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New Testament Heroes with Josiah and Judah · Adventures: Bible Truths in Action

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  Hey guys. I'm Josiah.
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  And I'm Judah, welcome to our Hero series, where we tell you
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  about an awesome hero in the Bible.
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  This week we're going to mix it up a bit.
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  We're going to have two heroes. And guess what?
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  These heroes are really awesome because they're girls.
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  Yeah, that's cool that they're girls, but they're actually
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  heroes because they were obedient to God.
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  I knew that. Our heroes this week are Mary
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  and Elizabeth. Josiah, tell me what you know
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  about Mary. OK, Mary is Jesus's mom.
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  That's it. That's all you know.
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  Hold on I I know more. Mary was highly favored by God.
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  Out of all the women he could have picked to give birth to
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  Jesus, God chose her. One day Mary was minding her own
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  business, went bam. An Angel, the Lord named
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  Gabriel, appeared to her and told her not to be afraid.
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  The Angel told her that she would give birth to the Savior
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  and she would name him Jesus. That's right.
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  In fact, Mary was a little confused because she didn't know
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  how she could get pregnant, but the Angel told her that the Holy
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  Spirit would come upon her and. Why didn't we draw the Holy
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  Spirit? Because he's a spirit, you can't
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  see him here. Is that better?
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  Yeah, that's much better. Thanks.
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  OK, then the Angel told Mary that one of her relatives was
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  also pregnant and she had been pregnant for six months.
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  Want to guess who her relative was?
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  Well, isn't it obvious it's Queen Elizabeth?
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  No. Sophia the first no how?
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  Just. That Who is this other hero that
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  we're talking about? Elizabeth.
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  Wait, what's so great about Elizabeth being pregnant that
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  makes her hero like Mary? You see, Elizabeth getting
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  pregnant was also a miracle because she was really old and
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  couldn't have kids. The baby that was inside of
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  Elizabeth was named John and that's who we call John the
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  Baptist. John was a gift from God and he
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  was the person who would bring the people back to obeying God
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  and he would prepare the way for Jesus to come.
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  Oh, that's right, John the Baptist.
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  He was the guy who baptized Jesus.
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  I didn't know that they were related.
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  It gets better. Oh, tell me, tell me.
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  When Mary found out that she was pregnant, she went to go visit
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  Elizabeth and when Mary came in the room, the baby that was
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  inside of Elizabeth's tummy jumped with joy.
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  What? The baby knew that Jesus was
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  inside of Mary's stomach and got happy.
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  That's right. But how did he know he couldn't
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  see because he was inside of Elizabeth's tummy.
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  Wait, did he have X-ray vision? No, the Holy Spirit told him.
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  Oh, of course. Wow, Mary and Elizabeth, they
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  were heroes because God chose them and trusted them to be the
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  mothers of Jesus and John the Baptist.
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  I bet that they were incredible women for God to choose them.
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  Hey guys. I'm Josiah.
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  And I'm Judah, welcome to our Hero series, where we tell you
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  about an awesome hero in the Bible.
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  The hero that we're going to learn about look like he never
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  showered and he hates grasshoppers and honey all the
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  time. That's right.
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  And even though he sounds weird, Jesus said that he was the
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  greatest prophet of all time. Give it up for someone we all
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  know and love. The guy with the cupcakes and
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  the mice. Mr. Curly Hair himself, Mr. John
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  the Baptist, that's. Funny.
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  Hey, what's so funny? Wait, you're being serious?
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  Yeah, I am. Josiah, Mr. John does baptize
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  people, but he isn't the hero from the Bible.
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  Today. Our hero is John the Baptist.
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  Oh wait, why is he so clean? I thought he looked like he
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  never took showers. He was my hero.
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  I asked him to clean up. You can't ask a cartoon to take
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  a bath. Come on, Judah, even I know that
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  well. Who is John the Baptist?
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  Do you remember the baby that was inside of Elizabeth's tummy
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  that started jumping when Mary walked in the room to tell her
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  that she was pregnant with Jesus?
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  Oh yeah, that's him. Hey, he's Jesus cousin, right?
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  Exactly. Well, his job was to prepare the
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  way for Jesus to tell people to turn from their sins and repent,
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  and he would also baptize people as a way for them to be forgiven
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  of their sins. But that's not how it works
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  anymore. It's not.
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  So then why do we even get baptized?
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  Well, we get baptized as a sign of telling people that we're
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  followers of Jesus, so. Then why did Jesus get baptized?
