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an<00:17:27.059><c> outpouring</c><00:17:27.740><c> of</c><00:17:27.900><c> the</c><00:17:27.980><c> Holy</c><00:17:28.319><c> Spirit</c><00:17:28.900><c> to</c><00:17:29.319><c> support</c><00:17:30.740><c> the</c><00:17:31.240><c> reorganization</c><00:17:32.599><c> of</c><00:17:32.799><c> God's</c><00:17:33.279><c> people.</c><00:17:35.140><c> So</c><00:17:35.279><c> the</c>

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Israel.<00:17:47.539><c> One</c><00:17:47.960><c> other</c><00:17:48.220><c> point</c><00:17:48.819><c> before</c>

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we<00:17:49.339><c> go</c><00:17:49.480><c> into</c><00:17:49.680><c> John.</c><00:17:51.619><c> In</c><00:17:51.819><c> Matthew</c><00:17:52.160><c> chapter</c><00:17:52.559><c> 10</c><00:17:54.079><c> verse</c><00:17:58.720><c> 1.</c><00:18:02.420><c> We</c><00:18:02.440><c> have</c><00:18:02.619><c> a</c>

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called<00:18:12.619><c> unto</c><00:18:12.880><c> him</c><00:18:13.279><c> his</c><00:18:13.740><c> twelve</c><00:18:14.079><c> disciples</c>

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heal<00:18:22.819><c> all</c><00:18:23.180><c> manner</c><00:18:23.480><c> of</c>

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sickness<00:18:24.700><c> and</c><00:18:25.460><c> all</c><00:18:25.680><c> manner</c><00:18:26.180><c> of</c><00:18:26.559><c> disease.</c><00:18:29.099><c> Well</c><00:18:29.200><c> now</c><00:18:29.400><c> that's</c>

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very<00:18:29.839><c> interesting</c><00:18:30.599><c> because</c><00:18:31.920><c> here</c><00:18:32.799><c> prior</c>

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manner<00:18:44.599><c> of</c><00:18:44.599><c> disease.</c><00:18:44.599><c> And</c><00:18:44.599><c> they</c><00:18:44.599><c> are</c><00:18:44.599><c> given</c><00:18:44.599><c> the</c><00:18:44.599><c> same</c><00:18:44.599><c> gift</c>

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promise.<00:18:50.019><c> And</c><00:18:50.140><c> it's</c><00:18:50.380><c> bestowal</c><00:18:51.319><c> in</c><00:18:51.480><c> Acts</c><00:18:51.640><c> chapter</c><00:18:51.940><c> 2.</c><00:18:55.019><c> So</c><00:18:55.380><c> there's</c><00:18:56.460><c> something</c><00:18:56.640><c> else</c>

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we<00:18:57.019><c> need</c><00:18:57.119><c> to</c><00:18:57.279><c> keep</c>

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in<00:18:57.559><c> mind</c><00:18:57.700><c> here.</c><00:18:58.380><c> That</c><00:18:58.599><c> what</c><00:18:58.859><c> happened</c><00:18:59.539><c> on</c><00:18:59.819><c> the</c><00:18:59.940><c> day</c><00:19:00.079><c> of</c><00:19:00.259><c> Pentecost</c><00:19:00.980><c> was</c><00:19:02.400><c> supplemental</c><00:19:03.420><c> to</c>

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what<00:19:04.460><c> these</c>

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miracles.<00:19:20.200><c> But</c><00:19:20.359><c> they</c><00:19:20.519><c> had</c><00:19:20.680><c> some</c><00:19:20.940><c> limited</c>

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use<00:19:26.700><c> that</c><00:19:26.960><c> power</c><00:19:27.220><c> as</c><00:19:27.619><c> for</c>

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transfiguration.<00:19:35.440><c> There's</c><00:19:35.960><c> no</c><00:19:36.119><c> record</c>

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at<00:19:45.900><c> the</c><00:19:46.019><c> day</c><00:19:46.160><c> of</c><00:19:46.339><c> Pentecost.</c><00:19:48.799><c> So</c><00:19:48.980><c> I</c><00:19:49.079><c> think</c>

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limited<00:19:53.259><c> power</c><00:19:53.880><c> of</c><00:19:54.500><c> the</c><00:19:54.660><c> Holy</c><00:19:54.900><c> Spirit</c><00:19:55.200><c> given</c>

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and<00:20:36.400><c> thus</c><00:20:36.779><c> it</c><00:20:37.319><c> behoved</c><00:20:37.779><c> Christ</c><00:20:38.200><c> to</c><00:20:38.519><c> suffer</c><00:20:38.779><c> and</c><00:20:39.079><c> to</c><00:20:39.299><c> rise</c><00:20:39.700><c> from</c>

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repentance<00:20:43.200><c> and</c><00:20:43.420><c> remission</c><00:20:43.779><c> of</c><00:20:44.059><c> sin</c><00:20:44.220><c> should</c><00:20:44.420><c> be</c><00:20:44.700><c> preached</c><00:20:45.000><c> in</c>

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father<00:20:54.059><c> upon</c><00:20:54.519><c> you.</c><00:20:55.359><c> But</c><00:20:55.740><c> tarry</c><00:20:56.140><c> ye</c><00:20:56.480><c> in</c><00:20:56.960><c> the</c><00:20:57.119><c> city</c><00:20:57.339><c> of</c><00:20:57.640><c> Jerusalem</c><00:20:58.240><c> until</c><00:20:59.119><c> ye</c>

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be<00:20:59.700><c> endued</c><00:21:00.180><c> with</c><00:21:00.519><c> power</c>

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from<00:21:01.859><c> on</c><00:21:02.400><c> high.</c><00:21:04.240><c> So</c><00:21:04.400><c> the</c><00:21:04.500><c> Lord</c><00:21:04.640><c> is</c><00:21:04.819><c> making</c><00:21:05.019><c> it</c><00:21:05.220><c> very</c><00:21:05.480><c> clear</c><00:21:05.619><c> here</c><00:21:05.839><c> now.</c><00:21:06.240><c> After</c><00:21:06.759><c> his</c>

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death<00:21:07.480><c> and</c><00:21:07.740><c> resurrection</c>

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he's<00:21:08.539><c> speaking,</c><00:21:09.400><c> he's</c><00:21:09.720><c> counseling</c><00:21:09.960><c> his</c><00:21:10.220><c> disciples</c><00:21:10.640><c> about</c><00:21:10.900><c> what</c><00:21:11.079><c> they're</c><00:21:11.279><c> to</c>

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do.<00:21:12.059><c> Giving</c><00:21:12.240><c> them</c><00:21:12.559><c> instructions</c>

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about<00:21:13.700><c> their</c><00:21:13.960><c> preaching</c><00:21:14.299><c> mission.</c><00:21:15.339><c> And</c><00:21:15.619><c> telling</c><00:21:15.799><c> them</c><00:21:16.059><c> of</c><00:21:16.259><c> the</c><00:21:16.460><c> support</c><00:21:16.740><c> that's</c><00:21:17.019><c> going</c><00:21:17.160><c> to</c><00:21:17.420><c> come.</c>

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power<00:21:23.420><c> from</c><00:21:23.660><c> on</c><00:21:24.000><c> high.</c><00:21:25.200><c> And</c>

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passion<00:21:45.839><c> by</c><00:21:46.099><c> many</c><00:21:46.579><c> infallible</c><00:21:47.099><c> proofs</c>

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being<00:21:47.839><c> seen</c><00:21:48.180><c> of</c><00:21:48.299><c> them</c><00:21:48.539><c> forty</c><00:21:48.859><c> days</c><00:21:49.599><c> and</c><00:21:50.160><c> speaking</c><00:21:50.640><c> of</c><00:21:50.960><c> the</c><00:21:51.200><c> things</c><00:21:51.460><c> pertaining</c><00:21:52.099><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:52.920><c> kingdom</c><00:21:53.420><c> of</c>

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God.<00:21:55.039><c> And</c><00:21:55.279><c> being</c><00:21:55.539><c> assembled</c><00:21:56.059><c> together</c><00:21:56.500><c> with</c><00:21:56.720><c> them</c><00:21:57.039><c> commanded</c>

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them<00:21:57.839><c> that</c><00:21:58.000><c> they</c><00:21:58.180><c> should</c><00:21:58.460><c> not</c><00:21:58.740><c> depart</c>

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from<00:21:59.359><c> Jerusalem</c><00:21:59.960><c> but</c><00:22:00.740><c> wait</c><00:22:01.200><c> for</c><00:22:01.660><c> the</c><00:22:01.960><c> promise</c><00:22:02.380><c> of</c><00:22:02.700><c> the</c><00:22:02.940><c> father</c>

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which<00:22:04.400><c> saith</c><00:22:04.700><c> he</c><00:22:05.259><c> ye</c><00:22:05.500><c> have</c><00:22:05.640><c> heard</c><00:22:06.079><c> of</c>

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me.<00:22:07.480><c> We</c><00:22:07.599><c> just</c><00:22:07.839><c> read</c><00:22:08.039><c> it.</c><00:22:08.480><c> Luke</c><00:22:08.519><c> 24.</c><00:22:09.140><c> He</c><00:22:09.240><c> had</c><00:22:09.420><c> told</c><00:22:09.519><c> them</c><00:22:09.920><c> to</c><00:22:10.200><c> go</c>

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and<00:22:10.480><c> wait</c><00:22:10.579><c> in</c><00:22:10.740><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:11.180><c> and</c><00:22:11.619><c> they</c>

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would<00:22:13.200><c> receive</c><00:22:13.559><c> power</c><00:22:14.059><c> from</c><00:22:14.420><c> God.</c><00:22:15.480><c> And</c><00:22:15.660><c> now</c><00:22:15.940><c> here's</c><00:22:16.299><c> the</c><00:22:16.539><c> confirmation</c><00:22:16.920><c> of</c>

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that.<00:22:18.000><c> And</c><00:22:18.299><c> there's</c><00:22:18.579><c> no</c><00:22:18.819><c> record</c>

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of<00:22:19.400><c> the</c><00:22:19.500><c> disciples</c><00:22:20.180><c> engaging</c><00:22:21.380><c> in</c><00:22:21.640><c> any</c><00:22:21.920><c> public</c><00:22:22.339><c> witness</c><00:22:23.180><c> during</c><00:22:23.859><c> this</c>

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intervening<00:22:24.559><c> period.</c><00:22:25.079><c> They're</c><00:22:25.099><c> there</c>

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in<00:22:25.839><c> the</c><00:22:26.039><c> city.</c><00:22:27.119><c> They're</c><00:22:27.559><c> regrouping,</c><00:22:28.319><c> reorganizing</c><00:22:28.900><c> themselves.</c><00:22:29.980><c> They're</c>

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waiting<00:22:30.599><c> for</c><00:22:31.160><c> some</c><00:22:32.000><c> direction</c>

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see<00:22:38.819><c> what</c><00:22:39.140><c> direction</c><00:22:39.380><c> will</c><00:22:39.559><c> be</c><00:22:39.740><c> given.</c>

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public<00:22:44.480><c> witness</c><00:22:44.880><c> or</c><00:22:45.980><c> the</c><00:22:47.119><c> disciples</c>

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getting<00:22:48.519><c> on</c><00:22:49.019><c> with</c><00:22:49.180><c> this</c><00:22:49.359><c> massive</c><00:22:49.700><c> task.</c><00:22:51.420><c> But</c><00:22:51.480><c> when</c><00:22:51.740><c> chapter</c><00:22:52.039><c> 2</c>

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opens<00:22:53.299><c> the</c><00:22:53.640><c> scene</c><00:22:53.859><c> changes.</c><00:22:55.720><c> And</c><00:22:55.839><c> the</c>

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day<00:22:56.119><c> of</c><00:22:56.299><c> Pentecost</c><00:22:56.740><c> is</c><00:22:57.000><c> here</c><00:22:57.420><c> and</c><00:22:58.480><c> suddenly</c><00:22:59.119><c> there</c><00:22:59.859><c> came</c><00:23:00.759><c> a</c><00:23:01.279><c> sound</c><00:23:01.420><c> from</c><00:23:01.660><c> heaven</c><00:23:02.039><c> as</c>

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of<00:23:02.700><c> a</c><00:23:02.880><c> rushing</c><00:23:03.259><c> mighty</c>

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wind<00:23:04.220><c> and</c><00:23:04.819><c> it</c><00:23:05.119><c> filled</c><00:23:05.299><c> all</c><00:23:05.579><c> the</c><00:23:05.779><c> house</c><00:23:06.259><c> where</c><00:23:06.579><c> they</c><00:23:06.720><c> were</c><00:23:07.000><c> sitting.</c><00:23:08.660><c> And</c>

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there<00:23:08.980><c> appeared</c><00:23:09.400><c> unto</c><00:23:09.680><c> them</c>

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cloven<00:23:10.339><c> tongues</c><00:23:10.779><c> like</c><00:23:11.319><c> as</c><00:23:11.660><c> of</c><00:23:11.920><c> fire</c><00:23:12.240><c> and</c><00:23:12.619><c> it</c><00:23:12.819><c> sat</c><00:23:12.900><c> upon</c><00:23:13.420><c> each</c>

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of<00:23:14.180><c> them.</c><00:23:14.759><c> And</c><00:23:15.000><c> they</c><00:23:15.140><c> were</c><00:23:15.440><c> all</c><00:23:15.799><c> filled</c>

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with<00:23:16.240><c> the</c><00:23:16.420><c> Holy</c><00:23:16.700><c> Spirit</c><00:23:17.140><c> and</c><00:23:17.380><c> began</c><00:23:17.559><c> to</c><00:23:17.880><c> speak</c><00:23:18.019><c> with</c><00:23:18.259><c> other</c><00:23:18.500><c> tongues</c><00:23:18.940><c> as</c>

