.</c>

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Agrippa<00:34:43.719><c> gives</c><00:34:44.019><c> Paul</c><00:34:44.360><c> audience</c><00:34:44.780><c> and</c><00:34:45.019><c> says,</c><00:34:45.380><c> speak.</c>

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And<00:34:45.800><c> Paul</c><00:34:45.980><c> says,</c><00:34:46.719><c> I</c><00:34:46.880><c> think</c><00:34:47.159><c> myself</c><00:34:47.679><c> happy,</c><00:34:49.300><c> King</c><00:34:49.440><c> Agrippa,</c><00:34:51.099><c> because</c><00:34:51.500><c> I</c>

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shall<00:34:51.900><c> answer</c><00:34:52.219><c> for</c><00:34:52.400><c> myself</c><00:34:52.920><c> this</c><00:34:53.260><c> day</c><00:34:53.860><c> before</c><00:34:54.880><c> the</c><00:34:55.159><c> touching</c>

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all<00:34:55.900><c> the</c><00:34:56.139><c> things</c><00:34:56.400><c> whereof</c><00:34:56.960><c> I</c><00:34:57.300><c> am</c><00:34:57.460><c> accused</c><00:34:57.820><c> of</c><00:34:58.019><c> the</c><00:34:58.219><c> Jews.</c>

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And<00:35:00.300><c> once</c><00:35:00.559><c> again,</c><00:35:00.920><c> Paul</c><00:35:01.179><c> goes</c><00:35:01.440><c> on</c><00:35:01.699><c> about</c><00:35:01.920><c> his</c><00:35:02.199><c> prior</c><00:35:02.440><c> life</c><00:35:02.960><c> as</c>

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the<00:35:03.800><c> persecutor</c><00:35:04.920><c> of</c><00:35:05.440><c> the</c><00:35:05.659><c> way.</c>

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x
And<00:35:06.780><c> he</c><00:35:06.920><c> talks</c><00:35:07.139><c> about</c><00:35:07.340><c> his</c><00:35:07.679><c> transformation</c><00:35:08.539><c> due</c><00:35:09.679><c> to</c><00:35:09.860><c> the</c><00:35:10.039><c> heavenly</c><00:35:10.400><c> vision,</c><00:35:11.639><c> which</c><00:35:11.800><c> he</c>

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could<00:35:12.199><c> not</c><00:35:12.500><c> be</c><00:35:12.760><c> disobedient</c><00:35:13.420><c> to.</c>

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Paul<00:35:16.699><c> plainly</c><00:35:17.320><c> states</c><00:35:17.539><c> the</c><00:35:17.840><c> truth</c><00:35:18.039><c> of</c><00:35:18.219><c> the</c><00:35:18.380><c> case.</c>

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It<00:35:19.980><c> was</c><00:35:20.159><c> only</c><00:35:20.420><c> because</c><00:35:20.739><c> he</c><00:35:21.019><c> sought</c><00:35:21.199><c> to</c><00:35:21.440><c> bring</c><00:35:21.559><c> the</c><00:35:21.719><c> gospel</c><00:35:22.099><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:35:22.679><c> to</c><00:35:22.900><c> the</c><00:35:23.079><c> Gentiles</c><00:35:23.900><c> that</c><00:35:24.420><c> the</c><00:35:24.679><c> Jews</c><00:35:24.940><c> seized</c><00:35:25.320><c> him</c><00:35:25.760><c> and</c><00:35:25.980><c> wanted</c><00:35:26.179><c> to</c>

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kill<00:35:26.579><c> him.</c>

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It<00:35:28.119><c> wasn't</c><00:35:28.460><c> because</c><00:35:28.820><c> he</c><00:35:28.940><c> was</c><00:35:29.179><c> a</c><00:35:29.400><c> political</c><00:35:29.760><c> revolutionary</c><00:35:30.539><c> or</c>

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because<00:35:31.699><c> he</c><00:35:31.960><c> offended</c><00:35:32.460><c> the</c><00:35:32.960><c> sanctity</c><00:35:33.480><c> of</c><00:35:33.679><c> the</c><00:35:33.840><c> temple.</c>

