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and<00:10:55.620><c> to</c><00:10:55.899><c> take</c><00:10:56.080><c> him</c><00:10:56.299><c> again,</c><00:10:56.759><c> and</c><00:10:56.899><c> hopefully</c><00:10:57.240><c> to</c><00:10:57.639><c> stone</c><00:10:57.759><c> him</c><00:10:57.940><c> to</c><00:10:58.120><c> death,</c>

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and<00:10:58.879><c> Jesus</c><00:10:59.360><c> escaped</c><00:11:00.080><c> out</c><00:11:00.360><c> of</c><00:11:00.500><c> their</c><00:11:00.759><c> hands.</c>

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However,<00:11:03.200><c> he</c><00:11:03.399><c> did</c><00:11:03.700><c> that.</c>

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Whether<00:11:04.879><c> the</c><00:11:05.179><c> crowd</c><00:11:05.460><c> parted</c><00:11:06.019><c> and</c><00:11:06.179><c> he</c><00:11:06.440><c> walked</c><00:11:06.659><c> through,</c>

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or<00:11:07.940><c> whether</c><00:11:08.240><c> he</c><00:11:08.480><c> just</c><00:11:09.200><c> disappeared</c><00:11:09.740><c> in</c><00:11:10.039><c> some</c><00:11:10.259><c> way,</c><00:11:10.899><c> we're</c><00:11:11.220><c> not</c><00:11:11.500><c> certain.</c>

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But<00:11:12.860><c> he</c><00:11:13.159><c> escaped</c><00:11:13.460><c> out</c><00:11:13.700><c> of</c><00:11:13.840><c> their</c><00:11:14.039><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:11:14.700><c> the</c><00:11:14.960><c> apostles</c><00:11:15.299><c> remembering</c><00:11:15.799><c> that</c><00:11:16.120><c> would</c><00:11:16.419><c> maybe</c><00:11:16.860><c> expect</c>

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that<00:11:17.820><c> perhaps</c><00:11:18.419><c> here</c><00:11:18.820><c> was</c><00:11:19.139><c> a</c><00:11:19.480><c> portent</c><00:11:19.879><c> for</c><00:11:20.139><c> them,</c>

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and<00:11:21.039><c> that</c><00:11:21.279><c> arrested</c><00:11:21.799><c> in</c><00:11:22.100><c> Solomon's</c><00:11:22.659><c> Porch,</c><00:11:23.220><c> they</c><00:11:23.480><c> too</c><00:11:23.779><c> would</c><00:11:24.019><c> escape.</c>

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And<00:11:24.620><c> in</c><00:11:24.799><c> fact,</c><00:11:24.980><c> they</c><00:11:25.179><c> did.</c><00:11:25.879><c> They</c><00:11:26.139><c> also</c><00:11:26.659><c> were</c><00:11:27.240><c> released.</c>

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Acts<00:11:28.100><c> 5</c><00:11:28.700><c> and</c><00:11:29.059><c> verse</c><00:11:29.539><c> 19.</c>

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The<00:11:33.100><c> angel</c><00:11:33.500><c> of</c><00:11:33.700><c> the</c><00:11:33.860><c> Lord</c><00:11:34.179><c> by</c><00:11:34.519><c> night</c><00:11:34.840><c> opened</c><00:11:35.379><c> the</c><00:11:35.639><c> prison</c><00:11:35.940><c> doors</c>

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and<00:11:37.000><c> brought</c><00:11:37.399><c> them</c><00:11:37.820><c> forth.</c>

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So<00:11:39.200><c> miraculously,</c><00:11:40.620><c> the</c><00:11:40.759><c> apostles</c><00:11:41.200><c> were</c><00:11:41.480><c> delivered</c>

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exactly<00:11:42.399><c> as</c><00:11:42.620><c> their</c><00:11:42.860><c> Lord</c><00:11:43.179><c> had</c><00:11:43.379><c> been</c><00:11:43.659><c> delivered</c>

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from<00:11:45.220><c> the</c><00:11:45.740><c> arrest</c><00:11:46.139><c> in</c><00:11:46.419><c> that</c><00:11:46.720><c> same</c><00:11:47.039><c> place.</c>

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But<00:11:48.460><c> that</c><00:11:48.879><c> was</c><00:11:49.159><c> not</c><00:11:49.360><c> the</c><00:11:49.519><c> end</c><00:11:49.700><c> of</c><00:11:49.919><c> the</c><00:11:49.980><c> matter,</c><00:11:50.200><c> of</c><00:11:50.460><c> course.</c>

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Although<00:11:51.279><c> they</c><00:11:51.480><c> were</c><00:11:51.759><c> released</c><00:11:52.120><c> from</c><00:11:52.379><c> the</c><00:11:52.580><c> prison</c><00:11:52.919><c> by</c><00:11:53.519><c> the</c><00:11:53.860><c> angel,</c>

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they<00:11:55.059><c> were</c><00:11:55.440><c> picked</c><00:11:55.659><c> up</c><00:11:55.980><c> again</c><00:11:56.460><c> and</c><00:11:58.179><c> threatened,</c>

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as<00:11:59.820><c> on</c><00:12:00.100><c> the</c><00:12:00.259><c> previous</c><00:12:00.519><c> occasion,</c><00:12:01.299><c> and</c><00:12:01.759><c> they</c><00:12:02.139><c> were</c><00:12:02.340><c> also</c><00:12:02.879><c> beaten.</c>

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Acts<00:12:04.179><c> 5</c><00:12:04.620><c> and</c><00:12:04.860><c> verse</c><00:12:05.279><c> 40.</c>

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To<00:12:07.379><c> him,</c><00:12:07.799><c> that</c><00:12:07.980><c> is</c><00:12:08.259><c> to</c><00:12:08.580><c> the</c><00:12:08.840><c> council</c><00:12:09.200><c> of</c><00:12:09.460><c> Gamaliel,</c>

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the<00:12:10.899><c> religious</c><00:12:11.500><c> leaders</c><00:12:11.960><c> all</c><00:12:12.299><c> agreed.</c>

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And<00:12:13.240><c> when</c><00:12:13.419><c> they</c><00:12:13.620><c> had</c><00:12:13.899><c> called</c><00:12:14.080><c> the</c><00:12:14.299><c> apostles</c><00:12:14.659><c> and</c><00:12:15.299><c> beaten</c><00:12:15.700><c> them,</c>

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they<00:12:16.720><c> commended</c><00:12:17.360><c> that</c><00:12:17.620><c> they</c><00:12:17.820><c> should</c><00:12:18.080><c> not</c><00:12:18.419><c> speak</c><00:12:18.820><c> in</c><00:12:19.220><c> the</c><00:12:19.539><c> name</c>

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of<00:12:20.120><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:12:21.200><c> let</c><00:12:21.480><c> them</c><00:12:21.820><c> go.</c>

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So<00:12:23.759><c> they</c><00:12:24.200><c> accepted</c><00:12:24.799><c> what</c><00:12:25.159><c> Gamaliel</c><00:12:25.720><c> said.</c>

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In<00:12:26.840><c> actual</c><00:12:27.139><c> fact,</c><00:12:27.500><c> Gamaliel</c><00:12:28.000><c> seems</c><00:12:28.279><c> to</c><00:12:28.480><c> have</c><00:12:28.620><c> been</c><00:12:28.779><c> arguing</c>

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very<00:12:29.659><c> much</c><00:12:29.919><c> on</c><00:12:30.139><c> the</c><00:12:30.360><c> apostles'</c><00:12:30.960><c> behalf.</c>

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He<00:12:32.879><c> says,</c><00:12:33.659><c> you</c><00:12:33.899><c> can't</c><00:12:34.340><c> tell</c><00:12:34.700><c> if</c><00:12:35.059><c> this</c><00:12:35.440><c> council</c><00:12:35.879><c> be</c><00:12:36.159><c> of</c><00:12:36.419><c> God.</c>

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And<00:12:37.500><c> there</c><00:12:37.659><c> seems</c><00:12:37.840><c> to</c><00:12:38.019><c> be</c><00:12:38.179><c> a</c><00:12:38.340><c> strong</c><00:12:38.580><c> suggestion</c><00:12:39.139><c> there</c>

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that<00:12:39.700><c> Gamaliel</c><00:12:40.120><c> thought</c><00:12:40.399><c> it</c><00:12:40.620><c> might</c><00:12:40.940><c> be</c><00:12:41.620><c> of</c><00:12:41.899><c> God,</c>

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very<00:12:42.620><c> probably</c><00:12:43.159><c> was</c><00:12:43.659><c> of</c><00:12:44.159><c> God.</c>

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And<00:12:45.440><c> so</c><00:12:45.659><c> he</c><00:12:45.899><c> supported</c><00:12:46.460><c> the</c><00:12:46.740><c> case</c><00:12:47.019><c> of</c><00:12:47.500><c> the</c><00:12:47.679><c> apostles,</c>

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and<00:12:48.340><c> perhaps</c><00:12:48.860><c> because</c><00:12:49.440><c> of</c><00:12:49.620><c> his</c><00:12:49.960><c> standing,</c>

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he<00:12:51.080><c> was</c><00:12:51.440><c> renowned</c><00:12:52.159><c> as</c><00:12:53.220><c> a</c><00:12:53.899><c> wise</c><00:12:54.379><c> man</c>

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and<00:12:55.539><c> a</c><00:12:55.820><c> leader</c><00:12:56.159><c> of</c><00:12:57.179><c> the</c><00:12:58.120><c> elders</c><00:12:58.600><c> in</c><00:12:58.960><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Because<00:13:00.320><c> of</c><00:13:00.519><c> his</c><00:13:00.799><c> standing,</c><00:13:01.240><c> he</c><00:13:01.460><c> was</c><00:13:01.759><c> heeded,</c>

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and<00:13:02.679><c> the</c><00:13:02.860><c> apostles</c><00:13:03.220><c> were</c><00:13:03.620><c> released,</c>

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but<00:13:04.620><c> not</c><00:13:05.019><c> as</c><00:13:05.220><c> we</c><00:13:05.440><c> saw</c><00:13:05.740><c> without</c><00:13:06.360><c> being</c><00:13:06.840><c> beaten</c><00:13:07.360><c> for</c><00:13:08.200><c> their</c><00:13:08.460><c> troubles.</c>

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So<00:13:09.940><c> here</c><00:13:10.200><c> again,</c><00:13:11.080><c> they</c><00:13:11.259><c> suffer.</c>

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And<00:13:13.320><c> so</c><00:13:13.480><c> notice</c><00:13:13.779><c> again</c><00:13:14.120><c> now</c><00:13:14.360><c> their</c><00:13:14.580><c> reaction</c><00:13:15.080><c> to</c><00:13:15.360><c> this,</c>

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Acts<00:13:15.879><c> 5</c><00:13:16.240><c> and</c><00:13:16.440><c> verse</c><00:13:16.679><c> 41.</c>

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And<00:13:17.759><c> they</c><00:13:17.940><c> departed</c><00:13:18.500><c> from</c><00:13:18.779><c> the</c><00:13:19.039><c> presence</c><00:13:19.360><c> of</c><00:13:19.620><c> the</c><00:13:19.799><c> council,</c>

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sore<00:13:21.059><c> and</c><00:13:21.480><c> rubbing</c><00:13:21.820><c> their</c><00:13:22.220><c> wounds</c>

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and<00:13:22.879><c> feeling</c><00:13:23.159><c> very</c><00:13:23.539><c> sorry</c><00:13:23.759><c> for</c><00:13:23.940><c> themselves.</c>

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No,<00:13:24.659><c> of</c><00:13:24.940><c> course</c><00:13:25.159><c> they</c><00:13:25.379><c> didn't.</c>

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There's<00:13:26.019><c> nothing</c><00:13:26.360><c> of</c><00:13:26.639><c> that</c><00:13:26.879><c> at</c><00:13:27.080><c> all,</c><00:13:27.399><c> is</c><00:13:27.559><c> there?</c>

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They<00:13:29.240><c> departed</c><00:13:29.659><c> from</c><00:13:29.899><c> the</c><00:13:30.100><c> presence</c><00:13:30.299><c> of</c><00:13:30.480><c> the</c><00:13:30.700><c> council</c><00:13:30.879><c> rejoicing.</c>

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This<00:13:32.799><c> is</c><00:13:33.019><c> extraordinary,</c><00:13:33.899><c> brothers</c><00:13:34.179><c> and</c><00:13:34.399><c> sisters,</c><00:13:34.659><c> isn't</c><00:13:34.899><c> it?</c>

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These<00:13:35.659><c> men</c><00:13:35.980><c> have</c><00:13:36.519><c> received,</c><00:13:37.279><c> I</c><00:13:37.340><c> suppose,</c><00:13:37.879><c> 39</c><00:13:38.480><c> lashes,</c>

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which<00:13:39.960><c> was</c><00:13:40.220><c> the</c><00:13:40.440><c> customary</c><00:13:41.019><c> number,</c><00:13:41.399><c> wasn't</c><00:13:41.620><c> it?</c>

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40<00:13:42.240><c> stripes</c><00:13:42.799><c> save</c><00:13:43.399><c> one.</c>

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And<00:13:45.840><c> they</c><00:13:46.480><c> go</c><00:13:46.720><c> away</c><00:13:47.019><c> rejoicing.</c>

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They<00:13:49.539><c> leave</c><00:13:49.860><c> the</c><00:13:50.139><c> presence</c><00:13:50.360><c> of</c><00:13:50.639><c> the</c><00:13:50.799><c> council</c><00:13:51.159><c> just</c><00:13:51.740><c> glad.</c>

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Why?

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Rejoicing<00:13:56.500><c> that</c><00:13:56.740><c> they</c><00:13:57.039><c> were</c><00:13:57.399><c> counted</c>

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worthy<00:13:58.659><c> to</c><00:13:59.059><c> suffer</c><00:13:59.480><c> shame</c><00:14:00.019><c> for</c><00:14:00.299><c> His</c><00:14:00.620><c> name.</c>

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For<00:14:03.200><c> His</c><00:14:03.519><c> name.</c>

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And<00:14:05.080><c> daily</c><00:14:05.379><c> in</c><00:14:05.539><c> the</c><00:14:05.720><c> temple</c><00:14:06.019><c> and</c><00:14:06.200><c> in</c><00:14:06.419><c> every</c><00:14:06.639><c> house,</c>

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they<00:14:07.639><c> cease</c><00:14:07.960><c> not</c><00:14:08.559><c> to</c><00:14:08.940><c> teach</c><00:14:09.340><c> and</c><00:14:09.919><c> preach</c><00:14:10.299><c> Jesus</c><00:14:10.940><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:14:14.480><c> they</c><00:14:15.240><c> counted</c><00:14:15.519><c> it</c><00:14:15.779><c> a</c><00:14:15.919><c> privilege</c><00:14:16.299><c> to</c><00:14:16.639><c> suffer</c><00:14:16.840><c> in</c><00:14:17.019><c> this</c><00:14:17.259><c> way.</c>

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They<00:14:19.500><c> counted</c><00:14:19.799><c> this</c><00:14:20.039><c> a</c><00:14:20.220><c> great</c><00:14:20.379><c> honor</c>

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that<00:14:21.080><c> they</c><00:14:21.379><c> should</c><00:14:21.620><c> be</c><00:14:22.679><c> considered</c><00:14:23.360><c> worthy,</c>

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important<00:14:24.659><c> enough</c><00:14:25.139><c> to</c><00:14:25.740><c> be</c><00:14:26.080><c> beaten</c>

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and<00:14:26.740><c> treated</c><00:14:27.220><c> like</c><00:14:27.679><c> this</c><00:14:27.919><c> in</c><00:14:28.179><c> the</c><00:14:28.360><c> name</c><00:14:28.519><c> of</c><00:14:28.720><c> Jesus</c>

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for<00:14:30.039><c> the</c><00:14:30.320><c> sake</c><00:14:30.480><c> of</c><00:14:30.720><c> Jesus.</c>

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They<00:14:32.659><c> saw</c><00:14:32.919><c> themselves</c><00:14:33.539><c> as,</c><00:14:34.679><c> in</c><00:14:34.679><c> some</c><00:14:35.039><c> measure</c><00:14:35.460><c> at</c><00:14:35.720><c> least,</c>

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following<00:14:36.559><c> His</c><00:14:36.860><c> steps.</c>

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And<00:14:38.659><c> they</c><00:14:38.879><c> were</c><00:14:39.120><c> glad</c><00:14:39.559><c> that</c><00:14:39.779><c> that</c><00:14:39.980><c> was</c><00:14:40.220><c> the</c><00:14:40.360><c> case.</c>

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They<00:14:41.440><c> were</c><00:14:41.720><c> glad</c><00:14:42.100><c> that</c><00:14:42.360><c> the</c><00:14:42.539><c> leaders</c><00:14:42.940><c> were</c><00:14:43.539><c> so</c><00:14:43.919><c> aware</c><00:14:44.159><c> of</c>

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their<00:14:44.500><c> witness</c>

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that<00:14:45.440><c> they</c><00:14:45.820><c> needed</c><00:14:46.200><c> to</c><00:14:46.539><c> take</c><00:14:46.740><c> this</c><00:14:47.120><c> action.</c>

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And<00:14:48.580><c> they</c><00:14:48.919><c> saw</c><00:14:49.120><c> it</c><00:14:49.460><c> all,</c><00:14:50.019><c> brothers</c><00:14:50.200><c> and</c><00:14:50.399><c> sisters,</c>

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as<00:14:51.279><c> part</c><00:14:51.539><c> of</c><00:14:51.700><c> the</c><00:14:51.799><c> will</c><00:14:51.879><c> of</c><00:14:52.120><c> God.</c>

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They<00:14:55.039><c> knew</c><00:14:55.639><c> that</c><00:14:56.679><c> nothing</c><00:14:57.100><c> could</c><00:14:57.379><c> happen</c><00:14:57.720><c> to</c><00:14:58.019><c> them</c>

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which<00:14:58.460><c> was</c><00:14:58.860><c> not</c><00:14:59.519><c> in</c><00:15:00.100><c> accordance</c><00:15:00.559><c> with</c><00:15:01.120><c> God's</c><00:15:01.740><c> purpose.</c>

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In<00:15:03.519><c> fact,</c><00:15:03.740><c> when</c><00:15:03.799><c> we</c><00:15:03.899><c> come</c><00:15:04.059><c> to</c><00:15:04.200><c> chapter</c><00:15:04.440><c> 8,</c>

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that's<00:15:05.039><c> made</c><00:15:05.240><c> abundantly</c><00:15:05.860><c> plain,</c><00:15:06.419><c> isn't</c><00:15:06.620><c> it?</c>

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You<00:15:07.320><c> know</c><00:15:07.620><c> the</c><00:15:07.759><c> words</c><00:15:08.080><c> very</c><00:15:08.519><c> well</c><00:15:08.779><c> of</c><00:15:09.279><c> Acts</c><00:15:09.539><c> chapter</c><00:15:09.860><c> 8</c>

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and<00:15:10.379><c> the</c><00:15:10.539><c> beginning</c><00:15:10.779><c> of</c><00:15:11.019><c> the</c><00:15:11.159><c> chapter</c><00:15:11.460><c> there.</c>

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Verse<00:15:13.159><c> 1.</c>

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Saul<00:15:15.279><c> was</c><00:15:15.700><c> consenting</c><00:15:16.279><c> unto</c><00:15:16.820><c> Stephen's</c><00:15:17.700><c> death,</c>

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and<00:15:18.580><c> at</c><00:15:18.799><c> that</c><00:15:19.059><c> time</c><00:15:19.279><c> there</c><00:15:19.440><c> was</c><00:15:19.600><c> a</c><00:15:19.740><c> great</c><00:15:19.940><c> persecution</c>

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against<00:15:21.059><c> the</c><00:15:21.240><c> church</c><00:15:21.519><c> which</c><00:15:21.679><c> was</c><00:15:21.860><c> at</c><00:15:22.039><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:15:22.799><c> they</c><00:15:22.980><c> were</c><00:15:23.139><c> all</c><00:15:23.519><c> scattered</c><00:15:23.879><c> abroad</c>

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throughout<00:15:24.960><c> the</c><00:15:25.200><c> region</c><00:15:25.519><c> of</c><00:15:25.820><c> Judea</c><00:15:26.259><c> and</c><00:15:26.500><c> Samaria,</c>

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except<00:15:27.600><c> the</c><00:15:27.820><c> apostles.</c>

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So<00:15:29.980><c> the</c><00:15:30.220><c> apostles</c><00:15:30.659><c> remained</c><00:15:31.139><c> where</c><00:15:31.379><c> they</c><00:15:31.700><c> were,</c>

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no<00:15:32.860><c> doubt</c><00:15:33.139><c> also</c><00:15:33.759><c> partaking</c><00:15:34.419><c> of</c><00:15:34.639><c> this</c><00:15:34.879><c> persecution</c>

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and<00:15:36.159><c> suffering</c><00:15:36.659><c> along</c><00:15:37.000><c> with</c><00:15:37.299><c> everyone</c><00:15:37.519><c> else.</c>

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But<00:15:38.220><c> they</c><00:15:38.559><c> saw</c><00:15:38.779><c> this</c><00:15:39.120><c> persecution</c><00:15:39.679><c> as</c><00:15:39.899><c> being</c><00:15:40.139><c> part</c><00:15:40.480><c> of</c><00:15:40.659><c> God's</c><00:15:41.039><c> will,</c>

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and<00:15:41.720><c> it</c><00:15:42.039><c> accomplished</c><00:15:42.480><c> the</c><00:15:42.919><c> scattering</c><00:15:43.460><c> of</c><00:15:44.100><c> believers,</c>

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of<00:15:44.940><c> disciples,</c><00:15:46.039><c> and</c><00:15:46.419><c> thus</c><00:15:46.639><c> the</c><00:15:47.039><c> spread</c><00:15:47.419><c> of</c><00:15:47.720><c> the</c><00:15:47.919><c> word.</c>

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This<00:15:49.379><c> was</c><00:15:49.600><c> very</c><00:15:50.000><c> clearly</c><00:15:50.299><c> part</c><00:15:50.620><c> of</c><00:15:50.820><c> God's</c><00:15:51.320><c> purpose</c>

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and<00:15:52.480><c> a</c><00:15:52.679><c> way</c><00:15:52.899><c> of</c><00:15:53.940><c> scattering</c><00:15:54.559><c> the</c><00:15:55.039><c> word,</c>

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of<00:15:56.100><c> sending</c><00:15:56.620><c> forth</c><00:15:57.220><c> the</c><00:15:57.460><c> message,</c>

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of<00:15:58.379><c> sowing</c><00:15:58.740><c> the</c><00:15:59.159><c> seed</c><00:15:59.500><c> in</c><00:15:59.960><c> other</c><00:16:00.360><c> places,</c>

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so<00:16:01.899><c> that</c><00:16:02.000><c> as</c><00:16:02.159><c> we</c><00:16:02.340><c> saw</c><00:16:02.480><c> yesterday,</c>

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like<00:16:03.279><c> the</c><00:16:03.460><c> ripples</c><00:16:03.720><c> on</c><00:16:04.059><c> a</c><00:16:04.120><c> pond</c><00:16:04.519><c> when</c><00:16:04.740><c> you</c><00:16:05.159><c> toss</c><00:16:05.360><c> in</c><00:16:05.559><c> a</c><00:16:05.779><c> stone,</c>

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the<00:16:06.700><c> word</c><00:16:06.940><c> was</c><00:16:07.240><c> gradually</c><00:16:07.779><c> moving</c><00:16:08.159><c> out</c>

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with<00:16:08.580><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:16:09.639><c> Judea,</c><00:16:10.340><c> Samaria,</c>

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and<00:16:11.279><c> unto</c><00:16:11.419><c> the</c><00:16:11.639><c> uttermost</c><00:16:12.159><c> part</c><00:16:12.740><c> of</c><00:16:13.360><c> the</c><00:16:13.580><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:16:16.299><c> this</c><00:16:17.179><c> was</c><00:16:17.700><c> part</c><00:16:18.220><c> of</c><00:16:18.720><c> what</c><00:16:19.059><c> God</c><00:16:19.440><c> had</c><00:16:19.779><c> in</c><00:16:20.179><c> mind</c>

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for<00:16:21.320><c> the</c><00:16:21.659><c> spread</c><00:16:21.860><c> of</c><00:16:22.100><c> the</c><00:16:22.240><c> Gospel.</c>

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A<00:16:24.480><c> lot</c><00:16:24.620><c> of</c><00:16:24.779><c> this</c><00:16:24.980><c> persecution</c><00:16:25.580><c> was</c><00:16:25.879><c> of</c><00:16:26.039><c> course</c><00:16:26.360><c> caused</c><00:16:27.179><c> by</c><00:16:27.740><c> Saul.</c>

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Saul<00:16:28.779><c> was</c><00:16:29.179><c> consenting</c><00:16:29.720><c> unto</c><00:16:30.039><c> Stephen's</c><00:16:30.779><c> death,</c>