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  He didn't have any sin. That's a great question.
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  He got baptized in obedience to God's Word.
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  Jesus came to John the Baptist to be baptized and John said he
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  couldn't do it. He said he wasn't worthy to
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  baptize Jesus, but Jesus told him just do it.
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  And that's where we get the slogan from Nike.
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  Just do it. Wrong.
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  When Jesus came out of the water, the skies opened up and
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  the Holy Spirit descended from heaven that came upon Jesus.
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  Then the voice from heaven was heard, and it said.
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  Oh, oh, it said. We come in peace.
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  Take me to your leader. It was aliens.
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  No, there's no such thing as aliens.
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  The voice from heaven was God, and he said, This is my beloved
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  Son, in whom I am well pleased. Whoa, that's so awesome.
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  John the Baptist was a hero because he prepared the way for
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  Jesus. He told people to turn from
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  their sins and to repent. Then when Jesus came, he got to
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  baptize Jesus. John the Baptist.
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  Now that guy was a hero. Hey guys.
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  I'm Josiah. And I'm Judah, welcome to our
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  Hero series, where we tell you about an awesome hero in the
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  Bible. The hero that we're going to
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  learn about is someone who encourages others and helps pull
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  loads on train tracks. Please give it up for Thomas the
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  Train. No.
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  No, what you said it was Thomas. So that's who I thought you were
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  talking about. Thomas, the train is not in the
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  Bible and there were no trains back in the Bible days.
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  Let me handle this. This week we're going to learn
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  about a guy who was one of Jesus disciples.
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  His name was Thomas. Yes, that Thomas.
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  Wait, what? Thomas.
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  No, no, no, no, that guy, he isn't a hero.
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  Now, when people think of Thomas, they think about the
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  time when the other disciples told him that Jesus was raised
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  from the dead. And Thomas was like, no way.
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  I'm not going to believe it until I could touch Jesus's
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  scars. And then Jesus appeared to
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  Thomas and he was like bam check out my scars go ahead touch him.
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  And Thomas was like Oh my gosh I believe.
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  And then he touched Jesus scars and he put his fingers in the
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  holes in Jesus hands and then. Hold on, hold on, hold on.
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  Yeah, that is true about Thomas, but that's not actually what
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  we're going to talk about. It's not.
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  Nope, we're going to talk about how Thomas became a hero because
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  he was really brave. What, you mean that movie with
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  the girl who had the big huge curly red hair and it's really
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  good with a bow and arrow like Robin Hood and then she turns
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  into a bear and then her brothers become bears too and
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  then they have to? Are you serious right now?
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  When I say brave, I'm not talking about that movie.
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  You see, the brave that I'm talking about is when someone
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  has the courage to do something. And in this case, Thomas was
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  brave because he had the courage to do what was right.
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  Whoa, I didn't know that. OK man, get on with the story.
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  OK so one day Jesus got bad news that one of his really good
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  friends, Lazarus, has gotten really sick and died.
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  When Jesus heard this, he said, this sickness is not unto death,
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  but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified
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  through it. Dude, can you please speak
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  English? OK, So what Jesus meant by that
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  was that he was going to bring Lazarus back to life.
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  And when that would happen for everyone who saw it would see
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  that God loves people and wants to do good things for them, then
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  people will praise God for being so good.
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  Oh. All right, well, get on with the
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  story and I want to know what happens.
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  OK, so when Jesus heard this news, he told the disciples,
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  let's go to Judea again so that he could pray for Lazarus.
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  Well, the disciples didn't like this idea and they said, Jesus,
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  are you serious? The Jews want to stone you and
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  kill you, Are you sure you want to go there again?
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  And Jesus replied to them and said, our friend Lazarus sleeps,
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  but I go that I may wake him up. Whoa.
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  OK, so Lazarus has just really taken a super duper long nap.
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  Right. No, Lazarus is dead.
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  In fact, even the disciples were really confused because when
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  Jesus said that he was going to wake Lazarus up, the disciples
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  told Jesus, Lord, if he's asleep then he will just get a good
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  night's rest and wake up feeling fine.
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  After they said that, Jesus told them that Lazarus wasn't asleep
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  but he was dead. And then Jesus said, come, let's
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  go to him. You see, the disciples didn't
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  want to go to Judea because they knew that the Jews there wanted
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  to kill Jesus. And if they kill Jesus, then
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  they probably want to kill all of them too.