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Another<00:35:37.079><c> funny,</c><00:35:37.579><c> I</c><00:35:37.739><c> think</c><00:35:38.000><c> funny</c><00:35:38.400><c> side</c><00:35:38.880><c> note</c><00:35:39.039><c> to</c><00:35:39.280><c> our</c><00:35:39.460><c> readings</c><00:35:39.679><c> was</c><00:35:39.900><c> the</c>

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response<00:35:40.639><c> of</c><00:35:40.920><c> Festus</c><00:35:41.440><c> and</c><00:35:41.800><c> Agrippa</c><00:35:42.199><c> to</c><00:35:42.480><c> Paul.</c>

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You<00:35:44.679><c> remember</c><00:35:44.980><c> what</c><00:35:45.179><c> we</c><00:35:45.340><c> read</c><00:35:45.440><c> this</c><00:35:45.679><c> morning,</c><00:35:46.039><c> Festus</c><00:35:46.460><c> says,</c>

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Paul,<00:35:48.340><c> you're</c><00:35:48.579><c> crazy,</c><00:35:49.300><c> you're</c><00:35:49.579><c> mad.</c>

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Much<00:35:51.880><c> learning</c><00:35:52.280><c> has</c><00:35:52.539><c> made</c><00:35:52.840><c> thee</c><00:35:53.019><c> mad.</c>

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Brothers<00:35:56.219><c> and</c><00:35:56.579><c> sisters,</c><00:35:56.780><c> for</c><00:35:57.000><c> someone</c><00:35:57.280><c> outside</c><00:35:57.760><c> the</c><00:35:58.079><c> truth,</c>

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I<00:35:58.400><c> guess</c><00:35:58.619><c> you</c><00:35:58.760><c> could</c><00:35:58.960><c> see</c><00:35:59.199><c> where</c><00:35:59.400><c> Paul,</c><00:36:00.659><c> you</c><00:36:01.199><c> might</c><00:36:01.460><c> think</c><00:36:01.679><c> that</c><00:36:01.920><c> Paul</c><00:36:02.099><c> was</c><00:36:02.320><c> mad.</c>

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For<00:36:02.719><c> this</c><00:36:02.900><c> is</c><00:36:03.119><c> a</c><00:36:03.239><c> man</c><00:36:03.500><c> that</c><00:36:04.619><c> was</c><00:36:05.039><c> a</c><00:36:05.239><c> prisoner,</c><00:36:05.500><c> but</c><00:36:05.639><c> he</c><00:36:05.860><c> said</c><00:36:05.960><c> he</c>

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was<00:36:06.300><c> happy.</c>

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He<00:36:08.760><c> insisted</c><00:36:09.099><c> that</c><00:36:09.380><c> God</c><00:36:09.639><c> could</c><00:36:09.880><c> raise</c><00:36:10.119><c> the</c><00:36:10.400><c> dead.</c>

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He<00:36:10.900><c> experienced,</c><00:36:11.900><c> he</c><00:36:12.239><c> says,</c><00:36:12.500><c> a</c><00:36:12.639><c> heavenly</c><00:36:13.000><c> vision.</c>

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A<00:36:15.679><c> man</c><00:36:15.980><c> that</c><00:36:16.159><c> was</c><00:36:16.340><c> more</c><00:36:16.619><c> concerned</c><00:36:17.099><c> about</c><00:36:17.699><c> proclaiming</c><00:36:18.300><c> Jesus</c>

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than<00:36:19.920><c> in</c><00:36:20.079><c> his</c><00:36:20.280><c> own</c><00:36:20.539><c> personal</c><00:36:20.900><c> welfare.</c>

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A<00:36:23.280><c> man</c><00:36:23.559><c> who</c><00:36:23.940><c> believed</c><00:36:24.280><c> in</c><00:36:24.440><c> a</c><00:36:24.639><c> message</c><00:36:24.880><c> of</c><00:36:25.119><c> hope</c><00:36:25.900><c> and</c><00:36:26.639><c> redemption</c><00:36:27.219><c> for</c><00:36:28.500><c> all.</c>

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So<00:36:30.460><c> I</c><00:36:30.539><c> guess</c><00:36:30.800><c> if</c><00:36:30.980><c> you</c><00:36:31.199><c> don't</c><00:36:31.480><c> understand</c><00:36:31.980><c> these</c><00:36:32.280><c> things,</c><00:36:32.619><c> you</c>