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and<00:16:32.039><c> he</c><00:16:33.360><c> became</c><00:16:33.879><c> very</c><00:16:34.360><c> incensed</c>

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by<00:16:35.759><c> what</c><00:16:36.159><c> he</c><00:16:36.580><c> could</c><00:16:36.879><c> not</c><00:16:37.179><c> overcome</c><00:16:37.720><c> by</c><00:16:38.159><c> argument.</c>

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That<00:16:39.679><c> very</c><00:16:40.340><c> qualified</c><00:16:41.240><c> and</c><00:16:42.039><c> clever</c><00:16:42.600><c> young</c><00:16:43.000><c> man</c>

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was<00:16:44.100><c> not</c><00:16:44.659><c> able</c><00:16:45.039><c> to</c><00:16:45.360><c> defeat</c><00:16:45.960><c> by</c><00:16:46.480><c> oratory</c><00:16:47.120><c> or</c><00:16:47.519><c> by</c><00:16:47.940><c> argument</c>

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the<00:16:49.379><c> word</c><00:16:49.679><c> of</c><00:16:49.899><c> the</c><00:16:50.100><c> apostles,</c>

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and<00:16:51.679><c> this</c><00:16:52.279><c> made</c><00:16:52.600><c> him</c><00:16:52.919><c> the</c><00:16:53.299><c> more</c><00:16:53.840><c> mad.</c>

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And<00:16:55.379><c> we</c><00:16:56.080><c> know</c><00:16:56.379><c> how</c><00:16:56.779><c> in</c><00:16:57.039><c> chapter</c><00:16:57.320><c> 9</c>

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he<00:16:58.340><c> receives</c><00:16:58.960><c> letters</c><00:16:59.340><c> from</c><00:16:59.559><c> the</c><00:16:59.700><c> high</c><00:16:59.960><c> priest</c>

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to<00:17:00.419><c> go</c><00:17:00.559><c> as</c><00:17:00.779><c> far</c><00:17:00.980><c> as</c><00:17:01.220><c> Damascus</c>

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and<00:17:02.580><c> fetch</c><00:17:02.899><c> any</c><00:17:03.440><c> back</c><00:17:03.740><c> who</c><00:17:03.919><c> were</c><00:17:04.200><c> of</c><00:17:04.599><c> the</c><00:17:04.980><c> way,</c>

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this<00:17:06.200><c> way</c><00:17:06.799><c> that</c><00:17:07.500><c> Paul</c><00:17:08.119><c> Saul</c><00:17:08.579><c> at</c><00:17:09.039><c> this</c><00:17:09.319><c> stage</c><00:17:09.599><c> so</c><00:17:09.980><c> much</c><00:17:10.279><c> hated.</c>

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And<00:17:11.980><c> he</c><00:17:12.599><c> was</c><00:17:12.940><c> so</c><00:17:13.119><c> incensed</c><00:17:13.720><c> as</c><00:17:14.140><c> to</c><00:17:14.960><c> want</c><00:17:15.299><c> to</c><00:17:16.420><c> deliver</c><00:17:17.119><c> men</c><00:17:17.440><c> up</c>

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for<00:17:18.200><c> persecution,</c><00:17:19.480><c> for</c><00:17:19.720><c> torture,</c><00:17:20.480><c> for</c><00:17:20.799><c> death,</c>

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and<00:17:22.059><c> to</c><00:17:23.680><c> wreak</c><00:17:24.019><c> havoc</c><00:17:24.299><c> with</c><00:17:24.559><c> their</c><00:17:24.839><c> homes</c>

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and<00:17:26.160><c> take</c><00:17:26.460><c> a</c><00:17:26.839><c> spoil</c><00:17:27.180><c> of</c><00:17:27.640><c> all</c><00:17:28.039><c> their</c><00:17:28.299><c> goods.</c>

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And<00:17:30.960><c> Saul</c><00:17:31.160><c> of</c><00:17:31.400><c> course</c><00:17:31.700><c> when</c><00:17:31.900><c> he</c><00:17:32.160><c> became</c><00:17:32.559><c> poor</c>

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suffered<00:17:34.019><c> the</c><00:17:34.319><c> same</c><00:17:34.660><c> kind</c><00:17:35.039><c> of</c><00:17:35.259><c> thing</c><00:17:35.460><c> himself.</c>

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There<00:17:36.759><c> was</c><00:17:37.059><c> the</c><00:17:37.460><c> same</c><00:17:38.019><c> kind</c><00:17:38.460><c> of</c><00:17:38.720><c> reaction</c><00:17:39.119><c> to</c><00:17:39.420><c> his</c><00:17:39.759><c> work</c><00:17:40.119><c> then</c>

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amongst<00:17:41.339><c> other</c><00:17:41.680><c> young</c><00:17:41.960><c> men</c><00:17:42.299><c> following</c><00:17:42.720><c> in</c><00:17:43.039><c> his</c><00:17:43.299><c> steps.</c>

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And<00:17:45.039><c> Saul</c><00:17:45.359><c> just</c><00:17:45.779><c> like</c><00:17:46.099><c> Peter</c><00:17:46.440><c> and</c><00:17:46.680><c> those</c><00:17:47.000><c> other</c><00:17:47.240><c> earlier</c><00:17:47.619><c> apostles</c>

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rejoiced<00:17:49.000><c> in</c><00:17:49.259><c> this.</c>

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Turn<00:17:49.980><c> to</c><00:17:50.140><c> Acts</c><00:17:50.380><c> 13</c><00:17:50.900><c> which</c><00:17:51.160><c> is</c><00:17:51.660><c> outside</c><00:17:52.059><c> our</c><00:17:52.359><c> remit</c>

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for<00:17:52.839><c> this</c><00:17:53.019><c> Bible</c><00:17:53.380><c> school</c><00:17:53.559><c> I</c><00:17:53.740><c> suppose</c><00:17:54.039><c> really,</c>

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but<00:17:54.680><c> just</c><00:17:55.019><c> notice</c><00:17:55.420><c> the</c><00:17:55.740><c> same</c><00:17:56.440><c> attitude</c><00:17:57.019><c> exactly</c>

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when<00:17:58.559><c> Paul</c><00:17:59.299><c> suffers</c><00:18:00.059><c> for</c><00:18:00.579><c> what</c><00:18:00.819><c> he</c><00:18:01.099><c> himself</c>

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had<00:18:02.220><c> been</c><00:18:02.480><c> responsible</c><00:18:03.119><c> for</c><00:18:03.440><c> instigating</c><00:18:04.220><c> in</c><00:18:04.440><c> some</c><00:18:04.660><c> measure.</c>

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Acts<00:18:05.880><c> 13</c><00:18:06.299><c> and</c><00:18:06.440><c> the</c><00:18:06.519><c> end</c><00:18:06.660><c> of</c><00:18:06.799><c> the</c><00:18:06.960><c> chapter,</c><00:18:07.279><c> verse</c><00:18:07.579><c> 50.</c>

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The<00:18:09.099><c> Jews</c><00:18:09.539><c> stirred</c><00:18:10.119><c> up</c><00:18:10.380><c> the</c><00:18:10.700><c> devout</c><00:18:11.079><c> and</c><00:18:11.460><c> honorable</c><00:18:11.940><c> women</c>

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and<00:18:12.539><c> the</c><00:18:12.740><c> chief</c><00:18:12.940><c> men</c><00:18:13.119><c> of</c><00:18:13.299><c> the</c><00:18:13.420><c> city</c>

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and<00:18:14.000><c> raised</c><00:18:14.359><c> persecution</c><00:18:15.059><c> against</c><00:18:15.480><c> Paul</c><00:18:15.740><c> and</c><00:18:15.940><c> Barnabas</c>

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and<00:18:16.640><c> expelled</c><00:18:17.160><c> them</c><00:18:17.359><c> out</c><00:18:17.539><c> of</c><00:18:17.680><c> their</c><00:18:17.920><c> coasts.</c>

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But<00:18:18.599><c> they</c><00:18:18.880><c> shook</c><00:18:19.079><c> off</c><00:18:19.400><c> the</c><00:18:19.619><c> dust</c><00:18:19.920><c> of</c><00:18:20.099><c> their</c><00:18:20.380><c> feet</c><00:18:20.619><c> against</c><00:18:21.000><c> them</c>

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and<00:18:21.380><c> came</c><00:18:21.640><c> unto</c><00:18:21.900><c> Iconium.</c>

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And<00:18:22.900><c> the</c><00:18:23.160><c> disciples</c><00:18:23.480><c> were</c><00:18:23.839><c> filled</c><00:18:24.180><c> with</c><00:18:24.599><c> joy</c>

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and<00:18:25.940><c> with</c><00:18:26.140><c> the</c><00:18:26.279><c> Holy</c><00:18:26.500><c> Spirit.</c>

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Persecution<00:18:28.740><c> was</c><00:18:29.059><c> raised</c><00:18:29.319><c> against</c><00:18:29.700><c> them,</c>

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but<00:18:30.160><c> they</c><00:18:30.380><c> were</c><00:18:30.700><c> filled</c><00:18:31.059><c> with</c><00:18:31.500><c> joy</c><00:18:32.099><c> as</c><00:18:32.779><c> the</c><00:18:32.980><c> result.</c>

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The<00:18:33.480><c> same</c><00:18:33.720><c> attitude</c><00:18:34.140><c> exactly.</c>

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They<00:18:35.740><c> went</c><00:18:36.059><c> from</c><00:18:36.279><c> the</c><00:18:36.539><c> presence</c><00:18:36.819><c> of</c><00:18:37.059><c> the</c><00:18:37.240><c> council</c>

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and<00:18:37.940><c> rejoicing</c><00:18:38.599><c> that</c><00:18:38.819><c> they</c><00:18:39.099><c> were</c><00:18:39.539><c> counted</c><00:18:40.039><c> worthy</c>

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to<00:18:41.539><c> suffer</c><00:18:41.799><c> shame</c><00:18:42.380><c> for</c><00:18:42.859><c> his</c><00:18:43.259><c> name.</c>

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And<00:18:44.940><c> they</c><00:18:45.240><c> were</c><00:18:45.480><c> filled</c><00:18:45.900><c> with</c><00:18:46.240><c> joy</c><00:18:46.680><c> and</c><00:18:47.180><c> with</c><00:18:47.420><c> the</c><00:18:47.579><c> Holy</c><00:18:47.799><c> Spirit.</c>

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And<00:18:49.859><c> it</c><00:18:50.079><c> may</c><00:18:50.259><c> be</c><00:18:50.519><c> that</c><00:18:50.640><c> in</c><00:18:50.839><c> this</c><00:18:51.039><c> passage</c><00:18:51.380><c> in</c><00:18:51.599><c> Acts</c><00:18:51.779><c> 13</c>

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Luke<00:18:52.940><c> is</c><00:18:53.220><c> doing</c><00:18:53.440><c> what</c><00:18:53.779><c> we</c><00:18:54.000><c> looked</c><00:18:54.180><c> at</c><00:18:54.400><c> the</c><00:18:54.559><c> other</c><00:18:54.759><c> day.</c>

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He's<00:18:55.480><c> keeping</c><00:18:55.819><c> Peter</c><00:18:56.180><c> and</c><00:18:56.339><c> Paul</c><00:18:56.579><c> abreast</c><00:18:57.019><c> of</c><00:18:57.180><c> one</c><00:18:57.359><c> another</c><00:18:57.599><c> again,</c>

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isn't<00:18:58.160><c> he?</c>

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He's<00:18:58.920><c> letting</c><00:18:59.099><c> us</c><00:18:59.319><c> know</c><00:18:59.640><c> that</c><00:18:59.920><c> what</c><00:19:00.140><c> Peter</c><00:19:00.380><c> suffered,</c>

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Paul<00:19:01.240><c> also</c><00:19:01.839><c> suffered.</c>

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Again,<00:19:02.940><c> he's</c><00:19:03.240><c> keeping</c><00:19:03.539><c> the</c><00:19:03.759><c> two</c><00:19:03.920><c> men</c><00:19:04.140><c> level</c><00:19:04.519><c> perhaps</c>

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in<00:19:05.680><c> his</c><00:19:05.980><c> record</c><00:19:06.500><c> of</c><00:19:06.940><c> this</c><00:19:07.200><c> kind</c><00:19:07.519><c> of</c><00:19:07.759><c> thing.</c>

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Paul<00:19:10.859><c> saw</c><00:19:11.700><c> persecution</c><00:19:12.700><c> as</c><00:19:13.319><c> being</c><00:19:13.619><c> a</c><00:19:13.880><c> fulfillment</c>

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of<00:19:14.980><c> the</c><00:19:15.220><c> Old</c><00:19:15.460><c> Testament</c><00:19:15.980><c> that</c><00:19:16.200><c> he</c><00:19:16.519><c> loved</c><00:19:16.880><c> so</c><00:19:17.259><c> much.</c>

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If<00:19:18.299><c> you</c><00:19:18.519><c> come,</c><00:19:19.160><c> well,</c><00:19:19.380><c> you</c><00:19:19.500><c> needn't</c><00:19:19.740><c> turn</c><00:19:19.920><c> to</c><00:19:20.079><c> it,</c>

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but<00:19:20.359><c> Romans</c><00:19:20.700><c> chapter</c><00:19:21.079><c> 8</c><00:19:21.619><c> is</c><00:19:22.019><c> one</c><00:19:22.279><c> of</c><00:19:22.480><c> those</c><00:19:22.799><c> places</c>

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where<00:19:23.599><c> in</c><00:19:23.740><c> his</c><00:19:23.940><c> letters</c><00:19:24.339><c> Paul</c><00:19:25.000><c> explains</c><00:19:26.039><c> that</c><00:19:26.819><c> in</c><00:19:27.380><c> his</c><00:19:27.799><c> mind</c>

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there<00:19:28.380><c> is</c><00:19:28.819><c> nothing,</c><00:19:29.839><c> absolutely</c><00:19:30.539><c> nothing,</c>

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persecution<00:19:32.079><c> and</c><00:19:32.740><c> torture</c><00:19:33.259><c> and</c><00:19:33.640><c> suffering</c><00:19:33.980><c> included,</c>

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that<00:19:35.309><c> can</c><00:19:35.710><c> separate</c><00:19:36.430><c> a</c><00:19:36.750><c> disciple,</c><00:19:37.670><c> a</c><00:19:37.930><c> believer,</c>

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from<00:19:38.730><c> the</c><00:19:38.970><c> love</c><00:19:39.109><c> of</c><00:19:39.390><c> God,</c><00:19:40.309><c> from</c><00:19:40.690><c> the</c><00:19:40.869><c> love</c><00:19:40.990><c> of</c><00:19:41.250><c> Christ.</c>

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Verse<00:19:42.089><c> 35</c><00:19:42.750><c> of</c><00:19:42.950><c> Romans</c><00:19:43.269><c> 8.</c>

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Who<00:19:43.890><c> shall</c><00:19:44.230><c> separate</c><00:19:44.710><c> us</c><00:19:44.910><c> from</c><00:19:45.069><c> the</c><00:19:45.250><c> love</c><00:19:45.390><c> of</c><00:19:45.589><c> Christ?</c>

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Shall<00:19:46.470><c> tribulation</c><00:19:47.269><c> or</c><00:19:48.690><c> distress</c><00:19:49.450><c> or</c><00:19:50.630><c> persecution</c>

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or<00:19:52.529><c> famine</c><00:19:52.849><c> or</c><00:19:53.130><c> nakedness</c><00:19:53.630><c> or</c><00:19:53.869><c> peril</c><00:19:54.109><c> or</c><00:19:54.490><c> sword,</c>

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as<00:19:55.250><c> it</c><00:19:55.410><c> is</c><00:19:55.609><c> written,</c><00:19:56.250><c> and</c><00:19:56.450><c> he</c><00:19:56.650><c> quotes</c><00:19:56.829><c> now</c><00:19:57.130><c> from</c><00:19:57.430><c> Psalm</c><00:19:57.650><c> 44,</c>

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for<00:19:58.849><c> thy</c><00:19:59.369><c> sake</c><00:19:59.730><c> we</c><00:19:59.910><c> are</c><00:20:00.089><c> killed</c><00:20:00.329><c> all</c><00:20:00.609><c> the</c><00:20:00.730><c> day</c><00:20:00.910><c> long.</c>

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We<00:20:01.670><c> are</c><00:20:01.930><c> accounted</c><00:20:02.250><c> as</c><00:20:02.529><c> sheep</c><00:20:02.650><c> for</c><00:20:02.829><c> the</c><00:20:02.990><c> slaughter.</c>

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Nay,<00:20:03.910><c> in</c><00:20:04.190><c> all</c><00:20:04.750><c> these</c><00:20:05.089><c> things</c><00:20:05.329><c> we</c><00:20:05.490><c> are</c><00:20:05.809><c> more</c><00:20:06.210><c> than</c><00:20:06.430><c> conquerors</c>

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through<00:20:07.529><c> him</c><00:20:07.869><c> that</c><00:20:08.170><c> loved</c><00:20:08.349><c> us.</c>

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And<00:20:11.250><c> the</c><00:20:11.970><c> way</c><00:20:12.269><c> in</c><00:20:12.390><c> which</c><00:20:12.650><c> Paul</c><00:20:12.990><c> there</c><00:20:13.289><c> uses</c><00:20:13.630><c> Psalm</c><00:20:14.049><c> 44</c>

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is<00:20:14.930><c> a</c><00:20:15.529><c> study</c><00:20:15.750><c> in</c><00:20:15.950><c> itself.</c>

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Brother<00:20:17.430><c> Maurice</c><00:20:17.650><c> already</c><00:20:18.009><c> heard</c><00:20:18.250><c> me</c><00:20:18.509><c> talk</c><00:20:18.829><c> about</c><00:20:19.289><c> that</c>

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in<00:20:20.089><c> a</c><00:20:20.269><c> separate</c><00:20:20.630><c> study.</c>

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It's<00:20:22.410><c> a</c><00:20:22.549><c> delightful</c><00:20:23.109><c> way</c><00:20:23.650><c> in</c><00:20:24.190><c> which</c><00:20:24.589><c> Psalm</c><00:20:24.990><c> 44,</c>

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which<00:20:26.170><c> appears</c><00:20:26.690><c> to</c><00:20:26.970><c> have</c><00:20:27.150><c> its</c><00:20:27.490><c> historical</c><00:20:27.990><c> background</c>

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perhaps<00:20:28.930><c> in</c><00:20:29.130><c> the</c><00:20:29.230><c> days</c><00:20:29.369><c> of</c><00:20:29.630><c> Hezekiah</c>

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and<00:20:30.829><c> the</c><00:20:31.049><c> Assyrian</c><00:20:31.569><c> invasion,</c>

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when<00:20:32.549><c> for</c><00:20:33.089><c> the</c><00:20:33.349><c> sake</c><00:20:33.529><c> of</c><00:20:33.690><c> the</c><00:20:33.890><c> glory</c><00:20:34.210><c> of</c><00:20:34.410><c> God</c><00:20:34.549><c> in</c><00:20:34.849><c> Jerusalem</c>

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and<00:20:35.589><c> the</c><00:20:36.009><c> refurbishment</c><00:20:36.789><c> of</c><00:20:36.990><c> the</c><00:20:37.150><c> temple</c>

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and<00:20:37.650><c> the</c><00:20:37.869><c> reinstigation</c><00:20:38.569><c> of</c><00:20:39.250><c> the</c><00:20:39.430><c> Passover</c><00:20:39.869><c> feast</c><00:20:40.210><c> and</c><00:20:40.390><c> so</c><00:20:40.589><c> on,</c>

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Hezekiah<00:20:41.509><c> sent</c><00:20:41.829><c> the</c><00:20:42.089><c> Assyrian</c><00:20:42.509><c> troops</c><00:20:42.910><c> packing</c>

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and<00:20:43.589><c> refused</c><00:20:44.029><c> to</c><00:20:44.250><c> pay</c><00:20:44.410><c> the</c><00:20:44.630><c> tribute</c><00:20:45.029><c> to</c><00:20:45.450><c> the</c><00:20:45.549><c> king</c><00:20:45.730><c> of</c><00:20:45.930><c> Assyria</c>

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and<00:20:46.630><c> knew</c><00:20:47.029><c> that</c><00:20:47.230><c> that</c><00:20:47.369><c> would</c><00:20:47.569><c> have</c><00:20:47.809><c> repercussions.</c>

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For<00:20:49.450><c> thy</c><00:20:49.930><c> sake</c><00:20:50.410><c> we</c><00:20:50.930><c> are</c><00:20:51.109><c> killed</c><00:20:51.289><c> all</c><00:20:51.549><c> the</c><00:20:51.670><c> day</c><00:20:51.829><c> long.</c>

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For<00:20:52.309><c> the</c><00:20:52.569><c> sake</c><00:20:52.750><c> of</c><00:20:53.670><c> right,</c><00:20:53.990><c> Hezekiah</c><00:20:54.710><c> knew</c>

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that<00:20:55.690><c> there</c><00:20:56.309><c> would</c><00:20:56.569><c> be</c><00:20:56.849><c> a</c><00:20:57.029><c> price</c><00:20:57.269><c> to</c><00:20:57.569><c> pay.</c>

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And<00:20:59.369><c> although</c><00:20:59.869><c> initially</c><00:21:00.589><c> his</c><00:21:00.950><c> faith</c><00:21:01.210><c> was</c><00:21:01.529><c> shaken</c>

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when<00:21:02.069><c> he</c><00:21:02.289><c> saw</c><00:21:02.789><c> what</c><00:21:03.490><c> that</c><00:21:03.809><c> price</c><00:21:04.170><c> was,</c>

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and<00:21:05.250><c> so</c><00:21:05.789><c> many</c><00:21:06.230><c> fenced</c><00:21:06.569><c> cities</c><00:21:06.869><c> in</c><00:21:07.150><c> Judah</c>

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fell<00:21:08.170><c> like</c><00:21:08.490><c> a</c><00:21:08.789><c> pack</c><00:21:08.990><c> of</c><00:21:09.329><c> cards,</c>

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that<00:21:10.910><c> was</c><00:21:11.230><c> a</c><00:21:11.269><c> real</c><00:21:11.549><c> test</c><00:21:11.829><c> of</c><00:21:11.970><c> his</c><00:21:12.230><c> faith,</c><00:21:12.529><c> wasn't</c><00:21:12.670><c> it?</c>

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He<00:21:12.930><c> was</c><00:21:13.150><c> a</c><00:21:13.250><c> man</c><00:21:13.410><c> who</c><00:21:13.509><c> was</c><00:21:13.930><c> doing</c><00:21:14.250><c> what</c><00:21:14.470><c> was</c><00:21:14.710><c> right,</c>

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who<00:21:15.049><c> was</c><00:21:15.289><c> trying</c><00:21:15.490><c> to</c><00:21:15.650><c> be</c><00:21:15.849><c> faithful,</c>

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and<00:21:17.430><c> wow,</c><00:21:17.970><c> 46</c><00:21:18.829><c> fenced</c><00:21:19.390><c> cities,</c><00:21:19.869><c> God</c><00:21:20.210><c> let</c><00:21:20.529><c> go.</c>

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That<00:21:22.369><c> was</c><00:21:22.670><c> a</c><00:21:22.789><c> severe</c><00:21:23.170><c> test</c><00:21:23.569><c> of</c><00:21:23.769><c> that</c><00:21:23.990><c> man's</c><00:21:24.509><c> faith.</c>

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We<00:21:26.369><c> are</c><00:21:26.990><c> accounted</c><00:21:27.430><c> as</c><00:21:27.809><c> sheep</c><00:21:28.009><c> for</c><00:21:28.230><c> the</c><00:21:28.509><c> slaughter.</c>

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We<00:21:29.069><c> are</c><00:21:29.309><c> killed</c><00:21:29.549><c> all</c><00:21:29.869><c> the</c><00:21:29.990><c> day</c><00:21:30.250><c> long.</c>

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He<00:21:31.210><c> cried,</c><00:21:33.509><c> but</c><00:21:33.589><c> it</c><00:21:33.829><c> was</c><00:21:34.069><c> for</c><00:21:34.230><c> the</c><00:21:34.430><c> sake</c><00:21:34.609><c> of</c><00:21:34.849><c> God,</c>

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and<00:21:35.410><c> God</c><00:21:35.849><c> did</c><00:21:36.329><c> intervene</c><00:21:36.930><c> and</c><00:21:37.230><c> deliver</c><00:21:37.809><c> them</c>

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when<00:21:39.130><c> their</c><00:21:39.490><c> faith</c><00:21:39.750><c> in</c><00:21:39.970><c> Him</c>

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and<00:21:40.289><c> their</c><00:21:40.650><c> confidence</c><00:21:41.170><c> was</c><00:21:41.490><c> strengthened.</c>

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So<00:21:42.990><c> Paul</c><00:21:43.230><c> is</c><00:21:43.690><c> picking</c><00:21:43.990><c> up</c><00:21:44.230><c> on</c><00:21:44.390><c> that</c><00:21:44.690><c> psalm</c>

