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I<00:11:11.019><c> think</c><00:11:11.120><c> it</c><00:11:11.279><c> is</c><00:11:12.080><c> where</c><00:11:14.120><c> this</c><00:11:14.360><c> is</c><00:11:14.559><c> the</c><00:11:14.639><c> very</c><00:11:14.799><c> thing</c><00:11:14.980><c> that</c><00:11:15.139><c> they</c><00:11:15.259><c> do.</c>

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They<00:11:15.620><c> go</c><00:11:15.919><c> to</c><00:11:16.860><c> the</c><00:11:17.019><c> regions</c><00:11:17.259><c> of</c><00:11:17.500><c> Judea</c><00:11:18.360><c> and</c><00:11:19.259><c> and</c><00:11:19.539><c> they</c><00:11:19.779><c> preach</c>

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in<00:11:21.340><c> Samaria.</c>

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And<00:11:22.720><c> then,</c><00:11:22.919><c> of</c><00:11:23.019><c> course,</c><00:11:23.460><c> after</c><00:11:23.740><c> that,</c><00:11:24.159><c> as</c><00:11:24.320><c> Paul</c><00:11:24.580><c> is</c><00:11:25.059><c> fully</c><00:11:26.080><c> ingrained</c><00:11:26.960><c> in</c>

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commission,<00:11:28.080><c> they</c><00:11:28.279><c> go</c><00:11:28.480><c> to</c><00:11:28.720><c> the</c><00:11:28.899><c> uttermost</c><00:11:29.940><c> parts</c><00:11:31.159><c> of</c><00:11:32.940><c> the</c><00:11:34.039><c> world.</c>

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Even<00:11:35.100><c> to</c><00:11:35.299><c> this</c><00:11:35.600><c> even</c><00:11:35.840><c> to</c><00:11:36.080><c> this</c><00:11:36.299><c> day,</c><00:11:36.799><c> our</c><00:11:37.500><c> commission</c><00:11:37.799><c> has</c><00:11:38.059><c> not</c><00:11:38.320><c> changed.</c>

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Like<00:11:39.899><c> I</c><00:11:40.120><c> say,</c><00:11:40.500><c> sometimes</c><00:11:40.879><c> it's</c><00:11:41.139><c> referred</c><00:11:41.379><c> to</c><00:11:41.620><c> as</c><00:11:41.779><c> the</c><00:11:41.980><c> period</c>

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of<00:11:42.379><c> Pentecost,</c><00:11:43.100><c> the</c><00:11:43.299><c> period</c><00:11:43.559><c> of</c><00:11:44.059><c> spreading</c><00:11:44.299><c> the</c><00:11:44.539><c> gospel.</c>

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We,<00:11:46.080><c> of</c><00:11:46.080><c> course,</c><00:11:46.360><c> are</c><00:11:46.460><c> in</c><00:11:46.620><c> the</c><00:11:46.860><c> autumn</c><00:11:47.159><c> of</c><00:11:48.480><c> that</c><00:11:48.659><c> of</c><00:11:48.659><c> that</c><00:11:48.940><c> period.</c>

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So<00:11:53.240><c> we're</c><00:11:53.399><c> going</c><00:11:53.480><c> to</c><00:11:53.620><c> pick</c><00:11:53.740><c> up</c><00:11:53.879><c> again</c><00:11:54.080><c> where</c><00:11:54.279><c> we</c><00:11:54.559><c> left</c><00:11:54.759><c> off</c><00:11:55.059><c> about</c><00:11:55.960><c> the</c>

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structure<00:11:56.779><c> of</c><00:11:57.100><c> the</c><00:11:57.240><c> early</c><00:11:57.419><c> church</c><00:11:57.779><c> being</c><00:11:58.600><c> unified.</c>

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Again,<00:12:02.639><c> we</c><00:12:02.860><c> know</c><00:12:03.019><c> that</c><00:12:03.259><c> the</c><00:12:03.500><c> eclatia</c><00:12:03.779><c> is</c><00:12:04.039><c> reaching</c><00:12:04.320><c> is</c><00:12:04.639><c> about</c>

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to<00:12:05.059><c> hit</c><00:12:05.700><c> a</c><00:12:06.379><c> crisis</c><00:12:06.740><c> point.</c>

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How<00:12:08.519><c> will</c><00:12:08.820><c> it</c><00:12:09.039><c> how</c><00:12:09.039><c> will</c><00:12:09.259><c> it</c><00:12:09.779><c> survive</c><00:12:10.320><c> in</c><00:12:11.080><c> the</c><00:12:11.379><c> crisis</c><00:12:11.740><c> point</c>

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that<00:12:13.000><c> Saul</c><00:12:13.279><c> of</c><00:12:13.460><c> Tarsus</c><00:12:14.480><c> brings</c><00:12:14.840><c> upon</c><00:12:15.240><c> us?</c>

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So,<00:12:15.740><c> again,</c><00:12:16.200><c> here</c><00:12:16.299><c> is</c><00:12:17.080><c> the</c><00:12:17.539><c> period</c><00:12:17.759><c> that</c><00:12:17.899><c> we're</c><00:12:18.019><c> looking</c><00:12:18.220><c> at</c>

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in<00:12:18.820><c> green.</c>

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The<00:12:20.980><c> time</c><00:12:21.120><c> frames</c><00:12:21.320><c> are</c><00:12:22.179><c> shaky.</c><00:12:22.580><c> If</c><00:12:22.700><c> you</c><00:12:22.840><c> look</c><00:12:22.980><c> up</c><00:12:23.120><c> a</c><00:12:23.320><c> time</c><00:12:23.539><c> frame</c><00:12:23.679><c> of</c>

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this<00:12:24.100><c> period,</c><00:12:25.919><c> everybody</c><00:12:26.360><c> says</c><00:12:26.620><c> something</c><00:12:26.940><c> different.</c>

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So<00:12:27.679><c> it's</c><00:12:28.500><c> not</c><00:12:28.759><c> really</c><00:12:29.000><c> that</c><00:12:29.340><c> important</c><00:12:29.700><c> exactly</c><00:12:30.220><c> what</c><00:12:30.700><c> specific</c><00:12:31.440><c> use</c>

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these<00:12:33.059><c> things</c><00:12:33.399><c> take</c><00:12:33.799><c> place,</c>

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whether<00:12:36.159><c> or</c><00:12:36.379><c> not</c><00:12:36.559><c> Jesus</c><00:12:36.899><c> died</c><00:12:37.299><c> in</c><00:12:38.879><c> eighty</c><00:12:39.139><c> thirty</c><00:12:39.620><c> or</c><00:12:39.919><c> eighty</c>

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twenty<00:12:40.559><c> seven</c><00:12:40.840><c> or</c><00:12:41.059><c> thirty</c><00:12:41.460><c> two,</c><00:12:42.740><c> all</c><00:12:43.000><c> that</c><00:12:43.159><c> sort</c><00:12:43.340><c> of</c><00:12:43.539><c> stuff.</c>

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But<00:12:45.919><c> there's</c><00:12:46.159><c> a</c><00:12:46.539><c> there's</c><00:12:46.659><c> a</c><00:12:46.759><c> period</c><00:12:46.960><c> of</c><00:12:47.139><c> about</c><00:12:47.379><c> 10</c><00:12:47.639><c> years</c><00:12:48.480><c> that</c>

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we're<00:12:49.799><c> going</c><00:12:49.860><c> to</c><00:12:49.980><c> look</c><00:12:50.159><c> at.</c>

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I'm<00:12:57.100><c> reading</c><00:12:57.240><c> my</c><00:12:57.480><c> own</c><00:12:57.639><c> notes.</c>

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So<00:13:00.419><c> we're</c><00:13:00.639><c> going</c><00:13:00.720><c> to</c><00:13:00.840><c> begin</c><00:13:01.659><c> our</c><00:13:03.500><c> next</c><00:13:03.779><c> series</c><00:13:04.039><c> of</c><00:13:04.259><c> classes</c>

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with<00:13:05.779><c> Acts,</c><00:13:06.220><c> chapter</c><00:13:06.679><c> eight,</c><00:13:08.100><c> verse</c><00:13:08.379><c> one.</c>

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And<00:13:09.740><c> so</c><00:13:09.899><c> if</c><00:13:10.120><c> you're</c><00:13:10.440><c> so</c><00:13:10.700><c> inclined,</c><00:13:11.019><c> you</c><00:13:11.100><c> can</c><00:13:11.279><c> open</c><00:13:11.419><c> up</c><00:13:11.559><c> your</c><00:13:11.720><c> Bibles</c><00:13:11.980><c> to</c>

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Act,<00:13:12.480><c> chapter</c><00:13:12.659><c> eight,</c><00:13:13.000><c> verse</c><00:13:13.279><c> one.</c>

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It's<00:13:13.759><c> also</c><00:13:13.980><c> going</c><00:13:14.100><c> to</c><00:13:14.200><c> be</c><00:13:14.279><c> on</c><00:13:14.399><c> the</c><00:13:14.580><c> screen.</c><00:13:15.360><c> And</c><00:13:15.519><c> this</c><00:13:15.720><c> is</c><00:13:15.879><c> what</c>

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it<00:13:16.279><c> says.</c>

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And<00:13:17.940><c> it</c><00:13:18.159><c> says</c><00:13:18.360><c> it's</c><00:13:18.679><c> easy</c><00:13:18.879><c> to</c><00:13:19.039><c> read</c><00:13:19.139><c> over</c><00:13:19.360><c> here.</c>

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And<00:13:20.779><c> so</c><00:13:20.779><c> I</c><00:13:20.899><c> was</c><00:13:21.159><c> consenting</c><00:13:21.679><c> on</c><00:13:21.879><c> to</c><00:13:22.019><c> his</c><00:13:22.279><c> death.</c><00:13:22.799><c> Of</c><00:13:23.000><c> course,</c>

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we're<00:13:23.320><c> talking</c><00:13:23.519><c> about</c><00:13:24.059><c> the</c><00:13:24.340><c> death</c><00:13:24.679><c> of</c><00:13:25.480><c> Stephen</c><00:13:25.820><c> Stephen.</c>

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And<00:13:27.539><c> at</c><00:13:27.820><c> that</c><00:13:28.039><c> time,</c><00:13:28.299><c> there</c><00:13:28.440><c> was</c><00:13:28.620><c> a</c><00:13:28.779><c> great</c><00:13:29.080><c> persecution</c><00:13:30.120><c> against</c><00:13:30.980><c> the</c>

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church,<00:13:31.659><c> which</c><00:13:31.860><c> was</c><00:13:32.039><c> at</c><00:13:32.259><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:13:34.139><c> they</c><00:13:34.299><c> were</c><00:13:34.500><c> all</c><00:13:34.779><c> scattered</c><00:13:35.080><c> abroad</c><00:13:35.600><c> throughout</c><00:13:35.940><c> the</c><00:13:36.220><c> regions</c><00:13:36.460><c> of</c>

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Judea<00:13:37.559><c> and</c><00:13:38.039><c> Samaria,</c><00:13:39.340><c> except</c><00:13:39.659><c> the</c><00:13:39.940><c> apostles.</c>

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So<00:13:44.359><c> it's</c><00:13:44.799><c> interesting</c><00:13:45.200><c> how</c><00:13:45.379><c> this</c><00:13:45.639><c> is</c><00:13:45.919><c> put.</c>

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They<00:13:47.340><c> were</c><00:13:47.960><c> always</c><00:13:48.399><c> consenting</c><00:13:49.179><c> on</c><00:13:49.460><c> to</c><00:13:49.820><c> his</c><00:13:50.480><c> death.</c>

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Look<00:13:51.919><c> at</c><00:13:51.980><c> what</c><00:13:52.120><c> it</c><00:13:52.259><c> says</c><00:13:52.600><c> in</c><00:13:53.200><c> Acts,</c><00:13:53.559><c> chapter</c><00:13:54.059><c> two</c><00:13:55.340><c> and</c><00:13:55.840><c> verse</c><00:13:56.480><c> one.</c>

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And<00:13:56.919><c> Saul</c><00:13:57.000><c> was</c><00:13:57.259><c> consenting</c><00:13:57.679><c> on</c><00:13:57.799><c> to</c><00:13:57.919><c> his</c><00:13:58.059><c> death.</c><00:13:58.240><c> Verse</c><00:13:58.519><c> two.</c>

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And<00:13:58.860><c> at</c><00:13:59.019><c> that</c><00:13:59.200><c> time,</c><00:13:59.379><c> there</c><00:13:59.480><c> was</c><00:13:59.639><c> a</c><00:13:59.759><c> great</c><00:13:59.919><c> persecution</c><00:14:00.480><c> against</c><00:14:00.759><c> the</c>

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church,<00:14:01.220><c> which</c><00:14:01.340><c> was</c><00:14:01.480><c> at</c><00:14:01.620><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:14:02.159><c> they</c><00:14:02.220><c> were</c><00:14:02.360><c> all</c><00:14:02.580><c> scattered</c><00:14:02.940><c> abroad</c><00:14:03.259><c> throughout</c><00:14:03.519><c> the</c><00:14:03.759><c> regions</c><00:14:03.980><c> of</c>

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Judea<00:14:04.740><c> and</c><00:14:04.919><c> Samaria.</c>

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Again,<00:14:06.299><c> except</c><00:14:06.419><c> the</c><00:14:06.639><c> apostles.</c><00:14:06.940><c> We'll</c><00:14:07.139><c> talk</c><00:14:07.320><c> about</c><00:14:07.419><c> that</c><00:14:07.659><c> in</c>

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a<00:14:07.899><c> second.</c>

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And<00:14:08.840><c> then</c><00:14:09.039><c> it</c><00:14:09.220><c> says,</c><00:14:09.700><c> and</c><00:14:09.700><c> in</c><00:14:09.879><c> devout</c><00:14:10.200><c> men</c><00:14:10.539><c> carried</c><00:14:10.899><c> Stephen</c>

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to<00:14:11.500><c> his</c><00:14:11.700><c> burial</c><00:14:12.200><c> and</c><00:14:13.120><c> made</c><00:14:13.320><c> great</c><00:14:13.620><c> lamentations</c><00:14:14.220><c> over</c><00:14:14.519><c> him.</c>

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And<00:14:15.940><c> for</c><00:14:16.200><c> Saul,</c><00:14:16.460><c> he</c><00:14:16.700><c> made</c><00:14:16.879><c> havoc</c><00:14:17.220><c> of</c><00:14:17.419><c> the</c><00:14:17.580><c> church</c><00:14:17.840><c> entering</c>

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into<00:14:18.460><c> every</c><00:14:18.740><c> house,</c><00:14:19.820><c> inhaling</c><00:14:20.059><c> men</c><00:14:20.320><c> and</c><00:14:20.460><c> women,</c><00:14:20.720><c> committing</c>

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them<00:14:21.120><c> into</c><00:14:21.360><c> prison.</c>

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So<00:14:22.179><c> it's</c><00:14:22.399><c> interesting</c><00:14:22.740><c> the</c><00:14:22.879><c> way</c><00:14:23.080><c> that</c><00:14:23.279><c> it's</c><00:14:23.500><c> laid</c><00:14:23.639><c> out,</c><00:14:23.919><c> because</c><00:14:24.320><c> it</c><00:14:25.440><c> says</c><00:14:25.679><c> first</c><00:14:26.080><c> that</c><00:14:26.559><c> Saul</c><00:14:26.879><c> consented</c><00:14:27.379><c> on</c>

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to<00:14:27.659><c> his</c><00:14:27.820><c> death.</c>

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So<00:14:28.299><c> Stephen</c><00:14:28.559><c> has</c><00:14:28.919><c> just</c><00:14:29.360><c> died.</c>

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And<00:14:31.759><c> then</c><00:14:31.940><c> it</c><00:14:32.139><c> says,</c><00:14:32.299><c> and</c><00:14:32.440><c> at</c><00:14:32.580><c> that</c><00:14:32.759><c> time,</c><00:14:32.919><c> there</c><00:14:32.980><c> was</c><00:14:33.139><c> a</c><00:14:33.259><c> persecution.</c>

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So<00:14:35.399><c> that's</c><00:14:35.879><c> afterwards.</c><00:14:36.399><c> The</c><00:14:36.559><c> persecution</c><00:14:36.980><c> didn't</c><00:14:37.279><c> start</c><00:14:37.620><c> five</c><00:14:37.980><c> minutes</c><00:14:38.279><c> after</c><00:14:38.659><c> Stephen</c><00:14:39.019><c> died,</c><00:14:39.980><c> but</c><00:14:40.200><c> it</c>

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started<00:14:40.539><c> sooner</c><00:14:40.919><c> afterwards.</c>

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And<00:14:42.039><c> then</c><00:14:42.200><c> in</c><00:14:42.340><c> the</c><00:14:42.419><c> next</c><00:14:42.600><c> verse,</c><00:14:42.740><c> it</c><00:14:42.820><c> goes</c><00:14:43.059><c> back</c><00:14:43.379><c> to</c><00:14:44.700><c> the</c><00:14:45.120><c> men</c>

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taking<00:14:45.580><c> his</c><00:14:45.860><c> body.</c>

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So<00:14:47.240><c> it's</c><00:14:47.539><c> sort</c><00:14:47.700><c> of</c><00:14:47.960><c> out</c><00:14:48.120><c> of</c><00:14:48.379><c> order.</c>

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So<00:14:50.659><c> you</c><00:14:50.799><c> wonder,</c><00:14:51.159><c> why</c><00:14:51.440><c> is</c><00:14:51.700><c> it</c><00:14:52.639><c> out</c><00:14:52.879><c> of</c><00:14:53.100><c> order?</c>

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And<00:14:53.440><c> we'll</c><00:14:53.580><c> talk</c><00:14:53.799><c> about</c><00:14:54.059><c> that</c><00:14:55.019><c> in</c><00:14:55.240><c> just</c><00:14:55.460><c> a</c><00:14:55.639><c> minute,</c><00:14:56.460><c> why</c><00:14:56.559><c> it's</c>

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out<00:14:56.919><c> of</c><00:14:57.100><c> order.</c>

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But<00:15:00.399><c> you'll</c><00:15:00.679><c> notice</c><00:15:00.860><c> it</c><00:15:01.019><c> talks</c><00:15:01.320><c> about</c><00:15:01.940><c> they</c><00:15:02.700><c> were</c><00:15:02.899><c> scattered</c>

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abroad<00:15:03.879><c> throughout</c><00:15:04.580><c> the</c><00:15:04.860><c> regions</c><00:15:05.100><c> of</c><00:15:05.519><c> Judea</c><00:15:06.259><c> and</c><00:15:06.659><c> Samaria.</c>

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Well,<00:15:07.240><c> that</c><00:15:07.460><c> fits</c><00:15:07.700><c> right</c><00:15:08.000><c> with</c><00:15:08.580><c> the</c><00:15:08.860><c> commission,</c><00:15:09.220><c> right?</c>

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It<00:15:09.740><c> said</c><00:15:09.860><c> they're</c><00:15:10.080><c> going</c><00:15:10.159><c> to</c><00:15:10.299><c> go</c><00:15:10.379><c> to</c><00:15:10.580><c> Judea</c><00:15:11.059><c> and</c><00:15:11.240><c> Samaria.</c>

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So<00:15:12.379><c> they're</c><00:15:12.639><c> going</c><00:15:12.759><c> to</c><00:15:13.019><c> Judea</c><00:15:13.460><c> and</c><00:15:13.620><c> Samaria</c><00:15:14.019><c> because</c><00:15:14.299><c> there's</c>

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a<00:15:14.659><c> persecution.</c>

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But<00:15:18.040><c> in</c><00:15:18.600><c> that</c><00:15:18.799><c> persecution,</c><00:15:19.500><c> the</c><00:15:19.620><c> gospel</c><00:15:19.960><c> is</c><00:15:20.240><c> spread.</c>

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So<00:15:22.960><c> from</c><00:15:23.519><c> a</c><00:15:23.799><c> bad</c><00:15:24.059><c> comes</c><00:15:24.399><c> good,</c><00:15:25.139><c> as</c><00:15:25.440><c> they</c><00:15:25.720><c> said.</c>

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And<00:15:28.980><c> that's</c><00:15:29.220><c> really</c><00:15:29.639><c> what</c><00:15:29.820><c> we</c><00:15:30.139><c> find</c><00:15:30.360><c> time</c><00:15:30.659><c> and</c><00:15:30.799><c> time</c><00:15:30.940><c> again</c>

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with<00:15:32.259><c> the</c><00:15:32.740><c> early</c><00:15:32.960><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:33.440><c> and</c><00:15:33.759><c> with</c><00:15:34.580><c> those</c><00:15:34.960><c> who</c><00:15:35.200><c> are</c><00:15:35.379><c> called</c><00:15:35.600><c> out.</c>

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People<00:15:36.580><c> are</c><00:15:36.779><c> put</c><00:15:36.980><c> into</c><00:15:37.620><c> difficult</c><00:15:38.259><c> situations,</c><00:15:39.220><c> nobody</c><00:15:39.399><c> more</c>

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than<00:15:40.759><c> Paul,</c><00:15:41.179><c> who</c><00:15:41.320><c> we're</c><00:15:41.500><c> going</c><00:15:41.600><c> to</c><00:15:41.700><c> be</c><00:15:41.820><c> looking</c><00:15:42.000><c> at</c><00:15:42.200><c> later.</c>

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And<00:15:45.020><c> yet,</c><00:15:46.019><c> good</c><00:15:46.139><c> comes</c><00:15:46.379><c> out</c><00:15:46.620><c> of</c><00:15:46.679><c> it</c><00:15:46.919><c> because</c><00:15:47.240><c> God's</c><00:15:47.720><c> in</c><00:15:47.879><c> charge</c>

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of<00:15:48.240><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:15:48.580><c> how</c><00:15:48.779><c> you</c><00:15:48.919><c> know</c><00:15:49.080><c> God's</c><00:15:49.460><c> in</c><00:15:49.620><c> charge</c><00:15:49.779><c> of</c><00:15:49.919><c> it,</c><00:15:50.360><c> because</c><00:15:50.580><c> if</c>

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he<00:15:50.840><c> was</c><00:15:50.980><c> in</c><00:15:51.179><c> charge</c><00:15:51.340><c> of</c><00:15:51.500><c> it,</c><00:15:51.600><c> you</c><00:15:51.679><c> don't</c><00:15:51.879><c> get</c><00:15:52.100><c> good</c><00:15:52.320><c> out</c><00:15:52.500><c> of</c><00:15:52.639><c> bad.</c>