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could<00:36:33.039><c> easily</c><00:36:33.480><c> come</c><00:36:33.739><c> to</c><00:36:33.900><c> the</c><00:36:34.119><c> conclusion</c><00:36:34.579><c> that</c><00:36:35.199><c> Paul</c><00:36:35.519><c> was</c><00:36:35.800><c> mad,</c><00:36:36.380><c> and</c>

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that's<00:36:37.000><c> what</c><00:36:37.099><c> Festus</c><00:36:37.440><c> did.</c>

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Now<00:36:41.280><c> when</c><00:36:41.380><c> it</c><00:36:41.519><c> comes</c><00:36:41.699><c> to</c><00:36:41.940><c> Agrippa,</c><00:36:43.840><c> Paul</c><00:36:43.840><c> didn't</c><00:36:45.139><c> ask</c><00:36:45.820><c> Agrippa</c>

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if<00:36:46.659><c> he</c><00:36:46.980><c> believed</c><00:36:47.300><c> in</c><00:36:47.500><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:36:48.960><c> asked</c><00:36:49.380><c> him</c><00:36:49.559><c> if</c><00:36:49.719><c> he</c><00:36:50.000><c> believed</c><00:36:50.460><c> in</c><00:36:50.719><c> the</c><00:36:50.960><c> prophets.</c>

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:56.639
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Why<00:36:54.460><c> would</c><00:36:54.599><c> he</c><00:36:54.780><c> say</c><00:36:55.019><c> that?</c><00:36:55.460><c> Why</c><00:36:55.679><c> wouldn't</c><00:36:55.880><c> he</c><00:36:56.039><c> come</c><00:36:56.219><c> out</c><00:36:56.500><c> and</c>

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say,<00:36:56.960><c> Agrippa,</c><00:36:59.000><c> do</c><00:36:59.239><c> you</c><00:36:59.400><c> believe</c><00:36:59.639><c> in</c><00:36:59.840><c> Jesus?</c>

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He<00:37:00.480><c> asked</c><00:37:00.760><c> about</c><00:37:00.980><c> the</c><00:37:01.300><c> prophets,</c><00:37:02.000><c> and</c><00:37:02.280><c> the</c><00:37:02.440><c> answer</c><00:37:02.760><c> for</c><00:37:02.980><c> that</c>

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is<00:37:03.300><c> found</c><00:37:03.519><c> in</c><00:37:03.679><c> verse</c><00:37:03.940><c> 3</c><00:37:04.219><c> of</c><00:37:04.400><c> chapter</c><00:37:04.719><c> 26.</c>

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Because<00:37:06.179><c> Paul</c><00:37:06.639><c> knew</c><00:37:07.239><c> that</c><00:37:07.639><c> Agrippa</c><00:37:08.059><c> was</c><00:37:08.320><c> an</c><00:37:08.559><c> expert</c><00:37:08.880><c> in</c><00:37:09.119><c> all</c>

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customs<00:37:09.880><c> and</c><00:37:10.599><c> questions</c><00:37:10.980><c> which</c><00:37:11.219><c> are</c><00:37:11.440><c> among</c><00:37:11.679><c> the</c><00:37:11.980><c> Jews.</c>

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That's<00:37:14.119><c> why</c><00:37:14.320><c> he</c><00:37:14.599><c> appealed</c><00:37:14.920><c> to</c><00:37:15.139><c> the</c><00:37:15.300><c> prophets.</c>

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Paul<00:37:16.360><c> was</c><00:37:16.639><c> hoping</c><00:37:16.960><c> to</c><00:37:17.219><c> connect</c><00:37:17.519><c> the</c><00:37:17.780><c> dots.</c>

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:22.059
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He<00:37:18.639><c> believed</c><00:37:19.019><c> that</c><00:37:19.260><c> if</c><00:37:19.380><c> he</c><00:37:19.480><c> could</c><00:37:19.739><c> get</c><00:37:20.000><c> Agrippa</c><00:37:20.460><c> to</c><00:37:21.280><c> agree</c><00:37:21.679><c> that</c><00:37:21.860><c> he</c>