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  But not Thomas. You see, Thomas wasn't scared.
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  In fact, he told all the disciples that they should go
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  together, that they may die with Jesus.
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  No way. So while everyone was scared to
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  go and trying to talk Jesus out of going to Judea to pray for
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  Lazarus, Thomas was really brave.
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  He wanted to go with Jesus and didn't care if he died.
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  Well, that's actually a really good thing to remember Thomas by
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  Thomas. And he was really brave.
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  Hey guys. I'm Josiah.
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  And I'm Judah, welcome to our Hero series, where we tell you
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  about an awesome hero in the Bible.
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  The hero that we're going to learn about was the youngest of
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  Jesus's disciples. That's right, our hero really
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  loved Jesus, and Jesus really loved him.
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  Our hero this week is John. You got it right.
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  Yeah, I know. No, like on the first try.
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  Yeah, and I'm proud. Of you.
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  You've never done that before. Why don't you tell us what you
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  know about John? Well, we already talked about
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  him, John the Baptist. No, no, no, same name but a
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  different guy. John was one of Jesus disciples
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  and John followed Jesus everywhere he went.
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  When Jesus was crucified, all the disciples ran away, but not
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  John. He stayed with Jesus's mom, and
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  Jesus even told John to take care of his mom as if she was
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  his own. Wow, John, now that guy was a
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  hero. Wait, wait, wait.
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  No, hold on, that's not the end. You see, John understood how
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  much God loves us and he kept serving God with all his heart.
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  He would tell people about Jesus and how Jesus came to give him a
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  good life. Sometimes people didn't want to
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  hear what he had to say, so you want to know what they did to
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  him. Did they tie him up on a string
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  and hit him like a pinata? Nope.
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  Tickle him until he peed his pants.
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  Wrong again. Some people believe they put him
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  in a pot of boiling oil. Oh man, if they did that to me
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  I'd be so scared that the instant I landed in the oil they
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  would call me fried chicken. John wasn't even hurt from that.
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  You see, God had a big plan for his life and John knew that.
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  Another time they sentenced him to a prison island so he
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  couldn't tell people about Jesus and eventually he would die.
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  But John was too smart, and he tied turtle shells together and
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  rode them back to Rome, right? No, that was Captain Jack
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  Sparrow. You know, from Pirates of the
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  Caribbean. Anyways, on that island is where
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  he wrote the Book of Revelations.
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  Eventually John was released from prison and he kept living
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  for Jesus. Eventually he just died of old
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  age. Whoa.
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  So John is a hero because he knew how much God loved him, and
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  that made him confident in everything he did.
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  He wasn't afraid to get boiled or to be put in prison because
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  he knew that God would take care of him.
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  John, now that guy was a hero. Hey guys.
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  I'm Josiah. And I'm Judah, welcome to our
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  Hero series, where we tell you about an awesome hero in the
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  Bible. The hero that we're going to
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  learn about was someone who broke the law to do what was
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  right. That's right, he followed what
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  Jesus commanded him to do, even if it meant he would get thrown
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  in jail. Our hero this week is Peter.
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  Hey Judah, I know I usually get these Bible stories wrong, but
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  I'm actually an expert on the story.
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  I read it all the time. Do you mind if I tell it?
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  Yeah, yeah, that's fine. I'm a little thirsty anyway, so
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  go ahead and I'll just go get some water.
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  All right, Once Upon a time there was this boy and his name
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  was Peter, but everyone called him Peter Pan and he liked to
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  wear really tight leggings and he wore a man dress and have
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  leaves all over him. He lived with a bunch of boys
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  who never had to take showers, and I think that's actually
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  really cool. Then there was this evil pirate
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  named Captain Hook, and he didn't have a hand because a
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  crocodile ate it. And so instead of a hand, he had
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  a hook. Which would explain why he's
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  called Captain Hook. Hello.
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  Well, Long story short, Peter Pan wins, Captain Hook loses the
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  end. Wow, done already.
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  Yep. Like I said, I'm a pro at the
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  story. Well, OK then.
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  So what made Peter a hero? Well, now that I think about it,
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  I wouldn't say Peter was a hero. I would actually say the Lost
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  Boys were, because they didn't have to take showers.
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  What? Wait, wait, wait.
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  Did you tell them the story of Peter Pan?
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  Well, a shorter version of it, but yeah.
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  No, no, not that. Peter, the one from the Bible,
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  the follower of Jesus. You know the guy who walked on
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  water? The one who denied him?