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But<00:15:54.580><c> when</c><00:15:54.779><c> God</c><00:15:55.039><c> is</c><00:15:55.240><c> in</c><00:15:55.440><c> charge,</c><00:15:56.340><c> you</c><00:15:56.620><c> do.</c>

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We've<00:15:59.179><c> used</c><00:15:59.320><c> the</c><00:15:59.620><c> example</c><00:15:59.980><c> prophetically</c><00:16:00.820><c> of</c><00:16:01.960><c> Israel</c><00:16:02.879><c> and</c><00:16:04.480><c> the</c><00:16:05.460><c> Jews</c><00:16:05.659><c> being</c><00:16:06.059><c> slaughtered</c><00:16:07.360><c> by</c>

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Adolf<00:16:08.659><c> Hitler.</c>

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Horrible,<00:16:09.700><c> horrible,</c><00:16:10.179><c> horrible,</c><00:16:10.720><c> horrible</c><00:16:11.139><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:16:11.960><c> yet</c><00:16:12.259><c> the</c><00:16:12.700><c> nation</c><00:16:12.960><c> of</c><00:16:13.139><c> Israel</c><00:16:13.539><c> is</c><00:16:14.080><c> what</c><00:16:14.220><c> comes</c><00:16:14.440><c> out</c><00:16:14.659><c> of</c><00:16:14.720><c> it,</c>

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which,<00:16:15.259><c> of</c><00:16:15.259><c> course,</c><00:16:15.460><c> prophetically</c><00:16:15.980><c> had</c><00:16:16.200><c> been</c><00:16:16.860><c> prophesied</c>

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for<00:16:17.679><c> years</c><00:16:17.899><c> and</c><00:16:18.100><c> years</c><00:16:18.360><c> and</c><00:16:18.519><c> centuries.</c>

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And<00:16:21.639><c> notice</c><00:16:21.799><c> it</c><00:16:22.019><c> says,</c><00:16:22.220><c> except</c><00:16:23.080><c> the</c><00:16:23.980><c> apostles.</c>

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So<00:16:25.220><c> everybody</c><00:16:25.559><c> else</c><00:16:25.799><c> is</c><00:16:26.039><c> scattered</c><00:16:26.360><c> except</c><00:16:27.100><c> the</c><00:16:27.379><c> apostles.</c>

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Now,<00:16:28.259><c> that's</c><00:16:28.559><c> interesting</c><00:16:28.940><c> on</c><00:16:29.240><c> a</c><00:16:29.399><c> few</c><00:16:29.539><c> levels.</c>

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So<00:16:30.519><c> I</c><00:16:30.659><c> looked</c><00:16:30.940><c> just</c><00:16:31.220><c> out</c><00:16:31.379><c> of</c><00:16:31.460><c> curiosity</c><00:16:31.899><c> why</c><00:16:32.679><c> how</c><00:16:33.200><c> some</c><00:16:33.480><c> people</c>

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interpret<00:16:34.059><c> this</c><00:16:34.360><c> idea</c><00:16:34.700><c> is</c><00:16:35.820><c> except</c><00:16:36.100><c> the</c><00:16:36.340><c> apostles</c><00:16:36.659><c> were</c><00:16:36.899><c> scattered.</c>

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And<00:16:38.839><c> one</c><00:16:39.399><c> of</c><00:16:39.519><c> the</c><00:16:39.659><c> ideas</c><00:16:40.019><c> was</c><00:16:40.759><c> that</c><00:16:41.200><c> the</c><00:16:41.360><c> reason</c><00:16:41.580><c> why</c><00:16:41.799><c> the</c><00:16:41.960><c> apostles</c><00:16:42.240><c> weren't</c><00:16:42.539><c> scattered</c><00:16:42.980><c> was</c>

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because<00:16:43.639><c> they</c><00:16:43.820><c> weren't</c><00:16:43.960><c> Grecian</c><00:16:44.340><c> Jews.</c>

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They<00:16:45.500><c> were</c><00:16:46.379><c> Hebraic</c><00:16:47.220><c> Jews.</c>

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And<00:16:48.519><c> so</c><00:16:48.659><c> the</c><00:16:48.779><c> ones</c><00:16:48.940><c> that</c><00:16:49.059><c> were</c><00:16:49.340><c> persecuted</c><00:16:49.840><c> were</c><00:16:50.379><c> Grecians</c>

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like<00:16:51.019><c> Stephen.</c>

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Well,<00:16:52.539><c> there's</c><00:16:52.860><c> absolutely</c><00:16:53.240><c> no</c><00:16:54.200><c> record</c><00:16:54.440><c> that</c><00:16:54.639><c> that's</c><00:16:55.360><c> what</c>

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was<00:16:55.799><c> going</c><00:16:56.039><c> on.</c>

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So<00:16:56.500><c> I</c><00:16:56.559><c> don't</c><00:16:56.759><c> believe</c><00:16:56.899><c> that's</c><00:16:58.159><c> correct</c><00:16:58.679><c> at</c><00:16:59.179><c> all.</c>

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I'm<00:17:00.000><c> sure</c><00:17:00.179><c> it's</c><00:17:00.460><c> not.</c>

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So<00:17:03.859><c> if</c><00:17:04.579><c> there's</c><00:17:04.859><c> a</c><00:17:05.039><c> scattering,</c><00:17:05.640><c> what's</c><00:17:05.920><c> the</c><00:17:06.079><c> reason</c><00:17:06.279><c> for</c><00:17:06.700><c> the</c><00:17:06.920><c> scattering?</c>

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Well,<00:17:07.519><c> persecution.</c>

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And<00:17:08.799><c> then</c><00:17:09.000><c> why</c><00:17:09.259><c> didn't</c><00:17:09.599><c> the</c><00:17:09.920><c> apostles</c><00:17:10.339><c> themselves</c><00:17:11.339><c> scatter?</c>

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And<00:17:13.759><c> the</c><00:17:13.900><c> reason</c><00:17:14.200><c> I'm</c><00:17:14.799><c> quite</c><00:17:15.079><c> sure</c><00:17:15.299><c> is</c><00:17:15.599><c> this,</c><00:17:16.859><c> because</c><00:17:17.420><c> in</c><00:17:18.299><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:17:18.779><c> you</c>

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had<00:17:19.960><c> a</c><00:17:20.420><c> very</c><00:17:20.779><c> early,</c><00:17:21.740><c> a</c><00:17:21.940><c> very</c><00:17:22.299><c> young</c><00:17:22.839><c> church.</c>

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And<00:17:25.619><c> you</c><00:17:26.119><c> needed</c><00:17:26.559><c> the</c><00:17:27.099><c> apostles</c><00:17:27.559><c> there</c><00:17:28.359><c> to</c><00:17:29.359><c> help</c><00:17:29.880><c> strengthen,</c>

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especially<00:17:31.440><c> in</c><00:17:31.720><c> the</c><00:17:31.799><c> midst</c><00:17:31.940><c> of</c><00:17:32.240><c> persecution</c><00:17:32.940><c> and</c><00:17:34.819><c> hold</c><00:17:35.119><c> together</c><00:17:35.700><c> and,</c>

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you<00:17:37.420><c> know,</c><00:17:37.700><c> reinforce</c><00:17:38.440><c> that</c><00:17:39.599><c> early</c><00:17:39.900><c> church.</c>

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They<00:17:41.200><c> couldn't</c><00:17:41.519><c> afford</c><00:17:42.339><c> to</c><00:17:43.299><c> be</c><00:17:43.519><c> scattered.</c>

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And<00:17:46.819><c> the</c><00:17:47.460><c> ones</c><00:17:47.700><c> who</c><00:17:47.980><c> are</c><00:17:48.259><c> scattered,</c><00:17:50.359><c> I</c><00:17:50.440><c> believe,</c><00:17:51.119><c> are</c><00:17:51.140><c> the</c><00:17:51.319><c> ones,</c><00:17:51.920><c> they're</c><00:17:52.200><c> the</c><00:17:53.059><c> new,</c><00:17:53.720><c> young,</c><00:17:55.440><c> newly</c><00:17:55.660><c> baptized,</c><00:17:56.420><c> because</c><00:17:56.619><c> the</c><00:17:56.799><c> church</c><00:17:56.940><c> is</c>

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very<00:17:57.819><c> young</c><00:17:58.059><c> and</c><00:17:58.279><c> very</c><00:17:58.660><c> young,</c><00:18:00.079><c> are</c><00:18:00.299><c> people</c><00:18:00.480><c> who</c><00:18:00.720><c> are</c><00:18:00.940><c> not</c><00:18:01.299><c> ready</c><00:18:01.720><c> yet</c>

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to<00:18:03.359><c> face</c><00:18:03.960><c> persecution.</c>

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Now,<00:18:07.960><c> nobody</c><00:18:08.279><c> would</c><00:18:08.579><c> understand</c><00:18:09.000><c> that</c><00:18:09.319><c> concept</c><00:18:09.839><c> better</c><00:18:10.259><c> than</c>

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Peter,<00:18:11.700><c> because</c><00:18:12.059><c> Peter</c><00:18:12.319><c> was</c><00:18:12.720><c> absolutely</c><00:18:13.359><c> sure</c><00:18:13.960><c> when</c><00:18:14.700><c> he</c><00:18:14.940><c> was</c>

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young<00:18:15.680><c> and</c><00:18:15.960><c> immature</c><00:18:16.480><c> that</c><00:18:17.240><c> he</c><00:18:17.460><c> could</c><00:18:17.720><c> face</c><00:18:18.259><c> persecution.</c>

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And<00:18:19.380><c> of</c><00:18:19.539><c> course,</c><00:18:19.700><c> Jesus</c><00:18:20.019><c> told</c><00:18:20.299><c> him,</c><00:18:20.519><c> you're</c><00:18:21.079><c> going</c><00:18:21.140><c> to</c><00:18:21.339><c> fail.</c>

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And<00:18:22.140><c> he</c><00:18:22.359><c> did.</c>

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And<00:18:24.359><c> now</c><00:18:24.579><c> you've</c><00:18:24.880><c> got</c><00:18:25.039><c> these</c><00:18:26.079><c> these</c><00:18:26.299><c> new</c><00:18:26.799><c> young</c><00:18:27.660><c> believers.</c>

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And<00:18:29.099><c> surely</c><00:18:29.460><c> they</c><00:18:29.740><c> probably</c><00:18:30.059><c> said,</c><00:18:30.319><c> I'm</c><00:18:30.519><c> not</c><00:18:30.660><c> I'm</c><00:18:30.900><c> not</c><00:18:31.119><c> afraid</c>

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of<00:18:32.019><c> anybody.</c>

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And<00:18:32.839><c> they're</c><00:18:33.079><c> like,</c><00:18:33.299><c> no,</c><00:18:33.480><c> you</c><00:18:33.660><c> need</c><00:18:33.819><c> to</c><00:18:34.019><c> go</c><00:18:34.500><c> because</c><00:18:35.259><c> you're</c>

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not<00:18:35.700><c> ready.</c>

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And<00:18:36.980><c> the</c><00:18:38.259><c> gospel</c><00:18:38.579><c> needs</c><00:18:38.799><c> to</c><00:18:38.940><c> get</c><00:18:39.059><c> preached</c><00:18:39.279><c> anyway.</c>

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So<00:18:40.940><c> if</c><00:18:41.099><c> you</c><00:18:41.220><c> go</c><00:18:41.400><c> to</c><00:18:41.579><c> Judea</c><00:18:41.880><c> and</c><00:18:41.980><c> Samaria,</c><00:18:43.259><c> you've</c><00:18:43.660><c> got</c><00:18:43.799><c> a</c><00:18:43.900><c> job</c>

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to<00:18:44.380><c> do.</c>

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And<00:18:45.680><c> I</c><00:18:45.859><c> believe</c><00:18:45.960><c> the</c><00:18:46.180><c> apostles</c><00:18:46.519><c> stay</c><00:18:46.779><c> behind</c><00:18:47.359><c> because</c><00:18:47.740><c> the</c>

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apostles<00:18:48.940><c> had</c><00:18:50.200><c> suffered</c><00:18:50.519><c> unto</c><00:18:50.839><c> blood.</c>

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Peter<00:18:52.860><c> and</c><00:18:53.380><c> John</c><00:18:53.740><c> especially</c><00:18:54.279><c> had</c><00:18:54.759><c> suffered</c><00:18:55.019><c> unto</c><00:18:55.299><c> blood.</c>

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Remember,<00:18:55.880><c> they</c><00:18:56.079><c> were</c><00:18:56.359><c> thrilled</c><00:18:56.660><c> to</c><00:18:56.920><c> have</c><00:18:57.059><c> been</c><00:18:57.440><c> beaten</c><00:18:58.240><c> because</c><00:18:59.339><c> of</c>

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their<00:18:59.680><c> faith,</c><00:18:59.920><c> because</c><00:19:00.220><c> they</c><00:19:00.440><c> had</c><00:19:00.700><c> failed</c><00:19:00.960><c> before.</c>

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And<00:19:02.859><c> so</c><00:19:03.039><c> the</c><00:19:03.180><c> reason</c><00:19:03.440><c> the</c><00:19:03.680><c> apostles</c><00:19:04.039><c> stayed</c><00:19:04.359><c> behind</c><00:19:04.819><c> is</c><00:19:05.099><c> because</c><00:19:05.380><c> the</c>

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apostles<00:19:06.180><c> in</c><00:19:06.500><c> their</c><00:19:06.839><c> faith</c><00:19:07.079><c> were</c><00:19:07.319><c> mature</c><00:19:07.720><c> enough</c><00:19:08.119><c> to</c><00:19:08.839><c> face</c><00:19:09.099><c> the</c><00:19:09.380><c> persecution,</c><00:19:10.440><c> whether</c><00:19:10.799><c> it</c>

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whether<00:19:11.160><c> it</c><00:19:11.160><c> killed</c><00:19:11.220><c> them</c><00:19:11.420><c> or</c><00:19:11.559><c> not.</c>

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Of<00:19:11.859><c> course,</c><00:19:12.059><c> eventually</c><00:19:12.380><c> it</c><00:19:13.480><c> kills</c><00:19:14.039><c> James.</c>

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And<00:19:16.380><c> so</c><00:19:16.559><c> that's</c><00:19:16.720><c> why</c><00:19:16.920><c> the</c><00:19:17.160><c> apostles</c><00:19:17.480><c> stayed</c><00:19:17.759><c> behind.</c>

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But<00:19:18.299><c> it's</c><00:19:18.640><c> interesting</c><00:19:19.240><c> if</c><00:19:19.799><c> you</c><00:19:19.960><c> think</c><00:19:20.160><c> about</c><00:19:20.440><c> it,</c><00:19:20.619><c> because</c><00:19:20.859><c> remember,</c><00:19:22.039><c> when</c><00:19:22.359><c> when</c><00:19:22.920><c> the</c><00:19:23.200><c> deacons</c><00:19:23.460><c> were</c><00:19:23.700><c> first</c><00:19:24.099><c> formed,</c><00:19:24.539><c> that's</c><00:19:25.640><c> Stephen</c><00:19:25.880><c> and</c><00:19:26.180><c> Philip,</c><00:19:26.400><c> who</c><00:19:26.559><c> we're</c><00:19:26.720><c> going</c><00:19:26.799><c> to</c><00:19:26.920><c> look</c><00:19:27.079><c> at</c><00:19:27.539><c> in</c><00:19:27.740><c> just</c><00:19:27.960><c> a</c>

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few<00:19:28.779><c> moments.</c>

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And<00:19:29.940><c> the</c><00:19:30.140><c> others,</c><00:19:30.920><c> they</c><00:19:31.160><c> said,</c><00:19:31.420><c> you</c><00:19:31.500><c> guys</c><00:19:31.859><c> stay</c><00:19:32.119><c> here</c><00:19:32.460><c> and</c><00:19:32.559><c> wait</c><00:19:32.720><c> tables</c><00:19:33.259><c> and</c>

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we'll<00:19:34.240><c> go</c><00:19:34.480><c> and</c><00:19:34.700><c> preach.</c>

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And<00:19:35.740><c> now</c><00:19:35.980><c> that</c><00:19:36.200><c> whole</c><00:19:36.460><c> and</c><00:19:36.819><c> that's</c><00:19:37.079><c> what</c><00:19:37.240><c> they</c><00:19:37.579><c> said.</c>

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And<00:19:38.380><c> of</c><00:19:38.539><c> course,</c><00:19:38.640><c> at</c><00:19:38.859><c> the</c><00:19:39.019><c> time,</c><00:19:39.259><c> Stephen</c><00:19:39.559><c> ended</c><00:19:39.819><c> up</c><00:19:40.039><c> saying,</c>

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that's<00:19:40.799><c> very</c><00:19:41.000><c> nice.</c>

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I'll<00:19:41.359><c> be</c><00:19:41.440><c> happy</c><00:19:41.660><c> to</c><00:19:41.819><c> wait</c><00:19:41.920><c> tables,</c><00:19:42.220><c> but</c><00:19:42.400><c> I'm</c><00:19:42.619><c> also</c><00:19:42.859><c> going</c><00:19:43.079><c> to</c><00:19:43.299><c> preach.</c>

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And<00:19:44.099><c> he</c><00:19:44.359><c> does.</c>

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And<00:19:45.940><c> now</c><00:19:46.500><c> the</c><00:19:47.279><c> rules</c><00:19:47.519><c> have</c><00:19:47.759><c> almost</c><00:19:47.960><c> been</c><00:19:48.500><c> completely</c><00:19:48.880><c> reversed.</c>

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And<00:19:49.559><c> now</c><00:19:49.680><c> the</c><00:19:49.920><c> disciples</c><00:19:50.380><c> or</c><00:19:50.779><c> the</c><00:19:50.920><c> apostles,</c><00:19:51.279><c> rather,</c><00:19:51.740><c> are</c><00:19:51.880><c> staying</c><00:19:52.119><c> behind</c><00:19:52.660><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem<00:19:53.420><c> to</c><00:19:54.000><c> help</c><00:19:54.180><c> strengthen</c><00:19:54.599><c> the</c><00:19:54.880><c> church.</c>

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And<00:19:55.539><c> they're</c><00:19:55.779><c> sending</c><00:19:56.019><c> out</c><00:19:56.279><c> the</c><00:19:56.500><c> others,</c><00:19:57.059><c> including</c><00:19:57.380><c> Philip,</c>

00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:01.380
who<00:19:57.960><c> was</c><00:19:58.140><c> one</c><00:19:58.299><c> of</c><00:19:58.420><c> the</c><00:19:58.559><c> deacons</c><00:19:58.920><c> to</c><00:20:00.099><c> preach</c><00:20:00.319><c> the</c><00:20:00.539><c> gospel.</c>

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So<00:20:02.319><c> God's</c><00:20:02.700><c> will</c><00:20:02.799><c> gets</c><00:20:03.059><c> done</c><00:20:03.599><c> no</c><00:20:04.079><c> matter</c><00:20:04.339><c> what.</c>

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So<00:20:12.019><c> so</c><00:20:12.539><c> they're</c><00:20:12.799><c> scattered</c><00:20:13.880><c> abroad.</c>

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And<00:20:17.480><c> they're</c><00:20:17.740><c> sent</c><00:20:17.980><c> out.</c>

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And<00:20:19.460><c> now</c><00:20:19.759><c> let's</c><00:20:20.000><c> get</c><00:20:20.240><c> to</c><00:20:20.400><c> this</c><00:20:20.559><c> thing.</c>

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It<00:20:21.440><c> says,</c><00:20:22.160><c> and</c><00:20:22.160><c> devout</c><00:20:22.559><c> men</c><00:20:22.799><c> carried</c><00:20:23.200><c> Stephen</c><00:20:23.559><c> to</c><00:20:23.819><c> his</c><00:20:24.059><c> burial</c>

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and<00:20:24.720><c> made</c><00:20:24.880><c> great</c><00:20:25.180><c> limitations</c><00:20:25.779><c> over</c><00:20:26.099><c> him.</c>

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Why<00:20:27.440><c> does</c><00:20:27.619><c> it</c><00:20:27.779><c> tell</c><00:20:27.960><c> us</c><00:20:28.140><c> that</c><00:20:28.440><c> there?</c>

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Why<00:20:30.559><c> doesn't</c><00:20:30.700><c> it</c><00:20:30.859><c> tell</c><00:20:30.980><c> us</c><00:20:31.160><c> that</c><00:20:31.299><c> at</c><00:20:31.559><c> the</c><00:20:31.559><c> beginning?</c>

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And<00:20:33.259><c> why</c><00:20:33.420><c> does</c><00:20:33.619><c> it</c><00:20:33.640><c> tell</c><00:20:33.779><c> us</c><00:20:33.940><c> that</c><00:20:34.140><c> at</c><00:20:34.299><c> all?</c>

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Right.

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Because<00:20:36.019><c> you</c><00:20:36.279><c> think</c><00:20:36.440><c> about</c><00:20:36.680><c> it,</c><00:20:36.859><c> it</c><00:20:37.059><c> says,</c><00:20:37.559><c> you</c><00:20:37.980><c> know,</c><00:20:38.220><c> there</c>

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was<00:20:39.039><c> a</c><00:20:39.180><c> sole</c><00:20:39.299><c> consents.</c>

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Well,<00:20:41.119><c> it's</c><00:20:41.299><c> at</c><00:20:41.460><c> that</c><00:20:41.680><c> point</c><00:20:41.799><c> that</c><00:20:42.000><c> the</c><00:20:42.200><c> devout</c><00:20:42.440><c> man</c><00:20:42.559><c> would</c>

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take<00:20:43.460><c> Stephen,</c><00:20:44.200><c> right?</c>

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Stephen<00:20:45.240><c> didn't</c><00:20:45.480><c> sit</c><00:20:45.740><c> there</c><00:20:45.900><c> for</c><00:20:46.039><c> two</c><00:20:46.200><c> or</c><00:20:46.359><c> three</c><00:20:46.539><c> days.</c>

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Right.