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believed<00:37:22.360><c> in</c><00:37:22.539><c> the</c><00:37:22.739><c> prophets,</c><00:37:23.039><c> he</c><00:37:23.159><c> could</c><00:37:23.420><c> connect</c><00:37:23.739><c> the</c><00:37:23.960><c> dots</c>

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to<00:37:24.360><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:37:25.840><c> that's</c><00:37:26.000><c> what</c><00:37:26.119><c> he</c><00:37:26.340><c> tried</c><00:37:26.519><c> to</c><00:37:26.739><c> do.</c>

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In<00:37:28.440><c> those</c><00:37:28.719><c> famous</c><00:37:29.079><c> words</c><00:37:29.340><c> of</c><00:37:29.519><c> Agrippa,</c><00:37:31.099><c> you</c><00:37:31.199><c> almost</c><00:37:31.820><c> persuade</c>

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me<00:37:33.300><c> to</c><00:37:33.619><c> be</c><00:37:33.780><c> a</c><00:37:33.980><c> Christian.</c>

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Why<00:37:36.980><c> almost?</c>

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Why<00:37:38.980><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:39.400><c> Agrippa</c><00:37:40.800><c> give</c><00:37:42.679><c> in</c><00:37:42.900><c> to</c><00:37:43.099><c> Paul,</c><00:37:43.320><c> so</c><00:37:43.579><c> to</c><00:37:43.800><c> speak,</c><00:37:44.079><c> and</c><00:37:45.019><c> become</c><00:37:45.500><c> a</c><00:37:45.699><c> believer?</c>

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Well,<00:37:47.260><c> there's</c><00:37:47.480><c> a</c><00:37:47.599><c> number</c><00:37:47.780><c> of</c><00:37:48.039><c> reasons.</c><00:37:48.300><c> The</c><00:37:48.539><c> first</c><00:37:48.719><c> one</c><00:37:48.880><c> was</c>

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sitting<00:37:49.260><c> right</c><00:37:49.539><c> next</c><00:37:49.900><c> to</c><00:37:50.019><c> him.</c>

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x
Unfortunately,<00:37:51.519><c> Bernice,</c><00:37:53.000><c> Agrippa's</c><00:37:53.579><c> sister,</c><00:37:53.960><c> the</c><00:37:54.099><c> history</c>

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books,<00:37:55.199><c> record</c><00:37:55.619><c> that</c><00:37:56.820><c> they</c><00:37:57.619><c> had</c><00:37:57.880><c> an</c><00:37:58.119><c> incestuous</c><00:37:58.920><c> relationship.</c>

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:04.780
x
So<00:38:01.800><c> becoming</c><00:38:02.179><c> a</c><00:38:02.440><c> Christian</c><00:38:02.719><c> would</c><00:38:03.039><c> mean</c><00:38:03.559><c> that</c><00:38:04.199><c> he</c><00:38:04.300><c> would</c><00:38:04.480><c> lose</c>

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:08.599
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her,<00:38:06.059><c> and</c><00:38:06.280><c> he</c><00:38:06.460><c> was</c><00:38:06.639><c> unwilling</c><00:38:06.880><c> to</c><00:38:07.099><c> do</c><00:38:07.300><c> that.</c>

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:11.840
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Agrippa<00:38:09.659><c> also</c><00:38:10.099><c> wanted</c><00:38:10.400><c> the</c><00:38:10.659><c> praise</c><00:38:10.840><c> of</c><00:38:11.059><c> men.</c><00:38:11.179><c> He</c><00:38:11.300><c> was</c><00:38:11.559><c> put</c><00:38:11.719><c> in</c>

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a<00:38:12.000><c> tough</c><00:38:12.139><c> position.</c>

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I<00:38:13.099><c> mean,</c><00:38:13.579><c> sitting</c><00:38:13.659><c> with</c><00:38:13.940><c> him</c><00:38:14.099><c> was</c><00:38:14.360><c> Festus,</c><00:38:15.900><c> who</c><00:38:16.079><c> had</c><00:38:16.179><c> just</c><00:38:16.360><c> said,</c><00:38:16.559><c> this</c><00:38:16.719><c> man</c>

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is<00:38:17.159><c> mad.</c>