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the<00:23:19.700><c> Spirit</c><00:23:19.920><c> gave</c><00:23:20.140><c> them</c><00:23:20.460><c> utterance.</c>

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And<00:23:22.339><c> so</c><00:23:22.680><c> this</c><00:23:23.380><c> was</c><00:23:23.720><c> the</c><00:23:23.920><c> promise</c><00:23:24.160><c> of</c><00:23:24.339><c> the</c><00:23:24.539><c> Father.</c><00:23:25.099><c> This</c><00:23:25.299><c> is</c><00:23:25.519><c> what</c><00:23:26.000><c> the</c><00:23:26.240><c> Lord</c><00:23:26.359><c> was</c><00:23:26.640><c> speaking</c><00:23:26.980><c> of</c>

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at<00:23:27.799><c> the</c>

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end<00:23:28.119><c> of</c><00:23:28.460><c> Luke</c><00:23:28.619><c> chapter</c><00:23:29.039><c> 24.</c><00:23:30.799><c> And</c><00:23:31.119><c> what</c><00:23:31.200><c> he</c><00:23:31.480><c> counseled</c><00:23:32.339><c> them</c><00:23:32.480><c> about</c><00:23:32.960><c> at</c>

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the<00:23:33.420><c> beginning</c><00:23:33.880><c> of</c><00:23:34.380><c> Acts</c><00:23:34.559><c> chapter</c>

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1.<00:23:36.380><c> And</c><00:23:36.700><c> they</c><00:23:36.980><c> speak</c><00:23:37.220><c> in</c><00:23:37.519><c> tongues.</c><00:23:39.920><c> And</c><00:23:40.299><c> in</c><00:23:41.559><c> Acts</c><00:23:41.799><c> chapter</c><00:23:42.200><c> 5</c>

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they<00:23:43.480><c> perform</c><00:23:44.000><c> miracles.</c><00:23:45.880><c> Acts</c><00:23:46.039><c> chapter</c>

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5<00:23:46.720><c> verse</c><00:23:48.259><c> 12.</c><00:23:51.160><c> And</c><00:23:51.160><c> by</c><00:23:51.339><c> the</c><00:23:51.559><c> hands</c><00:23:51.779><c> of</c><00:23:51.940><c> the</c><00:23:52.079><c> apostles</c><00:23:52.500><c> were</c><00:23:52.680><c> many</c><00:23:53.000><c> signs</c><00:23:53.859><c> and</c>

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wonders<00:23:56.039><c> wrought</c><00:23:56.460><c> among</c>

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the<00:23:56.940><c> people.</c><00:23:57.839><c> And</c><00:23:57.859><c> they</c><00:23:57.940><c> were</c><00:23:58.279><c> all</c><00:23:58.519><c> with</c><00:23:58.680><c> one</c><00:23:58.900><c> accord</c><00:23:59.119><c> in</c><00:23:59.380><c> Solomon's</c><00:23:59.880><c> porch.</c><00:24:00.779><c> And</c>

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of<00:24:01.019><c> the</c><00:24:01.200><c> rest</c><00:24:01.519><c> there's</c>

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no<00:24:02.799><c> man</c><00:24:03.160><c> joined</c><00:24:03.420><c> himself</c><00:24:03.880><c> to</c><00:24:04.140><c> them,</c><00:24:04.640><c> but</c><00:24:04.759><c> the</c><00:24:04.960><c> people</c><00:24:05.160><c> magnified</c><00:24:05.759><c> them.</c>

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more<00:24:09.079><c> added</c><00:24:09.579><c> to</c><00:24:09.839><c> the</c><00:24:10.059><c> Lord,</c><00:24:10.660><c> multitudes</c><00:24:11.579><c> both</c><00:24:11.980><c> of</c><00:24:12.220><c> men</c><00:24:12.380><c> and</c><00:24:12.559><c> women,</c><00:24:13.440><c> in</c>

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so<00:24:13.819><c> much</c><00:24:14.019><c> that</c><00:24:14.160><c> they</c><00:24:14.400><c> brought</c>

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forth<00:24:14.960><c> the</c><00:24:15.359><c> sick</c><00:24:15.559><c> into</c><00:24:15.980><c> the</c><00:24:16.339><c> streets</c><00:24:16.779><c> and</c><00:24:17.380><c> laid</c><00:24:17.559><c> them</c><00:24:17.740><c> on</c><00:24:17.980><c> beds</c>

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and<00:24:19.140><c> couches</c><00:24:19.640><c> that</c><00:24:20.579><c> at</c><00:24:21.000><c> the</c><00:24:21.160><c> least</c><00:24:21.500><c> the</c>

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shadow<00:24:22.119><c> of</c><00:24:22.339><c> Peter</c><00:24:22.579><c> passing</c><00:24:23.000><c> by</c><00:24:23.380><c> might</c><00:24:23.660><c> overshadow</c><00:24:24.380><c> some</c><00:24:24.660><c> of</c><00:24:24.880><c> them.</c><00:24:26.839><c> And</c><00:24:27.180><c> there</c><00:24:27.259><c> came</c><00:24:27.380><c> also</c><00:24:27.799><c> a</c><00:24:27.920><c> multitude</c>

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out<00:24:28.480><c> of</c><00:24:28.579><c> the</c><00:24:28.759><c> cities</c><00:24:29.079><c> round</c><00:24:29.440><c> about</c><00:24:29.779><c> unto</c><00:24:30.019><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:30.700><c> bringing</c>

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sick<00:24:32.019><c> folks</c><00:24:32.660><c> and</c><00:24:33.460><c> them</c><00:24:33.779><c> which</c><00:24:34.119><c> were</c><00:24:34.400><c> vexed</c>

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with<00:24:34.960><c> unclean</c><00:24:35.480><c> spirits</c><00:24:36.079><c> and</c><00:24:36.559><c> they</c><00:24:36.660><c> were</c><00:24:36.900><c> healed.</c><00:24:38.000><c> They</c><00:24:38.700><c> were</c>

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healed<00:24:40.140><c> every</c><00:24:40.839><c> one.</c><00:24:43.200><c> That's</c><00:24:43.920><c> the</c><00:24:44.099><c> record</c>

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of<00:24:45.460><c> the</c><00:24:46.619><c> outcome</c><00:24:47.059><c> of</c><00:24:47.259><c> the</c><00:24:47.420><c> Holy</c><00:24:47.680><c> Spirit</c><00:24:48.059><c> gifts</c><00:24:48.579><c> in</c><00:24:49.680><c> the</c><00:24:49.799><c> book</c>

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of<00:24:50.140><c> Acts.</c><00:24:50.440><c> There's</c><00:24:50.519><c> other</c><00:24:50.720><c> examples</c>

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of<00:24:51.400><c> course,</c><00:24:51.700><c> but</c><00:24:52.119><c> that's</c><00:24:52.559><c> what</c><00:24:52.759><c> happened.</c><00:24:53.779><c> The</c><00:24:54.299><c> spirit</c><00:24:54.579><c> descended.</c><00:24:55.859><c> They</c>

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were<00:24:56.519><c> empowered</c><00:24:57.160><c> to</c><00:24:57.980><c> speak</c><00:24:58.240><c> in</c>

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tongues.<00:24:59.880><c> And</c><00:25:00.039><c> the</c><00:25:00.079><c> great</c><00:25:00.259><c> importance</c><00:25:00.660><c> of</c><00:25:00.940><c> that</c><00:25:01.119><c> and</c><00:25:01.240><c> the</c><00:25:01.460><c> communication</c><00:25:01.900><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:02.680><c> gospel</c><00:25:03.019><c> to</c><00:25:03.200><c> people</c>

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of<00:25:03.940><c> different</c><00:25:04.299><c> backgrounds</c><00:25:04.900><c> and</c><00:25:05.200><c> languages.</c><00:25:06.259><c> So</c><00:25:06.319><c> the</c><00:25:06.559><c> support</c><00:25:06.779><c> of</c><00:25:06.920><c> the</c>

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witness<00:25:07.720><c> and</c><00:25:09.200><c> the</c><00:25:09.400><c> healing</c>

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of<00:25:09.740><c> people</c><00:25:10.359><c> to</c><00:25:10.660><c> give</c><00:25:10.819><c> credibility</c><00:25:11.440><c> to</c><00:25:11.880><c> what</c><00:25:12.039><c> they</c><00:25:12.339><c> said.</c><00:25:15.240><c> So</c>

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that's<00:25:16.599><c> the</c><00:25:16.740><c> Holy</c><00:25:16.940><c> Spirit</c><00:25:17.220><c> gifts.</c><00:25:19.500><c> And</c>

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worked,<00:25:30.400><c> they</c><00:25:31.519><c> stand</c><00:25:31.900><c> out</c><00:25:32.559><c> as</c><00:25:32.960><c> distinct</c><00:25:33.519><c> and</c>

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powerful.

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come<00:27:02.160><c> and</c><00:27:02.759><c> abide</c><00:27:03.059><c> with</c><00:27:03.339><c> them.</c><00:27:03.799><c> It's</c><00:27:04.359><c> intended</c><00:27:04.859><c> to</c><00:27:05.460><c> be</c><00:27:05.680><c> a</c><00:27:05.940><c> helper.</c><00:27:06.940><c> The</c><00:27:07.059><c> Lord</c><00:27:07.180><c> is</c><00:27:07.500><c> dealing</c><00:27:07.779><c> with</c><00:27:08.019><c> a</c><00:27:08.240><c> specific</c>

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the<00:27:18.599><c> first</c><00:27:18.859><c> reference.</c>

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But<00:27:24.460><c> the</c><00:27:24.799><c> Comforter</c><00:27:25.940><c> which</c><00:27:26.420><c> is</c><00:27:26.839><c> the</c><00:27:27.039><c> Holy</c><00:27:27.339><c> Spirit,</c><00:27:28.359><c> the</c><00:27:28.480><c> Comforter</c><00:27:29.299><c> the</c>

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Holy<00:27:29.960><c> Spirit</c><00:27:30.519><c> whom</c><00:27:30.960><c> the</c><00:27:31.299><c> Father</c>

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whatsoever<00:27:43.140><c> I</c><00:27:43.759><c> have</c><00:27:43.980><c> said</c><00:27:44.400><c> unto</c><00:27:44.779><c> you.</c>

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is<00:27:53.359><c> not</c><00:27:53.500><c> Holy</c><00:27:53.799><c> Spirit</c><00:27:54.180><c> gifts</c><00:27:54.720><c> as</c><00:28:01.720><c> we</c>

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speak<00:28:01.920><c> in</c><00:28:02.039><c> foreign</c><00:28:02.240><c> language.</c><00:28:04.599><c> He's</c><00:28:04.779><c> not</c><00:28:05.039><c> telling</c><00:28:05.319><c> them</c><00:28:05.539><c> that</c>

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they're<00:28:05.880><c> going</c><00:28:05.940><c> to</c><00:28:06.039><c> be</c><00:28:06.140><c> able</c><00:28:06.279><c> to</c><00:28:06.380><c> go</c><00:28:06.559><c> out</c>

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and<00:28:06.980><c> perform</c><00:28:07.259><c> miracles.</c><00:28:09.660><c> He's</c><00:28:09.980><c> telling</c><00:28:10.119><c> them</c><00:28:10.700><c> very</c><00:28:11.200><c> precisely</c><00:28:11.779><c> he's</c><00:28:12.140><c> going</c><00:28:12.299><c> to</c>

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teach<00:28:12.980><c> them</c><00:28:13.539><c> all</c><00:28:13.960><c> things.</c>

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that's<00:28:24.039><c> going</c><00:28:24.160><c> to</c><00:28:24.359><c> emerge</c><00:28:24.700><c> as</c><00:28:25.019><c> one</c><00:28:25.200><c> of</c><00:28:25.480><c> the</c><00:28:25.960><c> single</c><00:28:26.559><c> most</c><00:28:26.859><c> important</c><00:28:27.319><c> points</c><00:28:27.799><c> about</c><00:28:28.299><c> this</c>

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work<00:28:28.940><c> of</c><00:28:29.039><c> the</c>

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These<00:28:34.900><c> men</c><00:28:35.299><c> had</c><00:28:37.579><c> been</c><00:28:37.720><c> in</c><00:28:37.900><c> the</c><00:28:38.039><c> company</c><00:28:38.259><c> of</c><00:28:38.440><c> the</c><00:28:38.500><c> Lord</c><00:28:39.079><c> for</c><00:28:41.619><c> three</c><00:28:41.859><c> and</c>

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Now<00:28:52.339><c> how</c><00:28:52.619><c> faulty</c><00:28:53.099><c> are</c><00:28:54.079><c> our</c><00:28:54.220><c> memories?</c><00:28:56.779><c> I</c><00:28:57.180><c> wonder</c><00:28:57.500><c> if</c><00:28:57.779><c> I</c><00:28:57.940><c> gave</c><00:28:58.099><c> you</c><00:28:58.279><c> a</c>

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piece<00:28:58.500><c> of</c><00:28:58.619><c> paper</c>

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hear<00:29:09.980><c> a</c><00:29:10.119><c> lot</c><00:29:10.180><c> of</c><00:29:10.359><c> information.</c>

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We<00:29:11.500><c> retain</c><00:29:11.920><c> only</c><00:29:12.240><c> a</c><00:29:12.500><c> fraction</c><00:29:12.759><c> of</c><00:29:12.960><c> it.</c><00:29:13.900><c> And</c><00:29:14.160><c> these</c><00:29:14.420><c> men</c><00:29:14.799><c> without</c><00:29:15.180><c> benefit</c><00:29:15.599><c> of</c><00:29:15.819><c> pen</c>

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and<00:29:16.279><c> paper</c><00:29:16.720><c> and</c><00:29:16.960><c> videotape</c>