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And<00:20:48.200><c> yet</c><00:20:48.740><c> it</c><00:20:49.519><c> says</c><00:20:49.779><c> that</c><00:20:50.079><c> persecution</c><00:20:50.539><c> takes</c><00:20:50.900><c> place.</c>

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And<00:20:52.119><c> then</c><00:20:52.259><c> it</c><00:20:52.480><c> says</c><00:20:52.640><c> the</c><00:20:52.940><c> devout</c><00:20:53.180><c> men</c><00:20:53.359><c> come</c><00:20:53.599><c> and</c><00:20:53.819><c> carry</c><00:20:54.019><c> Stephen.</c>

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So<00:20:54.940><c> so</c><00:20:55.079><c> why</c><00:20:55.259><c> is</c><00:20:55.420><c> it</c><00:20:55.539><c> out</c><00:20:55.680><c> of</c><00:20:55.839><c> order?</c>

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Well,<00:20:56.240><c> I</c><00:20:56.480><c> believe</c><00:20:56.660><c> it's</c><00:20:56.859><c> out</c><00:20:56.980><c> of</c><00:20:57.119><c> order</c><00:20:57.220><c> for</c><00:20:57.500><c> a</c><00:20:57.640><c> reason.</c>

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And<00:20:58.339><c> I'll</c><00:20:58.460><c> get</c><00:20:58.579><c> that</c><00:20:58.740><c> reason</c><00:20:58.940><c> in</c><00:20:59.140><c> a</c><00:20:59.200><c> minute.</c>

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But<00:21:00.539><c> the</c><00:21:00.740><c> second</c><00:21:00.880><c> thing</c><00:21:01.059><c> is,</c><00:21:01.259><c> why</c><00:21:01.460><c> does</c><00:21:01.640><c> it</c><00:21:01.740><c> say</c><00:21:01.900><c> that</c><00:21:02.099><c> at</c><00:21:02.119><c> all?</c>

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Why<00:21:03.440><c> does</c><00:21:03.619><c> it</c><00:21:03.839><c> tell</c><00:21:04.000><c> us</c><00:21:04.220><c> that</c><00:21:04.519><c> devout</c><00:21:04.880><c> men</c><00:21:05.119><c> carried</c><00:21:05.480><c> Stephen</c>

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to<00:21:07.059><c> his</c><00:21:07.359><c> burial</c><00:21:07.660><c> and</c><00:21:07.940><c> made</c><00:21:08.119><c> great</c><00:21:08.619><c> lamentation</c><00:21:09.460><c> over</c><00:21:09.779><c> him?</c>

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:12.700
And<00:21:10.839><c> you</c><00:21:11.000><c> say,</c><00:21:11.259><c> well,</c><00:21:11.519><c> that</c><00:21:11.799><c> that's</c><00:21:12.119><c> what</c><00:21:12.259><c> happened.</c>

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And<00:21:13.420><c> that</c><00:21:13.599><c> is</c><00:21:13.799><c> true.</c>

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That's<00:21:14.240><c> what</c><00:21:14.380><c> happened.</c>

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But<00:21:15.000><c> I'm</c><00:21:15.460><c> sure</c><00:21:15.740><c> that's</c><00:21:16.059><c> what</c><00:21:16.299><c> happened</c><00:21:16.579><c> in</c><00:21:17.039><c> several</c><00:21:17.319><c> instances.</c>

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Remember,<00:21:18.680><c> I</c><00:21:18.859><c> mentioned</c><00:21:19.019><c> a</c><00:21:19.180><c> few</c><00:21:19.259><c> minutes</c><00:21:19.500><c> ago</c><00:21:19.660><c> that</c><00:21:19.859><c> James</c>

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gets<00:21:20.480><c> persecuted.</c>

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Right.

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So<00:21:22.319><c> I'm</c><00:21:22.519><c> sure</c><00:21:22.680><c> when</c><00:21:22.900><c> James</c><00:21:23.160><c> get</c><00:21:23.380><c> persecuted</c><00:21:23.920><c> that</c><00:21:24.220><c> there</c><00:21:24.380><c> were</c>

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devout<00:21:24.940><c> men</c><00:21:25.119><c> that</c><00:21:25.400><c> carried</c><00:21:25.539><c> his</c><00:21:25.819><c> body</c><00:21:26.059><c> and</c><00:21:26.259><c> made</c><00:21:26.400><c> great</c><00:21:26.640><c> lamentation</c><00:21:27.180><c> over</c><00:21:27.380><c> it.</c>

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But<00:21:27.619><c> we're</c><00:21:27.900><c> not</c><00:21:28.059><c> told</c><00:21:28.319><c> that.</c>

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So<00:21:30.039><c> why</c><00:21:30.299><c> are</c><00:21:30.480><c> we</c><00:21:30.660><c> why</c><00:21:30.859><c> are</c><00:21:31.079><c> we</c><00:21:31.319><c> told</c><00:21:31.500><c> that</c><00:21:32.019><c> specifically</c><00:21:32.980><c> here?</c>

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And<00:21:35.240><c> I</c><00:21:35.359><c> believe</c><00:21:35.420><c> the</c><00:21:35.619><c> reason</c><00:21:35.859><c> is</c><00:21:36.140><c> this,</c><00:21:36.440><c> because</c><00:21:36.720><c> what</c><00:21:36.980><c> it</c>

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says<00:21:37.619><c> next.</c>

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As<00:21:38.880><c> for</c><00:21:39.220><c> Saul,</c><00:21:39.619><c> he</c><00:21:39.880><c> made</c><00:21:40.200><c> havoc</c><00:21:40.559><c> of</c><00:21:40.740><c> the</c><00:21:40.920><c> church,</c><00:21:41.359><c> entering</c><00:21:41.759><c> into</c><00:21:42.099><c> every</c><00:21:42.319><c> house</c><00:21:42.819><c> and</c><00:21:43.619><c> hailing</c><00:21:43.960><c> men,</c><00:21:44.500><c> committed</c><00:21:44.859><c> them</c><00:21:45.140><c> to</c><00:21:45.380><c> prison.</c>

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So<00:21:46.859><c> you</c><00:21:47.099><c> have</c><00:21:47.660><c> the</c><00:21:48.059><c> persecution</c><00:21:48.599><c> and</c><00:21:48.980><c> then</c><00:21:49.140><c> you</c><00:21:49.220><c> have</c><00:21:49.420><c> the</c><00:21:49.519><c> mention</c><00:21:49.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:50.099><c> devout</c><00:21:50.339><c> men.</c>

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And<00:21:50.759><c> then</c><00:21:50.880><c> you</c><00:21:51.019><c> have</c><00:21:53.099><c> Saul</c><00:21:54.339><c> going</c><00:21:54.680><c> into</c><00:21:55.119><c> people's</c><00:21:55.619><c> houses.</c>

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And<00:21:57.319><c> I</c><00:21:57.440><c> think</c><00:21:57.519><c> the</c><00:21:57.680><c> reason</c><00:21:57.880><c> it's</c><00:21:58.079><c> laid</c><00:21:58.240><c> out</c><00:21:58.420><c> that</c><00:21:58.660><c> way</c><00:21:58.799><c> is</c><00:21:59.000><c> this,</c><00:22:00.019><c> because</c><00:22:00.319><c> the</c>

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first<00:22:00.680><c> people</c><00:22:01.980><c> to</c><00:22:02.140><c> be</c><00:22:02.359><c> persecuted</c><00:22:03.059><c> were</c><00:22:04.460><c> these</c><00:22:04.619><c> devout</c><00:22:04.940><c> men.</c>

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That's<00:22:07.640><c> why</c><00:22:07.720><c> it's</c><00:22:07.960><c> mentioned</c><00:22:08.180><c> there</c><00:22:08.400><c> that</c><00:22:08.700><c> way.</c>

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Because<00:22:09.920><c> how</c><00:22:10.140><c> would</c><00:22:10.359><c> Saul</c><00:22:10.539><c> automatically</c><00:22:11.180><c> know</c><00:22:11.359><c> where</c><00:22:11.559><c> to</c><00:22:11.740><c> go?</c>

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Well,<00:22:13.140><c> there's</c><00:22:13.380><c> no</c><00:22:13.579><c> better</c><00:22:13.740><c> way</c><00:22:13.940><c> to</c><00:22:14.059><c> know</c><00:22:14.180><c> where</c><00:22:14.380><c> to</c><00:22:14.559><c> go</c><00:22:15.140><c> than</c>

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to<00:22:15.880><c> see</c><00:22:16.079><c> Stephen</c><00:22:16.460><c> Don.</c>

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Saul<00:22:17.799><c> is</c><00:22:18.000><c> right</c><00:22:18.319><c> there.</c>

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And<00:22:19.420><c> then</c><00:22:19.599><c> the</c><00:22:19.839><c> devout</c><00:22:20.140><c> men</c><00:22:20.359><c> come</c><00:22:20.599><c> and</c><00:22:20.779><c> take</c><00:22:20.920><c> his</c><00:22:21.160><c> body</c><00:22:21.420><c> and</c>

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they<00:22:21.700><c> don't</c><00:22:21.839><c> just</c><00:22:22.059><c> take</c><00:22:22.240><c> his</c><00:22:22.519><c> body.</c>

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They<00:22:23.400><c> bury</c><00:22:23.640><c> it.</c>

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They<00:22:23.940><c> make</c><00:22:24.220><c> great</c><00:22:24.500><c> lamentation</c><00:22:25.099><c> over</c><00:22:25.359><c> about</c><00:22:25.579><c> it.</c>

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OK,<00:22:26.059><c> those</c><00:22:26.400><c> are</c><00:22:26.640><c> believers.</c>

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And<00:22:29.839><c> so</c><00:22:30.019><c> I</c><00:22:30.299><c> believe</c><00:22:30.640><c> starts</c><00:22:30.960><c> right</c><00:22:31.480><c> there.</c>

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And<00:22:31.759><c> I</c><00:22:31.839><c> think</c><00:22:31.960><c> the</c><00:22:32.180><c> scripture</c><00:22:32.380><c> is</c><00:22:32.640><c> telling</c><00:22:32.799><c> us</c><00:22:32.980><c> that's</c><00:22:33.500><c> right.</c>

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So<00:22:33.880><c> where</c><00:22:33.880><c> Saul</c><00:22:34.160><c> started</c><00:22:34.619><c> was</c><00:22:34.920><c> with</c><00:22:35.279><c> these</c><00:22:35.819><c> devout</c><00:22:36.240><c> men.</c>

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We're<00:22:36.920><c> not</c><00:22:37.119><c> told</c><00:22:37.259><c> who</c><00:22:37.480><c> these</c><00:22:37.740><c> devout</c><00:22:38.059><c> men</c><00:22:38.380><c> are.</c>

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They're<00:22:38.980><c> not</c><00:22:39.160><c> called</c><00:22:39.660><c> the</c><00:22:40.160><c> apostles.</c>

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They're<00:22:42.000><c> just</c><00:22:42.279><c> called</c><00:22:42.900><c> devout</c><00:22:43.619><c> men.</c>

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What<00:22:45.740><c> better</c><00:22:46.019><c> place</c><00:22:46.279><c> to</c><00:22:46.619><c> start</c><00:22:47.099><c> than</c><00:22:47.500><c> with</c><00:22:47.759><c> that</c><00:22:47.960><c> group?</c>

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And<00:22:48.480><c> so</c><00:22:48.559><c> they're</c><00:22:48.759><c> put</c><00:22:49.079><c> in,</c><00:22:49.839><c> the</c><00:22:50.059><c> structure</c><00:22:50.339><c> of</c><00:22:50.440><c> it</c><00:22:50.579><c> is</c><00:22:50.660><c> put</c><00:22:50.779><c> in</c>

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that<00:22:51.180><c> way</c><00:22:51.539><c> so</c><00:22:51.940><c> that</c><00:22:52.119><c> we'll</c><00:22:52.359><c> pick</c><00:22:52.539><c> up</c><00:22:52.700><c> on</c><00:22:52.880><c> the</c><00:22:53.019><c> fact</c><00:22:53.200><c> that</c><00:22:53.440><c> that's</c><00:22:54.380><c> who</c>

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they're<00:22:54.700><c> talking</c><00:22:55.099><c> about.</c>

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The<00:22:56.380><c> next</c><00:22:56.599><c> question</c><00:22:56.839><c> I</c><00:22:57.099><c> have</c><00:22:57.220><c> is</c><00:22:57.480><c> why</c><00:22:57.880><c> was</c><00:22:58.160><c> Saul</c><00:22:58.440><c> doing</c><00:22:58.660><c> it?</c>

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What<00:23:01.519><c> was</c><00:23:02.019><c> the</c><00:23:02.240><c> purpose</c><00:23:03.059><c> that</c><00:23:03.619><c> Saul</c><00:23:03.859><c> had</c><00:23:04.920><c> in</c><00:23:06.380><c> creating</c><00:23:06.819><c> this</c><00:23:07.759><c> persecution?</c>

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Who<00:23:09.420><c> was</c><00:23:09.700><c> this</c><00:23:09.960><c> guy</c><00:23:10.220><c> Saul?</c>

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He<00:23:11.980><c> wasn't,</c><00:23:12.599><c> you</c><00:23:12.799><c> know,</c><00:23:13.279><c> the</c><00:23:13.460><c> high</c><00:23:13.680><c> priest.</c>

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We<00:23:14.079><c> know</c><00:23:14.240><c> he</c><00:23:14.339><c> goes</c><00:23:14.519><c> to</c><00:23:14.720><c> the</c><00:23:14.819><c> high</c><00:23:15.019><c> priest</c><00:23:15.319><c> later.</c>

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He<00:23:16.720><c> wasn't</c><00:23:17.319><c> as</c><00:23:17.680><c> far</c><00:23:18.000><c> as</c><00:23:18.500><c> he's</c><00:23:18.900><c> laid</c><00:23:19.039><c> out.</c>

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He<00:23:19.420><c> wasn't</c><00:23:19.720><c> any</c><00:23:20.039><c> man</c><00:23:20.220><c> of</c><00:23:20.420><c> any</c><00:23:20.640><c> specific</c><00:23:21.099><c> authority.</c>

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But<00:23:23.319><c> he's</c><00:23:23.579><c> a</c><00:23:23.700><c> young</c><00:23:23.880><c> man.</c>

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And<00:23:26.579><c> by</c><00:23:26.980><c> the</c><00:23:27.140><c> way,</c><00:23:27.460><c> it</c><00:23:27.559><c> appears</c><00:23:27.819><c> he's</c><00:23:28.119><c> the</c><00:23:28.279><c> only</c><00:23:28.500><c> one</c><00:23:28.700><c> doing</c><00:23:28.980><c> it.</c>

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Right?

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He's<00:23:30.920><c> the</c><00:23:31.039><c> only</c><00:23:31.220><c> one</c><00:23:31.440><c> that</c><00:23:32.460><c> starts</c><00:23:32.920><c> this</c><00:23:33.799><c> persecution.</c>

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So<00:23:34.819><c> why</c><00:23:35.140><c> is</c><00:23:35.319><c> he</c><00:23:35.440><c> doing</c><00:23:35.680><c> it?</c>

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Well,<00:23:39.500><c> keep</c><00:23:39.640><c> that</c><00:23:39.859><c> in</c><00:23:39.980><c> mind.</c>

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I<00:23:41.519><c> think</c><00:23:41.720><c> the</c><00:23:41.920><c> reason</c><00:23:42.140><c> he's</c><00:23:42.359><c> doing</c><00:23:42.559><c> it</c><00:23:42.859><c> is</c><00:23:43.099><c> because</c><00:23:43.460><c> he's</c><00:23:43.660><c> trying</c><00:23:43.839><c> to</c><00:23:43.960><c> make</c><00:23:44.079><c> a</c>

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name<00:23:44.359><c> for</c><00:23:44.500><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:23:45.740><c> here's</c><00:23:45.920><c> a</c><00:23:46.019><c> golden</c><00:23:46.200><c> opportunity.</c>

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I<00:23:47.039><c> think</c><00:23:47.200><c> he</c><00:23:47.339><c> thought</c><00:23:47.420><c> he</c><00:23:47.500><c> was</c><00:23:47.640><c> doing</c><00:23:47.759><c> the</c><00:23:47.920><c> right</c><00:23:48.140><c> thing.</c>

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But<00:23:51.200><c> he</c><00:23:51.319><c> wasn't</c><00:23:51.480><c> doing</c><00:23:51.680><c> the</c><00:23:51.859><c> right</c><00:23:52.079><c> thing.</c>

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But<00:23:53.660><c> he</c><00:23:54.039><c> has</c><00:23:54.339><c> an</c><00:23:54.519><c> opportunity</c><00:23:55.160><c> to</c><00:23:56.099><c> make</c><00:23:56.319><c> a</c><00:23:56.460><c> name</c><00:23:56.579><c> for</c><00:23:56.799><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:23:57.519><c> so</c><00:23:57.720><c> he</c><00:23:57.980><c> starts</c><00:23:58.640><c> creating</c><00:24:00.180><c> habit.</c>

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And<00:24:02.359><c> he</c><00:24:02.559><c> enters</c><00:24:02.839><c> into</c><00:24:03.140><c> every</c><00:24:03.420><c> house</c><00:24:03.660><c> and</c><00:24:03.839><c> it</c><00:24:04.019><c> says,</c><00:24:04.500><c> inhaling</c>

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men<00:24:05.920><c> and</c><00:24:06.019><c> women.</c>

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I<00:24:06.640><c> had</c><00:24:06.740><c> to</c><00:24:06.880><c> look</c><00:24:07.019><c> up</c><00:24:07.180><c> that</c><00:24:07.359><c> word,</c><00:24:07.619><c> hailing,</c><00:24:08.240><c> because</c><00:24:08.720><c> it</c><00:24:09.740><c> actually</c><00:24:10.140><c> is</c><00:24:10.539><c> talking</c><00:24:10.720><c> about</c><00:24:11.140><c> hauling,</c><00:24:12.079><c> is</c>

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probably<00:24:12.500><c> a</c><00:24:12.700><c> better</c><00:24:12.819><c> word.</c>

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Hailing<00:24:13.400><c> is</c><00:24:13.599><c> like</c><00:24:13.779><c> an</c><00:24:13.900><c> old</c><00:24:14.160><c> English</c><00:24:14.519><c> word.</c>

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You<00:24:15.440><c> know,</c><00:24:15.740><c> hailing</c><00:24:15.920><c> to</c><00:24:16.079><c> me</c><00:24:16.299><c> sounds</c><00:24:16.539><c> like</c><00:24:16.720><c> he</c><00:24:16.859><c> goes</c><00:24:17.019><c> into</c><00:24:17.259><c> the</c>

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house<00:24:17.619><c> and</c><00:24:17.759><c> says,</c><00:24:17.960><c> hey,</c><00:24:18.140><c> how</c><00:24:18.259><c> you</c><00:24:18.480><c> doing?</c>

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And<00:24:18.779><c> then</c><00:24:18.980><c> grabs</c><00:24:19.279><c> him</c><00:24:19.480><c> and</c><00:24:19.539><c> drags</c><00:24:19.839><c> him</c><00:24:19.940><c> out</c><00:24:20.039><c> the</c><00:24:20.240><c> door.</c>

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He<00:24:23.279><c> does</c><00:24:23.619><c> drag</c><00:24:23.920><c> him</c><00:24:25.099><c> and</c><00:24:25.180><c> grab</c><00:24:25.380><c> him</c><00:24:25.500><c> out</c><00:24:25.680><c> the</c><00:24:25.859><c> door,</c><00:24:26.119><c> but</c><00:24:26.299><c> it's</c>

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not<00:24:26.779><c> really</c><00:24:27.180><c> hailing.</c>

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It's<00:24:28.559><c> really,</c><00:24:29.400><c> or</c><00:24:29.440><c> as</c><00:24:29.740><c> we</c><00:24:30.059><c> would</c><00:24:30.319><c> understand,</c><00:24:31.000><c> hailing</c><00:24:31.200><c> anyway.</c>

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It's<00:24:32.500><c> really</c><00:24:32.839><c> that</c><00:24:33.259><c> he</c><00:24:33.920><c> maliciously</c><00:24:34.839><c> went</c><00:24:34.960><c> into</c><00:24:35.220><c> these</c><00:24:35.519><c> people's</c><00:24:36.019><c> houses</c><00:24:36.480><c> and</c>

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grabbed<00:24:37.940><c> men</c><00:24:38.180><c> and</c><00:24:38.359><c> women</c><00:24:38.680><c> and</c><00:24:38.960><c> committed</c><00:24:39.319><c> them</c><00:24:39.740><c> to</c><00:24:40.019><c> prison.</c>

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Well,<00:24:40.660><c> what</c><00:24:41.099><c> prison?</c>

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Well,<00:24:42.440><c> the</c><00:24:42.599><c> Jews</c><00:24:42.720><c> had</c><00:24:42.920><c> their</c><00:24:43.200><c> own</c><00:24:44.519><c> prison.</c>

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It<00:24:45.680><c> wasn't</c><00:24:45.960><c> a</c><00:24:46.099><c> Roman</c><00:24:46.480><c> prison,</c><00:24:46.960><c> because</c><00:24:47.140><c> the</c><00:24:47.339><c> Romans</c><00:24:47.640><c> don't</c><00:24:48.140><c> have</c><00:24:48.299><c> anything</c><00:24:48.559><c> to</c>

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do<00:24:48.859><c> with</c><00:24:49.039><c> this.</c>

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It<00:24:49.319><c> would</c><00:24:49.460><c> have</c><00:24:49.579><c> been</c><00:24:50.000><c> a</c><00:24:50.240><c> Jewish</c><00:24:50.579><c> prison.</c>

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And<00:24:51.680><c> as</c><00:24:51.880><c> I</c><00:24:52.039><c> looked</c><00:24:52.200><c> into</c><00:24:52.480><c> it,</c><00:24:52.700><c> it</c><00:24:52.799><c> looked</c><00:24:53.000><c> like</c><00:24:53.240><c> the</c><00:24:53.400><c> Jewish</c>

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prisons,<00:24:54.079><c> generally</c><00:24:54.319><c> speaking,</c><00:24:54.759><c> were</c><00:24:54.859><c> temporary.</c>

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So<00:24:57.119><c> you</c><00:24:57.240><c> couldn't</c><00:24:57.440><c> keep</c><00:24:57.700><c> somebody</c><00:24:58.079><c> in</c><00:24:58.279><c> a</c><00:24:58.359><c> Jewish</c><00:24:58.599><c> prison</c><00:24:58.900><c> for</c>

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long,<00:24:59.359><c> but</c><00:24:59.480><c> you</c><00:24:59.599><c> could</c><00:24:59.799><c> persecute</c><00:25:00.279><c> them</c><00:25:00.440><c> for</c><00:25:00.660><c> a</c><00:25:00.799><c> while.</c>

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And<00:25:01.839><c> of</c><00:25:01.960><c> course,</c><00:25:02.119><c> Paul</c><00:25:02.400><c> says</c><00:25:02.700><c> later</c><00:25:03.039><c> that</c><00:25:03.440><c> he</c><00:25:04.420><c> committed</c><00:25:05.240><c> them</c>