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Well,<00:38:19.239><c> what's</c><00:38:19.519><c> easier</c><00:38:19.780><c> to</c><00:38:20.019><c> do?</c>

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Say<00:38:22.400><c> no</c><00:38:22.699><c> and</c><00:38:22.920><c> not</c><00:38:23.179><c> give</c><00:38:23.340><c> in</c><00:38:23.440><c> to</c><00:38:23.679><c> Paul?</c><00:38:24.559><c> Would</c><00:38:24.679><c> he</c><00:38:24.820><c> give</c><00:38:24.940><c> in</c><00:38:25.079><c> to</c><00:38:25.280><c> Paul?</c>

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You<00:38:26.219><c> know,</c><00:38:26.380><c> here's</c><00:38:26.599><c> King</c><00:38:26.840><c> Agrippa.</c><00:38:27.159><c> He</c><00:38:27.340><c> wants</c><00:38:27.599><c> to</c><00:38:27.760><c> be</c><00:38:27.880><c> a</c><00:38:28.039><c> man</c>

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among<00:38:28.500><c> men.</c>

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If<00:38:30.340><c> he</c><00:38:30.519><c> gave</c><00:38:30.739><c> in</c><00:38:30.860><c> to</c><00:38:31.079><c> Paul</c><00:38:31.280><c> and</c><00:38:31.519><c> said</c><00:38:31.639><c> that</c><00:38:31.840><c> he</c><00:38:32.119><c> believed,</c><00:38:32.679><c> he</c>

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would<00:38:33.199><c> be</c><00:38:33.440><c> considered</c><00:38:33.820><c> weak.</c>

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He<00:38:36.239><c> cared</c><00:38:36.440><c> about</c><00:38:36.699><c> what</c><00:38:36.920><c> others</c><00:38:37.159><c> thought</c><00:38:37.460><c> about</c><00:38:37.699><c> him.</c><00:38:38.940><c> He</c><00:38:39.239><c> wasn't</c><00:38:39.480><c> about</c><00:38:39.719><c> to</c>

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do<00:38:40.099><c> that.</c>

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And<00:38:42.659><c> finally,</c><00:38:42.900><c> I</c><00:38:43.059><c> think</c><00:38:43.260><c> that</c><00:38:43.440><c> if</c><00:38:43.639><c> Agrippa</c><00:38:43.980><c> did</c><00:38:44.280><c> become</c><00:38:44.599><c> a</c><00:38:44.800><c> Christian,</c><00:38:45.840><c> he</c>

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was<00:38:46.659><c> worried</c><00:38:46.860><c> that</c><00:38:47.079><c> he</c><00:38:47.239><c> would</c><00:38:47.400><c> end</c><00:38:47.579><c> up</c><00:38:47.719><c> like</c><00:38:47.940><c> Paul,</c><00:38:49.239><c> end</c><00:38:49.380><c> up</c><00:38:49.559><c> in</c><00:38:49.800><c> chains.</c>

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And<00:38:51.599><c> he</c><00:38:51.780><c> thought</c><00:38:51.920><c> himself</c><00:38:52.420><c> too</c><00:38:52.840><c> important</c><00:38:53.159><c> a</c><00:38:53.380><c> person</c><00:38:53.739><c> for</c><00:38:54.079><c> that.</c>

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He<00:38:55.840><c> wasn't</c><00:38:56.179><c> ready</c><00:38:56.800><c> to</c><00:38:57.219><c> humble</c><00:38:57.460><c> himself</c><00:38:58.179><c> and</c><00:38:58.719><c> be</c><00:38:58.960><c> committed</c><00:38:59.440><c> to</c>

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a<00:39:00.039><c> life</c><00:39:00.179><c> in</c><00:39:00.360><c> Christ.</c>

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At<00:39:03.179><c> the</c><00:39:03.380><c> end</c><00:39:03.599><c> of</c><00:39:04.300><c> our</c><00:39:04.519><c> reading</c><00:39:04.760><c> in</c><00:39:04.980><c> Acts</c><00:39:05.179><c> 26,</c><00:39:06.679><c> Paul</c><00:39:06.960><c> says</c><00:39:07.219><c> something</c><00:39:07.619><c> quite</c>

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amazing<00:39:08.460><c> to</c><00:39:08.780><c> these</c><00:39:09.000><c> men.</c>