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in<00:21:45.109><c> a</c><00:21:45.230><c> way</c><00:21:45.349><c> that</c><00:21:45.509><c> we</c><00:21:45.769><c> don't</c><00:21:45.950><c> have</c><00:21:46.109><c> time</c><00:21:46.289><c> to</c><00:21:46.390><c> look</c><00:21:46.529><c> at</c><00:21:46.609><c> it</c>

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and<00:21:47.049><c> to</c><00:21:47.250><c> expand</c><00:21:47.609><c> on</c><00:21:47.750><c> that</c><00:21:47.890><c> in</c><00:21:48.009><c> any</c><00:21:48.210><c> measure,</c>

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but<00:21:48.910><c> Paul</c><00:21:49.190><c> is</c><00:21:49.470><c> using</c><00:21:49.670><c> that</c><00:21:49.910><c> as</c><00:21:50.190><c> a</c><00:21:50.309><c> basis,</c><00:21:51.049><c> we</c><00:21:51.589><c> feel,</c>

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there<00:21:52.710><c> in</c><00:21:52.970><c> Romans</c><00:21:53.289><c> 8</c><00:21:53.670><c> and</c><00:21:54.089><c> saying</c><00:21:54.450><c> that</c><00:21:54.670><c> for</c><00:21:54.890><c> thy</c><00:21:55.230><c> sake,</c>

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for<00:21:55.710><c> the</c><00:21:55.970><c> preaching</c><00:21:56.210><c> of</c><00:21:56.410><c> the</c><00:21:56.529><c> Gospel,</c>

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for<00:21:57.089><c> doing</c><00:21:57.369><c> what's</c><00:21:57.849><c> right,</c>

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we<00:21:58.769><c> must</c><00:21:59.069><c> expect</c><00:21:59.970><c> some</c><00:22:01.349><c> suffering.</c>

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Now,<00:22:05.250><c> in</c><00:22:05.690><c> our</c><00:22:05.910><c> minds,</c><00:22:06.390><c> brothers</c><00:22:06.410><c> and</c><00:22:06.630><c> sisters,</c>

00:22:06.930 --> 00:22:08.990
we're<00:22:07.089><c> very</c><00:22:07.309><c> good</c><00:22:07.450><c> at</c><00:22:07.609><c> immediately</c><00:22:07.970><c> turning</c><00:22:08.250><c> that</c><00:22:08.569><c> round</c>

00:22:08.990 --> 00:22:10.609
and<00:22:09.309><c> saying,</c><00:22:09.789><c> oh,</c><00:22:09.809><c> well,</c><00:22:10.369><c> of</c><00:22:10.490><c> course,</c>

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we<00:22:10.730><c> don't</c><00:22:10.950><c> suffer</c><00:22:11.210><c> anything</c><00:22:11.470><c> in</c><00:22:11.670><c> these</c><00:22:11.849><c> days,</c>

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not<00:22:12.230><c> in</c><00:22:12.349><c> terms</c><00:22:12.549><c> of</c><00:22:12.769><c> persecution,</c>

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we<00:22:13.470><c> only</c><00:22:13.750><c> really</c><00:22:14.049><c> suffer</c><00:22:14.309><c> apathy</c>

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and<00:22:15.049><c> the</c><00:22:15.230><c> temptations</c><00:22:15.730><c> of</c><00:22:15.910><c> that</c><00:22:16.130><c> kind,</c>

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and<00:22:17.089><c> does</c><00:22:17.309><c> this</c><00:22:17.529><c> mean</c><00:22:17.730><c> if</c><00:22:17.869><c> I'm</c><00:22:18.049><c> not</c><00:22:18.309><c> suffering</c><00:22:18.509><c> persecution</c>

00:22:19.049 --> 00:22:20.170
that<00:22:19.210><c> I'm</c><00:22:19.329><c> not</c><00:22:19.529><c> a</c><00:22:19.630><c> good</c><00:22:19.789><c> disciple?</c>

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Well,<00:22:20.490><c> it</c><00:22:20.549><c> doesn't</c><00:22:20.849><c> say</c><00:22:21.130><c> that,</c><00:22:21.569><c> does</c><00:22:21.730><c> it?</c>

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We<00:22:22.490><c> can't</c><00:22:22.849><c> turn</c><00:22:23.069><c> it</c><00:22:23.349><c> round</c><00:22:23.609><c> and</c><00:22:23.869><c> apply</c><00:22:24.089><c> it</c><00:22:24.309><c> in</c><00:22:24.470><c> that</c><00:22:24.710><c> way.</c>

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What<00:22:26.170><c> we</c><00:22:26.450><c> can</c><00:22:26.890><c> say</c><00:22:27.509><c> is</c><00:22:28.029><c> that</c><00:22:28.309><c> if</c><00:22:28.910><c> persecution</c><00:22:29.630><c> comes,</c>

00:22:31.309 --> 00:22:34.009
then<00:22:31.390><c> it</c><00:22:31.630><c> comes</c><00:22:32.170><c> only</c><00:22:32.849><c> by</c><00:22:33.150><c> the</c><00:22:33.289><c> will</c><00:22:33.369><c> of</c><00:22:33.589><c> God.</c>

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Our<00:22:34.650><c> Heavenly</c><00:22:35.069><c> Father</c><00:22:35.430><c> is</c><00:22:35.849><c> not</c><00:22:36.210><c> unaware</c>

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of<00:22:37.390><c> the</c><00:22:37.589><c> things</c><00:22:37.829><c> that</c><00:22:38.210><c> befall</c><00:22:38.369><c> us</c><00:22:38.630><c> in</c><00:22:38.890><c> life.</c>

00:22:39.869 --> 00:22:42.789
And<00:22:40.230><c> although</c><00:22:40.589><c> we</c><00:22:40.829><c> are</c><00:22:41.309><c> very</c><00:22:41.789><c> well</c><00:22:42.210><c> blessed</c>

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and<00:22:43.109><c> very</c><00:22:43.609><c> comfortable</c><00:22:44.390><c> in</c><00:22:44.970><c> our</c><00:22:45.329><c> circumstances</c>

00:22:45.890 --> 00:22:47.569
at<00:22:46.069><c> the</c><00:22:46.170><c> moment,</c><00:22:46.390><c> it's</c><00:22:46.450><c> not</c><00:22:46.690><c> impossible</c>

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that<00:22:47.970><c> persecution</c><00:22:48.509><c> may</c><00:22:48.750><c> yet</c><00:22:49.029><c> come</c><00:22:49.369><c> to</c><00:22:49.890><c> our</c><00:22:50.210><c> world.</c>

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We<00:22:50.829><c> do</c><00:22:51.150><c> not</c><00:22:51.470><c> know</c><00:22:51.829><c> what</c><00:22:52.109><c> lies</c><00:22:52.509><c> around</c><00:22:52.869><c> the</c><00:22:53.130><c> corner.</c>

00:22:53.609 --> 00:22:56.490
We<00:22:54.430><c> do</c><00:22:54.750><c> not</c><00:22:54.950><c> know</c><00:22:55.269><c> whether</c><00:22:55.529><c> there</c><00:22:55.789><c> is</c><00:22:56.009><c> suffering</c>

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to<00:22:56.930><c> be</c><00:22:57.230><c> born</c><00:22:57.509><c> yet</c><00:22:58.089><c> before</c><00:22:59.289><c> the</c><00:22:59.849><c> Lord</c><00:23:00.190><c> comes.</c>

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It's<00:23:01.710><c> certainly</c><00:23:02.029><c> not</c><00:23:02.430><c> impossible.</c>

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So<00:23:04.289><c> let's</c><00:23:04.470><c> just</c><00:23:04.710><c> have</c><00:23:04.910><c> a</c><00:23:05.009><c> look</c>

00:23:05.130 --> 00:23:07.069
at<00:23:05.410><c> a</c><00:23:05.650><c> couple</c><00:23:05.869><c> of</c><00:23:06.089><c> New</c><00:23:06.230><c> Testament</c><00:23:06.630><c> Scriptures,</c>

00:23:07.130 --> 00:23:08.609
one<00:23:07.329><c> of</c><00:23:07.450><c> Paul</c><00:23:07.730><c> and</c><00:23:07.890><c> two</c><00:23:08.069><c> from</c><00:23:08.269><c> Peter,</c>

00:23:08.950 --> 00:23:11.430
which<00:23:09.190><c> just</c><00:23:10.190><c> set</c><00:23:10.549><c> out</c><00:23:10.890><c> for</c><00:23:11.150><c> us</c>

00:23:11.430 --> 00:23:15.670
what<00:23:11.970><c> the</c><00:23:12.450><c> attitude</c><00:23:13.150><c> towards</c><00:23:13.910><c> persecution</c><00:23:14.710><c> should</c><00:23:15.109><c> be</c>

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and<00:23:16.009><c> what</c><00:23:16.309><c> persecution</c><00:23:17.089><c> means.</c>

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Can<00:23:18.390><c> we</c><00:23:18.549><c> turn</c><00:23:18.769><c> first</c><00:23:19.049><c> of</c><00:23:19.210><c> all,</c><00:23:19.549><c> please,</c><00:23:19.650><c> to</c><00:23:19.789><c> Thessalonians,</c>

00:23:20.509 --> 00:23:24.009
to<00:23:20.829><c> 2</c><00:23:20.829><c> Thessalonians</c><00:23:21.789><c> and</c><00:23:22.170><c> chapter</c><00:23:22.529><c> 1.</c>

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Here<00:23:26.210><c> the</c><00:23:26.410><c> Apostle</c><00:23:26.869><c> Paul</c><00:23:28.170><c> sets</c><00:23:28.829><c> out</c><00:23:29.170><c> for</c><00:23:29.410><c> us</c>

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what<00:23:30.349><c> he</c><00:23:30.769><c> saw</c><00:23:31.170><c> as</c><00:23:32.150><c> the</c><00:23:32.930><c> right</c><00:23:33.410><c> attitude,</c>

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and<00:23:34.470><c> he</c><00:23:34.809><c> encourages</c><00:23:35.390><c> the</c><00:23:36.390><c> Thessalonian</c><00:23:37.190><c> believers</c>

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in<00:23:38.250><c> this</c><00:23:38.490><c> matter</c><00:23:38.730><c> with</c><00:23:39.029><c> these</c><00:23:39.289><c> words,</c>

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2<00:23:39.869><c> Thessalonians</c><00:23:40.569><c> 1</c><00:23:41.009><c> and</c><00:23:41.410><c> verse</c><00:23:41.809><c> 4,</c>

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So<00:23:43.589><c> that</c><00:23:43.769><c> we</c><00:23:44.049><c> ourselves</c><00:23:44.609><c> glory</c><00:23:45.250><c> in</c><00:23:45.549><c> you</c>

00:23:45.789 --> 00:23:49.609
in<00:23:45.950><c> the</c><00:23:46.170><c> churches</c><00:23:46.470><c> of</c><00:23:46.710><c> God</c><00:23:47.150><c> for</c><00:23:47.490><c> your</c><00:23:47.829><c> patience</c><00:23:48.410><c> and</c><00:23:49.089><c> faith</c>

00:23:49.609 --> 00:23:53.930
in<00:23:49.990><c> all</c><00:23:50.349><c> your</c><00:23:50.650><c> persecutions</c><00:23:51.470><c> and</c><00:23:51.750><c> tribulations</c><00:23:52.430><c> that</c><00:23:52.670><c> ye</c><00:23:53.069><c> endure,</c>

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which<00:23:54.309><c> is</c><00:23:54.589><c> a</c><00:23:54.769><c> manifest</c><00:23:55.329><c> token</c>

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of<00:23:56.069><c> the</c><00:23:56.349><c> righteous</c><00:23:56.910><c> judgment</c><00:23:57.410><c> of</c><00:23:57.809><c> God,</c>

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that<00:23:59.589><c> ye</c><00:23:59.789><c> may</c><00:23:59.990><c> be</c><00:24:00.250><c> counted</c><00:24:00.529><c> worthy</c><00:24:01.009><c> of</c><00:24:01.150><c> the</c><00:24:01.309><c> kingdom</c><00:24:01.549><c> of</c><00:24:01.809><c> God,</c>

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for<00:24:02.650><c> which</c><00:24:02.829><c> ye</c><00:24:03.049><c> also</c><00:24:03.289><c> suffer,</c>

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seeing<00:24:04.630><c> it</c><00:24:04.829><c> is</c><00:24:05.069><c> a</c><00:24:05.230><c> righteous</c><00:24:05.630><c> thing</c><00:24:06.029><c> with</c><00:24:06.309><c> God</c>

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to<00:24:07.130><c> recompense</c><00:24:07.769><c> tribulation</c><00:24:08.589><c> to</c><00:24:08.990><c> them</c><00:24:09.289><c> that</c><00:24:09.589><c> trouble</c><00:24:09.869><c> you.</c>

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Now<00:24:12.529><c> let's</c><00:24:12.910><c> just</c><00:24:13.190><c> analyze</c><00:24:13.650><c> those</c><00:24:13.950><c> words</c><00:24:14.190><c> for</c><00:24:14.430><c> a</c><00:24:14.509><c> moment.</c>

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What<00:24:15.190><c> is</c><00:24:15.450><c> Paul</c><00:24:15.710><c> saying</c><00:24:16.069><c> here?</c>

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He's<00:24:16.849><c> saying</c><00:24:17.250><c> that</c><00:24:17.609><c> we</c><00:24:18.829><c> boast</c><00:24:19.490><c> about</c><00:24:20.349><c> your</c><00:24:20.769><c> endurance.</c>

00:24:22.549 --> 00:24:25.430
You<00:24:22.710><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:24:23.450><c> he</c><00:24:23.650><c> says,</c><00:24:23.950><c> are</c><00:24:24.309><c> a</c><00:24:24.670><c> good</c><00:24:24.849><c> example.</c>

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You're<00:24:25.750><c> a</c><00:24:25.869><c> good</c><00:24:26.109><c> exhortation</c><00:24:26.730><c> to</c><00:24:27.009><c> others.</c>

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And<00:24:28.150><c> we</c><00:24:28.609><c> boast</c><00:24:28.869><c> about</c><00:24:29.170><c> your</c><00:24:29.509><c> patience</c><00:24:29.930><c> and</c><00:24:30.269><c> your</c><00:24:30.569><c> faith</c>

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in<00:24:31.450><c> all</c><00:24:31.670><c> your</c><00:24:31.990><c> persecutions</c><00:24:32.589><c> and</c><00:24:32.829><c> tribulations</c>

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because<00:24:34.630><c> these</c><00:24:35.710><c> things</c><00:24:36.369><c> are</c><00:24:37.609><c> a</c><00:24:37.950><c> proof,</c>

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a<00:24:38.849><c> manifest</c><00:24:39.349><c> token,</c><00:24:39.789><c> an</c><00:24:39.970><c> evident</c><00:24:40.450><c> sign</c><00:24:41.369><c> of</c><00:24:42.210><c> God's</c><00:24:42.690><c> righteousness.</c>

00:24:44.349 --> 00:24:47.549
It<00:24:44.829><c> is</c><00:24:45.150><c> a</c><00:24:45.190><c> matter</c><00:24:45.509><c> of</c><00:24:45.869><c> righteousness</c><00:24:46.410><c> with</c><00:24:46.950><c> God</c>

00:24:47.549 --> 00:24:50.549
that<00:24:48.410><c> you</c><00:24:48.670><c> Thessalonians</c><00:24:49.349><c> should</c><00:24:49.630><c> suffer.</c>

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Now<00:24:51.589><c> that's</c><00:24:51.829><c> quite</c><00:24:52.069><c> something,</c><00:24:52.490><c> isn't</c><00:24:52.589><c> it,</c><00:24:52.789><c> brothers</c><00:24:52.930><c> and</c><00:24:53.069><c> sisters?</c>

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I<00:24:53.930><c> wonder</c><00:24:54.210><c> if,</c><00:24:54.430><c> and</c><00:24:54.710><c> this</c><00:24:54.930><c> is</c><00:24:55.109><c> the</c><00:24:55.190><c> reason</c>

00:24:55.470 --> 00:24:56.549
for<00:24:55.630><c> looking</c><00:24:55.890><c> at</c><00:24:56.049><c> these</c><00:24:56.250><c> passages,</c>

00:24:56.650 --> 00:24:59.049
I<00:24:56.730><c> wonder</c><00:24:56.930><c> if</c><00:24:57.049><c> we've</c><00:24:57.410><c> quite</c><00:24:57.650><c> got</c><00:24:57.849><c> our</c><00:24:58.069><c> thinking</c><00:24:58.309><c> adjusted</c>

00:24:59.069 --> 00:25:01.410
to<00:24:59.509><c> what</c><00:24:59.809><c> Scripture</c><00:25:00.150><c> is</c><00:25:00.450><c> saying</c><00:25:00.750><c> here.</c>

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Perhaps<00:25:02.269><c> we</c><00:25:02.690><c> need</c><00:25:02.890><c> a</c><00:25:02.930><c> little</c><00:25:03.150><c> adjustment</c><00:25:03.549><c> in</c><00:25:03.789><c> our</c><00:25:03.970><c> minds,</c>

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in<00:25:04.390><c> our</c><00:25:04.609><c> approach.</c>

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I<00:25:05.369><c> have</c><00:25:05.549><c> to</c><00:25:05.730><c> say</c><00:25:05.910><c> that</c><00:25:06.109><c> I</c><00:25:06.329><c> can</c><00:25:06.509><c> only</c><00:25:06.710><c> speak</c><00:25:06.950><c> personally,</c>

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and<00:25:07.650><c> speaking</c><00:25:07.950><c> personally,</c><00:25:08.809><c> I</c><00:25:08.869><c> am</c><00:25:09.069><c> a</c><00:25:09.150><c> real</c><00:25:09.470><c> coward</c>

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when<00:25:09.990><c> it</c><00:25:10.109><c> comes</c><00:25:10.390><c> to</c><00:25:11.049><c> physical</c><00:25:11.529><c> things.</c>

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And<00:25:12.809><c> my</c><00:25:13.089><c> attitude</c><00:25:13.529><c> to</c><00:25:13.849><c> persecution,</c><00:25:14.589><c> I</c><00:25:14.589><c> think,</c><00:25:14.869><c> naturally</c>

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and<00:25:16.170><c> almost</c><00:25:16.549><c> automatically</c><00:25:17.210><c> would</c><00:25:17.650><c> be</c><00:25:17.789><c> to</c><00:25:17.990><c> try</c><00:25:18.109><c> and</c><00:25:18.309><c> escape</c><00:25:18.569><c> it</c>

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at<00:25:18.829><c> whatever</c><00:25:19.109><c> cost.</c>

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Now,<00:25:21.569><c> if</c><00:25:21.789><c> you</c><00:25:22.009><c> feel</c><00:25:22.210><c> like</c><00:25:22.529><c> that,</c>

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then<00:25:22.950><c> we</c><00:25:23.190><c> certainly</c><00:25:23.509><c> need</c><00:25:23.730><c> a</c><00:25:23.849><c> little</c><00:25:24.029><c> adjustment</c><00:25:24.390><c> here,</c><00:25:24.730><c> don't</c><00:25:24.869><c> we?</c>

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I'm<00:25:26.369><c> certainly</c><00:25:26.589><c> very</c><00:25:26.849><c> conscious</c><00:25:27.390><c> that</c><00:25:27.549><c> in</c><00:25:27.730><c> my</c><00:25:27.910><c> own</c><00:25:28.170><c> attitudes</c>

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some<00:25:29.890><c> change</c><00:25:30.369><c> is</c><00:25:30.609><c> needed.</c>

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Maybe<00:25:32.150><c> we</c><00:25:32.329><c> need</c><00:25:32.549><c> to</c><00:25:32.670><c> look</c><00:25:32.890><c> at</c><00:25:33.109><c> these</c><00:25:33.329><c> Scriptures</c>

00:25:33.690 --> 00:25:35.410
and<00:25:33.910><c> just</c><00:25:34.210><c> see</c><00:25:34.450><c> what</c><00:25:34.650><c> it</c><00:25:34.930><c> is</c>

00:25:35.410 --> 00:25:40.450
that<00:25:36.269><c> we</c><00:25:36.670><c> should</c><00:25:36.970><c> be</c><00:25:37.349><c> thinking</c><00:25:37.829><c> about</c><00:25:38.609><c> in</c><00:25:39.250><c> such</c><00:25:39.589><c> circumstances.</c>

00:25:40.450 --> 00:25:44.549
And<00:25:41.470><c> Paul</c><00:25:41.809><c> here</c><00:25:42.109><c> is</c><00:25:42.309><c> saying</c><00:25:42.670><c> that</c><00:25:42.930><c> the</c><00:25:43.170><c> suffering</c><00:25:43.470><c> of</c><00:25:43.690><c> the</c><00:25:43.869><c> Thessalonians</c>

00:25:44.549 --> 00:25:48.589
is<00:25:45.009><c> proof</c><00:25:45.329><c> of</c><00:25:45.549><c> God's</c><00:25:46.069><c> righteousness</c><00:25:46.529><c> in</c><00:25:47.130><c> giving</c><00:25:47.329><c> them</c><00:25:47.529><c> the</c><00:25:47.690><c> kingdom,</c>

00:25:48.970 --> 00:25:53.509
because<00:25:49.309><c> their</c><00:25:49.650><c> endurance</c><00:25:50.309><c> proves</c><00:25:51.369><c> that</c><00:25:52.049><c> God</c><00:25:53.009><c> is</c><00:25:53.230><c> right.</c>

00:25:53.569 --> 00:25:55.549
It<00:25:53.630><c> doesn't</c><00:25:53.869><c> prove</c><00:25:54.109><c> that</c><00:25:54.230><c> they're</c><00:25:54.529><c> worthy</c><00:25:54.930><c> of</c><00:25:55.089><c> the</c><00:25:55.250><c> kingdom,</c>

00:25:55.710 --> 00:25:57.849
that<00:25:55.930><c> God</c><00:25:56.130><c> is</c><00:25:56.410><c> justified</c><00:25:56.950><c> in</c><00:25:57.190><c> giving</c><00:25:57.450><c> it</c><00:25:57.630><c> them,</c>

00:25:58.069 --> 00:26:00.869
but<00:25:58.390><c> it</c><00:25:58.650><c> proves</c><00:25:58.910><c> that</c><00:25:59.210><c> God</c><00:25:59.410><c> is</c><00:25:59.769><c> right,</c>

00:26:01.170 --> 00:26:04.650
because<00:26:01.769><c> they</c><00:26:02.150><c> were</c><00:26:02.369><c> willing</c><00:26:02.730><c> to</c><00:26:03.109><c> suffer</c><00:26:03.349><c> for</c><00:26:03.710><c> it.</c>

00:26:05.130 --> 00:26:09.130
So<00:26:05.730><c> Paul</c><00:26:05.950><c> is</c><00:26:06.130><c> not</c><00:26:06.349><c> saying</c><00:26:06.670><c> that</c><00:26:07.049><c> they</c><00:26:07.230><c> can</c><00:26:07.470><c> earn</c><00:26:07.589><c> it</c><00:26:07.769><c> by</c><00:26:08.069><c> their</c><00:26:08.470><c> tribulations,</c>

00:26:09.130 --> 00:26:10.809
by<00:26:09.410><c> their</c><00:26:09.750><c> endurance,</c>

00:26:10.869 --> 00:26:12.730
but<00:26:10.950><c> he's</c><00:26:11.250><c> saying</c><00:26:11.609><c> that</c><00:26:11.829><c> that</c><00:26:12.029><c> is</c><00:26:12.210><c> one</c><00:26:12.450><c> way</c>

00:26:12.730 --> 00:26:16.190
in<00:26:12.869><c> which</c><00:26:13.150><c> God</c><00:26:13.569><c> demonstrates</c><00:26:14.529><c> His</c><00:26:14.950><c> righteousness</c>

00:26:16.890 --> 00:26:19.269
by<00:26:17.250><c> bringing</c><00:26:17.789><c> suffering</c><00:26:18.210><c> into</c><00:26:18.609><c> a</c><00:26:18.890><c> life</c>

00:26:19.269 --> 00:26:22.069
that<00:26:19.730><c> those</c><00:26:20.089><c> who</c><00:26:20.410><c> endure</c><00:26:20.809><c> it</c>

00:26:22.069 --> 00:26:26.890
may<00:26:22.509><c> be</c><00:26:23.009><c> seen</c><00:26:23.430><c> to</c><00:26:23.769><c> be</c><00:26:24.849><c> the</c><00:26:25.289><c> recipients</c><00:26:25.849><c> of</c><00:26:26.069><c> His</c><00:26:26.329><c> kingdom</c>

00:26:26.890 --> 00:26:29.829
because<00:26:28.089><c> of</c><00:26:28.470><c> endurance,</c>