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other<00:29:58.180><c> men</c><00:29:59.000><c> received.</c><00:30:00.660><c> This</c><00:30:00.859><c> applies</c><00:30:01.359><c> to</c><00:30:01.619><c> these</c><00:30:01.980><c> 11</c><00:30:02.480><c> remaining</c><00:30:03.019><c> men.</c><00:30:04.700><c> You</c>

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cannot<00:30:05.220><c> bring</c><00:30:05.680><c> to</c><00:30:05.880><c> your</c>

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remembrance<00:30:06.519><c> things</c><00:30:06.799><c> you</c><00:30:06.980><c> never</c><00:30:07.140><c> heard</c><00:30:07.339><c> before.</c><00:30:09.599><c> So</c><00:30:09.779><c> other</c>

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men<00:30:10.119><c> who</c><00:30:10.359><c> received</c><00:30:10.700><c> the</c><00:30:11.099><c> gifts</c><00:30:11.259><c> of</c><00:30:11.440><c> the</c>

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them<00:30:23.059><c> all</c><00:30:23.319><c> things.</c><00:30:23.559><c> They</c><00:30:23.680><c> are</c><00:30:23.759><c> going</c><00:30:23.960><c> to</c><00:30:24.059><c> come</c><00:30:24.279><c> now</c><00:30:24.839><c> to</c><00:30:25.259><c> understand</c><00:30:26.160><c> what</c>

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Jesus<00:30:27.119><c> was</c><00:30:27.359><c> talking</c><00:30:27.680><c> about.</c>

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here.<00:30:35.059><c> They</c><00:30:35.259><c> don't</c><00:30:35.700><c> know</c><00:30:36.279><c> what</c><00:30:36.579><c> the</c><00:30:36.759><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:30:41.579><c> careful</c><00:30:41.960><c> instruction,</c><00:30:43.200><c> Jesus</c><00:30:43.539><c> is</c>

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teaching<00:30:44.039><c> these</c><00:30:44.220><c> men</c><00:30:44.500><c> and</c><00:30:44.700><c> they</c><00:30:44.799><c> don't</c><00:30:47.660><c> know.</c><00:30:48.420><c> Thomas,</c><00:30:48.920><c> we</c><00:30:49.140><c> read</c><00:30:49.279><c> it</c>

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yesterday,<00:30:49.700><c> wanted</c><00:30:50.000><c> to</c><00:30:50.200><c> know</c><00:30:50.279><c> the</c><00:30:50.500><c> way.</c>

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They<00:30:51.440><c> wanted</c><00:30:51.519><c> to</c><00:30:51.539><c> know</c><00:30:51.680><c> how</c><00:30:51.920><c> to</c><00:30:52.000><c> get</c><00:30:52.160><c> where</c><00:30:52.359><c> Jesus</c><00:30:52.640><c> was</c><00:30:52.839><c> going.</c>

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Philip<00:30:54.440><c> wants</c><00:30:55.019><c> Jesus</c><00:30:55.480><c> to</c><00:30:55.700><c> show</c><00:30:55.980><c> them</c>

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the<00:30:56.700><c> Father.</c><00:30:58.680><c> They</c><00:30:58.900><c> are</c><00:30:58.980><c> not</c><00:30:59.200><c> grasping</c><00:30:59.660><c> what</c><00:30:59.799><c> he</c><00:30:59.960><c> is</c><00:30:59.960><c> saying.</c>

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understand.<00:31:05.099><c> And</c><00:31:05.240><c> several</c><00:31:05.420><c> days</c><00:31:05.660><c> ago</c><00:31:05.880><c> we</c><00:31:06.019><c> looked</c><00:31:06.259><c> at</c><00:31:08.140><c> some</c><00:31:09.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:31:14.000><c> apostles.</c><00:31:16.579><c> After</c><00:31:17.039><c> his</c><00:31:17.759><c> death</c><00:31:18.160><c> and</c>

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resurrection<00:31:19.000><c> all</c><00:31:20.059><c> of</c><00:31:20.339><c> a</c><00:31:20.339><c> sudden</c><00:31:20.519><c> it</c><00:31:20.700><c> came</c><00:31:20.920><c> together</c><00:31:21.319><c> for</c><00:31:21.500><c> them.</c><00:31:21.740><c> They</c><00:31:21.859><c> would</c><00:31:22.160><c> see</c>

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the<00:31:22.660><c> picture.</c><00:31:23.599><c> They</c>

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trying<00:31:26.960><c> to</c><00:31:27.240><c> teach.</c><00:31:28.160><c> And</c><00:31:28.279><c> the</c><00:31:28.519><c> Spirit</c><00:31:28.680><c> was</c>

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going<00:31:29.019><c> to</c><00:31:29.160><c> help</c><00:31:29.240><c> them</c><00:31:29.420><c> do</c><00:31:29.619><c> that.</c><00:31:32.920><c> John</c><00:31:33.460><c> chapter</c><00:31:33.859><c> 16.</c>

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Verse<00:31:48.359><c> 7.</c><00:31:49.660><c> Nevertheless,</c><00:31:51.920><c> I</c><00:31:52.119><c> tell</c><00:31:52.240><c> you</c><00:31:52.420><c> the</c><00:31:52.660><c> truth,</c><00:31:53.180><c> it</c><00:31:53.339><c> is</c><00:31:53.660><c> expedient</c><00:31:54.279><c> for</c><00:31:54.759><c> you</c><00:31:54.980><c> that</c><00:31:55.140><c> I</c>

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go<00:31:55.579><c> away.</c><00:31:57.039><c> For</c>

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if<00:31:57.380><c> I</c><00:31:57.519><c> go</c><00:31:57.720><c> not</c><00:31:57.960><c> away,</c><00:31:58.299><c> the</c><00:31:58.460><c> Comforter</c><00:31:58.920><c> will</c><00:31:59.200><c> not</c><00:31:59.559><c> come</c><00:32:00.079><c> unto</c><00:32:00.440><c> you.</c><00:32:01.119><c> But</c><00:32:01.299><c> if</c>

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the<00:32:08.759><c> quotation</c><00:32:09.259><c> from</c><00:32:09.839><c> the</c><00:32:10.079><c> Psalms.</c><00:32:10.559><c> He</c><00:32:10.759><c> led</c>

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captivity<00:32:11.519><c> captive.</c><00:32:12.740><c> He</c><00:32:12.740><c> descended</c><00:32:13.220><c> and</c><00:32:13.880><c> then</c><00:32:14.099><c> he</c><00:32:14.660><c> ascended.</c>

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He<00:32:15.980><c> ascended</c><00:32:16.180><c> to</c><00:32:16.339><c> heaven</c><00:32:16.640><c> and</c><00:32:17.160><c> then</c>

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he<00:32:17.500><c> gave</c><00:32:17.700><c> gifts</c><00:32:18.299><c> unto</c><00:32:18.839><c> men.</c><00:32:19.539><c> There</c><00:32:19.619><c> was</c><00:32:19.839><c> a</c><00:32:20.019><c> process</c><00:32:20.359><c> here.</c><00:32:20.680><c> There</c><00:32:20.740><c> was</c>

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a<00:32:21.160><c> sequence</c><00:32:21.579><c> that</c><00:32:22.059><c> must</c><00:32:22.259><c> be</c><00:32:22.559><c> followed.</c>

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And<00:32:23.339><c> when</c><00:32:23.500><c> the</c><00:32:23.660><c> Lord</c><00:32:23.819><c> left,</c><00:32:24.400><c> then</c><00:32:24.619><c> was</c><00:32:24.880><c> the</c><00:32:25.079><c> time</c><00:32:25.259><c> to</c><00:32:25.500><c> provide</c>

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this<00:32:26.180><c> extra</c><00:32:26.960><c> support</c><00:32:27.660><c> and</c><00:32:28.859><c> help</c><00:32:29.240><c> to</c>

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these<00:32:30.380><c> particular</c><00:32:30.839><c> disciples.</c><00:32:33.559><c> If</c><00:32:33.660><c> I</c><00:32:33.799><c> go</c><00:32:33.980><c> not</c><00:32:34.200><c> away,</c><00:32:34.500><c> the</c><00:32:34.660><c> Comforter</c><00:32:34.880><c> will</c><00:32:35.079><c> not</c>

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come<00:32:35.440><c> unto</c><00:32:35.619><c> you.</c><00:32:38.599><c> But</c>

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when<00:32:39.279><c> he</c><00:32:39.420><c> has</c><00:32:39.740><c> come,</c><00:32:41.900><c> he</c><00:32:41.940><c> will</c><00:32:42.220><c> reprove</c><00:32:42.759><c> the</c><00:32:43.000><c> world</c><00:32:43.359><c> of</c><00:32:43.740><c> sin</c><00:32:44.299><c> and</c><00:32:45.819><c> of</c>

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righteousness<00:32:46.619><c> and</c><00:32:47.460><c> of</c><00:32:47.700><c> judgment.</c>

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Now<00:32:49.480><c> he</c><00:32:49.559><c> is</c><00:32:49.559><c> giving</c><00:32:49.759><c> a</c><00:32:49.900><c> very</c><00:32:50.279><c> important</c><00:32:50.920><c> principle</c><00:32:51.539><c> here.</c><00:32:52.839><c> There</c><00:32:53.079><c> is</c>

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a<00:32:53.839><c> very</c><00:32:54.259><c> deep</c><00:32:54.680><c> set</c><00:32:54.900><c> of</c><00:32:55.200><c> truths</c><00:32:55.380><c> involved</c>

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here<00:32:56.099><c> involving</c><00:32:56.500><c> this</c><00:32:56.799><c> work</c><00:32:56.940><c> of</c><00:32:57.079><c> the</c><00:32:57.299><c> Comforter.</c><00:32:58.519><c> Of</c><00:32:58.799><c> sin,</c><00:33:01.099><c> because</c><00:33:01.480><c> they</c><00:33:01.720><c> believe</c><00:33:02.000><c> not</c><00:33:02.220><c> on</c>

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me.<00:33:03.960><c> Of</c>

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righteousness,<00:33:05.819><c> because</c><00:33:05.900><c> I</c><00:33:06.079><c> go</c><00:33:06.299><c> to</c><00:33:06.460><c> my</c><00:33:06.660><c> Father</c><00:33:07.119><c> and</c><00:33:07.539><c> he</c><00:33:07.720><c> see</c>

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me<00:33:08.019><c> no</c><00:33:08.299><c> more.</c><00:33:09.579><c> Of</c><00:33:09.920><c> judgment,</c><00:33:11.140><c> because</c>

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the<00:33:12.680><c> Prince</c><00:33:12.920><c> of</c><00:33:13.079><c> this</c><00:33:13.400><c> world</c><00:33:13.779><c> is</c><00:33:14.240><c> judged.</c><00:33:17.299><c> So</c><00:33:17.779><c> there</c><00:33:18.019><c> is</c><00:33:18.119><c> a</c><00:33:18.279><c> description</c><00:33:18.640><c> there</c><00:33:19.079><c> about</c><00:33:19.380><c> this</c><00:33:19.660><c> work</c><00:33:19.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:33:20.140><c> Comforter</c><00:33:20.400><c> which</c><00:33:21.200><c> is</c><00:33:21.859><c> really</c><00:33:22.119><c> quite</c><00:33:22.380><c> baffling.</c><00:33:22.900><c> We</c><00:33:22.900><c> look</c>

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at<00:33:23.279><c> it</c><00:33:23.480><c> and</c><00:33:23.680><c> we</c><00:33:23.859><c> wonder</c><00:33:24.059><c> what</c><00:33:24.859><c> at</c><00:33:25.099><c> first</c>

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he<00:33:25.460><c> is</c><00:33:25.500><c> talking</c><00:33:25.819><c> about.</c><00:33:26.680><c> And</c><00:33:26.799><c> yet</c><00:33:27.319><c> all</c><00:33:27.700><c> we</c><00:33:27.779><c> want</c><00:33:27.940><c> to</c><00:33:28.019><c> note</c><00:33:28.099><c> at</c>

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this<00:33:28.420><c> point</c><00:33:28.579><c> is</c><00:33:28.779><c> that</c><00:33:28.859><c> it</c><00:33:28.859><c> is</c><00:33:28.940><c> very</c><00:33:29.240><c> different.</c>

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It<00:33:30.019><c> is</c><00:33:30.279><c> quite</c><00:33:30.640><c> different</c><00:33:31.160><c> than</c><00:33:31.420><c> the</c><00:33:31.640><c> specific</c><00:33:32.140><c> purposes</c><00:33:32.660><c> of</c>

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the<00:33:33.420><c> Holy</c><00:33:33.720><c> Spirit</c><00:33:34.079><c> gifts</c><00:33:34.359><c> we</c><00:33:34.500><c> read</c><00:33:34.700><c> about</c><00:33:34.960><c> elsewhere.</c>

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And<00:33:39.359><c> then</c><00:33:39.960><c> verse</c><00:33:40.299><c> 13,</c><00:33:41.000><c> the</c><00:33:41.059><c> last</c><00:33:41.299><c> of</c><00:33:41.460><c> the</c><00:33:41.579><c> four</c><00:33:41.759><c> references.</c>

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How<00:33:43.779><c> be</c><00:33:44.000><c> it</c><00:33:44.200><c> when</c><00:33:44.440><c> he,</c><00:33:45.440><c> the</c><00:33:45.700><c> Spirit</c><00:33:46.160><c> of</c><00:33:46.859><c> truth</c><00:33:47.299><c> is</c>

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come,<00:33:48.759><c> he</c><00:33:49.059><c> will</c><00:33:49.359><c> guide</c><00:33:49.660><c> you</c><00:33:49.960><c> into</c><00:33:50.220><c> all</c><00:33:50.619><c> truth.</c><00:33:51.640><c> For</c><00:33:51.740><c> he</c><00:33:51.960><c> shall</c>