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Verse<00:39:10.920><c> 29,</c><00:39:11.599><c> Paul</c><00:39:11.880><c> says,</c><00:39:12.340><c> I</c><00:39:12.340><c> would</c><00:39:12.659><c> to</c><00:39:12.880><c> God</c><00:39:13.480><c> that</c><00:39:14.760><c> not</c><00:39:15.059><c> only</c><00:39:15.400><c> thou,</c><00:39:15.699><c> but</c>

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also<00:39:16.360><c> all</c><00:39:16.679><c> that</c><00:39:16.880><c> hear</c><00:39:17.039><c> me</c><00:39:17.219><c> this</c><00:39:17.480><c> day.</c>

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You<00:39:18.119><c> have</c><00:39:18.320><c> to</c><00:39:18.559><c> remember,</c><00:39:18.820><c> it</c><00:39:19.000><c> wasn't</c><00:39:19.159><c> just</c><00:39:20.219><c> Agrippa,</c><00:39:20.880><c> Bernice,</c><00:39:21.760><c> and</c><00:39:21.960><c> Festus.</c>

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They<00:39:23.260><c> were</c><00:39:24.360><c> an</c><00:39:24.820><c> auditorium</c><00:39:25.480><c> of</c><00:39:25.679><c> people</c><00:39:25.940><c> that</c><00:39:26.179><c> Paul</c><00:39:26.280><c> was</c><00:39:26.500><c> speaking</c><00:39:26.780><c> to.</c>

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I<00:39:28.719><c> would</c><00:39:28.980><c> to</c><00:39:29.239><c> God</c><00:39:29.460><c> that</c><00:39:29.699><c> not</c><00:39:29.920><c> only</c><00:39:30.900><c> thou,</c><00:39:31.460><c> but</c><00:39:31.579><c> also</c><00:39:32.099><c> all</c><00:39:32.420><c> that</c>

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hear<00:39:32.760><c> me</c><00:39:32.960><c> this</c><00:39:33.179><c> day.</c>

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We're<00:39:35.159><c> both</c><00:39:35.460><c> almost</c><00:39:36.300><c> and</c><00:39:36.800><c> all</c><00:39:37.019><c> together</c><00:39:37.400><c> as</c><00:39:37.659><c> I</c><00:39:37.920><c> am,</c><00:39:39.179><c> except</c>

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for<00:39:39.800><c> these</c><00:39:40.019><c> bonds.</c>

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Paul<00:39:42.179><c> truly</c><00:39:42.639><c> cared</c><00:39:43.079><c> for</c><00:39:43.800><c> the</c><00:39:44.000><c> people</c><00:39:44.260><c> he</c><00:39:44.440><c> was</c><00:39:45.019><c> giving</c><00:39:45.280><c> this</c>

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message<00:39:45.900><c> to.</c>

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And<00:39:46.719><c> I</c><00:39:46.800><c> think</c><00:39:47.059><c> Festus</c><00:39:47.760><c> and</c><00:39:48.099><c> more</c><00:39:48.320><c> so</c><00:39:48.519><c> Agrippa</c><00:39:48.900><c> knew</c><00:39:49.119><c> that.</c>

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Paul<00:39:51.780><c> brought</c><00:39:52.280><c> a</c><00:39:52.579><c> challenge</c><00:39:53.059><c> and</c><00:39:53.380><c> appointed</c><00:39:53.699><c> decision</c><00:39:54.699><c> directly</c><00:39:55.599><c> to</c>

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these<00:39:56.059><c> men.</c>

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And<00:39:57.619><c> they</c><00:39:57.840><c> decided</c><00:39:58.380><c> that</c><00:39:59.099><c> they</c><00:39:59.659><c> didn't</c><00:40:00.000><c> want</c><00:40:00.320><c> to</c><00:40:00.619><c> believe</c><00:40:00.820><c> what</c><00:40:01.039><c> Paul</c><00:40:01.239><c> had</c>

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to<00:40:01.699><c> say.</c>

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They<00:40:04.739><c> couldn't</c><00:40:05.039><c> escape</c><00:40:05.420><c> Paul's</c><00:40:05.920><c> challenge.</c>