00:26:30.009 --> 00:26:33.690
that<00:26:30.190><c> the</c><00:26:30.470><c> world</c><00:26:30.730><c> may</c><00:26:31.049><c> see</c><00:26:31.609><c> that</c><00:26:31.829><c> they</c><00:26:32.150><c> have</c><00:26:32.410><c> endured.</c>

00:26:33.769 --> 00:26:35.769
They<00:26:33.869><c> were</c><00:26:34.210><c> willing</c><00:26:34.650><c> to</c><00:26:34.990><c> suffer</c><00:26:35.170><c> for</c><00:26:35.490><c> it,</c>

00:26:35.769 --> 00:26:40.289
and<00:26:36.029><c> God</c><00:26:36.430><c> therefore</c><00:26:37.190><c> was</c><00:26:37.569><c> glad,</c><00:26:38.890><c> pleased</c><00:26:39.410><c> to</c><00:26:39.670><c> give</c><00:26:39.829><c> it</c><00:26:40.029><c> to</c><00:26:40.190><c> them.</c>

00:26:40.309 --> 00:26:41.990
Not<00:26:40.450><c> that</c><00:26:40.589><c> they</c><00:26:40.750><c> earned</c><00:26:41.069><c> it</c><00:26:41.250><c> in</c><00:26:41.390><c> that</c><00:26:41.609><c> way,</c>

00:26:42.309 --> 00:26:44.210
but<00:26:42.490><c> that</c><00:26:42.710><c> God</c><00:26:42.950><c> was</c><00:26:43.470><c> glad</c>

00:26:44.210 --> 00:26:48.650
that<00:26:44.470><c> that</c><00:26:44.829><c> was</c><00:26:45.069><c> their</c><00:26:45.369><c> response</c><00:26:46.309><c> to</c><00:26:46.910><c> the</c><00:26:47.210><c> test</c><00:26:47.609><c> of</c><00:26:47.849><c> their</c><00:26:48.130><c> faith,</c>

00:26:48.750 --> 00:26:53.789
and<00:26:49.390><c> He</c><00:26:49.589><c> was</c><00:26:49.910><c> pleased</c><00:26:50.470><c> to</c><00:26:51.029><c> bless</c><00:26:51.410><c> them</c><00:26:52.009><c> with</c><00:26:52.410><c> the</c><00:26:52.630><c> reward.</c>

00:26:55.009 --> 00:26:58.089
Now<00:26:55.150><c> let's</c><00:26:55.329><c> have</c><00:26:55.549><c> a</c><00:26:55.869><c> look</c><00:26:56.009><c> at</c><00:26:56.150><c> a</c><00:26:56.250><c> couple</c><00:26:56.589><c> of</c><00:26:57.650><c> quotations</c>

00:26:58.089 --> 00:26:59.170
from<00:26:58.309><c> Peter's</c><00:26:58.690><c> letters.</c>

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One,<00:26:59.630><c> Peter</c><00:26:59.910><c> chapter</c><00:27:00.230><c> 2,</c>

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and<00:27:01.190><c> Peter</c><00:27:01.410><c> takes</c><00:27:01.750><c> quite</c><00:27:02.009><c> a</c><00:27:02.430><c> different</c><00:27:02.710><c> tack.</c>

00:27:02.930 --> 00:27:06.670
He<00:27:03.029><c> has</c><00:27:03.230><c> quite</c><00:27:03.470><c> a</c><00:27:03.589><c> different</c><00:27:03.990><c> lesson</c><00:27:04.430><c> for</c><00:27:04.690><c> us</c><00:27:05.190><c> in</c><00:27:05.470><c> this</c><00:27:05.789><c> matter.</c>

00:27:06.710 --> 00:27:09.869
1<00:27:06.930><c> Peter</c><00:27:07.170><c> 2,</c><00:27:08.150><c> and</c><00:27:08.230><c> verse</c><00:27:08.609><c> 20.</c>

00:27:11.910 --> 00:27:13.710
And<00:27:12.009><c> here</c><00:27:12.410><c> the</c><00:27:12.829><c> Apostle</c><00:27:13.289><c> Peter</c>

00:27:13.710 --> 00:27:17.750
is<00:27:14.289><c> inviting</c><00:27:14.829><c> us</c><00:27:15.170><c> to</c><00:27:15.410><c> consider</c><00:27:16.190><c> the</c><00:27:16.549><c> Lord</c><00:27:16.769><c> Jesus</c><00:27:17.190><c> Christ</c>

00:27:17.750 --> 00:27:18.950
and<00:27:18.150><c> His</c><00:27:18.450><c> suffering,</c>

00:27:19.269 --> 00:27:23.670
and<00:27:19.609><c> in</c><00:27:19.970><c> His</c><00:27:20.190><c> suffering</c><00:27:20.529><c> the</c><00:27:20.910><c> example</c><00:27:21.630><c> which</c><00:27:22.029><c> Jesus</c><00:27:22.470><c> leaves</c><00:27:22.890><c> us.</c>

00:27:24.150 --> 00:27:26.430
Verse<00:27:24.430><c> 20</c><00:27:24.789><c> of</c><00:27:24.930><c> 1</c><00:27:25.150><c> Peter</c><00:27:25.410><c> 2,</c>

00:27:32.930 --> 00:27:35.910
Well,<00:27:33.349><c> and</c><00:27:33.730><c> suffer</c><00:27:34.130><c> for</c><00:27:34.490><c> it,</c><00:27:34.930><c> ye</c><00:27:35.130><c> take</c><00:27:35.309><c> it</c><00:27:35.549><c> patiently.</c>

00:27:36.410 --> 00:27:38.809
This<00:27:36.930><c> is</c><00:27:37.430><c> acceptable</c><00:27:38.049><c> with</c><00:27:38.349><c> God.</c>

00:27:39.089 --> 00:27:41.390
So<00:27:39.329><c> the</c><00:27:39.569><c> same</c><00:27:39.849><c> thing</c><00:27:40.029><c> as</c><00:27:40.190><c> we</c><00:27:40.349><c> saw</c><00:27:40.470><c> in</c><00:27:40.710><c> Thessalonians,</c>

00:27:41.430 --> 00:27:43.630
this<00:27:41.589><c> is</c><00:27:41.930><c> acceptable</c><00:27:42.509><c> to</c><00:27:42.710><c> God,</c>

00:27:44.069 --> 00:27:46.849
for<00:27:44.430><c> even</c><00:27:44.930><c> hereunto</c><00:27:45.369><c> were</c><00:27:45.609><c> ye</c><00:27:45.829><c> called.</c>

00:27:47.150 --> 00:27:49.910
So<00:27:47.450><c> again,</c><00:27:47.789><c> this</c><00:27:47.970><c> is</c><00:27:48.150><c> part</c><00:27:48.309><c> of</c><00:27:48.430><c> God's</c><00:27:48.789><c> purpose.</c>

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If<00:27:50.390><c> we</c><00:27:50.690><c> suffer,</c>

00:27:50.809 --> 00:27:53.670
it<00:27:50.930><c> doesn't</c><00:27:51.190><c> mean</c><00:27:51.549><c> that</c><00:27:51.849><c> we</c><00:27:52.089><c> all</c><00:27:52.269><c> inevitably</c><00:27:52.789><c> have</c><00:27:53.109><c> to</c><00:27:53.309><c> suffer</c><00:27:53.490><c> it,</c>

00:27:53.890 --> 00:27:56.250
and<00:27:53.990><c> if</c><00:27:54.109><c> we</c><00:27:54.329><c> don't</c><00:27:54.509><c> there's</c><00:27:54.890><c> something</c><00:27:55.789><c> awry</c>

00:27:56.250 --> 00:27:58.609
with<00:27:56.450><c> our</c><00:27:56.750><c> discipleship</c><00:27:57.329><c> necessarily,</c>

00:27:58.930 --> 00:28:01.490
but<00:27:59.410><c> it</c><00:27:59.690><c> does</c><00:27:59.990><c> mean</c><00:28:00.369><c> that</c><00:28:00.549><c> if</c><00:28:00.690><c> it</c><00:28:00.910><c> comes,</c>

00:28:01.490 --> 00:28:04.450
it<00:28:02.109><c> comes</c><00:28:02.549><c> at</c><00:28:02.769><c> God's</c><00:28:03.349><c> behest.</c>

00:28:04.569 --> 00:28:08.170
And<00:28:04.869><c> if</c><00:28:05.109><c> God</c><00:28:05.369><c> brings</c><00:28:05.690><c> the</c><00:28:06.049><c> test</c><00:28:06.569><c> and</c><00:28:07.369><c> the</c><00:28:07.769><c> trial,</c>

00:28:08.529 --> 00:28:10.750
then<00:28:08.670><c> He</c><00:28:08.829><c> will</c><00:28:09.069><c> also</c><00:28:09.509><c> with</c><00:28:09.829><c> it,</c><00:28:10.089><c> brothers</c><00:28:10.250><c> and</c><00:28:10.450><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:11.089 --> 00:28:12.130
bring<00:28:11.230><c> the</c><00:28:11.390><c> means</c><00:28:11.549><c> of</c><00:28:11.769><c> escape.</c>

00:28:12.150 --> 00:28:13.630
That's<00:28:12.410><c> what</c><00:28:12.529><c> our</c><00:28:12.690><c> scripture</c><00:28:12.950><c> says,</c><00:28:13.309><c> isn't</c><00:28:13.470><c> it?</c>

00:28:13.670 --> 00:28:15.930
He<00:28:13.849><c> will</c><00:28:14.069><c> not</c><00:28:14.250><c> test</c><00:28:14.490><c> us</c><00:28:14.670><c> about</c><00:28:14.829><c> that</c><00:28:15.029><c> we're</c><00:28:15.210><c> able</c><00:28:15.430><c> to</c><00:28:15.650><c> bear.</c>

00:28:16.390 --> 00:28:18.630
He<00:28:16.650><c> will</c><00:28:16.849><c> also</c><00:28:17.289><c> bring</c><00:28:17.609><c> in</c><00:28:17.849><c> due</c><00:28:18.109><c> time</c>

00:28:18.630 --> 00:28:22.009
the<00:28:19.329><c> means</c><00:28:19.650><c> of</c><00:28:20.009><c> relief,</c><00:28:20.410><c> of</c><00:28:20.769><c> deliverance.</c>

00:28:22.250 --> 00:28:23.970
So<00:28:22.450><c> even</c><00:28:22.789><c> hereunto</c><00:28:23.289><c> were</c><00:28:23.529><c> ye</c><00:28:23.710><c> called,</c>

00:28:23.970 --> 00:28:26.490
because<00:28:24.769><c> Christ</c><00:28:25.250><c> also</c><00:28:25.769><c> suffered</c><00:28:26.049><c> for</c><00:28:26.269><c> us,</c>

00:28:26.650 --> 00:28:29.910
leaving<00:28:26.849><c> us</c><00:28:27.089><c> an</c><00:28:27.309><c> example</c><00:28:27.769><c> that</c><00:28:28.049><c> ye</c><00:28:28.329><c> should</c><00:28:28.630><c> follow</c><00:28:29.069><c> His</c><00:28:29.369><c> steps,</c>

00:28:29.910 --> 00:28:33.529
who<00:28:30.369><c> did</c><00:28:30.710><c> no</c><00:28:31.069><c> sin,</c><00:28:31.589><c> neither</c><00:28:31.809><c> was</c><00:28:32.089><c> guile</c><00:28:32.349><c> found</c><00:28:32.630><c> in</c><00:28:32.769><c> His</c><00:28:33.029><c> mouth,</c>

00:28:33.990 --> 00:28:36.589
who<00:28:34.210><c> when</c><00:28:34.470><c> He</c><00:28:34.690><c> was</c><00:28:34.950><c> reviled,</c><00:28:35.730><c> reviled</c><00:28:35.930><c> not</c><00:28:36.190><c> again.</c>

00:28:37.009 --> 00:28:39.250
When<00:28:37.250><c> He</c><00:28:37.509><c> suffered,</c><00:28:38.230><c> He</c><00:28:38.390><c> threatened</c><00:28:38.710><c> not,</c>

00:28:39.690 --> 00:28:42.650
but<00:28:39.849><c> committed</c><00:28:40.250><c> Himself</c><00:28:40.769><c> to</c><00:28:40.950><c> Him</c><00:28:41.150><c> that</c><00:28:41.430><c> judgeth</c><00:28:41.890><c> righteously,</c>

00:28:42.710 --> 00:28:45.750
who<00:28:42.809><c> His</c><00:28:42.970><c> own</c><00:28:43.230><c> self</c><00:28:43.609><c> bear</c><00:28:43.910><c> our</c><00:28:44.150><c> sins</c><00:28:44.390><c> in</c><00:28:44.549><c> His</c><00:28:44.750><c> own</c><00:28:44.930><c> body</c><00:28:45.190><c> on</c><00:28:45.390><c> the</c><00:28:45.630><c> tree,</c>

00:28:45.970 --> 00:28:49.009
that<00:28:46.150><c> we</c><00:28:46.430><c> being</c><00:28:46.670><c> dead</c><00:28:46.950><c> to</c><00:28:47.230><c> sins</c><00:28:47.509><c> should</c><00:28:47.890><c> live</c><00:28:48.130><c> unto</c><00:28:48.410><c> righteousness,</c>

00:28:49.410 --> 00:28:51.690
by<00:28:49.690><c> whose</c><00:28:49.970><c> stripes</c><00:28:50.309><c> ye</c><00:28:50.509><c> were</c><00:28:50.710><c> healed.</c>

00:28:51.710 --> 00:28:53.950
For<00:28:51.910><c> ye</c><00:28:52.109><c> were</c><00:28:52.289><c> as</c><00:28:52.509><c> sheep</c><00:28:52.650><c> going</c><00:28:52.970><c> astray,</c>

00:28:54.069 --> 00:28:56.849
but<00:28:54.329><c> are</c><00:28:54.529><c> now</c><00:28:54.710><c> returned</c><00:28:55.210><c> unto</c><00:28:55.450><c> the</c><00:28:55.670><c> shepherd</c><00:28:56.009><c> and</c><00:28:56.309><c> bishop</c><00:28:56.650><c> of</c>

00:28:56.849 --> 00:28:58.230
your<00:28:57.109><c> souls.</c>

00:28:58.609 --> 00:29:02.829
So<00:28:59.349><c> Christ,</c><00:29:00.150><c> Peter</c><00:29:00.470><c> says,</c><00:29:01.210><c> left</c><00:29:01.450><c> us</c><00:29:01.809><c> an</c><00:29:02.170><c> example.</c>

00:29:03.269 --> 00:29:07.529
He<00:29:03.630><c> suffered</c><00:29:04.130><c> in</c><00:29:04.730><c> order</c><00:29:05.309><c> to</c><00:29:05.809><c> set</c><00:29:06.250><c> us</c><00:29:06.549><c> that</c><00:29:06.829><c> example</c>

00:29:07.529 --> 00:29:11.849
that<00:29:07.869><c> with</c><00:29:08.329><c> well</c><00:29:08.710><c>-doing</c><00:29:09.210><c> this</c><00:29:10.789><c> might</c><00:29:11.150><c> be</c><00:29:11.410><c> something</c>

00:29:11.849 --> 00:29:15.369
that<00:29:12.170><c> would</c><00:29:12.450><c> be</c><00:29:12.910><c> acceptable</c><00:29:13.710><c> to</c><00:29:14.349><c> God.</c>

00:29:15.390 --> 00:29:19.109
And<00:29:15.589><c> that</c><00:29:15.769><c> word</c><00:29:16.029><c> acceptable</c><00:29:16.910><c> there</c><00:29:17.470><c> in</c><00:29:18.049><c> verse</c><00:29:18.569><c> 20,</c>

00:29:19.150 --> 00:29:23.029
the<00:29:19.329><c> end</c><00:29:19.569><c> of</c><00:29:19.769><c> verse</c><00:29:19.950><c> 20,</c><00:29:20.670><c> if</c><00:29:20.890><c> ye</c><00:29:21.269><c> suffer</c><00:29:21.750><c> for</c><00:29:22.349><c> well</c><00:29:22.730><c>-doing</c>

00:29:23.029 --> 00:29:26.089
and<00:29:23.369><c> take</c><00:29:23.650><c> it</c><00:29:23.930><c> patiently,</c><00:29:24.569><c> this</c><00:29:24.769><c> is</c><00:29:25.089><c> acceptable</c><00:29:25.710><c> with</c><00:29:25.910><c> God.</c>

00:29:26.089 --> 00:29:28.089
And<00:29:26.089><c> you</c><00:29:26.210><c> may</c><00:29:26.410><c> have</c><00:29:26.589><c> a</c><00:29:26.750><c> marginal</c><00:29:27.049><c> note</c><00:29:27.250><c> there</c><00:29:27.490><c> that</c><00:29:27.609><c> says</c><00:29:27.809><c> the</c><00:29:27.970><c> word</c>

00:29:28.089 --> 00:29:30.109
is<00:29:28.210><c> actually</c><00:29:28.569><c> the</c><00:29:28.650><c> word</c><00:29:28.930><c> grace.</c>

00:29:30.410 --> 00:29:33.470
This<00:29:30.589><c> is</c><00:29:31.029><c> a</c><00:29:31.450><c> grace</c><00:29:31.990><c> with</c><00:29:32.549><c> God.</c>

00:29:33.569 --> 00:29:35.849
That's<00:29:33.869><c> how</c><00:29:34.130><c> God</c><00:29:34.470><c> sees</c><00:29:34.849><c> it.</c>

00:29:36.049 --> 00:29:39.289
God<00:29:36.410><c> sees</c><00:29:36.710><c> it</c><00:29:36.950><c> as</c><00:29:37.369><c> your</c><00:29:37.750><c> response</c><00:29:38.250><c> to</c><00:29:38.450><c> His</c><00:29:38.730><c> grace.</c>

00:29:39.450 --> 00:29:41.529
And<00:29:39.750><c> this</c><00:29:39.930><c> is</c><00:29:40.130><c> a</c><00:29:40.349><c> grace</c><00:29:40.750><c> with</c><00:29:40.970><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:29:42.549><c> pleasing</c><00:29:42.910><c> to</c><00:29:43.269><c> Him.</c>

00:29:44.970 --> 00:29:49.190
That<00:29:45.130><c> doesn't</c><00:29:45.390><c> mean</c><00:29:45.650><c> that</c><00:29:47.009><c> Christ</c><00:29:47.009><c> is</c><00:29:47.150><c> pleased</c><00:29:47.650><c> to</c><00:29:47.930><c> see</c><00:29:48.089><c> us</c><00:29:48.309><c> suffer,</c><00:29:48.609><c> of</c><00:29:48.849><c> course,</c>

00:29:49.470 --> 00:29:52.529
any<00:29:49.789><c> more</c><00:29:50.069><c> than</c><00:29:50.289><c> when</c><00:29:50.490><c> we</c><00:29:50.710><c> read</c><00:29:50.849><c> in</c><00:29:51.009><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:51.390><c> chapter</c><00:29:51.950><c> 53</c>

00:29:52.529 --> 00:29:54.829
that<00:29:52.710><c> it</c><00:29:52.970><c> pleased</c><00:29:53.369><c> the</c><00:29:53.630><c> Lord</c><00:29:53.849><c> to</c><00:29:54.150><c> bruise</c><00:29:54.549><c> Him.</c>

00:29:54.829 --> 00:29:57.750
That<00:29:55.329><c> doesn't</c><00:29:55.690><c> mean,</c><00:29:55.970><c> of</c><00:29:56.130><c> course,</c><00:29:56.609><c> that</c><00:29:56.809><c> God</c><00:29:57.089><c> took</c><00:29:57.349><c> pleasure</c>

00:29:57.750 --> 00:30:00.970
in<00:29:58.029><c> seeing</c><00:29:58.250><c> Jesus</c><00:29:58.710><c> tortured</c><00:29:59.289><c> and</c><00:29:59.970><c> suffering</c><00:30:00.410><c> the</c><00:30:00.750><c> shame</c>

00:30:00.970 --> 00:30:04.069
and<00:30:01.170><c> the</c><00:30:01.309><c> ignominy</c><00:30:01.750><c> and</c><00:30:02.329><c> so</c><00:30:02.589><c> on</c><00:30:02.769><c> of</c><00:30:02.930><c> the</c><00:30:03.089><c> cross.</c>

00:30:04.230 --> 00:30:08.109
It's<00:30:04.650><c> the</c><00:30:04.990><c> old</c><00:30:05.210><c> English</c><00:30:05.569><c> word</c><00:30:05.950><c> please</c><00:30:06.970><c> as</c><00:30:07.130><c> we</c><00:30:07.369><c> used</c><00:30:07.589><c> to</c><00:30:07.849><c> say,</c>

00:30:08.349 --> 00:30:10.910
you<00:30:08.390><c> know,</c><00:30:08.829><c> pass</c><00:30:08.950><c> me</c><00:30:09.130><c> the</c><00:30:09.329><c> salt</c><00:30:09.490><c> if</c><00:30:09.670><c> you</c><00:30:09.890><c> please.</c>

00:30:11.190 --> 00:30:13.529
It<00:30:11.450><c> means</c><00:30:11.829><c> if</c><00:30:12.190><c> you</c><00:30:12.430><c> are</c><00:30:12.589><c> willing.</c>

00:30:14.710 --> 00:30:18.069
And<00:30:15.190><c> it</c><00:30:15.609><c> pleased</c><00:30:15.950><c> the</c><00:30:16.250><c> Lord</c><00:30:16.470><c> to</c><00:30:16.750><c> bruise</c><00:30:17.089><c> Jesus</c><00:30:17.390><c> in</c><00:30:17.609><c> that</c><00:30:17.809><c> sense.</c>

00:30:18.150 --> 00:30:21.329
It<00:30:18.210><c> doesn't</c><00:30:18.430><c> mean</c><00:30:18.769><c> God</c><00:30:19.109><c> took</c><00:30:19.369><c> pleasure</c><00:30:19.930><c> in</c><00:30:20.230><c> what</c><00:30:20.450><c> Jesus</c><00:30:20.849><c> suffered,</c>

00:30:21.329 --> 00:30:25.829
but<00:30:22.049><c> God</c><00:30:22.329><c> was</c><00:30:22.650><c> willing</c><00:30:23.069><c> to</c><00:30:23.369><c> allow</c><00:30:23.609><c> Jesus</c><00:30:23.990><c> to</c><00:30:24.210><c> suffer</c><00:30:24.349><c> for</c><00:30:24.549><c> our</c><00:30:24.990><c> sakes</c>

00:30:26.109 --> 00:30:28.789
that<00:30:26.630><c> we</c><00:30:26.910><c> might</c><00:30:27.150><c> be</c><00:30:27.450><c> forgiven,</c><00:30:27.890><c> that</c><00:30:27.990><c> we</c><00:30:28.170><c> might</c><00:30:28.410><c> be</c><00:30:28.650><c> saved.</c>

00:30:28.970 --> 00:30:31.109
And<00:30:29.069><c> God</c><00:30:29.369><c> will</c><00:30:29.589><c> not</c><00:30:29.769><c> take</c><00:30:29.990><c> pleasure</c><00:30:30.390><c> in</c><00:30:30.609><c> our</c><00:30:30.829><c> suffering.</c>

00:30:31.250 --> 00:30:34.789
He<00:30:31.250><c> doesn't</c><00:30:31.970><c> rejoice</c><00:30:32.490><c> to</c><00:30:32.690><c> see</c><00:30:32.869><c> us</c><00:30:33.109><c> buffeted</c><00:30:33.509><c> or</c><00:30:33.710><c> to</c><00:30:33.890><c> see</c><00:30:33.990><c> us</c><00:30:34.190><c> persecuted</c>

00:30:34.789 --> 00:30:36.630
if<00:30:35.190><c> that</c><00:30:35.470><c> should</c><00:30:35.670><c> ever</c><00:30:35.890><c> be</c><00:30:36.130><c> our</c><00:30:36.309><c> lot,</c>

00:30:36.950 --> 00:30:42.029
but<00:30:37.470><c> He</c><00:30:37.690><c> is</c><00:30:37.910><c> willing</c><00:30:38.269><c> that</c><00:30:38.549><c> that</c><00:30:38.809><c> should</c><00:30:39.009><c> be</c><00:30:39.269><c> done</c><00:30:39.769><c> as</c><00:30:40.509><c> a</c><00:30:40.710><c> witness</c>

00:30:42.569 --> 00:30:45.349
because<00:30:43.089><c> it</c><00:30:43.609><c> is</c><00:30:44.230><c> a</c><00:30:44.490><c> grace</c><00:30:44.809><c> with</c><00:30:45.109><c> Him.</c>

00:30:45.450 --> 00:30:49.049
It<00:30:45.769><c> glorifies</c><00:30:46.609><c> Him</c><00:30:47.269><c> if</c><00:30:47.809><c> we</c><00:30:48.069><c> will</c><00:30:48.329><c> endure,</c>