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not<00:33:52.380><c> speak</c><00:33:52.640><c> of</c><00:33:52.799><c> himself,</c><00:33:53.500><c> but</c><00:33:53.599><c> whatsoever</c>

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he<00:33:54.259><c> shall</c><00:33:54.539><c> hear,</c><00:33:55.680><c> that</c><00:33:56.119><c> shall</c><00:33:56.380><c> he</c><00:33:56.640><c> speak.</c><00:33:57.500><c> And</c><00:33:57.559><c> he</c><00:33:57.700><c> will</c><00:33:58.279><c> show</c>

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you<00:33:59.440><c> things</c><00:33:59.980><c> to</c><00:34:00.339><c> come.</c><00:34:02.140><c> So</c><00:34:02.420><c> the</c><00:34:02.640><c> Spirit</c>

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of<00:34:03.000><c> truth</c><00:34:03.160><c> there</c><00:34:03.460><c> is</c><00:34:03.660><c> the</c><00:34:03.900><c> Comforter.</c><00:34:04.839><c> It</c><00:34:04.839><c> is</c><00:34:04.839><c> the</c><00:34:04.940><c> fourth</c><00:34:05.160><c> time</c><00:34:05.420><c> it</c>

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:08.019
is<00:34:05.599><c> used</c><00:34:05.900><c> in</c><00:34:06.059><c> this</c><00:34:06.299><c> Gospel.</c><00:34:07.720><c> And</c>

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we<00:34:08.239><c> now</c><00:34:08.539><c> have</c><00:34:09.179><c> all</c><00:34:09.619><c> the</c><00:34:09.820><c> occasions</c><00:34:10.260><c> in</c><00:34:10.659><c> the</c><00:34:10.760><c> book</c><00:34:10.900><c> of</c><00:34:11.099><c> John</c><00:34:11.380><c> where</c><00:34:11.579><c> this</c><00:34:11.760><c> is</c>

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used.<00:34:15.079><c> Point</c><00:34:15.360><c> C</c><00:34:15.599><c> on</c><00:34:15.739><c> the</c>

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:20.380
handout<00:34:16.360><c> contains</c><00:34:17.059><c> the</c><00:34:17.920><c> basic</c><00:34:18.320><c> statement</c><00:34:18.940><c> which</c><00:34:19.860><c> I</c><00:34:19.980><c> think</c><00:34:20.239><c> we</c>

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:22.239
want<00:34:20.599><c> to</c><00:34:20.900><c> establish</c><00:34:21.280><c> first.</c><00:34:22.019><c> Having</c>

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:38.460
put<00:34:22.380><c> those</c><00:34:22.599><c> all</c><00:34:22.780><c> together</c><00:34:23.059><c> and</c><00:34:23.179><c> then</c><00:34:23.320><c> we</c><00:34:23.719><c> will</c><00:34:23.719><c> go</c><00:34:23.880><c> back</c><00:34:24.199><c> and</c><00:34:24.260><c> look</c><00:34:24.460><c> at</c><00:34:24.519><c> them.</c><00:34:37.980><c> I</c>

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think<00:34:38.639><c> it</c><00:34:38.820><c> is</c><00:34:38.880><c> helpful</c>

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:43.579
to<00:34:39.500><c> fix</c><00:34:39.739><c> this</c><00:34:40.079><c> specific</c><00:34:41.119><c> statement</c><00:34:41.539><c> in</c><00:34:41.739><c> our</c><00:34:41.960><c> mind.</c><00:34:42.739><c> We</c><00:34:42.800><c> turned</c>

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:45.719
it<00:34:43.739><c> the</c><00:34:43.980><c> aggregate</c><00:34:44.460><c> purpose,</c><00:34:44.880><c> the</c><00:34:45.199><c> overall</c>

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:51.340
purpose<00:34:46.519><c> of</c><00:34:47.239><c> the</c><00:34:47.699><c> Comforter</c><00:34:48.019><c> was</c><00:34:48.380><c> this.</c><00:34:49.860><c> To</c><00:34:50.099><c> ensure</c><00:34:50.760><c> that</c><00:34:51.119><c> the</c>

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:54.039
work<00:34:51.780><c> of</c><00:34:52.460><c> the</c><00:34:52.659><c> apostles</c><00:34:53.199><c> was</c><00:34:53.739><c> carried</c>

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:57.800
on<00:34:54.659><c> effectively.</c><00:34:55.739><c> Jesus</c><00:34:56.059><c> was</c><00:34:56.340><c> commissioning</c><00:34:56.840><c> these</c><00:34:57.019><c> men</c><00:34:57.380><c> to</c>

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:59.659
do<00:34:57.900><c> a</c><00:34:58.019><c> very</c><00:34:58.260><c> difficult</c><00:34:58.679><c> task,</c><00:34:59.239><c> a</c><00:34:59.360><c> seemingly</c>

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:05.460
impossible<00:35:00.280><c> task.</c><00:35:01.320><c> And</c><00:35:01.579><c> it</c><00:35:01.659><c> was</c><00:35:01.780><c> to</c><00:35:02.019><c> make</c><00:35:02.280><c> sure</c><00:35:02.559><c> that</c><00:35:02.699><c> they</c><00:35:02.860><c> did</c><00:35:03.059><c> that</c><00:35:03.320><c> work</c><00:35:03.539><c> right.</c><00:35:04.780><c> That</c><00:35:04.940><c> there</c><00:35:05.079><c> was</c><00:35:05.219><c> no</c>

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:11.079
misrepresentation,<00:35:06.679><c> no</c><00:35:07.079><c> error</c><00:35:07.440><c> in</c><00:35:07.960><c> their</c><00:35:08.280><c> teaching,</c><00:35:08.900><c> in</c><00:35:09.039><c> what</c><00:35:09.199><c> they</c><00:35:09.579><c> remembered.</c><00:35:10.780><c> So</c>

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:12.139
there<00:35:11.500><c> is</c><00:35:11.639><c> a</c><00:35:11.900><c> blanket</c>

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:15.739
statement<00:35:12.539><c> here.</c><00:35:13.039><c> To</c><00:35:13.139><c> ensure</c><00:35:13.519><c> that</c><00:35:13.719><c> the</c><00:35:13.719><c> work</c><00:35:13.880><c> of</c><00:35:14.019><c> the</c><00:35:14.139><c> apostles</c><00:35:14.480><c> was</c><00:35:14.780><c> carried</c><00:35:15.059><c> on</c><00:35:15.320><c> effectively.</c>

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:20.719
Everything<00:35:16.500><c> depended</c><00:35:17.500><c> on</c><00:35:18.300><c> this</c><00:35:18.760><c> slender</c><00:35:19.360><c> thread</c><00:35:19.880><c> of</c><00:35:20.400><c> eleven</c>

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:23.960
men.<00:35:22.280><c> As</c><00:35:22.400><c> the</c><00:35:22.639><c> outcome</c><00:35:22.960><c> of</c><00:35:23.139><c> Jesus'</c><00:35:23.820><c> teaching</c>

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:27.699
he<00:35:24.559><c> leaves</c><00:35:24.840><c> behind</c><00:35:25.199><c> a</c><00:35:25.360><c> small</c><00:35:25.619><c> community.</c><00:35:26.159><c> Not</c><00:35:26.380><c> sure</c><00:35:26.619><c> how</c><00:35:27.300><c> big</c>

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:31.719
it<00:35:27.940><c> was</c><00:35:28.719><c> after</c><00:35:30.179><c> he</c><00:35:30.500><c> ascended.</c><00:35:31.219><c> It</c><00:35:31.340><c> was</c><00:35:31.500><c> more</c>

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:35.239
than<00:35:31.860><c> eleven</c><00:35:32.059><c> men.</c><00:35:32.539><c> But</c><00:35:32.599><c> the</c><00:35:33.219><c> purpose,</c><00:35:33.739><c> the</c><00:35:33.940><c> commission,</c><00:35:35.119><c> the</c>

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:37.380
extension<00:35:35.659><c> of</c><00:35:35.840><c> the</c><00:35:35.980><c> Gospel</c><00:35:36.260><c> was</c><00:35:36.480><c> left</c><00:35:36.679><c> in</c><00:35:36.840><c> the</c>

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:42.159
men.<00:35:38.199><c> And</c><00:35:38.219><c> it</c><00:35:38.280><c> is</c><00:35:38.460><c> a</c><00:35:38.559><c> pretty</c><00:35:38.860><c> slender</c><00:35:39.260><c> thread</c><00:35:39.800><c> when</c><00:35:40.480><c> you</c><00:35:40.559><c> consider</c><00:35:41.380><c> our</c>

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:43.539
mortal<00:35:42.480><c> frame</c><00:35:42.840><c> and</c><00:35:43.019><c> our</c><00:35:43.239><c> weakness</c>

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:49.880
and<00:35:43.800><c> our</c><00:35:44.320><c> fear</c><00:35:44.940><c> and</c><00:35:45.559><c> trepidation</c><00:35:46.239><c> when</c><00:35:46.360><c> we</c><00:35:46.519><c> have</c><00:35:46.719><c> tasks</c><00:35:46.960><c> of</c><00:35:47.139><c> this</c><00:35:47.300><c> magnitude.</c><00:35:49.659><c> And</c><00:35:49.760><c> so</c>

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.320
that<00:35:50.019><c> is</c><00:35:50.119><c> the</c>

00:35:50.320 --> 00:36:04.880
overall<00:35:50.599><c> purpose.</c><00:35:51.559><c> The</c><00:35:51.739><c> specific</c><00:35:52.360><c> purposes</c><00:35:53.019><c> we</c><00:35:54.199><c> now</c><00:35:54.500><c> summarize.</c><00:36:04.539><c> Number</c>

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:07.360
one,<00:36:05.739><c> to</c><00:36:06.079><c> comfort</c><00:36:06.900><c> the</c>

00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:11.500
apostles.<00:36:09.000><c> The</c><00:36:09.119><c> eleven.</c><00:36:10.519><c> That</c><00:36:10.679><c> is</c><00:36:10.739><c> how</c><00:36:10.900><c> the</c><00:36:11.019><c> whole</c><00:36:11.219><c> section</c>

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:14.500
starts.<00:36:12.679><c> The</c><00:36:12.940><c> comforter</c><00:36:13.679><c> is</c><00:36:13.940><c> essentially</c>

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:16.760
a<00:36:14.840><c> helper.</c><00:36:15.300><c> It</c><00:36:15.340><c> is</c><00:36:15.340><c> going</c><00:36:15.460><c> to</c><00:36:15.460><c> help</c><00:36:15.639><c> in</c><00:36:15.739><c> a</c><00:36:15.800><c> variety</c><00:36:16.099><c> of</c><00:36:16.239><c> ways</c><00:36:16.500><c> but</c><00:36:16.619><c> it</c>

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:19.019
is<00:36:16.760><c> going</c><00:36:16.920><c> to</c><00:36:16.960><c> help</c><00:36:17.199><c> them</c><00:36:17.659><c> as</c><00:36:17.960><c> people,</c>

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:22.679
as<00:36:19.519><c> friends</c><00:36:20.039><c> of</c><00:36:20.340><c> the</c><00:36:20.460><c> Lord.</c><00:36:21.079><c> So</c><00:36:21.139><c> that</c><00:36:21.300><c> is</c><00:36:21.380><c> the</c><00:36:21.500><c> first</c><00:36:21.699><c> purpose.</c>

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:25.880
Secondly,<00:36:24.400><c> it</c><00:36:24.400><c> was</c><00:36:24.559><c> to</c><00:36:24.639><c> be</c><00:36:24.840><c> a</c><00:36:24.980><c> teacher.</c>

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:32.219
Don't<00:36:26.780><c> know</c><00:36:27.019><c> exactly</c><00:36:27.400><c> how</c><00:36:27.559><c> all</c><00:36:27.780><c> that</c><00:36:27.980><c> worked</c><00:36:28.239><c> except</c><00:36:28.699><c> that</c><00:36:29.440><c> the</c><00:36:29.719><c> men</c><00:36:30.519><c> who</c><00:36:31.000><c> were</c><00:36:31.139><c> the</c><00:36:31.300><c> followers</c><00:36:31.619><c> of</c><00:36:32.019><c> the</c>

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:37.539
Lord<00:36:32.519><c> after</c><00:36:33.719><c> his</c><00:36:34.599><c> resurrection</c><00:36:35.239><c> and</c><00:36:36.639><c> after</c><00:36:36.860><c> they</c><00:36:37.079><c> received</c>

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:41.780
this<00:36:38.559><c> comforter</c><00:36:39.519><c> were</c><00:36:40.760><c> more</c><00:36:41.159><c> informed</c>

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:44.659
and<00:36:42.360><c> more</c><00:36:42.719><c> effective</c><00:36:43.079><c> than</c><00:36:43.239><c> they</c><00:36:43.340><c> were</c><00:36:43.599><c> before</c><00:36:43.980><c> hand.</c><00:36:44.659><c> There</c>

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:46.539
is<00:36:44.719><c> no</c><00:36:44.960><c> question</c><00:36:45.260><c> about</c><00:36:45.500><c> it.</c><00:36:45.800><c> They</c><00:36:45.900><c> were</c><00:36:46.179><c> different</c>

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:50.920
people.<00:36:47.519><c> We</c><00:36:47.699><c> will</c><00:36:47.739><c> look</c><00:36:47.900><c> at</c><00:36:48.019><c> a</c><00:36:48.139><c> reference</c><00:36:48.360><c> or</c><00:36:48.539><c> so</c><00:36:48.719><c> on</c><00:36:48.920><c> this.</c><00:36:50.760><c> He</c>

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:53.579
would<00:36:51.159><c> help</c><00:36:51.460><c> the</c><00:36:51.780><c> disciples</c><00:36:52.239><c> remember,</c>