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to<00:25:05.819><c> prison</c><00:25:06.059><c> and</c><00:25:06.460><c> forced</c><00:25:06.680><c> them</c><00:25:07.019><c> to</c><00:25:07.480><c> blaspheme,</c>

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in<00:25:08.559><c> other</c><00:25:08.759><c> words,</c><00:25:09.000><c> to</c><00:25:09.240><c> deny</c><00:25:09.559><c> Jesus</c><00:25:10.160><c> in</c><00:25:10.859><c> order</c><00:25:11.099><c> not</c><00:25:11.339><c> to</c><00:25:11.539><c> be</c><00:25:11.799><c> killed.</c>

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And<00:25:14.359><c> so</c><00:25:14.539><c> that's</c><00:25:14.920><c> why</c><00:25:15.380><c> they</c><00:25:15.619><c> were</c><00:25:15.819><c> scattered</c><00:25:16.140><c> abroad</c><00:25:16.799><c> and</c><00:25:17.900><c> went</c>

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everywhere<00:25:19.019><c> preaching</c><00:25:20.380><c> the</c><00:25:20.680><c> word.</c>

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So<00:25:22.059><c> your</c><00:25:22.319><c> persecution</c><00:25:22.920><c> created</c><00:25:23.440><c> the</c><00:25:23.720><c> scattering,</c><00:25:24.299><c> which</c><00:25:24.500><c> allowed</c><00:25:24.720><c> the</c>

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opportunity<00:25:25.559><c> to</c><00:25:26.259><c> preach</c><00:25:26.460><c> the</c><00:25:26.680><c> word</c>

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in<00:25:27.200><c> the</c><00:25:27.339><c> very</c><00:25:27.599><c> regions</c><00:25:28.000><c> that</c><00:25:28.259><c> Jesus</c><00:25:28.559><c> said,</c><00:25:29.299><c> that's</c><00:25:29.700><c> where</c><00:25:29.859><c> we</c>

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:31.519
want<00:25:30.299><c> you</c><00:25:30.519><c> to</c><00:25:30.740><c> go.</c>

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:37.640
So<00:25:33.220><c> again,</c><00:25:34.500><c> the</c><00:25:34.640><c> Lord</c><00:25:34.759><c> works</c><00:25:35.220><c> in</c><00:25:35.980><c> mysterious</c><00:25:36.559><c> ways.</c>

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This<00:25:40.420><c> is</c><00:25:40.579><c> what</c><00:25:40.680><c> Paul</c><00:25:40.940><c> said.</c>

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:44.140
He<00:25:42.000><c> said,</c><00:25:42.420><c> many</c><00:25:42.420><c> of</c><00:25:42.579><c> the</c><00:25:42.779><c> saints</c><00:25:42.960><c> did</c><00:25:43.180><c> I</c><00:25:43.359><c> shut</c><00:25:43.480><c> up</c><00:25:43.660><c> in</c><00:25:43.920><c> prison,</c>

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:46.160
having<00:25:44.400><c> received</c><00:25:44.799><c> authority</c><00:25:45.220><c> from</c><00:25:45.420><c> the</c><00:25:45.599><c> chief</c><00:25:45.799><c> priests.</c>

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:50.640
And<00:25:46.859><c> when</c><00:25:47.059><c> they</c><00:25:47.299><c> were</c><00:25:47.660><c> put</c><00:25:47.880><c> to</c><00:25:48.140><c> death,</c><00:25:48.380><c> I</c><00:25:48.640><c> gave</c><00:25:48.980><c> my</c><00:25:49.359><c> voice</c><00:25:49.740><c> against</c><00:25:50.200><c> them,</c><00:25:50.420><c> just</c>

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:52.259
like<00:25:50.779><c> he</c><00:25:50.980><c> had</c><00:25:51.059><c> done</c><00:25:51.180><c> with</c><00:25:51.500><c> Stephen.</c>

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:56.180
And<00:25:52.720><c> I</c><00:25:52.900><c> punished</c><00:25:53.079><c> them</c><00:25:53.440><c> oft</c><00:25:53.680><c> in</c><00:25:53.980><c> every</c><00:25:54.240><c> synagogue</c><00:25:54.759><c> and</c><00:25:55.160><c> compelled</c><00:25:55.799><c> them</c>

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to<00:25:56.460><c> blaspheme.</c>

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And<00:25:58.240><c> being</c><00:25:58.599><c> exceeding</c><00:25:59.359><c> mad</c><00:25:59.599><c> against</c><00:26:00.039><c> them,</c><00:26:00.440><c> I</c><00:26:00.759><c> persecuted</c>

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them<00:26:02.119><c> even</c><00:26:02.660><c> onto</c><00:26:03.079><c> strange</c><00:26:03.539><c> cities,</c>

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:10.019
which<00:26:04.200><c> is</c><00:26:04.420><c> Damascus,</c><00:26:04.940><c> which</c><00:26:05.119><c> we'll</c><00:26:05.339><c> look</c><00:26:05.579><c> at</c><00:26:06.460><c> in</c><00:26:06.759><c> our</c><00:26:06.960><c> agitation</c><00:26:08.119><c> this</c><00:26:09.660><c> morning.</c>

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:16.220
Remember,<00:26:10.880><c> there</c><00:26:11.039><c> were</c><00:26:11.279><c> probably</c><00:26:11.680><c> about</c><00:26:12.400><c> over</c><00:26:12.700><c> 70</c><00:26:13.059><c> synagogues</c><00:26:14.380><c> in</c><00:26:15.059><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:19.660
And<00:26:17.160><c> of</c><00:26:17.359><c> course,</c><00:26:17.579><c> in</c><00:26:17.839><c> those</c><00:26:18.059><c> synagogues,</c><00:26:18.920><c> which</c><00:26:19.160><c> is</c><00:26:19.380><c> still</c>

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where<00:26:20.400><c> the</c><00:26:21.720><c> early</c><00:26:22.160><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:26.759
many<00:26:23.279><c> of</c><00:26:23.480><c> them</c><00:26:23.660><c> still</c><00:26:23.980><c> went</c><00:26:24.339><c> to</c><00:26:25.160><c> their</c><00:26:25.680><c> local</c><00:26:26.160><c> synagogue,</c>

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:31.099
the<00:26:27.339><c> people</c><00:26:27.500><c> in</c><00:26:27.660><c> the</c><00:26:27.859><c> synagogue</c><00:26:28.259><c> would</c><00:26:28.500><c> have</c><00:26:28.660><c> an</c><00:26:28.940><c> idea</c><00:26:29.480><c> of</c><00:26:30.579><c> who</c>

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was<00:26:31.559><c> a</c><00:26:31.839><c> believer</c><00:26:32.079><c> of</c><00:26:32.279><c> Jesus.</c>

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:35.140
And<00:26:32.980><c> then</c><00:26:33.119><c> he</c><00:26:33.180><c> would</c><00:26:33.339><c> get</c><00:26:33.519><c> that</c><00:26:33.700><c> information,</c><00:26:34.579><c> almost</c><00:26:34.900><c> like</c>

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:38.319
the<00:26:35.380><c> Nazi</c><00:26:35.759><c> SS</c><00:26:36.680><c> kind</c><00:26:37.319><c> of</c><00:26:37.480><c> thing.</c>

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:42.480
And<00:26:39.519><c> it</c><00:26:39.700><c> says</c><00:26:39.819><c> that</c><00:26:40.079><c> he</c><00:26:40.359><c> compelled</c><00:26:40.880><c> them</c><00:26:41.319><c> against</c><00:26:41.619><c> physical</c><00:26:42.140><c> threats.</c>

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:45.359
And<00:26:42.940><c> of</c><00:26:43.059><c> course,</c><00:26:43.200><c> he</c><00:26:43.220><c> doesn't</c><00:26:43.440><c> just</c><00:26:43.700><c> do</c><00:26:43.880><c> it</c><00:26:44.180><c> to</c><00:26:44.380><c> the</c><00:26:44.539><c> men.</c>

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:50.160
He<00:26:46.180><c> does</c><00:26:46.339><c> it</c><00:26:46.559><c> to</c><00:26:47.420><c> women</c><00:26:47.779><c> as</c><00:26:49.160><c> well.</c>

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:57.180
Not<00:26:51.259><c> afraid</c><00:26:51.680><c> to</c><00:26:53.420><c> do</c><00:26:55.460><c> anything</c><00:26:55.960><c> terribly.</c>

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It's<00:26:57.880><c> an</c><00:26:58.039><c> awful</c><00:26:58.200><c> thing</c><00:26:58.759><c> that</c><00:26:59.059><c> he</c><00:26:59.259><c> did.</c>

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:05.180
He<00:27:01.240><c> was,</c><00:27:01.660><c> at</c><00:27:01.819><c> this</c><00:27:02.000><c> person's</c><00:27:02.579><c> solitarsis,</c><00:27:03.640><c> was</c><00:27:03.819><c> an</c><00:27:04.000><c> evil</c><00:27:04.259><c> man.</c>

00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:07.299
He<00:27:05.859><c> certainly</c><00:27:06.140><c> didn't</c><00:27:06.400><c> see</c><00:27:06.559><c> himself</c><00:27:06.880><c> that</c><00:27:07.180><c> way.</c>

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:10.579
He<00:27:07.500><c> saw</c><00:27:07.619><c> himself</c><00:27:07.960><c> as</c><00:27:08.160><c> a</c><00:27:08.299><c> Pharisee</c><00:27:08.680><c> of</c><00:27:08.799><c> the</c><00:27:09.000><c> Pharisees</c><00:27:09.539><c> and</c><00:27:10.000><c> doing</c><00:27:10.220><c> what</c><00:27:10.380><c> he</c>

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.140
thought<00:27:10.700><c> was</c><00:27:10.940><c> right,</c>

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:13.980
which<00:27:11.319><c> he</c><00:27:11.519><c> later</c><00:27:11.720><c> explains</c><00:27:12.119><c> he</c><00:27:12.599><c> did</c><00:27:12.880><c> in</c><00:27:13.059><c> ignorance.</c>

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:19.519
But<00:27:15.319><c> it's</c><00:27:15.579><c> hard</c><00:27:15.740><c> for</c><00:27:16.019><c> us</c><00:27:16.220><c> to</c><00:27:16.480><c> sort</c><00:27:16.559><c> of</c><00:27:16.819><c> fully</c><00:27:17.079><c> fathom</c><00:27:18.019><c> how</c><00:27:19.339><c> he</c>

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could<00:27:19.660><c> be</c><00:27:19.920><c> so</c><00:27:20.259><c> cruel.</c>

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Well,<00:27:21.079><c> he</c><00:27:21.559><c> was</c><00:27:21.799><c> a</c><00:27:21.880><c> zealous</c><00:27:22.220><c> guy.</c>

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.839
You<00:27:22.720><c> know</c><00:27:22.779><c> that</c><00:27:22.859><c> about</c><00:27:23.099><c> that.</c>

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:28.740
But<00:27:25.119><c> you're</c><00:27:25.619><c> talking</c><00:27:25.819><c> about</c><00:27:26.480><c> persecuting</c><00:27:27.099><c> people</c><00:27:27.400><c> for</c><00:27:27.599><c> their</c><00:27:27.799><c> beliefs.</c>

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:35.240
And<00:27:32.000><c> again,</c><00:27:32.359><c> in</c><00:27:32.519><c> development,</c><00:27:32.980><c> carried</c><00:27:33.880><c> Stephen</c><00:27:34.380><c> to</c><00:27:34.579><c> his</c><00:27:34.759><c> burial</c><00:27:35.000><c> and</c>

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made<00:27:35.400><c> great</c><00:27:35.619><c> lamentation</c><00:27:36.119><c> over</c><00:27:36.319><c> him.</c>

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Therefore,<00:27:38.180><c> they</c><00:27:38.359><c> were</c><00:27:38.559><c> scattered</c><00:27:38.859><c> abroad,</c><00:27:40.519><c> everyone</c><00:27:40.519><c> preaching</c><00:27:41.539><c> the</c><00:27:42.119><c> word.</c>

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:49.740
Any<00:27:46.759><c> questions</c><00:27:47.279><c> or</c><00:27:47.539><c> comments</c><00:27:47.819><c> before</c><00:27:48.079><c> we</c><00:27:48.259><c> get</c><00:27:48.700><c> to</c><00:27:49.000><c> Philip?</c>

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:57.480
Then<00:27:53.539><c> Philip</c><00:27:53.900><c> went</c><00:27:54.119><c> down</c><00:27:54.500><c> to</c><00:27:55.279><c> the</c><00:27:55.380><c> city</c><00:27:55.660><c> of</c><00:27:55.859><c> –</c><00:27:56.059><c> Christopher,</c>

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.640
you<00:27:57.859><c> got</c><00:27:58.200><c> a</c><00:27:58.279><c> microphone?</c>

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Yes,<00:27:59.359><c> I</c><00:27:59.980><c> do.</c>

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Good<00:28:00.480><c> job.</c>

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Yeah,<00:28:01.380><c> this</c><00:28:01.619><c> is</c><00:28:02.059><c> –</c><00:28:02.460><c> we</c><00:28:02.720><c> kind</c><00:28:02.799><c> of</c><00:28:02.839><c> came</c><00:28:03.000><c> to</c><00:28:03.140><c> a</c><00:28:03.380><c> subject</c><00:28:03.599><c> that</c>

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:08.279
is<00:28:05.319><c> very</c><00:28:05.619><c> pertinent</c><00:28:05.960><c> to</c><00:28:06.759><c> sometimes</c><00:28:07.140><c> our</c><00:28:07.460><c> operations</c><00:28:07.920><c> within</c>

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:10.099
the<00:28:08.460><c> cliches</c><00:28:08.859><c> and</c><00:28:09.059><c> so</c><00:28:09.279><c> forth.</c>

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:15.259
And<00:28:10.359><c> you</c><00:28:10.720><c> started</c><00:28:11.019><c> your</c><00:28:11.640><c> class</c><00:28:11.859><c> this</c><00:28:12.119><c> morning</c><00:28:12.380><c> about</c><00:28:13.119><c> referencing</c><00:28:13.819><c> a</c><00:28:14.160><c> conversation</c><00:28:14.559><c> you</c><00:28:14.740><c> had</c><00:28:14.900><c> with</c><00:28:15.079><c> a</c>

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:17.480
brother<00:28:15.460><c> about</c><00:28:16.500><c> persecution.</c>

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:25.660
And<00:28:18.279><c> so</c><00:28:19.460><c> it</c><00:28:20.839><c> kind</c><00:28:20.960><c> of</c><00:28:21.119><c> brings</c><00:28:21.279><c> us</c><00:28:21.579><c> to</c><00:28:22.019><c> this</c><00:28:22.299><c> idea</c><00:28:22.720><c> of</c><00:28:23.420><c> Gamaliel's</c><00:28:24.660><c> advice</c><00:28:25.079><c> to</c>

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:28.980
if<00:28:25.839><c> this</c><00:28:26.059><c> thing</c><00:28:26.200><c> be</c><00:28:26.359><c> of</c><00:28:26.599><c> God,</c><00:28:27.599><c> you</c><00:28:28.019><c> can't</c><00:28:28.440><c> stamp</c><00:28:28.599><c> it</c><00:28:28.799><c> out.</c>

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:34.380
And<00:28:29.519><c> it</c><00:28:29.680><c> will</c><00:28:30.640><c> proceed</c><00:28:31.460><c> regardless</c><00:28:32.859><c> of</c><00:28:33.119><c> your</c><00:28:33.339><c> resistance.</c>

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:38.160
And<00:28:34.839><c> of</c><00:28:35.000><c> course,</c><00:28:35.220><c> then</c><00:28:35.339><c> we</c><00:28:35.500><c> have</c><00:28:35.740><c> Saul's</c><00:28:37.000><c> position</c><00:28:37.380><c> of</c><00:28:37.900><c> taking</c>

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:43.180
Madison<00:28:38.500><c> to</c><00:28:38.759><c> his</c><00:28:38.859><c> own</c><00:28:39.160><c> hands</c><00:28:39.519><c> and</c><00:28:39.920><c> actually</c><00:28:40.359><c> refusing</c><00:28:41.140><c> Gamaliel's</c><00:28:42.740><c> advice</c>

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:47.380
and<00:28:43.680><c> saying,</c><00:28:44.400><c> I</c><00:28:44.400><c> know</c><00:28:44.619><c> better</c><00:28:44.960><c> and</c><00:28:45.140><c> I'm</c><00:28:45.339><c> going</c><00:28:45.559><c> to,</c><00:28:46.460><c> in</c><00:28:47.059><c> my</c>

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:50.019
zeal,<00:28:48.400><c> persecute.</c>

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:53.240
And<00:28:50.500><c> so</c><00:28:50.700><c> sometimes</c><00:28:51.180><c> in</c><00:28:51.640><c> the</c><00:28:51.799><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:28:52.339><c> we</c><00:28:52.539><c> have</c><00:28:52.759><c> to</c><00:28:53.000><c> balance</c>

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:55.039
those<00:28:53.599><c> things</c><00:28:54.240><c> ourselves.</c>

00:28:55.140 --> 00:29:01.220
Do<00:28:55.359><c> we</c><00:28:56.039><c> force</c><00:28:56.380><c> opposition</c><00:28:56.940><c> or</c><00:28:57.220><c> do</c><00:28:57.539><c> we</c><00:28:58.660><c> let</c><00:28:59.440><c> things</c><00:29:00.019><c> work</c><00:29:00.339><c> out?</c>

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:06.000
And<00:29:01.640><c> in</c><00:29:02.180><c> my</c><00:29:02.500><c> mind,</c><00:29:02.980><c> I</c><00:29:03.579><c> go</c><00:29:03.900><c> way</c><00:29:04.279><c> back</c><00:29:04.619><c> to</c><00:29:04.839><c> the</c><00:29:04.980><c> late</c><00:29:05.160><c> 1800s</c><00:29:05.799><c> when</c>

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:11.420
we<00:29:06.279><c> made</c><00:29:06.440><c> the</c><00:29:06.740><c> decision</c><00:29:07.119><c> with</c><00:29:07.519><c> the</c><00:29:07.859><c> amended</c><00:29:08.079><c> and</c><00:29:08.299><c> unamended</c><00:29:08.859><c> to</c><00:29:09.519><c> elevate</c><00:29:09.859><c> that</c><00:29:10.160><c> situation</c><00:29:10.720><c> to</c><00:29:11.220><c> a</c>

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constitutional<00:29:12.000><c> change.</c>

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And<00:29:13.539><c> which</c><00:29:14.220><c> has</c><00:29:14.440><c> haunted</c><00:29:14.640><c> us</c><00:29:14.880><c> for</c><00:29:15.059><c> 100</c><00:29:15.259><c> years.</c>

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:21.180
And<00:29:18.299><c> perhaps</c><00:29:18.779><c> it</c><00:29:19.039><c> would</c><00:29:19.140><c> have</c><00:29:19.220><c> worked</c><00:29:19.420><c> itself</c><00:29:19.759><c> out</c><00:29:20.400><c> in</c><00:29:20.680><c> the</c><00:29:20.819><c> course</c><00:29:21.000><c> of</c>

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time<00:29:21.359><c> anyway.</c>

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So<00:29:22.259><c> it's</c><00:29:22.799><c> things</c><00:29:22.980><c> like</c><00:29:23.240><c> that</c><00:29:23.420><c> that</c><00:29:23.579><c> we</c><00:29:23.759><c> really</c><00:29:23.980><c> have</c><00:29:24.200><c> to</c><00:29:24.339><c> wrestle</c><00:29:24.579><c> with.</c>

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.980
Yeah,<00:29:27.000><c> absolutely.</c>

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:32.079
And<00:29:28.279><c> you</c><00:29:28.339><c> need</c><00:29:28.480><c> to</c><00:29:28.640><c> be</c><00:29:28.900><c> wise</c><00:29:29.180><c> in</c><00:29:29.380><c> your</c><00:29:29.599><c> decisions</c><00:29:30.019><c> because</c><00:29:31.279><c> Saul</c><00:29:31.859><c> did</c>

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:33.740
what<00:29:32.240><c> he</c><00:29:32.480><c> thought</c><00:29:32.619><c> was</c><00:29:32.859><c> best.</c>

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:39.559
And<00:29:35.440><c> sometimes</c><00:29:35.980><c> we</c><00:29:36.339><c> think</c><00:29:36.720><c> that,</c><00:29:38.240><c> again,</c><00:29:38.680><c> it's</c><00:29:38.960><c> almost</c><00:29:39.240><c> like</c>

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:43.220
turning<00:29:40.279><c> our</c><00:29:40.880><c> calling</c><00:29:41.099><c> into</c><00:29:41.359><c> an</c><00:29:41.619><c> institution,</c><00:29:42.240><c> which</c><00:29:42.420><c> is</c><00:29:42.819><c> the</c>

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:45.079
metaphor<00:29:43.559><c> that</c><00:29:43.819><c> I've</c><00:29:44.299><c> been</c><00:29:44.420><c> using.</c>

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:49.279
You<00:29:45.420><c> know</c><00:29:45.539><c> what?</c><00:29:45.619><c> We've</c><00:29:45.859><c> got</c><00:29:45.880><c> to</c><00:29:45.980><c> do</c><00:29:46.059><c> what's</c><00:29:46.279><c> best</c><00:29:46.599><c> for</c><00:29:48.000><c> the</c><00:29:48.240><c> institution.</c>

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:51.180
And<00:29:49.599><c> it's</c><00:29:49.819><c> like</c><00:29:49.960><c> God's</c><00:29:50.259><c> in</c><00:29:50.380><c> charge</c><00:29:50.579><c> of</c><00:29:50.700><c> the</c><00:29:50.859><c> institution.</c>

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:53.180
He's<00:29:51.480><c> got</c><00:29:51.599><c> everything</c><00:29:51.880><c> under</c><00:29:52.160><c> control.</c>

00:29:54.980 --> 00:30:00.160
Again,<00:29:55.599><c> it</c><00:29:55.700><c> doesn't</c><00:29:55.880><c> mean</c><00:29:56.039><c> you</c><00:29:56.220><c> just</c><00:29:56.420><c> let</c><00:29:56.599><c> every</c><00:29:56.960><c> sort</c><00:29:57.160><c> of</c><00:29:57.460><c> issue</c><00:29:57.640><c> wander</c><00:29:59.799><c> out</c>