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  He's a hero. Yeah, but that's not why he's a
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  hero. Peter and the apostles were out
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  telling people about Jesus and praying for the sick when the
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  church leaders told them to stop.
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  Wait. The church leaders told them to
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  stop talking about Jesus. Yeah, because back then the
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  church leaders didn't believe that Jesus was the Son of God.
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  But Peter and the apostles, they didn't listen, and they kept
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  telling everyone about Jesus, and people kept getting healed.
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  So the church leaders had Peter and the apostles thrown into
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  prison. But that night an Angel came and
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  opened the prison doors and told him to keep talking about Jesus.
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  Whoa. The very next day, Peter and the
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  apostles went right back talking about Jesus and praying for the
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  sick right in the middle of the church temple.
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  Wait, the same place where they got caught?
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  Oh, I bet the church leaders were surprised.
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  They were surprised. In fact, the prison guards were
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  still guarding their cells and didn't even know Peter and the
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  apostles had escaped. So they arrested them again and
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  asked them why they were still talking about Jesus.
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  Oh. Man, I would much rather obey
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  God than those church leaders. That's exactly what Peter said.
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  It's better to obey God rather than man.
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  Wow, so Peter was thrown into prison, then God sent an Angel
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  to let them out and he went back to the same spot where he had
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  gotten arrested and started talking about Jesus even more.
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  That's right, he knew God would take care of him and protect
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  him. Peter, now that guy was a hero.
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  Hey guys. I'm Josiah.
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  And I'm Judah, welcome to our Hero series, where we tell you
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  about an awesome hero in the Bible.
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  The hero that we're going to learn about was a captain in the
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  Italian army. That's right, he loved God and
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  treated people with kindness and respect.
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  Our hero this week is the Barbarian King.
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  Really. The barbarian king.
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  Yeah, he, well, he OK. I'm just going to be honest.
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  I've been saying the wrong hero just to be funny.
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  I'll do it right this time. Our hero this week is Cornelius.
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  That's right. Tell us what you know about
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  Cornelius. Cornelius was a captain in the
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  Italian army and he loved God. He was kind and generous and he
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  loved to pray. Well one day he was praying and
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  bam, an Angel, the Lord appeared to him and told him to send for
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  Peter, you know Jesus disciple. And so Cornelius sent 2 servants
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  and a soldier to go find Peter. You want to guess how they found
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  him? The Angel told Cornelius where
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  Peter was. Duh.
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  Oh, come on, Judah. You're supposed to say things
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  like they went to Peter's Facebook account to see where he
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  last checked in. And then I would say wrong.
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  And then you would say, oh, oh, oh, maybe, maybe he could turn
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  on the Find My iPhone app and see where he's at.
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  And then I would say wrong again.
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  And then that funny sound would come on like this.
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  But you got it right on the first try, so good job.
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  While the messengers were on their way to find Peter, Peter
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  was on the rooftop praying to God and while he was praying God
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  gave him a dream. In the stream, the Sky's opened
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  up and a blanket was lowered to the ground, and the blanket was
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  every kind of bird, reptile and animal you could think of.
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  Then a voice from heaven said. Eat more chicken.
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  No, it said go to it, Peter kill and eat and Peter said no
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  because those were unclean animals.
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  Then the voice of heaven said if God says it's OK, it's OK.
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  This happened three times, and then there was a knock on the
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  door. Those messengers were there to
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  get Peter, so Peter went with them to Cornelius's house.
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  When they got to Cornelius's house, Peter noticed that he was
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  the only Jew there. What does that even mean?
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  Well, the Jews didn't hang out with people who weren't Jews.
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  Peter remembered his vision from God and realized if God says
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  it's OK, it's OK. So you want to know what Peter
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  did? He put those people on a blanket
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  and ate them. What?
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  No. Well, you you said that he
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  remembered his vision from God. What I meant by that was God is
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  for everyone, not just a certain type of people.
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  That's what his vision meant. Oh, OK, well, what happened
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  next? Peter told them all about Jesus
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  and they all believed him. We're saved, filled with the
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  Holy Spirit, and baptized in water.
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  So Cornelius is a hero because he loved God.
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  When an Angel appeared to him, he did exactly what it told him
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  and sent for Peter. Then when Peter came, everyone
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  that was in Cornelius house was saved, filled with the Holy
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  Spirit and baptized in water. Cornelius, now that guy was a
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  hero.