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:57.539
to<00:36:54.280><c> remind</c><00:36:54.780><c> the</c><00:36:55.099><c> disciples,</c><00:36:56.280><c> help</c><00:36:56.500><c> them</c><00:36:56.719><c> remember</c><00:36:57.159><c> what</c><00:36:57.320><c> they</c>

00:36:57.539 --> 00:37:00.340
heard,<00:36:58.659><c> to</c><00:36:58.840><c> reprove</c><00:36:59.300><c> the</c><00:36:59.480><c> world</c><00:36:59.699><c> of</c><00:36:59.960><c> sin,</c>

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:03.260
righteousness<00:37:00.860><c> and</c><00:37:01.300><c> judgment.</c><00:37:02.500><c> We</c><00:37:02.539><c> will</c><00:37:02.559><c> look</c><00:37:02.760><c> at</c><00:37:02.820><c> that</c><00:37:03.019><c> in</c><00:37:03.099><c> a</c>

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:05.099
moment<00:37:03.519><c> and</c><00:37:03.780><c> finally</c><00:37:04.239><c> to</c><00:37:04.699><c> guide</c><00:37:04.860><c> the</c>

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:08.719
apostles<00:37:05.599><c> into</c><00:37:06.380><c> all</c><00:37:06.719><c> truth.</c><00:37:07.139><c> To</c><00:37:07.280><c> ensure</c><00:37:07.699><c> the</c><00:37:08.019><c> integrity</c><00:37:08.420><c> and</c>

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:12.199
the<00:37:09.059><c> accuracy</c><00:37:09.539><c> of</c><00:37:10.239><c> what</c><00:37:10.460><c> they</c><00:37:11.159><c> taught</c><00:37:11.519><c> and</c><00:37:11.840><c> understood</c>

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:21.159
themselves.<00:37:18.519><c> Now,</c><00:37:18.880><c> let's</c><00:37:19.119><c> look</c><00:37:19.340><c> at</c><00:37:19.860><c> a</c><00:37:20.139><c> few</c><00:37:20.280><c> references</c><00:37:20.659><c> in</c><00:37:21.059><c> the</c>

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:23.480
book<00:37:21.280><c> of</c><00:37:21.480><c> Acts</c><00:37:21.619><c> just</c><00:37:21.880><c> to</c><00:37:22.360><c> bring</c><00:37:22.599><c> our</c><00:37:22.800><c> thoughts</c><00:37:23.059><c> this</c><00:37:23.340><c> morning</c>

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:27.300
here<00:37:23.760><c> to</c><00:37:23.920><c> a</c><00:37:24.179><c> conclusion.</c><00:37:26.559><c> First,</c><00:37:27.039><c> Acts</c>

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:47.079
chapter<00:37:27.579><c> 4.</c><00:37:40.820><c> Verse</c><00:37:40.820><c> 8,</c><00:37:44.679><c> Then</c><00:37:44.699><c> Peter,</c><00:37:45.880><c> filled</c><00:37:46.400><c> with</c><00:37:46.619><c> the</c><00:37:46.820><c> Holy</c>

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:49.260
Spirit,<00:37:47.760><c> said</c><00:37:47.820><c> unto</c><00:37:48.079><c> them,</c><00:37:48.420><c> Ye</c><00:37:48.659><c> rulers</c>

00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:54.139
of<00:37:49.920><c> the</c><00:37:50.059><c> people</c><00:37:50.780><c> and</c><00:37:51.219><c> elders</c><00:37:51.599><c> of</c><00:37:51.760><c> Israel,</c><00:37:53.320><c> This</c><00:37:53.679><c> is</c><00:37:53.880><c> the</c><00:37:53.920><c> man</c>

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:57.280
who<00:37:54.300><c> had</c><00:37:54.440><c> denied</c><00:37:54.679><c> the</c><00:37:54.860><c> Lord.</c><00:37:56.679><c> This</c><00:37:57.280><c> is</c><00:37:57.280><c> the</c>

00:37:57.300 --> 00:38:02.119
man<00:37:57.739><c> who</c><00:37:58.199><c> had</c><00:37:59.059><c> been</c><00:37:59.420><c> in</c><00:37:59.599><c> great</c><00:37:59.840><c> fear</c><00:38:00.179><c> for</c><00:38:00.380><c> his</c><00:38:00.579><c> own</c><00:38:00.840><c> well</c><00:38:01.059><c>-being.</c><00:38:02.039><c> He</c><00:38:02.039><c> is</c>

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:05.099
now<00:38:02.400><c> addressing</c><00:38:03.019><c> the</c><00:38:04.780><c> rulers</c>

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:10.039
of<00:38:05.280><c> the</c><00:38:05.400><c> people</c><00:38:05.679><c> and</c><00:38:05.820><c> the</c><00:38:05.980><c> elders</c><00:38:06.179><c> of</c><00:38:06.340><c> Israel.</c><00:38:09.159><c> And</c><00:38:09.360><c> all</c><00:38:09.559><c> we</c><00:38:09.679><c> want</c><00:38:09.820><c> to</c>

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:12.039
note<00:38:10.340><c> in</c><00:38:10.659><c> this</c><00:38:10.880><c> section</c><00:38:11.179><c> is</c><00:38:11.579><c> now</c>

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picked<00:38:12.300><c> up</c><00:38:12.500><c> in</c><00:38:12.619><c> verse</c><00:38:12.840><c> 13.</c><00:38:15.400><c> Now,</c><00:38:15.760><c> when</c><00:38:16.000><c> they</c><00:38:16.400><c> saw</c><00:38:16.780><c> the</c><00:38:17.179><c> boldness</c><00:38:17.840><c> of</c><00:38:18.099><c> Peter</c><00:38:18.500><c> and</c>

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John<00:38:19.199><c> and</c><00:38:19.500><c> perceived</c>

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that<00:38:20.199><c> they</c><00:38:20.360><c> were</c><00:38:20.659><c> unlearned</c><00:38:21.380><c> and</c><00:38:21.679><c> ignorant</c><00:38:22.079><c> men,</c><00:38:22.800><c> they</c><00:38:23.179><c> marveled</c><00:38:24.139><c> and</c>

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they<00:38:24.579><c> took</c><00:38:24.760><c> knowledge</c><00:38:25.179><c> of</c><00:38:25.500><c> them</c>

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:30.579
that<00:38:26.440><c> they</c><00:38:26.579><c> had</c><00:38:26.820><c> been</c><00:38:26.960><c> with</c><00:38:27.199><c> Jesus.</c><00:38:29.820><c> Peter</c><00:38:29.880><c> had</c><00:38:30.099><c> performed</c><00:38:30.380><c> a</c>

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:33.079
miracle<00:38:30.880><c> and</c><00:38:31.059><c> that</c><00:38:31.260><c> was</c><00:38:31.559><c> one</c><00:38:31.739><c> of</c><00:38:31.860><c> the</c><00:38:31.980><c> gifts</c><00:38:32.420><c> of</c>

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:37.360
the<00:38:33.260><c> Holy</c><00:38:33.559><c> Spirit.</c><00:38:35.039><c> But</c><00:38:35.139><c> what</c><00:38:35.320><c> we</c><00:38:35.519><c> see</c><00:38:35.739><c> here</c><00:38:36.159><c> is</c><00:38:36.400><c> a</c><00:38:36.679><c> different</c>

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:40.019
use<00:38:38.599><c> of</c><00:38:38.739><c> the</c><00:38:38.860><c> Holy</c><00:38:39.119><c> Spirit</c><00:38:39.400><c> and</c><00:38:39.539><c> I</c><00:38:39.739><c> think</c>

00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:43.019
a<00:38:40.519><c> direct</c><00:38:40.800><c> application,</c><00:38:41.619><c> a</c><00:38:41.739><c> direct</c><00:38:41.920><c> fulfillment</c><00:38:42.340><c> of</c><00:38:42.519><c> how</c><00:38:42.679><c> the</c>

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:45.980
Comforter<00:38:43.219><c> worked</c><00:38:43.599><c> in</c><00:38:44.760><c> the</c><00:38:45.340><c> heart</c><00:38:45.719><c> and</c>

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:51.039
mind<00:38:46.199><c> of</c><00:38:46.380><c> Peter.</c><00:38:48.320><c> By</c><00:38:48.559><c> the</c><00:38:48.860><c> Spirit</c><00:38:49.099><c> he</c><00:38:49.380><c> stands</c><00:38:49.679><c> up</c><00:38:49.860><c> and</c><00:38:50.039><c> addresses</c><00:38:50.360><c> the</c><00:38:50.659><c> leaders</c><00:38:50.860><c> of</c>

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:52.360
the<00:38:51.199><c> people</c><00:38:51.559><c> and</c>

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:56.800
they<00:38:52.699><c> can't</c><00:38:52.960><c> believe</c><00:38:53.280><c> it.</c><00:38:54.639><c> Peter</c><00:38:54.639><c> is</c><00:38:54.800><c> an</c><00:38:54.920><c> unlearned</c><00:38:55.800><c> and</c><00:38:55.940><c> ignorant</c><00:38:56.239><c> man</c>

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:59.219
by<00:38:57.119><c> their</c><00:38:57.420><c> standards</c><00:38:58.079><c> and</c><00:38:59.059><c> yet</c>

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he's<00:38:59.539><c> bold</c><00:38:59.980><c> and</c><00:39:00.280><c> he's</c><00:39:00.659><c> effective</c><00:39:01.099><c> and</c><00:39:01.380><c> he's</c><00:39:01.800><c> clear</c><00:39:02.239><c> and</c><00:39:02.840><c> they</c>

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can't<00:39:03.219><c> refute</c><00:39:03.519><c> what</c><00:39:03.659><c> he</c><00:39:03.880><c> says.</c><00:39:06.340><c> He's</c><00:39:06.480><c> a</c>

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:10.639
different<00:39:06.940><c> man</c><00:39:07.719><c> and</c><00:39:08.480><c> he's</c><00:39:08.940><c> strong</c><00:39:09.280><c> in</c><00:39:09.400><c> what</c><00:39:09.500><c> he's</c><00:39:09.800><c> doing.</c><00:39:10.420><c> Not</c>

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:13.360
just<00:39:11.119><c> in</c><00:39:11.380><c> temperament</c><00:39:11.920><c> but</c><00:39:12.420><c> he's</c><00:39:12.840><c> strong</c>

00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:19.280
with<00:39:14.320><c> a</c><00:39:15.119><c> validity.</c><00:39:16.900><c> There's</c><00:39:17.460><c> an</c><00:39:17.960><c> integrity</c><00:39:18.579><c> about</c><00:39:18.860><c> what</c><00:39:19.000><c> he's</c>

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:21.260
doing<00:39:19.440><c> here.</c><00:39:19.860><c> They</c><00:39:19.860><c> can't</c><00:39:20.719><c> get</c><00:39:20.940><c> at</c><00:39:21.159><c> it.</c>

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:25.420
They<00:39:21.380><c> can't</c><00:39:21.659><c> find</c><00:39:21.900><c> a</c><00:39:22.179><c> flaw</c><00:39:22.320><c> in</c><00:39:22.440><c> what</c><00:39:22.559><c> he's</c><00:39:22.800><c> doing.</c><00:39:24.820><c> And</c><00:39:24.940><c> I</c><00:39:25.059><c> think</c><00:39:25.199><c> that</c>

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comes<00:39:25.800><c> because</c><00:39:26.260><c> of</c><00:39:27.239><c> the</c><00:39:27.960><c> aspect</c>

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:33.139
of<00:39:28.840><c> the</c><00:39:29.099><c> Comforter</c><00:39:29.320><c> itself.</c><00:39:30.760><c> Not</c><00:39:30.980><c> that</c><00:39:31.400><c> he</c><00:39:31.579><c> performed</c><00:39:31.940><c> a</c><00:39:32.119><c> miracle</c><00:39:32.500><c> but</c>

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:35.380
he<00:39:33.300><c> now</c><00:39:33.579><c> had</c><00:39:33.780><c> an</c><00:39:34.000><c> insight</c><00:39:34.420><c> and</c><00:39:34.679><c> understanding</c>

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:42.579
of<00:39:35.780><c> confidence</c><00:39:36.179><c> that</c><00:39:36.500><c> came</c><00:39:36.920><c> because</c><00:39:37.539><c> of</c><00:39:37.780><c> the</c><00:39:38.000><c> Helper.</c><00:39:41.239><c> Now,</c><00:39:42.380><c> I</c>

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:43.800
wanted<00:39:42.760><c> to</c><00:39:42.920><c> make</c><00:39:43.000><c> this</c><00:39:43.199><c> point</c><00:39:43.360><c> earlier</c><00:39:43.639><c> and</c>

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:50.159
forgot.<00:39:45.559><c> Just</c><00:39:45.980><c> a</c><00:39:46.179><c> little</c><00:39:46.360><c> aside.</c><00:39:48.239><c> When</c><00:39:48.539><c> the</c><00:39:48.880><c> Holy</c><00:39:49.199><c> Spirit</c><00:39:49.500><c> is</c>

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:51.739
spoken<00:39:50.460><c> of,</c><00:39:51.239><c> the</c><00:39:51.239><c> Holy</c><00:39:51.239><c> Spirit</c><00:39:51.239><c> is</c><00:39:51.239><c> spoken</c>

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:56.679
in<00:39:52.280><c> the</c><00:39:52.340><c> New</c><00:39:52.559><c> Testament.</c><00:39:53.800><c> There</c><00:39:53.820><c> is</c><00:39:54.119><c> one</c><00:39:54.579><c> Holy</c><00:39:54.980><c> Spirit.</c><00:39:55.780><c> Ephesians</c><00:39:56.019><c> 4</c><00:39:56.219><c> tells</c><00:39:56.480><c> us</c>