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Look<00:40:07.739><c> how</c><00:40:08.000><c> meekly</c><00:40:08.880><c> they</c><00:40:09.280><c> end</c><00:40:09.440><c> the</c><00:40:09.719><c> session.</c>

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Agrippa<00:40:12.800><c> and</c><00:40:13.260><c> Festus</c><00:40:13.800><c> at</c><00:40:14.059><c> the</c><00:40:14.260><c> end,</c><00:40:15.699><c> when</c><00:40:15.880><c> Paul</c><00:40:16.179><c> says</c><00:40:16.480><c> the</c><00:40:16.739><c> words,</c><00:40:18.099><c> I</c>

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wish<00:40:18.519><c> you</c><00:40:18.719><c> were</c><00:40:18.840><c> like</c><00:40:19.079><c> me</c><00:40:19.400><c> except</c><00:40:19.739><c> for</c><00:40:20.019><c> chains.</c>

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After<00:40:23.019><c> he</c><00:40:23.219><c> said</c><00:40:23.320><c> it,</c><00:40:23.539><c> the</c><00:40:23.619><c> king</c><00:40:23.880><c> rose</c><00:40:24.219><c> up</c><00:40:25.199><c> and</c><00:40:25.519><c> the</c><00:40:25.739><c> governor</c>

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Bernice<00:40:26.739><c> and</c><00:40:27.000><c> they</c><00:40:27.139><c> that</c><00:40:27.380><c> sat</c><00:40:27.519><c> with</c><00:40:27.780><c> them.</c>

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And<00:40:29.139><c> when</c><00:40:29.260><c> they</c><00:40:29.699><c> were</c><00:40:29.900><c> gone</c><00:40:30.099><c> aside,</c><00:40:30.579><c> they</c><00:40:30.900><c> talked</c><00:40:31.139><c> to</c><00:40:31.320><c> themselves.</c>

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They<00:40:33.300><c> just</c><00:40:33.519><c> got</c><00:40:33.739><c> up</c><00:40:34.400><c> and</c><00:40:34.780><c> now</c><00:40:35.000><c> signifying</c><00:40:35.679><c> when</c><00:40:35.860><c> the</c><00:40:36.079><c> king</c><00:40:36.239><c> stood</c><00:40:36.500><c> up</c>

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to<00:40:37.460><c> all</c><00:40:37.599><c> those</c><00:40:37.800><c> in</c><00:40:37.960><c> attendance</c><00:40:38.280><c> that</c><00:40:38.500><c> this</c><00:40:38.760><c> hearing</c><00:40:38.980><c> was</c><00:40:39.239><c> over.</c>

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They<00:40:40.960><c> didn't</c><00:40:41.219><c> want</c><00:40:41.380><c> to</c><00:40:41.619><c> discuss</c><00:40:41.860><c> it</c><00:40:42.059><c> anymore.</c>

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And<00:40:43.440><c> they</c><00:40:43.619><c> walked</c><00:40:43.860><c> out</c><00:40:44.480><c> and</c><00:40:44.940><c> they</c><00:40:45.260><c> decided</c><00:40:45.539><c> that</c><00:40:45.840><c> Paul</c><00:40:46.239><c> had</c><00:40:47.099><c> done</c><00:40:47.280><c> nothing</c><00:40:47.559><c> wrong</c><00:40:47.860><c> worthy</c><00:40:48.159><c> of</c><00:40:48.420><c> death.</c>

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And<00:40:49.659><c> Paul</c><00:40:49.880><c> was</c><00:40:50.099><c> on</c><00:40:50.280><c> his</c><00:40:50.440><c> way</c><00:40:50.579><c> to</c><00:40:50.800><c> Italy.</c>

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Truly<00:40:54.500><c> amazing</c><00:40:55.059><c> life</c><00:40:55.739><c> our</c><00:40:56.260><c> brother</c><00:40:56.480><c> Paul</c><00:40:56.820><c> led.</c>

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Someone<00:41:00.019><c> so</c><00:41:00.420><c> unlikely</c><00:41:00.880><c> to</c><00:41:01.239><c> accept</c><00:41:01.519><c> Jesus</c><00:41:01.960><c> into</c><00:41:02.159><c> his</c><00:41:02.420><c> heart.</c>