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:03.920
there<00:30:00.559><c> and</c><00:30:01.000><c> you</c><00:30:01.099><c> don't</c><00:30:01.259><c> address</c><00:30:01.779><c> the</c><00:30:02.880><c> problems</c><00:30:03.180><c> that</c><00:30:03.579><c> we</c><00:30:03.799><c> have</c>

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.559
as<00:30:04.079><c> an</c><00:30:04.240><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:09.119
But<00:30:05.160><c> how</c><00:30:05.359><c> we</c><00:30:05.519><c> go</c><00:30:05.660><c> about</c><00:30:05.880><c> addressing</c><00:30:06.259><c> it</c><00:30:06.660><c> is</c><00:30:07.140><c> really</c><00:30:08.079><c> the</c>

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.599
important<00:30:09.400><c> thing.</c>

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:11.059
So<00:30:09.819><c> thank</c><00:30:09.960><c> you</c><00:30:10.079><c> for</c><00:30:10.180><c> that,</c><00:30:10.480><c> Chris.</c>

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:16.059
So<00:30:12.140><c> when</c><00:30:12.279><c> I</c><00:30:12.460><c> saw</c><00:30:12.619><c> this</c><00:30:13.119><c> verse,</c><00:30:14.140><c> at</c><00:30:14.720><c> first</c><00:30:14.980><c> I</c><00:30:15.140><c> naturally</c><00:30:15.440><c> thought</c><00:30:15.619><c> it</c><00:30:15.759><c> was</c>

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:17.400
Philip<00:30:16.400><c> the</c><00:30:16.940><c> Apostle.</c>

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:21.980
I<00:30:17.839><c> came</c><00:30:18.039><c> to</c><00:30:18.220><c> realize</c><00:30:18.500><c> it</c><00:30:18.640><c> was</c><00:30:19.660><c> Philip</c><00:30:19.980><c> the</c><00:30:20.220><c> Evangelist,</c><00:30:21.759><c> one</c>

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:25.799
of<00:30:22.140><c> the</c><00:30:22.779><c> ones</c><00:30:23.099><c> that</c><00:30:23.240><c> was</c><00:30:23.460><c> selected</c><00:30:23.779><c> along</c><00:30:24.059><c> with</c><00:30:24.359><c> Stephen</c><00:30:24.619><c> to</c>

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.539
serve<00:30:26.119><c> tables.</c>

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:31.019
It's<00:30:27.279><c> an</c><00:30:27.480><c> interesting</c><00:30:28.180><c> fact</c><00:30:28.779><c> that</c><00:30:28.960><c> it</c><00:30:29.140><c> is</c><00:30:29.319><c> one</c><00:30:29.559><c> of</c><00:30:30.140><c> those</c><00:30:30.559><c> same</c>

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:35.779
ones<00:30:31.420><c> that</c><00:30:32.019><c> ends</c><00:30:32.220><c> up</c><00:30:33.579><c> going</c><00:30:34.200><c> out</c><00:30:34.559><c> sort</c><00:30:34.779><c> of</c><00:30:35.000><c> like</c><00:30:35.299><c> picking</c><00:30:35.480><c> up</c>

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:39.480
Stephen's<00:30:36.259><c> mantle</c><00:30:36.579><c> and</c><00:30:37.400><c> heading</c><00:30:37.640><c> and</c><00:30:37.839><c> he</c><00:30:37.960><c> heads</c><00:30:38.079><c> off</c><00:30:38.519><c> to</c><00:30:38.980><c> Samaria.</c>

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:45.720
And<00:30:40.119><c> notice</c><00:30:40.279><c> it</c><00:30:40.579><c> says</c><00:30:40.980><c> down</c><00:30:41.740><c> to</c><00:30:42.039><c> the</c><00:30:42.440><c> city</c><00:30:43.079><c> of</c><00:30:44.160><c> Samaria.</c>

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:51.420
Some<00:30:47.599><c> versions</c><00:30:48.119><c> say</c><00:30:48.559><c> a</c><00:30:49.440><c> city</c><00:30:49.900><c> of</c><00:30:50.440><c> Samaria.</c>

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:58.599
My<00:30:54.980><c> personal</c><00:30:55.460><c> inclination,</c><00:30:56.299><c> there's</c><00:30:56.619><c> a</c><00:30:56.759><c> picture</c><00:30:56.980><c> of</c><00:30:57.880><c> the</c><00:30:58.160><c> city</c><00:30:58.380><c> of</c>

00:30:58.599 --> 00:31:01.700
Samaria,<00:30:59.079><c> which</c><00:30:59.240><c> still</c><00:30:59.619><c> existed</c><00:31:00.039><c> in</c><00:31:00.259><c> the</c><00:31:00.420><c> time</c><00:31:00.660><c> of</c><00:31:01.200><c> Jesus</c><00:31:01.539><c> and</c>

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.859
was<00:31:01.960><c> still</c><00:31:02.220><c> called</c><00:31:02.420><c> Samaria.</c>

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:04.759
I<00:31:03.099><c> checked</c><00:31:03.319><c> that</c><00:31:03.539><c> just</c><00:31:03.740><c> to</c><00:31:03.839><c> make</c><00:31:04.039><c> sure.</c>

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:07.500
And<00:31:05.700><c> it</c><00:31:05.839><c> says,</c><00:31:06.099><c> And</c><00:31:06.099><c> the</c><00:31:06.200><c> people</c><00:31:06.400><c> were</c><00:31:06.559><c> of</c><00:31:06.720><c> one</c><00:31:06.880><c> accord</c><00:31:07.200><c> he'd</c>

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:10.599
unto<00:31:07.680><c> those</c><00:31:08.039><c> things</c><00:31:08.279><c> which</c><00:31:08.519><c> Philip</c><00:31:08.859><c> spake,</c><00:31:09.660><c> hearing</c><00:31:09.920><c> and</c><00:31:10.180><c> seeing</c><00:31:10.359><c> the</c>

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:13.140
miracles<00:31:10.980><c> which</c><00:31:11.720><c> he</c><00:31:12.119><c> did.</c>

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:21.240
Now,<00:31:14.880><c> the</c><00:31:15.359><c> idea</c><00:31:15.759><c> that</c><00:31:15.960><c> they</c><00:31:16.119><c> would</c><00:31:16.319><c> go</c><00:31:16.539><c> to</c><00:31:16.980><c> Samaria</c><00:31:17.759><c> and</c><00:31:18.400><c> the</c><00:31:18.539><c> reason</c><00:31:18.779><c> my</c><00:31:19.140><c> personal</c><00:31:19.480><c> inclination</c><00:31:19.940><c> is</c><00:31:20.119><c> to</c><00:31:20.319><c> think</c><00:31:20.440><c> that</c><00:31:20.599><c> it</c><00:31:20.720><c> was</c><00:31:20.900><c> a</c>

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:24.079
city<00:31:21.740><c> of</c><00:31:22.160><c> Samaria</c><00:31:22.619><c> and</c><00:31:22.839><c> not</c><00:31:23.059><c> the</c><00:31:23.220><c> city</c><00:31:23.480><c> of</c><00:31:23.680><c> Samaria.</c>

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:25.819
And<00:31:24.259><c> the</c><00:31:24.380><c> reason</c><00:31:24.579><c> is</c><00:31:24.839><c> this.</c>

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:30.559
These<00:31:27.519><c> are</c><00:31:27.859><c> followers,</c><00:31:28.380><c> obviously,</c><00:31:29.019><c> of</c><00:31:29.200><c> the</c><00:31:29.339><c> Lord</c><00:31:29.539><c> Jesus</c><00:31:29.900><c> Christ,</c><00:31:30.359><c> and</c>

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:33.599
they<00:31:30.700><c> are</c><00:31:30.799><c> being</c><00:31:31.099><c> persecuted</c><00:31:31.759><c> and</c><00:31:32.019><c> they</c><00:31:32.240><c> need</c><00:31:32.400><c> to</c><00:31:32.720><c> scatter.</c>

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:38.200
There<00:31:35.819><c> is</c><00:31:36.119><c> no</c><00:31:36.319><c> better</c><00:31:36.559><c> place</c><00:31:36.859><c> really</c><00:31:37.319><c> if</c><00:31:37.500><c> you</c><00:31:37.660><c> think</c><00:31:37.839><c> about</c><00:31:38.039><c> it</c>

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:42.279
to<00:31:38.359><c> go</c><00:31:38.940><c> into</c><00:31:39.759><c> a</c><00:31:40.079><c> specific</c><00:31:40.680><c> place</c><00:31:41.319><c> in</c><00:31:41.700><c> Samaria.</c>

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.980
And<00:31:42.920><c> the</c><00:31:43.059><c> reason</c><00:31:43.319><c> is</c><00:31:43.640><c> this.</c>

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:47.400
We<00:31:44.539><c> know</c><00:31:45.059><c> that</c><00:31:45.599><c> the</c><00:31:45.779><c> Jews</c><00:31:45.920><c> and</c><00:31:46.079><c> the</c><00:31:46.299><c> Samaritans</c><00:31:46.619><c> hated</c><00:31:46.940><c> each</c><00:31:47.240><c> other.</c>

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:51.359
They<00:31:47.720><c> still</c><00:31:47.960><c> did</c><00:31:48.200><c> at</c><00:31:48.480><c> this</c><00:31:48.779><c> point</c><00:31:49.079><c> in</c><00:31:49.380><c> time</c><00:31:49.680><c> hate</c><00:31:50.099><c> each</c><00:31:50.460><c> other.</c>

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:55.960
And<00:31:52.000><c> so</c><00:31:52.180><c> the</c><00:31:52.400><c> Jews</c><00:31:52.599><c> generally</c><00:31:53.039><c> didn't</c><00:31:53.359><c> go</c><00:31:53.799><c> to</c><00:31:54.519><c> Samaria,</c><00:31:55.200><c> including</c><00:31:55.640><c> the</c>

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:58.619
Jewish<00:31:56.220><c> leaders</c><00:31:56.640><c> wouldn't</c><00:31:57.099><c> go</c><00:31:57.460><c> there</c><00:31:57.759><c> because</c><00:31:58.220><c> they're</c>

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.440
hated<00:31:58.920><c> there.</c>

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:04.039
And<00:31:59.839><c> if</c><00:31:59.960><c> they</c><00:32:00.180><c> went</c><00:32:00.299><c> there,</c><00:32:00.539><c> they</c><00:32:00.680><c> would</c><00:32:00.940><c> receive</c><00:32:01.380><c> no,</c><00:32:02.180><c> no</c><00:32:03.220><c> greeting.</c>

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:07.559
You<00:32:04.200><c> know,</c><00:32:04.519><c> Paul</c><00:32:04.700><c> could</c><00:32:04.920><c> go</c><00:32:05.140><c> to</c><00:32:05.339><c> the</c><00:32:05.559><c> synagogues</c><00:32:06.599><c> and</c><00:32:06.960><c> he</c><00:32:07.140><c> would</c><00:32:07.339><c> have</c>

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:09.839
people<00:32:07.839><c> in</c><00:32:08.039><c> the</c><00:32:08.259><c> synagogues</c><00:32:08.819><c> that</c><00:32:08.960><c> would</c><00:32:09.119><c> help</c><00:32:09.240><c> him</c><00:32:09.460><c> discover</c>

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.680
who<00:32:10.119><c> was</c><00:32:10.359><c> who.</c>

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:16.380
But<00:32:11.180><c> he</c><00:32:11.440><c> couldn't</c><00:32:11.640><c> go</c><00:32:11.980><c> to</c><00:32:12.160><c> Samaria</c><00:32:12.839><c> as</c><00:32:13.559><c> a</c><00:32:13.880><c> Jew</c><00:32:14.339><c> and</c><00:32:15.400><c> go</c><00:32:15.700><c> say,</c><00:32:15.980><c> Tell</c><00:32:16.180><c> me</c>

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:20.039
who<00:32:16.700><c> here</c><00:32:17.039><c> is</c><00:32:18.039><c> a</c><00:32:18.339><c> Jew</c><00:32:18.559><c> following</c><00:32:19.000><c> Jesus.</c>

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:24.279
But<00:32:20.500><c> a</c><00:32:20.660><c> Jew</c><00:32:20.799><c> following</c><00:32:21.140><c> Jesus</c><00:32:21.599><c> could</c><00:32:21.880><c> go</c><00:32:22.160><c> to</c><00:32:22.400><c> Psychon,</c><00:32:24.059><c> could</c>

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:27.839
go<00:32:24.480><c> to</c><00:32:24.640><c> the</c><00:32:24.759><c> place</c><00:32:24.920><c> that</c><00:32:25.180><c> Jesus</c><00:32:25.559><c> had</c><00:32:25.940><c> been</c><00:32:26.259><c> already</c><00:32:26.980><c> and</c><00:32:27.539><c> had</c>

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.619
converted<00:32:28.359><c> already.</c>

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:34.059
It<00:32:29.339><c> was</c><00:32:30.000><c> a</c><00:32:30.400><c> welcome</c><00:32:30.920><c> haven</c><00:32:31.579><c> for</c><00:32:32.420><c> a</c><00:32:32.740><c> believer</c><00:32:33.000><c> in</c><00:32:33.220><c> Jesus</c><00:32:33.599><c> Christ</c>

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:37.460
because<00:32:35.160><c> they</c><00:32:35.400><c> had</c><00:32:35.680><c> already</c><00:32:36.099><c> been</c><00:32:36.480><c> taught.</c>

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:40.220
And<00:32:37.819><c> they</c><00:32:37.920><c> could</c><00:32:38.119><c> go</c><00:32:38.420><c> there</c><00:32:38.680><c> and</c><00:32:38.839><c> they</c><00:32:38.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:39.160><c> have</c><00:32:39.420><c> to</c><00:32:39.579><c> worry</c><00:32:39.759><c> about</c><00:32:40.019><c> the</c>

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:42.619
Jews<00:32:40.400><c> following</c><00:32:40.700><c> because</c><00:32:40.980><c> the</c><00:32:41.240><c> Jews</c><00:32:41.420><c> could</c><00:32:41.700><c> not.</c>

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:45.039
So<00:32:43.119><c> I</c><00:32:43.359><c> think</c><00:32:43.519><c> that's</c><00:32:43.980><c> where</c><00:32:44.380><c> Philip</c><00:32:44.779><c> went.</c>

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:48.880
I<00:32:45.240><c> think</c><00:32:45.440><c> he</c><00:32:45.599><c> went</c><00:32:45.880><c> to</c><00:32:46.200><c> and</c><00:32:47.079><c> and</c><00:32:47.579><c> Psychon</c><00:32:47.920><c> is</c><00:32:48.079><c> referred</c><00:32:48.460><c> to</c><00:32:48.700><c> in</c>

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:52.240
John<00:32:49.140><c> chapter</c><00:32:49.460><c> four</c><00:32:49.779><c> as</c><00:32:50.180><c> a</c><00:32:50.539><c> city</c><00:32:50.880><c> of</c><00:32:51.700><c> Samaria.</c>

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:54.500
And<00:32:52.660><c> so</c><00:32:52.819><c> I</c><00:32:52.880><c> think</c><00:32:53.019><c> it</c><00:32:53.220><c> makes</c><00:32:53.400><c> perfect</c><00:32:53.720><c> sense</c><00:32:54.079><c> when</c><00:32:54.220><c> they</c><00:32:54.420><c> say</c>

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.400
we<00:32:54.700><c> need</c><00:32:54.900><c> to</c><00:32:55.160><c> scatter.</c>

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:58.019
Where<00:32:55.720><c> can</c><00:32:55.839><c> we</c><00:32:56.019><c> go</c><00:32:56.240><c> where</c><00:32:56.579><c> where</c><00:32:57.099><c> we</c><00:32:57.299><c> won't</c><00:32:57.420><c> get</c><00:32:57.660><c> followed?</c>

00:32:58.019 --> 00:33:00.440
Well,<00:32:58.380><c> we</c><00:32:58.480><c> can</c><00:32:58.619><c> go</c><00:32:58.799><c> to</c><00:32:58.980><c> Samaria,</c><00:32:59.539><c> we</c><00:32:59.579><c> can</c><00:32:59.759><c> go</c><00:32:59.880><c> to</c><00:33:00.099><c> Sychar.</c>

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:03.500
Now,<00:33:00.940><c> maybe</c><00:33:01.259><c> the</c><00:33:01.440><c> message</c><00:33:01.799><c> at</c><00:33:02.000><c> Sychar</c><00:33:02.380><c> I</c><00:33:02.539><c> get</c><00:33:02.720><c> passed</c><00:33:03.079><c> around,</c>

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:07.440
but<00:33:03.940><c> it</c><00:33:04.180><c> appears</c><00:33:04.420><c> more</c><00:33:04.680><c> that</c><00:33:04.819><c> it</c><00:33:04.900><c> was</c><00:33:05.099><c> passed</c><00:33:05.380><c> around</c><00:33:05.759><c> here</c><00:33:06.480><c> now</c><00:33:06.900><c> and</c><00:33:07.059><c> not</c><00:33:07.279><c> at</c>

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:09.920
the<00:33:07.640><c> time</c><00:33:08.039><c> of</c><00:33:08.740><c> the</c><00:33:08.880><c> Lord</c><00:33:09.039><c> Jesus</c><00:33:09.440><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:12.880
And<00:33:10.460><c> here's</c><00:33:10.619><c> the</c><00:33:10.859><c> interesting</c><00:33:11.200><c> thing</c><00:33:11.460><c> about</c><00:33:12.079><c> the</c><00:33:12.480><c> Samaritans.</c>

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:15.440
We<00:33:13.079><c> made</c><00:33:13.259><c> it</c><00:33:13.759><c> back</c><00:33:13.940><c> when</c><00:33:14.119><c> we</c><00:33:14.279><c> talked</c><00:33:14.440><c> about</c><00:33:14.619><c> John</c><00:33:14.880><c> chapter</c><00:33:15.140><c> four.</c>

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:20.359
But<00:33:15.619><c> it's</c><00:33:16.119><c> this</c><00:33:16.480><c> they</c><00:33:17.319><c> were</c><00:33:17.579><c> a</c><00:33:17.900><c> very</c><00:33:18.539><c> unified</c><00:33:19.440><c> group.</c>

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:23.500
The<00:33:21.059><c> Samaritans</c><00:33:21.799><c> now</c><00:33:22.119><c> probably</c><00:33:22.539><c> they</c><00:33:22.720><c> were</c><00:33:22.900><c> unified</c><00:33:23.220><c> because</c>

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:26.079
their<00:33:23.700><c> oppressors</c><00:33:24.079><c> were</c><00:33:24.240><c> right</c><00:33:24.420><c> outside</c><00:33:25.000><c> the</c><00:33:25.259><c> Jews.</c>

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:31.339
But<00:33:26.599><c> when</c><00:33:26.839><c> you</c><00:33:27.019><c> look</c><00:33:27.279><c> at</c><00:33:28.059><c> at</c><00:33:28.319><c> how</c><00:33:28.539><c> they</c><00:33:28.759><c> were</c><00:33:29.039><c> formed</c><00:33:29.339><c> back</c><00:33:29.740><c> in</c>

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:36.319
back<00:33:31.559><c> in</c><00:33:32.480><c> Second</c><00:33:32.759><c> Samuel</c><00:33:33.319><c> 16</c><00:33:34.299><c> and</c><00:33:34.539><c> 17,</c><00:33:35.259><c> we</c><00:33:35.480><c> know</c><00:33:35.700><c> the</c><00:33:35.900><c> story,</c><00:33:36.220><c> right?</c>

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:38.779
We<00:33:36.480><c> know</c><00:33:36.640><c> that</c><00:33:36.819><c> the</c><00:33:37.000><c> northern</c><00:33:37.180><c> kingdom</c><00:33:37.440><c> was</c><00:33:37.660><c> taken</c><00:33:37.880><c> out,</c><00:33:38.579><c> that</c>

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:40.519
these<00:33:39.019><c> people</c><00:33:39.259><c> were</c><00:33:39.500><c> brought</c><00:33:39.720><c> back</c><00:33:40.140><c> in.</c>

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:42.640
We<00:33:40.960><c> know</c><00:33:41.119><c> they</c><00:33:41.339><c> brought</c><00:33:41.559><c> them</c><00:33:41.859><c> with</c><00:33:42.220><c> them.</c>

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:45.039
They<00:33:43.099><c> came</c><00:33:43.339><c> from</c><00:33:43.579><c> five</c><00:33:43.880><c> nations,</c><00:33:44.279><c> by</c><00:33:44.559><c> the</c><00:33:44.720><c> way.</c>

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:47.500
They<00:33:45.420><c> were</c><00:33:45.640><c> brought</c><00:33:45.799><c> back</c><00:33:46.200><c> into</c><00:33:46.799><c> Samaria.</c>

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:52.359
And<00:33:48.500><c> these</c><00:33:49.839><c> five</c><00:33:50.220><c> nations</c><00:33:50.599><c> with</c><00:33:50.880><c> their</c><00:33:51.180><c> five</c><00:33:51.519><c> polytheistic</c>

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:56.980
religions<00:33:52.880><c> all</c><00:33:53.579><c> came</c><00:33:53.819><c> together</c><00:33:54.279><c> and</c><00:33:54.900><c> sort</c><00:33:55.140><c> of</c><00:33:56.039><c> coerced</c><00:33:56.380><c> together</c><00:33:56.799><c> and</c>

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:58.660
everything<00:33:57.299><c> worked</c><00:33:57.779><c> well.</c>

00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:00.660
Except<00:33:59.200><c> for</c><00:33:59.400><c> the</c><00:33:59.500><c> fact</c><00:33:59.619><c> that</c><00:33:59.799><c> they</c><00:33:59.920><c> were</c><00:34:00.079><c> getting</c><00:34:00.299><c> attacked</c>

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.359
by<00:34:01.039><c> lions.</c>

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.259
Remember<00:34:01.640><c> that</c><00:34:01.980><c> story?</c>

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:04.980
And<00:34:02.920><c> we</c><00:34:03.059><c> won't</c><00:34:03.160><c> go</c><00:34:03.299><c> into</c><00:34:03.480><c> the</c><00:34:03.619><c> specifics</c><00:34:04.039><c> of</c><00:34:04.240><c> how</c><00:34:04.440><c> they</c><00:34:04.720><c> knew</c>

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:08.400
that<00:34:05.240><c> getting</c><00:34:05.420><c> attacked</c><00:34:05.779><c> by</c><00:34:06.140><c> lions</c><00:34:06.720><c> meant</c><00:34:07.339><c> that</c><00:34:07.799><c> they</c><00:34:08.199><c> didn't</c>