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:59.420
that.<00:39:57.119><c> There</c><00:39:57.239><c> is</c><00:39:57.760><c> one</c><00:39:58.260><c> Spirit.</c>

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:02.960
But<00:40:00.119><c> there's</c><00:40:00.280><c> different</c><00:40:00.880><c> manifestations</c><00:40:01.619><c> of</c><00:40:01.800><c> the</c><00:40:02.059><c> Spirit.</c><00:40:02.679><c> It's</c><00:40:02.780><c> a</c>

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very<00:40:03.280><c> evident</c><00:40:03.539><c> point.</c><00:40:04.719><c> There's</c>

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one<00:40:05.179><c> Spirit.</c><00:40:06.840><c> There's</c><00:40:07.440><c> the</c><00:40:07.820><c> Spirit</c><00:40:08.119><c> that</c><00:40:08.519><c> acts</c><00:40:09.000><c> to</c><00:40:09.480><c> make</c><00:40:09.659><c> creation</c><00:40:10.239><c> work.</c><00:40:12.019><c> We're</c><00:40:12.260><c> alive</c><00:40:12.500><c> by</c>

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.239
the<00:40:13.039><c> Spirit</c>

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of<00:40:13.400><c> God.</c><00:40:14.639><c> There's</c><00:40:14.960><c> the</c><00:40:15.260><c> Spirit</c><00:40:15.559><c> that</c><00:40:16.800><c> gave</c><00:40:17.219><c> the</c><00:40:17.440><c> Apostles</c><00:40:17.800><c> ability</c><00:40:18.179><c> to</c>

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:20.320
perform<00:40:18.699><c> miracles.</c><00:40:19.360><c> There's</c><00:40:19.760><c> the</c><00:40:19.980><c> Comforter</c>

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:24.380
who<00:40:20.500><c> acts</c><00:40:20.980><c> in</c><00:40:21.500><c> this</c><00:40:21.719><c> very</c><00:40:22.119><c> specialized</c><00:40:22.559><c> way.</c><00:40:23.579><c> We</c><00:40:23.780><c> can</c><00:40:23.940><c> go</c><00:40:24.159><c> down</c>

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:26.460
a<00:40:24.599><c> very</c><00:40:24.900><c> long</c><00:40:25.219><c> list</c><00:40:25.659><c> and</c><00:40:25.820><c> see</c><00:40:26.039><c> how</c><00:40:26.320><c> the</c>

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:30.519
Holy<00:40:26.679><c> Spirit</c><00:40:26.940><c> acts</c><00:40:27.340><c> in</c><00:40:28.280><c> very</c><00:40:28.719><c> many</c><00:40:28.960><c> and</c><00:40:29.139><c> varied</c><00:40:29.800><c> fashions.</c>

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:33.420
But<00:40:30.780><c> there's</c><00:40:30.960><c> one</c><00:40:31.239><c> Spirit.</c><00:40:32.639><c> I'm</c><00:40:32.920><c> not</c><00:40:33.059><c> talking</c><00:40:33.239><c> about</c>

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:35.280
a<00:40:33.659><c> Spirit</c><00:40:33.820><c> here</c><00:40:34.000><c> that</c><00:40:34.139><c> does</c><00:40:34.219><c> this</c><00:40:34.420><c> and</c><00:40:34.559><c> another</c><00:40:34.780><c> Spirit</c><00:40:35.079><c> that</c>

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:37.099
does<00:40:35.440><c> that</c><00:40:35.659><c> and</c><00:40:35.719><c> another</c><00:40:35.940><c> Spirit</c><00:40:36.260><c> here.</c><00:40:36.820><c> There's</c>

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:42.519
one<00:40:37.420><c> Spirit</c><00:40:37.719><c> of</c><00:40:37.980><c> God</c><00:40:38.320><c> which</c><00:40:38.840><c> is</c><00:40:39.139><c> deployed</c><00:40:39.940><c> in</c><00:40:41.059><c> various</c><00:40:41.420><c> ways.</c>

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So<00:40:43.119><c> we</c><00:40:43.340><c> don't</c><00:40:43.519><c> need</c><00:40:43.699><c> to</c><00:40:43.940><c> confuse</c><00:40:44.260><c> ourselves</c>

00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:46.940
here<00:40:44.840><c> by</c><00:40:45.500><c> the</c><00:40:45.699><c> terms.</c><00:40:45.960><c> I</c><00:40:46.039><c> wonder</c><00:40:46.159><c> where</c><00:40:46.340><c> all</c><00:40:46.480><c> these</c><00:40:46.699><c> Spirits</c>

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:48.880
are.<00:40:47.059><c> There's</c><00:40:47.300><c> one</c><00:40:47.559><c> broad</c><00:40:47.820><c> Spirit</c><00:40:48.119><c> of</c><00:40:48.280><c> God</c>

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:51.880
which<00:40:49.199><c> is</c><00:40:49.500><c> focused</c><00:40:49.900><c> in</c><00:40:50.119><c> various</c><00:40:50.420><c> ways</c><00:40:50.860><c> at</c><00:40:51.099><c> different</c><00:40:51.380><c> times</c>

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:55.400
for<00:40:52.340><c> specific</c><00:40:52.780><c> purposes.</c><00:40:54.539><c> What</c><00:40:54.719><c> we're</c><00:40:54.960><c> illustrating</c>

00:40:55.400 --> 00:41:00.400
here<00:40:55.760><c> now</c><00:40:56.440><c> is</c><00:40:56.900><c> that</c><00:40:57.519><c> the</c><00:40:58.320><c> Comforter</c><00:40:59.059><c> which</c><00:40:59.400><c> was</c><00:40:59.679><c> spoken</c><00:41:00.000><c> of</c><00:41:00.199><c> to</c>

00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:03.400
the<00:41:00.579><c> eleven</c><00:41:00.940><c> Apostles</c><00:41:01.619><c> had</c><00:41:01.840><c> a</c><00:41:02.179><c> focus</c><00:41:02.760><c> and</c>

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:06.300
a<00:41:03.599><c> purpose</c><00:41:03.880><c> that</c><00:41:04.099><c> was</c><00:41:04.460><c> different</c><00:41:04.800><c> and</c><00:41:05.099><c> distinct</c><00:41:05.599><c> from</c><00:41:06.099><c> the</c>

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:07.780
Holy<00:41:06.519><c> Spirit</c><00:41:06.860><c> gifts</c><00:41:07.179><c> which</c><00:41:07.400><c> were</c><00:41:07.599><c> given</c>

00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:10.760
to<00:41:07.980><c> a</c><00:41:08.139><c> larger</c><00:41:08.380><c> number</c><00:41:08.840><c> of</c><00:41:09.360><c> disciples</c><00:41:09.739><c> in</c><00:41:10.019><c> the</c><00:41:10.159><c> first</c><00:41:10.320><c> century</c>

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:14.099
for<00:41:11.579><c> their</c><00:41:12.099><c> own</c><00:41:12.559><c> specific</c><00:41:13.019><c> purpose</c><00:41:13.619><c> and</c>

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time,<00:41:15.199><c> and</c><00:41:15.460><c> which</c><00:41:15.679><c> don't</c><00:41:15.880><c> exist</c><00:41:16.179><c> now</c><00:41:16.500><c> either.</c><00:41:19.420><c> The</c><00:41:19.579><c> Spirit</c><00:41:19.800><c> of</c>

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:22.239
God<00:41:20.119><c> exists</c><00:41:20.480><c> now,</c><00:41:21.440><c> but</c><00:41:21.599><c> the</c><00:41:21.719><c> Holy</c><00:41:21.900><c> Spirit</c>

00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:26.559
gifts<00:41:22.500><c> do</c><00:41:22.739><c> not</c><00:41:22.920><c> exist</c><00:41:23.239><c> now</c><00:41:24.000><c> as</c><00:41:24.260><c> available</c><00:41:24.739><c> to</c><00:41:25.300><c> believers</c><00:41:25.900><c> to</c>

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:29.820
do<00:41:27.099><c> as</c><00:41:27.539><c> men</c><00:41:27.760><c> and</c><00:41:27.860><c> women</c><00:41:28.039><c> did</c><00:41:28.260><c> in</c><00:41:28.440><c> the</c><00:41:28.519><c> first</c><00:41:28.719><c> century.</c>

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:34.400
Nor<00:41:30.639><c> does</c><00:41:30.900><c> the</c><00:41:31.119><c> role</c><00:41:31.280><c> of</c><00:41:31.519><c> the</c><00:41:31.699><c> Comforter</c><00:41:31.980><c> exist</c><00:41:32.539><c> in</c><00:41:32.940><c> the</c><00:41:33.099><c> purpose</c><00:41:33.420><c> defined</c><00:41:33.840><c> here</c>

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in<00:41:34.599><c> John.</c><00:41:36.239><c> Peter</c><00:41:36.619><c> is</c>

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speaking<00:41:37.239><c> here</c><00:41:37.960><c> with</c><00:41:38.300><c> a</c><00:41:38.739><c> confidence</c><00:41:39.059><c> and</c><00:41:39.420><c> an</c><00:41:39.800><c> understanding</c>

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:43.599
which<00:41:40.579><c> he</c><00:41:40.679><c> did</c><00:41:40.900><c> not</c><00:41:41.119><c> have</c><00:41:41.280><c> before,</c><00:41:42.679><c> and</c><00:41:42.980><c> that</c><00:41:43.320><c> is</c>

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:48.119
the<00:41:44.340><c> fulfillment</c><00:41:44.340><c> of</c><00:41:45.099><c> the</c><00:41:45.360><c> Lord's</c><00:41:46.119><c> personal</c><00:41:47.039><c> commitment</c><00:41:47.659><c> to</c>

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:53.960
send<00:41:48.519><c> a</c><00:41:48.900><c> helper</c><00:41:49.239><c> to</c><00:41:49.780><c> him.</c><00:41:53.239><c> We</c><00:41:53.380><c> have</c><00:41:53.539><c> time</c><00:41:53.760><c> just</c>

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:57.440
to<00:41:54.039><c> look</c><00:41:54.139><c> at</c><00:41:54.260><c> one</c><00:41:54.460><c> other</c><00:41:54.820><c> example</c><00:41:55.239><c> here,</c><00:41:55.719><c> and</c><00:41:56.079><c> it's</c><00:41:56.280><c> a</c><00:41:56.420><c> very</c><00:41:56.639><c> important</c><00:41:57.039><c> one</c><00:41:57.219><c> and</c><00:41:57.320><c> I</c>

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think<00:41:57.599><c> an</c><00:41:57.860><c> exciting</c>

00:41:58.179 --> 00:42:05.019
one.<00:41:59.460><c> We</c><00:41:59.639><c> read</c><00:42:00.000><c> in</c><00:42:01.679><c> John</c><00:42:02.059><c> chapter</c><00:42:02.420><c> 14</c><00:42:03.099><c> that</c><00:42:03.840><c> the</c><00:42:04.360><c> purpose,</c><00:42:04.880><c> one</c>

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:06.679
of<00:42:05.119><c> the</c><00:42:05.320><c> purposes</c><00:42:05.559><c> of</c><00:42:05.760><c> the</c><00:42:06.000><c> Comforter</c><00:42:06.219><c> was</c><00:42:06.460><c> to</c>

00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:13.480
reprove<00:42:07.219><c> the</c><00:42:07.320><c> world</c><00:42:07.719><c> of</c><00:42:08.079><c> sin,</c><00:42:09.199><c> righteousness,</c><00:42:10.360><c> and</c><00:42:10.440><c> judgment.</c><00:42:12.940><c> The</c><00:42:13.179><c> word</c>

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:16.179
reprove<00:42:14.420><c> has</c><00:42:15.400><c> a</c><00:42:15.659><c> number</c><00:42:15.960><c> of</c>

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:19.840
meanings.<00:42:16.900><c> They're</c><00:42:17.059><c> all</c><00:42:17.440><c> shades</c><00:42:18.000><c> and</c><00:42:18.239><c> variations</c><00:42:18.820><c> of</c><00:42:19.599><c> the</c>

00:42:19.840 --> 00:42:21.340
same<00:42:20.059><c> idea,</c><00:42:20.500><c> but</c><00:42:20.599><c> it's</c><00:42:20.800><c> interesting</c><00:42:21.099><c> just</c>

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:26.900
to<00:42:21.440><c> look</c><00:42:21.619><c> at</c><00:42:21.760><c> it.</c><00:42:22.719><c> If</c><00:42:22.880><c> we</c><00:42:23.260><c> go</c><00:42:23.500><c> back</c><00:42:23.739><c> for</c><00:42:23.900><c> example</c><00:42:24.300><c> to</c><00:42:24.440><c> John</c><00:42:24.760><c> chapter</c><00:42:25.219><c> 3,</c>

00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:32.039
we<00:42:31.000><c> will</c><00:42:31.239><c> see</c><00:42:31.440><c> that</c><00:42:31.659><c> the</c><00:42:31.860><c> word</c>

00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:40.440
reprove<00:42:32.539><c> has</c><00:42:32.860><c> the</c><00:42:33.400><c> idea</c><00:42:33.760><c> of</c><00:42:34.579><c> convincing,</c><00:42:35.980><c> to</c><00:42:36.380><c> convict,</c><00:42:37.800><c> to</c><00:42:38.599><c> rebuke,</c><00:42:40.079><c> to</c>

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:45.579
expose.<00:42:43.380><c> So</c><00:42:43.699><c> in</c><00:42:44.960><c> the</c><00:42:45.099><c> work</c><00:42:45.239><c> of</c><00:42:45.360><c> this</c>