00:30:49.049 --> 00:30:51.730
if<00:30:49.690><c> we</c><00:30:49.950><c> will</c><00:30:50.230><c> take</c><00:30:50.410><c> it</c><00:30:50.769><c> patiently,</c>

00:30:51.970 --> 00:30:56.190
if<00:30:51.970><c> we</c><00:30:52.210><c> will</c><00:30:52.569><c> follow</c><00:30:53.170><c> the</c><00:30:54.230><c> example</c><00:30:54.789><c> of</c><00:30:55.009><c> our</c><00:30:55.170><c> Lord</c><00:30:55.349><c> Jesus</c><00:30:55.730><c> Christ</c>

00:30:56.190 --> 00:30:59.730
to<00:30:56.609><c> this</c><00:30:56.890><c> extent,</c><00:30:58.170><c> if</c><00:30:58.269><c> we</c><00:30:58.509><c> will</c><00:30:58.710><c> follow</c><00:30:58.990><c> His</c><00:30:59.269><c> steps</c>

00:30:59.730 --> 00:31:02.450
even<00:31:00.410><c> in</c><00:31:01.130><c> this</c><00:31:01.450><c> matter.</c>

00:31:03.890 --> 00:31:06.730
And<00:31:04.170><c> so</c><00:31:04.430><c> 1</c><00:31:04.650><c> Peter</c><00:31:04.890><c> chapter</c><00:31:05.230><c> 3</c><00:31:05.529><c> similarly.</c>

00:31:07.910 --> 00:31:11.670
Here<00:31:08.349><c> the</c><00:31:08.569><c> Apostle</c><00:31:08.950><c> again</c><00:31:09.490><c> returns</c><00:31:10.150><c> to</c><00:31:10.390><c> this</c><00:31:10.589><c> subject.</c>

00:31:12.430 --> 00:31:14.150
1<00:31:12.589><c> Peter</c><00:31:12.809><c> 3</c><00:31:13.130><c> and</c><00:31:13.309><c> verse</c><00:31:13.529><c> 17,</c>

00:31:14.150 --> 00:31:16.910
For<00:31:14.549><c> it</c><00:31:14.690><c> is</c><00:31:14.950><c> better,</c><00:31:15.589><c> if</c><00:31:15.769><c> the</c><00:31:15.950><c> will</c><00:31:16.049><c> of</c><00:31:16.210><c> God</c><00:31:16.410><c> be</c><00:31:16.690><c> so,</c>

00:31:16.990 --> 00:31:18.930
it<00:31:17.069><c> may</c><00:31:17.329><c> not,</c><00:31:17.569><c> it</c><00:31:17.750><c> may</c><00:31:18.009><c> be.</c>

00:31:19.089 --> 00:31:20.809
It<00:31:19.170><c> is</c><00:31:19.349><c> better</c><00:31:19.609><c> if</c><00:31:19.789><c> the</c><00:31:19.910><c> will</c><00:31:20.029><c> of</c><00:31:20.109><c> God</c><00:31:20.329><c> be</c><00:31:20.569><c> so,</c>

00:31:20.990 --> 00:31:23.710
that<00:31:21.109><c> He</c><00:31:21.369><c> suffer</c><00:31:21.690><c> for</c><00:31:22.029><c> well</c><00:31:22.309><c>-doing</c><00:31:22.529><c> than</c><00:31:22.769><c> for</c><00:31:22.990><c> evildoing.</c>

00:31:23.829 --> 00:31:27.049
For<00:31:24.069><c> Christ</c><00:31:24.430><c> also</c><00:31:24.970><c> hath</c><00:31:25.289><c> once</c><00:31:25.890><c> suffered</c><00:31:26.269><c> for</c><00:31:26.589><c> sins,</c>

00:31:27.390 --> 00:31:29.230
the<00:31:27.609><c> just</c><00:31:27.990><c> for</c><00:31:28.470><c> the</c><00:31:28.730><c> unjust,</c>

00:31:29.549 --> 00:31:31.190
that<00:31:29.710><c> He</c><00:31:29.829><c> might</c><00:31:30.109><c> bring</c><00:31:30.329><c> us</c><00:31:30.569><c> to</c><00:31:30.789><c> God,</c>

00:31:31.490 --> 00:31:32.990
being<00:31:31.710><c> put</c><00:31:31.950><c> to</c><00:31:32.170><c> death</c><00:31:32.369><c> in</c><00:31:32.569><c> the</c><00:31:32.769><c> flesh,</c>

00:31:33.049 --> 00:31:34.430
but<00:31:33.329><c> quickened</c><00:31:33.650><c> by</c><00:31:33.910><c> the</c><00:31:34.170><c> Spirit,</c>

00:31:34.690 --> 00:31:37.250
by<00:31:34.890><c> which</c><00:31:35.089><c> also</c><00:31:35.390><c> He</c><00:31:35.589><c> went</c><00:31:35.789><c> and</c><00:31:36.150><c> preached</c><00:31:36.450><c> unto</c><00:31:36.670><c> the</c><00:31:36.990><c> spirits</c>

00:31:37.250 --> 00:31:38.349
in<00:31:37.569><c> prison.</c>

00:31:38.430 --> 00:31:41.910
So<00:31:38.829><c> there</c><00:31:39.150><c> Peter</c><00:31:39.470><c> is</c><00:31:39.970><c> saying</c><00:31:40.349><c> that</c><00:31:40.970><c> once</c><00:31:41.410><c> again,</c>

00:31:41.910 --> 00:31:44.150
Christ<00:31:42.450><c> is</c><00:31:42.730><c> our</c><00:31:42.990><c> example,</c>

00:31:44.210 --> 00:31:46.450
and<00:31:44.309><c> if</c><00:31:44.730><c> the</c><00:31:44.910><c> will</c><00:31:44.990><c> of</c><00:31:45.190><c> God</c><00:31:45.410><c> be</c><00:31:45.690><c> so</c><00:31:45.910><c> with</c><00:31:46.130><c> us,</c>

00:31:46.490 --> 00:31:47.990
that<00:31:46.609><c> we</c><00:31:46.829><c> should</c><00:31:47.049><c> suffer,</c>

00:31:48.009 --> 00:31:52.230
then<00:31:48.309><c> this</c><00:31:48.869><c> is</c><00:31:49.150><c> because</c><00:31:49.670><c> we</c><00:31:49.950><c> are</c><00:31:50.250><c> following</c><00:31:50.609><c> Christ</c><00:31:51.150><c> in</c><00:31:51.650><c> this</c><00:31:51.930><c> matter,</c>

00:31:52.509 --> 00:31:56.910
because<00:31:53.230><c> Christ</c><00:31:53.710><c> also</c><00:31:54.430><c> hath</c><00:31:54.769><c> once</c><00:31:55.170><c> suffered</c><00:31:55.509><c> for</c><00:31:55.869><c> sins.</c>

00:31:57.670 --> 00:32:00.369
And<00:31:58.309><c> there's</c><00:31:58.710><c> a</c><00:31:58.809><c> little</c><00:31:59.049><c> parenthesis</c><00:31:59.750><c> there</c><00:32:00.049><c> really</c>

00:32:00.369 --> 00:32:02.750
between<00:32:00.710><c> verse</c><00:32:01.029><c> 19</c><00:32:01.549><c> and</c><00:32:01.769><c> the</c><00:32:01.890><c> end</c><00:32:02.029><c> of</c><00:32:02.230><c> the</c><00:32:02.369><c> chapter,</c>

00:32:03.109 --> 00:32:06.170
and<00:32:03.609><c> you</c><00:32:04.170><c> might</c><00:32:04.470><c> want</c><00:32:04.890><c> just</c><00:32:05.230><c> in</c><00:32:05.529><c> your</c><00:32:05.809><c> margin</c>

00:32:06.170 --> 00:32:08.890
to<00:32:06.730><c> put</c><00:32:07.029><c> in</c><00:32:07.369><c> that</c><00:32:07.690><c> little</c><00:32:08.029><c> bracket.</c>

00:32:09.069 --> 00:32:11.549
And<00:32:09.390><c> the</c><00:32:09.690><c> story</c><00:32:09.970><c> is</c><00:32:10.150><c> picked</c><00:32:10.309><c> up</c><00:32:10.490><c> again</c><00:32:10.710><c> in</c><00:32:10.950><c> chapter</c><00:32:11.210><c> 4</c>

00:32:11.549 --> 00:32:13.089
and<00:32:11.890><c> verse</c><00:32:11.910><c> 1.</c>

00:32:13.349 --> 00:32:16.829
For<00:32:13.549><c> as</c><00:32:13.890><c> much</c><00:32:14.210><c> then</c><00:32:14.529><c> as</c><00:32:14.809><c> Christ</c><00:32:15.210><c> hath</c><00:32:15.589><c> suffered</c><00:32:15.930><c> for</c><00:32:16.269><c> us</c><00:32:16.589><c> in</c>

00:32:16.829 --> 00:32:17.930
the<00:32:17.109><c> flesh,</c>

00:32:18.029 --> 00:32:20.730
so<00:32:18.250><c> you</c><00:32:18.369><c> can</c><00:32:18.589><c> see</c><00:32:18.730><c> now</c><00:32:18.990><c> He's</c><00:32:19.230><c> picking</c><00:32:19.490><c> up</c><00:32:19.710><c> on</c><00:32:19.869><c> the</c><00:32:20.049><c> same</c><00:32:20.369><c> theme</c>

00:32:20.730 --> 00:32:21.930
from<00:32:21.190><c> verse</c><00:32:21.450><c> 18.</c>

00:32:22.170 --> 00:32:24.269
Christ<00:32:22.529><c> also</c><00:32:22.950><c> hath</c><00:32:23.170><c> once</c><00:32:23.490><c> suffered</c><00:32:23.789><c> for</c><00:32:24.049><c> sins,</c>

00:32:24.470 --> 00:32:27.210
for<00:32:24.769><c> as</c><00:32:24.970><c> much</c><00:32:25.190><c> then</c><00:32:25.450><c> as</c><00:32:25.650><c> Christ</c><00:32:25.970><c> hath</c><00:32:26.309><c> suffered</c><00:32:26.650><c> for</c><00:32:26.930><c> us</c><00:32:27.069><c> in</c>

00:32:27.210 --> 00:32:28.109
the<00:32:27.390><c> flesh,</c>

00:32:28.170 --> 00:32:32.029
arm<00:32:28.289><c> yourselves</c><00:32:28.990><c> likewise</c><00:32:29.910><c> with</c><00:32:30.390><c> the</c><00:32:30.630><c> same</c><00:32:30.869><c> mind.</c>

00:32:32.190 --> 00:32:34.289
For<00:32:32.509><c> He</c><00:32:32.750><c> that</c><00:32:32.890><c> hath</c><00:32:33.109><c> suffered</c><00:32:33.369><c> in</c><00:32:33.589><c> the</c><00:32:33.789><c> flesh,</c>

00:32:34.509 --> 00:32:36.329
hath<00:32:34.769><c> ceased</c><00:32:35.210><c> from</c><00:32:35.930><c> sin,</c>

00:32:36.589 --> 00:32:39.289
that<00:32:36.789><c> He</c><00:32:36.970><c> no</c><00:32:37.230><c> longer</c><00:32:37.569><c> should</c><00:32:37.829><c> live</c><00:32:38.089><c> the</c><00:32:38.289><c> rest</c><00:32:38.529><c> of</c><00:32:38.710><c> His</c><00:32:38.930><c> time</c>

00:32:39.289 --> 00:32:42.329
in<00:32:39.710><c> the</c><00:32:40.009><c> flesh</c><00:32:40.349><c> to</c><00:32:40.710><c> the</c><00:32:40.930><c> lusts</c><00:32:41.329><c> of</c><00:32:41.430><c> men,</c>

00:32:42.430 --> 00:32:44.750
but<00:32:42.509><c> to</c><00:32:43.029><c> the</c><00:32:43.250><c> will</c><00:32:43.369><c> of</c><00:32:43.650><c> God.</c>

00:32:45.049 --> 00:32:48.210
So<00:32:45.289><c> here</c><00:32:45.529><c> again</c><00:32:45.829><c> is</c><00:32:46.289><c> the</c><00:32:46.529><c> reason</c><00:32:46.849><c> that</c><00:32:47.089><c> Peter</c><00:32:47.309><c> gives</c><00:32:47.589><c> for</c><00:32:47.849><c> suffering,</c>

00:32:48.410 --> 00:32:49.109
brothers<00:32:48.490><c> and</c><00:32:48.750><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:49.410 --> 00:32:51.390
Christ<00:32:49.710><c> suffered</c><00:32:50.109><c> on</c><00:32:50.329><c> our</c><00:32:50.630><c> behalf,</c>

00:32:51.730 --> 00:32:55.049
and<00:32:52.089><c> we</c><00:32:52.309><c> should</c><00:32:52.509><c> arm</c><00:32:52.750><c> ourselves</c><00:32:53.289><c> with</c><00:32:53.490><c> the</c><00:32:53.670><c> same</c><00:32:53.849><c> mind.</c>

00:32:55.089 --> 00:32:58.670
We<00:32:55.410><c> are</c><00:32:55.789><c> to</c><00:32:56.390><c> have</c><00:32:56.970><c> that</c><00:32:57.430><c> mind</c><00:32:57.950><c> of</c><00:32:58.230><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:58.730 --> 00:33:01.630
We<00:32:58.910><c> are</c><00:32:59.109><c> to</c><00:32:59.289><c> have</c><00:32:59.450><c> that</c><00:32:59.809><c> same</c><00:33:00.329><c> attitude.</c>

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:05.950
And<00:33:02.250><c> He</c><00:33:02.769><c> speaks</c><00:33:03.089><c> similarly</c><00:33:03.710><c> at</c><00:33:04.349><c> the</c><00:33:04.470><c> end</c><00:33:04.710><c> of</c><00:33:04.930><c> chapter</c><00:33:05.269><c> 4,</c>

00:33:06.150 --> 00:33:08.549
verses<00:33:06.470><c> 12</c><00:33:06.990><c> to</c><00:33:07.170><c> 14.</c>

00:33:10.410 --> 00:33:13.690
Beloved,<00:33:11.069><c> think</c><00:33:11.130><c> it</c><00:33:11.369><c> not</c><00:33:11.609><c> strange</c><00:33:12.069><c> concerning</c><00:33:12.690><c> the</c><00:33:13.089><c> fiery</c><00:33:13.349><c> trial</c>

00:33:13.690 --> 00:33:17.109
which<00:33:13.890><c> is</c><00:33:14.150><c> to</c><00:33:14.410><c> try</c><00:33:14.589><c> you,</c><00:33:15.150><c> and</c><00:33:15.390><c> so</c><00:33:15.650><c> on,</c><00:33:15.970><c> verse</c><00:33:16.250><c> 19.</c>

00:33:17.470 --> 00:33:20.049
Wherefore,<00:33:18.069><c> let</c><00:33:18.309><c> them</c><00:33:18.650><c> that</c><00:33:18.950><c> suffer</c><00:33:19.190><c> according</c><00:33:19.650><c> to</c><00:33:19.869><c> the</c><00:33:19.970><c> will</c>

00:33:20.049 --> 00:33:20.569
of<00:33:20.269><c> God</c>

00:33:20.569 --> 00:33:24.369
commit<00:33:20.970><c> the</c><00:33:21.230><c> keeping</c><00:33:21.470><c> of</c><00:33:21.730><c> their</c><00:33:21.990><c> souls</c><00:33:22.349><c> to</c><00:33:22.829><c> Him</c><00:33:23.230><c> in</c><00:33:23.710><c> well</c><00:33:24.049><c>-doing</c>

00:33:24.369 --> 00:33:26.250
as<00:33:24.769><c> unto</c><00:33:24.970><c> a</c><00:33:25.250><c> faithful</c><00:33:25.710><c> Creator,</c>

00:33:26.509 --> 00:33:28.970
and<00:33:26.789><c> again</c><00:33:27.109><c> chapter</c><00:33:27.430><c> 5</c><00:33:27.950><c> and</c><00:33:28.210><c> verse</c><00:33:28.549><c> 10.</c>

00:33:28.970 --> 00:33:31.329
The<00:33:29.369><c> God</c><00:33:29.630><c> of</c><00:33:29.789><c> all</c><00:33:30.109><c> grace</c><00:33:30.450><c> who</c><00:33:30.650><c> hath</c><00:33:30.849><c> called</c><00:33:31.130><c> us</c>

00:33:31.329 --> 00:33:33.769
unto<00:33:31.569><c> His</c><00:33:31.829><c> eternal</c><00:33:32.250><c> glory</c><00:33:32.670><c> by</c><00:33:32.970><c> Christ</c><00:33:33.289><c> Jesus</c>

00:33:33.769 --> 00:33:36.069
after<00:33:34.450><c> that</c><00:33:34.690><c> He</c><00:33:34.829><c> hath</c><00:33:35.049><c> suffered</c><00:33:35.349><c> awhile,</c>

00:33:36.549 --> 00:33:42.170
make<00:33:36.750><c> you</c><00:33:37.069><c> perfect,</c><00:33:38.190><c> establish,</c><00:33:39.390><c> strengthen,</c><00:33:40.769><c> settle</c><00:33:41.049><c> you.</c>

00:33:42.369 --> 00:33:45.609
So<00:33:42.690><c> those</c><00:33:42.970><c> are</c><00:33:43.250><c> the</c><00:33:43.549><c> blessings</c><00:33:44.049><c> then</c><00:33:44.470><c> that</c><00:33:44.769><c> arise</c>

00:33:45.609 --> 00:33:48.630
from<00:33:46.750><c> endurance</c><00:33:47.710><c> of</c><00:33:48.069><c> persecution,</c>

00:33:48.970 --> 00:33:52.930
from<00:33:49.309><c> patience</c><00:33:50.009><c> if</c><00:33:51.049><c> we</c><00:33:51.309><c> should</c><00:33:51.529><c> suffer</c><00:33:51.869><c> for</c><00:33:52.190><c> well</c><00:33:52.430><c>-doing,</c>

00:33:53.329 --> 00:33:55.549
arming<00:33:53.690><c> ourselves</c><00:33:54.269><c> with</c><00:33:54.589><c> that</c><00:33:54.970><c> mind</c>

00:33:55.549 --> 00:33:58.809
to<00:33:55.990><c> follow</c><00:33:56.390><c> the</c><00:33:56.609><c> Lord</c><00:33:56.829><c> Jesus</c><00:33:57.309><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:00.049 --> 00:34:01.269
Well,<00:34:00.289><c> with</c><00:34:00.410><c> those</c><00:34:00.609><c> things</c><00:34:00.829><c> in</c><00:34:01.049><c> mind,</c>

00:34:01.309 --> 00:34:03.309
let's<00:34:01.549><c> just</c><00:34:01.750><c> come</c><00:34:01.970><c> back</c><00:34:02.170><c> finally</c><00:34:02.549><c> to</c><00:34:02.849><c> Acts,</c>

00:34:03.529 --> 00:34:07.549
the<00:34:04.529><c> rest</c><00:34:04.990><c> of</c><00:34:05.329><c> the</c><00:34:05.609><c> story</c><00:34:05.970><c> of</c><00:34:06.190><c> Peter</c><00:34:06.450><c> in</c><00:34:06.809><c> Acts,</c>

00:34:07.549 --> 00:34:09.690
Acts<00:34:07.829><c> chapter</c><00:34:08.190><c> 12.</c>

00:34:12.409 --> 00:34:16.070
And<00:34:12.630><c> here</c><00:34:12.829><c> once</c><00:34:13.150><c> again</c><00:34:13.570><c> Peter</c><00:34:13.989><c> is</c><00:34:14.570><c> in</c><00:34:14.789><c> prison.</c>

00:34:17.050 --> 00:34:21.949
Acts<00:34:17.250><c> 12</c><00:34:17.909><c> and</c><00:34:18.730><c> verse</c><00:34:19.349><c> 3.</c>

00:34:23.130 --> 00:34:25.389
Herod<00:34:23.710><c> saw</c><00:34:24.110><c> that</c><00:34:24.289><c> it</c><00:34:24.510><c> pleased</c><00:34:24.769><c> the</c><00:34:25.050><c> Jews</c>

00:34:25.389 --> 00:34:27.550
that<00:34:25.550><c> he'd</c><00:34:26.010><c> killed</c><00:34:26.269><c> James.</c>

00:34:27.809 --> 00:34:32.110
Quite<00:34:28.170><c> a</c><00:34:28.489><c> change</c><00:34:28.829><c> here</c><00:34:29.130><c> now</c><00:34:29.389><c> in</c><00:34:30.250><c> the</c><00:34:30.769><c> environment,</c><00:34:31.670><c> isn't</c><00:34:31.789><c> there?</c>

00:34:32.110 --> 00:34:35.190
The<00:34:32.510><c> atmosphere</c><00:34:33.170><c> in</c><00:34:33.449><c> Acts</c><00:34:33.650><c> is</c><00:34:34.090><c> changing.</c>

00:34:35.230 --> 00:34:37.059
There<00:34:35.409><c> had</c><00:34:35.590><c> been</c><00:34:35.750><c> so</c><00:34:36.030><c> much</c><00:34:36.269><c> excitement,</c>

00:34:37.250 --> 00:34:39.139
so<00:34:37.530><c> many</c><00:34:37.909><c> people</c><00:34:38.349><c> baptized,</c>

00:34:39.590 --> 00:34:41.389
the<00:34:39.789><c> Lord</c><00:34:40.050><c> adding</c><00:34:40.329><c> to</c><00:34:40.550><c> the</c><00:34:40.730><c> church</c><00:34:40.989><c> daily</c>

00:34:41.389 --> 00:34:42.650
such<00:34:41.690><c> as</c><00:34:41.869><c> should</c><00:34:42.030><c> be</c><00:34:42.309><c> saved,</c>

00:34:42.909 --> 00:34:46.070
then<00:34:43.090><c> in</c><00:34:43.250><c> Acts</c><00:34:43.449><c> 8</c><00:34:43.710><c> persecution</c><00:34:44.489><c> moves</c><00:34:45.170><c> people</c><00:34:45.530><c> out.</c>

00:34:46.230 --> 00:34:49.349
And<00:34:46.630><c> now</c><00:34:47.170><c> there</c><00:34:47.530><c> is</c><00:34:47.730><c> less</c><00:34:48.090><c> support</c><00:34:48.550><c> for</c><00:34:48.750><c> the</c><00:34:48.929><c> Apostles,</c>

00:34:49.349 --> 00:34:51.869
maybe<00:34:49.750><c> as</c><00:34:49.929><c> a</c><00:34:49.969><c> result</c><00:34:50.329><c> of</c><00:34:50.530><c> Acts</c><00:34:50.690><c> 10.</c>

00:34:52.050 --> 00:34:54.369
And<00:34:52.090><c> the</c><00:34:52.309><c> word</c><00:34:52.570><c> going</c><00:34:52.809><c> out</c><00:34:53.030><c> to</c><00:34:53.210><c> the</c><00:34:53.349><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:34:54.690 --> 00:34:57.909
Jewish<00:34:54.969><c> support</c><00:34:55.690><c> for</c><00:34:56.030><c> the</c><00:34:56.230><c> Gospel</c><00:34:56.630><c> message</c><00:34:57.090><c> is</c><00:34:57.349><c> lost.</c>

00:34:58.389 --> 00:35:03.230
And<00:34:58.489><c> so</c><00:34:58.690><c> here</c><00:34:58.889><c> it</c><00:34:59.210><c> pleased</c><00:34:59.730><c> the</c><00:35:00.070><c> Jews</c><00:35:00.550><c> when</c><00:35:01.130><c> Herod</c><00:35:01.530><c> killed</c><00:35:01.949><c> James,</c>

00:35:03.309 --> 00:35:06.610
and<00:35:03.650><c> so</c><00:35:03.969><c> he</c><00:35:04.309><c> further</c><00:35:04.769><c> imprisoned</c><00:35:05.570><c> Peter.</c>

00:35:07.250 --> 00:35:09.869
So<00:35:07.610><c> some</c><00:35:08.050><c> loss</c><00:35:08.349><c> of</c><00:35:08.710><c> popularity</c><00:35:09.269><c> there.</c>

00:35:10.309 --> 00:35:11.170
Rather<00:35:10.530><c> as</c><00:35:10.730><c> in</c><00:35:10.909><c> Hebrews,</c>

00:35:11.210 --> 00:35:12.590
you<00:35:11.369><c> remember</c><00:35:11.670><c> that</c><00:35:11.929><c> verse</c><00:35:12.150><c> in</c><00:35:12.329><c> Hebrews</c>

00:35:12.590 --> 00:35:15.210
that<00:35:12.809><c> suddenly</c><00:35:13.210><c> switches</c><00:35:13.610><c> from</c><00:35:14.150><c> those</c><00:35:14.449><c> who</c><00:35:14.610><c> were</c><00:35:14.789><c> delivered,</c>