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.500
know<00:34:08.619><c> the</c><00:34:08.800><c> god</c><00:34:08.960><c> of</c><00:34:09.199><c> the</c><00:34:09.280><c> land.</c>

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:11.260
But<00:34:09.960><c> there's</c><00:34:10.219><c> a</c><00:34:10.440><c> good</c><00:34:10.619><c> story</c><00:34:10.880><c> on</c><00:34:11.079><c> that.</c>

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:12.579
That's<00:34:11.619><c> it</c><00:34:12.039><c> for</c><00:34:12.139><c> another</c><00:34:12.340><c> day.</c>

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:15.980
So<00:34:13.179><c> they</c><00:34:13.420><c> go</c><00:34:13.659><c> back</c><00:34:14.039><c> to</c><00:34:14.579><c> Assyria</c><00:34:14.960><c> and</c><00:34:15.059><c> they</c><00:34:15.219><c> say,</c><00:34:15.300><c> hey,</c><00:34:15.559><c> we</c><00:34:15.760><c> need</c>

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:19.679
a<00:34:16.360><c> priest</c><00:34:16.760><c> from</c><00:34:17.679><c> this</c><00:34:18.119><c> area</c><00:34:18.420><c> to</c><00:34:18.579><c> come</c><00:34:18.760><c> back</c><00:34:19.019><c> and</c><00:34:19.179><c> tell</c><00:34:19.340><c> us</c><00:34:19.500><c> how</c>

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:22.719
to<00:34:19.880><c> worship</c><00:34:20.219><c> because</c><00:34:20.820><c> the</c><00:34:21.119><c> lions</c><00:34:21.400><c> are</c><00:34:21.599><c> killing</c><00:34:21.860><c> us.</c>

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:25.340
And<00:34:23.360><c> so</c><00:34:23.460><c> they</c><00:34:23.659><c> send</c><00:34:23.800><c> back</c><00:34:24.159><c> a</c><00:34:24.500><c> Jewish</c><00:34:24.860><c> priest.</c>

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:29.199
Now,<00:34:25.780><c> again,</c><00:34:26.099><c> that</c><00:34:26.260><c> would</c><00:34:26.400><c> be</c><00:34:26.559><c> a</c><00:34:26.780><c> northern</c><00:34:27.119><c> kingdom</c><00:34:27.760><c> priest,</c><00:34:28.679><c> right?</c>

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:41.460
So<00:34:30.019><c> you</c><00:34:30.219><c> have</c><00:34:30.519><c> this</c><00:34:31.679><c> religion</c><00:34:32.300><c> of</c><00:34:32.860><c> these</c><00:34:33.820><c> superstitious</c><00:34:35.079><c> polytheistic</c><00:34:39.340><c> gods,</c><00:34:40.679><c> which</c><00:34:41.219><c> are</c>

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:44.099
always,<00:34:41.719><c> of</c><00:34:41.920><c> course,</c><00:34:42.280><c> unpredictable</c><00:34:42.800><c> and</c><00:34:43.079><c> all</c><00:34:43.460><c> of</c><00:34:43.699><c> that.</c>

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:48.920
And<00:34:44.599><c> then</c><00:34:44.739><c> you</c><00:34:44.920><c> have</c><00:34:45.179><c> this</c><00:34:46.179><c> Jewish</c><00:34:46.599><c> religion</c><00:34:47.019><c> of</c><00:34:47.239><c> a</c><00:34:47.440><c> monotheistic</c><00:34:48.420><c> god.</c>

00:34:48.920 --> 00:35:00.539
But<00:34:49.679><c> that</c><00:34:50.139><c> monotheistic</c><00:34:51.159><c> religion</c><00:34:51.719><c> is</c><00:34:52.280><c> based</c><00:34:52.579><c> upon</c><00:34:53.320><c> the</c><00:34:54.260><c> rules</c><00:34:54.579><c> of</c><00:34:54.840><c> Jeroboam,</c><00:34:55.440><c> the</c><00:34:55.599><c> son</c><00:34:55.800><c> of</c><00:34:56.039><c> Nebat,</c><00:34:56.480><c> who</c><00:34:56.800><c> sinned</c><00:34:57.159><c> against</c><00:34:57.880><c> Israel</c><00:34:58.539><c> by</c><00:34:58.960><c> creating</c><00:34:59.599><c> a</c>

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:04.780
manmade<00:35:01.340><c> religion</c><00:35:01.960><c> that</c><00:35:02.559><c> mirrors</c><00:35:03.119><c> God's</c><00:35:04.019><c> religion.</c>

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:08.119
So<00:35:05.500><c> this</c><00:35:06.340><c> is</c><00:35:06.460><c> what</c><00:35:06.579><c> this</c><00:35:06.579><c> is</c><00:35:06.579><c> what</c><00:35:06.699><c> the</c><00:35:06.860><c> Jews</c><00:35:06.980><c> and</c><00:35:07.199><c> it</c><00:35:07.539><c> says</c><00:35:07.739><c> at</c>

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:15.400
that<00:35:08.380><c> time</c><00:35:08.619><c> in</c><00:35:08.940><c> Kings</c><00:35:09.360><c> that</c><00:35:10.599><c> every</c><00:35:11.260><c> Samaritan</c><00:35:12.079><c> of</c><00:35:12.699><c> every</c><00:35:13.059><c> generation</c><00:35:13.900><c> worshiped</c><00:35:15.039><c> that</c>

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:17.639
specific<00:35:16.139><c> way.</c>

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:19.960
Century<00:35:18.400><c> after</c><00:35:18.780><c> century</c><00:35:19.179><c> after</c><00:35:19.480><c> century.</c>

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:22.119
And<00:35:20.199><c> then,</c><00:35:20.400><c> of</c><00:35:20.420><c> course,</c><00:35:20.619><c> it</c><00:35:20.699><c> says</c><00:35:20.920><c> onto</c><00:35:21.239><c> this</c><00:35:21.539><c> day.</c>

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:25.280
And<00:35:22.519><c> that</c><00:35:22.780><c> day</c><00:35:23.039><c> is</c><00:35:23.280><c> the</c><00:35:23.400><c> day</c><00:35:23.539><c> that</c><00:35:23.739><c> the</c><00:35:23.860><c> Lord</c><00:35:24.039><c> Jesus</c><00:35:24.400><c> Christ</c><00:35:24.719><c> comes</c><00:35:25.019><c> to</c>

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:27.619
Sychar<00:35:25.639><c> and</c><00:35:25.820><c> teaches</c><00:35:26.039><c> them</c><00:35:26.219><c> a</c><00:35:26.420><c> different</c><00:35:26.599><c> way</c><00:35:27.059><c> to</c><00:35:27.340><c> worship.</c>

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:33.659
But<00:35:28.199><c> up</c><00:35:28.400><c> until</c><00:35:28.739><c> then,</c><00:35:29.780><c> every</c><00:35:30.000><c> Samaritan</c><00:35:30.940><c> worshiped</c><00:35:31.960><c> the</c><00:35:32.179><c> exact</c><00:35:32.579><c> same</c><00:35:32.880><c> way.</c>

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:36.860
So<00:35:34.400><c> they</c><00:35:34.619><c> all</c><00:35:34.800><c> had</c><00:35:34.900><c> the</c><00:35:35.260><c> exact</c><00:35:35.500><c> same</c><00:35:35.940><c> belief</c><00:35:36.340><c> structure.</c>

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:40.940
However,<00:35:37.519><c> that</c><00:35:37.739><c> structure</c><00:35:38.019><c> was</c><00:35:38.280><c> formed</c><00:35:38.599><c> between</c><00:35:38.960><c> the</c><00:35:39.239><c> superstitions</c><00:35:39.940><c> of</c><00:35:40.719><c> the</c>

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:45.460
polytheistic<00:35:41.699><c> and</c><00:35:42.159><c> the</c><00:35:42.539><c> apostate</c><00:35:44.039><c> northern</c><00:35:44.519><c> kingdom</c><00:35:44.940><c> religion.</c>

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:48.199
But<00:35:45.940><c> they</c><00:35:46.159><c> were</c><00:35:46.440><c> committed</c><00:35:46.920><c> and</c><00:35:47.260><c> unified</c><00:35:47.719><c> in</c><00:35:47.940><c> it.</c>

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.699
Was<00:35:48.440><c> it</c><00:35:48.699><c> confusion?</c>

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.480
Absolutely.

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:53.900
We<00:35:50.960><c> know</c><00:35:51.119><c> it</c><00:35:51.219><c> was</c><00:35:51.440><c> confusion</c><00:35:51.760><c> because</c><00:35:52.139><c> the</c><00:35:53.139><c> Samaritan</c><00:35:53.599><c> woman</c>

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:56.840
says<00:35:54.199><c> that</c><00:35:54.500><c> Jacob</c><00:35:54.800><c> gave</c><00:35:55.099><c> them</c><00:35:55.460><c> that</c><00:35:55.760><c> the</c><00:35:55.960><c> well.</c>

00:35:57.239 --> 00:36:01.340
Jacob<00:35:57.460><c> was</c><00:35:57.760><c> centuries</c><00:35:58.219><c> upon</c><00:35:58.519><c> centuries</c><00:35:59.019><c> before</c><00:35:59.360><c> the</c><00:35:59.559><c> Samaritans</c><00:36:00.000><c> were</c><00:36:00.239><c> ever</c><00:36:00.500><c> in</c>

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.260
that<00:36:01.820><c> area.</c>

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:05.940
So<00:36:03.059><c> it</c><00:36:03.340><c> was</c><00:36:03.619><c> clearly</c><00:36:04.500><c> confusion.</c>

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:08.400
And<00:36:06.519><c> the</c><00:36:06.659><c> woman,</c><00:36:06.840><c> of</c><00:36:07.019><c> course,</c><00:36:07.360><c> represents</c><00:36:07.679><c> that</c><00:36:08.019><c> confusion</c>

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:11.920
because<00:36:08.619><c> she</c><00:36:08.940><c> has</c><00:36:09.159><c> had</c><00:36:09.920><c> five</c><00:36:10.239><c> husbands</c><00:36:10.679><c> and</c><00:36:11.320><c> the</c><00:36:11.420><c> man</c><00:36:11.579><c> she's</c>

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:13.340
with<00:36:12.139><c> is</c><00:36:12.480><c> not</c><00:36:12.739><c> her</c><00:36:12.960><c> husband.</c>

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:15.800
And<00:36:13.880><c> so</c><00:36:14.139><c> there's</c><00:36:14.579><c> confusion.</c>

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:17.360
But<00:36:16.320><c> there</c><00:36:16.619><c> is</c><00:36:16.940><c> commitment.</c>

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:20.260
There<00:36:17.719><c> is</c><00:36:18.099><c> sincerity</c><00:36:18.780><c> in</c><00:36:19.699><c> this</c><00:36:20.059><c> group.</c>

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:22.000
Remember,<00:36:20.860><c> we</c><00:36:21.059><c> talked</c><00:36:21.280><c> about</c><00:36:21.460><c> it</c><00:36:21.619><c> at</c><00:36:21.699><c> the</c><00:36:21.820><c> time.</c>

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:24.199
They<00:36:22.139><c> had</c><00:36:22.380><c> sincerity,</c><00:36:22.900><c> but</c><00:36:23.079><c> they</c><00:36:23.239><c> did</c><00:36:23.420><c> not</c><00:36:23.579><c> have</c><00:36:23.780><c> truth.</c>

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:27.440
And<00:36:24.739><c> the</c><00:36:24.900><c> Jews</c><00:36:25.079><c> had</c><00:36:25.320><c> truth,</c><00:36:25.599><c> but</c><00:36:25.760><c> they</c><00:36:25.940><c> didn't</c><00:36:26.119><c> have</c><00:36:26.420><c> sincerity.</c>

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:34.400
So<00:36:29.619><c> it</c><00:36:30.139><c> says</c><00:36:30.500><c> with</c><00:36:30.960><c> one</c><00:36:31.440><c> accord,</c><00:36:32.920><c> they</c><00:36:33.099><c> gave</c><00:36:33.280><c> heed</c><00:36:33.599><c> onto</c><00:36:34.000><c> these</c>

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:36.400
things<00:36:34.719><c> which</c><00:36:34.980><c> Philip</c><00:36:35.360><c> spake.</c>

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:38.239
First<00:36:36.760><c> of</c><00:36:37.000><c> all,</c><00:36:37.440><c> hearing.</c>

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:40.440
Hearing<00:36:39.420><c> the</c><00:36:39.639><c> gospel</c><00:36:40.059><c> message.</c>

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:44.679
Now,<00:36:41.039><c> again,</c><00:36:41.840><c> they</c><00:36:41.860><c> would</c><00:36:42.039><c> have</c><00:36:42.179><c> already,</c><00:36:42.980><c> especially</c><00:36:43.300><c> at</c><00:36:43.599><c> Sychar,</c><00:36:43.860><c> they</c><00:36:43.920><c> would</c><00:36:44.099><c> have</c><00:36:44.179><c> already</c><00:36:44.360><c> heard</c><00:36:44.539><c> it</c>

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:45.260
from<00:36:44.820><c> Jesus.</c>

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:47.840
But<00:36:45.679><c> Jesus,</c><00:36:46.099><c> as</c><00:36:46.239><c> far</c><00:36:46.340><c> as</c><00:36:46.420><c> we</c><00:36:46.500><c> know,</c><00:36:46.679><c> didn't</c><00:36:46.840><c> do</c><00:36:47.000><c> any</c><00:36:47.280><c> miracles</c>

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:50.880
in<00:36:49.059><c> Samaria,</c><00:36:49.739><c> in</c><00:36:49.980><c> Sychar.</c>

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:52.780
He<00:36:51.480><c> just</c><00:36:51.760><c> preached</c><00:36:51.980><c> to</c><00:36:52.059><c> them</c><00:36:52.340><c> the</c><00:36:52.619><c> word.</c>

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:55.300
Now,<00:36:53.460><c> the</c><00:36:53.579><c> woman</c><00:36:53.780><c> obviously</c><00:36:54.119><c> thought</c><00:36:54.280><c> it</c><00:36:54.380><c> was</c><00:36:54.519><c> a</c><00:36:54.639><c> miracle</c><00:36:54.880><c> that</c><00:36:55.079><c> he</c>

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:59.099
knew<00:36:56.119><c> how</c><00:36:56.880><c> many</c><00:36:57.059><c> husbands</c><00:36:57.500><c> she</c><00:36:58.139><c> had</c><00:36:58.380><c> had</c><00:36:58.579><c> and</c><00:36:58.739><c> that</c><00:36:58.920><c> the</c><00:36:58.920><c> man</c>

00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:00.679
she<00:36:59.280><c> was</c><00:36:59.539><c> with</c><00:36:59.639><c> was</c><00:37:00.000><c> not</c><00:37:00.179><c> her</c><00:37:00.360><c> husband.</c>

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:02.039
There<00:37:01.139><c> really</c><00:37:01.400><c> wasn't</c><00:37:01.599><c> a</c><00:37:01.800><c> miracle.</c>

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:04.860
It<00:37:02.119><c> was</c><00:37:02.239><c> just</c><00:37:02.380><c> that</c><00:37:02.539><c> Jesus</c><00:37:03.079><c> knew</c><00:37:03.539><c> his</c><00:37:03.780><c> Bible.</c>

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:10.559
But<00:37:07.460><c> Philip</c><00:37:08.059><c> is</c><00:37:08.440><c> doing</c><00:37:08.860><c> these</c><00:37:09.460><c> miracles.</c>

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:15.119
And<00:37:11.219><c> so</c><00:37:11.400><c> they</c><00:37:11.719><c> believe</c><00:37:12.460><c> because</c><00:37:13.780><c> of</c><00:37:14.019><c> both</c><00:37:14.219><c> what</c><00:37:14.480><c> he</c><00:37:14.679><c> is</c><00:37:14.920><c> saying</c>

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:19.280
and<00:37:15.300><c> they</c><00:37:15.579><c> believe</c><00:37:15.800><c> of</c><00:37:16.179><c> one</c><00:37:16.440><c> accord</c><00:37:17.179><c> and</c><00:37:18.059><c> give</c><00:37:18.320><c> heed.</c>

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:23.880
It<00:37:20.619><c> says,</c><00:37:20.840><c> for</c><00:37:21.079><c> unclean</c><00:37:21.440><c> spirits</c><00:37:21.739><c> cried</c><00:37:22.039><c> out</c><00:37:22.199><c> with</c><00:37:22.420><c> a</c><00:37:22.559><c> loud</c><00:37:22.719><c> voice</c><00:37:23.079><c> coming</c><00:37:23.360><c> out</c><00:37:23.659><c> of</c>

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:25.179
many<00:37:24.280><c> who</c><00:37:24.820><c> had</c><00:37:25.079><c> them.</c>

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:26.420
I've<00:37:25.420><c> got</c><00:37:25.440><c> to</c><00:37:25.519><c> go</c><00:37:25.619><c> quickly.</c>

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:30.219
And<00:37:26.679><c> many</c><00:37:26.860><c> were</c><00:37:27.079><c> paralyzed</c><00:37:27.659><c> or</c><00:37:27.920><c> lame</c><00:37:28.119><c> or</c><00:37:28.460><c> healed</c><00:37:28.840><c> so</c><00:37:29.440><c> that</c><00:37:29.800><c> there</c><00:37:30.000><c> was</c>

00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:33.760
much<00:37:30.639><c> joy</c><00:37:31.300><c> in</c><00:37:32.280><c> that</c><00:37:32.840><c> city.</c>

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.559
That's<00:37:34.360><c> it.</c>

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:35.559
Could<00:37:34.699><c> have</c><00:37:34.880><c> been</c><00:37:35.059><c> Samaria.</c>

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:37.920
I<00:37:36.280><c> think</c><00:37:36.480><c> it</c><00:37:36.659><c> was</c><00:37:37.500><c> Sychar.</c>

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:41.820
But<00:37:38.480><c> obviously</c><00:37:38.780><c> the</c><00:37:39.019><c> message</c><00:37:39.320><c> is</c><00:37:39.539><c> going</c><00:37:39.659><c> to</c><00:37:40.780><c> be</c><00:37:40.800><c> spread.</c>

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:43.460
I'm<00:37:42.139><c> going</c><00:37:42.199><c> to</c><00:37:42.260><c> move</c><00:37:42.400><c> quickly</c><00:37:42.659><c> because</c><00:37:42.840><c> I</c><00:37:43.000><c> want</c><00:37:43.079><c> to</c><00:37:43.239><c> get</c>

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:45.380
through<00:37:44.300><c> Simon.</c>

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:49.579
But<00:37:46.179><c> there</c><00:37:46.340><c> was</c><00:37:46.480><c> a</c><00:37:46.599><c> man</c><00:37:46.760><c> named</c><00:37:47.059><c> Simon</c><00:37:47.500><c> who</c><00:37:47.719><c> had</c><00:37:47.920><c> previously</c><00:37:48.320><c> practiced</c><00:37:48.840><c> magic</c><00:37:49.320><c> in</c>

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:52.320
the<00:37:49.800><c> city</c><00:37:50.039><c> and</c><00:37:50.320><c> amazed</c><00:37:50.659><c> the</c><00:37:50.900><c> people</c><00:37:51.079><c> of</c><00:37:51.300><c> Samaria</c><00:37:51.719><c> saying</c><00:37:52.059><c> that</c>

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:54.480
he<00:37:52.500><c> himself</c><00:37:52.940><c> was</c><00:37:53.179><c> somebody</c><00:37:53.539><c> great.</c>

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:57.519
They<00:37:54.900><c> all</c><00:37:55.139><c> paid</c><00:37:55.260><c> attention</c><00:37:55.659><c> to</c><00:37:55.840><c> him</c><00:37:56.019><c> from</c><00:37:56.480><c> the</c><00:37:56.900><c> least</c><00:37:57.119><c> to</c><00:37:57.340><c> the</c>

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:59.559
greatest<00:37:57.820><c> is</c><00:37:58.139><c> that</c><00:37:58.400><c> unified</c><00:37:58.920><c> group</c><00:37:59.199><c> again.</c>

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:04.619
And<00:38:00.280><c> they</c><00:38:00.619><c> would</c><00:38:00.800><c> be</c><00:38:01.019><c> susceptible</c><00:38:01.420><c> to</c><00:38:01.719><c> Simon</c><00:38:01.900><c> because</c><00:38:02.239><c> they</c>

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:09.800
had<00:38:04.639><c> they</c><00:38:04.639><c> had</c><00:38:05.300><c> superstition</c><00:38:06.179><c> within</c><00:38:06.820><c> their</c><00:38:07.239><c> within</c><00:38:07.639><c> the</c><00:38:08.280><c> religion</c><00:38:08.820><c> that</c><00:38:09.059><c> they</c><00:38:09.199><c> were</c><00:38:09.440><c> the</c>

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:13.659
belief<00:38:10.039><c> system</c><00:38:10.420><c> that</c><00:38:10.619><c> they</c><00:38:10.880><c> were</c><00:38:11.579><c> associated</c><00:38:12.000><c> with</c><00:38:13.260><c> saying</c>

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:16.960
this<00:38:14.059><c> man</c><00:38:14.219><c> is</c><00:38:14.500><c> the</c><00:38:14.860><c> power</c><00:38:15.219><c> of</c><00:38:15.539><c> God</c><00:38:15.780><c> that</c><00:38:16.019><c> is</c><00:38:16.280><c> called</c><00:38:16.519><c> great.</c>

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:18.280
There's<00:38:17.340><c> that</c><00:38:17.559><c> confusion.</c>

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:24.519
And<00:38:19.280><c> to</c><00:38:19.539><c> him</c><00:38:19.880><c> they</c><00:38:20.440><c> had</c><00:38:20.980><c> regard</c><00:38:21.579><c> because</c><00:38:22.320><c> that</c><00:38:23.219><c> of</c><00:38:23.500><c> a</c><00:38:23.619><c> long</c><00:38:23.920><c> time</c><00:38:24.280><c> he</c>

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:28.380
had<00:38:24.679><c> bewitched</c><00:38:25.019><c> them</c><00:38:25.860><c> with</c><00:38:26.619><c> sorceries.</c>

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:32.880
But<00:38:30.420><c> when</c><00:38:30.599><c> they</c><00:38:30.820><c> believe</c><00:38:31.019><c> Philip</c><00:38:31.500><c> preaching</c><00:38:31.920><c> the</c><00:38:32.139><c> things</c><00:38:32.320><c> concerning</c><00:38:32.659><c> the</c>