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:49.780
Comforter<00:42:45.860><c> there</c><00:42:46.039><c> is</c><00:42:46.280><c> something</c><00:42:46.559><c> here</c><00:42:47.320><c> that</c><00:42:47.900><c> has</c><00:42:48.139><c> a</c><00:42:48.300><c> very</c><00:42:48.619><c> definite</c><00:42:48.940><c> purpose.</c><00:42:49.679><c> We</c>

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.400
just<00:42:50.000><c> want</c><00:42:50.119><c> to</c><00:42:50.239><c> look</c>

00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:54.340
at<00:42:50.659><c> two</c><00:42:50.900><c> examples</c><00:42:51.320><c> of</c><00:42:51.500><c> how</c><00:42:51.659><c> the</c><00:42:52.320><c> word</c><00:42:52.320><c> reprove</c><00:42:53.260><c> is</c><00:42:53.619><c> used.</c><00:42:54.139><c> The</c>

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:55.940
same<00:42:54.599><c> Greek</c><00:42:54.820><c> word</c><00:42:55.039><c> reprove</c><00:42:55.480><c> is</c><00:42:55.719><c> used.</c>

00:42:55.940 --> 00:43:02.840
John<00:42:56.260><c> chapter</c><00:42:56.559><c> 3</c><00:42:57.340><c> verse</c><00:42:57.900><c> 20.</c><00:43:01.079><c> Everyone</c><00:43:01.340><c> that</c><00:43:01.659><c> doeth</c><00:43:01.920><c> evil</c><00:43:02.260><c> hateth</c><00:43:02.599><c> the</c>

00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:04.599
light,<00:43:03.559><c> neither</c><00:43:03.780><c> cometh</c><00:43:04.159><c> to</c><00:43:04.420><c> the</c>

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:09.800
light,<00:43:05.199><c> lest</c><00:43:05.440><c> his</c><00:43:05.840><c> deeds</c><00:43:06.360><c> should</c><00:43:06.980><c> be</c><00:43:07.760><c> reproved.</c><00:43:09.260><c> That's</c><00:43:09.559><c> our</c>

00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:13.380
word,<00:43:10.960><c> reproved.</c><00:43:12.239><c> So</c><00:43:12.340><c> you</c><00:43:12.480><c> see</c><00:43:12.619><c> how</c>

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:19.280
it's<00:43:13.599><c> used</c><00:43:13.760><c> there.</c><00:43:16.880><c> The</c><00:43:17.559><c> difference</c><00:43:18.000><c> between</c><00:43:18.340><c> light</c><00:43:18.539><c> and</c><00:43:18.739><c> darkness</c><00:43:19.059><c> is</c>

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:24.880
that<00:43:19.440><c> light</c><00:43:19.619><c> will</c><00:43:19.980><c> expose,</c><00:43:24.880><c> will</c>

00:43:24.880 --> 00:43:27.019
expose<00:43:24.880><c> the</c><00:43:24.880><c> lives</c><00:43:24.980><c> of</c><00:43:25.119><c> people.</c><00:43:25.880><c> So</c><00:43:26.000><c> people</c><00:43:26.199><c> love</c><00:43:26.619><c> darkness</c>

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:31.400
rather<00:43:27.400><c> than</c><00:43:27.519><c> light.</c><00:43:30.119><c> So</c><00:43:30.159><c> another</c><00:43:31.000><c> example</c>

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:46.320
of<00:43:31.480><c> this</c><00:43:31.659><c> will</c><00:43:31.820><c> be</c><00:43:31.980><c> found</c><00:43:32.179><c> in</c><00:43:32.380><c> John</c><00:43:32.760><c> chapter</c><00:43:33.460><c> 8</c><00:43:34.820><c> verse</c><00:43:37.000><c> 46.</c><00:43:45.980><c> Which</c><00:43:46.019><c> of</c>

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:50.820
you<00:43:47.039><c> convinceth</c><00:43:47.860><c> me</c><00:43:48.519><c> of</c><00:43:48.940><c> sin,</c><00:43:50.659><c> said</c>

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:58.860
the<00:43:50.920><c> Lord.</c><00:43:52.019><c> Which</c><00:43:52.719><c> of</c><00:43:53.000><c> you</c><00:43:54.179><c> can</c><00:43:56.280><c> expose</c><00:43:57.320><c> any</c><00:43:57.800><c> sin</c><00:43:58.019><c> in</c><00:43:58.260><c> me?</c><00:43:58.739><c> It's</c>

00:43:58.860 --> 00:44:02.239
the<00:43:58.980><c> same</c><00:43:59.179><c> word</c><00:43:59.679><c> as</c><00:44:01.340><c> one</c><00:44:01.659><c> of</c><00:44:01.760><c> the</c><00:44:01.860><c> purposes</c>

00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:06.219
now<00:44:02.659><c> of</c><00:44:02.760><c> the</c><00:44:03.019><c> Comforter</c><00:44:03.280><c> is</c><00:44:03.599><c> to</c><00:44:03.820><c> reprove</c><00:44:04.579><c> the</c><00:44:04.699><c> world</c><00:44:05.019><c> of</c><00:44:05.280><c> sin,</c>

00:44:06.260 --> 00:44:07.780
righteousness<00:44:06.619><c> and</c><00:44:07.019><c> judgment.</c><00:44:07.559><c> It's</c><00:44:07.639><c> going</c>

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:17.059
to<00:44:07.940><c> convince,</c><00:44:09.280><c> convict,</c><00:44:10.380><c> expose.</c><00:44:12.099><c> There's</c><00:44:12.300><c> a</c><00:44:12.440><c> specific</c><00:44:12.820><c> purpose</c><00:44:13.159><c> there.</c><00:44:16.500><c> Now</c>

00:44:17.059 --> 00:44:19.059
it's<00:44:17.980><c> interesting</c><00:44:18.440><c> to</c><00:44:18.860><c> just</c>

00:44:19.059 --> 00:44:25.340
try<00:44:19.199><c> and</c><00:44:19.300><c> put</c><00:44:19.440><c> this</c><00:44:19.619><c> together.</c><00:44:23.099><c> Our</c><00:44:23.260><c> hymn</c><00:44:23.420><c> says</c><00:44:24.260><c> that</c><00:44:24.920><c> Jews</c>

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:29.840
and<00:44:25.820><c> Gentiles</c><00:44:26.900><c> joined</c><00:44:27.639><c> their</c><00:44:27.980><c> power</c><00:44:28.739><c> against</c>

00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:35.340
the<00:44:30.119><c> Son</c><00:44:30.300><c> of</c><00:44:30.519><c> God.</c><00:44:33.380><c> Jews</c><00:44:33.579><c> and</c><00:44:33.760><c> Gentiles,</c><00:44:34.340><c> the</c><00:44:34.420><c> Jewish</c><00:44:34.639><c> people</c>

00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:38.239
with<00:44:35.559><c> their</c><00:44:35.739><c> reasons</c><00:44:36.159><c> and</c><00:44:37.380><c> the</c><00:44:37.760><c> Romans</c><00:44:38.019><c> for</c>

00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:44.880
their<00:44:38.460><c> reasons.</c><00:44:40.179><c> They</c><00:44:40.539><c> put</c><00:44:40.840><c> to</c><00:44:41.119><c> death</c><00:44:41.519><c> the</c><00:44:41.820><c> Son</c><00:44:42.019><c> of</c><00:44:42.260><c> God.</c><00:44:44.559><c> Now</c>

00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:47.699
do<00:44:45.000><c> you</c><00:44:45.300><c> think</c><00:44:45.940><c> that</c><00:44:46.360><c> God</c><00:44:46.579><c> was</c><00:44:46.800><c> going</c><00:44:47.000><c> to</c>

00:44:47.699 --> 00:44:53.239
sit<00:44:47.960><c> by</c><00:44:48.579><c> and</c><00:44:49.360><c> not</c><00:44:49.659><c> to</c><00:44:49.960><c> deal</c><00:44:50.659><c> with</c><00:44:51.260><c> the</c><00:44:51.400><c> implications</c><00:44:51.900><c> of</c><00:44:52.059><c> that?</c>

00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:56.699
It's<00:44:55.039><c> one</c><00:44:55.199><c> of</c><00:44:55.219><c> the</c><00:44:55.440><c> most</c><00:44:55.860><c> momentous</c><00:44:56.460><c> things</c>

00:44:56.699 --> 00:45:04.039
in<00:44:56.880><c> the</c><00:44:56.920><c> whole</c><00:44:57.219><c> divine</c><00:44:57.639><c> program.</c><00:45:00.099><c> And</c><00:45:00.239><c> God</c><00:45:00.539><c> is</c><00:45:00.800><c> going</c><00:45:01.019><c> to</c><00:45:01.239><c> judge</c><00:45:01.840><c> these</c><00:45:02.420><c> people.</c><00:45:03.880><c> He's</c>

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.840
going<00:45:04.300><c> to</c><00:45:04.519><c> bring</c>

00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:08.840
to<00:45:04.920><c> their</c><00:45:05.219><c> attention</c><00:45:05.719><c> what</c><00:45:06.260><c> they</c><00:45:06.400><c> have</c><00:45:06.619><c> done.</c><00:45:07.320><c> He's</c><00:45:07.460><c> going</c><00:45:07.719><c> to,</c><00:45:08.599><c> to</c>

00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:10.340
put<00:45:08.960><c> it</c><00:45:09.099><c> in</c><00:45:09.199><c> other</c><00:45:09.420><c> words,</c><00:45:10.179><c> bring</c>

00:45:10.340 --> 00:45:12.679
them<00:45:10.559><c> to</c><00:45:10.820><c> trial.</c><00:45:11.079><c> He's</c><00:45:11.199><c> going</c><00:45:11.380><c> to</c><00:45:11.559><c> make</c><00:45:11.699><c> them</c><00:45:11.960><c> look</c><00:45:12.340><c> at</c><00:45:12.519><c> what</c>

00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:15.780
they<00:45:12.820><c> have</c><00:45:13.039><c> done.</c><00:45:15.199><c> Now</c><00:45:15.360><c> he</c><00:45:15.360><c> can't</c><00:45:15.619><c> bring</c>

00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:17.840
them<00:45:15.840><c> all</c><00:45:16.039><c> into</c><00:45:16.219><c> a</c><00:45:16.480><c> courtroom.</c><00:45:16.880><c> He</c><00:45:16.880><c> can't</c><00:45:17.099><c> get</c><00:45:17.159><c> them</c><00:45:17.300><c> all</c><00:45:17.440><c> together</c><00:45:17.679><c> at</c>

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:18.920
one<00:45:18.079><c> time</c><00:45:18.239><c> and</c><00:45:18.380><c> say</c><00:45:18.480><c> look</c><00:45:18.659><c> what</c>

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:24.340
happened<00:45:19.320><c> and</c><00:45:20.780><c> sort</c><00:45:21.099><c> of</c><00:45:21.940><c> put</c><00:45:22.079><c> them</c><00:45:22.260><c> through</c><00:45:22.539><c> a</c><00:45:22.840><c> judicial</c><00:45:23.159><c> process.</c><00:45:24.179><c> But</c>

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:26.159
they're<00:45:24.539><c> going</c><00:45:24.639><c> to</c><00:45:24.760><c> be</c><00:45:25.019><c> challenged</c>

00:45:26.260 --> 00:45:29.400
in<00:45:26.500><c> different</c><00:45:26.739><c> circumstances</c><00:45:27.519><c> and</c><00:45:28.139><c> different</c><00:45:28.440><c> times.</c><00:45:29.119><c> They're</c><00:45:29.320><c> going</c>

00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:31.159
to<00:45:29.519><c> be</c><00:45:29.739><c> challenged.</c><00:45:30.539><c> And</c><00:45:30.539><c> it's,</c>

00:45:31.219 --> 00:45:33.860
this<00:45:31.480><c> example</c><00:45:31.900><c> now</c><00:45:32.139><c> I</c><00:45:32.260><c> want</c><00:45:32.400><c> you</c><00:45:32.539><c> to</c><00:45:32.659><c> look</c><00:45:32.820><c> at</c><00:45:33.239><c> in</c><00:45:33.480><c> the</c><00:45:33.539><c> book</c><00:45:33.679><c> of</c>

00:45:33.860 --> 00:45:35.760
Acts<00:45:34.059><c> chapter</c><00:45:34.400><c> 2.</c><00:45:35.019><c> Because</c><00:45:35.340><c> this</c><00:45:35.599><c> is</c>

00:45:35.760 --> 00:45:42.119
how<00:45:35.920><c> I</c><00:45:36.179><c> think</c><00:45:36.480><c> the</c><00:45:37.119><c> reproving,</c><00:45:38.059><c> the</c><00:45:38.179><c> convincing,</c><00:45:39.280><c> the</c><00:45:39.679><c> exposing</c><00:45:40.179><c> of</c><00:45:41.780><c> the</c>

00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:44.500
sin<00:45:42.440><c> of</c><00:45:43.340><c> these</c><00:45:43.679><c> people,</c><00:45:44.239><c> the</c>

00:45:44.500 --> 00:45:49.219
world,<00:45:45.780><c> Jews</c><00:45:46.059><c> and</c><00:45:46.280><c> Gentiles</c><00:45:46.719><c> who</c><00:45:46.980><c> crucified</c><00:45:47.500><c> the</c><00:45:47.679><c> Lord.</c><00:45:49.019><c> This</c>

00:45:49.219 --> 00:45:52.280
is<00:45:49.380><c> how</c><00:45:49.500><c> it</c><00:45:49.539><c> was</c><00:45:49.780><c> done.</c><00:45:51.800><c> And</c><00:45:51.960><c> it</c><00:45:52.019><c> was</c>

00:45:52.280 --> 00:45:55.659
done<00:45:52.579><c> through</c><00:45:52.940><c> simple</c><00:45:53.260><c> men.</c><00:45:54.480><c> It</c><00:45:54.500><c> wasn't</c><00:45:54.760><c> a</c><00:45:54.980><c> divine</c><00:45:55.300><c> judgment,</c>