00:35:15.369 --> 00:35:17.550
widows<00:35:15.630><c> who</c><00:35:15.849><c> had</c><00:35:15.989><c> their</c><00:35:16.269><c> sons</c><00:35:16.489><c> raised</c><00:35:16.809><c> to</c><00:35:17.050><c> life</c><00:35:17.250><c> again,</c>

00:35:17.550 --> 00:35:21.030
and<00:35:17.929><c> others</c><00:35:18.329><c> who</c><00:35:18.769><c> were</c><00:35:19.510><c> sawn</c><00:35:19.809><c> asunder</c><00:35:20.309><c> and</c><00:35:20.489><c> tortured</c>

00:35:21.030 --> 00:35:24.769
and<00:35:21.550><c> would</c><00:35:22.510><c> not</c><00:35:22.750><c> accept</c><00:35:23.190><c> deliverance.</c>

00:35:24.989 --> 00:35:26.190
So<00:35:25.289><c> it</c><00:35:25.489><c> is</c><00:35:25.730><c> here.</c>

00:35:26.650 --> 00:35:29.269
Some<00:35:26.909><c> delivered,</c><00:35:27.670><c> some</c><00:35:28.170><c> not.</c>

00:35:30.309 --> 00:35:34.590
And<00:35:30.670><c> Acts</c><00:35:30.909><c> seems</c><00:35:31.449><c> to</c><00:35:31.730><c> take</c><00:35:31.949><c> a</c><00:35:32.429><c> little</c><00:35:32.789><c> change</c><00:35:33.429><c> here.</c>

00:35:35.230 --> 00:35:36.190
And<00:35:35.289><c> verse</c><00:35:35.590><c> 5,</c>

00:35:36.369 --> 00:35:37.849
because<00:35:36.630><c> Peter</c><00:35:36.949><c> was</c><00:35:37.250><c> imprisoned,</c>

00:35:38.329 --> 00:35:40.030
Peter<00:35:38.570><c> therefore</c><00:35:39.030><c> was</c><00:35:39.269><c> kept</c><00:35:39.530><c> in</c><00:35:39.809><c> prison,</c>

00:35:40.150 --> 00:35:42.690
but<00:35:40.389><c> prayer</c><00:35:40.849><c> was</c><00:35:41.150><c> made</c><00:35:41.409><c> without</c><00:35:41.969><c> ceasing</c>

00:35:42.690 --> 00:35:46.349
of<00:35:43.070><c> the</c><00:35:43.289><c> church</c><00:35:43.829><c> unto</c><00:35:44.269><c> God</c><00:35:44.829><c> for</c><00:35:45.389><c> him.</c>

00:35:46.690 --> 00:35:48.670
We<00:35:47.130><c> don't</c><00:35:47.329><c> know</c><00:35:47.469><c> what</c><00:35:47.590><c> that</c><00:35:47.829><c> prayer</c><00:35:48.010><c> was</c><00:35:48.210><c> about,</c>

00:35:49.070 --> 00:35:50.849
whether<00:35:49.170><c> it</c><00:35:49.289><c> was</c><00:35:49.489><c> a</c><00:35:49.650><c> prayer</c><00:35:49.809><c> for</c><00:35:50.010><c> his</c><00:35:50.230><c> release,</c>

00:35:51.030 --> 00:35:53.190
which<00:35:51.389><c> it</c><00:35:51.710><c> may</c><00:35:51.929><c> have</c><00:35:52.130><c> been,</c>

00:35:53.469 --> 00:35:54.949
or<00:35:53.610><c> was</c><00:35:53.789><c> it</c><00:35:53.949><c> a</c><00:35:54.090><c> prayer,</c><00:35:54.409><c> brothers</c><00:35:54.510><c> and</c><00:35:54.690><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:55.030 --> 00:35:59.250
rather<00:35:55.329><c> for</c><00:35:55.489><c> his</c><00:35:55.869><c> faith,</c><00:35:57.510><c> for</c><00:35:57.710><c> his</c><00:35:58.010><c> strength,</c>

00:35:59.550 --> 00:36:01.570
that<00:35:59.750><c> he</c><00:35:59.849><c> might</c><00:36:00.090><c> have</c><00:36:00.309><c> the</c><00:36:00.429><c> opportunity</c><00:36:00.949><c> to</c><00:36:01.130><c> witness</c>

00:36:01.570 --> 00:36:04.750
and<00:36:01.789><c> may</c><00:36:01.969><c> do</c><00:36:02.130><c> it</c><00:36:02.349><c> well</c><00:36:02.630><c> with</c><00:36:02.849><c> all</c><00:36:03.150><c> boldness.</c>

00:36:05.329 --> 00:36:08.409
Was<00:36:05.650><c> it</c><00:36:05.909><c> a</c><00:36:06.210><c> prayer</c><00:36:06.570><c> based</c><00:36:06.989><c> on</c><00:36:07.469><c> what</c><00:36:07.809><c> we</c><00:36:08.010><c> looked</c><00:36:08.210><c> at</c>

00:36:08.409 --> 00:36:09.610
right<00:36:08.590><c> at</c><00:36:08.710><c> the</c><00:36:08.829><c> beginning</c><00:36:09.070><c> of</c><00:36:09.289><c> this</c><00:36:09.469><c> week.</c>

00:36:09.650 --> 00:36:12.909
You<00:36:09.809><c> remember</c><00:36:10.190><c> Luke</c><00:36:10.449><c> 22</c><00:36:10.989><c> and</c><00:36:11.389><c> verse</c><00:36:11.690><c> 31,</c><00:36:12.329><c> 32,</c>

00:36:12.909 --> 00:36:14.989
where<00:36:13.570><c> Jesus</c><00:36:14.050><c> said,</c>

00:36:15.150 --> 00:36:18.429
Simon,<00:36:16.090><c> Satan</c><00:36:16.610><c> has</c><00:36:16.949><c> desired</c><00:36:17.489><c> to</c><00:36:17.829><c> have</c><00:36:17.969><c> you</c><00:36:18.250><c> all,</c>

00:36:18.449 --> 00:36:23.949
but<00:36:18.570><c> I've</c><00:36:19.010><c> prayed</c><00:36:19.210><c> for</c><00:36:19.610><c> you</c><00:36:20.349><c> that</c><00:36:20.849><c> your</c><00:36:21.250><c> faith</c><00:36:21.869><c> fail</c><00:36:22.869><c> not.</c>

00:36:24.789 --> 00:36:26.570
Perhaps<00:36:25.090><c> it</c><00:36:25.230><c> was</c><00:36:25.389><c> that</c><00:36:25.630><c> kind</c><00:36:25.889><c> of</c><00:36:26.150><c> prayer</c>

00:36:26.570 --> 00:36:31.190
that<00:36:27.349><c> now</c><00:36:27.710><c> the</c><00:36:27.949><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:28.289><c> offered</c><00:36:28.730><c> to</c><00:36:29.030><c> God</c><00:36:29.429><c> on</c><00:36:29.969><c> Peter's</c><00:36:30.550><c> behalf.</c>

00:36:31.550 --> 00:36:33.210
Not<00:36:31.849><c> so</c><00:36:32.110><c> much</c><00:36:32.289><c> for</c><00:36:32.510><c> his</c><00:36:32.670><c> release,</c>

00:36:33.610 --> 00:36:35.730
but<00:36:33.849><c> in</c><00:36:34.070><c> order</c><00:36:34.349><c> that</c><00:36:34.550><c> he</c><00:36:34.710><c> should</c><00:36:34.929><c> be</c><00:36:35.210><c> strengthened</c>

00:36:35.730 --> 00:36:40.250
and<00:36:36.150><c> that</c><00:36:36.289><c> in</c><00:36:36.510><c> these</c><00:36:36.789><c> circumstances</c><00:36:37.530><c> his</c><00:36:38.170><c> faith</c><00:36:38.449><c> would</c><00:36:38.789><c> not</c><00:36:39.210><c> fail.</c>

00:36:41.409 --> 00:36:45.090
Verse<00:36:41.849><c> 16</c><00:36:42.289><c> of</c><00:36:42.530><c> this</c><00:36:42.789><c> chapter</c><00:36:43.190><c> seems</c><00:36:43.650><c> to</c><00:36:44.250><c> suggest</c>

00:36:45.090 --> 00:36:48.130
that<00:36:45.269><c> they</c><00:36:45.469><c> were</c><00:36:45.909><c> at</c><00:36:46.070><c> least</c><00:36:46.329><c> not</c><00:36:46.610><c> expecting</c><00:36:47.349><c> his</c><00:36:47.690><c> release,</c>

00:36:48.230 --> 00:36:48.829
were<00:36:48.389><c> they?</c>

00:36:49.090 --> 00:36:50.670
Whether<00:36:49.369><c> they'd</c><00:36:49.829><c> prayed</c><00:36:49.969><c> for</c><00:36:50.210><c> it</c><00:36:50.369><c> or</c><00:36:50.530><c> not.</c>

00:36:50.769 --> 00:36:53.869
I<00:36:50.769><c> know</c><00:36:50.969><c> sometimes</c><00:36:51.769><c> they're</c><00:36:53.190><c> criticized</c>

00:36:53.869 --> 00:36:55.409
at<00:36:54.269><c> having</c><00:36:54.550><c> prayed</c><00:36:54.849><c> for</c><00:36:55.050><c> one</c><00:36:55.289><c> thing</c>

00:36:55.409 --> 00:36:57.329
and<00:36:55.590><c> they're</c><00:36:56.250><c> not</c><00:36:56.449><c> believing</c><00:36:56.769><c> it</c><00:36:56.949><c> when</c><00:36:57.030><c> it</c><00:36:57.210><c> happened,</c>

00:36:57.389 --> 00:37:00.150
but<00:36:57.429><c> we</c><00:36:57.590><c> don't</c><00:36:57.809><c> know</c><00:36:57.989><c> actually</c><00:36:58.309><c> what</c><00:36:58.469><c> they</c><00:36:58.710><c> prayed</c><00:36:58.929><c> for,</c><00:36:59.389><c> do</c><00:36:59.389><c> we?</c>

00:37:00.190 --> 00:37:02.309
Verse<00:37:00.469><c> 16,</c><00:37:01.030><c> they</c><00:37:01.070><c> weren't</c><00:37:01.309><c> expecting</c><00:37:01.789><c> his</c><00:37:02.050><c> release.</c>

00:37:02.389 --> 00:37:04.030
Anyway,<00:37:02.969><c> Peter</c><00:37:03.150><c> continued</c><00:37:03.630><c> knocking</c>

00:37:04.030 --> 00:37:05.769
when<00:37:04.369><c> they</c><00:37:04.570><c> had</c><00:37:04.750><c> opened</c><00:37:04.889><c> the</c><00:37:05.090><c> door</c><00:37:05.250><c> and</c><00:37:05.449><c> saw</c><00:37:05.610><c> him.</c>

00:37:05.789 --> 00:37:07.570
They<00:37:05.889><c> were</c><00:37:06.090><c> astonished,</c><00:37:06.710><c> they</c><00:37:06.829><c> were</c><00:37:07.010><c> amazed.</c>

00:37:07.570 --> 00:37:10.210
They<00:37:07.829><c> couldn't</c><00:37:07.969><c> believe</c><00:37:08.329><c> that</c><00:37:08.469><c> he</c><00:37:08.550><c> was</c><00:37:08.690><c> really</c><00:37:08.989><c> there.</c>

00:37:11.429 --> 00:37:14.090
So<00:37:11.610><c> either</c><00:37:12.050><c> they</c><00:37:12.210><c> were</c><00:37:12.409><c> not</c><00:37:12.590><c> expecting</c><00:37:13.070><c> the</c><00:37:13.289><c> answer</c><00:37:13.510><c> to</c><00:37:13.670><c> their</c><00:37:13.889><c> prayers</c>

00:37:14.090 --> 00:37:16.889
or<00:37:14.289><c> they</c><00:37:14.449><c> were</c><00:37:14.690><c> not</c><00:37:14.969><c> praying</c><00:37:15.309><c> for</c><00:37:15.570><c> his</c><00:37:15.809><c> release.</c>

00:37:17.409 --> 00:37:18.969
In<00:37:17.550><c> fact,</c><00:37:17.849><c> it</c><00:37:17.929><c> seems</c><00:37:18.210><c> very</c><00:37:18.469><c> likely</c>

00:37:18.969 --> 00:37:22.150
that<00:37:19.190><c> they</c><00:37:19.550><c> expected</c><00:37:20.070><c> Peter</c><00:37:20.449><c> to</c><00:37:20.949><c> die.</c>

00:37:22.550 --> 00:37:23.889
Had<00:37:22.670><c> not</c><00:37:22.889><c> Jesus</c><00:37:23.269><c> said</c>

00:37:23.889 --> 00:37:28.090
that<00:37:24.530><c> Peter</c><00:37:24.889><c> would</c><00:37:25.250><c> follow</c><00:37:25.630><c> his</c><00:37:25.949><c> Lord</c><00:37:26.449><c> in</c><00:37:26.929><c> this</c><00:37:27.190><c> matter,</c>

00:37:28.550 --> 00:37:32.269
that<00:37:28.909><c> when</c><00:37:29.389><c> Peter</c><00:37:29.730><c> was</c><00:37:30.230><c> older</c><00:37:30.730><c> he</c><00:37:31.050><c> would</c><00:37:31.309><c> stretch</c><00:37:31.570><c> forth</c><00:37:31.829><c> his</c><00:37:31.989><c> hands</c>

00:37:32.269 --> 00:37:33.829
and<00:37:32.429><c> someone</c><00:37:32.750><c> else</c><00:37:33.050><c> would</c><00:37:33.329><c> gird</c><00:37:33.570><c> him</c>

00:37:33.829 --> 00:37:37.769
and<00:37:34.369><c> this</c><00:37:34.690><c> Jesus</c><00:37:35.130><c> spoke</c><00:37:35.630><c> alluding</c><00:37:36.050><c> to</c><00:37:36.289><c> the</c><00:37:36.489><c> manner</c><00:37:36.730><c> of</c><00:37:36.949><c> Peter's</c><00:37:37.369><c> death</c>

00:37:37.769 --> 00:37:41.329
as<00:37:38.349><c> we</c><00:37:38.550><c> understand</c><00:37:38.989><c> it</c><00:37:39.150><c> by</c><00:37:39.429><c> crucifixion.</c>

00:37:41.829 --> 00:37:44.250
Tradition<00:37:42.269><c> says</c><00:37:42.710><c> that</c><00:37:42.909><c> Peter</c><00:37:43.130><c> was</c><00:37:43.329><c> actually</c><00:37:43.730><c> crucified</c>

00:37:44.250 --> 00:37:45.590
upside<00:37:44.769><c> down.</c>

00:37:45.750 --> 00:37:48.170
Not<00:37:46.050><c> sure</c><00:37:46.309><c> how</c><00:37:46.489><c> we</c><00:37:46.690><c> know</c><00:37:46.869><c> that</c><00:37:47.130><c> for</c><00:37:47.309><c> certain.</c>

00:37:49.230 --> 00:37:53.050
But<00:37:49.570><c> maybe</c><00:37:50.230><c> the</c><00:37:50.789><c> brothers</c><00:37:51.010><c> and</c><00:37:51.269><c> sisters</c><00:37:51.630><c> praying</c><00:37:52.150><c> there</c><00:37:52.449><c> for</c><00:37:52.610><c> Peter</c>

00:37:53.050 --> 00:37:55.389
were<00:37:53.690><c> expecting</c><00:37:54.269><c> this</c><00:37:54.670><c> was</c><00:37:54.969><c> the</c><00:37:55.190><c> time.</c>

00:37:55.469 --> 00:37:57.070
James<00:37:55.789><c> had</c><00:37:56.010><c> been</c><00:37:56.210><c> slain</c><00:37:56.469><c> already.</c>

00:37:57.449 --> 00:37:58.949
This<00:37:57.750><c> was</c><00:37:57.989><c> the</c><00:37:58.190><c> time</c><00:37:58.429><c> perhaps</c>

00:37:58.949 --> 00:38:01.690
when<00:37:59.570><c> the</c><00:37:59.929><c> Lord's</c><00:38:00.369><c> words</c><00:38:00.610><c> would</c><00:38:00.869><c> be</c><00:38:01.090><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:38:01.690 --> 00:38:06.809
Maybe<00:38:02.389><c> they</c><00:38:02.730><c> expected</c><00:38:03.389><c> Peter</c><00:38:03.730><c> to</c><00:38:04.030><c> die</c><00:38:04.429><c> as</c><00:38:04.869><c> Jesus</c><00:38:05.230><c> had</c><00:38:05.570><c> said</c><00:38:05.730><c> he</c><00:38:05.989><c> would.</c>

00:38:06.889 --> 00:38:08.269
And<00:38:07.110><c> this</c><00:38:07.349><c> was</c><00:38:07.550><c> the</c><00:38:07.809><c> time.</c>

00:38:08.630 --> 00:38:13.570
And<00:38:08.849><c> so</c><00:38:09.070><c> they</c><00:38:09.230><c> were</c><00:38:09.429><c> praying</c><00:38:09.809><c> rather</c><00:38:10.369><c> for</c><00:38:10.789><c> his</c><00:38:11.150><c> faith</c><00:38:11.570><c> and</c><00:38:12.130><c> his</c><00:38:12.469><c> strength.</c>

00:38:14.590 --> 00:38:23.389
In<00:38:14.849><c> verse</c><00:38:15.150><c> 15</c><00:38:15.889><c> they</c><00:38:17.530><c> were</c><00:38:19.570><c> disbelieving</c><00:38:21.489><c> what</c><00:38:21.869><c> Rhoda</c><00:38:22.309><c> said.</c>

00:38:23.610 --> 00:38:25.650
They<00:38:23.869><c> said</c><00:38:24.130><c> to</c><00:38:24.269><c> her,</c><00:38:24.650><c> thou</c><00:38:24.650><c> art</c><00:38:24.989><c> mad.</c>

00:38:26.070 --> 00:38:29.090
But<00:38:26.369><c> she</c><00:38:26.610><c> constantly</c><00:38:27.190><c> affirmed</c><00:38:27.610><c> that</c><00:38:27.789><c> it</c><00:38:27.869><c> was</c><00:38:28.070><c> even</c><00:38:28.510><c> so.</c>

00:38:29.090 --> 00:38:32.349
It<00:38:29.429><c> was</c><00:38:29.730><c> Peter</c><00:38:30.050><c> knocking</c><00:38:30.630><c> at</c><00:38:30.909><c> the</c><00:38:31.050><c> door,</c><00:38:31.489><c> standing</c><00:38:31.929><c> before</c>

00:38:32.349 --> 00:38:32.690
the<00:38:32.590><c> gate.</c>

00:38:32.769 --> 00:38:34.610
And<00:38:32.949><c> they</c><00:38:33.130><c> said</c><00:38:33.289><c> it</c><00:38:33.389><c> is</c><00:38:33.570><c> his</c><00:38:33.750><c> angel.</c>

00:38:34.849 --> 00:38:36.829
And<00:38:35.070><c> there's</c><00:38:35.250><c> always</c><00:38:35.429><c> a</c><00:38:35.510><c> lot</c><00:38:35.610><c> of</c><00:38:35.849><c> discussion</c><00:38:36.210><c> there,</c><00:38:36.550><c> isn't</c><00:38:36.670><c> there,</c>

00:38:36.829 --> 00:38:40.510
as<00:38:36.969><c> to</c><00:38:37.070><c> whether</c><00:38:37.250><c> it</c><00:38:37.449><c> was</c><00:38:37.650><c> an</c><00:38:38.630><c> angel</c><00:38:39.150><c> or</c><00:38:39.389><c> a</c><00:38:39.670><c> human</c><00:38:39.969><c> messenger.</c>

00:38:40.829 --> 00:38:42.150
That's<00:38:41.110><c> all</c><00:38:41.250><c> the</c><00:38:41.389><c> word</c><00:38:41.570><c> means</c><00:38:41.869><c> really.</c>

00:38:42.150 --> 00:38:43.090
It<00:38:42.289><c> is</c><00:38:42.409><c> his</c><00:38:42.710><c> messenger.</c>

00:38:43.170 --> 00:38:45.610
It<00:38:43.289><c> could</c><00:38:43.469><c> well</c><00:38:43.789><c> be</c><00:38:44.289><c> understood</c><00:38:44.809><c> in</c><00:38:45.050><c> that</c><00:38:45.269><c> way</c>

00:38:45.610 --> 00:38:47.329
that<00:38:46.010><c> the</c><00:38:46.369><c> messenger</c><00:38:46.750><c> had</c><00:38:47.030><c> come</c>

00:38:47.329 --> 00:38:50.889
with<00:38:47.949><c> some</c><00:38:48.329><c> kind</c><00:38:48.650><c> of</c><00:38:48.929><c> note</c><00:38:49.150><c> from</c><00:38:49.429><c> Peter</c><00:38:49.769><c> in</c><00:38:50.050><c> prison.</c>

00:38:51.289 --> 00:38:53.769
But<00:38:51.730><c> if</c><00:38:51.849><c> it's</c><00:38:52.050><c> an</c><00:38:52.250><c> angel,</c><00:38:52.530><c> then</c><00:38:52.750><c> the</c><00:38:52.949><c> discussion</c><00:38:53.269><c> turns</c><00:38:53.570><c> to,</c>

00:38:53.949 --> 00:38:55.550
well,<00:38:53.969><c> do</c><00:38:54.170><c> we</c><00:38:54.289><c> all</c><00:38:54.489><c> have</c><00:38:54.690><c> a</c><00:38:54.849><c> guardian</c><00:38:55.150><c> angel?</c>

00:38:55.949 --> 00:38:57.110
I<00:38:56.150><c> think</c><00:38:56.309><c> the</c><00:38:56.449><c> answer</c><00:38:56.670><c> to</c><00:38:56.829><c> that</c><00:38:56.969><c> is,</c>

00:38:57.110 --> 00:38:59.630
why<00:38:57.190><c> do</c><00:38:57.369><c> you</c><00:38:57.409><c> only</c><00:38:57.670><c> want</c><00:38:57.869><c> one,</c><00:38:58.170><c> brothers</c><00:38:58.389><c> and</c><00:38:58.590><c> sisters?</c>

00:38:59.730 --> 00:39:02.289
That<00:38:59.849><c> there</c><00:39:00.110><c> is</c><00:39:00.389><c> a</c><00:39:00.530><c> myriad</c><00:39:00.869><c> of</c><00:39:01.230><c> angels</c><00:39:01.469><c> about</c><00:39:01.869><c> us,</c><00:39:02.030><c> isn't</c><00:39:02.170><c> there?</c>

00:39:02.309 --> 00:39:04.650
The<00:39:02.409><c> angel</c><00:39:02.650><c> of</c><00:39:02.789><c> the</c><00:39:02.869><c> Lord</c><00:39:03.030><c> encampeth</c><00:39:03.610><c> round</c><00:39:03.929><c> about</c><00:39:04.230><c> them</c><00:39:04.469><c> that</c>

00:39:04.650 --> 00:39:05.030
fear<00:39:04.829><c> him.</c>

00:39:05.190 --> 00:39:08.090
Of<00:39:05.489><c> course</c><00:39:05.769><c> we</c><00:39:05.929><c> all</c><00:39:06.170><c> have</c><00:39:06.409><c> an</c><00:39:06.610><c> angel,</c><00:39:06.949><c> many</c><00:39:07.329><c> angels,</c>

00:39:08.510 --> 00:39:11.590
by<00:39:08.789><c> the</c><00:39:08.989><c> grace</c><00:39:09.170><c> of</c><00:39:09.409><c> God</c><00:39:09.590><c> watching</c><00:39:10.010><c> over</c><00:39:10.369><c> us.</c>

00:39:11.949 --> 00:39:13.610
Whether<00:39:12.289><c> we</c><00:39:12.530><c> should</c><00:39:12.690><c> be</c><00:39:12.889><c> so</c><00:39:13.090><c> presumptuous</c>

00:39:13.610 --> 00:39:15.349
as<00:39:13.809><c> to</c><00:39:13.969><c> want</c><00:39:14.150><c> one</c><00:39:14.469><c> particular</c><00:39:15.010><c> angel</c>

00:39:15.349 --> 00:39:18.869
to<00:39:15.590><c> follow</c><00:39:15.750><c> us</c><00:39:15.909><c> all</c><00:39:16.130><c> the</c><00:39:16.250><c> way</c><00:39:16.369><c> through</c><00:39:16.590><c> life</c><00:39:16.829><c> or</c><00:39:17.010><c> not,</c><00:39:17.510><c> I'm</c><00:39:17.670><c> not</c><00:39:17.929><c> sure.</c>

00:39:21.489 --> 00:39:24.550
And<00:39:21.969><c> eventually</c><00:39:22.449><c> they</c><00:39:23.130><c> let</c><00:39:23.389><c> Peter</c><00:39:23.690><c> in.</c>

00:39:25.409 --> 00:39:27.730
He<00:39:25.869><c> beckoning</c><00:39:26.329><c> to</c><00:39:26.510><c> them</c><00:39:26.829><c> said,</c>