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:35.000
kingdom<00:38:33.019><c> of</c><00:38:33.219><c> God</c><00:38:33.420><c> notice</c><00:38:33.679><c> the</c><00:38:33.880><c> preaching</c><00:38:34.079><c> is</c><00:38:34.300><c> for</c><00:38:34.420><c> us</c><00:38:34.659><c> in</c><00:38:34.940><c> the</c>

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.880
name<00:38:35.119><c> of</c><00:38:35.239><c> Jesus</c><00:38:35.539><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:38.599
They<00:38:36.079><c> were</c><00:38:36.300><c> baptized</c><00:38:36.800><c> both</c><00:38:37.139><c> men</c><00:38:37.420><c> and</c><00:38:37.699><c> women.</c>

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:40.480
Then<00:38:39.039><c> Simon</c><00:38:39.400><c> himself</c><00:38:40.000><c> believed.</c>

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.360
And<00:38:40.679><c> that's</c><00:38:41.000><c> important.</c>

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:44.920
Simon<00:38:41.780><c> believed</c><00:38:42.139><c> himself</c><00:38:42.719><c> in</c><00:38:44.019><c> the</c><00:38:44.239><c> gospel</c><00:38:44.539><c> message.</c>

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:47.340
He<00:38:45.159><c> heard</c><00:38:45.659><c> the</c><00:38:45.880><c> gospel</c><00:38:46.239><c> message.</c>

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:50.840
And<00:38:48.119><c> when</c><00:38:48.300><c> he</c><00:38:48.539><c> was</c><00:38:48.760><c> baptized</c><00:38:49.159><c> he</c><00:38:49.360><c> continued</c><00:38:49.780><c> with</c><00:38:50.099><c> Philip</c><00:38:50.340><c> and</c>

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:53.539
want<00:38:50.840><c> and</c><00:38:51.219><c> wondered</c><00:38:51.519><c> beholding</c><00:38:52.219><c> the</c><00:38:52.440><c> miracles</c><00:38:52.800><c> and</c><00:38:53.139><c> signs</c>

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:55.000
which<00:38:54.179><c> were</c><00:38:54.599><c> done.</c>

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:56.199
Again<00:38:55.360><c> I</c><00:38:55.780><c> know</c><00:38:55.800><c> I'm</c><00:38:56.000><c> rushing.</c>

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.840
I<00:38:56.460><c> apologize.</c>

00:38:57.320 --> 00:39:00.059
First<00:38:57.420><c> of</c><00:38:57.539><c> all</c><00:38:57.639><c> I</c><00:38:57.780><c> understand</c><00:38:58.000><c> this</c><00:38:58.239><c> guy</c><00:38:58.380><c> Simon</c><00:38:58.639><c> becomes</c><00:38:58.980><c> legendary</c><00:38:59.519><c> which</c><00:38:59.860><c> I</c>

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:01.039
did<00:39:00.179><c> not</c><00:39:00.360><c> know.</c>

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:04.079
He<00:39:01.599><c> becomes</c><00:39:01.760><c> 11</c><00:39:02.019><c> legendary</c><00:39:02.639><c> in</c><00:39:02.860><c> history.</c>

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:07.940
He's<00:39:05.539><c> given</c><00:39:05.760><c> the</c><00:39:05.880><c> name</c><00:39:06.059><c> Simon</c><00:39:06.519><c> Magnus</c><00:39:07.059><c> which</c><00:39:07.239><c> is</c><00:39:07.460><c> like</c><00:39:07.659><c> Simon</c>

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:09.000
the<00:39:08.159><c> magician.</c>

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:14.380
And<00:39:10.280><c> people</c><00:39:10.760><c> follow</c><00:39:11.239><c> him</c><00:39:11.480><c> and</c><00:39:11.719><c> there's</c><00:39:11.940><c> like</c><00:39:12.420><c> books</c><00:39:12.699><c> about</c><00:39:13.079><c> him</c><00:39:13.260><c> and</c><00:39:13.440><c> all</c><00:39:13.559><c> that</c><00:39:13.780><c> kind</c><00:39:13.960><c> of</c><00:39:14.139><c> stuff.</c>

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:18.880
It's<00:39:14.900><c> interesting</c><00:39:15.159><c> because</c><00:39:15.519><c> his</c><00:39:15.820><c> sin</c><00:39:15.960><c> is</c><00:39:16.179><c> very</c><00:39:16.480><c> much</c><00:39:16.659><c> in</c><00:39:16.820><c> regard</c><00:39:17.219><c> in</c><00:39:17.539><c> the</c><00:39:17.679><c> same</c><00:39:17.860><c> as</c><00:39:18.639><c> in</c><00:39:18.800><c> a</c>

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.739
nice<00:39:19.159><c> and</c><00:39:19.380><c> Sapphire.</c>

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:21.860
But<00:39:19.940><c> there's</c><00:39:20.179><c> no</c><00:39:20.320><c> stories</c><00:39:20.559><c> about</c><00:39:20.800><c> them</c><00:39:20.960><c> because</c><00:39:21.179><c> they</c><00:39:21.460><c> die.</c>

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:23.099
Simon<00:39:22.300><c> doesn't</c><00:39:22.599><c> die.</c>

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:24.880
He<00:39:23.500><c> become</c><00:39:23.800><c> he</c><00:39:24.320><c> disappears.</c>

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:26.079
He<00:39:25.420><c> becomes</c><00:39:25.739><c> legend.</c>

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:30.380
The<00:39:26.480><c> suggestion</c><00:39:26.739><c> is</c><00:39:27.019><c> that</c><00:39:27.360><c> he</c><00:39:27.599><c> helped</c><00:39:27.760><c> found</c><00:39:28.320><c> the</c><00:39:29.099><c> Gnostics</c>

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:34.219
whether<00:39:31.019><c> that's</c><00:39:31.320><c> true</c><00:39:31.440><c> or</c><00:39:31.579><c> not</c><00:39:32.440><c> is</c><00:39:33.480><c> subject</c><00:39:33.719><c> to</c><00:39:34.000><c> think.</c>

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:39.340
But<00:39:35.199><c> a</c><00:39:35.519><c> lot</c><00:39:35.639><c> of</c><00:39:35.800><c> what</c><00:39:35.940><c> he</c><00:39:36.719><c> represents</c><00:39:37.179><c> definitely</c><00:39:37.880><c> fits</c><00:39:38.099><c> with</c><00:39:38.400><c> Gnosticism.</c>

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:43.019
And<00:39:39.940><c> when</c><00:39:40.199><c> Simon</c><00:39:40.579><c> saw</c><00:39:41.179><c> that</c><00:39:42.039><c> through</c><00:39:42.260><c> the</c><00:39:42.440><c> laying</c><00:39:42.619><c> on</c><00:39:42.760><c> of</c><00:39:42.900><c> the</c>

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:50.960
apostles<00:39:43.300><c> hands</c><00:39:43.780><c> the</c><00:39:44.199><c> Holy</c><00:39:44.420><c> Spirit</c><00:39:44.679><c> was</c><00:39:45.119><c> given</c><00:39:45.559><c> he</c><00:39:46.639><c> offered</c><00:39:46.880><c> them</c><00:39:47.099><c> money</c><00:39:47.400><c> saying</c><00:39:47.780><c> give</c><00:39:48.159><c> me</c><00:39:48.539><c> also</c><00:39:48.860><c> this</c><00:39:49.179><c> power</c><00:39:49.480><c> that</c><00:39:49.820><c> on</c><00:39:50.059><c> whomsoever</c><00:39:50.500><c> I</c>

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:54.199
lay<00:39:51.139><c> hands</c><00:39:51.519><c> he</c><00:39:52.000><c> may</c><00:39:52.199><c> receive</c><00:39:52.539><c> the</c><00:39:52.760><c> Holy</c><00:39:53.039><c> Spirit.</c>

00:39:54.780 --> 00:40:00.300
But<00:39:54.840><c> Peter</c><00:39:55.099><c> said</c><00:39:55.340><c> unto</c><00:39:55.519><c> him</c><00:39:55.760><c> thy</c><00:39:56.000><c> money</c><00:39:56.519><c> perish</c><00:39:57.019><c> with</c><00:39:57.460><c> thee</c><00:39:57.780><c> because</c><00:39:58.519><c> thou</c><00:39:58.820><c> hast</c><00:39:59.159><c> thought</c><00:39:59.380><c> that</c><00:39:59.599><c> the</c><00:39:59.820><c> gift</c><00:40:00.019><c> of</c>

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:04.019
God<00:40:01.059><c> may</c><00:40:01.519><c> be</c><00:40:01.800><c> purchased</c><00:40:02.280><c> with</c><00:40:03.159><c> money.</c>

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:07.820
Now<00:40:04.659><c> again</c><00:40:05.000><c> that's</c><00:40:05.639><c> that's</c><00:40:05.880><c> very</c><00:40:06.159><c> much</c><00:40:06.300><c> in</c><00:40:06.480><c> the</c><00:40:06.619><c> way</c><00:40:06.860><c> of</c><00:40:07.159><c> what</c>

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:10.239
the<00:40:08.159><c> mistake</c><00:40:08.380><c> that</c><00:40:08.599><c> in</c><00:40:08.760><c> a</c><00:40:08.940><c> nice</c><00:40:09.079><c> and</c><00:40:09.280><c> Sapphire</c><00:40:09.719><c> made.</c>

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:14.380
And<00:40:11.019><c> it</c><00:40:11.199><c> is</c><00:40:11.460><c> this</c><00:40:11.760><c> he</c><00:40:12.059><c> forgot</c><00:40:12.400><c> who</c><00:40:12.679><c> it</c><00:40:12.820><c> is</c><00:40:12.940><c> you're</c><00:40:13.139><c> dealing</c><00:40:13.360><c> with.</c>

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:15.000
Right.

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:18.559
Remember<00:40:15.420><c> in</c><00:40:15.639><c> a</c><00:40:15.800><c> nice</c><00:40:15.980><c> and</c><00:40:16.179><c> Sapphire</c><00:40:16.639><c> I</c><00:40:16.820><c> think</c><00:40:16.960><c> well</c><00:40:17.679><c> it's</c><00:40:18.340><c> OK</c>

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:20.860
if<00:40:18.739><c> we</c><00:40:18.980><c> give</c><00:40:19.119><c> them</c><00:40:19.480><c> some</c><00:40:19.739><c> of</c><00:40:19.860><c> the</c><00:40:19.960><c> money</c><00:40:20.119><c> because</c><00:40:20.280><c> they're</c><00:40:20.460><c> never</c><00:40:20.599><c> going</c><00:40:20.739><c> to</c>

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:24.480
know<00:40:20.960><c> it's</c><00:40:21.280><c> all</c><00:40:21.480><c> the</c><00:40:21.679><c> money</c><00:40:22.840><c> because</c><00:40:23.539><c> God</c><00:40:23.900><c> knows</c><00:40:24.139><c> it's</c><00:40:24.380><c> all</c>

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:24.820
the<00:40:24.639><c> money.</c>

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And<00:40:25.039><c> that's</c><00:40:25.280><c> who</c><00:40:25.360><c> the</c><00:40:25.619><c> calling</c><00:40:25.820><c> is</c><00:40:26.099><c> with</c><00:40:26.320><c> our</c><00:40:26.639><c> calling</c><00:40:26.840><c> is</c><00:40:27.099><c> first</c><00:40:27.360><c> and</c>

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foremost<00:40:27.840><c> with</c><00:40:28.239><c> God</c><00:40:28.500><c> and</c><00:40:28.699><c> the</c><00:40:28.780><c> Lord</c><00:40:28.940><c> Jesus</c><00:40:29.280><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:32.280
And<00:40:30.559><c> Simon</c><00:40:30.900><c> says</c><00:40:31.239><c> here</c><00:40:31.440><c> I'll</c><00:40:31.699><c> give</c><00:40:31.760><c> you</c><00:40:31.920><c> some</c><00:40:32.059><c> money.</c>

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:33.599
You<00:40:32.579><c> give</c><00:40:32.760><c> me</c><00:40:33.000><c> that</c><00:40:33.300><c> power.</c>

00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:39.579
Are<00:40:33.800><c> you</c><00:40:33.900><c> going</c><00:40:34.039><c> to</c><00:40:34.219><c> give</c><00:40:34.400><c> God</c><00:40:34.719><c> money</c><00:40:35.119><c> because</c><00:40:37.159><c> that</c><00:40:37.639><c> that</c><00:40:37.920><c> makes</c><00:40:38.099><c> no</c><00:40:38.440><c> sense.</c>

00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:46.099
And<00:40:40.579><c> Peter</c><00:40:40.840><c> says</c><00:40:41.400><c> you</c><00:40:42.159><c> know</c><00:40:42.360><c> may</c><00:40:42.559><c> it</c><00:40:42.960><c> may</c><00:40:43.119><c> it</c><00:40:43.639><c> perish</c><00:40:44.059><c> with</c><00:40:45.460><c> you</c>

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:49.400
that<00:40:46.460><c> you</c><00:40:46.659><c> would</c><00:40:46.800><c> that</c><00:40:46.980><c> you</c><00:40:47.179><c> would</c><00:40:47.280><c> do</c><00:40:47.599><c> that.</c>

00:40:53.059 --> 00:41:01.539
It<00:40:53.579><c> says</c><00:40:53.860><c> here</c><00:40:54.840><c> thou</c><00:40:57.699><c> hast</c><00:40:58.079><c> neither</c><00:40:58.300><c> part</c><00:40:58.820><c> nor</c><00:40:59.480><c> nor</c><00:40:59.659><c> lot</c><00:40:59.760><c> in</c><00:41:00.000><c> this</c><00:41:00.320><c> manner</c><00:41:00.579><c> for</c><00:41:00.820><c> thy</c><00:41:01.079><c> heart</c><00:41:01.280><c> is</c>

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:03.340
not<00:41:01.820><c> right</c><00:41:02.079><c> in</c><00:41:02.320><c> the</c><00:41:02.559><c> sight</c><00:41:02.780><c> of</c><00:41:03.059><c> God.</c>

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:05.260
There<00:41:03.639><c> it</c><00:41:03.880><c> is</c><00:41:04.500><c> with</c><00:41:04.880><c> it.</c>

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:09.239
Repent<00:41:05.679><c> therefore</c><00:41:06.219><c> of</c><00:41:06.599><c> this</c><00:41:06.860><c> thy</c><00:41:07.179><c> wickedness</c><00:41:08.159><c> and</c><00:41:08.719><c> pray</c><00:41:08.940><c> God</c>

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:11.860
if<00:41:09.480><c> perhaps</c><00:41:09.920><c> the</c><00:41:10.159><c> thought</c><00:41:10.300><c> of</c><00:41:10.519><c> my</c><00:41:10.679><c> heart</c><00:41:10.980><c> might</c><00:41:11.219><c> be</c><00:41:11.500><c> forgiven</c>

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:17.780
me<00:41:12.039><c> for</c><00:41:12.260><c> I</c><00:41:12.460><c> perceive</c><00:41:13.159><c> thou</c><00:41:14.199><c> art</c><00:41:14.679><c> in</c><00:41:15.380><c> the</c><00:41:15.780><c> gall</c><00:41:16.300><c> of</c><00:41:17.300><c> bitterness</c>

00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:21.420
and<00:41:19.199><c> the</c><00:41:19.500><c> bond</c><00:41:20.019><c> of</c><00:41:20.920><c> iniquity.</c>

00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:22.460
We're<00:41:21.659><c> going</c><00:41:21.780><c> to</c><00:41:21.900><c> end</c><00:41:22.059><c> with</c><00:41:22.260><c> this.</c>

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:25.340
But<00:41:22.699><c> my</c><00:41:22.980><c> question</c><00:41:23.420><c> and</c><00:41:24.019><c> I</c><00:41:24.260><c> struggled</c><00:41:24.539><c> with</c><00:41:24.739><c> it</c><00:41:24.860><c> for</c><00:41:25.079><c> a</c><00:41:25.199><c> while</c>

00:41:25.340 --> 00:41:28.500
to<00:41:25.579><c> what</c><00:41:25.940><c> exactly</c><00:41:26.780><c> is</c><00:41:27.699><c> meant.</c>

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:31.280
I<00:41:29.440><c> know</c><00:41:29.579><c> what</c><00:41:29.699><c> the</c><00:41:29.940><c> bond</c><00:41:30.139><c> of</c><00:41:30.340><c> iniquity</c><00:41:30.800><c> is.</c>

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:35.639
In<00:41:31.900><c> other</c><00:41:32.119><c> words</c><00:41:32.340><c> he's</c><00:41:32.820><c> he's</c><00:41:33.320><c> he's</c><00:41:33.760><c> trapped</c><00:41:34.059><c> in</c><00:41:34.420><c> his</c><00:41:34.719><c> sinful.</c>

00:41:35.720 --> 00:41:37.079
I<00:41:36.280><c> get</c><00:41:36.539><c> that.</c>

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:38.980
But<00:41:37.340><c> what</c><00:41:37.440><c> is</c><00:41:37.579><c> the</c><00:41:37.900><c> gall</c><00:41:38.219><c> of</c><00:41:38.599><c> bitterness.</c>

00:41:39.300 --> 00:41:40.900
What<00:41:39.420><c> does</c><00:41:39.579><c> that</c><00:41:39.940><c> mean.</c>

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:44.320
And<00:41:41.619><c> I</c><00:41:41.719><c> kept</c><00:41:41.820><c> sort</c><00:41:42.219><c> of</c><00:41:43.099><c> mulling</c><00:41:43.380><c> and</c><00:41:43.539><c> mulling</c><00:41:43.760><c> and</c><00:41:43.860><c> mulling</c><00:41:43.980><c> because</c><00:41:44.159><c> I</c>

00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:48.440
know<00:41:44.519><c> I</c><00:41:44.739><c> know</c><00:41:44.980><c> gall</c><00:41:45.239><c> is</c><00:41:45.519><c> bitter</c><00:41:45.860><c> and</c><00:41:47.500><c> I</c><00:41:47.619><c> know</c><00:41:47.719><c> it's</c><00:41:48.039><c> poison.</c>

00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:53.039
But<00:41:49.019><c> what</c><00:41:49.380><c> would</c><00:41:49.659><c> what</c><00:41:50.679><c> would</c><00:41:51.000><c> Simon</c><00:41:51.400><c> be</c><00:41:51.780><c> bitter</c><00:41:52.199><c> about.</c>

00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:55.239
What<00:41:53.400><c> would</c><00:41:53.539><c> that</c><00:41:53.900><c> bitterness</c><00:41:54.400><c> be.</c>

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:58.739
Well<00:41:55.719><c> of</c><00:41:55.880><c> course</c><00:41:56.079><c> it's</c><00:41:56.760><c> the</c><00:41:57.000><c> word</c><00:41:57.280><c> itself</c><00:41:57.760><c> that</c><00:41:58.039><c> tells</c><00:41:58.179><c> us</c><00:41:58.400><c> that's</c><00:41:58.659><c> the</c>

00:41:58.739 --> 00:41:59.539
way<00:41:58.860><c> it</c><00:41:59.019><c> always</c><00:41:59.260><c> is.</c>

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:02.340
If<00:41:59.980><c> I</c><00:42:00.139><c> had</c><00:42:00.260><c> been</c><00:42:00.440><c> smarter</c><00:42:00.719><c> I</c><00:42:00.820><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:01.039><c> have</c><00:42:01.219><c> wasted</c><00:42:01.599><c> as</c><00:42:02.139><c> much</c>

00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:04.179
time<00:42:02.480><c> as</c><00:42:02.619><c> I</c><00:42:02.719><c> did</c><00:42:02.860><c> trying</c><00:42:03.099><c> to</c><00:42:03.239><c> figure</c><00:42:03.400><c> out</c><00:42:03.599><c> I'd</c><00:42:03.780><c> just</c><00:42:03.860><c> go</c><00:42:04.000><c> back</c>

00:42:04.179 --> 00:42:04.619
to<00:42:04.340><c> the</c><00:42:04.500><c> word.</c>

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:06.199
Look<00:42:04.900><c> what</c><00:42:05.039><c> it</c><00:42:05.199><c> says</c><00:42:05.360><c> about.</c>

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:09.519
There<00:42:07.400><c> was</c><00:42:07.579><c> a</c><00:42:07.719><c> man</c><00:42:07.860><c> of</c><00:42:08.000><c> Simon</c><00:42:08.159><c> who</c><00:42:08.460><c> previously</c><00:42:08.659><c> practiced</c><00:42:09.019><c> magic</c><00:42:09.300><c> in</c>

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:14.179
the<00:42:09.659><c> city</c><00:42:10.119><c> and</c><00:42:11.380><c> amazed</c><00:42:11.900><c> the</c><00:42:12.199><c> people</c><00:42:12.440><c> of</c><00:42:12.739><c> Samaria</c><00:42:13.300><c> saying</c><00:42:13.739><c> that</c>

00:42:14.179 --> 00:42:17.099
he<00:42:14.579><c> himself</c><00:42:15.320><c> was</c><00:42:15.739><c> somebody</c><00:42:16.179><c> great.</c>

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:20.460
They<00:42:18.159><c> all</c><00:42:18.559><c> paid</c><00:42:18.820><c> attention</c><00:42:19.340><c> to</c><00:42:19.599><c> him.</c>

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:24.199
This<00:42:20.860><c> man</c><00:42:21.119><c> is</c><00:42:21.400><c> the</c><00:42:21.780><c> power</c><00:42:22.139><c> of</c><00:42:22.400><c> God</c><00:42:22.719><c> that</c><00:42:23.059><c> is</c><00:42:23.400><c> called</c><00:42:23.679><c> great.</c>

00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:28.380
And<00:42:24.739><c> they</c><00:42:25.159><c> had</c><00:42:25.639><c> regard</c><00:42:26.320><c> because</c><00:42:26.900><c> he</c><00:42:27.099><c> had</c><00:42:27.360><c> been</c><00:42:27.739><c> bullying</c><00:42:28.059><c> them</c>

00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:31.079
for<00:42:28.739><c> a</c><00:42:29.059><c> long</c><00:42:29.699><c> time.</c>

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:34.420
And<00:42:31.719><c> that's</c><00:42:32.199><c> what</c><00:42:32.699><c> the</c><00:42:32.880><c> bitterness</c><00:42:33.239><c> is.</c>

00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:38.380
When<00:42:35.340><c> you</c><00:42:35.579><c> are</c><00:42:35.920><c> called</c><00:42:36.360><c> and</c><00:42:36.659><c> Simon</c><00:42:37.019><c> would</c><00:42:37.300><c> know</c><00:42:37.500><c> this</c><00:42:37.820><c> because</c>