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:57.820
a<00:45:55.960><c> flash</c><00:45:56.260><c> of</c><00:45:56.440><c> light.</c><00:45:57.000><c> It</c><00:45:57.079><c> was</c><00:45:57.320><c> done</c><00:45:57.559><c> through</c>

00:45:57.820 --> 00:46:02.679
the<00:45:58.039><c> instrument</c><00:45:58.480><c> of</c><00:45:59.280><c> Peter</c><00:45:59.679><c> in</c><00:46:00.039><c> this</c><00:46:00.260><c> case.</c><00:46:01.739><c> Think</c><00:46:01.960><c> of</c><00:46:02.079><c> it</c><00:46:02.179><c> now.</c><00:46:02.420><c> Think</c><00:46:02.599><c> of</c>

00:46:02.679 --> 00:46:04.079
these<00:46:02.940><c> words</c><00:46:03.260><c> in</c><00:46:03.440><c> this</c><00:46:03.699><c> sense.</c>

00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:09.940
Acts<00:46:04.800><c> chapter</c><00:46:05.099><c> 2</c><00:46:05.659><c> verse</c><00:46:06.760><c> 22.</c><00:46:08.380><c> Ye</c><00:46:08.519><c> men</c><00:46:08.820><c> of</c><00:46:08.960><c> Israel,</c><00:46:09.420><c> hear</c><00:46:09.659><c> these</c>

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words.<00:46:10.480><c> Jesus</c><00:46:10.980><c> of</c><00:46:11.300><c> Nazareth,</c><00:46:12.139><c> a</c><00:46:12.260><c> man</c>

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approved<00:46:12.820><c> of</c><00:46:13.079><c> God</c><00:46:13.380><c> among</c><00:46:13.639><c> you</c><00:46:13.800><c> by</c><00:46:14.059><c> miracles</c><00:46:14.539><c> and</c><00:46:14.800><c> wonders</c><00:46:15.099><c> and</c>

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signs<00:46:15.719><c> which</c><00:46:15.980><c> God</c><00:46:16.280><c> did</c><00:46:16.559><c> by</c><00:46:16.820><c> him</c><00:46:17.059><c> in</c>

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the<00:46:17.699><c> midst</c><00:46:17.900><c> of</c><00:46:18.139><c> you</c><00:46:18.420><c> as</c><00:46:18.780><c> ye</c><00:46:19.000><c> yourselves</c><00:46:19.440><c> also</c><00:46:20.000><c> know.</c><00:46:20.519><c> There's</c>

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the<00:46:21.019><c> witness</c><00:46:21.239><c> of</c><00:46:21.400><c> the</c><00:46:21.519><c> Holy</c><00:46:21.719><c> Spirit</c><00:46:22.460><c> supporting</c>

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the<00:46:23.559><c> work</c><00:46:23.719><c> and</c><00:46:23.840><c> the</c><00:46:24.119><c> teaching</c><00:46:24.239><c> of</c><00:46:24.400><c> the</c><00:46:24.579><c> Lord.</c><00:46:25.380><c> Him</c><00:46:25.960><c> being</c><00:46:26.559><c> delivered</c><00:46:26.980><c> by</c>

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the<00:46:27.480><c> determinant</c><00:46:27.820><c> counsel</c>

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and<00:46:28.539><c> foreknowledge</c><00:46:28.980><c> of</c><00:46:29.219><c> God</c><00:46:29.760><c> ye</c><00:46:30.159><c> have</c><00:46:30.440><c> taken.</c><00:46:32.380><c> And</c><00:46:32.619><c> by</c><00:46:32.980><c> wicked</c>

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hands<00:46:34.179><c> have</c><00:46:34.539><c> crucified</c><00:46:35.360><c> and</c><00:46:35.880><c> slain.</c>

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Peter<00:46:37.900><c> is</c><00:46:38.239><c> rebuking</c><00:46:39.539><c> the</c><00:46:39.840><c> Jews</c><00:46:40.280><c> who</c><00:46:40.860><c> killed</c><00:46:41.300><c> the</c><00:46:41.500><c> Son</c><00:46:41.679><c> of</c><00:46:41.860><c> God.</c>

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On<00:46:43.559><c> what</c><00:46:43.820><c> basis</c><00:46:44.320><c> does</c><00:46:44.500><c> he</c><00:46:44.639><c> have</c><00:46:44.860><c> the</c>

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authority<00:46:45.420><c> to</c><00:46:45.639><c> do</c><00:46:45.780><c> so?</c><00:46:47.840><c> Other</c><00:46:48.179><c> than</c><00:46:48.360><c> that</c><00:46:48.679><c> the</c><00:46:49.099><c> comforter,</c><00:46:50.219><c> the</c><00:46:50.440><c> commission</c><00:46:50.760><c> of</c>

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that<00:46:51.179><c> comforter</c><00:46:51.519><c> has</c><00:46:51.739><c> come</c>

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to<00:46:52.219><c> him</c><00:46:52.599><c> and</c><00:46:52.880><c> he</c><00:46:53.039><c> now</c><00:46:53.280><c> has</c><00:46:53.519><c> this</c><00:46:53.780><c> purpose.</c><00:46:55.179><c> He</c><00:46:55.300><c> has</c><00:46:55.519><c> the</c><00:46:55.760><c> authority</c><00:46:56.139><c> to</c><00:46:56.320><c> do</c>

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that.<00:46:56.980><c> We</c><00:46:57.219><c> don't</c><00:46:57.380><c> go</c><00:46:57.559><c> out</c>

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now<00:46:58.019><c> and</c><00:46:58.219><c> say,</c><00:46:59.059><c> well</c><00:46:59.340><c> you</c><00:46:59.500><c> know</c><00:46:59.739><c> people</c><00:47:00.019><c> in</c><00:47:00.179><c> the</c><00:47:00.300><c> world</c><00:47:00.480><c> have</c>

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killed<00:47:01.860><c> the</c><00:47:02.300><c> Son</c><00:47:02.559><c> and</c><00:47:02.900><c> so</c><00:47:03.219><c> forth.</c><00:47:03.480><c> We</c><00:47:03.599><c> don't.</c>

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The<00:47:04.019><c> time</c><00:47:04.139><c> is</c><00:47:04.320><c> different</c><00:47:04.559><c> of</c><00:47:04.760><c> course.</c><00:47:05.380><c> But</c><00:47:05.420><c> we</c><00:47:05.780><c> don't</c><00:47:05.980><c> have</c><00:47:06.179><c> that</c><00:47:06.380><c> authority.</c><00:47:06.860><c> We</c>

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don't<00:47:07.099><c> have</c><00:47:07.239><c> that</c><00:47:07.460><c> purpose.</c>

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But<00:47:08.019><c> Peter</c><00:47:08.280><c> did.</c><00:47:10.079><c> And</c><00:47:10.179><c> his</c><00:47:10.340><c> very</c><00:47:10.800><c> strong</c><00:47:11.139><c> language</c><00:47:11.519><c> which</c><00:47:11.719><c> he's</c><00:47:11.960><c> using</c><00:47:12.219><c> there.</c><00:47:14.699><c> Verse</c><00:47:15.019><c> 36.</c><00:47:17.380><c> Therefore</c>

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let<00:47:17.980><c> all</c><00:47:18.300><c> the</c><00:47:18.420><c> house</c><00:47:18.679><c> of</c><00:47:18.820><c> Israel</c><00:47:19.119><c> know</c><00:47:19.400><c> assuredly</c><00:47:19.980><c> that</c><00:47:20.199><c> God</c>

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hath<00:47:20.699><c> made</c><00:47:21.039><c> that</c><00:47:21.539><c> same</c><00:47:21.840><c> Jesus</c><00:47:22.440><c> whom</c><00:47:23.000><c> ye</c>

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have<00:47:23.539><c> crucified</c><00:47:24.320><c> both</c><00:47:25.000><c> Lord</c><00:47:25.380><c> and</c><00:47:25.679><c> Christ.</c><00:47:26.460><c> And</c><00:47:26.599><c> he's</c><00:47:26.940><c> laying</c>

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it<00:47:27.519><c> right</c><00:47:27.760><c> in</c><00:47:28.039><c> their</c><00:47:28.260><c> laps.</c><00:47:29.239><c> The</c><00:47:29.559><c> responsibility</c>

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and<00:47:31.380><c> the</c><00:47:31.500><c> implications</c><00:47:32.360><c> of</c><00:47:32.900><c> this</c><00:47:33.159><c> crucifixion</c><00:47:33.980><c> of</c><00:47:34.300><c> the</c><00:47:34.500><c> Son</c>

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of<00:47:35.000><c> God.</c><00:47:36.699><c> And</c><00:47:36.840><c> Stephen</c><00:47:37.039><c> does</c><00:47:37.239><c> the</c><00:47:37.440><c> same</c>

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thing.<00:47:38.519><c> Acts</c><00:47:38.519><c> chapter</c><00:47:39.179><c> 7.</c><00:47:41.280><c> Verse</c><00:47:41.460><c> 52.</c><00:47:42.980><c> Which</c><00:47:43.000><c> of</c><00:47:43.159><c> the</c><00:47:43.380><c> prophets</c><00:47:43.659><c> have</c>

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not<00:47:44.460><c> your</c><00:47:44.679><c> fathers</c><00:47:45.039><c> persecuted?</c>

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They<00:47:46.719><c> have</c><00:47:47.000><c> slain</c><00:47:47.260><c> them</c><00:47:47.519><c> which</c><00:47:47.760><c> showed</c><00:47:48.000><c> before</c><00:47:48.380><c> the</c><00:47:48.599><c> coming</c>

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of<00:47:48.960><c> the</c><00:47:49.119><c> just</c><00:47:49.420><c> one</c><00:47:50.039><c> of</c><00:47:52.420><c> whom</c><00:47:52.820><c> ye</c><00:47:53.079><c> have</c><00:47:53.440><c> been</c>

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now<00:47:54.300><c> the</c><00:47:54.739><c> betrayers</c><00:47:56.019><c> and</c><00:47:56.599><c> murderers.</c><00:47:59.639><c> There</c><00:47:59.920><c> is</c><00:48:00.219><c> a</c><00:48:00.980><c> sentence</c>

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there.<00:48:01.820><c> There</c><00:48:01.940><c> is</c><00:48:02.179><c> a</c><00:48:02.380><c> rebuking.</c><00:48:03.159><c> There</c>

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is<00:48:03.760><c> an</c><00:48:04.300><c> exposing</c><00:48:04.739><c> of</c><00:48:06.099><c> the</c><00:48:06.599><c> sin</c><00:48:06.739><c> of</c><00:48:06.940><c> these</c><00:48:07.199><c> people</c><00:48:07.619><c> in</c><00:48:07.940><c> this</c><00:48:09.139><c> slaying</c><00:48:09.380><c> of</c>

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the<00:48:09.639><c> Son</c><00:48:09.780><c> of</c><00:48:09.960><c> God.</c><00:48:12.800><c> So</c><00:48:13.139><c> we'll</c>

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have<00:48:13.519><c> to</c><00:48:13.679><c> leave</c><00:48:13.920><c> our</c><00:48:14.219><c> thoughts</c><00:48:14.460><c> there</c><00:48:14.980><c> for</c><00:48:15.539><c> today.</c><00:48:15.960><c> We'll</c><00:48:16.039><c> pick</c><00:48:16.239><c> up</c>

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tomorrow<00:48:16.639><c> morning</c><00:48:16.880><c> and</c><00:48:17.039><c> just</c><00:48:17.239><c> conclude</c>

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our<00:48:17.800><c> thoughts</c><00:48:18.039><c> there.</c><00:48:19.519><c> Please</c><00:48:20.199><c> observe</c><00:48:21.360><c> simply</c><00:48:22.079><c> that</c><00:48:22.699><c> the</c><00:48:23.000><c> work</c><00:48:23.300><c> of</c>

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the<00:48:23.960><c> Comforter</c><00:48:24.760><c> as</c><00:48:25.539><c> described</c>

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by<00:48:26.360><c> the</c><00:48:26.480><c> Lord</c><00:48:26.679><c> Jesus</c><00:48:27.099><c> Christ</c><00:48:27.539><c> in</c><00:48:27.800><c> John</c><00:48:28.260><c> 14,</c><00:48:29.460><c> 15</c><00:48:29.940><c> and</c><00:48:30.079><c> 16</c><00:48:30.639><c> is</c><00:48:31.400><c> different</c><00:48:31.960><c> and</c>

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distinct<00:48:32.900><c> in</c><00:48:33.159><c> its</c><00:48:33.380><c> purpose</c>

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and<00:48:33.960><c> objective</c><00:48:34.480><c> from</c><00:48:35.059><c> the</c><00:48:35.280><c> Holy</c><00:48:35.519><c> Spirit</c><00:48:35.860><c> gifts</c><00:48:36.340><c> which</c><00:48:36.840><c> were</c>

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given<00:48:37.239><c> more</c><00:48:37.559><c> broadly.</c><00:48:39.179><c> And</c><00:48:39.380><c> for</c><00:48:39.519><c> that</c><00:48:39.719><c> we</c><00:48:39.840><c> can</c>

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offer<00:48:40.300><c> great</c><00:48:40.679><c> thanks</c><00:48:41.079><c> as</c><00:48:41.280><c> we</c><00:48:41.519><c> think</c><00:48:41.840><c> of</c><00:48:42.199><c> the</c><00:48:42.380><c> implications</c><00:48:43.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:48:43.880><c> benefit</c><00:48:44.099><c> of</c><00:48:44.260><c> that</c><00:48:44.539><c> Comforter</c><00:48:44.980><c> to</c><00:48:45.380><c> those</c>