00:39:27.929 --> 00:39:29.090
with<00:39:27.989><c> the</c><00:39:28.170><c> hand</c><00:39:28.369><c> to</c><00:39:28.530><c> hold</c><00:39:28.670><c> their</c><00:39:28.949><c> peace,</c>

00:39:29.309 --> 00:39:31.889
declared<00:39:29.610><c> unto</c><00:39:29.889><c> them</c><00:39:30.050><c> how</c><00:39:30.250><c> the</c><00:39:30.489><c> Lord</c><00:39:30.929><c> had</c><00:39:31.230><c> brought</c><00:39:31.550><c> him</c><00:39:31.710><c> out</c>

00:39:31.889 --> 00:39:32.409
of<00:39:31.989><c> the</c><00:39:32.150><c> prison.</c>

00:39:32.630 --> 00:39:34.949
And<00:39:32.730><c> he</c><00:39:32.889><c> said,</c><00:39:33.250><c> Go</c><00:39:33.429><c> show</c><00:39:33.570><c> these</c><00:39:33.809><c> things</c><00:39:34.050><c> unto</c><00:39:34.269><c> James</c><00:39:34.690><c> and</c><00:39:34.789><c> to</c>

00:39:34.949 --> 00:39:35.269
the<00:39:35.070><c> brethren.</c>

00:39:35.489 --> 00:39:37.230
He<00:39:35.650><c> departed</c><00:39:36.110><c> and</c><00:39:36.269><c> went</c><00:39:36.489><c> to</c><00:39:36.670><c> another</c><00:39:36.829><c> place.</c>

00:39:37.469 --> 00:39:39.789
And<00:39:37.670><c> he</c><00:39:37.969><c> disappears</c><00:39:38.369><c> from</c><00:39:38.570><c> the</c><00:39:38.750><c> record</c><00:39:39.010><c> there,</c><00:39:39.289><c> brothers</c><00:39:39.449><c> and</c><00:39:39.610><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:39.869 --> 00:39:43.369
except<00:39:40.449><c> for</c><00:39:40.889><c> the</c><00:39:41.030><c> little</c><00:39:41.269><c> mention</c><00:39:41.670><c> that</c><00:39:41.869><c> we</c><00:39:42.130><c> made</c><00:39:42.650><c> yesterday</c>

00:39:43.369 --> 00:39:47.679
of<00:39:43.969><c> Peter's</c><00:39:44.530><c> work</c><00:39:44.750><c> in</c><00:39:44.949><c> chapter</c><00:39:45.269><c> 15</c><00:39:45.889><c> at</c><00:39:46.150><c> the</c><00:39:46.349><c> council</c><00:39:46.730><c> at</c><00:39:46.949><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:39:48.150 --> 00:39:52.230
Peter<00:39:48.449><c> now</c><00:39:48.969><c> disappears</c><00:39:49.610><c> from</c><00:39:49.889><c> the</c><00:39:50.170><c> record</c><00:39:50.710><c> entirely.</c>

00:39:53.369 --> 00:39:59.369
Luke<00:39:54.050><c> has</c><00:39:54.269><c> finished</c><00:39:54.829><c> his</c><00:39:56.369><c> record</c><00:39:56.969><c> of</c><00:39:57.269><c> what</c><00:39:57.949><c> Peter</c><00:39:58.250><c> did.</c>

00:40:00.250 --> 00:40:06.210
And<00:40:00.329><c> it's</c><00:40:01.050><c> interesting</c><00:40:01.550><c> that</c><00:40:02.110><c> Luke's</c><00:40:02.630><c> purpose</c><00:40:03.150><c> here</c><00:40:03.710><c> is</c><00:40:05.210><c> traceable.</c>

00:40:06.510 --> 00:40:09.909
You<00:40:06.670><c> remember</c><00:40:06.949><c> I</c><00:40:07.130><c> put</c><00:40:07.369><c> up</c><00:40:07.889><c> Nelson's,</c><00:40:08.789><c> the</c><00:40:09.030><c> publisher's</c><00:40:09.690><c> view</c>

00:40:09.909 --> 00:40:12.269
on<00:40:10.530><c> how</c><00:40:10.889><c> acts</c><00:40:11.170><c> may</c><00:40:11.429><c> be</c><00:40:11.690><c> divided</c><00:40:11.989><c> up,</c>

00:40:12.289 --> 00:40:15.909
but<00:40:12.650><c> I</c><00:40:12.989><c> suggested</c><00:40:13.329><c> then</c><00:40:13.670><c> that</c><00:40:13.829><c> there</c><00:40:13.989><c> are</c><00:40:14.230><c> various</c><00:40:14.550><c> other</c><00:40:14.889><c> ways.</c>

00:40:16.230 --> 00:40:19.730
And<00:40:16.409><c> really</c><00:40:17.070><c> Luke's</c><00:40:17.710><c> purpose</c><00:40:18.030><c> here</c><00:40:18.389><c> is</c><00:40:18.750><c> not</c><00:40:18.969><c> to</c><00:40:19.210><c> give</c><00:40:19.309><c> us</c><00:40:19.489><c> an</c>

00:40:19.730 --> 00:40:21.010
account<00:40:20.130><c> of</c><00:40:20.610><c> Peter</c>

00:40:21.010 --> 00:40:24.690
or<00:40:21.230><c> necessarily</c><00:40:21.829><c> of</c><00:40:22.090><c> Paul's</c><00:40:22.769><c> work</c><00:40:23.150><c> per</c><00:40:23.630><c> se,</c>

00:40:24.769 --> 00:40:28.929
but<00:40:24.889><c> to</c><00:40:25.210><c> tell</c><00:40:25.329><c> us</c><00:40:25.650><c> the</c><00:40:25.869><c> progress</c><00:40:26.489><c> of</c><00:40:26.869><c> the</c><00:40:27.110><c> work,</c><00:40:27.670><c> God's</c><00:40:28.429><c> work,</c>

00:40:29.369 --> 00:40:33.969
as<00:40:29.469><c> it</c><00:40:29.750><c> unfolded</c><00:40:31.090><c> under</c><00:40:31.909><c> the</c><00:40:32.190><c> hand</c><00:40:32.469><c> of</c><00:40:32.690><c> the</c><00:40:32.789><c> Lord</c><00:40:33.010><c> Jesus</c><00:40:33.449><c> Christ</c>

00:40:33.969 --> 00:40:35.949
working<00:40:34.730><c> through</c><00:40:35.250><c> the</c><00:40:35.489><c> apostles.</c>

00:40:36.190 --> 00:40:38.989
And<00:40:36.389><c> Peter</c><00:40:36.690><c> is</c><00:40:36.929><c> really</c><00:40:37.150><c> just</c><00:40:37.369><c> an</c><00:40:37.650><c> instrument</c><00:40:38.190><c> in</c><00:40:38.530><c> that.</c>

00:40:39.250 --> 00:40:40.550
That's<00:40:39.550><c> how</c><00:40:39.730><c> Luke</c><00:40:39.909><c> sees</c><00:40:40.190><c> him.</c>

00:40:40.710 --> 00:40:43.010
That's<00:40:40.949><c> how</c><00:40:41.130><c> the</c><00:40:41.349><c> Lord</c><00:40:41.630><c> saw</c><00:40:41.849><c> him</c><00:40:42.150><c> surely.</c>

00:40:43.030 --> 00:40:46.329
He<00:40:43.210><c> is</c><00:40:43.429><c> just</c><00:40:43.710><c> an</c><00:40:43.929><c> instrument</c><00:40:44.429><c> as</c><00:40:44.909><c> all</c><00:40:45.349><c> these</c><00:40:45.630><c> men</c><00:40:45.929><c> were,</c>

00:40:46.329 --> 00:40:50.690
Stephen,<00:40:47.110><c> Philip,</c><00:40:47.869><c> Paul,</c><00:40:48.489><c> Barnabas,</c><00:40:49.150><c> Silas,</c><00:40:49.769><c> and</c><00:40:49.949><c> so</c><00:40:50.289><c> on.</c>

00:40:51.030 --> 00:40:55.630
And<00:40:51.190><c> Luke</c><00:40:51.389><c> has</c><00:40:51.670><c> various</c><00:40:52.349><c> discernible</c><00:40:53.250><c> milestones</c><00:40:54.210><c> in</c><00:40:54.949><c> his</c><00:40:55.250><c> record</c>

00:40:55.630 --> 00:40:57.710
in<00:40:55.829><c> the</c><00:40:56.050><c> acts</c><00:40:56.329><c> which</c><00:40:56.670><c> you</c><00:40:56.889><c> can</c><00:40:57.250><c> trace.</c>

00:40:58.170 --> 00:41:02.110
For<00:40:58.349><c> example,</c><00:40:59.150><c> in</c><00:40:59.329><c> chapter</c><00:40:59.650><c> 2</c><00:41:00.070><c> and</c><00:41:00.289><c> verse</c><00:41:00.630><c> 46,</c>

00:41:02.650 --> 00:41:05.389
concerning<00:41:03.210><c> the</c><00:41:03.909><c> opening</c><00:41:04.449><c> of</c><00:41:04.769><c> this</c><00:41:05.050><c> work</c>

00:41:05.389 --> 00:41:08.349
and<00:41:05.590><c> the</c><00:41:05.789><c> day</c><00:41:05.929><c> of</c><00:41:06.130><c> Pentecost</c><00:41:06.690><c> at</c><00:41:06.869><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:41:07.469><c> he</c><00:41:07.530><c> says,</c>

00:41:16.329 --> 00:41:18.750
praising<00:41:16.610><c> God</c><00:41:17.070><c> and</c><00:41:17.190><c> having</c><00:41:17.489><c> favor</c><00:41:17.809><c> with</c><00:41:17.969><c> all</c><00:41:18.230><c> the</c><00:41:18.409><c> people,</c>

00:41:19.050 --> 00:41:21.030
and<00:41:19.050><c> the</c><00:41:19.230><c> Lord</c><00:41:19.489><c> added</c><00:41:19.809><c> to</c><00:41:20.050><c> the</c><00:41:20.230><c> church</c><00:41:20.550><c> daily,</c>

00:41:21.409 --> 00:41:23.849
such<00:41:21.610><c> as</c><00:41:22.170><c> should</c><00:41:22.409><c> be</c><00:41:22.750><c> saved.</c>

00:41:24.269 --> 00:41:25.929
You<00:41:24.389><c> come</c><00:41:24.630><c> to</c><00:41:24.769><c> chapter</c><00:41:25.090><c> 5,</c>

00:41:26.389 --> 00:41:28.590
and<00:41:26.510><c> Luke</c><00:41:26.670><c> says</c><00:41:26.969><c> much</c><00:41:27.250><c> the</c><00:41:27.510><c> same</c><00:41:27.750><c> thing</c><00:41:28.010><c> again,</c>

00:41:28.929 --> 00:41:31.849
with<00:41:29.070><c> regard</c><00:41:29.489><c> now</c><00:41:29.969><c> to</c><00:41:30.289><c> the</c><00:41:30.550><c> overcoming</c><00:41:30.929><c> of</c><00:41:31.190><c> the</c><00:41:31.389><c> opposition</c>

00:41:31.849 --> 00:41:32.590
of<00:41:32.130><c> the</c><00:41:32.289><c> leaders,</c>

00:41:32.650 --> 00:41:34.789
chapter<00:41:32.949><c> 5</c><00:41:33.389><c> and</c><00:41:33.570><c> verse</c><00:41:33.809><c> 14,</c>

00:41:41.389 --> 00:41:45.570
Then<00:41:41.949><c> in</c><00:41:42.510><c> chapter</c><00:41:42.849><c> 6,</c><00:41:43.690><c> he</c><00:41:43.909><c> sort</c><00:41:44.130><c> of</c><00:41:44.369><c> concludes</c><00:41:44.730><c> a</c><00:41:44.929><c> little</c><00:41:45.130><c> section</c>

00:41:45.570 --> 00:41:48.050
with<00:41:45.789><c> the</c><00:41:46.389><c> success</c><00:41:47.150><c> of</c><00:41:47.630><c> the</c><00:41:47.869><c> work,</c>

00:41:48.070 --> 00:41:50.949
and<00:41:48.210><c> I</c><00:41:48.349><c> suppose</c><00:41:48.630><c> the</c><00:41:48.809><c> end</c><00:41:49.170><c> of</c><00:41:49.369><c> the</c><00:41:49.590><c> work</c><00:41:49.829><c> in</c><00:41:50.309><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:41:51.130 --> 00:41:53.809
This<00:41:51.269><c> is</c><00:41:51.510><c> the</c><00:41:51.650><c> end</c><00:41:51.809><c> of</c><00:41:51.969><c> his</c><00:41:52.150><c> record</c><00:41:52.590><c> of</c><00:41:52.769><c> the</c><00:41:52.969><c> work</c><00:41:53.150><c> in</c><00:41:53.349><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:41:54.150 --> 00:41:55.829
Chapter<00:41:54.349><c> 6</c><00:41:54.670><c> and</c><00:41:54.849><c> verse</c><00:41:55.030><c> 7,</c>

00:42:04.670 --> 00:42:08.929
Then<00:42:05.230><c> in</c><00:42:05.789><c> chapter</c><00:42:06.090><c> 9,</c><00:42:07.269><c> verse</c><00:42:07.590><c> 31,</c>

00:42:09.030 --> 00:42:11.969
another<00:42:09.309><c> little</c><00:42:09.650><c> section</c><00:42:10.070><c> is</c><00:42:10.349><c> concluded</c><00:42:10.809><c> similarly,</c>

00:42:16.309 --> 00:42:18.809
This<00:42:16.829><c> concludes</c><00:42:17.349><c> the</c><00:42:17.630><c> work</c><00:42:17.809><c> in</c><00:42:18.030><c> that</c><00:42:18.269><c> area</c><00:42:18.550><c> now,</c>

00:42:18.949 --> 00:42:21.190
as<00:42:18.989><c> far</c><00:42:19.269><c> as</c><00:42:19.409><c> Luke's</c><00:42:19.869><c> account</c><00:42:20.130><c> of</c><00:42:20.289><c> it</c><00:42:20.449><c> is</c><00:42:20.650><c> concerned,</c>

00:42:21.690 --> 00:42:23.369
Judea,<00:42:22.210><c> Galilee,</c><00:42:22.570><c> and</c><00:42:22.829><c> Samaria.</c>

00:42:23.449 --> 00:42:25.889
The<00:42:23.650><c> work</c><00:42:23.909><c> is</c><00:42:24.610><c> working</c><00:42:25.090><c> outwards,</c>

00:42:26.050 --> 00:42:29.329
and<00:42:26.349><c> this</c><00:42:26.630><c> concludes</c><00:42:27.070><c> that</c><00:42:27.389><c> little</c><00:42:27.690><c> section</c><00:42:28.110><c> about</c><00:42:28.670><c> that</c><00:42:28.989><c> area.</c>

00:42:29.429 --> 00:42:32.409
Luke<00:42:29.690><c> has</c><00:42:29.909><c> told</c><00:42:30.050><c> us</c><00:42:30.230><c> about</c><00:42:30.489><c> Samaria,</c><00:42:31.070><c> of</c><00:42:31.289><c> course,</c><00:42:31.550><c> in</c><00:42:31.690><c> chapter</c><00:42:31.969><c> 8.</c>

00:42:32.789 --> 00:42:34.210
Chapter<00:42:33.070><c> 9,</c><00:42:33.550><c> verse</c><00:42:33.710><c> 31,</c>

00:42:34.210 --> 00:42:37.010
Then<00:42:34.449><c> had</c><00:42:34.710><c> the</c><00:42:34.929><c> church's</c><00:42:35.469><c> rest</c><00:42:35.789><c> throughout</c><00:42:36.210><c> all</c><00:42:36.590><c> Judea,</c>

00:42:37.030 --> 00:42:39.510
and<00:42:37.230><c> Galilee,</c><00:42:37.510><c> and</c><00:42:37.710><c> Samaria,</c><00:42:38.590><c> and</c><00:42:38.630><c> were</c><00:42:38.869><c> edified,</c>

00:42:39.889 --> 00:42:41.570
and<00:42:39.989><c> walking</c><00:42:40.369><c> in</c><00:42:40.610><c> the</c><00:42:40.809><c> fear</c><00:42:40.949><c> of</c><00:42:41.130><c> the</c><00:42:41.289><c> Lord,</c>

00:42:41.590 --> 00:42:44.710
and<00:42:41.690><c> in</c><00:42:41.869><c> the</c><00:42:42.050><c> comfort</c><00:42:42.250><c> of</c><00:42:42.429><c> the</c><00:42:42.570><c> Holy</c><00:42:42.730><c> Spirit,</c><00:42:43.510><c> were</c><00:42:43.809><c> multiplied.</c>

00:42:45.170 --> 00:42:46.849
So<00:42:45.190><c> there</c><00:42:45.449><c> it</c><00:42:45.610><c> is</c><00:42:45.789><c> again.</c>

00:42:47.190 --> 00:42:48.710
And<00:42:47.230><c> in</c><00:42:47.510><c> chapter</c><00:42:47.829><c> 12,</c>

00:42:51.030 --> 00:42:53.269
here<00:42:51.349><c> at</c><00:42:51.610><c> the</c><00:42:51.789><c> end</c><00:42:52.010><c> of</c><00:42:52.210><c> this</c><00:42:52.429><c> little</c><00:42:52.750><c> section,</c>

00:42:53.670 --> 00:42:55.750
perhaps<00:42:54.190><c> of</c><00:42:54.690><c> Peter's</c><00:42:55.349><c> work,</c>

00:42:56.130 --> 00:42:59.050
or<00:42:56.570><c> of</c><00:42:57.010><c> Luke's</c><00:42:57.449><c> account</c><00:42:57.789><c> so</c><00:42:58.070><c> far</c><00:42:58.309><c> as</c><00:42:58.469><c> he's</c><00:42:58.809><c> got,</c>

00:42:59.349 --> 00:43:00.710
verse<00:42:59.670><c> 24,</c>

00:43:01.090 --> 00:43:03.710
tells<00:43:01.690><c> us</c><00:43:01.989><c> of</c><00:43:02.329><c> Herod's</c><00:43:02.869><c> demise</c>

00:43:03.710 --> 00:43:07.030
in<00:43:04.309><c> that</c><00:43:04.690><c> terrible</c><00:43:05.230><c> way</c><00:43:05.670><c> as</c><00:43:05.809><c> a</c><00:43:05.949><c> punishment</c><00:43:06.349><c> from</c><00:43:06.690><c> God,</c>

00:43:07.349 --> 00:43:08.010
verse<00:43:07.510><c> 24,</c>

00:43:08.110 --> 00:43:12.349
But<00:43:08.510><c> the</c><00:43:08.969><c> word</c><00:43:09.230><c> of</c><00:43:09.449><c> God</c><00:43:10.110><c> grew</c><00:43:10.789><c> and</c><00:43:11.610><c> multiplied.</c>

00:43:12.710 --> 00:43:14.630
And<00:43:12.750><c> there</c><00:43:13.010><c> are</c><00:43:13.250><c> others</c><00:43:13.489><c> of</c><00:43:13.710><c> these,</c><00:43:14.110><c> brothers</c><00:43:14.190><c> and</c><00:43:14.389><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:14.670 --> 00:43:15.769
You<00:43:14.769><c> can</c><00:43:15.030><c> find</c><00:43:15.190><c> them</c><00:43:15.329><c> yourselves</c>

00:43:15.769 --> 00:43:17.369
as<00:43:15.929><c> you</c><00:43:16.090><c> go</c><00:43:16.210><c> through</c><00:43:16.409><c> the</c><00:43:16.570><c> remainder</c><00:43:16.869><c> of</c><00:43:17.090><c> the</c><00:43:17.230><c> Acts.</c>

00:43:17.489 --> 00:43:20.610
We've<00:43:17.750><c> traced</c><00:43:17.989><c> them</c><00:43:18.210><c> only</c><00:43:18.710><c> as</c><00:43:19.090><c> far</c><00:43:19.230><c> as</c><00:43:19.389><c> the</c><00:43:19.489><c> end</c><00:43:19.690><c> of</c><00:43:19.889><c> Peter's</c><00:43:20.309><c> work.</c>

00:43:20.929 --> 00:43:22.849
But<00:43:21.429><c> there</c><00:43:21.829><c> again,</c>

00:43:23.050 --> 00:43:27.869
the<00:43:23.170><c> opposition</c><00:43:23.750><c> over</c><00:43:24.250><c> authorities</c><00:43:25.050><c> is</c><00:43:25.909><c> concluded</c><00:43:26.630><c> by</c><00:43:27.489><c> Luke</c>

00:43:27.869 --> 00:43:28.969
in<00:43:28.289><c> this</c><00:43:28.590><c> way,</c>

00:43:28.969 --> 00:43:33.750
as<00:43:29.349><c> he</c><00:43:29.590><c> shows</c><00:43:29.849><c> once</c><00:43:30.210><c> again</c><00:43:30.630><c> that</c><00:43:31.130><c> God</c><00:43:31.730><c> is</c><00:43:32.309><c> glorified</c><00:43:33.050><c> in</c><00:43:33.250><c> this</c><00:43:33.570><c> work.</c>

00:43:33.769 --> 00:43:37.550
And<00:43:33.889><c> that's</c><00:43:34.250><c> the</c><00:43:34.389><c> purpose,</c><00:43:34.949><c> we</c><00:43:35.210><c> feel,</c><00:43:35.730><c> of</c><00:43:36.010><c> Luke's</c><00:43:36.489><c> account.</c>

00:43:38.150 --> 00:43:39.650
So<00:43:38.469><c> there</c><00:43:38.650><c> it</c><00:43:38.769><c> is,</c><00:43:39.030><c> brothers</c><00:43:39.110><c> and</c><00:43:39.309><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:39.889 --> 00:43:42.750
the<00:43:40.070><c> work</c><00:43:40.309><c> of</c><00:43:40.489><c> Peter</c><00:43:40.710><c> in</c><00:43:40.929><c> the</c><00:43:41.090><c> Acts,</c><00:43:41.309><c> not</c><00:43:41.530><c> for</c><00:43:41.730><c> Peter's</c><00:43:42.130><c> own</c><00:43:42.349><c> sake,</c>

00:43:43.090 --> 00:43:45.130
not<00:43:43.329><c> as</c><00:43:43.530><c> a</c><00:43:43.630><c> record</c><00:43:44.090><c> of</c><00:43:44.610><c> his</c><00:43:44.869><c> work,</c>

00:43:45.210 --> 00:43:48.250
certainly<00:43:45.550><c> not</c><00:43:45.809><c> an</c><00:43:46.050><c> exhaustive</c><00:43:46.429><c> account</c><00:43:46.710><c> of</c><00:43:46.869><c> all</c><00:43:47.050><c> that</c><00:43:47.170><c> he</c><00:43:47.349><c> did,</c>

00:43:48.650 --> 00:43:53.730
just<00:43:49.190><c> a</c><00:43:49.550><c> summary</c><00:43:50.030><c> of</c><00:43:50.909><c> the</c><00:43:51.110><c> way</c><00:43:51.309><c> in</c><00:43:51.429><c> which</c><00:43:51.710><c> Peter</c><00:43:52.050><c> was</c><00:43:52.530><c> used</c><00:43:52.989><c> by</c><00:43:53.349><c> God</c>

00:43:53.730 --> 00:43:58.050
and<00:43:54.030><c> by</c><00:43:54.329><c> his</c><00:43:54.550><c> master</c><00:43:55.050><c> as</c><00:43:55.730><c> an</c><00:43:56.110><c> instrument</c><00:43:56.550><c> for</c><00:43:56.829><c> the</c><00:43:57.070><c> glory</c><00:43:57.389><c> of</c><00:43:57.610><c> God</c>

00:43:58.050 --> 00:44:01.170
in<00:43:58.409><c> this</c><00:43:58.829><c> work</c><00:43:59.190><c> of</c><00:43:59.449><c> the</c><00:43:59.769><c> early</c><00:44:00.050><c> Church.</c>

00:44:01.530 --> 00:44:04.289
So<00:44:01.650><c> we've</c><00:44:01.849><c> looked</c><00:44:02.090><c> at</c><00:44:02.250><c> the</c><00:44:02.409><c> way</c><00:44:02.590><c> in</c><00:44:02.730><c> which</c><00:44:02.949><c> Peter</c><00:44:03.210><c> stood</c><00:44:03.570><c> up</c><00:44:03.889><c> as</c>

00:44:04.289 --> 00:44:05.409
a<00:44:04.650><c> spokesman</c>

00:44:05.409 --> 00:44:08.309
driven<00:44:06.030><c> by</c><00:44:06.510><c> the</c><00:44:06.789><c> Holy</c><00:44:07.010><c> Spirit</c><00:44:07.469><c> to</c><00:44:07.710><c> do</c><00:44:07.949><c> so.</c>