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:41.519
Simon<00:42:39.119><c> knew</c><00:42:39.519><c> the</c><00:42:39.760><c> gospel</c><00:42:40.119><c> and</c><00:42:40.280><c> was</c><00:42:40.500><c> baptized.</c>

00:42:41.820 --> 00:42:46.639
When<00:42:42.079><c> you</c><00:42:42.300><c> are</c><00:42:42.619><c> called</c><00:42:43.260><c> it</c><00:42:44.420><c> is</c><00:42:44.719><c> no</c><00:42:44.980><c> longer</c><00:42:45.300><c> about</c><00:42:45.679><c> you.</c>

00:42:48.260 --> 00:42:50.920
You<00:42:48.980><c> have</c><00:42:49.280><c> to</c><00:42:49.519><c> be</c><00:42:49.800><c> dead</c><00:42:50.139><c> in</c><00:42:50.539><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:54.320
And<00:42:51.820><c> he</c><00:42:52.039><c> was</c><00:42:52.280><c> a</c><00:42:52.500><c> man</c><00:42:52.800><c> who</c><00:42:53.219><c> was</c><00:42:53.820><c> famous.</c>

00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:57.079
He<00:42:54.860><c> was</c><00:42:55.079><c> a</c><00:42:55.179><c> man</c><00:42:55.320><c> that</c><00:42:55.679><c> everybody</c><00:42:56.119><c> had</c><00:42:56.460><c> regard</c><00:42:56.900><c> to.</c>

00:42:57.280 --> 00:43:00.980
He<00:42:57.440><c> is</c><00:42:57.579><c> a</c><00:42:57.659><c> man</c><00:42:57.760><c> who</c><00:42:57.980><c> told</c><00:42:58.280><c> everybody</c><00:42:58.900><c> he</c><00:42:59.679><c> was</c><00:43:00.000><c> great.</c>

00:43:01.580 --> 00:43:06.719
And<00:43:02.180><c> now</c><00:43:02.780><c> he</c><00:43:04.300><c> has</c><00:43:04.619><c> to</c><00:43:04.820><c> be</c><00:43:05.039><c> just</c><00:43:05.440><c> like</c><00:43:05.780><c> everybody</c><00:43:06.260><c> else.</c>

00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:09.039
He's<00:43:07.159><c> just</c><00:43:07.559><c> another</c><00:43:08.059><c> guy.</c>

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:10.260
That's<00:43:09.820><c> what</c><00:43:09.940><c> it</c><00:43:10.079><c> means.</c>

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:13.920
Sell<00:43:10.679><c> all</c><00:43:10.980><c> that</c><00:43:11.159><c> you</c><00:43:11.440><c> have</c><00:43:12.039><c> and</c><00:43:12.579><c> give</c><00:43:12.840><c> to</c><00:43:13.039><c> the</c><00:43:13.260><c> poor</c><00:43:13.500><c> and</c><00:43:13.739><c> come</c>

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.920
and<00:43:14.159><c> follow</c><00:43:14.420><c> me.</c>

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:19.320
And<00:43:15.579><c> he</c><00:43:15.719><c> was</c><00:43:16.139><c> bitter</c><00:43:16.559><c> and</c><00:43:17.699><c> he</c><00:43:18.019><c> saw</c><00:43:18.320><c> the</c><00:43:18.559><c> opportunity.</c>

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:26.079
If<00:43:20.800><c> you</c><00:43:21.239><c> give</c><00:43:21.440><c> me</c><00:43:21.840><c> the</c><00:43:22.119><c> power</c><00:43:22.619><c> to</c><00:43:23.280><c> give</c><00:43:23.539><c> people</c><00:43:23.860><c> the</c><00:43:24.119><c> Holy</c><00:43:24.340><c> Spirit,</c><00:43:25.800><c> then</c>

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:29.139
I<00:43:26.599><c> become</c><00:43:26.980><c> the</c><00:43:27.199><c> guy</c><00:43:27.480><c> that</c><00:43:27.699><c> gives</c><00:43:27.900><c> the</c><00:43:28.199><c> power.</c>

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:36.079
And<00:43:31.760><c> Peter</c><00:43:31.980><c> said</c><00:43:32.219><c> you're</c><00:43:33.099><c> stuck</c><00:43:33.420><c> in</c><00:43:33.760><c> the</c><00:43:34.219><c> gall</c><00:43:34.579><c> of</c><00:43:35.099><c> bitterness.</c>

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:40.099
And<00:43:36.840><c> boy,</c><00:43:37.280><c> isn't</c><00:43:37.920><c> bitterness</c><00:43:38.480><c> a</c><00:43:39.199><c> poison?</c>

00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:44.880
Isn't<00:43:40.980><c> that</c><00:43:41.400><c> idea</c><00:43:42.119><c> that</c><00:43:42.559><c> it</c><00:43:42.940><c> has</c><00:43:43.260><c> to</c><00:43:43.500><c> be</c><00:43:43.719><c> a</c><00:43:43.940><c> little</c><00:43:44.219><c> bit</c><00:43:44.500><c> about</c>

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:48.400
me,<00:43:46.480><c> isn't</c><00:43:46.880><c> that</c><00:43:47.300><c> poisonous?</c>

00:43:49.600 --> 00:43:55.659
What<00:43:50.320><c> we</c><00:43:50.820><c> have</c><00:43:51.239><c> agreed,</c><00:43:52.159><c> what</c><00:43:52.400><c> we</c><00:43:52.739><c> have</c><00:43:53.039><c> accepted</c><00:43:53.639><c> is</c><00:43:55.000><c> that</c><00:43:55.400><c> we</c>

00:43:55.659 --> 00:43:59.139
are<00:43:56.039><c> dead</c><00:43:56.260><c> in</c><00:43:56.500><c> our</c><00:43:56.820><c> sins</c><00:43:57.179><c> and</c><00:43:57.519><c> alive</c><00:43:57.900><c> in</c><00:43:58.179><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:04.559
That<00:44:00.099><c> it</c><00:44:00.440><c> isn't</c><00:44:00.719><c> and</c><00:44:01.059><c> can't</c><00:44:01.480><c> be</c><00:44:01.699><c> and</c><00:44:01.880><c> must</c><00:44:02.199><c> never</c><00:44:02.579><c> be</c><00:44:03.420><c> about</c><00:44:04.119><c> us</c>

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:09.519
ourselves<00:44:05.420><c> because</c><00:44:06.599><c> we</c><00:44:06.800><c> are</c><00:44:07.019><c> not</c><00:44:07.260><c> worthy</c><00:44:07.659><c> to</c><00:44:07.920><c> be</c><00:44:08.179><c> here.</c>

00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:16.239
And<00:44:10.380><c> yet</c><00:44:10.940><c> the</c><00:44:12.980><c> opportunity</c><00:44:13.679><c> is</c><00:44:14.119><c> there</c><00:44:14.500><c> to</c><00:44:14.900><c> do</c><00:44:15.119><c> wonderful</c><00:44:15.579><c> things</c><00:44:16.000><c> in</c>

00:44:16.239 --> 00:44:17.300
the<00:44:16.320><c> name</c><00:44:16.460><c> of</c><00:44:16.639><c> Jesus</c><00:44:16.960><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:18.980
Look<00:44:17.440><c> what</c><00:44:17.599><c> it</c><00:44:17.800><c> says</c><00:44:17.940><c> here.</c>

00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:23.880
And<00:44:19.340><c> they,</c><00:44:21.519><c> when</c><00:44:21.820><c> they</c><00:44:22.179><c> had</c><00:44:22.420><c> testified</c><00:44:22.940><c> and</c><00:44:23.159><c> preached</c><00:44:23.360><c> the</c><00:44:23.539><c> word</c><00:44:23.699><c> of</c>

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:24.519
the<00:44:24.039><c> Lord,</c>

00:44:24.920 --> 00:44:27.739
returned<00:44:25.260><c> to</c><00:44:25.519><c> Jerusalem</c><00:44:25.940><c> and</c><00:44:26.360><c> preached</c><00:44:26.599><c> the</c><00:44:26.820><c> gospel</c><00:44:27.199><c> in</c><00:44:27.480><c> many</c>

00:44:27.739 --> 00:44:30.360
villages<00:44:28.320><c> of</c><00:44:29.119><c> the</c><00:44:29.300><c> Samaritans.</c>

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:34.260
So<00:44:31.260><c> it's</c><00:44:31.539><c> not</c><00:44:32.139><c> you,</c><00:44:33.219><c> Simon.</c>

00:44:34.739 --> 00:44:36.420
It<00:44:35.219><c> is</c><00:44:35.559><c> we.</c>

00:44:36.659 --> 00:44:37.579
It<00:44:36.840><c> is</c><00:44:37.199><c> they.</c>

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:40.880
And<00:44:38.239><c> it's</c><00:44:38.780><c> fascinating</c><00:44:39.159><c> the</c><00:44:39.380><c> way</c><00:44:39.539><c> this</c><00:44:39.800><c> verse</c><00:44:40.000><c> reads</c><00:44:40.420><c> because</c>

00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:42.860
there's<00:44:41.280><c> two</c><00:44:41.619><c> theys</c><00:44:42.320><c> there.</c>

00:44:42.860 --> 00:44:48.380
But<00:44:43.659><c> it's</c><00:44:44.920><c> the</c><00:44:45.139><c> same</c><00:44:46.059><c> unified</c><00:44:47.000><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:51.159
But<00:44:49.000><c> it's</c><00:44:49.139><c> actually</c><00:44:49.340><c> talking</c><00:44:49.539><c> about</c><00:44:49.699><c> two</c><00:44:49.880><c> different</c><00:44:50.039><c> groups.</c>

00:44:51.579 --> 00:44:53.639
And<00:44:51.760><c> yet</c><00:44:51.860><c> it's</c><00:44:52.039><c> still</c><00:44:52.199><c> part</c><00:44:52.360><c> of</c><00:44:52.500><c> the</c><00:44:52.639><c> same</c><00:44:52.880><c> they.</c>

00:44:54.139 --> 00:44:57.659
And<00:44:54.579><c> they,</c><00:44:55.159><c> when</c><00:44:55.380><c> they</c><00:44:56.199><c> had</c><00:44:56.360><c> testified</c><00:44:56.820><c> and</c><00:44:57.079><c> preached</c><00:44:57.320><c> the</c><00:44:57.480><c> word</c><00:44:57.559><c> of</c>

00:44:57.659 --> 00:44:58.820
the<00:44:57.780><c> Lord,</c><00:44:57.960><c> returned</c><00:44:58.219><c> to</c><00:44:58.440><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:44:59.300 --> 00:45:00.380
That's<00:44:59.659><c> John</c><00:44:59.960><c> and</c><00:45:00.179><c> Peter.</c>

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:04.900
Remember<00:45:00.760><c> John</c><00:45:01.019><c> and</c><00:45:01.119><c> Peter</c><00:45:01.380><c> came</c><00:45:01.880><c> and</c><00:45:03.519><c> they</c><00:45:03.699><c> went</c><00:45:03.820><c> to</c><00:45:04.000><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:45:06.279 --> 00:45:09.480
And<00:45:06.719><c> they</c><00:45:07.159><c> preached</c><00:45:07.920><c> the</c><00:45:08.119><c> gospel</c><00:45:08.420><c> in</c><00:45:08.559><c> the</c><00:45:08.679><c> many</c><00:45:08.900><c> villages</c><00:45:09.260><c> of</c>

00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:10.099
the<00:45:09.619><c> Samaritans.</c>

00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:12.460
That's<00:45:10.920><c> the</c><00:45:11.019><c> people</c><00:45:11.179><c> who</c><00:45:11.340><c> were</c><00:45:11.480><c> scattered.</c>

00:45:13.260 --> 00:45:16.460
Yet<00:45:13.380><c> they're</c><00:45:13.639><c> all</c><00:45:13.940><c> part</c><00:45:14.539><c> of</c><00:45:15.400><c> the</c><00:45:15.679><c> same</c><00:45:16.139><c> they.</c>

00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:18.639
They're<00:45:16.880><c> all</c><00:45:17.159><c> part</c><00:45:17.420><c> of</c><00:45:17.719><c> the</c><00:45:17.980><c> same</c><00:45:18.380><c> we.</c>

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:23.420
It's<00:45:19.400><c> in</c><00:45:19.860><c> beautiful</c><00:45:20.500><c> contrast</c><00:45:21.340><c> to</c><00:45:22.460><c> what</c><00:45:22.659><c> Simon</c><00:45:23.000><c> was</c><00:45:23.199><c> trying</c>

00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:24.380
to<00:45:23.659><c> do.</c>

00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:29.380
Simon<00:45:25.119><c> wanted</c><00:45:25.500><c> the</c><00:45:25.820><c> opportunity</c><00:45:26.679><c> for,</c><00:45:28.099><c> in</c><00:45:28.340><c> this,</c><00:45:29.059><c> just</c><00:45:29.179><c> make</c>

00:45:29.380 --> 00:45:32.500
it<00:45:29.639><c> a</c><00:45:29.920><c> little</c><00:45:30.280><c> bit</c><00:45:31.280><c> about</c><00:45:31.900><c> me.</c>

00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:33.780
Would<00:45:32.719><c> you</c><00:45:32.880><c> give</c><00:45:32.980><c> me</c><00:45:33.179><c> that</c><00:45:33.400><c> power?</c>

00:45:34.139 --> 00:45:37.460
I'll<00:45:34.679><c> make</c><00:45:34.860><c> sure</c><00:45:35.119><c> that</c><00:45:35.320><c> the</c><00:45:35.440><c> right</c><00:45:35.679><c> people</c><00:45:36.000><c> get</c><00:45:37.119><c> the</c><00:45:37.320><c> hand</c><00:45:37.320><c> of</c>

00:45:37.460 --> 00:45:38.340
the<00:45:37.599><c> Holy</c><00:45:37.800><c> Spirit.</c>

00:45:38.340 --> 00:45:41.800
But<00:45:39.280><c> it'll</c><00:45:39.500><c> be</c><00:45:39.659><c> me</c><00:45:39.860><c> that</c><00:45:40.039><c> was</c><00:45:40.199><c> doing</c><00:45:40.480><c> it.</c>

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:46.500
And<00:45:42.699><c> notice</c><00:45:43.059><c> there,</c><00:45:44.780><c> I</c><00:45:44.880><c> just</c><00:45:44.980><c> want</c><00:45:45.119><c> to</c><00:45:45.280><c> skip</c><00:45:45.440><c> over</c><00:45:45.639><c> quickly,</c>

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:49.840
that<00:45:47.059><c> it</c><00:45:47.179><c> doesn't</c><00:45:47.420><c> answer</c><00:45:47.880><c> what</c><00:45:48.360><c> happened</c><00:45:48.659><c> to</c><00:45:49.059><c> Simon.</c>

00:45:51.700 --> 00:45:56.659
Simon<00:45:52.280><c> says</c><00:45:52.860><c> pray</c><00:45:53.519><c> that</c><00:45:54.119><c> these</c><00:45:54.500><c> things</c><00:45:54.780><c> won't</c><00:45:55.099><c> happen</c><00:45:55.440><c> to</c><00:45:55.679><c> me.</c>

00:45:58.039 --> 00:45:58.940
Right?

00:45:59.280 --> 00:46:01.760
That<00:45:59.559><c> none</c><00:45:59.780><c> of</c><00:45:59.980><c> these</c><00:46:00.280><c> things</c><00:46:00.480><c> which</c><00:46:00.699><c> you</c><00:46:00.840><c> have</c><00:46:01.079><c> spoken</c><00:46:01.420><c> come</c>

00:46:01.760 --> 00:46:02.360
upon<00:46:02.119><c> me.</c>

00:46:02.380 --> 00:46:03.539
What<00:46:02.619><c> things?</c>

00:46:04.380 --> 00:46:06.119
What<00:46:04.599><c> things</c><00:46:04.940><c> was</c><00:46:05.219><c> he</c><00:46:05.460><c> talking</c><00:46:05.719><c> about?</c>

00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:10.860
He<00:46:07.059><c> was</c><00:46:07.219><c> talking</c><00:46:07.480><c> about</c><00:46:08.159><c> the</c><00:46:09.099><c> wrath</c><00:46:09.380><c> of</c><00:46:09.760><c> God.</c>

00:46:11.380 --> 00:46:14.019
He<00:46:11.500><c> wasn't</c><00:46:11.719><c> talking</c><00:46:11.980><c> about,</c><00:46:13.239><c> you</c><00:46:13.340><c> know,</c><00:46:13.360><c> he</c><00:46:13.539><c> didn't</c><00:46:13.739><c> say</c><00:46:13.920><c> to</c>

00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:18.500
him<00:46:14.619><c> pray</c><00:46:15.219><c> that</c><00:46:15.599><c> my</c><00:46:15.900><c> heart</c><00:46:16.199><c> gets</c><00:46:16.920><c> turned</c><00:46:17.360><c> properly.</c>

00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:23.260
He<00:46:18.920><c> says</c><00:46:19.280><c> like</c><00:46:20.420><c> when</c><00:46:21.239><c> it</c><00:46:21.440><c> says</c><00:46:21.679><c> that</c><00:46:21.920><c> Judas</c><00:46:22.119><c> repented.</c>

00:46:23.840 --> 00:46:26.539
He<00:46:24.039><c> says</c><00:46:24.119><c> pray</c><00:46:24.420><c> that</c><00:46:24.559><c> God</c><00:46:24.820><c> doesn't</c><00:46:25.280><c> hold</c><00:46:25.440><c> me</c><00:46:25.719><c> accountable</c><00:46:26.199><c> for</c>

00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:27.199
how<00:46:26.699><c> I</c><00:46:26.940><c> feel.</c>

00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:29.980
It's<00:46:27.679><c> basically</c><00:46:28.199><c> what</c><00:46:28.739><c> he's</c><00:46:29.139><c> saying.</c>

00:46:30.780 --> 00:46:34.659
And<00:46:31.059><c> yet</c><00:46:31.219><c> they</c><00:46:32.619><c> preached</c><00:46:33.519><c> the</c><00:46:33.719><c> gospel.</c>

00:46:35.619 --> 00:46:39.019
They,<00:46:36.139><c> some</c><00:46:36.380><c> went</c><00:46:36.539><c> back</c><00:46:36.840><c> to</c><00:46:37.039><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:46:37.860><c> and</c><00:46:38.119><c> they,</c><00:46:38.619><c> some</c><00:46:38.739><c> went</c><00:46:38.880><c> to</c>

00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:42.739
the<00:46:39.139><c> villages</c><00:46:39.360><c> of</c><00:46:39.599><c> Samaria,</c><00:46:40.480><c> but</c><00:46:40.659><c> it's</c><00:46:40.960><c> all</c><00:46:41.260><c> the</c><00:46:41.519><c> one</c><00:46:41.780><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:48.440
And<00:46:42.960><c> that</c><00:46:43.099><c> of</c><00:46:43.219><c> course</c><00:46:43.380><c> is</c><00:46:43.619><c> the</c><00:46:43.760><c> mess</c><00:46:43.920><c> again</c><00:46:44.659><c> and</c><00:46:45.019><c> again</c><00:46:45.659><c> and</c><00:46:45.780><c> again</c><00:46:46.460><c> in</c>

00:46:48.440 --> 00:46:51.179
the<00:46:48.760><c> early,</c><00:46:49.320><c> in</c><00:46:49.880><c> the</c><00:46:50.119><c> expanding</c><00:46:50.599><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:56.079
So<00:46:51.900><c> even</c><00:46:52.119><c> despite</c><00:46:52.599><c> persecutions,</c><00:46:54.480><c> the</c><00:46:54.639><c> Ecclesia</c><00:46:54.920><c> is</c><00:46:55.239><c> still</c><00:46:55.500><c> unified.</c>

00:46:56.320 --> 00:46:57.079
It's<00:46:56.519><c> still</c><00:46:56.820><c> one.</c>

00:46:57.420 --> 00:46:58.619
It's<00:46:57.699><c> still</c><00:46:57.900><c> working</c><00:46:58.199><c> together.</c>

00:46:58.900 --> 00:47:00.420
Some<00:46:59.119><c> people</c><00:46:59.360><c> are</c><00:46:59.480><c> going</c><00:46:59.579><c> back</c><00:46:59.860><c> to</c><00:47:00.059><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:47:00.420 --> 00:47:04.420
Some<00:47:00.659><c> people</c><00:47:01.019><c> are</c><00:47:01.679><c> preaching</c><00:47:02.420><c> in</c><00:47:02.739><c> the</c><00:47:02.900><c> villages</c><00:47:03.179><c> of</c><00:47:03.619><c> Samaria,</c>

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:06.099
but<00:47:04.719><c> it's</c><00:47:05.079><c> still</c><00:47:05.320><c> one</c><00:47:05.599><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:47:06.800><c> that's</c><00:47:07.079><c> the</c><00:47:07.219><c> message</c><00:47:07.460><c> that</c><00:47:07.719><c> comes</c><00:47:07.980><c> out</c><00:47:08.679><c> again</c><00:47:09.039><c> and</c><00:47:09.219><c> again</c>

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and<00:47:09.599><c> again.</c>

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Even<00:47:10.880><c> with</c><00:47:11.420><c> the</c><00:47:11.659><c> trial,</c><00:47:12.099><c> the</c><00:47:12.480><c> persecutions</c><00:47:12.940><c> they're</c><00:47:13.199><c> about</c><00:47:13.320><c> to</c><00:47:13.480><c> go</c><00:47:13.659><c> through</c><00:47:13.800><c> with</c><00:47:14.099><c> Paul,</c><00:47:15.139><c> Saul,</c><00:47:15.719><c> and</c><00:47:15.940><c> even</c><00:47:16.159><c> with</c><00:47:16.860><c> a</c>

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guy<00:47:17.320><c> like</c><00:47:17.539><c> Simon</c><00:47:17.980><c> who</c><00:47:18.199><c> has</c><00:47:18.400><c> this</c><00:47:18.739><c> great</c><00:47:18.960><c> regard</c><00:47:19.320><c> from</c><00:47:20.019><c> people.</c>

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And<00:47:21.860><c> yet</c><00:47:21.980><c> he's</c><00:47:22.380><c> not</c><00:47:23.699><c> a</c><00:47:24.099><c> follower</c><00:47:24.280><c> of</c><00:47:24.500><c> the</c><00:47:24.659><c> message.</c>