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But<00:41:03.980><c> he's</c><00:41:04.159><c> such</c><00:41:04.360><c> a</c><00:41:04.559><c> great</c><00:41:04.679><c> example</c><00:41:05.139><c> to</c><00:41:05.340><c> each</c><00:41:05.519><c> and</c><00:41:05.679><c> every</c><00:41:05.840><c> one</c>

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of<00:41:06.079><c> us.</c>

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He<00:41:08.480><c> made</c><00:41:08.800><c> Jesus</c><00:41:09.260><c> the</c><00:41:09.480><c> center</c><00:41:09.780><c> of</c><00:41:09.960><c> his</c><00:41:10.159><c> life.</c>

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No<00:41:11.679><c> matter</c><00:41:11.980><c> what</c><00:41:12.340><c> was</c><00:41:12.599><c> going</c><00:41:12.860><c> on</c><00:41:13.059><c> in</c><00:41:13.179><c> his</c><00:41:13.420><c> life,</c><00:41:14.780><c> Paul</c><00:41:15.039><c> was</c><00:41:15.380><c> obedient</c><00:41:16.000><c> to</c>

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the<00:41:16.860><c> heavenly</c><00:41:17.179><c> vision</c><00:41:17.500><c> as</c><00:41:17.699><c> he</c><00:41:17.980><c> says.</c>

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And<00:41:19.320><c> he</c><00:41:19.619><c> shared</c><00:41:19.820><c> the</c><00:41:20.099><c> gift,</c><00:41:20.599><c> he</c><00:41:20.940><c> shared</c><00:41:21.139><c> that</c><00:41:21.480><c> pearl</c><00:41:21.739><c> of</c><00:41:22.000><c> great</c>

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price<00:41:22.539><c> that</c><00:41:22.739><c> he</c><00:41:22.940><c> had</c><00:41:23.280><c> with</c><00:41:24.099><c> all</c><00:41:24.340><c> those</c><00:41:24.539><c> that</c><00:41:24.780><c> would</c><00:41:24.940><c> listen.</c>

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Now<00:41:27.199><c> as</c><00:41:27.420><c> we</c><00:41:27.619><c> meet</c><00:41:27.780><c> here</c><00:41:28.079><c> around</c><00:41:28.300><c> this</c><00:41:28.579><c> table</c><00:41:28.860><c> to</c><00:41:29.099><c> remember</c><00:41:30.000><c> Jesus</c><00:41:30.699><c> by</c>

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partaking<00:41:31.480><c> of</c><00:41:31.699><c> the</c><00:41:31.880><c> bread</c><00:41:32.019><c> and</c><00:41:32.219><c> wine.</c>

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Let<00:41:33.980><c> us</c><00:41:34.260><c> recommit</c><00:41:34.820><c> to</c><00:41:35.119><c> obeying</c><00:41:36.460><c> our</c><00:41:37.000><c> heavenly</c><00:41:37.400><c> vision.</c>

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And<00:41:39.500><c> to</c><00:41:39.760><c> try</c><00:41:39.960><c> and</c><00:41:40.159><c> fulfill</c><00:41:40.480><c> as</c><00:41:40.699><c> Paul</c><00:41:41.039><c> did</c><00:41:41.260><c> in</c><00:41:41.519><c> Acts</c><00:41:41.699><c> 9</c><00:41:42.059><c> verse</c><00:41:42.380><c> 15,</c><00:41:44.519><c> the</c><00:41:44.639><c> words</c><00:41:44.820><c> of</c><00:41:45.039><c> Jesus.</c>

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Whosoever<00:41:48.000><c> therefore</c><00:41:48.500><c> shall</c><00:41:48.739><c> confess</c><00:41:49.239><c> me</c><00:41:49.539><c> before</c><00:41:49.920><c> men,</c><00:41:51.619><c> him</c>

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will<00:41:52.000><c> I</c><00:41:52.179><c> confess</c><00:41:52.579><c> also</c><00:41:53.119><c> before</c><00:41:53.900><c> my</c><00:41:54.199><c> father</c><00:41:54.719><c> which</c><00:41:55.619><c> is</c><00:41:55.800><c> in</c><00:41:55.940><c> heaven.</c>