00:44:08.610 --> 00:44:11.030
You<00:44:08.789><c> remember</c><00:44:09.030><c> we</c><00:44:09.309><c> said</c><00:44:09.469><c> he</c><00:44:09.590><c> was</c><00:44:09.789><c> a</c><00:44:10.050><c> different</c><00:44:10.489><c> Peter</c><00:44:10.789><c> from</c>

00:44:11.030 --> 00:44:11.829
the<00:44:11.250><c> Gospels</c>

00:44:11.829 --> 00:44:16.110
because<00:44:12.389><c> God</c><00:44:12.889><c> was</c><00:44:13.250><c> using</c><00:44:13.610><c> him</c><00:44:13.989><c> here</c><00:44:14.349><c> in</c><00:44:14.849><c> the</c><00:44:15.110><c> Acts.</c>

00:44:16.489 --> 00:44:17.829
He<00:44:16.829><c> spoke.</c>

00:44:18.269 --> 00:44:20.449
He<00:44:18.550><c> could</c><00:44:18.829><c> not</c><00:44:19.090><c> but</c><00:44:19.409><c> speak.</c>

00:44:20.650 --> 00:44:24.909
And<00:44:20.889><c> he</c><00:44:21.070><c> spoke</c><00:44:21.469><c> alert</c><00:44:22.190><c> to</c><00:44:22.889><c> what</c><00:44:23.230><c> the</c><00:44:23.429><c> Old</c><00:44:23.670><c> Testament</c><00:44:24.389><c> said,</c>

00:44:24.929 --> 00:44:27.130
what<00:44:25.150><c> the</c><00:44:25.349><c> Old</c><00:44:25.530><c> Testament</c><00:44:25.929><c> was</c><00:44:26.250><c> really</c><00:44:26.590><c> about.</c>

00:44:27.130 --> 00:44:29.230
He<00:44:27.610><c> knew</c><00:44:27.929><c> his</c><00:44:28.250><c> Scripture,</c>

00:44:29.250 --> 00:44:33.369
and<00:44:29.369><c> he</c><00:44:29.630><c> rejoiced</c><00:44:30.269><c> to</c><00:44:30.650><c> see</c><00:44:31.070><c> fulfillments</c><00:44:31.949><c> of</c><00:44:32.170><c> it</c><00:44:32.329><c> in</c><00:44:32.469><c> his</c><00:44:32.849><c> day</c>

00:44:33.369 --> 00:44:38.349
and<00:44:33.750><c> was</c><00:44:34.070><c> glad</c><00:44:34.409><c> to</c><00:44:34.730><c> expound</c><00:44:35.769><c> the</c><00:44:36.230><c> relevance</c><00:44:36.849><c> of</c><00:44:37.389><c> all</c><00:44:37.650><c> he</c><00:44:37.989><c> saw</c>

00:44:38.349 --> 00:44:42.329
in<00:44:38.750><c> the</c><00:44:39.090><c> Psalms</c><00:44:39.550><c> and</c><00:44:39.750><c> in</c><00:44:40.050><c> Joel</c><00:44:40.369><c> and</c><00:44:40.630><c> the</c><00:44:40.929><c> other</c><00:44:41.210><c> prophets.</c>

00:44:42.510 --> 00:44:45.429
He<00:44:42.550><c> gave</c><00:44:42.789><c> witness</c><00:44:43.250><c> in</c><00:44:43.710><c> the</c><00:44:43.929><c> name</c><00:44:44.250><c> of</c><00:44:44.469><c> Jesus,</c>

00:44:46.010 --> 00:44:49.809
a<00:44:46.190><c> servant</c><00:44:46.489><c> with</c><00:44:47.070><c> no</c><00:44:47.489><c> alternative</c><00:44:48.150><c> but</c><00:44:48.889><c> to</c><00:44:49.429><c> say,</c>

00:44:49.889 --> 00:44:53.289
to<00:44:50.190><c> speak</c><00:44:50.530><c> these</c><00:44:50.909><c> things,</c><00:44:51.309><c> whatever</c><00:44:51.670><c> the</c><00:44:52.090><c> authorities</c><00:44:52.550><c> said.</c>

00:44:53.289 --> 00:44:59.750
Not<00:44:54.130><c> that</c><00:44:54.369><c> the</c><00:44:54.550><c> name</c><00:44:54.789><c> of</c><00:44:55.010><c> Jesus</c><00:44:55.389><c> was</c><00:44:55.889><c> any</c><00:44:56.349><c> magical</c><00:44:57.090><c> formula</c><00:44:57.769><c> of</c><00:44:58.550><c> itself,</c>

00:44:59.809 --> 00:45:02.550
but<00:44:59.969><c> that</c><00:45:00.550><c> Peter</c><00:45:00.750><c> saw</c><00:45:01.030><c> himself</c><00:45:01.590><c> as</c><00:45:01.869><c> a</c><00:45:02.130><c> servant</c>

00:45:02.550 --> 00:45:05.090
and<00:45:03.090><c> a</c><00:45:03.289><c> witness</c><00:45:03.730><c> of</c><00:45:04.210><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:05.230 --> 00:45:07.530
And<00:45:05.289><c> he</c><00:45:05.489><c> gave</c><00:45:05.869><c> witness</c><00:45:06.349><c> in</c><00:45:06.670><c> that</c><00:45:06.969><c> sort</c><00:45:07.170><c> of</c><00:45:07.349><c> way.</c>

00:45:07.590 --> 00:45:09.349
God<00:45:07.809><c> had</c><00:45:08.070><c> commanded</c><00:45:08.449><c> it.</c>

00:45:09.610 --> 00:45:14.550
The<00:45:09.869><c> simplicity</c><00:45:10.429><c> and</c><00:45:10.730><c> the</c><00:45:11.329><c> idealism</c><00:45:11.889><c> of</c><00:45:12.510><c> the</c><00:45:12.969><c> first</c><00:45:13.369><c> love</c><00:45:13.949><c> of</c><00:45:14.190><c> Peter</c>

00:45:14.550 --> 00:45:16.590
and<00:45:14.789><c> the</c><00:45:15.010><c> Apostles</c><00:45:15.510><c> and</c><00:45:15.690><c> the</c><00:45:15.869><c> early</c><00:45:16.130><c> believers</c>

00:45:16.590 --> 00:45:19.530
we<00:45:17.289><c> saw</c><00:45:17.510><c> demonstrated</c><00:45:18.329><c> in</c><00:45:18.750><c> those</c><00:45:19.070><c> chapters.</c>

00:45:19.530 --> 00:45:22.489
And<00:45:19.989><c> we</c><00:45:20.289><c> saw</c><00:45:20.530><c> how</c><00:45:20.809><c> everything</c><00:45:21.170><c> was</c><00:45:21.630><c> charged</c><00:45:22.090><c> up</c>

00:45:22.489 --> 00:45:26.070
with<00:45:22.949><c> a</c><00:45:23.170><c> sort</c><00:45:23.409><c> of</c><00:45:23.670><c> dynamism</c><00:45:24.250><c> which</c><00:45:24.730><c> perhaps,</c><00:45:25.510><c> brothers</c><00:45:25.590><c> and</c><00:45:25.829><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:26.090 --> 00:45:29.250
has<00:45:26.289><c> been</c><00:45:26.650><c> blunted</c><00:45:26.909><c> a</c><00:45:27.110><c> little</c><00:45:27.309><c> bit</c><00:45:27.449><c> in</c><00:45:27.630><c> our</c><00:45:27.829><c> days,</c><00:45:28.110><c> do</c><00:45:28.289><c> you</c><00:45:28.409><c> think?</c>

00:45:29.650 --> 00:45:31.889
And<00:45:29.909><c> we</c><00:45:30.190><c> said</c><00:45:30.369><c> that</c><00:45:30.550><c> if</c><00:45:30.650><c> there's</c><00:45:30.849><c> any</c><00:45:31.210><c> discrepancy</c>

00:45:31.889 --> 00:45:33.769
then<00:45:32.070><c> it's</c><00:45:32.349><c> we</c><00:45:32.570><c> who</c><00:45:32.869><c> have</c><00:45:32.889><c> moved,</c><00:45:33.210><c> isn't</c><00:45:33.469><c> it?</c>

00:45:34.170 --> 00:45:37.909
We<00:45:34.409><c> have</c><00:45:34.630><c> no</c><00:45:34.849><c> right</c><00:45:35.050><c> to</c><00:45:35.349><c> smile</c><00:45:36.010><c> benevolently</c><00:45:37.050><c> at</c><00:45:37.269><c> our</c><00:45:37.409><c> young</c><00:45:37.630><c> people</c>

00:45:37.909 --> 00:45:40.269
and<00:45:38.090><c> say,</c><00:45:38.530><c> well,</c><00:45:38.550><c> you'll</c><00:45:38.789><c> grow</c><00:45:39.010><c> out</c><00:45:39.309><c> of</c><00:45:39.449><c> it.</c>

00:45:40.449 --> 00:45:43.829
Perhaps<00:45:40.909><c> we</c><00:45:41.150><c> could</c><00:45:41.389><c> do</c><00:45:41.590><c> with</c><00:45:41.769><c> a</c><00:45:41.929><c> bit</c><00:45:42.110><c> more</c><00:45:42.550><c> of</c><00:45:42.750><c> that</c><00:45:43.010><c> enthusiasm</c>

00:45:43.829 --> 00:45:47.869
and<00:45:44.829><c> first</c><00:45:45.170><c> love</c><00:45:45.869><c> and</c><00:45:46.590><c> zeal.</c>

00:45:47.989 --> 00:45:49.829
But<00:45:48.510><c> it</c><00:45:48.630><c> was</c><00:45:48.829><c> a</c><00:45:49.010><c> struggle.</c>

00:45:50.329 --> 00:45:51.690
It<00:45:50.429><c> was</c><00:45:50.610><c> a</c><00:45:50.809><c> struggle</c><00:45:50.949><c> against</c><00:45:51.269><c> prejudice.</c>

00:45:51.849 --> 00:45:53.809
It<00:45:51.849><c> was</c><00:45:51.989><c> a</c><00:45:52.170><c> struggle</c><00:45:52.289><c> against</c><00:45:52.550><c> the</c><00:45:52.750><c> preconceptions.</c>

00:45:54.250 --> 00:45:57.090
The<00:45:54.389><c> Gospel</c><00:45:54.789><c> was</c><00:45:55.289><c> moving</c><00:45:55.610><c> outwards</c><00:45:56.050><c> to</c><00:45:56.269><c> the</c><00:45:56.409><c> Gentiles</c>

00:45:57.090 --> 00:45:58.329
and<00:45:57.349><c> this</c><00:45:57.570><c> was</c><00:45:57.769><c> difficult.</c>

00:45:58.650 --> 00:46:00.570
It<00:45:58.909><c> was</c><00:45:59.070><c> not</c><00:45:59.269><c> without</c><00:45:59.690><c> birth</c><00:46:00.070><c> pangs.</c>

00:46:01.070 --> 00:46:03.789
It<00:46:01.309><c> worked</c><00:46:01.610><c> havoc</c><00:46:02.050><c> with</c><00:46:02.309><c> the</c><00:46:02.590><c> traditional</c><00:46:03.090><c> opinions</c>

00:46:03.789 --> 00:46:06.889
that<00:46:04.050><c> were</c><00:46:04.530><c> so</c><00:46:05.050><c> preciously</c><00:46:05.610><c> and</c><00:46:05.989><c> dearly</c><00:46:06.489><c> held</c>

00:46:06.889 --> 00:46:08.030
by<00:46:07.269><c> some</c><00:46:07.489><c> of</c><00:46:07.630><c> the</c><00:46:07.769><c> brethren.</c>

00:46:08.269 --> 00:46:09.530
It<00:46:08.610><c> tore</c><00:46:08.829><c> them</c><00:46:09.070><c> apart.</c>

00:46:09.690 --> 00:46:12.789
It<00:46:09.809><c> tore</c><00:46:09.949><c> their</c><00:46:10.230><c> minds</c><00:46:10.650><c> apart</c><00:46:11.130><c> to</c><00:46:11.590><c> think</c><00:46:11.969><c> about</c><00:46:12.289><c> these</c><00:46:12.550><c> things,</c>

00:46:12.809 --> 00:46:14.909
to<00:46:13.010><c> consider</c><00:46:13.369><c> them,</c><00:46:13.670><c> to</c><00:46:13.869><c> agonize</c><00:46:14.389><c> over</c><00:46:14.650><c> them</c>

00:46:14.909 --> 00:46:19.070
and<00:46:15.590><c> to</c><00:46:15.869><c> try</c><00:46:16.050><c> and</c><00:46:16.329><c> find</c><00:46:16.570><c> God's</c><00:46:17.130><c> purpose</c><00:46:17.610><c> with</c><00:46:18.030><c> them.</c>

00:46:19.809 --> 00:46:21.750
But<00:46:20.090><c> that</c><00:46:20.449><c> too</c><00:46:20.650><c> is</c><00:46:20.809><c> essential,</c><00:46:21.489><c> isn't</c><00:46:21.590><c> it?</c>

00:46:21.789 --> 00:46:24.650
God's<00:46:22.250><c> purpose</c><00:46:22.590><c> was</c><00:46:23.090><c> moving</c><00:46:23.550><c> out</c>

00:46:24.829 --> 00:46:28.789
and<00:46:25.489><c> the</c><00:46:25.769><c> closed</c><00:46:26.050><c> mind</c><00:46:26.489><c> had</c><00:46:26.809><c> no</c><00:46:27.170><c> place</c><00:46:27.510><c> clinging</c><00:46:28.030><c> tenaciously</c>

00:46:28.789 --> 00:46:29.650
to<00:46:29.070><c> the</c><00:46:29.329><c> law.</c>

00:46:29.909 --> 00:46:33.130
The<00:46:30.230><c> tangible</c><00:46:30.849><c> things</c><00:46:31.309><c> of</c><00:46:31.550><c> the</c><00:46:31.750><c> law</c><00:46:32.030><c> was</c><00:46:32.469><c> not</c><00:46:32.789><c> right.</c>

00:46:33.150 --> 00:46:35.829
That's<00:46:33.469><c> what</c><00:46:33.750><c> the</c><00:46:33.969><c> Judaizers</c><00:46:34.570><c> represented.</c>

00:46:36.590 --> 00:46:39.230
The<00:46:36.929><c> believers</c><00:46:37.289><c> in</c><00:46:37.670><c> Christ</c><00:46:38.030><c> had</c><00:46:38.269><c> to</c><00:46:38.590><c> venture</c><00:46:38.889><c> out</c>

00:46:39.230 --> 00:46:41.090
into<00:46:39.469><c> the</c><00:46:39.730><c> unknown</c><00:46:40.130><c> in</c><00:46:40.530><c> faith</c>

00:46:41.090 --> 00:46:44.010
as<00:46:41.769><c> God</c><00:46:42.110><c> demands</c><00:46:42.590><c> of</c><00:46:42.789><c> us,</c><00:46:43.389><c> brothers</c><00:46:43.409><c> and</c><00:46:43.670><c> sisters,</c>

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faith,<00:46:45.570><c> the</c><00:46:45.650><c> courage</c><00:46:46.130><c> to</c><00:46:46.409><c> step</c><00:46:46.710><c> out</c><00:46:47.230><c> into</c><00:46:47.989><c> the</c><00:46:48.269><c> unknown</c><00:46:48.869><c> sometimes.</c>

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But<00:46:52.090><c> always</c><00:46:52.449><c> remembering</c><00:46:53.110><c> that</c><00:46:53.469><c> God's</c><00:46:54.050><c> purpose</c>

00:46:54.570 --> 00:47:00.690
and<00:46:55.130><c> God's</c><00:46:55.690><c> values,</c><00:46:57.130><c> God's</c><00:46:57.789><c> truth,</c><00:46:58.730><c> is</c><00:46:59.030><c> a</c><00:46:59.349><c> constant.</c>

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And<00:47:01.969><c> so</c><00:47:02.190><c> as</c><00:47:02.309><c> they</c><00:47:02.510><c> did</c><00:47:02.690><c> this,</c><00:47:03.030><c> it</c><00:47:03.170><c> resulted,</c>

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as<00:47:03.710><c> we've</c><00:47:03.969><c> seen</c><00:47:04.190><c> briefly</c><00:47:04.630><c> this</c><00:47:04.929><c> morning,</c><00:47:05.289><c> in</c><00:47:05.610><c> suffering.</c>

00:47:06.789 --> 00:47:10.349
It<00:47:07.090><c> became</c><00:47:07.550><c> a</c><00:47:07.989><c> cause</c><00:47:08.389><c> of</c><00:47:09.030><c> rejoicing,</c><00:47:09.889><c> however.</c>

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They<00:47:11.030><c> endured</c><00:47:11.630><c> that</c><00:47:12.050><c> suffering</c><00:47:12.449><c> gladly,</c>

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counting<00:47:13.530><c> it</c><00:47:13.789><c> an</c><00:47:13.969><c> honor</c><00:47:14.409><c> to</c><00:47:14.789><c> follow</c><00:47:15.150><c> where</c><00:47:15.469><c> Jesus</c><00:47:15.889><c> had</c><00:47:16.150><c> gone</c>

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before<00:47:16.829><c> them</c>

00:47:17.230 --> 00:47:21.829
and<00:47:17.630><c> in</c><00:47:17.909><c> that</c><00:47:18.250><c> way</c><00:47:18.670><c> to</c><00:47:19.250><c> give</c><00:47:19.449><c> glory</c><00:47:20.090><c> to</c><00:47:20.550><c> God.</c>

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Jesus<00:47:22.909><c> had</c><00:47:23.250><c> said,</c>

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Go<00:47:24.429><c> ye</c><00:47:24.610><c> therefore</c><00:47:24.929><c> and</c><00:47:25.130><c> teach</c><00:47:25.289><c> all</c><00:47:25.570><c> nations,</c>

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baptizing<00:47:26.969><c> them</c><00:47:27.150><c> in</c><00:47:27.269><c> the</c><00:47:27.349><c> name</c><00:47:27.510><c> of</c><00:47:27.670><c> the</c><00:47:27.849><c> Father</c><00:47:28.130><c> and</c><00:47:28.250><c> of</c><00:47:28.409><c> the</c><00:47:28.590><c> Son</c>

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and<00:47:28.929><c> of</c><00:47:29.090><c> the</c><00:47:29.210><c> Holy</c><00:47:29.409><c> Spirit,</c>

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teaching<00:47:30.389><c> them</c><00:47:30.590><c> to</c><00:47:30.809><c> observe</c><00:47:31.170><c> all</c><00:47:31.550><c> things</c><00:47:31.909><c> whatsoever</c><00:47:32.469><c> I</c><00:47:32.769><c> have</c>

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commanded<00:47:33.289><c> you,</c>

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and<00:47:34.070><c> lo,</c><00:47:34.190><c> I</c><00:47:34.329><c> am</c><00:47:34.469><c> with</c><00:47:34.670><c> you</c><00:47:34.869><c> always,</c><00:47:35.610><c> even</c><00:47:35.929><c> unto</c><00:47:36.190><c> the</c><00:47:36.389><c> end</c><00:47:36.650><c> of</c>

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the<00:47:37.030><c> world.</c>

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And<00:47:38.909><c> Mark</c><00:47:39.150><c> adds,</c>

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And<00:47:40.210><c> they</c><00:47:40.409><c> went</c><00:47:40.690><c> forth</c><00:47:41.369><c> and</c><00:47:41.889><c> preached</c><00:47:42.269><c> everywhere,</c>

00:47:43.690 --> 00:47:46.030
the<00:47:43.750><c> Lord</c><00:47:44.429><c> working</c><00:47:44.989><c> with</c><00:47:45.449><c> them</c>

00:47:46.230 --> 00:47:50.730
and<00:47:46.690><c> confirming</c><00:47:47.389><c> the</c><00:47:47.730><c> Word</c><00:47:48.349><c> with</c><00:47:48.929><c> signs</c><00:47:49.510><c> following.</c>

00:47:51.130 --> 00:47:52.429
Amen.

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Our<00:47:59.510><c> Heavenly</c><00:47:59.929><c> Father,</c>

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to<00:48:02.909><c> whom</c><00:48:03.210><c> belongeth</c><00:48:03.889><c> all</c><00:48:04.349><c> praise</c>

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and<00:48:06.389><c> all</c><00:48:06.769><c> glory,</c>

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let<00:48:10.909><c> thy</c><00:48:11.230><c> kingdom</c><00:48:11.650><c> come.</c>

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Bring<00:48:14.309><c> quickly</c><00:48:14.750><c> that</c><00:48:15.130><c> time</c><00:48:15.550><c> when</c><00:48:15.750><c> thou</c><00:48:16.010><c> shalt</c><00:48:16.269><c> be</c><00:48:16.670><c> glorified</c>

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in<00:48:17.449><c> all</c><00:48:17.869><c> the</c><00:48:18.090><c> earth,</c>

00:48:18.789 --> 00:48:21.389
that<00:48:18.829><c> we</c><00:48:19.030><c> may</c><00:48:19.349><c> see</c><00:48:19.670><c> thy</c><00:48:19.989><c> name</c><00:48:20.489><c> magnified</c>

00:48:21.389 --> 00:48:26.570
and<00:48:21.849><c> rejoice</c><00:48:22.690><c> as</c><00:48:22.949><c> the</c><00:48:23.150><c> earth</c><00:48:23.369><c> resounds</c><00:48:24.369><c> with</c><00:48:25.030><c> thy</c><00:48:25.269><c> praise.</c>

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And<00:48:28.769><c> grant</c><00:48:28.949><c> us</c><00:48:29.150><c> our</c><00:48:29.349><c> Father</c><00:48:29.670><c> in</c><00:48:29.909><c> thy</c><00:48:30.110><c> mercy,</c>

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a<00:48:32.010><c> part</c><00:48:32.289><c> therein.</c>

00:48:33.690 --> 00:48:36.269
Count<00:48:34.809><c> us</c><00:48:35.130><c> worthy</c><00:48:35.469><c> if</c><00:48:35.670><c> thou</c><00:48:35.929><c> wilt</c>

00:48:36.269 --> 00:48:41.070
to<00:48:37.650><c> escape</c><00:48:38.210><c> all</c><00:48:38.550><c> those</c><00:48:38.809><c> things</c><00:48:39.150><c> that</c><00:48:39.349><c> must</c><00:48:39.670><c> first</c><00:48:40.070><c> come</c><00:48:40.329><c> to</c><00:48:40.650><c> pass,</c>

00:48:41.530 --> 00:48:44.269
those<00:48:41.829><c> things</c><00:48:42.130><c> that</c><00:48:42.469><c> herald</c><00:48:42.769><c> the</c><00:48:43.070><c> coming</c><00:48:43.289><c> of</c><00:48:43.590><c> our</c><00:48:43.809><c> Lord.</c>

00:48:44.769 --> 00:48:46.429
And<00:48:45.150><c> if</c><00:48:45.449><c> not,</c>

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grant<00:48:47.070><c> us</c><00:48:47.289><c> our</c><00:48:47.550><c> Father</c><00:48:47.909><c> that</c><00:48:48.369><c> strength</c><00:48:48.929><c> of</c><00:48:49.329><c> faith</c><00:48:49.650><c> and</c><00:48:49.929><c> courage</c>

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to<00:48:51.469><c> endure</c><00:48:51.929><c> all</c><00:48:52.289><c> things</c>

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and<00:48:53.969><c> to</c><00:48:54.329><c> glorify</c><00:48:54.889><c> thy</c><00:48:55.170><c> name</c><00:48:56.130><c> here</c><00:48:56.769><c> and</c><00:48:57.010><c> now</c>

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in<00:48:58.489><c> our</c><00:48:58.789><c> little</c><00:48:59.150><c> lives.</c>

00:49:00.929 --> 00:49:03.570
For<00:49:01.929><c> we</c><00:49:02.190><c> desire</c><00:49:02.730><c> this</c>

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and<00:49:04.469><c> ask</c><00:49:04.969><c> these</c><00:49:05.309><c> mercies</c>

00:49:06.869 --> 00:49:11.130
in<00:49:07.369><c> the</c><00:49:07.630><c> name</c><00:49:07.929><c> of</c><00:49:08.210><c> our</c><00:49:08.409><c> Lord</c><00:49:08.650><c> and</c><00:49:08.949><c> Saviour</c><00:49:09.289><c> Jesus</c><00:49:09.710><c> Christ.</c>

00:49:11.610 --> 00:49:12.690
Amen.

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We'll<00:49:25.710><c> take</c><00:49:25.809><c> about</c><00:49:26.409><c> 11</c><00:49:26.809><c> minutes</c><00:49:27.309><c> break</c><00:49:28.369><c> before</c><00:49:28.809><c> our</c><00:49:29.010><c> 11</c><00:49:29.170><c> o</c>

00:49:29.449 --> 00:49:30.050
'clock<00:49:29.630><c> class.</c>

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Thank<00:49:30.469><c> you,</c><00:49:30.750><c> Brother</c><00:49:30.989><c> John.</c>